1979 Minnesota Twins season

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1979 Minnesota Twins 82-80, fourth in the AL Western Division
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Metropolitan Stadium (Since 1961) Bloomington, Minnesota (Since 1961)
1979 Information
Owner(s)	Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	KMSP-TV (Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Local radio	830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal,Joe McConnell)

The 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.

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

1 Offense
2 Pitching
3 Defense
4 Regular Season
- 4.1 American League West final standings
- 4.2 Roster
5 Notable transactions
6 External links

[edit] 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.

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
HR	Roy Smalley	24
RBI	Roy Smalley	95
BA	Ken Landreaux	.305
Runs	Roy Smalley	85

[edit] Pitching

Reliever Mike Marshall continued as manager Gene Mauch's all-purpose reliever, pitching in a league-leading 90 games, racking up 10 relief wins along with a league-leading 32 saves. Veteran Jerry Koosman won 20 games. Dave Goltz (14-13) and Geoff Zahn (13-7) had double-digit wins.

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
ERA	Dave Goltz	2.49
Wins	Jerry Koosman	20
Saves	Mike Marshall	32*
Strikeouts	Jerry Koosman	157

*League leader

[edit] Defense

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] American League West final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	California Angels	88	74	.543	--
2nd	Kansas City Royals	85	77	.525	3.0
3rd	Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	5.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	6.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	73	87	.456	14.0
6th	Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	21.0
7th	Oakland Athletics	54	108	.333	34.0

[edit] Roster

1979 Minnesota Twins roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Notable transactions

January 6, 1979: Mike Marshall was signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins. ^[1]

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series

v • d • e Minnesota Twins

Formerly the Washington Nationals and the Washington Senators • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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1979 Minnesota Twins season

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[edit] Pitching

[edit] Defense

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] American League West final standings

[edit] Roster

[edit] Notable transactions

[edit] External links

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