2001 Season Review -- 2001 Minnesota Twins
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Minnesota Twins performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 655 771
Runs allowed 797 766
Run Margin -142 5
Wins 66 85
Pythagorean wins 67 82
Placement 5th 2nd
Position Players
A.J. Pierzynski, c , bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 477 126 28 1 7 62 58 7 19 2 60 1 2 .264 .299 .371 .670 50
Prorated Min 380 100 22 1 6 49 46 6 15 2 48 1 2 40
Actual Min 381 110 33 2 7 51 55 4 16 4 57 1 7 .289 .322 .441 .763 50
Tom Prince, c , bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 84 18 5 0 1 9 9 1 8 0 19 0 0 .214 .290 .310 .600 7
Prorated Min 190 41 11 0 2 20 20 2 18 0 43 0 0 17
Actual Min 196 43 4 1 7 19 23 6 12 0 39 3 1 .219 .284 .357 .641 20
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 514 141 32 1 12 77 78 3 62 4 70 6 4 .274 .352 .411 .762 74
Prorated Min 546 150 34 1 13 82 83 3 66 4 74 6 4 79
Actual Min 543 166 39 1 15 77 74 9 67 6 92 2 6 .306 .387 .464 .851 99
Mike Cuddyer, 1b, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 67 15 4 1 0 9 7 1 6 0 13 1 0 .224 .297 .313 .611 6
Prorated Min 18 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Min 18 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 .222 .300 .333 .633 2
Luis Rivas, 2b, bats right, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 599 143 42 6 2 91 61 3 43 0 80 24 9 .239 .291 .339 .630 59
Prorated Min 566 135 40 6 2 86 58 3 41 0 76 23 9 56
Actual Min 563 150 21 6 7 70 47 6 40 0 99 31 11 .266 .319 .362 .682 65
Corey Koskie, 3b, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 516 149 32 2 14 78 77 5 73 7 112 6 5 .289 .379 .440 .819 88
Prorated Min 558 161 35 2 15 84 83 5 79 8 121 6 5 95
Actual Min 562 155 37 2 26 100 103 12 68 9 118 27 6 .276 .362 .488 .850 102
Casey Blake, 3b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 91 22 5 0 3 14 12 2 10 0 19 2 1 .242 .327 .396 .723 12
Prorated Min 22 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 3
Actual Min 22 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 8 1 0 .318 .400 .364 .764 4
Prorated Bal 14 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Bal 15 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 .133 .188 .333 .521 1
Prorated Tot 36 9 2 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 7 1 0 5
Actual Tot 37 9 1 0 1 3 4 0 4 1 12 3 0 .243 .317 .351 .668 5
Cristian Guzman, ss, bats switch, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 613 150 24 14 8 82 49 2 41 1 108 23 11 .245 .292 .369 .661 67
Prorated Min 483 118 19 11 6 65 39 2 32 1 85 18 9 52
Actual Min 493 149 28 14 10 80 51 5 21 0 78 25 8 .302 .337 .477 .814 79
Denny Hocking, ss/2b/1b/lf/3b/rf/cf, bats switch, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 139 38 8 1 2 18 15 0 14 1 25 3 2 .273 .335 .388 .724 19
Prorated Min 321 88 18 2 5 42 35 0 32 2 58 7 5 43
Actual Min 327 82 16 2 3 34 25 2 29 1 67 6 1 .251 .315 .339 .654 36
Jason Maxwell, ss/3b/2b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 90 20 5 0 1 12 10 1 9 0 19 1 0 .222 .297 .311 .608 9
Prorated Min 70 15 4 0 1 9 8 1 7 0 15 1 0 7
Actual Min 68 13 4 0 1 4 10 0 9 2 23 2 0 .191 .286 .294 .580 6
Jacque Jones, lf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 550 153 33 4 18 78 78 2 30 4 115 9 7 .278 .317 .451 .768 73
Prorated Min 488 136 29 4 16 69 69 2 27 4 102 8 6 66
Actual Min 475 131 25 0 14 57 49 3 39 2 92 12 9 .276 .335 .417 .751 64
Torii Hunter, cf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 539 151 29 6 16 84 78 6 31 2 98 13 8 .280 .323 .445 .768 73
Prorated Min 557 156 30 6 17 87 81 6 32 2 101 13 8 76
Actual Min 564 147 32 5 27 82 92 8 29 0 125 9 6 .261 .306 .479 .784 79
Matt Lawton, rf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 531 151 36 2 13 80 77 8 84 7 59 23 6 .284 .386 .433 .819 96
Prorated Min 375 107 25 1 9 56 54 6 59 5 42 16 4 67
Actual Min 376 110 25 0 10 71 51 3 63 6 46 19 6 .293 .396 .439 .835 67
Prorated NYN 180 51 12 1 4 27 26 3 28 2 20 8 2 32
Actual NYN 183 45 11 1 3 24 13 8 22 0 34 10 2 .246 .352 .366 .718 27
Prorated Tot 555 158 38 2 14 84 80 8 88 7 62 24 6 101
Actual Tot 559 155 36 1 13 95 64 11 85 6 80 29 8 .277 .382 .415 .797 94
Brian Buchanan, rf/lf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 90 21 4 0 3 14 13 1 7 0 18 1 0 .233 .293 .378 .671 10
Prorated Min 199 46 9 0 7 31 29 2 15 0 40 2 0 21
Actual Min 197 54 12 0 10 28 32 2 19 0 58 1 1 .274 .342 .487 .830 34
Bobby Kielty, rf/cf/lf, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 63 13 4 0 1 11 8 0 12 0 15 1 0 .206 .333 .317 .651 7
Prorated Min 99 20 6 0 2 17 13 0 19 0 24 2 0 12
Actual Min 104 26 8 0 2 8 14 1 8 2 25 3 0 .250 .297 .385 .681 13
Dustan Mohr, rf/lf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Min 51 12 2 0 0 6 4 0 5 0 17 1 1 .235 .298 .275 .573 5
John Barnes, rf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 66 19 5 0 1 12 9 1 7 0 7 1 1 .288 .360 .409 .769 10
Prorated Min 20 6 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3
Actual Min 21 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 .048 .130 .048 .178 0
David Ortiz, dh/1b, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 558 148 42 1 19 83 93 2 81 4 120 2 0 .265 .356 .446 .803 91
Prorated Min 299 79 22 1 10 44 50 1 43 2 64 1 0 49
Actual Min 303 71 17 1 18 46 48 1 40 8 68 1 0 .234 .324 .475 .799 47
Chad Allen, dh/lf/rf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 70 18 3 0 1 10 9 0 5 0 13 2 1 .257 .307 .343 .650 7
Prorated Min 182 47 8 0 3 26 23 0 13 0 34 5 3 19
Actual Min 175 46 13 2 4 20 20 0 19 1 37 1 2 .263 .333 .429 .762 23
Quinton McCracken, dh/lf, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 67 15 3 0 0 9 6 0 7 0 11 2 1 .224 .297 .269 .566 5
Prorated Min 63 14 3 0 0 8 6 0 7 0 10 2 1 5
Actual Min 64 14 2 2 0 7 3 0 5 0 13 0 1 .219 .275 .313 .588 5
Matt LeCroy, dh, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 66 15 4 0 3 10 10 1 7 1 13 0 0 .227 .307 .424 .731 8
Prorated Min 37 8 2 0 2 6 6 1 4 1 7 0 0 4
Actual Min 40 17 5 0 3 6 12 1 0 0 8 0 1 .425 .429 .775 1.204 13
Pitchers
Joe Mays, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.92 32 32 8 14 0 190 212 23 76 125 .285 .800
Prorated Min 37 37 9 16 0 219 244 26 87 144
Actual Min 3.16 34 34 17 13 0 234 205 25 64 123 .235 .653
Eric Milton, starter, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.20 32 32 11 11 0 197 193 30 57 150 .255 .744
Prorated Min 36 36 12 12 0 224 219 34 65 170
Actual Min 4.32 35 34 15 7 0 221 222 35 61 157 .257 .753
Brad Radke, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.46 32 32 10 13 0 212 236 25 47 129 .283 .772
Prorated Min 33 33 10 13 0 217 242 26 48 132
Actual Min 3.94 33 33 15 11 0 226 235 24 26 137 .271 .727
Kyle Lohse, starter/reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Min 5.68 19 16 4 7 0 90 102 16 29 64 .284 .842
Rick Reed, starter, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.48 32 32 11 11 0 197 211 31 45 134 .275 .781
Prorated NYN 20 20 7 7 0 126 135 20 29 86
Actual NYN 3.48 20 20 8 6 0 135 119 16 17 99 .236 .649
Prorated Min 12 12 4 4 0 72 77 11 16 49
Actual Min 5.19 12 12 4 6 0 68 92 12 14 43 .325 .893
Prorated Tot 32 32 11 11 0 197 212 31 45 134
Actual Tot 4.05 32 32 12 12 0 202 211 28 31 142 .268 .737
J.C. Romero, starter/reliever, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 5.70 22 22 4 10 0 115 135 17 65 86 .298 .865
Prorated Min 12 12 2 5 0 62 73 9 35 47
Actual Min 6.23 14 11 1 4 0 65 71 10 24 39 .277 .839
Mark Redman, starter, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 5.47 32 32 8 13 0 171 197 25 69 133 .289 .826
Prorated Min 9 9 2 4 0 49 56 7 20 38
Actual Min 4.22 9 9 2 4 0 49 57 6 19 29 .286 .771
Prorated Det 2 2 0 1 0 9 11 1 4 7
Actual Det 6.00 2 2 0 2 0 9 11 1 4 4 .306 .862
Prorated Tot 11 11 3 4 0 58 67 8 23 45
Actual Tot 4.50 11 11 2 6 0 58 68 7 23 33 .289 .785
Adam Johnson, starter/reliever, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Min 8.28 7 4 1 2 0 25 32 6 13 17 .323 .999
Brad Thomas, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Min 9.37 5 5 0 2 0 16 20 6 14 6 .303 1.068
Hector Carrasco, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.43 30 0 2 2 0 41 44 4 19 30 .278 .763
Prorated Min 53 0 4 4 0 72 77 7 33 53
Actual Min 4.64 56 0 4 3 1 74 77 8 30 70 .277 .776
Bob Wells, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 3.86 70 0 6 4 8 100 95 15 26 72 .249 .735
Prorated Min 50 0 4 3 6 71 68 11 19 51
Actual Min 5.11 65 0 8 5 2 69 72 12 18 49 .273 .830
Eddie Guardado, reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.17 70 0 4 4 3 73 66 14 31 67 .239 .773
Prorated Min 60 0 3 3 3 63 57 12 27 57
Actual Min 3.51 67 0 7 1 12 67 47 5 23 67 .197 .575
Jack Cressend, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 6.39 30 0 1 3 0 38 51 5 21 32 .325 .905
Prorated Min 39 0 1 4 0 49 66 6 27 41
Actual Min 3.67 44 0 3 2 0 56 50 6 16 40 .237 .685
Travis Miller, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.29 53 0 4 4 0 71 81 4 32 63 .288 .763
Prorated Min 36 0 3 3 0 48 55 3 22 43
Actual Min 4.81 45 0 1 4 0 49 54 5 20 30 .283 .797
Johan Santana, reliever/starter, throws left, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 5.96 5 5 1 2 0 23 28 3 15 17 .304 .893
Prorated Min 9 9 2 4 0 40 50 5 27 30
Actual Min 4.74 15 4 1 0 0 44 50 6 16 28 .292 .796
Todd Jones, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Det 4.08 70 0 3 6 25 71 76 6 36 70 .277 .755
Prorated Det 50 0 2 4 18 50 54 4 26 50
Actual Det 4.62 45 0 4 5 11 49 60 6 22 39 .303 .822
Prorated Min 20 0 1 2 7 20 21 2 10 20
Actual Min 3.26 24 0 1 0 2 19 27 3 7 15 .333 .893
Prorated Tot 70 0 3 6 25 70 76 6 36 70
Actual Tot 4.24 69 0 5 5 13 68 87 9 29 54 .312 .843
Juan Rincon, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Min 6.35 4 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 5 4 .318 .944
Tony Fiore, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 5.51 11 0 1 1 0 16 19 2 10 9 .297 .863
Prorated Tam 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 2
Actual Tam 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 .308 .708
Prorated Min 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 3 3
Actual Min 5.68 4 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 2 5 .208 .603
Prorated Tot 6 0 1 1 0 9 10 1 5 5
Actual Tot 5.59 7 0 0 1 0 10 9 0 3 8 .243 .641
Mike Duvall, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected FA 6.32 11 0 1 1 0 16 21 3 11 9 .328 .999
Prorated Min 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 3 3
Actual Min 7.71 8 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 2 4 .368 .935
Grant Balfour, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Min 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 2 .333 1.462
LaTroy Hawkins, closer, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 4.86 70 0 3 4 24 70 85 9 27 43 .301 .826
Prorated Min 55 0 2 3 19 55 67 7 21 34
Actual Min 5.96 62 0 1 5 28 51 59 3 39 36 .291 .785
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Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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