1989 Minnesota Twins roster
36 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1989 MLB season.
1989 Twins roster: 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 Puckett | CF | 159 | 635 | 75 | 215 | 9 | 85 | 11 | .339 | .379 | .843 |
| Gary Gaetti | DH | 130 | 498 | 63 | 125 | 19 | 75 | 6 | .251 | .286 | .690 |
| Dan Gladden | LF | 121 | 461 | 69 | 136 | 8 | 46 | 23 | .295 | .331 | .741 |
| Greg Gagne | SS | 149 | 460 | 69 | 125 | 9 | 48 | 11 | .272 | .298 | .721 |
| Al Newman | 2B | 141 | 446 | 62 | 113 | 0 | 38 | 25 | .253 | .341 | .643 |
| Gene Larkin | RF | 136 | 446 | 61 | 119 | 6 | 46 | 5 | .267 | .353 | .721 |
| Randy Bush | 1B | 141 | 391 | 60 | 103 | 14 | 54 | 5 | .263 | .347 | .782 |
| Brian Harper | C | 126 | 385 | 43 | 125 | 8 | 57 | 2 | .325 | .353 | .802 |
| Kent Hrbek | 1B | 109 | 375 | 59 | 102 | 25 | 84 | 3 | .272 | .360 | .878 |
| Wally Backman | 3B | 87 | 299 | 33 | 69 | 1 | 26 | 1 | .231 | .306 | .591 |
| John Moses | LF | 129 | 242 | 33 | 68 | 1 | 31 | 14 | .281 | .333 | .701 |
| Tim Laudner | C | 100 | 239 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 27 | 1 | .222 | .293 | .645 |
| Carmen Castillo | RF | 94 | 218 | 23 | 56 | 8 | 33 | 1 | .257 | .305 | .759 |
| Doug Baker | 2B | 43 | 78 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .295 | .378 | .762 |
| Chip Hale | 3B | 28 | 67 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .209 | .214 | .468 |
| Orlando Mercado | C | 19 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .105 | .190 | .296 |
| Terry Jorgensen | 3B | 10 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .174 | .296 | .514 |
| Paul Sorrento | LF | 14 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .370 | .608 |
| Lenny Webster | C | 14 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .391 | .791 |
| Vic Rodriguez | 3B | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .455 | 1.091 |
| Greg Olson | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS
1989 Twins roster: 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Anderson | SP | 33 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 3.80 | 196.2 | 69 | 1.36 | 0 |
| Roy Smith | SP | 32 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3.92 | 172.1 | 92 | 1.34 | 1 |
| Shane Rawley | SP | 27 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 5.21 | 145.0 | 68 | 1.57 | 0 |
| Juan Berenguer | RP | 56 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3.48 | 106.0 | 93 | 1.35 | 3 |
| Jeff Reardon | RP | 65 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4.07 | 73.0 | 46 | 1.10 | 31 |
| Gary Wayne | RP | 60 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3.30 | 71.0 | 41 | 1.28 | 1 |
| Mike Dyer | RP | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4.82 | 71.0 | 37 | 1.56 | 0 |
| Mark Guthrie | RP | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.55 | 57.1 | 38 | 1.52 | 0 |
| Francisco Oliveras | RP | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4.53 | 55.2 | 24 | 1.42 | 0 |
| German Gonzalez | RP | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.66 | 29.0 | 25 | 1.48 | 0 |
| Randy St. Claire | RP | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.24 | 22.1 | 14 | 1.30 | 1 |
| Mike Cook | RP | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 21.1 | 15 | 1.83 | 0 |
| Steve Shields | RP | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.79 | 17.1 | 12 | 1.96 | 0 |
| Tim Drummond | RP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 16.1 | 9 | 1.47 | 1 |
| Lee Tunnell | RP | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 12.0 | 7 | 2.00 | 0 |
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.