2008 Minnesota Twins Index Page

2008 Minnesota Twins

Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 929
Runs Allowed: 775
Exp W-L: 94-68

Ballpark: Metrodome
Attendance: 3,015,745
Manager: Matt Farley

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-57, 1st in the American
AA: 78-60, 4th in the American
A: 54-84, 12th in the American

Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Boston Red Sox
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Toronto Blue Jays

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
2B	Adam Davis	21	153	572	110	178	33	8	23	119	1	7	97	93	.311	.408	.517	.925	115.5	21.3	6.0
RF	*Rich Thompson	29	146	570	112	178	36	10	7	72	84	27	69	110	.312	.387	.447	.834	98.6	16.4	2.6
DH	*Aubrey Huff	31	154	579	92	168	40	1	32	116	0	0	55	111	.290	.348	.528	.877	98.7	15.9	2.3
CF	#Reggie Willits	27	148	569	102	190	39	5	12	108	20	11	48	88	.334	.389	.483	.872	99.5	17.8	4.7
C	Gerald Laird	28	139	508	70	154	17	1	16	69	1	0	41	82	.303	.353	.435	.788	72.6	10.0	6.7
DH	*David Ortiz	32	134	488	71	117	19	1	24	83	0	0	42	127	.240	.301	.430	.732	61.2	5.9	0.0
SS	Jack Wilson	30	130	450	64	129	14	2	5	51	1	0	31	53	.287	.336	.360	.696	54.1	5.5	5.5
LF	#Tim Raines	28	108	354	48	90	17	3	3	36	33	11	19	66	.254	.290	.345	.635	34.9	1.6	2.2
3B	Edgardo Alfonzo	34	84	298	51	101	12	3	10	54	1	0	33	30	.339	.405	.500	.905	56.1	10.3	2.8
C	Don Sutton	24	91	274	48	96	21	0	7	45	1	0	33	54	.350	.421	.504	.924	51.4	10.1	2.4
RF	Kevin Mench	30	79	256	33	59	11	1	4	26	0	0	16	54	.230	.285	.328	.613	23.4	0.8	1.0
RF	#Jose Cruz	34	54	188	30	42	10	0	10	29	4	4	31	47	.223	.333	.436	.770	28.3	3.6	1.4
SS	Oscar Schiller	24	71	171	27	51	4	0	0	14	0	0	17	43	.298	.365	.322	.687	20.1	2.3	2.8
1B	*Sean Casey	33	53	161	14	44	15	0	3	29	1	0	5	17	.273	.302	.422	.724	18.2	1.9	0.5
2B	*Russ Adams	27	59	121	27	36	12	1	4	22	6	8	13	27	.298	.368	.512	.880	18.5	2.6	1.3
LF	Brian Buchanan	34	34	109	18	30	7	1	4	22	0	0	17	25	.275	.392	.468	.860	18.8	3.1	0.0
3B	Ryan Spilborghs	28	31	71	7	16	2	0	2	6	0	0	3	24	.225	.257	.338	.595	6.2	0.1	0.6
SS	#Aaron Miles	31	7	19	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.158	.238	.211	.449	1.1	0.0	0.2
2B	Chris Burke	28	6	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	1.5	0.3	0.1
	Team Totals	29.1	1681	5768	929	1684	310	38	166	902	154	68	573	1056	.292	.357	.445	.802	878.8	129.4	43.1
	Rank among 12 AL teams			5	4	4	4	7	5	4	6	5	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Joel Hanrahan	26	16	9	.640	35	35	0	227.7	216	86	15	54	213	3.40	20.1
*C.C. Sabathia	27	12	6	.667	33	33	0	189.7	188	96	14	76	191	4.56	11.5
Anderson Garcia	27	13	8	.619	33	33	0	185.3	161	93	16	96	177	4.52	12.2
*Cory Stewart	28	10	12	.455	32	32	0	177.3	209	94	12	46	126	4.77	9.1
Brett Evert	27	11	6	.647	42	19	0	164.0	171	73	21	54	136	4.01	12.2
Matt Clement	33	2	3	.400	50	4	3	94.7	98	52	8	46	90	4.94	5.2
Kazuhito Tadano	28	7	3	.700	63	0	5	90.7	82	31	2	36	50	3.08	10.5
Tim Spooneybarger	28	2	12	.143	64	0	31	85.3	77	41	4	48	57	4.32	11.2
Dan Wheeler	30	10	2	.833	59	0	3	84.0	87	35	2	16	53	3.75	9.0
Ugueth Urbina	34	6	3	.667	58	0	4	67.3	76	36	7	36	82	4.81	4.6
Andres Machado	25	3	3	.500	22	0	1	30.3	42	29	1	22	18	8.61	0.0
*Abe Alvarez	25	0	1	.000	6	3	0	18.3	29	15	3	9	10	7.36	0.0
Ryan Bukvich	30	1	0	1.000	15	0	0	13.3	14	9	0	11	11	6.08	0.6
Jason Davis	28	0	0	.000	3	2	0	11.0	14	8	2	3	8	6.55	0.0
Jae-Kuk Ryu	25	0	1	.000	1	1	0	5.3	9	7	1	1	5	11.80	0.0
Julio Mateo	30	0	0	.000	1	0	0	1.7	1	1	0	1	1	5.42	0.1
Chris Spurling	31	0	0	.000	3	0	0	0.7	4	1	0	1	0	13.64	0.0
Team Totals	28.4	93	69	.574	520	162	47	1446.6	1478	707	108	556	1228	4.40	106.5
Rank among 12 AL teams				3	3	4	2	10	2	1	2	10	3	2
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.988	29.1
G.Laird	1169.0	134	135	1013	77	12	2	.989	35.7
D.Sutton	275.3	28	39	240	21	5	0	.981	33.3
J.Cruz	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1445.3	162	174	1254	98	17	2	.988	35.1
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.87
A.Huff	907.3	102	108	924	58	10	101	.990	9.74
S.Casey	333.3	36	41	316	37	6	23	.983	9.53
D.Sutton	198.7	24	26	196	17	2	19	.991	9.65
D.Ortiz	4.0	0	2	8	0	0	0	1.000	18.00
B.Buchanan	4.0	0	2	5	0	0	1	1.000	11.25
Team Total	1447.3	162	179	1449	112	18	144	.989	9.71
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	5.11
A.Davis	1275.3	145	146	284	436	14	90	.981	5.08
O.Schiller	99.0	10	14	17	38	1	10	.982	5.00
A.Miles	40.0	4	4	7	8	0	0	1.000	3.38
C.Burke	27.0	3	3	3	11	0	2	1.000	4.67
E.Alfonzo	6.2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	4.35
R.Adams	4.0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1451.5	162	170	314	497	15	103	.982	5.03
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.948	2.52
E.Alfonzo	661.7	80	80	46	141	6	13	.969	2.54
A.Huff	315.3	35	37	17	61	9	6	.897	2.23
O.Schiller	300.7	34	43	22	77	1	5	.990	2.96
D.Sutton	126.0	13	20	5	32	1	5	.974	2.64
A.Davis	5.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
A.Miles	2.0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1410.7	162	183	90	314	17	30	.960	2.58
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.36
J.Wilson	1083.3	127	130	141	381	13	71	.976	4.34
R.Adams	297.0	31	45	47	84	5	17	.963	3.97
O.Schiller	47.0	4	10	10	23	0	6	1.000	6.32
A.Davis	15.0	0	4	0	9	0	0	1.000	5.40
R.Spilborghs	4.0	0	1	1	3	0	2	1.000	9.00
D.Ortiz	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1447.3	162	191	200	500	18	96	.975	4.35
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.977	1.82
R.Thompson	794.7	89	96	164	2	5	1	.971	1.88
K.Mench	331.3	38	44	59	1	3	1	.952	1.63
T.Raines	225.0	26	30	51	0	0	0	1.000	2.04
J.Cruz	76.6	8	10	18	1	1	0	.950	2.23
R.Spilborghs	76.0	9	9	13	0	1	0	.929	1.54
R.Willits	10.0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.90
A.Miles	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
B.Buchanan	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1516.6	170	194	306	4	10	2	.969	1.84

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.46
R.Willits	1171.7	133	138	330	11	5	2	.986	2.62
J.Cruz	206.6	25	27	53	1	1	0	.982	2.35
T.Raines	150.0	18	19	34	0	2	0	.944	2.04
K.Mench	58.0	6	7	11	2	0	0	1.000	2.02
R.Spilborghs	48.0	5	7	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.81
R.Thompson	14.7	0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	3.07
G.Laird	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1650.9	187	205	449	14	9	2	.981	2.52
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	1.92
T.Raines	433.7	51	55	98	2	3	2	.971	2.08
R.Thompson	374.0	42	46	55	2	2	2	.966	1.37
J.Cruz	146.2	18	19	29	2	0	0	1.000	1.91
K.Mench	92.7	11	13	19	0	2	0	.905	1.85
R.Spilborghs	46.3	3	11	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.53
B.Buchanan	29.0	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.24
A.Huff	22.3	1	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.02
R.Willits	10.0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
R.Adams	4.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1158.2	129	159	230	6	7	4	.971	1.83
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	1.78
J.Hanrahan	227.7	35	35	13	23	0	4	1.000	1.42
C.Sabathia	189.7	33	33	6	37	3	3	.935	2.04
A.Garcia	185.3	33	33	8	22	3	2	.909	1.46
C.Stewart	177.3	32	32	10	22	2	2	.941	1.62
B.Evert	164.0	19	42	11	19	1	4	.968	1.65
M.Clement	94.7	4	50	7	15	0	1	1.000	2.09
K.Tadano	90.7	0	63	7	12	1	0	.950	1.89
T.Spooneybarger	85.3	0	64	4	17	1	2	.955	2.21
D.Wheeler	84.0	0	59	8	13	0	3	1.000	2.25
U.Urbina	67.3	0	58	2	10	0	2	1.000	1.60
A.Machado	30.3	0	22	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.78
A.Alvarez	18.3	3	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.96
R.Bukvich	13.3	0	15	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.03
J.Davis	11.0	2	3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.64
J.Ryu	5.3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.69
J.Mateo	1.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
C.Spurling	0.7	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1446.6	162	520	79	203	12	24	.959	1.75

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Willits	.334
On-Base Pct	Davis	.408
Slugging Pct	Huff	.528
OPS	Davis	.925
XR	Davis	115.5
Games	Huff	154
At-Bats	Huff	579
Runs	Thompson	112
Hits	Willits	190
Total Bases	Huff	306
Singles	Willits	134
Doubles	Huff	40
Triples	Thompson	10
Homeruns	Huff	32
RBIs	Davis	119
Stolen Bases	Thompson	84
Caught Stealing	Thompson	27
Walks	Davis	97
Strikeouts	Ortiz	127

ERA	Hanrahan	3.40
Wins	Hanrahan	16
Losses	Spooneybarger, Stewart	12
Winning Pct	Sabathia	.667
Saves	Spooneybarger	31
Games Pitched	Spooneybarger	64
Games Started	Hanrahan	35
Complete Games	Hanrahan	1
Shutouts	No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched	Hanrahan	227.7
Hits Allowed	Hanrahan	216
Homeruns Allowed	Evert	21
Strikeouts	Hanrahan	213
Walks Allowed	Garcia	96
Walks per 9IP	Hanrahan	2.1
Hits per 9IP	Garcia	7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP	Sabathia	9.1
WHiP	Hanrahan	1.19
OAVG	Garcia	.234
OOBP	Hanrahan	.295
OSLG	Garcia	.358
OOPS	Hanrahan	.667

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Aubrey Huff	$ 9,600,000
C.C. Sabathia	$ 7,824,000
Tim Spooneybarger	$ 4,000,000
Matt Clement	$ 4,000,000
Jose Cruz	$ 3,971,000
Rich Thompson	$ 3,785,714
Ugueth Urbina	$ 3,750,000
Edgardo Alfonzo	$ 3,065,000
David Ortiz	$ 3,000,000
Gerald Laird	$ 2,900,000
Cory Stewart	$ 2,886,429
Joel Hanrahan	$ 2,378,571
Jason Davis	$ 1,660,000
Dan Wheeler	$ 1,570,000
Kevin Mench	$ 1,250,000
Brian Buchanan	$ 1,019,000
Jack Wilson	$ 810,000
Mike Lamb	$ 750,000
Ryan Bukvich	$ 680,000
Alexis Gomez	$ 300,000
Chris Burke	$ 300,000
Oscar Schiller	$ 100,000
Reggie Willits	$ 100,000
Abe Alvarez	$ 100,000
Kazuhito Tadano	$ 100,000
Don Sutton	$ 100,000
Andres Machado	$ 100,000
Adam Davis	$ 100,000
Brett Evert	$ 100,000
Anderson Garcia	$ 100,000
Tim Raines	$ 100,000
Aaron Miles	$ 100,000
Russ Adams	$ 100,000
Ryan Spilborghs	$ 100,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/7	Signed			Mike Lamb
2/10	Signed			Sean Casey
2/10	Signed			Chris Burke
2/13	Signed			David Ortiz
2/14	Signed			Alexis Gomez
3/3	Signed			Stephen Smitherman
3/3	Signed			Ryan Spilborghs
3/3	Signed			Tim Hummel
3/3	Signed			Jason Andrew
3/3	Signed			William Bergolla
3/3	Signed			Brad Baker
3/4	Released	Brock Koman
3/4	Released	Vincent Delatte
3/4	Released	Chad Bentz
3/4	Released	Bill Burbank
3/4	Released	Tim Hummel
3/4	Released	David Searles
3/4	Released	Shinatarou Kotaro
3/4	Released	Manuel Ramirez
5/21	Traded	Stuart Klingbeil	Milwaukee	Brian Buchanan
5/21	Traded	Jae-Kuk Ryu	Cleveland	Dan Wheeler Ugueth Urbina
6/22	Traded	Jason Vargas	Oakland	Edgardo Alfonzo Toney Walker
6/22	Released	Casey Blake
7/30	Traded	Danny Hill	San Diego	Jose Cruz Wes Swackhamer
9/1	Released	Josh Bard
10/24	Released	Sean Casey
10/31	Released	Chris Spurling
10/31	Released	Julio Mateo