# 2014 Minnesota Twins season

The 2014 Minnesota Twins season was the 54th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 114th overall in the American League. They were the host team for the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. They finished fifth in the American League Central with a 70–92 record.

## Spring training

The Twins recorded a 9–16 win–loss record in pre-season spring training, the worst among American League teams. Three of their games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.

## Regular season

On July 15, the 85th edition of the Mid-Summer Classic returned to the Twin Cities. Previous All-Star games were held at Metropolitan Stadium (1965) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1984). Twins Glen Perkins and Kurt Suzuki—in his first All-Star appearance—represented the hometown team. The battery-mates were called into action for the ninth, and closed down the National League All-Stars on nine pitches for a 5–3 AL win. Perkins, a two-time All-Star, earned the save.
On August 20, second baseman Brian Dozier joined the Twins '20/20' club, adding his name to the five others that have connected for twenty homers in the same season they've stolen twenty bases. The small club includes Larry Hisle (1977), Kirby Puckett (1986), Marty Cordova (1995), Corey Koskie (2001) and Torii Hunter (twice, 2002 and 2004).
The August 24 game against Detroit was the longest Minnesota 9-inning game in history, in terms of time. The Sunday afternoon game at Target Field ran 4 hours and 10 minutes, and resulted in a 13-4 win for the Tigers.
In the first game of the September 13 doubleheader, starter Phil Hughes set a personal best in striking out eleven Chicago batters before being replaced in the eighth inning. (It had been 379 games since a Twin had posted double-digit strikeouts.) Michael Tonkin struck out another in the eighth. The three White Sox pitchers struck out 17 Twins, and the combined total of 29 strikeouts set a Minnesota record for a nine-inning game involving the Twins.
Phil Hughes's contract called for a $500,000 bonus if he reached 210 innings pitched. On September 24, he pitched 8 innings before an hour-long rain delay. Ron Gardenhire replaced him with a fresh pitcher when play resumed—and Hughes's inning tally halted at 209+2⁄3. He declined to be inserted in a later game to achieve one more out.
At season's end, Phil Hughes's strikeout-to-walk ratio (186:16) measured at 11.63 to 1. That number is the best-ever in the major leagues, topping the previous best of 143:13 set by Bret Saberhagen in 1984.
On September 29, Ron Gardenhire was fired. In his 13-year tenure as Twins manager he went 1068–1039, for a .507 winning percentage. The legacy he leaves includes the many memories of him being ejected from a game, enough times to rank in Major League's top ten (but far behind Bobby Cox's recorded 132 times).
Native son Paul Molitor was hired on November 3 to replace Gardenhire, becoming the Twins' thirteenth skipper. Molitor was born and raised in Saint Paul, attended the University of Minnesota and spent most of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers. He finished his playing career with three seasons in the 1990s as a Minnesota Twin, and coached and consulted in the organization since retiring. In 2004, he was voted into the Hall of Fame, so with his hiring he joins the only two other men who've been hired as first-time managers after being inducted in the Hall as players -- Ted Williams and Ryne Sandburg.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 45‍–‍36 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73 | .549 | 1 | 42‍–‍39 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77 | .525 | 5 | 48‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 20 | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73 | .549 | +1 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Seattle Mariners | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 4 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 |
| Boston Red Sox | 71 | 91 | .438 | 17 |
| Houston Astros | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21 |

## Record vs. opponents

2014 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 9–11 |
| Chicago | 1–5 | 3–4 | — | 9–10 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Detroit | 5–1 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | — | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–15 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | — | 7–0 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Minnesota | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 0–7 | — | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| New York | 6–13 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 13–7 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 10–9 | — | 4–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 7–12 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 1–6 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–5 | — | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | — | 13–7 |

## Game log

Legend :
| Twins Win | Twins Loss | Game Postponed |
2014 Game Log :
March/April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6, Road: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ White Sox3–5Sale (1–0)Nolasco (0–1)Lindstrom (1)37,4220–1
2April 2@ White Sox6–7 (11)Belisario (1–0)Deduno (0–1)—10,6250–2
3April 3@ White Sox10–9Thielbar (1–0)Lindstrom (0–1)Perkins (1)11,0561–2
4April 4@ Indians2–7Outman (1–0)Pelfrey (0–1)—41,2741–3
5April 5@ Indians7–3Gibson (1–0)Carrasco (0–1)—14,1532–3
6April 6@ Indians10–7Swarzak (1–0)Wood (0–1)Perkins (2)13,1043–3
7April 7Athletics3–8Kazmir (2–0)Correia (0–1)—35,8373–4
8April 9Athletics4–7 (11)Otero (1–0)Burton (0–1)—22,9733–5
9April 10Athletics1–6Straily (1–1)Pelfrey (0–2)—20,6503–6
10April 11Royals10–1Gibson (2–0)Chen (0–1)—24,3384–6
11April 12Royals7–1Nolasco (1–1)Shields (0–2)—23,9635–6
12April 13Royals4–3Fien (1–0)Crow (0–1)Perkins (3)20,8786–6
13April 15Blue Jays3–9Loup (1–0)Hughes (0–1)—21,8186–7
—April 16Blue JaysPostponed (snow). Makeup date April 17.
14April 17Blue Jays7–0Gibson (3–0)Dickey (1-3)—20,5077–7
15April 17Blue Jays9–5Fien (2–0)Santos (0–1)—20,6988–7
16April 18@ Royals0–5Vargas (2–0)Nolasco (1–2)—21,1928–8
17April 19@ Royals4–5Chen (1–1)Correia (0–2)Holland (6)24,2918–9
18April 20@ Royals8–3Hughes (1–1)Ventura (1–1)—17,7109–9
19April 22@ Rays3–7Price (3–1)Gibson (3–1)—11,7859–10
20April 23@ Rays6–4 (12)Fien (3–0)Lueke (0–1)Perkins (4)11,99310–10
21April 24@ Rays9–7Nolasco (2–2)Bédard (0–1)Perkins (5)13,17711–10
22April 25Tigers6–10Porcello (3–1)Correia (0–3)—27,55811–11
23April 26Tigers5–3Hughes (2–1)Ortega (0–1)Perkins (6)28,12212–11
—April 27TigersPostponed (rain). Makeup date August 23.
—April 29DodgersPostponed (rain). Makeup date May 1.
24April 30Dodgers4–6Greinke (5-0)Gibson (3–2)Jansen (10)24,58812–12 :
May: 13–16 (Home: 7–8, Road: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Dodgers4–9Haren (4-0)Pelfrey (0–3)Perez (1)23,30612–13
26May 1Dodgers3–4 (12)Wright (2–1)Duensing (0–1)Jansen (11)24,05312–14
27May 2Orioles0–3Jiménez (1–4)Nolasco (2–3)Hunter (8)24,16512–15
28May 3Orioles6–1Correia (1–3)Chen (3–2)25,31813–15
29May 4Orioles5–2Hughes (3–1)González (1–3)Perkins (7)25,55914–15
30May 5@ Indians1–0 (10)Thielbar (2–0)Axford (0–3)Perkins (8)9,03715–15
31May 6@ Indians2–4Tomlin (1–0)Deduno (0–2)Shaw (1)9,62115–16
32May 7@ Indians3–4Axford (1–3)Fien (3–1)10,74215–17
33May 8@ Indians4–9Masterson (2–1)Correia (1–4)13,09515–18
34May 9@ Tigers2–1Hughes (4–1)Verlander (4–2)Perkins (9)35,81416–18
35May 10@ Tigers3–9Scherzer (5–1)Gibson (3–3)42,31216–19
36May 11@ Tigers4–3Burton (1–1)Chamberlain (1–2)Perkins (10)40,46817–19
37May 13Red Sox8–6Perkins (1–0)Miller (1–1)23,94918–19
38May 14Red Sox4–9Doubront (2–3)Correia (1–5)26,80218–20
39May 15Red Sox4–3 (10)Duensing (1–1)Miller (1–2)29,62819–20
40May 16Mariners5–4Gibson (4–3)Young (3–1)Perkins (11)27,27520–20
41May 17Mariners4–3Deduno (1–2)Elías (3–3)Perkins (12)29,71721–20
42May 18Mariners2–6Hernández (5–1)Nolasco (2–4)32,51121–21
43May 20@ Padres5–3Correia (2–5)Kennedy (2–6)Perkins (13)19,13622–21
44May 21@ Padres2–0Hughes (5–1)Ross (5–4)Perkins (14)16,07923–21
45May 23@ Giants2–6Lincecum (4-3)Gibson (4-4)Machi (2)41,51423-22
46May 24@ Giants1–2Vogelsong (3-2)Deduno (1-3)Romo (16)41,72423-23
47May 25@ Giants1–8Bumgarner (6-3)Nolasco (2-5)42,59023-24
48May 26Rangers7–2Tepesch (2-0)Correia (2-6)30,57123-25
49May 27Rangers3–4Perkins (2-0)Soria (1-2)22,70224-25
50May 28Rangers1–0Tolleson (1-1)Burton (1-2)Soria (9)26,47224-26
51May 29Rangers5–4Ogando (2-2)Fien (3-2)Soria (10)28,17024-27
52May 30@ Yankees6–1Nolasco (3-5)Nuño (1-2)42,24525-27
53May 31@ Yankees1–3Tanaka (8-1)Duensing (1-2)Robertson (12)44,34625-28 :
June: 12–16 (Home: 7–4, Road: 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Yankees7–2Hughes (6-1)Robertson (0-2)–42,44926-28
55June 2@ Brewers2–6Garza (3-4)Gibson (4-5)–28,70826-29
56June 3@ Brewers6–4Deduno (2-3)Gallardo (3-4)Perkins (15)25,63427-29
57June 4Brewers6–4Nolasco (4-5)Wooten (1-3)Perkins (16)31,14428-29
58June 5Brewers5–8Peralta (5-5)Correia (2-7)Rodriguez (18)35,11028-30
59June 6Astros4–5Keuchel (7-3)Hughes (6-2)Qualls (7)29,94828-31
60June 7Astros8–0Gibson (5-5)Feldman (3-4)–27,73229-31
61June 8Astros5–14Downs (1-0)Deduno (2-4)–31,57629-32
62June 9@ Blue Jays4–5Janssen (1-0)Guerrier (0-1)–19,42829-33
63June 10@ Blue Jays4–0Correia (3-7)Happ (5-3)–20,68130-33
64June 11@ Blue Jays7–2Hughes (7-2)Stroman (3-1)–45,08031-33
65June 13@ Tigers2–0Gibson (6-5)Smyly (3-5)Perkins (17)39,81132-33
66June 14@ Tigers9–12Sánchez (3-2)Deduno (2-5)Krol (1)41,49832-34
67June 15@ Tigers3–4Nathan (3-2)Fien (3-3)–41,46232-35
68June 16@ Red Sox0–1De La Rosa (2-2)Correia (3-8)Uehara (15)35,69332-36
69June 17@ Red Sox1–2Lester (8-7)Hughes (7-3)Mujica (2)36,83532-37
70June 18@ Red Sox1–2 (10)Uehara (2-1)Fien (3-4)–36,48932-38
71June 19White Sox4–2Fien (4-4)Petricka (0-2)Perkins (18)31,19533-38
72June 20White Sox5–4Perkins (3-0)Webb (4-1)–32,07134-38
73June 21White Sox4–3Correia (4-8)Rienzo (4-5)Perkins (19)32,64735-38
74June 22White Sox6–5Hughes (8-3)Danks (6-6)Burton (1)30,49136-38
75June 24@ Angels6–8Wilson (8-6)Gibson (6-6)Smith (6)37,08636-39
76June 25@ Angels2–6Richards (8-2)Pino (0-1)–39,08236-40
77June 26@ Angels4–6Weaver (8-6)Nolasco (4-6)Smith (7)32,20936-41
78June 27@ Rangers4–5Tepesch (3-3)Correia (4-9)–38,11136-42
79June 28@ Rangers0–5Darvish (8-4)Hughes (8-4)–30,62036-43
80June 29@ Rangers3–2Gibson (7-6)Soria (1-3)Perkins (20)36,77937-43
81June 30Royals1–6Duffy (5-7)Pino (0-2)–28,53337-44 :
July: 11–15 (Home: 6–11, Road: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Royals10–2Nolasco (5-6)Shields (8-4)–23,38338-44
83July 2Royals0–4Vargas (8-3)Correia (4-10)–28,86038-45
84July 3Yankees4–7Tanaka (12-3)Hughes (8-5)Robertson (19)34,71438-46
85July 4Yankees5–6Huff (2-0)Gibson (7-7)Robertson (20)36,95238-47
86July 5Yankees2–1 (11)Duensing (2-2)Thornton (0-2)–36,51439-47
87July 6Yankees7–9Kuroda (6-6)Nolasco (5-7)Robertson (21)31,17139-48
88July 7@ Mariners0–2Iwakuma (7-4)Correia (4-11)Rodney (26)18,56239-49
89July 8@ Mariners2–0Hughes (9-5)Young (8-5)Perkins (21)15,55340-49
90July 9@ Mariners8–1Gibson (8-7)Elias (7-8)–16,46041-49
91July 10@ Mariners4–2Pino (1-2)Wilhelmsen (1-2)Perkins (22)14,53042-49
92July 11@ Rockies2–6de la Rosa (10-6)Johnson (0-1)–36,11042-50
93July 12@ Rockies9–3Correia (5-11)Matzek (1-4)–35,93043-50
94July 13@ Rockies13–5Hughes (10-5)Anderson (0-3)–35,74344-50
All–Star Break (July 14–17)
95July 18Rays2–6Cobb (5-6)Gibson (8-8)–31,05844-51
96July 19Rays1–5Price (10-7)Hughes (10-6)McGee (8)36,11744-52
97July 20Rays3–5Archer (6-5)Correia (5-12)Yates (1)26,82144-53
98July 21Indians4–3Fien (5-4)Shaw (4-2)Perkins (23)25,10945-53
99July 22Indians2–8Salazar (2-4)Pino (1-3)–28,29145-54
100July 23Indians3–1Swarzak (2-0)Bauer (4-5)Perkins (24)34,60846-54
101July 24White Sox2–5Noesí (5-7)Hughes (10-7)Petricka (5)32,95246-55
102July 25White Sox5–9Danks (9-6)Correia (5-13)–28,72846-56
103July 26White Sox0–7Sale (10-1)Darnell (0-1)–33,00546-57
104July 27White Sox4–3Burton (2-2)Belisario (3-7)Perkins (25)27,81847-57
105July 29@ Royals2–1Gibson (9-8)Shields (9-6)Perkins (26)30,68648-57
106July 30@ Royals2–3Frasor (2-1)Hughes (10-8)Holland (28)20,74748-58
107July 31@ Royals3–6Ventura (8-8)Thielbar (2-1)Holland (29)24,12748-59 :
August: 11–18 (Home: 5–8, Road: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ White Sox8–10Guerra (1-2)Fien (5-5)Petricka (7)28,06048–60
109August 2@ White Sox8–6Pressly (1-0)Belisario (4-8)Perkins (27)27,44649–60
110August 3@ White Sox16–3Gibson (10-8)Guerra (1-3)–23,47150–60
111August 5Padres3–1Hughes (11-8)Hahn (7-3)Perkins (28)34,49551–60
112August 6Padres4–5 (10)Quackenbush (2-2)Swarzak (2-1)Benoit (4)34,56751–61
113August 7@ Athletics0–3Lester (12-7)Pino (1-4)–22,10851–62
114August 8@ Athletics5–6Kazmir (13-4)Gibson (10-9)Doolittle (18)20,19651–63
115August 9@ Athletics4–9Samardzija (5-8)May (0-1)–32,07451–64
116August 10@ Athletics6–1Hughes (12-8)Gregerson (2-2)–25,59852–64
117August 11@ Astros4–2Duensing (3-2)Fields (2-5)Perkins (29)15,56953–64
118August 12@ Astros4–10McHugh (5-9)Pino (1-5)–17,49053–65
119August 13@ Astros3–1Gibson (11-9)Oberholtzer (4-8)Perkins (30)16,48054–65
120August 15Royals5–6Duffy (8-10)Nolasco (5-8)Holland (37)32,01354–66
121August 16Royals4–1Hughes (13-8)Ventura (9-9)Perkins (31)35,57555–66
122August 17Royals6–12Guthrie (9-10)Milone (6-4)–31,45555–67
123August 18Royals4–6Vargas (10-5)May (0-2)Holland (38)25,55955–68
124August 19Indians5–7Crockett (3-0)Duensing (3-3)Allen (16)26,35855–69
125August 20Indians0–5House (2-3)Nolasco (5-9)–28,94355–70
126August 21Indians4–1Hughes (14-8)Kluber (13-7)Perkins (32)28,03356–70
127August 22Tigers20–6Pressly (2-0)Ray (1-4)–29,39457–70
128August 23Tigers12–4Pino (2-5)Farmer (0-1)–25,11058–70
129August 23Tigers6–8Verlander (11-11)May (0-3)Nathan (27)25,57858–71
130August 24Tigers4–13Scherzer (15-4)Gibson (11-10)–23,98358–72
131August 26@ Royals1–2Davis (7-2)Perkins (3-1)–13,84758–73
132August 27@ Royals1–6Davis (8-2)Hughes (14-9)–17,66858–74
133August 28@ Royals11–5 (10)Swarzak (3-1)Chen (2-4)–17,21959–74
134August 29@ Orioles1–9González (7-7)May (0-4)–27,46459–75
135August 30@ Orioles2–3Miller (5-5)Burton (2-3)Britton (30)30,32259–76
136August 31@ Orioles8–12Chen (14-4)Nolasco (5-10)Britton (31)40,90559–77 :
September: 11–15 (Home: 6–9, Road: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Orioles6–4Hughes (15-9)Gausman (7-7)Perkins (33)33,15660–77
138September 2White Sox3–6 (10)Webb (6-4)Oliveros (0-1)Petricka (11)23,71960–78
139September 3White Sox11–4May (1-4)Danks (9-10)–21,77861–78
140September 4Angels4–5Smith (6-2)Perkins (3-2)Street (36)21,91461–79
141September 5Angels6–7 (10)Street (2-1)Burton (2-4)Jepsen (2)23,47761–80
142September 6Angels5–8Smith (7-2)Burton (2-5)Street (37)28,92461–81
143September 7Angels4–14Wilson (11-9)Darnell (0-2)–25,41961–82
144September 9@ Indians4–3May (2-4)Bauer (5-8)Burton (2)9,48962–82
–September 10@ IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 11.
145September 11@ Indians2–8Kluber (15–9)Gibson (11–11)—N/A62–83
146September 11@ Indians0–2House (3-3)Nolasco (5–11)Allen (20)12,63762–84
147September 12@ White SoxPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 13.
147September 13@ White Sox1–5Quintana (8–10)Hughes (15–10)—N/A62–85
148September 13@ White Sox6–7Petricka (1–4)Perkins (3–3)–20,10662–86
149September 14@ White Sox6–4May (3–4)Noesí (8–10)Perkins (34)17,04463–86
150September 15Tigers6–8Ryan (2–0)Fien (5–6)Soria (18)19,70063–87
151September 16Tigers4–3Perkins (4–3)Nathan (4–4)–22,06664–87
152September 17Tigers8–4Gibson (12–11)Price (14–12)–22,28565–87
153September 19Indians5–4Burton (3–5)Crockett (4–1)—28,40066–87
154September 20Indians3–7House (4–3)May (3–5)Rzepczynski (1)28,31666–88
155September 21Indians2–7Kluber (17–9)Swarzak (3–2)—24,45166–89
156September 22Diamondbacks2–6Collmenter (11–8)Nolasco (5–12)—22,57166–90
157September 23Diamondbacks6–3Gibson (13–11)Chafin (0–1)—28,90267–90
158September 24Diamondbacks2–1Hughes (16–10)Nuño (0–1)Burton (3)29,44568–90
159September 25@ Tigers2–4Scherzer (18–5)May (3–6)Nathan (34)33,07768–91
160September 26@ Tigers11–4Achter (1–0)Porcello (15–13)—35,17869–91
161September 27@ Tigers12–3Nolasco (6–12)Lobstein (1–2)—38,80570–91
162September 28@ Tigers3–0Price (15–12)Gibson (13–12)Nathan (35)40,50170–92 :

## Player stats

All stats updated through September 28, 2013.
All batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Oswaldo Arcia | 103 | 372 | 46 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 57 | .231 | 1 |
| Jason Bartlett | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Doug Bernier | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 0 |
| Chris Colabello | 59 | 205 | 17 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 39 | .229 | 0 |
| Brian Dozier | 156 | 598 | 112 | 145 | 33 | 1 | 23 | 71 | .242 | 21 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 133 | 433 | 52 | 119 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 37 | .275 | 1 |
| Pedro Florimón | 33 | 76 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .092 | 6 |
| Eric Fryer | 28 | 75 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .213 | 1 |
| Sam Fuld | 53 | 164 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .274 | 12 |
| Chris Herrmann | 33 | 75 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .213 | 1 |
| Aaron Hicks | 69 | 186 | 22 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .215 | 4 |
| Jason Kubel | 45 | 156 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .224 | 1 |
| Darin Mastroianni | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 |
| Joe Mauer | 120 | 455 | 60 | 126 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 55 | .277 | 3 |
| Kendrys Morales | 39 | 154 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .234 | 0 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 72 | 204 | 26 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | .250 | 9 |
| Chris Parmelee | 87 | 250 | 27 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .256 | 0 |
| Josmil Pinto | 57 | 169 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .219 | 0 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 136 | 520 | 69 | 134 | 40 | 2 | 14 | 80 | .258 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 0 |
| Danny Santana | 101 | 405 | 70 | 129 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 40 | .319 | 20 |
| Jordan Schafer | 41 | 130 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .285 | 15 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 131 | 452 | 37 | 130 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 61 | .288 | 0 |
| Kennys Vargas | 53 | 215 | 26 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 38 | .274 | 0 |
| Josh Willingham | 68 | 224 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 34 | .210 | 1 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5567 | 715 | 1412 | 316 | 27 | 128 | 675 | .254 | 99 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| A.J. Achter | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Jared Burton | 3 | 5 | 4.36 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 34 | 31 | 25 | 46 |
| Kevin Correia | 5 | 13 | 4.94 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 129.1 | 76 | 71 | 32 | 61 |
| Logan Darnell | 0 | 2 | 7.13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24.0 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 22 |
| Samuel Deduno | 2 | 5 | 4.60 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 92.0 | 49 | 47 | 41 | 74 |
| Brian Duensing | 3 | 3 | 3.31 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 54.1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 33 |
| Casey Fien | 5 | 6 | 3.98 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 63.1 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 51 |
| Kyle Gibson | 13 | 12 | 4.47 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 179.1 | 91 | 89 | 57 | 107 |
| Matt Guerrier | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Phil Hughes | 16 | 10 | 3.52 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 209.2 | 88 | 82 | 16 | 186 |
| Kris Johnson | 0 | 1 | 4.73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13.1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Trevor May | 3 | 6 | 7.88 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 45.2 | 41 | 40 | 22 | 44 |
| Tommy Milone | 0 | 1 | 7.06 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21.2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 14 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 6 | 12 | 5.38 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 159.0 | 96 | 95 | 38 | 115 |
| Lester Oliveros | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 0 | 3 | 7.99 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23.2 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 10 |
| Glen Perkins | 4 | 3 | 3.65 | 63 | 0 | 34 | 61.2 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 66 |
| Yohan Pino | 2 | 5 | 5.07 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 50 |
| Ryan Pressly | 2 | 0 | 2.86 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 3 | 2 | 4.60 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 86.0 | 48 | 44 | 28 | 47 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 2 | 1 | 3.40 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 35 |
| Aaron Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Michael Tonkin | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 92 | 4.57 | 162 | 162 | 38 | 1435.0 | 777 | 728 | 408 | 1031 |

## Other post-season awards

* Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Phil Hughes
* Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Phil Hughes
* Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Danny Santana
* Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Eduardo Escobar
* Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Brian Dozier
* Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Pat Neshek
* Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Kurt Suzuki
* Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Ron Gardenhire
** The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
* Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Brian Duensing
* Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Kennys Vargas
* Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – José Berríos
* Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Jim Kaat
* Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – none

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Gene Glynn |
| AA | New Britain Rock Cats | Eastern League | Jeff Smith |
| A | Fort Myers Miracle | Florida State League | Doug Mientkiewicz |
| A | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Jake Mauer |
| Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
| Rookie | GCL Twins | Gulf Coast League | Ramon Borrego |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Myers