Editing Minnesota Twins

{{Short description|Major League Baseball franchise in Minneapolis, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox MLB
| name = Minnesota Twins
| established = 1901
| misc = Based in [[Minnesota]] since 1961
| logo = Minnesota Twins New Logo.svg
| uniformlogo = Minnesota Twins Insignia.svg
| current league = American League
| y1 = 1901
| division = [[American League Central|Central Division]]
| y2 = 1994
| past division = [[American League West|West Division]]
| y5 = 1969
| y6 = 1993
| Uniform = MLB-ALC-MIN-Uniform.png
| retirednumbers = {{hlist| [[Harmon Killebrew|3]] | [[Tony Oliva|6]] | [[Joe Mauer|7]] | [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|10]] | [[Kent Hrbek|14]] | [[Bert Blyleven|28]] | [[Rod Carew|29]] | [[Kirby Puckett|34]] | [[Jim Kaat|36]] | [[Jackie Robinson|42]] | [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|W]]}} 
| colors = Red, navy blue, white<ref>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Do-Hyuong|title=Twins honor past, greet future with new uniforms|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-unveil-new-uniforms-in-brand-refresh|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=November 18, 2022|access-date=November 19, 2022|quote=The core red, white and blue color scheme remains, but the hues themselves have been slightly tweaked with a more vibrant red and a darker navy blue -- almost bordering on black -- to accentuate contrasts and unify the color scheme, particularly with the caps. The Kasota Gold of the most recent color scheme is gone, as are drop shadows, outlines and the like, leading to a much sleeker, more unified design.|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118230016/https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-unveil-new-uniforms-in-brand-refresh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Inspired by the past, built for the future: Minnesota Twins unveil new marks and uniforms|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/press-release/release-twins-unveil-new-uniforms-11-18-22?t=twins-press-releases|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=November 18, 2022|access-date=November 19, 2022|quote=Lastly, the Twins' legacy color palette – embraced by the franchise since the Washington Senators debuted in 1901 – has been modernized with a slightly brighter shade of red, a boldly dark navy blue and a more brilliant sheen of white.|archive-date=November 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119034623/https://www.mlb.com/twins/press-release/release-twins-unveil-new-uniforms-11-18-22?t=twins-press-releases|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Home Uniforms|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/uniforms/home|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=Twins.com|access-date=November 8, 2023|quote=Featuring a contemporized "Twins" script recalling beloved elements of yesteryear, the return of a piping pattern first popularized by the Rod Carew-era clubs and rekindled with Joe Mauer's 2009 American League Most Valuable Player campaign, and the introduction of the Twins' exclusive new font – all presented in a crisp and dynamic aesthetic celebrating the club's modernized red, white and navy-blue palette – the new home uniform is a passionate, innovative and bold embodiment of baseball and community in Twins Territory.|archive-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108045120/https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/uniforms/home|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{color box|#E31E34}} {{color box|#091F40}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| y3 = 1961
| nicknames = Twinkies
* Nats (1905–1955)
* Grifs (1912–1920)
* Little Piranhas (2006)
* Bomba Squad (2019)
| pastnames = 
* [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]] ({{by|1901}}–{{by|1904}}, {{by|1956}}–{{by|1960}})
* Washington Nationals/Senators ({{by|1905}}–{{by|1955}})
| ballpark = [[Target Field]]
| y4 = 2010
| pastparks =
* [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] ({{by|1982}}–{{by|2009}})
* [[Metropolitan Stadium]] ({{by|1961}}–{{by|1981}})
* [[Griffith Stadium]] ({{by|1911}}–{{by|1960}}){{efn|Known as '''National Park''' from 1911 to 1920.}}
* [[Boundary Field|National Park]] ({{by|1904}}–{{by|1910}})
* [[American League Park]] ({{by|1901}}–{{by|1903}})
| WS = (3)
| WORLD CHAMPIONS = {{hlist| {{wsy|1924}} | {{wsy|1987}} | {{wsy|1991}}}}
| LEAGUE = AL
| P = (6)
| PENNANTS = {{hlist| [[1924 Washington Senators season|1924]] | [[1925 Washington Senators season|1925]] | [[1933 Washington Senators season|1933]] | [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965]] | {{alcsy|1987}} | {{alcsy|1991}}}}
| misc1 =
| DIV = AL West
| DV = (4)
| Division Champs = {{hlist| [[1969 Minnesota Twins season|1969]] | [[1970 Minnesota Twins season|1970]] | [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|1987]] | [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|1991]] }}
| misc5 = '''AL Central Division titles''' (9)
| OTHER DIV CHAMPS = {{hlist| [[2002 Minnesota Twins season|2002]] | [[2003 Minnesota Twins season|2003]] | [[2004 Minnesota Twins season|2004]] | [[2006 Minnesota Twins season|2006]] | [[2009 Minnesota Twins season|2009]] | [[2010 Minnesota Twins season|2010]] | [[2019 Minnesota Twins season|2019]] | [[2020 Minnesota Twins season|2020]]| [[2023 Minnesota Twins season|2023]]}}
| WC = (1)
| Wild Card = [[2017 Minnesota Twins season|2017]]
| misc6 =
| owner = [[Carl Pohlad|Pohlad family]] (Joe Pohlad, chairman)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Pohlad steps down, Joe Pohlad new executive chairman|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-pohlad-steps-down-joe-pohlad-new-executive-chairman|website=mlb.com|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111223443/https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-pohlad-steps-down-joe-pohlad-new-executive-chairman|url-status=live}}</ref> 
| president = [[Dave St. Peter]]
| manager = [[Rocco Baldelli]]<ref name="Baldelli">{{cite news|last1=Randhawa|first1=Manny|title=Twins tab Rocco Baldelli as new manager|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/rocco-baldelli-hired-as-twins-manager/c-299659010|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=TwinsBaseball.com|date=October 25, 2018|access-date=July 13, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025190255/https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/rocco-baldelli-hired-as-twins-manager/c-299659010|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gm = Jeremy Zoll
| presbo = [[Derek Falvey]] (Chief Baseball Officer)<ref>{{cite press release|title=Minnesota Twins name Derek Falvey Executive Vice President, Chief Baseball Officer|url=http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/204770962/minnesota-twins-name-derek-falvey-evp-chief-baseball-officer/|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|website=TwinsBaseball.com|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2016|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028064043/http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/204770962/minnesota-twins-name-derek-falvey-evp-chief-baseball-officer/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=E. Neal|first=La Velle III|title=Derek Falvey officially named Twins' chief baseball officer|url=http://www.startribune.com/derek-falvey-officially-named-twins-chief-baseball-officer/395653411/|newspaper=Star Tribune|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005121912/http://www.startribune.com/derek-falvey-officially-named-twins-chief-baseball-officer/395653411/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|mascots=Twinkie (1980–1981)<br>[[T.C. Bear]] (2000–present)
| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/twins|mlb.com/twins}}
}}

The '''Minnesota Twins''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in [[Minneapolis]]. The Twins compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[American League]] (AL) [[American League Central|Central Division]]. The team is named after the [[Twin Cities]] moniker for the two adjacent cities of Minneapolis and [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Do-Hyung|title=Here's the story behind the Twins' name|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/minnesota-twins-team-name-history|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com|Twins.com]]|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=November 1, 2023|archive-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101020546/https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/minnesota-twins-team-name-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

The franchise was founded in [[Washington, D.C.]], in [[1901 in baseball|1901]] as the [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]]. The team [[Major League Baseball relocation of 1950s–60s|moved]] to [[Minnesota]] and was renamed the Minnesota Twins for the start of the [[1961 Major League Baseball season|1961 season]]. The Twins played in [[Metropolitan Stadium]] from 1961 to 1981 and in the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] from 1982 to 2009. The team has played at [[Target Field]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Minnesota Twins Move Into Target Field|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100104&content_id=7870938&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|website=TwinsBaseball.com|date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109014202/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100104&content_id=7870938&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min|archive-date=January 9, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The franchise won the [[World Series]] in 1924 as the Senators,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1386103-washington-nationals-remembering-the-1924-world-series |title=Remembering the Washington Senators' 1924 World Series |website=Bleacher Report |date=October 27, 2012 |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526140058/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1386103-washington-nationals-remembering-the-1924-world-series |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins. From 1901 to 2023, the Senators/Twins franchise's overall regular-season win–loss–tie record is {{Win–loss record|w=9,259|l=9,955|t=109}} ({{winpct|9259|9955|109}}); as the Twins (through 2024), it is {{Win–loss record|w=5,036|l=5,091|t=8}} ({{winpct|5036|5091|8}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota Twins Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/ |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302110239/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of the Minnesota Twins}}

===Washington Nationals/Senators: 1901–1960===
{{main|Washington Senators (1901–1960)}}
[[File:1924worldseries.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Washington's [[Bucky Harris]] scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 of the 1924 World Series.]]

The team was founded in [[Washington, D.C.]], in {{mlby|1901}} as one of the eight original teams of the American League. It was named the '''[[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]]''' from 1901 to 1904, the '''Washington Nationals''' from 1905 to 1955, and the Senators again from 1956 to 1960. But the team was commonly referred to as the Senators throughout its history (and unofficially as the "Grifs" during [[Clark Griffith]]'s tenure as manager from 1912 to 1920).<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Frank|title=Sports Encyclopedia|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/wasdc/nats.html|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022082834/https://sportsecyclopedia.com/al/wasdc/nats.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The name "Nationals" appeared on uniforms for only two seasons, and then was replaced with the "W" logo. The media often shortened the nickname to "Nats" — even for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)#Washington Senators (1961–1971)|1961 expansion team]]. The names "Nationals" and "Nats" were revived in 2005, when the [[Montreal Expos]] moved to Washington to become the [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]].

The Washington Senators spent the first decade of their existence finishing near the bottom of the American League standings. The team's long bouts of mediocrity were immortalized in the 1955 Broadway musical ''[[Damn Yankees]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/damnyankees.htm |title=Damn Yankees |publisher=The Broadway Musical Home |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003050242/http://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/damnyankees.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Their fortunes began to improve with the arrival of 19-year-old pitcher, [[Walter Johnson]], in [[1907 Washington Senators season|1907]]. Johnson blossomed in [[1911 Washington Senators season|1911]] with 25 victories, although the team still finished the season in seventh place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1911.shtml |title=1911 Washington Senators |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503135858/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1911.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[1912 Washington Senators season|1912]], the Senators improved dramatically, as their pitching staff led the league in team [[earned run average]] and in [[strikeout]]s. Johnson won 33 games while teammate [[Bob Groom]] added another 24 wins to help the Senators finish the season in second place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1912.shtml |title=1912 Washington Senators |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502125758/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1912.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Griffith joined the team in 1912 and became the team's owner in 1920.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/griffith-clark |title=Griffith, Clark |publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712065724/http://baseballhall.org/hof/griffith-clark |url-status=live }}</ref> (The franchise remained under Griffith family ownership until 1984.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/21/sports/calvin-griffith-87-is-dead-tight-fisted-baseball-owner.html | work=The New York Times | first=Richard | last=Goldstein | title=Calvin Griffith, 87, Is Dead; Tight-Fisted Baseball Owner | date=October 21, 1999 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-date=May 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502183859/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/21/sports/calvin-griffith-87-is-dead-tight-fisted-baseball-owner.html | url-status=live }}</ref>) The Senators continued to perform respectably in [[1913 Washington Senators season|1913]] with Johnson posting a career-high 35 victories, as the team once again finished in second place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml |title=1913 American League Team Statistics and Standings |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000139/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The Senators then fell into another decline for the next decade.
[[File:Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL.jpg|thumb|left|300px|President [[Calvin Coolidge]] (left) and Washington Senators pitcher [[Walter Johnson]] (right) shake hands following the Senators' 1924 championship.]]

The team had a period of prolonged success in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Walter Johnson, as well as fellow Hall-of-Famers [[Bucky Harris]], [[Goose Goslin]], [[Sam Rice]], [[Heinie Manush]], and [[Joe Cronin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/johnson-walter |title=Johnson, Walter |work=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214091120/http://baseballhall.org/hof/johnson-walter |url-status=live }}</ref>  In particular, a rejuvenated Johnson rebounded in [[1924 Washington Senators season|1924]] to win 23 games with the help of his catcher, [[Muddy Ruel]], as the Senators won the [[American League pennant]] for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml |title=1924 American League Team Statistics and Standings |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095515/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The Senators then faced [[John McGraw]]'s heavily favored [[1924 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in the [[1924 World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1924_WS.shtml |title=1924 World Series |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 29, 2012 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042905/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1924_WS.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The two teams traded wins back and forth with three games of the first six being decided by one run.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1924ws.shtml 1924 World Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107100916/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1924ws.shtml |date=November 7, 2020 }}, Baseball Almanac.  Includes box scores for all seven games of the 1924 World Series.</ref><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/mlb/y2004/m09/d29/c875177.jsp History of baseball in D.C.], on MLB.com but not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball, September 29, 2004.</ref> In the deciding 7th game, the Senators were trailing the Giants 3–1 in the 8th inning when Bucky Harris hit a routine ground ball to third that hit a pebble and took a bad hop over Giants third baseman [[Freddie Lindstrom]]. Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three.<ref name="1924 World Series Game 7 box score at Baseball Reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1192410100.shtml |title=1924 World Series Game 7 box score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 29, 2012 |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830143500/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1192410100.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> An aging Walter Johnson came in to pitch the ninth inning and held the Giants scoreless into extra innings. In the bottom of the twelfth inning, Ruel hit a high, [[foul ball]] directly over [[home plate]].<ref name="How Senators' Strategy Won for Johnson">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIDAAAAMBAJ&q=muddy+ruel+baseball+digest&pg=PA37 |title=How Senators' Strategy Won for Johnson |author=Ruel, Muddy |date=October 1964 |magazine=Baseball Digest |access-date=April 29, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Giants' catcher, [[Hank Gowdy]], dropped his protective mask to field the ball but, failing to toss the mask aside, stumbled over it and dropped the ball, thus giving Ruel another chance to bat.<ref name="How Senators' Strategy Won for Johnson"/> On the next [[Pitch (baseball)|pitch]], Ruel hit a [[Double (baseball)|double]]; he proceeded to score the winning [[Run (baseball)|run]] when [[Earl McNeely]] hit a [[ground ball]] that took another bad hop over Lindstrom's head.<ref name="1924 World Series Game 7 box score at Baseball Reference"/><ref name="How Senators' Strategy Won for Johnson"/> This would mark the only [[World Series]] triumph for the franchise during their 60-year tenure in Washington.

The [[1925 Major League Baseball season|following season]] they repeated as [[American League]] champions but ultimately lost the [[1925 World Series]] to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]. After Walter Johnson retired in 1927, he was hired as manager of the Senators. After enduring a few losing seasons, the team returned to contention in 1930. In [[1933 Washington Senators season|1933]], Senators owner Griffith returned to the formula that worked for him nine years earlier: 26-year-old shortstop Joe Cronin became [[player-manager (baseball)|player-manager]]. The Senators posted a 99–53 record and cruised to the pennant seven games ahead of the [[New York Yankees]], but in the [[1933 World Series]] the Giants exacted their revenge, winning in five games. Following the loss, the Senators sank all the way to seventh place in [[1934 Washington Senators season|1934]] and attendance began to fall. Despite the return of Harris as manager from 1935 to 1942 and again from 1950 to 1954, Washington was mostly a losing ball club for the next 25 years contending for the pennant only during World War II. Washington came to be known as "first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League";<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington Senators |url=https://baseballbiography.com/washington-senators |publisher=baseballbiography.com |access-date=August 7, 2009 }}</ref> their hard luck drove the plot of the musical and film ''Damn Yankees''. [[Cecil Travis]], [[Buddy Myer]] (1935 A.L. [[List of Major League Baseball Batting Champions|batting champion]]), [[Roy Sievers]], [[Mickey Vernon]] (batting champion in 1946 and 1953), and [[Eddie Yost]] were notable Senators players whose careers were spent in obscurity on losing teams.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDQDAAAAMBAJ&q=spud%20davis%20baseball%20digest&pg=PA46 |title=13 Most Forgotten Stars In Major League History |author=Grosshandler, Stan |date=February 1981 |magazine=Baseball Digest |access-date=May 3, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCoDAAAAMBAJ&q=eddie+yost+baseball+digest&pg=PA44 |title=20th Century All-Overlooked Stars |author=Vass, George |date=August 1999 |magazine=Baseball Digest |access-date=May 3, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In [[1954 Washington Senators season|1954]], the Senators signed future Hall of Fame member [[Harmon Killebrew]]. By [[1959 Washington Senators season|1959]], he was the Senators' regular third baseman and led the league with 42 home runs, earning him a starting spot on the [[1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)|American League All-Star team]].

After Griffith's death in 1955, his nephew and adopted son [[Calvin Griffith|Calvin]] took over the team presidency. Calvin sold [[Griffith Stadium]] to the city of Washington and leased it back. This led to speculation that the team was planning to move, as the [[Boston Braves]], [[St. Louis Browns]], and [[Philadelphia Athletics]] had done in recent years. By 1957, after an early flirtation with San Francisco (where the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] would move after the season), Griffith began courting Minneapolis–St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in his rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/senators-reject-bids-to-move-to-minneapolis-or-st-paul-two-other.html?sq=giants+relocate+minneapolis&scp=2&st=p |journal=The New York Times |date=October 27, 1957 |access-date=May 2, 2008 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723065443/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/senators-reject-bids-to-move-to-minneapolis-or-st-paul-two-other.html?sq=giants+relocate+minneapolis&scp=2&st=p |url-status=live }}</ref> before agreeing to move.  Home attendance in Washington, D.C., steadily increased from 425,238 in 1955 to 475,288 in 1958, and then jumped to 615,372 in 1959.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VL4MErYRKN8C&dq=%22still+far+short+of+what+minnesota+was+offering%22+%221955+425%2C238%22+%221958+475%2C288%22+%221960+743%2C404%22&pg=PA231 ''The American League in Transition, 1965–1975: How Competition Thrived When the Yankees Didn't''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405172243/https://books.google.com/books?id=VL4MErYRKN8C&dq=%22still+far+short+of+what+minnesota+was+offering%22+%221955+425,238%22+%221958+475,288%22+%221960+743,404%22&pg=PA231 |date=April 5, 2023 }}, Paul Hensley, McFarland & Co. Publishers, 2013.</ref> However, part of the Minnesota deal guaranteed a million fans a year for three years, plus the potential to double TV and radio money.<ref>''The American League in Transition, 1965–1975'', Paul Hensley, page 13, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VL4MErYRKN8C&dq=%22Along+with+a+potential+to+gain+over+twice+as+much+profit+from+the+sale+of+television+and+radio+broadcast+rights+compared+to+what+Griffith+earned+in+Washington%2C+the+major+benefit+to+him+would+be+guaranteed+attendance+of+one+million+fans+per+season+for+the+initial+three-year+period%22&pg=PA13 "Along with a potential to gain over twice as much profit from the sale of television and radio . . "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405202222/https://books.google.com/books?id=VL4MErYRKN8C&dq=%22Along+with+a+potential+to+gain+over+twice+as+much+profit+from+the+sale+of+television+and+radio+broadcast+rights+compared+to+what+Griffith+earned+in+Washington,+the+major+benefit+to+him+would+be+guaranteed+attendance+of+one+million+fans+per+season+for+the+initial+three-year+period%22&pg=PA13 |date=April 5, 2023 }}.</ref><ref>[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/8/29/4670580/the-cost-of-baseballs-broadcast-rights-in-1961 The cost of baseball's broadcast rights in 1961] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105002823/https://www.sbnation.com/2013/8/29/4670580/the-cost-of-baseballs-broadcast-rights-in-1961 |date=November 5, 2019 }}, ''SBNation'', Larry Granillo, August 29, 2013.  In the 1961 season, the new Washington Senators received $300,000 for TV and radio broadcast rights, whereas the Minnesota Twins (old Senators) received $550,000 for the broadcast rights.  Please see chart.</ref>

The American League opposed the move at first, but in 1960 a deal was reached. Major League Baseball agreed to let Griffith move his team to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and allowed a new [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Senators]] team to be formed in Washington for the 1961 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Rangers on Baseball Almanac|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rang.shtml|access-date=August 14, 2012|publisher=Baseball-almanac.com|archive-date=November 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121100722/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rang.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Asked nearly two decades later why he moved the team, Griffith replied, "I'll tell you why we came to Minnesota, it was when I found out you only had 15,000 blacks here. Black people don't go to ball games, but they'll fill up a rassling ring and put up such a chant it'll scare you to death. It's unbelievable. We came here because you've got good, hard-working, white people here."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/ |title=The short history of the Minnesota Twins' Calvin Griffith memorial |website=MinnPost.com |date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927031212/https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Minnesota Twins: 1961–present===
[[File:1920 St. Paul Saints.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Minneapolis Millers]] (1884–1960) and [[St. Paul Saints (1901–1960)|St. Paul Saints]] (1901–1960; ''team photo of 1920 pictured'') of AAA played in Minnesota before the arrival of the Twins in 1961]]
Renamed the Minnesota Twins, the team set up shop in [[Metropolitan Stadium]] in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]], a suburb of Minneapolis. Success came quickly to the team in Minnesota. Sluggers [[Harmon Killebrew]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/killebrew-harmon |title=Killebrew, Harmon |work=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012064253/http://baseballhall.org/hof/killebrew-harmon |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Bob Allison]], who had been stars in Washington, were joined by [[Tony Oliva]] and [[Zoilo Versalles]], and later [[second baseman]] [[Rod Carew]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/carew-rod |title=Carew, Rod |work=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712015825/http://baseballhall.org/hof/carew-rod |url-status=live }}</ref> and pitchers [[Jim Kaat]] and [[Jim Perry (baseball)|Jim Perry]], winning the [[American League pennant]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml |title=1965 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809025052/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> A second wave of success came in the late 1980s and early 1990s under manager [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]], led by [[Kent Hrbek]], [[Bert Blyleven]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/blyleven-bert |title=Blyleven, Bert |work=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818031250/http://baseballhall.org/hof/blyleven-bert |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Frank Viola]], and [[Kirby Puckett]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/puckett-kirby |title=Puckett, Kirby |work=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717214416/http://baseballhall.org/hof/puckett-kirby |url-status=live }}</ref> winning the franchise's second and third World Series (and first and second in Minnesota).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bapple2286.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/kirby-puckett-your-1987-and-1991-world-series-championship-winning-minnesota-twins/ |title=Kirby Puckett & Your 1987 And 1991 World Series Championship Winning Minnesota Twins {{pipe}} 30-Year Old Cardboard |publisher=Bapple2286.wordpress.com |date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809000950/https://bapple2286.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/kirby-puckett-your-1987-and-1991-world-series-championship-winning-minnesota-twins/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The name "Twins" was derived from "Twin Cities", a popular nickname for the two cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and sometimes used in reference to the entire [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]] metropolitan region. The [[NBA]]'s [[Minneapolis Lakers]] had moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1960 due to poor attendance, blamed in part on a perceived reluctance of fans in Saint Paul to support the team.<ref name="twinstrivia.com">{{cite web |url=http://twinstrivia.com/today-in-twins-history/ |title=Today in Twins History |publisher=Twinstrivia.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630164350/http://twinstrivia.com/today-in-twins-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Griffith was determined not to alienate fans in either city by naming the team after one city or the other. He proposed to name the team the "Twin Cities Twins",<ref name="twinstrivia.com"/> but MLB objected and Griffith therefore named the team the Minnesota Twins. The team was allowed to keep its original "TC" (for Twin Cities) insignia for its caps. The team's logo shows two men, one in a [[Minneapolis Millers]] uniform and one in a [[St. Paul Saints]] uniform, shaking hands across the [[Mississippi River]] within an outline of the state of Minnesota. The "TC" remained on the Twins' caps until 1987, when they adopted new uniforms. By this time, the team felt it was established enough to put an "M" on its cap without having Saint Paul fans think it stood for Minneapolis. The "TC" logo was moved to a sleeve on the jerseys, occasionally appeared as an alternate cap design,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/uniforms_logos.jsp |title=Twins Uniforms and Logos {{pipe}} twinsbaseball.com: History |website=Minnesota Twins |publisher=MLB |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927164609/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/uniforms_logos.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> and then was reinstated as the main cap logo in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 16, 2009|title=Twins Unveil New Logos, Uniforms for 2010 Season|url=http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3751:twins-unveil-new-logos-uniforms-for-2010-season&catid=30:mlb-news&Itemid=42|access-date=August 14, 2012|publisher=Bizofbaseball.com|archive-date=April 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419092043/http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3751:twins-unveil-new-logos-uniforms-for-2010-season&catid=30:mlb-news&Itemid=42|url-status=dead}}</ref> Both the "TC" and "Minnie & Paul" logos remain the team's primary insignia.
[[File:Metropolitan Stadium 1965.jpg|thumb|[[Metropolitan Stadium]] in [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], 1964]]

====1960s====
The Twins were eagerly greeted in Minnesota when they arrived in [[1961 Minnesota Twins season|1961]]. They brought a nucleus of talented players: Harmon Killebrew,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kxrb.com/from-the-land-of-sky-blue-waters-its-hamms-beer/ |last=McDaniel |first=Randy |date=October 9, 2017 |title=A Cold Hamm's Beer and A Hot Game OF Snooker |work=[[KXRB-FM]] |access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> [[Bob Allison]], [[Camilo Pascual]], [[Zoilo Versalles]], [[Jim Kaat]], [[Earl Battey]], and [[Lenny Green]]. [[Tony Oliva]], who would go on to win [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|American League batting championships]] in [[1964 Minnesota Twins season|1964]], [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965]] and [[1971 Minnesota Twins season|1971]], made his major league debut in [[1962 Minnesota Twins season|1962]].  That year, the Twins won 91 games, the most by the franchise since [[1933 Washington Senators season|1933]]. Behind [[Mudcat Grant]]'s 21 victories, Versalles' [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|A.L. MVP season]] and Oliva's batting title, the Twins won 102 games and the American League Pennant in [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965]], but they were defeated in the [[1965 World Series|World Series]] by the [[1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in seven games (behind the [[World Series Most Valuable Player|Series MVP]], [[Sandy Koufax]], who compiled a 2–1 record, including winning the seventh game).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1965_WS.shtml |title=1965 World Series – Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4–3) |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003034742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1965_WS.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1962, the Minnesota State Commission on Discrimination filed a complaint against the Twins, which was the only MLB team still [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregating]] players during [[spring training]] and when traveling in the southern United States.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2021|title=The short history of the Minnesota Twins' Calvin Griffith memorial {{!}} MinnPost|url=https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927031212/https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/|archive-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>

Heading into the final weekend of the [[1967 Minnesota Twins season|1967 season]], when [[Rod Carew]] was named the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year|A.L. Rookie of the Year]], the Twins, [[1967 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], [[1967 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]], and [[1967 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] all had a shot at clinching the American League championship. The Twins and the Red Sox started the weekend tied for 1st place and played against each other in Boston for the final two games of the season. The Red Sox won both games, seizing their first pennant since 1946 with a 92–70 record. The Twins and Tigers both finished one game back, with 91–71 records, while the White Sox finished three games back, at 89–73. In 1969, the new manager of the Twins, [[Billy Martin]], pushed aggressive base running all-around, with Carew stealing home seven times in the season (1 short of [[Ty Cobb]]'s Major League Record) in addition to winning the first of seven A.L. batting championships.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991013104045/http://baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/carew_rod.htm Rod Carew] Baseball Hall of Fame</ref> With Killebrew slugging 49 homers and winning the [[AL MVP Award]], these [[1969 Minnesota Twins season|1969 Twins]] won the first [[American League Western Division]] Championship, but they lost three straight games to the [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]], winners of 109 games, in the first [[1969 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. The Orioles would go on to be upset by the [[1969 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[1969 World Series|World Series]]. Martin was fired after the season, in part due to an August {{Baseball year|1969}} fight in [[Detroit]] with 20-game winner [[Dave Boswell (baseball)|Dave Boswell]] and outfielder Bob Allison, in an alley outside the Lindell A.C. bar. [[Bill Rigney]] led the Twins to a repeat division title in [[1970 Minnesota Twins season|1970]], behind the star pitching of Jim Perry (24–12), the A.L. [[Cy Young Award]] winner, while the Orioles again won the Eastern Division Championship behind the star pitching of [[Jim Palmer]]. Once again, the Orioles won the [[1970 American League Championship Series|A.L. Championship Series]] in a three-game sweep,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1970.shtml |title=1970 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819021112/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1970.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and this time they would win the [[1970 World Series|World Series]].

====1970s====
After winning the division again in 1970, the team entered an eight-year dry spell, finishing around the .500 mark. Killebrew departed after 1974. Owner Calvin Griffith faced financial difficulty with the start of [[free agency]], costing the Twins the services of [[Lyman Bostock]] and [[Larry Hisle]], who left as free agents after the 1977 season, and Carew, who was traded after the 1978 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml |title=Rod Carew Statistics and History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015205910/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1975, Carew won his fourth consecutive AL batting title,<ref name=BR>{{cite web|title=Rod Carew Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=August 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015205910/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> having already joined [[Ty Cobb]] as the only players to lead the major leagues in batting average for three consecutive seasons. In {{baseball year|1977}}, Carew batted .388, which was the highest in baseball since [[Boston Red Sox|Boston's]] [[Ted Williams]] hit .406 in {{Baseball year|1941}}; he won the 1977 AL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP Award]]. He won another batting title in 1978, hitting .333.<ref name=BR/>

====1980s–90s====
[[File:Minnesota Twins Armed Services Appreciation Day game 2009-07-05 3.JPG|thumb|250px|Interior of the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]]]]
In [[1982 Minnesota Twins season|1982]], the Twins moved into the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in [[downtown Minneapolis]], which they shared with the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. After a 16–54 start, the Twins were on the verge on becoming the worst team in MLB history. They turned the season around somewhat, but still lost 102 games, finishing with what is currently the second-worst record in Twins history (beaten only by the 2016 team, which lost 103 games), despite the .301 average, 23 homers and 92 RBI from rookie [[Kent Hrbek]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hrbek-001ken |title=Kent Hrbek |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=April 22, 2011 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110222312/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198108240.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> It was during the 1982 season that the Twins' nickname of "Twinkies" truly solidified, a nickname that would haunt them through their World Series years and sneak back into the conversation during the 1990s and 2010s slumps. In 1984, Griffith sold the Twins to multi-billionaire banker/financier [[Carl Pohlad]]. Pohlad beat a larger offer by New York businessman [[Donald Trump]] by promising to keep the club in Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donald Trump had the top bid on the Minnesota Twins in 1984 but lost| date=May 19, 2016 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/donald-trump-had-the-top-bid-on-the-minnesota-twins-in-1984-but-lost/#:~:text=As%20noted%20on%20startribune.com,Pohlad%20for%20roughly%20%2436%20million.|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618131436/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/donald-trump-had-the-top-bid-on-the-minnesota-twins-in-1984-but-lost/#:~:text=As%20noted%20on%20startribune.com,Pohlad%20for%20roughly%20%2436%20million.|url-status=live}}</ref> The Metrodome hosted the [[1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]]. After several losing seasons, the [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|1987 team]], led by Hrbek, [[Gary Gaetti]], [[Frank Viola]] ([[Cy Young Award|A.L. Cy Young]] winner in [[1988 Minnesota Twins season|1988]]), [[Bert Blyleven]], [[Jeff Reardon]], [[Tom Brunansky]], [[Dan Gladden]], and rising star [[Kirby Puckett]], returned to the World Series after defeating the favored [[1987 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] in the [[1987 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], 4 games to 1. [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] managed the Twins to World Series victories over the [[1987 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] in [[1987 World Series|1987]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1987ws.shtml |title=1987 World Series by Baseball Almanac |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615040904/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1987ws.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1987_WS.shtml |title=1987 World Series – Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals (4–3) |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217064254/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1987_WS.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[1991 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] in [[1991 World Series|1991]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1991ws.shtml |title=1991 World Series by Baseball Almanac |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=March 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312145319/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1991ws.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1988 Twins were the first team in American League history to draw more than 3&nbsp;million fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/timeline3.jsp|title=Twins Timeline|work=Minnesota Twins|access-date=April 24, 2016|archive-date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120222341/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/timeline3.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 17, 1990, the Twins became the only team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in the same game.  Twins' pitcher and Minnesota native [[Jack Morris]] was the star of the series in 1991, going 2–0 in his three starts with a 1.17 ERA.<ref>{{cite news|last=Caple|first=Jim|title=1991 World Series had it all|url=https://www.espn.com/classic/s/1991_series_caple.html|newspaper=ESPN|date=November 19, 2003|access-date=February 1, 2007|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111151410/http://espn.go.com/classic/s/1991_series_caple.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|1991]] also marked the first time that any team that finished in last place in their division would advance to the World Series the following season; both the Twins and the Braves did this in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.braves101.com/2011/10/15/worst-to-first-looking-back-on-the-miracle-season-of-the-1991-atlanta-braves/ |title=Worst to First: Looking Back on the Miracle Season of the 1991 Atlanta Braves {{pipe}} Braves 101 {{pipe}} Sports Media 101 |publisher=Braves 101 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731203747/http://www.braves101.com/2011/10/15/worst-to-first-looking-back-on-the-miracle-season-of-the-1991-atlanta-braves/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Contributors to the 1991 Twins' improvement from 74 wins to 95 included [[Chuck Knoblauch]], the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year|A.L. Rookie of the Year]]; [[Scott Erickson]], 20-game winner; new closer [[Rick Aguilera]] and new designated hitter [[Chili Davis]].
[[File:President Reagan and 1987 Twins.png|thumb|left|upright=1.15|President [[Ronald Reagan]] congratulates the Twins winning the [[1987 World Series]]]]
The World Series in 1991 is regarded by many as one of the classics of all time. In this Series, four games were won during the teams' final at-bat, and three of these were in extra innings. The Atlanta Braves won all three of their games in Atlanta, and the Twins won all four of their games in Minnesota. Up until then, it was the second time in MLB history when a team won all its home games on their way to winning the World Series. The Twins also did it in 1987. The sixth game was a legendary one for Puckett, who tripled in a run, made a sensational leaping catch against the wall, and finally in the 11th inning hit the game-winning home run. Before Puckett's home run, the Braves brought in Charlie Leibrandt to face him. Chili Davis was on-deck. Puckett told Davis he was going to bunt, and Davis was going to win the game. Davis told him he was going to sit on Leibrandt's change-up and send everyone home. The seventh game was tied 0–0 after the regulation nine innings, and marked only the second time that the seventh game of the World Series had ever gone into extra innings. The Twins won on a walk-off RBI single by [[Gene Larkin]] in the bottom of the 10th inning, after Morris had pitched ten shutout innings against the Braves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pitchinglogs.php?p=morrija02&y=1991 |title=Jack Morris 1991 Game by Game Pitching Logs |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=December 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230151112/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pitchinglogs.php?p=morrija02&y=1991 |url-status=live }}</ref> The seventh game of the [[1991 World Series]] is widely regarded as one of the greatest games in the history of professional baseball.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8067627/the-top-25-single-game-performances-mlb-postseason-history |title=The top 25 single-game performances in MLB postseason history – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819143721/http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8067627/the-top-25-single-game-performances-mlb-postseason-history |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/network/games_airdates/ |title=MLB's 20 Greatest Games {{pipe}} MLB Network: Network |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127022518/http://mlb.mlb.com/network/games_airdates/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/28/sports/world-series-sports-of-the-times-game-7-was-a-gift-from-above.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ira | last=Berkow | title=WORLD SERIES: SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Game 7 Was a Gift From Above | date=October 28, 1991 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306143817/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/28/sports/world-series-sports-of-the-times-game-7-was-a-gift-from-above.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

After a winning season in [[1992 Minnesota Twins season|1992]] but falling short of [[1992 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]] in the division, the Twins fell into a years-long stretch of mediocrity, posting a losing record each season for the next eight: 71–91 in 1993, 50–63 in 1994, 56–88 in 1995, 78–84 in 1996, 68–94 in 1997, 70–92 in 1998, 63–97 in 1999 and 69–93 in 2000. From 1994 to 1997, a long sequence of retirements and injuries hurt the team badly, and Tom Kelly spent the remainder of his managerial career attempting to rebuild the Twins. In 1997, owner Carl Pohlad almost sold the Twins to [[North Carolina]] businessman Don Beaver, who would have moved the team to the [[Piedmont Triad]] area.<ref>[http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/34814 Twins Meet Don Beaver: He Inks Letter of Intent to Buy Team] Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily</ref><ref>[https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/1999/05/03/tidbits.html Was baseball deal charade? 'Well, sort of'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526103654/https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/1999/05/03/tidbits.html |date=May 26, 2019 }} – Justin Catanoso, Triad Business Journal, May 3, 1999</ref>

Puckett was forced to retire at age 35 due to loss of vision in one eye from a [[central retinal vein occlusion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/11692616.html?page=all&prepage=2&c=y |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017134645/http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/11692616.html?page=all&prepage=2&c=y |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |title=Kirby says goodbye |author=Jim Souhan |publisher=StarTribune |date=March 27, 1998 |access-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> The [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|1989 A.L. batting champion]], he retired as the Twins' all-time leader in career [[hit (baseball)|hits]], [[run (baseball)|runs]], [[double (baseball)|doubles]], and [[total bases]]. At the time of his retirement, his .318 career [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] was the highest by any right-handed [[American League]] batter since [[Joe DiMaggio]]. Puckett was the fourth baseball player during the 20th century to record 1,000 hits in his first five full calendar years in Major League Baseball, and was the second to record 2,000 hits during his first 10 full calendar years. He was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2001|2001]], his first year of eligibility.

====2000s====
[[File:Justin morneau2003.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Justin Morneau]], drafted in 1999 by the Twins, won the [[AL MVP]] award in 2006]]
The Twins dominated the Central Division in the first decade of the new century, winning the division in six of those ten years ('02, '03, '04, '06, '09 and '10), and nearly winning it in '08 as well.  From 2001 to 2006, the Twins compiled the longest streak of consecutive winning seasons since moving to Minnesota.

Threatened with closure by [[2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan|league contraction]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/spot/contraction1.html |title=Labor Pains: A guide to Major League Baseball's contraction issue |last=Gettings |first=John |publisher=Infoplease.com |year=2001 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-date=August 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812115615/http://www.infoplease.com/spot/contraction1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[2002 Minnesota Twins season|2002 team]] battled back to reach the [[2002 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] before being eliminated 4–1 by that year's World Series champion [[Anaheim Angels]].

In 2006, the Twins won the division on the last day of the regular season (the only day all season they held sole possession of first place) but lost to the Oakland Athletics in the [[2006 American League Division Series|ALDS]]. [[Ozzie Guillén]] coined a nickname for this squad, calling the Twins "[[Piranhas (baseball)|little piranhas]]".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2609825 |title=Mauer wins AL batting title on final day – MLB – ESPN |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=October 1, 2006 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108122032/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2609825 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Twins players embraced the label, and in response, the Twins Front office started a "Piranha Night", with piranha finger puppets given out to the first 10,000 fans. Scoreboard operators sometimes played an animated sequence of piranhas munching under that caption in situations where the Twins were scoring runs playing "[[small ball (baseball)|small ball]]", and the stadium vendors sold T-shirts and hats advertising "The Little Piranhas". The Twins also had the AL MVP in Justin Morneau,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2670876 |title=Morneau edges Jeter to win AL MVP – MLB – ESPN |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=November 23, 2006 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403125648/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2670876 |url-status=live }}</ref> the AL batting champion in [[Joe Mauer]],<ref name="autogenerated1"/> and the AL Cy Young Award winner in [[Johan Santana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santajo02.shtml |title=Johan Santana Statistics and History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124025939/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santajo02.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, the Twins finished the regular season tied with the White Sox on top of the AL Central, forcing a [[2008 American League Central tie-breaker game|one-game playoff]] in Chicago to determine the division champion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080930&content_id=3576317&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws |title=White Sox claim AL Central crown {{pipe}} whitesox.com: News |publisher=Chicago.whitesox.mlb.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122080012/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080930&content_id=3576317&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws |archive-date=January 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Twins lost that game and missed the playoffs. The game location was determined by rule of a coin flip that was conducted in mid-September. This rule was changed for the start of the 2009 season, making the site for any [[One-game playoff|tiebreaker game]] to be determined by the winner of the regular season head-to-head record between the teams involved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090917&content_id=7018116 |title=Coin flips no longer used as tiebreaker {{pipe}} MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023123354/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090917&content_id=7018116 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Image:0923 493c Joe Nathan.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Joe Nathan]] won the [[Rolaids Relief Man Award]] in 2009]]
After a year where the Twins played .500 baseball for most of the season, the team won 17 of their last 21 games to tie the [[Detroit Tigers]] for the lead in the Central Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2009-schedule-scores.shtml |title=2009 Minnesota Twins Schedule, Box Scores and Splits |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027231052/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2009-schedule-scores.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The Twins were able to use the play-in game rule to their advantage when they won the [[AL Central]] at the end of the regular season by way of a 6–5 [[2009 American League Central tie-breaker game|tiebreaker game]] that concluded with a 12th-inning walk-off hit by [[Alexi Casilla]] to right field, that scored [[Carlos Gómez]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2009/10/06/29094_recap.html | work=CNN | title=Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins | access-date=June 21, 2012 | archive-date=January 7, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107025238/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2009/10/06/29094_recap.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> However, they failed to advance to the [[2009 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] as they lost the [[2009 American League Division Series|American League Divisional Series]] in three straight games to the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=09 |title=2009 Postseason {{pipe}} MLB.com: Schedule |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723094556/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=09 |url-status=live }}</ref> That year, Joe Mauer became only the second catcher in 33 years to win the AL MVP award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091115&content_id=7669440&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Mauer handily catches AL MVP Award {{pipe}} MLB.com: News|website=Minnesota Twins|publisher=MLB|access-date=August 15, 2012|archive-date=November 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128192958/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091115&content_id=7669440&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Iván Rodríguez]] won for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] in 1999, previous to that, the last catcher to win an AL MVP was the [[New York Yankees]] [[Thurman Munson]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/2009/11/24/tools-of-excellence-2/ |title=Tools Of Excellence |work=Hartford Courant |date=November 24, 2009 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731181059/http://articles.courant.com/2009-11-24/sports/flychart1124_1_joe-mauer-ernie-lombardi-thurman-munson |url-status=live }}</ref>

2010 marked Minnesota's inaugural season played at [[Target Field]], where the Twins finished the regular season with a record of 94–68, clinching the AL Central Division title for the 6th time in 9 years under manager [[Ron Gardenhire]]. New regular players included rookie [[Danny Valencia]] at third base, designated hitter [[Jim Thome]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=6866432 |title=Jim Thome, Twins – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731194403/http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=6866432 |url-status=dead }}</ref> closer [[Matt Capps]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7679 |title=Matt Capps – Minnesota Twins – MLB – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612163913/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7679 |url-status=live }}</ref> infielder [[J. J. Hardy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4629260 |title=Milwaukee Brewers trade SS J. J. Hardy for Minnesota Twins' CF Carlos Gómez – ESPN |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=November 6, 2009 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731203431/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4629260 |url-status=live }}</ref> and infielder [[Orlando Hudson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olney |first=Buster |date=February 5, 2010 |agency=Associated Press |title=Orlando Hudson gets one-year deal from Minnesota Twins |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4888089 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |website=ESPN.com |archive-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217153644/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4888089 |url-status=live }}</ref> In relief pitching roles were late additions [[Brian Fuentes]] and [[Randy Flores]]. On July 7, the team suffered a major blow when Justin Morneau sustained a concussion, which kept him out of the lineup for the rest of the season. In the [[2010 American League Division Series|divisional series]], the Twins lost to the Yankees in a three-game sweep for the second consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=10 |title=2010 Postseason {{pipe}} MLB.com: Schedule |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153022/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=10 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the season, Ron Gardenhire received AL [[Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] honors after finishing as a runner up in several prior years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/manage.shtml |title=MLB Manager of the Year Award Winners |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=September 25, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000925060225/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/manage.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

=====2017–present=====
In 2017, the Twins went 85–77, finishing 2nd In the AL Central.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/2017/10/01/twins-dump-tigers-end-season-85-77/721840001/|title=Twins dump Tigers to end season at 85-77|website=St. Cloud Times}}</ref> Following [[Brian Dozier]]'s 34 [[home runs]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2017.shtml|title=2017 Minnesota Twins Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008142938/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2017.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Miguel Sanó]], [[Byron Buxton]], and [[Eddie Rosario]] all had breakout years, while [[Joe Mauer]] hit .305. They ended up making the playoffs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735289-minnesota-twins-clinch-playoff-berth-for-2017-mlb-postseason|title=Minnesota Twins Clinch Playoff Berth for 2017 MLB Postseason|first=Adam|last=Wells|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090845/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735289-minnesota-twins-clinch-playoff-berth-for-2017-mlb-postseason|url-status=live}}</ref> which made them the first ever team to lose 100 games the previous year and make the playoffs the next season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735666-twins-become-1st-team-to-make-playoffs-one-year-after-losing-100-plus-games|title=Twins Become 1st Team to Make Playoffs One Year After Losing 100-Plus Games|first=Daily|last=Facts|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090900/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735666-twins-become-1st-team-to-make-playoffs-one-year-after-losing-100-plus-games|url-status=live}}</ref> They lost to the Yankees in the wild card round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yanks-beat-twins-to-reach-alds-against-indians-c257321132|title=Wild start! Yanks' pop, 'pen erase Minn.|website=MLB.com|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721215914/https://www.mlb.com/news/yanks-beat-twins-to-reach-alds-against-indians-c257321132|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2018 season did not go as well. The Twins went 78–84, and did not return to the post-season. Sanó and Buxton were injured most of the year and eventually both sent down to the minors, while long-time Twin Brian Dozier was traded at the deadline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/brian-dozier-traded-to-dodgers-c288181290|title=Dodgers add depth in trades for Dozier, Axford|website=MLB.com|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085925/https://www.mlb.com/news/brian-dozier-traded-to-dodgers-c288181290|url-status=live}}</ref> One bright spot came at the end of the season, when hometown hero Joe Mauer returned to catcher (his original position) for his final game, ending his career with a signature double and standing ovation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Mauer Doubles, Catches In Finale |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-mauer-doubles-catches-in-twins-finale-c296709532 |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321232316/https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-mauer-doubles-catches-in-twins-finale-c296709532 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another highlight was the team's two-game series against the Cleveland Indians in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/indians-twins-to-play-in-puerto-rico-in-2018/c-237882428|title=Indians, Twins to play in Puerto Rico in 2018|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053425/https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/indians-twins-to-play-in-puerto-rico-in-2018/c-237882428|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2717109-twins-indians-to-play-2-game-series-in-puerto-rico-in-2018|title=Twins, Indians to Play 2-Game Series in Puerto Rico in 2018|last=Wells|first=Adam|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053540/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2717109-twins-indians-to-play-2-game-series-in-puerto-rico-in-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After the season, manager Paul Molitor was fired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twins fire manager Paul Molitor after 78–84 finish |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Twins-fire-manager-Paul-Molitor-78-84-record-13278300.php |website=Chron.com |date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321233159/https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Twins-fire-manager-Paul-Molitor-78-84-record-13278300.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Free agent signing [[Logan Morrison]] and long-time veteran [[Ervin Santana]] declared free agency.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Twins 2019 Off Season Transactions |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/MIN/minnesota-twins/transactions/ |website=CBS Sports |publisher=CBS |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321231843/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/MIN/minnesota-twins/transactions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Miguel Sano (25968616510).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|[[Miguel Sanó]], infielder (2015–2022)]]

In 2019, the Twins clinched the AL Central Division for the first time since 2010, finishing the season with the second-most wins in franchise history with 101, one short of the 1965 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml|title=1965 Minnesota Twins Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809025052/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=October 2019}} The team combined for a total of 307 home runs, the most in MLB history for a single season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hr7.shtml|title=Home Run Records by MLB Teams During a Single Season {{pipe}} Baseball Almanac|website=www.baseball-almanac.com|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091115/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hr7.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The team's slugging prowess has earned them the nickname the ''Bomba Squad''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/mlb/twins/the-bomb-squad-behind-the-bomba-squad/89-e5a7dd06-899c-4d29-90d6-62f244f99cf0|title=The 'Bomb Squad' behind the Bomba Squad|website=kare11.com|date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> In the [[2019 ALDS]], the Twins opponents were the New York Yankees, who finished one home run behind at 306 and the second team to break the 300 home run mark. The Twins were swept again, and extend their postseason losing streak to 16, dating back to the 2004 ALDS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-eliminated-by-yankees-in-al-division-series-sweep|title=Twins' 'very special' season ends in DS sweep|website=MLB.com|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721215914/https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-eliminated-by-yankees-in-al-division-series-sweep|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 17, 2019, Miguel Sanó hit a 482-foot home run to make the Twins the first team in major league history to have five players with at least 30 home runs in a season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/miguel-sano-record-fifth-twins-player-30-homers|title=Sanó gives Twins record 5 players with 30 HRs|website=MLB.com|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918065641/https://www.mlb.com/news/miguel-sano-record-fifth-twins-player-30-homers|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023 the Minnesota Twins struggled through the first half, falling under .500 just before the All-Star break before beginning a late season surge that saw them take control of the AL Central. They finished as the third seed in the AL for the 2023 MLB Playoffs and faced the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] in the AL Wild Card round. Behind dominant pitching they won both of the first 2 games in the 3 game series, winning their first playoff game since 2004 (breaking an 0–18 postseason streak, the longest in North American sports history) and winning their first playoff series since the 2002 ALDS against the Oakland Athletics.

===Threats to move or disband the team===
{{further|2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan}}
The quirks of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, including the turf floor and the white roof, gave the Twins a [[home-field advantage]] that helped them win the World Series in 1987 and 1991, at least in the opinion of their opponents. The Twins went 12–1 in postseason home games during those two seasons,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/371214-twins-baseball-and-world-series-dreams-trashed-by-target-field |last=Adams |first=Dan |title=Minnesota Twins Organization, World Series Dreams Trashed by Target Field? |website=Bleacher Report |date=March 30, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011062739/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/371214-twins-baseball-and-world-series-dreams-trashed-by-target-field |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming the first and second teams to sweep all four home games in a World Series.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gammons|first=Peter|title=The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Sterling Pub. Co.|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4027-3625-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUe37F9gN00C&q=only+World+Series+in+which+home+team+won+every+game&pg=PT1679}}</ref> (The feat was repeated by the [[2001 World Series|Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001]].) Nevertheless, the Twins argued that the Metrodome was obsolete. Furthermore, they said sharing a stadium with the [[NFL]]'s Minnesota Vikings, as they had been doing since their 1961 move to Minnesota, limited the team's revenue and made it difficult to sustain a top-notch, competitive team. The team was rumored to contemplate moving to [[New Jersey]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Portland, Oregon]], the [[Piedmont Triad|Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina area]], and elsewhere in search of a more financially competitive market. In 2002, the team was nearly disbanded when Major League Baseball selected the Twins and the [[Montreal Expos]] (now the [[Washington Nationals]] franchise) for [[2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan|elimination]] due to their financial weakness. The impetus for league contraction diminished after a court decision forced the Twins to play out their lease on the Metrodome. However, Twins owner Carl Pohlad continued his efforts to move, pursuing litigation against the Metropolitan Stadium Commission and obtaining a state court ruling that his team was not obligated to play in the Metrodome after the 2006 season. This cleared the way for the Twins to move or disband before the 2007 season if a new deal was not reached.

===Target Field===
{{Main|Target Field}}
[[Image:Target Field April 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Target Field]] in 2010.]]
In response to the threatened loss of the Twins, the Minnesota private and public sector negotiated and approved a financing package for a replacement stadium— a baseball-only outdoor, natural turf ballpark in the [[North Loop, Minneapolis|Warehouse District]] of downtown Minneapolis— owned by a new entity known as the Minnesota Ballpark Authority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/04/01/17066/target_field_the_house_that_jerry_bell_willed_to_completion |last=Weiner |first=Jay |title=Target Field: 'The House That Jerry Bell Willed to Completion' |publisher=MinnPost |date=April 1, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112082702/http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/04/01/17066/target_field_the_house_that_jerry_bell_willed_to_completion |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Target Field]] was constructed at a cost of $544.4&nbsp;million (including site acquisition and infrastructure), utilizing the proceeds of a $392&nbsp;million public bond offering based on a 0.15% sales tax in Hennepin County and private financing of $185&nbsp;million provided by the [[Carl Pohlad|Pohlad family]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/46497222.html |title=Editorial: Target Field built to exceed expectations |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016215036/http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/46497222.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jack |last=Gordon |url=http://www.tcbmag.com/print.aspx?print_page=%2Findustriestrends%2Fcommercialrealestate%2F127061printp1.aspx&string_referer=/industriestrends/commercialrealestate/127061p1.aspx |title=The Coolest Ballpark in America |publisher=Twin Cities Business Magazine |date=March 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003105952/http://www.tcbmag.com/print.aspx?print_page=%2Findustriestrends%2Fcommercialrealestate%2F127061printp1.aspx&string_referer=%2Findustriestrends%2Fcommercialrealestate%2F127061p1.aspx |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  As part of the deal, the Twins also signed a 30-year lease of the new stadium, effectively guaranteeing the continuation of the team in Minnesota for a long time to come. Construction of the new field began in 2007, and was completed in December 2009, in time for the 2010 season. Commissioner [[Bud Selig]], who earlier had threatened to disband the team, observed that without the new stadium the Twins could not have committed to sign their star player, catcher [[Joe Mauer]], to an 8-year, $184&nbsp;million contract extension. The first regular-season game in Target Field was played against the [[Boston Red Sox]] on April 12, 2010, with Mauer driving in two runs and going 3-for-5 to help the Twins defeat the Red Sox, 5–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201004120.shtml |title=April 12, 2010 Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins Play by Play and Box Score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=April 12, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704065039/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201004120.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 18, 2011, Target Field was named "The Best Place To Shop" by [[Street and Smith]]'s ''SportsBusiness Journal'' at the magazine's 2011 Sports Business Awards Ceremony in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/sports-business/2011/05/target-field-named-sports-facility-of.html |title=Target Field named Sports Facility of the Year |first=John Jr. |last=Vomhof |publisher=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523121515/http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/sports-business/2011/05/target-field-named-sports-facility-of.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was also named "The Best Sports Stadium in North America" by ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]'' in a ranking that included over 120 different stadiums, ballparks and arenas from around North America.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hart Van Denburg |url=http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/07/espn_calls_trag.php |title=ESPN Magazine calls Target Field the best stadium in North America |newspaper=City Pages |date=July 2, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517133915/http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/07/espn_calls_trag.php |archive-date=May 17, 2014 }}</ref> The stadium hosted the [[2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|85th Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] and the [[2014 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby|Home Run Derby]] in 2014. In mid 2020, following [[George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|protests]] over the [[murder of George Floyd]], a statue of former owner [[Calvin Griffith]] was removed from [[Target Field#Target Plaza|Target Plaza]] outside of the stadium due to his history of racist comments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Twins remove ex-owner Griffith statue over racist remarks |url=https://apnews.com/add5ed6f954dd7b10f428c24f06944bf |work=Associated Press |date=June 19, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829083849/https://apnews.com/add5ed6f954dd7b10f428c24f06944bf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Uniforms==
===Current===
Starting in 2023, the Twins made a drastic overhaul to their uniforms. The white home uniform features the updated "Twins" script (with the underline below "win") in red with navy numbers. On the back, the player names are in navy and numbers are in red. On the left sleeve, the Minnesota state map in navy was added with a red star to represent the Twin Cities of Minneapolis–St. Paul. The home cap is all-navy with the updated "TC" insignia.<ref name=TwinsUniforms2023>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Do-Hyoung|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-unveil-new-uniforms-in-brand-refresh|title=Twins honor past, greet future with new uniforms|website=Major League Baseball|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LLC|date=November 19, 2022|access-date=November 19, 2022|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118230016/https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-unveil-new-uniforms-in-brand-refresh|url-status=live}}</ref> The home helmet is navy with a white panel and red brim and features the new "TC" insignia.<ref name=Minhome>{{cite tweet |user=Twins |number=1618744089486430211 |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Introducing our new tri-colored helmets!|access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

Road gray uniforms featured an all-caps "MINNESOTA" in navy with red numbers. On the back, the player names are in navy and numbers are in red. Likewise, the new navy Minnesota map with red star was featured on the left sleeve. Navy pinstripes were also added. The road cap is also all-navy, but with the white "M" and a red star on top representing the [[north star]]; this design also serves as the basis of their road batting helmet.<ref name=TwinsUniforms2023/><ref name=MINroad>{{cite tweet |user=Twins |number=1618744089486430211 |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Repping the M on the road and TC at home!|access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

The alternate navy uniforms, worn both at home and on the road, has the all-caps "MINNESOTA" in white with red numbers. On the back, player names are also rendered in white while numbers are in red. The left sleeve features the updated "TC" insignia. The uniforms are paired with the road all-navy "M" cap with red star, with the white-paneled "TC" helmet used on home games and the "M" all-navy helmet used on the road.<ref name=TwinsUniforms2023/><ref name=Minhome/><ref name=MINroad/>

The alternate home cream uniform featured a new "Twin Cities" wordmark (with the underline below "win Citie") in navy. The set, which lacked red, also featured two crossed navy flags representing both Minneapolis ("M") and St. Paul ("STP"). An alternate all-navy cap with the "TC" insignia is used, except the "TC" is in cream and also lacked red elements. This design also became the basis of the all-navy alternate home "TC" helmet.<ref name=TwinsUniforms2023/><ref name=MINroad/>

Added in 2024 is a [[City Connect]] uniform, visually representing the state's nickname of "Land of 10,000 Lakes". The predominantly sublimated blue uniform with yellow accents featured the "MN" abbreviation on the left chest, with the yellow four-point star representing the north star. The sleeve patch contained a [[loon]] flying through ripples of water, with baseball stitching comprising the eyes and the north star representing its beak. Caps are blue with yellow brim, and contained the Minnesota state outline with a yellow star representing the Twin Cities and the northern lights reflected in a water line of a lake. The right side of the caps featured the "10,000 Lakes" moniker.<ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Do-Hyoung|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-unveil-city-connect-uniforms|title=New drip: Twins' City Connect unis inspired by 'Ripple Effect'|website=Major League Baseball|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LLC|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> The uniform was tweaked in 2025, replacing the royal blue pants with white pants that featured blue and yellow piping.<ref name=MinCC>{{cite tweet |user=Twins |number=1910701907380683182 |date=April 11, 2025 |title=Alright, alright! We heard you!|access-date=April 12, 2025}}</ref>

===Past uniforms===
From 1961 to 1971 the Twins sported uniforms bearing the classic "Twins" script and numerals in navy outlined in red. They wore navy caps with an interlocking "TC" on the front; this was adopted because Griffith was well aware of the bitter rivalry between Minneapolis and Saint Paul and didn't want to alienate fans in either city. The original "Minnie and Paul" alternate logo appears on the left sleeve of both the pinstriped white home uniform and gray road uniform.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

For the 1972 season the Twins updated their uniforms. The color scheme on the "Twins" script and numerals were reversed, pinstripes were removed from the home uniform, and an updated "Minnie and Paul" roundel patch replaced the originals on the left sleeve.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

In 1973, the Twins switched to polyester pullover uniforms, which included a powder blue road uniform. Chest numerals were added while a navy-brimmed red cap was used with the home uniform. The original "Minnie and Paul" logo returned to the left sleeve. Player names in red were added to the road uniform in 1977.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

In 1987, the Twins updated their look. Home white uniforms brought back the pinstripes along with the modern-day "Twins" script. By this time, the franchise felt it was established enough in the area that it could put a stylized "M" on its cap without having fans in St. Paul think it stood for Minneapolis. The "TC" insignia adorned the left sleeve, later replaced by the modern "Minnie and Paul" alternate in 2002. Road gray uniforms, which also featured pinstripes, were emblazoned with "Minnesota" in red block letters outlined in navy, while the updated primary logo adorned the left sleeve. Both uniforms kept the red numerals trimmed in navy, but the color on the player names was changed to navy. In 1997, player names were added to the home uniform. Initially, both uniforms were paired with an all-navy cap featuring the underlined "M" in front, but in 2002, the "TC" cap was brought back as a home cap while the "M" cap was used on the road. The "M" cap was retired following the 2010 season, though the team continued to wear them as a throwback on special occasions.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

For a few games during the 1997 season, the Twins wore red alternate uniforms, which featured navy piping and letters in white trimmed in navy. In that same year, the Twins also released a road navy alternate uniform, featuring red piping, "Minnesota" and player names in white block letters outlined in red, and red numerals outlined in white. The following season, the Twins replaced the red uniforms with a home navy alternate, which features the "Twins" script and back numerals in red outlined in white, and player names and chest numerals in white outlined in red. Both uniforms contained the "TC" (later modern "Minnie and Paul") and primary logo sleeve patches respectively. The Twins also brought back the navy-brimmed red cap for a few games with the home navy alternates. The road navy alternates remained in use until 2009, with the home navy version worn for the last time in the 2013 season.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

The Twins also wore three other alternate uniforms in the past. In 2006, the Twins wore a sleeveless variation of their regular home uniforms with navy undershirts, which they wore until 2010. They also wore a buttoned version of their 1973–86 home uniforms in 2009, before giving way to the throwback off-white version of their 1961–71 home uniforms from 2010 to 2018.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

In 2010, the Twins modified their road uniforms upon moving to Target Field. The pinstriped home uniforms remained, but the road primary now featured an updated "Minnesota" script (with an underline below "innesot") in red trimmed in navy. Letters are in navy while numerals (both on the chest and on the back) are in red trimmed in navy. The team's primary logo appears on the left sleeve. Meanwhile, the navy alternate road uniform shared the same look as the regular road uniforms, but with a few differences. The "Minnesota" script is in red outlined in white, letters and chest numerals are in white outlined in red, and back numerals are in red outlined in white. Red piping is also added. Both uniforms were paired with either the all-navy or the red-brimmed navy "TC" cap.<ref name=TwinsUniforms/>

In 2015, the Twins changed their home uniform. It features the modern "Twins" script (with an underline below "win") in navy outlined in red with Kasota gold drop shadows. Letters and numerals also take on the same color as the "Twins" script. The modern "Minnie and Paul" alternate logo (with the state of Minnesota in navy outlined in Kasota gold) appears on the left sleeve. Caps are in all-navy with the interlocking "TC" outlined in Kasota gold. The following year, they unveiled a red alternate uniform, which features the "TC" insignia outlined in Kasota gold on the left chest. Letters and numerals are in navy outlined in white with Kasota gold drop shadows. The "Minnie and Paul" alternate logo appears on the left sleeve. The uniform is paired with a navy-brimmed red cap with the "TC" outlined in Kasota gold.<ref name=TwinsUniforms>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/uniforms-logos|title=Twins Uniforms and Logos|website=Minnesota Twins|publisher=MLB|access-date=September 9, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816033430/https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/uniforms-logos|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, a new home navy alternate was released, featuring the classic "Twins" script (with a tail underline accent after the letter "s") in red outlined in navy and Kasota gold. Letters and numerals also take on the same color as the "Twins" script. As with the home white uniforms, it is paired with the all-navy Kasota gold "TC" cap. The gold-trimmed "TC" insignia also appears on the left sleeve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/infographics/2019-home-alternate-jerseys|title=Twins 2019 Home Alternate Jerseys|website=Minnesota Twins|publisher=MLB|access-date=September 9, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803214147/https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/infographics/2019-home-alternate-jerseys|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, a throwback-inspired powder blue uniform was unveiled. A modern buttoned version of the road uniform the team used from 1973 to 1986, the set contains the classic "Twins" script in red outlined in navy, along with red letters on the back and red numerals (both on the chest and on the back) outlined in navy. The "Minnie and Paul" alternate logo appears on the left sleeve. The uniform is paired with the primary all-navy "TC" cap minus the Kasota gold accents, which is also used on the helmets regardless of uniform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/2020-alternate-uniforms|title=Twins New 2020 Alternate Uniforms|website=Minnesota Twins|publisher=MLB|access-date=September 9, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909075129/https://www.mlb.com/twins/fans/2020-alternate-uniforms|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==Roster==
{{Minnesota Twins roster}}

[[Minnesota Twins all-time roster]]: A complete list of players who played in at least one game for the Twins franchise.

==Minor league affiliates==
{{Main|List of Minnesota Twins minor league affiliates}}

The Minnesota Twins [[farm system]] consists of six [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliates.<ref name=BRHistory>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIN|title=Minnesota Twins Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102093908/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIN|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]
!scope="row"| [[St. Paul Saints]]
| [[International League]]
| [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
| [[CHS Field]]
| align="right"| 2021
|-
| [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Wichita Wind Surge]]
| [[Texas League]]
| [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| [[Riverfront Stadium (Wichita)|Riverfront Stadium]]
| align="right"| 2021
|-
| [[High-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Cedar Rapids Kernels]]
| [[Midwest League]]
| [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
| [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
| align="right"| 2013
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| [[Single-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Fort Myers Mighty Mussels]]
| [[Florida State League]]
| [[Fort Myers, Florida]]
| [[Hammond Stadium]]
| align="right"| 1993
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| rowspan=2| [[Rookie league|Rookie]]
!scope="row"| [[FCL Twins]]
| [[Florida Complex League]]
| [[Fort Myers, Florida]]
| [[Hammond Stadium|Lee County Sports Complex]]
| align="right"| 1989
|-
!scope="row"| [[DSL Twins]]
| [[Dominican Summer League]]
| [[Boca Chica]], [[Santo Domingo Province|Santo Domingo]]
| Baseball City Complex
| align="right"| 2001
|}

==Achievements==

===Baseball Hall of Fame members===
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| Team Name 1 = '''Washington Senators'''
| List 1.1 = [[Stan Coveleski]]<br>[[Joe Cronin]]<br>[[Ed Delahanty]]
| List 1.2 = [[Rick Ferrell]]<br>[[Lefty Gomez]]<br>'''[[Goose Goslin]]''' *
| List 1.3 = [[Clark Griffith]] *<br>'''[[Bucky Harris]]''' *<br>[[Whitey Herzog]]<br>'''[[Walter Johnson]]''' *
| List 1.4 = [[Heinie Manush]] *<br>'''[[Sam Rice]]''' *<br>[[Al Simmons]]
| List 1.5 =[[George Sisler]]<br>[[Tris Speaker]]<br>[[Early Wynn]]
| Team Name 2 = '''Minnesota Twins'''
| List 2.1 = '''[[Bert Blyleven]]''' *<br>'''[[Rod Carew]]''' *
| List 2.2 = [[Steve Carlton]]<br>'''[[Jim Kaat]]''' *<br/>'''[[Harmon Killebrew]]''' *
| List 2.3 = '''[[Joe Mauer]]''' *<br>[[Paul Molitor]] *<br/>[[Jack Morris]]
| List 2.4 = '''[[Tony Oliva]]''' *<br>[[David Ortiz]] <br> '''[[Kirby Puckett]]''' *
| List 2.5 = [[Jim Thome]]<br>[[Dave Winfield]]

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Molitor, Morris, and Winfield were all [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] natives who joined the Twins late in their careers and were warmly received as "hometown heroes", but were elected to the hall primarily on the basis of their tenures with other teams. Both Molitor and Winfield had their 3,000th hit with Minnesota,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138589/index.htm | work=CNN | title=Mr. Longevity | date=September 27, 1993 | access-date=June 13, 2012 | archive-date=November 13, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113101219/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138589/index.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09161996.shtml |title=Paul Molitor 3,000th Hit Box Score (Enhanced) by Baseball Almanac |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |date=September 16, 1996 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=December 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212154144/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09161996.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/3000_hit_club/molitor_paul.htm |title=National Baseball Hall of Fame – The 3,000 Hit Club – Paul Molitor |publisher=Exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org |date=September 16, 1996 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604173229/http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/3000_hit_club/molitor_paul.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> while Morris pitched a complete-game shutout for the Twins in game seven of the [[1991 World Series]]. Molitor was the first player in history to hit a triple for his 3,000th hit.

Cronin, Goslin, Griffith, Harris, Johnson, Killebrew and Wynn are listed on the Washington Hall of Stars display at [[Nationals Park]] (previously they were listed at [[Robert F. Kennedy Stadium]]). So are [[Ossie Bluege]], [[George Case (baseball)|George Case]], [[Joe Judge (baseball)|Joe Judge]], [[George Selkirk]], [[Roy Sievers]], [[Cecil Travis]], [[Mickey Vernon]] and [[Eddie Yost]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?101353-Washington-Senators-Hall-of-Fame |title=Washington Senators Hall of Fame? |publisher=Baseball-fever.com |date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925041420/http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?101353-Washington-Senators-Hall-of-Fame |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Ford C. Frick Award recipients===
[[File:1978 Minnesota Twins Postcards Rod Carew.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rod Carew]]]]
[[File:Harmon Killebrew 1962.png|thumb|upright|[[Harmon Killebrew]]]]
[[File:Joe Mauer in 2017 (34025539223).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Joe Mauer]]]]
[[File:Tony Oliva 1965.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tony Oliva]]]]
[[File:Kirby Puckett 1987.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kirby Puckett]]]]
{{Ford C. Frick award list
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| List 2 = [[Russ Hodges]]
| List 3 = '''[[Arch McDonald]]'''
| List 4 = [[Chuck Thompson]]
| List 5 = [[Bob Wolff]]
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===Team captains===
*3 [[Harmon Killebrew]] 1961–74

===Twins Hall of Fame===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
!scope="row" |Year
|Year inducted
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"|  '''Bold'''
|Member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"| {{center|{{dagger}}}}
|Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Twin
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#cfc;"|  '''Bold'''
|Recipient of the Hall of Fame's [[Ford C. Frick Award]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="5" style="{{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};|'''Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame'''
|-
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|Year
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|No.
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};| Name
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};| Position(s)
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};| Tenure
|-
|rowspan=6|2000 || 3 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Harmon Killebrew]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[First baseman|1B]] || 1961–1974
|-
| 29 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Rod Carew]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Second baseman|2B]] || 1967–1978
|-
| 6 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Tony Oliva]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Right fielder|RF]]/[[Designated Hitter|DH]] || 1962–1976
|-
| 14 || [[Kent Hrbek]] || First Baseman|1B || 1981–1994
|-
| 34 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Kirby Puckett]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Center fielder|CF]] || 1984–1995
|-
| — || [[Calvin Griffith]] || President and Owner || 1961–1984
|-
|rowspan=2|2001 || — || style="background:#cfc;"|'''[[Herb Carneal]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || Radio Broadcaster || 1962–2007
|-
| 36 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Jim Kaat]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Pitcher|P]] || 1961–1973
|-
|rowspan=2|2002 || 28 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Bert Blyleven]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Pitcher|P]] || 1970–1976<br>1985–1988
|-
| 10 || [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] || Manager || 1986–2001
|-
|rowspan=2|2003 || 4 || [[Bob Allison]] || Outfielder|OF || 1961–1970
|-
| — || [[Bob Casey (baseball announcer)|Bob Casey]] || Public Address Announcer || 1961–2004
|-
| 2004 || 10 || [[Earl Battey]] || [[Catcher|C]] || 1961–1967
|-
|rowspan=2|2005 || 16 ||[[Frank Viola]] || Pitcher|P || 1982–1989
|-
| — || [[Carl Pohlad]] || Owner || 1984–2009
|-
| 2006 || 2 || [[Zoilo Versalles]] || [[Shortstop|SS]] || 1961–1967
|-
|rowspan=2|2007 || 8 || [[Gary Gaetti]] || [[Third baseman|3B]] || 1981–1990
|-
| — ||[[Jim Rantz]] || Director of Minor Leagues || 1986–2012
|-
| 2008 || 38 || [[Rick Aguilera]] || Pitcher|P || 1989–1995<br>1996–1999
|-
|rowspan=2|2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090123&content_id=3767718&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min|title=Radke, Brophy join Twins Hall of Fame|last=Thesier|first=Kelly|date=January 23, 2009|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=January 25, 2009|archive-date=February 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210135750/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090123&content_id=3767718&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 22, 23, 59 || [[Brad Radke]] || Pitcher|P || 1995–2006
|-
| — || [[George Brophy]] || Front office executive || 1961–1985
|-
| 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100209&content_id=8043022&c_id=min&vkey=news_min|title=Gagne elected to Twins Hall of Fame|last=Thesier|first=Kelly|date=February 9, 2010|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=July 17, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406190641/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100209&content_id=8043022&c_id=min&vkey=news_min|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 7 || [[Greg Gagne (baseball)|Greg Gagne]] || Shortstop|SS || 1983–1992
|-
| 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110125&content_id=16496926&vkey=news_min&c_id=min|title=Twins great Perry gains entrance to club's Hall|last=Thesier|first=Kelly|date=January 25, 2011|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004051800/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110125&content_id=16496926&vkey=news_min&c_id=min|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 31 || [[Jim Perry (baseball)|Jim Perry]] || Pitcher|P || 1963–1972
|-
| 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120127&content_id=26490562&notebook_id=26490452&vkey=notebook_min&c_id=min|title=Pascual elected to Twins Hall of Fame|last=Bollinger|first=Rhett|date=January 25, 2012|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=May 18, 2012|archive-date=February 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202084938/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120127&content_id=26490562&notebook_id=26490452&vkey=notebook_min&c_id=min|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 17 || [[Camilo Pascual]] || Pitcher|P || 1961–1966
|-
|rowspan=2|2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22450943/minnesota-twins-hall-fame-adds-eddie-guardado-tom|title=Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame adds Eddie Guardado, Tom Mee|date=January 25, 2013|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=January 28, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216230457/http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22450943/minnesota-twins-hall-fame-adds-eddie-guardado-tom|url-status=live}}</ref> || 18 || [[Eddie Guardado]] || Pitcher|P || 1993–2003, 2008
|-
| — || Tom Mee || Media Relations Director  || 1961–1991
|-
|rowspan=2|2016 || — || [[John Gordon (broadcaster)|John Gordon]] || Radio Broadcaster || 1987–2011
|-
| 48 || [[Torii Hunter]] || [[Center Fielder|CF]]/[[Right Fielder|RF]] || 1997–2007, 2015
|-
|rowspan=2|2017 || 5 || [[Michael Cuddyer]] || [[Right Fielder|RF]] || 2001–2011
|-
| — || [[Andy MacPhail]] || General Manager || 1985–1994
|-
| 2018 || 57 || [[Johan Santana]] || Pitcher|P || 2000–2007 
|-
|rowspan=2|2019 || 36 || [[Joe Nathan]] || Pitcher|P || 2004–2009, 2011
|-
| — || [[Jerry Bell (baseball executive)|Jerry Bell]] || President || 1987–2002
|-
| 2020 || 33 || [[Justin Morneau]] || [[First baseman|1B]] || 2003–2013 
|-
| rowspan=3|2022 || 35 || [[Ron Gardenhire]] || Coach/Manager || 1991–2001<br>2002–2014 
|-
| 32 || [[Dan Gladden]] || [[Left fielder|LF]] || 1987–1991
|-
| 12 || [[César Tovar]] || [[Infielder|IF]]/[[Outfielder|OF]] || 1965–1972
|-
| 2023 || 7 || style="background:#ffb;"|'''[[Joe Mauer]]'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}} || [[Catcher|C]]/[[First baseman|1B]] || 2004–2018
|-
| rowspan=2|2024 ||  || [[Terry Ryan (baseball)|Terry Ryan]] || [[General manager (baseball)|GM]] || 1994–2007, 2011–2016
|-
| 43 || [[Rick Stelmaszek ]]  || [[Coach (baseball)|Coach]] || 1981–2012
|-
| 2025 || 47 || [[Corey Koskie]] || [[Third baseman|3B]] || 1998–2004
|}

[[Chuck Knoblauch]] was voted into the Twins Hall of Fame in 2014, but due to his legal troubles the team canceled his induction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palleschi |first=Jerry |date=July 25, 2024 |title=Chuck Knoblauch's Hall of Fame Induction with the Twins is Canceled |url=https://espnsiouxfalls.com/chuck-knoblauchs-hall-of-fame-induction-with-the-twins-is-canceled/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821222815/https://espnsiouxfalls.com/chuck-knoblauchs-hall-of-fame-induction-with-the-twins-is-canceled/ |archive-date=August 21, 2022 |website=[[ESPN]] Sioux Falls}}</ref>

===Retired numbers===
{{wide image|Metrodome curtain of fame.JPG|750px|Banners and retired numbers displayed in the Metrodome}}
{{see also|List of Major League Baseball retired numbers}}
The Metrodome's upper deck in center and right fields was partly covered by a curtain containing banners of various titles won, and retired numbers. There was no acknowledgment of the Twins' prior championships in Washington and several Senator Hall of Famers, such as Walter Johnson, played in the days prior to numbers being used on uniforms. However, Killebrew played seven seasons as a Senator, including two full seasons as a regular prior to the move to Minnesota in 1961.

Prior to the addition of the banners, the Twins acknowledged their retired numbers on the Metrodome's outfield fence. Harmon Killebrew's #3 was the first to be displayed, as it was the only one the team had retired when they moved in. It was joined by Rod Carew's #29 in 1987, Tony Oliva's #6 in 1991, Kent Hrbek's #14 in 1995, and Kirby Puckett's #34 in 1997 before the Twins began hanging the banners to reduce capacity. The championships, meanwhile, were marked on the "Baggie" in right field.

{{retired number list|
{{retired number|image=HarmonKillebrewTwins.png|name=[[Harmon Killebrew|Harmon<br>Killebrew]]|pos=LF, 1B, 3B|date=May 4, 1975}}
{{retired number|image=TonyOilvaTwins.png|name=[[Tony Oliva|Tony<br>Oliva]]|pos=RF, DH, Coach|date=July 14, 1991}}
{{retired number|image=JoeMauerTwins.png|name=[[Joe Mauer|Joe<br>Mauer]]|pos=C, 1B|date=June 15, 2019}}
{{retired number|image=TomKellyTwins.png|name=[[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom<br>Kelly]]|pos=Manager|date=September 8, 2012}}
{{retired number|image=KentHrbekTwins.png|name=[[Kent Hrbek|Kent<br>Hrbek]]|pos=1B|date=August 13, 1995}}
{{retired number|image=BertBlylevenTwins.png|name=[[Bert Blyleven|Bert<br>Blyleven]]|pos=P|date=July 16, 2011}}
{{retired number|image=RodCarewTwins.png|name=[[Rod Carew|Rod<br>Carew]]|pos=1B, 2B|date=July 19, 1987}}
{{retired number|image=KirbyPuckett_Twins.png||name=[[Kirby Puckett|Kirby<br>Puckett]]|pos=CF|date=May 25, 1997}}
{{retired number|image=JimKaatTwins.png||name=[[Jim Kaat|Jim<br>Kaat]]|pos=P|date=July 16, 2022}}
{{retired number|image=Minnesota_Twins_42.png|name=[[Jackie Robinson|Jackie<br>Robinson]]|pos=All MLB|honored=April 15, 1997}}
{{retired number|image=MIN-W.png|name=[[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]]|pos=Team|honored=August 11, 2024}}
}}
[[File:Target Field 04.12.2010 059 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Target Field retired number signs in 2010.]] In the Metrodome, the numbers ran in that order from left to right. In Target Field, they run from right to left, presumably to allow space for additional numbers in the future. The retired numbers also serve as entry points at Target Field, The center field gate is Gate No. 3, honoring Killebrew, the left-field gate is Gate No. 6, honoring Oliva, the home plate gate is Gate No. 14, for Hrbek, the right field gate serves as Gate No. 29, in tribute to Carew, and the plaza gate is known as Gate No. 34, honoring Puckett.

The numbers that have been retired hang within Target Field in front of the tower that serves as the Twins' executive offices in left field foul territory. The championships banners have been replaced by small pennants that fly on masts at the back of the left-field upper deck. Those pennants, along with the flags flying in the plaza behind right field, serve as a visual cue for the players, suggesting the wind direction and speed.

[[Jackie Robinson]]'s No. 42 was retired by Major League Baseball on April 15, 1997, and formally honored by the Twins on May 23, 1997.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXxe3Gi8Ca4C&q=minnesota+jackie+robinson+%22May+23+1997%22&pg=PA38|title=Minnesota Sports Almanac|isbn=9780873515580|access-date=April 24, 2016|last1=Rippel|first1=Joel A.|year=2006|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society }}</ref> Robinson's number was positioned to the left of the Twins numbers in both venues. On August 11, 2024, the Twins elected to erect a permanent display of a "W" as a "reminder of our franchise's legacy as a charter member of the American League", referring to the Washington Senators and their World Series victory in 1924.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-retire-washington-senators-w | title=Twins honor legacy of Washington Senators, retire 'W' at Target Field | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins|border=2}};"|Player!!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins|border=2}};"|Jersey!!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins|border=2}};"|Position!!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins|border=2}};"|Date retired
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harmon Killebrew]] || 3 || LF-1B-3B: 1954–60 (WSH)<br>LF-1B-3B: 1961–74 (MIN) || May 4, 1975
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Rod Carew]] || 29 || 1B-2B: 1967–78 (MIN) || July 19, 1987
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Tony Oliva]] || 6 || RF-DH: 1962–76 (MIN)<br>Coach: 1976–78 (MIN)<br>Coach: 1985–91 (MIN) || July 14, 1991
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Kent Hrbek]] || 14 || 1B: 1981–94 (MIN) || August 13, 1995
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jackie Robinson]] || 42 || Retired by MLB || April 15, 1997
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Kirby Puckett]] || 34 || CF: 1984–95 (MIN) || May 25, 1997
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Bert Blyleven]] || 28 || P: 1970–76 (MIN)<br>P: 1985–88 (MIN) || July 16, 2011
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] || 10 || Manager: 1986–2001 (MIN) || September 8, 2012
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Joe Mauer]] || 7 || C-1B-DH: 2004–2018 (MIN) || June 15, 2019
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jim Kaat]] || 36 || P: 1959–60 (WSH)<br>P: 1961–73 (MIN) || July 16, 2022
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats10.shtml|title=Retired Uniform Numbers in the American League by Baseball Almanac|access-date=April 24, 2016|archive-date=April 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429152947/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats10.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/retired-numbers|title=Retired Numbers|work=Minnesota Twins|access-date=July 16, 2022|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802060234/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/puckett.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards==
{{main|Minnesota Twins award winners and league leaders}}

==Team records==
{{main|Minnesota Twins team records}}

==Team seasons==
{{main|List of Minnesota Twins seasons}}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Year !! colspan="6" style="{{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Regular Season !! colspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Postseason !! rowspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Result
|-
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Wins !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Losses !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Win % !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Finish !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Attendance !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Attendance per Game !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Record !! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};" | Win %
|-
|[[2001 Minnesota Twins season|2001]]||85||77||.525||2nd&nbsp;– AL Central||1,782,929||22,011|| — || — ||
|-
|[[2002 Minnesota Twins season|2002]]||94||67||.584||'''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central||1,924,473||23,906||4–6||.400||'''Won''' [[2002 American League Division Series|ALDS]] vs [[Oakland Athletics]], 3–2 <br> Lost [[2002 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] to [[Anaheim Angels]], 1–4
|-
|[[2003 Minnesota Twins season|2003]] || 90||72 || .556 || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,946,011 || 24,025 || 1–3 || .250 || Lost [[2003 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[New York Yankees]], 1–3
|-
| [[2004 Minnesota Twins season|2004]] || 92||70 || .568 || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,911,490 || 23,599 || 1–3 || .250 || Lost [[2004 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[New York Yankees]], 1–3
|-
| [[2005 Minnesota Twins season|2005]] || 83||79 || .512 || 3rd&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,034,243 || 25,114 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2006 Minnesota Twins season|2006]] || 96||66 || .593 || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,285,018 || 28,210 || 0–3 || .000 || Lost [[2006 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[Oakland Athletics]], 0–3
|-
| [[2007 Minnesota Twins season|2007]] || 79||83 || .488 || 3rd&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,296,347 || 28,349 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2008 Minnesota Twins season|2008]] || 88||75 || .540 || 2nd&nbsp;– AL Central  || 2,302,611 || 28,427 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2009 Minnesota Twins season|2009]] || 87||76 || .534 || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,416,237 || 29,466 || 0–3 || .000 || Lost [[2009 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[New York Yankees]], 0–3
|-
| [[2010 Minnesota Twins season|2010]] || 94||68 || .580 || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 3,223,640 || 39,798 || 0–3 || .000 || Lost [[2010 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[New York Yankees]], 0–3
|-
| [[2011 Minnesota Twins season|2011]] || 63||99 || .389 || 5th&nbsp;– AL Central || 3,168,107 || 39,112 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2012 Minnesota Twins season|2012]] || 66||96 || .407 || 5th&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,776,354 || 34,275 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2013 Minnesota Twins season|2013]] || 66||96 || .407 || 4th&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,477,644 || 30,588 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2014 Minnesota Twins season|2014]] || 70||92 || .432 || 5th&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,250,606 || 27,785 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|2015]] || 83||79 || .521 || 2nd&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,220,054 || 27,408 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2016 Minnesota Twins season|2016]] || 59||103 || .364 || 5th&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,963,912 || 24,246 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2017 Minnesota Twins season|2017]] || 85||77 || .525 || 2nd&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,051,279 || 25,324 || 0–1 || .000 || Lost [[2017 American League Wild Card Game|AL Wild Card Game]] ([[2017 New York Yankees season|Yankees]])
|-
| [[2018 Minnesota Twins season|2018]] || 78||84 || .481 || 2nd&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,959,197 || 24,489 || — || — || 
|-
| [[2019 Minnesota Twins season|2019]] || 101||61|| .623  || '''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 2,294,152 || 28,322 || 0–3 || .000 ||  Lost [[2019 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[New York Yankees]], 0–3
|-
| [[2020 Minnesota Twins season|2020]] || 36||24|| .600 ||'''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 0 || 0 || 0–2 || .000 || Lost [[2020 American League Wild Card Series|ALWCS]] to [[Houston Astros]], 0–2
|-
| [[2021 Minnesota Twins season|2021]] || 73||89 || .451 || 5th&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,310,199 || 16,377 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2022 Minnesota Twins season|2022]] || 78||84 || .481 || 3rd&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,801,128 || 22,236 || — || — ||
|-
| [[2023 Minnesota Twins season|2023]] || 87||75 || .537 ||'''1st'''&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,974,124 || 24,372 || 3–3 || .500 ||'''Won''' [[2023 American League Wild Card Series|ALWCS]] vs [[Toronto Blue Jays]], 2–0 <br> Lost [[2023 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to [[Houston Astros]], 1–3
|-
| [[2024 Minnesota Twins season|2024]] || 82 || 80 || .506 ||4th&nbsp;– AL Central || 1,951,616 || 24,094 || — || — ||
|-
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==Radio and television==
{{see also|List of Minnesota Twins broadcasters}}
In 2007, the Twins took the rights to the broadcasts in-house and created the Twins Radio Network (TRN). With that new network in place the Twins secured a new Metro Affiliate [[Flagship (radio)|flagship]] radio station in [[KSTP (AM)|KSTP]] (AM 1500). It replaced [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO]] (AM 830), which held broadcast rights for the Twins since the team moved to Minneapolis in 1961. For 2013, the Twins moved to FM radio on [[KTWN-FM]] ''96.3 K-Twin'', which is owned by the Pohlad family. The original radio voices of the Twins in 1961 were [[Ray Scott (sportscaster)|Ray Scott]], [[Halsey Hall]] and [[Bob Wolff]]. After the first season, [[Herb Carneal]] replaced Wolff. Twins TV and radio broadcasts were originally sponsored by the [[Hamm's Brewery|Hamm's Brewing Company]]. In 2009, Treasure Island Resort & Casino became the first-ever naming rights partner for the Twins Radio Network, making the commercial name of TRN the Treasure Island Baseball Network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/schedule/trn.jsp |title=Twins Radio Network {{pipe}} twinsbaseball.com: Schedule |website=Minnesota Twins |publisher=MLB |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103035559/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/schedule/trn.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, it was announced that WCCO would become the flagship station the Twins again starting in 2018, thus returning the team back to its original station after 11 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/121050/minnesota-twins-to-return-to-wcco/ |title=Minnesota Twins Return To WCCO |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=November 17, 2017 |website=Radio Insight |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220131447/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/121050/minnesota-twins-to-return-to-wcco/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Cory Provus]] is the current radio play by play announcer,<ref>{{cite web |last=Haudricourt |first=Tom |url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/133165888.html |title=Twins hire Provus, Gladden returns as analyst |publisher=JSOnline |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815110124/http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/133165888.html |url-status=live }}</ref> taking over in 2012 for longtime Twins voice [[John Gordon (baseball)|John Gordon]] who retired following the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110203&content_id=16560924&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |title=Twins radio play-by-play man John Gordon will retire after season {{pipe}} MLB.com: News |website=Minnesota Twins |publisher=MLB |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Former Twins OF [[Dan Gladden]] serves as color commentator.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111102&content_id=25871996&vkey=news_min&c_id=min |title=Twins hire Cory Provus for radio play-by-play/analyst position {{pipe}} twinsbaseball.com: News |website=Minnesota Twins |publisher=MLB |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106033951/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111102&content_id=25871996&vkey=news_min&c_id=min |url-status=dead }}</ref>

TRN broadcasts are originated from the studios at Minnesota News Network and Minnesota Farm Networks. [[Kris Atteberry]] hosts the pre-game show, the "Lineup Card" and the "Post-game Download" from those studios except when filling in for Provus or Gladden when they are on vacation.

On April 1, 2007, Herb Carneal, the radio voice of the Twins for all but one year of their existence, died at his home in [[Minnetonka]] after a long battle with a list of illnesses. Carneal is in the broadcasters wing of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2821291 |title=Twins Hall of Fame broadcaster dies of heart failure – MLB – ESPN |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=April 1, 2007 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112124346/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2821291 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2024, as a result of [[Diamond Sports Group#Bankruptcy|bankruptcy proceedings involving former broadcaster Diamond Sports Group]], [[MLB.com#In-market broadcasts|Major League Baseball's local media division]] announced that it would take over the production and distribution of Twins games starting with the 2025 season;<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB to produce and distribute local games for Guardians, Brewers, and Twins in 2025 |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-to-produce-and-distribute-local-games-for-guardians-brewers-and-twins-in-2025 |access-date=October 9, 2024 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> the Twins would later announce a deal to simulcast ten regular season games on Minneapolis-St. Paul Fox station [[KMSP-TV]] and [[Gray Media]] stations in the Twins' outer markets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Twins, FOX 9 and Gray Media announce 10-game, free over-the-air television package |url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/press-release/press-release-minnesota-twins-fox-9-and-gray-media-announce-10-game-free-over-the-air-television-package?msockid=066781d47ea86cfa3ab993447f2c6d6a |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Bert Blyleven 1987.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Hall of Famer [[Bert Blyleven]] played 11 seasons for the Twins.]]

Prior to 2025, the television rights were held by Bally Sports North<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/02/16/11/FS-North-Twins-announce-TV-schedule/landing_twins.html?blockID=411773&feedID=3546 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102161117/http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/02/16/11/FS-North-Twins-announce-TV-schedule/landing_twins.html?blockID=411773&feedID=3546 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |title=FS-North, Twins announce TV schedule |publisher=Foxsportsnorth.com |date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref> (now [[FanDuel Sports Network North]]) with [[Dick Bremer]] as the [[play-by-play]] announcer. Former Twins players [[Roy Smalley (AL baseball player)|Roy Smalley]], [[Justin Morneau]], [[Glen Perkins]], and [[LaTroy Hawkins]] served as analysts.<ref> [https://www.ballysports.com/north/news/bally-sports-north-announces-2023-minnesota-twins-regular-season-broadcast-sched] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005004741/https://www.ballysports.com/north/news/bally-sports-north-announces-2023-minnesota-twins-regular-season-broadcast-sched|date=October 5, 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, the Twins announced that Provus would move to TV play-by-play following the retirement of Dick Bremer who eventually moved to an advisory role in the front office. Atteberry replaced Provus on the radio side.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Park|first=Do-Hyong|title=Twins' new play-by-play announcers are familiar voices|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-new-tv-radio-play-by-play-announcers|access-date=December 1, 2023|website=MLB.com|archive-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205212452/https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-new-tv-radio-play-by-play-announcers|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bob Casey (baseball announcer)|Bob Casey]] was the Twins first public-address announcer starting in 1961 and continuing until his death in 2005. He was well known for his unique delivery and his signature announcements of "No smoking in the Metrodome, either go outside or quit!" (or "go back to Boston", etc.), "Batting 3rd, the center-fielder, No. 34, Kirby Puckett!!!" and asking fans not to 'throw anything or anybody' onto the field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050327&content_id=978236&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min |title=Twins announcer Casey dies at age 79 {{pipe}} twinsbaseball.com: News |website=Minnesota Twins |publisher=MLB |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820164154/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050327&content_id=978236&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min |archive-date=August 20, 2007 }}</ref>

==Community activities==
* Minnesota Twins Community Fund&nbsp;– Play Ball! Minnesota<ref>{{cite web|title=Home page|publisher=Minnesota Twins Community Fund|work=Play Ball! Minnesota|url=http://playballmn.com/|access-date=November 3, 2011|archive-date=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331033218/http://www.playballmn.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Team and franchise traditions==
Fans wave a ''[[Homer Hanky]]'' to rally the team during play-offs and other crucial games. The Homer Hanky was created by Terrie Robbins of the Star Tribune newspaper in the Twin Cities in 1987. It was her idea to originally give away 60,000 inaugural Homer Hankies. That year, over 2.3&nbsp;million Homer Hankies were distributed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cronkite.asu.edu/mcguireblog/?p=201 |title=McGuire on Media » Remembering the Homer Hanky, the Twins and the Star Tribune |publisher=Cronkite.asu.edu |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402021956/http://cronkite.asu.edu/mcguireblog/?p=201 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The party atmosphere of the Twins clubhouse after a win is well known,<ref name="HttpwwwfoxsportsnorthcompagesvideoPIDFfjGlICsfpbRWWYXg_Suapv">{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/pages/video?PID=4FfjGl8ICsfp815bR3W0WYX6g_Suap8v |title=Twins Auction: Grounds Crew for a Day |publisher=Fox Sports North |access-date=July 27, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the team's players unwinding with loud [[Rock and roll|rock music]] (usually the choice of the winning [[pitcher]]) and video games.<ref name="HttpwwwfoxsportsnorthcompagesvideoPIDFfjGlICsfpbRWWYXg_Suapv" />

The club has several [[hazing]] rituals, such as requiring the most junior relief pitcher on the team to carry water and snacks to the bullpen in a brightly colored small child's backpack ([[Barbie]] in 2005, [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob SquarePants]] in 2006, [[Hello Kitty]] in 2007, [[Disney Princess]] and [[Tinker Bell (Disney character)|Tinkerbell]] in 2009, [[Chewbacca]] and [[Darth Vader]] in 2010),<ref name="HttpwwwfoxsportsnorthcompagesvideoPIDFfjGlICsfpbRWWYXg_Suapv" /> and many of its players, both past and present, are notorious [[prank]]sters.<ref name="HttpwwwfoxsportsnorthcompagesvideoPIDFfjGlICsfpbRWWYXg_Suapv" /> For example, [[Bert Blyleven]] earned the nickname "The Frying Dutchman" for his ability to pull the "hotfoot"&nbsp;– which entails crawling under the bench in the dugout and lighting a teammate's shoelaces on fire.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/sports/baseball/07hall.html | work=The New York Times | first=Tyler | last=Kepner | title=Bert Blyleven Is the Hall of Fame's Merry Prankster | date=January 6, 2011 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-date=November 27, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127064615/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/sports/baseball/07hall.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/bert_blyleven_quotes.shtml |title=Bert Blyleven Quotes |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515134556/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/bert_blyleven_quotes.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The team introduced [[T.C. Bear]], its costumed mascot, on April 3, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2023 |title=Mascot Database: T.C. Bear |url=https://mascothalloffame.com/mascots/t-c-bear/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=[[Mascot Hall of Fame]] |language=en-US |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918163156/https://mascothalloffame.com/mascots/t-c-bear/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Minnesota Twins in popular culture==
* In ''[[Little Big League]]'', the Minnesota Twins is inherited by a 12-year-old boy who goes on to manage the team.
* In ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', Danny, the son of Miles Dyson, wears a Minnesota Twins cap. The movie was released in 1991, which was the same year the Twins won the [[1991 World Series|World Series]].
* In ''[[Major League: Back to the Minors]]'', the character Roger Dorn, from previous ''Major League'' movies, is owner of the Minnesota Twins.
* In the 1997 film ''[[McHale's Navy (1997 film)|McHale's Navy]]'', Lt. Commander Quinton McHale wears a Minnesota Twins cap.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Povich |first=Shirley |author-link=Shirley Povich |title=The Washington Senators |publisher=Putnam| year=1954| location=New York}}

==External links==
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