1987 Minnesota Twins Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 85–77 (.525), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Newman 110 314 44 68 15 5 0 29 34 27 15 11 .217 .292 .296 .588
Billy Beane 12 15 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .267 .267 .400 .667
Chris Pittaro 14 12 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718
Dan Gladden 121 439 69 109 21 2 8 38 38 72 25 9 .248 .311 .360 .671
Don Baylor 20 49 3 14 1 0 0 6 5 12 0 1 .286 .397 .306 .703
Gary Gaetti 154 585 95 150 36 2 31 109 37 92 10 7 .256 .303 .484 .786
Gene Larkin 85 233 23 62 11 2 4 28 25 31 1 4 .266 .340 .382 .722
Greg Gagne 137 447 68 116 28 7 10 40 25 84 6 6 .260 .303 .421 .724
Kent Hrbek 143 477 85 136 20 1 34 90 84 60 5 2 .285 .389 .545 .934
Kirby Puckett 157 624 96 207 32 5 28 99 32 91 12 7 .332 .367 .534 .900
Mark Davidson 102 154 32 40 4 1 1 14 13 26 9 2 .260 .314 .318 .632
Mark Salas 22 45 8 17 2 0 3 9 5 6 0 1 .378 .431 .622 1.054
Randy Bush 122 298 46 74 10 2 11 46 43 49 10 3 .248 .344 .406 .750
Roy Smalley 110 309 32 85 16 1 8 34 36 52 2 0 .275 .352 .411 .763
Sal Butera 51 113 7 19 5 0 1 12 7 16 0 0 .168 .213 .239 .452
Steve Lombardozzi 136 441 51 103 19 3 8 38 33 66 5 1 .234 .292 .345 .637
Tim Laudner 113 291 30 55 7 1 16 43 23 80 1 0 .189 .249 .385 .634
Tom Nieto 41 110 7 21 7 1 1 12 8 24 0 0 .191 .264 .300 .564
Tom Brunansky 155 532 83 138 22 2 32 85 74 104 11 11 .259 .352 .489 .841
– 162 5,488 786 1,422 258 35 196 733 523 898 113 65 .259 .326 .426 .752

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Allan Anderson 4 12.1 1 0 0 0 0 20 15 15 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 10.95 2.43
Bert Blyleven 37 267.0 15 12 0 0 0 249 132 119 101 9 196 37 0 8 1 4.01 1.31
Dan Schatzeder 30 43.2 3 1 0 0 0 64 37 31 18 1 30 1 0 0 0 6.39 1.88
Frank Viola 36 251.2 17 10 0 0 0 230 91 81 66 6 197 36 0 7 1 2.90 1.18
George Frazier 54 81.1 5 5 2 0 0 77 49 45 51 2 58 0 0 0 0 4.98 1.57
Jeff Bittiger 3 8.1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 5.40 1.32
Jeff Reardon 63 80.1 8 8 31 0 0 70 41 40 28 3 83 0 0 0 0 4.48 1.22
Joe Klink 12 23.0 0 1 0 0 0 37 18 17 11 0 17 0 0 0 0 6.65 2.09
Joe Niekro 19 96.1 4 9 0 0 0 115 76 67 45 6 54 18 0 0 0 6.26 1.66
Juan Berenguer 47 112.0 8 1 4 0 0 100 51 49 47 0 110 6 0 0 0 3.94 1.31
Keith Atherton 59 79.1 7 5 2 0 0 81 46 40 30 4 51 0 0 0 0 4.54 1.40
Les Straker 31 154.1 8 10 0 0 0 150 79 75 59 2 76 26 0 1 0 4.37 1.35
Mark Portugal 13 44.0 1 3 0 0 0 58 40 38 24 1 28 7 0 0 0 7.77 1.86
Mike Smithson 21 109.0 4 7 0 0 0 126 76 72 38 9 53 20 0 0 0 5.94 1.50
Randy Niemann 6 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.44 1.88
Roy Smith 7 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 20 10 9 6 2 8 1 0 0 0 4.96 1.59
Steve Carlton 9 43.0 1 5 0 0 0 54 35 32 23 2 20 7 0 0 0 6.70 1.79
– 162 1427.1 85 77 39 0 0 1,465 806 740 564 50 990 162 0 16 2 4.67 1.42

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Allan Anderson P 4 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Bert Blyleven P 37 17 43 4 64 3 - - - .937 1.62
Dan Schatzeder P 30 2 5 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 0.23
Frank Viola P 36 6 34 3 43 1 - - - .930 1.11
George Frazier P 54 2 8 1 11 0 - - - .909 0.19
Jeff Bittiger P 3 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Jeff Reardon P 63 2 6 0 8 1 - - - 1.000 0.13
Joe Klink P 12 0 2 0 2 1 - - - 1.000 0.17
Joe Niekro P 19 6 11 1 18 1 - - - .944 0.89
Juan Berenguer P 47 5 7 1 13 0 - - - .923 0.26
Keith Atherton P 59 3 12 1 16 0 - - - .937 0.25
Les Straker P 31 5 18 1 24 0 - - - .958 0.74
Mark Portugal P 13 1 6 0 7 2 - - - 1.000 0.54
Mike Smithson P 21 6 11 0 17 1 - - - 1.000 0.81
Randy Niemann P 6 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.17
Roy Smith P 7 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.29
Steve Carlton P 9 1 8 0 9 1 - - - 1.000 1.00
Mark Salas C 14 86 3 1 90 0 20 1 .0 .989 6.36
Sal Butera C 51 213 21 4 238 3 43 15 .3 .983 4.59
Tim Laudner C 101 517 28 7 552 2 66 21 .2 .987 5.40
Tom Nieto C 40 210 17 1 228 5 39 9 .2 .996 5.67
Gene Larkin 1B 26 165 10 2 177 12 - - - .989 6.73
Kent Hrbek 1B 137 1,179 68 5 1,252 112 - - - .996 9.10
Randy Bush 1B 9 57 4 2 63 4 - - - .968 6.78
Tim Laudner 1B 7 30 1 0 31 3 - - - 1.000 4.43
Al Newman 2B 47 54 111 2 167 20 - - - .988 3.51
Chris Pittaro 2B 8 10 6 0 16 3 - - - 1.000 2.00
Greg Gagne 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 133 245 356 14 615 77 - - - .977 4.52
Al Newman 3B 12 4 11 0 15 0 - - - 1.000 1.25
Gary Gaetti 3B 150 134 261 11 406 28 - - - .973 2.63
Roy Smalley 3B 14 7 10 3 20 0 - - - .850 1.21
Al Newman SS 55 62 103 3 168 24 - - - .982 3.00
Greg Gagne SS 136 194 391 18 603 75 - - - .970 4.30
Roy Smalley SS 4 2 1 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Al Newman CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Billy Beane CF 7 8 0 0 8 0 - - - 1.000 1.14
Dan Gladden CF 111 223 9 3 235 2 - - - .987 2.09
Greg Gagne CF 4 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Kirby Puckett CF 147 341 8 5 354 2 - - - .986 2.37
Mark Davidson CF 86 102 3 0 105 0 - - - 1.000 1.22
Randy Bush CF 75 107 1 2 110 0 - - - .982 1.44
Tom Brunansky CF 138 273 10 3 286 1 - - - .990 2.05
– 162 4,282 1,609 98 5,989 384 168 46 .2 .984 3.00

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Newman 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Bert Blyleven 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dan Gladden 12 51 8 16 4 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 .314 .397 .490 .887
Dan Schatzeder 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don Baylor 7 18 3 7 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 .389 .476 .556 1.032
Frank Viola 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Gary Gaetti 12 47 9 13 3 1 3 9 3 8 2 0 .277 .340 .574 .914
Gene Larkin 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
George Frazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Greg Gagne 12 48 10 11 4 0 3 6 4 10 0 0 .229 .302 .500 .802
Jeff Reardon 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Niekro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Juan Berenguer 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Keith Atherton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Kent Hrbek 12 44 8 8 0 0 2 7 8 3 0 0 .182 .308 .318 .626
Kirby Puckett 12 52 8 15 2 1 1 6 2 6 2 1 .288 .327 .423 .750
Les Straker 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mark Davidson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Randy Bush 8 18 5 4 1 1 0 4 3 3 3 0 .222 .318 .389 .707
Roy Smalley 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750
Sal Butera 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Steve Lombardozzi 11 33 5 11 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 0 .333 .405 .455 .860
Tim Laudner 12 36 5 8 2 0 1 6 7 9 0 0 .222 .349 .361 .710
Tom Brunansky 12 42 10 12 4 0 2 11 8 7 1 0 .286 .400 .524 .924
– 12 412 72 110 23 4 15 71 49 61 10 2 .267 .355 .451 .806

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bert Blyleven 4 26.1 3 1 0 0 0 25 11 10 5 2 21 4 0 0 0 3.42 1.14
Dan Schatzeder 5 8.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.04
Frank Viola 5 31.1 3 1 0 0 0 31 16 15 8 0 25 5 0 0 0 4.31 1.24
George Frazier 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
Jeff Reardon 8 10.0 1 1 3 0 0 12 3 3 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.50
Joe Niekro 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
Juan Berenguer 7 10.1 0 1 1 0 0 11 6 6 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.23 1.35
Keith Atherton 3 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.20
Les Straker 3 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 9 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 6.94 1.63
– 162 104.0 8 4 4 0 0 100 49 47 31 4 79 12 0 0 0 4.07 1.26

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bert Blyleven P 4 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Dan Schatzeder P 5 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.40
Frank Viola P 5 1 6 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 1.40
George Frazier P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Jeff Reardon P 8 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.12
Joe Niekro P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Juan Berenguer P 7 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Keith Atherton P 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Les Straker P 3 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Sal Butera C 2 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 .0 1.000 3.00
Tim Laudner C 12 77 4 0 81 1 0 0 .0 1.000 6.75
Gene Larkin 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Kent Hrbek 1B 12 108 5 0 113 6 - - - 1.000 9.42
Al Newman 2B 4 1 3 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 11 17 33 1 51 6 - - - .980 4.55
Gary Gaetti 3B 12 14 22 0 36 3 - - - 1.000 3.00
Greg Gagne SS 12 15 33 4 52 4 - - - .923 4.00
Dan Gladden LF 12 24 0 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Kirby Puckett CF 12 22 1 1 24 0 - - - .958 1.92
Mark Davidson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Tom Brunansky RF 12 24 0 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
– 12 312 115 6 433 20 0 0 .0 .986 1.69

Awards

Player Award Stats
Kirby Puckett All-Star (CF) .332–28–99, 12 SB
Gary Gaetti Gold Glove (3B) .973 FPct, RF
Kirby Puckett Gold Glove (CF) .986 FPct, RF
Kirby Puckett Silver Slugger (CF) .332–28–99, 12 SB