most wins by a twins pitcher in 1987

Frank Viola won the most games for the Twins in 1987, with 17 wins.

NAMEWSEASONTMLW%GGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Frank Viola
F. Viola
17
1987
MIN MIN
10
.630
36
36
2.90
197
7
1
0
251.2
230
81
91
29
66
6
0
1
1,037
1
7.05
2.36
2.98
1.04
19.0
6.4
1.18
.272
3.25
63
3.65
82
8.23
22.6
2Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
15
1987
MIN MIN
12
.556
37
37
4.01
196
8
1
0
267.0
249
119
132
46
101
9
0
4
1,122
13
6.61
3.40
1.94
1.55
17.5
9.0
1.31
.264
4.45
87
4.87
109
8.39
-12.1
3Juan Berenguer
J. Berenguer
8
1987
MIN MIN
1
.889
47
6
3.94
110
0
0
4
112.0
100
49
51
10
47
0
13
7
473
6
8.84
3.78
2.34
0.80
23.3
9.9
1.31
.294
4.10
85
3.31
74
8.04
14.2
4Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
8
1987
MIN MIN
8
.500
63
0
4.48
83
0
0
31
80.1
70
40
41
14
28
3
58
4
337
2
9.30
3.14
2.96
1.57
24.6
8.3
1.22
.268
4.59
97
4.22
95
7.84
2.2
5Les Straker
L. Straker
8
1987
MIN MIN
10
.444
31
26
4.37
76
1
0
0
154.1
150
75
79
24
59
2
1
6
656
2
4.43
3.44
1.29
1.40
11.6
9.0
1.35
.255
4.61
94
5.08
114
8.75
-10.7
6Keith Atherton
K. Atherton
7
1987
MIN MIN
5
.583
59
0
4.54
51
0
0
2
79.1
81
40
46
10
30
4
29
4
348
1
5.79
3.40
1.70
1.13
14.7
8.6
1.40
.281
5.22
98
4.50
101
9.19
-0.4
7George Frazier
G. Frazier
5
1987
MIN MIN
5
.500
54
0
4.98
58
0
0
2
81.1
77
45
49
9
51
2
26
4
363
6
6.42
5.64
1.14
1.00
16.0
14.0
1.57
.280
5.42
107
4.83
108
8.52
-3.3
8Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
4
1987
MIN MIN
9
.308
19
18
6.26
54
0
0
0
96.1
115
67
76
11
45
6
0
0
444
13
5.04
4.20
1.20
1.03
12.2
10.1
1.66
.317
7.10
135
4.81
108
10.74
-3.8
9Mike Smithson
M. Smithson
4
1987
MIN MIN
7
.364
21
20
5.94
53
0
0
0
109.0
126
72
76
17
38
9
0
3
494
4
4.38
3.14
1.39
1.40
10.7
7.7
1.50
.289
6.28
128
5.21
117
10.40
-9.1
10Dan Schatzeder
D. Schatzeder
3
1987
MIN MIN
1
.750
30
1
6.39
30
0
0
0
43.2
64
31
37
8
18
1
5
3
208
8
6.18
3.71
1.67
1.65
14.4
8.7
1.88
.371
7.63
138
5.17
116
13.19
-3.5
11Allan Anderson
A. Anderson
1
1987
MIN MIN
0
1.000
4
2
10.95
3
0
0
0
12.1
20
15
15
3
10
0
0
2
61
0
2.19
7.30
0.30
2.19
4.9
16.4
2.43
.378
10.95
236
7.97
179
14.59
-4.8
12Jeff Bittiger
J. Bittiger
1
1987
MIN MIN
0
1.000
3
1
5.40
5
0
0
0
8.1
11
5
5
2
0
1
0
0
36
0
5.40
0.00
2.16
13.9
0.0
1.32
.321
5.40
117
5.14
115
11.88
-0.6
13Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
1
1987
MIN MIN
5
.167
9
7
6.70
20
0
0
0
43.0
54
32
35
7
23
2
2
1
200
2
4.19
4.81
0.87
1.47
10.0
11.5
1.79
.318
7.33
145
5.79
130
11.30
-6.4
14Randy Niemann
R. Niemann
1
1987
MIN MIN
0
1.000
6
0
8.44
1
0
0
0
5.1
3
5
5
0
7
2
3
0
28
1
1.69
11.81
0.14
0.00
3.6
25.0
1.88
.167
8.44
182
7.55
169
5.06
-1.8
15Mark Portugal
M. Portugal
1
1987
MIN MIN
3
.250
13
7
7.77
28
0
0
0
44.0
58
38
40
13
24
1
3
1
204
2
5.73
4.91
1.17
2.66
13.7
11.8
1.86
.326
8.18
168
7.13
160
11.86
-13.1
16Roy Smith
R. Smith
1
1987
MIN MIN
0
1.000
7
1
4.96
8
0
0
0
16.1
20
9
10
3
6
2
1
0
78
0
4.41
3.31
1.33
1.65
10.3
7.7
1.59
.288
5.51
107
5.74
129
11.02
-2.3

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