# 2011 Minnesota Twins season

The 2011 Minnesota Twins season was the 51st season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 111th overall in the American League. The team drew 3,168,107 fans during the year. The Twins had a poor season, falling from first place the year before to last in American League Central.

## Regular season

Longtime Twins pitcher and broadcaster Bert Blyleven was elected to the Hall of Fame on January 5, and inducted on July 24.
On May 3, on a 42-degree Chicago Tuesday night, Francisco Liriano hurled the Twins' fifth no-hitter, closing down the White Sox. He struck out two and walked six on 123 pitches, but won 1-0. Liriano's gem follows previous no-hitters by Jack Kralick (1962), Dean Chance (1967), Scott Erickson (1994) and Eric Milton (1999). To date, the Twins have been no-hit four times in their history.
The Twins opened their June 21 game against the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner with four singles and four doubles. The eight consecutive hits to open a game tied a major league record. After Ben Revere collected his second hit of the inning, Bumgarner was lifted.
Only Michael Cuddyer represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. As a reserve outfielder, he was inserted at first base for two innings and went 0 for 1.
Slugger Jim Thome belted career homers number 599 and 600 on August 15. He was just the eighth player in history to reach 600. Six days later at Target Field, Thome on the diamond with New York's Alex Rodriguez marked the first time since July 17, 1973 that two 600-home-run club members squared off—on that date it was Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
A Twins first happened on September 6, when Chris Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks each made their major league debut in the same game. Starting pitcher Hendriks took the loss, striking out 4 but giving up four hits and all three Chicago White Sox runs. Parmelee's 2-for-4 night topped Benson's 0-for 3.
At season's end, closer Joe Nathan finished with 260 Minnesota saves, topping Rick Aguilera's club record of 254. Nathan signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers in November.

### Season standings
#### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 44‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 36‍–‍45 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | 40‍–‍41 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 32 | 33‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| Texas Rangers | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 81 | 81 | .500 | 10 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 |
| Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
| Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 24 |
| Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28 |

## Record vs opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 8–10 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 10–8 | – | 2–4 | 4–6 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 12–6 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Chicago | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 2–6 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 6–4 | 7–11 | – | 6–12 | 12–6 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 1–9 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 12–6 | – | 11–7 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 4–3 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–5 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–3 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 |
| Los Angeles | 6–3 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 3–7 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 4–4 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 13–5 |
| Minnesota | 2–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 3–6 | – | 2–6 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 3–7 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
| New York | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–2 | – | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 5–4 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 4–4 | 3–6 | – | 9–10 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 5–5 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 2–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 10–9 | – | 4–6 | 4–15 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 9–9 | 12–6 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 9–9 | 2–5 | 6–4 | – | 4–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 12–7 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 13–6 | 15–4 | 5–4 | – | 4–6 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 12–6 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 7–11 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 6–12 | 6–4 | – | 8–10 |
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* Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011

### Roster
## Game log

Legend :
| Twins Win | Twins Loss | Postponed |
2011 Game Log :
April (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Blue Jays13–3Romero (1–0)Pavano (0–1)47,9840–1
2April 2@ Blue Jays6–1Drabek (1–0)Liriano (0–1)27,1940–2
3April 3@ Blue Jays4–3Blackburn (1–0)Cecil (0–1)Nathan (1)35,5051–2
4April 4@ Yankees4–3Nova (1–0)Baker (0–1)Rivera (3)40,3111–3
5April 5@ Yankees5–4 (10)Capps (1–0)Logan (0–1)Nathan (2)40,2672–3
April 6@ YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: 9/19
6April 7@ Yankees4–3Burnett (2–0)Liriano (0–2)Rivera (4)41,5122–4
7April 8Athletics2–1Pavano (1–1)Anderson (0–1)Nathan (3)40,7143–4
8April 9Athletics1–0Gonzalez (2–0)Blackburn (1–1)Fuentes (2)39,9363–5
9April 10Athletics5–3McCarthy (1–0)Baker (0–2)Fuentes (3)38,4843–6
10April 12Royals4–3 (10)Hughes (1–0)Tejeda (0–1)38,1544–6
11April 13Royals10–5Davies (1–0)Liriano (0–3)Jeffress (1)36,2864–7
12April 14@ Rays4–3 (10)Farnsworth (1–0)Capps (1–1)10,0424–8
13April 15@ Rays5–2Davis (1–2)Blackburn (1–2)Farnsworth (3)15,3424–9
14April 16@ Rays4–3Cruz (1–0)Nathan (0–1)16,4284–10
15April 17@ Rays4–2Duensing (1–0)Hellickson (1–2)Capps (1)22,4265–10
16April 18@ Orioles5–3Liriano (1–3)Tillman (0–2)Capps (2)13,1386–10
17April 19@ Orioles11–0Arrieta (2–1)Pavano (1–2)12,0456–11
18April 20@ Orioles5–4Britton (3–1)Blackburn (1–3)Gregg (2)13,8256–12
19April 21@ Orioles3–1Baker (1–2)Guthrie (1–3)Capps (3)16,7697–12
April 22IndiansPostponed (rain); Makeup: 7/18
20April 23Indians10–3Duensing (2–0)Carmona (1–3)39,4598–12
21April 24Indians4–3Pavano (2–2)Pérez (2–1)Capps (4)39,3889–12
April 26RaysPostponed (rain); Makeup: 4/28
22April 27Rays8–3Davis (3–2)Liriano (1–4)36,7149–13
23April 28Rays15–3Hellickson (2–2)Blackburn (1–4)38,2159–14
24April 28Rays6–1Niemann (1–3)Swarzak (0–1)36,4569–15
25April 29@ Royals4–3Wood (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Soria (6)31,4079–16
26April 30@ Royals11–2Adcock (1–0)Duensing (2–1)22,0999–17 :
May (8–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Royals10–3Hochevar (3–3)Pavano (2–3)18,1089–18
28May 3@ White Sox1–0Liriano$^†$ (2–4)Jackson (2–4)20,90110–18
29May 4@ White Sox3–2Blackburn (2–4)Danks (0–5)Capps (5)18,02811–18
30May 6@ Red Sox9–2Baker (2–2)Wakefield (0–1)37,79812–18
31May 7@ Red Sox4–0Buchholz (3–3)Duensing (2–2)37,23412–19
32May 8@ Red Sox9–5Matsuzaka (3–3)Pavano (2–4)37,52612–20
33May 9@ Red Sox2–1Okajima (1–0)Hoey (0–1)37,27612–21
34May 10Tigers10–2Porcello (3–2)Liriano (2–5)38,94912–22
35May 11Tigers9–7Benoit (1–2)Capps (1–2)Valverde (8)38,93812–23
36May 13Blue Jays2–0Romero (3–4)Burnett (0–2)Francisco (3)38,80912–24
37May 14Blue Jays9–3 (11)Rauch (2–2)Perkins (0–1)39,93412–25
38May 15Blue Jays11–3Morrow (2–2)Duensing (2–3)39,30112–26
39May 16@ Mariners5–2Pineda (5–2)Baker (2–3)14,85912–27
40May 17@ Mariners2–1Liriano (3–5)Hernández (4–4)Capps (6)16,01513–27
41May 18@ Athletics4–3 (10)Nathan (1–1)Fuentes (1–4)Capps (7)15,35514–27
42May 19@ Athletics11–1Blackburn (3–4)Ross (3–3)22,32015–27
43May 20@ Diamondbacks8–7Kennedy (5–1)Duensing (2–4)Paterson (1)27,45015–28
44May 21@ Diamondbacks9–6Heilman (3–0)Capps (1–3)Putz (11)39,77615–29
45May 22@ Diamondbacks3–2Hudson (5–5)Burnett (0–3)Putz (12)31,01715–30
46May 23Mariners8–7 (10)Wright (1–1)Swarzak (0–2)League (11)37,49815–31
47May 24Mariners4–2Blackburn (4–4)Fister (2–5)37,69116–31
48May 25Mariners3–0Bédard (3–4)Duensing (2–5)League (12)38,86016–32
49May 27Angels6–5Downs (3–1)Hoey (0–2)Walden (11)38,97616–33
50May 28Angels1–0 (10)Burnett (1–3)Takahashi (1–1)39,82417–33
51May 29Angels6–5Haren (5–3)Pavano (2–5)Walden (12)39,86717–34
52May 30@ Tigers6–5Alburquerque (2–1)Burnett (1–4)Valverde (13)30,19817–35
53May 31@ Tigers8–7Alburquerque (3–1)Dumatrait (0–1)Benoit (2)22,64917-36 :
June (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Tigers4–2Porcello (5–3)Baker (2–4)Valverde (14)24,36317–37
55June 2@ Royals8–2Swarzak (1–2)O'Sullivan (2–5)14,58418–37
56June 3@ Royals5–2Pavano (3–5)Duffy (0–1)32,44319–37
57June 4@ Royals7–2Blackburn (5–4)Hochevar (3–6)27,86120–37
58June 5@ Royals6–0Duensing (3–5)Francis (2–6)21,70421–37
59June 6@ Indians6–4Baker (3–4)Tomlin (7–3)Capps (8)15,27822–37
60June 7@ Indians1–0Carrasco (5–3)Liriano (3–6)C. Perez (15)15,49822–38
61June 8@ Indians3–2 (10)Capps (2–3)C. Perez (2–2)Dumatrait (1)15,84923–38
62June 9Rangers5–4Hoey (1–2)Lowe (1–1)38,76124–38
63June 10Rangers9–3Wilson (7–3)Duensing (3–6)38,90724–39
64June 11Rangers8–1Baker (4–4)Lewis (5–7)40,42025–39
65June 12Rangers6–1Liriano (4–6)Harrison (5–6)39,28126–39
June 14White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: 9/5
66June 15White Sox4–1Pavano (4–5)Floyd (6–6)37,43727–39
67June 16White Sox1–0Blackburn (6–4)Buehrle (6–5)Capps (9)39,48428–39
68June 17Padres6–5Duensing (4–6)Richard (2–9)Capps (10)39,20529–39
69June 18Padres1–0Baker (5–4)Stauffer (2–5)Capps (11)40,22530–39
70June 19Padres5–4Burnett (2–4)Qualls (3–3)40,65531–39
71June 21@ Giants9–2Pavano (5–5)Bumgarner (3–9)41,95832–39
72June 22@ Giants5–1Vogelsong (5–1)Blackburn (6–5)41,88632–40
73June 23@ Giants2–1Lincecum (6–6)Duensing (4–7)Wilson (21)42,48132–41
74June 24@ Brewers4–3Wolf (6–4)Baker (5–5)Axford (20)39,81932–42
75June 25@ Brewers11–1Gallardo (9–4)Liriano (4–7)43,98032–43
76June 26@ Brewers6–2Narveson (5–5)Pavano (5–6)41,62432–44
77June 27Dodgers15–0Billingsley (7–6)Blackburn (6–6)39,48732–45
78June 28Dodgers6–4Duensing (5–7)Lilly (5–8)Capps (12)39,75533–45
79June 29Dodgers1–0Baker (6–5)De La Rosa (3–3)Capps (13)39,65534–45 :
July (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Brewers6–4Liriano (5–7)Gallardo (9–5)40,81235–45
81July 2Brewers8–7Saito (1–1)Capps (2–4)Axford (21)41,37835–46
82July 3Brewers9–7Dumatrait (1–1)Loe (2–7)Perkins (1)41,19536–46
83July 4Rays7–0Duensing (6–7)Price (8–7)39,52837–46
84July 5Rays3–2Baker (7–5)Shields (8–6)Perkins (2)38,61338–46
85July 6Rays12–5Howell (2–1)Burnett (2–5)39,84138–47
86July 7@ White Sox6–2Pavano (6–6)Humber (8–5)26,39539–47
87July 8@ White Sox8–5Blackburn (7–6)Floyd (6–9)Capps (14)27,73740–47
88July 9@ White Sox4–3Crain (5–2)Mijares (0–1)30,05540–48
89July 10@ White Sox6–3Swarzak (2–2)Peavy (4–3)Capps (15)30,04241–48
All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 5–1.
90July 14Royals8–4Liriano (6–7)Chen (5–3)39,58442–48
91July 15Royals2–1Collins (4–4)Capps (2–5)Soria (16)39,17742–49
92July 16Royals4–3Perkins (1–1)Francis (3–11)Nathan (4)41,29543–49
93July 17Royals4–3Duensing (7–7)Paulino (1–3)Nathan (5)38,78644–49
94July 18Indians5–2Huff (1–0)Swarzak (2–3)Pestano (2)39,76844–50
95July 18Indians6–3Carmona (5–10)Diamond (0–1)38,49144–51
96July 19Indians2–1Perkins (2–1)Perez (2–5)38,47345–51
97July 20Indians7–5Capps (3–5)Sipp (4–2)Nathan (6)39,16746–51
98July 21Tigers6–2Verlander (13–5)Pavano (6–7)40,14946–52
99July 22Tigers8–2Scherzer (11–5)Duensing (7–8)40,69146–53
100July 23Tigers4–1Baker (8–5)Penny (7–7)Nathan (7)40,76447–53
101July 24Tigers5–2Porcello (10–6)Liriano (6–8)Valverde (26)40,78947–54
102July 25@ Rangers20–6Holland (9–4)Blackburn (7–7)35,57347–55
103July 26@ Rangers9–8Perkins (3–1)Feliz (0–2)Nathan (8)30,58148–55
104July 27@ Rangers7–2Duensing (8–8)Lewis (10–8)35,95049–55
105July 28@ Rangers4–1Harrison (9–7)Baker (8–6)Feliz (21)30,40649–56
106July 29@ Athletics9–5Liriano (7–8)Gonzalez (9–8)25,65650–56
107July 30@ Athletics8–3Moscoso (4–5)Blackburn (7–8)19,60550–57
108July 31@ Athletics7–3McCarthy (4–5)Pavano (6–8)22,45250–58 :
August (7–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 2@ Angels5–1Santana (7–8)Duensing (8–9)37,56550–59
110August 3@ Angels11–4Swarzak (3–3)Piñeiro (5–6)35,55551–59
111August 4@ Angels7–1Haren (12–6)Liriano (7–9)40,36551–60
112August 5White Sox5–3Buehrle (9–5)Blackburn (7–9)Sale (3)41,36451–61
113August 6White Sox6–1Stewart (1–1)Pavano (6–9)41,03051–62
114August 7White Sox7–0Peavy (5–5)Duensing (8–v10)39,35351–63
115August 8Red Sox8–6Aceves (8–1)Perkins (3–2)Papelbon (25)40,08051–64
116August 9Red Sox4–3Albers (4–3)Capps (3–6)Papelbon (26)39,97451–65
117August 10Red Sox5–2Perkins (4–2)Lester (11–6)Nathan (9)40,49152–65
118August 12@ Indians3–2R. Perez (5–2)Perkins (4–3)C. Perez (24)31,36452–66
119August 13@ Indians3–1Tomlin (12–5)Duensing (8–11)C. Perez (25)30,61952–67
August 14@ IndiansPostponed (rain); Makeup: 9/24
120August 15@ Tigers9–6Liriano (8–9)Porcello (11–8)Nathan (10)36,21153–67
121August 16@ Tigers7–1Verlander (18–5)Blackburn (7–10)40,58953–68
122August 17@ Tigers6–5Capps (4–6)Valverde (2–4)Nathan (11)34,83554–68
123August 18Yankees8–4Sabathia (17–7)Duensing (8–12)41,12654–69
124August 19Yankees8–1Hughes (4–4)Slowey (0–1)41,32854–70
125August 20Yankees9–4Liriano (9–9)Burnett (9–10)41,25455–70
126August 21Yankees3–0Nova (13–4)Dumatrait (1–2)Rivera (33)41,24255–71
127August 22Orioles4–1Britton (7–9)Pavano (6–10)Gregg (18)38,98655–72
128August 23Orioles8–1Simón (4–6)Duensing (8–13)38,78655–73
129August 24Orioles6–1Guthrie (6–16)Slowey (0–2)37,77855–74
130August 25Orioles6–1Reyes (7–10)Swarzak (3–4)38,40655–75
131August 26Tigers8–1Porcello (12–8)Diamond (0–2)38,91855–76
132August 27Tigers6–4Verlander (20–5)Pavano (6–11)Valverde (39)40,17955–77
133August 28Tigers11–4Duensing (9–13)Penny (9–10)39,13056–77
134August 29@ White Sox3–0Buehrle (11–6)Slowey (0–3)Santos (27)24,12056–78
135August 30@ White Sox8–6Ohman (1–3)Swarzak (3–5)Santos (28)21,63256–79
136August 31@ White Sox7–6Diamond (1–2)Peavy (6–7)Nathan (12)20,34657–79 :
September (6–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 2@ Angels13–5Pavano (7–11)Chatwood (6–10)37,19858–79
138September 3@ Angels10–6Weaver (16–7)Dumatrait (1–3)39,10258–80
139September 4@ Angels4–1Piñeiro (6–6)Slowey (0–4)Walden (28)36,63858–81
140September 5White Sox2–1Humber (9–8)Swarzak (3–6)Sale (6)40,25258–82
141September 5White Sox4–0Stewart (2–3)Diamond (1–3)39,84958–83
142September 6White Sox3–0Peavy (7–7)Hendriks (0–1)Santos (29)36,95958–84
143September 7White Sox5–4Pavano (8–11)Danks (6–11)Nathan (13)38,35959–84
144September 9@ Tigers8–4Penny (10–10)Slowey (0–5)35,99659–85
145September 10@ Tigers3–2Alburquerque (6–1)Perkins (4–4)38,56759–86
146September 11@ Tigers2–1Fister (8–13)Diamond (1–4)Valverde (43)36,97259–87
147September 13@ Royals4–0Chen (11–7)Pavano (8–12)25,25359–88
148September 14@ Royals7–3Hochevar (11–11)Hendriks (0–2)Holland (3)19,07659–89
149September 16Indians7–6Jiménez (4–2)Slowey (0–6)C. Perez (33)37,94259–90
150September 17Indians10–4Gómez (4–2)Swarzak (3–7)38,80559–91
151September 18Indians6–5Masterson (12–10)Pavano (8–13)C. Perez (34)37,01259–92
152September 19@ Yankees6–4Wade (6–1)Diamond (1–5)Rivera (43)40,04559–93
153September 20Mariners5–4Vargas (9–13)Duensing (9–14)League (35)35,99559–94
154September 21Mariners5–4Jimenez (1–0)Slowey (0–7)League (36)36,26359–95
155September 22Mariners3–2Nathan (2–1)Delabar (1–1)37,46660–95
156September 23@ Indians6–5C. Perez (4–7)Capps (4–7)36,80760–96
157September 24@ Indians8–2Putnam (1–1)Liriano (9–10)26,19760–97
158September 24@ Indians7–6Hagadone (1–0)Mijares (0–2)30,74860–98
159September 25@ Indians6–4 (10)Waldrop (1–0)Sipp (6–3)22,53961–98
160September 26Royals7–3Paulino (4–10)Slowey (0–8)34,84761–99
161September 27Royals7–4Swarzak (4–7)O'Sullivan (2–6)34,22862–99
162September 28Royals1–0Pavano (9–13)Wood (5–3)36,48863–99 :
$^†$ No Hitter :

## 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 |
| Scott Baker | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 0 |
| Joe Benson | 21 | 71 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .239 | 2 |
| Nick Blackburn | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Alex Burnett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Drew Butera | 93 | 234 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .167 | 0 |
| Matt Capps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alexi Casilla | 97 | 323 | 52 | 84 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .260 | 15 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 139 | 529 | 70 | 150 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 70 | .284 | 11 |
| Brian Dinkelman | 23 | 73 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .301 | 2 |
| Brian Duensing | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Phil Dumatrait | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim Hoey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Steve Holm | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | 0 |
| Dusty Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Luke Hughes | 96 | 287 | 31 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .223 | 3 |
| Jason Kubel | 99 | 366 | 37 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 58 | .273 | 1 |
| Francisco Liriano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Joe Mauer | 82 | 296 | 38 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .287 | 0 |
| José Mijares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Justin Morneau | 69 | 264 | 19 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .227 | 0 |
| Joe Nathan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 68 | 221 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .226 | 2 |
| Chris Parmelee | 21 | 76 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .355 | 0 |
| Carl Pavano | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Glen Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 81 | 286 | 47 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .238 | 3 |
| Jason Repko | 67 | 133 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .226 | 7 |
| Ben Revere | 117 | 450 | 56 | 120 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .267 | 34 |
| René Rivera | 45 | 104 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .144 | 0 |
| Kevin Slowey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Denard Span | 70 | 284 | 37 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 16 | .264 | 6 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim Thome | 71 | 206 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .243 | 0 |
| Matt Tolbert | 87 | 207 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .198 | 3 |
| Rene Tosoni | 60 | 172 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .203 | 0 |
| Danny Valencia | 154 | 564 | 63 | 139 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 72 | .246 | 2 |
| Delmon Young | 84 | 305 | 26 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .266 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5487 | 619 | 1357 | 259 | 25 | 103 | 572 | .247 | 92 |

### 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 |
| Scott Baker | 8 | 6 | 3.14 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 134.2 | 50 | 47 | 32 | 123 |
| Nick Blackburn | 7 | 10 | 4.49 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 148.1 | 91 | 74 | 54 | 76 |
| Alex Burnett | 2 | 5 | 5.51 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 33 |
| Matt Capps | 4 | 7 | 4.25 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 65.2 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 34 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Diamond | 1 | 5 | 5.08 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 39.0 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
| Brian Duensing | 9 | 14 | 5.23 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 161.2 | 102 | 94 | 52 | 115 |
| Phil Dumatrait | 1 | 3 | 3.92 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 41.1 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 29 |
| Eric Hacker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Liam Hendriks | 0 | 2 | 6.17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23.1 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| Jim Hoey | 1 | 2 | 5.47 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Dusty Hughes | 1 | 0 | 9.95 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
| Chuck James | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Francisco Liriano | 9 | 10 | 5.09 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 134.1 | 81 | 76 | 75 | 112 |
| Jeff Manship | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| José Mijares | 0 | 2 | 4.59 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 31 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
| Joe Nathan | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 44.2 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 43 |
| Lester Oliveros | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Carl Pavano | 9 | 13 | 4.30 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 222.0 | 123 | 106 | 40 | 102 |
| Glen Perkins | 4 | 4 | 2.48 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 61.2 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 65 |
| Anthony Slama | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kevin Slowey | 0 | 8 | 6.67 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 59.1 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 34 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 4 | 7 | 4.32 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 102.0 | 53 | 49 | 26 | 55 |
| Kyle Waldrop | 1 | 0 | 5.73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 99 | 4.58 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1421.2 | 804 | 724 | 480 | 940 |

## Other post-season awards

* Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Michael Cuddyer
* Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins
* Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Ben Revere
* Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Glen Perkins
* Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jeremy Hellickson
* Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
* Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Michael Cuddyer
** The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
* Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Carl Pavano
* Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Brian Dozier
* Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Liam Hendriks
* Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Terry Steinbach
* Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – John Gordon

## Farm system

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