1985 Minnesota Twins
77 - 85
1984 / 1986 (Organization)
4th place in the AL West (14 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		49 - 35 (.583)
28 - 50 (.359)		 +2.8 wins
-7.1 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 705 / 758 ( -53 )
Allowed/Expected: 782 / 757 ( -25 )
Pyth Record: 73 - 89 (+4)
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Attendance: 1,651,814 Avg Att: 19,664 (0.91)
Att Rank: 9 / 14 Lg Avg: 21,672
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.00 R/L HR: 0.98 / 1.04
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Kent Hrbek
1B
25.1
2.8
18.9
7.9
5
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 17
2 Dave Engle
DH
28.6
0.5
5.0
1.8
5
N
2
3
1979
 Trade CAL AL
3 Gary Gaetti
3B
26.9
2.6
14.2
2.3
5
Y
6
5
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 11)
4 Tim Laudner
C
27.1
0.3
3.9
-0.4
5
Y
6
5
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
5 Ron Washington
SS
33.2
0.5
3.3
0.2
5
N
3
26
1980
 Trade LAN NL
6 Mickey Hatcher
LF
30.3
0.7
6.8
-1.0
5
N
3
30
1981
 Trade LAN NL
7 Randy Bush
LF
26.7
0.5
6.4
2.2
4
Y
6
5
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
8 Frank Viola
SP
25.2
1.9
16.0
8.6
4
Y
6
8
1981
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
9 Ron Davis
RP
29.9
1.1
9.7
5.9
4
N
4
10
1982
 Trade NYA AL
10 Tom Brunansky
RF
24.9
1.3
16.0
4.7
4
N
5
12
1982
 Trade CAL AL
11 Pete Filson
SW
26.8
1.3
8.0
3.6
4
N
5
12
1982
 Trade NYA AL
12 Tim Teufel
2B
27.0
0.9
10.7
0.0
3
Y
6
3
1980
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
13 Greg Gagne
SS
23.6
0.8
4.3
-3.1
3
N
4
10
1982
 Trade NYA AL
14 Len Whitehouse
RP
27.8
-0.5
0.0
-0.4
3
N
11
1
1982
 Trade TEX AL
15 Ken Schrom
SP
30.6
0.4
6.6
1.8
3
N
12
1
1982
 Free Agency
16 Rick Lysander
RP
32.4
-1.0
0.8
-2.5
3
N
1
12
1983
 Trade HOU NL
17 Jeff Reed
C
22.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
2
Y
6
3
1980
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 12)
18 Dave Meier
LF
25.9
0.3
2.4
0.2
2
Y
6
8
1981
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
19 Curt Wardle
RP
24.6
-0.6
1.1
-1.7
2
Y
6
8
1981
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
20 Kirby Puckett
CF
25.3
2.9
19.0
4.5
2
Y
1
12
1982
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 3)
21 Alvaro Espinoza
SS
23.4
0.0
0.7
-0.9
2
N
3
18
1982
 Free Agency
22 John Butcher
SP
28.3
0.3
8.3
2.1
2
N
12
7
1983
 Trade TEX AL
23 Mike Smithson
SP
30.4
2.5
15.4
7.9
2
N
12
7
1983
 Trade TEX AL
24 Mark Funderburk
DH
28.1
0.1
2.1
0.9
2
Y
11
30
1984
 Free Agency
25 Rich Yett
SP
22.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
6
3
1980
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 26
26 Mark Portugal
SP
22.7
-0.0
0.5
-0.3
1
Y
10
23
1980
 Free Agency (Amateur)
27 Steve Lombardozzi
2B
25.2
1.7
3.1
1.6
1
Y
6
8
1981
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 9
28 Frank Eufemia
RP
25.5
0.7
5.6
2.1
1
Y
6
7
1982
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 18
29 Tom Klawitter
SP
27.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
1
N
5
12
1983
 Free Agency
30 Mark Salas
C
24.3
2.3
14.4
5.6
1
N
12
3
1984
 Draft (Rule 5) SLN NL
31 Dennis Burtt
SP
27.6
0.3
2.3
1.2
1
N
12
31
1984
 Free Agency
32 Mike Stenhouse
DH
27.1
0.1
3.0
-0.2
1
N
1
9
1985
 Trade MON NL
33 Roy Smalley
DH
32.7
1.0
11.5
3.6
1
N
2
19
1985
 Trade CHA AL
34 Mark Brown
RP
26.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.9
1
N
3
27
1985
 Trade BAL AL
35 Bert Blyleven
SP
34.2
2.6
11.0
7.6
1
N
8
1
1985
 Trade CLE AL
36 Steve Howe
RP
27.3
-0.6
0.0
-1.1
1
N
8
12
1985
 Free Agency
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Player Pos Hometown
Bert Blyleven SP Garden Grove, CA (US)
Mark Brown RP Windsor, CT (US)
Tom Brunansky RF West Covina, CA (US)
Dennis Burtt SP San Diego, CA (USA)
Randy Bush LF Dover, DE (USA)
John Butcher SP Glendale, CA (USA)
Ron Davis RP Houston, TX (US)
Dave Engle DH San Diego, CA (US)
Alvaro Espinoza SS Valencia (VE)
Frank Eufemia RP Bronx, NY (USA)
Pete Filson SW Darby, PA (USA)
Mark Funderburk DH Charlotte, NC (USA)
Gary Gaetti 3B Centralia, IL (US)
Greg Gagne SS Somerset, MA (US)
Mickey Hatcher LF Mesa, AZ (US)
Steve Howe RP Clarkston, MI (US)
Kent Hrbek 1B Bloomington, MN (US)
Tom Klawitter SP LaCrosse, WI (USA)
Tim Laudner C Minneapolis, MN (US)
Steve Lombardozzi 2B Columbia, MD (US)
Rick Lysander RP Huntington Park, CA (USA)
Dave Meier LF Fresno, CA (US)
Mark Portugal SP Norwalk, CA (US)
Kirby Puckett CF Chicago, IL (US)
Jeff Reed C Joliet, IL (US)
Mark Salas C La Puente, CA (US)
Ken Schrom SP Grangeville, ID (US)
Roy Smalley DH Los Angeles, CA (US)
Mike Smithson SP Centerville, TN (US)
Mike Stenhouse DH Cranston, RI (US)
Tim Teufel 2B Greenwich, CT (US)
Frank Viola SP East Meadow, NY (US)
Curt Wardle RP Norco, CA (US)
Ron Washington SS New Orleans, LA (US)
Len Whitehouse RP Burlington, VT (USA)
Rich Yett SP Chino, CA (US)

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