1988 Minnesota Twins Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Frank Viola Apr 5 NYY 5.0 23 L 6 6 8 6 1 2 79 52 27 .66
Les Straker Apr 6 NYY 6.0 24 2 2 5 1 1 0 93 49 44 .53
Bert Blyleven Apr 8 @TOR 6.0 23 W 2 2 6 3 1 1 81 53 28 .65
Charlie Lea Apr 9 @TOR 5.1 26 L 4 5 8 4 1 2 94 59 35 .63
Frank Viola Apr 10 @TOR 7.2 30 W 2 2 7 6 2 1 111 73 38 .66
Les Straker Apr 12 CLE 3.2 20 4 6 8 2 1 1 68 38 30 .56
Bert Blyleven Apr 13 CLE 7.0 26 2 2 5 3 2 1 90 51 39 .57
Charlie Lea Apr 14 CLE 6.0 26 L 3 3 7 2 2 0 99 56 43 .57
Frank Viola Apr 16 TOR 6.0 26 1 2 6 4 1 0 114 70 44 .61
Les Straker Apr 17 TOR 7.0 27 L 2 2 7 3 0 0 87 52 35 .60
Bert Blyleven Apr 18 @NYY 3.0 19 L 5 5 7 6 3 1 79 51 28 .65
Joe Niekro Apr 19 @NYY 1.2 13 L 7 7 7 1 2 1 47 24 23 .51
Frank Viola Apr 20 @NYY 8.0 33 4 5 8 6 3 1 121 77 44 .64
Bert Blyleven Apr 22 @CLE 4.2 27 L 7 7 9 5 0 1 75 55 20 .73
Steve Carlton Apr 23 @CLE 5.0 27 L 8 9 9 4 3 2 103 64 39 .62
Charlie Lea Apr 24 @CLE 3.0 16 4 4 5 3 3 2 72 42 30 .58
Frank Viola Apr 26 @BAL 7.0 29 W 2 2 3 9 4 1 117 74 43 .63
Bert Blyleven Apr 27 @BAL 6.0 26 4 4 6 8 4 1 116 69 47 .59
Allan Anderson Apr 28 @BAL 6.1 26 W 2 2 4 4 3 0 108 61 47 .56
Joe Niekro Apr 29 BOS 3.0 21 5 5 6 3 6 0 82 43 39 .52
Charlie Lea Apr 30 BOS 3.1 20 L 5 6 8 5 1 1 75 49 26 .65
Frank Viola May 1 BOS 9.0 32 W 0 0 5 6 1 0 115 82 33 .71
Bert Blyleven May 2 MIL 8.0 31 L 4 4 6 4 1 0 105 64 41 .61
Allan Anderson May 3 MIL 8.0 35 L 0 4 10 3 1 0 98 65 33 .66
Les Straker May 4 BAL 5.0 17 0 1 1 1 1 0 68 46 22 .68
Frank Viola May 6 @BOS 9.0 34 W 0 0 7 6 0 0 119 80 39 .67
Bert Blyleven May 7 @BOS 9.0 36 W 2 2 7 6 3 0 114 73 41 .64
Allan Anderson May 8 @BOS 3.2 18 4 4 7 0 1 0 60 42 18 .70
Charlie Lea May 9 @MIL 6.0 23 3 3 6 5 3 0 98 63 35 .64
Frank Viola May 10 @MIL 7.2 32 W 3 3 6 7 3 1 97 62 35 .64
Bert Blyleven May 11 @MIL 6.1 26 1 1 7 2 0 0 100 70 30 .70
Allan Anderson May 13 DET 7.0 29 L 4 6 8 2 0 3 109 68 41 .62
Les Straker May 14 DET 9.0 30 W 0 0 4 1 1 0 105 61 44 .58
Frank Viola May 15 DET 6.0 24 W 2 2 7 5 0 1 93 64 29 .69
Bert Blyleven May 17 @KCR 7.0 27 4 4 5 4 4 2 99 56 43 .57
Allan Anderson May 18 @KCR 7.1 30 L 4 4 7 4 1 2 109 71 38 .65
Les Straker May 19 @KCR 0.1 6 L 4 4 2 0 3 0 26 12 14 .46
Bert Blyleven May 21 TEX 8.0 36 L 3 3 8 5 5 1 124 69 55 .56
Les Straker May 22 TEX 6.1 30 W 4 4 9 3 5 0 95 49 46 .52
Frank Viola May 22 (2) TEX 8.1 30 W 2 2 7 7 0 0 113 79 34 .70
Allan Anderson May 23 KCR 4.0 18 4 4 5 1 2 0 68 36 32 .53
Charlie Lea May 24 KCR 5.0 24 W 4 4 8 4 2 0 91 53 38 .58
Bert Blyleven May 25 KCR 7.2 31 W 2 2 10 6 0 1 98 68 30 .69
Frank Viola May 27 @DET 7.0 31 W 1 1 8 8 2 0 111 73 38 .66
Les Straker May 28 @DET 6.1 25 1 1 5 3 2 0 91 54 37 .59
Allan Anderson May 29 @DET 7.0 27 W 3 3 8 4 1 1 90 60 30 .67
Bert Blyleven May 30 @TEX 4.1 22 L 5 5 7 5 3 0 84 43 41 .51
Charlie Lea May 31 @TEX 4.0 20 4 6 8 4 0 1 90 62 28 .69
Frank Viola Jun 1 @TEX 9.0 33 W 1 1 5 2 1 0 115 73 42 .63
Les Straker Jun 3 @OAK 3.1 20 L 6 6 7 0 2 1 39 25 14 .64
Bert Blyleven Jun 4 @OAK 7.0 34 L 5 5 11 9 2 1 111 79 32 .71
Allan Anderson Jun 5 @OAK 4.2 23 3 3 10 2 1 0 84 52 32 .62
Frank Viola Jun 6 CWS 5.1 26 4 4 9 4 1 0 109 74 35 .68
Charlie Lea Jun 7 CWS 6.0 29 3 3 9 0 2 1 86 56 30 .65
Les Straker Jun 8 CWS 7.1 31 2 2 9 0 1 1 100 64 36 .64
Bert Blyleven Jun 9 SEA 7.1 29 W 5 5 7 5 1 1 94 57 37 .61
Allan Anderson Jun 10 SEA 6.1 26 W 1 1 6 4 1 0 96 64 32 .67
Frank Viola Jun 11 SEA 7.0 28 L 3 3 8 5 1 2 93 71 22 .76
Charlie Lea Jun 12 SEA 7.0 29 W 2 2 4 2 5 1 105 55 50 .52
Les Straker Jun 13 @CWS 6.0 26 L 4 4 9 3 1 2 75 47 28 .63
Bert Blyleven Jun 14 @CWS 6.1 26 W 1 1 7 5 0 0 79 59 20 .75
Allan Anderson Jun 15 @CWS 6.2 29 W 0 1 9 4 1 0 104 73 31 .70
Frank Viola Jun 17 @SEA 6.0 27 W 1 1 6 4 2 1 98 62 36 .63
Charlie Lea Jun 18 @SEA 7.0 28 W 0 0 3 5 4 0 101 58 43 .57
Bert Blyleven Jun 19 @SEA 7.0 25 W 1 1 5 7 0 0 81 58 23 .72
Allan Anderson Jun 20 @CAL 7.0 29 L 2 3 7 2 1 0 92 57 35 .62
Freddie Toliver Jun 21 @CAL 6.0 28 4 4 8 3 3 1 101 64 37 .63
Frank Viola Jun 22 @CAL 9.0 31 W 0 1 3 6 1 0 103 67 36 .65
Bert Blyleven Jun 24 OAK 4.0 21 5 5 9 4 0 0 66 46 20 .70
Allan Anderson Jun 25 OAK 7.0 28 L 1 4 7 4 0 1 92 59 33 .64
Charlie Lea Jun 26 OAK 6.0 27 W 0 0 5 2 2 0 101 59 42 .58
Frank Viola Jun 26 (2) OAK 6.1 29 W 0 0 7 3 2 0 98 62 36 .63
Freddie Toliver Jun 27 CAL 2.1 15 L 5 5 4 3 4 0 62 30 32 .48
Bert Blyleven Jun 28 CAL 9.0 36 W 1 2 8 7 1 0 123 89 34 .72
Allan Anderson Jun 29 CAL 6.0 27 L 2 2 9 3 1 0 98 63 35 .64
Frank Viola Jul 1 MIL 8.0 31 W 2 2 7 5 1 1 107 75 32 .70
Charlie Lea Jul 2 MIL 7.2 32 W 1 2 8 7 2 0 106 68 38 .64
Bert Blyleven Jul 3 MIL 5.2 23 2 2 7 1 1 0 74 49 25 .66
Allan Anderson Jul 4 MIL 8.0 30 W 0 1 4 6 3 0 106 72 34 .68
Freddie Toliver Jul 5 @BOS 6.0 23 3 3 6 5 2 0 105 65 40 .62
Frank Viola Jul 6 @BOS 9.0 31 W 1 1 3 5 1 1 100 67 33 .67
Charlie Lea Jul 7 @BOS 6.0 28 L 4 4 7 6 2 1 108 71 37 .66
Bert Blyleven Jul 8 @MIL 7.0 27 L 4 4 8 4 1 0 90 61 29 .68
Allan Anderson Jul 9 @MIL 8.0 32 1 2 7 2 2 0 99 63 36 .64
Freddie Toliver Jul 10 @MIL 6.1 26 1 1 4 6 3 0 101 61 40 .60
Bert Blyleven Jul 14 BAL 4.0 21 L 6 7 8 1 0 4 50 36 14 .72
Allan Anderson Jul 14 (2) BAL 8.0 31 W 2 2 6 2 1 1 102 61 41 .60
Charlie Lea Jul 15 BAL 6.1 27 W 2 2 9 3 1 1 96 64 32 .67
Freddie Toliver Jul 16 BAL 7.0 25 W 2 2 5 4 0 2 93 57 36 .61
Frank Viola Jul 17 BAL 5.0 21 W 2 2 5 4 3 0 72 46 26 .64
Bert Blyleven Jul 18 BOS 5.2 28 L 5 6 10 0 1 1 104 71 33 .68
Allan Anderson Jul 19 BOS 3.2 20 L 3 3 8 1 2 0 78 44 34 .56
Charlie Lea Jul 20 BOS 4.0 20 3 4 7 0 0 1 62 41 21 .66
Frank Viola Jul 22 @BAL 8.0 31 W 0 0 5 6 3 0 107 69 38 .64
Bert Blyleven Jul 23 @BAL 1.2 12 L 7 7 4 3 4 1 46 25 21 .54
Allan Anderson Jul 24 @BAL 6.2 29 W 1 1 9 1 2 0 92 58 34 .63
Charlie Lea Jul 25 @TOR 6.1 28 3 3 6 3 5 1 112 69 43 .62
Freddie Toliver Jul 26 @TOR 6.0 26 1 3 6 4 3 0 101 61 40 .60
Frank Viola Jul 27 @TOR 6.0 27 L 4 4 9 7 1 3 108 78 30 .72
Bert Blyleven Jul 29 CLE 6.1 28 L 7 7 7 3 1 2 99 59 40 .60
Allan Anderson Jul 30 CLE 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 3 1 1 97 64 33 .66
Freddie Toliver Jul 31 CLE 5.1 23 W 2 2 6 2 3 0 68 39 29 .57
Frank Viola Aug 1 TOR 7.2 29 L 2 2 7 3 1 0 107 72 35 .67
Charlie Lea Aug 2 TOR 3.0 16 L 6 6 6 1 1 2 53 31 22 .58
Juan Berenguer Aug 3 TOR 4.0 17 3 3 2 3 4 1 76 40 36 .53
Allan Anderson Aug 4 TOR 9.0 29 W 1 1 4 0 0 1 102 65 37 .64
Freddie Toliver Aug 5 NYY 7.1 31 W 2 2 5 6 4 0 110 67 43 .61
Frank Viola Aug 5 (2) NYY 7.1 29 W 2 2 8 6 1 0 97 69 28 .71
Roy Smith Aug 6 NYY 5.0 21 3 3 2 2 4 1 76 40 36 .53
Charlie Lea Aug 7 NYY 6.0 26 L 3 4 7 0 1 1 86 56 30 .65
Allan Anderson Aug 8 @CLE 6.1 23 W 2 2 6 2 0 2 82 53 29 .65
Freddie Toliver Aug 9 @CLE 6.0 28 W 3 3 9 6 2 1 101 65 36 .64
Frank Viola Aug 10 @CLE 7.0 31 W 4 4 6 5 3 1 104 66 38 .63
Charlie Lea Aug 12 @NYY 7.0 28 3 3 5 3 3 1 103 64 39 .62
Roy Smith Aug 13 @NYY 7.0 28 W 1 2 6 3 0 0 87 53 34 .61
Freddie Toliver Aug 14 @NYY 6.0 28 L 5 5 7 2 2 1 88 61 27 .69
Frank Viola Aug 15 DET 9.0 34 W 1 1 7 7 1 0 115 74 41 .64
Bert Blyleven Aug 16 DET 6.0 20 W 0 0 4 4 0 0 65 44 21 .68
Allan Anderson Aug 17 DET 8.0 29 W 1 1 6 1 2 1 100 60 40 .60
Charlie Lea Aug 18 @TEX 7.0 28 L 2 3 5 7 2 2 96 61 35 .64
Freddie Toliver Aug 19 @TEX 6.0 27 L 3 3 8 5 1 0 88 55 33 .63
Frank Viola Aug 20 @TEX 9.0 36 L 2 3 7 10 2 1 122 80 42 .66
Bert Blyleven Aug 21 @TEX 6.0 26 W 2 2 5 5 3 0 112 71 41 .63
Allan Anderson Aug 22 @DET 8.0 28 W 0 0 6 0 1 0 105 62 43 .59
Charlie Lea Aug 23 @DET 3.2 22 5 5 8 3 4 1 83 43 40 .52
Freddie Toliver Aug 24 @DET 7.2 32 W 2 2 7 3 4 1 112 66 46 .59
Frank Viola Aug 26 KCR 7.2 33 L 4 4 9 6 3 1 122 65 57 .53
Bert Blyleven Aug 27 KCR 8.0 32 L 4 4 7 6 2 1 107 69 38 .64
Allan Anderson Aug 28 KCR 5.1 23 L 4 5 6 3 2 0 89 57 32 .64
Freddie Toliver Aug 29 TEX 6.0 25 W 2 2 7 2 3 0 80 45 35 .56
Roy Smith Aug 30 TEX 2.2 17 5 5 7 0 2 2 71 39 32 .55
Frank Viola Aug 31 TEX 7.0 28 W 0 1 5 5 3 0 96 64 32 .67
Bert Blyleven Sep 1 @KCR 7.0 29 L 5 5 8 3 0 1 101 68 33 .67
Allan Anderson Sep 2 @KCR 5.1 22 W 3 3 9 4 0 0 77 51 26 .66
Freddie Toliver Sep 3 @KCR 5.0 23 4 4 7 2 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Les Straker Sep 4 @KCR 4.2 21 L 3 3 6 0 3 1 73 46 27 .63
Frank Viola Sep 5 @SEA 8.2 30 W 0 0 5 8 1 0 112 79 33 .71
Bert Blyleven Sep 6 @SEA 4.2 25 L 6 6 11 3 2 0 73 51 22 .70
Allan Anderson Sep 7 @SEA 8.0 28 0 0 3 5 1 0 104 70 34 .67
Freddie Toliver Sep 9 CWS 8.0 26 W 0 0 1 6 3 0 88 54 34 .61
Frank Viola Sep 10 CWS 8.0 30 4 4 7 6 1 1 122 79 43 .65
Bert Blyleven Sep 11 CWS 8.0 29 L 3 3 5 5 0 0 112 78 34 .70
Allan Anderson Sep 12 SEA 5.0 25 L 3 3 8 4 2 1 91 60 31 .66
Les Straker Sep 13 SEA 7.0 24 1 1 5 2 0 0 79 54 25 .68
Freddie Toliver Sep 14 SEA 7.1 26 L 1 2 2 2 3 1 96 48 48 .50
Frank Viola Sep 15 @CWS 7.0 28 W 2 2 7 5 1 0 97 68 29 .70
Bert Blyleven Sep 16 @CWS 6.0 28 W 4 4 9 2 2 0 83 52 31 .63
Allan Anderson Sep 17 @CWS 8.0 32 W 1 1 5 8 2 0 124 84 40 .68
Les Straker Sep 18 @CWS 5.0 22 2 2 7 0 3 1 70 40 30 .57
Freddie Toliver Sep 19 OAK 2.2 17 L 5 5 8 2 2 1 71 43 28 .61
Frank Viola Sep 20 OAK 3.2 21 L 6 6 9 4 1 0 66 45 21 .68
Bert Blyleven Sep 21 OAK 4.2 26 L 6 6 9 5 2 0 95 58 37 .61
Allan Anderson Sep 22 CAL 8.0 32 W 1 2 7 3 0 0 107 70 37 .65
Charlie Lea Sep 23 CAL 4.0 16 1 1 4 1 1 0 70 44 26 .63
Freddie Toliver Sep 24 CAL 7.0 27 2 2 3 2 4 0 100 60 40 .60
Frank Viola Sep 25 CAL 7.0 31 W 2 2 9 4 2 1 111 65 46 .59
Allan Anderson Sep 27 @OAK 9.0 31 W 0 0 3 1 2 0 97 54 43 .56
Bert Blyleven Sep 28 @OAK 9.0 40 L 5 5 8 6 2 0 136 87 49 .64
Freddie Toliver Sep 29 @OAK 5.1 27 L 6 6 10 4 2 0 101 67 34 .66
Frank Viola Sep 30 @CAL 7.0 32 W 5 5 11 3 0 0 116 70 46 .60
Charlie Lea Oct 1 @CAL 5.2 26 W 3 4 8 0 1 0 79 46 33 .58
Roy Smith Oct 2 @CAL 6.0 23 W 2 2 5 2 1 0 77 53 24 .69
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