2008 Minnesota Twins

88-75 • .540 Win% • 2nd in AL C

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
75 Losses
.540 Win %
2nd Rank
829 R 745 RA
Diff +84

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829 Runs Scored
745 Runs Allowed
+84 Run Diff
2,302K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 4% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .340 1% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .407 3% below the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 4.16 4% better than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 829 7% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHubert H Humphrey Metrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,302,431
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Avg per Game 28,425

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Joe Mauer 0.328 2 Justin Morneau 0.300 3 Denard Span 0.294 4 Brian Buscher 0.294 5 Delmon Young 0.290

Home Runs

1 Justin Morneau 23 2 Jason Kubel 20 3 Delmon Young 10 4 Joe Mauer 9 5 Craig Monroe 8

RBI

1 Justin Morneau 129 2 Joe Mauer 85 3 Jason Kubel 78 4 Delmon Young 69 5 Carlos Gomez 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Justin Morneau 163 623 97 187 47 4 23 129 76 85 0 0.300
Carlos Gomez 153 577 79 149 24 7 7 59 25 142 33 0.258
Delmon Young 152 575 80 167 28 4 10 69 35 105 14 0.290
Joe Mauer 146 536 98 176 31 4 9 85 84 50 1 0.328
Jason Kubel 141 463 74 126 22 5 20 78 47 91 0 0.272
Brendan Harris 130 434 57 115 29 3 7 49 39 98 1 0.265
Alexi Casilla 98 385 58 108 15 0 7 50 31 45 7 0.281
Denard Span 93 347 70 102 16 7 6 47 50 60 18 0.294
Nick Punto 99 338 43 96 19 4 2 28 32 57 15 0.284
Michael Cuddyer 71 249 30 62 13 4 3 36 25 40 5 0.249
Mike Lamb 81 236 20 55 12 3 1 32 17 32 0 0.233
Brian Buscher 70 218 29 64 9 0 4 47 19 42 0 0.294
Craig Monroe 58 163 22 33 9 0 8 29 16 48 0 0.202
Mike Redmond 38 129 14 37 6 0 0 12 5 11 0 0.287
Adam Everett 48 127 19 27 6 1 2 20 12 15 0 0.213
Matt Tolbert 41 113 18 32 6 3 0 6 7 19 7 0.283
Randy Ruiz 22 62 13 17 2 0 1 7 6 21 0 0.274
Matt Macri 18 34 3 11 1 0 1 4 2 10 1 0.324
Howie Clark 4 8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.250
Kevin Slowey 28 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.250
Jason Pridie 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Nick Blackburn 33 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Glen Perkins 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Scott Baker 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Livan Hernandez 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Ryan Jorgensen 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Korecky 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Brian Bass 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Boof Bonser 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Breslow 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Crain 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Guardado 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Guerrier 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Philip Humber 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisco Liriano 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Mijares 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Nathan 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Neshek 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennys Reyes 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Rincon 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Joe Nathan 1.33 2 Craig Breslow 1.63 3 Dennys Reyes 2.33 4 Scott Baker 3.45 5 Jesse Crain 3.59

Wins

1 Glen Perkins 12 2 Kevin Slowey 12 3 Scott Baker 11 4 Nick Blackburn 11 5 Livan Hernandez 10

Strikeouts

1 Scott Baker 141 2 Kevin Slowey 123 3 Boof Bonser 97 4 Nick Blackburn 96 5 Joe Nathan 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Nick Blackburn 11 11 4.05 33 33 0 193.1 224 87 39 96
Scott Baker 11 4 3.45 28 28 0 172.1 161 66 42 141
Kevin Slowey 12 11 3.99 27 27 0 160.1 161 71 24 123
Glen Perkins 12 4 4.41 26 26 0 151.0 183 74 39 74
Livan Hernandez 10 8 5.48 23 23 0 139.2 199 85 29 54
Boof Bonser 3 7 5.93 47 12 0 118.1 139 78 36 97
Matt Guerrier 6 9 5.19 76 0 1 76.1 84 44 37 59
Francisco Liriano 6 4 3.91 14 14 0 76.0 74 33 32 67
Brian Bass 3 4 4.87 44 0 1 68.1 84 37 22 32
Joe Nathan 1 2 1.33 68 0 39 67.2 43 10 18 74
Jesse Crain 5 4 3.59 66 0 0 62.2 62 25 24 50
Dennys Reyes 3 0 2.33 75 0 0 46.1 40 12 15 39
Craig Breslow 0 2 1.63 42 0 1 38.2 24 7 14 32
Juan Rincon 2 2 6.11 24 0 0 28.0 33 19 16 20
Bobby Korecky 2 0 4.58 16 0 0 17.2 19 9 8 6
Pat Neshek 0 1 4.73 15 0 0 13.1 12 7 4 15
Philip Humber 0 0 4.63 5 0 0 11.2 11 6 5 6
Jose Mijares 0 1 0.87 10 0 0 10.1 3 1 0 5
Eddie Guardado 1 1 7.71 9 0 0 7.0 12 6 2 5

👥 Roster (40)

Scott Baker Brian Bass Nick Blackburn Boof Bonser Craig Breslow Brian Buscher Alexi Casilla Howie Clark Jesse Crain Michael Cuddyer Adam Everett Carlos Gomez +28 more

40 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Minnesota Twins

What was the 2008 Minnesota Twins record?
The 2008 Minnesota Twins finished 88-75 (.540 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Minnesota Twins in home runs?
Justin Morneau led the 2008 Minnesota Twins with 23 home runs.
What was the 2008 Minnesota Twins team ERA?
The 2008 Minnesota Twins posted a team ERA of 4.16.
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