2012 Minnesota Twins season

2012 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Results
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
General manager(s)	Terry Ryan
Manager(s)	Ron Gardenhire
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer)
Local radio	KSTP (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2012 Minnesota Twins season was the 52nd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 112th overall in the American League. The Twins wound up with a 66-96 record, 5th (last) place in AL Central.

Regular season

On May 2, the Twins were no-hit for the fifth time in their history. Jered Weaver of the Anaheim Angels threw 121 pitches, striking out nine, walking one and allowing no hits.^[1] Four of the Twins' no-hit losses have occurred in California. Two of the no-hitters were perfect games (Catfish Hunter, 1968 and David Wells, 1998).

Joe Mauer is the lone Minnesota selection to the All-Star Game, played July 10 in Kauffman Stadium. As a reserve catcher, he enters the game in the top of the eighth as a replacement first baseman and goes 1 for 1 with a single.

On September 8, the Twins retired former manager Tom Kelly's number '10'.^[2] He is the seventh Twin so honored, joining Harmon Killebrew [3], Rod Carew [29], Tony Oliva [6], Kent Hrbek [14], Kirby Puckett [34] and Bert Blyleven [28]. The number '42' is retired across all of the major leagues in honor of Jackie Robinson.

Outfielder Josh Willingham wins the Silver Slugger Award for the only time in his career.

Season standings

American League Central

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	—	50–31	38–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	3	45–36	40–41
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	16	37–44	35–46
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	20	37–44	31–50
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	22	31–50	35–46

American League Wild Card

Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543
Oakland Athletics	94	68	0.580

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	0.574	—
Texas Rangers	93	69	0.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	0.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	0.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	0.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	0.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	0.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	27

Game log

Legend
Twins Win	Twins Loss	Postponed

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April (6–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	@ Orioles	2–4	Arrieta (1–0)	Pavano (0–1)	Johnson (1)	46,773	0–1
2	April 7	@ Orioles	2–8	Hunter (1–0)	Liriano (0–1)		31,532	0–2
3	April 8	@ Orioles	1–3	Hammel (1–0)	Swarzak (0–1)	Johnson (2)	14,738	0–3
4	April 9	Angels	1–5	Wilson (1–0)	Blackburn (0–1)		39,414	0–4
5	April 11	Angels	6–5	Gray (1–0)	Takahashi (0–1)	Capps (1)	31,413	1–4
6	April 12	Angels	10–9	Gray (2–0)	Thompson (0–1)	Capps (2)	31,782	2–4
7	April 13	Rangers	1–4	Harrison (2–0)	Swarzak (0–2)	Ogando	31,400	2–5
8	April 14	Rangers	2–6	Ross (1–0)	Duensing (0–1)		35,854	2–6
9	April 15	Rangers	3–4	Ross (2–0)	Perkins (0–1)	Nathan (3)	32,093	2–7
10	April 16	@ Yankees	7–3	Pavano (1–1)	García (0–1)		40,218	3–7
11	April 17	@ Yankees	3–8	Sabathia (1–0)	Liriano (0–2)		40,194	3–8
12	April 18	@ Yankees	6–5	Marquis (1–0)	Kuroda (1–2)	Capps (3)	36,831	4–8
13	April 19	@ Yankees	6–7	Hughes (1–2)	Swarzak (0–3)	Rivera (3)	40,327	4–9
14	April 20	@ Rays	5–4	Maloney (1-0)	Gomes (0–1)	Capps (4)	18,763	5–9
15	April 21	@ Rays	1–4	Shields (3–0)	Pavano (1–2)	Rodney (5)	31,774	5–10
16	April 22	@ Rays	2–6	Niemann (1–2)	Liriano (0–3)		26,507	5–11
17	April 23	Red Sox	5–6	Bard (1–2)	Capps (0–1)	Aceves (3)	32,351	5–12
18	April 24	Red Sox	2–11	Beckett (2–2)	Blackburn (0–2)		33,651	5–13
19	April 25	Red Sox	6–7	Buchholz (2–1)	Hendriks (0–1)	Aceves (4)	32,254	5–14
20	April 27	Royals	6–7	Mijares (1–1)	Duensing (0–2)	Broxton (3)	33,315	5–15
	April 28	Royals	Postponed (rain); Makeup: 6/30
21	April 29	Royals	7–4	Marquis (2–0)	Chen (0–3)		34,201	6–15
22	April 30	@ Angels	3–4	Wilson (3–2)	Blackburn (0–3)	Downs (2)	27,027	6–16

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May (12–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
23	May 1	@ Angels	0–4	Williams (2–1)	Liriano (0–4)		30,039	6–17
24	May 2	@ Angels	0–9	Weaver^† (4–0)	Hendriks (0–2)		27,288	6–18
25	May 4	@ Mariners	3–2	Pavano (2–2)	Wilhelmsen (1–1)	Capps (5)	22,492	7–18
26	May 5	@ Mariners	0–7	Hernández (3–1)	Marquis (2–1)		28,437	7–19
27	May 6	@ Mariners	2–5	Noesí (2–3)	Blackburn (0–4)		23,913	7–20
28	May 7	Angels	3–8	Weaver (5–0)	Liriano (0–5)		31,382	7–21
29	May 8	Angels	5–0	Diamond (1–0)	Haren (1–3)		30,776	8–21
30	May 9	Angels	2–6	Santana (1–6)	Pavano (2–3)		31,915	8–22
31	May 10	Blue Jays	2–6	Álvarez (3–2)	Marquis (2–2)		31,438	8–23
32	May 11	Blue Jays	7–6	Blackburn (1–4)	Drabek (2–4)	Capps (6)	33,387	9–23
33	May 12	Blue Jays	1–2	Hutchison (2–1)	Walters (0–1)	Janssen (2)	38,820	9–24
34	May 13	Blue Jays	4–3	Diamond (2–0)	Romero (4–1)	Capps (7)	36,889	10–24
35	May 14	Indians	4–5	Smith (3–1)	Capps (0–2)	C. Perez (12)	32,313	10–25
36	May 15	Indians	0–5	Lowe (6–1)	Marquis (2–3)		35,732	10–26
37	May 16	@ Tigers	11–7	Burnett (1–0)	Below (2–1)		33,955	11–26
38	May 17	@ Tigers	4–3	Walters (1–1)	Fister (0–2)	Capps (8)	37,840	12–26
39	May 18	@ Brewers	11–3	Diamond (3–0)	Estrada (0–3)		32,421	13–26
40	May 19	@ Brewers	5–4 (11)	Gray (3–0)	Parra (0–1)	Capps (9)	42,398	14–26
41	May 20	@ Brewers	4–16	Greinke (5–1)	Marquis (2–4)		33,064	14–27
42	May 22	@ White Sox	9–2	Walters (2–1)	Floyd (3–5)		20,026	15–27
43	May 23	@ White Sox	0–6	Sale (5–2)	Diamond (3–1)		20,064	15–28
44	May 24	@ White Sox	8–11	Jones (2–0)	De Vries (0–1)		20,167	15–29
45	May 25	Tigers	6–10	Smyly (2–1)	Swarzak (0–4)		37,688	15–30
46	May 26	Tigers	3–6	Scherzer (4–3)	Pavano (2–4)	Valverde (8)	37,360	15–31
47	May 27	Tigers	3–4	Villarreal (1–0)	Capps (0–3)	Valverde (9)	38,710	15–32
48	May 28	Athletics	5–4	Burnett (2–0)	Cook (1–1)	Capps (10)	34,709	16–32
49	May 29	Athletics	3–2	Perkins (1–1)	Fuentes (2–1)		31,781	17–32
50	May 30	Athletics	4–0	Liriano (1–5)	Ross (2–6)		35,103	18–32

June (14–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
51	June 1	@ Indians	1–7	Lowe (7–3)	Pavano (2–5)		19,904	18–33
52	June 2	@ Indians	7–4	Duensing (1–2)	Tomlin (2–3)	Capps (11)	25,469	19–33
53	June 3	@ Indians	6–3	Diamond (4–1)	Masterson (2–5)	Capps (12)	21,238	20–33
54	June 4	@ Royals	10–7	De Vries (1–1)	Smith (1–2)	Capps (13)	16,531	21–33
55	June 5	@ Royals	0–1	Chen (5–5)	Liriano (1–6)	Broxton (14)	23,934	21–34
56	June 6	@ Royals	4–2	Blackburn (2–4)	Mendoza (2–3)	Capps (14)	18,386	22–34
57	June 8	Cubs	8–7 (10)	Capps (1–3)	Camp (2–3)		38,014	23–34
58	June 9	Cubs	11–3	Diamond (5–1)	Samardzija (5–4)		39,309	24–34
59	June 10	Cubs	2–8	Dempster (2–3)	Liriano (1–7)		37,526	24–35
60	June 12	Phillies	11–7	Blackburn (3–4)	Kendrick (2–6)		32,622	25–35
61	June 13	Phillies	8–9	Hamels (9–3)	Walters (2–2)	Papelbon (17)	32,581	25–36
62	June 14	Phillies	1–6	Blanton (6–6)	Diamond (5–2)		32,205	25–37
63	June 15	Brewers	3–5	Loe (3–2)	Capps (1–4)	Axford (11)	37,295	25–38
64	June 16	Brewers	2–6	Fiers (2–2)	Hendriks (0–3)		37,698	25–39
65	June 17	Brewers	5–4 (15)	Swarzak (1–4)	Dillard (0–2)		39,206	26–39
66	June 19	@ Pirates	2–7	Correia (3–6)	Diamond (5–3)		19,936	26–40
67	June 20	@ Pirates	2–1	Burton (1–0)	Grilli (1–2)	Perkins (1)	19,878	27–40
68	June 21	@ Pirates	1–9	McDonald (6–3)	Hendriks (0–4)		21,563	27–41
69	June 22	@ Reds	5–4	Blackburn (4–4)	Bailey (5–5)	Perkins (2)	33,531	28–41
70	June 23	@ Reds	0–6	Cueto (9–3)	Duensing (1–3)		41,750	28–42
71	June 24	@ Reds	4–3	Diamond (6–3)	Chapman (4–4)	Burton (1)	34,513	29–42
72	June 25	White Sox	4–1	Liriano (2–7)	Peavy (6–4)	Burton (2)	35,695	30–42
73	June 26	White Sox	2–3	Floyd (6–7)	Hendriks (0–5)	Reed (10)	35,102	30–43
74	June 27	White Sox	5–12	Sale (9–2)	Blackburn (4–5)		36,539	30–44
75	June 29	Royals	3–4	Mendoza (3–4)	Duensing (1–4)	Broxton (20)	33,359	30–45
76	June 30	Royals	7–2	Diamond (7–3)	Sánchez (1–4)		37,694	31–45
77	June 30	Royals	5–1	De Vries (2–1)	Hochevar (5–8)		37,629	32–45

July (12–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	Royals	10–8	Gray (4–0)	Chen (7–7)		37,819	33–45
79	July 2	@ Tigers	6–4	Swarzak (2–4)	Fister (1–6)	Perkins (3)	37,406	34–45
80	July 3	@ Tigers	8–6	Gray (5–0)	Villarreal (3–2)	Perkins (4)	36,757	35–45
81	July 4	@ Tigers	1–5	Verlander (9–5)	Duensing (1–5)		41,023	35–46
82	July 5	@ Tigers	3–7	Dotel (2–2)	Burnett (2–1)		33,350	35–47
83	July 6	@ Rangers	5–1	Liriano (3–7)	Pérez (1–1)		47,240	36–47
84	July 7	@ Rangers	3–4 (10)	Nathan (1–2)	Waldrop (0–1)		47,067	36–48
85	July 8	@ Rangers	3–4 (13)	Feldman (3–6)	Burnett (2–2)		43,268	36–49
All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 8–0.
86	July 13	Athletics	3–6	Griffin (1–0)	Liriano (3–8)	Cook (9)	33,230	36–50
87	July 14	Athletics	3–9	Milone (9–6)	De Vries (2–2)		39,084	36–51
88	July 15	Athletics	4–9	Parker (6–4)	Duensing (1–6)		36,853	36–52
89	July 16	Orioles	19–7	Diamond (8–3)	Tillman (1–1)		32,445	37–52
90	July 17	Orioles	6–4	Burnett (3–2)	Ayala (2–3)	Burton (3)	32,202	38–52
91	July 18	Orioles	1–2	Hunter (4–4)	Liriano (3–9)	Johnson (27)	33,195	38–53
92	July 19	Orioles	3–4	Chen (8–5)	Burnett (3–3)	Johnson (28)	37,676	38–54
93	July 20	@ Royals	2–1 (11)	Fien (1–0)	Broxton (1–2)	Perkins (5)	25,719	39–54
94	July 21	@ Royals	3–7	Mendoza (4–6)	Diamond (8–4)	Crow (2)	26,747	39–55
95	July 22	@ Royals	7–5	Deduno (1–0)	Guthrie (3–10)		23,252	40–55
96	July 23	@ White Sox	4–7	Floyd (8–8)	Liriano (3–10)	Reed (16)	37,788	40–56
97	July 24	@ White Sox	4–11	Jones (4–0)	Fien (1–1)		34,715	40–57
98	July 25	@ White Sox	2–8	Peavy (8–7)	Blackburn (4–6)		32,261	40–58
99	July 27	Indians	11–0	Diamond (9–4)	Tomlin (5–8)		37,820	41–58
100	July 28	Indians	12–5	Deduno (2–0)	Masterson (7–9)		39,166	42–58
101	July 29	Indians	5–1	Duensing (2–6)	Jiménez (8–10)		34,720	43–58
102	July 30	White Sox	7–6	Perkins (2–1)	Myers (0–5)		35,018	44–58
103	July 31	White Sox	3–4	Thornton (3–6)	Gray (5–1)	Reed (17)	36,424	44–59

August (9–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	White Sox	2–3	Peavy (9–7)	Diamond (9–5)	Reed (18)	34,823	44–60
105	August 2	@ Red Sox	5–0	Deduno (3–0)	Lester (5–9)	Perkins (6)	37,191	45–60
106	August 3	@ Red Sox	6–5 (10)	Gray (6–1)	Padilla (4–1)	Burton (4)	37,285	46–60
107	August 4	@ Red Sox	6–4	Burnett (4–3)	Aceves (2–7)	Burton (5)	37,914	47–60
108	August 5	@ Red Sox	4–6	Morales (3–2)	Blackburn (4–7)	Aceves (23)	37,019	47–61
109	August 6	@ Indians	14–3	Diamond (10–5)	McAllister (4–4)		18,775	48–61
110	August 7	@ Indians	7–5	Robertson (1–0)	Perez (0–4)	Perkins (7)	14,813	49–61
111	August 8	@ Indians	2–6	Masterson (8–10)	Duensing (2–7)		18,805	49–62
112	August 10	Rays	6–12	Hellickson (7–7)	De Vries (2–3)		38,108	49–63
113	August 11	Rays	2–4	Price (15–4)	Blackburn (4–8)	Rodney (35)	39,512	49–64
114	August 12	Rays	3–7 (10)	Farnsworth (1–3)	Burnett (4–4)	Rodney (36)	35,327	49–65
115	August 13	Tigers	9–3	Deduno (4–0)	Sánchez (6–10)		34,366	50–65
116	August 14	Tigers	4–8	Fister (7–7)	Duensing (2–8)		37,544	50–66
117	August 15	Tigers	1–5	Scherzer (12–6)	De Vries (2–4)		37,118	50–67
118	August 17	@ Mariners	3–5	Iwakuma (4–3)	Blackburn (4–9)	Wilhelmsen (17)	22,602	50–68
119	August 18	@ Mariners	2–3	Wilhelmsen (4–2)	Robertson (1–1)		21,154	50–69
120	August 19	@ Mariners	1–5	Beavan (8–7)	Deduno (4–1)	Kinney (1)	22,635	50–70
121	August 20	@ Athletics	7–2	Duensing (3–8)	McCarthy (6–5)		10,274	51–70
122	August 21	@ Athletics	1–4	Anderson (1–0)	De Vries (2–5)	Balfour (12)	13,116	51–71
123	August 22	@ Athletics	1–5	Milone (10–9)	Hendriks (0–6)		16,657	51–72
124	August 23	@ Rangers	6–10	Adams (3–3)	Burton (1–1)	Nathan (25)	33,762	51–73
125	August 24	@ Rangers	0–8	Harrison (15–7)	Deduno (4–2)		45,823	51–74
126	August 25	@ Rangers	3–9	Dempster (8–6)	Duensing (3–9)		44,215	51–75
127	August 26	@ Rangers	6–5	De Vries (3–5)	Feldman (6–10)	Perkins (8)	37,785	52–75
128	August 27	Mariners	0–1	Hernández (13–5)	Hendriks (0–7)		31,883	52–76
129	August 28	Mariners	2–5	Iwakuma (5–3)	Diamond (10–6)	Wilhelmsen (20)	29,854	52–77
130	August 29	Mariners	10–0	Deduno (5–2)	Vargas (13–9)		29,281	53–77
131	August 30	Mariners	4–5	Beavan (9–8)	Duensing (3–10)	Wilhelmsen (21)	32,578	53–78
	August 31	@ Royals	Postponed (rain). Makeup: 9/1

September/October (13–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Royals	3–1	De Vries (4–5)	Smith (4–7)	Perkins (9)		54–78
133	September 1	@ Royals	8–7	Swarzak (3–4)	Hochevar (7–13)	Perkins (10)	23,189	55–78
134	September 2	@ Royals	4–6	Collins (5–2)	Vásquez (0–1)	Holland (10)	23,641	55–79
135	September 3	@ White Sox	2–4	Santiago (3–1)	Deduno (5–3)	Reed (25)	21,676	55–80
136	September 4	@ White Sox	18–9	Diamond (11–6)	Quintana (5–4)		15,698	56–80
137	September 5	@ White Sox	2–6	Peavy (10–10)	Walters (2–3)		17,336	56–81
138	September 7	Indians	6–7	Huff (1–0)	Robertson (1–2)	Perez (35)	30,111	56–82
139	September 8	Indians	3–0	De Vries (5–5)	McAllister (5–7)	Perkins (11)	33,698	57–82
140	September 9	Indians	8–7	Duensing (4–10)	Pestano (3–2)		30,219	58–82
141	September 10	Indians	7–2	Deduno (6–3)	Masterson (11–13)		27,526	59–82
142	September 11	Royals	1–9	Smith (5–7)	Diamond (11–7)		28,993	59–83
143	September 12	Royals	5–10	Hochevar (8–13)	Walters (2–4)		28,139	59–84
144	September 13	Royals	4–3 (10)	Perkins (3–1)	Bueno (1–1)		28,669	60–84
145	September 14	White Sox	0–6	Sale (17–6)	Vásquez (0–2)		30,729	60–85
146	September 15	White Sox	3–5	Liriano (6–11)	Deduno (6–4)	Thornton (3)	36,308	60–86
147	September 16	White Sox	2–9	Peavy (11–11)	Diamond (11–8)		31,722	60–87
148	September 18	@ Indians	6–5 (12)	Robertson (2–2)	Maine (2–2)	Perkins (12)	10,342	61–87
149	September 19	@ Indians	6–4	Hendriks (1–7)	McAllister (5–8)	Perkins (13)	13,519	62–87
150	September 20	@ Indians	3–4 (10)	Rogers (3–3)	Swarzak (3–5)		12,331	62–88
	September 21	@ Tigers	Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/23
151	September 22	@ Tigers	0–8	Fister (10–9)	Deduno (6–5)		40,586	62–89
152	September 23	@ Tigers	10–4	Diamond (12–8)	Scherzer (16–7)		40,438	63–89
153	September 23	@ Tigers	2–1 (10)	Burton (2–1)	Valverde (3–4)	Perkins (14)	39,839	64–89
154	September 24	Yankees	3–6	Pettitte (5–3)	Hendriks (1–8)		33,720	64–90
155	September 25	Yankees	5–4	Fien (2–1)	Hughes (16–13)	Perkins (15)	33,346	65–90
156	September 26	Yankees	2–8	Sabathia (14–6)	Duensing (4–11)		33,251	65–91
157	September 28	Tigers	4–2	Burton (3–1)	Villarreal (3–5)	Perkins (16)	30,315	66–91
158	September 29	Tigers	4–6	Verlander (17–8)	Walters (2–5)	Valverde (33)	32,839	66–92
159	September 30	Tigers	1–2	Coke (2–3)	Burton (3–2)	Valverde (34)	32,554	66–93
160	October 1	@ Blue Jays	5–6 (10)	Lyon (4–2)	Duensing (4–12)		12,359	66–94
161	October 2	@ Blue Jays	3–4	Jenkins (1–3)	Swarzak (3–6)	Janssen (22)	13,930	66–95
162	October 3	@ Blue Jays	1–2	Morrow (10–7)	Diamond (12–9)	Lyon (1)	19,769	66–96

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Roster

2012 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

53 Nick Blackburn

31 Alex Burnett

61 Jared Burton

55 Matt Capps

38 Cole De Vries

21 Samuel Deduno

58 Scott Diamond

52 Brian Duensing

50 Casey Fien

60 Jeff Gray

62 Liam Hendriks

47 Francisco Liriano

44 Matt Maloney

49 Jeff Manship

21 Jason Marquis

17 Lester Oliveros

48 Carl Pavano

67 Luis Perdomo

15 Glen Perkins

64 Tyler Robertson

51 Anthony Swarzak

59 Esmerling Vásquez

57 Kyle Waldrop

39 P. J. Walters

Catchers

41 Drew Butera

18 Ryan Doumit

23 Chris Herrmann

7 Joe Mauer

Infielders

37 Sean Burroughs

8 Jamey Carroll

12 Alexi Casilla

20 Brian Dozier

5 Eduardo Escobar

25 Pedro Florimón

38 Luke Hughes

33 Justin Morneau

1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka

27 Chris Parmelee

24 Trevor Plouffe

22 Danny Valencia

Outfielders

22 Matt Carson

25 Erik Komatsu

19 Darin Mastroianni

11 Ben Revere

2 Denard Span

36 Clete Thomas

16 Josh Willingham

Manager

35 Ron Gardenhire

Coaches

40 Rick Anderson (pitching)

75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher)

9 Steve Liddle (bench)

43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen)

45 Scott Ullger (third base)

46 Joe Vavra (hitting)

13 Jerry White (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Burroughs, SeanSean Burroughs	10	17	0	2	1	0	0	1	.118	0
Burton, JaredJared Burton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Butera, DrewDrew Butera	42	111	7	22	6	0	1	5	.198	0
Capps, MattMatt Capps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Carroll, JameyJamey Carroll	138	470	65	126	18	1	1	40	.268	9
Carson, MattMatt Carson	26	66	3	15	1	0	0	4	.227	0
Casilla, AlexiAlexi Casilla	106	299	33	72	17	2	1	30	.241	21
Diamond, ScottScott Diamond	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Doumit, RyanRyan Doumit	134	484	56	133	34	1	17	75	.275	0
Dozier, BrianBrian Dozier	84	316	33	74	11	1	6	33	.234	9
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Escobar, EduardoEduardo Escobar	14	44	4	10	0	0	0	6	.214	1
Florimón, PedroPedro Florimón	43	137	16	30	5	2	0	10	.219	3
Gray, JeffJeff Gray	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Hendriks, LiamLiam Hendriks	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Herrmann, ChrisChris Herrmann	7	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.056	0
Hughes, LukeLuke Hughes	4	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	.200	1
Komatsu, ErikErik Komatsu	15	32	2	7	0	0	0	1	.219	0
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Marquis, JasonJason Marquis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Mastroianni, DarinDarin Mastroianni	77	163	22	41	3	2	3	17	.252	21
Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	147	545	81	174	31	4	10	85	.319	8
Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	134	505	63	135	26	2	19	77	.267	1
Nishioka, TsuyoshiTsuyoshi Nishioka	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Parmelee, ChrisChris Parmelee	64	192	18	44	10	2	5	20	.229	0
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Perkins, GlenGlen Perkins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Plouffe, TrevorTrevor Plouffe	119	422	56	99	19	1	24	55	.235	1
Revere, BenBen Revere	124	511	70	150	13	6	0	32	.294	40
Span, DenardDenard Span	128	516	71	146	38	4	4	41	.283	17
Swarzak, AnthonyAnthony Swarzak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Thomas, CleteClete Thomas	12	28	2	4	1	0	1	4	.143	0
Valencia, DannyDanny Valencia	34	126	13	25	6	1	2	17	.198	0
Willingham, JoshJosh Willingham	145	519	85	135	30	1	35	110	.260	3
Totals	162	5562	701	1447	270	30	129	667	.260	135

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	SO
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	4	9	7.39	19	19	0	98.2	81	81	26	42
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	4	4	3.52	67	0	0	72.2	33	28	26	36
Burton, JaredJared Burton	3	2	2.18	64	0	5	62.0	21	15	16	55
Butera, DrewDrew Butera	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1
Capps, MattMatt Capps	1	4	3.68	30	0	14	29.1	13	12	4	18
Deduno, SamSam Deduno	6	5	4.44	15	15	0	79.0	40	39	53	57
De Vries, ColeCole De Vries	5	5	4.11	17	16	0	87.2	48	40	18	58
Diamond, ScottScott Diamond	12	9	3.54	27	27	0	173.0	76	68	31	90
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	4	12	5.12	55	11	0	109.0	71	62	27	69
Fien, CaseyCasey Fien	2	1	2.06	35	0	0	35.0	9	8	9	32
Gray, JeffJeff Gray	6	1	5.71	49	0	0	52.0	34	33	22	26
Hendriks, LiamLiam Hendriks	1	8	5.59	16	16	0	85.1	61	53	26	50
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	3	10	5.31	22	17	0	100.0	63	59	55	109
Maloney, MattMatt Maloney	1	0	8.18	9	0	0	11.0	10	10	1	5
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	0	0	7.89	12	0	0	21.2	19	19	7	12
Marquis, JasonJason Marquis	2	4	8.47	7	7	0	34.0	33	32	14	12
Oliveros, LesterLester Oliveros	0	0	5.40	1	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	2	5	6.00	11	11	0	63.0	46	42	8	33
Perdomo, LuisLuis Perdomo	0	0	3.18	15	0	0	17.0	8	6	12	8
Perkins, GlenGlen Perkins	3	1	2.56	70	0	15	70.1	25	20	16	78
Robertson, TylerTyler Robertson	2	2	5.40	40	0	0	25.0	16	15	14	26
Swarzak, AnthonyAnthony Swarzak	3	6	5.03	44	5	0	96.2	57	54	31	62
Vásquez, EsmerlingEsmerling Vásquez	0	2	5.68	6	6	0	31.2	20	20	19	14
Waldrop, KyleKyle Waldrop	0	1	2.53	17	0	0	21.1	6	6	6	7
Walters, P. J.P. J. Walters	2	5	5.69	12	12	0	61.2	41	39	22	42
Totals	66	96	4.77	162	162	35	1438.2	832	762	465	943

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Gene Glynn
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

References

↑ "Weaver No-Hits Twins". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
↑ "Twins Retire Tom Kelly's "10"". Pucketts-Pond.com.

2012 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Minnesota Twins

Formerly the Washington Nationals and the Washington Senators
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Plant Field
Tinker Field
Hammond Stadium

Culture

Homer Hanky
Little Big League
Major League: Back to the Minors
Continental League
"The Piranhas"
AL Central tie-breaker games
- 2008
- 2009
Damn Yankees

Important figures

Senators Hall of Famers	Herb Carneal Goose Goslin Bucky Harris Walter Johnson Arch McDonald Sam Rice

Wall of Fame members	Rick Aguilera Bob Allison Earl Battey Bert Blyleven George Brophy Rod Carew Bob Casey Gary Gaetti Calvin Griffith Kent Hrbek Jim Kaat Tom Kelly Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Carl Pohlad Kirby Puckett Brad Radke Jim Rantz Zoilo Versalles Frank Viola

Key personnel

Owner Jim Pohlad
President Dave St. Peter
Vice president/Chief baseball officer Derek Falvey
General manager Thad Levine
Manager Paul Molitor

World Series
championships (3)

Pennants (6)

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles (10)

West: 1969; 1970; 1987; 1991
Central: 2002; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2009; 2010

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Rochester Red Wings
Double-A: Chattanooga Lookouts
A Adv.: Fort Myers Miracle
A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Rookie Adv.: Elizabethton Twins
Rookie: GCL Twins; DSL Twins

Seasons (117)

1900s	1900 . 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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