It is year 5 of putting my pet project on the WGOM site, SBG put it on his old site a few years before this. Despite the worst record in 56 years of Minnesota Twins baseball, a few players did move up the rankings. Joe seems stuck for eternity between Oliva and Hrbek. He still needs one more decent year to crack the top4, but he's running out of time. Dozier rockets into the top30 on the strength of his outstanding 2016 season. Plouffe jumps 13 spots to 83. Sano jumps 39 spots to 123. Suzuki jumps 31 spots to #133 just ahead of his almost statistical equal (as a Twin) Terry Steinbach. All Star Eduardo Nunez goes from unranked last year all the way to 145. Ervin jumps over 100 spots to #156. Besides Nunez, other newcomers this year (that all are in the 250-300 range) are Grossman, Kepler, Buxton, Pressley, Polanco, Vargas
Staying put (or even falling backward) are Perkins, Hughes, Escobar, Danny Santana, Rosario, Gibson, Fien, Arcia, Milone
I stole most of the idea from when Gleeman started his top40 list years ago (book coming next year?) The below quote is his, and the rest is an excerpt from a book I put together at the 50 year mark. I’ve updated the list and stats through 2016.
“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 54 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 Billy Martin, 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 | 5919 | 11 | 127 | 130 | 0.308 | 47.2 | 50.0 | 44.2 | 276 | 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 | Torii Hunter | 5013 | 9 | 103 | 214 | 0.268 | 23.4 | 26.2 | 22.1 | 149 | 2 | 7 GG, MVP: 21,6,21,15 | HR: 7 RBI: 10 SB: 9,8,9 |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 |
| 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 Dozier | 2715 | 5 | 108 | 117 | 0.246 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 13.4 | 90 | 1 | MVP: 26 | R: 2,5 OPS: 9 HR: 3 |
| 31 | Brian Harper | 2503 | 5 | 110 | 48 | 0.306 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 75 | 0 | AVG: 9 | |
| 32 | 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 |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | Eddie Guardado | 705 | 3 | 105 | 37 | 4.55 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 72 | 2 | MVP: 15 | SAVES 1,2 |
| 35 | Greg Gagne | 3386 | 8 | 83 | 69 | 0.249 | 14.5 | 17.8 | 12.2 | 88 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 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 |
| 37 | 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 |
| 38 | Jacque Jones | 3492 | 6 | 101 | 132 | 0.279 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 16.9 | 98 | 0 | ||
| 39 | 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 |
| 40 | Mudcat Grant | 780 | 4 | 107 | 50 | 3.35 | 9 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 44 | 1 | MVP: 6 | W: 1 IP: 3,7 |
| 41 | Matt Lawton | 2672 | 5 | 107 | 72 | 0.277 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 87 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Scott Erickson | 979 | 5 | 104 | 61 | 4.22 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 56 | 1 | CY: 2, MVP: 17 | W: 1 |
| 43 | 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 | |
| 44 | Al Worthington | 473 | 5 | 134 | 37 | 2.62 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 62 | 0 | SAVES 7,6,6,5,1 | |
| 45 | Glen Perkins | 618 | 6 | 109 | 35 | 3.83 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 61 | 3 | SAVES: 9,6,8 | |
| 46 | Dan Gladden | 2470 | 5 | 90 | 38 | 0.268 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Butch Wynegar | 2746 | 5 | 89 | 37 | 0.254 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 82 | 2 | MVP: 28 | |
| 48 | Chili Davis | 978 | 2 | 135 | 41 | 0.282 | 5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 | MVP: 14 | OPS: 7 HR: 8 |
| 49 | Randy Bush | 3045 | 5 | 102 | 96 | 0.251 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 76 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Steve Braun | 2429 | 3 | 116 | 35 | 0.284 | 14.8 | 15 | 14 | 86 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 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 |
| 52 | Lyman Bostock | 1436 | 3 | 127 | 18 | 0.318 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 9 | 54 | 0 | MVP: 27 | AVG: 4,2 R: 4 |
| 53 | Jason Kubel | 2715 | 4 | 110 | 105 | 0.269 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 76 | 0 | MVP: 24 | RBI: 8 |
| 54 | 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 |
| 55 | Leo Cardenas | 1720 | 3 | 98 | 39 | 0.263 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 64 | 1 | MVP: 12,21 | |
| 56 | Denard Span | 2354 | 4 | 104 | 23 | 0.284 | 15 | 17.1 | 13.2 | 78 | 0 | AVG: 9 | |
| 57 | Paul Molitor | 1700 | 3 | 103 | 23 | 0.312 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 41 | 0 | 1 SS, MVP: 13 | AVG: 3 |
| 58 | Ron Perranoski | 359 | 2 | 120 | 25 | 3 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | CY: 7, MVP: 13,12 | SAVES 1,1 |
| 59 | Scott Baker | 958 | 5 | 102 | 63 | 4.15 | 17.6 | 16 | 12.1 | 56 | 0 | ERA: 8 W: 10 | |
| 60 | Eric Milton | 987 | 5 | 101 | 57 | 4.76 | 16.4 | 15 | 14.5 | 55 | 1 | K: 9,10 | |
| 61 | Marty Cordova | 2322 | 5 | 103 | 79 | 0.277 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 58 | 0 | ROY | |
| 62 | 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 |
| 63 | Don Mincher | 1511 | 2 | 125 | 90 | 0.244 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 64 | 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 |
| 65 | A.J. Pierzynski | 1428 | 3 | 105 | 26 | 0.301 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 58 | 1 | AVG: 8 | |
| 66 | John Castino | 2320 | 5 | 96 | 41 | 0.278 | 12.5 | 15 | 14.3 | 70 | 0 | ROY | |
| 67 | Dan Ford | 1999 | 4 | 114 | 57 | 0.272 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 57 | 0 | R: 10 HR: 9 | |
| 68 | LaTroy Hawkins | 819 | 5 | 95 | 44 | 5.05 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 50 | 0 | SAVES: 8 | |
| 69 | Allan Anderson | 818 | 4 | 102 | 49 | 4.11 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 43 | 0 | ERA 1 W 8,6 | |
| 70 | Geoff Zahn | 852 | 4 | 106 | 53 | 3.9 | 13 | 9 | 3.8 | 50 | 0 | ERA: 9,10 | |
| 71 | Mike Marshall | 274 | 2 | 141 | 21 | 2.99 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 37 | 0 | CY: 7, 5, MVP: 11 | SAVES: 4,1 |
| 72 | Gary Ward | 1543 | 3 | 115 | 51 | 0.285 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 48 | 1 | MVP: 32 | |
| 73 | Shannon Stewart | 1373 | 1 | 102 | 29 | 0.294 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 39 | 0 | MVP: 4 | AVG: 10 |
| 74 | Doug Mientkiewicz | 2147 | 5 | 103 | 43 | 0.275 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 62 | 0 | 1 GG, MVP: 14 | |
| 75 | Francisco Liriano | 783 | 5 | 97 | 50 | 4.33 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 9 | 42 | 1 | CY: 11 | K: 5 |
| 76 | Joe Mays | 946 | 6 | 98 | 48 | 4.85 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 44 | 1 | ERA: 3 W: 6 IP: 3 | |
| 77 | Rich Reese | 1918 | 4 | 99 | 50 | 0.26 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 52 | 0 | MVP: 29 | |
| 78 | Bobby Darwin | 1817 | 3 | 107 | 70 | 0.257 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 2 | 46 | 0 | HR: 7,4 RBI: 6,5 | |
| 79 | Carlos Silva | 773 | 4 | 102 | 47 | 4.42 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ERA 5, W: 8 | |
| 80 | Cristian Guzman | 3277 | 6 | 76 | 39 | 0.266 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 76 | 1 | MVP: 16 | SB: 7 |
| 81 | Mike Smithson | 816 | 4 | 97 | 47 | 4.46 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 44 | 0 | IP: 7,6 K: 10 | |
| 82 | Jim Merritt | 686 | 2 | 112 | 37 | 3.03 | 11 | 11 | 7.3 | 44 | 0 | ERA: 5 K: 9 | |
| 83 | Trevor Plouffe | 2638 | 5 | 99 | 96 | 0.247 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 64 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Ron Coomer | 2397 | 2 | 88 | 77 | 0.278 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 85 | Mickey Hatcher | 2366 | 3 | 89 | 26 | 0.284 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Tim Laudner | 2038 | 3 | 84 | 77 | 0.225 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 87 | Gene Larkin | 2321 | 2 | 98 | 32 | 0.266 | 1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Josh Willingham | 1132 | 2 | 121 | 61 | 0.232 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 40 | 0 | 1 SS | HR: 7, OPS: 8, RBI: 3 |
| 89 | Juan Berenguer | 418 | 0 | 116 | 33 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Juan Rincon | 441 | 0 | 122 | 30 | 3.69 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 7 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 91 | Delmon Young | 1845 | 3 | 103 | 47 | 0.287 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 48 | 0 | MVP: 10 | RBI: 5 |
| 92 | David Ortiz | 1477 | 4 | 107 | 58 | 0.266 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 93 | Dick Stigman | 643 | 3 | 101 | 37 | 3.69 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 33 | 0 | W: 10 K: 3 | |
| 94 | Jack Kralick | 510 | 2 | 111 | 26 | 3.74 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 | IP: 8,7 | |
| 95 | Doug Corbett | 246 | 2 | 170 | 10 | 2.49 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 37 | 1 | SAVES: 6,4 | |
| 96 | Kyle Lohse | 908 | 5 | 93 | 51 | 4.88 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 97 | Ken Landreaux | 1048 | 2 | 105 | 22 | 0.294 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 98 | Carl Pavano | 579 | 2 | 95 | 33 | 4.32 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 28 | 0 | W: 7, IP: 6 | |
| 99 | Ted Uhlaender | 1846 | 4 | 87 | 23 | 0.262 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 50 | 0 | MVP: 27 | AVG: 5 |
| 100 | Lenny Green | 1514 | 2 | 98 | 27 | 0.268 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 48 | 0 | R: 6 SB: 7 | |
| 101 | Vic Power | 1197 | 2 | 89 | 26 | 0.278 | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 25 | 0 | 2 GG, MVP: 21 | |
| 102 | Mike Trombley | 645 | 2 | 104 | 30 | 4.53 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 103 | Matt Guerrier | 500 | 0 | 127 | 19 | 3.40 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 104 | Pat Meares | 2464 | 6 | 76 | 41 | 0.265 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 105 | Pedro Munoz | 1587 | 3 | 101 | 61 | 0.275 | -0.8 | -0.4 | 2.2 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 106 | Mark Guthrie | 489 | 2 | 103 | 29 | 4.19 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 107 | Tom Johnson | 273 | 1 | 116 | 23 | 3.39 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 | MVP: 27 | W: 9 SAVES: 7 |
| 108 | John Smiley | 241 | 1 | 126 | 16 | 3.21 | 5.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 18 | 0 | ERA: 10 W: 10 IP: 8 K: 10 | |
| 109 | Dick Woodson | 561 | 2 | 107 | 33 | 3.35 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 110 | Eric Soderholm | 1345 | 3 | 105 | 36 | 0.257 | 10 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 111 | Tom Hall | 455 | 2 | 122 | 25 | 3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 34 | 0 | K: 8 | |
| 112 | Jim Thome | 482 | 2 | 159 | 37 | 0.266 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 | MVP: 18 | |
| 113 | George Mitterwald | 1578 | 4 | 88 | 50 | 0.239 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.4 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 114 | Roger Erickson | 712 | 4 | 101 | 31 | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 33 | 0 | ERA: 8 IP: 10 | |
| 115 | Phil Hughes | 365 | 2 | 103 | 27 | 3.90 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 | W: 4, IP: 10, K: 7 | |
| 116 | Nick Blackburn | 818 | 5 | 86 | 43 | 4.85 | 5.1 | 3.2 | -0.8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 117 | Ron Davis | 381 | 4 | 95 | 19 | 4.51 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 39 | 0 | SAVES: 5,3,5,7 | |
| 118 | Bernie Allen | 1595 | 4 | 86 | 32 | 0.246 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 119 | Lew Ford | 1514 | 3 | 96 | 32 | 0.272 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 44 | 0 | MVP: 24 | |
| 120 | Brian Duensing | 649 | 1 | 100 | 41 | 4.13 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 121 | Ken Schrom | 494 | 3 | 99 | 29 | 4.34 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 122 | Dave Engle | 1371 | 3 | 94 | 28 | 0.268 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 123 | Miguel Sano | 716 | 2 | 126 | 43 | 0.249 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 124 | Kevin Slowey | 532 | 3 | 90 | 39 | 4.66 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 125 | Tom Burgmeier | 380 | 1 | 101 | 24 | 3.77 | -0.2 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 26 | 0 | SAVES: 8 | |
| 126 | Glenn Adams | 1387 | 2 | 97 | 29 | 0.281 | -1.5 | -1 | 1.3 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 127 | Ray Corbin | 652 | 5 | 95 | 36 | 3.84 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2 | 33 | 0 | SAVES: 8 | |
| 128 | Rick Reed | 390 | 3 | 101 | 25 | 4.47 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 129 | Todd Walker | 1374 | 2 | 92 | 23 | 0.285 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 130 | Danny Thompson | 2022 | 5 | 71 | 14 | 0.251 | 2.5 | 2.4 | -2 | 31 | 0 | MVP: 23 | |
| 131 | Rob Wilfong | 1591 | 3 | 85 | 22 | 0.262 | 4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 132 | Dave Winfield | 841 | 2 | 100 | 31 | 0.264 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 133 | Kurt Suzuki | 1230 | 3 | 88 | 16 | 0.263 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 134 | Terry Steinbach | 1207 | 3 | 84 | 30 | 0.256 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 135 | Matt LeCroy | 1321 | 3 | 98 | 58 | 0.261 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 136 | Luis Rivas | 1884 | 4 | 80 | 30 | 0.262 | 0.9 | -0.9 | -1.5 | 33 | 0 | SB: 8 | |
| 137 | Albert Williams | 642 | 3 | 99 | 35 | 4.24 | 5.9 | 6.4 | -0.1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 138 | Pete Redfern | 714 | 4 | 90 | 42 | 4.54 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 139 | Mark Salas | 663 | 2 | 102 | 20 | 0.279 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 140 | John Butcher | 502 | 2 | 96 | 24 | 4.48 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 141 | Craig Kusick | 1184 | 4 | 107 | 44 | 0.236 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 142 | Tim Teufel | 1080 | 2 | 103 | 27 | 0.265 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 143 | Mike Cubbage | 1681 | 3 | 97 | 29 | 0.266 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 144 | Jason Bartlett | 1087 | 2 | 87 | 10 | 0.271 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 145 | Eduardo Nunez | 763 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 0.280 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 20 | 1 | SB: 5 | |
| 146 | Jesse Crain | 382 | 0 | 128 | 33 | 3.42 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 147 | Carl Willis | 286 | 0 | 120 | 20 | 3.65 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 148 | Bill Dailey | 124 | 1 | 133 | 7 | 2.76 | 1 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 17 | 0 | MVP: 23 | SAVES: 3 |
| 149 | Joe Decker | 503 | 2 | 94 | 29 | 4.09 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 150 | Bobby Castillo | 402 | 2 | 107 | 23 | 3.98 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 151 | Eduardo Escobar | 1403 | 3 | 89 | 27 | 0.255 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 152 | Jim Hughes | 441 | 2 | 88 | 25 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 153 | J.C. Romero | 407 | 0 | 108 | 25 | 4.35 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 154 | Scott Leius | 1373 | 3 | 85 | 26 | 0.252 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 155 | Luis Castillo | 933 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 0.299 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 25 | 0 | SB: 9 | |
| 156 | Ervin Santana | 289 | 2 | 115 | 14 | 3.61 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 | ERA: 10 | |
| 157 | Ron Jackson | 1154 | 2 | 96 | 23 | 0.268 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 158 | Rich Becker | 1465 | 3 | 88 | 25 | 0.267 | 5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 159 | Lee Stange | 351 | 1 | 105 | 20 | 3.61 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3 | 18 | 0 | ERA: 6 | |
| 160 | Bobby Kielty | 631 | 0 | 116 | 23 | 0.269 | 3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 161 | Nick Punto | 2365 | 3 | 74 | 12 | 0.248 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| 162 | Mike Pagliarulo | 723 | 2 | 88 | 9 | 0.272 | 2.9 | 4 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 163 | Danny Valencia | 989 | 2 | 91 | 24 | 0.26 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 164 | Steve Lombardozzi | 1226 | 3 | 75 | 19 | 0.233 | 3.2 | 4 | 2.1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 165 | Jim Holt | 1444 | 3 | 87 | 17 | 0.272 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 166 | Johnny Roseboro | 741 | 2 | 81 | 11 | 0.239 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 167 | Al Newman | 1647 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0.231 | -0.3 | 2.1 | -2.2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 168 | Scott Stahoviak | 1019 | 3 | 91 | 27 | 0.256 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 169 | Dustan Mohr | 782 | 2 | 91 | 22 | 0.258 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 170 | Bob Randall | 1325 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 0.257 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 171 | Kenny Rogers | 195 | 1 | 99 | 13 | 4.57 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 172 | Steve Brye | 1641 | 2 | 90 | 22 | 0.261 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 173 | Ryan Doumit | 969 | 2 | 104 | 32 | 0.261 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 174 | Danny Santana | 899 | 1 | 88 | 9 | .268 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 175 | Bombo Rivera | 627 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 0.266 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 176 | Johnny Klippstein | 161 | 0 | 147 | 10 | 2.45 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 177 | Stan Williams | 191 | 0 | 129 | 14 | 2.87 | 0.2 | 1.9 | -0.2 | 19 | 0 | SAVES: 10 | |
| 178 | Hosken Powell | 1468 | 3 | 83 | 13 | 0.261 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 179 | Roy Smith | 389 | 2 | 98 | 19 | 4.28 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.7 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 180 | Darrell Jackson | 411 | 2 | 97 | 20 | 4.38 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 181 | Keith Atherton | 235 | 1 | 111 | 19 | 3.91 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 182 | Bill Pleis | 280 | 0 | 95 | 21 | 4.07 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 183 | Jim Roland | 244 | 1 | 103 | 10 | 3.42 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 184 | Brant Alyea | 416 | 0 | 107 | 18 | 0.248 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 185 | Mike Redmond | 863 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0.297 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 186 | Ray Moore | 159 | 2 | 83 | 13 | 4.9 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | SAVES: 4,7 | |
| 187 | Roberto Kelly | 569 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 0.308 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 188 | Alex Cole | 424 | 1 | 106 | 5 | 0.304 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 | SB: 6 | |
| 189 | Jose Morales | 674 | 2 | 106 | 12 | 0.297 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 190 | Bob Tewksbury | 317 | 2 | 105 | 15 | 4.49 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 191 | Ben Revere | 989 | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0.278 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 20 | 0 | SB: 7, 3 | |
| 192 | Orlando Hudson | 497 | 1 | 96 | 6 | 0.268 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 193 | Bill Zepp | 156 | 1 | 114 | 9 | 3.34 | 0.9 | 1.3 | -1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 194 | Pedro Ramos | 264 | 1 | 108 | 11 | 3.95 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 | IP: 4 K: 6 | |
| 195 | John Moses | 620 | 0 | 91 | 4 | 0.276 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 196 | Greg Myers | 494 | 1 | 90 | 11 | 0.279 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 197 | Alexi Casilla | 1566 | 4 | 73 | 11 | 0.248 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 198 | Carlos Gomez | 892 | 2 | 72 | 10 | 0.248 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 | SB: 7 | |
| 199 | Eddie Rosario | 788 | 1 | 98 | 23 | 0.268 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 200 | Glenn Borgmann | 1207 | 2 | 79 | 14 | 0.229 | 5.3 | 5 | 2.6 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 201 | Kyle Gibson | 572 | 3 | 88 | 32 | 4.59 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 202 | Frank Rodriguez | 509 | 3 | 94 | 25 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 203 | Scott Diamond | 343 | 2 | 92 | 19 | 4.43 | 2.4 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 204 | Les Straker | 237 | 1 | 105 | 10 | 4.22 | 2 | 3 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 205 | Mark Redman | 213 | 1 | 104 | 15 | 4.86 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 206 | Dennis Hocking | 2204 | 0 | 70 | 25 | 0.252 | -2.8 | 0.4 | -1 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 207 | Ron Washington | 1258 | 2 | 80 | 17 | 0.265 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 208 | Bob Miller | 191 | 0 | 120 | 5 | 2.91 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 209 | Otis Nixon | 448 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 0.297 | -0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | SB: 8 | |
| 210 | Brendan Harris | 956 | 1 | 79 | 14 | 0.251 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 211 | Willie Norwood | 854 | 1 | 79 | 18 | 0.242 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 212 | Boof Bonser | 392 | 2 | 84 | 18 | 5.12 | 3.7 | -0.3 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 213 | Vic Albury | 372 | 2 | 93 | 18 | 4.11 | -0.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 214 | Pat Mahomes | 366 | 2 | 81 | 18 | 5.82 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -1.1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 215 | Willie Banks | 259 | 1 | 93 | 16 | 4.61 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 216 | Fernando Arroyo | 234 | 1 | 97 | 13 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.3 | -0.8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 217 | Jim Lemon | 457 | 1 | 90 | 15 | 0.249 | 0.3 | -0.3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 218 | Luis Tiant | 92 | 1 | 112 | 7 | 3.4 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 219 | Pat Neshek | 129 | 0 | 143 | 11 | 3.05 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 220 | Terry Leach | 149 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 3.38 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 221 | J.J. Hardy | 340 | 1 | 93 | 6 | 0.268 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 222 | Dennys Reyes | 126 | 0 | 204 | 10 | 2.14 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 223 | Chad Allen | 706 | 1 | 86 | 14 | 0.275 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 224 | Jason Tyner | 578 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 0.299 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 225 | Jim Dwyer | 329 | 1 | 112 | 6 | 0.289 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 226 | Bob Wells | 300 | 0 | 109 | 18 | 4.47 | 2 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 227 | Pete Filson | 323 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 3.98 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 228 | Hector Carrasco | 256 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 4.49 | 3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 229 | Tony Fiore | 133 | 0 | 116 | 11 | 3.92 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 230 | Greg Swindell | 182 | 0 | 130 | 10 | 3.61 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 231 | Chip Hale | 563 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 0.281 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 232 | Dave Hollins | 422 | 1 | 92 | 13 | 0.242 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 233 | Sam Deduno | 279 | 1 | 95 | 16 | 4.26 | .9 | 2.5 | -0.7 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 234 | Brian Buchanan | 414 | 0 | 93 | 16 | 0.258 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 235 | Joe Crede | 333 | 1 | 83 | 15 | 0.225 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 236 | Frank Quilici | 682 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 0.214 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.6 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 237 | Junior Ortiz | 304 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0.28 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 238 | Jose Mijares | 153 | 0 | 133 | 3 | 3.16 | 1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 239 | Casey Fien | 237 | 0 | 107 | 17 | 3.79 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 240 | Wayne Granger | 89 | 1 | 108 | 4 | 3.01 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -1.3 | 8 | 0 | SAVES: 4 | |
| 241 | David West | 285 | 1 | 79 | 15 | 5.33 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 242 | Brad Havens | 367 | 2 | 84 | 18 | 5 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 243 | Bill Singer | 172 | 1 | 96 | 9 | 3.77 | 1.4 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 244 | Bill Krueger | 161 | 1 | 94 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 245 | Bill Hands | 257 | 1 | 99 | 11 | 3.92 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 246 | Jeff Reboulet | 1016 | 0 | 74 | 9 | 0.248 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 247 | Phil Roof | 619 | 0 | 75 | 13 | 0.228 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 248 | Jerry Terrell | 1437 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0.259 | 0.2 | 1 | -0.9 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 249 | Tom Edens | 109 | 0 | 129 | 8 | 3.21 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 250 | Jared Burton | 192 | 0 | 117 | 8 | 3.47 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 251 | Robbie Grossman | 332 | 1 | 126 | 11 | 0.280 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 252 | Rick Renick | 553 | 0 | 89 | 20 | 0.221 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 253 | Max Kepler | 403 | 1 | 96 | 17 | 0.233 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 254 | Matt Capps | 122 | 1 | 113 | 7 | 3.61 | 0.3 | 2 | -0.1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 255 | Oswaldo Arcia | 884 | 2 | 101 | 40 | 0.240 | -0.4 | -0.8 | 0.8 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 256 | Travis Miller | 267 | 0 | 98 | 7 | 5.05 | 3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 257 | Gary Wayne | 170 | 0 | 121 | 8 | 3.44 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 258 | Jon Rauch | 73 | 1 | 150 | 8 | 2.82 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 259 | Larry Casian | 144 | 0 | 95 | 9 | 4.73 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 260 | Rich Robertson | 385 | 2 | 95 | 17 | 5.17 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 261 | Aaron Hicks | 819 | 2 | 80 | 20 | 0.225 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 262 | Jim Deshaies | 297 | 2 | 80 | 17 | 5.71 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 263 | Johnny Briggs | 264 | 0 | 106 | 7 | 0.231 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 264 | Don Lee | 167 | 1 | 110 | 6 | 3.83 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 265 | Byron Buxton | 427 | 1 | 81 | 12 | 0.220 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 266 | Kevin Correia | 314 | 2 | 90 | 14 | 4.49 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 267 | Terry Mulholland | 182 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 4.89 | 0.9 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 268 | Tom Herr | 304 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0.263 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 269 | Orlando Cabrera | 242 | 1 | 94 | 5 | 0.289 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 270 | Jamey Carroll | 661 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 0.257 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 271 | Johnny Goryl | 290 | 0 | 87 | 11 | 0.221 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 272 | Brian Buscher | 436 | 1 | 88 | 8 | 0.266 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 273 | Neal Heaton | 124 | 1 | 108 | 4 | 3.98 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 274 | Mike Morgan | 98 | 1 | 137 | 4 | 3.49 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 275 | Anthony Swarzak | 439 | 0 | 91 | 16 | 4.48 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 276 | Randy Johnson | 234 | 1 | 101 | 10 | 0.248 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 277 | Ryan Pressley | 208 | 0 | 116 | 14 | 3.55 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 278 | George Frazier | 108 | 0 | 94 | 6 | 4.83 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 279 | Dave LaRoche | 95 | 0 | 114 | 5 | 2.83 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 280 | Gary Serum | 271 | 1 | 85 | 10 | 4.72 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 281 | Bobby Mitchell | 606 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 0.244 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 282 | Chris Parmelee | 812 | 0 | 96 | 24 | 0.249 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 283 | Jorge Polanco | 261 | 0 | 109 | 4 | 0.284 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 284 | Rick Lysander | 242 | 0 | 105 | 9 | 4.08 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 285 | Paul Thormodsgard | 285 | 1 | 85 | 12 | 4.74 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 286 | Tom Prince | 361 | 0 | 77 | 13 | 0.219 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 287 | Lenny Webster | 284 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 0.254 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 288 | Darrell Brown | 569 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0.272 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 289 | Mike Pelfrey | 341 | 2 | 83 | 11 | 4.94 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 290 | Tommy Milone | 219 | 1 | 85 | 12 | 4.79 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 291 | Mark Portugal | 238 | 1 | 84 | 11 | 5.13 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 292 | Freddie Toliver | 143 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 4.95 | 2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 293 | Joe Bonikowski | 99 | 1 | 106 | 5 | 3.88 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 294 | Matt Garza | 133 | 1 | 98 | 8 | 4.47 | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 295 | Kennys Vargas | 542 | 1 | 103 | 24 | 0.251 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 296 | Graig Nettles | 304 | 0 | 99 | 12 | 0.224 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 297 | Jim Nettles | 423 | 0 | 84 | 10 | 0.225 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 298 | Dave Edwards | 473 | 0 | 82 | 11 | 0.249 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 299 | Juan Castro | 428 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0.248 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 300 | Brent Gates | 639 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 0.252 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.5 | 12 | 0 |
Bumped from the top300 this year: Rick Sofield, Danny Goodwin, Ron Schueler, Steve Bedrosian, Pete Cimino, John Candelaria, Mike Jackson
Thank you -- that was the one thing that came to mind right away. Always enjoy your list, and usually any problems I have with specific rankings are too minor to bother me much.
What is the "Years" column? Certainly Killebrew had more than 9 years as a Twin, and even if you're looking at (mostly) complete seasons, he qualified for HR ranking in 11 seasons.
"YRS" is for Years Started. It's not always the most accurate thing in the world, especially for people who bounce around the infield, but every year whomever started the most games at C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, DH, and the 3 top OF spots (plus 5 SP with most starts and a closer with most games saved) gets a mark in the column for YRS. Some years the "starter" at DH may have only been there for 60-70 starts but he was there the most while someone who started at 95 games spread around the diamond doesn't qualify. Killebrew is hurt by this for sure, Cesar Tovar too. In general, I just used it as shorthand to compare part time players (like Randy Bush who was only a "starter" 5 years) to other players. I also look at it with pitchers to show a guy may have quite a few innings with a decent ERA (Crain/Rincon/Berenguer), but was always middle relief.
Did someone say Randy Bush? (H/T to socal – I don't think I've ever considered the difference between platoon player & bench bat/pinch hitter as closely before.)
I know I'm not the only one looking forward to watching Sano, Buxton, Kepler and Polanco climb this list.
Kepler's already ahead of Capps. Good.
Plus Berrios.
It's always fun to go through the bottom half of the list and be reminded of players I don't think of very often.
I'm going to have to remember to compare this list to my autographed baseball cards list and see who to look for that I don't have yet (if they even have a certified card available).
I think we need a bottom 10, too. Bret Boone represent!
Bret Boone is really your first pick?
Tommy Herr says hello
Number 117 on the list, dead last in your hearts.
gaaaaah! Good thing you spoilered that. I almost lost my coffee. TOO BIG! TOO BIG!
That's what really makes it.
Dammit guys, I'm at a training today, and I really shouldn't be laughing out loud.
Oh, damn you!
RickRon rolledRonDL?
Rhu, how many of those spots are dedicated to He Who Must Not Be Named?
Stribber Botom 10 list;
1 - 10.. Joe Mauer!!!111!!
Dave McCarty is in this conversation.
Since I give credit to longevity, guys who played a lot and hurt the Twins are probably just on the outside looking in. The Matt Walbecks and Jerry Zimmermans and Mccartys and Butera father/sons. My bottom10 would definitely be full of Pat Putnams and Brett Boones and Corky Millers and Brad Thomases (guys who stunk AND didn't play that much
Terry Felton?
The 0-16 record is pretty awful for Terry, but the 78 ERA+ isn't bottom10 worthy. B-ref had him at about -2 WAR, but both B-prospectus and fangraphs had him about replacement level for 138 innings. Ignoring the W-L, his IP, ERA+, and WARs looks like Shane Rawley, Livan Hernandez, and Jose Perra.
He wasn't as bad as his record, definitely.
It will be sad to see the Nettles brothers bumped off in the next couple of years.
I noticed that, too. The Tiant acquisition remains one of the worst trades in franchise history. (WGOM Podcast topic?)
I created a WGOM Podcast page for topics and eventually links to those podcasts when they get recorded.
Now the pressure is really on.
nah, Tiant had injury problems, it wasn't entirely performance
I'm a little surprised at how low you have Matt Garza on this list (294). His 2 WARP in only 133 innings compares to the WARP for Bobby Darwin (78th) and Roberto Kelly (187th). While Darwin clearly (IMO) had a bigger (positive) impact in his 3 full years than Garza had, the Kelly difference is interesting.
But only 0.8 rWAR. fWAR didn't hate his debut season so much, so he gets a 1.7 fWAR. Depends on how much weight you give to ERA versus non-ERA I think.
Garza's biggest negative is his lack of longevity. 133 just isn't a lot of innings. Neck Tat's (73) the only pitcher with less than 89 on the list. And he does have a couple nice looking WAR's but the ERA+ is still below average and I give a little more credit for that. Ricky Nolasco for instance has 3.4 fWAR and 3.2 WARP from Baseball Prospectus, but a 74 ERA+ is just too ugly. And unlike Garza he actually pitched for a while (his 321 innings are the most for a pitcher not in my top300, next closest is Jack O'connor at 249
NTR thanks for doing (again), and as always fun to read + remember.
Wish my guy (TonyO) was in the 3-spot.
Also fun to see the earlier post this week with Hrbk on the Letterman show (3 ducks and a goose).
To be honest, TonyO seems pretty easily behind the top3. I can see arguments for all 3 at the top (although Kirby has the weakest statistically) but TonyO seems pretty easily entrenched in the 4/5 spot (well ahead of Hrbek but very similar to Mauer)
I'm not sure if Gleeman is updating his book from the list he published at the sabr convention in 2012, but his top20 went
http://sabr.org/research/top-50-players-minnesota-twins-history
1. Killer
2. Carew
3. Kirby
4. TonyO
5. Bert
6. Mauer
7. Santana
8. Hrbek
9. Radke
10. Allison
11. Knoblauch
12. Kaat
13. Hunter
14. Viola
15. Perry
16. Morneau
17. Smalley
18. Nathan
19. Koskie
20. Battey
He had Koskie/Smalley, I had Gaett/Zoilo