1978 Minnesota Twins
73 - 89
1977 / 1979 (Organization)
4th place in the AL West (19 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		38 - 43 (.469)
35 - 46 (.432)		 -8.4 wins
+0.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 666 / 699 ( -33 )
Allowed/Expected: 678 / 696 ( +18 )
Pyth Record: 80 - 82 (-7)
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Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 787,878 Avg Att: 9,727 (0.54)
Att Rank: 13 / 14 Lg Avg: 18,152
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 0.99 R/L HR: 1.04 / 0.94
Notes:


Batting

Filters
Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Rod Carew
1B
32.8
651
28.8
40.4
31.3
30.9
39.2
-1.0
5.7
-7.0
-9.1
14.7
55.6
22.9
52.0
-2.4
33.4
12.0
9.9
5.9
2 Roy Smalley
SS
25.7
702
11.3
6.3
27.8
39.9
-10.3
2.9
-1.6
5.7
21.4
12.7
24.5
25.6
16.9
-2.6
34.7
-11.0
-10.7
-4.3
3 Mike Cubbage
3B
27.9
444
3.4
7.7
5.8
-0.7
11.4
-6.4
4.0
-1.2
-1.9
8.3
9.4
2.3
14.2
-1.3
8.3
-5.5
-9.6
0.5
4 Bombo Rivera
RF
25.9
295
1.4
2.2
-8.0
0.9
5.2
-3.0
0.2
-3.0
-10.2
-12.4
10.4
10.0
12.8
0.5
1.1
-1.1
-1.8
0.0
5 Jose Morales
DH
33.5
273
1.2
12.6
3.5
-15.1
13.9
2.8
-0.7
-3.5
-9.1
-2.9
9.9
-3.2
6.2
-0.4
-5.3
-5.4
-7.6
-0.6
6 Dave Edwards
LF
24.4
53
1.2
-0.5
-0.0
3.0
-2.0
1.0
-0.3
-0.1
0.5
-6.8
2.7
2.5
3.5
1.7
-2.4
-0.1
0.3
-0.2
7 Dan Ford
CF
26.1
654
1.1
6.8
22.4
2.3
-5.5
11.7
6.1
-2.2
15.6
-11.2
3.5
-7.6
1.8
1.6
-15.7
-3.5
-2.8
-1.7
8 Glenn Borgmann
C
28.1
147
-2.2
-6.3
-6.5
5.0
-6.8
-1.5
0.1
0.0
-0.3
0.3
-3.0
5.5
1.0
-0.8
5.7
-2.4
-3.8
0.0
9 Rob Wilfong
2B
24.8
235
-4.1
0.8
-12.9
-11.3
5.0
-1.7
-1.6
-3.3
-13.7
0.6
2.2
-1.0
0.3
0.8
-0.5
3.7
5.0
0.5
10 Rich Chiles
LF
28.6
225
-4.7
1.1
-8.5
-11.1
2.7
2.7
-1.5
-3.1
-9.6
1.5
1.6
0.9
-1.8
0.8
1.9
-3.2
-3.7
-0.9
11 Larry Wolfe
3B
25.3
277
-5.7
-6.7
-14.9
2.5
-5.8
-0.3
-0.7
-2.6
-8.2
5.6
1.6
12.5
1.0
-1.4
16.5
-5.1
-7.2
-0.6
12 Hosken Powell
RF
23.1
437
-7.0
-6.0
-20.3
-2.7
-3.6
1.9
-0.9
-5.1
-14.4
20.5
-1.4
7.9
1.2
-2.3
22.7
3.4
3.8
1.0
13 Glenn Adams
DH
30.7
329
-7.8
-1.3
1.2
-13.6
-0.6
4.4
-1.2
0.9
2.5
6.7
-9.8
-11.0
-10.3
-1.7
-6.1
-4.8
-6.6
-0.6
14 Bob Randall
2B
30.1
375
-9.0
2.4
-21.6
-32.2
11.7
-3.0
0.7
-7.6
-24.1
22.2
0.8
-7.9
-0.6
4.1
8.1
-2.0
-3.2
0.0
15 Craig Kusick
DH
29.8
233
-9.8
-17.1
-21.9
13.6
-15.4
-5.7
0.6
-0.7
-4.7
-10.6
-5.1
17.3
-7.2
-0.2
9.6
-1.1
-1.6
-0.1
16 Willie Norwood
LF
27.7
471
-9.8
-3.3
-4.4
-2.4
-3.6
4.4
0.2
-1.5
-1.1
-8.7
-11.8
-12.1
-22.9
0.6
-18.3
18.0
23.8
3.2
17 Butch Wynegar
C
22.3
522
-15.8
-15.2
-35.6
-19.4
-10.2
1.1
-2.4
-6.0
-20.5
19.5
-9.9
2.7
-2.7
3.3
16.7
-7.7
-13.0
0.4
6323
-27.4
23.8
-62.8
-10.7
25.1
10.4
6.8
-40.3
-86.6
59.9
81.2
67.4
65.5
0.4
110.5
-15.6
-28.7
2.4
 
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R
H
K
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0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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