# 2021 Minnesota Twins season

The 2021 Minnesota Twins season was the 61st season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 12th season at Target Field and the 121st overall in the American League. The Twins were favored to win the American League Central for the third straight season, and hopes were high that they would break their American sports-leading 18 straight postseason losses. However, due to injuries to players such as superstar center fielder Byron Buxton, the Twins had a poor season, falling from first place in the AL Central the previous two seasons to last in 2021 with a 73–89 record and missing the postseason for the first time since 2018.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 40‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 16 | 42‍–‍39 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 19 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 | 38‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍46 |
vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 |
| Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 |
| Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 |
| Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | .370 | 32 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 40 |

### Records vs. AL opponents

2021 American League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
| Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
| Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
| New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
| Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
| Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

## Game log

Legend :
| | Twins win |
| | Twins loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Twins team member |
2021 Game Log: 73−89 (Home: 38–43; Away: 35–46) :
April: 9–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1@ Brewers5–6 (10)Hader (1–0)Dobnak (0–1)—11,7400–1L1
2April 3@ Brewers2–0Berríos (1–0)Burnes (0–1)Colomé (1)11,3831–1W1
3April 4@ Brewers8–2Pineda (1–0)Houser (0–1)—10,6662–1W2
4April 5@ Tigers15–6Shoemaker (1–0)Ureña (0–1)Dobnak (1)7,2323–1W3
5April 6@ Tigers3–4 (10)Soto (1–0)Robles (0–1)—7,3063–2L1
6April 7@ Tigers3–2Maeda (1–0)Boyd (1–1)Colomé (2)7,5684–2W1
7April 8Mariners10–2Berríos (2–0)Gonzales (0–1)—9,6755–2W2
8April 10Mariners3–4 (10)Graveman (1–0)Rogers (0–1)Middleton (1)9,8175–3L1
9April 11Mariners6–8Steckenrider (1–1)Colomé (0–1)Montero (2)9,7925–4L2
–April 12Red SoxPostponed (Protests due to Daunte Wright shooting; Makeup: April 14)
10April 13Red Sox2–4Ottavino (1–0)Dobnak (0–2)Barnes (1)6,7245–5L3
11April 14 (1)Red Sox2–3 (7)Eovaldi (2–1)Maeda (1–1)Barnes (2)7,0745–6L4
12April 14 (2)Red Sox1–7 (7)Rodríguez (2–0)Berríos (2–1)—5–7L5
13April 15Red Sox4–3Colomé (1–1)Ottavino (1–1)—7,9256–7W1
14April 16@ Angels3–10Slegers (1–0)Dobnak (0–3)—13,4286–8L1
—April 17@ AngelsPostponed (COVID-19; Makeup: May 20)
—April 18@ AngelsPostponed (COVID-19; Makeup: May 20)
—April 19@ AthleticsPostponed (COVID-19; Makeup: April 20)
15April 20 (1)@ Athletics0–7 (7)Manaea (2–1)Shoemaker (1–1)—3,3226–9L2
16April 20 (2)@ Athletics0–1 (7)Luzardo (1–1)Berríos (2–2)Diekman (1)6–10L3
17April 21@ Athletics12–13 (10)Guerra (1–0)Colomé (1–2)—3,4056–11L4
18April 23Pirates2–0Happ (1–0)Brubaker (2–1)Rogers (1)9,5417–11W1
19April 24Pirates2–6Cahill (1–2)Pineda (1–1)—9,7187–12L1
20April 25Pirates2–6Holmes (1–0)Shoemaker (1–2)—9,3967–13L2
21April 26@ Indians3–5 (10)Clase (2–1)Colomé (1–3)—4,5557–14L3
22April 27@ Indians4–7Civale (4–0)Maeda (1–2)Karinchak (2)6,3037–15L4
23April 28@ Indians10–2Happ (2–0)Allen (1–4)—5,9038–15W1
24April 30Royals9–1Pineda (2–1)Singer (1–3)—9,9829–15W2 :
May: 13–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1Royals3–11Duffy (4–1)Shoemaker (1–3)—9,9939–16L1
26May 2Royals13–4Berríos (3–2)Keller (2–3)—9,99710–16W1
27May 3Rangers6–5Maeda (2–2)Dunning (1–2)Rogers (2)8,07111–16W2
28May 4Rangers3–6 (10)Rodríguez (1–1)Waddell (0–1)Kennedy (8)8,02211–17L1
29May 5Rangers1–3King (3–1)Thorpe (0–1)Kennedy (9)7,85311–18L2
30May 6Rangers3–4 (10)Hearn (1–1)Duffey (0–1)Sborz (1)8,76011–19L3
31May 7@ Tigers7–3Shoemaker (2–3)Skubal (0–5)—7,37712–19W1
32May 8@ Tigers3–7Fulmer (2–2)Duffey (0–2)—8,00012–20L1
—May 9@ TigersPostponed (rain, makeup July 16)
33May 11@ White Sox3–9Crochet (1–2)Alcalá (0–1)—7,96212–21L2
34May 12@ White Sox8–13Keuchel (2–1)Happ (2–1)—8,39312–22L3
35May 13@ White Sox2–4Lynn (4–2)Pineda (2–2)Hendriks (7)8,18812–23L4
36May 14Athletics1–6Montas (5–2)Shoemaker (2–4)—9,77812–24L5
37May 15Athletics5–4Colomé (2–3)Diekman (2–1)Robles (1)12,21213–24W1
38May 16Athletics6–7Trivino (2–1)Rogers (0–2)—10,27013–25L1
39May 17White Sox4–16Keuchel (3–1)Happ (2–2)—8,43113–26L2
40May 18White Sox5–4Rogers (1–2)Bummer (0–2)—9,50414–26W1
41May 19White Sox1–2Giolito (3–4)Shoemaker (2–5)Hendriks (9)8,60814–27L1
42May 20 (1)@ Angels1–7 (7)Cobb (2–2)Thorpe (0–2)—9,92014–28L2
43May 20 (2)@ Angels6–3 (7)Berríos (4–2)Canning (3–3)Robles (2)9,82015–28W1
44May 21@ Indians10–0Dobnak (1–3)McKenzie (1–3)—11,67516–28W2
45May 22@ Indians3–5 (10)Karinchak (2–0)Colomé (2–4)—11,50516–29L1
46May 23@ Indians8–5 (10)Robles (1–1)Karinchak (2–1)Duffey (1)9,80517–29W1
47May 24Orioles8–3Alcalá (1–1)Scott (2–3)—8,53018–29W2
48May 25Orioles7–4Berríos (5–2)Kremer (0–5)Rogers (3)9,96919–29W3
49May 26Orioles3–2Pineda (3–2)López (1–6)Robles (3)10,57420–29W4
50May 28Royals3–8Bubic (1–0)Dobnak (1–4)—14,26020–30L1
51May 29Royals6–5Happ (3–2)Santana (0–1)Rogers (4)18,44421–30W1
52May 30Royals3–6Keller (5–4)Shoemaker (2–6)Holland (3)17,92321–31L1
53May 31@ Orioles3–2 (10)Rogers (3–3)Plutko (1–2)Robles (4)11,01022–31W1 :
June: 11–14 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
54June 1@ Orioles4–7Zimmermann (3–3)Pineda (3–3)Sulser (1)5,33722–32L1
55June 2@ Orioles3–6Wells (1–0)Dobnak (1–5)—5,94522–33L2
56June 3@ Royals5–6Junis (2–3)Robles (1–2)Barlow (2)11,07222–34L3
57June 4@ Royals5–14Keller (6–4)Shoemaker (2–7)—22,61222–35L4
58June 5@ Royals5–4Berríos (6–2)Minor (4–3)Robles (5)21,57423–35W1
59June 6@ Royals2–1Farrell (1–0)Singer (3–5)Rogers (5)14,04624–35W2
60June 8Yankees4–8Loáisiga (5–2)Rogers (2–3)—17,94924–36L1
61June 9Yankees6–9Cole (7–3)Dobnak (1–6)—17,07824–37L2
62June 10Yankees7–5Robles (2–2)Chapman (4–1)—17,72825–37W1
63June 11Astros4–6Stanek (1–1)Shoemaker (2–8)Pressly (10)17,22325–38L1
64June 12Astros5–2Berríos (6–2)García (5–4)Rogers (6)18,76726–38W1
65June 13Astros3–14Valdez (3–0)Pineda (3–4)—19,14726–39L1
66June 14@ Mariners3–4Sewald (3–2)Robles (2–3)Steckenrider (1)9,18526–40L2
67June 15@ Mariners0–10Flexen (6–3)Happ (3–3)—7,66926–41L3
68June 16@ Mariners7–2Thielbar (1–0)Sheffield (5–6)—8,09827–41W1
69June 18@ Rangers7–5 (10)Robles (3–3)Sborz (3–3)Duffey (2)30,30428–41W2
70June 19@ Rangers3–2Thielbar (2–0)King (5–5)Rogers (7)34,04429–41W3
71June 20@ Rangers4–2Maeda (3–2)Dunning (2–6)Robles (6)34,00730–41W4
72June 21Reds7–5 (12)Shoemaker (3–8)Hembree (1–3)—17,53031–41W5
73June 22Reds7–10Antone (2–0)Robles (3–4)Garrett (4)19,18731–42L1
74June 24Indians1–4Parker (1–0)Alcalá (1–2)Karinchak (9)18,81231–43L2
75June 25Indians8–7Jax (1–0)Wittgren (2–2)Robles (7)16,89232–43W1
—June 26IndiansPostponed (rain, makeup September 14)
76June 27Indians8–2Happ (4–3)Hentges (1–2)—20,21533–43W2
—June 28@ White SoxPostponed (rain, makeup July 19)
77June 29@ White Sox6–7Giolito (6–5)Maeda (3–3)Hendriks (21)17,38233–44L1
78June 30@ White Sox3–13Cease (7–3)Ober (0–1)—16,80333–45L2 :
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
79July 1@ White Sox5–8Kopech (3–0)Alcalá (1–3)—29,94433–46L3
80July 2@ Royals4–7Lovelady (1–0)Happ (4–4)Barlow (3)31,82433–47L4
81July 3@ Royals3–6Zimmer (4–0)Jax (1–1)Barlow (4)16,13333–48L5
82July 4@ Royals6–2Maeda (4–3)Keller (6–9)—15,35034–48W1
83July 5White Sox8–5Ober (1–1)Cease (7–4)Robles (8)20,32135–48W2
84July 6White Sox1–4Rodón (7–3)Berríos (7–3)Hendriks (22)18,43735–49L1
85July 7White Sox1–6Lynn (9–3)Pineda (3–5)—19,66435–50L2
86July 8Tigers5–3Happ (5–4)Skubal (5–8)Rogers (8)18,19236–50W1
87July 9Tigers4–2Alcalá (2–3)Manning (1–3)Robles (9)21,72537–50W2
88July 10Tigers9–4Coulombe (1–0)Jiménez (2–1)—21,03038–50W3
89July 11Tigers12–9 (10)Duffey (1–2)Holland (1–2)—20,74439–50W4
-July 1391st All-Star Game in Denver, CO
—July 16 (1)@ TigersPostponed (rain, makeup July 17)
—July 16 (2)@ TigersPostponed (rain, makeup August 30)
90July 17 (1)@ Tigers0–1 (7)Norris (1–3)Barnes (0–1)Soto (8)13,74739–51L1
91July 17 (2)@ Tigers4–5 (8)Jiménez (3–1)Rogers (2–4)—31,62439–52L2
92July 18@ Tigers0–7Peralta (3–1)Happ (5–5)—15,85439–53L3
93July 19 (1)@ White Sox3–2 (8)Duffey (2–2)Crochet (2–5)Robles (10)N/A40–53W1
94July 19 (2)@ White Sox3–5 (7)Bummer (2–4)Berríos (7–4)—18,27240–54L1
95July 20@ White Sox5–9Burr (2–0)Alcalá (2–4)—17,70340–55L2
96July 21@ White Sox7–2Pineda (4–5)Cease (7–6)—25,60041–55W1
97July 22Angels2–3Heaney (6–7)Maeda (4–4)Iglesias (20)23,33741–56L1
98July 23Angels5–4Minaya (1–0)Iglesias (6–4)Rogers (9)21,38442–56W1
99July 24Angels1–2Sandoval (3–4)Berríos (7–5)Iglesias (21)22,24042–57L1
100July 25Angels2–6Barría (1–0)Coulombe (1–1)—23,15842–58L2
101July 26Tigers6–5 (10)Thielbar (3–0)Soto (4–2)—17,71343–58W1
102July 27Tigers5–6 (11)Cisnero (2–4)Alcalá (2–5)Norris (1)17,64343–59L1
103July 28Tigers14–17Holland (2–2)Happ (5–6)—17,81743–60L2
104July 30@ Cardinals1–5Helsley (6–4)Duffey (2–3)—34,03643–61L3
105July 31@ Cardinals8–1Alcalá (3–5)Woodford (2–3)—33,43244–61W1 :
August: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 1@ Cardinals3–7Wainwright (9–6)Pineda (4–6)—28,97544–62L1
107August 3@ Reds7–5Coulombe (2–1)Hembree (2–6)Colomé (3)18,39645–62W1
108August 4@ Reds5–6Castillo (6–10)Barnes (0–2)Lorenzen (1)16,82845–63L1
109August 5@ Astros5–3Jax (2–1)Valdez (7–3)Colomé (4)26,20846–63W1
110August 6@ Astros5–4 (11)Minaya (2–0)Montero (5–4)—29,63147–63W2
111August 7@ Astros0–4García (8–6)Pineda (4–7)—29,64747–64L1
112August 8@ Astros7–5Maeda (5–4)McCullers Jr. (9–3)Colomé (5)26,82548–64W1
113August 9White Sox1–11Giolito (9–8)Burrows (0–1)—17,85848–65L1
114August 10White Sox4–3Jax (3–1)Keuchel (7–6)Colomé (6)18,30249–65W1
115August 11White Sox1–0Thielbar (4–0)Ruiz (1–2)Colomé (7)22,37050–65W2
116August 13Rays4–10McClanahan (7–4)Pineda (4–8)Phillips (1)23,12550–66L1
117August 14Rays12–0Maeda (6–4)Wacha (2–4)—21,03451–66W1
118August 15Rays5–4Colomé (3–4)Wisler (3–5)—22,46752–66W2
119August 16Indians5–4 (10)Thielbar (5–0)Wittgren (2–6)—15,62253–66W3
120August 17Indians1–3Morgan (2–5)Ober (1–2)Clase (17)19,60553–67L1
121August 18Indians8–7 (11)Coulombe (3–1)Garza (2–1)—19,94954–67W1
122August 19@ Yankees5–7Taillon (8–4)Gant (4–7)Green (6)30,01954–68L1
123August 20@ Yankees2–10Cortés Jr. (2–1)Barnes (0–3)—39,12454–69L2
124August 21@ Yankees1–7Cole (12–6)Maeda (6–5)—35,24754–70L3
—August 22@ YankeesPostponed (rain, makeup September 13)
125August 24@ Red Sox9–11Taylor (1–0)Jax (3–2)Robles (11)27,98654–71L4
126August 25@ Red Sox9–6 (10)Colomé (4–4)Robles (3–5)—28,92355–71W1
127August 26@ Red Sox2–12Sale (3–0)Gant (4–8)—33,74655–72L1
128August 27Brewers2–0Albers (1–0)Lauer (4–5)Colomé (8)20,28056–72W1
129August 28Brewers6–4Thielbar (6–0)Houser (7–6)Colomé (9)29,34257–72W2
130August 29Brewers2–6Ashby (1–0)Jax (3–3)—26,18657–73L1
131August 30@ Tigers3–2Ober (2–2)Mize (7–7)Colomé (10)13,42558–73W1
132August 31Cubs1–3Rodríguez (3–2)Gant (4–9)Wick (1)22,22458–74L1 :
September: 13–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1Cubs0–3Steele (3–2)Ryan (0–1)Alzolay (1)21,78458–75L2
134September 3@ Rays3–5Wacha (3–4)Dobnak (1–7)Kittredge (6)8,86458–76L3
135September 4@ Rays4–11Archer (1–1)Albers (1–1)Enns (1)13,86158–77L4
136September 5@ Rays6–5Duffey (3–3)Kittredge (8–3)Colomé (11)14,16559–77W1
137September 6@ Indians5–2Pineda (5–8)Allen (1–6)Colomé (12)12,67560–77W2
138September 7@ Indians3–0Gant (5–9)Civale (10–3)Colomé (13)10,44861–77W3
139September 8@ Indians3–0Ryan (1–1)McKenzie (4–6)Duffey (3)11,03762–77W4
140September 9@ Indians1–4Quantrill (5–3)Albers (1–2)Clase (22)11,84662–78L1
141September 10Royals4–6 (11)Santana (2–2)Minaya (2–1)Holland (8)20,80362–79L2
142September 11Royals9–2Pineda (6–8)Singer (4–10)—19,53263–79W1
143September 12Royals3–5Brentz (4–2)Alcalá (3–6)Barlow (12)19,49663–80L1
144September 13@ Yankees5–6 (10)Holmes (8−3)Garza Jr. (1−3)—31,52863–81L2
145September 14 (1)Indians1–3 (7)McKenzie (5–6)Coulombe (3–2)Clase (23)15,31963–82L3
146September 14 (2)Indians6–3 (7)Barraclough (1–0)Allen (1–7)Colomé (14)18,90564–82W1
147September 15Indians3–12Quantrill (6–3)Jax (3–4)—14,22264–83L1
148September 17@ Blue Jays7–3Pineda (7–8)Ryu (13–9)—14,79865–83W1
149September 18@ Blue Jays2–6Matz (13–7)Ober (2–3)—14,72265–84L1
150September 19@ Blue Jays3–5Berríos (12–8)Farrell (1–1)Romano (19)14,60165–85L2
151September 21@ Cubs9–5Barraclough (2–0)Mills (6–7)—25,59466–85W1
152September 22@ Cubs5–4Ryan (2–1)Hendricks (14–7)Colomé (15)24,40267–85W2
153September 23Blue Jays7–2Pineda (8–8)Hatch (0–1)Garza Jr. (1)15,50968–85W3
154September 24Blue Jays3–1Ober (3–3)Berríos (12–9)Colomé (16)18,86169–85W4
155September 25Blue Jays1–6Ray (13–6)Gant (5–10)—27,18369–86L1
156September 26Blue Jays2–5Manoah (8–2)Jax (3–5)Romano (21)20,67669–87L2
157September 28Tigers3–2Thielbar (7–0)Alexander (2–4)Colomé (17)16,32970–87W1
158September 29Tigers5–2Pineda (9–8)Mize (7–9)—17,25471–87W2
159September 30Tigers7–10Lange (1–3)Garza Jr. (1–4)Fulmer (13)21,18671–88L1 :
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1@ Royals6–11Heasley (1–1)Gant (5–11)—14,29371–89L2
161October 2@ Royals4–0Jax (4–5)Bubic (6–7)—22,32172–89W1
162October 3@ Royals7–3Vincent (1–0)Kowar (0–6)Alcalá (1)17,15873–89W2 :

## Player stats
### 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 |
| Jorge Alcala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Luis Arráez | 121 | 428 | 58 | 126 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 42 | .294 | 2 |
| Willians Astudillo | 72 | 208 | 17 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .236 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jose Berrios | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Beau Burrows | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 61 | 235 | 50 | 72 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .306 | 9 |
| Jake Cave | 76 | 164 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .189 | 1 |
| Gilberto Celestino | 23 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .136 | 0 |
| Alex Colome | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Danny Coulombe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nelson Cruz | 85 | 296 | 44 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 50 | .294 | 3 |
| Randy Dobnak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Josh Donaldson | 135 | 457 | 73 | 113 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 72 | .247 | 0 |
| Tyler Duffey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Gant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kyle Garlick | 36 | 99 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .232 | 1 |
| Mitch Garver | 68 | 207 | 29 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .256 | 1 |
| Nick Gordon | 73 | 200 | 19 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | .240 | 10 |
| Griffin Jax | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 85 | 267 | 28 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 35 | .199 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 121 | 426 | 61 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 54 | .211 | 10 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 59 | 215 | 23 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 34 | .251 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 79 | 260 | 29 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .223 | 1 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kenta Maeda | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Juan Minaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bailey Ober | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Michael Pineda | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 152 | 588 | 97 | 158 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 98 | .269 | 11 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 51 | 139 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .245 | 1 |
| JT Riddle | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Hansel Robles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 58 | 189 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .201 | 0 |
| Ben Rortvedt | 39 | 89 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .169 | 0 |
| Joe Ryan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Miguel Sano | 135 | 470 | 68 | 105 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 75 | .223 | 2 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 131 | 412 | 37 | 92 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .223 | 1 |
| Cody Stashak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5431 | 729 | 1311 | 271 | 17 | 228 | 690 | .241 | 54 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Andrew Albers | 1 | 2 | 7.58 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| Jorge Alcala | 3 | 6 | 3.92 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 59.2 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 61 |
| Shaun Anderson | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Willians Astudillo | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnes | 0 | 3 | 5.92 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 38.0 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 20 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 2 | 0 | 5.54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| Jose Berrios | 7 | 5 | 3.48 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 121.2 | 53 | 47 | 32 | 126 |
| Beau Burrows | 0 | 1 | 12.54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Alex Colome | 4 | 4 | 4.15 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 65.0 | 41 | 30 | 23 | 58 |
| Danny Coulombe | 3 | 2 | 3.67 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 34.1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| Randy Dobnak | 1 | 7 | 7.64 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 50.2 | 44 | 43 | 12 | 27 |
| Tyler Duffey | 3 | 3 | 3.18 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 62.1 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 61 |
| Luke Farrell | 1 | 1 | 4.74 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 24.2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| John Gant | 1 | 5 | 5.61 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 33.2 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| Edgar Garcia | 0 | 0 | 10.45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Ralph Garza Jr. | 0 | 2 | 3.26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
| Ian Gibaut | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. A. Happ | 5 | 6 | 6.77 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 98.1 | 76 | 74 | 31 | 77 |
| Griffin Jax | 4 | 5 | 6.37 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 82.0 | 62 | 58 | 29 | 65 |
| Derek Law | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| Kenta Maeda | 6 | 5 | 4.66 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 106.1 | 60 | 55 | 32 | 113 |
| Juan Minaya | 2 | 1 | 2.48 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 43 |
| Jovani Moran | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Bailey Ober | 3 | 3 | 4.19 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 92.1 | 45 | 43 | 19 | 96 |
| Michael Pineda | 9 | 8 | 3.62 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 109.1 | 49 | 44 | 21 | 88 |
| Hansel Robles | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 44.0 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 43 |
| Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 3.35 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 40.1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 59 |
| Joe Ryan | 2 | 1 | 4.05 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26.2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| Matt Shoemaker | 3 | 8 | 8.06 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 | 56 | 54 | 27 | 40 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cody Stashak | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 7 | 0 | 3.23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 77 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 0 | 2 | 4.70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15.1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Nick Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0.71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Brandon Waddell | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 89 | 4.83 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1419.1 | 834 | 762 | 484 | 1317 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | St. Paul Saints | Triple-A East | Toby Gardenhire |
| AA | Wichita Wind Surge | Double-A Central | Ramon Borrego |
| A-Advanced | Cedar Rapids Kernels | High-A Central | Brian Dinkelman |
| A | Fort Myers Mighty Mussels | Low-A Southeast | Brian Meyer |
| Rookie | FCL Twins | Florida Complex League | Takashi Miyoshi |
| Rookie | DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League | |