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Which Twins position player from each state had the highest WAR in a season?

Some good, some bad, some ugly

Baseball Player Harmon Killebrew

From the main desk of the "very obscure trivia stats department":

While spending a few hours in the car, I decided to play around the Baseball Reference play index once again. Going state by state, I took down the WAR leaders among Twins position players in a single season. Not all states had guys who cleared zero, so those were skipped. Here's what I found.

Alabama: Lyman Bostock (1977, 5.6)

Arizona: JJ Hardy (2010, 1.3)

Arkansas: Torii Hunter (2001, 4.7)

California: Shane Mack (1992, 6.5)

Connecticut: Tim Teufel (1984, 3.9)

Delaware: Randy Bush (1988, 1.3)

Florida: Denard Span (2012, 4.9)

Georgia: Byron Buxton (2017, 5.0)

Hawaii: Kurt Suzuki (2014, 2.6)

Idaho: Harmon Killebrew (1967, 6.5)

Illinois: Kirby Puckett (1988, 7.8)

Indiana: Jamey Carroll (2012, 3.4)

Iowa: Tim Laudner (1988, 1.1)

Kansas: Danny Thompson (1972, 2.9)

Kentucky: Phil Roof (1975, 1.5)

Louisiana: Ron Washington (1984, 1.3)

Massachusetts: Greg Gagne (1989, 4.1)

Michigan: Lenny Green (1962, 2.3)

Minnesota: Joe Mauer (2009, 7.8)

Mississippi: Brian Dozier (2016, 5.8)

Missouri: Bob Allison (1963, 7.4)

Montana: Dave Meier (1985, .3)

Nebraska: Jerry Zimmerman (1966, .3)

Nevada: Marty Cordova (1995, 3.3)

New Hampshire: Sam Fuld (2014, .8)

New Jersey: Steve Braun (1975, 3.7)

New Mexico: Mitch Garver (2019, 4.1)

New York: AJ Pierzynski (2003, 4.5)

North Carolina: Jimmie Hall (1963, 5.4)

Ohio: Larry Hisle (1977, 5.1)

Oklahoma: Darrell Brown (1984, .5)

Pennsylvania: Butch Wynegar (1979, 4.4)

Rhode Island: Johnny Goryl (1963, 1.9)

South Carolina: Orlando Hudson (2010, 2.9)

South Dakota: Jason Kubel (2009, 3.5)

Texas: Chuck Knoblauch (1996, 8.7)

Utah: Bobby Mitchell (1982, 1.1)

Virginia: Michael Cuddyer (2007, 3.1)

Washington: Ryan Doumit (2012, 1.3)

Wisconsin: Craig Kusick (1974, 1.7)

Wyoming: Rick Sofield (1979, .2)

Featuring such legends as Sam Fuld, Rick Sofield, Harmon Killebrew, and Kirby Puckett, the list really gives an interesting summary of the franchise's illustrious history. Furthermore, who knew Chuck Knoblauch's best season topped any put up by Mauer, Kirby, and Killebrew?