2019 Minnesota Twins season
The 2019 Minnesota Twins season was the 59th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 10th season at Target Field and the 119th overall in the American League. It was the first year under new manager Rocco Baldelli who was hired on October 25, 2018 following the firing of previous manager Paul Molitor on October 2. It was also the first season since 2004 without longtime Twin Joe Mauer on the roster, as he announced his retirement on November 9, 2018 after 15 seasons. His number 7 was retired on June 15, 2019.
2019 Minnesota Twins | |
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American League Central Champions | |
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Results | |
Record | 101–61 (.623) |
Divisional place | 1st |
Other information | |
Owners | Jim Pohlad |
President of baseball operations | Derek Falvey |
General managers | Thad Levine |
Managers | Rocco Baldelli |
Local television | Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin) |
Local radio | WCCO (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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They improved upon their record from the previous season, and clinched the AL Central division for the first time since 2010 on September 25. On September 26, the Twins scored their 99th win with a victory over the Detroit Tigers, the highest number of wins for the franchise since 1965, and the third highest in franchise history. Despite winning 101 games (the second most since moving to Minnesota), the Twins were still the 3rd seed in the American League, the best record ever for a 3rd seed. With 307 home runs by their hitters, the Twins also set a new major league record for most home runs by a team in a season; tied by the 2023 Atlanta Braves. They opened the playoffs by playing the New York Yankees in the Division Series, however they were swept 3 games to 0 in a best-of-5 series, extending their record for the longest playoff losing streak in MLB history to 16 games.
Regular season
Game log
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March/April: 17–10 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 8–5)
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May: 21–8 (Home: 10–4 ; Away: 11–4)
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June: 15–12 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 8–7)
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July: 13–11 (Home: 5–7 ; Away: 8–4)
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August: 17–11 (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 9–3)
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September: 18–9 (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 11–3)
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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 |
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Jorge Polanco | 153 | 631 | 107 | 186 | 40 | 7 | 22 | 79 | 4 | 60 | .295 | .485 |
Eddie Rosario | 137 | 562 | 91 | 155 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 109 | 3 | 22 | .276 | .500 |
Max Kepler | 134 | 524 | 98 | 132 | 32 | 0 | 36 | 90 | 1 | 60 | .252 | .519 |
C. J. Cron | 125 | 458 | 51 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 29 | .253 | .469 |
Nelson Cruz | 120 | 454 | 81 | 141 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 108 | 0 | 56 | .311 | .639 |
Jonathan Schoop | 121 | 433 | 61 | 111 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 1 | 20 | .256 | .473 |
Marwin González | 114 | 425 | 52 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 31 | .264 | .414 |
Miguel Sanó | 105 | 380 | 76 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 55 | .247 | .576 |
Luis Arráez | 92 | 326 | 54 | 109 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 36 | .334 | .439 |
Mitch Garver | 93 | 311 | 70 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 41 | .273 | .630 |
Byron Buxton | 87 | 271 | 48 | 71 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 14 | 19 | .262 | .513 |
Jason Castro | 79 | 237 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 33 | .232 | .435 |
Ehire Adrianza | 83 | 202 | 34 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 20 | .272 | .416 |
Jake Cave | 72 | 198 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 21 | .258 | .455 |
Willians Astudillo | 58 | 190 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .268 | .379 |
LaMonte Wade Jr. | 26 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .196 | .375 |
Ryan LaMarre | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .478 |
Ian Miller | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .235 |
Ronald Torreyes | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 |
Tyler Austin | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5732 | 939 | 1547 | 318 | 23 | 307 | 906 | 28 | 525 | .270 | .494 |
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 |
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José Berríos | 14 | 8 | 3.68 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 200.1 | 194 | 94 | 82 | 51 | 195 |
Martín Pérez | 10 | 7 | 5.12 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 165.1 | 184 | 104 | 94 | 67 | 135 |
Kyle Gibson | 13 | 7 | 4.84 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 160.0 | 175 | 99 | 86 | 56 | 160 |
Jake Odorizzi | 15 | 7 | 3.51 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 159.0 | 139 | 65 | 62 | 53 | 178 |
Michael Pineda | 11 | 5 | 4.01 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 146.0 | 141 | 68 | 65 | 28 | 140 |
Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 2.61 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 69.0 | 58 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 90 |
Trevor May | 5 | 3 | 2.94 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 64.1 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 79 |
Tyler Duffey | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 82 |
Ryne Harper | 4 | 2 | 3.81 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 54.1 | 54 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 50 |
Devin Smeltzer | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 49.0 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 38 |
Zack Littell | 6 | 0 | 2.68 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
Blake Parker | 1 | 2 | 4.21 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 36.1 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 34 |
Randy Dobnak | 2 | 1 | 1.59 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28.1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
Matt Magill | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
Lewis Thorpe | 3 | 2 | 6.18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 27.2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 31 |
Kohl Stewart | 2 | 2 | 6.39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.1 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Cody Stashak | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
Sergio Romo | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 22.2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 22.2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
Trevor Hildenberger | 2 | 2 | 10.47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 15 |
Adalberto Mejía | 0 | 2 | 8.80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
Fernando Romero | 0 | 1 | 7.07 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
Sam Dyson | 1 | 0 | 7.15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Brusdar Graterol | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
Sean Poppen | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Ryan Eades | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Austin Adams | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Jorge Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ehire Adrianza | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Chase De Jong | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Andrew Vasquez | 0 | 0 | inf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 101 | 61 | 4.18 | 162 | 162 | 50 | 1463.1 | 1456 | 754 | 680 | 452 | 1463 |
Postseason
Game log
2019 Postseason: 0–3 (Home 0–1; Away 0–2) |
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Postseason rosters
Playoff rosters | |
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American League Division Series
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Season standings
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | — | 46–35 | 55–26 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 8 | 49–32 | 44–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 28½ | 39–41 | 33–48 |
Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 42 | 31–50 | 28–53 |
Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | 0.292 | 53½ | 22–59 | 25–55 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Houston Astros | 107 | 55 | 0.660 |
New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | 0.623 |
Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | +1 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 3 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 12 |
Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 18 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 23½ |
Los Angeles Angels | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 24 |
Seattle Mariners | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 28 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 29 |
Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 108 | 0.333 | 42 |
Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | 0.292 | 48½ |
Records vs. AL Opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 7–12 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 2–17 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 7–13 |
Boston | 12–7 | — | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
Chicago | 3–3 | 2–5 | — | 11–8 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | — | 18–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–12 |
Detroit | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 1–18 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 5–15 |
Houston | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–1 | — | 5–1 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 18–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
Kansas City | 3–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–2 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 12–8 |
Minnesota | 6–0 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 14–5 | 4–3 | 14–5 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
New York | 17–2 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 0–6 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 1–18 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–10 | — | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 13–6 | 14–6 |
Texas | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Toronto | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–17 |
Roster
Lineup | Avg | Hr | Hits | Rbi |
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Max Kepler | .252 | 36 | 132 | 90 |
Jorge Polanco | .295 | 22 | 186 | 79 |
Nelson Cruz | .311 | 41 | 141 | 108 |
Eddie Rosario | .276 | 32 | 155 | 109 |
C.J. Cron | .253 | 25 | 116 | 78 |
Marwin González | .264 | 15 | 112 | 55 |
Jonathan Schoop | .256 | 23 | 111 | 59 |
Jason Castro | .232 | 13 | 55 | 30 |
Byron Buxton | .262 | 10 | 71 | 46 |
Farm System
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | St. Paul Saints | International League | Toby Gardenhire |
AA | Wichita Wind Surge | Southern League | Ramon Borrego |
A-Advanced | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Brian Dinkelman |
A | Fort Myers Mighty Mussels | Florida State League | Brian Meyer |
Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
Rookie | GCL Twins | Gulf Coast League | Robbie Robinson |
Rookie | DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League | Seth Feldman |
External links
- 2019 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference