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1979 Minnesota Twins Statistics
Team Record: 82-80
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,070,521, Avg. 14,275
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Gene Mauch (82-80)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1979 Minnesota Twins Results
The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division.
The Twins scored 764 runs and yielded 725 runs. Roy Smalley led Minnesota with 24 home runs, while Ken Landreaux walloped 20 or more, too. Roy Smalley drove in 95 runs. Ken Landreaux paced all regular hitters by hitting .305. Jerry Koosman topped the squad with 20 wins, and Mike Marshall recorded a 2.65 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Gene Mauch coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Koosman | 20 | 13 | .606 | 3.38 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 263.7 | 268 | 108 | 99 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 157 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1101 |
Dave Goltz | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.16 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 250.7 | 282 | 124 | 116 | 22 | 69 | 3 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1061 |
Geoff Zahn | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.57 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.0 | 181 | 74 | 67 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 702 |
Mike Marshall | 10 | 15 | .400 | 2.65 | 90 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 142.7 | 132 | 47 | 42 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 586 |
Pete Redfern | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.49 | 40 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108.3 | 106 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 455 |
Paul Hartzell | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.36 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 193 | 102 | 97 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 704 |
Mike Bacsik | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.39 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 61 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 283 |
Darrell Jackson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.28 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 89 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 311 |
Roger Erickson | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.63 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 154 | 86 | 77 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 556 |
Gary Serum | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.61 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 93 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 287 |
Terry Felton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Ken Brett | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
Kevin Stanfield | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Jeff Holly | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
Paul Thormodsgard | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Totals | 82 | 80 | .506 | 4.16 | 376 | 162 | 131 | 31 | 3 | 33 | 1444.3 | 1590 | 725 | 667 | 128 | 452 | 21 | 721 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 6157 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Landreaux | 151 | 623 | 564 | 81 | 172 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 83 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 57 | .305 | .347 | .450 | .798 | 254 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
Roy Smalley | 162 | 729 | 621 | 94 | 168 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 95 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 80 | .271 | .353 | .441 | .794 | 274 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
Ron Jackson | 159 | 653 | 583 | 85 | 158 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 59 | .271 | .337 | .429 | .766 | 250 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Butch Wynegar | 149 | 595 | 504 | 74 | 136 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 36 | .270 | .363 | .351 | .714 | 177 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
Rob Wilfong | 140 | 485 | 419 | 71 | 131 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 54 | .313 | .352 | .458 | .810 | 192 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 3 |
John Castino | 148 | 445 | 393 | 49 | 112 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 72 | .285 | .331 | .397 | .728 | 156 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
Hosken Powell | 104 | 380 | 338 | 49 | 99 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 25 | .293 | .360 | .379 | .739 | 128 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Glenn Adams | 119 | 361 | 326 | 34 | 98 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 27 | .301 | .350 | .420 | .770 | 137 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Bombo Rivera | 112 | 294 | 263 | 37 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 40 | .281 | .324 | .392 | .715 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Cubbage | 94 | 291 | 243 | 26 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 26 | .276 | .371 | .350 | .720 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Willie Norwood | 96 | 294 | 270 | 32 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 51 | .248 | .299 | .385 | .684 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Dave Edwards | 96 | 257 | 229 | 42 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 45 | .249 | .323 | .389 | .711 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Jose Morales | 92 | 214 | 191 | 21 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .267 | .319 | .335 | .654 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Bob Randall | 80 | 227 | 199 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | .246 | .299 | .281 | .580 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Goodwin | 58 | 172 | 159 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .289 | .335 | .497 | .832 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Rick Sofield | 35 | 107 | 93 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 27 | .301 | .381 | .355 | .736 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Glenn Borgmann | 31 | 84 | 70 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .200 | .317 | .243 | .560 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Kusick | 24 | 57 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .241 | .281 | .481 | .762 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Ward | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .412 | .286 | .697 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jesus Vega | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Graham | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Bacsik | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kevin Stanfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Brett | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Serum | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Thormodsgard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pete Redfern | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Goltz | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Hartzell | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jeff Holly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Darrell Jackson | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Roger Erickson | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jerry Koosman | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Marshall | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terry Felton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Geoff Zahn | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2244 | 6296 | 5544 | 764 | 1544 | 256 | 46 | 112 | 714 | 66 | 45 | 526 | 693 | .278 | .341 | .402 | .743 | 2228 | 116 | 31 | 142 | 53 | 37 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Jackson | 1B | 157 | 152 | 1346.3 | 1447 | 137 | 9 | 175 | .994 | 1.589 | 1.089 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Goodwin | 1B | 8 | 6 | 46.0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.217 | 5.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Kusick | 1B | 8 | 3 | 38.0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 11.605 | 6.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Smalley | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.571 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Morales | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Cubbage | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Wilfong | 2B | 133 | 115 | 1001.0 | 287 | 379 | 14 | 92 | .979 | 5.988 | 5.008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Randall | 2B | 71 | 47 | 442.0 | 130 | 166 | 5 | 48 | .983 | 6.027 | 4.169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Cubbage | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Castino | 3B | 143 | 106 | 1010.0 | 85 | 277 | 14 | 31 | .963 | 3.226 | 2.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Cubbage | 3B | 63 | 55 | 420.0 | 34 | 94 | 10 | 9 | .928 | 2.743 | 2.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Randall | 3B | 7 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.682 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Jackson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Butch Wynegar | C | 146 | 139 | 1240.7 | 653 | 65 | 6 | 10 | .992 | 5.208 | 4.918 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 64 | 52.9 |
Glenn Borgmann | C | 31 | 23 | 203.7 | 129 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.187 | 4.516 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 25.9 |
Ken Landreaux | OF | 147 | 139 | 1246.3 | 292 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 2.181 | 2.054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hosken Powell | OF | 93 | 81 | 719.3 | 165 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .977 | 2.139 | 1.839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bombo Rivera | OF | 105 | 59 | 616.3 | 169 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 2.643 | 1.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Edwards | OF | 86 | 60 | 588.3 | 165 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.631 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Norwood | OF | 71 | 64 | 550.0 | 147 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 2.471 | 2.127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Adams | OF | 53 | 49 | 341.3 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.793 | 1.283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Sofield | OF | 35 | 32 | 243.0 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .954 | 2.296 | 1.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Ward | OF | 5 | 2 | 24.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Wilfong | OF | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Jackson | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Randall | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Koosman | P | 37 | 36 | 263.7 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 6 | .923 | 2.048 | 1.622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Goltz | P | 36 | 35 | 250.7 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 1.795 | 1.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Geoff Zahn | P | 26 | 24 | 169.0 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 2.396 | 1.731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Hartzell | P | 28 | 26 | 163.0 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 2.429 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Marshall | P | 90 | 1 | 142.7 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 2.650 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Erickson | P | 24 | 21 | 123.0 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.902 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Redfern | P | 40 | 6 | 108.3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.329 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darrell Jackson | P | 24 | 8 | 69.3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.077 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Bacsik | P | 31 | 0 | 65.7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.782 | .419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Serum | P | 20 | 5 | 64.0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.109 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Brett | P | 9 | 0 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.263 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Holly | P | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Stanfield | P | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Felton | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Thormodsgard | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Smalley | SS | 161 | 160 | 1412.3 | 296 | 572 | 29 | 144 | .968 | 5.531 | 5.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Castino | SS | 5 | 2 | 29.0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 4.655 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Randall | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Jackson | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1916 | 1458 | 12999.0 | 4333 | 2007 | 134 | 551 | .979 | 4.390 | 3.309 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 71 | 48.0 |
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