Minnesota Twins Team Leaders

BATTING

GAMES

Willi Castro, 158
Carlos Santana, 150
Manuel Margot, 129

AT-BATS

Castro, 558
Santana, 521
Ryan Jeffers, 412

RUNS

Castro, 89
Santana, 63
Byron Buxton, 62

HITS

Castro, 138
Santana, 124
Jose Miranda, 114

DOUBLES

Castro, 31
Miranda, 28
Buxton, 27

TRIPLES

Castro, 5
Miranda, 4
Buxton, 3
Alex Kirilloff, 3

HOME RUNS

Santana, 23
Jeffers, 21
Buxton, 18

RBIs

Santana, 71
Jeffers, 64
Castro, 60

WALKS

Santana, 65
Castro, 51
Carlos Correa, 40
Trevor Larnach, 40

STRIKEOUTS

Castro, 150
Edouard Julien, 102
Buxton, 99
Santana, 99

STOLEN BASES

Castro, 14
Buxton, 7
Austin Martin, 7

CAUGHT STEALING

Castro, 9
Kyle Farmer, 5
Martin, 3

AVERAGE

Correa, .310
Miranda, .284
Buxton, .279

ON-BASE

Correa, .388
Matt Wallner, .372
Larnach, .338

SLUGGING

Buxton, .524
Wallner, .523
Correa, .517

OPS

Correa, .905
Wallner, .895
Buxton, .859

PITCHING

GAMES

Griffin Jax, 72
Cole Sands, 62
Caleb Thielbar, 59

STARTS

Pablo Lopez, 32
Bailey Ober, 31
Simeon Woods Richardson, 28

COMPLETE GAMES

Ober, 1

SHUTOUTS

None.

INNINGS

Lopez, 185.1
Ober, 178.2
Joe Ryan, 135

WINS

Lopez, 15
Ober, 12
Sands, 9

LOSSES

Lopez, 10
Jhoan Duran, 9
Ober, 9

SAVES

Duran, 23
Jax, 10
Sands, 4

HOME RUNS ALLOWED

Ober, 27
Lopez, 26
Ryan, 19

HIT BATSMEN

Lopez, 8
Duran, 6
Ober, 6
Sands, 6

WALKS ALLOWED

Woods Richardson, 48
Ober, 43
Lopez, 41

STRIKEOUTS

Lopez, 198
Ober, 191
Ryan, 147

ERA

Jax, 2.03
Jorge Alcala, 3.24
Ryan, 3.60

WHIP

Jax, 0.87
Ryan, 0.99
Sands, 1.00
Ober, 1.00

AVERAGE AGAINST

Jax, .184
Alcala, .190
Ober, .208

Happy Birthday–September 30

Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Bobby Williams (1895)
Johnny Allen (1904)
Robin Roberts (1926)
Johnny Podres (1932)
Craig Kusick (1948)
Dave Magadan (1962)
Yorkis Perez (1967)
Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Seth Smith (1982)
Kenley Jansen (1987)

Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.

Five players born on this day made their major league debut in 2019:  Jesus Luzardo, Travis Demeritte, Trent Thornton, Jack Mayfield, and Brian Moran.  I don't know that that's a record, but I don't know that it isn't, either.

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Happy Birthday–September 29

Dave Orr (1859)
Gus Weyhing (1866)
Harry Steinfeldt (1877)
Paul Giel (1932)
Mike McCormick (1938)
Rich Reese (1941)
Steve Busby (1949)
John McLaren (1951)
Warren Cromartie (1953)
Byron McLaughlin (1955)
Tim Flannery (1957)
Craig Lefferts (1957)
Rob Deer (1960)
Derek Parks (1968)
Jake Westbrook (1977)
Heath Bell (1977)
Joe Thurston (1979)
Jake Reed (1992)
Tyler Mahle (1994)

Dave Orr is considered the greatest nineteenth century slugger of all.  His career was cut short when he suffered a stroke in 1890 at the age of 31.

Outfielder Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1972, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to freealonzo's parents.

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