2008 Minnesota Twins Index Page - 2003 Career League History

2008 Minnesota Twins

Record: 92-69
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 960
Runs Allowed: 830
Exp W-L: 91-70

Ballpark: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 2,466,855
Manager: Ron Gardenhire

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-57, 2nd in the AL
AA: 64-74, 11th in the AL
A: 66-72, 10th in the AL

Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over San Francisco Giants
Won AL League Series 4-2 over New York (A) Yankees
Won Divisional Series 3-1 over Texas Rangers

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
LF	Pat Burrell	31	157	612	122	171	37	3	45	140	0	0	68	162	.279	.351	.570	.921	116.3	20.2	3.6
3B	#Chipper Jones	36	153	594	102	171	43	6	18	104	2	2	80	107	.288	.371	.471	.842	101.0	17.2	4.1
1B	*Justin Morneau	27	151	578	124	177	36	3	40	117	0	0	68	36	.306	.392	.587	.978	121.1	23.4	2.1
RF	*Jason Kubel	26	149	526	70	168	33	2	11	94	0	0	37	44	.319	.378	.452	.830	79.9	13.0	2.7
CF	*Michael Ryan	30	151	525	70	127	42	4	14	82	3	2	58	103	.242	.317	.417	.734	66.8	7.8	4.7
SS	#Cristian Guzman	30	152	524	73	139	36	8	7	78	5	4	29	75	.265	.305	.405	.709	61.1	6.3	8.3
C	*Joe Mauer	25	124	438	83	141	33	1	6	67	0	0	54	67	.322	.409	.443	.852	77.9	14.1	6.7
LF	Robb Quinlan	31	130	442	78	158	28	1	16	79	9	2	33	77	.357	.408	.534	.942	85.9	17.4	1.2
2B	*Alex Cora	32	104	346	57	95	17	2	8	41	0	0	41	38	.275	.366	.405	.771	53.6	7.8	1.7
RF	*Antron Seiber	28	81	223	41	70	12	2	4	27	7	5	19	27	.314	.377	.439	.816	34.9	5.8	1.3
C	#Rob Bowen	27	69	203	25	40	6	1	6	28	0	0	23	43	.197	.284	.325	.610	21.0	0.6	3.3
LF	Josh Rabe	29	79	208	35	67	11	0	2	25	9	1	13	13	.322	.363	.404	.767	28.1	4.2	0.1
1B	*Jim Thome	37	72	178	26	40	7	0	3	17	0	0	38	53	.225	.369	.315	.684	23.9	2.4	0.2
2B	Chris O'Riordan	28	29	70	16	22	4	1	0	6	1	1	20	11	.314	.462	.400	.862	14.3	2.7	0.4
1B	Dusty Gomon	25	22	63	9	16	2	1	2	14	0	0	6	17	.254	.310	.413	.723	7.7	0.4	0.2
2B	#Brett Tamburino	26	23	59	6	10	1	0	1	7	0	1	6	16	.169	.246	.237	.483	3.0	0.0	0.3
3B	*Tyler Houston	37	16	43	9	15	8	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.349	.396	.535	.931	7.3	1.3	0.5
SS	#David Lamb	33	18	35	7	7	4	0	0	5	0	0	1	8	.200	.216	.314	.531	2.1	0.0	0.6
P	Beau Kemp	27	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	*Jason Miller	25	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Anthony Pannone	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Matt Vorwald	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Brad Thomas	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Scott Sullivan	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.6	1696	5687	956	1635	360	35	183	934	36	18	596	918	.287	.361	.460	.821	904.8	144.7	42.0
	Rank among 14 AL teams			2	3	1	1	8	3	2	14	1	5	5	1	4	3	3	2
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Beau Kemp	27	19	6	.760	34	34	0	230.0	221	93	16	56	178	3.64	19.8
Matt Vorwald	28	10	12	.455	32	32	0	207.7	219	106	23	76	152	4.59	11.9
*Brad Thomas	30	12	8	.600	34	34	0	175.0	193	98	25	71	115	5.04	8.6
Anthony Pannone	26	6	9	.400	26	26	0	143.3	175	95	28	37	103	5.97	3.9
*Ricky Barrett	27	10	7	.588	55	6	2	139.7	175	87	24	34	82	5.61	5.2
*Jason Miller	25	9	6	.600	51	5	3	129.0	141	66	11	29	91	4.60	8.7
Pat Neshek	27	9	5	.643	35	16	3	123.7	116	64	12	55	106	4.66	8.3
*Mike Hampton	35	5	1	.833	33	1	3	74.7	70	32	9	34	41	3.86	6.7
Scott Sullivan	37	6	7	.462	60	0	29	66.3	81	41	13	22	50	5.56	5.3
Kyle Farnsworth	32	1	2	.333	38	0	1	57.3	51	31	10	35	48	4.87	3.0
Travis Bowyer	26	3	1	.750	7	7	0	50.3	49	13	0	9	40	2.32	5.2
*Eddie Guardado	37	2	5	.286	59	0	2	43.3	52	22	6	18	24	4.57	2.9
Team Totals	29.8	92	69	.571	464	161	43	1440.3	1543	748	177	476	1030	4.67	89.3
Rank among 14 AL teams				5	5	6	4	6	10	8	9	3	6	9
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	34.5
J.Mauer	952.3	105	119	717	80	6	4	.993	38.8
R.Bowen	488.0	56	65	352	40	6	2	.985	36.9
A.Seiber	10.0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1450.3	161	185	1074	121	12	6	.990	38.0
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	10.43
J.Morneau	1135.3	127	132	1105	94	11	97	.991	9.50
D.Gomon	142.0	16	16	130	7	3	5	.979	8.68
J.Thome	82.0	8	13	84	11	2	5	.979	10.43
J.Kubel	53.0	7	7	44	3	0	5	1.000	7.98
R.Quinlan	25.0	3	4	27	0	0	4	1.000	9.72
J.Rabe	3.0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	12.00
A.Seiber	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1441.3	161	174	1394	116	16	116	.990	9.43
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.978	5.37
A.Cora	735.7	84	96	131	238	9	45	.976	4.51
C.O'Riordan	209.3	23	29	39	70	4	12	.965	4.69
B.Tamburino	157.0	15	23	39	41	0	10	1.000	4.59
R.Quinlan	9.0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.00
C.Guzman	7.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57
D.Lamb	5.0	0	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	7.20
Team Total	1123.0	123	153	213	356	13	68	.978	4.56
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.956	2.69
C.Jones	1344.3	150	152	99	261	16	15	.957	2.41
T.Houston	71.0	8	9	12	18	1	5	.968	3.80
D.Lamb	25.0	3	4	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.88
Team Total	1440.3	161	165	114	284	17	20	.959	2.49
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.75
C.Guzman	1284.3	151	151	184	432	14	65	.978	4.32
D.Lamb	55.7	5	10	11	19	0	4	1.000	4.85
A.Cora	15.0	0	8	3	9	0	3	1.000	7.20
R.Quinlan	5.7	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.59
R.Bowen	5.0	0	4	1	4	0	1	1.000	9.00
J.Thome	4.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
J.Rabe	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
T.Houston	1.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1373.7	156	183	200	467	14	73	.979	4.37
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.960	1.91
P.Burrell	1338.0	150	153	336	14	13	2	.964	2.35
A.Seiber	214.0	26	27	46	3	3	1	.942	2.06
R.Quinlan	48.3	5	6	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.05
J.Kubel	15.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.60
D.Gomon	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1618.3	183	189	394	17	16	3	.963	2.29

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.54
M.Ryan	1240.7	138	148	399	9	3	2	.993	2.96
A.Seiber	191.0	23	27	63	2	4	0	.942	3.06
R.Quinlan	7.7	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.35
R.Bowen	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1440.3	161	178	464	11	7	2	.985	2.97
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	2.09
J.Kubel	996.7	112	123	246	10	9	2	.966	2.31
R.Quinlan	370.0	43	46	95	1	2	0	.980	2.34
J.Rabe	63.7	6	14	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.70
A.Seiber	25.0	2	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.16
M.Ryan	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
P.Burrell	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1459.3	163	192	359	11	11	2	.971	2.28
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.964	1.91
B.Kemp	230.0	34	34	12	29	1	3	.976	1.60
M.Vorwald	207.7	32	32	16	16	2	1	.941	1.39
B.Thomas	175.0	34	34	16	23	2	3	.951	2.01
A.Pannone	143.3	26	26	6	14	0	1	1.000	1.26
R.Barrett	139.7	6	55	11	25	7	4	.837	2.32
J.Miller	129.0	5	51	6	15	0	1	1.000	1.47
P.Neshek	123.7	16	35	12	23	3	0	.921	2.55
M.Hampton	74.7	1	33	7	17	3	3	.889	2.89
S.Sullivan	66.3	0	60	7	9	1	2	.941	2.17
K.Farnsworth	57.3	0	38	5	6	0	0	1.000	1.73
T.Bowyer	50.3	7	7	5	5	0	0	1.000	1.79
E.Guardado	43.3	0	59	5	6	0	2	1.000	2.28
Team Total	1440.3	161	464	108	188	19	20	.940	1.85

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Quinlan	.346
On-Base Pct	Mauer	.409
Slugging Pct	Morneau	.587
OPS	Morneau	.978
XR	Morneau	121.1
Games	Burrell	157
At-Bats	Burrell	612
Runs	Morneau	124
Hits	Morneau	177
Total Bases	Burrell	349
Singles	Kubel	122
Doubles	Jones	43
Triples	Guzman	8
Homeruns	Burrell	45
RBIs	Burrell	140
Stolen Bases	Quinlan, Rabe	9
Caught Stealing	Seiber	5
Walks	Jones	80
Strikeouts	Burrell	162

ERA	Kemp	3.64
Wins	Kemp	19
Losses	Vorwald	12
Winning Pct	Kemp	.760
Saves	Sullivan	29
Games Pitched	Sullivan	60
Games Started	Kemp, Thomas	34
Complete Games	Kemp, Vorwald	4
Shutouts	Kemp, Vorwald	2
Innings Pitched	Kemp	230.0
Hits Allowed	Kemp	221
Homeruns Allowed	Pannone	28
Strikeouts	Kemp	178
Walks Allowed	Vorwald	76
Walks per 9IP	Kemp	2.2
Hits per 9IP	Kemp	8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP	Kemp	7.0
WHiP	Kemp	1.20
OAVG	Kemp	.251
OOBP	Kemp	.303
OSLG	Kemp	.360
OOPS	Kemp	.662

Team All-Stars

Pat Burrell

Chipper Jones

Justin Morneau

Player Salaries
Chipper Jones	$ 12,000,000
Jim Thome	$ 9,916,667
Eddie Guardado	$ 5,700,000
Beau Kemp	$ 4,914,286
Pat Burrell	$ 4,235,000
Justin Morneau	$ 3,421,429
Alex Cora	$ 2,850,000
Scott Sullivan	$ 1,000,000
David Lamb	$ 1,000,000
Robb Quinlan	$ 928,571
Michael Ryan	$ 878,571
Brad Thomas	$ 655,714
Tyler Houston	$ 550,000
Jorge Sosa	$ 500,000
Mike Hampton	$ 500,000
Kevin Gryboski	$ 468,571
Phil Nevin	$ 400,000
Kevin Orie	$ 400,000
Kyle Farnsworth	$ 400,000
Geronimo Gil	$ 400,000
Cristian Guzman	$ 350,000
Adam Johnson	$ 350,000
Jason Miller	$ 350,000
Jose Ortiz	$ 350,000
Jason Kubel	$ 300,000
Ricky Barrett	$ 300,000
Matt Vorwald	$ 300,000
Pat Neshek	$ 300,000
Chris O'Riordan	$ 300,000
Dusty Gomon	$ 300,000
Anthony Pannone	$ 300,000
Josh Rabe	$ 300,000
Antron Seiber	$ 300,000
Brett Tamburino	$ 300,000
Travis Bowyer	$ 300,000
Rob Bowen	$ 300,000
Joe Mauer	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/8	Signed			Tyler Houston
2/8	Signed			Cristian Guzman
2/12	Signed			Alex Cora
2/14	Signed			Chris O'Riordan
2/26	Signed			Kevin Orie
2/26	Signed			Phil Nevin
2/26	Signed			Geronimo Gil
2/28	Signed			Mike Hampton
4/14	Released	Tim Henkenjohann
4/14	Released	J.D. Durbin
4/14	Released	Jon Pridie
4/14	Released	Dennis Tankersley
4/14	Released	Mike Nakamura
4/14	Released	Juan Rincon
4/14	Released	Todd Sears
4/14	Released	Sandy Hiraldo
7/15	Traded	Michael Restovich	Toronto	Antron Seiber
7/15	Released	Esteban German