Between 1961-2018 there have been 70 players that have played at least 10 games in left field for our Minnesota Twins. However, to qualify for this list which ranks them in Baseball-Reference WAR order the player must have played left field in at least 51% of their games while wearing a Twins uniform. This eliminates players like Kirby Puckett, Bob Allison, Torii Hunter and Cesar Tovar who played right field at different points in their careers. Tony O is the Twins all-time leader in games played in right field.
| Rk | Player | WAR/pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BA | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Oliva | 43.1 | 1676 | 6301 | 870 | 1917 | 220 | 947 | .304 | .830 |
| 2 | Tom Brunansky | 16.1 | 916 | 3313 | 450 | 829 | 163 | 469 | .250 | .782 |
| 3 | Michael Cuddyer | 12.8 | 1139 | 4072 | 606 | 1106 | 141 | 580 | .272 | .794 |
| 4 | Matt Lawton | 11.3 | 771 | 2672 | 423 | 739 | 72 | 384 | .277 | .808 |
| 5 | Max Kepler | 6.9 | 419 | 1446 | 199 | 337 | 56 | 190 | .233 | .730 |
| 6 | Bobby Darwin | 5.3 | 490 | 1817 | 210 | 467 | 70 | 282 | .257 | .735 |
| 7 | Dustan Mohr | 2.5 | 261 | 782 | 111 | 202 | 22 | 85 | .258 | .726 |
| 8 | Bombo Rivera | 2.5 | 257 | 627 | 85 | 167 | 8 | 64 | .266 | .699 |
| 9 | Hosken Powell | 2.3 | 442 | 1468 | 192 | 383 | 13 | 127 | .261 | .671 |
| 10 | Roberto Kelly | 1.8 | 173 | 569 | 80 | 175 | 11 | 84 | .308 | .808 |
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How Can Killebrew not be on any list ?
Ron, As I mentioned, a player has to play at least 51% of his games at a position. In Killebrew’s case he never played 51% of his games in any one position. Harmon played mainly three positions. He played first base about 44% of the time, third base 25% of the time, left field 23% of the time and DH about 7% of the time. Had I not used the requirement of having to play a position at least 51% of the time the outcome would have been different.