1987 Minnesota Twins roster

30 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1987 MLB season. They won the 1987 World Series, 4-3.

1987 Twins roster: batting

1987 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.
Kirby PuckettCF15762496207289912.332.367.900
Gary GaettiDH154584951503110910.257.303.788
Tom BrunanskyRF15553283138328511.259.352.841
Kent Hrbek1B1434778513634905.285.389.934
Dan GladdenLF1214386910983825.249.312.673
Greg GagneSS1374376811610406.265.310.740
Steve Lombardozzi2B136432511038385.238.298.650
Roy SmalleyDH11030932858342.275.352.763
Al Newman2B110307446802915.221.298.601
Randy Bush1B1222934674114610.253.349.762
Tim LaudnerC113288305516431.191.252.640
Gene LarkinRF8523323624281.266.340.722
Mark DavidsonRF10215032401149.267.321.648
Tom NietoC411057211120.200.276.590
Billy BeaneRF121514010.267.267.667
Chris Pittaro2B141264001.333.385.718

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

1987 Twins roster: pitching

1987 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.
Bert BlylevenSP373715124.01267.01961.310
Frank ViolaSP363617102.90251.21971.180
Les StrakerSP31268104.37154.1761.350
Juan BerenguerRP476813.94112.01101.314
Mike SmithsonRP2120475.94109.0531.500
George FrazierRP540554.9881.1581.572
Jeff ReardonRP630884.4880.1831.2231
Keith AthertonRP590754.5479.1511.402
Mark PortugalSP137137.7744.0281.860
Joe KlinkRP120016.6523.0172.090
Roy SmithSP71104.9616.181.590
Allan AndersonSP421010.9512.132.430
Jeff BittigerSP31105.408.151.320
Randy NiemannRP60108.445.111.880

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.