2011 Minnesota Twins season

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2011  Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place5th
Owners Jim Pohlad
General managers Bill Smith
Managers Ron Gardenhire
Television Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Radio 1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM)
(John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry, Ted Robinson, Bob Kurtz)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2011 Minnesota Twins season was the 51st season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 111th overall in the American League. The team drew 3,168,107 fans during the year. The Twins had a poor season, falling from first place the year before to last in American League Central.

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Regular season

Longtime Twins pitcher and broadcaster Bert Blyleven was elected to the Hall of Fame on January 5, and inducted on July 24.

On May 3, on a 42-degree Chicago Tuesday night, Francisco Liriano hurled the Twins' fifth no-hitter, closing down the White Sox. He struck out two and walked six on 123 pitches, but won 1-0. [1] Liriano's gem follows previous no-hitters by Jack Kralick (1962), Dean Chance (1967), Scott Erickson (1994) and Eric Milton (1999). To date, the Twins have been no-hit four times in their history.

The Twins opened their June 21 game against the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner with four singles and four doubles. [2] The eight consecutive hits to open a game tied a major league record. After Ben Revere collected his second hit of the inning, Bumgarner was lifted.

Only Michael Cuddyer represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. As a reserve outfielder, he was inserted at first base for two innings and went 0 for 1. [3]

Slugger Jim Thome belted career homers number 599 and 600 on August 15. [4] He was just the eighth player in history to reach 600. Six days later at Target Field, Thome on the diamond with New York's Alex Rodriguez marked the first time since July 17, 1973 that two 600-home-run club members squared off—on that date it was Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

A Twins first happened on September 6, when Chris Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks each made their major league debut in the same game. Starting pitcher Hendriks took the loss, striking out 4 but giving up four hits and all three Chicago White Sox runs. Parmelee's 2-for-4 night topped Benson's 0-for 3. [5]

At season's end, closer Joe Nathan finished with 260 Minnesota saves, topping Rick Aguilera's club record of 254. Nathan signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers in November.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9567.586—50‍–‍3145‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians 8082.4941544‍–‍3736‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 7983.4881636‍–‍4543‍–‍38
Kansas City Royals 7191.4382440‍–‍4131‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 6399.3893233‍–‍4830‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 9765.599
Texas Rangers 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9567.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562—
Boston Red Sox 9072.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.50010
Cleveland Indians 8082.49411
Chicago White Sox 7983.48812
Oakland Athletics 7488.45717
Kansas City Royals 7191.43820
Baltimore Orioles 6993.42622
Seattle Mariners 6795.41424
Minnesota Twins 6399.38928

Record vs opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston 10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago 4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland 5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit 5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City 4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles 6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota 2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York 13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland 5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle 2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay 9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas 5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto 12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10
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Game log

Legend
Twins WinTwins LossPostponed
2011 Game Log
April (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Blue Jays 13–3 Romero (1–0) Pavano (0–1)47,9840–1
2April 2@ Blue Jays 6–1 Drabek (1–0) Liriano (0–1)27,1940–2
3April 3@ Blue Jays 4–3 Blackburn (1–0) Cecil (0–1) Nathan (1)35,5051–2
4April 4@ Yankees 4–3 Nova (1–0) Baker (0–1) Rivera (3)40,3111–3
5April 5@ Yankees 5–4 (10) Capps (1–0) Logan (0–1) Nathan (2)40,2672–3
April 6@ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/19
6April 7@ Yankees 4–3 Burnett (2–0) Liriano (0–2) Rivera (4)41,5122–4
7April 8 Athletics 2–1 Pavano (1–1) Anderson (0–1) Nathan (3)40,7143–4
8April 9 Athletics 1–0 Gonzalez (2–0) Blackburn (1–1) Fuentes (2)39,9363–5
9April 10 Athletics 5–3 McCarthy (1–0) Baker (0–2) Fuentes (3)38,4843–6
10April 12 Royals 4–3 (10) Hughes (1–0) Tejeda (0–1)38,1544–6
11April 13 Royals 10–5 Davies (1–0) Liriano (0–3) Jeffress (1)36,2864–7
12April 14@ Rays 4–3 (10) Farnsworth (1–0) Capps (1–1)10,0424–8
13April 15@ Rays 5–2 Davis (1–2) Blackburn (1–2) Farnsworth (3)15,3424–9
14April 16@ Rays 4–3 Cruz (1–0) Nathan (0–1)16,4284–10
15April 17@ Rays 4–2 Duensing (1–0) Hellickson (1–2) Capps (1)22,4265–10
16April 18@ Orioles 5–3 Liriano (1–3) Tillman (0–2) Capps (2)13,1386–10
17April 19@ Orioles 11–0 Arrieta (2–1) Pavano (1–2)12,0456–11
18April 20@ Orioles 5–4 Britton (3–1) Blackburn (1–3) Gregg (2)13,8256–12
19April 21@ Orioles 3–1 Baker (1–2) Guthrie (1–3) Capps (3)16,7697–12
April 22 Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: 7/18
20April 23 Indians 10–3 Duensing (2–0) Carmona (1–3)39,4598–12
21April 24 Indians 4–3 Pavano (2–2) Pérez (2–1) Capps (4)39,3889–12
April 26 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: 4/28
22April 27 Rays 8–3 Davis (3–2) Liriano (1–4)36,7149–13
23April 28 Rays 15–3 Hellickson (2–2) Blackburn (1–4)38,2159–14
24April 28 Rays 6–1 Niemann (1–3) Swarzak (0–1)36,4569–15
25April 29@ Royals 4–3 Wood (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Soria (6)31,4079–16
26April 30@ Royals 11–2 Adcock (1–0) Duensing (2–1)22,0999–17
May (8–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Royals 10–3 Hochevar (3–3) Pavano (2–3)18,1089–18
28May 3@ White Sox 1–0 Liriano † (2–4) Jackson (2–4)20,90110–18
29May 4@ White Sox 3–2 Blackburn (2–4) Danks (0–5) Capps (5)18,02811–18
30May 6@ Red Sox 9–2 Baker (2–2) Wakefield (0–1)37,79812–18
31May 7@ Red Sox 4–0 Buchholz (3–3) Duensing (2–2)37,23412–19
32May 8@ Red Sox 9–5 Matsuzaka (3–3) Pavano (2–4)37,52612–20
33May 9@ Red Sox 2–1 Okajima (1–0) Hoey (0–1)37,27612–21
34May 10 Tigers 10–2 Porcello (3–2) Liriano (2–5)38,94912–22
35May 11 Tigers 9–7 Benoit (1–2) Capps (1–2) Valverde (8)38,93812–23
36May 13 Blue Jays 2–0 Romero (3–4) Burnett (0–2) Francisco (3)38,80912–24
37May 14 Blue Jays 9–3 (11) Rauch (2–2) Perkins (0–1)39,93412–25
38May 15 Blue Jays 11–3 Morrow (2–2) Duensing (2–3)39,30112–26
39May 16@ Mariners 5–2 Pineda (5–2) Baker (2–3)14,85912–27
40May 17@ Mariners 2–1 Liriano (3–5) Hernández (4–4) Capps (6)16,01513–27
41May 18@ Athletics 4–3 (10) Nathan (1–1) Fuentes (1–4) Capps (7)15,35514–27
42May 19@ Athletics 11–1 Blackburn (3–4) Ross (3–3)22,32015–27
43May 20@ Diamondbacks 8–7 Kennedy (5–1) Duensing (2–4) Paterson (1)27,45015–28
44May 21@ Diamondbacks 9–6 Heilman (3–0) Capps (1–3) Putz (11)39,77615–29
45May 22@ Diamondbacks 3–2 Hudson (5–5) Burnett (0–3) Putz (12)31,01715–30
46May 23 Mariners 8–7 (10) Wright (1–1) Swarzak (0–2) League (11)37,49815–31
47May 24 Mariners 4–2 Blackburn (4–4) Fister (2–5)37,69116–31
48May 25 Mariners 3–0 Bédard (3–4) Duensing (2–5) League (12)38,86016–32
49May 27 Angels 6–5 Downs (3–1) Hoey (0–2) Walden (11)38,97616–33
50May 28 Angels 1–0 (10) Burnett (1–3) Takahashi (1–1)39,82417–33
51May 29 Angels 6–5 Haren (5–3) Pavano (2–5) Walden (12)39,86717–34
52May 30@ Tigers 6–5 Alburquerque (2–1) Burnett (1–4) Valverde (13)30,19817–35
53May 31@ Tigers 8–7 Alburquerque (3–1) Dumatrait (0–1) Benoit (2)22,64917-36
June (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Tigers 4–2 Porcello (5–3) Baker (2–4) Valverde (14)24,36317–37
55June 2@ Royals 8–2 Swarzak (1–2) O'Sullivan (2–5)14,58418–37
56June 3@ Royals 5–2 Pavano (3–5) Duffy (0–1)32,44319–37
57June 4@ Royals 7–2 Blackburn (5–4) Hochevar (3–6)27,86120–37
58June 5@ Royals 6–0 Duensing (3–5) Francis (2–6)21,70421–37
59June 6@ Indians 6–4 Baker (3–4) Tomlin (7–3) Capps (8)15,27822–37
60June 7@ Indians 1–0 Carrasco (5–3) Liriano (3–6) C. Perez (15)15,49822–38
61June 8@ Indians 3–2 (10) Capps (2–3) C. Perez (2–2) Dumatrait (1)15,84923–38
62June 9 Rangers 5–4 Hoey (1–2) Lowe (1–1)38,76124–38
63June 10 Rangers 9–3 Wilson (7–3) Duensing (3–6)38,90724–39
64June 11 Rangers 8–1 Baker (4–4) Lewis (5–7)40,42025–39
65June 12 Rangers 6–1 Liriano (4–6) Harrison (5–6)39,28126–39
June 14 White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/5
66June 15 White Sox 4–1 Pavano (4–5) Floyd (6–6)37,43727–39
67June 16 White Sox 1–0 Blackburn (6–4) Buehrle (6–5) Capps (9)39,48428–39
68June 17 Padres 6–5 Duensing (4–6) Richard (2–9) Capps (10)39,20529–39
69June 18 Padres 1–0 Baker (5–4) Stauffer (2–5) Capps (11)40,22530–39
70June 19 Padres 5–4 Burnett (2–4) Qualls (3–3)40,65531–39
71June 21@ Giants 9–2 Pavano (5–5) Bumgarner (3–9)41,95832–39
72June 22@ Giants 5–1 Vogelsong (5–1) Blackburn (6–5)41,88632–40
73June 23@ Giants 2–1 Lincecum (6–6) Duensing (4–7) Wilson (21)42,48132–41
74June 24@ Brewers 4–3 Wolf (6–4) Baker (5–5) Axford (20)39,81932–42
75June 25@ Brewers 11–1 Gallardo (9–4) Liriano (4–7)43,98032–43
76June 26@ Brewers 6–2 Narveson (5–5) Pavano (5–6)41,62432–44
77June 27 Dodgers 15–0 Billingsley (7–6) Blackburn (6–6)39,48732–45
78June 28 Dodgers 6–4 Duensing (5–7) Lilly (5–8) Capps (12)39,75533–45
79June 29 Dodgers 1–0 Baker (6–5) De La Rosa (3–3) Capps (13)39,65534–45
July (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1 Brewers 6–4 Liriano (5–7) Gallardo (9–5)40,81235–45
81July 2 Brewers 8–7 Saito (1–1) Capps (2–4) Axford (21)41,37835–46
82July 3 Brewers 9–7 Dumatrait (1–1) Loe (2–7) Perkins (1)41,19536–46
83July 4 Rays 7–0 Duensing (6–7) Price (8–7)39,52837–46
84July 5 Rays 3–2 Baker (7–5) Shields (8–6) Perkins (2)38,61338–46
85July 6 Rays 12–5 Howell (2–1) Burnett (2–5)39,84138–47
86July 7@ White Sox 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Humber (8–5)26,39539–47
87July 8@ White Sox 8–5 Blackburn (7–6) Floyd (6–9) Capps (14)27,73740–47
88July 9@ White Sox 4–3 Crain (5–2) Mijares (0–1)30,05540–48
89July 10@ White Sox 6–3 Swarzak (2–2) Peavy (4–3) Capps (15)30,04241–48
All-Star Break : National League defeats American League 5–1.
90July 14 Royals 8–4 Liriano (6–7) Chen (5–3)39,58442–48
91July 15 Royals 2–1 Collins (4–4) Capps (2–5) Soria (16)39,17742–49
92July 16 Royals 4–3 Perkins (1–1) Francis (3–11) Nathan (4)41,29543–49
93July 17 Royals 4–3 Duensing (7–7) Paulino (1–3) Nathan (5)38,78644–49
94July 18 Indians 5–2 Huff (1–0) Swarzak (2–3) Pestano (2)39,76844–50
95July 18 Indians 6–3 Carmona (5–10) Diamond (0–1)38,49144–51
96July 19 Indians 2–1 Perkins (2–1) Perez (2–5)38,47345–51
97July 20 Indians 7–5 Capps (3–5) Sipp (4–2) Nathan (6)39,16746–51
98July 21 Tigers 6–2 Verlander (13–5) Pavano (6–7)40,14946–52
99July 22 Tigers 8–2 Scherzer (11–5) Duensing (7–8)40,69146–53
100July 23 Tigers 4–1 Baker (8–5) Penny (7–7) Nathan (7)40,76447–53
101July 24 Tigers 5–2 Porcello (10–6) Liriano (6–8) Valverde (26)40,78947–54
102July 25@ Rangers 20–6 Holland (9–4) Blackburn (7–7)35,57347–55
103July 26@ Rangers 9–8 Perkins (3–1) Feliz (0–2) Nathan (8)30,58148–55
104July 27@ Rangers 7–2 Duensing (8–8) Lewis (10–8)35,95049–55
105July 28@ Rangers 4–1 Harrison (9–7) Baker (8–6) Feliz (21)30,40649–56
106July 29@ Athletics 9–5 Liriano (7–8) Gonzalez (9–8)25,65650–56
107July 30@ Athletics 8–3 Moscoso (4–5) Blackburn (7–8)19,60550–57
108July 31@ Athletics 7–3 McCarthy (4–5) Pavano (6–8)22,45250–58
August (7–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 2@ Angels 5–1 Santana (7–8) Duensing (8–9)37,56550–59
110August 3@ Angels 11–4 Swarzak (3–3) Piñeiro (5–6)35,55551–59
111August 4@ Angels 7–1 Haren (12–6) Liriano (7–9)40,36551–60
112August 5 White Sox 5–3 Buehrle (9–5) Blackburn (7–9) Sale (3)41,36451–61
113August 6 White Sox 6–1 Stewart (1–1) Pavano (6–9)41,03051–62
114August 7 White Sox 7–0 Peavy (5–5) Duensing (8–v10)39,35351–63
115August 8 Red Sox 8–6 Aceves (8–1) Perkins (3–2) Papelbon (25)40,08051–64
116August 9 Red Sox 4–3 Albers (4–3) Capps (3–6) Papelbon (26)39,97451–65
117August 10 Red Sox 5–2 Perkins (4–2) Lester (11–6) Nathan (9)40,49152–65
118August 12@ Indians 3–2 R. Perez (5–2) Perkins (4–3) C. Perez (24)31,36452–66
119August 13@ Indians 3–1 Tomlin (12–5) Duensing (8–11) C. Perez (25)30,61952–67
August 14@ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/24
120August 15@ Tigers 9–6 Liriano (8–9) Porcello (11–8) Nathan (10)36,21153–67
121August 16@ Tigers 7–1 Verlander (18–5) Blackburn (7–10)40,58953–68
122August 17@ Tigers 6–5 Capps (4–6) Valverde (2–4) Nathan (11)34,83554–68
123August 18 Yankees 8–4 Sabathia (17–7) Duensing (8–12)41,12654–69
124August 19 Yankees 8–1 Hughes (4–4) Slowey (0–1)41,32854–70
125August 20 Yankees 9–4 Liriano (9–9) Burnett (9–10)41,25455–70
126August 21 Yankees 3–0 Nova (13–4) Dumatrait (1–2) Rivera (33)41,24255–71
127August 22 Orioles 4–1 Britton (7–9) Pavano (6–10) Gregg (18)38,98655–72
128August 23 Orioles 8–1 Simón (4–6) Duensing (8–13)38,78655–73
129August 24 Orioles 6–1 Guthrie (6–16) Slowey (0–2)37,77855–74
130August 25 Orioles 6–1 Reyes (7–10) Swarzak (3–4)38,40655–75
131August 26 Tigers 8–1 Porcello (12–8) Diamond (0–2)38,91855–76
132August 27 Tigers 6–4 Verlander (20–5) Pavano (6–11) Valverde (39)40,17955–77
133August 28 Tigers 11–4 Duensing (9–13) Penny (9–10)39,13056–77
134August 29@ White Sox 3–0 Buehrle (11–6) Slowey (0–3) Santos (27)24,12056–78
135August 30@ White Sox 8–6 Ohman (1–3) Swarzak (3–5) Santos (28)21,63256–79
136August 31@ White Sox 7–6 Diamond (1–2) Peavy (6–7) Nathan (12)20,34657–79
September (6–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 2@ Angels 13–5 Pavano (7–11) Chatwood (6–10)37,19858–79
138September 3@ Angels 10–6 Weaver (16–7) Dumatrait (1–3)39,10258–80
139September 4@ Angels 4–1 Piñeiro (6–6) Slowey (0–4) Walden (28)36,63858–81
140September 5 White Sox 2–1 Humber (9–8) Swarzak (3–6) Sale (6)40,25258–82
141September 5 White Sox 4–0 Stewart (2–3) Diamond (1–3)39,84958–83
142September 6 White Sox 3–0 Peavy (7–7) Hendriks (0–1) Santos (29)36,95958–84
143September 7 White Sox 5–4 Pavano (8–11) Danks (6–11) Nathan (13)38,35959–84
144September 9@ Tigers 8–4 Penny (10–10) Slowey (0–5)35,99659–85
145September 10@ Tigers 3–2 Alburquerque (6–1) Perkins (4–4)38,56759–86
146September 11@ Tigers 2–1 Fister (8–13) Diamond (1–4) Valverde (43)36,97259–87
147September 13@ Royals 4–0 Chen (11–7) Pavano (8–12)25,25359–88
148September 14@ Royals 7–3 Hochevar (11–11) Hendriks (0–2) Holland (3)19,07659–89
149September 16 Indians 7–6 Jiménez (4–2) Slowey (0–6) C. Perez (33)37,94259–90
150September 17 Indians 10–4 Gómez (4–2) Swarzak (3–7)38,80559–91
151September 18 Indians 6–5 Masterson (12–10) Pavano (8–13) C. Perez (34)37,01259–92
152September 19@ Yankees 6–4 Wade (6–1) Diamond (1–5) Rivera (43)40,04559–93
153September 20 Mariners 5–4 Vargas (9–13) Duensing (9–14) League (35)35,99559–94
154September 21 Mariners 5–4 Jimenez (1–0) Slowey (0–7) League (36)36,26359–95
155September 22 Mariners 3–2 Nathan (2–1) Delabar (1–1)37,46660–95
156September 23@ Indians 6–5 C. Perez (4–7) Capps (4–7)36,80760–96
157September 24@ Indians 8–2 Putnam (1–1) Liriano (9–10)26,19760–97
158September 24@ Indians 7–6 Hagadone (1–0) Mijares (0–2)30,74860–98
159September 25@ Indians 6–4 (10) Waldrop (1–0) Sipp (6–3)22,53961–98
160September 26 Royals 7–3 Paulino (4–10) Slowey (0–8)34,84761–99
161September 27 Royals 7–4 Swarzak (4–7) O'Sullivan (2–6)34,22862–99
162September 28 Royals 1–0 Pavano (9–13) Wood (5–3)36,48863–99
† No Hitter

Player stats

Batting

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
Scott Baker 25021000.4000
Joe Benson 21713176102.2392
Nick Blackburn 12000000.0000
Alex Burnett 70000000—0
Drew Butera 93234193991223.1670
Matt Capps 10000000—0
Alexi Casilla 973235284214221.26015
Michael Cuddyer 139529701502922070.28411
Brian Dinkelman 23735221004.3012
Brian Duensing 34000000.0000
Phil Dumatrait 40000000—0
Jim Hoey 10000000—0
Steve Holm 617121000.1180
Dusty Hughes 10000000—0
Luke Hughes 962873164120730.2233
Jason Kubel 99366371002111258.2731
Francisco Liriano 22010001.5000
Joe Mauer 822963885150330.2870
José Mijares 40000000—0
Justin Morneau 692641960160430.2270
Joe Nathan 20000000—0
Tsuyoshi Nishioka 68221145050019.2262
Chris Parmelee 217682760414.3550
Carl Pavano 26000000.0000
Glen Perkins 40000000—0
Trevor Plouffe 812864768181831.2383
Jason Repko 67133213020211.2267
Ben Revere 1174505612095030.26734
René Rivera 451049153015.1440
Kevin Slowey 10000000—0
Denard Span 702843775115216.2646
Anthony Swarzak 10000000—0
Jim Thome 7120621501201240.2430
Matt Tolbert 872072241102011.1983
Rene Tosoni 60172203571522.2030
Danny Valencia 154564631392821572.2462
Delmon Young 843052681160432.2661
Team Totals1625487619135725925103572.24792

Pitching

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
Scott Baker 863.1423210134.2504732123
Nick Blackburn 7104.4926260148.191745476
Alex Burnett 255.51660050.232312133
Matt Capps 474.256901565.231311334
Michael Cuddyer 000.001001.00010
Scott Diamond 155.0877039.025221719
Brian Duensing 9145.2332280161.21029452115
Phil Dumatrait 133.92450141.122182529
Eric Hacker 000.002005.11042
Liam Hendriks 026.1744023.11616616
Jim Hoey 125.47260024.220151314
Dusty Hughes 109.95150012.21414811
Chuck James 006.1080010.17748
Francisco Liriano 9105.0926240134.1817675112
Jeff Manship 008.105003.13342
José Mijares 024.59580049.031253030
Joe Nathan 214.844801344.226241443
Lester Oliveros 004.05100013.16679
Carl Pavano 9134.3033330222.012310640102
Glen Perkins 442.48650261.219172165
Anthony Slama 000.002002.10023
Kevin Slowey 086.67148059.14444534
Anthony Swarzak 474.3227110102.053492655
Kyle Waldrop 105.7370011.07765
Team Totals63994.58162162321421.2804724480940

Other post-season awards

Farm system

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

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