1983 Minnesota Twins

70-92 • .432 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
92 Losses
.432 Win %
5th Rank
709 R 822 RA
Diff -113

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⚡ Quick Stats

709 Runs Scored
822 Runs Allowed
-113 Run Diff
868K Attendance

📈 vs. 1983 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 2% below the 1983 league average (.265)
OBP .318 3% below the 1983 league average (.327)
SLG .401 equal to the 1983 league average (.400)
Team ERA 4.66 15% worse than the 1983 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 709 2% below the 1983 league average (727 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHubert H Humphrey Metrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 868,272
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Avg per Game 10,719

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1983

Batting Avg

1 Mickey Hatcher 0.317 2 Tim Teufel 0.308 3 Dave Engle 0.305 4 Kent Hrbek 0.297 5 Gary Ward 0.278

Home Runs

1 Tom Brunansky 28 2 Gary Gaetti 21 3 Gary Ward 19 4 Kent Hrbek 16 5 Randy Bush 11

RBI

1 Gary Ward 88 2 Kent Hrbek 84 3 Tom Brunansky 82 4 Gary Gaetti 78 5 John Castino 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gary Ward 157 623 76 173 34 5 19 88 44 98 8 0.278
Gary Gaetti 157 584 81 143 30 3 21 78 54 121 7 0.245
John Castino 142 563 83 156 30 4 11 57 62 54 4 0.277
Tom Brunansky 151 542 70 123 24 5 28 82 61 95 2 0.227
Kent Hrbek 141 515 75 153 41 5 16 84 57 71 4 0.297
Mickey Hatcher 106 375 50 119 15 3 9 47 14 19 2 0.317
Dave Engle 120 374 46 114 22 4 8 43 28 39 2 0.305
Randy Bush 124 373 43 93 24 3 11 56 34 51 0 0.249
Ron Washington 99 317 28 78 7 3 4 26 22 50 10 0.246
Darrell Brown 91 309 40 84 6 2 0 22 10 28 3 0.272
Lenny Faedo 51 173 16 48 7 0 1 18 4 19 0 0.277
Tim Laudner 62 168 20 31 9 0 6 18 15 49 0 0.185
Bobby Mitchell 59 152 26 35 4 2 1 15 28 21 1 0.230
Ray Smith 59 152 11 34 5 0 0 8 10 12 1 0.224
Rusty Kuntz 31 100 13 19 3 0 3 5 12 28 0 0.190
Houston Jimenez 36 86 5 15 5 1 0 9 4 11 0 0.174
Scott Ullger 35 79 8 15 4 0 0 5 5 21 0 0.190
Tim Teufel 21 78 11 24 7 1 3 6 2 8 0 0.308
Greg Gagne 10 27 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.111
Jim Eisenreich 2 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.286
Tack Wilson 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
Bobby Castillo 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Davis 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Filson 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Havens 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Lewis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Lysander 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack O'Connor 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Oelkers 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Pettibone 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Schrom 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Viola 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Walters 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Whitehouse 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Albert Williams 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1983

ERA

1 Ron Davis 3.34 2 Rick Lysander 3.38 3 Pete Filson 3.40 4 Ken Schrom 3.71 5 Mike Walters 4.12

Wins

1 Ken Schrom 15 2 Albert Williams 11 3 Bobby Castillo 8 4 Frank Viola 7 5 Len Whitehouse 7

Strikeouts

1 Frank Viola 127 2 Bobby Castillo 90 3 Ron Davis 84 4 Ken Schrom 80 5 Albert Williams 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Viola 7 15 5.49 35 34 0 210.0 242 128 92 127
Ken Schrom 15 8 3.71 33 28 0 196.1 196 81 80 80
Albert Williams 11 14 4.14 36 29 1 193.1 196 89 68 68
Bobby Castillo 8 12 4.77 27 25 0 158.1 170 84 65 90
Rick Lysander 5 12 3.38 61 4 3 125.0 132 47 43 58
Pete Filson 4 1 3.40 26 8 1 90.0 87 34 29 49
Ron Davis 5 8 3.34 66 0 30 89.0 89 33 33 84
Jack O'Connor 2 3 5.86 27 8 0 83.0 107 54 36 56
Brad Havens 5 8 8.18 16 14 0 80.1 110 73 38 40
Len Whitehouse 7 1 4.15 60 0 2 73.2 70 34 44 44
Mike Walters 1 1 4.12 23 0 2 59.0 52 27 20 21
Bryan Oelkers 0 5 8.65 10 8 0 34.1 56 33 17 13
Jay Pettibone 0 4 5.33 4 4 0 27.0 28 16 8 10
Jim Lewis 0 0 6.50 6 0 0 18.0 24 13 7 8

👥 Roster (35)

Darrell Brown Tom Brunansky Randy Bush Bobby Castillo John Castino Ron Davis Jim Eisenreich Dave Engle Lenny Faedo Pete Filson Gary Gaetti Greg Gagne +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1983 Minnesota Twins

What was the 1983 Minnesota Twins record?
The 1983 Minnesota Twins finished 70-92 (.432 win pct).
Who led the 1983 Minnesota Twins in home runs?
Tom Brunansky led the 1983 Minnesota Twins with 28 home runs.
What was the 1983 Minnesota Twins team ERA?
The 1983 Minnesota Twins posted a team ERA of 4.66.
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