1979 Minnesota Twins season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Minnesota Twins
season = 1979
misc = 82-80, fourth in the AL Western Division

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Metropolitan Stadium
y4 = 1961
city = Bloomington, Minnesota
y5 = 1961
owners = Calvin Griffith
managers = Gene Mauch
television = KMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
radio = 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal,Joe McConnell)|The by|1979 Minnesota Twins finished 82-80, fourth in the AL West. 1,070,521 fans attended Twins games, the fourth lowest total in the American League. It was only the second time since 1970 the team attracted over one million fans.

Offseason

* December 8, 1978: Greg Field (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Twins to the New York Mets for Jerry Koosman. The Twins completed the deal by sending Jesse Orosco to the Mets on February 7, 1979. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koosmje01.shtml Jerry Koosman page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 6, 1979: Mike Marshall was signed as a free agent by the Twins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marshmi01.shtml Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference] ]
* February 3, 1979: Rod Carew was traded by the Twins to the California Angels for Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell, and Brad Havens. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carewro01.shtml Rod Carew page on Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game: shortstop Roy Smalley.

Offense

Shortstop Smalley hit 24 HR and drove in 95 runs.
Ken Landreaux, acquired in the Rod Carew trade, batted .305 with 15 HR and 83 RBI.
Ron Jackson, acquired in the Dan Ford trade, hit 14 HR and collected 68 RBI.

Player stats

Batting

tarters by position

"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1979.shtml Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=MIN Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com]