This is a listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.
Single-season records [ ]
Batting [ ]
Statistic
Player(s)
Number
Year(s)
Batting average
Rod Carew
.388
1977
Home runs
Harmon Killebrew
49
1964, 1969
RBI
Harmon Killebrew
140
1969
Runs
Chuck Knoblauch
140
1996
Hits
Rod Carew
239
1977
Singles
Sam Rice
182
1925
Doubles
Mickey Vernon
51
1946
Triples
Goose Goslin , Cristian Guzmán
20
1925, 2000
Extra base hits
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
Miguel Sanó
178
2016
Team HR
Team
307
2019 *Through 9/29/19
Pitching [ ]
Statistic
Player
Number
Year
Wins
Walter Johnson
36
1913
Strikeouts
Walter Johnson
313
1910
ERA
Walter Johnson
1.14
1913
Saves
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
AB 2 (22)
78
1
CLE
8/31/93
R
24
1
DET
4/24/96
R 3
35 (24-11)
1
DET
4/24/96
H
28
1
SEA
6/13/17
H 2 (11)
24
1
SEA
9/29/89
H 3
42
1
OAK
4/27/80
XBH
12
1
TOR
5/8/79
XBH 3
24
1
CLE
7/13/96
TB
47
1
WAS
8/29/63
1B
19
1
MIL
9/9/80
1B 2 (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
HR 3
9
Many
MIL
7/12/01
RBI
22
2
CLE
6/4/02
RBI 3
33
1
DET
4/24/96
BB
14
3
KC
8/5/06
BB 2 (18)
18
1
SEA
7/19/69
BB 3
21
1
KC
9/10/76
BB 4 (10)
22
2
BAL
5/15/78
IBB
4
Many
DET
5/23/92
IBB 2 (22)
5
1
MIL
5/12/72
IBB 4 (22)
7
1
MIL
5/12/72
K
19
1
TEX
8/19/07
K 2 (10)
19
2
CLE
7/3/68
K 3
27
1
CLE
9/28/00
K 4 (20)
35
1
WAS
8/9/67
GIDP
5
Many
TEX
6/3/95
GIDP 2 (22)
5
1
MIL
5/12/72
SH
5
1
CWS
6/23/79
SH 2 (17)
5
Many
TEX
9/17/77
SF
4
2
DET
6/26/99
SF 2
3
2
CLE
7/3/94
HBP
4
2
KC
4/13/71
HBP 2 (17)
4
1
CLE
5/7/95
LOB
17
2
MIL
9/4/90
LOB 2 (22)
23
2
MIL
5/12/72
SB
6
1
SEA
9/9/92
Opp. SB
7
2
NYY
5/10/87
Opp. SB 2 (12)
12
1
OAK
8/1/76
SB 3
8
Many
KC
8/26/01
SB 4 (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 number accumulated by both clubs.
4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with number accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)
All-Time leaders [ ]
Batting [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
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
Rank
Player
Number
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
Number
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
Rank
Player
Number
1
Sam Rice
2,889
2
Kirby Puckett
2,304
3
Joe Judge
2,291
4
Joe Mauer
2,123
5
Clyde Milan
2,100
Rank
Player
Number
1
Sam Rice
479
2
Joe Mauer
428
3
Joe Judge
421
4
Kirby Puckett
414
5
Mickey Vernon
391
Rank
Player
Number
1
Sam Rice
183
2
Joe Judge
157
3
Goose Goslin
125
4
Buddy Myer
113
5
Mickey Vernon
108
Home runs [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Harmon Killebrew
559
2
Kent Hrbek
293
3
Bob Allison
256
4
Justin Morneau
221
5
Tony Oliva
220
Rank
Player
Number
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
Number
1
Harmon Killebrew
4,026
2
Sam Rice
3,830
3
Kirby Puckett
3,453
4
Joe Judge
3,239
5
Joe Mauer
3,040
Walks [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Harmon Killebrew
1,505
2
Eddie Yost
1,274
3
Joe Judge
943
4
Joe Mauer
939
5
Buddy Myer
864
Strikeouts [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Harmon Killebrew
1,629
2
Joe Mauer
1,034
3
Bob Allison
1,033
4
Miguel Sanó
1,017
5
Torii Hunter
975
6
Kirby Puckett
965
Stolen bases [ ]
Caught stealing [ ]
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
Sam Rice
.323
Pitching [ ]
Wins [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
417
2
Jim Kaat
190
3
Bert Blyleven
149
4
Brad Radke
148
5
Camilo Pascual
145
Losses [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
279
2
Jim Kaat
159
3
Camilo Pascual
141
4
Brad Radke
139
5
Bert Blyleven
138
ERA [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
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
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
802
2
Eddie Guardado
648
3
Rick Aguilera
490
4
Jim Kaat
484
5
Firpo Marberry
470
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
666
2
Jim Kaat
433
3
Brad Radke
377
4
Bert Blyleven
345
5
Camilo Pascual
331
Complete games [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
531
2
Case Patten
206
3
Bert Blyleven
141
4
Long Tom Hughes
139
5
Jim Kaat
133
Shutouts [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
1
Walter Johnson
110
2
Camilo Pascual
31
3
Bert Blyleven
29
4
Jim Kaat
23
4
Dutch Leonard
23
Saves [ ]
Innings pitched [ ]
Rank
Player
Number
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
Jorge Polanco
PHI
4/5/19
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 [ ]
†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).
First team to reach the playoffs after losing 100 games the previous year.
On August 31, 2019 Mitch Garver hit his 20th HR of the season, becoming the 8th Twins player to hit 20 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record.
On September 17, 2019 Miguel Sano hit his 30th HR of the season, becoming the 5th Twins player to hit 30 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record.
Longest postseason losing streak: 18 games (2004-2020).
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