Year by Year

2024

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (375-333) (.530%)

Coaches – Jayce Tingler (Bench Coach), David Popkins (Hitting coach), Rudy Hernandez (Hitting coach), Pete Maki (Pitching coach), Luis Ramirez (Asst. Pitching Coach), Hank Conger (First base/Catching coach), Tommy Watkins (Third Base coach/Outfield), Colby Suggs (Bullpen Coach), Tony Diaz (Asst. Bench Coach), Derek Shomon (Ass. Hitting Coach), Nate Dammann (Quality Control Coach). 

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The Twins completed their 34th Spring Training in Fort Myers, FL on Tuesday with a record of 9-19-3 record, the worst among the 15 Grapefruit League teams. Willi Castro, Alex Kirilloff and Carlos Santana tied for club lead in hits (14). Ryan Jeffers led in home runs (4). Royce Lewis and Matt Wallner tied for first in RBI (9). Anthony Prato and Chris Williams tied for team lead in games (19). Louie Varland led the club in innings pitched (20.0), while Bailey Ober was the team leader in strikeouts (22). The Twins drew 120,189 in total attendance, which included an unofficial game against the University of Minnesota on February 23; 115,882 in official Grapefruit League attendance.

2023

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (375-333) (.530%)

Coaches – Jayce Tingler (Bench Coach), David Popkins (Hitting coach), Rudy Hernandez (Hitting coach), Pete Maki (Pitching coach), Luis Ramirez (Asst. Pitching Coach), Hank Conger (First base/Catching coach), Tommy Watkins (Third Base coach/Outfield), Colby Suggs (Bullpen Coach), Tony Diaz (Asst. Bench Coach), Derek Shomon (Ass. Hitting Coach), Nate Dammann (Quality Control Coach). 

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The Twins opened the 2023 season on the road with four straight wins and built that up to a 10-4 record before losing 6 out of their next 7 but managed to hang on to first place playing slightly over .500 ball with their starting pitching doing the heavy lifting while their hitting was inconsistent. In the second half of the season the starting pitching remained strong and the hitting improved. The Twins, the only winning team in the Central Division ended up winning the weak Central Division with an 87-75 record by nine games over the Detroit Tigers. The White Sox and Royals both lost over 100 games. Sonny Gray (2nd in Cy Young voting) and Pablo Lopez led the Twins starters. The Twins lost Tyler Mahle to TJ surgery after just five starts but Bailey Ober was called up and the starting rotation seldom missed a beat. The five core starters Gray, Lopez, Ober, Joe Ryan and Kenta Maeda started 140 of the 162 game schedule. Jhoan Duran was solid in the closer role with 27 saves. Byron Buxton played in just 85 games, all as a DH and never played in the field during the regular season. Carlos Correa suffered from plantar fasciiatis a good portion of the season but fought through it and spent just a short time on the IL at the end of the season when the Twins kind of had things nailed down. Twins batters struck a record-breaking 1,654 times averaging 10.21 KO’s a game but the FO didn’t seem bothered by it and the Twins kind of lived and died by the home run. Rookies Edouard Julien, Royce Lewis and Matt Wallner blossomed while Jose Miranda and Nick Gordon suffered from injuries and had a season they would like to forget. The Twins broke their 18 games playoff losing streak when they beat the Toronto BlueJays 2 out of 3 to adavance to the ALDS but were eliminated by the Houston Astros 3 games to 1 and the Minnesota Twins 2023 season came to an abrupt end.

The Twins completed their 33rd Spring Training in Fort Myers, FL with a record of 14-15-3. Max Kepler, Trevor Larnach and Jose Miranda tied for club lead in hits (13). Miranda led in home runs (5). Willi Castro, Kyle Farmer and Miranda tied for first in RBI (11). Michael A. Taylor and Mark Contreras tied for team lead in games played (17). Tyler Mahle led the club in innings pitched (17.2), while Joe Ryan was the team leader in strikeouts (20). The Twins drew 103,023 in total attendance, which included an unofficial game against the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic squad on March 9.

2022

 

 

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

 

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (288-258) (.527%)

Coaches – Jayce Tingler (Bench Coach), David Popkins (Hitting coach), Rudy Hernandez (Hitting coach), Wes Johnson (Pitching coach), Luis Ramirez (Asst, Pitching Coach), Hank Conger (First base/Catching coach), Tommy Watkins (Third Base coach), Pete Maki (Bullpen Coach), Tony Diaz (Asst, bench Coach), Nate Dammann (Quality Control Coach). Wes Johnson left the team to go to LSU mid-season and Pete Maki took over as Pitching coach and Colby Suggs joined the staff as bullpen coach.

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The Twins opened the 2022 season on the road in Seattle and started slowly and quickly found themselves with a 4-8 record occupying last place in the AL Central. Then between April 21-28 they got hot and won seven in a row and as it turned out, that was their longest winning streak of the year. Their hot streak put them in first place on April 24th and they held that spot until (with the exception of one day) until August 9th. Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson bolted the organization at the end of June for a pitching coach position with LSU. Did that cause the Twins to go into a tailspin? Who knows but starting July 1 the Twins finished the season with a 35-48 record and ended the season in third place 14 games behind the Cleveland Guardians. The fact that they lost their pitching coach was not he only reason this team crashed and burned and finished playing baseball like they didn’t care. The Twins had numerous injuries both on the pitching side and the position player side. Byron Buxton who signed a big long term deal and was being counted on to carry the team, once again got hurt and played in just 92 games appearing in center field just 57 times. When the final game was played the Twins had a 78-84 record (an improvement of five games over 2021) and finished in third place behind the division winning Guardians and the second place White Sox. The Twins used a club-record 62 players during the season and tied a club record by using 36 pitchers (also in 2017). 14 different pitchers made a start for the Twins with Dylan Bundy leading the staff at 29.

The Twins finished their 32nd Spring Training in Fort Myers, Florida on April 5 with a record of 9-10. Byron Buxton led the club in hits (15), runs (8), doubles (5), home runs (5) and RBI (13). Bailey Ober led the club in innings pitched (12.0), while Dylan Bundy and Jhoan Duran tied for team-lead in strikeouts (10). Additionally, the Twins drew 45,055 over 9 openings for an average of 5,006-per-game.

2021

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

 

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (210-174) (.547%)

Coaches – Bill Evers (Bench coach), Rudy Hernandez (Hitting coach), Edgar Varela (Hitting coach), Wes Johnson (Pitching coach), Tommy Watkins (First base coach) Tony Diaz (Third Base coach), Pete Maki (Bullpen Coach), Nate Dammann (Quality Control Coach). Mike Bell who was the Bench Coach passed away from Cancer on March 26, 2021 at the age of 46.

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The Twins had a miserable season finishing last in the AL Central Division with a 73-89 record. The Twins did have many injuries, including losing Kenta Maeda their best pitcher for the season due to Tommy John surgery and a number of other players for extended periods of time. That however; was not the sole reason for their poor play. The two starting pitchers that the FO signed during the off season, J.A. Happ and Matt Shoemaker were huge disappointments. The closer that the Twins signed Alex Colome, was terrible out of the chute and it was kind of down hill from there.  Many players across the roster under-performed. 

The Twins finished their 31st Spring Training in Fort Myers, FL with a record of 11-15-2. The Twins drew 34,586 over 14 openings for an average of 2,043-per-game. Their overall attendance was fourth in all of baseball and second in the Grapefruit League, trailing New York-AL (35,215).  Willians Astudillo led the club in hits (15) while Kyle Garlick led the club in home runs (5) and RBI (13). Kenta Maeda led the club in innings pitched (18.1) and strikeouts (22). 

2020

 

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

 

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (137-85) (.617%)

Coaches – Mike Bell (Bench coach), Rudy Hernandez (Hitting coach), Edgar Varela (Hitting coach), Wes Johnson (Pitching coach), Tommy Watkins (First base coach) Tony Diaz (Third Base coach), Nate Dammann (Quality Control Coach), Pete Maki took over as interim Bullpen coach after it was determined that  Bill Evers, Bob McClure would sit out 2020 due to COVID concerns.

 

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In mid January made a big splash in the player acquisition front when they signed FA third baseman Josh Donaldson to a four-year deal with Minnesota for $92 million guaranteed, including an $8 million buyout of a $16 million club option for a fifth year. This was the largest FA signing the Twins have ever made. In February the Twins spruced up their starting pitching by acquiring Kenta Maeda from the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Jair Camargo (minors) and cash highly rated prospect pitcher Brusdar Graterol and first baseman Luke Raley and future considerations.

COVID made the 2020 season one for the record books, it was crazy to be sure. First off an agreement could not be reached between the players and the owners if a season would be played, how many games would be played, how players would be paid, what rule changes would be implemented and how post season play would be handled. By the time that was all settled it was early July and a short spring training was needed. The 2020 season began for Minnesota on July 24 and ended on September 27. Did I mention that totally new “divisions” were implemented so that travel was limited for the 60 game season, roster sizes were modified, that no fans would be allowed in the stands for the regular season games and that post season would be held in a couple of neutral sites? If you get a chance be sure to check out the rules changes, some were pretty crazy. When all was said and done the Twins finished the season with a 36-24 record, won the division and participated in the post season. But it only lasted two games before they were eliminated in the “seeded” playoffs in two games by the Houston Astros who finished the regular season with a 29-31 record. The Twins post season woes have now reached an epic losing streak of 16 playoff games in a row since 2004. I forgot to mention that the entire MiLB season was canceled. Unbelievable!

Spring Training camps were closed down by MLB on March 12.

The Twins Spring Training record in Florida was 7-8-4 prior to leaving camp due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Players that chose not to go home flew to Minneapolis on Monday, March 15. The Twins hosted Summer Camp at Target Field and CHS Field (home of the St. Paul Saints) from July 3-21 and played Intra-squad scrimmages near the back half of camp
with Team Polanco (white tops) vs. Team Kepler (blue tops). The Twins then flew to Chicago where they are scheduled to open the 2020 season against the Chicago White Sox. The Twins completed Summer Camp on Wednesday night July 22 at Wrigley Field playing and losing their only Summer Camp exhibition game to the Chicago Cubs 4-3.

2019

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

Manager – Rocco Baldelli  (101-61) (.623%)

Coaches – Rudy Hernandez, James Rowson, Derek Shelton, Wes Johnson, Jeremy Hefner, Tony Diaz, Tommy Watkins, Bill Evers

 

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Just as a year earlier I described the 2018 Minnesota Twins season as “terrible”, the 2019 Twins season was just the opposite, it was “amazing”. After firing manager Paul Molitor after the 2018 season ended the Twins went outside the organization and hired Rocco Baldelli who had never managed anywhere. The Twins also made a number of changes to their coaching staff and one of those was a huge surprise, they hired Wes Johnson to be their pitching coach. Johnson, a collegiate pitching coach from Arkansas had no pro experience but now a number of collegiate coaches are being hired by MLB teams to fill all kinds of big league and minor league positions. The Twins made a number of additions including claiming C.J. Cron (1B) on waivers after the 2018 season ended, signing free agents Jonathan Schoop (2B), Martin Perez (SP), Mike Morin (RP), Ryan Harper (RP), but their biggest addition was the free agent signing of DH Nelson Cruz.

The Twins got off to a nice start winning 2 of 3 games in March and then in April they went 15-9. The Twins led the Central Division from the get-go and had the division lead for 152 days and were never more than a game back in the standings. The Twins were consistent all season long with no winning streak longer than six games and no losing steak of more than four games. After suffering 15 walk-off losses in 2018, they had just two in 2019 and one took place on the last game of the regular season. Twins fans responded by going out to Target Field in droves, bumping attendance up over the 2 million mark after being under 2 million in attendance for two of the previous three seasons. Eddie Rosario started calling his team the Bomba Squad and the name stuck as the Twins set record after record in 2019 including hitting a MLB record 307 home runs in one season. Five members of the team hit 30 or more home runs, another franchise and MLB record. But it wasn’t just about home runs, the team won 101 games losing 61 and won the Central Division title by 8 games. The 2019 Twins spent 171 days in first place, tied with the 1970 AL West champions for most in club history.  The Twins were near the top of the league in most offensive categories but they were not a running team finishing last in the AL in stolen bases. Twins pitching was surprisingly stable with the five starters starting all but 16 games. Only one team gave up fewer home runs then the Twins staff and only two teams walked fewer batters than the Twins did. The Twins fielding however; was not great, as only two AL teams finished with more errors then the Twins did.

The Twins went on to play the New York Yankees in the ALDS and were swept in three games ending their season. The Twins have now lost 16 playoff games in a row since 2004 and they have not beaten the Yankees in a playoff game in their last 13 tries. There is always next year.

Spring Training record was 14-14-3

2018

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

 

Manager Paul Molitor   (305-343) (.471%)

Coaches – Gene Glynn, Rudy Hernandez, Eddie Guardado, James Rowson, Jeff Pickler, Jeff Smith, Garvin Alston, Derek Shelton

 

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The Minnesota Twins have been busy since the 2017 season ended. New blood includes LHP Zach Duke who was signed to a one-year contract December 28. RHP Tyler Kinley was selected in the Rule 5 Draft. RHP Lance Lynn was signed to a one-year contract March 12. RHP Jake Odorizzi was acquired via trade with Tampa Bay on February 17. RHP Addison Reed was signed to a two-year contract January 15. RHP Fernando Rodney was signed to a one-year contract (club option in ’19) December 15. 1B/DH Logan Morrison was signed to a one-year contract February 25. Outfielder Ryan LaMarre was signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training November 22. The Twins are returning to their original radio home for the 2018 season in 830 WCCO. The Twins were broadcast on ‘CCO for the first 46 years of their existence from 1961-2006. Since then they have been on ESPN 1500 from 2007-12 and Go 96.3 from 2013-17.

The 2018 Minnesota Twins season was in a word, “terrible”. The team finished in second place in the AL Central Division with a 78-84 record and 13 games behind the Cleveland Indians. The Twins lost shortstop Jorge Polanco before the season even started due to an 80 game suspension after testing positive for Stanozolol. The weather in the Spring was cold, snowy and wet and attendance suffered due to these conditions and the Twins poor play. Attendance ended up at a record low for Target Field. The FA signing that seemed to make sense in the off-season did not work out well and the Twins hoisted the white flag in late July and traded Eduardo Escobar, Ryan Pressly, Zach Duke, Lance Lynn, Brian Dozier, and Fernando Rodney. The team expected to revolve around Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton and they were dismal playing just 99 games between them. Joe Mauer finished out his big contract but refused to say if he was retiring or not. The Twins advertising slogan for 2018 was “This is how we baseball” and obviously that turned out to be a joke. When the season mercifully ended the Twins front office wasted no time in firing manager Paul Molitor whom they had just given a new three-year deal to last season after he was named AL Manager of the Year.

Spring Training record – 14-14-3

2017

Chief of Baseball Operations – Derek Falvey

General Manager – Thad Levine

 

Manager Paul Molitor  (227-259) (.467%)

Coaches – Gene Glynn, Rudy Hernandez, Neil Allen, Eddie Guardado, Joe Vavra, James Rowson, Jeff Pickler, Jeff Smith

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The Minnesota Twins hired Derek Falvey from the Cleveland Indians to fill a new Chief of Baseball Operations role with the club in mid November 2016 and he in turn hired Thad Levine from the Texas Rangers to fill the GM role that was held on an interim basis by Rob Antony after GM Terry Ryan left the club when he was told his contract would not be renewed after the 2016 season. The Twins spent most of the 2016 off-season trying to trade second baseman Brain Dozier but did not get what they were looking for and Dozier remains with the ball club. 

The 2017 Minnesota Twins shocked everyone by finishing with a 85-77 (.515) record and in second place in the AL Central Division. The surprising 2017 Twins were a franchise record 26 games better than they were in 2016 when they had the worst record (59-103) in baseball and they made it into postseason action for the first time since 2010. No team in MLB history has gone from at least 100 losses to the playoffs in consecutive seasons.  The Twins (first time ever as Wild Card) and New York Yankees were the AL Wild Card teams and they played one game in Yankee Stadium to see who would advance to the next round of postseason action and the Twins lost 8-4 in a game in which Brian Dozier became the first player in MLB history to lead off postseason action with a home run. Eddie Rosario also homered in the top of the first inning and the Twins had a 3-0 lead before the Yankees came up to bat but Twins starter Ervin Santana was not on his game and lasted just 2 innings. Yankee starter Luis Severino was worse lasting just a 1/3 of an inning but his teams bullpen pitched 8 2/3 innings of one hit baseball allowing just one run.

Shortly after the season came to an abrupt finish with the playoff loss to the New York Yankees the team announced that Paul Molitor had signed a new three-year deal to manage the Twins. Reports were that Molitor’s deal is worth about $4 million but that seems low. The team also announced that pitching coach Neil Allen would not be returning.

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Spring Training record was 17-13-3

 

2016

Interim General Manager – Rob Antony

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Paul Molitor (142-182) (.438%)

Coaches – Tom Brunansky, Gene Glynn, Rudy Hernandez, Neil Allen, Eddie Guardado, Joe Vavra, Butch Davis.

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Where do you start describing the sad sack 2016 Twins? I guess you start with day one on April 4 when they lost 3-2 to the Orioles in Baltimore and started a nine games losing streak that finally ended with a 5-4 win over the Angels on April 15. The Twins never got out of last place in the AL Central and they finished with a team record of just 53 wins and 103 defeats and were 35.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians when the season finally came to a merciful end. The good news? They will have the first draft pick in 2017 because they had the worst record in baseball. Attendance dropped for the sixth consecutive season at Target Field. In July the Twins fired long time Twins employee and General Manager Terry Ryan and hired Derek Falvey to head up baseball operations after the season ended. Most of the Twins heralded young players proved they were not ready for prime time, rookie outfielder Max Kepler was a pleasant surprise when took over right field job in early June. Second baseman Brain Dozier started out badly for the first two and a half months and then went on a home run binge. From April 4 through June 19 Dozier had seven home runs and was hitting .232, when the season ended he had 42 home runs and was hitting .268 but even his 42 long balls couldn’t get him to the 100 RBI mark. The pitching was horrendous with the Twins using 29 pitchers including position player Eduardo Escobar. No pitcher had more than 9 victories and the team used 11 starting pitchers. Glen Perkins and Phil Hughes missed most of the season due to injuries. The lone All-Star on the team was Eduardo Nunez but the Twins traded him at the end of July.

 Spring Training record was 19-11-2

2015

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Paul Molitor (83-79) (.512)

Coaches – Tom Brunansky, Gene Glynn, Rudy Hernandez, Neil Allen, Eddie Guardado, Joe Vavra, Butch Davis.

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Finally after four straight losing seasons the 2015 Minnesota Twins finally finished above the .500 mark with a 83-79 record under rookie manager Paul Molitor and finished second in the AL Central Division behind the World Champion Kansas City Royals. After a disastrous start to the season which saw them at 1-6 after just seven games the team turned it around and actually hung out on the fringes of the playoffs all season long. The team took a huge hit when Ervin Santana whom the Twins had signed to their biggest FA deal ever during the off-season was suspended for 80 games just prior to the season opener for substance abuse. Twins rookies Eddie Rosario, Miguel Sano, and Tyler Duffy debuted in 2015 and all contributed to the Twins winning season. Outfielder Torii Hunter who turned 40 in July had resigned with Minnesota in December 2014 after a seven-year absence and filled a nice role in the Twins line-up and the clubhouse but announced his retirement from baseball after 19 seasons in the big leagues after the season ended. Closer Glen Perkins and second baseman Brian Dozier were named to the All-Star team.

Twins Spring Training record was 13-15-3

2014

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Ron Gardenhire (1,068-1,039) (.507)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Tom Brunansky, Bobby Cuellar, Terry Steinbach, Paul Molitor

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Finished in the basement (fifth out of five teams) of the AL Central Division with a 70-92 (.432) record. It was four more wins than the team had in each of the two previous seasons but it ended up being the fourth straight season of 90 or more losses. With attendance dwindling and the fans calling for change, the organization decided to dismiss manager Ron Gardenhire after 13 seasons. The Twins scored 715 runs (4.41 per game) which was fifth best in the league but the pitching staff gave up a league worst 777 runs (4.80 per game). Second baseman Brian Dozier had a nice season hitting 23 home runs and stealing 21 bases while starter Phil Hughes went 16-10 with a 3.52 ERA in 209 2/3 inning. Hughes set a major league record with a 11.63 SO/W ratio when he struck out 186 batters and walked just 16. The 2014 All-Star game was held at Target Field and catcher Kurt Suzuki and closer Glen Perkins were named to the All-Star team. Manager Ron Gardenhire’s 13th season proved to be an unlucky one and he was relieved of his duties when the season ended.

Spring Training record was 9-16-3

2013

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Ron Gardenhire (998-947)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra, Tom Brunansky, Bobby Cuellar, Terry Steinbach

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Finished fourth in The AL Central Division with a 66-96 record and 27 games behind the division winning Detroit Tigers. Manager Gardenhire was in the final year of his contract in 2013 but was renewed after the season ended for two more years after leading the Twins to their third straight 90+ losing season. Twins batters struck out a team record 1,430 times (8.83 per game) and scored only 614 runs, only the 1968 Twins scored fewer (562) while playing a full 162 game schedule. Batting average of .242 was the third lowest in team history.

Spring Training record was 17-16

2012

Interim General Manager – Terry Ryan

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (932-851)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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A second consecutive last place (5th place) finish in the AL Central Division with the worst record in the American League at 66-96 and 22 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers. The starting pitching staff was horrendous and finished with a league worst 39-75 record and a 5.40 ERA.

Spring Training record was 18-15

2011

General Manager – Bill Smith

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (866-755)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Rocked by numerous injuries and just plain bad play, the Twins finish the season with a 63-99 record and in the basement of the AL Central Division with a fifth place finish. Only the National League Houston Astros had a worse record than the Minnesota Twins.

Spring Training record was 20-12

2010

General Manager – Bill Smith

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (803-656)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Won the AL Central Division title in their first season at Target Field by beating the Chicago White Sox by six games with a 94-68 record but were again swept 3 games to none by the New York Yankees in the ALDS.

 

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Spring Training record was 16-14

2009

General Manager – Bill Smith

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (709-588)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Won the AL Central Division title in their final season in the Metrodome by beating the Detroit Tigers in a one game playoff to finish with a 87-76 record but were swept 3 games to none by the New York Yankees in the ALDS.

 

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Spring Training record was 19-13

2008

General Manager – Bill Smith

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (622-512)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Finished second in the AL Central Division by one game with a 88-75 record after losing a one game tie breaker to the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

Spring Training record was 15-15

 

2007

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Ron Gardenhire (534-437)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Finished third in the AL Central Division 17 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 79-83 record.

Spring Training record was 14-17

2006

General Manager – Terry Ryan

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (455-354)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Joe Vavra,  Jerry White

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Finished first in the AL Central Division one game ahead of the Detroit Tigers with a 96-66 record but were swept 3 games to none by the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS.

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Spring Training record was 19-13

2005

General Manager – Terry Ryan

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (359-288)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished third in the AL Central DIvision 16 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 83-79 record.

Spring Training record was 15-14-2

2004

General Manager – Terry Ryan

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (276-209)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished first in the AL Central Division nine games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 92-70 record but were beaten 3 games to one in the ALDS by the New York Yankees.

 

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Spring Training record was 20-11

2003

General Manager – Terry Ryan

 

Manager Ron Gardenhire (184-139)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished first in the AL Central Division four games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 90-72 record but were beaten 3 games to one in the ALDS by the New York Yankees.

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Spring Training record was 19-13

2002

General Manager – Terry Ryan

 Manager Ron Gardenhire (94-67)

Coaches – Rick Anderson, Steve Liddle, Al Newman, Rick Stelmaszek, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished first in the AL Central Division 13.5 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 94-67 record. They went on to beat the Oakland A’s 3 games to 2 in the ALDS but then lost the ALCS to the Anaheim Angels four games to one.

 

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Spring Training record was 18-14-1

2001

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (1,140-1,244) (.478)

Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Paul Molitor, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished second in the AL Central Division six games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 85-77 record.

Spring Training record was 19-14

2000

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (1,055-1,167)

Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Paul Molitor, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 26 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 69-93 record.

Spring Training record was 17-17

1999

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (986-1,074)

Coaches – Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger, Jerry White

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Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 33 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 63-97 record.

Spring Training record was 13-21

1998

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (923-977)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger

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Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 19 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 70-92 record.

Spring Training record of 15-21-1

1997

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (853-885)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger

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Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 18.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 68-94 record.

Spring Training record of 13-21

1996

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (785-791)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger

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Finished in fourth place in the AL Central Division 21.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 78-84 record.

Spring Training record was 18-15

1995

General Manager – Terry Ryan

Manager Tom Kelly (707-707)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Scott Ullger

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Finished in fifth (and last) place in the AL Central Division 44 games behind the Cleveland Indians with a 56-88 record.

Spring Training record was 8-6

1994

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (651-619)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in fourth place in the newly created AL Central Division 14 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 53-60 record.

Spring Training record was 14-18

1993

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (598-559)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in sixth place in their final season in the seven team AL West by finishing 23 games behind the division winning Chicago White Sox with a 71-91 record.

Spring Training record was 17-13

1992

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (527-468)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in second place in the AL West by finishing 6 games behind the division winning Oakland A’s with a 90-72 record.

Spring Training record was 12-15-1

1991

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (437-396)

Coaches – Terry Crowley, Ron Gardenhire, Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished first in the AL West Division finishing 8 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox with a 95-67 record. They went on the beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS 4 games to 1 to advance to the World Series. The Twins played the Atlanta Braves in the World Series and won the series 4 games to 3 with three of the games going into extra innings. This was the Minnesota Twins third trip to the great event and their second World Series Championship.

Spring Training record was 21-10

1990

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (342-329)

Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in seventh (and last) place in the AL West Division 29 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 74-88 record.

Spring Training record was 6-9

1989

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (268-241)

Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in fifth place in the AL West Division 19 games behind the Oakland A’s with an 80-82 record.

Spring Training record was 19-12

1988

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (188-159)

Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in second place in the AL West Division 13 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 91-71 record.

Spring Training record was 11-18

1987

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (97-88)

Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Renick, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished first in the AL West Division finishing 2 games ahead of the Kansas City Royals with a 85-77 record. They went on the beat the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS 4 games to 1 to advance to the World Series. The Twins played the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series and won the series 4 games to 3. This was the Minnesota Twins second trip to the great event and their first World Series Championship.

Spring Training record was 14-10

1986

General Manager – Andy MacPhail

Manager Tom Kelly (12-11) replaced Ray Miller on September 12

Coaches – Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

Manager Ray Miller (109-130) (.456)

Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Rick Stelmaszek, Dick Such, Wayne Terwilliger

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Finished in sixth place in the AL West Division 21 games behind the California Angels with a 71-91 record.

Spring Training record was 11-19

1985

General Manager – Howard Fox

 Manager Ray Miller (50-50) replaced Billy Gardner on June 20

Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

Manager Billy Gardner (268-353) (.432)

Coaches – Tom Kelly, Tony Oliva, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

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Finished in fourth place in the AL West Division 14 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 77-85 record.

Spring Training record was 13-16-1

1984

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Billy Gardner (241-318)

Coaches – Tom Kelly, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

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Finished in a second place tie in th AL West with the California Angels three games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 81-81 record.

Spring Training record was 13-13

1983

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Billy Gardner (160-237)

Coaches – Tom Kelly, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Jim Shellenback, Rick Stelmaszek

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Finished in a fifth place tie in th AL West with the California Angels 29 games behind the Chicago White Sox with a 70-92 record.

Spring Training record was 17-6

1982

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Billy Gardner (90-145)

Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

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Finished in seventh and last place in th AL West, 33 games behind the California Angels with a 60-102 record in their inaugural season at the Metrodome.

Spring Training record was 9-16

1981

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Billy Gardner (30-43) replaced John Goryl as manager on May 22

Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

Manager  John Goryl (34-38) (.472)

Coaches – Billy Gardner, Karl Kuehl, Jim Lemon, Johnny Podres, Rick Stelmaszek

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In this strike split season, their final season at Met Stadium, the Twins finished seventh and last in the AL West Division 23 games behind the Oakland A’s. Their first half record was 17-39 record and their second half record was 24-29 for an overall record of 41-68.

Spring Training record was 15-13

1980

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager John Goryl (23-13) replaced Gene Mauch as manager on August 24

Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman

Manager Gene Mauch (378-394) (.490)

Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman

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Finished in third place in the AL West 19.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 77-84 record.

Spring Training record was 15-6

1979

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Gene Mauch (324-323)

Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman

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Finished in fourth place in the AL West 6 games behind the California Angels with a 82-80 record.

Spring Training record was 13-13

1978

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Gene Mauch (242-243)

Coaches – Johnny Goryl, Karl Kuehl, Camilo Pascual, Jerry Zimmerman

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Finished in fourth place in the AL West 19 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 73-89 record.

Spring Training record was 15-10

1977

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Gene Mauch (169-154)

Coaches – Karl Kuehl, Don McMahon, Tony Oliva, Jerry Zimmerman

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Finished in fourth place in the AL West 17.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 84-77 record.

Spring Training record was 14-15

1976

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Gene Mauch (85-77)

Coaches – Ed Lyons, Don McMahon, Joe Nossek, Tony Oliva, Jerry Zimmerman

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Finished in third place in the AL West 5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 85-77 record.

Spring Training record was 10-5

1975

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

  Manager Frank Quilici (280-287) (.494)

Coaches – Vern Morgan, Ralph Rowe, Lee Stange

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Finished in fourth place in the AL West 20.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals with a 76-83 record.

Spring Training record was 17-13

1974

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

 Manager Frank Quilici (204-204)

Coaches – Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe

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Finished in third place in the AL West 8 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 82-80 record.

Spring Training record was 5-22

1973

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

 

 Manager Frank Quilici (122-124)

Coaches – Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington

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Finished in third place in the AL West 13 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 81-81 record.

Spring Training record was 15-14 – The Twins were 10-13 in Florida Spring Training games and then finished up their Spring Training schedule with six games at the Huston Astrodome.

1972

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

 Manager Frank Quilici (41-43) replaced Bill Rigney on July 6

Coaches – Vern Morgan, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington

Manager Bill Rigney (208-184) (.531)

Coaches – Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers, Ralph Rowe, Al Worthington

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Finished in third place in the AL West 15.5 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 77-77 record.

Spring Training record was 16-9

1971

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Bill Rigney (172-150)

Coaches – Frankie Crosetti, Marv Grissom, Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers

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Finished in fifth place in the AL West 26.5 games behind the Oakland A’s with a 74-86 record.

Spring Training record was 11-15

1970

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Bill Rigney (98-64)

Coaches – Frankie Crosetti, Marv Grissom, Vern Morgan, Frank Quilici, Buck Rodgers

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Finished first in the AL West Division nine games ahead of the Oakland A’s with a 98-64 record but for the second year in a row were swept 3 games to none by the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS.

Spring Training record was 7-20

1969

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

 

Manager Billy Martin (97-65) (.599)

Coaches – Art Fowler, Johnny Goryl, Vern Morgan, Charlie Silvera, Early Wynn

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Finished first in the newly formed AL West Division, nine games ahead of the Oakland A’s with a 97-75 record but were swept 3 games to none by the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS.

Spring Training record was 12-12

 

1968

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Cal Ermer (145-129) (.529)

Coaches – George Case, Johnny Goryl, Billy Martin, Bob Oldis, Early Wynn

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Finished in seventh place in the 10 team American League in the final season before the league was split into divisions, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers with a 79-83 record. The team scored only 562 runs, a team record low for a 162 game schedule while hitting just .237, the lowest in team history.

Spring Training record was 12-16

1967

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Cal Ermer (66-46) replaced Sam Mele on June 9

Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Early Wynn

Manager Sam Mele (522-431) (.548)

Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Early Wynn

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Finished in a tie for second place with the Detroit Tigers just one game back of the American League pennant winning Boston Red Sox. The Twins had a one game lead with 2 games remaining but they lost their final two games to the Boston Red Sox and finished with a 91-71 record.

Spring Training record was 12-17

1966

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Sam Mele (497-406)

 Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Hal Naragon, Johnny Sain

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Finished in second place in the American League nine game behind the pennant winning Baltimore Orioles with a 89-73 record.

Spring Training record was 15-13

 1965

Lyndon Johnson was inaugurated as president following a landslide electoral victory. Malcolm X was assassinated two weeks before Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Over the six-day Watts Riots, 34 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured. The Social Security Act of 1965 (establishing Medicare and Medicaid) and Voting Rights Act were signed into law. The Indo-Pakistani War was fought. Ed White performed the first American spacewalk during Gemini 4. Muhammad Ali became the heavyweight champion by knocking out Sonny Liston one minute into their bout.

My Fair Lady won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered, and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction was the no. 1 single. Singapore became an independent nation. The Beatles performed the first stadium concert ever at Shea Stadium. Amid growing Vietnam War protests, president Johnson signed a law criminalizing the burning of draft cards. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was completed. J.K. Rowling and Craig Biggio were born, and Branch Rickey and Moonlight Graham died.

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Sam Mele (408-333)

 Coaches – Jim Lemon, Billy Martin, Hal Naragon, Johnny Sain

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Finished first in the American League with 102 wins and 60 losses, a full seven games ahead of the 2nd place Chicago White Sox. The Twins played the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series and lost the series 4 games to 3. This was the Minnesota Twins first ever trip to the World Series classic.

Spring Training record was 11-16

1964

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

 

Manager Sam Mele (306-273)

Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, Hal Naragon

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Even with Harmon Killebrew leading the league with 49 home runs and Rookie of  the Year Tony Oliva winning the batting crown the Twins have trouble winning and finish tied with the Cleveland Indians with a disappointing 79-83 record and tied for 6th place. The Twins again led the league in runs scored and hit 221 home runs but can’t play .500 ball

Spring Training record was 16-10

 

1963

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Sam Mele (227-190)

Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, Hal Naragon

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The  Twins win 91 games again, but finish 91-70 in third place in a very competitive  division.  It was a tough year finishing a distant 13 games out of first. The Twins get out of the gate slowly losing 20 of their first 31 games for a .355% but then turn it on for the rest of the season going 80-50 for a .615% pace but never get closer than 1.5 games out of the lead despite clubbing 225 home runs and scoring more runs than any team in the league. The Twins draw 1,406,652 to Met Stadium and lead the league in attendance for the first time.

 Spring Training record was 7-20

1962

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Sam Mele (136-120)

Coaches – Floyd Baker, Ed Fitz Gerald, Gordon Maltzberger, George Strickland

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Finished second in the American League 5 games behind the pennant winning New York Yankees with a 91-71 record. The Twins battled for the pennant all season and were in first place as late as June 15th and were within 3 games of the Yankees on September 16 but just could not over take the powerful Yankees and finished 5 games out. Jack Kralick pitched the Twins first no-hitter on August 26th. Harmon Killebrew led the league in home runs with 48 and RBI’s with 126. Camilo Pascual became the Twins first 20-game-winner and he led the league in strikeouts with 206, shutouts with 5, and in complete games with 18.

 Spring Training record was 12-13

1961

 

General Manager – Calvin Griffith

Manager Sam Mele (45-49) took over from Cookie Lavagetto on June 23

Coaches – Floyd Baker, Eddie Lopat, Clyde McCullough

Manager Cookie Lavagetto (25-41) (.379)

Coaches – Floyd Baker, Eddie Lopat, Clyde McCullough, Sam Mele

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After 60 seasons in Washington D.C., the Senators moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season and became known as the Minnesota Twins. Their home ballpark was now Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. On May 20th the team had a 18-14 record under manager Cookie Lavagetto but then proceeded to lose 20 of their next 22 games between May 21 and June 11  including 13 straight and never recovered. On June 23 the team fired manager Lavagetto and replaced him with coach Sam Mele. The team finished their first season in Minnesota in seventh place, 38 games behind the pennant winning New York Yankees with a 70-90 record.

Spring Training record was 15-14