1979 Minnesota Twins

82-80 • 0.506 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
80 Losses
0.506 Win %
4th Rank
764 R 725 RA
Diff +39

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⚡ Quick Stats

764 Runs Scored
725 Runs Allowed
+39 Run Diff
1,070K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 3% above the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .341 2% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .339 3% below the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.13 2% better than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 764 2% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,070,621
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Avg per Game 13,217

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rob Wilfong 0.313 2 Ken Landreaux 0.305 3 Rick Sofield 0.301 4 Glenn Adams 0.301 5 Hosken Powell 0.293

Home Runs

1 Roy Smalley 24 2 Ken Landreaux 15 3 Ron Jackson 14 4 Rob Wilfong 9 5 Glenn Adams 8

RBI

1 Roy Smalley 95 2 Ken Landreaux 83 3 Ron Jackson 68 4 Rob Wilfong 59 5 Butch Wynegar 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roy Smalley 162 621 94 168 0 0 24 95 80 80 2 0.271
Ron Jackson 159 583 85 158 0 0 14 68 51 59 3 0.271
Ken Landreaux 151 564 81 172 0 0 15 83 37 57 10 0.305
Butch Wynegar 149 504 74 136 0 0 7 57 74 36 2 0.270
Rob Wilfong 140 419 71 131 0 0 9 59 29 54 11 0.313
John Castino 148 393 49 112 0 0 5 52 27 72 5 0.285
Hosken Powell 104 338 49 99 0 0 2 36 33 25 5 0.293
Glenn Adams 119 326 34 98 0 0 8 50 25 27 2 0.301
Willie Norwood 96 270 32 67 0 0 6 30 20 51 9 0.248
Bombo Rivera 112 263 37 74 0 0 2 31 17 40 5 0.281
Mike Cubbage 94 243 26 67 0 0 2 23 39 26 1 0.276
Dave Edwards 96 229 42 57 0 0 8 35 24 45 6 0.249
Bob Randall 80 199 25 49 0 0 0 14 15 17 2 0.246
Jose Morales 92 191 21 51 0 0 2 27 14 27 0 0.267
Danny Goodwin 58 159 22 46 0 0 5 27 11 23 0 0.289
Rick Sofield 35 93 8 28 0 0 0 12 12 27 2 0.301
Glenn Borgmann 31 70 4 14 0 0 0 8 12 11 1 0.200
Craig Kusick 24 54 8 13 0 0 3 6 3 11 0 0.241
Gary Ward 10 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.286
Jesus Vega 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dan Graham 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Bacsik 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Brett 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Erickson 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Felton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Goltz 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Hartzell 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Holly 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Jackson 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Koosman 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Marshall 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Redfern 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Serum 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Stanfield 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Thormodsgard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Geoff Zahn 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Marshall 2.65 2 Jerry Koosman 3.38 3 Pete Redfern 3.49 4 Geoff Zahn 3.57 5 Dave Goltz 4.16

Wins

1 Jerry Koosman 20 2 Dave Goltz 14 3 Geoff Zahn 13 4 Mike Marshall 10 5 Pete Redfern 7

Strikeouts

1 Jerry Koosman 157 2 Dave Goltz 132 3 Pete Redfern 85 4 Mike Marshall 81 5 Geoff Zahn 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jerry Koosman 20 13 3.38 37 36 0 263.2 83 157
Dave Goltz 14 13 4.16 36 35 0 250.2 69 132
Geoff Zahn 13 7 3.57 26 24 0 169.0 41 58
Paul Hartzell 6 10 5.36 28 26 0 163.0 44 44
Mike Marshall 10 15 2.65 90 1 32 142.2 48 81
Roger Erickson 3 10 5.63 24 21 0 123.0 48 47
Pete Redfern 7 3 3.49 40 6 1 108.1 35 85
Darrell Jackson 4 4 4.28 24 8 0 69.1 26 43
Mike Bacsik 4 2 4.39 31 0 0 65.2 29 33
Gary Serum 1 3 6.61 20 5 0 64.0 20 31
Ken Brett 0 0 4.97 9 0 0 12.2 6 3
Jeff Holly 0 0 7.11 6 0 0 6.1 3 5
Kevin Stanfield 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 0 0
Terry Felton 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 1
Paul Thormodsgard 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1

👥 Roster (36)

Glenn Adams Mike Bacsik Glenn Borgmann Ken Brett John Castino Mike Cubbage Dave Edwards Roger Erickson Terry Felton Dave Goltz Danny Goodwin Dan Graham +24 more

36 players

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