# 2016 Minnesota Twins season

The 2016 Minnesota Twins season was the 56th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their seventh season at Target Field and the 116th overall in the American League. The 2016 season marked the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Twins World Series victory, and the 2016 team wore commemorative patches. The team finished in fifth place in the American League Central and lost 103 games, the worst record in the majors and the most losses since the franchise relocated to Minnesota in 1961.

## Summary

The Twins signed Korean baseball star Byung-ho Park in the offseason, in addition to acquiring John Ryan Murphy, a catcher, in a trade with the Yankees. The team's encouraging 83–79 finish the previous season behind good rookie seasons from Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario, Tyler Duffey, and Byron Buxton, along with the anticipated arrival of Minor Leaguers José Berríos and Max Kepler, gave Twins' fans high hopes for the 2016 season. However, the season became a complete disaster, starting with the Twins losing their first nine games of the season and never getting out of last place in the AL Central. They finished with a record of 59-103, the worst in the league. The 103 losses marked the worst record in Twins history, besting the 60-102 team of 1982.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 8 | 45‍–‍35 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13½ | 47‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 16½ | 45‍–‍36 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 35½ | 30‍–‍51 | 29‍–‍52 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 2½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 15 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 20 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94 | .420 | 21 |
| Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30 |

### Record against opponents

2016 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Boston | 11–8 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–11 |
| Cleveland | 1–5 | 2–4 | 11–8 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 4–14 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Houston | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Kansas City | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 12–7 | 4–3 | — | 1–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Minnesota | 1–5 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 8–12 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 8–12 |
| Oakland | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 6–1 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–4 | — | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 7–13 |
| Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 13–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Toronto | 10–9 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | — | 13–7 |

## Game log

2016 Game Log: 59−103 (Home: 30−51; Away: 29−52) :
April: 7–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 1–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 4@ Orioles2–3Britton (1–0)Jepsen (0–1)—45,7850–1L1
2April 6@ Orioles2–4Gallardo (1–0)Gibson (0–1)Britton (1)12,6220–2L2
3April 7@ Orioles2–4Jiménez (1–0)Hughes (0–1)O'Day (1)11,1420–3L3
4April 8@ Royals3–4Soria (1–0)Jepsen (0–2)Davis (2)27,1660–4L4
5April 9@ Royals0–7Kennedy (1–0)Milone (0–1)—31,0010–5L5
6April 10@ Royals3–4 (10)Davis (1–0)May (0–1)—35,3170–6L6
7April 11White Sox1–4Quintana (1–0)Gibson (0–2)Robertson (3)40,6380–7L7
8April 13White Sox0–3Rodon (1–1)Hughes (0–2)Robertson (4)21,0080–8L8
9April 14White Sox1–3Latos (2–0)Santana (0–1)Robertson (5)19,7360–9L9
10April 15Angels5–4Fien (1–0)Salas (0–1)Jepsen (1)22,4611–9W1
11April 16Angels6–4Pressly (1–0)Smith (0–1)Jepsen (2)27,4642–9W2
12April 17Angels3–2 (12)Tonkin (1–0)Rasmus (0–1)—25,9323–9W3
13April 18Brewers7–4 (6)Hughes (1–2)Anderson (1–1)—21,0784–9W4
14April 19Brewers5–6Thornburg (2–0)Jepsen (0–3)Jeffress (5)17,5974–10L1
15April 20@ Brewers5–10Nelson (3–1)Pressly (1–1)—21,0874–11L2
16April 21@ Brewers8–1Nolasco (1–0)Jungmann (0–3)—30,1075–11W1
17April 22@ Nationals4–8González (1–0)Gibson (0–3)—27,6845–12L1
18April 23@ Nationals0–2Roark (2–2)Hughes (1–3)Papelbon (7)35,9745–13L2
19April 24@ Nationals5–6 (16)Pérez (1–0)Tonkin (1–1)—35,3975–14L3
20April 25Indians4–3Jepsen (1–3)McAllister (1–1)—17,5036–14W1
21April 26Indians6–5Jepsen (2–3)Allen (0–2)—17,4937–14W2
22April 27Indians5–6Tomlin (3–0)Berríos (0–1)Allen (7)17,7467–15L1
23April 29Tigers2–9Fulmer (1–0)Hughes (1–4)—23,0497–16L2
24April 30Tigers1–4Zimmermann (5–0)Duffey (0–1)Rodríguez (6)31,1097–17L3 :
May: 8–19 (Home: 2–8; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1Tigers5–6Lowe (1–0)Pressly (1–2)Rodríguez (7)24,7497–18L4
26May 2@ Astros6–2Berríos (1–1)Keuchel (2–4)—18,2438–18W1
27May 3@ Astros4–6McHugh (3–3)Meyer (0–1)Gregerson (6)21,1538–19L1
28May 4@ Astros4–16Feldman (1–2)Hughes (1–5)—20,8478–20L2
29May 6@ White Sox4–10Latos (5–0)Nolasco (1–1)—23,0548–21L3
30May 7@ White Sox2–7Sale (7–0)Santana (0–2)—28,0498–22L4
31May 8@ White Sox1–3Quintana (5–1)Duffey (0–2)Robertson (10)23,8018–23L5
—May 9OriolesPostponed (rain). Make-up date July 28.
32May 10Orioles3–5O'Day (2–0)Jepsen (2–4)Britton (8)21,5868–24L6
33May 11Orioles2–9Wilson (2–1)Hughes (1–6)—25,0948–25L7
34May 13@ Indians6–7McAllister (2–1)May (0–2)Allen (9)17,8038–26L8
35May 14@ Indians6–3Santana (1–2)Kluber (2–5)—15,4289–26W1
36May 15@ Indians5–1Duffey (1–2)Bauer (3–1)—13,23610–26W2
37May 16@ Tigers8–10Zimmermann (6–2)Dean (0–1)Rodríguez (10)25,92510–27L1
38May 17@ Tigers2–7Ryan (1–2)Tonkin (1–2)—27,65210–28L2
39May 18@ Tigers3–6Verlander (3–4)Nolasco (1–2)Rodríguez (11)29,03510–29L3
40May 19Blue Jays2–3 (11)Osuna (2–0)Pressly (1–3)Biagini (1)25,43510–30L4
41May 20Blue Jays3–9Sanchez (4–1)Duffey (1–3)—29,39610–31L5
42May 21Blue Jays5–3Abad (1–0)Happ (5–2)Jepsen (3)30,46011–31W1
43May 22Blue Jays1–3Stroman (5–1)Hughes (1–7)Osuna (9)33,42111–32L1
44May 23Royals4–10Moylan (1–0)Nolasco (1–3)—17,88611–33L2
45May 24Royals4–7Volquez (5–4)SantanaDavis (12)23,54111–34L3
46May 25Royals7–5Duffey (2–3)Gee (1–2)Jepson (4)27,23312–34W1
47May 27@ Mariners7–2Dean (1-1)Hernandez (4-4)—40,92113–34W2
48May 28@ Mariners6–5Pressly (2-3)Vincent (2-2)Jepsen (5)28,30914–34W3
49May 29@ Mariners5–4Nolasco (2-3)Walker (2-5)Jepsen (6)33,74815–34W4
50May 30@ Athletics2–3Graveman (2–6)Santana (1–4)Madson (12)17,24815–35L1
51May 31@ Athletics4–7Dull (1–0)Duffey (2–0)Axford (1)12,76715–36L2 :
June: 10–17 (Home: 7–10; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1@ Athletics1–5Manaea (2–3)Dean (1–2)—11,34315–37L3
53June 2Rays6–4Rogers (1–0)Ramírez (6–4)Jepsen (7)20,19316–37W1
54June 3Rays2–4Ramírez (7–4)Nolasco (2–4)Colomé (13)21,13416–38L1
55June 4Rays4–7Andriese (4–0)Santana (1–5)Colomé (14)26,61316–39L2
56June 5Rays5–7Cedeño (3–1)Jepsen (2–5)Colomé (15)25,51016–40L3
57June 7Marlins6–4 (11)Boshers (1–0)McGowan (0–2)—19,02017–40W1
58June 8Marlins7–5Rogers (2–0)Wittgren (1–1)Kintzler (1)21,52718–40W2
59June 9Marlins3–10Koehler (4–6)Santana (1–6)—18,79218–41L1
60June 10Red Sox1–8Wright (7–4)Duffey (2–5)—22,78618–42L2
61June 11Red Sox4–15Hembree (3–0)Gibson (0–4)—28,63318–43L3
62June 12Red Sox7–4 (10)Tonkin (2–2)Barnes (2–3)—26,08719–43W1
63June 13@ Angels9–4Nolasco (3–4)Weaver (5–6)—36,42420–43W2
64June 14@ Angels4–5Chacín (3–4)Santana (1–7)Street (7)36,27220–44L1
65June 15@ Angels2–10Santiago (4–4)Duffey (2–6)—36,71720–45L2
66June 16Yankees1–4Sabathia (5–4)Gibson (0–5)Chapman (12)23,75120–46L3
67June 17Yankees2–8Tanaka (3–2)Dean (1–3)–23,88820–47L4
68June 18Yankees6–7Miller (4–0)Abad (1–1)Chapman (13)34,36820–48L5
69June 19Yankees7–4Santana (2–7)Eovaldi (6–4)Kintzler (2)29,55321–48W1
70June 21Phillies14–10Boshers (2–0)Nola (5–7)Kintzler (3)25,71422–48W2
71June 22Phillies5–6Rogers (3–0)Hernandez (1–2)Abad (1)25,03223–48W3
72June 23Phillies3–7Eickhoff (5–9)Nolasco (3–5)—30,01223–49L1
73June 24@ Yankees3–5Tanaka (5–2)Milone (0–2)Chapman (14)36,09023–50L2
74June 25@ Yankees1–2Miller (5–0)Pressly (2–4)Chapman (15)40,07523–51L3
75June 26@ Yankees1–7Duffey (3–6)Eovaldi (6–4)—38,67324–51W1
76June 28@ White Sox4–0Gibson (1–5)Quintana (5–8)—22,07225–51W2
77June 29@ White Sox6–9Shields (3–9)Nolasco (3–6)Jones (2)18,57125–52L1
78June 30@ White Sox5–6Jones (4–2)Abad (1–2)Robertson (21)26,15825–53L2 :
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
79July 1Rangers2–3 (10)Bush (3-1)Abad (1-3)Dyson (17)25,53025–54L3
80July 2Rangers17–5Duffey (4–6)Gonzalez (0–1)—21,46626–54W1
81July 3Rangers5–4Gibson (2–5)Hamels (9–2)Kintzler (4)26,94227–54W2
82July 4Athletics1–3Graveman (4–6)Nolasco (3–7)Madson (16)23,10027–55L1
83July 5Athletics11–4Milone (1–2)Manaea (3–5)—16,93828–55W1
84July 6Athletics4–0Santana (3–7)Gray (3–8)—27,65729–55W2
85July 7@ Rangers10–1Duffey (5–6)Gonzalez (0–2)—43,93430–55W3
86July 8@ Rangers5–6Barnette (6–3)Pressly (2–5)Dyson (18)40,33030–56L1
87July 9@ Rangers8–6Nolasco (4–7)Lohse (0–1)Kintzler (5)37,70831–56W1
88July 10@ Rangers15–5Milone (2–2)Griffin (3–1)—31,97832–56W2
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
89July 15Indians2–5Carrasco (6–3)Santana (3–8)Allen (19)27,07432–57L1
90July 16Indians5–4 (11)May (1–2)Colón (0–1)—29,44733–57W1
91July 17Indians1–6Tomlin (10–2)Gibson (2–6)—25,69233–58L1
92July 18@ Tigers0–1Boyd (1–2)Nolasco (4–8)Rodríguez (26)29,29033–59L2
93July 19@ Tigers6–2Milone (3–2)Sánchez (5–11)—32,03034–59W1
94July 20@ Tigers4–1Pressly (3–5)Rodríguez (1–1)Kintzler (6)35,02035–59W2
95July 21@ Red Sox2–13Wright (12–5)Duffey (5–7)37,56635–60L1
96July 22@ Red Sox2–1Gibson (3–6)Rodríguez (2–4)Kintzler (7)37,00136–60W1
97July 23@ Red Sox11–9Pressly (4–5)Layne (0–1)Kintzler (8)37,60037–60W2
98July 24@ Red Sox7–8Porcello (13–2)Milone (3–3)Ziegler (19)36,80637–61L1
99July 26Braves0–2Harrell (2–2)Santana (3–9)Johnson (3)26,69037–62L2
100July 27Braves7–9Foltynewicz (4–4)Duffey (5–8)Johnson (4)29,48237–63L3
101July 28Orioles6–2Pressly (5–5)Despaigne (0-2)—22,56938–63W1
102July 29White Sox2–1May (2–2)Jennings (4–3)—23,98339–63W2
103July 30White Sox5–6 (10)Ynoa (1–0)Abad (1–4)Robertson (25)29,48239–64L1
104July 31White Sox6–4Santana (4–9)Rodon (2–8)Pressly (1)29,67040–64W1 :
August: 9–20 (Home: 2–8; Away: 7–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Indians12–5Berríos (2–1)Salazar (11–4)—15,01841–64W2
106August 2@ Indians10–6Pressly (6–5)Carrasco (7–5)—15,83542–64W3
107August 3@ Indians13–5Duffey (6–8)Bauer (7–5)—17,17643–64W4
108August 4@ Indians2–9Otero (3–1)Santiago (10–5)—19,19343–65L1
109August 5@ Rays6–2Santana (5–9)Ramírez (7–9)—12,16144–65W1
110August 6@ Rays3–7Archer (6–15)Berríos (2–2)Colomé (27)15,60344–66L1
111August 7@ Rays6–3Gibson (4–6)Andriese (6–3)Kintzler (9)12,64945–66W1
112August 8Astros3–1Duffey (7–8)McHugh (7–9)Kintzler (10)20,97846–66W2
113August 9Astros5–7Fiers (8–5)Santiago (10–6)Giles (2)22,26146–67L1
—August 10Astros
Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 11)
114August 11Astros7–15Fister (11–7)Berríos (2–3)—25,96046–68L2
115August 11Astros2–10Devenski (1–4)Milone (3–4)—24,93546–69L3
116August 12Royals3–7Ventura (8–9)Gibson (4–7)—24,61746–70L4
117August 13Royals5–3Duffey (8–8)Gee (4–6)Kintzler (11)30,14747–70W1
118August 14Royals4–11Vólquez (9–10)Santiago (10–7)—31,73047–71L1
119August 16@ Braves5–3Santana (6–9)De La Cruz (0–6)Kintzler (12)17,61148–71W1
120August 17@ Braves10–3Gibson (5–7)O'Flaherty (1–4)—19,30449–71W2
121August 18@ Royals1–8Gee (5–6)Duffey (8–9)—30,59949–72L1
122August 19@ Royals4–5 (11)Wang (6–0)Chargois (0–1)—28,46349–73L2
123August 20@ Royals0–10Kennedy (8–9)Santiago (10–8)—29,26349–74L3
124August 21@ Royals1–2Duffy (11–1)Santana (6–10)Herrera (7)32,99649–75L4
125August 23Tigers3–8Sánchez (7–12)Gibson (5–8)—24,37946–76L5
126August 24Tigers4–9Boyd (5–2)Duffey (8–10)—24,30949–77L6
127August 25Tigers5–8Norris (2–2)Berríos (2–4)Rodríguez (35)26,43749–78L7
128August 26@ Blue Jays8–15Liriano (7–12)Dean (1–4)—42,53449–79L8
129August 27@ Blue Jays7–8Grilli (5–3)Pressly (6–6)Osuna (29)47,48549–80L9
130August 28@ Blue Jays6–9Feldman (7–4)Light (0–1)—47,44449–81L10
131August 29@ Indians0–1 (10)McAllister (3–2)Kintzler (0–1)—11,23749–82L11
132August 30@ Indians4–5Otero (4–1)Wimmers (0–1)Miller (12)11,93749–83L12
133August 31@ Indians4–8Kluber (15–8)Dean (1–5)Shaw (1)11,81149–84L13 :
September: 8–19 (Home: 5–11; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1White Sox8–5Santana (7-10)Quintana (11-10)Kintzler (13)20,32950–84W1
135September 2White Sox4–11Rodon (5–8)Gibson (5–9)—20,80650–85L1
136September 3White Sox11–3Santiago (11–8)Shields (5–17)—22,27451–85W1
137September 4White Sox11–13 (12)Minaya (1–0)Dean (1–6)Kahnle (1)22,59551–86L1
138September 5Royals5–11Kennedy (10–9)Berríos (2–5)—20,99251–87L2
139September 6Royals3–10Herrera (2–4)Kintzler (0–2)—22,19451–88L3
140September 7Royals6–5Wimmers (1–1)Soria (4–8)Kintzler (14)17,97252–88W1
141September 9Indians4–5Colón (1–1)Duffey (8–11)Allen (27)20,17352–89L1
142September 10Indians2–1 (12)Chargois (1–1)Colón (1–2)—23,58453–89W1
143September 11Indians1–7Kluber (16–9)Berríos (2–6)—20,30153–90L1
144September 12@ Tigers2–4Greene (4–4)Wimmers (1–2)Rodríguez (41)28,09353–91L2
145September 13@ Tigers8–1Gibson (6–9)Boyd (5–4)—26,39354–91W1
146September 14@ Tigers6–9Greene (5–4)Pressly (6–7)Rodríguez (42)27,95354–92L1
147September 15@ Tigers5–1Santiago (12-8)Pelfrey (4–10)—26,93255-92W1
148September 16@ Mets0–3Colón (14–7)Berríos (2–7)Familia (49)33,33855–93L1
149September 17@ Mets2–3 (12)Edgin (1–0)O'Rourke (0–1)—36,94155–94L2
150September 18@ Mets2–3Goeddel (2–1)Gibson (6–10)Blevins (2)28,92655–95L3
151September 20Tigers1–8Matt Boyd (6–4)Santiago (12–9)—23,39555–96L4
—September 21TigersPostponed (rain). Make-up date September 22.
152September 22Tigers2–9Wilson (4–0)Wimmers (1–3)—18,37455–97L5
153September 22Tigers2–4Verlander (15–8)Santana (7–11)Rodríguez (44)21,59955–98L6
154September 23Mariners1–10Paxton (5–7)Gibson (6–11)—22,68355–99L7
155September 24Mariners3–2Duffey (9–11)Miranda (5–2)Kintzler (15)24,74956–99W1
156September 25Mariners3–4Walker (7–11)Santiago (12–10)Díaz (17)22,09256–100L1
157September 27@ Royals3–4 (11)Pounders (2–1)Milone (3–5)—28,43556–101L2
158September 28@ Royals2–5Soria (5–8)Rogers (3–1)Davis (27)23,43756–102L3
159September 29@ Royals7–6Tonkin (3–2)Herrera (2–6)Kintzler (16)29,56657–102W1
160September 30@ White Sox3–7Rodon (9–10)Duffey (9–12)—19,00757–103L1 :
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1@ White Sox6–0Santiago (13–10)Shields (6–19)—25,73058–103W1
162October 2@ White Sox6–3Berríos (3–7)Sale (17–10)Kintzler (17)21,90459–103W2 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

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 |
| Brian Dozier | 155 | 615 | 104 | 165 | 35 | 5 | 42 | 99 | 18 | 61 | .268 | .546 |
| Joe Mauer | 134 | 494 | 68 | 129 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 79 | .261 | .389 |
| Miguel Sanó | 116 | 437 | 57 | 103 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 66 | 1 | 54 | .236 | .462 |
| Max Kepler | 113 | 396 | 52 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 63 | 6 | 42 | .235 | .424 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 91 | 371 | 49 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 27 | 15 | .296 | .439 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 105 | 352 | 32 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 21 | .236 | .338 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 106 | 345 | 34 | 89 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 18 | .258 | .403 |
| Eddie Rosario | 92 | 335 | 52 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 12 | .269 | .421 |
| Robbie Grossman | 99 | 332 | 49 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 55 | .280 | .443 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 84 | 319 | 35 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 1 | 19 | .260 | .420 |
| Byron Buxton | 92 | 298 | 44 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 23 | .225 | .430 |
| Jorge Polanco | 69 | 245 | 24 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 17 | .282 | .424 |
| Danny Santana | 75 | 233 | 29 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | .240 | .326 |
| Byung-ho Park | 62 | 215 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 21 | .191 | .409 |
| Juan Centeno | 55 | 176 | 16 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | .261 | .392 |
| Kennys Vargas | 47 | 152 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 24 | .230 | .500 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | 32 | 103 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10 | .214 | .369 |
| John Ryan Murphy | 26 | 82 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .146 | .220 |
| Logan Schafer | 26 | 63 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .238 | .317 |
| James Beresford | 10 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .273 |
| Darin Mastroianni | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5618 | 722 | 1409 | 288 | 35 | 200 | 690 | 91 | 513 | .251 | .421 |
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### Pitching

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 |
| Ervin Santana | 7 | 11 | 3.38 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 181.1 | 168 | 78 | 68 | 53 | 149 |
| Kyle Gibson | 6 | 11 | 5.07 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 147.1 | 175 | 89 | 83 | 55 | 104 |
| Tyler Duffey | 9 | 12 | 6.43 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 133.0 | 167 | 103 | 95 | 32 | 114 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 4 | 8 | 5.13 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 124.2 | 139 | 77 | 71 | 29 | 93 |
| Ryan Pressly | 6 | 7 | 3.70 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 75.1 | 79 | 34 | 31 | 23 | 67 |
| Michael Tonkin | 3 | 2 | 5.02 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 71.2 | 80 | 46 | 40 | 24 | 80 |
| Tommy Milone | 3 | 5 | 5.71 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 69.1 | 84 | 53 | 44 | 22 | 49 |
| Pat Dean | 1 | 6 | 6.28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 67.1 | 88 | 47 | 47 | 23 | 50 |
| Taylor Rogers | 3 | 1 | 3.96 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 63 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 64 |
| Hector Santiago | 3 | 6 | 5.58 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 61.1 | 65 | 39 | 38 | 22 | 37 |
| Phil Hughes | 1 | 7 | 5.95 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 59.0 | 76 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 34 |
| José Berríos | 3 | 7 | 8.02 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 58.1 | 74 | 56 | 52 | 35 | 49 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 0 | 2 | 3.15 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 54.1 | 59 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 35 |
| Trevor May | 2 | 2 | 5.27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 39 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 60 |
| Buddy Boshers | 2 | 0 | 4.25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| Fernando Abad | 1 | 4 | 2.65 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 2 | 5 | 6.16 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 30.2 | 42 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 22 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 0 | 1 | 3.96 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| JT Chargois | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 |
| Alex Wimmers | 1 | 3 | 4.15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 |
| Andrew Albers | 0 | 0 | 5.82 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 16 |
| Neil Ramírez | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Pat Light | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Casey Fien | 1 | 0 | 7.90 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| Alex Meyer | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Perkins | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| J.R. Graham | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 59 | 103 | 5.08 | 162 | 162 | 26 | 1443.0 | 1617 | 889 | 814 | 479 | 1191 |
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Mike Quade |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Doug Mientkiewicz |
| A-Advanced | Fort Myers Miracle | Florida State League | Jeff Smith |
| A | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Jake Mauer |
| Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
| Rookie | GCL Twins | Gulf Coast League | Ramón Borrego |
| Rookie | DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League | |