# 2013 Minnesota Twins season

The 2013 Minnesota Twins season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 113th overall in the American League.
The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 4-2). The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.
The Twins finished their season with a 66–96 record, although they finished fourth in the American League Central standings ahead of the Chicago White Sox, avoiding a last place finish for the first time since 2010. The team continued to struggle with offense and bullpen rotation, despite the off-season acquisitions of veterans Vance Worley, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia.

## Offseason transactions and spring training

* January 18, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Duensing and C Drew Butera on one-year contracts.
* February 14, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract.
* March 10, 2013: Reassigned RHP Bryan Augenstein, RHP Nick Blackburn, RHP Alex Meyer, RHP Lester Oliveros and RHP Esmerling Vásquez to their minor league camp.
* March 11, 2013: Optioned C Chris Herrmann to Rochester (IL) and RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Michael Tonkin, C Josmil Pinto and INF Danny Santana to New Britain (EL).
* March 15, 2013: Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson and LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Anthony Slama, C Kyle Knudson and INF James Beresford to their minor league camp.
* March 16, 2013: Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL).
* March 17, 2013: Reassigned C Eric Fryer, INF Chris Colabello, INF Mark Sobolewski, OF Brian Dinkelman, OF Clete Thomas, RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Shairon Martis to their minor league camp.
* March 23, 2013: Placed LHP Scott Diamond and RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL.
* March 26, 2013: Reassigned RHP P. J. Walters and RHP Samuel Deduno to minor league camp.
* March 27, 2013: Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Rochester (IL).
* March 30, 2013: Placed RHP Tim Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive March 24. Reassigned RHP Rich Harden and LHP Rafael Perez to their minor league camp.
* March 31, 2013: Selected the contract of OF Wilkin Ramírez from Rochester (IL).
The Minnesota Twins finished in fifth place (.515) in the Grapefruit League during spring training with a 17–16 record overall (7–10 home / 10–6 away). They were 4.5 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles.

## Season synopsis

* The Twins' batters ended the season with 1430 strikeouts, their most ever, and far exceeding the previous high of 1121 in 1997. Josh Willingham (128) led the club, with Brian Dozier (120) and Oswaldo Arcia (117) close behind.
* Joe Mauer started the All-Star game as the American League catcher. Reliever Glen Perkins was selected as a reserve but did not play.
* Mauer won his fifth Silver Slugger Award.

### September

Finished 27 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 | 51‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 | 32‍–‍49 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | .389 | 30 | 37‍–‍44 | 26‍–‍55 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | .568 | +½ |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | — |
| Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | .558 | 1 |
| Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5½ |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13½ |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 25½ |
| Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28½ |
| Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | .315 | 40½ |

## Record vs. opponents

2013 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013vte :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 11–9 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 2–17 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–6 | 17–2 | — | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
| Detroit | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 9–10 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–17 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
| Los Angeles | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 5–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–12 |
| New York | 10–9 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 9–11 |
| Oakland | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 5–1 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
| Tampa Bay | 13–6 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Texas | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 17–2 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 4–4 | — | 1–6 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 6–1 | — | 11–9 |

## Detailed records

* updated to game played September 29, 2013
American League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Percentage |
| AL East |||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | .500 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 | .429 |
| New York Yankees | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–5 | .286 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 | .143 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | .167 |
| AL EAST | 2–14 | 8–9 | 10–23 | .303 |
| AL Central |||||
| Chicago White Sox | 5–5 | 6–3 | 11–8 | .579 |
| Cleveland Indians | 3–7 | 3–6 | 6–13 | .316 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4–5 | 4–6 | 8–11 | .421 |
| Kansas City Royals | 2–8 | 2–7 | 4–15 | .211 |
| AL CENTRAL | 14–25 | 15–22 | 29–47 | .382 |
| AL West |||||
| Houston Astros | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | .833 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | .833 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 | .143 |
| Seattle Mariners | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | .571 |
| Texas Rangers | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | .571 |
| AL WEST | 11–5 | 8–9 | 19–14 | .576 |
| American League | 27–44 | 31–40 | 58–84 | .408 |
National League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Percentage |
| Atlanta Braves | – | 0–3 | 0–3 | .000 |
| Miami Marlins | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | .250 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1.000 |
| New York Mets | 0–3 | – | 0–3 | .000 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | .667 |
| Washington Nationals | – | 1–2 | 1–2 | .333 |
| National League | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–12 | .400 |
| Overall record | 32–49 | 34–47 | 66–96 | .407 |

## 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; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
| Brian Dozier | 147 | 558 | 72 | 136 | 33 | 4 | 18 | 66 | 14 | .244 |
| Justin Morneau | 127 | 495 | 56 | 128 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 74 | 0 | .259 |
| Ryan Doumit | 135 | 485 | 49 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 1 | .247 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 129 | 477 | 44 | 121 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 2 | .254 |
| Joe Mauer | 113 | 445 | 62 | 144 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 0 | .324 |
| Pedro Florimon | 134 | 403 | 44 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 15 | .221 |
| Josh Willingham | 111 | 389 | 42 | 81 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 48 | 1 | .208 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | 97 | 351 | 34 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 1 | .251 |
| Chris Parmelee | 101 | 294 | 21 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 1 | .228 |
| Clete Thomas | 92 | 290 | 39 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .214 |
| Aaron Hicks | 81 | 281 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 9 | .192 |
| Jamey Carroll | 58 | 191 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .230 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 66 | 165 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .236 |
| Chris Colabello | 55 | 160 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .194 |
| Alex Presley | 28 | 113 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .283 |
| Wilkin Ramirez | 35 | 81 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .272 |
| Josmil Pinto | 21 | 76 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .342 |
| Darin Mastroianni | 30 | 65 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .185 |
| Doug Bernier | 33 | 53 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .226 |
| Eric Fryer | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .385 |
| Drew Butera | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5564 | 614 | 1346 | 285 | 15 | 151 | 590 | 52 | .242 |

### 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 |
| Kevin Correia | 9 | 13 | 4.18 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 185.1 | 89 | 86 | 45 | 101 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 5 | 13 | 5.19 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 152.2 | 92 | 88 | 53 | 101 |
| Scott Diamond | 6 | 13 | 5.43 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 131.0 | 88 | 79 | 36 | 52 |
| Sam Deduno | 8 | 8 | 3.83 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 108.0 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 67 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 69 |
| Ryan Pressly | 3 | 3 | 3.87 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 76.2 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 49 |
| Jared Burton | 2 | 9 | 3.82 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 66.0 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 61 |
| Glen Perkins | 2 | 0 | 2.30 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 62.2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 77 |
| Josh Roenicke | 3 | 1 | 4.35 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 45 |
| Casey Fien | 5 | 2 | 3.92 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 73 |
| Brian Duensing | 6 | 2 | 3.98 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 56 |
| Andrew Albers | 2 | 5 | 4.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 60.0 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 25 |
| Kyle Gibson | 2 | 4 | 6.53 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 37 | 20 | 29 |
| Vance Worley | 1 | 5 | 7.21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 48.2 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 25 |
| Liam Hendriks | 1 | 3 | 6.85 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 47.1 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 34 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 3 | 2 | 1.76 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| P.J. Walters | 2 | 5 | 5.95 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.1 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 22 |
| Cole De Vries | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 12 |
| Michael Tonkin | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Shairon Martis | 0 | 1 | 5.59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Jamey Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Robertson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 96 | 4.55 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1450.1 | 788 | 733 | 458 | 985 |

## Game log

Legend :
| Twins Win | Twins Loss | Postponed |
2013 Game Log (66–96) :
April (11–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Tigers2–4Verlander (1–0)Worley (0–1)Coke (1)38,2820–1
2April 3Tigers3–2Perkins (1–0)Coke (0–1)—22,9631–1
3April 4Tigers8–2Pelfrey (1–0)Porcello (0–1)—24,7522–1
4April 5@ Orioles5–9Ayala (1–0)Fien (0–1)—46,6532–2
5April 6@ Orioles6–5Roenicke (1–0)Johnson (0–1)Perkins (1)40,7043–2
6April 7@ Orioles4–3Swarzak (1–0)Hammel (1–1)Perkins (2)34,4314–2
7April 8@ Royals1–3Santana (1–1)Correia (0–1)Crow (1)40,0734–3
8April 9@ Royals4–7Guthrie (2–0)Pelfrey (1–1)Holland (2)11,6974–4
9April 10@ Royals0–3Davis (1–0)Hendriks (0–1)Herrera (2)10,0694–5
10April 12Mets5–16Niese (2–0)Worley (0–2)—23,7354–6
11April 13Mets2–4Harvey (3–0)Diamond (0–1)Parnell (1)28,8044–7
–April 14MetsPostponed (snow). Rescheduled for August 19.
12April 15Angels8–2Correia (1–1)Blanton (0–3)—23,5355–7
13April 16Angels8–6Pelfrey (2–1)Vargas (0–2)Perkins (3)23,2996–7
–April 17AngelsPostponed (rain). Rescheduled for September 9.
–April 19@ White SoxPostponed (cold, windy conditions). Rescheduled for August 9 as part of a doubleheader.
14April 20@ White Sox2–1 (10)Fien (1–1)Santiago (0–1)Perkins (4)22,4177–7
15April 21@ White Sox5–3Diamond (1–1)Lindstrom (1–1)Perkins (5)19,5878–7
–April 22MarlinsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled for April 23 as part of a doubleheader.
16April 23Marlins4–3Correia (2–1)Fernández (0–2)Perkins (6)25,7169–7
17April 23Marlins5–8Nolasco (1–2)Pelfrey (2–2)Cishek (2)23,3009–8
18April 25Rangers1–2Tepesch (2–1)Worley (0–3)Nathan (7)25,4599–9
19April 26Rangers3–4Grimm (2–0)Diamond (1–2)Nathan (8)
27,4049–10
20April 27Rangers7–2Hernández (1–0)Holland (1–2)—37,50310–10
21April 28Rangers5–0Correia (3–1)Ogando (2–2)—35,75111–10
22April 29@ Tigers3–4Scherzer (3–0)Pelfrey (2–3)Benoit (2)29,87811–11
23April 30@ Tigers1–6Verlander (3–2)Worley (0–4)—31,74811–12 :
May (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Tigers6–2Diamond (2–2)Sánchez (3–2)—36,02812–12
25May 3@ Indians6–7 (10)Perez (1–0)Fien (1–2)—20,20012–13
26May 4@ Indians3–7Kazmir (1–1)Correia (3–2)—17,83012–14
27May 5@ Indians4–2Pelfrey (3–3)Kluber (2–1)Perkins (7)14,01513–14
28May 6@ Red Sox6–5 (11)Mortensen (1–2)Burton (0–1)—31,08813–15
29May 7@ Red Sox6–1Diamond (3–2)Dempster (2–3)—30,54914–15
30May 8@ Red Sox15–8Pressly (1–0)Webster (0–1)—29,96915–15
31May 9@ Red Sox5–3Correia (4–2)Lackey (1–3)Perkins (8)31,57116–15
32May 10Orioles6–9 (10)Hunter (3–1)Swarzak (1–1)J. Johnson (14)31,36016–16
33May 11Orioles8–5Worley (1–4)S. Johnson (0–1)Burton (1)32,22117–16
34May 12Orioles0–6Chen (3–3)Diamond (3–3)—34,32017–17
35May 13White Sox10–3Hernández (2–0)Santiago (1–2)—25,60518–17
36May 14White Sox4–2Peavy (5–1)Correia (4–3)Reed (12)32,02318–18
37May 15White Sox9–4Axelrod (1–3)Pelfrey (3–4)—35,61318–19
38May 17Red Sox2–3 (10)Wilson (1–0)Roenicke (1–1)Uehara (1)30,21018–20
39May 18Red Sox5–12Breslow (1–0)Diamond (3–4)—36,96718–21
40May 19Red Sox1–5Lackey (2–4)Hernández (2–1)—33,04218–22
41May 20@ Braves1–5Teherán (3–1)Correia (4–4)Gearrin (1)20,17318–23
42May 21@ Braves4–5 (10)Kimbrel (1–1)Duensing (0–1)—28,66318–24
43May 22@ Braves3–8Maholm (6–4)Worley (1–5)—27,79818–25
44May 23@ Tigers6–7Benoit (1–0)Burton (0–2)Valverde (5)32,80418–26
45May 24@ Tigers0–6Sánchez (5–4)Deduno (0–1)—39,78918–27
46May 25@ Tigers3–2Walters (1–0)Fister (5–2)Perkins (9)41,92719–27
47May 26@ Tigers1–6Scherzer (7–0)Pelfrey (3–5)—42,39419–28
48May 27@ Brewers6–3Correia (5–4)Peralta (3–6)Perkins (10)38,62720–28
49May 28@ Brewers6–5 (14)Pressly (2–0)Badenhop (0–2)Duensing (1)24,41521–28
50May 29Brewers4–1Deduno (1–1)Estrada (4–3)Perkins (11)31,35922–28
51May 30Brewers8–6Walters (2–0)Loshe (1–6)Burton (2)32,68823–28
52May 31Mariners0–3Iwakuma (6–1)Pelfrey (3–6)Wilhelmsen (12)31,43023–29 :
June (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Mariners5–4Thielbar (1–0)Wilhelmsen (0–1)—33,41724–29
54June 2Mariners10–0Diamond (4–4)Bonderman (0–1)—34,87625–29
55June 4@ Royals3–0Deduno (2–1)Mendoza (1–3)Perkins (12)20,13426–29
56June 5@ Royals1–4Guthrie (6–3)Walters (2–1)Holland (10)12,40726–30
57June 6@ Royals3–7Collins (2–1)Burton (0–3)—14,94226–31
June 7@ NationalsPostponed (rain). Doubleheader June 9.
58June 8@ Nationals4–3 (11)Roenicke (2–1)Stammen (3–2)Perkins (13)41,58727–31
59June 9@ Nationals0–7Zimmermann (9–3)Diamond (4–5)—38,51627–32
60June 9@ Nationals4–5Clippard (5–1)Swarzak (1–2)Soriano (16)27,94927–33
61June 11Phillies3–2Duensing (1–1)Adams (1–4)Perkins (14)30,10428–33
62June 12Phillies4–3Duensing (2–1)Bastardo (2–2)Perkins (15)28,91029–33
63June 13Phillies2–3Cliff Lee (8–2)Burton (0–4)Papelbon (12)28,51929–34
64June 14Tigers0–4Porcello (4–3)Diamond (4–6)—29,57129–35
65June 15Tigers6–3Deduno (3–1)Downs (0–2)Perkins (16)35,01730–35
66June 16Tigers2–5Fister (6–4)Walters (2–2)Benoit (4)39,31730–36
67June 18White Sox7–5Burton (1–4)Troncoso (0–2)Perkins (17)30,38731–36
68June 19White Sox7–4Correia (6–4)Sale (5–6)Perkins (18)30,00332–36
69June 20White Sox8–4Diamond (5–6)Danks (1–4)—35,83733–36
70June 21@ Indians1–5Kazmir (4–4)Deduno (3–2)—26,44233–37
71June 22@ Indians7–8Kluber (6–4)Walters (3–2)Pestano (3)21,41733–38
72June 23@ Indians5–3Hernández (3–1)Carrasco (0–3)Perkins (19)17,14334–38
73June 25@ Marlins2–4Ramos (2–2)Correia (6–5)Cishek (13)14,58134–39
74June 26@ Marlins3–5Slowey (3–6)Diamond (5–7)Cishek (14)15,31834–40
75June 27Royals3–1Deduno (4–2)Guthrie (7–6)Perkins (19)28,04035–40
76June 28Royals3–9Shields (3–6)Walters (2–4)—28,91635–41
77June 29Royals6–2Gibson (1–0)Davis (4–6)—36,88136–41
78June 30Royals8–9Crow (5–3)Burton (1–5)Holland (17)34,23236–42 :
July (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Yankees4–10Chamberlain (1–0)Burton (1–6)—29,61936–43
80July 2Yankees3–7Hughes (4–7)Deduno (4–3)Rivera (27)29,02936–44
81July 3Yankees2–3Sabathia (9–6)Walters (2–5)Rivera (28)38,45736–45
82July 4Yankees5–9Phelps (6–5)Gibson (1–1)—38,26036–46
83July 5@ Blue Jays0–4Buehrle (5–5)Correia (6–6)—25,67236–47
84July 6@ Blue Jays6–0Pelfrey (4–6)Dickey (8–9)—37,03437–47
85July 7@ Blue Jays5–11Redmond (1–1)Diamond (5–8)—43,79537–48
86July 8@ Rays4–7Torres (3–0)Deduno (4–4)Rodney (20)11,51637–49
87July 9@ Rays1–4Archer (3–3)Gibson (1–2)Rodney (21)12,77737–50
88July 10@ Rays3–4 (13)Ramos (2–2)Pressly (2–1)—12,75737–51
89July 11@ Rays3–4Moore (13–3)Pelfrey (4–7)McGee (1)24,75137–52
90July 12@ Yankees0–2Kuroda (8–6)Pressly (2–2)Rivera (30)40,24737–53
91July 13@ Yankees4–1Deduno (5–4)Hughes (4–9)Perkins (21)40,30138–53
92July 14@ Yankees10–4Gibson (2–2)Sabathia (9–8)—43,13139–53
93July 19Indians3–2Fien (2–2)Smith (4–1)Perkins (22)36,28040–53
94July 20Indians3–2Correia (7–6)Hill (1–2)Perkins (23)38,62641–53
95July 21Indians1–7Masterson (11–7)Diamond (5–9)—31,75341–54
96July 22@ Angels4–3Deduno (6–4)Blanton (2–13)Perkins (24)33,36342–54
97July 23@ Angels10–3 (10)Perkins (2–0)Frieri (0–2)—39,17743–54
98July 24@ Angels0–1Weaver (5–5)Pelfrey (4–8)Frieri (25)38,20943–55
99July 25@ Mariners2–8Iwakuma (10–4)Correia (7–7)—18,13543–56
100July 26@ Mariners3–2Duensing (3–1)Medina (3–3)Perkins (25)23,16244–56
101July 27@ Mariners4–0Deduno (7–4)Harang (5–9)—24,52445–56
102July 28@ Mariners4–6Ramírez (2–0)Gibson (2–3)Wilhelmsen (24)35,08745–57
103July 30Royals2–7Santana (7–6)Pelfrey (4–9)—33,08545–58
104July 31Royals3–4Gutherie (11–7)Thielbar (1–1)Holland (28)32,78945–59 :
August (13–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1Royals2–7Shields (6–7)Diamond (5–10)—35,44845–60
106August 2Astros4–3Pressly (3–2)Keuchel (5–6)—30,63346–60
107August 3Astros6–4Duensing (4–1)Harrell (5–12)Perkins (26)38,07847–60
108August 4Astros3–2Thielbar (2–1)Peacock (1–4)Perkins (27)34,78048–60
109August 5@ Royals0–13Guthrie (12–7)Correia (7–8)—21,47448–61
110August 6@ Royals7–0Albers (1–0)Shields (6–8)—18,92449–61
111August 7@ Royals2–5Coleman (2–0)Deduno (7–5)Holland (30)20,19849–62
112August 9@ White Sox7–5Duensing (5–1)Veal (1–3)—17,43950–62
113August 9@ White Sox3–2 (10)Duensing (6–1)Axelrod (4–9)Perkins (28)23,80451–62
114August 10@ White Sox4–5Purcey (1–1)Pelfrey (4–10)Reed (28)24,52951–63
115August 11@ White Sox5–2Correia (8–8)Quintana (6–4)—26,34452–63
116August 12Indians3–0Albers (2–0)Salazar (1–1)—30,92253–63
117August 13Indians2–5McAllister (5–7)Deduno (7–6)Perez (19)29,80653–64
118August 14Indians8–9 (12)Perez (5–2)Pressly (3–3)Smith (2)35,13353–65
119August 15White Sox4–3Burton (2–6)Troncoso (1–4)—32,85154–65
120August 16White Sox2–5Quintana (7–4)Correia (8–9)Reed (29)28,83454–66
121August 17White Sox5–8Sale (9–11)Albers (2–1)Reed (30)36,83354–67
122August 18White Sox2–5Santiago (4–7)Deduno (7–7)Reed (31)32,90554–68
123August 19Mets1–6Gee (9–8)Gibson (2–4)—30,91354–69
124August 20@ Tigers6–3Pelfrey (5–10)Porcello (9–7)Perkins (29)37,96455–69
125August 21@ Tigers1–7Smyly (5–0)Correia (8–10)Veras (20)38,09255–70
126August 22@ Tigers7–6Fien (3–2)Rondon (1–2)Perkins (30)39,65356–70
127August 23@ Indians5–1Deduno (8–7)Jiménez (9–8)—23,21857–70
128August 24@ Indians2–7McAllister (7–7)Hendriks (0–2)—23,21857–71
129August 25@ Indians1–3Smith (5–1)Burton (2–7)Perez (21)21,04257–72
130August 27Royals1–6Shields (9–8)Burton (2–8)—27,00657–73
131August 28Royals1–8Duffy (2–0)Albers (2–2)—27,37957–74
132August 29Royals1–3Chen (6–2)Deduno (8–8)Holland (36)28,01257–75
133August 30@ Rangers3–2Hendriks (1–2)Darvish (12–6)Perkins (31)34,81558–75
134August 31@ Rangers1–2Nathan (5–2)Thielbar (2–2)—36,04158–76 :
September (8–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Rangers4–2Correia (9–10)Blackley (2–2)Perkins (31)36,54959–76
136September 2@ Astros10–6Roenicke (3–1)Lo (0–3)—14,28760–76
137September 3@ Astros9–6Thielbar (3–2)Chapman (0–1)—13,50061–76
138September 4@ Astros5–6Bédard (4–10)Duensing (6–2)—14,86961–77
139September 6Blue Jays5–6Dickey (12–12)Pelfrey (5–11)Janssen (28)27,04461–78
140September 7Blue Jays2–11Happ (4–5)Correia (9–11)—32,88261–79
141September 8Blue Jays0–2Rogers (5–7)Burton (2–9)Janssen (29)29,45061–80
142September 9Angels6–3Fien (4–2)Rasmus (0–1)Perkins (33)21,82662–80
143September 10Athletics4–3Swarzak (2–2)Cook (6–4)Perkins (34)26,01763–80
144September 11Athletics3–18Gray (3–3)Pelfrey (5–12)—24,52263–81
145September 12Athletics2–8Griffin (14–9)Diamond (5–11)—26,18863–82
146September 13Rays0–3Archer (9–7)Correia (9–12)Rodney (35)27,29263–83
147September 14Rays0–7Gomes (1–1)Albers (2–3)—28,54163–84
148September 15Rays6–4Fien (5–2)Peralta (2–8)Perkins (35)27,98864–84
149September 16@ White Sox1–12Johnson (1–2)Hendriks (1–3)—15,01864–85
150September 17@ White Sox3–4Quintana (8–6)Pelfrey (5–13)Reed (38)15,96464–86
151September 18@ White Sox4–3Diamond (6–11)Danks (4–14)Perkins (36)14,52065–86
152September 19@ Athletics6–8Doolittle (5–5)Martis (0–1)—11,46165–87
153September 20@ Athletics0–11Colón (17–6)Albers (2–4)—36,06765–88
154September 21@ Athletics1–9Parker (12–7)Hernández (3–2)—26,39365–89
155September 22@ Athletics7–11Gray (4–3)De Vries (0–1)—30,58965–90
156September 23Tigers4–3Swarzak (2–2)Putkonen (1–2)—24,64766–90
157September 24Tigers2–4Fister (14–9)Diamond (6–12)Benoit (23)25,54166–91
158September 25Tigers1–0Scherzer (21–3)Correia (9–13)Benoit (24)26,51766–92
159September 26Indians5–6Shaw (7–3)Albers (2–5)Smith (3)24,92966–93
160September 27Indians6–12Kluber (11–5)Hernández (3–3)—24,07466–94
161September 28Indians1–5Kazmir (10–9)De Vries (0–2)—30,45266–95
162September 29Indians1–5Jiménez (13–9)Diamond (6–13)—30,93566–96 :

## Other post-season awards

* Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer
* Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins
* Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Caleb Thielbar
* Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Brian Dozier
* Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Pedro Florimón
* Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jordan Zimmermann
* Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Justin Morneau
* Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Brian Dozier
** The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
* Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Glen Perkins
* Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Byron Buxton
* Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Andrew Albers
* Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Frank Quilici
* Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Tony Oliva

## 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 |