List of Minnesota Twins team records

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This is a listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.

Contents

Single-season records

Batting

StatisticPlayer(s)NumberYear(s)
Batting average Rod Carew .3881977
Home runs Harmon Killebrew 491964, 1969
RBI Harmon Killebrew1401969
Runs Chuck Knoblauch 1401996
HitsRod Carew2391977
Singles Sam Rice 1821925
Doubles Mickey Vernon 511946
Triples Goose Goslin, Cristian Guzmán 201925, 2000
Extra base hits Tony Oliva 841964
Stolen bases Clyde Milan 881912
Hit streak Ken Landreaux 31 games1980
Base on balls Eddie Yost 1511956
Strikeouts Miguel Sanó 1782016
Team HR Team 3072019

Pitching

StatisticPlayerNumberYear
Wins Walter Johnson 361913
StrikeoutsWalter Johnson3131910
ERA Walter Johnson1.141913
Saves Joe Nathan 472009

Single-game records

Individual

As a team

RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date*
AB 503 KC 6/19/03
AB 2(22)781 CLE 8/31/93
R 241 DET 4/24/96
R 335 (24-11)1 DET 4/24/96
H 281 SEA 6/13/17
H 2(11)241 SEA 9/29/89
H 3421 OAK 4/27/80
XBH 121 TOR 5/8/79
XBH 3241 CLE 7/13/96
TB 471 WAS 8/29/63
1B 191 MIL 9/9/80
1B 2(11)201 SEA 9/29/89
2B 81 BOS 7/25/96
3B 41 NYY 6/2/64
HR 81 WAS 8/29/63
HR 39Many MIL 7/12/01
RBI 222 CLE 6/4/02
RBI 3331 DET 4/24/96
BB 143 KC 8/5/06
BB 2(18)181 SEA 7/19/69
BB 3211 KC 9/10/76
BB 4(10)222 BAL 5/15/78
IBB 4Many DET 5/23/92
IBB 2(22)51 MIL 5/12/72
IBB 4(22)71 MIL 5/12/72
K 191 TEX 8/19/07
K 2(10)192 CLE 7/3/68
K 3271 CLE 9/28/00
K 4(20)351 WAS 8/9/67
GIDP 5Many TEX 6/3/95
GIDP 2(22)51 MIL 5/12/72
SH 51 CWS 6/23/79
SH 2(17)5Many TEX 9/17/77
SF 42 DET 6/26/99
SF 232 CLE 7/3/94
HBP 42 KC 4/13/71
HBP 2(17)41 CLE 5/7/95
LOB 172 MIL 9/4/90
LOB 2(22)232 MIL 5/12/72
SB 61 SEA 9/9/92
Opp. SB 72 NYY 5/10/87
Opp. SB 2(12)121 OAK 8/1/76
SB 38Many KC 8/26/01
SB 4(12)141 OAK 8/1/76
Best Win21 (23-2)1 CLE 6/4/02
Worst Loss18 (20-2)1 KC 4/25/61
Runs in Inning11(5th)Many BOS 5/20/94
Opp. Runs in Inning121 KC 6/17/03
RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date
* Date listed is date of most recent occurrence of record.
1 Opponent listed is opponent that record occurred against most recently.
2 Indicates record in an extra-inning game (total innings in parentheses).
3 Indicates record with number accumulated by both clubs.
4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with number accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)

All-Time leaders

Batting

Games played

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 2,329
2 Sam Rice 2,307
3 Joe Judge 2,084
4 Clyde Milan 1,982
5 Ossie Bluege 1,867

At bats

RankPlayerNumber
1 Sam Rice 8,934
2 Harmon Killebrew 7,835
3 Joe Judge 7,663
4 Clyde Milan 7,359
5 Kirby Puckett 7,244

Runs

RankPlayerNumber
1 Sam Rice 1,466
2 Harmon Killebrew 1,258
3 Joe Judge 1,154
4 Kirby Puckett 1,071
5 Buddy Myer 1,037

Hits

RankPlayerNumber
1 Sam Rice 2,889
2 Kirby Puckett 2,304
3 Joe Judge 2,291
4 Joe Mauer 2,123
5 Clyde Milan 2,100

Doubles

RankPlayerNumber
1 Sam Rice 479
2 Joe Mauer 428
3 Joe Judge 421
4 Kirby Puckett 414
5 Mickey Vernon 391

Triples

RankPlayerNumber
1 Sam Rice 183
2 Joe Judge 157
3 Goose Goslin 125
4 Buddy Myer 113
5 Mickey Vernon 108

Home runs

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 559
2 Kent Hrbek 293
3 Bob Allison 256
4 Justin Morneau 221
5 Tony Oliva 220

RBI

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,540
2 Kent Hrbek 1,086
3 Kirby Puckett 1,085
4 Sam Rice 1,045
5 Mickey Vernon 1,026

Total bases

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 4,026
2 Sam Rice 3,830
3 Kirby Puckett 3,453
4 Joe Judge 3,239
5 Joe Mauer 3,040

Walks

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,505
2 Eddie Yost 1,274
3 Joe Judge 943
4 Joe Mauer 939
5 Buddy Myer 864

Strikeouts

RankPlayerNumber
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,629
2 Joe Mauer 1,034
3 Bob Allison 1,033
4 Miguel Sanó 1,017
5 Torii Hunter 975
6 Kirby Puckett 965

Stolen bases

RankPlayerNumber
1 Clyde Milan 495
2 Sam Rice 346
3 George Case 321
4 Chuck Knoblauch 276
5 Rod Carew 271

Caught stealing

RankPlayerNumber
1 Rod Carew 123
2 George Case 98
3 Buddy Myer 88
4 Ossie Bluege 87
5 César Tovar 81

On-base percentage

RankPlayerAmount
1 Rod Carew .393
2 Chuck Knoblauch .391
3 John Stone .389
4 Joe Mauer .388
5 Buddy Myer .387

Slugging percentage

RankPlayerAmount
1 Harmon Killebrew .514
2 Goose Goslin .502
3 Roy Sievers .500
4 Justin Morneau .499
5 Kent Hrbek .481

Batting average

RankPlayerAmount
1 Rod Carew .334
2 Heinie Manush .328
3 Goose Goslin .323
3 Sam Rice .323

Pitching

Wins

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 417
2 Jim Kaat 190
3 Bert Blyleven 149
4 Brad Radke 148
5 Camilo Pascual 145

Losses

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 279
2 Jim Kaat 159
3 Camilo Pascual 141
4 Brad Radke 139
5 Bert Blyleven 138

ERA

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 2.17
2 Doc Ayers 2.64
3 Dean Chance 2.67
4 Cy Falkenberg 2.69
5 Harry Harper 2.75

Games played

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 802
2 Eddie Guardado 648
3 Rick Aguilera 490
4 Jim Kaat 484
5 Firpo Marberry 470

Games started

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 666
2 Jim Kaat 433
3 Brad Radke 377
4 Bert Blyleven 345
5 Camilo Pascual 331

Complete games

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 531
2 Case Patten 206
3 Bert Blyleven 141
4 Long Tom Hughes 139
5 Jim Kaat 133

Shutouts

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 110
2 Camilo Pascual 31
3 Bert Blyleven 29
4 Jim Kaat 23
4 Dutch Leonard 23

Saves

RankPlayerNumber
1 Joe Nathan 260
2 Rick Aguilera 254
3 Glen Perkins 120
4 Eddie Guardado 116
5 Ron Davis 108

Innings pitched

RankPlayerNumber
1 Walter Johnson 5,914+13
2 Jim Kaat 3014+13
3 Bert Blyleven 2566+23
4 Camilo Pascual 2,465
5 Brad Radke 2,451

Rare feats

No-hitters

Minnesota
PitcherOpp.Date
Francisco Liriano @CHW 5/3/2011
Eric Milton ANA 9/11/1999
Scott Erickson MIL 4/27/1994
Dean Chance @CLE 8/25/1967
Jack Kralick KC 8/26/1962
Bobby Burke BOS 8/8/1931
Walter Johnson @BOS 7/1/1920

Dean Chance also threw a perfect game through five innings on August 6, 1967, against the Boston Red Sox, but the game was shortened due to rain. Under MLB rule revisions in 1991, it is not recognized as an official no-hitter or perfect game.

Hit for the cycle

Minnesota
PlayerOpp.Date Byron Buxton PIT 7/12/25
Jorge Polanco PHI 4/5/19
Michael Cuddyer MIL 5/22/09
Jason Kubel LAA 4/17/09
Carlos Gómez @CWS 5/7/08
Kirby Puckett OAK 8/1/86
Gary Ward @MIL 9/18/80
Mike Cubbage TOR 7/27/78
Lyman Bostock @CWS 7/24/76
Larry Hisle @BAL 6/4/76
César Tovar TEX 9/19/72
Rod Carew @KC 5/20/70
Mickey Vernon @CWS 5/19/46
Joe Cronin NYY 9/2/29
Goose Goslin @NYY 8/28/24
Otis Clymer @NYY 10/2/08

Triple plays

PlayersOpp.Date
Sano Simmons Gordon @KC 6/06/21
Buxton-Urshela-Urshela@CWS7/04/22
Sano Schoop Cron ATL 8/07/19
Arraez Schoop Sano @NYY 7/22/19
Sano Dozier Mauer @LAA 6/1/17
Castillo Morneau Batista SEA 5/27/06
Gaetti Newman Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gladden Lombardozzi Larkin CLE 8/8/88
GaettiLombardozziHrbek @NYY 4/5/88
Gaetti Teufel Hrbek @NYY 7/19/84
Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek @CAL 8/8/83
Butera GaettiHrbek NYY 5/29/82
Borgmann Gómez @CWS 7/25/76
Rollins Carew Allison CLE 9/10/68
Rollins Tovar Killebrew CAL 8/18/66

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†See below

Six-hit games

BatterOpp.Date
Kirby Puckett TEX 5/23/91
Kirby Puckett @MIL 8/30/87

Major League Baseball records and firsts

References

  1. "Buxton starts improbable 8-5 triple play -- first in AL/NL history". MLB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2022.