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1978 American League West
Team Record GB
Kansas City Royals 92 - 70 —
California Angels 87 - 75 5.0
Texas Rangers 87 - 75 5.0
Minnesota Twins 73 - 89 19.0
Chicago White Sox 71 - 90 20.5
Oakland Athletics 69 - 93 23.0
Seattle Mariners 56 - 104 35.0

3rd (AL West)
Runs Scored: 666
Runs Allowed: 678
Attendance: 787,878

1978 Minnesota Twins Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Butch Wynegar C 22 135 454 36 104 22 1 4 45 47 2 42 1 0 11 6 7 .229 .307 .308 .615
Rod Carew 1B 32 152 564 85 188 26 10 5 70 78 19 62 27 7 2 1 18 .333 .411 .441 .852
Bob Randall 2B 30 119 330 36 89 11 3 0 21 24 0 22 5 3 13 6 7 .270 .329 .321 .650
Mike Cubbage 3B 27 125 394 40 111 12 7 7 57 40 3 44 3 1 7 1 7 .282 .348 .401 .749
Roy Smalley SS 25 158 586 80 160 31 3 19 77 85 3 70 2 8 23 1 16 .273 .362 .433 .795
Willie Norwood LF 27 125 428 56 109 22 3 8 46 28 0 64 25 10 6 3 15 .255 .301 .376 .677
Dan Ford CF 26 151 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 48 6 88 7 7 6 5 15 .274 .332 .424 .756
Hosken Powell RF 23 121 381 55 94 20 2 3 31 45 1 31 11 5 7 0 5 .247 .323 .333 .656
Glenn Adams DH 30 116 310 27 80 18 1 7 35 17 0 32 0 1 2 0 10 .258 .297 .390 .687

1978 Minnesota Twins Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jose Morales 33 101 242 22 76 13 1 2 38 20 3 35 0 1 6 1 10 .314 .363 .401 .764
Bombo Rivera 25 101 251 35 68 8 2 3 23 35 1 47 5 3 5 2 3 .271 .362 .355 .717
Rob Wilfong 24 92 199 23 53 8 0 1 11 19 1 27 8 4 15 2 1 .266 .336 .322 .658
Larry Wolfe 25 88 235 25 55 10 1 3 25 36 0 27 0 1 3 0 8 .234 .332 .323 .655
Rich Chiles 28 87 198 22 53 12 0 1 22 20 2 25 1 2 0 2 9 .268 .333 .343 .676
Craig Kusick 29 77 191 23 33 3 2 4 20 37 2 38 3 2 0 1 8 .173 .305 .272 .577
Glenn Borgmann 28 49 123 16 26 4 1 3 15 18 0 17 0 0 3 0 0 .211 .306 .333 .639
Dave Edwards 24 15 44 7 11 3 0 1 3 7 0 13 1 1 0 2 0 .250 .377 .386 .763

1978 Minnesota Twins Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Roger Erickson 21 37 37 14 13 .519 3.96 265.2 129 117 268 19 79 121 .259 8 8 14 0 0 4.00
Geoff Zahn 32 35 35 14 14 .500 3.03 252.1 101 85 260 18 81 106 .268 4 7 12 1 0 4.10
Dave Goltz 29 29 29 15 10 .600 2.49 220.1 72 61 209 12 67 116 .247 1 4 13 2 0 3.58
Gary Serum 21 34 23 9 9 .500 4.10 184.1 88 84 188 14 44 80 .259 3 5 6 1 1 3.88
Darrell Jackson 22 19 15 4 6 .400 4.48 92.1 53 46 89 9 48 54 .251 2 3 1 1 0 4.72
Paul Thormodsgard 24 12 12 1 6 .143 5.05 66.0 40 37 81 7 17 23 .302 1 3 1 0 0 4.50
Stan Perzanowski 27 13 7 2 7 .222 5.24 56.2 37 33 59 1 26 31 .266 4 2 1 0 1 3.72
Pete Redfern 23 3 2 0 2 .000 6.52 9.2 12 7 10 2 6 4 .263 0 0 0 0 0 6.72

1978 Minnesota Twins Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Mike Marshall 35 54 0 10 12 .455 2.45 99.0 31 27 80 3 37 56 .219 1 2 0 0 21 3.41
Greg Thayer 28 20 0 1 1 .500 3.80 45.0 19 19 40 5 30 30 .248 3 1 0 0 0 5.31
Tom Johnson 27 18 0 1 4 .200 5.51 32.2 22 20 42 2 17 21 .309 2 2 0 0 3 4.26
Mac Scarce 29 17 0 1 1 .500 3.94 32.0 19 14 35 5 15 17 .280 3 2 0 0 0 5.66
John Sutton 25 17 0 0 0 .000 3.45 44.1 19 17 46 3 15 18 .263 1 5 0 0 0 4.15
Jeff Holly 25 15 1 1 1 .500 3.57 35.1 15 14 28 1 18 12 .215 2 3 0 0 0 4.39
Roric Harrison 31 9 0 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 10 10 18 0 11 7 .346 1 1 0 0 0 4.83
Dave Johnson 29 6 1 0 2 .000 7.50 12.0 11 10 15 1 9 7 .313 1 3 0 0 0 5.42