The last time the Minnesota Twins team had ten or more complete games by their pitching staff in a season was in 2001 when they had 12. The last time they had more than 8 complete games in a season was in 2010. The Falvey/Levine regime has had a grand total of ten complete games since they came into power after the 2016 season. Once they installed Rocco Baldelli as their manager the Twins have had one complete game in 2021, zero in 2020 and one in 2019. The only Twins pitcher to throw a complete game since 2017 was Jose Berrios so they rewarded him by trading him. Do you know who the last Twins pitcher to throw a complete game before Berrios was? That would be Bartolo Colon on August 4, 2017. Back in 1963 and 1967 the Minnesota Twins team had a franchise high of 58 complete games.
Tag: Bill Pleis
Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 1
With no baseball being played and “classic” games being broadcast on the radio and television I thought I would do something a bit different, at least for awhile, since no baseball is being played. I thought I would give up a brief recap of Minnesota Twins games from 1961.
I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week one.
First big league game and first major league win
Appearing in a big league game and stepping on a major league pitching mound for the first time is something you never forget. It makes no difference if you are the starter or if you enter the game in relief, you have reached the goal that has been waiting for you since you first started playing baseball in your backyard as a child.
Many a pitcher has made his major league debut with Minnesota across his chest and some have had good games and others have not been as lucky but only 20 Twins pitchers can lay claim to the fact that they earned the “win” in their first big league game. Bill “Shorty” Pleis was the first Twins pitcher to accomplish this feat and he did so in relief.
It took more than 10 years for the Twins to have a starting pitcher start his major league career and get credited with a “W” and it was none other than Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven and as he has told us many times, the first batter he faced, Lee Maye, did indeed hit a home run off him at RFK Stadium. Bert however; maintained his composure and earned the win with seven innings of five hit ball with seven strikeouts and one walk and the Twins went on to beat the Washington Senators in a 2-1 game.
First big league game and first major league win
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | UER | Pit | Str | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Pleis | 1961-04-16 (2) | MIN | BAL | W 6-4 | 9-10, W | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Joe Bonikowski | 1962-04-12 | MIN | KCA | W 9-5 | 4-GF, W | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 3 | Bert Blyleven | 1970-06-05 | MIN | WSA | W 2-1 | GS-7, W | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 4 | Hal Haydel | 1970-09-07 (2) | MIN | MIL | W 8-3 | 2-6, W | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||
| 5 | Jim Strickland | 1971-05-19 | MIN | CAL | W 12-6 | 3-5, W | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Tom Johnson | 1974-09-10 | MIN | CHW | W 8-7 | 14-GF(15), W | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Pete Redfern | 1976-05-15 (2) | MIN | CAL | W 15-5 | GS-6, W | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 8 | Paul Thormodsgard | 1977-04-10 (2) | MIN | OAK | W 7-1 | GS-7, W | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 9 | Jeff Holly | 1977-05-01 | MIN | DET | W 6-5 | 3-GF, W | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 10 | Roger Erickson | 1978-04-06 | MIN | SEA | W 5-4 | GS-7, W | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 11 | Darrell Jackson | 1978-06-16 | MIN | DET | W 5-2 | GS-8, W | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 12 | Doug Corbett | 1980-04-10 | MIN | OAK | W 9-7 | 8-GF(12), W | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Scott Erickson | 1990-06-25 | MIN | TEX | W 9-1 | GS-6, W | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 53 | 25 |
| 14 | Todd Ritchie | 1997-04-03 | MIN | DET | W 10-6 | 4-6, W | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 30 | 11 |
| 15 | Eric Milton | 1998-04-05 | MIN | KCR | W 10-1 | GS-6, W | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 60 | 26 |
| 16 | Dave Gassner | 2005-04-16 | MIN | CLE | W 6-4 | GS-6, W | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 48 | 22 |
| 17 | Anthony Swarzak | 2009-05-23 | MIN | MIL | W 6-2 | GS-7, W | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 64 | 27 |
| 18 | Kyle Gibson | 2013-06-29 | MIN | KCR | W 6-2 | GS-6, W | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 64 | 26 |
| 19 | Andrew Albers | 2013-08-06 | MIN | KCR | W 7-0 | GS-9, W | 8.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 67 | 29 |
| 20 | Felix Jorge | 2017-07-01 (2) | MIN | KCR | W 10-5 | GS-6, W | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 54 | 21 |
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This Day in Twins History – First ever walkoff loss is a strange one
April 28, 1961 – The Twins and the Los Angeles Angels are tied 4-4 after 9 innings at Wrigley Field. The Twins score an unearned run in the top of the 12th and take the lead 5-4. Twins skipper Cookie Lavagetto pulls starter Pedro Ramos who has pitched the first 11 innings and brings in reliever Bill “Shorty” Pleis to close out the victory. Pleis gets the first out but then gives up a game tieing home run to Ken Hamlin. The next two hitters get singles but Pleis retires Leon Wagner for the second out. The Twins decide to intentionally walk Ted Kluszewski to load the bases. So what happens next? Shorty Pleis hits Ken Hunt and the Angels have a walk-off hit-by-pitcher win. Yikes!! It was the thirteen game the new formed Minnesota Twins had ever played and it turns out to be their first ever walkoff loss. Boxscore
Remembering 1965 – Part 21 – Meet the Manager, Coaches & Players from 1965
The 1965 Minnesota Twins had 35 different players suit up and play ball wearing a Twins logo across their chest against the nine other members of the American league. Their manager, Sam Mele had four coaches at his disposal to help guide the team. Here are the images of the players and coaching staff that made up the 1965 American League champions. Team owner Calvin Griffith also served as the teams General Manager.
Just click on any player image to see a larger image
Earl Battey - Catcher
Don Mincher - 1B
Jerry Kindall - 2B
Zoilo Versalles - SS
Rich Rollins - 3B
Bob Allison - OF
Jimmie Hall - OF
Tony Oliva - OF
Harmon Killebrew - 1B/3B/OF
Sandy Valdespino - OF
Joe Nossek - OF/3B
Jerry Zimmerman - Catcher
Frank Quilici - 2B/SS
Andy Kosco - OF/1B
Bernie Allen - 2B/3B
Frank Kostro - 2B/3B/OF
Cesar Tovar - 2B/SS/3B/OF
Ted Uhlaender - OF
John Sevcik - Catcher
Rich Reese - 1B/OF
Jim "Mudcat" Grant - Pitcher
Jim Kaat - Pitcher
Camilo Pascual - Pitcher
Jim Perry - Pitcher
Dave Boswell - Pitcher
Jim Merritt - Pitcher
Dick Stigman - Pitcher
Al Worthington - Pitcher
Mel Nelson - Pitcher
Johnny Klippstein - Pitcher
Bill Pleis - Pitcher
Garry Roggenburk - Pitcher
Jerry Fosnow - Pitcher
Dwight Siebler - Pitcher
Pete Cimino - Pitcher
Sam Mele - Manager
Billy Martin - Coach
L-R: Johnny Sain - Pitching Coach with Manager Sam Mele
Jim Lemon - Coach
Hal Naragon - Coach
Calvin Griffith - Owner and GM
1965 Twins team picture
Remembering 1965 – Part 19 – 50th anniversary celebration pictures and video
The Minnesota Twins hosted a 59th anniversary celebration on July 31 and August 1 for the 1965 American League champions. On July 31st the organization put on a “Championship Breakfast” that was attended by about 250 Twins fans and 11 players from the 1965 championship team that won a Twins record 102 games. Twins TV broadcaster Dick Bremer served as the master of ceremonies.
I was able to attend the breakfast which was held in the Metropolitan Club at Target Field and had a great time meeting other Twins fans and chatting briefly with some of the players. The cost of the breakfast was $75 for season ticket holders and $100 if you were not a Twins season ticket holder with the proceeds going to the Twins Community Fund.
There were 35 players that appeared in a Minnesota Twins uniform in 1965 and 20 of them were in town for the 50 year anniversary celebration. Bernie Allen, Jerry Fosnow, Jim “Mudcat” Grant, Jim Kaat, Jerry Kindall, Andy Kosco, Frank Kostro, Jim Merritt, Mel Nelson, Joe Nossek, Tony Oliva, Camilo Pascual, Jim Perry, Frank Quilici, Rich Reese, Garry Roggenburk, Rich Rollins, Dick Stigman, Sandy Valdespino, and Al Worthington. Coach Hal Naragon was also in attendance.
The ten player’s have passed on are Bob Allison, Earl Battey, Dave Boswell, Harmon Killebrew, Johnny Klippstein, Don Mincher, Cesar Tovar, Ted Uhlaender, Zoilo Versalles, and Jerry Zimmerman. RIP gentlemen and thank you for all the wonderful memories.
John Sevcik and Bill Pleis were unable to attend due to family health issues. Jimmie Hall also was invited but was not in attendance. Why he was not here is unclear, I saw some where that he was not able to change his schedule in time to attend and the other reason that has floated around for a long time is that Hall likes to stay close to home and that he is not a huge fan of the Twins organization due to some conflicts that have arisen in the past over medical claims. I have no idea why Dwight Siebler or Pete Cimino were not in attendance other than Siebler only appeared in seven games and Cimino only appeared in one game.As nored earlier, coach Hal Naragon was in attendance.
Manager Sam Mele who is 93 was not able to attend due to health concerns but he did make a short video that was played for the crowd. Coaches Billy Martin, Johnny Sain, and Jim Lemon have also passed on. Coach Hal Naragon as mentioned earlier was in attendance.
I took a few pictures at the championship breakfast that I will share with you here. Just click on the first thumbnail image to get started.
The Twins were kind enough to provide me with a group picture from the Saturday celebration. Clicking on the picture will enlarge it slightly.
FRONT ROW L – R: Joe Nossek, Sandy Valdespino, Rich Rollins, Jim Perry, Camilo Pascual, Al Worthington, Frank Quilici, Jim Kaat, Jim “Mudcat” Grant, Tony Oliva
Charley Walters: Memories of 1965 still fresh for Twins great Jim Kaat
Fox Sports: 1965 Minnesota Twins reunion video (19 minutes)
Twins celebrate 1965 American League Champions video (several combined video’s about 30 minutes total)
KSTP Breaking News! Minnesota Twins clinch the 1965 AL pennant! 9/26/1965 radio aircheck
Another short 1965 reunion video
Twins and post season play
As 2014 is coming to an end it is a good time to look back on another Twins season, their fourth in a row without post season play. But you have to be a winner to make post season play and the Twins have been anything but a winner the last few years. It has been a toss-up when you try to determine who has been more inept, the Twins players on the field or the ownership and Twins executives that sit behind their desks and make the decisions that determine the experience that Twins fans will have to live with during the up-coming season.
The Twins have had many losing seasons over the years and the real core Twins fans complained but they accepted the team they had and they looked forward to the next season with renewed hope for more wins “next year”. But it is seems different now, I am not sure why, maybe the fans are more passionate, maybe it is social media that allows Twins fans to better express their frustrations but today’s Twins fans are just plain mad and disgusted with the caliber of play their home team has displayed since the 2010 ended. Hopefully the Minnesota Twins organization feels some of the passion that Twins fans have and will start to look at the product from the fans perspective and see what they can do to make the fans experience a little more fun and and not so tough on the wallet.
Since the Washington Senators moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season and became the Minnesota Twins the team has played 8,617 regular season games, winning 4,274, losing 4,335 and playing to a tie on eight occasions in 54 seasons of play. Boy, how time flies by, I still remember that 1961 season.
Looking back at Twins history they have two World Series winners and a third World Series appearance in which they lost game seven to Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition to the 8,617 regular season games the team has played a total of 64 post season games winning 25 and losing 39. Their last post season appearance was in 2010 and that brief playoff run lasted just three games when they were swept by the New York Yankees 3 games to zip. The teams last post season win was back in 2004 (if I am not mistaken that is about 10 years ago, YIKES!) when they beat the Yankees in game 1 of the ALDS series before losing the next three games.
So let’s take a look at the hitting and pitching statistics of the Minnesota Twins in post season play. Let’s see who stood out under the bright lights of post season play and who couldn’t or didn’t deliver when the pressure was on. The names you will see below will bring back many memories, some good, some bad, some sad and in some cases you will say “who in the hell is so and so, I don’t remember him”. But it is fun looking back.
Hitting in Post Season (had at least one PA)
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA ? | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Gladden | 24 | 115 | 104 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | .279 | .348 | .771 | 7 |
| 2 | Kirby Puckett | 24 | 109 | 97 | 16 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 17 | .309 | .361 | .897 | 3 |
| 3 | Kent Hrbek | 24 | 103 | 91 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | .154 | .252 | .516 | 0 |
| 4 | Greg Gagne | 24 | 96 | 89 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | .213 | .271 | .675 | 0 |
| 5 | Torii Hunter | 21 | 88 | 80 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | .300 | .337 | .875 | 2 |
| 6 | Jacque Jones | 18 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | .197 | .215 | .557 | 0 |
| 7 | Michael Cuddyer | 21 | 78 | 74 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | .338 | .372 | .845 | 0 |
| 8 | Corey Koskie | 18 | 78 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | .224 | .321 | .679 | 0 |
| 9 | Cristian Guzman | 18 | 75 | 67 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | .239 | .301 | .630 | 3 |
| 10 | Doug Mientkiewicz | 14 | 56 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .226 | .268 | .626 | 0 |
| 11 | Chuck Knoblauch | 12 | 55 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .326 | .407 | .799 | 6 |
| 12 | Harmon Killebrew | 13 | 54 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | .250 | .444 | .944 | 0 |
| 13 | Tony Oliva | 13 | 53 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .314 | .340 | .928 | 1 |
| 14 | Gary Gaetti | 12 | 53 | 47 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .277 | .340 | .914 | 2 |
| 15 | A.J. Pierzynski | 14 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .311 | .360 | .849 | 0 |
| 16 | Tom Brunansky | 12 | 50 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | .286 | .400 | .924 | 1 |
| 17 | Shane Mack | 11 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .220 | .250 | .567 | 2 |
| 18 | Luis Rivas | 14 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .158 | .195 | .379 | 0 |
| 19 | Tim Laudner | 12 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .222 | .349 | .710 | 0 |
| 20 | Chili Davis | 11 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | .257 | .381 | .867 | 1 |
| 21 | Brian Harper | 11 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .366 | .802 | 0 |
| 22 | Joe Mauer | 9 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .359 | .673 | 0 |
| 23 | Shannon Stewart | 8 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .286 | .316 | .659 | 1 |
| 24 | Steve Lombardozzi | 11 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .344 | .417 | .885 | 0 |
| 25 | Jason Kubel | 8 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .069 | .156 | .260 | 0 |
| 26 | Bob Allison | 10 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .077 | .167 | .397 | 1 |
| 27 | Zoilo Versalles | 7 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .333 | .833 | 1 |
| 28 | David Ortiz | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .276 | .276 | .655 | 0 |
| 29 | Justin Morneau | 7 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .310 | .310 | .931 | 0 |
| 30 | Mike Pagliarulo | 11 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .333 | .910 | 0 |
| 31 | Matt LeCroy | 10 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .269 | .321 | .591 | 0 |
| 32 | Denard Span | 6 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .357 | .750 | 1 |
| 33 | Delmon Young | 6 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .208 | .296 | .630 | 1 |
| 34 | Cesar Tovar | 6 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .259 | .567 | 1 |
| 35 | Randy Bush | 11 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .227 | .308 | .671 | 3 |
| 36 | Frank Quilici | 9 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .182 | .308 | .580 | 0 |
| 37 | Leo Cardenas | 6 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .450 | 0 |
| 38 | Don Mincher | 7 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .130 | .200 | .461 | 0 |
| 39 | Earl Battey | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .120 | .320 | 0 |
| 40 | Nick Punto | 6 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .708 | 0 |
| 41 | Don Baylor | 7 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .389 | .476 | 1.032 | 0 |
| 42 | Joe Nossek | 6 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 |
| 43 | Rich Reese | 5 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .158 | .238 | .396 | 0 |
| 44 | Scott Leius | 9 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .350 | .794 | 0 |
| 45 | Rod Carew | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .063 | .118 | .180 | 0 |
| 46 | George Mitterwald | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .775 | 0 |
| 47 | Dustan Mohr | 7 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .500 | .533 | 1.176 | 1 |
| 48 | Orlando Cabrera | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .267 | .421 | 1 |
| 49 | Lew Ford | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .357 | .690 | 1 |
| 50 | Luis Castillo | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .273 | .429 | .701 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Thome | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .308 | .408 | 0 |
| 52 | Orlando Hudson | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .917 | 0 |
| 53 | Gene Larkin | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .697 | 0 |
| 54 | Rondell White | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .417 | 1.167 | 0 |
| 55 | Brendan Harris | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .667 | 0 |
| 56 | Al Newman | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .744 | 0 |
| 57 | Sandy Valdespino | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .636 | 0 |
| 58 | Danny Valencia | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .273 | .606 | 0 |
| 59 | Jason Bartlett | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .636 | 0 |
| 60 | Henry Blanco | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .222 | .847 | 0 |
| 61 | J.J. Hardy | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .300 | 0 |
| 62 | Danny Thompson | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .472 | 0 |
| 63 | Mudcat Grant | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 64 | Brant Alyea | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .222 | 0 |
| 65 | Bobby Kielty | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .125 | 0 |
| 66 | Junior Ortiz | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 0 |
| 67 | Jason Tyner | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .250 | 1 |
| 68 | Jimmie Hall | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .393 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Kaat | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 0 |
| 70 | Rick Renick | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 0 |
| 71 | Denny Hocking | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.167 | 0 |
| 72 | Ted Uhlaender | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 0 |
| 73 | Matt Tolbert | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 0 |
| 74 | Carlos Gomez | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .333 | 0 |
| 75 | John Roseboro | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 |
| 76 | Jim Holt | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 77 | Paul Sorrento | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .250 | 0 |
| 78 | Roy Smalley | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .750 | 1.750 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim Perry | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 80 | Paul Ratliff | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0 |
| 81 | Dave Boswell | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 82 | Rich Rollins | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .333 | 0 |
| 83 | Jose Offerman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 84 | Tom Prince | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 85 | Phil Nevin | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 86 | Jose Morales | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 87 | Sal Butera | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 0 |
| 88 | Charlie Manuel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .500 | 0 |
| 89 | Les Straker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 90 | Jack Morris | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 91 | Jarvis Brown | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 92 | Pat Borders | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 93 | Bert Blyleven | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 94 | Jerry Zimmerman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 95 | Dick Woodson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 |
| 96 | Stan Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | ||
| 97 | Frank Viola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 98 | Kevin Tapani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 99 | Mike Ryan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 100 | Ron Perranoski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 101 | Camilo Pascual | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 102 | Graig Nettles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 |
| 103 | Tom Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 104 | Scott Erickson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 105 | Mark Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 106 | Rick Aguilera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
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Pitching in Post Season (faced at least one batter)
| Rk | Player | #Matching | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP ? | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Morris | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.1 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 1.24 |
| 2 | Brad Radke | 6 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 1.29 |
| 3 | Johan Santana | 11 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.97 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 1.32 |
| 4 | Frank Viola | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 1.24 |
| 5 | Bert Blyleven | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 1.13 |
| 6 | Mudcat Grant | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.74 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1.04 |
| 7 | Kevin Tapani | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1.52 |
| 8 | Jim Perry | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1.56 |
| 9 | Joe Mays | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1.35 |
| 10 | Jim Kaat | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.71 |
| 11 | Eric Milton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.98 |
| 12 | Scott Erickson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1.50 | |
| 13 | Dave Boswell | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1.43 |
| 14 | Carl Pavano | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1.23 |
| 15 | Carl Willis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.81 | |
| 16 | Kyle Lohse | 5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.92 |
| 17 | Les Straker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.63 | |
| 18 | Rick Reed | 3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.55 |
| 19 | Juan Berenguer | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1.35 |
| 20 | Jeff Reardon | 8 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.50 |
| 21 | J.C. Romero | 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.66 |
| 22 | Juan Rincon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1.38 | |
| 23 | Dan Schatzeder | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1.04 |
| 24 | Rick Aguilera | 7 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.96 |
| 25 | Brian Duensing | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 26 | Joe Nathan | 6 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1.83 |
| 27 | Francisco Liriano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1.43 | |
| 28 | Ron Perranoski | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 29 | LaTroy Hawkins | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1.50 |
| 30 | Mark Guthrie | 6 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.05 |
| 31 | Tom Hall | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.67 |
| 32 | Stan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | |
| 33 | Boof Bonser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.33 | |
| 34 | David West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1.94 |
| 35 | Nick Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.88 | |
| 36 | Al Worthington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.31 | |
| 37 | Eddie Guardado | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.40 | |
| 38 | Carlos Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 |
| 39 | Camilo Pascual | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| 40 | Matt Guerrier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.43 | |
| 41 | Steve Bedrosian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.71 | |
| 42 | Jim Merritt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.60 | |
| 43 | Jon Rauch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | |
| 44 | Terry Mulholland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | |
| 45 | Dick Woodson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.38 | |
| 46 | Johnny Klippstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | |
| 47 | Brian Fuentes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.38 | |
| 48 | Grant Balfour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| 49 | Terry Leach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.86 | |
| 50 | Scott Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.29 | |
| 51 | Jose Mijares | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| 52 | Joe Niekro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | |
| 53 | George Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | |
| 54 | Dean Chance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |
| 55 | Michael Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| 56 | Jesse Crain | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 57 | Ron Mahay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.60 | |
| 58 | Keith Atherton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | |
| 59 | Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| 60 | Bill Zepp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| 61 | Kenny Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | |
| 62 | Tony Fiore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| 63 | Bob Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |
| 64 | Dennys Reyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| 65 | Pat Neshek | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 66 | Bill Pleis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| 67 | Matt Capps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| 68 | Luis Tiant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | |
| 69 | Joe Grzenda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 70 | Glen Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
Since the Twins started play in 1961 through the 2014 season a total of 751 players have put on a Minnesota Twins uniform and appeared in a game either as a hitter or a pitcher. Only 162 of them or 21.57% have appeared in a Twins post season game over the 54 seasons the Twins have called Minnesota home.
Twins pitchers that went the extra mile
The Twins have been in Minnesota for 53 years and have played 8,455 games winning 4,204 and losing 4,243. (just a FYI, the Angels who also started play in 1961 have won 4,220 games). Over the 53 years and 8,455 games Twins starters have pitched 9 innings or more in a start exactly 300 times (3.55%). Keep in mind that I am talking 9 innings or more pitched in a start, not complete games.
But sometimes just going 9 innings does not get the job done as you can see in the table below. In these 71 games the Twins starter took the mound in inning number 10 and sometimes even innings 11 and 12. The last Twins starter to hurl more than 9 innings in a start was Brad Radke in 1997.
But only one starting pitcher for the Twins, Jim Merritt has gone 13 innings and that remains a team record that in today’s pitch count world will probably never be broken. The franchise record is 18 innings held by Hall of Famer Walter Johnson who went the distance in a 1-0 Washington Senators win over the Chicago White Sox at Griffith Stadium in just 2 hours and 50 minutes on May 15, 1918.
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Merritt | 1967-07-26 (2) | MIN | NYY | W 3-2 | GS-13 | 13.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 46 |
| 2 | Camilo Pascual | 1963-07-23 | MIN | CLE | L 2-3 | CG 13 ,L | 12.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 46 |
| 3 | Dave Boswell | 1969-07-14 | MIN | CHW | W 4-3 | GS-12 | 12.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 46 |
| 4 | Jim Kaat | 1969-05-20 | MIN | BAL | W 3-2 | GS-13 ,W | 12.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | Camilo Pascual | 1964-10-01 | MIN | KCA | L 4-5 | CG 12 ,L | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Jim Roland | 1964-05-19 | MIN | NYY | W 7-2 | GS-12 ,W | 12.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Camilo Pascual | 1962-09-12 | MIN | CHW | L 1-2 | CG 12 ,L | 12.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 47 |
| 8 | Dave Goltz | 1977-07-25 | MIN | OAK | W 2-1 | CG 11 ,W | 11.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 41 |
| 9 | Bill Singer | 1976-09-01 | MIN | MIL | W 3-2 | GS-11 | 11.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dave Goltz | 1976-05-18 | MIN | OAK | W 4-3 | CG 11 ,W | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| 11 | Bert Blyleven | 1975-08-27 | MIN | MIL | W 1-0 | SHO11 ,W | 11.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 39 |
| 12 | Jim Kaat | 1973-06-23 | MIN | CAL | L 1-3 | CG 11 ,L | 11.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 46 |
| 13 | Jim Kaat | 1972-05-24 | MIN | KCR | W 1-0 | GS-11 ,W | 11.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 40 |
| 14 | Jim Perry | 1970-08-07 | MIN | OAK | W 2-1 | CG 11 ,W | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| 15 | Jim Kaat | 1969-04-09 | MIN | KCR | L 3-4 | GS-12 | 11.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| 16 | Jim Kaat | 1964-04-26 | MIN | DET | W 3-2 | CG 11 ,W | 11.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 43 |
| 17 | Jim Kaat | 1962-08-01 | MIN | BAL | W 3-1 | CG 11 ,W | 11.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 47 |
| 18 | Pedro Ramos | 1961-04-28 | MIN | LAA | L 5-6 | GS-11 | 11.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 43 |
| 19 | Mudcat Grant | 1966-08-28 (1) | MIN | CHW | L 3-4 | GS-11 | 10.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44 |
| 20 | Jack Kralick | 1961-04-30 | MIN | CHW | L 3-5 | GS-11 ,L | 10.2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 50 |
| 21 | Bert Blyleven | 1972-09-27 (1) | MIN | OAK | L 0-1 | CG 11 ,L | 10.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 39 |
| 22 | Jim Kaat | 1962-08-10 | MIN | LAA | L 0-1 | CG 11 ,L | 10.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 42 |
| 23 | Brad Radke | 1997-09-21 | MIN | MIL | W 2-1 | CG 10 ,W | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 36 |
| 24 | Allan Anderson | 1986-06-11 | MIN | TEX | L 2-6 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 25 | John Butcher | 1985-05-15 | MIN | DET | W 5-4 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 45 |
| 26 | Frank Viola | 1984-09-20 | MIN | CHW | W 5-4 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 27 | Darrell Jackson | 1980-08-14 | MIN | OAK | L 1-2 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 28 | Jerry Koosman | 1980-07-30 | MIN | NYY | W 2-1 | CG 10 ,W | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 38 |
| 29 | Darrell Jackson | 1980-05-10 | MIN | NYY | W 1-0 | GS-10 ,W | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 30 | Dave Goltz | 1979-09-27 | MIN | CHW | L 2-4 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 42 |
| 31 | Paul Hartzell | 1979-07-01 | MIN | CHW | W 2-1 | CG 10 ,W | 10.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| 32 | Dave Goltz | 1978-08-24 | MIN | TEX | L 1-4 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 36 |
| 33 | Roger Erickson | 1978-08-17 | MIN | KCR | W 6-5 | CG 10 ,W | 10.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 41 |
| 34 | Dave Goltz | 1976-06-29 | MIN | KCR | L 0-1 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| 35 | Bert Blyleven | 1975-09-15 | MIN | CAL | W 7-6 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 42 |
| 36 | Bert Blyleven | 1975-07-17 | MIN | BAL | L 3-6 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 42 |
| 37 | Vic Albury | 1974-06-22 | MIN | CHW | L 1-3 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 40 |
| 38 | Ray Corbin | 1973-09-29 | MIN | CAL | L 3-4 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 39 |
| 39 | Bert Blyleven | 1973-08-30 | MIN | TEX | W 5-2 | GS-11 ,W | 10.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 43 |
| 40 | Dick Woodson | 1973-07-17 (1) | MIN | NYY | L 3-4 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| 41 | Ray Corbin | 1972-08-27 (2) | MIN | DET | L 0-1 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 36 |
| 42 | Ray Corbin | 1972-08-06 (1) | MIN | OAK | L 3-6 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 43 |
| 43 | Bert Blyleven | 1972-07-08 | MIN | NYY | L 0-1 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 41 |
| 44 | Bert Blyleven | 1971-09-01 | MIN | CHW | L 0-2 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 36 |
| 45 | Jim Perry | 1971-07-15 | MIN | BOS | L 0-3 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| 46 | Jim Perry | 1968-09-11 | MIN | CLE | L 0-1 | GS-10 | 10.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| 47 | Jim Merritt | 1968-04-22 | MIN | BAL | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 48 | Jim Kaat | 1967-09-18 | MIN | KCA | W 2-0 | SHO10 ,W | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 49 | Dean Chance | 1967-08-30 | MIN | BAL | L 2-4 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 41 |
| 50 | Jim Kaat | 1964-09-10 | MIN | CHW | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| 51 | Dick Stigman | 1964-07-03 | MIN | NYY | W 1-0 | SHO10 ,W | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 32 |
| 52 | Camilo Pascual | 1963-08-25 | MIN | BAL | W 5-3 | CG 10 ,W | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 45 |
| 53 | Dick Stigman | 1963-05-03 | MIN | NYY | L 3-4 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 39 |
| 54 | Jim Kaat | 1962-08-05 (1) | MIN | DET | W 8-3 | GS-10 ,W | 10.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 37 |
| 55 | Camilo Pascual | 1961-09-06 (2) | MIN | CHW | L 2-4 | CG 10 ,L | 10.0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 47 |
| 56 | Jim Hughes | 1975-06-19 | MIN | OAK | L 2-5 | GS-10 ,L | 9.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 43 |
| 57 | Jim Kaat | 1971-06-09 | MIN | BAL | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 9.2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 58 | Jim Merritt | 1968-05-20 | MIN | DET | L 3-4 | GS-10 ,L | 9.2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 39 |
| 59 | Camilo Pascual | 1961-05-02 | MIN | NYY | L 4-6 | GS-10 ,L | 9.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 41 |
| 60 | Kevin Tapani | 1992-08-20 | MIN | CLE | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 9.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 61 | Neal Heaton | 1986-10-02 | MIN | CHW | L 4-8 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 35 |
| 62 | Brad Havens | 1982-09-22 | MIN | TOR | L 2-3 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 33 |
| 63 | Roger Erickson | 1981-05-23 | MIN | KCR | L 0-1 | GS-10 | 9.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| 64 | Pete Redfern | 1981-05-09 | MIN | CLE | L 1-2 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 39 |
| 65 | Jerry Koosman | 1981-05-04 | MIN | BAL | L 3-4 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 41 |
| 66 | Roger Erickson | 1980-07-18 | MIN | BOS | L 0-1 | CG 10 ,L | 9.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| 67 | Jerry Koosman | 1980-07-02 | MIN | KCR | L 3-4 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 38 |
| 68 | Dave Goltz | 1976-06-21 | MIN | CAL | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 9.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| 69 | Ray Corbin | 1972-09-27 (2) | MIN | OAK | L 1-2 | CG 10 ,L | 9.1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
| 70 | Jim Kaat | 1962-05-20 (2) | MIN | NYY | W 4-2 | GS-10 | 9.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| 71 | Camilo Pascual | 1961-09-29 | MIN | DET | L 4-6 | GS-10 ,L | 9.1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 43 |
What about the relievers?
But it is not just starting pitchers that have toiled long and hard to win a game. Here I look at relievers who have pitched 7 or more innings of relief in a game and Ray Corbin holds the team record for pitching 10.1 innings of relief against the Tigers in 1975. Corbin who was a starter/reliever during his five years in Minnesota pitched in just 11 more big league games after this long relief outing allowing at least one earned run in each appearance and never again pitched in a big league game.
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Corbin | 1975-05-21 | MIN | DET | W 6-5 | 1-11f,W | 10.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 42 |
| 2 | Jim Kaat | 1969-09-06 | MIN | OAK | W 8-6 | 9-18 ,W | 9.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | John Sutton | 1978-08-07 | MIN | SEA | L 5-6 | 5-13 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Vic Albury | 1975-06-30 | MIN | CAL | L 3-10 | 1-9f | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 38 |
| 5 | John Verhoeven | 1980-07-21 (1) | MIN | BAL | W 8-7 | 3-11f,W | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Tom Burgmeier | 1976-08-30 | MIN | MIL | W 10-3 | 1-9f ,W | 8.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Tom Burgmeier | 1976-04-25 | MIN | BAL | W 7-2 | 1-9f ,W | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Al Worthington | 1967-08-09 | MIN | WSA | L 7-9 | 8-16 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Tom Johnson | 1976-09-02 | MIN | MIL | W 8-4 | 1-9f ,W | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Bill Campbell | 1975-06-10 | MIN | CLE | W 5-3 | 1-10 | 8.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | Tom Hall | 1969-08-17 | MIN | WSA | W 4-3 | 3-11 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 12 | Pedro Ramos | 1961-06-16 | MIN | CHW | W 6-1 | 2-9f ,W | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Dennis Burtt | 1985-10-04 | MIN | CLE | L 6-8 | 1-8 ,L | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 14 | Pete Filson | 1985-05-19 | MIN | TOR | W 8-2 | 2-9f ,W | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | Mac Scarce | 1978-06-07 | MIN | CHW | L 3-8 | 2-9f | 7.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 16 | Tom Burgmeier | 1976-08-25 | MIN | NYY | L 4-5 | 12-19f,L | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 17 | Vic Albury | 1975-06-24 | MIN | OAK | L 4-6 | 1-8f | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 34 |
| 18 | Bill Butler | 1974-09-13 | MIN | KCR | W 6-5 | 2-9 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| 19 | Jim Kaat | 1962-05-12 | MIN | KCA | W 5-4 | 2-9f ,W | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 20 | Dave Goltz | 1974-07-19 | MIN | DET | W 7-5 | 1-8 ,W | 7.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 21 | Danny Fife | 1973-08-22 | MIN | BAL | L 3-4 | 1-8f ,L | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| 22 | Dave Boswell | 1965-05-11 | MIN | CAL | W 3-2 | 1-8 | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 23 | Lee Stange | 1962-08-04 | MIN | DET | W 4-3 | 2-9f ,W | 7.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| 24 | Bill Pleis | 1962-07-04 (1) | MIN | BOS | W 8-4 | 2-9f ,W | 7.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 25 | Jack O’Connor | 1982-06-26 | MIN | TOR | W 4-3 | 1-8 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 26 | Jeff Holly | 1977-05-01 | MIN | DET | W 6-5 | 3-9f ,W | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 27 | Tom Johnson | 1975-08-11 | MIN | MIL | W 8-7 | 3-9f ,W | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 28 | Ray Corbin | 1975-07-24 | MIN | BOS | L 2-6 | 3-9f | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| 29 | Jim Hughes | 1975-05-04 | MIN | KCR | W 6-3 | 3-9f ,W | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 |
| 30 | Bill Campbell | 1974-08-08 | MIN | KCR | W 3-2 | 8-14f,W | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 31 | Bill Hands | 1973-09-01 | MIN | TEX | W 10-7 | 3-9f ,W | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 32 | Ray Corbin | 1971-07-17 | MIN | WSA | W 5-3 | 3-9f ,W | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 33 | Jim Perry | 1964-08-06 | MIN | BOS | W 6-5 | 1-7 ,W | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 31 |
Fun facts about Twins home openers
The Minnesota Twins are playing their final spring training game today and I am sure they are hoping for a quick non extra inning game so they can grab a quick shower and board the plane for their flight to Minneapolis where they look to get settled in before they open the season against the Detroit Tigers on Monday, April 1. It seems that the baseball gods are having a good laugh and are playing an April Fool’s joke on both the Twins and the Tigers by making them play ball on day that the weather prognosticators say will be a windy 31 degrees at game time with wind chills in the 20’s.
When the Twins first moved here from Washington they played outdoors in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 through the 1981 season. In-door baseball was just at the starting gate about this time as Roy Hofheinz was in the process of building the “Eighth Wonder of the World” in Houston in what would open in April 1965 as the Harris County Domed Stadium but was later called simply as the Astrodome.
Let’s take a look at some of the interesting facts about the Twins home openers.
- The Twins called the “Met” home for 21 years and their record in their Met Stadium home openers was 21-9 including winning 10 out of 11 between 1964-1974.
- The first Twins pitcher to get credited with a win in a Twins home opener was Bill Pleis in 1964.
- Of those 21 Met home openers, only 5 of the games were actual season openers as the Twins started their season on the road most of the time. The Twins were 2-3 in season openers at the Met.
- During the Met Stadium years the Twins opened the season 6 times against the A’s, five times as Oakland and once as Kansas City and they won four and lost two.
- Between 1961 and 1981 they opened the home season as early as April 6 (1971) and as late as April 23 (1972).
- The average temperature at the start of a Twins home opener at Met Stadium was 56.48 degrees.
- The coldest start to a Twins home opener occurred on April 14, 1962 when it was 33 degrees at game time and the Twins ended up losing to the Los Angeles Angels 12-5 in front of 8,363 hardcore Twins fans. The coldest start ever to a game at Met Stadium took place against the New York Yankees in May 2, 1967 when the temperature stood at 32 degrees and the Twins trounced the Yankees 13-4.
- The warmest start to a Twins home opener took place on April 22, 1980 when the California Angels and Rod Carew were in town to take a 8-1 pasting at the hands of the Twins who were as hot as the 89 degree temperature that day. Geoff Zahn pitched a complete game and Hosken Powell, Ron Jackson and Roy Smalley all hit home runs.
The Twins moved indoors in 1982 and played in the HHH Metrodome through the 2009 season so the out-door temperatures mattered little as it was always between about 66-72 degrees inside.
- Of the 28 seasons that the Twins played dome ball, they opened the season at home 15 times and their record in these season opening games was 7-8.
- The Twins were 9-4 when their first game of the season at the Dome was not a season opener.
- Many of the Twins openers at the Dome were night games, something not done at any out-door venue in Minnesota.
- Between 1982 and 2009 they opened the home season as early as March 31 (2008) and as late as April 27 (1995).
Since the Twins have called Target Field home in 2010 they have never played a season opening game there until this year. The earliest game they have played there was April 8, 2011. The Twins are 2-1 in Target Field home openers. The average temperature at a Target field home opener so far has been 57.67 degrees but even if the temperature is only 31 degrees on Monday, the average temperature for a Target field home opener will still be about 51 degrees.
Here is a chart showing the Twins outdoor home openers.
| YEAR | Date | Temperature | Result | Season opener |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4/21 | 63 | lost 5-3 | no |
| 1962 | *4/14 | 33 | lost 12-5 | no |
| 1963 | 4/9 | 49 | lost 5-4 | yes |
| 1964 | *4/22 | 56 | won 7-6 | no |
| 1965 | 4/12 | 44 | won 5-4 | yes |
| 1966 | 4/12 | 52 | won 2-1 | yes |
| 1967 | 4/14 | 51 | won 5-3 | no |
| 1968 | 4/17 | 62 | won 13-1 | no |
| 1969 | 4/18 | 59 | won 6-0 | no |
| 1970 | 4/11 | 49 | won 8-2 | no |
| 1971 | 4/6 | 53 | lost 7-2 | yes |
| 1972 | *4/23 | 44 | won 8-4 | no |
| 1973 | 4/13 | 51 | won 8-4 | no |
| 1974 | 4/9 | 53 | won 3-1 | no |
| 1975 | 4/15 | 48 | lost 7-3 | no |
| 1976 | 4/13 | 75 | lost 4-1 | no |
| 1977 | 4/15 | 77 | lost 3-2 | no |
| 1978 | 4/14 | 50 | won 14-5 | no |
| 1979 | 4/17 | 63 | lost 6-0 | no |
| 1980 | 4/22 | 89 | won 8-1 | no |
| 1981 | 4/9 | 65 | lost 5-1 | yes |
| 2010 | 4/12 | 65 | won 5-2 | no |
| 2011 | 4/8 | 63 | won 2-1 | no |
| 2012 | 4/9 | 45 | lost 5-1 | no |
| 2013 | 4/1 | 35 | lost 4-2 | yes |
* = The Twins had home openers postponed in 1962 (April 13), 1964 (April 21), and 1972 (April 22).