2012 Minnesota Twins season

2012 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010) Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Results
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
General manager(s)	Terry Ryan
Manager(s)	Ron Gardenhire
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer)
Local radio	KSTP (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2012 Minnesota Twins season was the 52nd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 112th overall in the American League. The Twins wound up with a 66-96 record, 5th (last) place in the AL Central.

Regular season[]

On May 2, the Twins were no-hit for the fifth time in their history. Jered Weaver of the Anaheim Angels threw 121 pitches, striking out nine, walking one and allowing no hits.^[1] Four of the Twins' no-hit losses have occurred in California. Two of the no-hitters were perfect games (Catfish Hunter, 1968 and David Wells, 1998).

Joe Mauer is the lone Minnesota selection to the All-Star Game, played July 10 in Kauffman Stadium. As a reserve catcher, he enters the game in the top of the eighth as a replacement first baseman and goes 1 for 1 with a single.

On September 8, the Twins retired former manager Tom Kelly's number '10'.^[2] He is the seventh Twin so honored, joining Harmon Killebrew [3], Rod Carew [29], Tony Oliva [6], Kent Hrbek [14], Kirby Puckett [34] and Bert Blyleven [28]. The number '42' is retired across all of the major leagues in honor of Jackie Robinson.

Outfielder Josh Willingham wins the Silver Slugger Award for the only time in his career.

Season standings[]

American League Central[]

v t AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	—	50–31	38–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	3	45–36	40–41
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	16	37–44	35–46
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	20	37–44	31–50
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	22	31–50	35–46

American League Wild Card[]

v t Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586
Oakland Athletics	94	68	0.580
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	0.574	—
Texas Rangers	93	69	0.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	0.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	0.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	0.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	0.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	0.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	27

Record vs. opponents[]

Game log[]

Legend
Twins Win	Twins Loss	Postponed

2012 Game Log
April (6–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Orioles 2–4 Arrieta (1–0) Pavano (0–1) Johnson (1) 46,773 0–1 2 April 7 @ Orioles 2–8 Hunter (1–0) Liriano (0–1) 31,532 0–2 3 April 8 @ Orioles 1–3 Hammel (1–0) Swarzak (0–1) Johnson (2) 14,738 0–3 4 April 9 Angels 1–5 Wilson (1–0) Blackburn (0–1) 39,414 0–4 5 April 11 Angels 6–5 Gray (1–0) Takahashi (0–1) Capps (1) 31,413 1–4 6 April 12 Angels 10–9 Gray (2–0) Thompson (0–1) Capps (2) 31,782 2–4 7 April 13 Rangers 1–4 Harrison (2–0) Swarzak (0–2) Ogando 31,400 2–5 8 April 14 Rangers 2–6 Ross (1–0) Duensing (0–1) 35,854 2–6 9 April 15 Rangers 3–4 Ross (2–0) Perkins (0–1) Nathan (3) 32,093 2–7 10 April 16 @ Yankees 7–3 Pavano (1–1) García (0–1) 40,218 3–7 11 April 17 @ Yankees 3–8 Sabathia (1–0) Liriano (0–2) 40,194 3–8 12 April 18 @ Yankees 6–5 Marquis (1–0) Kuroda (1–2) Capps (3) 36,831 4–8 13 April 19 @ Yankees 6–7 Hughes (1–2) Swarzak (0–3) Rivera (3) 40,327 4–9 14 April 20 @ Rays 5–4 Maloney (1-0) Gomes (0–1) Capps (4) 18,763 5–9 15 April 21 @ Rays 1–4 Shields (3–0) Pavano (1–2) Rodney (5) 31,774 5–10 16 April 22 @ Rays 2–6 Niemann (1–2) Liriano (0–3) 26,507 5–11 17 April 23 Red Sox 5–6 Bard (1–2) Capps (0–1) Aceves (3) 32,351 5–12 18 April 24 Red Sox 2–11 Beckett (2–2) Blackburn (0–2) 33,651 5–13 19 April 25 Red Sox 6–7 Buchholz (2–1) Hendriks (0–1) Aceves (4) 32,254 5–14 20 April 27 Royals 6–7 Mijares (1–1) Duensing (0–2) Broxton (3) 33,315 5–15 April 28 Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: 6/30 21 April 29 Royals 7–4 Marquis (2–0) Chen (0–3) 34,201 6–15 22 April 30 @ Angels 3–4 Wilson (3–2) Blackburn (0–3) Downs (2) 27,027 6–16
May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Angels 0–4 Williams (2–1) Liriano (0–4) 30,039 6–17 24 May 2 @ Angels 0–9 Weaver† (4–0) Hendriks (0–2) 27,288 6–18 25 May 4 @ Mariners 3–2 Pavano (2–2) Wilhelmsen (1–1) Capps (5) 22,492 7–18 26 May 5 @ Mariners 0–7 Hernández (3–1) Marquis (2–1) 28,437 7–19 27 May 6 @ Mariners 2–5 Noesí (2–3) Blackburn (0–4) 23,913 7–20 28 May 7 Angels 3–8 Weaver (5–0) Liriano (0–5) 31,382 7–21 29 May 8 Angels 5–0 Diamond (1–0) Haren (1–3) 30,776 8–21 30 May 9 Angels 2–6 Santana (1–6) Pavano (2–3) 31,915 8–22 31 May 10 Blue Jays 2–6 Álvarez (3–2) Marquis (2–2) 31,438 8–23 32 May 11 Blue Jays 7–6 Blackburn (1–4) Drabek (2–4) Capps (6) 33,387 9–23 33 May 12 Blue Jays 1–2 Hutchison (2–1) Walters (0–1) Janssen (2) 38,820 9–24 34 May 13 Blue Jays 4–3 Diamond (2–0) Romero (4–1) Capps (7) 36,889 10–24 35 May 14 Indians 4–5 Smith (3–1) Capps (0–2) C. Perez (12) 32,313 10–25 36 May 15 Indians 0–5 Lowe (6–1) Marquis (2–3) 35,732 10–26 37 May 16 @ Tigers 11–7 Burnett (1–0) Below (2–1) 33,955 11–26 38 May 17 @ Tigers 4–3 Walters (1–1) Fister (0–2) Capps (8) 37,840 12–26 39 May 18 @ Brewers 11–3 Diamond (3–0) Estrada (0–3) 32,421 13–26 40 May 19 @ Brewers 5–4 (11) Gray (3–0) Parra (0–1) Capps (9) 42,398 14–26 41 May 20 @ Brewers 4–16 Greinke (5–1) Marquis (2–4) 33,064 14–27 42 May 22 @ White Sox 9–2 Walters (2–1) Floyd (3–5) 20,026 15–27 43 May 23 @ White Sox 0–6 Sale (5–2) Diamond (3–1) 20,064 15–28 44 May 24 @ White Sox 8–11 Jones (2–0) De Vries (0–1) 20,167 15–29 45 May 25 Tigers 6–10 Smyly (2–1) Swarzak (0–4) 37,688 15–30 46 May 26 Tigers 3–6 Scherzer (4–3) Pavano (2–4) Valverde (8) 37,360 15–31 47 May 27 Tigers 3–4 Villarreal (1–0) Capps (0–3) Valverde (9) 38,710 15–32 48 May 28 Athletics 5–4 Burnett (2–0) Cook (1–1) Capps (10) 34,709 16–32 49 May 29 Athletics 3–2 Perkins (1–1) Fuentes (2–1) 31,781 17–32 50 May 30 Athletics 4–0 Liriano (1–5) Ross (2–6) 35,103 18–32
June (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 @ Indians 1–7 Lowe (7–3) Pavano (2–5) 19,904 18–33 52 June 2 @ Indians 7–4 Duensing (1–2) Tomlin (2–3) Capps (11) 25,469 19–33 53 June 3 @ Indians 6–3 Diamond (4–1) Masterson (2–5) Capps (12) 21,238 20–33 54 June 4 @ Royals 10–7 De Vries (1–1) Smith (1–2) Capps (13) 16,531 21–33 55 June 5 @ Royals 0–1 Chen (5–5) Liriano (1–6) Broxton (14) 23,934 21–34 56 June 6 @ Royals 4–2 Blackburn (2–4) Mendoza (2–3) Capps (14) 18,386 22–34 57 June 8 Cubs 8–7 (10) Capps (1–3) Camp (2–3) 38,014 23–34 58 June 9 Cubs 11–3 Diamond (5–1) Samardzija (5–4) 39,309 24–34 59 June 10 Cubs 2–8 Dempster (2–3) Liriano (1–7) 37,526 24–35 60 June 12 Phillies 11–7 Blackburn (3–4) Kendrick (2–6) 32,622 25–35 61 June 13 Phillies 8–9 Hamels (9–3) Walters (2–2) Papelbon (17) 32,581 25–36 62 June 14 Phillies 1–6 Blanton (6–6) Diamond (5–2) 32,205 25–37 63 June 15 Brewers 3–5 Loe (3–2) Capps (1–4) Axford (11) 37,295 25–38 64 June 16 Brewers 2–6 Fiers (2–2) Hendriks (0–3) 37,698 25–39 65 June 17 Brewers 5–4 (15) Swarzak (1–4) Dillard (0–2) 39,206 26–39 66 June 19 @ Pirates 2–7 Correia (3–6) Diamond (5–3) 19,936 26–40 67 June 20 @ Pirates 2–1 Burton (1–0) Grilli (1–2) Perkins (1) 19,878 27–40 68 June 21 @ Pirates 1–9 McDonald (6–3) Hendriks (0–4) 21,563 27–41 69 June 22 @ Reds 5–4 Blackburn (4–4) Bailey (5–5) Perkins (2) 33,531 28–41 70 June 23 @ Reds 0–6 Cueto (9–3) Duensing (1–3) 41,750 28–42 71 June 24 @ Reds 4–3 Diamond (6–3) Chapman (4–4) Burton (1) 34,513 29–42 72 June 25 White Sox 4–1 Liriano (2–7) Peavy (6–4) Burton (2) 35,695 30–42 73 June 26 White Sox 2–3 Floyd (6–7) Hendriks (0–5) Reed (10) 35,102 30–43 74 June 27 White Sox 5–12 Sale (9–2) Blackburn (4–5) 36,539 30–44 75 June 29 Royals 3–4 Mendoza (3–4) Duensing (1–4) Broxton (20) 33,359 30–45 76 June 30 Royals 7–2 Diamond (7–3) Sánchez (1–4) 37,694 31–45 77 June 30 Royals 5–1 De Vries (2–1) Hochevar (5–8) 37,629 32–45
July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Royals 10–8 Gray (4–0) Chen (7–7) 37,819 33–45 79 July 2 @ Tigers 6–4 Swarzak (2–4) Fister (1–6) Perkins (3) 37,406 34–45 80 July 3 @ Tigers 8–6 Gray (5–0) Villarreal (3–2) Perkins (4) 36,757 35–45 81 July 4 @ Tigers 1–5 Verlander (9–5) Duensing (1–5) 41,023 35–46 82 July 5 @ Tigers 3–7 Dotel (2–2) Burnett (2–1) 33,350 35–47 83 July 6 @ Rangers 5–1 Liriano (3–7) Pérez (1–1) 47,240 36–47 84 July 7 @ Rangers 3–4 (10) Nathan (1–2) Waldrop (0–1) 47,067 36–48 85 July 8 @ Rangers 3–4 (13) Feldman (3–6) Burnett (2–2) 43,268 36–49 All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 8–0. 86 July 13 Athletics 3–6 Griffin (1–0) Liriano (3–8) Cook (9) 33,230 36–50 87 July 14 Athletics 3–9 Milone (9–6) De Vries (2–2) 39,084 36–51 88 July 15 Athletics 4–9 Parker (6–4) Duensing (1–6) 36,853 36–52 89 July 16 Orioles 19–7 Diamond (8–3) Tillman (1–1) 32,445 37–52 90 July 17 Orioles 6–4 Burnett (3–2) Ayala (2–3) Burton (3) 32,202 38–52 91 July 18 Orioles 1–2 Hunter (4–4) Liriano (3–9) Johnson (27) 33,195 38–53 92 July 19 Orioles 3–4 Chen (8–5) Burnett (3–3) Johnson (28) 37,676 38–54 93 July 20 @ Royals 2–1 (11) Fien (1–0) Broxton (1–2) Perkins (5) 25,719 39–54 94 July 21 @ Royals 3–7 Mendoza (4–6) Diamond (8–4) Crow (2) 26,747 39–55 95 July 22 @ Royals 7–5 Deduno (1–0) Guthrie (3–10) 23,252 40–55 96 July 23 @ White Sox 4–7 Floyd (8–8) Liriano (3–10) Reed (16) 37,788 40–56 97 July 24 @ White Sox 4–11 Jones (4–0) Fien (1–1) 34,715 40–57 98 July 25 @ White Sox 2–8 Peavy (8–7) Blackburn (4–6) 32,261 40–58 99 July 27 Indians 11–0 Diamond (9–4) Tomlin (5–8) 37,820 41–58 100 July 28 Indians 12–5 Deduno (2–0) Masterson (7–9) 39,166 42–58 101 July 29 Indians 5–1 Duensing (2–6) Jiménez (8–10) 34,720 43–58 102 July 30 White Sox 7–6 Perkins (2–1) Myers (0–5) 35,018 44–58 103 July 31 White Sox 3–4 Thornton (3–6) Gray (5–1) Reed (17) 36,424 44–59
August (9–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 White Sox 2–3 Peavy (9–7) Diamond (9–5) Reed (18) 34,823 44–60 105 August 2 @ Red Sox 5–0 Deduno (3–0) Lester (5–9) Perkins (6) 37,191 45–60 106 August 3 @ Red Sox 6–5 (10) Gray (6–1) Padilla (4–1) Burton (4) 37,285 46–60 107 August 4 @ Red Sox 6–4 Burnett (4–3) Aceves (2–7) Burton (5) 37,914 47–60 108 August 5 @ Red Sox 4–6 Morales (3–2) Blackburn (4–7) Aceves (23) 37,019 47–61 109 August 6 @ Indians 14–3 Diamond (10–5) McAllister (4–4) 18,775 48–61 110 August 7 @ Indians 7–5 Robertson (1–0) Perez (0–4) Perkins (7) 14,813 49–61 111 August 8 @ Indians 2–6 Masterson (8–10) Duensing (2–7) 18,805 49–62 112 August 10 Rays 6–12 Hellickson (7–7) De Vries (2–3) 38,108 49–63 113 August 11 Rays 2–4 Price (15–4) Blackburn (4–8) Rodney (35) 39,512 49–64 114 August 12 Rays 3–7 (10) Farnsworth (1–3) Burnett (4–4) Rodney (36) 35,327 49–65 115 August 13 Tigers 9–3 Deduno (4–0) Sánchez (6–10) 34,366 50–65 116 August 14 Tigers 4–8 Fister (7–7) Duensing (2–8) 37,544 50–66 117 August 15 Tigers 1–5 Scherzer (12–6) De Vries (2–4) 37,118 50–67 118 August 17 @ Mariners 3–5 Iwakuma (4–3) Blackburn (4–9) Wilhelmsen (17) 22,602 50–68 119 August 18 @ Mariners 2–3 Wilhelmsen (4–2) Robertson (1–1) 21,154 50–69 120 August 19 @ Mariners 1–5 Beavan (8–7) Deduno (4–1) Kinney (1) 22,635 50–70 121 August 20 @ Athletics 7–2 Duensing (3–8) McCarthy (6–5) 10,274 51–70 122 August 21 @ Athletics 1–4 Anderson (1–0) De Vries (2–5) Balfour (12) 13,116 51–71 123 August 22 @ Athletics 1–5 Milone (10–9) Hendriks (0–6) 16,657 51–72 124 August 23 @ Rangers 6–10 Adams (3–3) Burton (1–1) Nathan (25) 33,762 51–73 125 August 24 @ Rangers 0–8 Harrison (15–7) Deduno (4–2) 45,823 51–74 126 August 25 @ Rangers 3–9 Dempster (8–6) Duensing (3–9) 44,215 51–75 127 August 26 @ Rangers 6–5 De Vries (3–5) Feldman (6–10) Perkins (8) 37,785 52–75 128 August 27 Mariners 0–1 Hernández (13–5) Hendriks (0–7) 31,883 52–76 129 August 28 Mariners 2–5 Iwakuma (5–3) Diamond (10–6) Wilhelmsen (20) 29,854 52–77 130 August 29 Mariners 10–0 Deduno (5–2) Vargas (13–9) 29,281 53–77 131 August 30 Mariners 4–5 Beavan (9–8) Duensing (3–10) Wilhelmsen (21) 32,578 53–78 August 31 @ Royals Postponed (rain). Makeup: 9/1
September/October (13–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Royals 3–1 De Vries (4–5) Smith (4–7) Perkins (9) 54–78 133 September 1 @ Royals 8–7 Swarzak (3–4) Hochevar (7–13) Perkins (10) 23,189 55–78 134 September 2 @ Royals 4–6 Collins (5–2) Vásquez (0–1) Holland (10) 23,641 55–79 135 September 3 @ White Sox 2–4 Santiago (3–1) Deduno (5–3) Reed (25) 21,676 55–80 136 September 4 @ White Sox 18–9 Diamond (11–6) Quintana (5–4) 15,698 56–80 137 September 5 @ White Sox 2–6 Peavy (10–10) Walters (2–3) 17,336 56–81 138 September 7 Indians 6–7 Huff (1–0) Robertson (1–2) Perez (35) 30,111 56–82 139 September 8 Indians 3–0 De Vries (5–5) McAllister (5–7) Perkins (11) 33,698 57–82 140 September 9 Indians 8–7 Duensing (4–10) Pestano (3–2) 30,219 58–82 141 September 10 Indians 7–2 Deduno (6–3) Masterson (11–13) 27,526 59–82 142 September 11 Royals 1–9 Smith (5–7) Diamond (11–7) 28,993 59–83 143 September 12 Royals 5–10 Hochevar (8–13) Walters (2–4) 28,139 59–84 144 September 13 Royals 4–3 (10) Perkins (3–1) Bueno (1–1) 28,669 60–84 145 September 14 White Sox 0–6 Sale (17–6) Vásquez (0–2) 30,729 60–85 146 September 15 White Sox 3–5 Liriano (6–11) Deduno (6–4) Thornton (3) 36,308 60–86 147 September 16 White Sox 2–9 Peavy (11–11) Diamond (11–8) 31,722 60–87 148 September 18 @ Indians 6–5 (12) Robertson (2–2) Maine (2–2) Perkins (12) 10,342 61–87 149 September 19 @ Indians 6–4 Hendriks (1–7) McAllister (5–8) Perkins (13) 13,519 62–87 150 September 20 @ Indians 3–4 (10) Rogers (3–3) Swarzak (3–5) 12,331 62–88 September 21 @ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/23 151 September 22 @ Tigers 0–8 Fister (10–9) Deduno (6–5) 40,586 62–89 152 September 23 @ Tigers 10–4 Diamond (12–8) Scherzer (16–7) 40,438 63–89 153 September 23 @ Tigers 2–1 (10) Burton (2–1) Valverde (3–4) Perkins (14) 39,839 64–89 154 September 24 Yankees 3–6 Pettitte (5–3) Hendriks (1–8) 33,720 64–90 155 September 25 Yankees 5–4 Fien (2–1) Hughes (16–13) Perkins (15) 33,346 65–90 156 September 26 Yankees 2–8 Sabathia (14–6) Duensing (4–11) 33,251 65–91 157 September 28 Tigers 4–2 Burton (3–1) Villarreal (3–5) Perkins (16) 30,315 66–91 158 September 29 Tigers 4–6 Verlander (17–8) Walters (2–5) Valverde (33) 32,839 66–92 159 September 30 Tigers 1–2 Coke (2–3) Burton (3–2) Valverde (34) 32,554 66–93 160 October 1 @ Blue Jays 5–6 (10) Lyon (4–2) Duensing (4–12) 12,359 66–94 161 October 2 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Jenkins (1–3) Swarzak (3–6) Janssen (22) 13,930 66–95 162 October 3 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Morrow (10–7) Diamond (12–9) Lyon (1) 19,769 66–96
† No Hitter

Roster[]

2012 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 53 Nick Blackburn 31 Alex Burnett 61 Jared Burton 55 Matt Capps 38 Cole De Vries 21 Samuel Deduno 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 50 Casey Fien 60 Jeff Gray 62 Liam Hendriks 47 Francisco Liriano 44 Matt Maloney 49 Jeff Manship 21 Jason Marquis 17 Lester Oliveros 48 Carl Pavano 67 Luis Perdomo 15 Glen Perkins 64 Tyler Robertson 51 Anthony Swarzak 59 Esmerling Vásquez 57 Kyle Waldrop 39 P. J. Walters		Catchers 41 Drew Butera 18 Ryan Doumit 23 Chris Herrmann  7 Joe Mauer Infielders 37 Sean Burroughs  8 Jamey Carroll 12 Alexi Casilla 20 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 25 Pedro Florimón 38 Luke Hughes 33 Justin Morneau  1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 27 Chris Parmelee 24 Trevor Plouffe 22 Danny Valencia		Outfielders 22 Matt Carson 25 Erik Komatsu 19 Darin Mastroianni 11 Ben Revere  2 Denard Span 36 Clete Thomas 16 Josh Willingham		Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 75 (bullpen catcher)  9 Steve Liddle (bench) 43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen) 45 Scott Ullger (third base) 46 Joe Vavra (hitting) 13 Jerry White (first base)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Nick Blackburn	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Alex Burnett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Sean Burroughs	10	17	0	2	1	0	0	1	.118	0
Jared Burton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Drew Butera	42	111	7	22	6	0	1	5	.198	0
Matt Capps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jamey Carroll	138	470	65	126	18	1	1	40	.268	9
Matt Carson	26	66	3	15	1	0	0	4	.227	0
Alexi Casilla	106	299	33	72	17	2	1	30	.241	21
Scott Diamond	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Ryan Doumit	134	484	56	133	34	1	17	75	.275	0
Brian Dozier	84	316	33	74	11	1	6	33	.234	9
Brian Duensing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Eduardo Escobar	14	44	4	10	0	0	0	6	.214	1
Pedro Florimón	43	137	16	30	5	2	0	10	.219	3
Jeff Gray	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Liam Hendriks	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Herrmann	7	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.056	0
Luke Hughes	4	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	.200	1
Erik Komatsu	15	32	2	7	0	0	0	1	.219	0
Francisco Liriano	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jeff Manship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jason Marquis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Darin Mastroianni	77	163	22	41	3	2	3	17	.252	21
Joe Mauer	147	545	81	174	31	4	10	85	.319	8
Justin Morneau	134	505	63	135	26	2	19	77	.267	1
Tsuyoshi Nishioka	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Chris Parmelee	64	192	18	44	10	2	5	20	.229	0
Carl Pavano	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Glen Perkins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Trevor Plouffe	119	422	56	99	19	1	24	55	.235	1
Ben Revere	124	511	70	150	13	6	0	32	.294	40
Denard Span	128	516	71	146	38	4	4	41	.283	17
Anthony Swarzak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Clete Thomas	12	28	2	4	1	0	1	4	.143	0
Danny Valencia	34	126	13	25	6	1	2	17	.198	0
Josh Willingham	145	519	85	135	30	1	35	110	.260	3
Totals	162	5562	701	1447	270	30	129	667	.260	135

Pitching[]

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	SO
Nick Blackburn	4	9	7.39	19	19	0	98.2	81	81	26	42
Alex Burnett	4	4	3.52	67	0	0	72.2	33	28	26	36
Jared Burton	3	2	2.18	64	0	5	62.0	21	15	16	55
Drew Butera	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1
Matt Capps	1	4	3.68	30	0	14	29.1	13	12	4	18
Sam Deduno	6	5	4.44	15	15	0	79.0	40	39	53	57
Cole De Vries	5	5	4.11	17	16	0	87.2	48	40	18	58
Scott Diamond	12	9	3.54	27	27	0	173.0	76	68	31	90
Brian Duensing	4	12	5.12	55	11	0	109.0	71	62	27	69
Casey Fien	2	1	2.06	35	0	0	35.0	9	8	9	32
Jeff Gray	6	1	5.71	49	0	0	52.0	34	33	22	26
Liam Hendriks	1	8	5.59	16	16	0	85.1	61	53	26	50
Francisco Liriano	3	10	5.31	22	17	0	100.0	63	59	55	109
Matt Maloney	1	0	8.18	9	0	0	11.0	10	10	1	5
Jeff Manship	0	0	7.89	12	0	0	21.2	19	19	7	12
Jason Marquis	2	4	8.47	7	7	0	34.0	33	32	14	12
Lester Oliveros	0	0	5.40	1	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1
Carl Pavano	2	5	6.00	11	11	0	63.0	46	42	8	33
Luis Perdomo	0	0	3.18	15	0	0	17.0	8	6	12	8
Glen Perkins	3	1	2.56	70	0	15	70.1	25	20	16	78
Tyler Robertson	2	2	5.40	40	0	0	25.0	16	15	14	26
Anthony Swarzak	3	6	5.03	44	5	0	96.2	57	54	31	62
Esmerling Vásquez	0	2	5.68	6	6	0	31.2	20	20	19	14
Kyle Waldrop	0	1	2.53	17	0	0	21.1	6	6	6	7
P. J. Walters	2	5	5.69	12	12	0	61.2	41	39	22	42
Totals	66	96	4.77	162	162	35	1438.2	832	762	465	943

Other post-season awards[]

• Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Josh Willingham
• Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Scott Diamond
• Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Scott Diamond
• Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Ben Revere
• Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Ben Revere
• Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Joe Mauer
• Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Justin Morneau
• Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Glen Perkins
  • The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
• Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Denard Span
• Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Oswaldo Arcia
• Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – B. J. Hermsen
• Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Roy Smalley
• Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Jim Rantz

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Gene Glynn
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton

References[]