2019 Minnesota Twins season

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2019  Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record101–61 (.623)
Divisional place1st
Owners Jim Pohlad
President of baseball operations Derek Falvey
General managers Thad Levine
Managers Rocco Baldelli
Television Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Radio WCCO
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2019 Minnesota Twins season was the 59th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 10th season at Target Field and the 119th overall in the American League. It was the first year under new manager Rocco Baldelli who was hired on October 25, 2018 following the firing of previous manager Paul Molitor on October 2. It was also the first season since 2004 without longtime Twin Joe Mauer on the roster, as he announced his retirement on November 9, 2018 after 15 seasons. His number 7 was retired on June 15, 2019.

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They improved upon their record from the previous season, and clinched the AL Central division for the first time since 2010 on September 25. On September 26, the Twins scored their 99th win with a victory over the Detroit Tigers, the highest number of wins for the franchise since 1965, and the third highest in franchise history. Despite winning 101 games (the second most since moving to Minnesota), the Twins were still the third seed in the American League, the best record ever for a third seed. With 307 home runs by their hitters, the Twins also set a new major league record for most home runs by a team in a season; tied by the 2023 Atlanta Braves. They opened the playoffs by playing the New York Yankees in the ALDS, however they were swept 3 games to 0 in a best-of-5 series, extending their record for the longest playoff losing streak in MLB history to 16 games.

Regular season


Game log

2019 game log: 101–61 (Home: 46–35 ; Away: 55–26)
March/April: 17–10 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28 Indians 2–0 Berríos (1–0) Kluber (0–1) Rogers (1)39,5191–0W1
2March 30 Indians 1–2 Edwards (1–0) Parker (0–1) Hand (1)15,2711–1L1
3March 31 Indians 9–3 Pérez (1–0) Carrasco (0–1)15,6132–1W1
4April 2@ Royals 5–4 (10) Hildenberger (1–0) Boxberger (0–1) Parker (1)10,0243–1W2
5April 3@ Royals 7–6 May (1–0) Peralta (0–1) Parker (2)10,5754–1W3
6April 5@ Phillies 4–10 Pivetta (1–0) Odorizzi (0–1)28,0214–2L1
7April 6@ Phillies 6–2 Pineda (1–0) Arrieta (1–1)44,6935–2W1
8April 7@ Phillies 1–2 Eflin (2–0) Berríos (1–1) Neris (1)39,7355–3L1
9April 9@ Mets 14–8 Hildenberger (2–0) deGrom (2–1)22,1266–3W1
10April 10@ Mets 6–9 Syndergaard (1–1) Odorizzi (0–2)20,9466–4L1
April 12 Tigers Postponed (snow)(Makeup date: May 11.)
11April 13 Tigers 4–3 Pineda (2–0) Ross (1–2) Parker (3)16,4847–4W1
12April 14 Tigers 6–4 Berríos (2–1) Zimmermann (0–2) Hildenberger (1)14,7748–4W2
13April 15 Blue Jays 3–5 Gaviglio (1–0) Mejía (0–1) Biagini (1)11,7278–5L1
14April 16 Blue Jays 5–6 Sanchez (2–1) May (1–1) Giles (5)13,3658–6L2
15April 17 Blue Jays 4–1 Odorizzi (1–2) Thornton (0–2) Parker (4)11,4659–6W1
16April 18 Blue Jays 4–7 Biagini (1–1) Pineda (2–1) Giles (6)12,5239–7L1
-April 19@ Orioles Postponed (rain)(Makeup date: April 20.)
17April 20@ Orioles 6–5 Berríos (3–1) Yacabonis (1–1) Rogers (2)10–7W1
18April 20@ Orioles 16–7 Pérez (2–0) Cobb (0–1)28,40911–7W2
19April 21@ Orioles 4–3 Gibson (1–0) Bundy (0–3) Rogers (3)11,01812–7W3
20April 22@ Astros 9–5 Odorizzi (2–2) Peacock (2–1)34,51813–7W4
21April 23@ Astros 4–10 Rondón (2–0) Hildenberger (2–1)29,40913–8L1
22April 24@ Astros 1–7 Verlander (2–0) Stewart (0–1)26,58213–9L2
23April 26 Orioles 6–1 Pérez (3–0) Cobb (0–2)23,65814–9W1
24April 27 Orioles 9–2 Berríos (4–1) Fry (0–1)18,87815–9W2
25April 28 Orioles 4–1 Gibson (2–0) Bundy (0–4) Parker (5)20,03416–9W3
26April 29 Astros 1–0 Odorizzi (3–2) Verlander (4–1) Parker (6)12,61517–9W4
27April 30 Astros 0–11 Cole (2–4) Pineda (2–2)12,18117–10L1
May: 21–8 (Home: 10–4 ; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
28May 1 Astros 6–2 Pérez (4–0) McHugh (3–3)14,11518–10W1
29May 2 Astros 8–2 Berríos (5–1) Peacock (2–2)17,27119–10W2
30May 3@ Yankees 3–6 Holder (2–0) Gibson (2–1) Chapman (6)35,91119–11L1
31May 4@ Yankees 7–3 Odorizzi (4–2) Happ (1–3)43,12320–11W1
32May 5@ Yankees 1–4 (8) Germán (6–1) Pineda (2–3) Chapman (7)38,60320–12L1
33May 6@ Blue Jays 8–0 Pérez (5–0) Stroman (1–5)12,29221–12W1
34May 7@ Blue Jays 3–0 Berríos (6–1) Sanchez (3–3) Rogers (4)14,03922–12W2
35May 8@ Blue Jays 9–1 Gibson (3–1) Thornton (0–4)14,37223–12W3
36May 10 Tigers 6–0 Odorizzi (5–2) Ross (1–5)26,78924–12W4
37May 11 Tigers 3–5 Jiménez (2–1) Hildenberger (2–2) Greene (14)28,84024–13L1
38May 11 Tigers 8–3 Stewart (1–1) Soto (0–1)20,72425–13W1
39May 12 Tigers 3–5 Norris (2–1) Pérez (5–1) Greene (15)27,37325–14L1
40May 13 Angels 4–5 Skaggs (4–3) Berríos (6–2) Robles (4)21,35925–15L2
41May 14 Angels 4–3 Gibson (4–1) Bedrosian (1–2) Parker (7)26,74726–15W1
42May 15 Angels 8–7 Odorizzi (6–2) Cahill (2–4) Morin (1)31,91927–15W2
43May 16@ Mariners 11–6 Pineda (3–3) Swanson (1–5)16,39728–15W3
44May 17@ Mariners 7–1 Pérez (6–1) Gonzales (5–3)20,26829–15W4
45May 18@ Mariners 18–4 Duffey (1–0) LeBlanc (2–1)34,43330–15W5
46May 19@ Mariners 4–7 Kikuchi (3–1) Gibson (4–2)31,06830–16L1
47May 20@ Angels 3–1 Rogers (1–0) Buttrey (2–2) Parker (8)34,17731–16W1
48May 21@ Angels 8–3 Pineda (4–3) Bard (1–2)32,31632–16W2
49May 22@ Angels Postponed (rain)(Makeup date: May 23.)
49May 23@ Angels 16–7 Pérez (7–1) Harvey (2–4)30,99233–16W3
50May 24 White Sox 11–4 Berríos (7–2) López (3–5)29,63834–16W4
51May 25 White Sox 8–1 Gibson (5–2) Bañuelos (2–4)39,13935–16W5
52May 26 White Sox 7–0 Odorizzi (7–2) Covey (0–4)39,91336–16W6
53May 27 Brewers 4–5 Burnes (1–3) Rogers (1–1) Hader (13)29,16736–17L1
54May 28 Brewers 5–3 Magill (1–0) Claudio (1–2) Harper (1)27,12037–17W1
55May 30@ Rays 3–14 Morton (6–0) Pérez (7–2)8,07637–18L1
56May 31@ Rays 5–3 Rogers (2–1) Castillo (1–4)14,37538–18W1
June: 15–12 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
57June 1@ Rays 6–2 Gibson (6–2) Chirinos (6–2)14,38139–18W2
58June 2@ Rays 9–7 Odorizzi (8–2) Yarbrough (4–2) Rogers (5)14,61640–18W3
59June 4@ Indians 2–5 Bieber (5–2) Smeltzer (0–1) Hand (17)15,81440–19L1
60June 5@ Indians 7–9 Wittgren (3–0) Parker (0–2) Hand (18)16,96240–20L2
61June 6@ Indians 5–4 Berríos (8–2) Bauer (4–6) Rogers (6)15,35041–20W1
62June 7@ Tigers 6–3 Harper (1–0) Jiménez (2–4) Parker (9)21,55142–20W2
63June 8@ Tigers 3–9 Ramirez (2–0) Gibson (6–3)26,81842–21L1
64June 9@ Tigers 12–2 Odorizzi (9–2) Carpenter (1–3)20,12743–21W1
65June 11 Mariners 6–5 Magill (2–0) Brennan (2–5) May (1)23,04644–21W2
66June 12 Mariners 6–9 (10) Bass (1–1) Duffey (1–1) Elías (6)25,90944–22L1
67June 13 Mariners 10–5 Harper (2–0) Brennan (2–6)31,91245–22W1
68June 14 Royals 2–0 Gibson (7–3) Diekman (0–4) Rogers (7)38,89846–22W2
69June 15 Royals 5–4 Odorizzi (10–2) Sparkman (1–3) Rogers (8)39,26747–22W3
70June 16 Royals 6–8 López (1–6) Pérez (7–3) Kennedy (7)38,88647–23L1
71June 17 Red Sox 0–2 Porcello (5–6) Berríos (8–3) Brasier (7)27,97047–24L2
72June 18 Red Sox 4–3 (17) Littell (1–0) Johnson (0–1)25,74148–24W1
73June 19 Red Sox 4–9 Rodríguez (8–4) Gibson (7–4)31,83548–25L1
74June 20@ Royals 1–4 Sparkman (2–3) Odorizzi (10–3) Kennedy (9)22,68348–26L2
75June 21@ Royals 8–7 Harper (3–0) Diekman (0–5) Rogers (9)27,41849–26W1
76June 22@ Royals 5–3 (10) May (2–1) Peralta (2–3) Parker (10)28,50450–26W2
77June 23@ Royals 1–6 Bailey (7–6) Pineda (4–4) McCarthy (1)21,25750–27L1
78June 25 Rays 9–4 Gibson (8–4) Snell (4–7)31,96351–27W1
79June 26 Rays 6–4 May (3–1) Morton (8–2) Rogers (10)31,65052–27W2
80June 27 Rays 2–5 (18) Yarbrough (7–3) Harper (3–1)31,31752–28L1
81June 28@ White Sox 4–6 Detwiler (1–0) Berríos (8–4) Colomé (17)28,21852–29L2
82June 29@ White Sox 10–3 Pineda (5–4) Nova (3–7)27,90853–29W1
83June 30@ White Sox 3–4 Giolito (11–2) Thorpe (0–1) Álex Colomé (18)27,24453–30L1
July: 13–11 (Home: 5–7 ; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
84July 2@ A's 6–8 Mengden (3–1) Odorizzi (10–4) Hendriks (3)13,92653–31L2
85July 3@ A's 4–3 (12) Parker (1–2) Treinen (2–3) Rogers (11)31,57054–31W1
86July 4@ A's 2–7 Wang (1–0) Berríos (8–5)20,83654–32L1
87July 5 Rangers 15–6 Pérez (8–3) Sampson (6–6)38,07355–32W1
88July 6 Rangers 7–4 Pineda (6–4) Chavez (3–4) Rogers (12)36,96956–32W2
89July 7 Rangers 1–4 (11) Kelley (4–2) Mejía (0–2)35,49556–33L1
-July 9 90th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
90July 12@ Indians 5–3 Littell (2–0) Pérez (2–2) Rogers (13)30,85757–33W1
91July 13@ Indians 6–2 Odorizzi (11–4) Bauer (8–7)32,27758–33W2
92July 14@ Indians 3–4 Cimber (5–2) May (3–2) Hand (24)25,19458–34L1
93July 16 Mets 2–3 Avilán (2–0) Pineda (6–5) Díaz (21)28,71258–35L2
94July 17 Mets 4–14 Vargas (4–5) May (3–3)35,12458–36L3
95July 18 A's 6–3 Gibson (9–4) Petit (2–2) Rogers (14)28,43259–36W1
96July 19 A's 3–5 Bassitt (7–4) Harper (3–2) Hendriks (7)31,08259–37L1
97July 20 A's 4–5 Treinen (3–3) Rogers (2–2) Hendriks (8)32,27059–38L2
98July 21 A's 7–6 Stewart (2–1) Hendriks (4–1)34,07060–38W1
99July 22 Yankees 8–6 Thorpe (1–1) Sabathia (5–5) Rogers (15)34,62761–38W2
100July 23 Yankees 12–14 (10) Chapman (3–2) Stewart (2–2) Green (1)32,47061–39L1
101July 24 Yankees 7–10 Cortes Jr. (4–0) Odorizzi (11–5) Chapman (26)40,12761–40L2
102July 25@ White Sox 10–3 Berríos (9–5) Giolito (11–5)22,08762–40W1
103July 26@ White Sox 6–2 Pineda (7–5) Cease (1–3)22,60263–40W2
104July 27@ White Sox 1–5 Nova (6–9) Pérez (8–4)34,08563–41L1
105July 28@ White Sox 11–1 Gibson (10–4) Covey (1–7)27,59564–41W1
106July 30@ Marlins 2–1 Odorizzi (12–5) Gallen (1–3) Rogers (16)8,06465–41W2
107July 31@ Marlins 7–1 Berríos (10–5) Alcántara (4–10)8,56766–41W3
August: 17–11 (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 1@ Marlins 4–5 (12) Brigham (1–0) Stashak (0–1)10,39066–42L1
109August 2 Royals 11–9 May (4–3) Lovelady (0–1) Romo (18)32,34167–42W1
110August 3 Royals 11–3 Gibson (11–4) Duffy (5–6)36,82368–42W2
111August 4 Royals 3–0 Smeltzer (1–1) Keller (7–11) Rogers (17)30,17169–42W3
112August 5 Braves 5–3 May (5–3) Martin (0–3)26,72270–42W4
113August 6 Braves 7–12 Foltynewicz (3–5) Berríos (10–6)36,72170–43L1
114August 7 Braves 7–11 Fried (13–4) Perez (8–5)35,68270–44L2
115August 8 Indians 5–7 Clevinger (7–2) Gibson (11–5) Hand (29)32,51770–45L3
116August 9 Indians 2–6 Bieber (12–4) Smeltzer (1–2)36,64170–46L4
117August 10 Indians 4–1 Odorizzi (13–5) Plutko (4–3) Rogers (18)35,26871–46W1
118August 11 Indians 3–7 (10) Hand (5–3) Rogers (2–3)37,84971–47L1
119August 13@ Brewers 7–5 Duffey (2–1) Pomeranz (2–10) Romo (19)44,33172–47W1
120August 14@ Brewers 5–6 Guerra (6–3) Romo (2–1) Albers (4)41,07772–48L1
121August 15@ Rangers 13–6 Pineda (8–5) Payano (1–2) Smeltzer (1)20,49473–48W1
122August 16@ Rangers 4–3 Duffey (3–1) Minor (11–7) Romo (20)24,74274–48W2
123August 17@ Rangers 12–7 Duffey (4–1) Jurado (6–9)30,13675–48W3
124August 18@ Rangers 6–3 Dyson (5–1) Clase (0–2) Rogers (19)18,50076–48W4
125August 19 White Sox 4–6 Nova (9–9) Gibson (11–6) Colomé (24)25,56476–49L1
126August 20 White Sox 14–4 Pineda (9–5) López (7–11)26,79877–49W1
127August 21 White Sox 0–4 Giolito (14–6) Odorizzi (13–6)31,38977–50L1
128August 23 Tigers 6–9 VerHagen (4–2) Berríos (10–7)31,23877–51L2
129August 24 Tigers 8–5 Gibson (12–6) Jackson (3–7) Rogers (20)39,42978–51W1
130August 25 Tigers 7–4 Pérez (9–5) Boyd (6–10)32,89279–51W2
131August 27@ White Sox 3–1 Pineda (10–5) Giolito (14–7) Rogers (21)12,17580–51W3
132August 28@ White Sox 8–2 Odorizzi (14–6) Detwiler (2–4)16,80281–51W4
133August 29@ White Sox 10–5 Berríos (11–7) Cease (3–7) Dobnak (1)15,88682–51W5
134August 30@ Tigers 13–5 Gibson (13–6) Jackson (3–8)17,27383–51W6
135August 31@ Tigers 7–10 Boyd (7–10) Pérez (9–6)16,71383–52L1
September: 18–9 (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 11–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Tigers 8–3 Pineda (11–5) Turnbull (3–14)13,77684–52W1
137September 2@ Tigers 4–3 Littell (3–0) Farmer (5–6) Rogers (22)14,61485–52W2
138September 3@ Red Sox 6–5 Thorpe (2–1) Porcello (12–11) Rogers (23)35,42986–52W3
139September 4@ Red Sox 2–6 Rodriguez (17–5) Berríos (11–8) Workman (11)35,21886–53L1
140September 5@ Red Sox 2–1 Pérez (10–6) Cashner (11–8) Rogers (24)32,63287–53W1
141September 6 Indians 2–6 (11) Clippard (1–0) Thorpe (2–2)35,41887–54L1
142September 7 Indians 5–3 Littell (4–0) Cimber (5–3) Rogers (25)39,57388–54W1
143September 8 Indians 2–5 Clevinger (11–2) Dobnak (0–1) Hand (34)31,38088–55L1
144September 10 Nationals 5–0 Berríos (12–8) Sánchez (8–8)24,81389–55W1
145September 11 Nationals 2–6 Strasburg (17–6) Pérez (10–7)20,06289–56L1
146September 12 Nationals 6–12 Corbin (12–7) Gibson (13–7)19,16789–57L2
September 13@ Indians Postponed (rain)(Makeup date: September 14.)
147September 14@ Indians 2–0 Littell (5–0) Clevinger (11–3) Rogers (26)24,25890–57W1
148September 14@ Indians 9–5 Graterol (1–0) Pérez (2–3)31,84191–57W2
149September 15@ Indians 5–7 Wittgren (5–1) Romero (0–1) Pérez (1)26,41491–58L1
150September 16 White Sox 5–3 Berríos (13–8) López (9–14) Rogers (27)21,85092–58W1
151September 17 White Sox 9–8 (12) Harper (4–2) Ruiz (1–4)22,51893–58W2
152September 18 White Sox 1–3 Fry (3–4) Odorizzi (14–7) Colomé (28)23,75993–59L1
153September 19 Royals 8–5 Thorpe (3–2) Barnes (1–3) Rogers (28)24,56594–59W1
154September 20 Royals 4–3 Dobnak (1–1) Skoglund (0–2) May (2)29,46895–59W2
155September 21 Royals 5–12 Rosario (2–0) Rogers (2–4)37,75095–60L1
156September 22 Royals 12–8 Littell (6–0) López (4–9)31,62896–60W1
157September 24@ Tigers 4–2 Odorizzi (15–7) Turnbull (3–16) Rogers (29)16,17497–60W2
158September 25@ Tigers 5–1 Dobnak (2–1) VerHagen (4–3)16,24298–60W3
159September 26@ Tigers 10–4 Smeltzer (2–2) Zimmermann (1–13)17,55799–60W4
160September 27@ Royals 6–2 (7) Berríos (14–8) Skoglund (0–3)15,389100–60W5
161September 28@ Royals 4–3 Duffey (5–1) Barnes (1–5) Rogers (30)21,995101–60W6
162September 29@ Royals 4–5 Kennedy (3–2) Graterol (1–1)17,875101-61L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Twins Team Member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jorge Polanco 1536311071864072279460.295.485
Eddie Rosario 1375629115528132109322.276.500
Max Kepler 134524981323203690160.252.519
C. J. Cron 125458511162402578029.253.469
Nelson Cruz 1204548114126041108056.311.639
Jonathan Schoop 121433611112312359120.256.473
Marwin González 114425521121901555131.264.414
Miguel Sanó 10538076941923479055.247.576
Luis Arráez 9232654109201428236.334.439
Mitch Garver 9331170851613167041.273.630
Byron Buxton 87271487130410461419.262.513
Jason Castro 792373955901330033.232.435
Ehire Adrianza 83202345583522020.272.416
Jake Cave 721982851112825021.258.455
Willians Astudillo 5819028519042105.268.379
LaMonte Wade Jr. 265610112125011.196.375
Ryan LaMarre 142335002313.217.478
Ian Miller 121723100100.176.235
Ronald Torreyes 71633000110.188.188
Tyler Austin 2411100001.250.500
Pitcher Totals1621420000002.000.000
Team Totals162573293915473182330790628525.270.494

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
José Berríos 1483.6832320200.1194948251195
Martín Pérez 1075.1232290165.11841049467135
Kyle Gibson 1374.8434290160.0175998656160
Jake Odorizzi 1573.5130300159.0139656253178
Michael Pineda 1154.0126260146.0141686528140
Taylor Rogers 242.616003069.05820201190
Trevor May 532.94650264.14324212679
Tyler Duffey 512.50580057.24423161482
Ryne Harper 423.81610154.15425231050
Devin Smeltzer 223.86116149.05023211238
Zack Littell 602.68290037.0341211932
Blake Parker 124.213701036.13418171634
Randy Dobnak 211.5995128.12795523
Matt Magill 204.45280028.13021141536
Lewis Thorpe 326.18122027.23819191031
Kohl Stewart 226.3992025.1291818810
Cody Stashak 013.24181025.02999125
Sergio Romo 013.18270322.21798427
Mike Morin 003.18230122.220118211
Trevor Hildenberger 2210.47220116.1301919715
Adalberto Mejía 028.80130015.11616151215
Fernando Romero 017.07150014.01912111118
Sam Dyson 107.15120011.1149968
Brusdar Graterol 114.6610009.21055210
Sean Poppen 007.564008.1107759
Ryan Eades 000.002003.240025
Austin Adams 0016.882002.245535
Jorge Alcalá 000.002001.210011
Ehire Adrianza 0027.001001.053301
Chase De Jong 0036.001001.034430
Andrew Vasquez 00inf1000.003320
Team Totals101614.18162162501463.114567546804521463

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Postseason

Game log

2019 Postseason: 0–3 (Home 0–1; Away 0–2)
American League Division Series: 0−3 (Home 0–1; Away 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 4@ Yankees 4–10 Green (1–0) Littell (0–1)49,2330–1L1
2October 5@ Yankees 2–8 Tanaka (1–0) Dobnak (0–1)49,2770–2L2
3October 7 Yankees 1–5 Green (2–0) Odorizzi (0–1) Chapman (1)41,1210–3L3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 101610.62346–3555–26
Cleveland Indians 93690.574849–3244–37
Chicago White Sox 72890.44728½39–4133–48
Kansas City Royals 591030.3644231–5028–53
Detroit Tigers 471140.29253½22–5925–55
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 107550.660
New York Yankees 103590.636
Minnesota Twins 101610.623


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 97650.599+1
Tampa Bay Rays 96660.593
Cleveland Indians 93690.5743
Boston Red Sox 84780.51912
Texas Rangers 78840.48118
Chicago White Sox 72890.44723½
Los Angeles Angels 72900.44424
Seattle Mariners 68940.42028
Toronto Blue Jays 67950.41429
Kansas City Royals 591030.36437
Baltimore Orioles 541080.33342
Detroit Tigers 471140.29248½

Records vs. AL Opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–75–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–511–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–1118–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–181–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–15–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–52–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–21–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–12–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–22–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–210–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–102–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–23–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–33–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–33–17

Roster

2019 Minnesota Twins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

LineupAvgHrHitsRbi
Max Kepler .2523613290
Jorge Polanco .2952218679
Nelson Cruz .31141141108
Eddie Rosario .27632155109
C.J. Cron .2532511678
Marwin González .2641511255
Jonathan Schoop .2562311159
Jason Castro .232135530
Byron Buxton .262107146

Farm System

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA St. Paul Saints International League Toby Gardenhire
AA Wichita Wind Surge Southern League Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Brian Dinkelman
A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Florida State League Brian Meyer
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Robbie Robinson
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League Seth Feldman

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