2011 Minnesota Twins season

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.

2011 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	63–99 (.389)
Divisional place	5th
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 Baseball Reference
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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

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	—	50‍–‍31	45‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	15	44‍–‍37	36‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	16	36‍–‍45	43‍–‍38
Kansas City Royals	71	91	.438	24	40‍–‍41	31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins	63	99	.389	32	33‍–‍48	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	97	65	.599
Texas Rangers	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	91	71	.562	—
Boston Red Sox	90	72	.556	1
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	86	76	.531	5
Toronto Blue Jays	81	81	.500	10
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	11
Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	12
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	17
Kansas City Royals	71	91	.438	20
Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	22
Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	24
Minnesota Twins	63	99	.389	28

Record vs opponents

2011 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	8–10	4–4	2–5	5–5	5–4	3–6	6–2	5–13	4–5	4–2	9–9	1–5	6–12	7–11
Boston	10–8	–	2–4	4–6	5–1	5–3	6–2	5–2	12–6	6–2	5–4	6–12	4–6	10–8	10–8
Chicago	4–4	4–2	–	11–7	5–13	7–11	2–6	9–9	2–6	6–4	7–2	4–4	4–4	3–4	11–7
Cleveland	5–2	6–4	7–11	–	6–12	12–6	3–6	11–7	3–4	5–2	5–4	2–4	1–9	3–4	11–7
Detroit	5–5	1–5	13–5	12–6	–	11–7	3–4	14–4	4–3	5–5	4–6	6–1	6–3	4–2	7–11
Kansas City	4–5	3–5	11–7	6–12	7–11	–	7–3	8–10	3–3	4–5	5–3	2–5	2–6	4–3	5–13
Los Angeles	6–3	2–6	6–2	6–3	4–3	3–7	–	6–3	4–5	8–11	12–7	4–4	7–12	5–5	13–5
Minnesota	2–6	2–5	9–9	7–11	4–14	10–8	3–6	–	2–6	4–4	3–5	3–7	5–3	1–5	8–10
New York	13–5	6–12	6–2	4–3	3–4	3–3	5–4	6–2	–	6–3	5–4	9–9	7–2	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	2–6	4–6	2–5	5–5	5–4	11–8	4–4	3–6	–	9–10	5–2	6–13	5–5	8–10
Seattle	2–4	4–5	2–7	4–5	6–4	3–5	7–12	5–3	4–5	10–9	–	4–6	4–15	3–6	9–9
Tampa Bay	9–9	12–6	4–4	4–2	1–6	5–2	4–4	7–3	9–9	2–5	6–4	–	4–5	12–6	12–6
Texas	5–1	6–4	4–4	9–1	3–6	6–2	12–7	3–5	2–7	13–6	15–4	5–4	–	4–6	9–9
Toronto	12–6	8–10	4–3	4–3	2–4	3–4	5–5	5–1	7–11	5–5	6–3	6–12	6–4	–	8–10

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011

Roster

2011 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 30 Scott Baker 53 Nick Blackburn 31 Alex Burnett 55 Matt Capps 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 54 Phil Dumatrait 61 Eric Hacker 62 Liam Hendriks 37 Jim Hoey 56 Dusty Hughes 44 Chuck James 47 Francisco Liriano 49 Jeff Manship 50 José Mijares 36 Joe Nathan 17 Lester Oliveros 48 Carl Pavano 15 Glen Perkins 39 Anthony Slama 59 Kevin Slowey 51 Anthony Swarzak 57 Kyle Waldrop		Catchers 41 Drew Butera 27 Steve Holm  7 Joe Mauer 32 René Rivera Infielders 12 Alexi Casilla 26 Brian Dinkelman 38 Luke Hughes 33 Justin Morneau  1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 64 Chris Parmelee 24 Trevor Plouffe 20 Matt Tolbert 19 Danny Valencia		Outfielders 63 Joe Benson  5 Michael Cuddyer 16 Jason Kubel 18 Jason Repko 37,11 Ben Revere  2 Denard Span 23 Rene Tosoni 21 Delmon Young Designated hitters 25 Jim Thome		Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 75 Nate Dammann (coach)  9 Steve Liddle (bench) 43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen) 45 Scott Ullger (third base) 46 Joe Vavra (hitting) 13 Jerry White (first base)

Game log

Legend
Twins Win	Twins Loss	Postponed

2011 Game Log
April (9–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Blue Jays 13–3 Romero (1–0) Pavano (0–1) 47,984 0–1 2 April 2 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Drabek (1–0) Liriano (0–1) 27,194 0–2 3 April 3 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Blackburn (1–0) Cecil (0–1) Nathan (1) 35,505 1–2 4 April 4 @ Yankees 4–3 Nova (1–0) Baker (0–1) Rivera (3) 40,311 1–3 5 April 5 @ Yankees 5–4 (10) Capps (1–0) Logan (0–1) Nathan (2) 40,267 2–3 April 6 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/19 6 April 7 @ Yankees 4–3 Burnett (2–0) Liriano (0–2) Rivera (4) 41,512 2–4 7 April 8 Athletics 2–1 Pavano (1–1) Anderson (0–1) Nathan (3) 40,714 3–4 8 April 9 Athletics 1–0 Gonzalez (2–0) Blackburn (1–1) Fuentes (2) 39,936 3–5 9 April 10 Athletics 5–3 McCarthy (1–0) Baker (0–2) Fuentes (3) 38,484 3–6 10 April 12 Royals 4–3 (10) Hughes (1–0) Tejeda (0–1) 38,154 4–6 11 April 13 Royals 10–5 Davies (1–0) Liriano (0–3) Jeffress (1) 36,286 4–7 12 April 14 @ Rays 4–3 (10) Farnsworth (1–0) Capps (1–1) 10,042 4–8 13 April 15 @ Rays 5–2 Davis (1–2) Blackburn (1–2) Farnsworth (3) 15,342 4–9 14 April 16 @ Rays 4–3 Cruz (1–0) Nathan (0–1) 16,428 4–10 15 April 17 @ Rays 4–2 Duensing (1–0) Hellickson (1–2) Capps (1) 22,426 5–10 16 April 18 @ Orioles 5–3 Liriano (1–3) Tillman (0–2) Capps (2) 13,138 6–10 17 April 19 @ Orioles 11–0 Arrieta (2–1) Pavano (1–2) 12,045 6–11 18 April 20 @ Orioles 5–4 Britton (3–1) Blackburn (1–3) Gregg (2) 13,825 6–12 19 April 21 @ Orioles 3–1 Baker (1–2) Guthrie (1–3) Capps (3) 16,769 7–12 April 22 Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: 7/18 20 April 23 Indians 10–3 Duensing (2–0) Carmona (1–3) 39,459 8–12 21 April 24 Indians 4–3 Pavano (2–2) Pérez (2–1) Capps (4) 39,388 9–12 April 26 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: 4/28 22 April 27 Rays 8–3 Davis (3–2) Liriano (1–4) 36,714 9–13 23 April 28 Rays 15–3 Hellickson (2–2) Blackburn (1–4) 38,215 9–14 24 April 28 Rays 6–1 Niemann (1–3) Swarzak (0–1) 36,456 9–15 25 April 29 @ Royals 4–3 Wood (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Soria (6) 31,407 9–16 26 April 30 @ Royals 11–2 Adcock (1–0) Duensing (2–1) 22,099 9–17
May (8–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Royals 10–3 Hochevar (3–3) Pavano (2–3) 18,108 9–18 28 May 3 @ White Sox 1–0 Liriano† (2–4) Jackson (2–4) 20,901 10–18 29 May 4 @ White Sox 3–2 Blackburn (2–4) Danks (0–5) Capps (5) 18,028 11–18 30 May 6 @ Red Sox 9–2 Baker (2–2) Wakefield (0–1) 37,798 12–18 31 May 7 @ Red Sox 4–0 Buchholz (3–3) Duensing (2–2) 37,234 12–19 32 May 8 @ Red Sox 9–5 Matsuzaka (3–3) Pavano (2–4) 37,526 12–20 33 May 9 @ Red Sox 2–1 Okajima (1–0) Hoey (0–1) 37,276 12–21 34 May 10 Tigers 10–2 Porcello (3–2) Liriano (2–5) 38,949 12–22 35 May 11 Tigers 9–7 Benoit (1–2) Capps (1–2) Valverde (8) 38,938 12–23 36 May 13 Blue Jays 2–0 Romero (3–4) Burnett (0–2) Francisco (3) 38,809 12–24 37 May 14 Blue Jays 9–3 (11) Rauch (2–2) Perkins (0–1) 39,934 12–25 38 May 15 Blue Jays 11–3 Morrow (2–2) Duensing (2–3) 39,301 12–26 39 May 16 @ Mariners 5–2 Pineda (5–2) Baker (2–3) 14,859 12–27 40 May 17 @ Mariners 2–1 Liriano (3–5) Hernández (4–4) Capps (6) 16,015 13–27 41 May 18 @ Athletics 4–3 (10) Nathan (1–1) Fuentes (1–4) Capps (7) 15,355 14–27 42 May 19 @ Athletics 11–1 Blackburn (3–4) Ross (3–3) 22,320 15–27 43 May 20 @ Diamondbacks 8–7 Kennedy (5–1) Duensing (2–4) Paterson (1) 27,450 15–28 44 May 21 @ Diamondbacks 9–6 Heilman (3–0) Capps (1–3) Putz (11) 39,776 15–29 45 May 22 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Hudson (5–5) Burnett (0–3) Putz (12) 31,017 15–30 46 May 23 Mariners 8–7 (10) Wright (1–1) Swarzak (0–2) League (11) 37,498 15–31 47 May 24 Mariners 4–2 Blackburn (4–4) Fister (2–5) 37,691 16–31 48 May 25 Mariners 3–0 Bédard (3–4) Duensing (2–5) League (12) 38,860 16–32 49 May 27 Angels 6–5 Downs (3–1) Hoey (0–2) Walden (11) 38,976 16–33 50 May 28 Angels 1–0 (10) Burnett (1–3) Takahashi (1–1) 39,824 17–33 51 May 29 Angels 6–5 Haren (5–3) Pavano (2–5) Walden (12) 39,867 17–34 52 May 30 @ Tigers 6–5 Alburquerque (2–1) Burnett (1–4) Valverde (13) 30,198 17–35 53 May 31 @ Tigers 8–7 Alburquerque (3–1) Dumatrait (0–1) Benoit (2) 22,649 17-36
June (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 @ Tigers 4–2 Porcello (5–3) Baker (2–4) Valverde (14) 24,363 17–37 55 June 2 @ Royals 8–2 Swarzak (1–2) O'Sullivan (2–5) 14,584 18–37 56 June 3 @ Royals 5–2 Pavano (3–5) Duffy (0–1) 32,443 19–37 57 June 4 @ Royals 7–2 Blackburn (5–4) Hochevar (3–6) 27,861 20–37 58 June 5 @ Royals 6–0 Duensing (3–5) Francis (2–6) 21,704 21–37 59 June 6 @ Indians 6–4 Baker (3–4) Tomlin (7–3) Capps (8) 15,278 22–37 60 June 7 @ Indians 1–0 Carrasco (5–3) Liriano (3–6) C. Perez (15) 15,498 22–38 61 June 8 @ Indians 3–2 (10) Capps (2–3) C. Perez (2–2) Dumatrait (1) 15,849 23–38 62 June 9 Rangers 5–4 Hoey (1–2) Lowe (1–1) 38,761 24–38 63 June 10 Rangers 9–3 Wilson (7–3) Duensing (3–6) 38,907 24–39 64 June 11 Rangers 8–1 Baker (4–4) Lewis (5–7) 40,420 25–39 65 June 12 Rangers 6–1 Liriano (4–6) Harrison (5–6) 39,281 26–39 June 14 White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/5 66 June 15 White Sox 4–1 Pavano (4–5) Floyd (6–6) 37,437 27–39 67 June 16 White Sox 1–0 Blackburn (6–4) Buehrle (6–5) Capps (9) 39,484 28–39 68 June 17 Padres 6–5 Duensing (4–6) Richard (2–9) Capps (10) 39,205 29–39 69 June 18 Padres 1–0 Baker (5–4) Stauffer (2–5) Capps (11) 40,225 30–39 70 June 19 Padres 5–4 Burnett (2–4) Qualls (3–3) 40,655 31–39 71 June 21 @ Giants 9–2 Pavano (5–5) Bumgarner (3–9) 41,958 32–39 72 June 22 @ Giants 5–1 Vogelsong (5–1) Blackburn (6–5) 41,886 32–40 73 June 23 @ Giants 2–1 Lincecum (6–6) Duensing (4–7) Wilson (21) 42,481 32–41 74 June 24 @ Brewers 4–3 Wolf (6–4) Baker (5–5) Axford (20) 39,819 32–42 75 June 25 @ Brewers 11–1 Gallardo (9–4) Liriano (4–7) 43,980 32–43 76 June 26 @ Brewers 6–2 Narveson (5–5) Pavano (5–6) 41,624 32–44 77 June 27 Dodgers 15–0 Billingsley (7–6) Blackburn (6–6) 39,487 32–45 78 June 28 Dodgers 6–4 Duensing (5–7) Lilly (5–8) Capps (12) 39,755 33–45 79 June 29 Dodgers 1–0 Baker (6–5) De La Rosa (3–3) Capps (13) 39,655 34–45
July (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Brewers 6–4 Liriano (5–7) Gallardo (9–5) 40,812 35–45 81 July 2 Brewers 8–7 Saito (1–1) Capps (2–4) Axford (21) 41,378 35–46 82 July 3 Brewers 9–7 Dumatrait (1–1) Loe (2–7) Perkins (1) 41,195 36–46 83 July 4 Rays 7–0 Duensing (6–7) Price (8–7) 39,528 37–46 84 July 5 Rays 3–2 Baker (7–5) Shields (8–6) Perkins (2) 38,613 38–46 85 July 6 Rays 12–5 Howell (2–1) Burnett (2–5) 39,841 38–47 86 July 7 @ White Sox 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Humber (8–5) 26,395 39–47 87 July 8 @ White Sox 8–5 Blackburn (7–6) Floyd (6–9) Capps (14) 27,737 40–47 88 July 9 @ White Sox 4–3 Crain (5–2) Mijares (0–1) 30,055 40–48 89 July 10 @ White Sox 6–3 Swarzak (2–2) Peavy (4–3) Capps (15) 30,042 41–48 All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 5–1. 90 July 14 Royals 8–4 Liriano (6–7) Chen (5–3) 39,584 42–48 91 July 15 Royals 2–1 Collins (4–4) Capps (2–5) Soria (16) 39,177 42–49 92 July 16 Royals 4–3 Perkins (1–1) Francis (3–11) Nathan (4) 41,295 43–49 93 July 17 Royals 4–3 Duensing (7–7) Paulino (1–3) Nathan (5) 38,786 44–49 94 July 18 Indians 5–2 Huff (1–0) Swarzak (2–3) Pestano (2) 39,768 44–50 95 July 18 Indians 6–3 Carmona (5–10) Diamond (0–1) 38,491 44–51 96 July 19 Indians 2–1 Perkins (2–1) Perez (2–5) 38,473 45–51 97 July 20 Indians 7–5 Capps (3–5) Sipp (4–2) Nathan (6) 39,167 46–51 98 July 21 Tigers 6–2 Verlander (13–5) Pavano (6–7) 40,149 46–52 99 July 22 Tigers 8–2 Scherzer (11–5) Duensing (7–8) 40,691 46–53 100 July 23 Tigers 4–1 Baker (8–5) Penny (7–7) Nathan (7) 40,764 47–53 101 July 24 Tigers 5–2 Porcello (10–6) Liriano (6–8) Valverde (26) 40,789 47–54 102 July 25 @ Rangers 20–6 Holland (9–4) Blackburn (7–7) 35,573 47–55 103 July 26 @ Rangers 9–8 Perkins (3–1) Feliz (0–2) Nathan (8) 30,581 48–55 104 July 27 @ Rangers 7–2 Duensing (8–8) Lewis (10–8) 35,950 49–55 105 July 28 @ Rangers 4–1 Harrison (9–7) Baker (8–6) Feliz (21) 30,406 49–56 106 July 29 @ Athletics 9–5 Liriano (7–8) Gonzalez (9–8) 25,656 50–56 107 July 30 @ Athletics 8–3 Moscoso (4–5) Blackburn (7–8) 19,605 50–57 108 July 31 @ Athletics 7–3 McCarthy (4–5) Pavano (6–8) 22,452 50–58
August (7–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 2 @ Angels 5–1 Santana (7–8) Duensing (8–9) 37,565 50–59 110 August 3 @ Angels 11–4 Swarzak (3–3) Piñeiro (5–6) 35,555 51–59 111 August 4 @ Angels 7–1 Haren (12–6) Liriano (7–9) 40,365 51–60 112 August 5 White Sox 5–3 Buehrle (9–5) Blackburn (7–9) Sale (3) 41,364 51–61 113 August 6 White Sox 6–1 Stewart (1–1) Pavano (6–9) 41,030 51–62 114 August 7 White Sox 7–0 Peavy (5–5) Duensing (8–v10) 39,353 51–63 115 August 8 Red Sox 8–6 Aceves (8–1) Perkins (3–2) Papelbon (25) 40,080 51–64 116 August 9 Red Sox 4–3 Albers (4–3) Capps (3–6) Papelbon (26) 39,974 51–65 117 August 10 Red Sox 5–2 Perkins (4–2) Lester (11–6) Nathan (9) 40,491 52–65 118 August 12 @ Indians 3–2 R. Perez (5–2) Perkins (4–3) C. Perez (24) 31,364 52–66 119 August 13 @ Indians 3–1 Tomlin (12–5) Duensing (8–11) C. Perez (25) 30,619 52–67 August 14 @ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/24 120 August 15 @ Tigers 9–6 Liriano (8–9) Porcello (11–8) Nathan (10) 36,211 53–67 121 August 16 @ Tigers 7–1 Verlander (18–5) Blackburn (7–10) 40,589 53–68 122 August 17 @ Tigers 6–5 Capps (4–6) Valverde (2–4) Nathan (11) 34,835 54–68 123 August 18 Yankees 8–4 Sabathia (17–7) Duensing (8–12) 41,126 54–69 124 August 19 Yankees 8–1 Hughes (4–4) Slowey (0–1) 41,328 54–70 125 August 20 Yankees 9–4 Liriano (9–9) Burnett (9–10) 41,254 55–70 126 August 21 Yankees 3–0 Nova (13–4) Dumatrait (1–2) Rivera (33) 41,242 55–71 127 August 22 Orioles 4–1 Britton (7–9) Pavano (6–10) Gregg (18) 38,986 55–72 128 August 23 Orioles 8–1 Simón (4–6) Duensing (8–13) 38,786 55–73 129 August 24 Orioles 6–1 Guthrie (6–16) Slowey (0–2) 37,778 55–74 130 August 25 Orioles 6–1 Reyes (7–10) Swarzak (3–4) 38,406 55–75 131 August 26 Tigers 8–1 Porcello (12–8) Diamond (0–2) 38,918 55–76 132 August 27 Tigers 6–4 Verlander (20–5) Pavano (6–11) Valverde (39) 40,179 55–77 133 August 28 Tigers 11–4 Duensing (9–13) Penny (9–10) 39,130 56–77 134 August 29 @ White Sox 3–0 Buehrle (11–6) Slowey (0–3) Santos (27) 24,120 56–78 135 August 30 @ White Sox 8–6 Ohman (1–3) Swarzak (3–5) Santos (28) 21,632 56–79 136 August 31 @ White Sox 7–6 Diamond (1–2) Peavy (6–7) Nathan (12) 20,346 57–79
September (6–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 2 @ Angels 13–5 Pavano (7–11) Chatwood (6–10) 37,198 58–79 138 September 3 @ Angels 10–6 Weaver (16–7) Dumatrait (1–3) 39,102 58–80 139 September 4 @ Angels 4–1 Piñeiro (6–6) Slowey (0–4) Walden (28) 36,638 58–81 140 September 5 White Sox 2–1 Humber (9–8) Swarzak (3–6) Sale (6) 40,252 58–82 141 September 5 White Sox 4–0 Stewart (2–3) Diamond (1–3) 39,849 58–83 142 September 6 White Sox 3–0 Peavy (7–7) Hendriks (0–1) Santos (29) 36,959 58–84 143 September 7 White Sox 5–4 Pavano (8–11) Danks (6–11) Nathan (13) 38,359 59–84 144 September 9 @ Tigers 8–4 Penny (10–10) Slowey (0–5) 35,996 59–85 145 September 10 @ Tigers 3–2 Alburquerque (6–1) Perkins (4–4) 38,567 59–86 146 September 11 @ Tigers 2–1 Fister (8–13) Diamond (1–4) Valverde (43) 36,972 59–87 147 September 13 @ Royals 4–0 Chen (11–7) Pavano (8–12) 25,253 59–88 148 September 14 @ Royals 7–3 Hochevar (11–11) Hendriks (0–2) Holland (3) 19,076 59–89 149 September 16 Indians 7–6 Jiménez (4–2) Slowey (0–6) C. Perez (33) 37,942 59–90 150 September 17 Indians 10–4 Gómez (4–2) Swarzak (3–7) 38,805 59–91 151 September 18 Indians 6–5 Masterson (12–10) Pavano (8–13) C. Perez (34) 37,012 59–92 152 September 19 @ Yankees 6–4 Wade (6–1) Diamond (1–5) Rivera (43) 40,045 59–93 153 September 20 Mariners 5–4 Vargas (9–13) Duensing (9–14) League (35) 35,995 59–94 154 September 21 Mariners 5–4 Jimenez (1–0) Slowey (0–7) League (36) 36,263 59–95 155 September 22 Mariners 3–2 Nathan (2–1) Delabar (1–1) 37,466 60–95 156 September 23 @ Indians 6–5 C. Perez (4–7) Capps (4–7) 36,807 60–96 157 September 24 @ Indians 8–2 Putnam (1–1) Liriano (9–10) 26,197 60–97 158 September 24 @ Indians 7–6 Hagadone (1–0) Mijares (0–2) 30,748 60–98 159 September 25 @ Indians 6–4 (10) Waldrop (1–0) Sipp (6–3) 22,539 61–98 160 September 26 Royals 7–3 Paulino (4–10) Slowey (0–8) 34,847 61–99 161 September 27 Royals 7–4 Swarzak (4–7) O'Sullivan (2–6) 34,228 62–99 162 September 28 Royals 1–0 Pavano (9–13) Wood (5–3) 36,488 63–99
† 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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Scott Baker	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400	0
Joe Benson	21	71	3	17	6	1	0	2	.239	2
Nick Blackburn	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Alex Burnett	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Drew Butera	93	234	19	39	9	1	2	23	.167	0
Matt Capps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Alexi Casilla	97	323	52	84	21	4	2	21	.260	15
Michael Cuddyer	139	529	70	150	29	2	20	70	.284	11
Brian Dinkelman	23	73	5	22	1	0	0	4	.301	2
Brian Duensing	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Phil Dumatrait	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jim Hoey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Steve Holm	6	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	.118	0
Dusty Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Luke Hughes	96	287	31	64	12	0	7	30	.223	3
Jason Kubel	99	366	37	100	21	1	12	58	.273	1
Francisco Liriano	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Joe Mauer	82	296	38	85	15	0	3	30	.287	0
José Mijares	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Justin Morneau	69	264	19	60	16	0	4	30	.227	0
Joe Nathan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Tsuyoshi Nishioka	68	221	14	50	5	0	0	19	.226	2
Chris Parmelee	21	76	8	27	6	0	4	14	.355	0
Carl Pavano	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Glen Perkins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Trevor Plouffe	81	286	47	68	18	1	8	31	.238	3
Jason Repko	67	133	21	30	2	0	2	11	.226	7
Ben Revere	117	450	56	120	9	5	0	30	.267	34
René Rivera	45	104	9	15	3	0	1	5	.144	0
Kevin Slowey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Denard Span	70	284	37	75	11	5	2	16	.264	6
Anthony Swarzak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jim Thome	71	206	21	50	12	0	12	40	.243	0
Matt Tolbert	87	207	22	41	10	2	0	11	.198	3
Rene Tosoni	60	172	20	35	7	1	5	22	.203	0
Danny Valencia	154	564	63	139	28	2	15	72	.246	2
Delmon Young	84	305	26	81	16	0	4	32	.266	1
Team Totals	162	5487	619	1357	259	25	103	572	.247	92

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Scott Baker	8	6	3.14	23	21	0	134.2	50	47	32	123
Nick Blackburn	7	10	4.49	26	26	0	148.1	91	74	54	76
Alex Burnett	2	5	5.51	66	0	0	50.2	32	31	21	33
Matt Capps	4	7	4.25	69	0	15	65.2	31	31	13	34
Michael Cuddyer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0
Scott Diamond	1	5	5.08	7	7	0	39.0	25	22	17	19
Brian Duensing	9	14	5.23	32	28	0	161.2	102	94	52	115
Phil Dumatrait	1	3	3.92	45	0	1	41.1	22	18	25	29
Eric Hacker	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5.1	1	0	4	2
Liam Hendriks	0	2	6.17	4	4	0	23.1	16	16	6	16
Jim Hoey	1	2	5.47	26	0	0	24.2	20	15	13	14
Dusty Hughes	1	0	9.95	15	0	0	12.2	14	14	8	11
Chuck James	0	0	6.10	8	0	0	10.1	7	7	4	8
Francisco Liriano	9	10	5.09	26	24	0	134.1	81	76	75	112
Jeff Manship	0	0	8.10	5	0	0	3.1	3	3	4	2
José Mijares	0	2	4.59	58	0	0	49.0	31	25	30	30
Joe Nathan	2	1	4.84	48	0	13	44.2	26	24	14	43
Lester Oliveros	0	0	4.05	10	0	0	13.1	6	6	7	9
Carl Pavano	9	13	4.30	33	33	0	222.0	123	106	40	102
Glen Perkins	4	4	2.48	65	0	2	61.2	19	17	21	65
Anthony Slama	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.1	0	0	2	3
Kevin Slowey	0	8	6.67	14	8	0	59.1	44	44	5	34
Anthony Swarzak	4	7	4.32	27	11	0	102.0	53	49	26	55
Kyle Waldrop	1	0	5.73	7	0	0	11.0	7	7	6	5
Team Totals	63	99	4.58	162	162	32	1421.2	804	724	480	940

Other post-season awards

• Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Michael Cuddyer
• Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins
• Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Ben Revere
• Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Glen Perkins
• Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jeremy Hellickson
• Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
• Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Michael Cuddyer
  • The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
• Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Carl Pavano
• Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Brian Dozier
• Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Liam Hendriks
• Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Terry Steinbach
• Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – John Gordon

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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