Maybe the title of this post should be “A look at the Twins postseason success or lack there of” versus what I have chosen to use. The Minnesota Twins have played in 76 postseason games since 1961 and their record in those games is 28-48 for a .368 winning percentage. They have advanced to the World Series on three occasions and have won two of them, beating the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987 and the Atlanta Braves in 1991 and coming out on the short end of the stick against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.
It is always fun to see how Minnesota Twins managers have fared in postseason play and here is what I have found. The Twins have had 14 managers between 1961-2023 and only seven of them have managed the Twins in a postseason game. Only four of them have managed a win a postseason game, only two have managed a win a World Series game, and only Tom Kelly has managed to win a World Series (twice actually) and he is also the only Twins skipper to have winning record (16-8) in postseason action. Actually TK is the only manager in franchise history going back to 1901 with the Washington Senators to have a winning record in postseason play. To get more specifics on franchise managers and postseason play you can stop by this Wikipedia page.
If you are interested in seeing how many Minnesota Twins position players have played in postseason action over the years and how they have fared, you can stop by this Stathead report by Baseball Reference and check it out. The report is fun to look at and you can re-sort it in many ways to find what you might be looking for.
The same is true for the pitching side. If you are interested in seeing how many Minnesota Twins pitchers have pitched in postseason action over the years and how they have fared, you can stop by this Stathead report by Baseball Reference and check it out. The report is fun to look at and you can re-sort it in many ways to find what you might be looking for.
The 2024 MLB season is not that far off so let’s hope that the 2024 Minnesota Twins and manager Rocco Baldelli can put their mark on the 2024 MLB postseason.