2017 Minnesota Twins season

The 2017 Minnesota Twins season was the 57th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their eighth season at Target Field and the 117th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on April 3 at home against the Kansas City Royals and finished the year on October 1 at home against the Detroit Tigers.

2017 Minnesota Twins
American League Wild Card winners
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jim Pohlad
President of baseball operations	Derek Falvey
General managers	Thad Levine
Managers	Paul Molitor
Television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)
Radio	Go 96.3 (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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On September 27, the Twins clinched the second wild-card berth to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason after losing 100 games the previous season.^[1] They were able to take advantage of a weak American League, as they made the playoffs despite their pedestrian 85–77 record, the worst record to make the playoffs since the 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers. They lost to the New York Yankees in the ALWC Game.

Offseason and spring training

The Twins recorded a 16–13 win–loss record in spring training. Three games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630	—	49‍–‍32	53‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	17	41‍–‍40	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	22	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	35	39‍–‍42	28‍–‍53
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	38	34‍–‍47	30‍–‍51

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630
Houston Astros	101	61	.623
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	91	71	.562	+6
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	—
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	5
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	5
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	7
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	9
Baltimore Orioles	75	87	.463	10
Oakland Athletics	75	87	.463	10
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	18
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	21

Record vs. opponents

2017 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	10–9	4–3	1–6	3–4	1–5	3–3	2–4	2–5	7–12	4–3	4–2	8–11	6–1	12–7	8–12
Boston	9–10	—	6–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	5–2	8–11	3–4	3–3	11–8	5–1	13–6	16–4
Chicago	3–4	1–6	—	6–13	10–9	4–2	10–9	3–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	4–3	3–3	6–14
Cleveland	6–1	3–4	13–6	—	13–6	5–1	12–7	6–0	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–14
Detroit	4–3	4–3	9–10	6–13	—	3–4	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	1–5	1–6	2–5	1–5	3–3	8–12
Houston	5–1	4–3	2–4	1–5	4–3	—	3–4	12–7	5–1	5–2	12–7	14–5	3–4	12–7	4–3	15–5
Kansas City	3–3	4–2	9–10	7–12	11–8	4–3	—	6–1	8–11	2–5	3–3	5–2	4–3	1–6	3–3	9–11
Los Angeles	4–2	4–2	4–3	0–6	4–3	7–12	1–6	—	2–5	4–2	12–7	12–7	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–9
Minnesota	5–2	2–5	12–7	7–12	11–8	1–5	11–8	5–2	—	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	13–7
New York	12–7	11–8	4–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–2	—	2–5	5–2	12–7	3–3	9–10	15–5
Oakland	3–4	4–3	5–1	4–3	5–1	7–12	3–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	—	7–12	2–5	10–9	2–5	7–13
Seattle	2–4	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–1	5–14	2–5	7–12	4–3	2–5	12–7	—	5–1	11–8	1–6	12–8
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	3–3	3–4	5–2	4–3	3–4	4–3	4–2	7–12	5–2	1–5	—	2–4	9–10	11–9
Texas	1–6	1–5	3–4	1–6	5–1	7–12	6–1	11–8	3–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	4–2	—	3–4	14–6
Toronto	7–12	6–13	3–3	2–4	3–3	3–4	3–3	3–4	3–4	10–9	5–2	6–1	10–9	4–3	—	9–11

Game log

2017 game log: 85−77 (Home: 41−40; Away: 44−37)
April: 12–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 Royals 7–1 Santana (1–0) Strahm (0–1) — 39,615 1–0 W1 2 April 5 Royals 9–1 Santiago (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) — 15,171 2–0 W2 3 April 6 Royals 5–3 Rogers (1–0) Minor (0–1) Kintzler (1) 16,078 3–0 W3 4 April 7 @ White Sox 3–1 Hughes (1–0) Holland (0–1) Kintzler (2) 14,004 4–0 W4 5 April 8 @ White Sox 2–6 Gonzalez (1–0) Mejia (0–1) — 23,024 4–1 L1 6 April 9 @ White Sox 4–1 Santana (2–0) Quintana (0–2) Kintzler (3) 24,074 5–1 W1 7 April 11 @ Tigers 1–2 Boyd (1–1) Santiago (1–1) Rodríguez (3) 21,237 5–2 L1 8 April 12 @ Tigers 3–5 Fulmer (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Wilson (1) 23,738 5–3 L2 9 April 13 @ Tigers 11–5 Hughes (2–0) Zimmermann (1–1) Haley (1) 22,573 6–3 W1 10 April 14 White Sox 1–2 Jennings (1–0) Pressly (0–1) Robertson (2) 18,466 6–4 L1 11 April 15 White Sox 6–0 Santana (3–0) Quintana (0–3) — 25,938 7–4 W1 12 April 16 White Sox 1–3 Jones (1–0) Pressly (0–2) Robertson (3) 19,511 7–5 L1 13 April 17 Indians 1–3 Salazar (1–1) Gibson (0–2) Allen (3) 16,961 7–6 L2 14 April 18 Indians 4–11 Tomlin (1–2) Hughes (2–1) — 16,553 7–7 L3 — April 19 Indians Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for June 17) 15 April 20 Indians 2–6 Bauer (1–2) Duffey (0–1) — 17,339 7–8 L4 16 April 21 Tigers 6–3 Santiago (2–1) Verlander (1–2) Kintzler (4) 22,647 8–8 W1 17 April 22 Tigers 4–5 Hardy (1–0) Tonkin (0–1) Rodríguez (6) 25,719 8–9 L1 18 April 23 Tigers 4–13 Fulmer (2–1) Gibson (0–3) — 26,713 8–10 L2 19 April 24 @ Rangers 3–2 Hughes (3–1) Perez (1–3) Kintzler (5) 19,027 9–10 W1 20 April 25 @ Rangers 8–1 Santana (4–0) Cashner (0–2) — 20,568 10–10 W2 21 April 26 @ Rangers 3–14 Hamels (2–0) Rogers (1–1) — 22,365 10–11 L1 22 April 28 @ Royals 6–4 Breslow (1–0) Soria (1–1) Kintzler (6) 27,911 11–11 W1 — April 29 @ Royals Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 1) 23 April 30 @ Royals 7–5 Hughes (4–1) Hammel (0–3) Kintzler (7) 32,685 12–11 W2
May: 14–12 (Home: 7–11; Away: 7–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 24 May 2 A's 9–1 Santana (5–0) Gray (0–1) — 18,930 13–11 W3 25 May 3 A's 7–4 Santiago (3–1) Graveman (2–2) — 18,658 14–11 W4 26 May 4 A's 5–8 Cotton (3–3) Gibson (0–4) Casilla (5) 19,247 14–12 L1 27 May 5 Red Sox 5–4 Kintzler (1–0) Barnes (3–1) 28,707 15–12 W1 28 May 6 Red Sox 1–11 Porcello (2–4) Tepesch (0–1) 30,859 15–13 L1 29 May 7 Red Sox 6–17 Sale (3–2) Santana (5–1) — 31,763 15–14 L2 30 May 9 @ White Sox 7–2 Santiago (4–1) Pelfrey (0–3) — 14,498 16–14 W1 — May 10 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled August 21) 31 May 11 @ White Sox 7–6 Pressly (1–2) Holland (3–3) Kintzler (8) 16,084 17–14 W2 32 May 12 @ Indians 1–0 Santana (6–1) Tomlin (2–4) Kintzler (9) 24,452 18–14 W3 33 May 13 @ Indians 4–1 Berríos (1–0) Clevinger (1–1) Kintzler (10) 28,379 19–14 W4 34 May 14 @ Indians 3–8 Bauer (3–4) Santiago (4–2) — 23,099 19–15 L1 35 May 16 Rockies 3–7 Freeland (4–2) Hughes (4–2) Holland (17) 24,295 19–16 L2 — May 17 Rockies Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 18) 36 May 18 Rockies 1–5 Márquez (2–2) Santana (6–2) Holland (18) 20,603 19–17 L3 37 May 18 Rockies 2–0 Berríos (2–0) Chatwood (3–6) Kintzler (11) 17,140 20–17 W1 38 May 19 Royals 4–3 (10) Kintzler (2–0) Alburquerque (0–1) — 23,553 21–17 W2 — May 20 Royals Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 21) 39 May 21 (1) Royals 4–6 Minor (1–1) Hughes (4–3) Herrera (9) n/a 21–18 L1 40 May 21 (2) Royals 8–4 Mejia (1–1) Kennedy (0–4) — 27,852 22–18 W1 41 May 22 @ Orioles 14–7 Gibson (1–4) Wilson (2–2) — 12,882 23–18 W2 42 May 23 @ Orioles 2–0 Santana (7–2) Bundy (5–3) — 13,294 24–18 W3 43 May 24 @ Orioles 4–3 Berríos (3–0) Tillman (1–1) Kintzler (12) 32,267 25–18 W4 44 May 26 Rays 2–5 Archer (4–3) Santiago (4–3) Colomé (13) 20,949 25–19 L1 45 May 27 Rays 5–3 Rogers (2–1) Farquhar (2–2) Kintzler (13) 27,530 26–19 W1 46 May 28 Rays 6–8 (15) Colomé (1–2) Santiago (4–4) Ramírez (1) 28,951 26–20 L1 47 May 29 Astros 8–16 Jankowski (1–0) Breslow (0–1) — 24,472 26–21 L2 48 May 30 Astros 2–7 Fiers (2–2) Berríos (3–1) — 22,616 26–22 L3 49 May 31 Astros 6–17 Feliz (2–0) Santiago (4–5) — 25,593 26–23 L4
June: 14–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 50 June 1 @ Angels 4–2 Rogers (3–1) Alvarez (0–2) — 33,426 27–23 W1 51 June 2 @ Angels 11–5 Gibson (2–4) Ramírez (5–4) — 39,042 28–23 W2 52 June 3 @ Angels 2–7 Shoemaker (5–3) Santana (7–3) — 40,236 28–24 L1 53 June 4 @ Angels 3–2 Berríos (4–1) Nolasco (2–6) Kintzler (15) 39,701 29–24 W1 54 June 6 @ Mariners 3–12 Paxton (5–0) Santiago (4–6) — 18,166 29–25 L1 55 June 7 @ Mariners 5–6 Díaz (2–2) Kintzler (2–1) — 15,732 29–26 L2 56 June 8 @ Mariners 2–1 Gibson (3–4) Bergman (3–3) Kintzler (16) 15,621 30–26 W1 57 June 9 @ Giants 4–0 Santana (8–3) Moore (2–7) — 41,046 31–26 W2 58 June 10 @ Giants 3–2 Berríos (5–1) Samardzija (2–8) Kintzler (17) 41,255 32–26 W3 59 June 11 @ Giants 8–13 Osich (1–1) Belisle (0–1) — 41,321 32–27 L1 60 June 12 Mariners 3–14 Gallardo (3–6) Mejía (1–2) — 16,996 32–28 L2 61 June 13 Mariners 20–7 Gibson (4–4) Bergman (3–4) — 17,922 33–28 W1 62 June 14 Mariners 4–6 Gaviglio (3–1) Santana (8–4) Díaz (11) 22,283 33–29 L1 63 June 15 Mariners 6–2 Berríos (6–1) Miranda (6–3) — 24,464 34–29 W1 64 June 16 Indians 1–8 Carrasco (7–3) Turley (0–1) — 30,563 34–30 L1 65 June 17 Indians 3–9 McAllister (1–0) Wilk (0–2) — 24,010 34–31 L2 66 June 17 Indians 2–6 Goody (1–0) Mejía (1–3) — 41,017 34–32 L3 67 June 18 Indians 2–5 Bauer (6–5) Gibson (4–5) Miller (1) 35,039 34–33 L4 68 June 20 White Sox 9–7 Santana (9–4) Holland (5–7) Kintzler (18) 26,095 35–33 W1 69 June 21 White Sox 4–2 Berríos (7–1) Holmberg (1–1) Kintzler (19) 33,316 36–33 W2 70 June 22 White Sox 0–9 Quintana (4–8) Turley (0–2) — 27,684 36–34 L1 71 June 23 @ Indians 5–0 Mejía (2–3) Bauer (6–6) — 31,725 37–34 W1 72 June 24 @ Indians 4–2 Rogers (4–1) Allen (0–3) Kintzler (20) 33,111 38–34 W2 73 June 25 @ Indians 4–0 Santana (10–4) Tomlin (4–9) — 29,672 39–34 W3 74 June 26 @ Red Sox 2–4 Sale (10–3) Berríos (7–2) Kimbrel (21) 37,172 39–35 L1 75 June 27 @ Red Sox 2–9 Pomeranz (7–4) Santiago (4–7) — 36,804 39–36 L2 76 June 28 @ Red Sox 4–1 Mejia (3–3) Porcello (4–10) Kintzler (21) 37,487 40–36 W1 77 June 29 @ Red Sox 3–6 Price (3–2) Gibson (4–6) Kimbrel (22) 37,445 40–37 L1 78 June 30 @ Royals 1–8 Vargas (12–3) Santana (10–5) — 34,332 40–38 L2
July: 10–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 79 July 1 (1) @ Royals 6–11 Minor (4–1) Duffey (0–2) — 25,571 40–39 L3 80 July 1 (2) @ Royals 10–5 Jorge (1–0) Hammel (4–7) — 32,448 41–39 W1 81 July 2 @ Royals 2–6 Alexander (1–2) Santiago (4–8) — 28,775 41–40 L1 82 July 3 Angels 6–2 Mejía (4–3) Meyer (3–5) — 36,182 42–40 W1 83 July 4 Angels 5–4 Gibson (5–6) Ramirez (7–7) Kintzler (22) 25,013 43–40 W2 84 July 5 Angels 1–2 Bridwell (3–1) Santana (10–6) Norris (12) 19,106 43–41 L1 85 July 6 Orioles 6–4 Berríos (8-2) Bundy (8–8) Kintzler (23) 19,706 44–41 W1 86 July 7 Orioles 9–6 Hildenberger (1–0) Castro (1–1) Kintzler (24) 28,668 45–41 W2 87 July 8 Orioles 1–5 Miley (4–7) Mejía (4–4) — 26,323 45–42 L1 88 July 9 Orioles 5–11 Jiménez (4–4) Gibson (5–7) — 25,848 45–43 L2 88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida 89 July 14 @ Astros 5–10 Morton (7–3) Berríos (8–3) — 38,006 45–44 L3 90 July 15 @ Astros 4–2 Santana (11–6) Musgrove (4–8) Kintzler (25) 41,038 46–44 W1 91 July 16 @ Astros 2–5 Fiers (6–4) Gibson (5–8) Giles (20) 38,253 46–45 L1 92 July 17 Yankees 4–2 Rogers (5–1) Smith (0–1) Kintzler (26) 27,566 47–45 W1 93 July 18 Yankees 3–6 Shreve (3–1) Colón (2–9) Chapman (10) 33,114 47–46 L1 94 July 19 Yankees 6–1 Berríos (9–3) Montgomery (6–5) — 33,380 48–46 W1 95 July 21 Tigers 3–6 Sánchez (2–0) Santana (11–7) J. Wilson (11) 22,369 48–47 L1 96 July 22 Tigers 6–5 Gibson (6–8) Zimmermann (6–8) Kintzler (27) 33,700 49–47 W1 97 July 23 Tigers 6–9 Boyd (4–5) Hildenberger (1–1) J. Wilson (12) 28,373 49–48 L1 98 July 24 @ Dodgers 4–6 Paredes (1–0) Rogers (5–2) Jansen (25) 47,754 49–49 L2 99 July 25 @ Dodgers 2–6 Maeda (9–4) Berríos (9–4) Ravin (1) 44,403 49–50 L3 100 July 26 @ Dodgers 5–6 Jansen (5–0) Kintzler (2–2) — 50,941 49–51 L4 101 July 28 @ A's 6–3 García (5–7) Gossett (2–6) Kintzler (28) 17,727 50–51 W1 102 July 29 @ A's 4–5 Coulombe (2–1) Rogers (5–3) — 27,047 50–52 L1 103 July 30 @ A's 5–6 Smith (1–0) Duffey (0–3) — 16,790 50–53 L2
August: 20–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 104 August 1 @ Padres 0–3 Chacín (11–7) Berríos (9–5) Hand (7) 24,491 50–54 L3 105 August 2 @ Padres 5–2 Santana (12–7) Perdomo (5–6) — 23,806 51–54 W1 106 August 3 Rangers 1–4 Griffin (5–2) Mejía (4–5) Claudio (5) 22,903 51–55 L1 107 August 4 Rangers 8–4 Colón (3–9) Perez (5–10) — 22,272 52–55 W1 108 August 5 Rangers 1–4 Hamels (6–1) Gibson (6–9) — 27,415 52–56 L1 109 August 6 Rangers 6–5 Berríos (10–5) Bibens-Dirkx (3–2) Belisle (1) 29,056 53–56 W1 110 August 7 Brewers 5–4 Boshers (1–0) Drake (3–4) Belisle (2) 31,339 54–56 W2 111 August 8 Brewers 11–4 Duffey (1–3) Garza (5–6) Gee (1) 34,185 55–56 W3 112 August 9 @ Brewers 4–0 Colón (4–9) Woodruff (1–1) — 30,174 56–56 W4 113 August 10 @ Brewers 7–2 Busenitz (1–0) Davies (13–6) — 33,904 57–56 W5 114 August 11 @ Tigers 9–4 Pressly (2–2) Sánchez (3–3) — 29,733 58–56 W6 115 August 12 @ Tigers 11–12 Greene (3–2) Belisle (0–2) — 33,006 58–57 L1 116 August 13 @ Tigers 6–4 Duffey (2–3) Rondón (1–3) Hildenberger (1) 30,582 59–57 W1 117 August 15 Indians 1–8 Salazar (5–5) Colón (2–2) — 29,626 59–58 L1 — August 16 Indians Postponed (rain) (Resceduled for August 17) 118 August 17 Indians 3–9 Carrasco (12–5) Gibson (6–10) — 29,579 59–59 L2 119 August 17 Indians 4–2 Hildenberger (2–1) Clevinger (6–5) Belisle (3) 22,857 60–59 W1 120 August 18 D-backs 10–3 Santana (13–7) Godley (6–7) — 25,830 61–59 W2 121 August 19 D-backs 5–0 Berríos (11–5) Greinke (14–6) — 29,456 62–59 W3 122 August 20 D-backs 12–5 Colón (5–10) McFarland (4–5) — 27,367 63–59 W4 123 August 21 @ White Sox 6–7 Rodon (2–4) Melville (0–1) Minaya (3) 63–60 L1 124 August 21 @ White Sox 10–2 Gee (1–0) Fulmer (0–1) Duffey (1) 14,493 64–60 W1 125 August 22 @ White Sox 4–1 Gibson (7–10) Giolito (0–1) Belisle (4) 14,053 65–60 W2 126 August 23 @ White Sox 3–4 Farquhar (3–2) Hildenberger (2–2) — 15,605 65–61 L1 127 August 24 @ White Sox 1–5 Holland (7–13) Berríos (11–6) — 34,032 65–62 L2 128 August 25 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Colón (6–10) Happ (6–10) — 37,525 66–62 W1 129 August 26 @ Blue Jays 9–10 Estrada (6–8) Gee (1–1) Osuna (34) 45,591 66–63 L1 130 August 27 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Gibson (8–10) Biagini (3–9) — 42,478 67–63 W1 131 August 29 White Sox 6–4 Santana (14–7) Shields (2–5) Belisle (5) 20,530 68–63 W2 132 August 30 White Sox 11–1 Berríos (12–6) Holland (7–14) — 21,172 69–63 W3 133 August 31 White Sox 5–4 Belisle (1–2) Minaya (2–2) — 21,288 70–63 W4
September/October: 15–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 Royals 6–7 Hammel (7–10) Gee (1–2) Alexander (2) 24,068 70–64 L1 135 September 2 Royals 17–0 Gibson (9–10) Garcia (0–1) — 33,413 71–64 W1 136 September 3 Royals 4–5 Alexander (4–3) Busenitz (1–1) Maurer (21) 32,234 71–65 L1 137 September 4 @ Rays 4–11 Cobb (10–9) Berríos (12–7) — 12,108 71–66 L2 138 September 5 @ Rays 1–2 Odorizzi (8–7) Colón (6–11) Colomé (42) 6,509 71–67 L3 139 September 6 @ Rays 10–6 Rogers (6–3) Cishek (3–2) — 7,185 72–67 W1 140 September 7 @ Royals 4–2 Hildenberger (3–2) Herrera (3–3) Belisle (6) 26,485 73–67 W2 141 September 8 @ Royals 8–5 Santana (8–5) Kennedy (4–11) Belisle (7) 31,879 74–67 W3 142 September 9 @ Royals 2–5 Minor (6–6) Pressly (2–3) Maurer (2) 29,991 74–68 L1 143 September 10 @ Royals 3–11 Vargas (15–10) Colón (6–12) — 35,003 74–69 L2 144 September 12 Padres 16–0 Gibson (10–10) Wood (3–6) — 28,852 75–69 W1 145 September 13 Padres 3–1 (10) Belisle (2–2) Maton (3–1) — 20,018 76–69 W2 146 September 14 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Gee (2–2) Santos (0–1) — 22,664 77–69 W3 147 September 15 Blue Jays 3–4 Happ (9–10) Colón (6–13) Osuna (36) 27,902 77–70 L1 148 September 16 Blue Jays 2–7 Estrada (9–8) Mejía (4–6) — 29,917 77–71 L2 149 September 17 Blue Jays 13–7 Gibson (11–10) Biagini (3–11) — 27,572 78–71 W1 150 September 18 @ Yankees 1–2 Robertson (9–2) Santana (15–8) Chapman (19) 30,425 78–72 L1 151 September 19 @ Yankees 2–5 Sabathia (12–5) Berríos (12–8) Chapman (20) 30,218 78–73 L2 152 September 20 @ Yankees 3–11 Shreve (4–1) Colón (6–14) — 30,099 78–74 L3 153 September 21 @ Tigers 12–1 Gee (3–2) Zimmerman (8–13) — 25,437 79–74 W1 154 September 22 @ Tigers 7–3 Gibson (12–10) Norris (4–8) — 25,390 80–74 W2 155 September 23 @ Tigers 10–4 Santana (16–8) Stumpf (0–1) — 26,800 81–74 W3 156 September 24 @ Tigers 10–4 Berríos (13–8) Farmer (4–5) — 23,882 82–74 W4 157 September 26 @ Indians 8–6 Rogers (7–3) Shaw (4–6) Belisle (8) 21,268 83–74 W5 158 September 27 @ Indians 2–4 Clevinger (12–5) Mejia (4–7) — 19,682 83–75 L1 159 September 28 @ Indians 2–5 Carrasco (18–6) Hildenberger (3–3) — 21,810 83–76 L2 160 September 29 Tigers 6–3 Berríos (14–8) Boyd (6–11) Belisle (9) 34,580 84–76 W1 161 September 30 Tigers 2–3 Farmer (5–5) Slegers (0–1) Greene (9) 35,515 84–77 L1 162 October 1 Tigers 5–1 Colón (7–14) Sánchez (3–7) Moya (1) 28,148 85–77 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member

Roster

2017 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers  9 Matt Belisle 17 José Berríos 62 Buddy Boshers 47 Craig Breslow 67 Alan Busenitz 40 Bartolo Colón 27 John Curtiss 56 Tyler Duffey 47 Dietrich Enns 24 Jaime García 35 Dillon Gee 44 Kyle Gibson 58 Justin Haley 50 Chris Heston 39 Trevor Hildenberger 45 Phil Hughes 76 Félix Jorge 27 Brandon Kintzler 49 Adalberto Mejía 58 Tim Melville 58 Gabriel Moya 15 Glen Perkins 57 Ryan Pressly 55 Taylor Rogers 64 Randy Rosario 32 Drew Rucinski 54 Ervin Santana 53 Hector Santiago 50 Aaron Slegers 23 Nick Tepesch 59 Michael Tonkin 66 Nik Turley 50 Jason Wheeler 39 Adam Wilk 51 Alex Wimmers		Catchers 21 Jason Castro 43 Mitch Garver 38 Chris Gimenez Infielders 16 Ehire Adrianza  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 23 Niko Goodrum  7 Joe Mauer 11 Jorge Polanco 22 Miguel Sanó 19 Kennys Vargas		Outfielders 25 Byron Buxton  8 Zack Granite 36 Robbie Grossman 26 Max Kepler 20 Eddie Rosario 39 Danny Santana		Manager  4 Paul Molitor Coaches 41 Neil Allen (pitching) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 13 Gene Glynn (third base) 18 Eddie Guardado (bullpen) 63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting) 31 Jeff Pickler (major league coach) 33 James Rowson (hitting) 37 Jeff Smith (first base) 46 Joe Vavra (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Brian Dozier	152	617	106	167	30	4	34	93	16	78	.271	.498
Eddie Rosario	151	542	79	157	33	2	27	78	9	35	.290	.507
Joe Mauer	141	525	69	160	36	1	7	71	2	66	.305	.417
Max Kepler	147	511	67	124	32	2	19	69	6	47	.243	.425
Jorge Polanco	133	488	60	125	30	3	13	74	13	41	.256	.410
Byron Buxton	140	462	69	117	14	6	16	51	29	38	.253	.413
Eduardo Escobar	129	457	62	116	16	5	21	73	5	33	.254	.449
Miguel Sanó	114	424	75	112	15	2	28	77	0	54	.264	.507
Robbie Grossman	119	382	62	94	22	1	9	45	3	67	.246	.380
Jason Castro	110	356	49	86	22	0	10	47	0	45	.242	.388
Kennys Vargas	78	241	33	61	13	0	11	41	0	20	.253	.444
Chris Gimenez	74	186	28	41	9	0	7	16	1	33	.220	.382
Ehire Adrianza	70	162	30	43	9	2	2	24	8	16	.265	.383
Zack Granite	40	93	14	22	2	0	1	13	2	12	.237	.290
Mitch Garver	23	46	5	9	1	3	0	3	0	6	.196	.348
Danny Santana	13	25	3	5	1	0	1	1	1	1	.200	.360
Niko Goodrum	11	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.059	.059
Pitcher Totals	162	23	3	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	.174	.217
Team Totals	162	5557	815	1444	286	31	206	781	95	593	.260	.434

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ervin Santana	16	8	3.28	33	33	0	211.1	177	85	77	61	167
Kyle Gibson	12	10	5.07	29	29	0	158.0	182	93	89	60	121
José Berríos	14	8	3.89	26	25	0	145.2	131	71	63	48	139
Adalberto Mejía	4	7	4.50	21	21	0	98.0	110	52	49	44	85
Bartolo Colón	5	6	5.18	15	15	0	80.0	100	46	46	15	47
Tyler Duffey	2	3	4.94	56	0	1	71.0	79	41	39	18	67
Hector Santiago	4	8	5.63	15	14	0	70.1	70	44	44	31	51
Ryan Pressly	2	3	4.70	57	0	0	61.1	52	34	32	19	61
Matt Belisle	2	2	4.03	62	0	9	60.1	48	31	27	22	54
Taylor Rogers	7	3	3.07	69	0	0	55.2	52	20	19	21	49
Phil Hughes	4	3	5.87	14	9	0	53.2	72	38	35	13	38
Brandon Kintzler	2	2	2.78	45	0	28	45.1	41	15	14	11	27
Trevor Hildenberger	3	3	3.21	37	0	1	42.0	38	15	15	6	44
Dillon Gee	3	2	3.22	14	3	1	36.1	37	14	13	9	31
Buddy Boshers	1	0	4.89	38	0	0	35.0	37	20	19	10	28
Alan Busenitz	1	1	1.99	28	0	0	31.2	22	9	7	9	23
Craig Breslow	1	1	5.23	30	0	0	31.0	38	19	18	12	18
Michael Tonkin	0	1	5.14	16	0	0	21.0	22	15	12	12	24
Justin Haley	0	0	6.00	10	0	1	18.0	22	12	12	6	14
Nik Turley	0	2	11.21	10	3	0	17.2	30	22	22	8	13
Aaron Slegers	0	1	6.46	4	3	0	15.1	12	12	11	6	9
Adam Wilk	0	1	7.84	3	1	0	10.1	16	9	9	8	6
John Curtiss	0	0	8.31	9	0	0	8.2	9	8	8	2	10
Felix Jorge	1	0	10.57	2	2	0	7.2	14	9	9	2	4
Alex Wimmers	0	0	4.91	6	0	0	7.1	8	4	4	8	7
Jaime García	1	0	4.05	1	1	0	6.2	8	3	3	3	7
Gabriel Moya	0	0	4.26	7	0	1	6.1	5	3	3	2	5
Glen Perkins	0	0	9.53	8	0	0	5.2	8	6	6	5	2
Chris Gimenez	0	0	7.20	6	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	0
Drew Rucinski	0	0	10.38	2	0	0	4.1	10	5	5	2	5
Dietrich Enns	0	0	6.75	2	1	0	4.0	7	4	3	1	2
Tim Melville	0	1	13.50	1	1	0	3.1	4	5	5	3	4
Jason Wheeler	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	3.0	6	5	3	4	0
Randy Rosario	0	0	30.86	2	0	0	2.1	7	8	8	0	2
Nick Tepesch	0	1	5.40	1	1	0	1.2	5	7	1	2	2
Chris Heston	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	85	77	4.59	162	162	42	1436.0	1487	788	732	483	1166

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Postseason

Game log

2017 Postseason: 0−1 (Home 0−0; Away 0−1)
AL Wild Card Game: 0−1 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 3 @ Yankees 4–8 Robertson (1–0) Berríos (0–1) — 49,280 0–1

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

American League Wild Card Game Pitchers: 9 Matt Belisle 17 José Berríos 35 Dillon Gee 39 Trevor Hildenberger 49 Adalberto Mejía 54 Ervin Santana 55 Taylor Rogers 56 Tyler Duffey 57 Ryan Pressly 62 Buddy Boshers 67 Alan Busenitz Catchers: 21 Jason Castro 38 Chris Gimenez 43 Mitch Garver Infielders: 2 Brian Dozier 5 Eduardo Escobar 7 Joe Mauer 11 Jorge Polanco 16 Ehire Adrianza 19 Kennys Vargas Outfielders: 8 Zack Granite 20 Eddie Rosario 25 Byron Buxton 26 Max Kepler 36 Robbie Grossman

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Mike Quade
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Jake Mauer
A-Advanced	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Doug Mientkiewicz
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Tommy Watkins
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Arizona League	Ramon Borrego
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League