2021 Minnesota Twins | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central Division | |
Ballpark | Target Field | |
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Record | 73–89 (.451) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Jim Pohlad | |
Managers | Rocco Baldelli | |
Television | Bally Sports North (Dick Bremer, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin) | |
Radio | WCCO (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2021 Minnesota Twins season was the 61st season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 12th season at Target Field and the 121st overall in the American League. The Twins were favored to win the AL Central for the third straight season, and hopes were high that they would break their American sports-leading 18 straight postseason losses. However, due to injuries to players such as superstar center fielder Byron Buxton, the Twins had a poor season, falling from first place in the AL Central the previous two seasons to last in 2021 with a 73–89 record and missing the postseason for the first time since 2018.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 53–28 | 40–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 13 | 40–41 | 40–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 16 | 42–39 | 35–46 |
Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 19 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 20 | 38–43 | 35–46 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | 0.617 |
Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | 0.586 |
Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — |
New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — |
Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 1 |
Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 2 |
Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 6 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 12 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 15 |
Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 15 |
Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 18 |
Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 19 |
Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | 0.321 | 40 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
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April: 9–15 (Home: 4–7 ; Away: 5–8)
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May: 13–16 (Home: 8–10 ; Away: 5–6)
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June: 11–14 (Home: 5–6 ; Away: 6–8)
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July: 11–16 (Home: 7–7 ; Away: 4–9)
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August: 14–13 (Home: 8–5 ; Away: 6–8)
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September: 13–14 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 7–6)
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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
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Jorge Alcala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Luis Arráez | 121 | 428 | 58 | 126 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 42 | .294 | 2 |
Willians Astudillo | 72 | 208 | 17 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .236 | 0 |
Charlie Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Kyle Barraclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Jose Berrios | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Travis Blankenhorn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Beau Burrows | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Byron Buxton | 61 | 235 | 50 | 72 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .306 | 9 |
Jake Cave | 76 | 164 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .189 | 1 |
Gilberto Celestino | 23 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .136 | 0 |
Alex Colome | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Danny Coulombe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nelson Cruz | 85 | 296 | 44 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 50 | .294 | 3 |
Randy Dobnak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Josh Donaldson | 135 | 457 | 73 | 113 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 72 | .247 | 0 |
Tyler Duffey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
John Gant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Kyle Garlick | 36 | 99 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .232 | 1 |
Mitch Garver | 68 | 207 | 29 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .256 | 1 |
Nick Gordon | 73 | 200 | 19 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | .240 | 10 |
Griffin Jax | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Ryan Jeffers | 85 | 267 | 28 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 35 | .199 | 0 |
Max Kepler | 121 | 426 | 61 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 54 | .211 | 10 |
Alex Kirilloff | 59 | 215 | 23 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 34 | .251 | 1 |
Trevor Larnach | 79 | 260 | 29 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .223 | 1 |
Tzu-Wei Lin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Kenta Maeda | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Juan Minaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Bailey Ober | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Michael Pineda | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jorge Polanco | 152 | 588 | 97 | 158 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 98 | .269 | 11 |
Rob Refsnyder | 51 | 139 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .245 | 1 |
JT Riddle | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Hansel Robles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Taylor Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Brent Rooker | 58 | 189 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .201 | 0 |
Ben Rortvedt | 39 | 89 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .169 | 0 |
Joe Ryan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Miguel Sano | 135 | 470 | 68 | 105 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 75 | .223 | 2 |
Andrelton Simmons | 131 | 412 | 37 | 92 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .223 | 1 |
Cody Stashak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Caleb Thielbar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5431 | 729 | 1311 | 271 | 17 | 228 | 690 | .241 | 54 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Andrew Albers | 1 | 2 | 7.58 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
Jorge Alcala | 3 | 6 | 3.92 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 59.2 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 61 |
Shaun Anderson | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
Willians Astudillo | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Charlie Barnes | 0 | 3 | 5.92 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 38.0 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 20 |
Kyle Barraclough | 2 | 0 | 5.54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
Jose Berrios | 7 | 5 | 3.48 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 121.2 | 53 | 47 | 32 | 126 |
Beau Burrows | 0 | 1 | 12.54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
Alex Colome | 4 | 4 | 4.15 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 65.0 | 41 | 30 | 23 | 58 |
Danny Coulombe | 3 | 2 | 3.67 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 34.1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
Randy Dobnak | 1 | 7 | 7.64 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 50.2 | 44 | 43 | 12 | 27 |
Tyler Duffey | 3 | 3 | 3.18 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 62.1 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 61 |
Luke Farrell | 1 | 1 | 4.74 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 24.2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
John Gant | 1 | 5 | 5.61 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 33.2 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
Edgar Garcia | 0 | 0 | 10.45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
Ralph Garza Jr. | 0 | 2 | 3.26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
Ian Gibaut | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
J. A. Happ | 5 | 6 | 6.77 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 98.1 | 76 | 74 | 31 | 77 |
Griffin Jax | 4 | 5 | 6.37 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 82.0 | 62 | 58 | 29 | 65 |
Derek Law | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
Kenta Maeda | 6 | 5 | 4.66 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 106.1 | 60 | 55 | 32 | 113 |
Juan Minaya | 2 | 1 | 2.48 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 43 |
Jovani Moran | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Bailey Ober | 3 | 3 | 4.19 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 92.1 | 45 | 43 | 19 | 96 |
Michael Pineda | 9 | 8 | 3.62 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 109.1 | 49 | 44 | 21 | 88 |
Hansel Robles | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 44.0 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 43 |
Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 3.35 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 40.1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 59 |
Joe Ryan | 2 | 1 | 4.05 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26.2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
Matt Shoemaker | 3 | 8 | 8.06 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 | 56 | 54 | 27 | 40 |
Devin Smeltzer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Cody Stashak | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
Caleb Thielbar | 7 | 0 | 3.23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 77 |
Lewis Thorpe | 0 | 2 | 4.70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15.1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Nick Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0.71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Brandon Waddell | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Team Totals | 73 | 89 | 4.83 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1419.1 | 834 | 762 | 484 | 1317 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | St. Paul Saints [2] | Triple-A East | Toby Gardenhire |
AA | Wichita Wind Surge | Double-A Central | Ramon Borrego |
A-Advanced | Cedar Rapids Kernels | High-A Central | Brian Dinkelman |
A | Fort Myers Mighty Mussels | Low-A Southeast | Brian Meyer |
Rookie | FCL Twins | Florida Complex League | Takashi Miyoshi |
Rookie | DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League |
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The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, 2+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2000 World Series. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Seattle Mariners, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.
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