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
American League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record101–61 (.623)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Pohlad
Manager(s)Rocco Baldelli
Local televisionFox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Local radioWCCO
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
StatsESPN.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. 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
2019 game log: 101–61 (Home: 46–35 ; Away: 55–26)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Twins Team Member

Postseason
2019 Postseason: 0–3 (Home 0–1; Away 0–2)

Season standings
American League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623 — 46–35 55–26
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 8 49–32 44–37
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 28½ 39–41 33–48
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 42 31–50 28–53
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 53½ 22–59 25–55
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 10755 0.660
New York Yankees 10359 0.636
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593 —
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 3
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 12
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 18
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 23½
Los Angeles Angels 7290 0.444 24
Seattle Mariners 6894 0.420 28
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 29
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 37
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 42
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 48½

Records vs. AL Opponents
2019 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 —7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–7—5–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–5—11–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–11—18–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–18—1–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–1—5–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–5—2–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–2—1–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–1—2–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–2—2–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–2—10–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–10—2–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–2—3–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–3—3–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–3—3–17

Updated with the results of all games through September 29, 2019.

Roster
2019 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 97 Garrett Kennedy (bullpen catcher)
  • 98 Connor Olson (bullpen catcher)
Line up Avg Hr Hits Rbi
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 Gonzalez .264 15 112 55
Jonathan Schoop .256 23 111 59
Jason Castro .232 13 55 30
Byron Buxton .262 10 71 46

Farm System
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Joel Skinner
AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos Southern League Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Toby Gardenhire
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Brian Dinkelman
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Robbie Robinson
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League Seth Feldman

References
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