1978 Minnesota Twins

73-89 • 0.451 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
89 Losses
0.451 Win %
4th Rank
666 R 678 RA
Diff -12

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⚡ Quick Stats

666 Runs Scored
678 Runs Allowed
-12 Run Diff
787K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 2% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .338 4% above the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .311 5% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.69 2% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 666 2% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 787,880
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Avg per Game 9,726

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rod Carew 0.333 2 Jose Morales 0.314 3 Mike Cubbage 0.282 4 Dan Ford 0.274 5 Roy Smalley 0.273

Home Runs

1 Roy Smalley 19 2 Dan Ford 11 3 Willie Norwood 8 4 Glenn Adams 7 5 Mike Cubbage 7

RBI

1 Dan Ford 82 2 Roy Smalley 77 3 Rod Carew 70 4 Mike Cubbage 57 5 Willie Norwood 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dan Ford 151 592 78 162 0 0 11 82 48 88 7 0.274
Roy Smalley 158 586 80 160 0 0 19 77 85 70 2 0.273
Rod Carew 152 564 85 188 0 0 5 70 78 62 27 0.333
Butch Wynegar 135 454 36 104 0 0 4 45 47 42 1 0.229
Willie Norwood 125 428 56 109 0 0 8 46 28 64 25 0.255
Mike Cubbage 125 394 40 111 0 0 7 57 40 44 3 0.282
Hosken Powell 121 381 55 94 0 0 3 31 45 31 11 0.247
Bob Randall 119 330 36 89 0 0 0 21 24 22 5 0.270
Glenn Adams 116 310 27 80 0 0 7 35 17 32 0 0.258
Bombo Rivera 101 251 35 68 0 0 3 23 35 47 5 0.271
Jose Morales 101 242 22 76 0 0 2 38 20 35 0 0.314
Larry Wolfe 88 235 25 55 0 0 3 25 36 27 0 0.234
Rob Wilfong 92 199 23 53 0 0 1 11 19 27 8 0.266
Rich Chiles 87 198 22 53 0 0 1 22 20 25 1 0.268
Craig Kusick 77 191 23 33 0 0 4 20 37 38 3 0.173
Glenn Borgmann 49 123 16 26 0 0 3 15 18 17 0 0.211
Dave Edwards 15 44 7 11 0 0 1 3 7 13 1 0.250
Roger Erickson 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Goltz 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roric Harrison 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Holly 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Jackson 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Johnson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Johnson 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Marshall 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stan Perzanowski 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Redfern 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mac Scarce 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Serum 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Sutton 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Thayer 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Thormodsgard 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Geoff Zahn 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Marshall 2.45 2 Dave Goltz 2.49 3 Geoff Zahn 3.03 4 John Sutton 3.45 5 Jeff Holly 3.57

Wins

1 Dave Goltz 15 2 Roger Erickson 14 3 Geoff Zahn 14 4 Mike Marshall 10 5 Gary Serum 9

Strikeouts

1 Roger Erickson 121 2 Dave Goltz 116 3 Geoff Zahn 106 4 Gary Serum 80 5 Mike Marshall 56
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Erickson 14 13 3.96 37 37 0 265.2 79 121
Geoff Zahn 14 14 3.03 35 35 0 252.1 81 106
Dave Goltz 15 10 2.49 29 29 0 220.1 67 116
Gary Serum 9 9 4.10 34 23 1 184.1 44 80
Mike Marshall 10 12 2.45 54 0 21 99.0 37 56
Darrell Jackson 4 6 4.48 19 15 0 92.1 48 54
Paul Thormodsgard 1 6 5.05 12 12 0 66.0 17 23
Stan Perzanowski 2 7 5.24 13 7 1 56.2 26 31
Greg Thayer 1 1 3.80 20 0 0 45.0 30 30
John Sutton 0 0 3.45 17 0 0 44.1 15 18
Jeff Holly 1 1 3.57 15 1 0 35.1 18 12
Tom Johnson 1 4 5.51 18 0 3 32.2 17 21
Mac Scarce 1 1 3.94 17 0 0 32.0 15 17
Roric Harrison 0 1 7.50 9 0 0 12.0 11 7
Dave Johnson 0 2 7.50 6 1 0 12.0 9 7
Pete Redfern 0 2 6.52 3 2 0 9.2 6 4

👥 Roster (33)

Glenn Adams Glenn Borgmann Rod Carew Rich Chiles Mike Cubbage Dave Edwards Roger Erickson Dan Ford Dave Goltz Roric Harrison Jeff Holly Darrell Jackson +21 more

33 players

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