1989 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1989 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988/1990)
80-82, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 740 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Managed by Tom Kelly

Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,277,438 (7th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Brian Harper        29  126  385   43  125  24  0   8   57  13   16  .325  .353  .449   2   4  11   6   4   4   3  119
1B *Kent Hrbek          29  109  375   59  102  17  0  25   84  53   35  .272  .360  .517   3   0   6   1   1   4   4  139
2B #Wally Backman       29   87  299   33   69   9  2   1   26  32   45  .231  .306  .284   1   1   4   1   4   1   0   63
3B  Gary Gaetti         30  130  498   63  125  11  4  19   75  25   87  .251  .286  .404   6   2  12   3   1   9   5   88
SS  Greg Gagne          27  149  460   69  125  29  7   9   48  17   80  .272  .298  .424  11   4  10   2   7   5   0   96
LF  Dan Gladden         31  121  461   69  136  23  3   8   46  23   53  .295  .331  .410  23   7   6   5   5   7   3  103
CF  Kirby Puckett       29  159  635   75  215  45  4   9   85  41   59  .339  .379  .465  11   4  21   3   0   5   9  131
RF *Randy Bush          30  141  391   60  103  17  4  14   54  48   73  .263  .347  .435   5   8  16   3   0   2   6  114
DH *Jim Dwyer           39   88  225   34   71  11  0   3   23  28   23  .316  .390  .404   2   0   6   0   0   1   1  119
   #Gene Larkin         26  136  446   61  119  25  1   6   46  54   57  .267  .353  .368   5   2  13   9   5   6   6   99
   #Al Newman           29  141  446   62  113  18  2   0   38  59   46  .253  .341  .303  25  12   3   2  10   4   0   78
   #John Moses          31  129  242   33   68  12  3   1   31  19   23  .281  .333  .368  14   7   5   1   3   2   1   93
    Tim Laudner         31  100  239   24   53  11  1   6   27  25   65  .222  .293  .351   1   0   7   0   4   2   0   77
    Carmen Castillo     31   94  218   23   56  13  3   8   33  15   40  .257  .305  .454   1   2   5   1   4   2   1  106
   #Doug Baker          28   43   78   17   23   5  1   0    9   9   18  .295  .378  .385   0   0   0   2   2   1   0  110
   *Chip Hale           24   28   67    6   14   3  0   0    4   1    6  .209  .214  .254   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   28
    Orlando Mercado     27   19   38    1    4   0  0   0    1   4    4  .105  .190  .105   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -16
    Terry Jorgensen     22   10   23    1    4   1  0   0    2   4    5  .174  .296  .217   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   44
   *Paul Sorrento       23   14   21    2    5   0  0   0    1   5    4  .238  .370  .238   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   71
    Lenny Webster       24   14   20    3    6   2  0   0    1   3    2  .300  .391  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  118
    Vic Rodriguez       27    6   11    2    5   2  0   0    0   0    1  .455  .455  .636   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  197
    Greg Olson          28    3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  176

   *Allan Anderson      25   34    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  162 5581  740 1542 278 35 117  691 478  743  .276  .333  .402 111  53 126  39  51  58  40  102
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    2    2   2  6  10       11   14     2     2     2   7   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Allan Anderson      25  33   3.80  17  10  0  33   0   4   1  196.7  214   97   83  15   53   69  846   5   7  0   1 110
SP  Roy Smith           27  32   3.92  10   6  1  26   1   2   0  172.3  180   82   75  22   51   92  733   5   5  1   5 106
SP *Shane Rawley        33  27   5.21   5  12  0  25   2   1   0  145.0  167   89   84  19   60   68  638   6   0  0   1  80
SP *Frank Viola         29  24   3.79   8  12  0  24   0   7   1  175.7  171   80   74  17   47  138  731   5   3  1   1 110
SP  Mike Dyer           22  16   4.82   4   7  0  12   0   1   0   71.0   74   43   38   2   37   37  317   1   2  1   0  86
SP  Rick Aguilera       27  11   3.21   3   5  0  11   0   3   0   75.7   71   32   27   5   17   57  310   1   1  0   1 130
SP *Mark Guthrie        23  13   4.55   2   4  0   8   2   0   0   57.3   66   32   29   7   21   38  254   1   1  0   1  91
SP  Francisco Oliveras  26  12   4.53   3   4  0   8   1   1   0   55.7   64   28   28   8   15   24  239   0   1  2   0  92
SP  Kevin Tapani        25   5   3.86   2   2  0   5   0   0   0   32.7   34   15   14   2    8   21  138   0   0  0   1 108
SP  Freddie Toliver     28   7   7.76   1   3  0   5   0   0   0   29.0   39   26   25   2   15   11  140   0   1  0   0  54

CL  Jeff Reardon        33  65   4.07   5   4 31   0  61   0   0   73.0   68   33   33   8   12   46  297   1   3  1   3 102
RP *Gary Wayne          26  60   3.30   3   4  1   0  21   0   0   71.0   55   28   26   4   36   41  302   7   1  0   4 126
RP  Juan Berenguer      34  56   3.48   9   3  3   0  17   0   0  106.0   96   44   41  11   47   93  452   5   2  3   0 120
RP  German Gonzalez     27  22   4.66   3   2  0   0   9   0   0   29.0   32   17   15   2   11   25  134   2   4  3   1  89
RP  Mike Cook           25  15   5.06   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   21.3   22   12   12   1   17   15  102   0   1  0   1  82

   *David West          24  10   6.41   3   2  0   5   4   0   0   39.3   48   29   28   5   19   31  182   1   2  0   1  65
    Randy St. Claire    28  14   5.24   1   0  1   0   8   0   0   22.3   19   13   13   4   10   14   98   1   2  0   2  80
    Steve Shields       30  11   7.79   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   17.3   28   18   15   3    6   12   86   2   0  0   1  53
    Tim Drummond        24   8   3.86   0   0  1   0   2   0   0   16.3   16    7    7   0    8    9   75   0   2  1   1 108
    Lee Tunnell         28  10   6.00   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.0   18    8    8   1    6    7   59   0   0  0   1  69
    Greg Booker         29   6   4.15   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.7   11    4    4   1    2    3   38   2   0  0   0 100
    Dan Gladden         31   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    6   1   0  0   0  46
   *John Moses          31   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 162   4.28  80  82 38 162 143  19   8 1429.0 1495  738  680 139  500  851 6180  46  38 13  26  97
    Rank among 14 AL teams         12   9   6  9           6   9     11   11   11       11    7    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BHarper 755 86 101 456 35 11 7 .978 5 13 53 26 TLaudner 500 57 68 328 16 3 3 .991 2 27 46 20 OMercado 111 14 19 73 9 0 2 1.000 1 4 6 3 LWebster 57 5 14 32 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 9 0 GOlson 5 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1429 162 162 893 60 14 12 .986 8 46 115 49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *9.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHrbek 734 86 89 723 60 4 66 .995 9.60 GLarkin 494 57 67 463 28 4 45 .992 8.94 RBush 147 15 25 139 7 0 13 1.000 8.90 TLaudner 17 0 11 19 0 0 2 1.000 10.06 GGaetti 14 2 2 11 2 0 1 1.000 8.36 PSorrento 12 1 5 13 0 0 1 1.000 9.75 JMoses 7 1 2 12 0 0 0 1.000 15.43 BHarper 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 1382 97 8 128 .995 9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WBackman 655 79 84 146 187 6 37 .982 4.57 ANewman 575 63 84 116 171 6 37 .980 4.49 DBaker 102 9 25 22 32 1 4 .982 4.75 CHale 95 11 16 14 36 1 8 .980 4.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 298 426 14 86 .981 4.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGaetti 1056 123 125 104 251 10 23 .973 3.02 ANewman 237 26 37 32 51 4 5 .954 3.15 TJorgensen 68 8 9 4 19 1 3 .958 3.04 CHale 38 3 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.18 VRodriguez 25 2 5 3 6 1 1 .900 3.24 BHarper 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 145 332 16 32 .968 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGagne 1143 130 146 218 389 18 66 .971 4.78 ANewman 178 21 31 35 59 6 16 .940 4.75 DBaker 108 11 19 20 31 1 5 .981 4.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 273 479 25 87 .968 4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGladden 953 108 116 241 9 9 3 .965 2.36 JMoses 205 22 39 56 3 1 0 .983 2.59 RBush 194 21 34 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.76 CCastillo 45 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 ANewman 31 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.61 GLarkin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 352 15 10 3 .973 2.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KPuckett 1328 154 157 438 13 4 3 .991 3.06 JMoses 83 6 26 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 DGladden 13 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85 ANewman 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RBush 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGagne 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 468 14 4 3 .992 3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBush 556 68 88 161 5 3 1 .982 2.68 CCastillo 382 45 61 109 3 3 1 .974 2.63 JMoses 248 20 63 75 0 1 0 .987 2.72 GLarkin 225 28 31 60 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 BHarper 16 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 JDwyer 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 409 8 7 2 .983 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.42 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KPuckett 1328 154 157 438 13 4 3 .991 3.06 DGladden 966 110 117 245 8 9 3 .966 2.36 RBush 751 89 109 200 7 3 1 .986 2.48 JMoses 536 48 108 156 3 2 0 .988 2.67 CCastillo 427 52 67 119 3 3 1 .976 2.57 GLarkin 226 28 32 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 ANewman 34 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 BHarper 16 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 JDwyer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGagne 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1429 162 162 1230 35 21 8 .984 2.66 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AAnderson 196 33 33 12 27 1 5 .975 1.78 FViola 175 24 24 7 26 3 1 .917 1.69 RSmith 172 26 32 9 13 0 1 1.000 1.15 SRawley 145 25 27 4 20 2 2 .923 1.49 JBerenguer 106 0 56 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.10 RAguilera 75 11 11 4 13 0 2 1.000 2.02 JReardon 73 0 65 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.49 MDyer 71 12 16 6 3 0 1 1.000 1.14 GWayne 71 0 60 2 11 1 1 .929 1.65 MGuthrie 57 8 13 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.57 FOliveras 55 8 12 0 6 1 2 .857 0.97 DWest 39 5 10 2 1 1 0 .750 0.69 KTapani 32 5 5 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.65 FToliver 29 5 7 3 11 0 0 1.000 4.34 GGonzalez 29 0 22 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 RSt. Claire 22 0 14 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.42 MCook 21 0 15 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.85 SShields 17 0 11 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.56 TDrummond 16 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.55 LTunnell 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GBooker 8 0 6 0 5 0 1 1.000 5.17 DGladden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMoses 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 67 169 9 20 .963 1.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JDwyer 74 GLarkin 41 BHarper 19 TLaudner 19 KHrbek 18 CCastillo 16 RBush 5 PSorrento 5 GGaetti 3 JMoses 3 DGladden 2 CHale 2 ANewman 2 KPuckett 2 WBackman 1 DBaker 1 VRodriguez 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Puckett .339

On-base % Puckett .379

Slugging % Puckett .465

OPS Puckett .844

Games Puckett 159

At Bats Puckett 635

Plate Appearances (approx.) Puckett 684

Runs Puckett 75

Hits Puckett 215

Total Bases Puckett 295

Doubles Puckett 45

Triples Gagne 7

Home Runs Hrbek 25

RBI Puckett 85

Bases on Balls Newman 59

Strikeouts Gaetti 87

Stolen Bases Newman 25

Singles Puckett 157

Adjusted OPS+ Puckett 131

Runs Created Puckett 107

Adjusted Batting Runs Puckett 26

Batting Wins Puckett 2.6

Extra-Base Hits Puckett 58

Times on Base Puckett 259

Offensive Win% Puckett .668

Hit By Pitch Larkin 9

Sac. Hits Newman 10

Sac. Flies Gaetti 9

Intentional Walks Puckett 9

Grounded into Double Plays Puckett 21

Caught Stealing Newman 12

Power/Speed Number Gladden 11.9

At Bats per Strikeout Puckett 10.8

At Bats per Home Run Gaetti 26.2

Outs Puckett 450

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Viola 3.79

Wins Anderson 17

Won-Loss % Anderson .630

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Viola 1.241

Hits Allowed/9IP Viola 8.76

Bases on Balls/9IP Viola 2.41

Strikeouts/9IP Viola 7.07

Games Reardon 65

Saves Reardon 31

Innings Anderson 196.7

Strikeouts Viola 138

Games Started Anderson 33

Comp. Games Viola 7

Shutouts Anderson and Viola 1

Home Runs Allow. Smith 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Rawley 60

Hits Allowed Anderson 214

SO to Walk Viola 2.94

Losses Rawley and Viola 12

Earned Runs Allow. Rawley 84

Wild Pitches Wayne 7

Hit Batsmen Anderson 7

Batters Faced Anderson 846

Games Finished Reardon 61

Adjusted ERA+ Viola and Anderson 110

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Frank Viola $ 2,766,666

Gary Gaetti $ 2,400,000

Kirby Puckett $ 2,000,000

Kent Hrbek $ 1,560,000

Shane Rawley $ 950,000

Wally Backman $ 750,000

Tim Laudner $ 700,000

Juan Berenguer $ 625,000

Dan Gladden $ 610,000

Greg Gagne $ 570,000

Randy Bush $ 550,000

Carmen Castillo $ 432,500

Allan Anderson $ 200,000

Jim Dwyer $ 200,000

John Moses $ 180,000

Al Newman $ 180,000

Brian Harper $ 147,500

Gene Larkin $ 145,000

Steve Shields $ 125,000

Roy Smith $ 100,000

Tim Drummond $ 68,000

Mike Dyer $ 68,000

Mark Guthrie $ 68,000

Chip Hale $ 68,000

Gary Wayne $ 68,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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