STAT FACT
Tim Crothers
March 31, 1997
The Twins scored only 22% of their runs last season on homers, the lowest percentage in the majors. (The average was 35%.) Oddly, Minnesota also ranked last with 20 sacrifice bunts, the second-lowest total for a nonstrike season. Tom Kelly's disdain for the sacrifice has become a trademark: The Twins ranked sixth in the American League in that category in Kelly's first full season (1987) but have ranked in the bottom half every year since.
The Twins scored only 22% of their runs last season on homers, the lowest percentage in the majors. (The average was 35%.) Oddly, Minnesota also ranked last with 20 sacrifice bunts, the second-lowest total for a nonstrike season. Tom Kelly's disdain for the sacrifice has become a trademark: The Twins ranked sixth in the American League in that category in Kelly's first full season (1987) but have ranked in the bottom half every year since.