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1998 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Index: 1997/1999) 70-92, Finished 4th in AL Central Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 734 runs, Allowed 818 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89 Managed by Tom Kelly Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,165,976 (14th out of 14) Park Factor: Batting - 100/Pitching - 101 (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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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   Terry Steinbach     36  124  422   45  102  25  2  14   54  38   89  .242  .310  .410   0   1  16   4   0   1   0   86
1B *David Ortiz         22   86  278   47   77  20  0   9   46  39   72  .277  .371  .446   1   0   8   5   0   4   3  112
2B *Todd Walker         25  143  528   85  167  41  3  12   62  47   65  .316  .372  .473  19   7  13   2   0   4   9  119
3B #Brent Gates         28  107  333   31   83  15  0   3   42  36   46  .249  .324  .321   3   3   6   2   3   3   0   69
SS  Pat Meares          29  149  543   56  141  26  3   9   70  24   86  .260  .296  .368   7   4  12   6   3   5   1   72
LF  Marty Cordova       28  119  438   52  111  20  2  10   69  50  103  .253  .333  .377   3   6  14   5   0   6   3   85
CF #Otis Nixon          39  110  448   71  133   6  6   1   20  44   56  .297  .361  .344  37   7  14   2   4   2   0   86
RF *Matt Lawton         26  152  557   91  155  36  6  21   77  86   64  .278  .387  .478  16   8  10  15   0   4   6  124
DH  Paul Molitor        41  126  502   75  141  29  5   4   69  45   41  .281  .335  .382   9   2  19   1   1  10   5   87
    Ron Coomer          31  137  529   54  146  22  1  15   72  18   72  .276  .295  .406   2   2  22   0   0   8   1   81
    Alex Ochoa          26   94  249   35   64  14  2   2   25  10   35  .257  .288  .353   6   3   7   1   0   0   0   66
   #Orlando Merced      31   63  204   22   59  12  0   5   33  17   29  .289  .345  .422   1   4   4   1   0   1   3   99
   #Dennis Hocking      28  110  198   32   40   6  1   3   15  16   44  .202  .259  .288   2   1   2   0   3   2   1   43
   #Javier Valentin     22   55  162   11   32   7  1   3   18  11   30  .198  .247  .309   0   0   7   0   3   1   1   44
   #Chris Latham        25   34   94   14   15   1  0   1    5  13   36  .160  .262  .202   4   2   0   0   1   0   0   24
    Jon Shave           30   19   40    7   10   3  0   1    5   3   10  .250  .302  .400   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   81
   *Corey Koskie        25   11   29    2    4   0  0   1    2   2   10  .138  .194  .241   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13
   *Doug Mientkiewicz   24    8   25    1    5   1  0   0    2   4    3  .200  .310  .240   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   47
   *Scott Stahoviak     28    9   19    1    2   0  0   1    1   0    7  .105  .105  .263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -8
    Torii Hunter        22    6   17    0    4   1  0   0    2   2    6  .235  .316  .294   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   61
   *A.J. Pierzynski     21    7   10    1    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .300  .385  .300   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   82

   *Eric Milton         22    3    9    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    4  .444  .444  .444   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  133
    Mike Morgan         38    1    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  162
    Brad Radke          25    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    LaTroy Hawkins      25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Dan Serafini        24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Tewksbury       37    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  162 5641  734 1499 285 32 115  691 506  915  .266  .326  .389 112  54 155  45  18  52  33   86
    Rank among 14 AL teams         4   11    9  12  5  13       11   13     9    11    13  10   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  LaTroy Hawkins      25  33   5.25   7  14  0  33   0   0   0  190.3  227  126  111  27   61  105  840  10   5  2   1  90
SP *Eric Milton         22  32   5.64   8  14  0  32   0   1   0  172.3  195  113  108  25   70  107  772   1   2  0   0  83
SP  Brad Radke          25  32   4.30  12  14  0  32   0   5   1  213.7  238  109  102  23   43  146  904   3   9  1   1 109
SP  Bob Tewksbury       37  26   4.79   7  13  0  25   0   1   0  148.3  174   82   79  19   20   60  635   5   6  0   1  98
SP  Mike Morgan         38  18   3.49   4   2  0  17   0   0   0   98.0  108   41   38  13   24   50  412   1   7  0   1 135
SP  Frank Rodriguez     25  20   6.56   4   6  0  11   4   0   0   70.0   88   58   51   6   30   62  329   6   3  1   0  72

CL  Rick Aguilera       36  68   4.24   4   9 38   0  64   0   0   74.3   75   35   35   8   15   57  307   1   1  0   1 111
RP *Eddie Guardado      27  79   4.52   3   1  0   0  12   0   0   65.7   66   34   33  10   28   53  286   2   0  0   6 104
RP  Mike Trombley       31  77   3.63   6   5  1   1  17   0   0   96.7   90   41   39  16   41   89  413   6   5  1   3 129
RP  Hector Carrasco     28  63   4.38   4   2  1   0  20   0   0   61.7   75   30   30   4   31   46  287   8   1  0   1 107
RP *Greg Swindell       33  52   3.66   3   3  2   0  12   0   0   66.3   67   27   27  10   18   45  281   3   3  0   2 128

   *Dan Serafini        24  28   6.48   7   4  0   9   3   0   0   75.0   95   58   54  10   29   46  345   2   1  0   1  73
    Travis Baptist      26  13   5.67   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   27.0   34   18   17   5   11   11  123   0   0  0   1  83
    Todd Ritchie        26  15   5.62   0   0  0   0   7   0   0   24.0   30   17   15   1    9   21  113   3   0  0   0  84
    Dan Naulty          28  19   4.94   0   2  0   0   9   0   0   23.7   25   16   13   3   10   15  104   0   0  0   1  95
   *Travis Miller       25  14   3.86   0   2  0   0   2   0   0   23.3   25   10   10   0   11   23  104   2   0  0   1 122
   *Benj Sampson        23   5   1.56   1   0  0   2   1   0   0   17.3   10    3    3   0    6   16   67   2   0  0   0 302
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 162   4.76  70  92 42 162 155   7   9 1447.3 1622  818  765 180  457  952 6322  55  43  5  21  99
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8  12   3  8          10   4      4   13    8       10    1   11

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- TSteinbach 119 665 52 7 3 .990 4 JValentin 53 281 17 5 0 .983 7 APierzynski 6 33 2 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 162 979 71 12 4 .989 11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DOrtiz 70 503 46 6 51 .989 7.84 RCoomer 54 371 34 1 32 .998 7.50 OMerced 38 299 21 6 32 .982 8.42 PMolitor 9 79 7 0 4 1.000 9.56 DMientkiewi 8 61 3 0 3 1.000 8.00 SStahoviak 4 35 4 1 4 .975 9.75 DHocking 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BGates 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 JShave 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 1354 115 14 127 .991 9.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 4.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TWalker 140 219 363 13 72 .978 4.16 DHocking 47 38 46 0 9 1.000 1.79 BGates 21 23 43 2 8 .971 3.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 280 452 15 89 .980 4.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGates 77 59 113 7 5 .961 2.23 RCoomer 75 56 116 5 9 .972 2.29 JShave 15 6 20 0 2 1.000 1.73 DHocking 11 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.09 CKoskie 10 6 10 1 1 .941 1.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 128 270 13 18 .968 2.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .972 4.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMeares 149 263 412 24 92 .966 4.53 DHocking 28 29 43 3 7 .960 2.57 BGates 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 JShave 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 293 456 27 99 .965 4.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .985 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCordova 115 257 5 6 1 .978 2.28 AOchoa 21 28 4 1 0 .970 1.52 DHocking 17 34 2 1 1 .973 2.12 CLatham 13 22 0 1 0 .957 1.69 MLawton 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 363 11 9 2 .977 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField G PO A E DP .987 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ONixon 108 278 4 3 0 .989 2.61 MLawton 47 113 2 1 2 .991 2.45 CLatham 15 33 0 1 0 .971 2.20 THunter 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 AOchoa 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 DHocking 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 436 6 5 2 .989 2.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field G PO A E DP .983 1.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLawton 100 263 9 3 3 .989 2.72 AOchoa 52 88 4 3 0 .968 1.77 OMerced 13 25 2 0 1 1.000 2.08 DHocking 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 CLatham 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 RCoomer 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 SStahoviak 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 401 16 6 4 .986 2.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .958 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRadke 32 12 34 1 1 .979 1.94 LHawkins 33 17 29 0 5 1.000 2.18 EMilton 32 8 20 0 1 1.000 1.46 BTewksbury 26 12 31 2 3 .956 2.61 MMorgan 18 13 16 1 1 .967 2.66 MTrombley 77 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.21 DSerafini 28 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.08 RAguilera 68 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.45 FRodriguez 20 8 9 2 0 .895 2.19 GSwindell 52 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.90 EGuardado 79 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.51 HCarrasco 63 9 6 0 0 1.000 2.19 TBaptist 13 6 2 0 0 1.000 2.67 TRitchie 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DNaulty 19 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.38 TMiller 14 1 2 1 0 .750 1.16 BSampson 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 109 187 7 14 .977 1.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- PMolitor 115 RCoomer 13 DOrtiz 10 OMerced 8 MCordova 4 AOchoa 3 TSteinbach 3 BGates 2 DHocking 2 JShave 1 JValentin 1 TWalker 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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Walker .316 On-base % Lawton .387 Slugging % Lawton .478 OPS Lawton .865 Games Lawton 152 At Bats Lawton 557 Runs Lawton 91 Hits Walker 167 Total Bases Lawton 266 Doubles Walker 41 Triples Lawton and Nixon 6 Home Runs Lawton 21 RBI Lawton 77 Bases on Balls Lawton 86 Strikeouts Cordova 103 Stolen Bases Nixon 37 Singles Nixon 120 Adjusted OPS+ Lawton 124 Runs Created Lawton 100 Extra-Base Hits Lawton 63 Times on Base Lawton 256 Hit By Pitch Lawton 15 Sac. Hits Nixon 4 Sac. Flies Molitor 10 Intentional Walks Walker 9 Grounded into Double Plays Coomer 22 Power/Speed Number Lawton 18.2 At Bats per Strikeout Molitor 12.2 At Bats per Home Run Lawton 26.5 Outs Meares 426

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Radke 4.30 Wins Radke 12 Won-Loss % Radke .462 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Radke 1.315 Hits Allowed/9IP Radke 10.02 Bases on Balls/9IP Radke 1.81 Strikeouts/9IP Radke 6.15 Games Guardado 79 Saves Aguilera 38 Innings Radke 213.7 Strikeouts Radke 146 Games Started Hawkins 33 Comp. Games Radke 5 Shutouts Radke 1 Home Runs Allow. Hawkins 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Milton 70 Hits Allowed Radke 238 SO to Walk Radke 3.40 Losses Hawkins, Milton, and Radke 14 Earned Runs Allow. Hawkins 111 Wild Pitches Hawkins 10 Hit Batsmen Radke 9 Batters Faced Radke 904 Games Finished Aguilera 64 Adjusted ERA+ Radke 109

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries Paul Molitor $ 4,250,000 Terry Steinbach $ 2,850,000 Rick Aguilera $ 2,750,000 Pat Meares $ 2,500,000 Marty Cordova $ 2,000,000 Otis Nixon $ 2,000,000 Bob Tewksbury $ 1,750,000 Brad Radke $ 1,400,000 Mike Morgan $ 1,300,000 Greg Swindell $ 1,300,000 Orlando Merced $ 800,000 Hector Carrasco $ 700,000 Eddie Guardado $ 650,000 Frank Rodriguez $ 425,000 Mike Trombley $ 425,000 Brent Gates $ 350,000 Ron Coomer $ 325,000 Matt Lawton $ 215,000 Dennis Hocking $ 185,000 Dan Naulty $ 185,000 Alex Ochoa $ 182,500 LaTroy Hawkins $ 180,000 Todd Ritchie $ 180,000 Todd Walker $ 175,000 Travis Baptist $ 170,000 Eric Milton $ 170,000 David Ortiz $ 170,000 Dan Serafini $ 170,000 Javier Valentin $ 170,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars Brad Radke

1997/1999

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