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1997 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Index: 1996/1998) 68-94, Finished 4th in AL Central Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 772 runs, Allowed 861 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89 Managed by Tom Kelly Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,411,064 (12th out of 14) Park Factor: Batting - 101/Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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   Terry Steinbach     35  122  447   60  111  27  1  12   54  35  106  .248  .302  .394   6   1  14   1   0   4   2   80
1B *Scott Stahoviak     27   91  275   33   63  17  0  10   33  24   73  .229  .301  .400   5   2   7   6   0   4   1   81
2B  Chuck Knoblauch     28  156  611  117  178  26 10   9   58  84   84  .291  .390  .411  62  10  11  17   0   4   6  109
3B  Ron Coomer          30  140  523   63  156  30  2  13   85  22   91  .298  .324  .438   4   3  11   0   0   5   5   96
SS  Pat Meares          28  134  439   63  121  23  3  10   60  18   86  .276  .323  .410   7   7   9  16   3   7   0   90
LF  Marty Cordova       27  103  378   44   93  18  4  15   51  30   92  .246  .305  .434   5   3  13   3   0   2   2   90
CF *Rich Becker         25  132  443   61  117  22  3  10   45  62  130  .264  .354  .395  17   5   4   1   2   2   1   95
RF *Matt Lawton         25  142  460   74  114  29  3  14   60  76   81  .248  .366  .415   7   4   7  10   1   1   3  103
DH  Paul Molitor        40  135  538   63  164  32  4  10   89  45   73  .305  .351  .435  11   4   8   0   2  12   8  104
   #Dennis Hocking      27  115  253   28   65  12  4   2   25  18   51  .257  .308  .360   3   5   6   1   5   1   0   73
    Roberto Kelly       32   75  247   39   71  19  2   5   37  17   50  .287  .336  .441   7   4   4   2   1   2   0  101
    Greg Colbrunn       27   70  217   24   61  14  0   5   26   8   38  .281  .307  .415   1   2   7   1   0   2   1   86
   *Brent Brede         25   61  190   25   52  11  1   3   21  21   38  .274  .347  .389   7   2   1   1   1   1   0   92
   *Greg Myers          31   62  165   24   44  11  1   5   28  16   29  .267  .328  .436   0   0   4   0   0   2   2   97
   *Todd Walker         24   52  156   15   37   7  1   3   16  11   30  .237  .288  .353   7   0   5   1   1   2   1   66
    Darrin Jackson      34   49  130   19   33   2  1   3   21   4   21  .254  .272  .354   2   0   2   0   3   2   0   62
    Damian Miller       27   25   66    5   18   1  0   2   13   2   12  .273  .282  .379   0   0   2   0   0   3   0   70
   *David Ortiz         21   15   49   10   16   3  0   1    6   2   19  .327  .353  .449   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  107
   #Chris Latham        24   15   22    4    4   1  0   0    1   0    8  .182  .182  .227   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    6
   #Javier Valentin     21    4    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50
    Torii Hunter        21    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Rich Robertson      28    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0   0   0    5
    Bob Tewksbury       36    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
    Brad Radke          24    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Todd Ritchie        25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    LaTroy Hawkins      24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Frank Rodriguez     24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Trombley       30    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  162 5634  772 1522 305 40 132  730 495 1121  .270  .329  .409 151  52 117  60  20  56  32   93
    Rank among 14 AL teams         4   10    7   5  2  14       12    4     8    11    11   2   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.

    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  Brad Radke          24  35   3.87  20  10  0  35   0   4   1  239.7  238  114  103  28   48  174  989   1   3  1   1 121
SP *Rich Robertson      28  31   5.69   8  12  0  26   2   0   0  147.0  169  105   93  19   70   69  666  10   6  0   3  82
SP  Bob Tewksbury       36  26   4.22   8  13  0  26   0   5   2  168.7  200   83   79  12   31   92  721   2   1  0   1 111
SP  LaTroy Hawkins      24  20   5.84   6  12  0  20   0   0   0  103.3  134   71   67  19   47   58  478   6   4  3   0  80
SP *Scott Aldred        29  17   7.68   2  10  0  15   0   0   0   77.3  102   66   66  20   28   33  350   7   3  0   2  61

CL  Rick Aguilera       35  61   3.82   5   4 26   0  57   0   0   68.3   65   29   29   9   22   68  285   3   2  0   3 122
RP *Eddie Guardado      26  69   3.91   0   4  1   0  20   0   0   46.0   45   23   20   7   17   54  201   2   2  0   2 119
RP  Mike Trombley       30  67   4.37   2   3  1   0  21   0   0   82.3   77   43   40   7   31   74  349   5   2  0   4 107
RP *Greg Swindell       32  65   3.58   7   4  1   1  12   0   0  115.7  102   46   46  12   25   75  460   0   2  0   3 130
RP  Todd Ritchie        25  42   4.58   2   3  0   0  19   0   0   74.7   87   41   38  11   28   44  331  11   2  0   0 102

    Frank Rodriguez     24  43   4.62   3   6  0  15   5   0   0  142.3  147   82   73  12   60   65  613   6   4  0   9 101
   *Travis Miller       24  13   7.63   1   5  0   7   1   0   0   48.3   64   49   41   8   23   26  227   5   1  0   2  61
    Dan Naulty          27  29   5.87   1   1  1   0   8   0   0   30.7   29   20   20   8   10   23  128   3   0  0   0  79
   *Dan Serafini        23   6   3.42   2   1  0   4   1   1   0   26.3   27   11   10   1   11   15  111   1   0  0   0 136
    Dave Stevens        27   6   9.00   1   3  0   6   0   0   0   23.0   41   23   23   8   17   16  124   1   0  2   0  52
    Shane Bowers        25   5   8.05   0   3  0   5   0   0   0   19.0   27   20   17   2    8    7   92   1   1  0   0  58
    Kevin Jarvis        27   6  12.46   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   13.0   23   18   18   4    8    9   70   2   0  0   0  37
    Gregg Olson         30  11  18.36   0   0  0   0   5   0   0    8.3   19   17   17   0   11    6   55   0   0  0   1  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 162   5.02  68  94 30 162 152  10   4 1434.0 1596  861  800 187  495  908 6250  66  33  6  31  93
    Rank among 14 AL teams         13  12   2 13           5  11     10   12   13       11    1   14

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- TSteinbach 116 654 51 5 4 .993 9 GMyers 38 196 11 3 2 .986 2 DMiller 20 85 3 0 1 1.000 3 JValentin 4 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 162 946 67 8 7 .992 14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SStahoviak 81 607 58 7 67 .990 8.21 GColbrunn 64 475 35 6 60 .988 7.97 BBrede 15 121 9 1 9 .992 8.67 PMolitor 12 99 7 1 6 .991 8.83 DOrtiz 11 84 10 1 10 .989 8.55 RCoomer 9 40 5 0 5 1.000 5.00 TSteinbach 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 DHocking 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 1430 124 17 157 .989 9.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CKnoblauch 154 283 424 11 101 .985 4.59 DHocking 15 13 16 0 5 1.000 1.93 TWalker 8 11 16 1 5 .964 3.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 307 456 12 111 .985 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCoomer 119 66 216 10 20 .966 2.37 TWalker 40 24 70 3 4 .969 2.35 DHocking 39 14 32 0 2 1.000 1.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 104 318 13 26 .970 2.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .974 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMeares 134 211 415 20 93 .969 4.67 DHocking 44 61 96 4 28 .975 3.57 CKnoblauch 1 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 274 514 25 122 .969 4.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCordova 101 214 12 2 2 .991 2.24 MLawton 58 108 5 2 2 .983 1.95 RBecker 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 DHocking 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 BBrede 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 RKelly 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 355 18 4 4 .989 2.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField G PO A E DP .988 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBecker 115 284 5 5 1 .983 2.51 DJackson 44 93 4 1 1 .990 2.20 MLawton 23 43 0 3 0 .935 1.87 CLatham 8 10 0 1 0 .909 1.25 DHocking 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 RKelly 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 434 9 10 2 .978 2.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field G PO A E DP .978 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLawton 67 129 4 2 1 .985 1.99 RKelly 57 99 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 BBrede 40 64 0 3 0 .955 1.60 RBecker 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 DHocking 12 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.75 RCoomer 7 17 2 1 2 .950 2.71 CLatham 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 348 8 6 4 .983 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRadke 35 15 31 0 5 1.000 1.73 BTewksbury 26 21 30 0 7 1.000 2.72 RRobertson 31 6 13 2 2 .905 1.16 FRodriguez 43 10 24 2 2 .944 2.15 GSwindell 65 12 11 0 1 1.000 1.79 LHawkins 20 9 13 1 1 .957 1.92 MTrombley 67 6 6 0 2 1.000 1.31 SAldred 17 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.28 TRitchie 42 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.57 RAguilera 61 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.37 TMiller 13 8 6 0 0 1.000 2.61 EGuardado 69 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.37 DNaulty 29 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 DSerafini 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.34 DStevens 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 SBowers 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.89 KJarvis 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 GOlson 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 103 180 6 23 .979 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- PMolitor 122 RKelly 12 GMyers 10 RCoomer 7 SStahoviak 5 DMiller 3 GColbrunn 2 MCordova 2 TWalker 2 BBrede 1 DHocking 1 CKnoblauch 1 DOrtiz 1 TSteinbach 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Molitor .305 On-base % Knoblauch .390 Slugging % Coomer .438 OPS Knoblauch .801 Games Knoblauch 156 At Bats Knoblauch 611 Runs Knoblauch 117 Hits Knoblauch 178 Total Bases Knoblauch 251 Doubles Molitor 32 Triples Knoblauch 10 Home Runs Cordova 15 RBI Molitor 89 Bases on Balls Knoblauch 84 Strikeouts Becker 130 Stolen Bases Knoblauch 62 Singles Knoblauch 133 Adjusted OPS+ Knoblauch 109 Runs Created Knoblauch 95 Extra-Base Hits Lawton and Molitor 46 Times on Base Knoblauch 279 Hit By Pitch Knoblauch 17 Sac. Hits Hocking 5 Sac. Flies Molitor 12 Intentional Walks Molitor 8 Grounded into Double Plays Steinbach 14 Power/Speed Number Knoblauch 15.7 At Bats per Strikeout Molitor 7.4 At Bats per Home Run Lawton 32.9 Outs Knoblauch 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Radke 3.87 Wins Radke 20 Won-Loss % Radke .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Radke 1.193 Hits Allowed/9IP Radke 8.94 Bases on Balls/9IP Tewksbury 1.65 Strikeouts/9IP Radke 6.53 Games Guardado 69 Saves Aguilera 26 Innings Radke 239.7 Strikeouts Radke 174 Games Started Radke 35 Comp. Games Tewksbury 5 Shutouts Tewksbury 2 Home Runs Allow. Radke 28 Bases On Balls Allow. Robertson 70 Hits Allowed Radke 238 SO to Walk Radke 3.62 Losses Tewksbury 13 Earned Runs Allow. Radke 103 Wild Pitches Ritchie 11 Hit Batsmen Robertson 6 Batters Faced Radke 989 Games Finished Aguilera 57 Adjusted ERA+ Radke 121

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Salaries Chuck Knoblauch $ 6,150,000 Paul Molitor $ 3,500,000 Rick Aguilera $ 3,075,000 Terry Steinbach $ 2,850,000 Bob Tewksbury $ 2,000,000 Pat Meares $ 1,425,000 Marty Cordova $ 800,000 Greg Colbrunn $ 750,000 Roberto Kelly $ 750,000 Greg Swindell $ 750,000 Greg Myers $ 575,000 Brad Radke $ 450,000 Gregg Olson $ 400,000 Mike Trombley $ 375,000 Eddie Guardado $ 300,000 Darrin Jackson $ 275,000 Scott Stahoviak $ 275,000 Rich Becker $ 260,000 Scott Aldred $ 225,000 Frank Rodriguez $ 220,000 Rich Robertson $ 205,000 Ron Coomer $ 170,000 Dan Naulty $ 165,000 Dennis Hocking $ 152,500 Brent Brede $ 150,000 LaTroy Hawkins $ 150,000 Matt Lawton $ 150,000 Damian Miller $ 150,000 Travis Miller $ 150,000 Todd Ritchie $ 150,000 Todd Walker $ 150,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars Chuck Knoblauch

1996/1998

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