1998 Minnesota Twins
70 - 92
1997 / 1999 (Organization)
4th place in the AL Central (19 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		35 - 46 (.432)
35 - 46 (.432)		 -8.6 wins
-2.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 734 / 841 ( -107 )
Allowed/Expected: 818 / 835 ( +17 )
Pyth Record: 73 - 89 (-3)
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Attendance: 1,165,976 Avg Att: 14,395 (0.51)
Att Rank: 14 / 14 Lg Avg: 28,397
       
Park Factor: 1.02    
HR Factor: 0.98 R/L HR: 0.92 / 1.07
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
CF
23.0
48.7
243.9
91.0
 
-0.4
0.8
0.2
4.7
3.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
2
DH
22.6
40.6
244.6
133.8
 
0.7
-0.6
0.7
0.3
1.3
 
Trade
9
13
1996
3
3B
25.0
24.6
125.6
51.1
 
-0.3
2.6
2.9
6.3
4.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
2
1994
4
C
21.5
22.8
168.3
26.7
 
-0.1
0.2
0.6
1.8
2.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
2
1994
5
SP
22.9
16.6
71.6
25.3
 
2.2
4.2
3.5
3.7
1.1
 
Trade
2
6
1998
6
RF
19.3
14.1
134.4
43.9
 
-0.0
0.8
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
7
SS
20.3
12.5
125.9
1.0
 
-2.5
1.2
4.7
1.4
 
Trade
2
6
1998
8
1B
24.0
11.8
89.5
25.0
 
-0.1
-1.6
-0.1
2.7
1.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
9
LF
23.2
11.5
119.6
30.9
 
1.8
1.3
1.3
5.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
10
SP
24.5
9.5
57.5
20.0
 
-0.2
3.3
0.5
2.8
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
11
SP
22.6
9.4
44.9
13.8
 
3.1
2.3
6.6
0.1
 
Trade
10
9
1997
12
RP
20.5
9.3
52.5
26.7
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
19
1997
13
RP
22.1
8.1
49.8
14.8
 
0.2
-0.5
-0.5
3.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
14
RP
19.4
4.9
39.3
10.0
 
-0.0
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
4
1996
15
RP
19.6
4.5
25.2
10.7
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
28
1996
16
C
22.8
0.9
38.2
1.9
 
-1.0
0.9
0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
17
SP
24.0
0.8
2.6
0.7
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
18
SS
18.0
0.5
18.9
-4.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
1
1997
19
RF
24.9
0.5
19.1
4.7
 
-0.7
0.7
0.8
 
Trade
2
6
1998
20
DH
22.6
0.4
32.2
6.6
 
-1.1
0.6
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
21
RP
25.5
0.1
0.6
0.4
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
6
1995
22
RP
22.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
 
-0.1
 
Trade
2
6
1998
23
SP
23.2
-0.1
2.4
-1.4
 
0.9
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
24
2B
21.7
-0.1
0.5
-0.1
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
2
1994
25
2B
24.3
-0.1
0.4
0.0
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
26
RP
23.2
-0.2
16.5
-1.5
 
0.0
-0.6
0.9
1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
27
SP
23.3
-0.3
0.5
-2.5
 
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
28
RF
19.5
-0.5
4.8
-0.3
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
29
RP
24.5
-0.5
0.0
-0.5
 
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
30
SS
18.0
-0.7
1.2
-0.9
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
10
28
1997
31
SP
24.4
-0.7
6.8
-3.0
 
-0.1
-1.0
0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1992
32
RF
21.0
-0.8
5.1
-0.2
 
-0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
33
RP
21.8
-0.9
0.0
-2.2
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
12
24
1997
34
RF
25.1
-1.0
3.6
-0.7
 
-0.7
-0.6
0.5
 
Trade
10
30
1995
35
RP
20.7
-1.0
4.9
-0.4
 
-0.5
 
Free Agency
5
12
1997
36
2B
18.8
-1.5
38.4
-10.4
 
0.1
-0.1
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
10
9
1995
37
LF
23.4
-1.6
13.0
-2.6
 
-0.8
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
38
C
23.4
-3.6
28.9
-7.7
 
-1.0
-0.1
0.7
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James