1997 Minnesota Twins roster: 68-94

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Twins roster: batting

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1997 Minnesota Twins batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
CKChuck Knoblauch	LF	156	611	117	178	9	58	62	.291	.390	.800
Paul Molitor	DH	135	538	63	164	10	89	11	.305	.351	.786
RCRon Coomer	1B	140	523	63	156	13	85	4	.298	.324	.761
MLMatt Lawton	CF	142	460	74	114	14	60	7	.248	.366	.781
TSTerry Steinbach	C	122	447	60	111	12	54	6	.248	.302	.696
RBRich Becker	RF	132	443	61	117	10	45	17	.264	.354	.749
PMPat Meares	SS	134	439	63	121	10	60	7	.276	.323	.733
MCMarty Cordova	LF	103	378	44	93	15	51	5	.246	.305	.739
SSScott Stahoviak	1B	91	275	33	63	10	33	5	.229	.301	.701
DHDenny Hocking	SS	115	253	28	65	2	25	3	.257	.308	.667
BBBrent Brede	RF	61	190	25	52	3	21	7	.274	.347	.737
TWTodd Walker	1B	52	156	15	37	3	16	7	.237	.288	.641
DMDamian Miller	C	25	66	5	18	2	13	0	.273	.282	.660
David Ortiz	DH	15	49	10	16	1	6	0	.327	.353	.802
CLChris Latham	CF	15	22	4	4	0	1	0	.182	.182	.409
JVJavier Valentin	C	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571

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

1997 Twins roster: pitching

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1997 Minnesota Twins pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
BRBrad Radke	SP	35	35	20	10	3.87	239.2	174	1.19	0
BTBob Tewksbury	SP	26	26	8	13	4.22	168.2	92	1.37	0
RRRich Robertson	RP	31	26	8	12	5.69	147.0	69	1.63	0
FRFrankie Rodriguez	RP	43	15	3	6	4.62	142.1	65	1.45	0
GSGreg Swindell	RP	65	1	7	4	3.58	115.2	75	1.10	1
LaTroy Hawkins	RP	20	20	6	12	5.84	103.1	58	1.75	0
MTMike Trombley	RP	67	0	2	3	4.37	82.1	74	1.31	1
SAScott Aldred	RP	17	15	2	10	7.68	77.1	33	1.68	0
TRTodd Ritchie	RP	42	0	2	3	4.58	74.2	44	1.54	0
RARick Aguilera	RP	61	0	5	4	3.82	68.1	68	1.27	26
TMTravis Miller	RP	13	7	1	5	7.63	48.1	26	1.80	0
EGEddie Guardado	P	69	0	0	4	3.91	46.0	54	1.35	1
DNDan Naulty	RP	29	0	1	1	5.87	30.2	23	1.27	1
DSDan Serafini	RP	6	4	2	1	3.42	26.1	15	1.44	0
SBShane Bowers	SP	5	5	0	3	8.05	19.0	7	1.84	0

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

Results

1. Apr 1, 1997vs DETW 7-5
2. Apr 2, 1997vs DETW 7-6
3. Apr 3, 1997vs DETW 10-6
4. Apr 4, 1997vs KCL 1-2
5. Apr 5, 1997vs KCW 7-5
6. Apr 6, 1997vs KCL 2-12
7. Apr 7, 1997@ DETL 4-10
8. Apr 9, 1997@ DETL 5-10
9. Apr 10, 1997@ DETW 7-3
10. Apr 12, 1997@ KCW 11-6
11. Apr 13, 1997@ KCL 1-6
12. Apr 14, 1997@ BALL 2-4
13. Apr 15, 1997@ BALL 1-3
14. Apr 16, 1997vs LAAW 4-2
15. Apr 17, 1997vs LAAW 4-3
16. Apr 18, 1997@ SEAW 10-3
17. Apr 19, 1997@ SEAW 4-0
18. Apr 20, 1997@ SEAL 6-10
19. Apr 22, 1997@ ATHW 5-3
20. Apr 23, 1997@ ATHL 1-6
21. Apr 24, 1997@ ATHL 11-12
22. Apr 25, 1997vs TEXL 3-6
23. Apr 26, 1997vs TEXL 1-6
24. Apr 27, 1997vs TEXL 3-7
25. Apr 29, 1997vs BALL 4-6
26. Apr 30, 1997vs BALL 3-12
27. May 1, 1997vs BALL 2-3
28. May 2, 1997@ TORW 3-2
29. May 3, 1997@ TORL 5-6
30. May 4, 1997@ TORL 0-1
31. May 5, 1997@ NYYW 9-8
32. May 6, 1997@ NYYL 2-7
33. May 7, 1997@ BOSL 3-11
34. May 8, 1997@ BOSW 10-7
35. May 9, 1997vs TORL 1-4
36. May 10, 1997vs TORL 4-6
37. May 11, 1997vs TORL 2-3
38. May 12, 1997vs TORW 12-2
39. May 13, 1997vs NYYL 2-11
40. May 14, 1997vs NYYL 5-6
41. May 16, 1997vs BOSW 11-5
42. May 17, 1997vs BOSL 0-4
43. May 18, 1997vs BOSW 7-5
44. May 20, 1997@ MILW 4-3
45. May 21, 1997@ MILL 4-5
46. May 23, 1997vs ATHL 4-8
47. May 24, 1997vs ATHW 7-4
48. May 25, 1997vs ATHW 7-6
49. May 26, 1997vs SEAL 8-13
50. May 27, 1997vs SEAW 11-10
51. May 28, 1997vs MILW 3-1
52. May 29, 1997vs MILL 4-7
53. May 30, 1997@ LAAW 4-3
54. May 31, 1997@ LAAL 3-5
55. Jun 1, 1997@ LAAW 5-4
56. Jun 2, 1997@ TEXL 0-8
57. Jun 3, 1997@ TEXW 5-4
58. Jun 5, 1997vs LAAL 0-3
59. Jun 6, 1997vs LAAW 9-7
60. Jun 7, 1997vs LAAW 6-1
61. Jun 8, 1997vs LAAL 6-8
62. Jun 10, 1997vs TEXW 10-1
63. Jun 11, 1997vs TEXL 6-9
64. Jun 13, 1997@ HOUW 8-1
65. Jun 14, 1997@ HOUW 6-1
66. Jun 15, 1997@ HOUL 2-3
67. Jun 16, 1997vs PITL 6-8
68. Jun 17, 1997vs PITW 13-1
69. Jun 18, 1997vs PITW 8-2
70. Jun 20, 1997@ CHWW 3-0
71. Jun 21, 1997@ CHWL 3-5
72. Jun 22, 1997@ CHWL 1-2
73. Jun 23, 1997@ CLEW 7-2
74. Jun 24, 1997@ CLEL 5-10
75. Jun 26, 1997vs CHWL 1-11
76. Jun 27, 1997vs CHWL 6-10
77. Jun 28, 1997vs CHWW 11-5
78. Jun 29, 1997vs CHWL 4-6
79. Jun 30, 1997@ STLL 1-2
80. Jul 1, 1997@ STLL 0-2
81. Jul 2, 1997@ STLL 1-2
82. Jul 3, 1997@ MILW 8-5
83. Jul 4, 1997@ MILW 13-1
84. Jul 5, 1997@ MILL 1-2
85. Jul 6, 1997@ MILL 2-6
86. Jul 10, 1997vs CLEW 8-2
87. Jul 11, 1997vs CLEL 1-5
88. Jul 12, 1997vs CLEL 2-7
89. Jul 13, 1997vs CLEL 5-12
90. Jul 14, 1997vs CHWW 5-3
91. Jul 15, 1997vs CHWW 8-4
92. Jul 16, 1997@ SEAL 7-8
93. Jul 17, 1997@ SEAW 9-7
94. Jul 18, 1997@ ATHW 7-3
95. Jul 19, 1997@ ATHW 7-6
96. Jul 20, 1997@ ATHW 1-0
97. Jul 22, 1997vs KCW 3-2
98. Jul 23, 1997vs KCL 1-5
99. Jul 24, 1997vs KCL 3-5
100. Jul 25, 1997vs BALW 5-2
101. Jul 26, 1997vs BALL 1-2
102. Jul 27, 1997vs BALL 0-9
103. Jul 28, 1997@ KCL 3-10
104. Jul 28, 1997@ KCL 2-5
105. Jul 29, 1997@ KCW 11-8
106. Jul 30, 1997@ KCW 11-1
107. Aug 1, 1997@ NYYL 3-8
108. Aug 2, 1997@ NYYW 5-4
109. Aug 3, 1997@ NYYL 5-6
110. Aug 4, 1997vs TORW 9-3
111. Aug 5, 1997vs TORL 3-8
112. Aug 6, 1997vs BOSL 2-5
113. Aug 7, 1997vs BOSL 6-7
114. Aug 8, 1997vs NYYW 9-1
115. Aug 9, 1997vs NYYL 1-4
116. Aug 10, 1997vs NYYL 6-9
117. Aug 11, 1997vs NYYL 0-11
118. Aug 12, 1997@ TORL 1-9
119. Aug 13, 1997@ TORL 2-3
120. Aug 14, 1997@ BOSL 1-6
121. Aug 15, 1997@ BOSL 4-5
122. Aug 16, 1997@ BOSL 4-12
123. Aug 17, 1997@ BOSL 5-10
124. Aug 19, 1997@ DETL 2-8
125. Aug 20, 1997@ DETW 11-1
126. Aug 22, 1997@ BALL 1-3
127. Aug 23, 1997@ BALL 4-5
128. Aug 24, 1997@ BALL 1-5
129. Aug 25, 1997vs DETL 6-7
130. Aug 26, 1997vs DETW 8-2
131. Aug 27, 1997vs DETW 2-0
132. Aug 29, 1997vs CINL 3-5
133. Aug 30, 1997vs CINW 4-1
134. Aug 31, 1997vs CINW 8-6
135. Sep 1, 1997@ CHCW 7-6
136. Sep 2, 1997@ CHCL 3-9
137. Sep 3, 1997@ CHCL 6-10
138. Sep 4, 1997vs SEAL 6-9
139. Sep 5, 1997vs SEAL 6-10
140. Sep 6, 1997vs SEAL 0-9
141. Sep 7, 1997vs SEAW 9-6
142. Sep 8, 1997vs ATHW 7-2
143. Sep 9, 1997vs ATHL 1-5
144. Sep 11, 1997@ TEXL 0-7
145. Sep 12, 1997@ TEXL 5-6
146. Sep 13, 1997@ TEXL 3-9
147. Sep 14, 1997@ TEXW 11-1
148. Sep 15, 1997@ LAAL 5-8
149. Sep 16, 1997@ LAAW 9-3
150. Sep 17, 1997vs CLEL 6-7
151. Sep 18, 1997vs CLEL 1-4
152. Sep 19, 1997vs MILL 4-7
153. Sep 20, 1997vs MILW 6-1
154. Sep 21, 1997vs MILW 2-1
155. Sep 22, 1997vs MILW 5-2
156. Sep 23, 1997@ CHWW 5-3
157. Sep 24, 1997@ CHWW 7-2
158. Sep 24, 1997@ CHWW 7-2
159. Sep 25, 1997@ CHWL 5-10
160. Sep 26, 1997@ CLEL 2-7
161. Sep 27, 1997@ CLEL 6-10
162. Sep 27, 1997@ CLEW 6-4
163. Sep 28, 1997@ CLEW 5-1