1978 Minnesota Twins Roster

The 1978 Minnesota Twins team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1978 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1978 Minnesota Twins Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Minnesota Twins salary list, a 1978 Minnesota Twins uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Minnesota Twins primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1978 Minnesota Twins



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
19 Roger Erickson 6-03 190 Right Right 1956-08-30
30 Dave Goltz 6-04 215 Right Right 1949-06-23
37 Roric Harrison 6-03 195 Right Right 1946-09-20
21, 36 Jeff Holly 6-05 210 Left Left 1953-03-01
31 Darrell Jackson 5-10 150 Left Both 1956-04-03
27 Dave Johnson 6-01 183 Right Right 1948-10-04
21 Tom Johnson 6-01 185 Right Right 1951-04-02
33, 28 Mike Marshall 5-10 180 Right Right 1943-01-15
39 Stan Perzanowski 6-02 170 Right Both 1950-08-25
17 Pete Redfern 6-02 195 Right Right 1954-08-25
28 Mac Scarce 6-03 200 Left Left 1949-04-08
20 Gary Serum 6-01 180 Right Right 1956-10-24
40 John Sutton 5-11 185 Right Right 1952-11-13
18 Greg Thayer 5-11 182 Right Right 1949-10-23
23 Paul Thormodsgard 6-02 190 Right Right 1953-11-10
38 Geoff Zahn 6-01 180 Left Left 1945-12-19
14 Glenn Borgmann 6-04 210 Right Right 1950-05-25
16 Butch Wynegar 6-00 194 Right Both 1956-03-14
29 Rod Carew 6-00 182 Right Left 1945-10-01
26 Mike Cubbage 6-00 180 Right Left 1950-07-21
32 Bob Randall 6-03 180 Right Right 1948-06-10
5 Roy Smalley 6-01 185 Right Both 1952-10-25
7 Rob Wilfong 6-01 185 Right Left 1953-09-01
1 Larry Wolfe 5-11 170 Right Right 1953-03-02
12 Rich Chiles 5-11 170 Left Left 1949-11-22
33 Dave Edwards 6-00 177 Right Right 1954-02-24
15 Dan Ford 6-01 185 Right Right 1952-05-19
24 Willie Norwood 6-00 185 Right Right 1950-11-07
10 Hosken Powell 6-01 185 Left Left 1955-05-14
9 Bombo Rivera 5-10 187 Right Right 1952-08-02
8 Glenn Adams 6-00 185 Right Left 1947-10-04
22 Craig Kusick 6-03 232 Right Right 1948-09-30
34 Jose Morales 6-00 195 Right Right 1944-12-30
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The 1978 Minnesota Twins played 162 games during the regular season, won 73 games, lost 89 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Metropolitan Stadium (Park Factors: 102/102) where 787,878 fans witnessed their 1978 Twins finish the season with a .451 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1978 Minnesota Twins Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Minnesota Twins salary list, a 1978 Minnesota Twins uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Minnesota Twins primary starters list:

1978 Minnesota Twins
Opening Day Starters


Rod Carew
Dan Ford
Craig Kusick
Willie Norwood
Bob Randall
Bombo Rivera
Roy Smalley
Larry Wolfe
Butch Wynegar
Geoff Zahn

1978 Minnesota Twins
Most Games by Position

C Butch Wynegar (131)
1B Rod Carew (148)
2B Bob Randall (116)
3B Mike Cubbage (115)
SS Roy Smalley (157)
LF Willie Norwood (101)
CF Dan Ford (145)
RF Hosken Powell (117)
DH Glenn Adams (101)
  
SP Roger Erickson
SP Dave Goltz
SP Darrell Jackson
SP Gary Serum
SP Geoff Zahn
  
RP Greg Thayer
CL Mike Marshall


1978 Minnesota Twins
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1978 Minnesota Twins
Uniform Numbers

#1 Larry Wolfe
#5 Roy Smalley
#7 Rob Wilfong
#8 Glenn Adams
#9 Bombo Rivera
#10 Hosken Powell
#12 Rich Chiles
#14 Glenn Borgmann
#15 Dan Ford
#16 Butch Wynegar
#17 Pete Redfern
#18 Greg Thayer
#19 Roger Erickson
#20 Gary Serum
#21 Jeff Holly
#21 Tom Johnson
#22 Craig Kusick
#23 Paul Thormodsgard
#24 Willie Norwood
#26 Mike Cubbage
#27 Dave Johnson
#28 Mike Marshall
#28 Mac Scarce
#29 Rod Carew
#30 Dave Goltz
#31 Darrell Jackson
#32 Bob Randall
#33 Dave Edwards
#33 Mike Marshall
#34 Jose Morales
#36 Jeff Holly
#37 Roric Harrison
#38 Geoff Zahn
#39 Stan Perzanowski
#40 John Sutton

Did you know that a 1978 Minnesota Twins Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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