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Keeping Track

1987 Rewind: Team Leaders

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BATTING LEADERS

GAMES

Kirby Puckett, 157
Tom Brunansky, 155
Gary Gaettie, 154

PLATE APPEARANCES

Puckett, 668
Gaetti, 628
Brunansky, 614

AT-BATS

Puckett, 624
Gaetti, 584
Brunansky, 532

RUNS

Puckett, 96
Gaetti, 95
Kent Hrbek, 85

HITS

Puckett, 207
Gaetti, 150
Brunansky, 138

DOUBLES

Gaetti, 36
Puckett, 32
Greg Gagne, 28

TRIPLES

Gagne, 7
Al Newman, 5
Puckett, 5

HOME RUNS

Hrbek, 34
Brunansky, 32
Gaetti, 31

RBI

Gaetti, 109
Puckett, 99
Hrbek, 90

STOLEN BASES

Dan Gladden, 25
Newman, 15
Puckett 12

WALKS

Hrbek, 84
Brunansky, 74
Randy Bush, 43

BATTING AVERAGE

Puckett, .332
Hrbek, ,285
Roy Smalley, .275

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Hrbek, ,389
Puckett, .367
Smalley, .352
Brunansky, 352

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

Hrbek, .545
Puckett, .534
Brunansky, .489

OPS

Hrbek, .934
Puckett, .900
Brunansky, .841

TOTAL BASES

Puckett, 333
Gaetti, 283
Hrbek, 260
Brunansky, 260

HIT BY PITCH

Puckett, 6
4 tied at 4

SACRIFICE HITS

Gagne, 10
Lombardozzi, 9
Newman, 7

SACRIFICE FLIES

Puckett, 6
Bush, 5
Hrbek, 5

INTENTIONAL WALKS

Hrbek, 12
Gaetti, 7
Puckett, 7

PITCHING LEADERS

WINS

Frank Viola, 17
Bert Blyleven, 15
3 tied at 8

WINNING PERCENTAGE

Juan Berenguer, .889
Viola, .630
Keith Atherton, .583

ERA

Viola, 2.90
Berenguer, 3.94
Blyleven, 4.01

GAMES

Reardon, 63
Atherton, 59
George Frazier, 54

STARTS

Blyleven, 37
Viola, 36
Les Straker, 26

GAMES FINISHED

Reardon, 63
Atherton, 29
Frazier, 26

COMPLETE GAMES

Blyleven, 8
Viola, 7
Straker, 1

SHUTOUTS

Blyleven, 1
Viola, 1

SAVES

Reardon, 34
Berenguer, 4
Atherton, 2
Frazier, 2

INNINGS

Blyleven, 267
Viola, 251.2
Straker, 154.1

STRIKEOUTS

Viola, 197
Blyleven, 196
Berenguer, 110

BATTERS FACED

Blyleven, 1122
Viola, 1037
Straker, 656

FIP

Berenguer, 3.33
Viola, 3.66
Reardon, 4.23

WHIP

Viola, 1.176
Reardon, 1.220
Blyleven, 1.311

Keeping Track

1987 Rewind: League Leaders

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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

 

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 27

Miller Huggins (1878)
Effa Manley (1897)
Wes Covington (1932)
Bill Sudakis (1946)
Lynn McGlothen (1950)
Dick Ruthven (1951)
Dave Hostetler (1956)
Jaime Navarro (1967)
Tom Quinlan (1968)
Dee Brown (1978)
Michael Cuddyer (1979)
Brian Slocum (1981)
Buster Posey (1987)
Matt Harvey (1989)

Effa Manley was the owner of the Brooklyn Eagles and the Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues.

Dick Ruthven was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 1972, but did not sign.

Brian Slocum was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1999, but did not sign.

We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Can of Corn.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Milt on Tilt.  Gone but not forgotten.

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