1986 Minnesota Twins

71-91 • .438 Win% • 6th in AL W

📊 Season Record

71 Wins
91 Losses
.438 Win %
6th Rank
741 R 839 RA
Diff -98

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⚡ Quick Stats

741 Runs Scored
839 Runs Allowed
-98 Run Diff
1,256K Attendance

📈 vs. 1986 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 equal to the 1986 league average (.261)
OBP .324 1% below the 1986 league average (.329)
SLG .428 5% above the 1986 league average (.407)
Team ERA 4.77 14% worse than the 1986 league average (4.18)
Runs Scored 741 1% below the 1986 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHubert H Humphrey Metrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,256,566
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Avg per Game 15,513

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1986

Batting Avg

1 Kirby Puckett 0.328 2 Gary Gaetti 0.287 3 Mickey Hatcher 0.278 4 Randy Bush 0.269 5 Kent Hrbek 0.267

Home Runs

1 Gary Gaetti 34 2 Kirby Puckett 31 3 Kent Hrbek 29 4 Tom Brunansky 23 5 Roy Smalley 20

RBI

1 Gary Gaetti 108 2 Kirby Puckett 96 3 Kent Hrbek 91 4 Tom Brunansky 75 5 Roy Smalley 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Kirby Puckett 161 680 119 223 37 6 31 96 34 99 20 0.328
Gary Gaetti 157 596 91 171 34 1 34 108 52 108 14 0.287
Tom Brunansky 157 593 69 152 28 1 23 75 53 98 12 0.256
Kent Hrbek 149 550 85 147 27 1 29 91 71 81 2 0.267
Greg Gagne 156 472 63 118 22 6 12 54 30 108 12 0.250
Roy Smalley 143 459 59 113 20 4 20 57 68 80 1 0.246
Steve Lombardozzi 156 453 53 103 20 5 8 33 52 76 3 0.227
Randy Bush 130 357 50 96 19 7 7 45 39 63 5 0.269
Mickey Hatcher 115 317 40 88 13 3 3 32 19 26 2 0.278
Mark Salas 91 258 28 60 7 4 8 33 18 32 3 0.233
Tim Laudner 76 193 21 47 10 0 10 29 24 56 1 0.244
Billy Beane 80 183 20 39 6 0 3 15 11 54 2 0.213
Jeff Reed 68 165 13 39 6 1 2 9 16 19 1 0.236
Ron Washington 48 74 15 19 3 0 4 11 3 21 1 0.257
Mark Davidson 36 68 5 8 3 0 0 2 6 22 2 0.118
Alvaro Espinoza 37 42 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.214
Al Woods 23 28 5 9 1 0 2 8 3 5 0 0.321
Chris Pittaro 11 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.095
Alejandro Sanchez 8 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.125
Andre David 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Ray Fontenot 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Juan Agosto 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allan Anderson 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Atherton 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bert Blyleven 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Burtt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Butcher 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Davis 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Filson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Frazier 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neal Heaton 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Lee Jackson 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Latham 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Pastore 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Portugal 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Smithson 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Smith 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Viola 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1986

ERA

1 Keith Atherton 3.75 2 Roy Lee Jackson 3.86 3 Neal Heaton 3.98 4 Bert Blyleven 4.01 5 Frank Pastore 4.01

Wins

1 Bert Blyleven 17 2 Frank Viola 16 3 Mike Smithson 13 4 Mark Portugal 6 5 Keith Atherton 5

Strikeouts

1 Bert Blyleven 215 2 Frank Viola 191 3 Mike Smithson 114 4 Mark Portugal 67 5 Neal Heaton 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bert Blyleven 17 14 4.01 36 36 0 271.2 262 121 58 215
Frank Viola 16 13 4.51 37 37 0 245.2 257 123 83 191
Mike Smithson 13 14 4.77 34 33 0 198.0 234 105 57 114
Neal Heaton 4 9 3.98 21 17 1 124.1 128 55 47 66
Mark Portugal 6 10 4.31 27 15 1 112.2 112 54 50 67
Allan Anderson 3 6 5.55 21 10 0 84.1 106 52 30 51
Keith Atherton 5 8 3.75 47 0 10 81.2 82 34 35 59
John Butcher 0 3 6.30 16 10 0 70.0 82 49 24 29
Roy Lee Jackson 0 1 3.86 28 0 1 58.1 57 25 16 32
Frank Pastore 3 1 4.01 33 1 2 49.1 54 22 24 18
Ron Davis 2 6 9.08 36 0 2 38.2 55 39 29 30
George Frazier 1 1 4.39 15 0 6 26.2 23 13 16 25
Juan Agosto 1 2 8.85 17 1 1 20.1 43 20 14 9
Ray Fontenot 0 0 9.92 15 0 0 16.1 27 18 4 10
Bill Latham 0 1 7.31 7 2 0 16.0 24 13 6 8
Roy Smith 0 2 6.97 5 0 0 10.1 13 8 5 8
Pete Filson 0 0 5.68 4 0 0 6.1 13 4 2 4
Dennis Burtt 0 0 31.50 3 0 0 2.0 7 7 3 1

👥 Roster (38)

Juan Agosto Allan Anderson Keith Atherton Billy Beane Bert Blyleven Tom Brunansky Dennis Burtt Randy Bush John Butcher Andre David Mark Davidson Ron Davis +26 more

38 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1986 Minnesota Twins

What was the 1986 Minnesota Twins record?
The 1986 Minnesota Twins finished 71-91 (.438 win pct).
Who led the 1986 Minnesota Twins in home runs?
Gary Gaetti led the 1986 Minnesota Twins with 34 home runs.
What was the 1986 Minnesota Twins team ERA?
The 1986 Minnesota Twins posted a team ERA of 4.77.
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