1988 Minnesota Twins roster

37 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1988 MLB season.

1988 Twins roster: batting

1988 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 PuckettCF158657109234241216.356.375.920
Dan GladdenLF14157691155116228.269.325.728
Kent Hrbek1B1435107515925760.312.387.907
Gene LarkinRF149505561358703.267.368.750
Gary GaettiDH1334686614128887.301.353.905
Greg GagneSS14946170109144815.236.288.685
Randy Bush1B1363945110314518.261.365.799
Tim LaudnerC117375389413540.251.316.724
Steve Lombardozzi2B10328734603272.209.295.601
Al Newman2B105260355801912.223.301.551
John MosesLF105206336521211.316.366.788
Brian HarperC6016615493200.295.344.772
Mark DavidsonRF10010622231103.217.288.599
Tom NietoC246014000.067.097.163
John ChristensenRF2338510050.263.349.717
Eric BullockLF161735031.294.400.694
Kelvin Torve1B121613120.188.235.610
Doug Baker2B11710000.000.000.000
Dwight LowryC7700000.000.000.000

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

1988 Twins roster: pitching

1988 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.
Frank ViolaSP35352472.64255.11931.140
Bert BlylevenSP333310175.43207.11451.400
Allan AndersonSP30301692.45202.1831.170
Charlie LeaSP2423774.85130.0721.580
Freddie ToliverRP2119764.24114.2691.470
Juan BerenguerRP571843.96100.0991.352
Les StrakerSP1614253.9282.2231.341
Keith AthertonRP490753.4174.0431.183
Jeff ReardonRP630242.4773.0561.1442
Mark PortugalSP260334.5357.2311.343
Roy SmithSP94302.6837.0171.110
German GonzalezRP160003.3821.1191.311
Jim WinnRP90106.0021.092.050
Karl BestRP110006.0012.091.830
Joe NiekroRP521110.0311.272.140
Steve CarltonSP410116.769.252.590
Mike MasonRP500110.806.272.550
Tippy MartinezRP300018.004.033.000

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.