It isn’t often that a MLB pitcher gets ten or more strikeouts and issues no bases on balls in a game. The way things are headed in baseball nowadays it will probably be even an even rarer event in the future. The other day New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom struck out 14 with no walks over eight innings and all he got for his efforts was a “L” after he gave up a home run to the Miami Marlins Jazz Chisholm in in the second inning and his team ended up losing 3-0.
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And the games keep getting longer
Baseball fans certainly got their moneys worth when they showed up at a major league ballpark to watch the Minnesota Twins play this past season. First and foremost they were able to see Paul Molitor‘s boys win 85 games and an average Twins game lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes. Four minutes longer on average than their previous longest game average of 3 hours and 7 minutes back in 2014. That is getting your moneys worth.
An average MLB game in 2017 averaged 3 hours and 5 minutes according to MLB about 4 1/2 minutes longer than a 2016 baseball game.
Average MLB Game Time Rises to Record 3:05
In 2017 the Twins played 108 games that lasted 3 hours or more as compared to a season low of just 10 games over 3 hours back in 1981. The Twins longest game in 2017 lasted 386 minutes (6 hours and 26 minutes) and took place at Target Field back on May 28 in a 15 inning 8-6 loss to the Tampa Rays making it the second longest game in Twins history in terms of time and the longest game in terms of time in MLB in 2017. Nine Twins pitchers threw a total of 289 pitches and eight Rays pitchers threw 264 pitches. The Twins only had six extra-inning games in 2017 and only the 15 inning affair lasted 12 or more innings.
The Twins longest game in terms of time was played at Jacob’s Field on May 7, 1995 when the Twins and Indians played for six hours and 36 minutes and the Indians came out on top 10-9 on a Kenny Lofton walk-off single off Twins reliever Mark Guthrie in the bottom of the 17th inning with one out. It took nine Twins pitchers and 322 pitches to play that game.
Back in 1961 when major league baseball first moved to Minnesota, an average Twins game took 161 minutes (2 hours and 41 minutes) and just 32 of those games lasted more that three hours. That is exactly a half hour shorter for each Twins game from 1961 to 2017. Even back in 1984, Twins games averaged just 2 hours and 31 minutes and only 11 games went beyond three hours.
For additional information on the length of Minnesota Twins games in terms on time and/or innings, please visit our Length of games including longest Twins games page.
Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Vargas, Ruiz, Baptist, Watkins, & Coomer
Kennys Vargas (1B) – August 1, 2014 – Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent on February 25, 2009 – Debuted on his 24th birthday at U.S. Cellular Park in a Twins 10-8 loss to the White Sox. Vargas went 1 for 5 with a double, a run scored and 2 RBI. Happy Birthday Kennys!
Randy Ruiz (1B) – August 1, 2008 – Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins on November 16, 2007. Debuted at the Dome in a 4-1 win over the Indians. Ruiz started at DH and went 1 for 3 with a run scored.
Travis Baptist (P) – August 1, 1998 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1996 rule 5 draft. Debuted in a Twins 10-9 loss to the Blue Jays at the Dome. Baptist pitched the ninth inning for the Twins and had a tough go of it allowing two runs on 3 hits in his lone inning of pitching.
Scott Watkins (P) – August 1, 1995 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Debuted at Jacobs Field and helped to protect a Twins 6-5 lead in the ninth inning by facing one batter and retiring him.
Ron Coomer (3B/1B/OF) – August 1, 1995 – Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with a player to be named later, Greg Hansell and Jose Parra to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani on July 31, 1995. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Chris Latham (October 30, 1995) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade. The Coom Dog debuted at Jacobs Field in the same game that Scott Watkins did. Coomer’s debut however came as a pinch-hitter with one out and two runners on and Coomer hit into a double play ending the Twins threat.
Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Mark Guthrie
Just one MLB debut as a Minnesota Twin on July 25.
Mark Guthrie (P) – July 25, 1989 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Guthrie threw 36 pitches in his big league debut pitching 1.2 innings and giving up 2 hits but he also struck out three Orioles in the Dome and held Baltimore off the scoreboard in a 9-3 Twins victory over the visiting birds from Baltimore.
Twins pick-off artist’s
It is obviously important for pitchers to keep base runners as close to the base as possible to prevent them from getting a good jump and stealing a base. What Twins pitchers were the best at this seemingly lost art? Jon Lester (Cubs) doesn’t even throw the ball to first any more for fear of throwing the ball away. As you might guess most of the pitchers on this list are lefties but a few right-handed pitchers are sprinkled in.
Most pick-offs in a single season by Twins pitchers
Rk | Player | PO | Year | G | W | L | W-L% | SV | IP | SO | ERA | SB | CS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Koosman | 14 | 1979 | 37 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 0 | 263.2 | 157 | 3.38 | 7 | 16 |
2 | Mark Guthrie | 11 | 1990 | 24 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 0 | 144.2 | 101 | 3.79 | 17 | 12 |
3 | Roger Erickson | 10 | 1978 | 37 | 14 | 13 | .519 | 0 | 265.2 | 121 | 3.96 | 5 | 15 |
4 | Allan Anderson | 8 | 1990 | 31 | 7 | 18 | .280 | 0 | 188.2 | 82 | 4.53 | 10 | 11 |
5 | Jerry Koosman | 7 | 1980 | 38 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 2 | 243.1 | 149 | 4.03 | 7 | 10 |
6 | Mark Guthrie | 6 | 1989 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 57.1 | 38 | 4.55 | 5 | 6 |
7 | Frank Viola | 6 | 1988 | 35 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 0 | 255.1 | 193 | 2.64 | 7 | 8 |
8 | Dave Goltz | 6 | 1977 | 39 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 0 | 303.0 | 186 | 3.36 | 18 | 16 |
9 | Vic Albury | 6 | 1974 | 32 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 0 | 164.0 | 85 | 4.12 | 12 | 13 |
10 | Eddie Bane | 6 | 1973 | 23 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2 | 60.1 | 42 | 4.92 | 3 | 8 |
11 | Jim Merritt | 6 | 1968 | 38 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 1 | 238.1 | 181 | 3.25 | 8 | 2 |
Most career pick-offs as a Twins pitcher
Rk | Player | PO | From | To | G | W | L | W-L% | SV | IP | SO | ERA | SB | CS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Viola | 27 | 1982 | 1989 | 260 | 112 | 93 | .546 | 0 | 1772.2 | 1214 | 3.86 | 70 | 69 |
2 | Jerry Koosman | 24 | 1979 | 1981 | 94 | 39 | 35 | .527 | 7 | 601.1 | 361 | 3.77 | 15 | 33 |
3 | Mark Guthrie | 20 | 1989 | 1995 | 240 | 29 | 27 | .518 | 8 | 489.2 | 388 | 4.19 | 50 | 30 |
4 | Francisco Liriano | 17 | 2005 | 2012 | 156 | 50 | 52 | .490 | 1 | 783.1 | 788 | 4.33 | 67 | 23 |
5 | Roger Erickson | 17 | 1978 | 1982 | 114 | 31 | 47 | .397 | 0 | 712.0 | 321 | 4.10 | 23 | 32 |
6 | Allan Anderson | 15 | 1986 | 1991 | 148 | 49 | 54 | .476 | 0 | 818.2 | 339 | 4.11 | 54 | 38 |
7 | Dave Goltz | 15 | 1972 | 1979 | 247 | 96 | 79 | .549 | 3 | 1638.0 | 887 | 3.48 | 111 | 76 |
8 | Johan Santana | 14 | 2000 | 2007 | 251 | 93 | 44 | .679 | 1 | 1308.2 | 1381 | 3.22 | 28 | 29 |
9 | Geoff Zahn | 14 | 1977 | 1980 | 133 | 53 | 53 | .500 | 0 | 852.0 | 348 | 3.90 | 30 | 42 |
10 | Jim Kaat | 14 | 1961 | 1973 | 468 | 189 | 152 | .554 | 5 | 2959.1 | 1824 | 3.28 | 115 | 47 |
11 | Bert Blyleven | 11 | 1970 | 1988 | 348 | 149 | 138 | .519 | 0 | 2566.2 | 2035 | 3.28 | 221 | 111 |
12 | Vic Albury | 11 | 1973 | 1976 | 101 | 18 | 17 | .514 | 1 | 372.2 | 193 | 4.11 | 24 | 27 |
13 | Jim Merritt | 11 | 1965 | 1968 | 122 | 37 | 41 | .474 | 6 | 686.2 | 527 | 3.03 | 14 | 13 |
14 | Jim Perry | 10 | 1963 | 1972 | 376 | 128 | 90 | .587 | 5 | 1883.1 | 1025 | 3.15 | 43 | 66 |
15 | Kyle Gibson | 9 | 2013 | 2017 | 110 | 36 | 43 | .456 | 0 | 632.2 | 428 | 4.78 | 33 | 11 |
Note that current Twin pitcher Kyle Gibson made the career list.
Twins masters of the pickoff
In baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher, throwing a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who is either leading off or about to begin stealing the next base.
Twins career leaders in pickoffs
Rk | Player | PO | G | W | L | SV | IP | BF | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Viola | 27 | 260 | 112 | 93 | .546 | 0 | 1772.2 | 3.86 | 7450 |
2 | Jerry Koosman | 24 | 94 | 39 | 35 | .527 | 7 | 601.1 | 3.77 | 2527 |
3 | Mark Guthrie | 20 | 240 | 29 | 27 | .518 | 8 | 489.2 | 4.19 | 2101 |
4 | Francisco Liriano | 17 | 156 | 50 | 52 | .490 | 1 | 783.1 | 4.33 | 3341 |
5 | Roger Erickson | 17 | 114 | 31 | 47 | .397 | 0 | 712.0 | 4.10 | 3074 |
6 | Allan Anderson | 15 | 148 | 49 | 54 | .476 | 0 | 818.2 | 4.11 | 3474 |
7 | Dave Goltz | 15 | 247 | 96 | 79 | .549 | 3 | 1638.0 | 3.48 | 6887 |
8 | Johan Santana | 14 | 251 | 93 | 44 | .679 | 1 | 1308.2 | 3.22 | 5281 |
9 | Geoff Zahn | 14 | 133 | 53 | 53 | .500 | 0 | 852.0 | 3.90 | 3621 |
10 | Jim Kaat | 14 | 468 | 189 | 152 | .554 | 5 | 2959.1 | 3.28 | 12385 |
11 | Bert Blyleven | 11 | 348 | 149 | 138 | .519 | 0 | 2566.2 | 3.28 | 10542 |
12 | Vic Albury | 11 | 101 | 18 | 17 | .514 | 1 | 372.2 | 4.11 | 1630 |
13 | Jim Merritt | 11 | 122 | 37 | 41 | .474 | 6 | 686.2 | 3.03 | 2760 |
14 | Jim Perry | 10 | 376 | 128 | 90 | .587 | 5 | 1883.1 | 3.15 | 7791 |
Some interesting pickoff tidbits
Four time Cy Young award winner and Hall of Famer Steve Carlton pitched for the Minnesota Twins in a total of just eight games in his short stint in Minnesota in 1987-1988 and he had one pickoff and that was the last one in his illustrious career in which he picked off a MLB career leading 144 runners.
Tippy Martinez pitched for Minnesota in his final season in the big leagues in 1988 after pitching for the Yankees in 1974-1976 and the Orioles in 1976-1986. According to Wikipedia:
“Martinez may be best known for picking off three Toronto Blue Jays at first base in one inning during an August 24, 1983 game at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. The Orioles, having replaced both their starting catcher and his backup while rallying to tie the game in the ninth inning, entered the tenth with reserve infielder Lenn Sakata in the game at catcher. Three consecutive Blue Jays hitters reached first base and each one, thinking it would be easy to steal a base on Sakata, took a big lead. Martinez picked off all three baserunners, then became the winning pitcher when the Orioles won the game on Sakata’s home run in the bottom of the tenth.”
Korean pitcher ordered to do community service for firing a pickoff throw at opponent’s head.
In 2014 Jon Lester of the Red Sox finishes his year having faced 346 batters with at least one runner on base, yet without having attempted a single pickoff throw.
The MLB June amateur draft is far from a science
The 2016 MLB will take place June 9, 2016 in Secacus, New Jersey and the Minnesota Twins will have the 17th selection this year. There are already numerous mock drafts being published but as normal they are all over the board, so what else is new. Here is a list (with pictures) on MLB.com of their proposed top 100 2016 prospects.
Baseball draft are so different from all the other sports in many ways but the two main differences that stand out is that baseball drafts are more international than other sports and if you get drafted in baseball you can look forward to spend a number of years in the minor leagues before you have the experience and necessary skill sets to play in the major leagues. Sure there have been some players that went directly to the major leagues but they are rare and the last player to do so I believe is RHP Mike Leake who was drafted eighth overall in 2010 by the Cincinnati Reds from Arizona State and now pitches for the Cardinals. The last Twins player to be drafted and go straight to a big league mound was LHP Eddie Bane who also was from Arizona State.
The June amateur draft is exciting for the fans but it is serious business for the MLB teams that have spent lots of time and money watching these young prospects as they try to determine who is the best player available when it comes time to make their selection. Mistakes in a draft can and do haunt teams for many years. There are many ways to mess up a draft choice, the player may not turn out to be as good as you thought, you might have bypassed a star player, you might not be able to sign the player, the player and/or his agent may state they don’t want to play for you, and of course an injury may cut his career short. If everything goes your way you have yourself a baseball player but the odds are stacked against you.
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 | |||
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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.
Twins “games started” history
The Twins will have three starters that will start 20 or more games during this 2013 season. Kevin Correia, Mike Pelfrey, and Scott Diamond have all passed that mark and there is no chance of anyone else joining that group. Samuel Deduno had 18 starts but he is done for the season. In 2012 the Twins had just one starter with 20 or more starts and that was Scott Diamond. 2012 was the first time in Twins history that they had only one starter with 20 or more starts. The Twins had only two starters with 20 or more starts only twice and those were the strike shortened 1981 and 1995 seasons. The Twins have had three starters start 20 or more games 12 times, four starters with 20 or more starts 17 times and five starters with 20 or more starts on eight occasions with the last two being 2010 and 2011. Only 6 teams in AL history have had 6 starters with 20 or more starts in a season and they were the 1937 White Sox, the 1942 Tigers, the 1944 Philadelphia A’s, the 1962 Senators, and the 2001 Rays. The Rays will be joining that group again on Monday when Alex Cobb makes his 20th start of 2013.
Twins starters with 20 or more starts
Seasons with 20 or more starts
Bonus tidbit
Trivia question for you. How many different Twins pitchers have started at least one game since the Twins came into existence?