2007 Minnesota Twins season

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2007  Minnesota Twins
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
City Minneapolis
Record79–83
Divisional place3rd
Owners Carl Pohlad
General managers Terry Ryan, Bill Smith
Managers Ron Gardenhire
Television FSN North
WFTC (My 29)
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Radio AM 1500 KSTP
(John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2007 Minnesota Twins season was the 47th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 107th overall in the American League. They were managed by Ron Gardenhire and played their home games in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Contents

The Twins finished the season with a 79–83 record, their first losing record since 2000. [1]

On September 13, Twins general manager Terry Ryan resigned. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Bill Smith. [2]

Offseason

Regular season

For the third year in a row, an important Twins personality died just before the beginning of the season. In 2005, long-time stadium announcer Bob Casey fell to heart failure. In 2006, Hall of Fame center fielder Kirby Puckett died from a massive bilateral stroke brought on by hypertension. In 2007, Herb Carneal, the team's radio play-by-play announcer for 45 years, died from heart failure on April 1, the day before Opening Day. The Twins announced that they would dedicate the 2007 season to Carneal's memory.

Offense

While the 2006 team was known for the "piranhas"—gritty hitters lacking power but possessing speed and guile—the 2007 team saw the continued the development of power hitters such as 2006 league MVP Justin Morneau, Torii Hunter, and Jason Kubel. After the Twins swept a July 6 doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox by a combined score of 32-14, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén, the man who coined the term "piranhas" in 2006, stated: "They're not piranhas no more. They're a shark attack now." [8] In the second game of that doubleheader, Morneau became the first Twin to hit three home runs in a game since Tony Oliva against the Kansas City Royals on July 3, 1973. The Twins scored the most runs by one team in a doubleheader since the Boston Red Sox totaled 35 in a sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics on July 4, 1939. [9] Nick Punto, as of August 22, 2007 has the lowest batting average among qualified batters in the American League, at .201.

Pitching

The Twins entered the season with a problem in the starting rotation after Twins staple Brad Radke retired and Francisco Liriano had Tommy John surgery. The Twins signed Ramón Ortiz and Sidney Ponson to start. Ponson was released in May and was replaced by Scott Baker, Ramón Ortiz was moved to the bullpen shortly after and replaced in the rotation by Kevin Slowey. However, Slowey was sent to the minors in early July, replaced by Matt Garza. Ramón Ortiz was traded in August to the Colorado Rockies. On August 31, Baker took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals, before giving up a leadoff walk to catcher John Buck. His no-hitter also ended when he gave up a 1-out single to Mike Sweeney in the 9th inning. The game was won by the Twins 5-0.

Starter Johan Santana won a Gold Glove Award, the only one of his career.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9666.593—51‍–‍2945‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 8874.543845‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins 7983.4881741‍–‍4038‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 7290.4442438‍–‍4334‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals 6993.4262735‍–‍4634‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —6–125–33–41–57–03–70–79–94–42–711–74–68–106–12
Boston 12–6—7–15–23–43–36–44–38–104–44–513–56–49–912–6
Chicago 3–51–7—7–1111–712–65–49–94–64–51–76–12–43–44–14
Cleveland 4–32–511–7—12–611–75–514–40–66–44–38–26–34–29–9
Detroit 5–14–37–116–12—11–73–512–64–44–66–43–45–44–314–4
Kansas City 0–73–36–127–117–11—5–29–91–96–43–64–35–43–410–8
Los Angeles 7–34–64–55–55–32–5—6–36–39–1013–66–210–93–414–4
Minnesota 7–03–49–94–146–129–93–6—2–55–26–33–47–24–611–7
New York 9–910–86–46–04–49–13–65–2—2–45–510–85–110–810–8
Oakland 4–44–45–44–66–44–610–92–54–2—5–144–69–105–410–8
Seattle 7–25–47–13–44–66–36–133–65–514–5—4–311–84–59–9
Tampa Bay 7–115–131–62–84–33–42–64–38–106–43–4—5–49–97–11
Texas 6–44–64–23–64–54–59–102–71–510–98–114–5—5–511–7
Toronto 10–89–94–32–43–44–34–36–48–104–55–49–95–5—10–8

Notable transactions

After their great amount of success in 2006, in which they came from behind to win the AL Central, the Twins wanted to be sure to lock up their 3-4-5 hitters (Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer, and Justin Morneau) to multi-year deals. The Twins were able to sign Mauer to a four-year deal worth $33 million, but Morneau and Cuddyer only agreed to sign one-year contracts, worth $4.5 million and $3.575 million respectively.

Game log

2007 Game Log
April: 14–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Orioles 7–4 Santana (1–0) Bédard (0–1) Nathan (1)48,7111–0
2April 3 Orioles 3–2 Neshek (1–0) Cabrera (0–1) Nathan (2)24,4392–0
3April 4 Orioles 7–2 Ortiz (1–0) Wright (0–1)27,5393–0
--April 6@ White Sox Postponed (cold weather)rescheduled for July 63–0
4April 7@ White Sox 3–0 Vázquez (1–0) Silva (0–1) Jenks (1)33,2783–1
5April 8@ White Sox 3–1 Santana (2–0) Danks (0–1) Nathan (3)27,6534–1
6April 9 Yankees 8–2 Pavano (1–0) Ponson (0–1)26,0474–2
7April 10 Yankees 10–1 Pettitte (1–0) Bonser (0–1)24,5524–3
8April 11 Yankees 5–1 Ortiz (2–0) Farnsworth (0–1)30,1315–3
9April 12 Devil Rays 3–2 Nathan (1–0) Stokes (0–2)15,8696–3
10April 13 Devil Rays 4–2 Kazmir (2–0) Santana (2–1) Reyes (3)27,7836–4
11April 14 Devil Rays 12–5 Ponson (1–1) Jackson (0–2)35,2697–4
12April 15 Devil Rays 6–4 Stokes (1–2) Nathan (1–1) Reyes (4)27,0247–5
13April 17@ Mariners 11–2 Ortiz (3–0) Weaver (0–2)19,0158–5
14April 18@ Mariners 5–4 Silva (1–1) Hernández (2–1) Nathan (4)20,8719–5
15April 19@ Mariners 6–5 Santana (3–1) Washburn (0–2) Nathan (5)19,35010–5
16April 20@ Royals 11–7 Pérez (1–2) Ponson (1–2) Riske (2)31,81310–6
17April 21@ Royals 7–5 Neshek (2–0) Peralta (0–2) Nathan (6)20,56611–6
18April 22@ Royals 3–1 de la Rosa (2–1) Ortiz (3–1) Soria (2)14,80111–7
19April 23 Indians 7–3 (12) Hernández (2–1) Crain (0–1)16,07611–8
20April 24 Indians 5–3 Carmona (1–1) Santana (3–2) Borowski (8)20,84911–9
21April 25 Royals 4–3 Pérez (2–2) Ponson (1–3) Soria (3)21,49611–10
22April 26 Royals 1–0 (11) Rincón (1–0) Wellemeyer (0–1)18,52012–10
23April 27@ Tigers 5–3 Crain (1–1) Zumaya (0–1) Nathan (7)31,14713–10
24April 28@ Tigers 11–3 Silva (2–1) Verlander (1–1)39,54714–10
25April 29@ Tigers 4–3 Jones (1–1) Crain (1–2)36,48314–11
May: 13–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Devil Rays 9–1 Ponson (2–3) Jackson (0–4)8,77315–11
27May 2@ Devil Rays 4–3 (10) Reyes (1–0) Guerrier (0–1)9,10115–12
28May 3@ Devil Rays 6–4 Shields (3–0) Ortiz (3–2) Reyes (10)8,79315–13
29May 4 Red Sox 2–0 Wakefield (3–3) Silva (2–2) Papelbon (9)34,95115–14
30May 5 Red Sox 2–1 Santana (4–2) Tavárez (1–3) Nathan (8)40,08816–14
31May 6 Red Sox 4–3 Schilling (4–1) Ponson (2–4) Papelbon (10)27,80716–15
32May 8 White Sox 7–4 (10) Rincón (2–0) Sisco (0–1)21,97917–15
33May 9 White Sox 6–3 Danks (1–4) Ortiz (3–3)24,36717–16
34May 10 White Sox 3–0 Contreras (3–3) Silva (2–3)23,66317–17
35May 11 Tigers 7–3 Maroth (3–0) Santana (4–3)31,45817–18
36May 12 Tigers 8–2 Durbin (3–1) Ponson (2–5)32,17617–19
37May 13 Tigers 16–4 Bonser (1–1) Vasquez (0–1)25,03718–19
38May 15@ Indians 15–7 Byrd (3–1) Ortiz (3–4)23,32518–20
39May 16@ Indians 7–1 Sabathia (6–1) Silva (2–4)17,67818–21
40May 17@ Indians 2–0 Carmona (5–1) Santana (4–4)28,60918–22
41May 18@ Brewers 8–1 Bonser (2–1) Capuano (5–2)44,75919–22
42May 19@ Brewers 5–2 Baker (1–0) Bush (3–4)44,42720–22
43May 20@ Brewers 6–5 Wise (1–1) Reyes (0–1) Cordero (17)39,11920–23
44May 21@ Rangers 14–4 Padilla (2–6) Silva (2–5)24,81420–24
45May 22@ Rangers 7–1 Santana (5–4) Loe (1–4)27,01321–24
46May 23@ Rangers 5–3 Bonser (3–1) Tejeda (4–4) Nathan (9)24,37022–24
47May 25 Blue Jays 4–3 Guerrier (1–1) Downs (1–1) Nathan (10)26,78123–24
48May 26 Blue Jays 9–8 (13) Tallet (1–1) Guerrier (1–2)31,43423–25
49May 27 Blue Jays 4–2 Silva (3–5) Burnett (5–4) Nathan (11)25,78124–25
50May 28 White Sox 10–4 Santana (6–4) Contreras (4–5)27,09025–25
51May 29 White Sox 9–2 Bonser (4–1) Danks (3–5)23,77126–25
52May 30 White Sox 7–6 Nathan (2–1) MacDougal (1–2)29,04227–25
June: 15–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Athletics 3–2 (10) Neshek (3–0) Calero (0–4) Nathan (12)20,21928–25
54June 2@ Athletics 1–0 Blanton (5–3) Silva (3–6)30,57628–26
55June 3@ Athletics 4–2 Gaudin (6–1) Santana (6–5) Embree (4)25,38828–27
56June 4@ Angels 16–3 Weaver (5–3) Bonser (4–2)37,38028–28
57June 5@ Angels 5–1 Escobar (7–3) Baker (1–1)42,00128–29
58June 6@ Angels 8–5 Slowey (1–0) Lackey (9–4) Nathan (13)36,45329–29
59June 8 Nationals 8–5 Simontacchi (3–4) Silva (3–7) Rivera (2)25,14429–30
60June 9 Nationals 3–1 Speigner (2–2) Santana (6–6) Cordero (8)39,74229–31
61June 10 Nationals 6–3 Bonser (5–2) Bacsik (1–3) Nathan (14)31,03530–31
62June 12 Braves 7–3 Slowey (2–0) Davies (3–5)25,86831–31
63June 13 Braves 6–0 Silva (4–7) James (5–6)27,90332–31
64June 14 Braves 3–2 Reyes (1–1) Wickman (1–2)26,71433–31
65June 15 Brewers 11–3 Vargas (5–1) Baker (1–2) Shouse (1)27,97733–32
66June 16 Brewers 5–2 Bush (4–6) Bonser (5–3) Cordero (25)37,11733–33
67June 17 Brewers 10–9 Nathan (3–1) Spurling (1–1)31,62434–33
68June 18@ Mets 8–1 Maine (7–4) Silva (4–8)37,31934–34
69June 19@ Mets 9–0 Santana (7–6) Sosa (6–3)40,93535–34
70June 20@ Mets 6–2 Baker (2–2) Pérez (7–6)44,51736–34
71June 22@ Marlins 5–4 Benítez (2–3) Rincón (2–1) Gregg (14)15,27136–35
72June 23@ Marlins 11–1 Silva (5–8) Johnson (0–2)21,36837–35
73June 24@ Marlins 7–4 Santana (8–6) Kim (3–4)15,03538–35
74June 25 Blue Jays 8–5 Halladay (9–2) Guerrier (1–3) Accardo (9)24,24038–36
75June 26 Blue Jays 2–1 (12) Rincón (3–1) Tallet (2–2)27,00039–36
76June 27 Blue Jays 5–4 Towers (3–5) Bonser (5–4) Accardo (10)30,95939–37
77June 28 Blue Jays 8–5 Silva (6–8) Frasor (1–3) Nathan (15)31,03840–37
78June 29@ Tigers 11–1 Santana (9–6) Verlander (9–3)42,36141–37
79June 30@ Tigers 8–5 Slowey (3–0) Miller (3–2) Nathan (16)41,58842–37
July: 13–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Tigers 1–0 Bonderman (9–1) Baker (2–3) Jones (20)41,07842–38
81July 2@ Yankees 5–1 Clemens (2–3) Bonser (5–5)53,03642–39
82July 3@ Yankees 8–0 Wang (8–4) Silva (6–9)53,86242–40
83July 4@ Yankees 6–2 Santana (10–6) Mussina (4–6)52,04043–40
84July 5@ Yankees 7–6 Farnsworth (1–1) Neshek (3–1) Rivera (11)52,47143–41
85July 6@ White Sox 20–14 Baker (3–3) Garland (6–6)31,54344–41
86July 6@ White Sox 12–0 Garza (1–0) Floyd (0–1)32,42645–41
87July 7@ White Sox 3–1 Buehrle (6–4) Bonser (5–6) Jenks (23)36,79145–42
88July 8@ White Sox 6–3 Vázquez (6–5) Silva (6–10)32,72445–43
89July 12 Athletics 6–2 Baker (4–3) Gaudin (8–4)25,20746–43
90July 13 Athletics 5–3 Santana (11–6) DiNardo (3–6) Nathan (17)36,33847–43
91July 14 Athletics 4–3 Silva (6–10) Blanton (8–6) Nathan (18)36,06648–43
92July 15 Athletics 4–3 Neshek (4–1) Kennedy (2–8)36,73749–43
93July 17 Tigers 1–0 Robertson (6–6) Garza (1–1) Jones (24)30,93949–44
94July 18 Tigers 3–2 Miller (5–3) Santana (10–7) Jones (25)38,07049–45
95July 19 Tigers 4–3 (10) Miner (1–1) Nathan (3–2) Jones (26)36,55149–46
96July 20 Angels 7–5 Silva (8–10) Lackey (12–6) Nathan (19)35,79450–46
97July 21 Angels 5–2 Neshek (5–1) Shields (2–3) Nathan (20)33,86851–46
98July 22 Angels 7–2 Saunders (4–0) Garza (1–2)33,21751–47
99July 23@ Blue Jays 6–4 Marcum (6–4) Santana (11–8) Accardo (16)26,09151–48
100July 24@ Blue Jays 7–0 McGowan (7–5) Baker (4–4)30,66951–49
101July 25@ Blue Jays 13–1 Litsch (3–4) Silva (8–11)37,34251–50
102July 27@ Indians 10–4 Byrd (9–4) Bonser (5–7)37–29251–51
103July 28@ Indians 3–2 Neshek (6–1) Borowski (2–4) Nathan (21)41,20352–51
104July 29@ Indians 4–1 Reyes (2–1) Sabathia (13–6) Nathan (22)37,10253–51
105July 30 Royals 3–1 Baker (5–4) Meche (7–8) Nathan (23)23,62854–51
106July 31 Royals 5–3 Silva (9–11) de la Rosa (8–11) Nathan (24)22,89055–51
August: 13–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1 Royals 5–3 (10) Greinke (5–5) Rincón (3–2) Soria (11)24,88055–52
--August 2 Royals Postponed (I-35W bridge collapse)rescheduled for August 3155–52
108August 3 Indians 5–4 Sabathia (14–6) Santana (11–9) Borowski (30)31,66455–53
109August 4 Indians 3–2 Ortiz (4–4) Laffey (0–1) Nathan (25)33,66356–53
110August 5 Indians 1–0 Baker (6–4) Carmona (13–6) Nathan (26)38,33457–53
111August 6 Indians 4–0 Byrd (10–4) Silva (9–12)28,31457–54
112August 7@ Royals 5–1 Bannister (8–6) Bonser (5–8)15,64857–55
113August 8@ Royals 11–4 Santana (12–9) Pérez (6–11)21,50358–55
114August 9@ Royals 1–0 Davies (1–0) Garza (1–3) Soria (12)14,56958–56
115August 10@ Angels 10–1 Escobar (12–6) Baker (6–5)43,81058–57
116August 11@ Angels 4–3 Lackey (15–6) Neshek (6–2) Rodríguez (29)44,06458–58
117August 12@ Angels 6–2 Jer Weaver (8–5) Bonser (5–9)43,91158–59
118August 13@ Mariners 4–3 Putz (2–1) Guerrier (1–4)37,90258–60
119August 14@ Mariners 11–3 Garza (2–3) Ramírez (7–4)33,72959–60
120August 15@ Mariners 6–1 Neshek (7–2) Washburn (8–10)42,92160–60
121August 17 Rangers 2–1 (10) Guerrier (2–4) Wright (3–5)30,92461–60
122August 18 Rangers 5–0 Loe (6–9) Bonser (5–10)41,03761–61
123August 19 Rangers 1–0 Santana (13–9) Millwood (8–10) Nathan (27)36,35362–61
124August 20 Mariners 9–4 Ramírez (8–4) Garza (2–4)31,75562–62
125August 21 Mariners 7–2 Washburn (9–10) Baker (6–6)42,37362–63
126August 22 Mariners 8–4 Silva (10–12) Batista (13–9)29,88163–63
127August 23@ Orioles 5–2 Bonser (6–10) Trachsel (6–8) Guerrier (1)19,38964–63
128August 24@ Orioles 7–4 Santana (14–9) Hoey (1–2) Nathan (28)29,74265–63
129August 25@ Orioles 8–1 Garza (3–4) Liz (0–1)28,70066–63
130August 26@ Orioles 11–3 Baker (7–6) Bédard (13–5)30,87667–63
131August 27@ Indians 8–3 Byrd (13–5) Silva (10–13)23,17867–64
132August 28@ Indians 6–5 Westbrook (5–7) Bonser (6–11) Borowski (38)24,78467–65
133August 29@ Indians 4–3 Sabathia (15–7) Santana (14–10) Borowski (39)27,30367–66
134August 31 Royals 9–4 Davies (6–11) Garza (3–5)15,73667–67
135August 31 Royals 5–0 Baker (8–6) Meche (7–12)24,98668–67
September: 11–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 Royals 6–4 Silva (11–13) Duckworth (2–4) Nathan (29)21,73869–67
137September 2 Royals 8–1 Bannister (12–7) Bonser (6–12)26,45469–68
138September 3 Indians 5–0 Sabathia (16–7) Santana (14–11)24,10569–69
139September 4 Indians 7–5 (11) Betancourt (4–0) DePaula (0–1) Borowski (40)16,21869–70
140September 5 Indians 6–2 Carmona (15–8) Baker (8–7) Pérez (1)13,97769–71
141September 7@ White Sox 11–10 (13) Phillips (1–1) Rincón (3–3)34,10469–72
142September 8@ White Sox 8–7 Myers (4–0) Cali (0–1) Thornton (2)31,74769–73
143September 9@ White Sox 5–2 Santana (15–11) Garland (9–11) Nathan (30)32,25070–73
144September 10@ Royals 4–2 Bonser (7–12) Buckner (0–1) Nathan (31)10,52571–73
145September 11@ Royals 6–3 Baker (9–7) Davies (6–13) Nathan (32)12,89172–73
146September 12@ Royals 6–3 Meche (8–12) Silva (11–14)10,10272–74
147September 14 Tigers 4–2 Robertson (8–11) Garza (3–6) Jones (35)22,28272–75
148September 15 Tigers 4–3 Zumaya (2–3) Santana (15–12) Jones (36)35,23072–76
149September 16 Tigers 6–4 Jurrjens (3–1) Baker (9–8) Jones (37)21,77172–77
150September 17 Rangers 5–4 Nathan (4–2) Benoit (7–4)14,19773–77
151September 18 Rangers 4–2 Silva (12–14) Millwood (9–13) Nathan (33)18,22674–77
152September 19 Rangers 4–2 Garza (4–6) Padilla (6–10) Nathan (34)17,84275–77
153September 21 White Sox 6–4 Buehrle (10–9) Santana (15–13) Jenks (39)27,92875–78
154September 22 White Sox 8–3 J. Vázquez (14–8) Baker (9–9)31,73775–79
155September 23 White Sox 7–1 Slowey (4–0) Floyd (1–5)29,38276–79
156September 24@ Tigers 2–0 Silva (13–14) Robertson (8–13) Nathan (35)32,71677–79
157September 25@ Tigers 8–0 Bazardo (2–1) Garza (4–7)31,39477–80
158September 26@ Tigers 9–4 (6) Byrdak (3–0) Blackburn (0–1)35,37577–81
159September 27@ Red Sox 5–4 Bonser (8–12) Beckett (20–7) Nathan (36)36,74378–81
160September 28@ Red Sox 5–2 Matsuzaka (15–12) Slowey (4–1) Papelbon (37)36,84378–82
161September 29@ Red Sox 6–4 Wakefield (17–12) Blackburn (0–2) Okajima (5)36,61978–83
162September 30@ Red Sox 3–2 Garza (5–7) Tavárez (7–11) Nathan (37)36,36479–83

Roster

2007 Minnesota Twins
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Joe Mauer 109406119.293760
1B Justin Morneau 157590160.27131111
2B Luis Castillo 85349106.304018
SS Jason Bartlett 140510135.265543
3B Nick Punto 15047299.210125
LF Jason Kubel 128418114.2731365
CF Torii Hunter 160600172.28728107
RF Michael Cuddyer 144547151.2761681
DH Jason Tyner 11430487.286122

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mike Redmond 8227280.294138
Alexi Casilla 5618942.22209
Luis Rodríguez 6815534.219212
Jeff Cirillo 5015340.261221
Lew Ford 5511627.233314
Rondell White 3810919.174420
Brian Buscher 338220.244210
Garrett Jones 317716.20825
Chris Heintz 245614.25007
Josh Rabe 14316.19402
Tommy Watkins 92810.35700
Matt LeCroy 7203.15000
Darnell McDonald 4101.10000
José Morales 1331.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Johan Santana 33219.015133.33235
Carlos Silva 33202.013144.1989
Boof Bonser 31173.08125.10136
Scott Baker 24143.2994.26102
Matt Garza 1683.0573.6967
Kevin Slowey 1366.2414.7347
Sidney Ponson 737.2256.9323

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ramón Ortiz 2891.0445.1444

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Nathan 6842371.8877
Pat Neshek 747202.9474
Matt Guerrier 732412.3568
Juan Rincón 633305.1349
Dennys Reyes 502103.9921
Carmen Cali 240104.7114
Glen Perkins 190003.1420
Jesse Crain 181205.5110
Julio DePaula 160108.558
Nick Blackburn 60207.718
Jason Miller 400018.002

Other post-season awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Stan Cliburn
AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Riccardo Ingram
A Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Kevin Boles
A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Jeff Smith
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Nelson Prada

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References

1st Half: Minnesota Twins Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Minnesota Twins Game Log on ESPN.com
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