Just to put a bow on the 1987 season, here are the Twins who were on the league leaderboards. We'll look at Twins team leaders tomorrow.
WAR
1. Roger Clemens, 9.5
4. Frank Viola, 8.1
BATTING AVERAGE
1. Wade Boggs, .363
4. Kirby Puckett, .332
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
1. Mark McGwire, .618
9. Kent Hrbek, .545
OPS
1. Wade Boggs, 1.049
8. Kent Hrbek, .934
AT-BATS
1. Ruben Sierra, 643
T6. Kirby Puckett, 624
HITS
T1. Kirby Puckett, 207
T1. Kevin Seitzer, 207
TOTAL BASES
1. George Bell, 369
3. Kirby Puckett, 333
DOUBLES
1. Paul Molitor, 41
9. Gary Gaetti, 36
TRIPLES
1. Willie Wilson, 15
T9. Greg Gagne, 7
HOME RUNS
1. Mark McGwire, 49
T3. Kent Hrbek, 34
T9. Tom Brunansky, 32
RBIs
1. George Bell, 134
T7. Gary Gaetti, 109
WALKS
T1. Dwight Evans, 106
T1. Brian Dowing, 106
T7. Kent Hrbek, 84
SINGLES
1. Kevin Seitzer, 151
4. Kirby Puckett, 142
HIT BY PITCH
1. Don Baylor, 28
SACRIFICE HITS
1. Marty Barrett, 22
T8. Greg Gagne, 10
INTENTIONAL WALKS
1. Wade Boggs, 19
T4. Kent Hrbek, 12
ERA
1. Jimmy Key, 2.76
3. Frank Viola, 2.90
WINS
T1. Dave Stewart, 20
T1. Roger Clemens, 20
T8. Frank Viola, 17
WINNING PERCENTAGE
1. Jeff Musselman, .706
T9. Frank Viola, .630
WHIP
1. Jimmy Key, 1.057
6. Frank Viola, 1.176
GAMES
1. Mark Eichhorn, 89
6. Jeff Reardon, 63
10. Keith Atherton, 59
SAVES
1. Tom Henke, 34
T2. Jeff Reardon, 31
INNINGS PITCHED
1. Charlie Hough, 285.1
4. Bert Blyleven, 267
10. Frank Viola, 251.2
STRIKEOUTS
1. Mark Langston, 262
7. Frank Viola, 197
8. Bert Blyleven, 196
STARTS
1. Charlie Hough, 40
T2. Bert Blyleven, 37
T5. Frank Viola, 36
BATTERS FACED
1. Charlie Hough, 1237
4. Bert Blyleven, 1122
GAMES FINISHED
1. Tom Henke, 62
2. Jeff Reardon, 58
FIP
1. Roger Clemens, 2.91
6. Frank Viola, 3.66
Boggs's OBP is extraordinary!
So good, he even drew walks on behalf of his teammates.
Regardless, Jim Rice is still more feared.
Yes, as you've probably guessed this should have been OPS, not OBP. I've fixed it.
Can you fix Laudner's OBP as well?
Twins catchers' OBP in 1987
Laudner, .252
Butera, .217
Nieto, .276
Salas, .431 (45 at-bats before being traded for Joe Niekro).
Salas had an OBP of .279 for the Yankees after the trade. That made his season OBP .322, which is much closer to his career OBP of .300.