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:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Rod Carew
1B
32.8
5.0
21.6
10.7
12
Y
6
24
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Dave Goltz
SP
29.0
6.6
19.2
12.1
7
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
3 Glenn Borgmann
C
28.1
0.8
4.2
0.7
7
Y
6
8
1971
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 9)
4 Craig Kusick
DH
29.8
-1.1
0.6
-3.1
6
Y
6
27
1970
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Tom Johnson
RP
27.2
-0.7
0.0
-1.7
5
Y
1
1
1970
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Dan Ford
CF
26.1
1.3
14.6
1.5
4
N
10
23
1974
 Trade OAK AL
7 Butch Wynegar
C
22.3
1.5
11.1
-0.7
3
Y
6
5
1974
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
8 Bob Randall
2B
30.1
2.0
8.1
-0.1
3
N
12
23
1975
 Trade LAN NL
9 Pete Redfern
SP
23.9
-0.5
0.0
-0.3
3
Y
1
7
1976
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 1)
10 Mike Cubbage
3B
27.9
2.7
11.7
3.2
3
N
6
1
1976
 Trade TEX AL
11 Roy Smalley
SS
25.7
6.0
21.5
6.2
3
N
6
1
1976
 Trade TEX AL
12 Rob Wilfong
2B
24.8
0.4
5.2
-0.1
2
Y
6
8
1971
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 13
13 Willie Norwood
LF
27.7
0.4
5.9
-2.4
2
Y
6
6
1972
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
14 Larry Wolfe
3B
25.3
0.5
4.5
-1.1
2
Y
6
5
1973
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 9
15 Gary Serum
SP
21.7
1.9
8.6
2.3
2
Y
6
30
1975
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Paul Thormodsgard
SP
24.6
-0.2
0.6
-1.6
2
N
12
13
1975
 Free Agency
17 Jeff Holly
RP
25.3
0.3
2.0
0.3
2
N
5
30
1976
 Free Agency
18 Rich Chiles
LF
28.6
-0.2
2.9
-1.0
2
N
12
6
1976
 Draft (Rule 5) HOU NL
19 Glenn Adams
DH
30.7
-0.3
3.6
-1.1
2
N
12
6
1976
 Purchased SFN NL
20 Geoff Zahn
SP
32.5
4.6
17.3
9.1
2
N
3
18
1977
 Free Agency
21 Dave Johnson
SW
29.7
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
2
N
5
2
1977
 Purchased SEA AL
22 Dave Edwards
LF
24.4
0.5
1.6
0.6
1
Y
6
8
1971
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
23 Greg Thayer
RP
28.7
0.4
2.3
-0.0
1
N
9
18
1973
 Free Agency
24 Hosken Powell
RF
23.1
1.2
6.8
-1.0
1
Y
6
3
1975
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 3)
25 Roger Erickson
SP
21.8
2.9
12.6
4.0
1
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
26 Darrell Jackson
SP
22.2
-0.0
2.6
-0.5
1
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 9
27 Bombo Rivera
RF
25.9
1.6
6.5
1.3
1
N
10
25
1977
 Purchased MON NL
28 Mac Scarce
RP
29.2
-0.2
1.0
-0.7
1
N
11
22
1977
 Free Agency
29 John Sutton
RP
25.6
0.3
2.3
0.0
1
N
12
5
1977
 Draft (Rule 5) SLN NL
30 Stan Perzanowski
SP
27.9
-0.7
0.4
-1.7
1
N
3
18
1978
 Free Agency
31 Jose Morales
DH
33.5
0.1
5.1
1.2
1
N
3
29
1978
 Purchased MON NL
32 Roric Harrison
RP
31.8
-0.2
0.0
-0.6
1
N
4
28
1978
 Free Agency
33 Mike Marshall
RP
35.5
3.0
14.7
9.5
1
N
5
15
1978
 Free Agency
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Glenn Adams DH Northbridge, MA (USA)
Glenn Borgmann C Paterson, NJ (USA)
Rod Carew 1B Washington Heights, NY (US)
Rich Chiles LF Winters, CA (US)
Mike Cubbage 3B Charlottesville, VA (US)
Dave Edwards LF Los Angeles, CA (US)
Roger Erickson SP Springfield, IL (USA)
Dan Ford CF Los Angeles, CA (US)
Dave Goltz SP Rothsay, MN (US)
Roric Harrison RP Westchester, CA (US)
Jeff Holly RP Redondo Beach, CA (US)
Darrell Jackson SP Los Angeles, CA (US)
Dave Johnson SW Abilene, TX (US)
Tom Johnson RP St. Paul, MN (US)
Craig Kusick DH Milwaukee, WI (USA)
Mike Marshall RP Adrian, MI (US)
Jose Morales DH Frederiksted (V.I.)
Willie Norwood LF Long Beach, CA (US)
Stan Perzanowski SP Hammond, IN (US)
Hosken Powell RF Selma, AL (USA)
Bob Randall 2B Gove, KS (US)
Pete Redfern SP Sylmar, CA (US)
Bombo Rivera RF Ponce (P.R.)
Mac Scarce RP Richmond, VA (US)
Gary Serum SP Alexandria, MN (US)
Roy Smalley SS Los Angeles, CA (US)
John Sutton RP Dallas, TX (USA)
Greg Thayer RP St. Cloud, MN (US)
Paul Thormodsgard SP San Francisco, CA (USA)
Rob Wilfong 2B Covina, CA (US)
Larry Wolfe 3B Rancho Cordova, CA (US)
Butch Wynegar C York, PA (US)
Geoff Zahn SP DeVilbiss. Toledo, OH (US)

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