2009 Minnesota Twins season

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2009  Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
City Minneapolis
Record87–76 (.534)
Divisional place1st
Owners Jim Pohlad
General managers Bill Smith
Managers Ron Gardenhire
Television Fox Sports North
WFTC (My 29)
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Radio AM 1500 KSTP
(John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2009 Minnesota Twins season was the 49th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 109th overall in the American League. It was their final season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with their new stadium, Target Field, opening in 2010. They ended the regular season as American League Central champions after defeating the Detroit Tigers in a one game tie-breaker. [1] They were then swept in the ALDS by the New York Yankees. [2] The team's star catcher and Minnesota native Joe Mauer won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

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Regular season

On April 17, Jason Kubel hit for the cycle, becoming the ninth Twin to accomplish the feat. Kubel joins just six other American League cycle-hitters that filled the 'HR' slot with a grand slam home run. [3]

On May 22, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle, becoming the tenth Twin to accomplish the feat. When he homered twice in the seventh inning on August 23, Cuddy became the only man ever in baseball to accomplish both feats in the same season. Prior to Kubel last month, the eight previous Twins' cycle hitters were Rod Carew, 1970; César Tovar, 1972; Larry Hisle, 1976; Lyman Bostock, 1976; Mike Cubbage, 1978; Gary Ward, 1980; Kirby Puckett, 1986 and Carlos Gómez, 2008.

After 319 consecutive games, Justin Morneau sat out June 21. He hadn't missed a game since June 27, 2007, until manager Ron Gardenhire held him out that day. His consecutive-games streak remains the longest for the Twins club. [4]

At the All-Star Game at Busch Stadium, Joe Mauer was the American League's starting catcher, and doubled in three at-bats. Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan entered as reserves. Nathan pitched an inning, walked one, struck out one and gave up one hit, earning a hold. [5]

Joe Mauer won his third American League batting title, with a .365 average. In the forty-nine seasons the Minnesota Twins have existed, a Twin has won the AL batting title fourteen times -- Rod Carew (7), Tony Oliva (3), Joe Mauer (3) and Kirby Puckett (1). [6]

Closer Joe Nathan saved 47 games to top Eddie Guardado's previous club record of 45. He was a co-winner of the Rolaids Relief Man Award (with Mariano Rivera), only the second Twin (after Bill Campbell, in 1976) to do so. Nathan now leads in Twins career saves with 260.

For the first time ever, four Twins topped 90 RBI: Jason Kubel (103), Justin Morneau (100), Joe Mauer (96) and Michael Cuddyer (94). [7]

Along with winning the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, Joe Mauer was named American League MVP, the fifth Twin in history to be so honored. Mauer is the first AL catcher to lead the league in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8776.534—49‍–‍3338‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 8677.528151‍–‍3035‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 7983.4887½43‍–‍3836‍–‍45
Cleveland Indians 6597.40121½35‍–‍4630‍–‍51
Kansas City Royals 6597.40121½33‍–‍4832‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –2–165–42–53–54–42–83–25–131–54–58–105–59–911–7
Boston 16–2–4–47–26–15–34–54–29–95–52–49–92–711–711–7
Chicago 4–54−4–10–89–99–95–46−123–44–54–56–22–41–612–6
Cleveland 5–22–78–10–4–1410–82–48–103–52–56–45–31–84–45–13
Detroit 5–31–69–914–4–9–95–47–121–55–45–45–27–23–510–8
Kansas City 4–43–59–98–109–9–1–96–122–42–65–41–93–34–38–10
Los Angeles 8–25–44–54–24–59–1–6–45–512–710–94–28–114–414–4
Minnesota 2–32–412–610–812–712–64–6–0–74–65–53–36–43–512–6
New York 13–59–94–35–35–14–25–57–0–7–26–411–75–412–610–8
Oakland 5–15–55–45–24–56–27–126–42–7–5–146–411–83–65–13
Seattle 5–44–25–44–64–54–59–105–54–614–5–5–38–113–411–7
Tampa Bay 10–89–92–63–52–59–12–43–37–114–63–5–3–614–413–5
Texas 5–57–24–28–12–73–311–84–64–58–1111–86–3–5–59–9
Toronto 9–97–116–14–45–33–44–45–36–126–34–34–145–5–7–11
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Roster

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Manager

Coaches

Game log

2009 Game Log
April: 11–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6 Mariners 6–1 Hernández (1–0) Liriano (0–1)48,5140–1
2April 7 Mariners 6–5 Ayala (1–0) Morrow (0–1)23,7551–1
3April 8 Mariners 6–5 Slowey (1–0) Silva (0–1) Nathan (1)22,2702–1
4April 9 Mariners 2–0 Washburn (1–0) Perkins (0–1) Morrow (1)20,1052–2
5April 10@ White Sox 12–5 Dickey (1–0) Contreras (0–1)25,4223–2
6April 11@ White Sox 8–0 Colón (1–0) Liriano (0–2)33,9353–3
7April 12@ White Sox 6–1 Buehrle (1–0) Blackburn (0–1) Jenks (2)25,5713–4
8April 13 Blue Jays 8–6 Frasor (1–0) Ayala (1–1) Ryan (1)16,4103–5
9April 14 Blue Jays 3–2 (11) Crain (1–0) Carlson (0–1)15,3754–5
10April 15 Blue Jays 12–2 Richmond (1–0) Baker (0–1)19,4714–6
11April 16 Blue Jays 9–2 Halladay (3–0) Liriano (0–3)15,1694–7
12April 17 Angels 11–9 Guerrier (1–0) Bulger (0–1) Nathan (2)24,1685–7
13April 18 Angels 9–2 Slowey (2–0) Jepsen (0–2)34,2866–7
14April 19 Angels 3–1 Perkins (1–1) Loux (0–1) Nathan (3)28,3027–7
April 21@ Red Sox Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 22
15April 22@ Red Sox 10–1 (7) Wakefield (2–1) Baker (0–2)37,6087–8
16April 22@ Red Sox 7–3 Penny (2–0) Liriano (0–4)37,4947–9
17April 24@ Indians 5–1 Blackburn (1–1) Carmona (1–3)20,2158–9
18April 25@ Indians 7–1 Slowey (3–0) Pavano (0–3)23,1869–9
19April 26@ Indians 4–2 Laffey (2–0) Perkins (1–2) Wood (4)20,1539–10
20April 27 Rays 7–1 Niemann (2–2) Baker (0–3)17,9889–11
21April 28 Rays 4–3 Nathan (1–0) Howell (0–2)18,97410–11
22April 29 Rays 8–3 Blackburn (2–1) Kazmir (3–2)21,71511–11
May: 14–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1 Royals 7–5 Slowey (4–0) Ponson (0–4) Nathan (4)24,72712–11
24May 2 Royals 10–7 (11) Soria (1–0) Breslow (0–1)29,06112–12
25May 3 Royals 7–5 Meche (2–2) Baker (0–4) Soria (6)31,84512–13
26May 4@ Tigers 7–2 Liriano (1–4) Jackson (1–2)21,29813–13
27May 5@ Tigers 9–0 Porcello (2–3) Blackburn (2–2)23,75413–14
28May 6@ Orioles 4–1 (6) Bass (1–1) Slowey (4–1)10,56613–15
29May 7@ Orioles 5–4 Johnson (2–0) Mijares (0–1) Sherrill (5)11,39913–16
30May 8 Mariners 11–0 Baker (1–4) Jakubauskas (1–4)29,71414–16
31May 9 Mariners 9–6 Liriano (2–4) Hernández (4–2) Nathan (5)29,55215–16
32May 10 Mariners 5–3 Batista (2–0) Crain (1–1) Morrow (6)25,55515–17
33May 12 Tigers 6–2 Slowey (5–1) Galarraga (3–3)24,80716–17
34May 13 Tigers 14–10 (13) Crain (2–1) Lyon (1–3)22,17817–17
35May 14 Tigers 6–5 Breslow (1–1) Seay (0–1) Nathan (6)26,04618–17
36May 15@ Yankees 5–4 Veras (2–1) Nathan (1–1)43,85618–18
37May 16@ Yankees 6–4 (11) Aceves (1–0) Breslow (1–2)45,45518–19
38May 17@ Yankees 3–2 (10) Aceves (2–0) Crain (2–2)44,80418–20
39May 18@ Yankees 7–6 Pettitte (4–1) Perkins (1–3) Coke (1)43,24418–21
40May 19@ White Sox 6–2 Buehrle (6–1) Baker (1–5)26,69618–22
41May 20@ White Sox 7–4 Danks (3–3) Liriano (2–5) Jenks (9)29,04418–23
42May 21@ White Sox 20–1 Blackburn (3–2) Colón (2–4)23,04819–23
43May 22 Brewers 11–3 Slowey (6–1) Parra (3–5)30,29720–23
44May 23 Brewers 6–2 Swarzak (1–0) Looper (4–3)40,54721–23
45May 24 Brewers 6–3 Baker (2–5) Bush (3–1)38,95922–23
46May 25 Red Sox 6–5 Penny (5–1) Liriano (2–6) Papelbon (12)27,63622–24
47May 26 Red Sox 5–2 Blackburn (4–2) Lester (3–5) Nathan (7)20,01923–24
48May 27 Red Sox 4–2 Slowey (7–1) Matsuzaka (0–3) Nathan (8)28,22124–24
49May 28 Red Sox 3–1 Beckett (5–2) Swarzak (1–1) Papelbon (13)23,95824–25
50May 29@ Rays 5–3 Shields (4–4) Baker (2–6) Choate (1)19,35824–26
51May 30@ Rays 5–2 Price (1–0) Liriano (2–7) Choate (2)36,05224–27
52May 31@ Rays 3–2 Blackburn (5–2) Garza (4–4) Nathan (9)26,57925–27
June: 15–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2 Indians 4–3 Slowey (8–1) Huff (0–2) Nathan (10)26,53026–27
54June 3 Indians 10–1 Lee (3–6) Swarzak (1–2)29,33626–28
55June 4 Indians 11–3 Baker (3–6) Carmona (2–6)20,89727–28
56June 5@ Mariners 2–1 (10) Guerrier (2–0) Lowe (0–3) Nathan (11)35,80828–28
57June 6@ Mariners 2–1 Jakubauskas (4–5) Henn (0–1) Aardsma (9)30,60028–29
58June 7@ Mariners 4–2 Bédard (5–2) Slowey (8–2) White (1)37,71428–30
59June 8@ Athletics 4–3 Outman (4–0) Ayala (1–2) Bailey (5)10,18128–31
60June 9@ Athletics 10–5 Baker (4–6) Anderson (3–6) Nathan (12)10,12729–31
61June 10@ Athletics 6–3 Guerrier (3–0) Bailey (4–1) Nathan (13)18,07430–31
62June 11@ Athletics 4–3 Ziegler (1–1) Henn (0–2)13,38330–32
63June 12@ Cubs 7–4 Slowey (9–2) Wells (0–3) Nathan (14)41,50931–32
64June 13@ Cubs 2–0 Swarzak (2–2) Harden (4–3) Nathan (15)40,89932–32
65June 14@ Cubs 3–2 Mármol (2–1) Crain (2–3)40,81432–33
66June 16 Pirates 8–2 Perkins (2–3) Maholm (4–3)25,35133–33
67June 17 Pirates 8–2 Snell (2–7) Liriano (2–8)30,05733–34
68June 18 Pirates 5–1 Blackburn (6–2) Duke (7–5)30,67034–34
69June 19 Astros 5–2 Slowey (10–2) Oswalt (3–4) Nathan (16)32,21835–34
70June 20 Astros 6–5 Moehler (4–4) Henn (0–3) Valverde (4)34,71035–35
71June 21 Astros 5–1 Rodríguez (6–6) Perkins (2–4) Valverde (5)39,65935–36
72June 23@ Brewers 7–3 Liriano (3–8) Suppan (5–5)42,00836–36
73June 24@ Brewers 4–3 Coffey (3–1) Blackburn (6–3) Hoffman (17)34,48036–37
74June 25@ Brewers 6–4 Baker (5–6) Burns (0–1) Nathan (17)40,52437–37
75June 26@ Cardinals 3–1 Perkins (3–4) Wainwright (8–5) Nathan (18)44,15938–37
76June 27@ Cardinals 5–3 Kinney (1–0) Slowey (10–3) Franklin (18)42,98638–38
77June 28@ Cardinals 6–2 Liriano (4–8) Piñeiro (6–9) Nathan (19)42,70539–38
78June 29@ Royals 4–2 Hochevar (3–3) Blackburn (6–4) Soria (10)22,06639–39
79June 30@ Royals 2–1 Baker (6–6) Bannister (5–6) Nathan (20)19,31040–39
July: 12–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Royals 5–1 Perkins (4–4) Meche (4–8) Nathan (21)18,90641–39
81July 3 Tigers 11–9 (16) Dolsi (1–0) Dickey (1–1)33,36841–40
82July 4 Tigers 4–3 Guerrier (4–0) Lyon (3–4) Nathan (22)27,23842–40
83July 5 Tigers 6–2 Blackburn (7–4) Porcello (8–6)33,27443–40
84July 7 Yankees 10–2 Sabathia (8–5) Baker (6–7)29,54043–41
85July 8 Yankees 4–3 Burnett (8–4) Swarzak (2–3) Rivera (22)38,11543–42
86July 9 Yankees 6–4 Albaladejo (4–1) Liriano (4–9) Rivera (23)29,62843–43
87July 10 White Sox 6–4 Blackburn (8–4) Dotel (1–3) Nathan (23)29,62844–43
88July 11 White Sox 8–7 Floyd (7–6) Perkins (4–5) Jenks (20)41,14644–44
89July 12 White Sox 13–7 Baker (7–7) Buehrle (9–3)36,25445–44
90July 17@ Rangers 5–3 Perkins (5–5) Padilla (7–5) Nathan (24)34,66246–44
91July 18@ Rangers 4–1 Baker (8–7) Feldman (8–3) Nathan (25)31,04147–44
92July 19@ Rangers 5–3 (12) Nippert (1–0) Duensing (0–1)27,20447–45
93July 20@ Athletics 14–13 Breslow (3–4) Mijares (0–2) Wuertz (3)10,28347–46
94July 21@ Athletics 3–2 (10) Guerrier (5–0) Bailey (4–3) Nathan (26)12,02748–46
95July 22@ Athletics 16–1 Cahill (6–8) Perkins (5–6)22,03148–47
96July 23@ Angels 6–5 (10) Fuentes (1–2) Crain (2–4)38,14548–48
97July 24@ Angels 6–3 Lackey (6–4) Liriano (4–10)39,27248–49
98July 25@ Angels 11–5 Palmer (8–1) Blackburn (8–5)35,92248–50
99July 26@ Angels 10–1 Swarzak (3–3) Santana (3–6)36,38649–50
100July 27 White Sox 4–3 Perkins (6–6) Danks (8–7) Nathan (27)32,35450–50
101July 28 White Sox 5–3 Mijares (1–2) Beuhrle (11–4) Nathan (28)34,64251–50
102July 29 White Sox 3–2 Crain (3–4) Contreras (4–10) Nathan (29)39,00252–50
103July 31 Angels 11 – 5 (11) Jepsen (3–2) Keppel (0–1)31,76752–51
August: 14–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1 Angels 11–6 Saunders (9–6) Swarzak (3–4)40,82852–52
105August 2 Angels 13–4 Weaver (11–3) Perkins (6–7)41,07952–53
106August 4@ Indians 10–1 Baker (9–7) Huff (5–6)17,51853–53
107August 5@ Indians 8–1 Laffey (5–3) Liriano (4–11)17,68353–54
108August 6@ Indians 2–1 Sipp (2–0) Blackburn (8–6) Wood (15)21,65753–55
109August 7@ Tigers 10–8 Galarraga (6–10) Swarzak (3–5)36,44453–56
110August 8@ Tigers 11–0 Pavano (10–8) Verlander (12–6)39,68554–56
111August 9@ Tigers 8–7 Lyon (5–4) Guerrier (5–1) Rodney (23)35,42354–57
112August 11 Royals 14–6 Davies (4–8) Blackburn (8–7)32,12154–58
113August 12 Royals 7–1 Liriano (5–11) Bannister (7–9)30,10555–58
114August 13 Royals 5–4 Meche (5–9) Pavano (10–9) Soria (19)32,37355–59
115August 14 Indians 11–0 Baker (10–7) Masterson (3–4)34,84556–59
116August 15 Indians 7–3 Huff (7–6) Swarzak (3–6)33,93156–60
117August 16 Indians 7–4 Laffey (7–3) Blackburn (8–8)30,26056–61
118August 17@ Rangers 8–5 Hunter (6–2) Liriano (5–12) Francisco (18)17,94056–62
119August 18@ Rangers 9–6 Crain (4–4) Jennings (2–4) Nathan (30)20,93157–62
120August 19@ Rangers 5–4 Baker (11–7) Millwood (9–8) Nathan (31)33,47958–62
121August 20@ Rangers 11–1 Holland (7–7) Swarzak (3–7)21,87058–63
122August 21@ Royals 5–4 Nathan (2–1) Soria (3–1)22,28359–63
123August 22@ Royals 8–7 Duensing (1–1) Davies (4–9) Guerrier (1)33,81160–63
124August 23@ Royals 10–3 Pavano (11–9) Bannister (7–10)18,68061–63
125August 24 Orioles 2–1 Baker (12–7) Tillman (1–2) Nathan (32)20,27162–63
126August 25 Orioles 7–6 Mijares (2–2) Mickolio (0–1)23,69663–63
127August 26 Orioles 5–1 Guthrie (9–12) Blackburn (8–9)28,44663–64
128August 28 Rangers 3–2 Duensing (2–1) Hunter (6–3) Nathan (33)21,64164–64
129August 29 Rangers 3–0 Feldman (14–4) Pavano (11–10) Francisco (19)28,51664–65
130August 30 Rangers 5–3 Rauch (1–0) Wilson (4–6) Nathan (34)29,28265–65
131August 31 White Sox 4–1 Blackburn (9–9) Floyd (10–9) Nathan (35)19,42666–65
September: 17–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1 White Sox 4–3 Rauch (2–0) Thornton (6–3)22,59967–65
133September 2 White Sox 4–2 Carrasco (5–1) Nathan (2–2) Jenks (28)21,00767–66
134September 4@ Indians 5–2 Sowers (6–9) Pavano (10–11) Wood (18)24,40267–67
135September 5@ Indians 4–1 Baker (13–7) Masterson (4–7) Nathan (36)19,45568–67
136September 6@ Indians 3–1 Huff (9–7) Blackburn (9–10) Wood (19)17,91168–68
137September 7@ Blue Jays 6–3 Crain (5–4) Richmond (6–9) Nathan (37)13,15369–68
138September 8@ Blue Jays 6–3 Romero (12–7) Rauch (2–1) Frasor (7)13,48869–69
139September 9@ Blue Jays 4–1 Pavano (12–11) Halladay (13–9) Nathan (38)11,15970–69
140September 10@ Blue Jays 3–2 Cecil (7–4) Baker (13–8) Frasor (8)11,46170–70
141September 11 Athletics 12–5 Mortensen (1–2) Blackburn (9–11)21,08470–71
142September 12 Athletics 4–2 Anderson (9–10) Manship (0–1) Bailey (24)24,28370–72
143September 13 Athletics 8–0 Duensing (3–1) Gonzalez (5–6)21,85071–72
144September 14 Indians 6–3 Mahay (2–1) C. Perez (0–1) Nathan (39)20,64072–72
145September 15 Indians 5–4 Rauch (3–1) Carmona (3–11) Nathan (40)19,03573–72
146September 16 Indians 7–3 Blackburn (10–11) Laffey (7–6) Nathan (41)16,92174–72
147September 18 Tigers 3–0 Duensing (4–1) Porcello (13–9) Nathan (42)32,69375–72
148September 19 Tigers 6–2 Crain (6–4) Verlander (16–9)43,33876–72
149September 20 Tigers 6–2 Robertson (2–2) Baker (13–9)36,33576–73
150September 21@ White Sox 7–0 Blackburn (11–11) Hudson (0–1)26,54177–73
151September 22@ White Sox 8–6 Crain (7–4) Danks (12–10) Nathan (43)25,29078–73
152September 23@ White Sox 8–6 Duensing (5–1) Buehrle (12–10) Nathan (44)26,09779–73
153September 25@ Royals 9–4 Pavano (13–11) Tejeda (4–2)23,30780–73
154September 26@ Royals 11–6 Baker (14–9) DiNardo (0–2)30,69081–73
155September 27@ Royals 4–1 Greinke (16–8) Liriano (5–13) Soria (29)28,72181–74
September 28@ Tigers Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 29
156September 29@ Tigers 3–2 Rauch (4–1) Lyon (6–5) Nathan (45)35,24382–74
157September 29@ Tigers 6–5 Verlander (18–9) Duensing (5–2) Rodney (36)30,24082–75
158September 30@ Tigers 7–2 Bonine (1–1) Pavano (13–12)34,77582–76
October: 5–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Tigers 8–3 Baker (15–9) Robertson (2–3)40,53383–76
160October 2 Royals 10–7 Manship (1–1) DiNardo (0–3) Nathan (46)40,22384–76
161October 3 Royals 5–4 Rauch (5–1) Hughes (0–2) Nathan (47)48,64485–76
162October 4 Royals 13–4 Pavano (14–12) Hochevar (7–13)51,15586–76
163October 6 Tigers*6–5 (12) Keppel (1–1) Rodney (2–5)54,08887–76
*AL Central tiebreaker.
American League Division Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7@ Yankees 7–2 Sabathia (1–0) Duensing (0–1)49,4840–1
2October 9@ Yankees 4–3 (12) Robertson (1–0) Mijares (0–1)50,0060–2
3October 11 Yankees 4–1 Pettitte (1–0) Pavano (0–1) Rivera (1)54,7350–3

Tie-Breaker & Post Season

Minnesota Twins celebrate division tiebreaker victory over the Detroit Tigers. Twinsdivisioncele.JPG
Minnesota Twins celebrate division tiebreaker victory over the Detroit Tigers.

The Twins ended the 162-game regular season tied with the Detroit Tigers, necessitating a one-game playoff. This made the Twins the first major league team ever to play in a tie-breaker two years in a row (they lost one to the Chicago White Sox in 2008). The game took place on Tuesday, October 6 at the Metrodome. The Twins won the game, 6–5, in 12 innings on Alexi Casilla's game-winning hit scoring Carlos Gómez. [8]

The Twins went on to face the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, which they lost in three consecutive games.

Player stats

Batting

Regular season

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Luis Ayala 30000000—0
Scott Baker 26000000.0000
Nick Blackburn 14000000.0000
Brian Buscher 61136143231212.2350
Orlando Cabrera 592424270133536.2892
Alexi Casilla 80228254673017.20211
Jesse Crain 10000000—0
Joe Crede 9033342751611548.2250
Michael Cuddyer 153588931623473294.2766
R. A. Dickey 40000000—0
Carlos Gómez 1373155172155328.22914
Matt Guerrier 70000000—0
Brendan Harris 12341444108221637.2610
Sean Henn 30000000—0
Justin Huber 12010000.5000
Bob Keppel 20000000—0
Jason Kubel 1465147315435228103.3001
Francisco Liriano 25000000.0000
Joe Mauer 138523941913012896.3654
José Mijares 30000000—0
Jose Morales 5411914376007.3110
Justin Morneau 1355088513931130100.2740
Joe Nathan 80000000—0
Glen Perkins 11000000.0000
Jason Pridie 10000000—0
Nick Punto 1253595682151138.22816
Mike Redmond 451359325107.2370
Kevin Slowey 23000000.0000
Denard Span 145578971801610868.31123
Anthony Swarzak 12000000.0000
Matt Tolbert 71198284671219.2326
Delmon Young 108395501121621260.2842
Pitcher totals16321000000.0000
Team Totals1635608817153927140172770.27485

Postseason

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Orlando Cabrera 313120000.1541
Michael Cuddyer 314060001.4290
Carlos Gómez 14100000.0000
Brendan Harris 312130101.2500
Jason Kubel 314010000.0710
Joe Mauer 312151001.4170
Jose Morales 13000000.0000
Nick Punto 39041001.4440
Denard Span 315161001.4001
Matt Tolbert 25010000.2000
Delmon Young 312111000.0831
Totals31136294105.2573

Pitching

Regular season

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Luis Ayala 124.18280032.11815821
Scott Baker 1594.3733330200.0999748162
Nick Blackburn 11114.0333330205.2103924198
Craig Breslow 126.28170014.111101111
Jesse Crain 744.70560051.228272743
R. A. Dickey 114.62351064.134333042
Brian Duensing 523.64249084.037343153
Armando Gabino 0017.182103.27752
Matt Guerrier 512.36790176.123201647
Sean Henn 037.15140011.19989
Philip Humber 008.008009.08899
Bob Keppel 114.83370054.030292132
Francisco Liriano 5135.8029240136.2938865122
Ron Mahay 102.0016009.03238
Jeff Manship 115.68115031.221201521
José Mijares 222.34710061.217162355
Juan Morillo 0022.503002.05531
Kevin Mulvey 0027.002001.14400
Joe Nathan 222.107004768.216162289
Carl Pavano 544.641212073.239381659
Glen Perkins 675.891817096.164632345
Jon Rauch 511.72170015.233614
Kevin Slowey 1034.861616090.250491575
Anthony Swarzak 376.251212059.043412034
Team Totals87764.50163163481453.07657264661052

Postseason

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Nick Blackburn 001.591105.21123
Brian Duensing 019.641104.25513
Matt Guerrier 000.002002.00002
Francisco Liriano 004.501002.02111
Ron Mahay 005.403001.21112
José Mijares 0113.502000.21110
Joe Nathan 009.002002.02212
Carl Pavano 012.571107.02209
Jon Rauch 006.753001.11120
Totals034.6733027.01514922

Other post-season awards

Farm system

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

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