2011 Minnesota Twins season
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Record | 63–99 (.389) |
Divisional place | 5th |
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Owner(s) | Jim Pohlad |
General manager(s) | Bill Smith |
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[]
Longtime Twins pitcher and broadcaster Bert Blyleven was elected to the Hall of Fame on January 5, and inducted on July 24.
On May 3, on a 42-degree Chicago Tuesday night, Francisco Liriano hurled the Twins' fifth no-hitter, closing down the White Sox. He struck out two and walked six on 123 pitches, but won 1-0.[1] Liriano's gem follows previous no-hitters by Jack Kralick (1962), Dean Chance (1967), Scott Erickson (1994) and Eric Milton (1999). To date, the Twins have been no-hit four times in their history.
The Twins opened their June 21 game against the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner with four singles and four doubles.[2] The eight consecutive hits to open a game tied a major league record. After Ben Revere collected his second hit of the inning, Bumgarner was lifted.
Only Michael Cuddyer represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. As a reserve outfielder, he was inserted at first base for two innings and went 0 for 1.[3]
Slugger Jim Thome belted career homers number 599 and 600 on August 15.[4] He was just the eighth player in history to reach 600. Six days later at Target Field, Thome on the diamond with New York's Alex Rodriguez marked the first time since July 17, 1973 that two 600-home-run club members squared off—on that date it was Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
A Twins first happened on September 6, when Chris Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks each made their major league debut in the same game. Starting pitcher Hendriks took the loss, striking out 4 but giving up four hits and all three Chicago White Sox runs. Parmelee's 2-for-4 night topped Benson's 0-for 3.[5]
At season's end, closer Joe Nathan finished with 260 Minnesota saves, topping Rick Aguilera's club record of 254. Nathan signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers in November.
Season standings[]
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 50–31 | 45–36 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 15 | 44–37 | 36–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 16 | 36–45 | 43–38 |
Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 24 | 40–41 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 32 | 33–48 | 30–51 |
Record vs opponents[]
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 8–10 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 |
Boston | 10–8 | – | 2–4 | 4–6 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 12–6 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
Chicago | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 2–6 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 6–4 | 7–11 | – | 6–12 | 12–6 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 1–9 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 12–6 | – | 11–7 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 4–3 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 |
Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–5 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–3 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 3–7 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 4–4 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 13–5 |
Minnesota | 2–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 3–6 | – | 2–6 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 3–7 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
New York | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–2 | – | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
Oakland | 5–4 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 4–4 | 3–6 | – | 9–10 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 5–5 | 8–10 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 10–9 | – | 4–6 | 4–15 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 9–9 | 12–6 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 9–9 | 2–5 | 6–4 | – | 4–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 12–7 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 13–6 | 15–4 | 5–4 | – | 4–6 | 9–9 |
Toronto | 12–6 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 7–11 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 6–12 | 6–4 | – | 8–10 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Scott Baker | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 0 |
Joe Benson | 21 | 71 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .239 | 2 |
Nick Blackburn | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Alex Burnett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Drew Butera | 93 | 234 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .167 | 0 |
Matt Capps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Alexi Casilla | 97 | 323 | 52 | 84 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .260 | 15 |
Michael Cuddyer | 139 | 529 | 70 | 150 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 70 | .284 | 11 |
Brian Dinkelman | 23 | 73 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .301 | 2 |
Brian Duensing | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Phil Dumatrait | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Jim Hoey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Steve Holm | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | 0 |
Dusty Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Luke Hughes | 96 | 287 | 31 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .223 | 3 |
Jason Kubel | 99 | 366 | 37 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 58 | .273 | 1 |
Francisco Liriano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
Joe Mauer | 82 | 296 | 38 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .287 | 0 |
José Mijares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Justin Morneau | 69 | 264 | 19 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .227 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 68 | 221 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .226 | 2 |
Chris Parmelee | 21 | 76 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .355 | 0 |
Carl Pavano | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Glen Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Trevor Plouffe | 81 | 286 | 47 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .238 | 3 |
Jason Repko | 67 | 133 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .226 | 7 |
Ben Revere | 117 | 450 | 56 | 120 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .267 | 34 |
René Rivera | 45 | 104 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .144 | 0 |
Kevin Slowey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Denard Span | 70 | 284 | 37 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 16 | .264 | 6 |
Anthony Swarzak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Jim Thome | 71 | 206 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .243 | 0 |
Matt Tolbert | 87 | 207 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .198 | 3 |
Rene Tosoni | 60 | 172 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .203 | 0 |
Danny Valencia | 154 | 564 | 63 | 139 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 72 | .246 | 2 |
Delmon 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 |
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Scott Baker | 8 | 6 | 3.14 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 134.2 | 50 | 47 | 32 | 123 |
Nick Blackburn | 7 | 10 | 4.49 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 148.1 | 91 | 74 | 54 | 76 |
Alex Burnett | 2 | 5 | 5.51 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 33 |
Matt Capps | 4 | 7 | 4.25 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 65.2 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 34 |
Michael Cuddyer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Diamond | 1 | 5 | 5.08 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 39.0 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
Brian Duensing | 9 | 14 | 5.23 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 161.2 | 102 | 94 | 52 | 115 |
Phil Dumatrait | 1 | 3 | 3.92 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 41.1 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 29 |
Eric Hacker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Liam Hendriks | 0 | 2 | 6.17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23.1 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
Jim Hoey | 1 | 2 | 5.47 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
Dusty Hughes | 1 | 0 | 9.95 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
Chuck James | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Francisco Liriano | 9 | 10 | 5.09 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 134.1 | 81 | 76 | 75 | 112 |
Jeff Manship | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
José Mijares | 0 | 2 | 4.59 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 31 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
Joe Nathan | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 44.2 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 43 |
Lester Oliveros | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Carl Pavano | 9 | 13 | 4.30 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 222.0 | 123 | 106 | 40 | 102 |
Glen Perkins | 4 | 4 | 2.48 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 61.2 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 65 |
Anthony Slama | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Kevin Slowey | 0 | 8 | 6.67 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 59.1 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 34 |
Anthony Swarzak | 4 | 7 | 4.32 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 102.0 | 53 | 49 | 26 | 55 |
Kyle 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 |
Other post-season awards[]
- Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Michael Cuddyer
- Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins
- Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Ben Revere
- Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Glen Perkins
- Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jeremy Hellickson
- Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
- Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Michael Cuddyer
- The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
- Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Carl Pavano
- Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Brian Dozier
- Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Liam Hendriks
- Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Terry Steinbach
- Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – John Gordon
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 | |
Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
Rookie | GCL Twins | Gulf Coast League |
References[]
- ^ "Twins 1, White Sox 0". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Twins 9, Giants 2". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "2011 All-Star Game". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Jim Thome Hits 600th". ESPN.com.
- ^ "3 Twins Make Debuts". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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