1987 Minnesota Twins

85-77 • 0.525 Win% • 1st in AL W

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📊 Season Record

85 Wins

77 Losses

0.525 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

786 R 806 RA

Diff -20

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

786 Runs Scored

806 Runs Allowed

-20 Run Diff

2,082K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% below the 1987 league average (.264)

OBP .326 2% below the 1987 league average (.332)

SLG .369 1% above the 1987 league average (.366)

Team ERA 4.63 4% worse than the 1987 league average (4.46)

Runs Scored 786 1% below the 1987 league average (794 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 2,082,203

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Avg per Game 25,706

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Kirby Puckett	157	624	96	207	28	99	32	91	12	0.332
Gary Gaetti	154	584	95	150	31	109	37	92	10	0.257
Tom Brunansky	155	532	83	138	32	85	74	104	11	0.259
Kent Hrbek	143	477	85	136	34	90	84	60	5	0.285
Dan Gladden	121	438	69	109	8	38	38	72	25	0.249
Greg Gagne	137	437	68	116	10	40	25	84	6	0.265
Steve Lombardozzi	136	432	51	103	8	38	33	66	5	0.238
Roy Smalley	110	309	32	85	8	34	36	52	2	0.275
Al Newman	110	307	44	68	0	29	34	27	15	0.221
Randy Bush	122	293	46	74	11	46	43	49	10	0.253
Tim Laudner	113	288	30	55	16	43	23	80	1	0.191
Gene Larkin	85	233	23	62	4	28	25	31	1	0.266
Mark Davidson	102	150	32	40	1	14	13	26	9	0.267
Sal Butera	51	111	7	19	1	12	7	16	0	0.171
Tom Nieto	41	105	7	21	1	12	8	24	0	0.200
Don Baylor	20	49	3	14	0	6	5	12	0	0.286
Mark Salas	22	45	8	17	3	9	5	6	0	0.378
Billy Beane	12	15	1	4	0	1	0	6	0	0.267
Chris Pittaro	14	12	6	4	0	0	1	0	1	0.333
Allan Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Keith Atherton	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Juan Berenguer	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Bittiger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bert Blyleven	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Steve Carlton	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
George Frazier	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Joe Klink	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Joe Niekro	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Randy Niemann	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mark Portugal	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Reardon	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dan Schatzeder	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Smithson	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Roy Smith	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Les Straker	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Frank Viola	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Viola 2.90 2 Juan Berenguer 3.94 3 Bert Blyleven 4.01 4 Les Straker 4.37 5 Jeff Reardon 4.48

Wins

1 Frank Viola 17 2 Bert Blyleven 15 3 Juan Berenguer 8 4 Jeff Reardon 8 5 Les Straker 8

Strikeouts

1 Frank Viola 197 2 Bert Blyleven 196 3 Juan Berenguer 110 4 Jeff Reardon 83 5 Les Straker 76

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	15	12	4.01	37	37	0	267.0	101	196
Frank Viola	17	10	2.90	36	36	0	251.2	66	197
Les Straker	8	10	4.37	31	26	0	154.1	59	76
Juan Berenguer	8	1	3.94	47	6	4	112.0	47	110
Mike Smithson	4	7	5.94	21	20	0	109.0	38	53
Joe Niekro	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	96.1	45	54
George Frazier	5	5	4.98	54	0	2	81.1	51	58
Jeff Reardon	8	8	4.48	63	0	31	80.1	28	83
Keith Atherton	7	5	4.54	59	0	2	79.1	30	51
Mark Portugal	1	3	7.77	13	7	0	44.0	24	28
Dan Schatzeder	3	1	6.39	30	1	0	43.2	18	30
Steve Carlton	1	5	6.70	9	7	0	43.0	23	20
Joe Klink	0	1	6.65	12	0	0	23.0	11	17
Roy Smith	1	0	4.96	7	1	0	16.1	6	8
Allan Anderson	1	0	10.95	4	2	0	12.1	10	3
Jeff Bittiger	1	0	5.40	3	1	0	8.1	0	5
Randy Niemann	1	0	8.44	6	0	0	5.1	7	1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship

MIN def. DET 4-1

World Series

MIN def. SLN 4-3

👥 Roster (36)

Allan Anderson Keith Atherton Don Baylor Billy Beane Juan Berenguer Jeff Bittiger Bert Blyleven Tom Brunansky Randy Bush Sal Butera Steve Carlton Mark Davidson +24 more

36 players