Minnesota Twins/Team records

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A listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.

Contents

[edit] Twins Hall of Fame

Class of 2000 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Harmon Killebrew First Baseman 1961-74
Rod Carew Second Baseman 1967-78
Tony Oliva Outfielder 1962-76
Kent Hrbek First Baseman 1981-94
Kirby Puckett Outfielder 1984-95
Calvin Griffith President and Owner 1961-83
Class of 2001 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Herb Carneal Radio Broadcaster 1962-present
Jim Kaat Lefthanded Pitcher 1961-73
Class of 2002 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Bert Blyleven Righthanded Pitcher 1970-76, 1985-88
Tom Kelly Manager 1986-2001
Class of 2003 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Bob Allison Outfielder 1961-70
Bob Casey Public Address Announcer 1961-2004
Class of 2004 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Earl Battey Catcher 1961-67
Class of 2005 Affiliation Years w/ Twins
Frank Viola Pitcher 1982-89
Carl Pohlad Owner 1984-Present

[edit] Single season records

[edit] Batting

Statistic Player(s) Amount Year(s)
BA Rod Carew .388 1977
HR Harmon Killebrew 49 1964, 1969
RBI Harmon Killebrew 140 1969
R Chuck Knoblauch 140 1996
H Rod Carew 239 1977
1B Sam Rice 182 1925
2B Mickey Vernon 51 1966
3B Goose Goslin, Cristian Guzman 20 1925, 2000
XBH Tony Oliva 84 1964
SB Clyde Milan 88 1912
Hit streak Ken Landreaux 31 games 1980
BB Eddie Yost 151 1956
K Bobby Darwin 145 1972

[edit] Pitching

Statistic Player Amount Year
W Walter Johnson 36 1913
K Walter Johnson 313 1910
ERA Walter Johnson 1.14 1913
SV Eddie Guardado 45 2002

[edit] Single game records

[edit] As a Team

Record Number Occurrences Opp.1 Date*
AB 50 3 KC 6/19/03
AB2(22) 78 1 CLE 8/31/93
R 24 1 DET 4/24/96
R3 35 (24-11) 1 DET 4/24/96
H 25 1 CLE 6/4/02
H2(11) 24 1 SEA 9/29/89
H3 42 1 OAK 4/27/80
XBH 12 1 TOR 5/8/79
XBH3 24 1 CLE 7/13/96
TB 47 1 WAS 8/29/63
1B 19 1 MIL 9/9/80
1B2(11) 20 1 SEA 9/29/89
2B 8 1 BOS 7/25/96
3B 4 1 NYY 6/2/64
HR 8 1 WAS 8/29/63
HR3 9 Many MIL 7/12/01
RBI 22 2 CLE 6/4/02
RBI3 33 1 DET 4/24/96
BB 14 3 KC 8/5/06
BB2(18) 18 1 SEA 7/19/69
BB3 21 1 KC 9/10/76
BB4(10) 22 2 BAL 5/15/78
IBB 4 Many DET 5/23/92
IBB2(22) 5 1 MIL 5/12/72
IBB4(22) 7 1 MIL 5/12/72
K 18 1 SEA 9/12/95
K2(10) 19 2 CLE 7/3/68
K3 27 1 CLE 9/28/00
K4(20) 35 1 WAS 8/9/67
GIDP 5 Many TEX 6/3/95
GIDP2(22) 5 1 MIL 5/12/72
SH 5 1 CWS 6/23/79
SH2(17) 5 Many TEX 9/17/77
SF 4 2 DET 6/26/99
SF2 3 2 CLE 7/3/94
HBP 4 2 KC 4/13/71
HBP2(17) 4 1 CLE 5/7/95
LOB 17 2 MIL 9/4/90
LOB2(22) 23 2 MIL 5/12/72
SB 6 1 SEA 9/9/92
Opp. SB 7 2 NYY 5/10/87
Opp. SB2(12) 12 1 OAK 8/1/76
SB3 8 Many KC 8/26/01
SB4(12) 14 1 OAK 8/1/76
Best Win 21 (23-2) 1 CLE 6/4/02
Worst Loss 18 (20-2) 1 KC 4/25/61
Runs in Inning 11(5th) Many BOS 5/20/94
Opp. Runs in Inning 12 1 KC 6/17/03
Record Number Occurrences Opp.1 Date
* Date listed is date of most recent occurrence of record.
1 Opponent listed is opponent that record occurred against most recently.
2 Indicates record in an extra-inning game (total innings in parentheses).
3 Indicates record with amount accumulated by both clubs.
4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with amount accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)

[edit] All-Time Leaders

[edit] Batting

[edit] Games played

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

[edit] At Bats

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

[edit] Runs

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

[edit] Hits

Rank Player Amount
1 Sam Rice 2,889
2 Kirby Puckett 2,304
3 Joe Judge 2,291
4 Clyde Milan 2,100
5 Rod Carew 2,085

[edit] Doubles

Rank Player Amount
1 Sam Rice 479
2 Joe Judge 421
3 Kirby Puckett 414
4 Mickey Vernon 391
5 Tony Oliva 329

[edit] Triples

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

[edit] Home Runs

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew 559
2 Kent Hrbek 293
3 Bob Allison 256
4 Tony Oliva 220
5 Kirby Puckett 207

[edit] Runs Batted In

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,550
2 Kent Hrbek 1,086
3 Kirby Puckett 1,085
4 Sam Rice 1,045
5 Mickey Vernon 1,026

[edit] Total bases

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew 4,026
2 Sam Rice 3,833
3 Kirby Puckett 3,453
4 Joe Judge 3,239
5 Tony Oliva 3,002

[edit] Walks

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,505
2 Eddie Yost 1,274
3 Joe Judge 943
4 Buddy Myer 864
5 Kent Hrbek 838

[edit] Strikeouts

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew 1,629
2 Bob Allison 1,033
3 Kirby Puckett 965
4 Gary Gaetti 877
5 Kent Hrbek 798

[edit] Stolen Bases

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

[edit] Caught Stealing

Rank Player Amount
1 Rod Carew 123
2 George Case 98
3 Buddy Myer 88
4 Ossie Bluege 87
5 Cesar Tovar 81

[edit] On base percentage

Rank Player Amount
1 Rod Carew .393
2 Chuck Knoblauch .391
3 John Stone .389
4 Buddy Myer .387
5 Eddie Yost .385

[edit] Slugging percentage

Rank Player Amount
1 Harmon Killebrew .514
2 Goose Goslin .502
3 Roy Sievers .500
4 Kent Hrbek .481
5 Shane Mack .479

[edit] Batting average

Rank Player Amount
1 Rod Carew .334
2 Heinie Manush .328
3 Goose Goslin .323
3 Sam Rice .323
5 Kirby Puckett .318

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Wins

Rank Player Amount
1 Walter Johnson 417
2 Jim Kaat 190
3 Bert Blyleven 149
4 Brad Radke* 148
5 Camilo Pascual 145
*Active player

[edit] Losses

Rank Player Amount
1 Walter Johnson 279
2 Jim Kaat 159
3 Camilo Pascual 141
4 Brad Radke* 138
4 Bert Blyleven 138
*Active player

[edit] ERA

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

[edit] Games played

Rank Player Amount
1 Walter Johnson 802
2 Eddie Guardado* 639
3 Rick Aguilera 490
4 Jim Kaat 484
5 Firpo Marberry 470
*Active Player

[edit] Games started

Rank Player Amount
1 Walter Johnson 666
2 Jim Kaat 433
3 Brad Radke* 372
4 Bert Blyleven 345
5 Camilo Pascual 331

[edit] Complete games

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

[edit] Shutouts

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

[edit] Saves

Rank Player Amount
1 Rick Aguilera 254
2 Joe Nathan* 123
3 Eddie Guardado* 116
4 Ron Davis 108
5 Jeff Reardon 104
*still active

[edit] Innings pitched

Rank Player Amount
1 Walter Johnson 5,914 ⅓
2 Jim Kaat 3,014 ⅓
3 Bert Blyleven 2,566 ⅔
4 Camilo Pascual 2,465
5 Brad Radke* 2,451
*still active

[edit] Rare Feats

[edit] No-Hitters

Minnesota
Pitcher Opp. Date
Eric Milton ANA 9/11/99
Scott Erickson MIL 4/27/94
Dean Chance @CLE 8/25/67
Dean Chance1 BOS 8/6/67
Jack Kralick KC 8/26/62
Washington
Pitcher Opp. Date
Bob Burke BOS 8/8/31
Walter Johnson @BOS 7/1/20
1 Only 5 innings (rain shortened game).

[edit] Hit for the Cycle

Minnesota
Player Opp. Date
Kirby Puckett OAK 8/1/86
Gary Ward @MIL 9/18/80
Mike Cubbage TOR 7/27/78
Lyman Bostock @CWS 7/24/76
Larry Hisle @BAL 6/4/76
Cesar Tovar TEX 9/19/72
Rod Carew @KC 5/20/70
Washington
Player Opp. Date
Mickey Vernon @CWS 5/19/46
Joe Cronin NYY 9/2/29
Goose Goslin @NYY 8/28/24
Otis Clymer @NYY 10/2/08

[edit] Triple Plays

Players Opp. Date
Castillo-Morneau-Batista SEA 5/27/06
Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek @BOS 7/17/90†
Gladden-Lombardozzi-Larkin CLE 8/8/88
Gaetti-Lombardozzi-Hrbek @NYY 4/5/88
Gaetti-Teufel-Hrbek @NYY 7/19/84
Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek @CAL 8/8/83
Butera-Gaetti-Hrbek NYY 5/29/82
Borgmann-Gomez @CWS 7/25/76
Rollins-Carew-Allison CLE 9/10/68
Rollins-Tovar-Killebrew CAL 8/18/66
†See below

[edit] Six-Hit Games

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

[edit] Major League Baseball records and firsts

  • First team to record two triple plays in the same game: July 17, 1990 vs. Boston Red Sox (lost game 1-0).

[edit] External links

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