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Tim Laudner

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 212lb (190cm, 96kg)

Born: June 7, 1958 in Mason City, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 33rd round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Park Center HS (Brooklyn Park, MN) and the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).

High School: Park Center HS (Brooklyn Park, MN)

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: August 28, 1981 (Age 23-082d, 14,487th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1989 (Age 31-088d)
vs. TOR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Ron Simon

Full Name: Timothy Jon Laudner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

2038

458

.225

221

RBI

263

OBP

.292

SLG

.391

OPS

.682

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 8 tying, 22 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	77

Platoon
vs RHP	40
vs LHP	37

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	37

Outs
2	30
0	26
1	21

13 Opps
CLE	12
CHW	11
CAL	8
KCR	7
OAK	6
NYY	6
SEA	6
BAL	5
DET	5
TEX	4
MIL	4
BOS	2
TOR	1

63 Pitchers
Floyd Bannister	3
Frank Tanana	2
Juan Nieves	2
Mark Langston	2
Mike Witt	2
Jim Winn	2
Mike Morgan	2
Rich Yett	2
Tommy John	2
Ron Guidry	2
Danny Jackson	2
Greg Swindell	2
Lary Sorensen	2
Mike Boddicker	1
Ken Forsch	1
Jesse Orosco	1
Tim Leary	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Dickie Noles	1
Melido Perez	1
Walt Terrell	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Bud Black	1
Dave Stieb	1
Bret Saberhagen	1
Tom Brennan	1
Salomé Barojas	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Keith Atherton	1
Charlie Hough	1
Roy Thomas	1
Ed Correa	1
Roger Clemens	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Greg Cadaret	1
John Farrell	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Curt Young	1
Eric Rasmussen	1
Tim Conroy	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Joel Davis	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
Guy Hoffman	1
Eric Plunk	1
Steve Trout	1
Eric Bell	1
Scott McGregor	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Neal Heaton	1
Bill Long	1
Dave Rozema	1
Don Schulze	1
Bill Scherrer	1
John Candelaria	1
Tom Underwood	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Richard Dotson	1
José DeLeón	1
Jim Slaton	1
Eric King	1
Vida Blue	1

15 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	38
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	7
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	25
8	8
9	5
78	5
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	58
5	5
2	4
6	3
3	3
1	2
4	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	69
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	14
12-	7
-2-	7
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

119 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	45
1 on	23
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
2	11
3	8
4	15
5	14
6	5
7	12
8	6
9	6

1-3	19
4-6	34
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	6
+2	6
+1	11
Tied	20
-1	5
-2	7
-3	4
-4..	10

Ahead	31
Tied	20
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	58
1-0	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
2-2	3
3-2	2
0-0	2
2-1	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	74
DH	2
1B	1

OrderPos
8th	32
7th	19
9th	16
6th	7
5th	3

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	41

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-08-28	MIN		DET	Dave Rozema	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	1--		2	8	2	0.066	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
2	2	2	1	1981-08-29	MIN		DET	Dan Schatzeder	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	-2-		2	5	2	0.169	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hatcher Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1982-06-22	MIN	@	CHW	Steve Trout	behind 1-3	t 4	2	12-		3	9	2	0.325	59%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores; B. Mitchell Scores
4	4	2	1	1982-06-23	MIN	@	CHW	Salomé Barojas	tied 3-3	t 9	1	1-3		3	9	2	0.279	96%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores; G. Gaetti Scores
5	5	3	1	1982-06-26	MIN	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---		1	8	2	0.109	47%		Home Run
6	6	4	1	1982-07-07	MIN	@	MIL	Rollie Fingers	ahead 9-7	t 9	2	1--		2	6	2	0.062	98%		Home Run; K. Hrbek Scores
7	7	5	1	1982-08-04	MIN	@	CAL	Ken Forsch	behind 3-6	t 8	2	12-		3	7	2	0.352	42%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores/unER; K. Hrbek Scores/unER; T. Laudner Scores/unER
8	8	6	1	1982-08-27	MIN		CLE	Lary Sorensen	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1--		2	8	2	0.098	92%		Home Run; G. Gaetti Scores/unER; T. Laudner Scores/unER
9	9	7	1	1982-09-18	MIN		KCR	Vida Blue	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	1--		2	8	2	0.060	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hatcher Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1983-06-23	MIN	@	CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 5-7	t 4	2	---		1	9	2	0.102	33%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1983-07-24 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	Tom Brennan	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.111	61%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1983-08-03	MIN		CAL	Tommy John	behind 1-5	b 5	2	---		1	8	2	0.058	15%		Home Run
13	13	4	1	1983-08-13	MIN	@	OAK	Tim Conroy	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	9	2	0.120	62%		Home Run
14	14	5	1	1983-09-10	MIN		KCR	Eric Rasmussen	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---		1	8	2	0.106	77%		Home Run
15	15	6	1	1983-09-24	MIN	@	KCR	Bud Black	behind 1-12	t 4	2	---		1	7	2	0.001	0%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1984-04-07	MIN		BAL	Tom Underwood	ahead 10-2	b 7	0	1--		2	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run; G. Gaetti Scores
17	17	2	1	1984-04-29 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	Lary Sorensen	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	--3		2	8	2	0.124	78%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores
18	18	3	1	1984-05-01	MIN	@	SEA	Roy Thomas	ahead 7-3	t 5	2	---		1	8	2	0.043	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	1984-05-08	MIN	@	CAL	Jim Slaton	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	1--		2	8	2	0.190	89%		Home Run; M. Hatcher Scores
20	20	5	1	1984-06-29 (2)	MIN	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 3-4	t 5	1	---		1	8	2	0.145	47%		Home Run
21	21	6	1	1984-08-10	MIN	@	SEA	Ed Vande Berg	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	1--		2	6	2	0.032	98%		Home Run; G. Gaetti Scores
22	22	7	1	1984-08-16	MIN	@	BOS	Roger Clemens	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---		1	8	2	0.060	90%		Home Run
23	23	8	1	1984-09-08	MIN		TEX	Frank Tanana	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---		1	9	2	0.084	30%		Home Run
24	24	9	1	1984-09-19	MIN		CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-2	b 5	2	1--		2	9	2	0.263	52%		Home Run; C. Speier Scores
25	25	10	1	1984-09-27	MIN	@	CLE	Don Schulze	tied 0-0	t 7	2	1--		2	9	2	0.338	79%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1985-04-10	MIN	@	CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---		1	9	2	0.110	33%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1985-04-26	MIN		OAK	Curt Young	ahead 4-3	b 4	1	---		1	9	2	0.104	77%		Home Run
28	28	3	1	1985-06-20	MIN	@	KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	---		1	9	2	0.093	79%		Home Run
29	29	4	1	1985-07-03	MIN		CLE	Neal Heaton	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	--3		2	9	2	0.063	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Gagne Scores
30	30	5	1	1985-07-20	MIN		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---		1	6	2	0.097	30%		Home Run
31	31	6	1	1985-07-23	MIN		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	---		1	9	2	0.047	94%		Home Run
32	32	7	1	1985-08-18	MIN		SEA	Mark Langston	behind 0-7	b 7	0	---		1	7	2	0.011	2%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1986-04-29	MIN	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	2	0.108	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1986-05-12	MIN		NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---		1	8	2	0.110	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	1986-05-23	MIN		MIL	Tim Leary	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---		1	8	2	0.130	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
36	36	4	1	1986-05-24	MIN		MIL	Juan Nieves	behind 0-2	b 4	2	-2-		2	6	2	0.223	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); T. Brunansky Scores
37	37	5	1	1986-06-20	MIN		CLE	Dickie Noles	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---		1	6	2	0.178	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	6	1	1986-06-28	MIN		KCR	Danny Jackson	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---		1	5	2	0.134	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	7	1	1986-07-30	MIN		SEA	Mike Morgan	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---		1	7	2	0.134	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	1	1986-08-04	MIN		CAL	John Candelaria	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---		1	5	2	0.101	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
41	41	9	1	1986-09-01	MIN		MIL	Juan Nieves	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---		1	6	2	0.054	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	10	1	1986-10-04	MIN		CHW	Floyd Bannister	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---		1	7	2	0.110	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1987-04-12	MIN	@	SEA	Mark Langston	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	-2-		2	6	3	0.051	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Gaetti Scores
44	44	2	1	1987-05-21	MIN	@	CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 0-5	t 7	2	-2-		2	8	2	0.047	7%		Home Run; M. Davidson Scores
45	45	3	1	1987-05-31 (2)	MIN	@	DET	Frank Tanana	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--		2	7	2	0.140	77%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores
46	46	4	2	1987-05-31 (2)	MIN	@	DET	Eric King	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---		1	7	2	0.127	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	5	1	1987-06-09	MIN		KCR	Danny Jackson	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	-2-		2	8	2	0.172	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Brunansky Scores
48	48	6	1	1987-06-14	MIN	@	CHW	José DeLeón	tied 0-0	t 2	0	123		4	8	2	0.168	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Gaetti Scores; R. Smalley Scores; T. Brunansky Scores
49	49	7	1	1987-06-19	MIN		CHW	Jim Winn	tied 6-6	b 9	0	---		1	8	2	0.350	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
50	50	8	1	1987-06-27 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	Ed Correa	behind 3-4	t 4	0	1--		2	8	2	0.190	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); T. Brunansky Scores
51	51	9	1	1987-07-02	MIN	@	KCR	Bret Saberhagen	behind 1-8	t 7	1	-2-		2	7	2	0.015	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smalley Scores
52	52	10	1	1987-07-03	MIN		BAL	Mike Boddicker	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---		1	8	2	0.102	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	11	1	1987-07-07	MIN	@	NYY	Tommy John	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	2	0.085	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	12	1	1987-07-09	MIN	@	BAL	Eric Bell	tied 0-0	t 5	1	12-		3	7	2	0.270	82%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
55	55	13	1	1987-08-06	MIN		OAK	Greg Cadaret	ahead 7-3	b 7	1	---		1	8	2	0.019	98%		Home Run (LF-CF)
56	56	14	1	1987-08-09	MIN		OAK	Steve Ontiveros	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	1--		2	8	2	0.118	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smalley Scores
57	57	15	1	1987-08-14	MIN		SEA	Mike Morgan	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---		1	8	2	0.101	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
58	58	16	1	1987-09-09	MIN		CHW	Jim Winn	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---		1	9	2	0.350	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1988-04-24	MIN		CLE	Rich Yett	tied 4-4	b 3	1	12-	5,(3-1) .BCBBX	3	7	2	0.235	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Larkin Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
60	60	2	2	1988-04-24	MIN		CLE	Rich Yett	ahead 8-4	b 4	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	7	2	0.067	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Gaetti Scores; G. Larkin Scores
61	61	3	1	1988-04-27	MIN		BAL	Bill Scherrer	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.072	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
62	62	4	1	1988-05-22 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 1-1	t 2	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	2	8	2	0.189	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Larkin Scores
63	63	5	1	1988-06-03	MIN		OAK	Eric Plunk	behind 4-8	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) .BBCSX	1	8	2	0.023	4%		Home Run (Deep CF)
64	64	6	1	1988-06-06	MIN	@	CHW	Joel Davis	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.112	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
65	65	7	2	1988-06-06	MIN	@	CHW	Bill Long	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.064	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
66	66	8	1	1988-06-07	MIN	@	CHW	Melido Perez	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	2	0.203	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	9	1	1988-07-06	MIN		BOS	Bruce Hurst	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	7	2	0.107	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
68	68	10	1	1988-07-31	MIN	@	CLE	John Farrell	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	2	0.208	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Larkin Scores
69	69	11	1	1988-08-13	MIN		NYY	Richard Dotson	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.128	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	12	1	1988-08-21	MIN		TEX	Guy Hoffman	ahead 9-2	b 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	7	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hrbek Scores; J. Christensen Scores
71	71	13	1	1988-09-30	MIN		CAL	Mike Witt	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CSBBBX	1	7	2	0.034	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1989-05-07 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	8	DH	0.045	10%		Home Run
73	73	2	2	1989-05-07 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	Jesse Orosco	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	2	0.040	7%		Home Run
74	74	3	1	1989-06-22	MIN	@	CLE	Keith Atherton	behind 4-8	t 7	1	12-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	9	DH	0.173	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harper Scores; G. Gagne Scores
75	75	4	1	1989-06-29	MIN		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 1-9	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	8	2	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
76	76	5	1	1989-07-07	MIN	@	CAL	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-2	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.195	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Gagne Scores
77	77	6	1	1989-08-11	MIN		NYY	Walt Terrell	behind 0-7	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	9	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)