1987 Minnesota Twins Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 85–77 (.525), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1987 Al Newman 110 314 44 68 15 5 0 29 34 27 15 11 .217 .292 .296 .588
1987 Billy Beane 12 15 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .267 .267 .400 .667
1987 Chris Pittaro 14 12 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718
1987 Dan Gladden 121 439 69 109 21 2 8 38 38 72 25 9 .248 .311 .360 .671
1987 Don Baylor 20 49 3 14 1 0 0 6 5 12 0 1 .286 .397 .306 .703
1987 Gary Gaetti 154 585 95 150 36 2 31 109 37 92 10 7 .256 .303 .484 .786
1987 Gene Larkin 85 233 23 62 11 2 4 28 25 31 1 4 .266 .340 .382 .722
1987 Greg Gagne 137 447 68 116 28 7 10 40 25 84 6 6 .260 .303 .421 .724
1987 Kent Hrbek 143 477 85 136 20 1 34 90 84 60 5 2 .285 .389 .545 .934
1987 Kirby Puckett 157 624 96 207 32 5 28 99 32 91 12 7 .332 .367 .534 .900
1987 Mark Salas 22 45 8 17 2 0 3 9 5 6 0 1 .378 .431 .622 1.054
1987 Mark Davidson 102 154 32 40 4 1 1 14 13 26 9 2 .260 .314 .318 .632
1987 Randy Bush 122 298 46 74 10 2 11 46 43 49 10 3 .248 .344 .406 .750
1987 Roy Smalley 110 309 32 85 16 1 8 34 36 52 2 0 .275 .352 .411 .763
1987 Sal Butera 51 113 7 19 5 0 1 12 7 16 0 0 .168 .213 .239 .452
1987 Steve Lombardozzi 136 441 51 103 19 3 8 38 33 66 5 1 .234 .292 .345 .637
1987 Tim Laudner 113 291 30 55 7 1 16 43 23 80 1 0 .189 .249 .385 .634
1987 Tom Nieto 41 110 7 21 7 1 1 12 8 24 0 0 .191 .264 .300 .564
1987 Tom Brunansky 155 532 83 138 22 2 32 85 74 104 11 11 .259 .352 .489 .841
– – 162 5,488 786 1,422 258 35 196 733 523 898 113 65 .259 .326 .426 .752

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1987 Allan Anderson 4 12.1 1 0 0 0 0 20 15 15 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 10.95 2.43
1987 Bert Blyleven 37 267.0 15 12 0 0 0 249 132 119 101 9 196 37 0 8 1 4.01 1.31
1987 Dan Schatzeder 30 43.2 3 1 0 0 0 64 37 31 18 1 30 1 0 0 0 6.39 1.88
1987 Frank Viola 36 251.2 17 10 0 0 0 230 91 81 66 6 197 36 0 7 1 2.90 1.18
1987 George Frazier 54 81.1 5 5 2 0 0 77 49 45 51 2 58 0 0 0 0 4.98 1.57
1987 Jeff Reardon 63 80.1 8 8 31 0 0 70 41 40 28 3 83 0 0 0 0 4.48 1.22
1987 Jeff Bittiger 3 8.1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 5.40 1.32
1987 Joe Klink 12 23.0 0 1 0 0 0 37 18 17 11 0 17 0 0 0 0 6.65 2.09
1987 Joe Niekro 19 96.1 4 9 0 0 0 115 76 67 45 6 54 18 0 0 0 6.26 1.66
1987 Juan Berenguer 47 112.0 8 1 4 0 0 100 51 49 47 0 110 6 0 0 0 3.94 1.31
1987 Keith Atherton 59 79.1 7 5 2 0 0 81 46 40 30 4 51 0 0 0 0 4.54 1.40
1987 Les Straker 31 154.1 8 10 0 0 0 150 79 75 59 2 76 26 0 1 0 4.37 1.35
1987 Mark Portugal 13 44.0 1 3 0 0 0 58 40 38 24 1 28 7 0 0 0 7.77 1.86
1987 Mike Smithson 21 109.0 4 7 0 0 0 126 76 72 38 9 53 20 0 0 0 5.94 1.50
1987 Randy Niemann 6 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.44 1.88
1987 Roy Smith 7 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 20 10 9 6 2 8 1 0 0 0 4.96 1.59
1987 Steve Carlton 9 43.0 1 5 0 0 0 54 35 32 23 2 20 7 0 0 0 6.70 1.79
– – 162 1,427.1 85 77 39 0 0 1,465 806 740 564 50 990 162 0 16 2 4.67 1.42

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1987 Allan Anderson P 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1987 Bert Blyleven P 37 17 43 4 64 3 .937 1.62
1987 Dan Schatzeder P 30 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 0.23
1987 Frank Viola P 36 6 34 3 43 1 .930 1.11
1987 George Frazier P 54 2 8 1 11 0 .909 0.19
1987 Jeff Reardon P 63 2 6 0 8 1 1.000 0.13
1987 Jeff Bittiger P 3 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1987 Joe Klink P 12 0 2 0 2 1 1.000 0.17
1987 Joe Niekro P 19 6 11 1 18 1 .944 0.89
1987 Juan Berenguer P 47 5 7 1 13 0 .923 0.26
1987 Keith Atherton P 59 3 12 1 16 0 .937 0.25
1987 Les Straker P 31 5 18 1 24 0 .958 0.74
1987 Mark Portugal P 13 1 6 0 7 2 1.000 0.54
1987 Mike Smithson P 21 6 11 0 17 1 1.000 0.81
1987 Randy Niemann P 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.17
1987 Roy Smith P 7 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.29
1987 Steve Carlton P 9 1 8 0 9 1 1.000 1.00
1987 Mark Salas C 14 86 3 1 90 0 20 1 4.8% .989 6.36
1987 Sal Butera C 51 213 21 4 238 3 43 15 25.9% .983 4.59
1987 Tim Laudner C 101 517 28 7 552 2 66 21 24.1% .987 5.40
1987 Tom Nieto C 40 210 17 1 228 5 39 9 18.7% .996 5.67
1987 Gene Larkin 1B 26 165 10 2 177 12 .989 6.73
1987 Kent Hrbek 1B 137 1,179 68 5 1,252 112 .996 9.10
1987 Randy Bush 1B 9 57 4 2 63 4 .968 6.78
1987 Tim Laudner 1B 7 30 1 0 31 3 1.000 4.43
1987 Al Newman 2B 47 54 111 2 167 20 .988 3.51
1987 Chris Pittaro 2B 8 10 6 0 16 3 1.000 2.00
1987 Greg Gagne 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Steve Lombardozzi 2B 133 245 356 14 615 77 .977 4.52
1987 Al Newman 3B 12 4 11 0 15 0 1.000 1.25
1987 Gary Gaetti 3B 150 134 261 11 406 28 .973 2.63
1987 Roy Smalley 3B 14 7 10 3 20 0 .850 1.21
1987 Al Newman SS 55 62 103 3 168 24 .982 3.00
1987 Greg Gagne SS 136 194 391 18 603 75 .970 4.30
1987 Roy Smalley SS 4 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1987 Al Newman LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Dan Gladden LF 105 212 9 3 224 2 .987 2.10
1987 Mark Davidson LF 36 32 2 0 34 0 1.000 0.94
1987 Randy Bush LF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1987 Tom Brunansky LF 58 107 5 1 113 0 .991 1.93
1987 Dan Gladden CF 8 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 1.25
1987 Greg Gagne CF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1987 Kirby Puckett CF 147 342 9 5 356 2 .986 2.39
1987 Mark Davidson CF 20 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 1.60
1987 Billy Beane RF 7 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.14
1987 Dan Gladden RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1987 Greg Gagne RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Mark Davidson RF 33 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 1.15
1987 Randy Bush RF 73 106 1 2 109 0 .982 1.47
1987 Tom Brunansky RF 107 163 5 2 170 1 .988 1.57
– – 162 4,282 1,609 98 5,989 384 168 46 21.5% .984 36.36

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1987 Al Newman 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1987 Bert Blyleven 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Dan Schatzeder 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Dan Gladden 12 51 8 16 4 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 .314 .397 .490 .887
1987 Don Baylor 7 18 3 7 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 .389 .476 .556 1.032
1987 Frank Viola 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Gary Gaetti 12 47 9 13 3 1 3 9 3 8 2 0 .277 .340 .574 .914
1987 Gene Larkin 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
1987 George Frazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Greg Gagne 12 48 10 11 4 0 3 6 4 10 0 0 .229 .302 .500 .802
1987 Jeff Reardon 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Joe Niekro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Juan Berenguer 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Keith Atherton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Kent Hrbek 12 44 8 8 0 0 2 7 8 3 0 0 .182 .308 .318 .626
1987 Kirby Puckett 12 52 8 15 2 1 1 6 2 6 2 1 .288 .327 .423 .750
1987 Les Straker 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Mark Davidson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Randy Bush 8 18 5 4 1 1 0 4 3 3 3 0 .222 .318 .389 .707
1987 Roy Smalley 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750
1987 Sal Butera 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1987 Steve Lombardozzi 11 33 5 11 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 0 .333 .405 .455 .860
1987 Tim Laudner 12 36 5 8 2 0 1 6 7 9 0 0 .222 .349 .361 .710
1987 Tom Brunansky 12 42 10 12 4 0 2 11 8 7 1 0 .286 .400 .524 .924
– – 12 412 72 110 23 4 15 71 49 61 10 2 .267 .355 .451 .806

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1987 Bert Blyleven 4 26.1 3 1 0 0 0 25 11 10 5 2 21 4 0 0 0 3.42 1.14
1987 Dan Schatzeder 5 8.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.04
1987 Frank Viola 5 31.1 3 1 0 0 0 31 16 15 8 0 25 5 0 0 0 4.31 1.24
1987 George Frazier 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1987 Jeff Reardon 8 10.0 1 1 3 0 0 12 3 3 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.50
1987 Joe Niekro 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1987 Juan Berenguer 7 10.1 0 1 1 0 0 11 6 6 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.23 1.35
1987 Keith Atherton 3 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.20
1987 Les Straker 3 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 9 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 6.94 1.63
– – 16 104.0 8 4 4 0 0 100 49 47 31 4 79 12 0 0 0 4.07 1.26

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1987 Bert Blyleven P 4 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1987 Dan Schatzeder P 5 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1987 Frank Viola P 5 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
1987 George Frazier P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Jeff Reardon P 8 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.12
1987 Joe Niekro P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Juan Berenguer P 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Keith Atherton P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Les Straker P 3 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Sal Butera C 2 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.00
1987 Tim Laudner C 12 77 4 0 81 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.75
1987 Gene Larkin 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Kent Hrbek 1B 12 108 5 0 113 6 1.000 9.42
1987 Al Newman 2B 4 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Steve Lombardozzi 2B 11 17 33 1 51 6 .980 4.55
1987 Gary Gaetti 3B 12 14 22 0 36 3 1.000 3.00
1987 Greg Gagne SS 12 15 33 4 52 4 .923 4.00
1987 Dan Gladden LF 12 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 2.00
1987 Kirby Puckett CF 12 22 1 1 24 0 .958 1.92
1987 Mark Davidson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Tom Brunansky RF 12 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 2.00
– – 12 312 115 6 433 20 0 0 .986 35.58

Awards

Player Award Stats
Kirby Puckett All-Star (CF) .332–28–99, 12 SB
Gary Gaetti Gold Glove (3B) .973 FPct, 2.63 RF
Kirby Puckett Gold Glove (CF) .986 FPct, 2.39 RF
Kirby Puckett Silver Slugger (CF) .332–28–99, 12 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1987 Minnesota Twins

Who had the most hits on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Kirby Puckett led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 207 hits in 157 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Kirby Puckett led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with a .332 batting average in 157 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Kent Hrbek led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 34 home runs in 143 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Kent Hrbek led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with a .389 on-base percentage (OBP) in 143 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Kent Hrbek led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with a .545 slugging percentage in 143 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Dan Gladden led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 25 stolen bases in 121 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Frank Viola had a 2.90 earned-run average (ERA) in 36 games, the lowest on the 1987 Minnesota Twins.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Frank Viola had a 1.18 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1987 Minnesota Twins.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Frank Viola led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 197 strikeouts in 36 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Frank Viola led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 17 wins in 36 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1987 Minnesota Twins?

Jeff Reardon led the 1987 Minnesota Twins with 31 saves in 63 games.