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.

2013 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Pohlad
General manager(s)Terry Ryan
Manager(s)Ron Gardenhire
Local televisionFox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer)
Local radioKTWN-FM
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 2-4).[1] The Twins ended their season with a 5-1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.[2]

The Twins finished their season with a 66-96 record, although they finished 4th 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.[3]

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.[4]

Season synopsis

April

May

June

July

August

September

finished 27 games behind

Season standings

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9369 0.574 — 51–30 42–39
Cleveland Indians 9270 0.568 1 51–30 41–40
Kansas City Royals 8676 0.531 7 44–37 42–39
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 27 32–49 34–47
Chicago White Sox 6399 0.389 30 37–44 26–55

American League Wild Card
Division Winners W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765 0.599
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593
Detroit Tigers 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270 0.568 +½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271 0.564 —
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 1
Kansas City Royals 8676 0.531 5½
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 6½
New York Yankees 8577 0.525 6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 13½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 0.457 17½
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 20½
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 25½
Chicago White Sox 6399 0.389 28½
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 40½

Record vs. opponents
2013 AL Records
Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore—11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Detailed records
  • updated to game played September 29, 2013

Player stats

Batting
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB

Pitching
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K

Game log
Legend
Twins Win Twins Loss Postponed
2013 Game Log (66–96)

Roster
2013 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher)

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[6]

References
  1. http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/min/minnesota-twins
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/indians/2013/09/29/cleveland-indians-playoff-berth-beat-twins-wild-card-clinch/2892367/
  3. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/min/the-twins-avoided-the-cellar-in-the-american-league-central-for-the-first-time-since-2010-but-finished-with-more-than-90-losses-for-a-third-straight-y?ymd=20130930&content_id=62117858&vkey=news_min
  4. http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings/_/seasontype/1
  5. "2013 Minnesota Twins". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2013). Baseball America 2014 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-48-0.
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