List of Minnesota Twins team records

This is a listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.

Single-season records

Batting

StatisticPlayer(s)NumberYear(s)
Batting averageRod Carew.3881977
Home runsHarmon Killebrew491964, 1969
RBIHarmon Killebrew1401969
RunsChuck Knoblauch1401996
HitsRod Carew2391977
SinglesSam Rice1821925
DoublesMickey Vernon511946
TriplesGoose Goslin, Cristian Guzmán201925, 2000
Extra base hitsTony Oliva841964
Stolen basesClyde Milan881912
Hit streakKen Landreaux31 games1980
Base on ballsEddie Yost1511956
StrikeoutsMiguel Sanó1782016
Team HRTeam3072019 *Through 9/29/19

Pitching

StatisticPlayerNumberYear
WinsWalter Johnson361913
StrikeoutsWalter Johnson3131910
ERAWalter Johnson1.141913
SavesJoe Nathan472009

Single-game records

Individual

As a team

RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date*
AB503KC6/19/03
AB2(22)781CLE8/31/93
R241DET4/24/96
R335 (24-11)1DET4/24/96
H281SEA6/13/17
H2(11)241SEA9/29/89
H3421OAK4/27/80
XBH121TOR5/8/79
XBH3241CLE7/13/96
TB471WAS8/29/63
1B191MIL9/9/80
1B2(11)201SEA9/29/89
2B81BOS7/25/96
3B41NYY6/2/64
HR81WAS8/29/63
HR39ManyMIL7/12/01
RBI222CLE6/4/02
RBI3331DET4/24/96
BB143KC8/5/06
BB2(18)181SEA7/19/69
BB3211KC9/10/76
BB4(10)222BAL5/15/78
IBB4ManyDET5/23/92
IBB2(22)51MIL5/12/72
IBB4(22)71MIL5/12/72
K191TEX8/19/07
K2(10)192CLE7/3/68
K3271CLE9/28/00
K4(20)351WAS8/9/67
GIDP5ManyTEX6/3/95
GIDP2(22)51MIL5/12/72
SH51CWS6/23/79
SH2(17)5ManyTEX9/17/77
SF42DET6/26/99
SF232CLE7/3/94
HBP42KC4/13/71
HBP2(17)41CLE5/7/95
LOB172MIL9/4/90
LOB2(22)232MIL5/12/72
SB61SEA9/9/92
Opp. SB72NYY5/10/87
Opp. SB2(12)121OAK8/1/76
SB38ManyKC8/26/01
SB4(12)141OAK8/1/76
Best Win21 (23-2)1CLE6/4/02
Worst Loss18 (20-2)1KC4/25/61
Runs in Inning11(5th)ManyBOS5/20/94
Opp. Runs in Inning121KC6/17/03
RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date
* Date listed is date of most recent occurrence of record.
1 Opponent listed is opponent that record occurred against most recently.
2 Indicates record in an extra-inning game (total innings in parentheses).
3 Indicates record with number accumulated by both clubs.
4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with number accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)

All-Time leaders

Games played

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew2,329
2Sam Rice2,307
3Joe Judge2,084
4Clyde Milan1,982
5Ossie Bluege1,867

At bats

RankPlayerNumber
1Sam Rice8,934
2Harmon Killebrew7,835
3Joe Judge7,663
4Clyde Milan7,359
5Kirby Puckett7,244

Runs

RankPlayerNumber
1Sam Rice1,466
2Harmon Killebrew1,258
3Joe Judge1,154
4Kirby Puckett1,071
5Buddy Myer1,037

Hits

RankPlayerNumber
1Sam Rice2,889
2Kirby Puckett2,304
3Joe Judge2,291
4Joe Mauer2,123
5Clyde Milan2,100

Doubles

RankPlayerNumber
1Sam Rice479
2Joe Mauer428
3Joe Judge421
4Kirby Puckett414
5Mickey Vernon 391

Triples

RankPlayerNumber
1Sam Rice183
2Joe Judge157
3Goose Goslin125
4Buddy Myer113
5Mickey Vernon108

Home runs

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew559
2Kent Hrbek293
3Bob Allison256
4Justin Morneau221
5Tony Oliva220

RBI

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew1,540
2Kent Hrbek1,086
3Kirby Puckett1,085
4Sam Rice1,045
5Mickey Vernon1,026

Total bases

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew4,026
2Sam Rice3,830
3Kirby Puckett3,453
4Joe Judge3,239
5Joe Mauer3,040

Walks

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew1,505
2Eddie Yost1,274
3Joe Judge943
4Joe Mauer939
5Buddy Myer864

Strikeouts

RankPlayerNumber
1Harmon Killebrew1,629
2Joe Mauer1,034
3Bob Allison1,033
4Miguel Sanó1,017
5Torii Hunter975
6Kirby Puckett965

Stolen bases

RankPlayerNumber
1Clyde Milan495
2Sam Rice346
3George Case321
4Chuck Knoblauch276
5Rod Carew271

Caught stealing

RankPlayerNumber
1Rod Carew123
2George Case98
3Buddy Myer88
4Ossie Bluege87
5César Tovar81

On-base percentage

RankPlayerAmount
1Rod Carew.393
2Chuck Knoblauch.391
3John Stone.389
4Joe Mauer.388
5Buddy Myer.387

Slugging percentage

RankPlayerAmount
1Harmon Killebrew.514
2Goose Goslin.502
3Roy Sievers.500
4Justin Morneau.499
5Kent Hrbek.481

Batting average

RankPlayerAmount
1Rod Carew.334
2Heinie Manush.328
3Goose Goslin.323
3Sam Rice.323

Wins

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson417
2Jim Kaat190
3Bert Blyleven149
4Brad Radke148
5Camilo Pascual145

Losses

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson279
2Jim Kaat159
3Camilo Pascual141
4Brad Radke139
5Bert Blyleven138

ERA

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson2.17
2Doc Ayers2.64
3Dean Chance2.67
4Cy Falkenberg2.69
5Harry Harper2.75

Games played

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson802
2Eddie Guardado648
3Rick Aguilera490
4Jim Kaat484
5Firpo Marberry470

Games started

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson666
2Jim Kaat433
3Brad Radke377
4Bert Blyleven345
5Camilo Pascual331

Complete games

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson531
2Case Patten206
3Bert Blyleven141
4Long Tom Hughes139
5Jim Kaat133

Shutouts

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson110
2Camilo Pascual31
3Bert Blyleven29
4Jim Kaat23
4Dutch Leonard23

Saves

RankPlayerNumber
1Joe Nathan260
2Rick Aguilera254
3Glen Perkins120
4Eddie Guardado116
5Ron Davis108

Innings pitched

RankPlayerNumber
1Walter Johnson5,914 ⅓
2Jim Kaat3,014 ⅓
3Bert Blyleven2,566 ⅔
4Camilo Pascual2,465
5Brad Radke2,451

Rare feats

No-hitters

Minnesota
PitcherOpp.Date
Francisco Liriano@CHW5/3/2011
Eric MiltonANA9/11/1999
Scott EricksonMIL4/27/1994
Dean Chance@CLE8/25/1967
Jack KralickKC8/26/1962
Bobby BurkeBOS8/8/1931
Walter Johnson@BOS7/1/1920

Dean Chance also threw a perfect game through five innings on August 6, 1967, against the Boston Red Sox, but the game was shortened due to rain. Under MLB rule revisions in 1991, it is not recognized as an official no-hitter or perfect game.

Hit for the cycle

Minnesota
PlayerOpp.Date
Jorge PolancoPHI4/5/19
Michael CuddyerMIL5/22/09
Jason KubelLAA4/17/09
Carlos Gómez@CWS5/7/08
Kirby PuckettOAK8/1/86
Gary Ward@MIL9/18/80
Mike CubbageTOR7/27/78
Lyman Bostock@CWS7/24/76
Larry Hisle@BAL6/4/76
César TovarTEX9/19/72
Rod Carew@KC5/20/70
Mickey Vernon@CWS5/19/46
Joe CroninNYY9/2/29
Goose Goslin@NYY8/28/24
Otis Clymer@NYY10/2/08

Triple plays

PlayersOpp.Date
SanoSimmonsGordon@KC6/06/21
Buxton-Urshela-Urshela @CWS 7/04/22
SanoSchoopCronATL8/07/19
ArraezSchoopSano@NYY7/22/19
SanoDozierMauer@LAA6/1/17
CastilloMorneauBatistaSEA5/27/06
GaettiNewmanHrbek@BOS7/17/90†
Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek@BOS7/17/90†
GladdenLombardozziLarkinCLE8/8/88
GaettiLombardozziHrbek@NYY4/5/88
GaettiTeufelHrbek@NYY7/19/84
Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek@CAL8/8/83
ButeraGaettiHrbekNYY5/29/82
BorgmannGómez@CWS7/25/76
RollinsCarewAllisonCLE9/10/68
RollinsTovarKillebrewCAL8/18/66

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†See below

Six-hit games

BatterOpp.Date
Kirby PuckettTEX5/23/91
Kirby Puckett@MIL8/30/87

Major League Baseball records and firsts

  • First team to record two triple plays in the same game: July 17, 1990 vs. Boston Red Sox (lost game 1–0).
  • First team to reach the playoffs after losing 100 games the previous year.
  • On August 31, 2019 Mitch Garver hit his 20th HR of the season, becoming the 8th Twins player to hit 20 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record.
  • On September 17, 2019 Miguel Sano hit his 30th HR of the season, becoming the 5th Twins player to hit 30 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record.
  • Longest postseason losing streak: 18 games (2004-2020).

References

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