| 2019 Minnesota Twins | ||||
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| American League Central champions | ||||
| League | American League | |||
| Division | Central | |||
| Ballpark | Target Field | |||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||
| Record | 101–61 (.623) | |||
| Divisional place | 1st | |||
| Owners | Jim Pohlad | |||
| President of baseball operations | Derek Falvey | |||
| General managers | Thad Levine | |||
| Managers | Rocco Baldelli | |||
| Television | Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer,Bert Blyleven,Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin) | |||
| Radio | WCCO (Cory Provus,Dan Gladden) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The2019 Minnesota Twins season was the 59th season for theMinnesota Twins franchise in theTwin Cities ofMinnesota, their 10th season atTarget Field and the 119th overall in theAmerican League. It was the first year under new managerRocco Baldelli who was hired on October 25, 2018, following the firing of previous managerPaul Molitor on October 2. It was also the first season since 2004 without longtime TwinJoe Mauer on the roster, as he announced his retirement on November 9, 2018, after 15 seasons. His number 7 was retired on June 15, 2019.
They improved upon their record from theprevious season, and clinched the AL Central division for the first time since 2010 on September 25. On September 26, the Twins scored their 99th win with a victory over theDetroit Tigers, the highest number of wins for the franchise since 1965, and the third highest in franchise history. Despite winning 101 games (the second most since moving to Minnesota), the Twins were still the third seed in the American League, the best record ever for a third seed. With 307 home runs by their hitters, the Twins also set a new major league record for most home runs by a team in a season, later matched by the2023 Atlanta Braves. They opened the playoffs by playing theNew York Yankees in theALDS, however they were swept 3 games to 0 in a best-of-5 series, extending their record for the longest playoff losing streak in MLB history to 16 games.
| 2019 game log: 101–61 (Home: 46–35; Away: 55–26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March/April: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
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May: 21–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 11–4)
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June: 15–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–7)
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July: 13–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–4)
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August: 17–11 (Home: 8–8; Away: 9–3)
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September: 18–9 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–3)
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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| Jorge Polanco | 153 | 631 | 107 | 186 | 40 | 7 | 22 | 79 | 4 | 60 | .295 | .485 |
| Eddie Rosario | 137 | 562 | 91 | 155 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 109 | 3 | 22 | .276 | .500 |
| Max Kepler | 134 | 524 | 98 | 132 | 32 | 0 | 36 | 90 | 1 | 60 | .252 | .519 |
| C. J. Cron | 125 | 458 | 51 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 29 | .253 | .469 |
| Nelson Cruz | 120 | 454 | 81 | 141 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 108 | 0 | 56 | .311 | .639 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 121 | 433 | 61 | 111 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 1 | 20 | .256 | .473 |
| Marwin González | 114 | 425 | 52 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 31 | .264 | .414 |
| Miguel Sanó | 105 | 380 | 76 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 55 | .247 | .576 |
| Luis Arráez | 92 | 326 | 54 | 109 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 36 | .334 | .439 |
| Mitch Garver | 93 | 311 | 70 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 41 | .273 | .630 |
| Byron Buxton | 87 | 271 | 48 | 71 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 14 | 19 | .262 | .513 |
| Jason Castro | 79 | 237 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 33 | .232 | .435 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 83 | 202 | 34 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 20 | .272 | .416 |
| Jake Cave | 72 | 198 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 21 | .258 | .455 |
| Willians Astudillo | 58 | 190 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .268 | .379 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 26 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .196 | .375 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .478 |
| Ian Miller | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .235 |
| Ronald Torreyes | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 |
| Tyler Austin | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5732 | 939 | 1547 | 318 | 23 | 307 | 906 | 28 | 525 | .270 | .494 |
Source:[1]
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Berríos | 14 | 8 | 3.68 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 200.1 | 194 | 94 | 82 | 51 | 195 |
| Martín Pérez | 10 | 7 | 5.12 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 165.1 | 184 | 104 | 94 | 67 | 135 |
| Kyle Gibson | 13 | 7 | 4.84 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 160.0 | 175 | 99 | 86 | 56 | 160 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 15 | 7 | 3.51 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 159.0 | 139 | 65 | 62 | 53 | 178 |
| Michael Pineda | 11 | 5 | 4.01 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 146.0 | 141 | 68 | 65 | 28 | 140 |
| Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 2.61 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 69.0 | 58 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 90 |
| Trevor May | 5 | 3 | 2.94 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 64.1 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 79 |
| Tyler Duffey | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 82 |
| Ryne Harper | 4 | 2 | 3.81 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 54.1 | 54 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 50 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 49.0 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 38 |
| Zack Littell | 6 | 0 | 2.68 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| Blake Parker | 1 | 2 | 4.21 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 36.1 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 34 |
| Randy Dobnak | 2 | 1 | 1.59 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28.1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Matt Magill | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 3 | 2 | 6.18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 27.2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 31 |
| Kohl Stewart | 2 | 2 | 6.39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.1 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Cody Stashak | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| Sergio Romo | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 22.2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 22.2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 2 | 2 | 10.47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 15 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 0 | 2 | 8.80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| Fernando Romero | 0 | 1 | 7.07 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
| Sam Dyson | 1 | 0 | 7.15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Brusdar Graterol | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Sean Poppen | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Ryan Eades | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Austin Adams | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Jorge Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase De Jong | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 0 | 0 | inf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 61 | 4.18 | 162 | 162 | 50 | 1463.1 | 1456 | 754 | 680 | 452 | 1463 |
Source:[2]
| 2019 Postseason: 0–3 (Home 0–1; Away 0–2) |
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 46–35 | 55–26 |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 8 | 49–32 | 44–37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | .447 | 28½ | 39–41 | 33–48 |
| Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 42 | 31–50 | 28–53 |
| Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | .292 | 53½ | 22–59 | 25–55 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| Houston Astros | 107 | 55 | .660 |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 |
| Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | .623 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | +1 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 | — |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3 |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 78 | .519 | 12 |
| Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | .447 | 23½ |
| Los Angeles Angels | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 |
| Seattle Mariners | 68 | 94 | .420 | 28 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 29 |
| Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 108 | .333 | 42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | .292 | 48½ |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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| Baltimore | — | 7–12 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 2–17 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 12–7 | — | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
| Chicago | 3–3 | 2–5 | — | 11–8 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | — | 18–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–12 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 1–18 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 5–15 |
| Houston | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–1 | — | 5–1 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 18–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
| Kansas City | 3–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–11 |
| Los Angeles | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–2 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 12–8 |
| Minnesota | 6–0 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 14–5 | 4–3 | 14–5 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
| New York | 17–2 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Oakland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 0–6 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 1–18 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–10 | — | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 13–6 | 14–6 |
| Texas | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–17 |
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| Lineup | Avg | Hr | Hits | Rbi |
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| Max Kepler | .252 | 36 | 132 | 90 |
| Jorge Polanco | .295 | 22 | 186 | 79 |
| Nelson Cruz | .311 | 41 | 141 | 108 |
| Eddie Rosario | .276 | 32 | 155 | 109 |
| C.J. Cron | .253 | 25 | 116 | 78 |
| Marwin González | .264 | 15 | 112 | 55 |
| Jonathan Schoop | .256 | 23 | 111 | 59 |
| Jason Castro | .232 | 13 | 55 | 30 |
| Byron Buxton | .262 | 10 | 71 | 46 |