1978 Minnesota Twins roster

33 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Twins roster: batting

1978 Minnesota Twins batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Dan FordDH1515927816211827.274.332.756
Roy SmalleyDH1585868016019772.273.362.796
Rod Carew1B1525648518857027.333.411.853
Butch WynegarC135454361044451.229.307.616
Willie NorwoodDH1254285610984625.255.301.677
Mike Cubbage3B125394401117573.282.348.749
Hosken Powell1B121381559433111.247.323.657
Bob Randall3B11933036890215.270.329.650
Glenn AdamsDH11631027807350.258.297.687
Bombo RiveraCF10125135683235.271.362.717
Jose Morales1B10124222762380.314.363.764
Larry Wolfe3B8823525553250.234.332.656
Rob Wilfong2B9219923531118.266.336.658
Rich Chiles—8719822531221.268.333.677
Craig Kusick—7719123334203.173.305.577
Glenn BorgmannC4912316263150.211.306.639
Dave Edwards1B1544711131.250.377.764

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1978 Twins roster: pitching

1978 Minnesota Twins pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Roger EricksonRP373714133.96265.21211.310
Geoff ZahnSP353514143.03252.11061.350
Dave GoltzRP292915102.49220.11161.250
Gary SerumP3423994.10184.1801.261
Mike MarshallRP54010122.4599.0561.1821
Darrell JacksonSP1915464.4892.1541.480
Paul ThormodsgardP1212165.0566.0231.480
Stan PerzanowskiP137275.2456.2311.501
Greg ThayerP200113.8045.0301.560
John SuttonP170003.4544.1181.380
Jeff HollyP151113.5735.1121.300
Tom JohnsonP180145.5132.2211.813
Mac ScarceP170113.9432.0171.560
Roric HarrisonP90017.5012.072.420
Dave JohnsonP61027.5012.072.000
Pete RedfernRP32026.529.241.660

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.