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2013
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (932-851)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Tom Brunansky, Bobby Cuellar, Terry Steinbach
Spring Training record was 17-16
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2012
Interim General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (932-851)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
A second consecutive last place (5th place) finish in the AL Central Division with the worst record in the American League at 66-96 and 22 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers. The starting pitching staff was horrendous and finished with a league worst 39-75 record and a 5.40 ERA.
Spring Traing record was 18-15
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2011
General Manager – Bill Smith
Manager Ron Gardenhire (866-755)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Rocked by numerous injuries and just plain bad play, the Twins finish the season with a 63-99 record and in the basement of the AL Central Division with a fifth place finish. Only the National League Houston Astros had a worse record than the Minnesota Twins.
Spring Training record was 20-12
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2010
General Manager – Bill Smith
Manager Ron Gardenhire (803-656)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Won the AL Central Division title in their first season at Target Field by beating the Chicago White Sox by six games with a 94-68 record but were again swept 3 games to none by the New York Yankees in the ALDS.
Spring Training record was 16-14
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2009
General Manager – Bill Smith
Manager Ron Gardenhire (709-588)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Won the AL Central Division title in their final season in the Metrodome by beating the Detroit Tigers in a one game playoff to finish with a 87-76 record but were swept 3 games to none by the New York Yankees in the ALDS.
2009 Twins central division championship logo
Spring Training record was 19-13
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2008
General Manager – Bill Smith
Manager Ron Gardenhire (622-512)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Finished second in the AL Central Division by one game with a 88-75 record after losing a one game tie breaker to the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
Spring Training record was 15-15
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2007
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (534-437)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Finished third in the AL Central Division 17 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 79-83 record.
Spring Training record was 14-17
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2006
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (455-354)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Jerry White
Finished first in the AL Central Division one game ahead of the Detroit Tigers with a 96-66 record but were swept 3 games to none by the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS.
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Spring Training record was 19-13
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2005
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (359-288)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished third in the AL Central DIvision 16 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 83-79 record.
Spring Training record was 15-14-2
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2004
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (276-209)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished first in the AL Central Division nine games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 92-70 record but were beaten 3 games to one in the ALDS by the New York Yankees.
Spring Training record was 20-11
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2003
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (184-139)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished first in the AL Central Division four games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 90-72 record but were beaten 3 games to one in the ALDS by the New York Yankees.
Spring Training record was 19-13
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2002
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Ron Gardenhire (94-67)
Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished first in the AL Central Division 13.5 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 94-67 record. They went on to beat the Oakland A’s 3 games to 2 in the ALDS but then lost the ALCS to the Anaheim Angels four games to one.
Spring Training record was 18-14-1
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2001
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (1,140-1,244) (.478)
Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Paul Molitor, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished second in the AL Central Division six games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 85-77 record.
Spring Training record was 19-14
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2000
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (1,055-1,167)
Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Paul Molitor, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 26 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 69-93 record.
Spring Training record was 17-17
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1999
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (986-1,074)
Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White
Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 33 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 63-97 record.
Spring Training record was 13-21
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1998
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (923-977)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger
Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 19 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 70-92 record.
Spring Training record of 15-21-1
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1997
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (853-885)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger
Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 18.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 68-94 record.
Spring Training record of 13-21
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1996
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (785-791)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger
Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 21.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 78-84 record.
Spring Training record was 18-15
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1995
General Manager – Terry Ryan
Manager Tom Kelly (707-707)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger
Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 44 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 56-88 record.
Spring Training record was 8-6
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1994
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (651-619)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in fourth place in the newly created AL Central Division 14 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 53-60 record.
Spring Training record was 14-18
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1993
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (598-559)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in sixth place in their final season in the seven team AL West by finishing 23 games behind the division winning Chicago White Sox with a 71-91 record.
Spring Training record was 17-13
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1992
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (527-468)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in second place in the AL West by finishing 6 games behind the division winning Oakland A’s with a 90-72 record.
Spring Training record was 12-15-1
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1991
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (437-396)
Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished first in the AL West Division finishing 8 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 95-67 record. They went on the beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS 4 games to 1 to advance to the World Series. The Twins played the Atlanta Braves in the World Series and won the series 4 games to 3 with three of the games going into extra innings. This was the Minnesota Twins third trip to the great event and their second World Series Championship.
Spring Training record was 21-10
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1990
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (342-329)
Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in seventh (and last) place in the AL West Division 29 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 74-88 record.
Spring Training record was 6-9
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1989
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (268-241)
Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in fifth place in the AL West Division 19 games behind the Oakland A’s with an 80-82 record.
Spring Training record was 19-12
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1988
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (188-159)
Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in second place in the AL West Division 13 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 91-71 record.
Spring Training record was 11-18
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1987
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (97-88)
Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished first in the AL West Division finishing 2 games ahead of the Kansas City Royals with a 85-77 record. They went on the beat the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS 4 games to 1 to advance to the World Series. The Twins played the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series and won the series 4 games to 3. This was the Minnesota Twins second trip to the great event and their first World Series Championship.
Spring Training record was 14-10
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1986
General Manager – Andy MacPhail
Manager Tom Kelly (12-11) replaced Ray Miller on September 12
Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Manager Ray Miller (109-130) (.456)
Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger
Finished in sixth place in the AL West Division 21 games behind the California Angels with a 71-91 record.
Spring Training record was 11-19
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1985
General Manager – Howard Fox
Manager Ray Miller (50-50) replaced Billy Gardner on June 20
Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
Manager Billy Gardner (268-353) (.432)
Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
Finished in fourth place in the AL West Division 14 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 77-85 record.
Spring Training record was 13-16-1
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1984
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Billy Gardner (241-318)
Coaches – Tom Kelly, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
Finished in a second place tie in th AL West with the California Angels three games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 81-81 record.
Spring Training record was 13-13
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1983
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Billy Gardner (160-237)
Coaches – Tom Kelly, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Jim Shellenback, Rick Stelmaszek
Finished in a fifth place tie in th AL West with the California Angels 29 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 70-92 record.
Spring Training record was 17-6
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1982
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Billy Gardner (90-145)
Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
Finished in seventh and last place in th AL West, 33 games behind the California Angels with a 60-102 record in their inaugral season at the Metrodome.
Spring Training record was 9-16
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1981
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Billy Gardner (30-43) replaced John Goryl as manager on May 22
Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
Manager John Goryl (34-38) (.472)
Coaches – Billy Gardner, Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek
In this strike split season, their final season at Met Stadium, the Twins finished seventh and last in the AL West Division 23 games behind the Oakland A’s. Their first half record was 17-39 record and their second half record was 24-29 for an overall record of 41-68.
Spring Training record was 15-13
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1980
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager John Goryl (23-13) replaced Gene Mauch as manager on August 24
Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman
Manager Gene Mauch (378-394) (.490)
Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman
Finished in third place in the AL West 19.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 77-84 record.
Spring Training record was 15-6
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1979
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Gene Mauch (324-323)
Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman
Finished in fourth place in the AL West 6 games behind the California Angels with a 82-80 record.
Spring Training record was 13-13
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1978
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Gene Mauch (242-243)
Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman
Finished in fourth place in the AL West 19 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 73-89 record.
Spring Training record was 15-10
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1977
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Gene Mauch (169-154)
Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Don McMahon, Tony Oliva, Jerry Zimmerman
Finished in fourth place in the AL West 17.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 84-77 record.
Spring Training record was 14-15
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1976
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Gene Mauch (85-77)
Coaches – Ed Lyons, Don McMahon, Joe Nossek, Tony Oliva, Jerry Zimmerman
Finished in third place in the AL West 5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 85-77 record.
Spring Training record was 10-5
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1975
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Frank Quilici (280-287) (.494)
Coaches - Vern Morgan, Ralph Rowe, Lee Stange
Finished in fourth place in the AL West 20.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 76-83 record.
Spring Training record was 17-13
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1974
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Frank Quilici (204-204)
Coaches - Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe
Finished in third place in the AL West 8 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 82-80 record.
Spring Training record was 5-22
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1973
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Frank Quilici (122-124)
Coaches - Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington
Finished in third place in the AL West 13 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 81-81 record.
Spring Training record was 15-14
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1972
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Frank Quilici (41-43) replaced Bill Rigney on July 6
Coaches - Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington
Manager Bill Rigney (208-184) (.531)
Coaches – Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington
Finished in third place in the AL West 15.5 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 77-77 record.
Spring Training record was 16-9
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1971
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Bill Rigney (172-150)
Coaches – Frankie Crosetti, Marv Grissom, Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers
Finished in fifth place in the AL West 26.5 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 74-86 record.
Spring Training record was 11-15
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1970
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Bill Rigney (98-64)
Coaches – Frankie Crosetti, Marv Grissom, Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers
Finished first in the AL West Division nine games ahead of the Oakland A’s with a 98-64 record but for the second year in a row were swept 3 games to none by the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS.
Spring Training record was 7-20
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1969
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Billy Martin (97-65) (.599)
Coaches – Art Fowler, Johnny Goryl, Vern Morgan, Charlie Silvera, Early Wynn
Finished first in the newly formed AL West Division, nine games ahead of the Oakland A’s with a 97-75 record but were swept 3 games to none by the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS.
Spring Training record was 12-12
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1968
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Cal Ermer (145-129) (.529)
Coaches – George Case, Johnny Goryl, Billy Martin, Bob Oldis, Early Wynn
Finished in seventh place in the 10 team American League in the final season before the league was split into divisions, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers with a 79-83 record.
Spring Training record was 12-16
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1967
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Cal Ermer (66-46) replaced Sam Mele on June 9
Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Early Wynn
Manager Sam Mele (522-431) (.548)
Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Early Wynn
Finished in a tie for second place with the Detroit Tigers just one game back of the American League pennant winning Boston Red Sox. The Twins had a one game lead with 2 games remaining but they lost their final two games to the Boston Red Sox and finished with a 91-71 record.
Spring Training record was 12-17
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1966
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (497-406)
Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Hal Naragon, Johnnny Sain
Finished in second place in the American League nine game behind the pennant winning Baltimore Orioles with a 89-73 record.
Spring Training record was 15-13
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1965
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (408-333)
Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Hal Naragon, Johnnny Sain
Finished first in the American League with 102 wins and 60 losses, a full seven games ahead of the 2nd place Chicago White Sox. The Twins played the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series and lost the series 4 games to 3. This was the Minnesota Twins first ever trip to the World Series classic.
Spring Training record was 11-16
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1964
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (306-273)
Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, Hal Naragon
Even with Harmon Killebrew leading the league with 49 home runs and Rookie of the Year Tony Oliva winning the batting crown the Twins have trouble winning and finish tied with the Cleveland Indians with a disappointing 79-83 record and tied for 6th place. The Twins again led the league in runs scored and hit 221 home runs but can’t play .500 ball
Spring Training record was 16-10
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1963
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (227-190)
Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, Hal Naragon
The Twins win 91 games again, but finish 91-70 in third place in a very competitive division. It was a tough year finishing a distant 13 games out of first. The Twins get out of the gate slowly losing 20 of their first 31 games for a .355% but then turn it on for the rest of the season going 80-50 for a .615% pace but never get closer than 1.5 games out of the lead despite clubbing 225 home runs and scoring more runs than any team in the league. The Twins draw 1,406,652 to Met Stadium and lead the league in attendance for the first time.
Spring Training record was 7-20
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1962
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (136-120)
Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, George Strickland
Finished second in the American League 5 games behind the pennant winning New York Yankees with a 91-71 record. The Twins battled for the pennant all season and were in first place as late as June 15th and were within 3 games of the Yankees on September 16 but just could not over take the powerful Yankees and finished 5 games out. Jack Kralick pitched the Twins first no-hitter on August 26th. Harmon Killebrew led the league in home runs with 48 and RBI’s with 126. Camilo Pascual became the Twins first 20-game-winner and he led the league in strikeouts with 206, shutouts with 5, and in complete games with 18.
Spring Training record was 12-13
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1961
General Manager – Calvin Griffith
Manager Sam Mele (45-49) took over from Cookie Lavagetto on June 23
Coaches – Floyd Baker, Eddie Lopat, Clyde McCullough
Manager Cookie Lavagetto (25-41) (.379)
Coaches – Floyd Baker, Eddie Lopat, Clyde McCullough, Sam Mele
After 60 seasons in Washington D.C., the Senators moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season and became known as the Minnesota Twins. Their home ballpark was now Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. On May 20th the team had a 18-14 record under manager Cookie Lavagetto but then proceeded to lose 20 of their next 22 games between May 21 and June 11 including 13 straight and never recovered. On June 23 the team fired manager Lavagetto and replaced him with coach Sam Mele. The team finished their first season in Minnesota in seventh place, 38 games behind the pennant winning New York Yankees with a 70-90 record.
Spring Training record was 15-14