One man’s opinion of the top300 Twins-updated with 2013 stats

I stole most of the idea from when Gleeman started his top40 list years ago (still unfinished right?) The below quote is his, and the rest is an exerpt from a book I put together 3 years ago. Some of it is outdated, but I’ve updated the list and stats through 2013 which includes the changes that were made last year to how different sites calculate WAR.

“The rankings only include time spent playing for the Minnesota Twins. In other words, David Ortiz doesn’t get credit for turning into one of the best players in baseball after joining the Red Sox and Paul Molitor doesn’t get credit for being one of the best players in baseball for the Brewers and Blue Jays. The Twins began playing on April 11, 1961, and that’s when these rankings start as well.”

I used a variety of factors, including longevity and peak value. Longevity included how many years the player was a Twin as well as how many plate appearances or innings pitched that player had in those years. For peak value, I looked at their stats, honors, and awards in their best seasons, as well as how they compared to their teammates. Did they lead their team in OPS or home runs or ERA for starters or WPA? If so, that got some bonus points. I factored in postseason heroics, awards (gold gloves, silver sluggers, MVPs, Cy Youngs), statistical achievements (batting titles, home run leaders, ERA champs, etc), and honors (all star appearances), and I looked at team success as well. If you were the #1 starter on a division winning champ, that gave you more points than the #1 starter on a cellar dweller. I looked at some of the advanced stats like WPA, WAR (as calculated by fan graphs and baseball-reference.com), WARP (as calculated by Baseball Prospectus), and Win Shares (as calculated by Bill James). For hitters, I also looked at OPS and the old school triple crown statistics like batting average, home runs, stolen bases, and RBI (and not only where you finished within the AL in any given year, but where you appear on the top25 lists amongst all Twins in the last 50 years). For pitchers I looked at strikeouts, innings pitched, win/loss percentage, ERA as well as ERA). If there was a metric that was used for all 50 years of Twins history, I tried to incorporate it. I tended to give more credit to guys who were starters instead of part time/platoon players, more credit to position players over pitchers (just slightly, but probably unfairly) and starters over relievers (and closers over middle relievers). There’s no formula to my magic, just looking at a lot of factors and in the end going with the gut in all tie-breakers. Up in the top10 I’m looking at All star appearances, Cy Young and MVP votes, batting average or ERA titles or top10 finishes, etc, and placement in the top25 hitting and pitching lists in Twins history as well. In the middle 100s, it’s more about who started a few more years or had 2 good seasons rather than 1 with possibly an occasional all-star berth or top10 finish in SB or strikeouts. Once you’re in the latter half of the 200s there are none of those on anyone’s resume, so its basically just looking at peak season in OPS+ or ERA+, WAR, Win Shares, and who started the most years, had the most at bats, or pitched the most innings. What the player did as a coach, manager, or broadcaster is not taken into consideration for this list, so Tom Kelly or Billy Gardner weren’t able to make the top 300 since they were poor players and Frank Quilici didn’t improve his status due to his managing career.

Rank	Player	AB or IP	YrS	ERA+ or OPS+	HR or W	ERA or AVG	fWAR	rWAR	WARP	WS	AS	Awards	Top 10 statistical finishes
1	Harmon Killebrew	6593	9	148	475	0.26	59.4	53.8	56	318	10	MVP: 11,3,4,10,15,4,2,1,3,21	AVG: 5 OPS: 4,2,2,4,2,3,2,4,10,10 R: 10,7,3,8,2,4,8 HR: 3,1,1,1,8,2,1,1,2,5,3 RBI: 6,1,3,3,2,2,1,4,1
2	Kirby Puckett	7244	12	124	207	0.318	44.5	50.8	51.2	281	10	6 GG, 6 SS, MVP: 21,6,3,3,7,7,2,7,21, ALCS MVP	AVG: 3,4,2,1,10,8,2 OPS 4,6,8 R: 2,5,4 HR: 6, RBI: 2,6,1
3	Rod Carew	6235	11	137	74	0.334	57	63.8	55.9	282	12	ROY, MVP: 10,14,4,7,9,5,1,11	AVG: 6,1,5,1,1,1,1,3,1,1 OPS: 4,4,3,2,1 R: 4,2,5,7,2,1 SB: 4,2,4,6
4	Tony Oliva	6301	11	131	220	0.304	40.8	43.1	48.6	245	8	ROY, 1 GG, MVP: 4,2,6,19,19,15,2,10	AVG: 1,1,2,8,3,3,3,1 OPS: 5,3,6,6,7,2 R: 1,2,2,9,8 HR: 6 RBI: 9,3,10,5,7,5 SB: 6
5	Joe Mauer	4378	8	136	105	0.323	44	44.2	42.8	230	6	3 GG, 4 SS, MVP: 6,4,1,8,19	AVG: 1,1,1,3,4,2 OPS 7,1,10, 9
6	Kent Hrbek	6192	13	128	293	0.282	37.2	38.2	31.6	230	1	MVP: 2, 16	AVG: 7,6 OPS: 5,8,7,7 HR: 3,10,10 RBI: 7
7	Johan Santana	1308	4	141	93	3.22	35.2	35.9	26.2	123	3	1 GG, CY: 7,1,3,1, 5, MVP: 6,7	ERA: 1,2,1,7 W: 2,5,1 IP: 2,2,1,6 K: 8,1,1,1,2
8	Jim Kaat	2959	13	112	189	3.28	55.1	37.9	32.6	185	2	12 GG, MVP: 5,20	ERA: 6,6 W: 6,8,3,1,6 IP: 2,10,4,1,4 K: 4,10,2,6
9	Bert Blyleven	2567	10	119	149	3.28	56.8	49.3	39.3	178	1	CY: 7,3, MVP: 26	ERA: 5,2,4,6,5 W: 7,5,6 IP: 9,5,4,7,1,4 K: 4,4,2,2,2,1,4,8
10	Frank Viola	1773	8	111	112	3.86	30.4	27.4	22.7	117	1	CY: 6,6,1, MVP: 10, WS MVP	ERA: 10,2,3 W: 4,3,9,8,1 IP: 5,8,9,10,6 K: 8,8,7,3
11	Bob Allison	3926	7	130	211	0.254	30.9	30.5	38.9	169	2	MVP: 15,23	OPS: 6,1,3,9,10 R: 3,1,9 HR: 7,8,3,6,9,7,8 RBI: 7,7,4
12	Brad Radke	2451	12	113	148	4.22	44.6	45.5	27.9	159	1	CY: 3, MVP 25	ERA: 4,4 W: 2 IP: 8,4,6,4,8,5 K: 7
13	Chuck Knoblauch	3939	7	114	43	0.304	33.2	37.8	21.3	161	4	ROY, 1 GG, 2 SS, MVP: 20,17,16	AVG: 2,4 R: 4,8,8,2,3 SB: 9,4,4,4,2
14	Justin Morneau	4749	8	121	221	0.278	19.9	23.3	15.8	156	4	2 SS, MVP: 1, 20, 2	AVG: 7 OPS: 8 HR: 5 RBI: 2,9,2
15	Jim Perry	1883	8	113	128	3.15	23.3	28.7	20.5	125	2	CY: 3, 1, MVP: 9,9	ERA: 8,4,8,8 W: 3,1 IP: 8,5 K: 10
16	Torii Hunter	4492	8	104	192	0.271	22.9	27	21.7	137	2	7 GG, MVP: 21,6,21,15	HR: 7 RBI: 10 SB: 9,8,9
17	Earl Battey	2762	6	109	76	0.278	18.3	14.3	17	114	4	2 GG, MVP: 7,10	AVG: 6,10 OPS: 9 HR: 9 RBI: 9
18	Gary Gaetti	4990	9	99	201	0.256	25.5	26.9	27.4	146	2	4 GG, ALCS MVP, MVP: 16,10,22	OPS: 8,8 HR: 3,4 RBI: 5,7
19	Zoilo Versalles	4148	7	88	86	0.252	16	15.2	16.6	119	2	2 GG, MVP: 21, 1	R: 4,1 SB: 8,7,3
20	Joe Nathan	463	6	204	24	2.16	15.2	18.4	11.7	95	4	CY: 4,5, MVP: 12,18	SAVES: 3,3,6,6,4,2
21	Rick Aguilera	694	9	130	40	3.5	13.9	15.5	8.8	101	3	MVP: 18	SAVES: 6,3,2,6,3,3,9,5
22	Camilo Pascual	1285	6	116	88	3.31	27.6	20.8	19.1	87	3	MVP: 15,12	ERA: 10,3 W: 6,2,2 IP: 5,4,8,4 K: 1,1,1,2
23	Cesar Tovar	4142	5	102	38	0.281	21.9	25.9	28.7	142	0	MVP: 7,23,17,18,24	AVG: 4 R: 3,3,7,2,2,5 SB: 10,6,3,3,6,7
24	Shane Mack	2161	5	130	67	0.309	17.7	19.6	21.8	92	0		AVG: 5,7 OPS 9,8 R: 7
25	Jack Morris	246	1	125	18	3.43	4.8	4.3	3.1	18	1	WS MVP, CY: 4	W: 4, IP: 3 K: 10
26	Roy Smalley	3997	9	104	110	0.262	20.5	20.7	19	128	1	MVP: 16
27	Mike Cuddyer	4072	6	111	141	0.272	13.1	12.2	12.3	117	1	MVP: 21	HR: 10
28	Corey Koskie	2788	6	115	101	0.28	22.7	22.1	21.2	108	0	MVP: 25
29	Tom Brunansky	3313	6	109	163	0.25	15.4	15.9	14.8	98	1		HR: 8,6,9
30	Brian Harper	2503	5	110	48	0.306	13.2	13.4	14.3	75	0		AVG: 9
31	Larry Hisle	2437	4	127	87	0.286	16	17.2	16.7	89	1	MVP: 12	OPS: 10 R: 10 HR: 10 RBI: 4,1
32	Dave Goltz	1638	6	112	96	3.48	28.1	24.5	9	104	0	CY: 6	ERA: 8,5 W: 1 IP: 2,7 K: 6,8
33	Eddie Guardado	705	3	105	37	4.55	7.2	9.5	7.8	72	2	MVP: 15	SAVES 1,2
34	Greg Gagne	3386	8	83	69	0.249	14.5	17.8	12.2	88	0
35	Kevin Tapani	1171	6	108	75	4.06	24.9	19.2	15.9	74	0	CY: 7	ERA: 7 W: 10,10,10 IP: 5
36	Jimmie Hall	1885	4	124	98	0.269	14.9	14.8	15.6	76	2	MVP: 13	AVG: 8 OPS: 6 R: 7,9 HR: 4 RBI: 6 SB: 10
37	Jacque Jones	3492	6	101	132	0.279	11.4	11.9	16.9	98	0
38	Rich Rollins	3048	5	101	71	0.272	13.3	11.9	14.5	83	1	MVP: 8,21	AVG: 10,3 R: 7 RBI: 9
39	Mudcat Grant	780	4	107	50	3.35	9	6.5	5.4	44	1	MVP: 6	W: 1 IP: 3,7
40	Matt Lawton	2672	5	107	72	0.277	9.2	11.3	12.6	87	1
41	Scott Erickson	979	5	104	61	4.22	14.2	12.7	3.7	56	1	CY: 2, MVP: 17	W: 1
42	Dave Boswell	1036	5	101	67	3.49	12.4	12.9	8.6	61	0		W: 10,3 IP: 9 K: 8,7,4
43	Al Worthington	473	5	134	37	2.62	5.3	9.7	6.7	62	0		SAVES 7,6,6,5,1
44	Dan Gladden	2470	5	90	38	0.268	4.2	5.5	10.1	57	0
45	Butch Wynegar	2746	5	89	37	0.254	14.9	15.1	11.6	82	2	MVP: 28
46	Chili Davis	978	2	135	41	0.282	5	5.2	6.3	36	0	MVP: 14	OPS: 7 HR: 8
47	Randy Bush	3045	5	102	96	0.251	1.4	1.4	5.8	76	0
48	Steve Braun	2429	3	116	35	0.284	14.8	15	14	86	0
49	Dean Chance	664	3	126	41	2.67	13.1	11.3	4.2	46	1	MVP: 13	ERA: 9 W: 3,8 IP: 1,2 K: 3,4
50	Lyman Bostock	1436	3	127	18	0.318	9.2	10.3	9	54	0	MVP: 27	AVG: 4,2 R: 4
51	Jason Kubel	2559	4	112	104	0.271	2.9	4.6	7.5	73	0	MVP: 24	RBI: 8
52	Jeff Reardon	226	3	116	15	3.7	3.6	4.2	3.6	36	1	CY: 8, MVP: 11,15	SAVES: 2,2,7
53	Leo Cardenas	1720	3	98	39	0.263	11.1	11.2	9.6	64	1	MVP: 12,21
54	Denard Span	2354	4	104	23	0.284	15	17.1	13.2	78	0		AVG: 9
55	Paul Molitor	1700	3	103	23	0.312	2.3	5.2	4.8	41	0	1 SS, MVP: 13	AVG: 3
56	Ron Perranoski	359	2	120	25	3	1.2	4.2	0	41	0	CY: 7, MVP: 13,12	SAVES 1,1
57	Scott Baker	958	5	102	63	4.15	17.6	16	12.1	56	0		ERA: 8 W: 10
58	Marty Cordova	2322	5	103	79	0.277	4.6	5.7	11.4	58	0	ROY
59	Eric Milton	987	5	101	57	4.76	16.4	15	14.5	55	1		K: 9,10
60	Bill Campbell	460	2	121	32	3.13	5.4	7.7	4.8	45	0	CY: 7, MVP: 8	W: 8 SAVES: 3,3
61	Don Mincher	1511	2	125	90	0.244	9.8	8.7	8.5	57	0
62	Jerry Koosman	601	3	115	39	3.77	12.1	11.1	7	44	0	CY: 6	ERA: 8 W: 3,10 IP: 4 K: 5,7
63	A.J. Pierzynski	1428	3	105	26	0.301	7.8	9.4	8.4	58	1		AVG: 8
64	John Castino	2320	5	96	41	0.278	12.5	15	14.3	70	0	ROY
65	Dan Ford	1999	4	114	57	0.272	5.2	6.8	6.2	57	0		R: 10 HR: 9
66	LaTroy Hawkins	819	5	95	44	5.05	10.4	8.1	6.7	50	0		SAVES: 8
67	Allan Anderson	818	4	102	49	4.11	9.5	8.6	5.6	43	0		ERA 1 W 8,6
68	Geoff Zahn	852	4	106	53	3.9	13	9	3.8	50	0		ERA: 9,10
69	Mike Marshall	274	2	141	21	2.99	4.7	6.8	2.1	37	0	CY: 7, 5, MVP: 11	SAVES: 4,1
70	Gary Ward	1543	3	115	51	0.285	9.1	10.5	11.4	48	1	MVP: 32
71	Shannon Stewart	1373	1	102	29	0.294	3.8	4.8	5.4	39	0	MVP: 4	AVG: 10
72	Doug Mientkiewicz	2147	5	103	43	0.275	6.5	6.4	4.1	62	0	1 GG, MVP: 14
73	Rich Reese	1918	4	99	50	0.26	3.1	3.3	4.7	52	0	MVP: 29
74	Ron Coomer	2397	2	88	77	0.278	2.5	2.5	0.3	44	1
75	Mickey Hatcher	2366	3	89	26	0.284	2.7	3.6	4.3	47	0
76	Bobby Darwin	1817	3	107	70	0.257	4.9	5.3	2	46	0		HR: 7,4 RBI: 6,5
77	Tim Laudner	2038	3	84	77	0.225	3.8	3.2	4.4	41	1
78	Gene Larkin	2321	2	98	32	0.266	1	1.5	3.1	54	0
79	Francisco Liriano	783	5	97	50	4.33	14.5	9.6	9	42	1	CY: 11	K: 5
80	Carlos Silva	773	4	102	47	4.42	8.7	8.9	0	42	0		ERA 5, W: 8
81	Joe Mays	946	6	98	48	4.85	10.5	10.8	4.7	44	1		ERA: 3 W: 6 IP: 3
82	Cristian Guzman	3277	6	76	39	0.266	4.4	7.5	8.2	76	1	MVP: 16	SB: 7
83	Mike Smithson	816	4	97	47	4.46	10.3	4.7	3.1	44	0		IP: 7,6 K: 10
84	Jim Merritt	686	2	112	37	3.03	11	11	7.3	44	0		ERA: 5 K: 9
85	Juan Berenguer	418	0	116	33	3.7	4.5	6.3	6.5	35	0
86	Juan Rincon	441	0	122	30	3.69	6.9	5.9	7	38	0
87	Josh Willingham	908	1	124	49	0.238	3.6	3.5	5.3	32	0	1 SS	HR: 7, OPS: 8, RBI: 3
88	Delmon Young	1845	3	103	47	0.287	-0.3	0.9	1.5	48	0	MVP: 10	RBI: 5
89	David Ortiz	1477	4	107	58	0.266	2.1	2.6	3.5	37	0
90	Dick Stigman	643	3	101	37	3.69	4.1	5.9	3.5	33	0		W: 10 K: 3
91	Jack Kralick	510	2	111	26	3.74	9.6	8.2	6.2	31	0		IP: 8,7
92	Doug Corbett	246	2	170	10	2.49	4.3	8.3	1.5	37	1		SAVES: 6,4
93	Glen Perkins	498	4	108	28	3.89	6.5	7.2	4.3	43	1		SAVES: 9
94	Kyle Lohse	908	5	93	51	4.88	9.9	6.7	4.6	40	0
95	Ken Landreaux	1048	2	105	22	0.294	0.9	1.8	2.7	29	1
96	Carl Pavano	579	2	95	33	4.32	8	6.2	2.4	28	0		W: 7, IP: 6
97	Ted Uhlaender	1846	4	87	23	0.262	2.5	3.2	5.1	50	0	MVP: 27	AVG: 5
98	Lenny Green	1514	2	98	27	0.268	5.7	5.2	8.1	48	0		R: 6 SB: 7
99	Vic Power	1197	2	89	26	0.278	2	1.7	1.6	25	0	2 GG, MVP: 21
100	Mike Trombley	645	2	104	30	4.53	5.8	7.5	6.2	45	0
101	Matt Guerrier	472	0	129	19	3.38	1.3	7.5	2.5	40	0
102	Pat Meares	2464	6	76	41	0.265	4.1	5.9	2.3	49	0
103	Pedro Munoz	1587	3	101	61	0.275	-0.8	-0.4	2.2	37	0
104	Mark Guthrie	489	2	103	29	4.19	7.6	4.5	8.1	30	0
105	Tom Johnson	273	1	116	23	3.39	2.9	3.2	3.2	24	0	MVP: 27	W: 9 SAVES: 7
106	John Smiley	241	1	126	16	3.21	5.5	5	2.7	18	0		ERA: 10 W: 10 IP: 8 K: 10
107	Dick Woodson	561	2	107	33	3.35	2.8	4.2	1.4	31	0
108	Eric Soderholm	1345	3	105	36	0.257	10	10.1	6.5	38	0
109	Tom Hall	455	2	122	25	3	7.2	6.8	6.4	34	0		K: 8
110	Jim Thome	482	2	159	37	0.266	3.7	4.5	3.8	23	0	MVP: 18
111	George Mitterwald	1578	4	88	50	0.239	6.5	6	6.4	49	0
112	Roger Erickson	712	4	101	31	4.1	10	7	4.8	33	0		ERA: 8 IP: 10
113	Glenn Adams	1387	2	97	29	0.281	-1.5	-1	1.3	25	0
114	Nick Blackburn	818	5	86	43	4.85	5.1	3.2	-0.8	30	0
115	Ron Davis	381	4	95	19	4.51	3.3	0.1	5.4	39	0		SAVES: 5,3,5,7
116	Bernie Allen	1595	4	86	32	0.246	3	3.2	0.4	39	0
117	Lew Ford	1514	3	96	32	0.272	5.6	8.3	5.2	44	0	MVP: 24
118	Brian Duensing	546	1	98	34	4.2	6.2	4.8	4.5	30	0
119	Ken Schrom	494	3	99	29	4.34	4.4	3.4	0.7	26	0
120	Dave Engle	1371	3	94	28	0.268	2.8	3.9	3.6	29	1
121	Kevin Slowey	532	3	90	39	4.66	7.7	4.6	6.4	26	0
122	Tom Burgmeier	380	1	101	24	3.77	-0.2	3.2	1.1	26	0		SAVES: 8
123	Ray Corbin	652	5	95	36	3.84	2.2	2.9	2	33	0		SAVES: 8
124	Rick Reed	390	3	101	25	4.47	5.1	3.7	3.2	21	0
125	Todd Walker	1374	2	92	23	0.285	0	1.8	2.7	31	0
126	Dave Winfield	841	2	100	31	0.264	-0.2	0.3	0.8	15	0
127	Terry Steinbach	1207	3	84	30	0.256	3.2	3.1	2.5	29	0
128	Danny Thompson	2022	5	71	14	0.251	2.5	2.4	-2	31	0	MVP: 23
129	Rob Wilfong	1591	3	85	22	0.262	4	5.3	3.6	46	0
130	Matt LeCroy	1321	3	98	58	0.261	0.6	0.4	1.7	34	0
131	Luis Rivas	1884	4	80	30	0.262	0.9	-0.9	-1.5	33	0		SB: 8
132	Albert Williams	642	3	99	35	4.24	5.9	6.4	-0.1	33	0
133	Pete Redfern	714	4	90	42	4.54	7.3	1.5	4.6	31	0
134	Mark Salas	663	2	102	20	0.279	2.7	2.7	3.2	19	0
135	John Butcher	502	2	96	24	4.48	7.2	2.5	0.7	25	0
136	Craig Kusick	1184	4	107	44	0.236	3.4	3.6	3.1	31	0
137	Tim Teufel	1080	2	103	27	0.265	5.3	5.5	2.8	33	0
138	Mike Cubbage	1681	3	97	29	0.266	5.9	6.9	7.3	46	0
139	Jason Bartlett	1079	2	88	10	0.272	8.2	9.1	8.6	35	0
140	Jesse Crain	382	0	128	33	3.42	2.8	5.5	2.1	36	0
141	Carl Willis	286	0	120	20	3.65	5.8	3.8	4.7	28	0
142	Bill Dailey	124	1	133	7	2.76	1	2.8	1.5	17	0	MVP: 23	SAVES: 3
143	Joe Decker	503	2	94	29	4.09	4.6	4.9	1	25	0
144	Bobby Castillo	402	2	107	23	3.98	3.9	4.3	1.1	23	0
145	Jim Hughes	441	2	88	25	4.3	2.9	0.8	-0.3	15	0
146	J.C. Romero	407	0	108	25	4.35	4.2	4.8	3.3	31	0
147	Ron Jackson	1154	2	96	23	0.268	2.7	2.8	3.5	25	0
148	Scott Leius	1373	3	85	26	0.252	2.9	4.8	2.2	27	0
149	Luis Castillo	933	2	92	3	0.299	3.5	3.7	1.3	25	0		SB: 9
150	Rich Becker	1465	3	88	25	0.267	5	6.4	5.9	36	0
151	Lee Stange	351	1	105	20	3.61	1.8	2.5	3	18	0		ERA: 6
152	Bobby Kielty	631	0	116	23	0.269	3	3.9	3.4	25	0
153	Nick Punto	2365	3	74	12	0.248	11.1	10.2	4.2	52	0
154	Mike Pagliarulo	723	2	88	9	0.272	2.9	4	4.4	19	0
155	Brian Dozier	874	2	88	24	0.24	2.3	4.4	3.4	23	0
156	Danny Valencia	989	2	91	24	0.26	1.1	0.8	0.1	23	0
157	Steve Lombardozzi	1226	3	75	19	0.233	3.2	4	2.1	30	0
158	Johnny Roseboro	741	2	81	11	0.239	1.2	0.8	2.8	20	1
159	Jim Holt	1444	3	87	17	0.272	1.1	0.3	0.9	29	0
160	Al Newman	1647	1	59	0	0.231	-0.3	2.1	-2.2	30	0
161	Scott Stahoviak	1019	3	91	27	0.256	0.9	0.9	1.5	23	0
162	Dustan Mohr	782	2	91	22	0.258	2.4	2.5	3.2	18	0
163	Bob Randall	1325	3	74	1	0.257	2.3	3.8	0.4	29	0
164	Kenny Rogers	195	1	99	13	4.57	3.1	1.9	2.6	11	0
165	Steve Brye	1641	2	90	22	0.261	3.3	4.7	3.5	36	0
166	Ryan Doumit	969	2	104	32	0.261	1.5	1.9	3	19	0
167	Bombo Rivera	627	1	89	8	0.266	2.4	2.5	3.8	13	0
168	Johnny Klippstein	161	0	147	10	2.45	0.5	3.7	1.6	15	0
169	Stan Williams	191	0	129	14	2.87	0.2	1.9	-0.2	19	0		SAVES: 10
170	Hosken Powell	1468	3	83	13	0.261	1.1	2.2	4	27	0
171	Roy Smith	389	2	98	19	4.28	3.1	4	2.7	20	0
172	Darrell Jackson	411	2	97	20	4.38	4.5	3.1	2.7	20	0
173	Keith Atherton	235	1	111	19	3.91	1.1	2.6	2.3	20	0
174	Trevor Plouffe	1226	2	95	48	0.24	-0.2	1.4	-0.2	22	0
175	Bill Pleis	280	0	95	21	4.07	0.3	-0.5	1.7	16	0
176	Jim Roland	244	1	103	10	3.42	-0.3	1.6	0.7	12	0
177	Brant Alyea	416	0	107	18	0.248	0.5	0.5	1	13	0
178	Mike Redmond	863	0	87	2	0.297	1.8	1.3	1.5	28	0
179	Ray Moore	159	2	83	13	4.9	-0.2	-0.1	1.5	12	0		SAVES: 4,7
180	Roberto Kelly	569	1	105	11	0.308	1.2	1.7	2	15	0
181	Alex Cole	424	1	106	5	0.304	1.4	2.2	2.1	13	0		SB: 6
182	Jose Morales	674	2	106	12	0.297	0.1	0.1	0.9	13	0
183	Bob Tewksbury	317	2	105	15	4.49	6.6	6.5	5.2	17	0
184	Ben Revere	989	2	80	0	0.278	4.5	3.2	0.4	20	0		SB: 7, 3
185	Orlando Hudson	497	1	96	6	0.268	3.1	2.7	1.8	14	0
186	Bill Zepp	156	1	114	9	3.34	0.9	1.3	-1	9	0
187	Pedro Ramos	264	1	108	11	3.95	3.2	3.7	2.5	15	0		IP: 4 K: 6
188	John Moses	620	0	91	4	0.276	0.7	0.1	1	15	0
189	Greg Myers	494	1	90	11	0.279	1.8	1.7	1.3	9	0
190	Alexi Casilla	1566	4	73	11	0.248	1.8	3.6	0.6	31	0
191	Carlos Gomez	892	2	72	10	0.248	3.4	2.6	2.8	19	0		SB: 7
192	Glenn Borgmann	1207	2	79	14	0.229	5.3	5	2.6	37	0
193	Scott Diamond	343	2	92	19	4.43	2.4	1.5	-0.2	13	0
194	Otis Nixon	448	1	85	1	0.297	-0.6	0.2	0.8	8	0		SB: 8
195	Brendan Harris	956	1	79	14	0.251	0.1	-0.6	1.8	19	0
196	Willie Norwood	854	1	79	18	0.242	-0.9	-1.2	-0.4	13	0
197	Dennis Hocking	2204	0	70	25	0.252	-2.8	0.4	-1	43	0
198	Les Straker	237	1	105	10	4.22	2	3	1.2	13	0
199	Mark Redman	213	1	104	15	4.86	3.2	3.5	2.7	13	0
200	Bob Miller	191	0	120	5	2.91	1.3	2.9	0.2	12	0
201	Ron Washington	1258	2	80	17	0.265	0.3	1.5	0.7	23	0
202	Frank Rodriguez	509	3	94	25	5.2	6.3	2.1	3.8	20	0
203	Boof Bonser	392	2	84	18	5.12	3.7	-0.3	2.7	11	0
204	Vic Albury	372	2	93	18	4.11	-0.4	1.6	0.7	16	0
205	Pat Mahomes	366	2	81	18	5.82	-0.3	-0.9	-1.1	12	0
206	Willie Banks	259	1	93	16	4.61	3.6	1.5	3	12	0
207	Fernando Arroyo	234	1	97	13	4.3	1.9	1.3	-0.8	10	0
208	Jim Lemon	457	1	90	15	0.249	0.3	-0.3	1	9	0
209	Luis Tiant	92	1	112	7	3.4	1	2	0.7	8	0
210	Pat Neshek	129	0	143	11	3.05	2	3	2.1	15	0
211	Terry Leach	149	0	126	3	3.38	2.6	2.6	2.4	11	0
212	J.J. Hardy	340	1	93	6	0.268	2.3	1.2	1.9	10	0
213	Dennys Reyes	126	0	204	10	2.14	1.5	4.3	0.5	16	0
214	Chad Allen	706	1	86	14	0.275	-0.9	-0.9	0.1	10	0
215	Jason Tyner	578	0	86	1	0.299	2.7	2.4	1.4	12	0
216	Jim Dwyer	329	1	112	6	0.289	0.8	0.8	1.7	9	0
217	Bob Wells	300	0	109	18	4.47	2	3.7	2.3	25	0
218	Pete Filson	323	0	108	14	3.98	1.4	3.3	1.8	22	0
219	Hector Carrasco	256	0	108	14	4.49	3	3.4	2.3	18	0
220	Tony Fiore	133	0	116	11	3.92	0.2	1.8	1	10	0
221	Greg Swindell	182	0	130	10	3.61	1.9	4.6	1.4	17	0
222	Chip Hale	563	0	89	6	0.281	1	1.6	1.6	13	0
223	Dave Hollins	422	1	92	13	0.242	2.2	3.1	3.3	11	0
224	Sam Deduno	187	1	100	14	4.09	1	2.1	-0.8	11	0
225	Brian Buchanan	414	0	93	16	0.258	-0.2	0.3	0.8	6	0
226	Joe Crede	333	1	83	15	0.225	1.6	2.3	1.4	6	0
227	Frank Quilici	682	0	61	5	0.214	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	13	0
228	Junior Ortiz	304	0	85	0	0.28	1.6	1.7	0.4	9	0
229	Jose Mijares	153	0	133	3	3.16	1	3.1	1.1	12	0
230	Wayne Granger	89	1	108	4	3.01	-0.1	-0.9	-1.3	8	0		SAVES: 4
231	David West	285	1	79	15	5.33	0.9	0.1	0.2	7	0
232	Brad Havens	367	2	84	18	5	3.4	0.3	2.1	14	0
233	Bill Singer	172	1	96	9	3.77	1.4	0.4	-0.2	7	0
234	Bill Krueger	161	1	94	10	4.3	2.1	1	1.7	8	0
235	Bill Hands	257	1	99	11	3.92	3.6	2.2	1.1	13	0
236	Jeff Reboulet	1016	0	74	9	0.248	4.1	5.9	2.4	26	0
237	Phil Roof	619	0	75	13	0.228	2.4	2.2	0.6	17	0
238	Jerry Terrell	1437	0	70	3	0.259	0.2	1	-0.9	22	0
239	Tom Edens	109	0	129	8	3.21	2.3	2.1	2.2	10	0
240	Jared Burton	128	0	135	5	3.02	1.7	1.8	1.6	13	0
241	Rick Renick	553	0	89	20	0.221	0.8	0.6	1.1	10	0
242	Matt Capps	122	1	113	7	3.61	0.3	2	-0.1	17	0
243	Travis Miller	267	0	98	7	5.05	3	1.2	3.2	13	0
244	Gary Wayne	170	0	121	8	3.44	1.1	2.5	1.8	13	0
245	Jon Rauch	73	1	150	8	2.82	1.6	2	1.4	12	0
246	Larry Casian	144	0	95	9	4.73	0.7	0.6	0.9	10	0
247	Rich Robertson	385	2	95	17	5.17	2.8	1.7	0.8	14	0
248	Jim Deshaies	297	2	80	17	5.71	1.3	1.5	1.3	10	0
249	Johnny Briggs	264	0	106	7	0.231	1.4	1.7	1.9	9	0
250	Don Lee	167	1	110	6	3.83	0.7	2.3	1.1	10	0
251	Kevin Correia	185	1	97	9	4.18	1.3	1.6	0.8	9	0
252	Terry Mulholland	182	1	95	5	4.89	0.9	0.9	-0.3	7	0
253	Tom Herr	304	0	89	1	0.263	1.1	1.4	0.9	7	0
254	Orlando Cabrera	242	1	94	5	0.289	0.7	-0.1	1.3	5	0
255	Jamey Carroll	661	0	76	1	0.257	1.5	3.1	0.5	16	0
256	Johnny Goryl	290	0	87	11	0.221	1.1	1	0.6	7	0
257	Brian Buscher	436	1	88	8	0.266	0.1	0.5	0.9	13	0
258	Neal Heaton	124	1	108	4	3.98	0.9	1.8	0.3	7	0
259	Mike Morgan	98	1	137	4	3.49	1.2	3.8	0.7	8	0
260	Randy Johnson	234	1	101	10	0.248	0	-0.1	0.4	5	0
261	Casey Fien	97	0	126	7	3.25	1.5	1.4	1.3	9	0
262	George Frazier	108	0	94	6	4.83	0.5	0.3	0.4	7	0
263	Dave LaRoche	95	0	114	5	2.83	-0.1	1.2	0.8	8	0
264	Gary Serum	271	1	85	10	4.72	2.8	1.5	1.1	9	0
265	Bobby Mitchell	606	1	78	3	0.244	0.8	1.3	1.5	12	0
266	Chris Parmelee	562	0	98	17	0.246	0.6	1.4	-0.7	11	0
267	Mike Jackson	55	0	137	2	3.27	0.5	1.2	0.6	5	0
268	John Candelaria	58	0	124	7	3.39	0.6	1.3	0.7	7	0
269	Oswaldo Arcia	351	1	101	14	0.251	-0.4	-0.5	0.7	6	0
270	Steve Bedrosian	77	0	97	5	4.42	-0.5	0	-0.1	5	0
271	Pete Cimino	65	0	127	2	2.88	0.6	0.5	0.8	5	0
272	Rick Lysander	242	0	105	9	4.08	2.7	0.2	1.1	14	0
273	Anthony Swarzak	353	0	93	13	4.45	1.4	2.2	1.1	14	0
274	Paul Thormodsgard	285	1	85	12	4.74	2.9	0.5	0.3	10	0
275	Pedro Florimon	540	1	67	10	0.22	1.1	2.9	0.9	11	0
276	Danny Goodwin	425	1	85	8	0.242	-0.9	-1.3	-0.5	6	0
277	Darrell Brown	569	1	70	1	0.272	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	8	0
278	Tom Prince	361	0	77	13	0.219	1.9	1.7	1.3	12	0
279	Lenny Webster	284	0	89	5	0.254	0.9	1.1	1.4	6	0
280	Freddie Toliver	143	1	83	8	4.95	2	0.4	1.3	6	0
281	Mark Portugal	238	1	84	11	5.13	0.6	0.7	0.4	11	0
282	Joe Bonikowski	99	1	106	5	3.88	1.1	1.1	0.4	6	0
283	Matt Garza	133	1	98	8	4.47	2	0.8	2	6	0
284	Ron Schueler	134	1	92	8	4.41	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	7	0
285	Jack O'Connor	249	1	85	13	4.99	0.5	-0.7	0.1	7	0
286	Rick Sofield	612	1	70	9	0.243	-0.5	-0.8	0.5	11	0
287	Juan Castro	428	1	64	6	0.248	0.7	0.3	0.8	10	0
288	Brent Gates	639	1	69	6	0.252	0.2	0.9	-0.5	12	0
289	Len Whitehouse	112	0	99	9	4.33	-0.4	1	0.2	8	0
290	Graig Nettles	304	0	99	12	0.224	1.5	1.1	1.2	8	0
291	Jim Nettles	423	0	84	10	0.225	1.4	1.2	1.1	10	0
292	Paul Ratliff	214	0	102	8	0.238	1	0.8	1.3	10	0
293	Dave Edwards	473	0	82	11	0.249	1	0.8	1	10	0
294	Dave Stevens	191	1	85	14	5.82	-1.8	-0.6	0.6	11	0
295	John Verhoeven	151	0	107	3	3.98	0.4	0.7	0	7	0
296	Ron Kline	71	0	92	7	3.77	-0.3	0.4	-0.3	5	0
297	Charlie Lea	130	1	84	7	4.85	0.6	-0.2	0.7	4	0
298	Don Baylor	49	0	89	0	0.286	0	-0.1	-0.1	1	0
299	Gerry Arrigo	131	0	86	8	4.31	1.1	0.4	2	6	0
300	Henry Blanco	315	1	60	10	0.206	0.4	-0.4	-0.2	5	0

22 thoughts on “One man’s opinion of the top300 Twins-updated with 2013 stats”

Rhubarb_Runner says:

October 1, 2013 at 2:07 pm

hope you don't mind -- I put the table behind a -more- so it didn't overwhelm the front page
sean says:

October 1, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Now updated with the full list!
1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
  
  October 1, 2013 at 3:52 pm
  
  Not quite. There's still a gap between 176 and 237 that also got Batteyed
  1. sean says:
    
    October 1, 2013 at 5:39 pm
    
    And fixed that too. It looks complete now.
Can of Corn says:

October 1, 2013 at 2:59 pm

DPWY will be so happy to see who squeaked into the top 300!
1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
  
  October 1, 2013 at 3:15 pm
  
  Mike Pelfrey just couldn't knock Henry out. Although both B-prospectus and Fangraphs had him about 2 WAR for 2013.
  1. Can of Corn says:
    
    October 1, 2013 at 3:20 pm
    
    🙂
    
    By the way - this list is pretty great.
2. The Dread Pirate says:
  
  October 1, 2013 at 7:13 pm
  
  I hope by next year we'll finally be missing him!
Nate Tubbs Rules says:

October 1, 2013 at 5:29 pm

New in 2013: #155 Dozier, #224 Deduno, #251 Correia, #261 Fien, #269 Arcia, #273 Swarzak, #275 Florimon
Ousted from the list: Dwight Siebler, Michael Ryan, Lenny Faedo, Jerry Zimmerman, Matt Walbeck, Jay Canizaro, Paul Sorrento
davidwatts says:

October 1, 2013 at 6:15 pm

need to get this post up on the WGOM twitter account so we can share.

also, JMSVGABB
1. sean says:
  
  October 2, 2013 at 8:07 am
  
  Tweeted this morning to remind people.
FirstTime "hitman" LongTime says:

October 1, 2013 at 8:13 pm

Mr. WPA one spot above Gogo.
1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
  
  October 2, 2013 at 9:45 am
  
  and forever linked with one knocking in the other in game 163
Jeff A says:

October 2, 2013 at 4:42 am

I assume the Buteras must be 301 and 302.
1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
  
  October 2, 2013 at 9:44 am
  
  I actually started messing around to see where I would have put the Butter boys if I expanded the list and they were barely in the top400. Did you know Drew is one of the 2-3 worst hitting position players of the last 100 years (minimum 500 PA)?
Rhubarb_Runner says:

October 2, 2013 at 9:32 am

it really is too bad Eddie made the Twins' HOF -- any one of the guys #31 on up are much more solid than him
1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
  
  October 2, 2013 at 9:43 am
  
  I think Gagne was a reach as well. It will be interesting if they bite the bullet and finally elect the obviously most deserving Knoblauch this January or if they go for someone like Bruno, Smalley, or Tovar. I'm in the "anybody but Gladden" boat at this point. He was a favorite of mine as a kid, but a corner outfielder with a 90 OPS+ in only 5 years doesn't belong in anyone's HOF (although I bumped him higher due to 2 rings, his game1 grandslam, and his hustle double leading to the winning run in game7)
  1. Rhubarb_Runner says:
    
    October 2, 2013 at 9:57 am
    
    Knoblauch most certainly should go in, but I'm deathly afraid it'll be Dazzle.
  2. Can of Corn says:
    
    October 2, 2013 at 10:07 am
    
    Perhaps they wouldn't want to induct someone who may not show up for the ceremony. Most of the (admittedly limited) interviews I've read regarding Knoblauch seem to suggest that he's put his baseball life behind him.
    1. Nate Tubbs Rules says:
      
      October 2, 2013 at 10:16 am
      
      Shane Mack's in the same boat. I believe they claim they don't even know where he currently is. I think they couldn't find him when they were doing the all Metrodome team in 2009 and they didn't even put him on the top50 Twins in 2010 (which is ridiculous)
      1. Jeff A says:
        
        October 2, 2013 at 10:43 am
        
        The last time I checked, I couldn't find out any information about him, either.
  3. sean says:
    
    October 2, 2013 at 10:10 am
    
    They should just induct Mauer now. Then when he retires, the number gets retired as well.

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22 thoughts on “One man’s opinion of the top300 Twins-updated with 2013 stats”

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.