2016 Minnesota Twins season

The 2016 Minnesota Twins season was the 56th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their seventh season at Target Field and the 116th overall in the American League. The 2016 season marked the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Twins World Series victory, and the 2016 team wore commemorative patches. The team finished in last place and lost 103 games, the worst record in the majors and the most losses since the franchise relocated to Minnesota in 1961.

2016 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–103 (.364)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Pohlad
Manager(s)Paul Molitor
Local televisionFox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radioKTWN-FM
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Summary

The Twins signed Korean baseball star Byung-ho Park in the offseason, in addition to acquiring John Ryan Murphy, a catcher, in a trade with the Yankees. The team's encouraging 83–79 finish the previous season behind good rookie seasons from Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario, Tyler Duffey, and Byron Buxton, along with the anticipated arrival of Minor Leaguers José Berríos and Max Kepler, gave Twins' fans high hopes for the 2016 season. However, the season became a complete disaster, starting with the Twins losing their first nine games of the season and never getting out of last place in the AL Central. They finished with a record of 59-103, the worst in the league. The 103 losses marked the worst record in Twins history, besting the 60-102 team of 1982.

Season standings

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9467 0.584 — 53–28 41–39
Detroit Tigers 8675 0.534 8 45–35 41–40
Kansas City Royals 8181 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Chicago White Sox 7884 0.481 16½ 45–36 33–48
Minnesota Twins 59103 0.364 35½ 30–51 29–52

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586
Cleveland Indians 9467 0.584
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 —
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 —
Detroit Tigers 8675 0.534 2½
Seattle Mariners 8676 0.531 3
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 5
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 5
Kansas City Royals 8181 0.500 8
Chicago White Sox 7884 0.481 11
Los Angeles Angels 7488 0.457 15
Oakland Athletics 6993 0.426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 6894 0.420 21
Minnesota Twins 59103 0.364 30

Record against opponents
2016 American League 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 —8–114–35–15–21–64–24–25–110–93–41–613–63–49–1014–6
Boston 11–8—3–44–22–55–22–44–34–311–85–14–312–73–39–1014–6
Chicago 3–44–3—8–117–123–35–142–512–73–35–24–34–34–25–19–11
Cleveland 1–52–411–8—14–43–414–56–110–92–54–23–45–12–54–313–7
Detroit 2–55–212–74–14—4–27–122–415–43–34–34–36–12–43–413–7
Houston 6–12–53–34–32–4—3–413–65–22–413–611–83–34–152–511–9
Kansas City 2–44–214–55–1412–74–3—1–515–42–51–63–45–21–62–410–10
Los Angeles 2–43–45–21–64–26–135–1—2–41–612–78–113–49–104–39–11
Minnesota 1–53–47–129–104–152–54–154–2—2–52–44–23–45–21–68–12
New York 9–108–113–35–23–34–25–26–15–2—4–33–311–83–47–128–12
Oakland 4–31–52–52–43–46–136–17–124–23–4—7–125–29–103–37–13
Seattle 6–13–43–44–33–48–114–311–82–43–312–7—4–27–123–313–7
Tampa Bay 6–137–123–41–51–63–32–54–34–38–112–52–4—4–211–810–10
Texas 4–33–32–45–24–215–46–110–92–54–310–912–72–4—3–413–7
Toronto 10–910–91–53–44–35–24–23–46–112–73–33–38–114–3—13–7

Game Log
2016 Game Log: 59−103 (Home: 30−51; Away: 29−52)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Roster
2016 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers
  • 50 Neil Ramirez
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher)
  • 76 Ben Richardson (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Mike Quade
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Doug Mientkiewicz
A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Jeff Smith
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Jake Mauer
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Ramón Borrego
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League

References
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