The Washington Senators played in Washington D.C. from 1901 through 1960. During those 60 years the team played 9,188 games and had 4,223 wins, 4,864 losses and 101 ties to show for their efforts. Excluding the tie games the Senators had a .460 winning percentage.
Since the Minnesota Twins took the field for the first time as a major league team back on April 11, 1961 against the New York Yankees the Minnesota Twins have played 8,293 games and have 4,138 wins, 4,147 losses and 8 ties for a .499 winning percentage. Their home record stands at 2,241-1,913 for a .539 win percentage and on the road they have 1,897 wins and 2,234 losses for a .459 winning percentage.
I have put together a chart that shows how the Twins have fared against their American League brethren from 1961-2012 under Gardy, under TK, and the other 10 Twins managers combined that preceded TK and Gardy from 1961-1986, I know that TK managed briefly in 1986 but I have not included those few games in TK’s stats.
It comes as no surprise that the Kansas City Royals have been Twins patsies for a long time or that the New York Yankees have caused the Twins to get into a fetal position in the corner and cry. But a .276 winning percentage against the Bronx Bombers since Gardy took over as the Twins skipper is just plain atrocious, how can one team be so dominant? That number truly amazes me. You have to understand, I like Gardy as a manager but a .276 winning percentage means that if the Twins played the Yankees under Gardy in every game of a 162 game schedule, the Twins would end up with a 45-117 record under Gardy’s leadership. There is an old baseball axiom that states that if you play 162 games, odds are that you will win at least 60 games and lose at least 60 games, at that rate even if you lost all of the remaining 42 games you would sill have a .370 winning percentage. YIKES!
The only Central division team to hold a winning record over the Twins is the Cleveland Indians. The Twins have beat 8 teams more often than they have lost and 6 teams hold a winning percentage over Minnesota.
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | Pre 1987 | Under TK | Under Gardy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royals | 361 | 315 | .534 | .500 | .492 | .621 |
| Senators/Rangers | 360 | 321 | .529 | .561 | .444 | .550 |
| Tigers | 391 | 349 | .528 | .500 | .569 | .542 |
| White Sox | 420 | 383 | .523 | .545 | .481 | .517 |
| Oak/KC A’s | 358 | 335 | .517 | .523 | .500 | .520 |
| Tampa | 60 | 56 | .517 | n/a | .447 | .551 |
| Brewers/Pilots | 226 | 215 | .512 | .528 | .472 | .545 |
| Red Sox | 293 | 290 | .503 | .503 | .512 | .478 |
| Indians | 361 | 377 | .489 | .478 | .463 | .532 |
| Mariners | 196 | 211 | .482 | .508 | .449 | .505 |
| Angels | 326 | 353 | .480 | .487 | .497 | .421 |
| Orioles | 270 | 317 | .460 | .443 | .472 | .513 |
| Blue Jays | 153 | 197 | .437 | .518 | .395 | .410 |
| Yankees | 247 | 338 | .422 | .436 | .463 | .276 |