List of Minnesota Twins team records

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

Single season records

Batting

Statistic	Player(s)	Amount	Year(s)
Batting average	Rod Carew	.388	1977
Home runs	Harmon Killebrew	49	1964, 1969
RBI	Harmon Killebrew	140	1969
Run	Chuck Knoblauch	140	1996
Hit	Rod Carew	239	1977
Single	Sam Rice	182	1925
Double	Mickey Vernon	51	1946
Triple	Goose Goslin, Cristian Guzman	20	1925, 2000
Extra base hit	Tony Oliva	84	1964
Stolen bases	Clyde Milan	88	1912
Hit streak	Ken Landreaux	31 games	1980
Base on balls	Eddie Yost	151	1956
Strikeouts	Bobby Darwin	145	1972

Pitching

Statistic	Player	Amount	Year
Win	Walter Johnson	36	1913
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	313	1910
ERA	Walter Johnson	1.14	1913
Save	Joe Nathan	47	2009

Single game records

Individual

Most strikeouts in a single game: Johan Santana, 17 K in 8 IP, August 19, 2007

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	19	1	TEX	8/19/07
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)

All-Time Leaders

Batting

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

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

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

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

Doubles

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

Triples

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

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Harmon Killebrew	559
2	Kent Hrbek	293
3	Bob Allison	256
4	Justin Morneau	221
5	Tony Oliva	220

RBI

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Harmon Killebrew	1,540
2	Kent Hrbek	1,086
3	Kirby Puckett	1,085
4	Sam Rice	1,045
5	Mickey Vernon	1,026

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

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

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

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

Caught Stealing

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

On-base percentage

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Joe Mauer	.403
2	Rod Carew	.393
3	Chuck Knoblauch	.391
4	John Stone	.389
5	Buddy Myer	.387

Slugging percentage

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Harmon Killebrew	.514
2	Goose Goslin	.502
3	Roy Sievers	.500
4	Justin Morneau	.499
5	Kent Hrbek	.481

Batting average

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Rod Carew	.334
2	Heinie Manush	.328
3	Goose Goslin	.323
3	Joe Mauer	.323
3	Sam Rice	.323

Pitching

Wins

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

Losses

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

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

Games played

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Walter Johnson	802
2	Eddie Guardado	648
3	Rick Aguilera	490
4	Jim Kaat	484
5	Firpo Marberry	470

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

Complete games

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

Shutouts

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

Saves

Rank	Player	Amount
1	Joe Nathan	260
2	Rick Aguilera	254
3	Eddie Guardado	116
4	Ron Davis	108
5	Jeff Reardon	104

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

Rare Feats

No-hitters

Minnesota
Pitcher	Opp.	Date
Francisco Liriano	@CHW	5/3/11
Eric Milton	ANA	9/11/99
Scott Erickson	MIL	4/27/94
Dean Chance	@CLE	8/25/67
Jack Kralick	KC	8/26/62
Bobby Burke	BOS	8/8/31
Walter Johnson	@BOS	7/1/20

Dean Chance also threw a perfect game through five innings on August 6, 1967, against the Boston Red Sox, but the game was shortened due to rain. Under MLB rule revisions in 1991, it is not recognized as an official no-hitter or perfect game.

Hit for the Cycle

Minnesota
Player	Opp.	Date
Michael Cuddyer	MIL	5/22/09
Jason Kubel	LAA	4/17/09
Carlos Gómez	@CWS	5/7/08
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
César Tovar	TEX	9/19/72
Rod Carew	@KC	5/20/70
Mickey Vernon	@CWS	5/19/46
Joe Cronin	NYY	9/2/29
Goose Goslin	@NYY	8/28/24
Otis Clymer	@NYY	10/2/08

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-Gómez	@CWS	7/25/76
Rollins-Carew-Allison	CLE	9/10/68
Rollins-Tovar-Killebrew	CAL	8/18/66

†See below

Six-Hit Games

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

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).

External links

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

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

World Series
Championships (3)

Pennants (6)

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles (10)

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

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Rochester Red Wings
Double-A: Chattanooga Lookouts
A Adv.: Fort Myers Miracle
A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Rookie Adv.: Elizabethton Twins
Rookie: GCL Twins; DSL Twins

Seasons (116)

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 2016

Franchise records of Major League Baseball

American League

East Division	Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays

Central Division	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins

West Division	Houston Astros Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers

National League

East Division	Atlanta Braves Miami Marlins New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Washington Nationals

Central Division	Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals

West Division	Arizona Diamondbacks Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants

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