2013 Minnesota Twins season

The 2013 Minnesota Twins season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 113th overall in the American League.

2013 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Jim Pohlad
General managers	Terry Ryan
Managers	Ron Gardenhire
Television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer, Jamie Hersch)
Radio	KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry, Alfonso Fernandez, Tony Oliva)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 4-2).^[1] The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.^[2]

The Twins finished their season with a 66–96 record, although they finished fourth in the American League Central standings ahead of the Chicago White Sox, avoiding a last place finish for the first time since 2010. The team continued to struggle with offense and bullpen rotation, despite the off-season acquisitions of veterans Vance Worley, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia.^[3]

Offseason transactions and spring training

• January 18, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Duensing and C Drew Butera on one-year contracts.
• February 14, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract.
• March 10, 2013: Reassigned RHP Bryan Augenstein, RHP Nick Blackburn, RHP Alex Meyer, RHP Lester Oliveros and RHP Esmerling Vásquez to their minor league camp.
• March 11, 2013: Optioned C Chris Herrmann to Rochester (IL) and RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Michael Tonkin, C Josmil Pinto and INF Danny Santana to New Britain (EL).
• March 15, 2013: Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson and LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Anthony Slama, C Kyle Knudson and INF James Beresford to their minor league camp.
• March 16, 2013: Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL).
• March 17, 2013: Reassigned C Eric Fryer, INF Chris Colabello, INF Mark Sobolewski, OF Brian Dinkelman, OF Clete Thomas, RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Shairon Martis to their minor league camp.
• March 23, 2013: Placed LHP Scott Diamond and RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL.
• March 26, 2013: Reassigned RHP P. J. Walters and RHP Samuel Deduno to minor league camp.
• March 27, 2013: Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Rochester (IL).
• March 30, 2013: Placed RHP Tim Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive March 24. Reassigned RHP Rich Harden and LHP Rafael Perez to their minor league camp.
• March 31, 2013: Selected the contract of OF Wilkin Ramírez from Rochester (IL).

The Minnesota Twins finished in fifth place (.515) in the Grapefruit League during spring training with a 17–16 record overall (7–10 home / 10–6 away). They were 4.5 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles.^[4]

Season synopsis

• The Twins' batters ended the season with 1430 strikeouts, their most ever, and far exceeding the previous high of 1121 in 1997. Josh Willingham (128) led the club, with Brian Dozier (120) and Oswaldo Arcia (117) close behind.^[5]
• Joe Mauer started the All-Star game as the American League catcher. Reliever Glen Perkins was selected as a reserve but did not play.
• Mauer won his fifth Silver Slugger Award.

September

Finished 27 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Season standings

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	93	69	.574	—	51‍–‍30	42‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians	92	70	.568	1	51‍–‍30	41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	7	44‍–‍37	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	27	32‍–‍49	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	63	99	.389	30	37‍–‍44	26‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

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Division winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	97	65	.599
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	92	70	.568	+½
Tampa Bay Rays	92	71	.564	—
Texas Rangers	91	72	.558	1
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	5½
New York Yankees	85	77	.525	6½
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	78	84	.481	13½
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	17½
Seattle Mariners	71	91	.438	20½
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	25½
Chicago White Sox	63	99	.389	28½
Houston Astros	51	111	.315	40½

Record vs. opponents

2013 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	3–3	9–10	5–2	2–4	6–13	5–2	10–9	11–9
Boston	8–11	—	4–2	6–1	3–4	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	13–6	3–3	6–1	12–7	2–4	11–8	14–6
Chicago	3–4	2–4	—	2–17	7–12	3–4	9–10	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	4–2	4–3	8–12
Cleveland	4–3	1–6	17–2	—	4–15	6–1	10–9	4–2	13–6	1–6	5–2	5–2	2–4	5–1	4–2	11–9
Detroit	2–4	4–3	12–7	15–4	—	6–1	9–10	0–6	11–8	3–3	3–4	5–2	3–3	3–4	5–2	12–8
Houston	2–4	1–6	4–3	1–6	1–6	—	2–4	10–9	1–5	1–5	4–15	9–10	2–5	2–17	3–4	8–12
Kansas City	4–3	5–2	10–9	9–10	10–9	4–2	—	2–5	15–4	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	3–3	2–4	9–11
Los Angeles	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–0	9–10	5–2	—	1–5	3–4	8–11	11–8	4–3	4–15	6–1	10–10
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	11–8	6–13	8–11	5–1	4–15	5–1	—	2–5	1–6	4–3	1–6	4–3	1–5	8–12
New York	10–9	6–13	3–3	6–1	3–3	5–1	5–2	4–3	5–2	—	1–5	4–3	7–12	3–4	14–5	9–11
Oakland	2–5	3–3	5–2	2–5	4–3	15–4	5–1	11–8	6–1	5–1	—	8–11	3–3	10–9	4–3	13–7
Seattle	4–2	1–6	3–3	2–5	2–5	10–9	3–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	8–12
Tampa Bay	13–6	7–12	5–2	4–2	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	4–4	11–8	12–8
Texas	2–5	4–2	2–4	1–5	4–3	17–2	3–3	15–4	3–4	4–3	9–10	12–7	4–4	—	1–6	10–10
Toronto	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–4	2–5	4–3	4–2	1–6	5–1	5–14	3–4	3–3	8–11	6–1	—	11–9

Detailed records

• updated to game played September 29, 2013

American League Opponent Home Away Total Percentage AL East Baltimore Orioles 1–2 2–1 3–3 .500 Boston Red Sox 0–3 3–1 3–4 .429 New York Yankees 0–4 2–1 2–5 .286 Tampa Bay Rays 1–2 0–4 1–6 .143 Toronto Blue Jays 0–3 1–2 1–5 .167 AL EAST 2–14 8–9 10–23 .303 AL Central Chicago White Sox 5–5 6–3 11–8 .579 Cleveland Indians 3–7 3–6 6–13 .316 Detroit Tigers 4–5 4–6 8–11 .421 Kansas City Royals 2–8 2–7 4–15 .211 AL CENTRAL 14–25 15–22 29–47 .382 AL West Houston Astros 3–0 2–1 5–1 .833 Los Angeles Angels 3–0 2–1 5–1 .833 Oakland Athletics 1–2 0–4 1–6 .143 Seattle Mariners 2–1 2–2 4–3 .571 Texas Rangers 2–2 2–1 4–3 .571 AL WEST 11–5 8–9 19–14 .576 American League 27–44 31–40 58–84 .408

National League Opponent Home Away Total Percentage Atlanta Braves – 0–3 0–3 .000 Miami Marlins 1–1 0–2 1–3 .250 Milwaukee Brewers 2–0 2–0 4–0 1.000 New York Mets 0–3 – 0–3 .000 Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 – 2–1 .667 Washington Nationals – 1–2 1–2 .333 National League 5–5 3–7 8–12 .400 Overall record 32–49 34–47 66–96 .407

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; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
Brian Dozier	147	558	72	136	33	4	18	66	14	.244
Justin Morneau	127	495	56	128	32	0	17	74	0	.259
Ryan Doumit	135	485	49	120	28	1	14	55	1	.247
Trevor Plouffe	129	477	44	121	22	1	14	52	2	.254
Joe Mauer	113	445	62	144	35	0	11	47	0	.324
Pedro Florimon	134	403	44	89	17	0	9	44	15	.221
Josh Willingham	111	389	42	81	20	0	14	48	1	.208
Oswaldo Arcia	97	351	34	88	17	2	14	43	1	.251
Chris Parmelee	101	294	21	67	13	0	8	24	1	.228
Clete Thomas	92	290	39	62	15	0	4	13	1	.214
Aaron Hicks	81	281	37	54	11	3	8	27	9	.192
Jamey Carroll	58	191	21	44	6	0	0	9	2	.230
Eduardo Escobar	66	165	23	39	5	2	3	10	0	.236
Chris Colabello	55	160	14	31	3	0	7	17	0	.194
Alex Presley	28	113	9	32	4	1	1	11	1	.283
Wilkin Ramirez	35	81	5	22	6	1	0	6	0	.272
Josmil Pinto	21	76	10	26	5	0	4	12	0	.342
Darin Mastroianni	30	65	5	12	2	0	0	5	2	.185
Doug Bernier	33	53	9	12	3	0	0	5	2	.226
Eric Fryer	6	13	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	.385
Drew Butera	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.053
Team Totals	162	5564	614	1346	285	15	151	590	52	.242

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
Kevin Correia	9	13	4.18	31	31	0	185.1	89	86	45	101
Mike Pelfrey	5	13	5.19	29	29	0	152.2	92	88	53	101
Scott Diamond	6	13	5.43	24	24	0	131.0	88	79	36	52
Sam Deduno	8	8	3.83	18	18	0	108.0	48	46	41	67
Anthony Swarzak	3	2	2.91	48	0	0	96.0	33	31	22	69
Ryan Pressly	3	3	3.87	49	0	0	76.2	37	33	27	49
Jared Burton	2	9	3.82	71	0	2	66.0	29	28	22	61
Glen Perkins	2	0	2.30	61	0	36	62.2	16	16	15	77
Josh Roenicke	3	1	4.35	63	0	1	62.0	31	30	36	45
Casey Fien	5	2	3.92	73	0	0	62.0	28	27	12	73
Brian Duensing	6	2	3.98	73	0	1	61.0	28	27	22	56
Andrew Albers	2	5	4.05	10	10	0	60.0	34	27	7	25
Kyle Gibson	2	4	6.53	10	10	0	51.0	38	37	20	29
Vance Worley	1	5	7.21	10	10	0	48.2	43	39	15	25
Liam Hendriks	1	3	6.85	10	8	0	47.1	39	36	14	34
Caleb Thielbar	3	2	1.76	49	0	0	46.0	11	9	14	39
P.J. Walters	2	5	5.95	8	8	0	39.1	30	26	18	22
Cole De Vries	0	2	10.80	4	2	0	15.0	18	18	9	12
Michael Tonkin	0	0	0.79	9	0	0	11.1	6	1	3	10
Shairon Martis	0	1	5.59	6	0	0	9.2	6	6	4	7
Jamey Carroll	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Robertson	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	2
Team Totals	66	96	4.55	162	162	40	1450.1	788	733	458	985

Game log

Legend
Twins Win	Twins Loss	Postponed

2013 Game Log (66–96)
April (11–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 Tigers 2–4 Verlander (1–0) Worley (0–1) Coke (1) 38,282 0–1 2 April 3 Tigers 3–2 Perkins (1–0) Coke (0–1) — 22,963 1–1 3 April 4 Tigers 8–2 Pelfrey (1–0) Porcello (0–1) — 24,752 2–1 4 April 5 @ Orioles 5–9 Ayala (1–0) Fien (0–1) — 46,653 2–2 5 April 6 @ Orioles 6–5 Roenicke (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Perkins (1) 40,704 3–2 6 April 7 @ Orioles 4–3 Swarzak (1–0) Hammel (1–1) Perkins (2) 34,431 4–2 7 April 8 @ Royals 1–3 Santana (1–1) Correia (0–1) Crow (1) 40,073 4–3 8 April 9 @ Royals 4–7 Guthrie (2–0) Pelfrey (1–1) Holland (2) 11,697 4–4 9 April 10 @ Royals 0–3 Davis (1–0) Hendriks (0–1) Herrera (2) 10,069 4–5 10 April 12 Mets 5–16 Niese (2–0) Worley (0–2) — 23,735 4–6 11 April 13 Mets 2–4 Harvey (3–0) Diamond (0–1) Parnell (1) 28,804 4–7 – April 14 Mets Postponed (snow). Rescheduled for August 19. 12 April 15 Angels 8–2 Correia (1–1) Blanton (0–3) — 23,535 5–7 13 April 16 Angels 8–6 Pelfrey (2–1) Vargas (0–2) Perkins (3) 23,299 6–7 – April 17 Angels Postponed (rain). Rescheduled for September 9. – April 19 @ White Sox Postponed (cold, windy conditions). Rescheduled for August 9 as part of a doubleheader. 14 April 20 @ White Sox 2–1 (10) Fien (1–1) Santiago (0–1) Perkins (4) 22,417 7–7 15 April 21 @ White Sox 5–3 Diamond (1–1) Lindstrom (1–1) Perkins (5) 19,587 8–7 – April 22 Marlins Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled for April 23 as part of a doubleheader. 16 April 23 Marlins 4–3 Correia (2–1) Fernández (0–2) Perkins (6) 25,716 9–7 17 April 23 Marlins 5–8 Nolasco (1–2) Pelfrey (2–2) Cishek (2) 23,300 9–8 18 April 25 Rangers 1–2 Tepesch (2–1) Worley (0–3) Nathan (7) 25,459 9–9 19 April 26 Rangers 3–4 Grimm (2–0) Diamond (1–2) Nathan (8) 27,404 9–10 20 April 27 Rangers 7–2 Hernández (1–0) Holland (1–2) — 37,503 10–10 21 April 28 Rangers 5–0 Correia (3–1) Ogando (2–2) — 35,751 11–10 22 April 29 @ Tigers 3–4 Scherzer (3–0) Pelfrey (2–3) Benoit (2) 29,878 11–11 23 April 30 @ Tigers 1–6 Verlander (3–2) Worley (0–4) — 31,748 11–12
May (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Tigers 6–2 Diamond (2–2) Sánchez (3–2) — 36,028 12–12 25 May 3 @ Indians 6–7 (10) Perez (1–0) Fien (1–2) — 20,200 12–13 26 May 4 @ Indians 3–7 Kazmir (1–1) Correia (3–2) — 17,830 12–14 27 May 5 @ Indians 4–2 Pelfrey (3–3) Kluber (2–1) Perkins (7) 14,015 13–14 28 May 6 @ Red Sox 6–5 (11) Mortensen (1–2) Burton (0–1) — 31,088 13–15 29 May 7 @ Red Sox 6–1 Diamond (3–2) Dempster (2–3) — 30,549 14–15 30 May 8 @ Red Sox 15–8 Pressly (1–0) Webster (0–1) — 29,969 15–15 31 May 9 @ Red Sox 5–3 Correia (4–2) Lackey (1–3) Perkins (8) 31,571 16–15 32 May 10 Orioles 6–9 (10) Hunter (3–1) Swarzak (1–1) J. Johnson (14) 31,360 16–16 33 May 11 Orioles 8–5 Worley (1–4) S. Johnson (0–1) Burton (1) 32,221 17–16 34 May 12 Orioles 0–6 Chen (3–3) Diamond (3–3) — 34,320 17–17 35 May 13 White Sox 10–3 Hernández (2–0) Santiago (1–2) — 25,605 18–17 36 May 14 White Sox 4–2 Peavy (5–1) Correia (4–3) Reed (12) 32,023 18–18 37 May 15 White Sox 9–4 Axelrod (1–3) Pelfrey (3–4) — 35,613 18–19 38 May 17 Red Sox 2–3 (10) Wilson (1–0) Roenicke (1–1) Uehara (1) 30,210 18–20 39 May 18 Red Sox 5–12 Breslow (1–0) Diamond (3–4) — 36,967 18–21 40 May 19 Red Sox 1–5 Lackey (2–4) Hernández (2–1) — 33,042 18–22 41 May 20 @ Braves 1–5 Teherán (3–1) Correia (4–4) Gearrin (1) 20,173 18–23 42 May 21 @ Braves 4–5 (10) Kimbrel (1–1) Duensing (0–1) — 28,663 18–24 43 May 22 @ Braves 3–8 Maholm (6–4) Worley (1–5) — 27,798 18–25 44 May 23 @ Tigers 6–7 Benoit (1–0) Burton (0–2) Valverde (5) 32,804 18–26 45 May 24 @ Tigers 0–6 Sánchez (5–4) Deduno (0–1) — 39,789 18–27 46 May 25 @ Tigers 3–2 Walters (1–0) Fister (5–2) Perkins (9) 41,927 19–27 47 May 26 @ Tigers 1–6 Scherzer (7–0) Pelfrey (3–5) — 42,394 19–28 48 May 27 @ Brewers 6–3 Correia (5–4) Peralta (3–6) Perkins (10) 38,627 20–28 49 May 28 @ Brewers 6–5 (14) Pressly (2–0) Badenhop (0–2) Duensing (1) 24,415 21–28 50 May 29 Brewers 4–1 Deduno (1–1) Estrada (4–3) Perkins (11) 31,359 22–28 51 May 30 Brewers 8–6 Walters (2–0) Loshe (1–6) Burton (2) 32,688 23–28 52 May 31 Mariners 0–3 Iwakuma (6–1) Pelfrey (3–6) Wilhelmsen (12) 31,430 23–29
June (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Mariners 5–4 Thielbar (1–0) Wilhelmsen (0–1) — 33,417 24–29 54 June 2 Mariners 10–0 Diamond (4–4) Bonderman (0–1) — 34,876 25–29 55 June 4 @ Royals 3–0 Deduno (2–1) Mendoza (1–3) Perkins (12) 20,134 26–29 56 June 5 @ Royals 1–4 Guthrie (6–3) Walters (2–1) Holland (10) 12,407 26–30 57 June 6 @ Royals 3–7 Collins (2–1) Burton (0–3) — 14,942 26–31 June 7 @ Nationals Postponed (rain). Doubleheader June 9. 58 June 8 @ Nationals 4–3 (11) Roenicke (2–1) Stammen (3–2) Perkins (13) 41,587 27–31 59 June 9 @ Nationals 0–7 Zimmermann (9–3) Diamond (4–5) — 38,516 27–32 60 June 9 @ Nationals 4–5 Clippard (5–1) Swarzak (1–2) Soriano (16) 27,949 27–33 61 June 11 Phillies 3–2 Duensing (1–1) Adams (1–4) Perkins (14) 30,104 28–33 62 June 12 Phillies 4–3 Duensing (2–1) Bastardo (2–2) Perkins (15) 28,910 29–33 63 June 13 Phillies 2–3 Cliff Lee (8–2) Burton (0–4) Papelbon (12) 28,519 29–34 64 June 14 Tigers 0–4 Porcello (4–3) Diamond (4–6) — 29,571 29–35 65 June 15 Tigers 6–3 Deduno (3–1) Downs (0–2) Perkins (16) 35,017 30–35 66 June 16 Tigers 2–5 Fister (6–4) Walters (2–2) Benoit (4) 39,317 30–36 67 June 18 White Sox 7–5 Burton (1–4) Troncoso (0–2) Perkins (17) 30,387 31–36 68 June 19 White Sox 7–4 Correia (6–4) Sale (5–6) Perkins (18) 30,003 32–36 69 June 20 White Sox 8–4 Diamond (5–6) Danks (1–4) — 35,837 33–36 70 June 21 @ Indians 1–5 Kazmir (4–4) Deduno (3–2) — 26,442 33–37 71 June 22 @ Indians 7–8 Kluber (6–4) Walters (3–2) Pestano (3) 21,417 33–38 72 June 23 @ Indians 5–3 Hernández (3–1) Carrasco (0–3) Perkins (19) 17,143 34–38 73 June 25 @ Marlins 2–4 Ramos (2–2) Correia (6–5) Cishek (13) 14,581 34–39 74 June 26 @ Marlins 3–5 Slowey (3–6) Diamond (5–7) Cishek (14) 15,318 34–40 75 June 27 Royals 3–1 Deduno (4–2) Guthrie (7–6) Perkins (19) 28,040 35–40 76 June 28 Royals 3–9 Shields (3–6) Walters (2–4) — 28,916 35–41 77 June 29 Royals 6–2 Gibson (1–0) Davis (4–6) — 36,881 36–41 78 June 30 Royals 8–9 Crow (5–3) Burton (1–5) Holland (17) 34,232 36–42
July (9–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Yankees 4–10 Chamberlain (1–0) Burton (1–6) — 29,619 36–43 80 July 2 Yankees 3–7 Hughes (4–7) Deduno (4–3) Rivera (27) 29,029 36–44 81 July 3 Yankees 2–3 Sabathia (9–6) Walters (2–5) Rivera (28) 38,457 36–45 82 July 4 Yankees 5–9 Phelps (6–5) Gibson (1–1) — 38,260 36–46 83 July 5 @ Blue Jays 0–4 Buehrle (5–5) Correia (6–6) — 25,672 36–47 84 July 6 @ Blue Jays 6–0 Pelfrey (4–6) Dickey (8–9) — 37,034 37–47 85 July 7 @ Blue Jays 5–11 Redmond (1–1) Diamond (5–8) — 43,795 37–48 86 July 8 @ Rays 4–7 Torres (3–0) Deduno (4–4) Rodney (20) 11,516 37–49 87 July 9 @ Rays 1–4 Archer (3–3) Gibson (1–2) Rodney (21) 12,777 37–50 88 July 10 @ Rays 3–4 (13) Ramos (2–2) Pressly (2–1) — 12,757 37–51 89 July 11 @ Rays 3–4 Moore (13–3) Pelfrey (4–7) McGee (1) 24,751 37–52 90 July 12 @ Yankees 0–2 Kuroda (8–6) Pressly (2–2) Rivera (30) 40,247 37–53 91 July 13 @ Yankees 4–1 Deduno (5–4) Hughes (4–9) Perkins (21) 40,301 38–53 92 July 14 @ Yankees 10–4 Gibson (2–2) Sabathia (9–8) — 43,131 39–53 93 July 19 Indians 3–2 Fien (2–2) Smith (4–1) Perkins (22) 36,280 40–53 94 July 20 Indians 3–2 Correia (7–6) Hill (1–2) Perkins (23) 38,626 41–53 95 July 21 Indians 1–7 Masterson (11–7) Diamond (5–9) — 31,753 41–54 96 July 22 @ Angels 4–3 Deduno (6–4) Blanton (2–13) Perkins (24) 33,363 42–54 97 July 23 @ Angels 10–3 (10) Perkins (2–0) Frieri (0–2) — 39,177 43–54 98 July 24 @ Angels 0–1 Weaver (5–5) Pelfrey (4–8) Frieri (25) 38,209 43–55 99 July 25 @ Mariners 2–8 Iwakuma (10–4) Correia (7–7) — 18,135 43–56 100 July 26 @ Mariners 3–2 Duensing (3–1) Medina (3–3) Perkins (25) 23,162 44–56 101 July 27 @ Mariners 4–0 Deduno (7–4) Harang (5–9) — 24,524 45–56 102 July 28 @ Mariners 4–6 Ramírez (2–0) Gibson (2–3) Wilhelmsen (24) 35,087 45–57 103 July 30 Royals 2–7 Santana (7–6) Pelfrey (4–9) — 33,085 45–58 104 July 31 Royals 3–4 Gutherie (11–7) Thielbar (1–1) Holland (28) 32,789 45–59
August (13–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Royals 2–7 Shields (6–7) Diamond (5–10) — 35,448 45–60 106 August 2 Astros 4–3 Pressly (3–2) Keuchel (5–6) — 30,633 46–60 107 August 3 Astros 6–4 Duensing (4–1) Harrell (5–12) Perkins (26) 38,078 47–60 108 August 4 Astros 3–2 Thielbar (2–1) Peacock (1–4) Perkins (27) 34,780 48–60 109 August 5 @ Royals 0–13 Guthrie (12–7) Correia (7–8) — 21,474 48–61 110 August 6 @ Royals 7–0 Albers (1–0) Shields (6–8) — 18,924 49–61 111 August 7 @ Royals 2–5 Coleman (2–0) Deduno (7–5) Holland (30) 20,198 49–62 112 August 9 @ White Sox 7–5 Duensing (5–1) Veal (1–3) — 17,439 50–62 113 August 9 @ White Sox 3–2 (10) Duensing (6–1) Axelrod (4–9) Perkins (28) 23,804 51–62 114 August 10 @ White Sox 4–5 Purcey (1–1) Pelfrey (4–10) Reed (28) 24,529 51–63 115 August 11 @ White Sox 5–2 Correia (8–8) Quintana (6–4) — 26,344 52–63 116 August 12 Indians 3–0 Albers (2–0) Salazar (1–1) — 30,922 53–63 117 August 13 Indians 2–5 McAllister (5–7) Deduno (7–6) Perez (19) 29,806 53–64 118 August 14 Indians 8–9 (12) Perez (5–2) Pressly (3–3) Smith (2) 35,133 53–65 119 August 15 White Sox 4–3 Burton (2–6) Troncoso (1–4) — 32,851 54–65 120 August 16 White Sox 2–5 Quintana (7–4) Correia (8–9) Reed (29) 28,834 54–66 121 August 17 White Sox 5–8 Sale (9–11) Albers (2–1) Reed (30) 36,833 54–67 122 August 18 White Sox 2–5 Santiago (4–7) Deduno (7–7) Reed (31) 32,905 54–68 123 August 19 Mets 1–6 Gee (9–8) Gibson (2–4) — 30,913 54–69 124 August 20 @ Tigers 6–3 Pelfrey (5–10) Porcello (9–7) Perkins (29) 37,964 55–69 125 August 21 @ Tigers 1–7 Smyly (5–0) Correia (8–10) Veras (20) 38,092 55–70 126 August 22 @ Tigers 7–6 Fien (3–2) Rondon (1–2) Perkins (30) 39,653 56–70 127 August 23 @ Indians 5–1 Deduno (8–7) Jiménez (9–8) — 23,218 57–70 128 August 24 @ Indians 2–7 McAllister (7–7) Hendriks (0–2) — 23,218 57–71 129 August 25 @ Indians 1–3 Smith (5–1) Burton (2–7) Perez (21) 21,042 57–72 130 August 27 Royals 1–6 Shields (9–8) Burton (2–8) — 27,006 57–73 131 August 28 Royals 1–8 Duffy (2–0) Albers (2–2) — 27,379 57–74 132 August 29 Royals 1–3 Chen (6–2) Deduno (8–8) Holland (36) 28,012 57–75 133 August 30 @ Rangers 3–2 Hendriks (1–2) Darvish (12–6) Perkins (31) 34,815 58–75 134 August 31 @ Rangers 1–2 Nathan (5–2) Thielbar (2–2) — 36,041 58–76
September (8–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Rangers 4–2 Correia (9–10) Blackley (2–2) Perkins (31) 36,549 59–76 136 September 2 @ Astros 10–6 Roenicke (3–1) Lo (0–3) — 14,287 60–76 137 September 3 @ Astros 9–6 Thielbar (3–2) Chapman (0–1) — 13,500 61–76 138 September 4 @ Astros 5–6 Bédard (4–10) Duensing (6–2) — 14,869 61–77 139 September 6 Blue Jays 5–6 Dickey (12–12) Pelfrey (5–11) Janssen (28) 27,044 61–78 140 September 7 Blue Jays 2–11 Happ (4–5) Correia (9–11) — 32,882 61–79 141 September 8 Blue Jays 0–2 Rogers (5–7) Burton (2–9) Janssen (29) 29,450 61–80 142 September 9 Angels 6–3 Fien (4–2) Rasmus (0–1) Perkins (33) 21,826 62–80 143 September 10 Athletics 4–3 Swarzak (2–2) Cook (6–4) Perkins (34) 26,017 63–80 144 September 11 Athletics 3–18 Gray (3–3) Pelfrey (5–12) — 24,522 63–81 145 September 12 Athletics 2–8 Griffin (14–9) Diamond (5–11) — 26,188 63–82 146 September 13 Rays 0–3 Archer (9–7) Correia (9–12) Rodney (35) 27,292 63–83 147 September 14 Rays 0–7 Gomes (1–1) Albers (2–3) — 28,541 63–84 148 September 15 Rays 6–4 Fien (5–2) Peralta (2–8) Perkins (35) 27,988 64–84 149 September 16 @ White Sox 1–12 Johnson (1–2) Hendriks (1–3) — 15,018 64–85 150 September 17 @ White Sox 3–4 Quintana (8–6) Pelfrey (5–13) Reed (38) 15,964 64–86 151 September 18 @ White Sox 4–3 Diamond (6–11) Danks (4–14) Perkins (36) 14,520 65–86 152 September 19 @ Athletics 6–8 Doolittle (5–5) Martis (0–1) — 11,461 65–87 153 September 20 @ Athletics 0–11 Colón (17–6) Albers (2–4) — 36,067 65–88 154 September 21 @ Athletics 1–9 Parker (12–7) Hernández (3–2) — 26,393 65–89 155 September 22 @ Athletics 7–11 Gray (4–3) De Vries (0–1) — 30,589 65–90 156 September 23 Tigers 4–3 Swarzak (2–2) Putkonen (1–2) — 24,647 66–90 157 September 24 Tigers 2–4 Fister (14–9) Diamond (6–12) Benoit (23) 25,541 66–91 158 September 25 Tigers 1–0 Scherzer (21–3) Correia (9–13) Benoit (24) 26,517 66–92 159 September 26 Indians 5–6 Shaw (7–3) Albers (2–5) Smith (3) 24,929 66–93 160 September 27 Indians 6–12 Kluber (11–5) Hernández (3–3) — 24,074 66–94 161 September 28 Indians 1–5 Kazmir (10–9) De Vries (0–2) — 30,452 66–95 162 September 29 Indians 1–5 Jiménez (13–9) Diamond (6–13) — 30,935 66–96

Roster

2013 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 63 Andrew Albers 61 Jared Burton 30 Kevin Correia 38 Cole De Vries 21 Samuel Deduno 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 50 Casey Fien 44 Kyle Gibson 62 Liam Hendriks 60 Pedro Hernández 64 Shairon Martis 37 Mike Pelfrey 15 Glen Perkins 57 Ryan Pressly 64 Tyler Robertson 20 Josh Roenicke 51 Anthony Swarzak 56 Caleb Thielbar 59 Michael Tonkin 39 P. J. Walters 49 Vance Worley		Catchers 41 Drew Butera  9 Ryan Doumit 54 Eric Fryer 12,44 Chris Herrmann  7 Joe Mauer 43 Josmil Pinto Infielders 17 Doug Bernier  8 Jamey Carroll 55 Chris Colabello  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 25 Pedro Florimón 33 Justin Morneau 24 Trevor Plouffe		Outfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia 32 Aaron Hicks 19 Darin Mastroianni 27 Chris Parmelee  1 Alex Presley 22 Wilkin Ramírez 11 Clete Thomas 16 Josh Willingham		Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 23 Tom Brunansky (hitting) 18 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 36 Terry Steinbach (bench) 45 Scott Ullger (first base) 46 Joe Vavra (third base)

Other post-season awards

• Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer
• Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins
• Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Caleb Thielbar
• Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Brian Dozier
• Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Pedro Florimón
• Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jordan Zimmermann
• Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Justin Morneau
• Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Brian Dozier
  • The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
• Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Glen Perkins
• Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Byron Buxton
• Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Andrew Albers
• Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Frank Quilici
• Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Tony Oliva

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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	Doug Mientkiewicz
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Jake Mauer
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Ramon Borrego

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