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Major League Baseball

Record: 82-80 .506.... 4th in American League West
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,070,521

Top Draft Pick: Kevin Brandt (#11) Rookie
Manager - Gene Mauch

Affiliates - AAA Toledo Mud Hens AA Orlando Twins A+ Visalia Oaks A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Rk Elizabethton Twins

Team Leaders

HR: Smalley [24]
RBI: Smalley [95]
2B: Jackson [40]
SB: Wilfong [11]
W: Koosman [20]
SV: Marshall [32]
SO: Koosman [157]

Oldest Player: Mike Marshall [36]
Youngest Player: Terry Felton [21]
Longest Tenure: Glenn Borgmann, Dave Goltz [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: John Castino (Apr 6) Dan Graham (Jun 8) Rick Sofield (Apr 6) Jesus Vega (Sep 5) Gary Ward (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Terry Felton (Sep 28) Kevin Stanfield (Sep 14)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Butch Wynegar	23	149	504	74	136	20	0	7	57	2	2	74	36	2	5	11	4	13	.270	.363	.351	714
1B	Ron Jackson	26	159	583	85	158	40	5	14	68	3	1	51	59	9	5	6	4	14	.271	.337	.429	766
2B	Rob Wilfong	25	140	419	71	131	22	6	9	59	11	4	29	54	2	3	25	10	2	.313	.352	.458	810
3B	John Castino	24	148	393	49	112	13	8	5	52	5	2	27	72	1	0	22	2	9	.285	.331	.397	728
SS	Roy Smalley	26	162	621	94	168	28	3	24	95	2	3	80	80	4	8	15	9	9	.271	.353	.441	794
OF	Ken Landreaux	24	151	564	81	172	27	5	15	83	10	3	37	57	4	4	10	8	13	.305	.347	.450	797
OF	Bombo Rivera	26	112	263	37	74	13	5	2	31	5	5	17	40	0	0	13	1	6	.281	.324	.392	716
OF	Hosken Powell	24	104	338	49	99	17	3	2	36	5	1	33	25	3	1	5	1	9	.293	.360	.379	739
DH	Jose Morales	34	92	191	21	51	5	1	2	27	0	0	14	27	2	5	4	3	10	.267	.319	.335	654

DH-OF	Glenn Adams	31	119	326	34	98	13	1	8	50	2	2	25	27	3	0	1	6	3	.301	.350	.420	770
P	Roger Erickson	22	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Willie Norwood	28	96	270	32	67	13	3	6	30	9	5	20	51	0	2	3	1	8	.248	.299	.385	684
P	Dave Goltz	30	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
3B-DH	Mike Cubbage	28	94	243	26	67	10	1	2	23	1	8	39	26	0	2	5	4	2	.276	.371	.350	721
P	Jeff Holly	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Dave Edwards	25	96	229	42	57	8	0	8	35	6	3	24	45	1	1	3	0	5	.249	.323	.389	712
P	Darrell Jackson	23	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B	Bob Randall	31	80	199	25	49	7	0	0	14	2	2	15	17	0	0	13	0	2	.246	.299	.281	580
P	Mike Marshall	36	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH	Danny Goodwin	25	58	159	22	46	8	5	5	27	0	0	11	23	0	1	2	0	5	.289	.335	.497	832
P	Pete Redfern	24	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Rick Sofield	22	35	93	8	28	5	0	0	12	2	3	12	27	0	0	2	0	2	.301	.381	.355	736
P	Gary Serum	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Glenn Borgmann	29	31	70	4	14	3	0	0	8	1	0	12	11	0	0	2	0	3	.200	.317	.243	560
P	Paul Thormodsgard	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH-1B	Craig Kusick	30	24	54	8	13	4	0	3	6	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.281	.481	762
P	Geoff Zahn	33	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF-DH	Gary Ward	25	10	14	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.286	698
DH	Jesus Vega	23	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
DH	Dan Graham	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Mike Bacsik	27	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ken Brett	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Terry Felton	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Paul Hartzell	25	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jerry Koosman	35	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Kevin Stanfield	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5544	764	1544	256	46	112	714	66	45	526	693	31	37	142	53	116	.278	.341	.402	743