1981 Minnesota Twins

41-68 • 0.376 Win% • 7th in AL W

📊 Season Record

41 Wins
68 Losses
0.376 Win %
7th Rank
378 R 486 RA
Diff -108

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378 Runs Scored
486 Runs Allowed
-108 Run Diff
469K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .240 6% below the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .293 8% below the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .278 13% below the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.98 9% worse than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 378 13% below the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 61
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Total Attendance 469,090
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Avg per Game 7,690

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Castino 0.268 2 Gary Ward 0.264 3 Roy Smalley 0.263 4 Ron Jackson 0.263 5 Dave Engle 0.258

Home Runs

1 Roy Smalley 7 2 John Castino 6 3 Dave Engle 5 4 Ron Jackson 4 5 Pete Mackanin 4

RBI

1 Mickey Hatcher 37 2 John Castino 36 3 Dave Engle 32 4 Gary Ward 29 5 Ron Jackson 28
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
John Castino 101 381 41 102 0 0 6 36 18 52 4 0.268
Mickey Hatcher 99 377 36 96 0 0 3 37 15 29 3 0.255
Rob Wilfong 93 305 32 75 0 0 3 19 29 43 2 0.246
Gary Ward 85 295 42 78 0 0 3 29 28 48 5 0.264
Hosken Powell 80 264 30 63 0 0 2 25 17 31 7 0.239
Dave Engle 82 248 29 64 0 0 5 32 13 37 0 0.258
Pete Mackanin 77 225 21 52 0 0 4 18 7 40 1 0.231
Glenn Adams 72 220 13 46 0 0 2 24 20 26 0 0.209
Ron Jackson 54 175 17 46 0 0 4 28 10 15 2 0.263
Sal Butera 62 167 13 40 0 0 0 18 22 14 0 0.240
Roy Smalley 56 167 24 44 0 0 7 22 31 24 0 0.263
Danny Goodwin 59 151 18 34 0 0 2 17 16 32 3 0.225
Butch Wynegar 47 150 11 37 0 0 0 10 17 9 0 0.247
Rick Sofield 41 102 9 18 0 0 0 5 8 22 3 0.176
Ron Washington 28 84 8 19 0 0 0 5 4 14 4 0.226
Kent Hrbek 24 67 5 16 0 0 1 7 5 9 0 0.239
Chuck Baker 40 66 6 12 0 0 0 6 1 8 0 0.182
Tim Corcoran 22 51 4 9 0 0 0 4 6 7 0 0.176
Tim Laudner 14 43 4 7 0 0 2 5 3 17 0 0.163
Lenny Faedo 12 41 3 8 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0.195
Ray Smith 15 40 4 8 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.200
Gary Gaetti 9 26 4 5 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0.192
Greg Johnston 7 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.125
Mark Funderburk 8 15 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.200
Fernando Arroyo 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Cooper 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Corbett 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Erickson 14 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
Brad Havens 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hobbs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Jackson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Koosman 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack O'Connor 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Redfern 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Verhoeven 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Veselic 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Albert Williams 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Doug Corbett 2.57 2 Brad Havens 3.58 3 Roger Erickson 3.84 4 Fernando Arroyo 3.93 5 John Verhoeven 3.98

Wins

1 Pete Redfern 9 2 Fernando Arroyo 7 3 Albert Williams 6 4 Roger Erickson 3 5 Brad Havens 3

Strikeouts

1 Pete Redfern 77 2 Albert Williams 76 3 Doug Corbett 60 4 Jerry Koosman 55 5 Roger Erickson 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Albert Williams 6 10 4.08 23 22 0 150.0 52 76
Pete Redfern 9 8 4.07 24 23 0 141.2 52 77
Fernando Arroyo 7 10 3.93 23 19 0 128.1 34 39
Jerry Koosman 3 9 4.20 19 13 5 94.1 34 55
Roger Erickson 3 8 3.84 14 14 0 91.1 31 44
Doug Corbett 2 6 2.57 54 0 17 87.2 34 60
Brad Havens 3 6 3.58 14 12 0 78.0 24 43
Don Cooper 1 5 4.30 27 2 0 58.2 32 33
John Verhoeven 0 0 3.98 25 0 0 52.0 14 16
Jack O'Connor 3 2 5.86 28 0 0 35.1 30 16
Darrell Jackson 3 3 4.41 14 5 0 32.2 19 26
Bob Veselic 1 1 3.18 5 0 0 22.2 12 13
John Hobbs 0 0 3.18 4 0 0 5.2 6 1
Terry Felton 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 1.1 2 1

👥 Roster (38)

Glenn Adams Fernando Arroyo Chuck Baker Sal Butera John Castino Don Cooper Doug Corbett Tim Corcoran Dave Engle Roger Erickson Lenny Faedo Terry Felton +26 more

38 players

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