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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Record | 88–75 (.540) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Carl Pohlad | |
General managers | Bill Smith | |
Managers | Ron Gardenhire | |
Television |
FSN North WFTC ( My 29) ( Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven) | |
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AM 1500 KSTP ( John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry) | |
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The 2008 Minnesota Twins season was the 48th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 108th overall in the American League. After tying the Chicago White Sox for first in the American League Central with an 88–74 record, the team lost a one game playoff to finish second and miss the league playoffs.
General Manager for the previous 13 years, Terry Ryan stepped down into the role of Senior Advisor in September 2007 and was replaced by Bill Smith, formerly the assistant general manager. Scouting director Mike Radcliff was named vice president of player personnel and director of baseball operations Rob Antony was named assistant GM. [1]
The offseason between the 2007 and 2008 seasons saw many rumors surrounding pitcher Johan Santana, but little action until shortly before the start of spring training. Typically standing still in the off-season, the Twins made some waves late November when they traded Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett and Eduardo Morlan to the Tampa Bay Rays for power-hitting outfielder Delmon Young, scrappy infielder Brendan Harris and former Twin Jason Pridie.
Prior to the Rays trade, the Twins traded for outfielder Craig Monroe of the Chicago Cubs. Monroe would later sign with the Twins and would be placed on the major league roster soon after. Monroe joined several others including Adam Everett and Mike Lamb as those new to the team who made the 2008 Opening Day roster.
On January 18, 2008, the Twins avoided arbitration with three current players: Jason Kubel, Justin Morneau and Juan Rincón. Rincón and Kubel were signed through 2008, while Morneau and Michael Cuddyer were signed to extended contracts. [2]
The Twins also saw several players depart via free agency, roster management and trade. The Twins also released players Jason Tyner, Chris Heintz, Lew Ford, Josh Rabe and Matthew LeCroy.
Minnesota lost Carlos Silva via free agency, Silva signing with the Seattle Mariners for a four-year contract. Silva was a starting pitcher for the Twins in recent years after coming over in the Eric Milton trade.
The Twins also lost perennial Gold Glove center fielder and fan favorite Torii Hunter to free agency, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for five years and $90 million.
The Twins traded ace Johan Santana to the New York Mets for four prospects: outfielder Carlos Gómez and pitchers Kevin Mulvey, Philip Humber and Deolis Guerra.
The Twins, as per long-standing tradition, [3] were the last team to begin spring training on February 17, 2008.
On March 27, the Twins announced they had finished signing their entire 40-man roster. [4]
Pitcher Francisco Liriano was unable to report to camp on time due to visa problems. [5] Shortly before the start of the season, Liriano was sent down to the minor leagues to continue his development. [6]
Gómez beat out center field prospects Denard Span and Jason Pridie for the starting job. [7]
The team re-signed closer Joe Nathan to a four-year contract on March 24. [8]
On May 7, 2008, Carlos Gómez hit for the cycle against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. He became the ninth major leaguer in history to hit for the reverse natural cycle. [9] He also became the third-youngest player to hit for the cycle in MLB history. [10] It had been a spell of 22 years since the last Twin hit for the cycle, Kirby Puckett in 1986.
On May 19, Bobby Korecky—with a single in the tenth inning—became the only Twins pitcher to get a hit in the Metrodome (1982–2009).
In the third inning of the June 15 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Scott Baker became the first Minnesota Twin to strike out four men in a single inning. After Ryan Braun struck out, Prince Fielder struck out swinging at a wild pitch and made it to first base. Baker then struck out Russell Branyan and Mike Cameron to end the inning. Baker is the eighth American League pitcher to strike out the four consecutively. In 2012, Francisco Liriano will become the second Twin to accomplish the feat. [11]
During the 2008 campaign, the Twins sent three representatives to the 2008 MLB All Star game: Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan. Morneau went on to win the home run derby [12] and score the winning run in the 15th inning of the All-Star game. [13]
Joe Mauer won his second American League batting title with a .328 average. Justin Morneau set a new club record with 47 doubles, and led the major leagues playing in 163 games. Carlos Gómez topped Rod Carew's 1974 team record with 30 bunt singles (Carew had 29), a total which led the majors.
Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau both won Silver Slugger Awards; Mauer added a Gold Glove Award as well.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 89 | 74 | 0.546 | — | 54–28 | 35–46 |
Minnesota Twins | 88 | 75 | 0.540 | 1 | 53–28 | 35–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 7½ | 45–36 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 13½ | 38–43 | 37–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 14½ | 40–41 | 34–47 |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 6–12 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 0–5 | 8–2 | 3–15 | 4–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Boston | 12–6 | – | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–8 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 9–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 5–4 | 3–4 | – | 11–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 5–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | – | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 3–4 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–11 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 13–5 |
Kansas City | 3–5 | 1–6 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | – | 2–3 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 13–5 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–2 | – | 5–3 | 7–3 | 10–9 | 14–5 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 14–4 |
New York | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 5–0 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 1–5 | - | 10–9 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 2–8 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 9–10 | – | 3–4 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 15–3 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 4–3 | – | 6–3 | 11–7 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–6 | – | 4–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–11 | 4–4 | – | 8–10 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Scott Baker | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Brian Bass | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Blackburn | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Boof Bonser | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Craig Breslow | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brian Buscher | 70 | 218 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 47 | .294 | 0 |
Alexi Casilla | 98 | 385 | 58 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 50 | .281 | 7 |
Howie Clark | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Jesse Crain | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Michael Cuddyer | 71 | 249 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 36 | .249 | 5 |
Adam Everett | 48 | 127 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .213 | 0 |
Carlos Gómez | 153 | 577 | 79 | 149 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 59 | .258 | 33 |
Matt Guerrier | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brendan Harris | 130 | 434 | 57 | 115 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 49 | .265 | 1 |
Liván Hernández | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
Bobby Korecky | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
Jason Kubel | 141 | 463 | 74 | 126 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 78 | .272 | 0 |
Mike Lamb | 81 | 236 | 20 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | .233 | 0 |
Matt Macri | 18 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .324 | 1 |
Joe Mauer | 146 | 536 | 98 | 176 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 85 | .328 | 1 |
Craig Monroe | 58 | 163 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .202 | 0 |
Justin Morneau | 163 | 623 | 97 | 187 | 47 | 4 | 23 | 129 | .300 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Glen Perkins | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Punto | 99 | 338 | 43 | 96 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 28 | .284 | 15 |
Mike Redmond | 38 | 129 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .287 | 0 |
Dennys Reyes | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Juan Rincón | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Randy Ruiz | 22 | 62 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .274 | 0 |
Kevin Slowey | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 0 |
Denard Span | 93 | 347 | 70 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 47 | .294 | 18 |
Matt Tolbert | 41 | 113 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .285 | 7 |
Delmon Young | 152 | 575 | 80 | 167 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 69 | .290 | 14 |
Team Totals | 163 | 5641 | 829 | 1572 | 298 | 49 | 111 | 791 | .279 | 102 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Scott Baker | 11 | 4 | 3.45 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 172.1 | 66 | 66 | 42 | 141 |
Brian Bass | 3 | 4 | 4.87 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 68.1 | 42 | 37 | 22 | 32 |
Nick Blackburn | 11 | 11 | 4.05 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 193.1 | 102 | 87 | 39 | 96 |
Boof Bonser | 3 | 7 | 5.93 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 118.1 | 87 | 78 | 36 | 97 |
Craig Breslow | 0 | 2 | 1.63 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 38.2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
Jesse Crain | 5 | 4 | 3.59 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 50 |
Eddie Guardado | 1 | 1 | 7.71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Matt Guerrier | 6 | 9 | 5.19 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 | 47 | 44 | 37 | 59 |
Liván Hernández | 10 | 8 | 5.48 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 139.2 | 93 | 85 | 29 | 54 |
Philip Humber | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Bobby Korecky | 2 | 0 | 4.58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Francisco Liriano | 6 | 4 | 3.91 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 76.0 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 67 |
José Mijares | 0 | 1 | 0.87 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Joe Nathan | 1 | 2 | 1.33 | 68 | 0 | 39 | 67.2 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 74 |
Pat Neshek | 0 | 1 | 4.73 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
Glen Perkins | 12 | 4 | 4.41 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 151.0 | 81 | 74 | 39 | 74 |
Dennys Reyes | 3 | 0 | 2.33 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 46.1 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
Juan Rincón | 2 | 2 | 6.11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 20 |
Kevin Slowey | 12 | 11 | 3.99 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 160.1 | 74 | 71 | 24 | 123 |
Team Totals | 88 | 75 | 4.16 | 163 | 163 | 42 | 1459.0 | 745 | 675 | 406 | 995 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton
2008 Minnesota Twins | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Record | 88–75 (.540) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Carl Pohlad | |
General managers | Bill Smith | |
Managers | Ron Gardenhire | |
Television |
FSN North WFTC ( My 29) ( Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven) | |
Radio |
AM 1500 KSTP ( John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry) | |
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ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2008 Minnesota Twins season was the 48th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 108th overall in the American League. After tying the Chicago White Sox for first in the American League Central with an 88–74 record, the team lost a one game playoff to finish second and miss the league playoffs.
General Manager for the previous 13 years, Terry Ryan stepped down into the role of Senior Advisor in September 2007 and was replaced by Bill Smith, formerly the assistant general manager. Scouting director Mike Radcliff was named vice president of player personnel and director of baseball operations Rob Antony was named assistant GM. [1]
The offseason between the 2007 and 2008 seasons saw many rumors surrounding pitcher Johan Santana, but little action until shortly before the start of spring training. Typically standing still in the off-season, the Twins made some waves late November when they traded Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett and Eduardo Morlan to the Tampa Bay Rays for power-hitting outfielder Delmon Young, scrappy infielder Brendan Harris and former Twin Jason Pridie.
Prior to the Rays trade, the Twins traded for outfielder Craig Monroe of the Chicago Cubs. Monroe would later sign with the Twins and would be placed on the major league roster soon after. Monroe joined several others including Adam Everett and Mike Lamb as those new to the team who made the 2008 Opening Day roster.
On January 18, 2008, the Twins avoided arbitration with three current players: Jason Kubel, Justin Morneau and Juan Rincón. Rincón and Kubel were signed through 2008, while Morneau and Michael Cuddyer were signed to extended contracts. [2]
The Twins also saw several players depart via free agency, roster management and trade. The Twins also released players Jason Tyner, Chris Heintz, Lew Ford, Josh Rabe and Matthew LeCroy.
Minnesota lost Carlos Silva via free agency, Silva signing with the Seattle Mariners for a four-year contract. Silva was a starting pitcher for the Twins in recent years after coming over in the Eric Milton trade.
The Twins also lost perennial Gold Glove center fielder and fan favorite Torii Hunter to free agency, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for five years and $90 million.
The Twins traded ace Johan Santana to the New York Mets for four prospects: outfielder Carlos Gómez and pitchers Kevin Mulvey, Philip Humber and Deolis Guerra.
The Twins, as per long-standing tradition, [3] were the last team to begin spring training on February 17, 2008.
On March 27, the Twins announced they had finished signing their entire 40-man roster. [4]
Pitcher Francisco Liriano was unable to report to camp on time due to visa problems. [5] Shortly before the start of the season, Liriano was sent down to the minor leagues to continue his development. [6]
Gómez beat out center field prospects Denard Span and Jason Pridie for the starting job. [7]
The team re-signed closer Joe Nathan to a four-year contract on March 24. [8]
On May 7, 2008, Carlos Gómez hit for the cycle against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. He became the ninth major leaguer in history to hit for the reverse natural cycle. [9] He also became the third-youngest player to hit for the cycle in MLB history. [10] It had been a spell of 22 years since the last Twin hit for the cycle, Kirby Puckett in 1986.
On May 19, Bobby Korecky—with a single in the tenth inning—became the only Twins pitcher to get a hit in the Metrodome (1982–2009).
In the third inning of the June 15 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Scott Baker became the first Minnesota Twin to strike out four men in a single inning. After Ryan Braun struck out, Prince Fielder struck out swinging at a wild pitch and made it to first base. Baker then struck out Russell Branyan and Mike Cameron to end the inning. Baker is the eighth American League pitcher to strike out the four consecutively. In 2012, Francisco Liriano will become the second Twin to accomplish the feat. [11]
During the 2008 campaign, the Twins sent three representatives to the 2008 MLB All Star game: Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan. Morneau went on to win the home run derby [12] and score the winning run in the 15th inning of the All-Star game. [13]
Joe Mauer won his second American League batting title with a .328 average. Justin Morneau set a new club record with 47 doubles, and led the major leagues playing in 163 games. Carlos Gómez topped Rod Carew's 1974 team record with 30 bunt singles (Carew had 29), a total which led the majors.
Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau both won Silver Slugger Awards; Mauer added a Gold Glove Award as well.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 89 | 74 | 0.546 | — | 54–28 | 35–46 |
Minnesota Twins | 88 | 75 | 0.540 | 1 | 53–28 | 35–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 7½ | 45–36 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 13½ | 38–43 | 37–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 14½ | 40–41 | 34–47 |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 6–12 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 0–5 | 8–2 | 3–15 | 4–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Boston | 12–6 | – | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–8 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 9–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 5–4 | 3–4 | – | 11–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 5–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | – | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 3–4 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–11 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 13–5 |
Kansas City | 3–5 | 1–6 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | – | 2–3 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 13–5 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–2 | – | 5–3 | 7–3 | 10–9 | 14–5 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 14–4 |
New York | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 5–0 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 1–5 | - | 10–9 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 2–8 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 9–10 | – | 3–4 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 15–3 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 4–3 | – | 6–3 | 11–7 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–6 | – | 4–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–11 | 4–4 | – | 8–10 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Scott Baker | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Brian Bass | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Blackburn | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Boof Bonser | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Craig Breslow | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brian Buscher | 70 | 218 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 47 | .294 | 0 |
Alexi Casilla | 98 | 385 | 58 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 50 | .281 | 7 |
Howie Clark | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Jesse Crain | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Michael Cuddyer | 71 | 249 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 36 | .249 | 5 |
Adam Everett | 48 | 127 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .213 | 0 |
Carlos Gómez | 153 | 577 | 79 | 149 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 59 | .258 | 33 |
Matt Guerrier | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brendan Harris | 130 | 434 | 57 | 115 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 49 | .265 | 1 |
Liván Hernández | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
Bobby Korecky | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
Jason Kubel | 141 | 463 | 74 | 126 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 78 | .272 | 0 |
Mike Lamb | 81 | 236 | 20 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | .233 | 0 |
Matt Macri | 18 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .324 | 1 |
Joe Mauer | 146 | 536 | 98 | 176 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 85 | .328 | 1 |
Craig Monroe | 58 | 163 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .202 | 0 |
Justin Morneau | 163 | 623 | 97 | 187 | 47 | 4 | 23 | 129 | .300 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Glen Perkins | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Punto | 99 | 338 | 43 | 96 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 28 | .284 | 15 |
Mike Redmond | 38 | 129 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .287 | 0 |
Dennys Reyes | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Juan Rincón | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Randy Ruiz | 22 | 62 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .274 | 0 |
Kevin Slowey | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 0 |
Denard Span | 93 | 347 | 70 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 47 | .294 | 18 |
Matt Tolbert | 41 | 113 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .285 | 7 |
Delmon Young | 152 | 575 | 80 | 167 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 69 | .290 | 14 |
Team Totals | 163 | 5641 | 829 | 1572 | 298 | 49 | 111 | 791 | .279 | 102 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Scott Baker | 11 | 4 | 3.45 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 172.1 | 66 | 66 | 42 | 141 |
Brian Bass | 3 | 4 | 4.87 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 68.1 | 42 | 37 | 22 | 32 |
Nick Blackburn | 11 | 11 | 4.05 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 193.1 | 102 | 87 | 39 | 96 |
Boof Bonser | 3 | 7 | 5.93 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 118.1 | 87 | 78 | 36 | 97 |
Craig Breslow | 0 | 2 | 1.63 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 38.2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
Jesse Crain | 5 | 4 | 3.59 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 50 |
Eddie Guardado | 1 | 1 | 7.71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Matt Guerrier | 6 | 9 | 5.19 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 | 47 | 44 | 37 | 59 |
Liván Hernández | 10 | 8 | 5.48 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 139.2 | 93 | 85 | 29 | 54 |
Philip Humber | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Bobby Korecky | 2 | 0 | 4.58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Francisco Liriano | 6 | 4 | 3.91 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 76.0 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 67 |
José Mijares | 0 | 1 | 0.87 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Joe Nathan | 1 | 2 | 1.33 | 68 | 0 | 39 | 67.2 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 74 |
Pat Neshek | 0 | 1 | 4.73 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
Glen Perkins | 12 | 4 | 4.41 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 151.0 | 81 | 74 | 39 | 74 |
Dennys Reyes | 3 | 0 | 2.33 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 46.1 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
Juan Rincón | 2 | 2 | 6.11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 20 |
Kevin Slowey | 12 | 11 | 3.99 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 160.1 | 74 | 71 | 24 | 123 |
Team Totals | 88 | 75 | 4.16 | 163 | 163 | 42 | 1459.0 | 745 | 675 | 406 | 995 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton