Ricky Nolasco earned career win #100 in the Twins’ win over the Red Sox. Nolasco is the 14th pitcher to earn career win #100 while wearing a Twins uniform, and ten of them did it in a home game. Some notable pitchers whose 100th career win came as a Minnesota Twins player are Camilo Pascual (1963), Mudcat Grant (1966), Jim Kaat (1967), Dean Chance (1968), Jim Perry (1968) and Frank Viola (1988). Source: ELIAS
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Shutouts – For and against the Twins
Twins shutout leaders (8 or more innings)
Rk | Player | #Matching | W | L | GS | IP | H | BB | SO | SB | CS | |
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1 | Bert Blyleven | 29 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 263.0 | 132 | 42 | 209 | 0.66 | 11 | 17 |
2 | Jim Kaat | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 208.0 | 131 | 25 | 124 | 0.75 | 3 | 5 |
3 | Camilo Pascual | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 162.0 | 78 | 33 | 144 | 0.69 | 5 | 1 |
4 | Jim Perry | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 153.0 | 83 | 29 | 95 | 0.73 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Frank Viola | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 90.0 | 49 | 16 | 59 | 0.72 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Brad Radke | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 90.0 | 45 | 8 | 54 | 0.59 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Mudcat Grant | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 90.0 | 52 | 17 | 43 | 0.77 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Dave Goltz | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 90.0 | 37 | 19 | 67 | 0.62 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Dean Chance | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 81.0 | 36 | 15 | 71 | 0.63 | 3 | 1 |
10 | Geoff Zahn | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 37 | 10 | 38 | 0.75 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Scott Erickson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 0.52 | 1 | 0 |
A couple trivia questions for you today.
1. What two pitchers have shutout the Twins the most frequently and how many shutouts did they have against the boys from Minnesota?
2. What opposing pitcher threw the most shutouts against the Twins at Met Stadium and how many did he have?
3. What opposing pitcher threw the most shutouts against the Twins at the Metrodome and how many did he have?
The answers are:
1. Gaylord Perry and Steve Hargan each shut out the Twins five times.
2. Jim Bouton shut out Minnesota three times at the Met.
3. Scott Erickson shut out the Twins three times at the Metrodome.
Hughes – Jekyll & Hyde
For many years now the Minnesota Twins organization has always looked unfavorably at pitchers that issue too many bases on balls. If you eliminate 2011 and 2012 the Twins have been in the top three teams in the American League in fewest walks allowed since 1996. During that same time frame the Twins have led the American League in strikeouts just once and that was in 2006.
But today we are going to look at the other end of the spectrum, we are going to see what Twins pitchers wouldn’t exactly be considered control artists. The pitchers that would be regulars in former Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson‘s doghouse. It is surprising to me to see how many “good” pitchers there are on this list of most walks allowed in a single season by a Twins pitcher. Check out the records of some of these pitchers, two pitchers on this list won 20 games while issuing 90 or more walks during the season. Two pitchers on this list had more walks then they had strikeouts. Three pitchers made this list twice.
I can’t help but be amazed by the season that Rich Robertson had in 1996. But first let’s take a look at that team, the first year after Kirby Puckett‘s career came to an abrupt end. Tom Kelly‘s 1996 team finished fourth with a 78-84 record. The starting staff that season under pitching coach Dick Such was made up of Brad Radke, Frankie Rodriguez, Rich Robertson, Scott Aldred, and Rick Aguilera. Current Twins skipper Paul Molitor should remember that season, he was the teams DH that year and he hit .341 and had 113 RBI.
Robertson who the Twins picked up on waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates in November 1994 was a left-hander who pitched for Minnesota from 1995-1997 and won a job in the Twins starting rotation in 1996 after having started a total of four games in his brief big league career. In 1996 at the age of 27 he started 31 games for the Twins and posted a 7-17 record with a 5.12 ERA. In his 186+ innings pitched he struck out 114 batters and walked 116 and yet he had three shutouts which tied him for the American league lead. He is the only Twins pitcher to ever lead the American League in walks allowed in a single season.
Twins pitchers with 90 or more walks allowed in a single season
Rk | Player | BB | Year | G | GS | CG | SHO | W | L | SV | IP | H | SO | HR | |||
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1 | Jim Hughes | 127 | 1975 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 0 | 249.2 | 241 | 130 | 3.82 | 17 | .255 |
2 | Rich Robertson | 116 | 1996 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | .292 | 0 | 186.1 | 197 | 114 | 5.12 | 22 | .273 |
3 | Dave Boswell | 107 | 1967 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 0 | 222.2 | 162 | 204 | 3.27 | 14 | .202 |
4 | Jim Perry | 102 | 1971 | 40 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .500 | 1 | 270.0 | 263 | 126 | 4.23 | 39 | .259 |
5 | Bert Blyleven | 101 | 1987 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 0 | 267.0 | 249 | 196 | 4.01 | 46 | .249 |
6 | Dick Woodson | 101 | 1972 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 251.2 | 193 | 150 | 2.72 | 19 | .211 |
7 | Camilo Pascual | 100 | 1961 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 0 | 252.1 | 205 | 221 | 3.46 | 26 | .217 |
8 | Dave Boswell | 99 | 1969 | 39 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 0 | 256.1 | 215 | 190 | 3.23 | 18 | .226 |
9 | Camilo Pascual | 98 | 1964 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 0 | 267.1 | 245 | 213 | 3.30 | 30 | .241 |
10 | Vic Albury | 97 | 1975 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 1 | 135.0 | 115 | 72 | 4.53 | 16 | .237 |
11 | Joe Decker | 97 | 1974 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 0 | 248.2 | 234 | 158 | 3.29 | 24 | .252 |
12 | Jack Morris | 92 | 1991 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 0 | 246.2 | 226 | 163 | 3.43 | 18 | .245 |
13 | Frank Viola | 92 | 1983 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 0 | 210.0 | 242 | 127 | 5.49 | 34 | .288 |
14 | Dave Goltz | 91 | 1977 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 0 | 303.0 | 284 | 186 | 3.36 | 23 | .247 |
15 | Dave Goltz | 91 | 1976 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 249.1 | 239 | 133 | 3.36 | 14 | .254 |
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The Jekyll & Hyde Hughes
This past season California native and former New York Yankee first round pick (2004) Phil Hughes, 28, pitching for a team that finished 70-92 had a 16-10 record and an amazing and record-breaking 11.63 SO/W ratio. That comes out to 16 bases on balls issues in 209.1 innings with 186 KO’s. Another Hughes who was also from California, Jim, pitched for Minnesota from 1974-1977 and in 1975 at the age of 25 he had a 16-14 record with a 3.82 ERA for a 76-83 team. Jim, a Twins 33rd round pick in 1969 walked 127 and struck out 130 batters for a 1.02 SO/W ratio in 249.2 innings.
Strangely enough both of these right-handed pitchers won 16 games for their sub .500 teams. Phil had record-breaking control and finished the 2014 season with one complete game and Jim with not so much control had 12 complete games in 1975. Jim won a total of 25 games in his brief four-year big league career and Phil has 72 wins and counting on his resume.
Bottom line? I guess a pitcher can win at the big league level no matter what his SO/W ratio is and once again it just goes to show that it isn’t all about the numbers. But it is interesting never the less.
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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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.
Historical look at Twins pitchers and home runs allowed
Minnesota Twins pitchers allowed 147 home runs in 2014. The fewest home runs allowed by a Twins pitching staff in a full season of 162 games occurred in 1976 when that pitching staff gave up just 89 round trippers to the opponents and the Twins went on to finish with an 85-77 record. On the opposite end of the spectrum the 1996 Twins pitching staff allowed a franchise record 233 home runs and finished the season with a 78-84 record. It only took one season for Ricky Nolasco to make the list but he can pitch his way off this list, the others can’t.
Twins career HR/9 with minimum of 120 innings pitched
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | G | GS | W | L | SV | HR | ||||
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1 | Dave Stevens | 1.88 | 191.2 | 1994 | 1997 | 135 | 6 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 21 | 5.82 | 40 | .296 |
2 | Scott Aldred | 1.81 | 199.1 | 1996 | 1997 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 15 | .348 | 0 | 6.10 | 40 | .298 |
3 | Jose Parra | 1.78 | 131.2 | 1995 | 1996 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 0 | 6.77 | 26 | .310 |
4 | Liam Hendriks | 1.73 | 156.0 | 2011 | 2013 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 13 | .133 | 0 | 6.06 | 30 | .313 |
5 | Pat Mahomes | 1.64 | 366.2 | 1992 | 1996 | 114 | 51 | 18 | 28 | .391 | 3 | 5.82 | 67 | .284 |
6 | Jim Deshaies | 1.63 | 297.2 | 1993 | 1994 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 25 | .405 | 0 | 5.71 | 54 | .285 |
7 | Rick Reed | 1.50 | 390.2 | 2001 | 2003 | 72 | 65 | 25 | 25 | .500 | 0 | 4.47 | 65 | .280 |
8 | Kevin Slowey | 1.42 | 532.2 | 2007 | 2011 | 100 | 90 | 39 | 29 | .574 | 0 | 4.66 | 84 | .285 |
9 | Boof Bonser | 1.40 | 391.2 | 2006 | 2008 | 96 | 60 | 18 | 25 | .419 | 0 | 5.12 | 61 | .281 |
10 | Mark Portugal | 1.40 | 238.2 | 1985 | 1988 | 72 | 26 | 11 | 19 | .367 | 4 | 5.13 | 37 | .280 |
11 | Terry Felton | 1.37 | 138.1 | 1979 | 1982 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 16 | .000 | 3 | 5.53 | 21 | .240 |
12 | Eric Milton | 1.36 | 987.1 | 1998 | 2003 | 166 | 165 | 57 | 51 | .528 | 0 | 4.76 | 149 | .259 |
13 | Ray Moore | 1.35 | 159.2 | 1961 | 1963 | 126 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 25 | 4.90 | 24 | .252 |
14 | Dick Stigman | 1.34 | 643.2 | 1962 | 1965 | 138 | 85 | 37 | 37 | .500 | 7 | 3.69 | 96 | .229 |
15 | Pedro Ramos | 1.33 | 264.1 | 1961 | 1961 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 20 | .355 | 2 | 3.95 | 39 | .258 |
16 | David West | 1.32 | 285.1 | 1989 | 1992 | 63 | 47 | 15 | 18 | .455 | 0 | 5.33 | 42 | .262 |
17 | Charlie Lea | 1.32 | 130.0 | 1988 | 1988 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 0 | 4.85 | 19 | .301 |
18 | Mark Redman | 1.31 | 213.0 | 1999 | 2001 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 0 | 4.86 | 31 | .283 |
19 | Neal Heaton | 1.30 | 124.1 | 1986 | 1986 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 1 | 3.98 | 18 | .273 |
20 | Nick Blackburn | 1.29 | 818.2 | 2007 | 2012 | 145 | 137 | 43 | 55 | .439 | 0 | 4.85 | 117 | .303 |
21 | Eddie Guardado | 1.28 | 704.2 | 1993 | 2008 | 648 | 25 | 37 | 48 | .435 | 116 | 4.53 | 100 | .253 |
22 | Kyle Lohse | 1.27 | 908.1 | 2001 | 2006 | 172 | 152 | 51 | 57 | .472 | 0 | 4.88 | 128 | .285 |
23 | Bob Wells | 1.26 | 300.1 | 1999 | 2002 | 265 | 0 | 18 | 16 | .529 | 13 | 4.47 | 42 | .268 |
24 | Ricky Nolasco | 1.25 | 159.0 | 2014 | 2014 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 0 | 5.38 | 22 | .316 |
25 | Mike Trombley | 1.25 | 645.2 | 1992 | 2002 | 365 | 36 | 30 | 34 | .469 | 34 | 4.53 | 90 | .266 |
26 | Lee Stange | 1.25 | 351.2 | 1961 | 1964 | 97 | 37 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3 | 3.61 | 49 | .251 |
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The list below show The Twins pitching staff leader board of home runs allowed. Bert Blyleven loves to talk about how many home runs he has allowed but he is only third best or worst, depending on how you want to look at it.
Rk | Player | HR | IP | From | To | G | GS | CG | SHO | W | L | SV | SO | BF | ||
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1 | Brad Radke | 326 | 2451.0 | 1995 | 2006 | 378 | 377 | 37 | 10 | 148 | 139 | .516 | 0 | 1467 | 4.22 | 10244 |
2 | Jim Kaat | 270 | 2959.1 | 1961 | 1973 | 468 | 422 | 133 | 23 | 189 | 152 | .554 | 6 | 1824 | 3.28 | 12385 |
3 | Bert Blyleven | 243 | 2566.2 | 1970 | 1988 | 348 | 345 | 141 | 29 | 149 | 138 | .519 | 0 | 2035 | 3.28 | 10542 |
4 | Frank Viola | 213 | 1772.2 | 1982 | 1989 | 260 | 259 | 54 | 10 | 112 | 93 | .546 | 0 | 1214 | 3.86 | 7450 |
5 | Jim Perry | 166 | 1883.1 | 1963 | 1972 | 376 | 249 | 61 | 17 | 128 | 90 | .587 | 5 | 1025 | 3.15 | 7791 |
6 | Eric Milton | 149 | 987.1 | 1998 | 2003 | 166 | 165 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 51 | .528 | 0 | 715 | 4.76 | 4196 |
7 | Johan Santana | 144 | 1308.2 | 2000 | 2007 | 251 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 93 | 44 | .679 | 1 | 1381 | 3.22 | 5281 |
8 | Kyle Lohse | 128 | 908.1 | 2001 | 2006 | 172 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 57 | .472 | 0 | 561 | 4.88 | 3982 |
9 | Joe Mays | 127 | 946.1 | 1999 | 2005 | 193 | 146 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 65 | .425 | 0 | 487 | 4.85 | 4110 |
10 | Scott Baker | 123 | 958.0 | 2005 | 2011 | 163 | 159 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 48 | .568 | 0 | 770 | 4.15 | 4004 |
11 | Camilo Pascual | 123 | 1284.2 | 1961 | 1966 | 184 | 179 | 72 | 18 | 88 | 57 | .607 | 0 | 994 | 3.31 | 5362 |
12 | Dave Goltz | 119 | 1638.0 | 1972 | 1979 | 247 | 215 | 80 | 11 | 96 | 79 | .549 | 3 | 887 | 3.48 | 6887 |
13 | Nick Blackburn | 117 | 818.2 | 2007 | 2012 | 145 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 55 | .439 | 0 | 388 | 4.85 | 3577 |
14 | Kevin Tapani | 109 | 1171.1 | 1989 | 1995 | 181 | 180 | 19 | 6 | 75 | 63 | .543 | 0 | 724 | 4.06 | 4897 |
15 | Carlos Silva | 106 | 773.2 | 2004 | 2007 | 129 | 124 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 45 | .511 | 0 | 306 | 4.42 | 3277 |
16 | Dave Boswell | 106 | 1036.1 | 1964 | 1970 | 187 | 150 | 37 | 6 | 67 | 54 | .554 | 0 | 865 | 3.49 | 4344 |
17 | LaTroy Hawkins | 105 | 818.0 | 1995 | 2003 | 366 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 57 | .436 | 44 | 532 | 5.05 | 3614 |
18 | Mike Smithson | 103 | 816.0 | 1984 | 1987 | 128 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 47 | 48 | .495 | 0 | 438 | 4.46 | 3509 |
19 | Eddie Guardado | 100 | 704.2 | 1993 | 2008 | 648 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 48 | .435 | 116 | 610 | 4.53 | 3009 |
Quality Starts and Twins Wins
A pitcher gets credit for a quality start (QS) any time he allows three earned runs or less in a start that lasts at least six innings. John Lowe who was writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer at the time developed and coined the term Quality Start back in 1985.
Most arguments against the QS begin with the statement that a QS equals a 4.50 ERA and an ERA of 4.50 is not seen as top-notch by anybody. If you look up QS on Wiki you can find some strange situations for and against the term QS, for example, in 2000 Mark Mulder goes 6 and 2/3 innings giving up 15 hits, nine runs but only two were earned and so he gets a QS, in 1982 Mike Scott goes the required 6 innings giving up 7 hits, 5 walks, zero strikeouts, allows 7 runs albeit only 3 earned and he get a QS, on the other side of the coin, back in 1974 Gaylord Perry goes 15 innings and allows 4 earned runs and get no QS, same with Randy Johnson who pitches a complete game while striking out 19 but gives up 4 earnies and gets no QS.
Since 1961, the most MLB QS in a single season record is held by White Sox knuckleballer Wilbur Wood who had 37 QS in 41 starts in 1971. Next on the list is Dodger great Sandy Koufax with 36 QS in 1966 (his final season) in 41 starts. The career leaders in QS from 1961-current are Don Sutton with 483, Nolan Ryan with 481, and Greg Maddux with 480.
The Twins top five career QS leaders are Jim Kaat with 253, Bert Blyleven with 218, Brad Radke with 208, Jim Perry with 156 and Frank Viola with 144. The Twins most QS in a season record belongs to Bert Blyleven who had 31 QS in 1972 in 38 starts. That 1972 Twins team had the most QS in a single season with 114 in 154 games, that means that 74% of their games were QS and yet the team finished with a 77-77 record. The others starters that season were Dick Woodson with 26 QS, Jim Perry with 22, Jim Kaat and Ray Corbin with 14 and Dave Goltz with 7. Compare that with the 66 QS in 2014 where the team leader was Phil Hughes with 20, Kyle Gibson had 15, Kevin Correia, had 13, Ricky Nolasco had 10, Yohan Pino had 3, Trevor May and Sam Deduno had 2 each and Tommy Milone put one in the books.
But how close is the relationship of a QS to what really counts, a team victory. If you look at the list that I have provided below that shows the Minnesota Twins QS and the team record you can get a feel for how the two compare. Sure, there are outlier seasons like 1972 when the team had 114 QS and finished the season with a 77-77 record or when the opposite happened in 2006 when the Twins went to the play-offs with a 96-66 record but only had 73 QS. By the way, I don’t remember seeing any Rick Anderson for governor buttons back then.
The Twins historical QS numbers are kind of strange, almost a bell-shaped curve. The Twins have had 90 or more QS in a season 11 times and went to the playoffs zero times. No Twins team with 72 or less QS has sniffed the playoffs either. The Twins have advanced to the playoffs 11 times and their QS were always in the 73-89 range and if you exclude the 2006 season with just 73 QS, the other ten fall between 78-89. Having said all that, in the past 54 seasons the Twins have had 4,266 QS, the team record during that period is 4,274-4,335. 4,266 QS and 4,274 wins over 54 seasons, is that strange or what?
The chart below shows you in a pictorial fashion the relationship of QS and Twins victories. Click on the chart to make it larger.
Twins Quality Start History
YEAR | QS | RECORD |
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1972 | 114 | 77-77 |
1967 | 105 | 91-71 |
1968 | 100 | 79-83 |
1966 | 99 | 89-73 |
1963 | 95 | 91-70 |
1973 | 93 | 81-81 |
1978 | 92 | 73-89 |
1974 | 90 | 82-80 |
1984 | 90 | 81-81 |
1988 | 90 | 91-71 |
2005 | 90 | 83-79 |
1965* | 89 | 102-60 |
1970* | 89 | 98-64 |
1991* | 89 | 95-67 |
1969* | 88 | 97-65 |
1971 | 88 | 74-86 |
1989 | 88 | 80-82 |
1964 | 86 | 79-83 |
2008 | 86 | 88-75 |
2010* | 86 | 94-68 |
1976 | 83 | 85-77 |
1992 | 83 | 90-72 |
2004* | 83 | 92-70 |
1980 | 82 | 77-84 |
1987* | 80 | 85-77 |
2001 | 80 | 85-77 |
2003* | 80 | 90-72 |
2007 | 80 | 79-83 |
2011 | 80 | 63-99 |
1962 | 79 | 91-71 |
2009* | 79 | 87-76 |
1998 | 78 | 70-92 |
2002* | 78 | 94-67 |
1961 | 75 | 70-90 |
1990 | 75 | 74-88 |
1985 | 74 | 77-85 |
1979 | 73 | 82-80 |
2006* | 73 | 96-66 |
1975 | 71 | 76-83 |
1986 | 71 | 71-91 |
2000 | 71 | 69-93 |
1977 | 70 | 84-77 |
1993 | 69 | 71-91 |
1996 | 69 | 78-84 |
1983 | 67 | 70-92 |
1982 | 66 | 60-102 |
2014 | 66 | 70-92 |
1999 | 63 | 63-97 |
2012 | 62 | 66-96 |
2013 | 62 | 66-96 |
1997 | 61 | 68-94 |
1981 | 56 | 41-68 |
1995 | 43 | 56-88 |
1994 | 37 | 53-60 |
TOTALS | 4,266 | 4,274-4,335 |
Twins QS data by decade
DECADE | QS | AVG. QS PER SEASON |
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1960’s | 816 | 90.7 |
1970’s | 863 | 86.3 |
1980’s | 764 | 76.4 |
1990’s | 667 | 66.7 |
2000’s | 800 | 80.0 |
2010’s | 356 | 71.2 |
I asked Jim Kaat if he would comment on Quality Starts and here is what Jim had to say-
Thanks John,
I’m happy to comment on “Quality Starts”. It’s one of my favorite subjects because it is misunderstood. My pitching stats person, Merrianna McCully, has compiled a 25 year profile on QS’s in her book ‘Three Up Three Down’. She kept all sorts of pitching stats for me from 1988-2006…
The MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT,[ like a vitamin pill] is 6 ip. 3 er or less..the actual earned run averages in a Quality start is a little under 2 in the NL and about 2.05 in the American league..DH factor…The IP’s in a QS game will close to 8 innings pitched. The records show that if a team got just a minimum daily requirement for a QS they would win about 2/3 of their games unless they had an extremely ineffective bullpen.
Jim
Did you know?
- When Minnesota Twins pitcher Yohan Pino will made his Major League debut Thursday night at 30 years, 175 days old at Target Field against the Chicago White Sox. He became the oldest Twin (since 1961) to make his big league debut. Yohan became the 49th starting pitcher in Major League history since at least 1914 to make his Major League debut at age 30-or-older, and just the 14th since 1982. Starters making their Major League debut at age 30-or-older have won each of their last three starts and four of the last five. Since 1982, teams are 7-6 in the 13 occurrences. The 13 pitchers have combined to go 6-4 with a 3.36 ERA (27 earned runs in 72.1 innings) with
26 walks and 52 strikeouts. - Twins second baseman Brian Dozier has hit 15 home runs while swiping 15 bases this
season, stealing his 15th earlier this week. It marks the 15th time in Club history and 12th different player with the previous ?ve being Torii Hunter in 2007 (28 homers/18 steals), Lew Ford in 2004 (15 homers/20 steals), Hunter in 2004 (23 homers/21 steals), Hunter in 2002 (29 homers/23 steals) and Corey Koskie in 2001 (26 homers/27 steals). Dozier accomplished the feat in his 68th game which is the fastest ever by a Twin and fastest in baseball since Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers did it in his 68th game. - Upon Further Review – Through 1,073 games played this season (through
Wednesday), Major League Baseball has had 541 replay reviews, which have taken an average of one minute and fifty-one seconds.
*541 Replay Reviews
*130 Confirmed
*153 Stands
*251 Overturned
*7 Record Keeping
*1:51 Average Time
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Through June 18th the American League has a 79-68 record in Interleague play and is hitting .255 and their pitchers have a 3.80 ERA. National League batters are hitting .254 and their pitchers have a 3.78 ERA.
- The CWS (College World Series) Legends Team includes former Twins Todd Walker, Eddie Bane, and Dave Winfield (former Minnesota Gopher as well).
- In baseball, a quality start is a statistic for a starting pitcher defined as a game in which the pitcher completes at least six innings and permits no more than three earned runs. The quality start was developed by sportswriter John Lowe in 1985 while writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The most quality starts in a season for a Twins pitcher since 2003 is 25 by Johan Santana in 2004. If you use the QS formula going back to 1961, then Bert Blyleven‘s 31 QS in 1972 would be the leader.
Twins career QS leaders from 1961 to present day
Rk | Player | QS | From | To | G | GS | CG | SHO | W | L | SV | IP | SO | HR | BF | |||
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1 | Jim Kaat | 253 | 1961 | 1973 | 468 | 422 | 133 | 23 | 189 | 152 | .554 | 6 | 2959.1 | 1824 | 3.28 | 270 | 12385 | .256 |
2 | Bert Blyleven | 218 | 1970 | 1988 | 348 | 345 | 141 | 29 | 149 | 138 | .519 | 0 | 2566.2 | 2035 | 3.28 | 243 | 10542 | .246 |
3 | Brad Radke | 208 | 1995 | 2006 | 378 | 377 | 37 | 10 | 148 | 139 | .516 | 0 | 2451.0 | 1467 | 4.22 | 326 | 10244 | .276 |
4 | Jim Perry | 156 | 1963 | 1972 | 376 | 249 | 61 | 17 | 128 | 90 | .587 | 5 | 1883.1 | 1025 | 3.15 | 166 | 7791 | .242 |
5 | Frank Viola | 144 | 1982 | 1989 | 260 | 259 | 54 | 10 | 112 | 93 | .546 | 0 | 1772.2 | 1214 | 3.86 | 213 | 7450 | .260 |
6 | Dave Goltz | 129 | 1972 | 1979 | 247 | 215 | 80 | 11 | 96 | 79 | .549 | 3 | 1638.0 | 887 | 3.48 | 119 | 6887 | .264 |
7 | Johan Santana | 112 | 2000 | 2007 | 251 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 93 | 44 | .679 | 1 | 1308.2 | 1381 | 3.22 | 144 | 5281 | .221 |
8 | Camilo Pascual | 101 | 1961 | 1966 | 184 | 179 | 72 | 18 | 88 | 57 | .607 | 0 | 1284.2 | 994 | 3.31 | 123 | 5362 | .233 |
9 | Kevin Tapani | 98 | 1989 | 1995 | 181 | 180 | 19 | 6 | 75 | 63 | .543 | 0 | 1171.1 | 724 | 4.06 | 109 | 4897 | .270 |
10 | Eric Milton | 83 | 1998 | 2003 | 166 | 165 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 51 | .528 | 0 | 987.1 | 715 | 4.76 | 149 | 4196 | .259 |
11 | Scott Baker | 76 | 2005 | 2011 | 163 | 159 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 48 | .568 | 0 | 958.0 | 770 | 4.15 | 123 | 4004 | .266 |
12 | Dave Boswell | 76 | 1964 | 1970 | 187 | 150 | 37 | 6 | 67 | 54 | .554 | 0 | 1036.1 | 865 | 3.49 | 106 | 4344 | .217 |
13 | Scott Erickson | 73 | 1990 | 1995 | 155 | 153 | 14 | 7 | 61 | 60 | .504 | 0 | 979.1 | 527 | 4.22 | 83 | 4244 | .275 |
14 | Geoff Zahn | 71 | 1977 | 1980 | 133 | 126 | 36 | 7 | 53 | 53 | .500 | 0 | 852.0 | 348 | 3.90 | 68 | 3621 | .289 |
15 | Nick Blackburn | 69 | 2007 | 2012 | 145 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 55 | .439 | 0 | 818.2 | 388 | 4.85 | 117 | 3577 | .303 |
16 | Allan Anderson | 69 | 1986 | 1991 | 148 | 128 | 15 | 3 | 49 | 54 | .476 | 0 | 818.2 | 339 | 4.11 | 87 | 3474 | .282 |
17 | Francisco Liriano | 68 | 2005 | 2012 | 156 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 52 | .490 | 1 | 783.1 | 788 | 4.33 | 76 | 3341 | .247 |
18 | Kyle Lohse | 67 | 2001 | 2006 | 172 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 57 | .472 | 0 | 908.1 | 561 | 4.88 | 128 | 3982 | .285 |
19 | Mudcat Grant | 67 | 1964 | 1967 | 129 | 111 | 36 | 10 | 50 | 35 | .588 | 1 | 780.2 | 377 | 3.35 | 88 | 3227 | .260 |
20 | Joe Mays | 66 | 1999 | 2005 | 193 | 146 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 65 | .425 | 0 | 946.1 | 487 | 4.85 | 127 | 4110 | .282 |
If you took the list from above and looked at QS%, the Twins career leader is Johan Santana with .640% followed by Bert Blyleven at .632%. Nick Blackburn was not always a fan favorite but his career QS% is .504%, 14th best in team history. Who has the best career QS% in the AL since 1961? That would be Pedro Martinez at .751%. How about the NL you say? That is non other than Sandy Koufax at .782%.
Check out the BA column on the list above, the best is an amazing .217 career BA allowed by the late great Dave Boswell, the man has not gotten his due here in Minnesota and should be in the Twins Hall of Fame. Aren’t statistics fun?
Baseball is such an amazing game, you never know what you will see next and how many times have you watched a game and told yourself, Geez, I have never seen that happen before. How about this one, Brewers score three on one wild pitch.
This Day in Twins History – June 11
6/11/1964 – The LA Angels trade outfielder Frank Kostro to the Twins for 1B Vic Power and outfielder Lenny Green. Certainly not one of the better trades in Twins history.
6/11/1965 – The Twins sweep the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium by a 5-4 score in both games with the first game going 10 innings and the second game going 12 innings. Tiger reliever Terry Fox takes the loss in both games. Boxscore: Game 1, Game 2
6/11/1972– Jim Kaat hits a home run off Cleveland pitcher Vince Colbert in a Twins 5-3 victory at Cleveland Stadium. This now stands as the last home run that has been hit by a Twins pitcher. Boxscore
6/11/1986– The Twins lose to the Texas Rangers 6-2 in sixteen innings at the Metrodome. The game is tied 2-2 after 9 innings and both starters, Charlie Hough for the Rangers and Allan Anderson for the Twins are still in the game. Anderson ends up going 10 and Hough keeps throwing that knuckler of his for 13 innings. The Rangers score 4 in the top of the 16th inning off Roy Lee Jackson for the win. Boxscore
6/11/2010 – Francisco Liriano ties a team record when he strikes out 7 consecutive Atlanta Braves batters in a 2-1 win at Target Field. Liriano used his slider to strike out Martin Prado and Jason Heyward to end the third inning. He struck out Chipper Jones on a slider, Troy Glaus on a change-up and Brian McCann on a slider to get through the fourth. Liriano opened the fifth by striking out Yunel Escobar on a slider and Omar Infante with a change-up. Jim Merritt also accomplished this feat on July 21, 1966 against the Washington Senators.
6/11/2011 – One of only three Cy Young Award winners (1970) in Twins history, right-hander Jim Perry was inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame today. Jim, 75, is the older brother of 72-year-old Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry. Between the two of them, the Perry brothers won 529 games and three Cy Young Awards, as Gaylord won the honor in 1972 with the Indians and in ’78 with the Padres. The Perry brothers are the second-winningest brother combination in baseball history behind Joe Niekro and Phil Niekro, who had 539 victories between them.
20 Game Winners
One of the most frequent requests that I receive on this web site is from folks that are looking to find the names of the Twins pitchers that have won 20 or more games in a season so I have decided to publish the list in a post for easy look-up.
Thirteen different Twins pitchers have won 20 or more games in a season on just 15 occasions and no pitcher has won 20 games since Johan Santana did it back in 2004. Two pitchers have done it twice, Camilo Pascual and Jim Perry. Camilo and Jim Perry are the only Minnesota pitchers to win 20 or more in back-to-back seasons. 1969 is the only season that the Twins had multiple 20 game winners when Boswell and Perry each had 20 victories. A big part of the reason for not winning 20 games no days is that with the five man rotation starters only get 32 to 34 starts and the other big reason is that managers today bring in relievers at the drop of a hat or the sight of a baserunner late in the game. 20 game winners are getting as rare as hens teeth, since 1980 the Twins have had four 20 game winners and three no-hitters.
Rk | Player | Year | W | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | L | IP | SO | ||
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1 | Johan Santana | 2004 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 228.0 | 265 | 2.61 | .192 |
2 | Brad Radke | 1997 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 239.2 | 174 | 3.87 | .257 |
3 | Scott Erickson | 1991 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 204.0 | 108 | 3.18 | .248 |
4 | Frank Viola | 1988 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 255.1 | 193 | 2.64 | .245 |
5 | Jerry Koosman | 1979 | 20 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 263.2 | 157 | 3.38 | .268 |
6 | Dave Goltz | 1977 | 20 | 28 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 303.0 | 186 | 3.36 | .247 |
7 | Bert Blyleven | 1973 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 325.0 | 258 | 2.52 | .242 |
8 | Jim Perry | 1970 | 24 | 34 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 278.2 | 168 | 3.04 | .243 |
9 | Dave Boswell | 1969 | 20 | 24 | 39 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 256.1 | 190 | 3.23 | .226 |
10 | Jim Perry | 1969 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 261.2 | 153 | 2.82 | .247 |
11 | Dean Chance | 1967 | 20 | 26 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 283.2 | 220 | 2.73 | .229 |
12 | Jim Kaat | 1966 | 25 | 27 | 41 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 304.2 | 205 | 2.75 | .235 |
13 | Mudcat Grant | 1965 | 21 | 29 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 270.1 | 142 | 3.30 | .247 |
14 | Camilo Pascual | 1963 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 248.1 | 202 | 2.46 | .224 |
15 | Camilo Pascual | 1962 | 20 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 257.2 | 206 | 3.32 | .241 |
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You would think that over the years there would have been a number of Twins pitchers that came up just short of joning the 20 game winners list by winning 19 games but that is not the case. Since 1961 the Twins have had one pitcher, Johan Santana in 2006 tht ended the season with 19 games in the win column.
Twins career ERA leaders
A list of Minnesota Twins pitchers with the best Twins career ERA’s with a requirement of having pitched at leat 500 innings in a Twins uniform. Only Dean Chance has an Twin career ERA of under 3.00 and only 18 Twins pitchers have thrown 500 or more innings and have an ERA under 4.00. It just goes to show the state of Twins pitching over the years. But how do the Twins compare to the rest of the American League?
Rk | Player | IP | G | GS | CG | SHO | W | L | SV | SO | ||
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1 | Dean Chance | 2.67 | 664.0 | 104 | 93 | 34 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 504 | .221 |
2 | Jim Merritt | 3.03 | 686.2 | 122 | 89 | 28 | 6 | 37 | 41 | 6 | 527 | .228 |
3 | Jim Perry | 3.15 | 1883.1 | 376 | 249 | 61 | 17 | 128 | 90 | 5 | 1025 | .242 |
4 | Johan Santana | 3.22 | 1308.2 | 251 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 93 | 44 | 1 | 1381 | .221 |
5 | Bert Blyleven | 3.28 | 2566.2 | 348 | 345 | 141 | 29 | 149 | 138 | 0 | 2035 | .246 |
6 | Jim Kaat | 3.28 | 2959.1 | 468 | 422 | 133 | 23 | 189 | 152 | 6 | 1824 | .256 |
7 | Camilo Pascual | 3.31 | 1284.2 | 184 | 179 | 72 | 18 | 88 | 57 | 0 | 994 | .233 |
8 | Dick Woodson | 3.35 | 561.0 | 129 | 73 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 303 | .233 |
9 | Mudcat Grant | 3.35 | 780.2 | 129 | 111 | 36 | 10 | 50 | 35 | 1 | 377 | .260 |
10 | Dave Goltz | 3.48 | 1638.0 | 247 | 215 | 80 | 11 | 96 | 79 | 3 | 887 | .264 |
11 | Dave Boswell | 3.49 | 1036.1 | 187 | 150 | 37 | 6 | 67 | 54 | 0 | 865 | .217 |
12 | Rick Aguilera | 3.50 | 694.0 | 490 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 47 | 254 | 586 | .243 |
13 | Dick Stigman | 3.69 | 643.2 | 138 | 85 | 26 | 4 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 538 | .229 |
14 | Jack Kralick | 3.74 | 510.1 | 77 | 75 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 289 | .267 |
15 | Jerry Koosman | 3.77 | 601.1 | 94 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 361 | .271 |
16 | Ray Corbin | 3.84 | 652.1 | 181 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 38 | 17 | 348 | .258 |
17 | Frank Viola | 3.86 | 1772.2 | 260 | 259 | 54 | 10 | 112 | 93 | 0 | 1214 | .260 |
18 | Geoff Zahn | 3.90 | 852.0 | 133 | 126 | 36 | 7 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 348 | .289 |
Let’s take a look at how the Twins compare to the rest of the American League from 1961 to current again with the requirement of 500 innings.
Team | ERA under 2.00 | ERA under 3.00 | ERA under 4.00 |
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Angels | 0 | 3 | 30 |
Yankees | 0 | 7 | 29 |
Orioles | 0 | 6 | 26 |
Whie Sox | 1 | 4 | 25 |
A’s | 0 | 5 | 25 |
Red Sox | 0 | 2 | 22 |
Tigers | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Rangers | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Indians | 0 | 4 | 19 |
Royals | 0 | 1 | 19 |
Twins | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Blue Jays | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Mariners | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Rays | 0 | 0 | 5 |
The only ERA under 2.00 belongs to Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm who had a 1.92 ERA for the Pale Hose in 675.2 innings but he only had 3 starts in those 361 games between 1963-1968.