2011 Minnesota Twins season

2011 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010)
Minneapolis (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
Manager(s)	Ron Gardenhire
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radio	1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM) (John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry, Ted Robinson, Bob Kurtz)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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 2011.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Baker, ScottScott Baker	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400	0
Benson, JoeJoe Benson	21	71	3	17	6	1	0	2	.239	2
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Butera, DrewDrew Butera	93	234	19	39	9	1	2	23	.167	0
Capps, MattMatt Capps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casilla, AlexiAlexi Casilla	97	323	52	84	21	4	2	21	.260	15
Cuddyer, MichaelMichael Cuddyer	139	529	70	150	29	2	20	70	.284	11
Dinkelman, BrianBrian Dinkelman	23	73	5	22	1	0	0	4	.301	2
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Dumatrait, PhilPhil Dumatrait	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Hoey, JimJim Hoey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Holm, SteveSteve Holm	6	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	.118	0
Hughes, DustyDusty Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Hughes, LukeLuke Hughes	96	287	31	64	12	0	7	30	.223	3
Kubel, JasonJason Kubel	99	366	37	100	21	1	12	58	.273	1
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	82	296	38	85	15	0	3	30	.287	0
Mijares, JoséJosé Mijares	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	69	264	19	60	16	0	4	30	.227	0
Nathan, JoeJoe Nathan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Nishioka, TsuyoshiTsuyoshi Nishioka	68	221	14	50	5	0	0	19	.226	2
Parmelee, ChrisChris Parmelee	21	76	8	27	6	0	4	14	.355	0
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Perkins, GlenGlen Perkins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Plouffe, TrevorTrevor Plouffe	81	286	47	68	18	1	8	31	.238	3
Repko, JasonJason Repko	67	133	21	30	2	0	2	11	.226	7
Revere, BenBen Revere	117	450	56	120	9	5	0	30	.267	34
Rivera, RenéRené Rivera	45	104	9	15	3	0	1	5	.144	0
Slowey, KevinKevin Slowey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Span, DenardDenard Span	70	284	37	75	11	5	2	16	.264	6
Swarzak, AnthonyAnthony Swarzak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Thome, JimJim Thome	71	206	21	50	12	0	12	40	.243	0
Tolbert, MattMatt Tolbert	87	207	22	41	10	2	0	11	.198	3
Tosoni, ReneRene Tosoni	60	172	20	35	7	1	5	22	.203	0
Valencia, DannyDanny Valencia	154	564	63	139	28	2	15	72	.246	2
Young, DelmonDelmon Young	84	305	26	81	16	0	4	32	.266	1
Totals	162	5487	619	1357	259	25	103	572	.247	92

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Baker, ScottScott Baker	8	6	3.14	23	21	0	134.2	50	47	32	123
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	7	10	4.49	26	26	0	148.1	91	74	54	76
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	2	5	5.51	66	0	0	50.2	32	31	21	33
Capps, MattMatt Capps	4	7	4.25	69	0	15	65.2	31	31	13	34
Cuddyer, MichaelMichael Cuddyer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0
Diamond, ScottScott Diamond	1	5	5.08	7	7	0	39.0	25	22	17	19
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	9	14	5.23	32	28	0	161.2	102	94	52	115
Dumatrait, PhilPhil Dumatrait	1	3	3.92	45	0	1	41.1	22	18	25	29
Hacker, EricEric Hacker	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5.1	1	0	4	2
Hendriks, LiamLiam Hendriks	0	2	6.17	4	4	0	23.1	16	16	6	16
Hoey, JimJim Hoey	1	2	5.47	26	0	0	24.2	20	15	13	14
Hughes, DustyDusty Hughes	1	0	9.95	15	0	0	12.2	14	14	8	11
James, ChuckChuck James	0	0	6.10	8	0	0	10.1	7	7	4	8
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	9	10	5.09	26	24	0	134.1	81	76	75	112
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	0	0	8.10	5	0	0	3.1	3	3	4	2
Mijares, JoséJosé Mijares	0	2	4.59	58	0	0	49.0	31	25	30	30
Nathan, JoeJoe Nathan	2	1	4.84	48	0	13	44.2	26	24	14	43
Oliveros, LesterLester Oliveros	0	0	4.05	10	0	0	13.1	6	6	7	9
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	9	13	4.30	33	33	0	222.0	123	106	40	102
Perkins, GlenGlen Perkins	4	4	2.48	65	0	2	61.2	19	17	21	65
Slama, AnthonyAnthony Slama	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.1	0	0	2	3
Slowey, KevinKevin Slowey	0	8	6.67	14	8	0	59.1	44	44	5	34
Swarzak, AnthonyAnthony Swarzak	4	7	4.32	27	11	0	102.0	53	49	26	55
Waldrop, KyleKyle Waldrop	1	0	5.73	7	0	0	11.0	7	7	6	5
Totals	63	99	4.58	162	162	32	1421.2	804	724	480	940

Farm system

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

References

Baseball Reference

2011 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 Florida 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 (musical
film
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant)

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

Retired numbers

Championships

Pennants

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles

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

Seasons (115)

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