Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. They played their inaugural game at the newly completed Target Field on April 12, 2010. The team was founded in Kansas City in 1894 as the Kansas City Blues of the Western League. The team would move to Washington, D.C., in 1901 as one of the eight...
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quick facts
Sport:Baseball
League:Major League Baseball
League:American League
Division:American League Central
Founded:1961
Home field:Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
City:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Colors:Navy Blue, White, Red

Team statistics for Minnesota Twins

SeasonWinsLosses
2008 Major League Baseball season 88 75
2007 Major League Baseball season 79 83
2006 Major League Baseball season 96 66
2005 Major League Baseball season 83 79
2004 Major League Baseball season 92 70
2003 Major League Baseball season 90 72
2002 Major League Baseball Season 94 67
2001 Major League Baseball Season 85 77
2000 Major League Baseball season 69 93
1999 Major League Baseball Season 63 97
1998 Major League Baseball Season 70 92
1997 Major League Baseball Season 69 94
1996 Major League Baseball Season 78 84
1995 Major League Baseball Season 56 88
1994 Major League Baseball Season 53 60
1993 Major League Baseball Season 71 91
1992 Major League Baseball Season 90 72
1991 Major League Baseball Season 95 67
1990 Major League Baseball Season 74 88
1989 Major League Baseball Season 80 82
1988 Major League Baseball Season 91 71
1987 Major League Baseball Season 85 77
1986 Major League Baseball Season 71 91
1985 Major League Baseball season 77 85
1984 Major League Baseball Season 81 81
1983 Major League Baseball Season 70 92
1982 Major League Baseball Season 60 102
1981 Major League Baseball Season 41 68
1980 Major League Baseball Season 77 84
1979 Major League Baseball Season 82 80
1978 Major League Baseball Season 73 89
1977 Major League Baseball Season 84 77
1976 Major League Baseball Season 85 77
1975 Major League Baseball Season 76 83
1974 Major League Baseball Season 82 80
1973 Major League Baseball Season 81 81
1972 Major League Baseball Season 77 77
1971 Major League Baseball Season 74 86
1970 Major League Baseball Season 98 64
1969 Major League Baseball Season 97 65
1968 Major League Baseball Season 79 83
1967 Major League Baseball Season 91 71
1966 Major League Baseball Season 89 73
1965 Major League Baseball Season 102 60
1964 Major League Baseball Season 79 83
1963 Major League Baseball Season 91 70
1962 Major League Baseball Season 91 71
1961 Major League Baseball Season 70 90
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Championships involving the Minnesota Twins

1991 World Series
1991 World Series
Date:October 19, 1991
Result:4-3
1987 World Series
1987 World Series
Date:October 17, 1987
Result:4-3

Award-winning players of the Minnesota Twins

Joe Mauer
Joe Mauer
American League Gold Glove Award for the 2008 Major League Baseball Season
Justin Morneau
Justin Morneau
American League Most Valuable Player Award for the 2006 Major League Baseball Season

Current roster of the Minnesota Twins

NumberAgeNamePosition
1 27 Tsuyoshi Nishioka Infielder
2 28 Denard Span Center fielder
7 29 Joe Mauer Catcher
8 38 Jamey Carroll Shortstop
11 23 Ben Revere Right fielder
12 27 Alexi Casilla Second baseman
15 29 Glen Perkins Relief pitcher
16 33 Josh Willingham Left fielder
17 23 Lester Oliveros Relief pitcher
18 31 Ryan Doumit Catcher
19 26 Darin Mastroianni Outfielder
20 24 Brian Dozier Infielder
22 27 Danny Valencia Infielder
23 25 Rene Tosoni Outfielder
24 25 Trevor Plouffe Left fielder
25 24 Erik Komatsu Outfielder
30 30 Scott Baker Starting pitcher
31 24 Alex Burnett Pitcher
33 30 Justin Morneau Infielder
38 27 Cole DeVries Pitcher
39 28 Anthony Slama Pitcher
39 27 P. J. Walters Pitcher
41 28 Drew Butera Catcher
47 28 Francisco Liriano Starting pitcher
48 36 Carl Pavano Pitcher
49 27 Jeff Manship Pitcher
51 26 Anthony Swarzak Pitcher
52 29 Brian Duensing Starting pitcher
53 30 Nick Blackburn Starting pitcher
54 27 Joel Zumaya Pitcher
55 28 Matt Capps Relief pitcher
57 26 Kyle Waldrop Pitcher
58 25 Scott Diamond Pitcher
60 30 Jeff Gray Pitcher
61 30 Jared Burton Pitcher
62 23 Liam Hendriks Starting pitcher
64 24 Tyler Robertson Pitcher
72 25 Carlos Gutierrez Pitcher
76 23 Deolis Guerra Starting pitcher
78 26 Wilkin Ramírez Left fielder
80 20 Oswaldo Arcia Outfielder
84 25 Estarlin De Los Santos Shortstop
25 Deibinson Romero Third baseman
25 Daniel Turpen Pitcher
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Manager of the Minnesota Twins

Ron Gardenhire
Ron Gardenhire
Age:54

Ronald Clyde "Gardy" Gardenhire is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and current manager of the Minnesota Twins. He is six feet tall and weighed 175 pounds during most of his baseball career. Ron Gardenhire was born on a couch to a military family at the U.S. Army base in Butzbach, West Germany. Young Gardenhire expected to join the military, but his passion for baseball was also encouraged by his father. The family later settled in...
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Home field of the Minnesota Twins

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Location:Minneapolis
Opened:April 3, 1982
Seating capacity:64,111

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, commonly called the Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington and Memorial Stadium on the University...
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Recent top draft picks for the Minnesota Twins

Ben Revere
Ben Revere
Draft:2007 Major League Baseball Draft
Overall rank:28

Ben Daniel Revere is an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. Before the Twins made Revere their first-round pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, he went to Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, KY where he led them to the state title and was named MVP his junior year . He batted...
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Chris Parmelee
Chris Parmelee
Draft:2006 Major League Baseball Draft
Overall rank:20

Christopher Matthew Parmelee is a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He stands 6'1" and weighs 230 lbs., and bats and throws left handed. The Twins selected Parmelee with their first round pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft after he hit .407...
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Matt Garza
Matt Garza
Draft:2005 Major League Baseball Draft
Overall rank:25

Matthew Scott Garza is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Garza was born in Selma, California. He attended Washington Union High School and Fresno State. He was the 25th pick in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, drafted...
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Trevor Plouffe
Trevor Plouffe
Draft:2004 Major League Baseball Draft
Overall rank:20

Trevor Patrick Plouffe is a professional baseball player. After being named a 2004 Collegiate Baseball News High School All-American, Plouffe was drafted by the Minnesota Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. After signing for $1.5 million, Plouffe spent the...
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Glen Perkins
Glen Perkins
Draft:2004 Major League Baseball Draft
Overall rank:22

Glen Weston Perkins is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. Perkins attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Stillwater Area High School in Oak Park Heights. Perkins earned his first...
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Owners of the Minnesota Twins

Carl Pohlad
Carl Pohlad

Carl R. Pohlad was a successful financier and the owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009. Carl Pohlad was born on August 23, 1915, to a poor Slovak family in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Valley High School in...
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Current coaches for Minnesota Twins

Scott Ullger
Coaching Position: Third Base Coach

Scott Matthew Ullger is a former Major League Baseball player and current bench base coach of the Minnesota Twins. He was previously the Twins' third base coach from 2006–2010 and batting coach from 1998-2006. Ullger is frequently referred to as "Scotty" by Twins faithfuls and by broadcasters Bert Blyleven and Dick Bremer. Ullger, from Plainview, New York, was drafted by the Twins in 1977 and called up in 1983 after a successful minor...
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Steve Liddle
Coaching Position: Bench Coach

Steven Michael Liddle is a Major League Baseball third base coach for the Minnesota Twins. He was previously the Twins' bench coach from 2002-2010 before swapping roles with Scott Ullger.

Joe Vavra
Coaching Position: Hitting Coach

Joseph Alan Vavra is a Major League Baseball hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins. Vavra graduated in 1978 from Chippewa Falls High School where he was a captain and MVP baseball player his senior season. He played collegiate baseball for the University of Wisconsin–Stout from 1978 to 1982. He graduated with a degree in Industrial Technology. Vavra was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1982 amateur player draft out of college....
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Rick Anderson
Coaching Position: Pitching Coach

Richard Arlen Anderson is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher and the current pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins. Anderson was drafted in the 24th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of Washington by the New York Mets. Anderson would see mediocre results in the minors, finishing with a 60-51 record over parts of 11 minor league seasons, as he possessed only average stuff and stuck out an extremely low...
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Hometown of the Minnesota Twins

Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Population:368,804

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States. Its name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    In what year was the Minnesota Twins sports franchise first established?
  • A:
    The baseball team was established in the year 1961.
  • Q:
    Where is the corporate headquarters of Minnesota Twins?
  • A:
    The main office is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • Q:
    Which sectors does Minnesota Twins operate?
  • A:
    The company competes in Sports Teams and Clubs and Professional Sports Clubs and Promoters.
  • Q:
    What years did the Minnesota Twins take home the championship trophy?
  • A:
    The team won the following national baseball championships:
    - 1991 World Series
    - 1987 World Series
  • Q:
    Who did the Minnesota Twins recruit?
  • A:
    The list of players picked in the draft include:
    - Ben Revere in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Chris Parmelee in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Matt Garza in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Trevor Plouffe in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Glen Perkins in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Steven Waldrop in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Matt Moses in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Denard Span in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Joe Mauer in the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft
    - Adam Johnson in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Q:
    Who is the current manager of the Minnesota Twins?
  • A:
    Ron Gardenhire manages the professional baseball team.
  • Q:
    Which coaches are members of the Minnesota Twins' coaching staff?
  • A:
    The coaching staff of the Minnesota Twins includes:
    -Scott Ullger as Third Base Coach
    -Steve Liddle as Bench Coach
    -Joe Vavra as Hitting Coach
    -Rick Anderson as Pitching Coach
    -Jerry White as First Base Coach
    -Rick Stelmaszek as Bullpen Coach
  • Q:
    What is the mascot's name for the Minnesota Twins?
  • A:
    TC is the mascot for the team.
  • Q:
    Where are the Minnesota Twins based and at which ballpark do they play their home games?
  • A:
    Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is home field for the Minnesota Twins baseball team.
  • Q:
    Who owns the Minnesota Twins?
  • A:
    The person who owns this baseball team is Carl Pohlad.
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Awards & Accolades

  • World Series Champion
    1991, 1987

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