# 2009 Minnesota Twins season

The 2009 Minnesota Twins season was the 49th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 109th overall in the American League. It was their final season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with their new stadium, Target Field, opening in 2010. They ended the regular season as American League Central champions after defeating the Detroit Tigers in a one game tie-breaker. They were then swept in the ALDS by the New York Yankees. The team's star catcher and Minnesota native Joe Mauer won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

## Regular season

On April 17, Jason Kubel hit for the cycle, becoming the ninth Twin to accomplish the feat. Kubel joins just six other American League cycle-hitters that filled the 'HR' slot with a grand slam home run.
On May 22, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle, becoming the tenth Twin to accomplish the feat. When he homered twice in the seventh inning on August 23, Cuddy became the only man ever in baseball to accomplish both feats in the same season. Prior to Kubel last month, the eight previous Twins' cycle hitters were Rod Carew, 1970; César Tovar, 1972; Larry Hisle, 1976; Lyman Bostock, 1976; Mike Cubbage, 1978; Gary Ward, 1980; Kirby Puckett, 1986 and Carlos Gómez, 2008.
After 319 consecutive games, Justin Morneau sat out June 21. He hadn't missed a game since June 27, 2007, until manager Ron Gardenhire held him out that day. His consecutive-games streak remains the longest for the Twins club.
At the All-Star Game at Busch Stadium, Joe Mauer was the American League's starting catcher, and doubled in three at-bats. Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan entered as reserves. Nathan pitched an inning, walked one, struck out one and gave up one hit, earning a hold.
Joe Mauer won his third American League batting title, with a .365 average. In the forty-nine seasons the Minnesota Twins have existed, a Twin has won the AL batting title fourteen times -- Rod Carew (7), Tony Oliva (3), Joe Mauer (3) and Kirby Puckett (1).
Closer Joe Nathan saved 47 games to top Eddie Guardado's previous club record of 45. He was a co-winner of the Rolaids Relief Man Award (with Mariano Rivera), only the second Twin (after Bill Campbell, in 1976) to do so. Nathan now leads in Twins career saves with 260.
For the first time ever, four Twins topped 90 RBI: Jason Kubel (103), Justin Morneau (100), Joe Mauer (96) and Michael Cuddyer (94).
Along with winning the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, Joe Mauer was named American League MVP, the fifth Twin in history to be so honored. Mauer is the first AL catcher to lead the league in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 87 | 76 | .534 | — | 49‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 77 | .528 | 1 | 51‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 7½ | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Cleveland Indians | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21½ | 35‍–‍46 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21½ | 33‍–‍48 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 2–16 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 2–8 | 3–2 | 5–13 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 5–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 16–2 | – | 4–4 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 2–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 4−4 | – | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–4 | 6−12 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–7 | 8–10 | – | 4–14 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 1–8 | 4–4 | 5–13 |
| Detroit | 5–3 | 1–6 | 9–9 | 14–4 | – | 9–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 4–4 | 3–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | – | 1–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–6 | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
| Los Angeles | 8–2 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 9–1 | – | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–4 | 14–4 |
| Minnesota | 2–3 | 2–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 12–7 | 12–6 | 4–6 | – | 0–7 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 12–6 |
| New York | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 7–0 | – | 7–2 | 6–4 | 11–7 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 5–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–2 | 7–12 | 6–4 | 2–7 | – | 5–14 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 3–6 | 5–13 |
| Seattle | 5–4 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 14–5 | – | 5–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 10–8 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 3–5 | – | 3–6 | 14–4 | 13–5 |
| Texas | 5–5 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 6–3 | – | 5–5 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4–14 | 5–5 | – | 7–11 |
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* Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

### Game log

2009 Game Log :
April: 11–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Mariners6–1Hernández (1–0)Liriano (0–1)48,5140–1
2April 7Mariners6–5Ayala (1–0)Morrow (0–1)23,7551–1
3April 8Mariners6–5Slowey (1–0)Silva (0–1)Nathan (1)22,2702–1
4April 9Mariners2–0Washburn (1–0)Perkins (0–1)Morrow (1)20,1052–2
5April 10@ White Sox12–5Dickey (1–0)Contreras (0–1)25,4223–2
6April 11@ White Sox8–0Colón (1–0)Liriano (0–2)33,9353–3
7April 12@ White Sox6–1Buehrle (1–0)Blackburn (0–1)Jenks (2)25,5713–4
8April 13Blue Jays8–6Frasor (1–0)Ayala (1–1)Ryan (1)16,4103–5
9April 14Blue Jays3–2 (11)Crain (1–0)Carlson (0–1)15,3754–5
10April 15Blue Jays12–2Richmond (1–0)Baker (0–1)19,4714–6
11April 16Blue Jays9–2Halladay (3–0)Liriano (0–3)15,1694–7
12April 17Angels11–9Guerrier (1–0)Bulger (0–1)Nathan (2)24,1685–7
13April 18Angels9–2Slowey (2–0)Jepsen (0–2)34,2866–7
14April 19Angels3–1Perkins (1–1)Loux (0–1)Nathan (3)28,3027–7
April 21@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); rescheduled for April 22
15April 22@ Red Sox10–1 (7)Wakefield (2–1)Baker (0–2)37,6087–8
16April 22@ Red Sox7–3Penny (2–0)Liriano (0–4)37,4947–9
17April 24@ Indians5–1Blackburn (1–1)Carmona (1–3)20,2158–9
18April 25@ Indians7–1Slowey (3–0)Pavano (0–3)23,1869–9
19April 26@ Indians4–2Laffey (2–0)Perkins (1–2)Wood (4)20,1539–10
20April 27Rays7–1Niemann (2–2)Baker (0–3)17,9889–11
21April 28Rays4–3Nathan (1–0)Howell (0–2)18,97410–11
22April 29Rays8–3Blackburn (2–1)Kazmir (3–2)21,71511–11 :
May: 14–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1Royals7–5Slowey (4–0)Ponson (0–4)Nathan (4)24,72712–11
24May 2Royals10–7 (11)Soria (1–0)Breslow (0–1)29,06112–12
25May 3Royals7–5Meche (2–2)Baker (0–4)Soria (6)31,84512–13
26May 4@ Tigers7–2Liriano (1–4)Jackson (1–2)21,29813–13
27May 5@ Tigers9–0Porcello (2–3)Blackburn (2–2)23,75413–14
28May 6@ Orioles4–1 (6)Bass (1–1)Slowey (4–1)10,56613–15
29May 7@ Orioles5–4Johnson (2–0)Mijares (0–1)Sherrill (5)11,39913–16
30May 8Mariners11–0Baker (1–4)Jakubauskas (1–4)29,71414–16
31May 9Mariners9–6Liriano (2–4)Hernández (4–2)Nathan (5)29,55215–16
32May 10Mariners5–3Batista (2–0)Crain (1–1)Morrow (6)25,55515–17
33May 12Tigers6–2Slowey (5–1)Galarraga (3–3)24,80716–17
34May 13Tigers14–10 (13)Crain (2–1)Lyon (1–3)22,17817–17
35May 14Tigers6–5Breslow (1–1)Seay (0–1)Nathan (6)26,04618–17
36May 15@ Yankees5–4Veras (2–1)Nathan (1–1)43,85618–18
37May 16@ Yankees6–4 (11)Aceves (1–0)Breslow (1–2)45,45518–19
38May 17@ Yankees3–2 (10)Aceves (2–0)Crain (2–2)44,80418–20
39May 18@ Yankees7–6Pettitte (4–1)Perkins (1–3)Coke (1)43,24418–21
40May 19@ White Sox6–2Buehrle (6–1)Baker (1–5)26,69618–22
41May 20@ White Sox7–4Danks (3–3)Liriano (2–5)Jenks (9)29,04418–23
42May 21@ White Sox20–1Blackburn (3–2)Colón (2–4)23,04819–23
43May 22Brewers11–3Slowey (6–1)Parra (3–5)30,29720–23
44May 23Brewers6–2Swarzak (1–0)Looper (4–3)40,54721–23
45May 24Brewers6–3Baker (2–5)Bush (3–1)38,95922–23
46May 25Red Sox6–5Penny (5–1)Liriano (2–6)Papelbon (12)27,63622–24
47May 26Red Sox5–2Blackburn (4–2)Lester (3–5)Nathan (7)20,01923–24
48May 27Red Sox4–2Slowey (7–1)Matsuzaka (0–3)Nathan (8)28,22124–24
49May 28Red Sox3–1Beckett (5–2)Swarzak (1–1)Papelbon (13)23,95824–25
50May 29@ Rays5–3Shields (4–4)Baker (2–6)Choate (1)19,35824–26
51May 30@ Rays5–2Price (1–0)Liriano (2–7)Choate (2)36,05224–27
52May 31@ Rays3–2Blackburn (5–2)Garza (4–4)Nathan (9)26,57925–27 :
June: 15–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2Indians4–3Slowey (8–1)Huff (0–2)Nathan (10)26,53026–27
54June 3Indians10–1Lee (3–6)Swarzak (1–2)29,33626–28
55June 4Indians11–3Baker (3–6)Carmona (2–6)20,89727–28
56June 5@ Mariners2–1 (10)Guerrier (2–0)Lowe (0–3)Nathan (11)35,80828–28
57June 6@ Mariners2–1Jakubauskas (4–5)Henn (0–1)Aardsma (9)30,60028–29
58June 7@ Mariners4–2Bédard (5–2)Slowey (8–2)White (1)37,71428–30
59June 8@ Athletics4–3Outman (4–0)Ayala (1–2)Bailey (5)10,18128–31
60June 9@ Athletics10–5Baker (4–6)Anderson (3–6)Nathan (12)10,12729–31
61June 10@ Athletics6–3Guerrier (3–0)Bailey (4–1)Nathan (13)18,07430–31
62June 11@ Athletics4–3Ziegler (1–1)Henn (0–2)13,38330–32
63June 12@ Cubs7–4Slowey (9–2)Wells (0–3)Nathan (14)41,50931–32
64June 13@ Cubs2–0Swarzak (2–2)Harden (4–3)Nathan (15)40,89932–32
65June 14@ Cubs3–2Mármol (2–1)Crain (2–3)40,81432–33
66June 16Pirates8–2Perkins (2–3)Maholm (4–3)25,35133–33
67June 17Pirates8–2Snell (2–7)Liriano (2–8)30,05733–34
68June 18Pirates5–1Blackburn (6–2)Duke (7–5)30,67034–34
69June 19Astros5–2Slowey (10–2)Oswalt (3–4)Nathan (16)32,21835–34
70June 20Astros6–5Moehler (4–4)Henn (0–3)Valverde (4)34,71035–35
71June 21Astros5–1Rodríguez (6–6)Perkins (2–4)Valverde (5)39,65935–36
72June 23@ Brewers7–3Liriano (3–8)Suppan (5–5)42,00836–36
73June 24@ Brewers4–3Coffey (3–1)Blackburn (6–3)Hoffman (17)34,48036–37
74June 25@ Brewers6–4Baker (5–6)Burns (0–1)Nathan (17)40,52437–37
75June 26@ Cardinals3–1Perkins (3–4)Wainwright (8–5)Nathan (18)44,15938–37
76June 27@ Cardinals5–3Kinney (1–0)Slowey (10–3)Franklin (18)42,98638–38
77June 28@ Cardinals6–2Liriano (4–8)Piñeiro (6–9)Nathan (19)42,70539–38
78June 29@ Royals4–2Hochevar (3–3)Blackburn (6–4)Soria (10)22,06639–39
79June 30@ Royals2–1Baker (6–6)Bannister (5–6)Nathan (20)19,31040–39 :
July: 12–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Royals5–1Perkins (4–4)Meche (4–8)Nathan (21)18,90641–39
81July 3Tigers11–9 (16)Dolsi (1–0)Dickey (1–1)33,36841–40
82July 4Tigers4–3Guerrier (4–0)Lyon (3–4)Nathan (22)27,23842–40
83July 5Tigers6–2Blackburn (7–4)Porcello (8–6)33,27443–40
84July 7Yankees10–2Sabathia (8–5)Baker (6–7)29,54043–41
85July 8Yankees4–3Burnett (8–4)Swarzak (2–3)Rivera (22)38,11543–42
86July 9Yankees6–4Albaladejo (4–1)Liriano (4–9)Rivera (23)29,62843–43
87July 10White Sox6–4Blackburn (8–4)Dotel (1–3)Nathan (23)29,62844–43
88July 11White Sox8–7Floyd (7–6)Perkins (4–5)Jenks (20)41,14644–44
89July 12White Sox13–7Baker (7–7)Buehrle (9–3)36,25445–44
90July 17@ Rangers5–3Perkins (5–5)Padilla (7–5)Nathan (24)34,66246–44
91July 18@ Rangers4–1Baker (8–7)Feldman (8–3)Nathan (25)31,04147–44
92July 19@ Rangers5–3 (12)Nippert (1–0)Duensing (0–1)27,20447–45
93July 20@ Athletics14–13Breslow (3–4)Mijares (0–2)Wuertz (3)10,28347–46
94July 21@ Athletics3–2 (10)Guerrier (5–0)Bailey (4–3)Nathan (26)12,02748–46
95July 22@ Athletics16–1Cahill (6–8)Perkins (5–6)22,03148–47
96July 23@ Angels6–5 (10)Fuentes (1–2)Crain (2–4)38,14548–48
97July 24@ Angels6–3Lackey (6–4)Liriano (4–10)39,27248–49
98July 25@ Angels11–5Palmer (8–1)Blackburn (8–5)35,92248–50
99July 26@ Angels10–1Swarzak (3–3)Santana (3–6)36,38649–50
100July 27White Sox4–3Perkins (6–6)Danks (8–7)Nathan (27)32,35450–50
101July 28White Sox5–3Mijares (1–2)Beuhrle (11–4)Nathan (28)34,64251–50
102July 29White Sox3–2Crain (3–4)Contreras (4–10)Nathan (29)39,00252–50
103July 31Angels11 – 5 (11)Jepsen (3–2)Keppel (0–1)31,76752–51 :
August: 14–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Angels11–6Saunders (9–6)Swarzak (3–4)40,82852–52
105August 2Angels13–4Weaver (11–3)Perkins (6–7)41,07952–53
106August 4@ Indians10–1Baker (9–7)Huff (5–6)17,51853–53
107August 5@ Indians8–1Laffey (5–3)Liriano (4–11)17,68353–54
108August 6@ Indians2–1Sipp (2–0)Blackburn (8–6)Wood (15)21,65753–55
109August 7@ Tigers10–8Galarraga (6–10)Swarzak (3–5)36,44453–56
110August 8@ Tigers11–0Pavano (10–8)Verlander (12–6)39,68554–56
111August 9@ Tigers8–7Lyon (5–4)Guerrier (5–1)Rodney (23)35,42354–57
112August 11Royals14–6Davies (4–8)Blackburn (8–7)32,12154–58
113August 12Royals7–1Liriano (5–11)Bannister (7–9)30,10555–58
114August 13Royals5–4Meche (5–9)Pavano (10–9)Soria (19)32,37355–59
115August 14Indians11–0Baker (10–7)Masterson (3–4)34,84556–59
116August 15Indians7–3Huff (7–6)Swarzak (3–6)33,93156–60
117August 16Indians7–4Laffey (7–3)Blackburn (8–8)30,26056–61
118August 17@ Rangers8–5Hunter (6–2)Liriano (5–12)Francisco (18)17,94056–62
119August 18@ Rangers9–6Crain (4–4)Jennings (2–4)Nathan (30)20,93157–62
120August 19@ Rangers5–4Baker (11–7)Millwood (9–8)Nathan (31)33,47958–62
121August 20@ Rangers11–1Holland (7–7)Swarzak (3–7)21,87058–63
122August 21@ Royals5–4Nathan (2–1)Soria (3–1)22,28359–63
123August 22@ Royals8–7Duensing (1–1)Davies (4–9)Guerrier (1)33,81160–63
124August 23@ Royals10–3Pavano (11–9)Bannister (7–10)18,68061–63
125August 24Orioles2–1Baker (12–7)Tillman (1–2)Nathan (32)20,27162–63
126August 25Orioles7–6Mijares (2–2)Mickolio (0–1)23,69663–63
127August 26Orioles5–1Guthrie (9–12)Blackburn (8–9)28,44663–64
128August 28Rangers3–2Duensing (2–1)Hunter (6–3)Nathan (33)21,64164–64
129August 29Rangers3–0Feldman (14–4)Pavano (11–10)Francisco (19)28,51664–65
130August 30Rangers5–3Rauch (1–0)Wilson (4–6)Nathan (34)29,28265–65
131August 31White Sox4–1Blackburn (9–9)Floyd (10–9)Nathan (35)19,42666–65 :
September: 17–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1White Sox4–3Rauch (2–0)Thornton (6–3)22,59967–65
133September 2White Sox4–2Carrasco (5–1)Nathan (2–2)Jenks (28)21,00767–66
134September 4@ Indians5–2Sowers (6–9)Pavano (10–11)Wood (18)24,40267–67
135September 5@ Indians4–1Baker (13–7)Masterson (4–7)Nathan (36)19,45568–67
136September 6@ Indians3–1Huff (9–7)Blackburn (9–10)Wood (19)17,91168–68
137September 7@ Blue Jays6–3Crain (5–4)Richmond (6–9)Nathan (37)13,15369–68
138September 8@ Blue Jays6–3Romero (12–7)Rauch (2–1)Frasor (7)13,48869–69
139September 9@ Blue Jays4–1Pavano (12–11)Halladay (13–9)Nathan (38)11,15970–69
140September 10@ Blue Jays3–2Cecil (7–4)Baker (13–8)Frasor (8)11,46170–70
141September 11Athletics12–5Mortensen (1–2)Blackburn (9–11)21,08470–71
142September 12Athletics4–2Anderson (9–10)Manship (0–1)Bailey (24)24,28370–72
143September 13Athletics8–0Duensing (3–1)Gonzalez (5–6)21,85071–72
144September 14Indians6–3Mahay (2–1)C. Perez (0–1)Nathan (39)20,64072–72
145September 15Indians5–4Rauch (3–1)Carmona (3–11)Nathan (40)19,03573–72
146September 16Indians7–3Blackburn (10–11)Laffey (7–6)Nathan (41)16,92174–72
147September 18Tigers3–0Duensing (4–1)Porcello (13–9)Nathan (42)32,69375–72
148September 19Tigers6–2Crain (6–4)Verlander (16–9)43,33876–72
149September 20Tigers6–2Robertson (2–2)Baker (13–9)36,33576–73
150September 21@ White Sox7–0Blackburn (11–11)Hudson (0–1)26,54177–73
151September 22@ White Sox8–6Crain (7–4)Danks (12–10)Nathan (43)25,29078–73
152September 23@ White Sox8–6Duensing (5–1)Buehrle (12–10)Nathan (44)26,09779–73
153September 25@ Royals9–4Pavano (13–11)Tejeda (4–2)23,30780–73
154September 26@ Royals11–6Baker (14–9)DiNardo (0–2)30,69081–73
155September 27@ Royals4–1Greinke (16–8)Liriano (5–13)Soria (29)28,72181–74
September 28@ TigersPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 29
156September 29@ Tigers3–2Rauch (4–1)Lyon (6–5)Nathan (45)35,24382–74
157September 29@ Tigers6–5Verlander (18–9)Duensing (5–2)Rodney (36)30,24082–75
158September 30@ Tigers7–2Bonine (1–1)Pavano (13–12)34,77582–76 :
October: 5–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Tigers8–3Baker (15–9)Robertson (2–3)40,53383–76
160October 2Royals10–7Manship (1–1)DiNardo (0–3)Nathan (46)40,22384–76
161October 3Royals5–4Rauch (5–1)Hughes (0–2)Nathan (47)48,64485–76
162October 4Royals13–4Pavano (14–12)Hochevar (7–13)51,15586–76
163October 6Tigers*6–5 (12)Keppel (1–1)Rodney (2–5)54,08887–76
*AL Central tiebreaker. :
American League Division Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7@ Yankees7–2Sabathia (1–0)Duensing (0–1)49,4840–1
2October 9@ Yankees4–3 (12)Robertson (1–0)Mijares (0–1)50,0060–2
3October 11Yankees4–1Pettitte (1–0)Pavano (0–1)Rivera (1)54,7350–3 :

## Tie-breaker & postseason

The Twins ended the 162-game regular season tied with the Detroit Tigers, necessitating a one-game playoff. This made the Twins the first major league team ever to play in a tie-breaker two years in a row (they lost one to the Chicago White Sox in 2008). The game took place on Tuesday, October 6 at the Metrodome. The Twins won the game, 6–5, in 12 innings on Alexi Casilla's game-winning hit scoring Carlos Gómez.
The Twins went on to face the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, which they lost in three consecutive games.

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Regular season

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 |
| Luis Ayala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Scott Baker | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nick Blackburn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brian Buscher | 61 | 136 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .235 | 0 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 59 | 242 | 42 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | .289 | 2 |
| Alexi Casilla | 80 | 228 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | .202 | 11 |
| Jesse Crain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Joe Crede | 90 | 333 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 48 | .225 | 0 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 153 | 588 | 93 | 162 | 34 | 7 | 32 | 94 | .276 | 6 |
| R. A. Dickey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carlos Gómez | 137 | 315 | 51 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 28 | .229 | 14 |
| Matt Guerrier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brendan Harris | 123 | 414 | 44 | 108 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 37 | .261 | 0 |
| Sean Henn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Justin Huber | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Bob Keppel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jason Kubel | 146 | 514 | 73 | 154 | 35 | 2 | 28 | 103 | .300 | 1 |
| Francisco Liriano | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Mauer | 138 | 523 | 94 | 191 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 96 | .365 | 4 |
| José Mijares | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jose Morales | 54 | 119 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .311 | 0 |
| Justin Morneau | 135 | 508 | 85 | 139 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 100 | .274 | 0 |
| Joe Nathan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Glen Perkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jason Pridie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Nick Punto | 125 | 359 | 56 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 38 | .228 | 16 |
| Mike Redmond | 45 | 135 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .237 | 0 |
| Kevin Slowey | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Denard Span | 145 | 578 | 97 | 180 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 68 | .311 | 23 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Matt Tolbert | 71 | 198 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .232 | 6 |
| Delmon Young | 108 | 395 | 50 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 60 | .284 | 2 |
| Pitcher totals | 163 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 5608 | 817 | 1539 | 271 | 40 | 172 | 770 | .274 | 85 |

#### Postseason

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 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | 1 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | 0 |
| Carlos Gómez | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brendan Harris | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Jason Kubel | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | 0 |
| Joe Mauer | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .417 | 0 |
| Jose Morales | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nick Punto | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 | 0 |
| Denard Span | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 1 |
| Matt Tolbert | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Delmon Young | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 1 |
| Totals | 3 | 113 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .257 | 3 |

### Pitching
#### Regular season

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 |
| Luis Ayala | 1 | 2 | 4.18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 21 |
| Scott Baker | 15 | 9 | 4.37 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 200.0 | 99 | 97 | 48 | 162 |
| Nick Blackburn | 11 | 11 | 4.03 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 205.2 | 103 | 92 | 41 | 98 |
| Craig Breslow | 1 | 2 | 6.28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Jesse Crain | 7 | 4 | 4.70 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 43 |
| R. A. Dickey | 1 | 1 | 4.62 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 64.1 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 42 |
| Brian Duensing | 5 | 2 | 3.64 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 84.0 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 53 |
| Armando Gabino | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Matt Guerrier | 5 | 1 | 2.36 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 47 |
| Sean Henn | 0 | 3 | 7.15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Philip Humber | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Bob Keppel | 1 | 1 | 4.83 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 32 |
| Francisco Liriano | 5 | 13 | 5.80 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 136.2 | 93 | 88 | 65 | 122 |
| Ron Mahay | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jeff Manship | 1 | 1 | 5.68 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 21 |
| José Mijares | 2 | 2 | 2.34 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 55 |
| Juan Morillo | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Kevin Mulvey | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Nathan | 2 | 2 | 2.10 | 70 | 0 | 47 | 68.2 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 89 |
| Carl Pavano | 5 | 4 | 4.64 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 73.2 | 39 | 38 | 16 | 59 |
| Glen Perkins | 6 | 7 | 5.89 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 96.1 | 64 | 63 | 23 | 45 |
| Jon Rauch | 5 | 1 | 1.72 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Kevin Slowey | 10 | 3 | 4.86 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 90.2 | 50 | 49 | 15 | 75 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 3 | 7 | 6.25 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 59.0 | 43 | 41 | 20 | 34 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 76 | 4.50 | 163 | 163 | 48 | 1453.0 | 765 | 726 | 466 | 1052 |

#### Postseason

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 |
| Nick Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Brian Duensing | 0 | 1 | 9.64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Matt Guerrier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Francisco Liriano | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Mahay | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| José Mijares | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Nathan | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carl Pavano | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jon Rauch | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 3 | 4.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 22 |

## Other post-season awards

* Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer
* Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Joe Nathan
* Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – José Mijares
* Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Michael Cuddyer
* Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Joe Mauer
* Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
* Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Denard Span
** The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
* Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Justin Morneau
* Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Ben Revere
* Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – David Bromberg
* Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Rod Carew
* Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Jerry Bell

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Stan Cliburn |
| AA | New Britain Rock Cats | Eastern League | Tom Nieto |
| A | Fort Myers Miracle | Florida State League | Jeff Smith |
| A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Nelson Prada |
| Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
| Rookie | GCL Twins | Gulf Coast League | Jake Mauer |