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2014 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	70–92 (.432)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Jim Pohlad
General managers	Terry Ryan
Managers	Ron Gardenhire
Television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Roy Smalley)
Radio	KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 2014 Minnesota Twins season was the 54th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 114th overall in the American League. They were the host team for the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. They finished fifth in the American League Central with a 70–92 record.

The Twins recorded a 9–16 win–loss record in pre-season spring training, the worst among American League teams. Three of their games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.^[1]

On July 15, the 85th edition of the Mid-Summer Classic returned to the Twin Cities. Previous All-Star games were held at Metropolitan Stadium (1965) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1984). Twins Glen Perkins and Kurt Suzuki—in his first All-Star appearance—represented the hometown team. The battery-mates were called into action for the ninth, and closed down the National League All-Stars on nine pitches for a 5–3 AL win. Perkins, a two-time All-Star, earned the save.^[2]

On August 20, second baseman Brian Dozier joined the Twins '20/20' club, adding his name to the five others that have connected for twenty homers in the same season they've stolen twenty bases.^[3] The small club includes Larry Hisle (1977), Kirby Puckett (1986), Marty Cordova (1995), Corey Koskie (2001) and Torii Hunter (twice, 2002 and 2004).

The August 24 game against Detroit was the longest Minnesota 9-inning game in history, in terms of time. The Sunday afternoon game at Target Field ran 4 hours and 10 minutes, and resulted in a 13-4 win for the Tigers.^[4]

In the first game of the September 13 doubleheader, starter Phil Hughes set a personal best in striking out eleven Chicago batters before being replaced in the eighth inning. (It had been 379 games since a Twin had posted double-digit strikeouts.) Michael Tonkin struck out another in the eighth. The three White Sox pitchers struck out 17 Twins, and the combined total of 29 strikeouts set a Minnesota record for a nine-inning game involving the Twins.^[5]

Phil Hughes's contract called for a $500,000 bonus if he reached 210 innings pitched. On September 24, he pitched 8 innings before an hour-long rain delay. Ron Gardenhire replaced him with a fresh pitcher when play resumed—and Hughes's inning tally halted at 209+2⁄3. He declined to be inserted in a later game to achieve one more out.^[6]

At season's end, Phil Hughes's strikeout-to-walk ratio (186:16) measured at 11.63 to 1. That number is the best-ever in the major leagues, topping the previous best of 143:13 set by Bret Saberhagen in 1984.

On September 29, Ron Gardenhire was fired. In his 13-year tenure as Twins manager he went 1068–1039, for a .507 winning percentage. The legacy he leaves includes the many memories of him being ejected from a game, enough times to rank in Major League's top ten (but far behind Bobby Cox's recorded 132 times).

Native son Paul Molitor was hired on November 3 to replace Gardenhire, becoming the Twins' thirteenth skipper. Molitor was born and raised in Saint Paul, attended the University of Minnesota and spent most of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers. He finished his playing career with three seasons in the 1990s as a Minnesota Twin, and coached and consulted in the organization since retiring. In 2004, he was voted into the Hall of Fame, so with his hiring he joins the only two other men who've been hired as first-time managers after being inducted in the Hall as players -- Ted Williams and Ryne Sandburg.

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556	—	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals	89	73	.549	1	42‍–‍39	47‍–‍34
Cleveland Indians	85	77	.525	5	48‍–‍33	37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	73	89	.451	17	40‍–‍41	33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	20	35‍–‍46	35‍–‍46

Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	98	64	.605
Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Kansas City Royals	89	73	.549	+1
Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	—
Seattle Mariners	87	75	.537	1
Cleveland Indians	85	77	.525	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	4
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	5
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	11
Chicago White Sox	73	89	.451	15
Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	17
Houston Astros	70	92	.432	18
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	18
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	21

2014 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	5–1	3–4	1–5	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–3	13–6	2–4	5–2	12–7	6–1	11–8	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	4–3	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	2–5	4–2	7–12	3–4	1–5	9–10	4–2	7–12	9–11
Chicago	1–5	3–4	—	9–10	9–10	3–3	6–13	1–5	9–10	2–5	4–3	3–4	5–2	2–4	5–2	11–9
Cleveland	4–3	5–2	10–9	—	8–11	5–2	10–9	2–5	11–8	4–3	2–4	2–4	4–2	6–1	2–4	10–10
Detroit	5–1	5–1	10–9	11–8	—	4–3	13–6	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	2–4	3–4	4–3	1–5	12–8
Houston	3–4	3–4	3–3	2–5	3–4	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	8–11	9–10	2–5	11–8	4–3	5–15
Kansas City	4–3	1–6	13–6	9–10	6–13	3–3	—	3–3	11–8	4–3	5–2	2–5	4–2	5–1	4–3	15–5
Los Angeles	2–4	5–2	5–1	5–2	4–3	12–7	3–3	—	7–0	2–4	10–9	7–12	5–2	14–5	5–2	12–8
Minnesota	3–4	2–4	10–9	8–11	10–9	3–3	8–11	0–7	—	3–4	1–6	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	9–11
New York	6–13	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–3	2–4	3–4	4–2	4–3	—	2–4	3–3	8–11	4–3	11–8	13–7
Oakland	4–2	4–3	3–4	4–2	2–5	11–8	2–5	9–10	6–1	4–2	—	9–10	4–2	9–10	4–3	13–7
Seattle	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	5–2	12–7	2–5	3–3	10–9	—	4–3	9–10	4–3	9–11
Tampa Bay	7–12	10–9	2–5	2–4	4–3	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	11–8	2–4	3–4	—	5–2	8–11	10–10
Texas	1–6	2–4	4–2	1–6	3–4	8–11	1–5	5–14	5–2	3–4	10–9	10–9	2–5	—	2–4	10–10
Toronto	8–11	12–7	2–5	4–2	5–1	3–4	3–4	2–5	2–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–2	—	13–7

Legend
Twins Win	Twins Loss	Game Postponed

2014 Game Log
March/April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6, Road: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ White Sox 3–5 Sale (1–0) Nolasco (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 37,422 0–1 2 April 2 @ White Sox 6–7 (11) Belisario (1–0) Deduno (0–1) — 10,625 0–2 3 April 3 @ White Sox 10–9 Thielbar (1–0) Lindstrom (0–1) Perkins (1) 11,056 1–2 4 April 4 @ Indians 2–7 Outman (1–0) Pelfrey (0–1) — 41,274 1–3 5 April 5 @ Indians 7–3 Gibson (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) — 14,153 2–3 6 April 6 @ Indians 10–7 Swarzak (1–0) Wood (0–1) Perkins (2) 13,104 3–3 7 April 7 Athletics 3–8 Kazmir (2–0) Correia (0–1) — 35,837 3–4 8 April 9 Athletics 4–7 (11) Otero (1–0) Burton (0–1) — 22,973 3–5 9 April 10 Athletics 1–6 Straily (1–1) Pelfrey (0–2) — 20,650 3–6 10 April 11 Royals 10–1 Gibson (2–0) Chen (0–1) — 24,338 4–6 11 April 12 Royals 7–1 Nolasco (1–1) Shields (0–2) — 23,963 5–6 12 April 13 Royals 4–3 Fien (1–0) Crow (0–1) Perkins (3) 20,878 6–6 13 April 15 Blue Jays 3–9 Loup (1–0) Hughes (0–1) — 21,818 6–7 — April 16 Blue Jays Postponed (snow). Makeup date April 17. 14 April 17 Blue Jays 7–0 Gibson (3–0) Dickey (1-3) — 20,507 7–7 15 April 17 Blue Jays 9–5 Fien (2–0) Santos (0–1) — 20,698 8–7 16 April 18 @ Royals 0–5 Vargas (2–0) Nolasco (1–2) — 21,192 8–8 17 April 19 @ Royals 4–5 Chen (1–1) Correia (0–2) Holland (6) 24,291 8–9 18 April 20 @ Royals 8–3 Hughes (1–1) Ventura (1–1) — 17,710 9–9 19 April 22 @ Rays 3–7 Price (3–1) Gibson (3–1) — 11,785 9–10 20 April 23 @ Rays 6–4 (12) Fien (3–0) Lueke (0–1) Perkins (4) 11,993 10–10 21 April 24 @ Rays 9–7 Nolasco (2–2) Bédard (0–1) Perkins (5) 13,177 11–10 22 April 25 Tigers 6–10 Porcello (3–1) Correia (0–3) — 27,558 11–11 23 April 26 Tigers 5–3 Hughes (2–1) Ortega (0–1) Perkins (6) 28,122 12–11 — April 27 Tigers Postponed (rain). Makeup date August 23. — April 29 Dodgers Postponed (rain). Makeup date May 1. 24 April 30 Dodgers 4–6 Greinke (5-0) Gibson (3–2) Jansen (10) 24,588 12–12
May: 13–16 (Home: 7–8, Road: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Dodgers 4–9 Haren (4-0) Pelfrey (0–3) Perez (1) 23,306 12–13 26 May 1 Dodgers 3–4 (12) Wright (2–1) Duensing (0–1) Jansen (11) 24,053 12–14 27 May 2 Orioles 0–3 Jiménez (1–4) Nolasco (2–3) Hunter (8) 24,165 12–15 28 May 3 Orioles 6–1 Correia (1–3) Chen (3–2) 25,318 13–15 29 May 4 Orioles 5–2 Hughes (3–1) González (1–3) Perkins (7) 25,559 14–15 30 May 5 @ Indians 1–0 (10) Thielbar (2–0) Axford (0–3) Perkins (8) 9,037 15–15 31 May 6 @ Indians 2–4 Tomlin (1–0) Deduno (0–2) Shaw (1) 9,621 15–16 32 May 7 @ Indians 3–4 Axford (1–3) Fien (3–1) 10,742 15–17 33 May 8 @ Indians 4–9 Masterson (2–1) Correia (1–4) 13,095 15–18 34 May 9 @ Tigers 2–1 Hughes (4–1) Verlander (4–2) Perkins (9) 35,814 16–18 35 May 10 @ Tigers 3–9 Scherzer (5–1) Gibson (3–3) 42,312 16–19 36 May 11 @ Tigers 4–3 Burton (1–1) Chamberlain (1–2) Perkins (10) 40,468 17–19 37 May 13 Red Sox 8–6 Perkins (1–0) Miller (1–1) 23,949 18–19 38 May 14 Red Sox 4–9 Doubront (2–3) Correia (1–5) 26,802 18–20 39 May 15 Red Sox 4–3 (10) Duensing (1–1) Miller (1–2) 29,628 19–20 40 May 16 Mariners 5–4 Gibson (4–3) Young (3–1) Perkins (11) 27,275 20–20 41 May 17 Mariners 4–3 Deduno (1–2) Elías (3–3) Perkins (12) 29,717 21–20 42 May 18 Mariners 2–6 Hernández (5–1) Nolasco (2–4) 32,511 21–21 43 May 20 @ Padres 5–3 Correia (2–5) Kennedy (2–6) Perkins (13) 19,136 22–21 44 May 21 @ Padres 2–0 Hughes (5–1) Ross (5–4) Perkins (14) 16,079 23–21 45 May 23 @ Giants 2–6 Lincecum (4-3) Gibson (4-4) Machi (2) 41,514 23-22 46 May 24 @ Giants 1–2 Vogelsong (3-2) Deduno (1-3) Romo (16) 41,724 23-23 47 May 25 @ Giants 1–8 Bumgarner (6-3) Nolasco (2-5) 42,590 23-24 48 May 26 Rangers 7–2 Tepesch (2-0) Correia (2-6) 30,571 23-25 49 May 27 Rangers 3–4 Perkins (2-0) Soria (1-2) 22,702 24-25 50 May 28 Rangers 1–0 Tolleson (1-1) Burton (1-2) Soria (9) 26,472 24-26 51 May 29 Rangers 5–4 Ogando (2-2) Fien (3-2) Soria (10) 28,170 24-27 52 May 30 @ Yankees 6–1 Nolasco (3-5) Nuño (1-2) 42,245 25-27 53 May 31 @ Yankees 1–3 Tanaka (8-1) Duensing (1-2) Robertson (12) 44,346 25-28
June: 12–16 (Home: 7–4, Road: 5–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Yankees 7–2 Hughes (6-1) Robertson (0-2) – 42,449 26-28 55 June 2 @ Brewers 2–6 Garza (3-4) Gibson (4-5) – 28,708 26-29 56 June 3 @ Brewers 6–4 Deduno (2-3) Gallardo (3-4) Perkins (15) 25,634 27-29 57 June 4 Brewers 6–4 Nolasco (4-5) Wooten (1-3) Perkins (16) 31,144 28-29 58 June 5 Brewers 5–8 Peralta (5-5) Correia (2-7) Rodriguez (18) 35,110 28-30 59 June 6 Astros 4–5 Keuchel (7-3) Hughes (6-2) Qualls (7) 29,948 28-31 60 June 7 Astros 8–0 Gibson (5-5) Feldman (3-4) – 27,732 29-31 61 June 8 Astros 5–14 Downs (1-0) Deduno (2-4) – 31,576 29-32 62 June 9 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Janssen (1-0) Guerrier (0-1) – 19,428 29-33 63 June 10 @ Blue Jays 4–0 Correia (3-7) Happ (5-3) – 20,681 30-33 64 June 11 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Hughes (7-2) Stroman (3-1) – 45,080 31-33 65 June 13 @ Tigers 2–0 Gibson (6-5) Smyly (3-5) Perkins (17) 39,811 32-33 66 June 14 @ Tigers 9–12 Sánchez (3-2) Deduno (2-5) Krol (1) 41,498 32-34 67 June 15 @ Tigers 3–4 Nathan (3-2) Fien (3-3) – 41,462 32-35 68 June 16 @ Red Sox 0–1 De La Rosa (2-2) Correia (3-8) Uehara (15) 35,693 32-36 69 June 17 @ Red Sox 1–2 Lester (8-7) Hughes (7-3) Mujica (2) 36,835 32-37 70 June 18 @ Red Sox 1–2 (10) Uehara (2-1) Fien (3-4) – 36,489 32-38 71 June 19 White Sox 4–2 Fien (4-4) Petricka (0-2) Perkins (18) 31,195 33-38 72 June 20 White Sox 5–4 Perkins (3-0) Webb (4-1) – 32,071 34-38 73 June 21 White Sox 4–3 Correia (4-8) Rienzo (4-5) Perkins (19) 32,647 35-38 74 June 22 White Sox 6–5 Hughes (8-3) Danks (6-6) Burton (1) 30,491 36-38 75 June 24 @ Angels 6–8 Wilson (8-6) Gibson (6-6) Smith (6) 37,086 36-39 76 June 25 @ Angels 2–6 Richards (8-2) Pino (0-1) – 39,082 36-40 77 June 26 @ Angels 4–6 Weaver (8-6) Nolasco (4-6) Smith (7) 32,209 36-41 78 June 27 @ Rangers 4–5 Tepesch (3-3) Correia (4-9) – 38,111 36-42 79 June 28 @ Rangers 0–5 Darvish (8-4) Hughes (8-4) – 30,620 36-43 80 June 29 @ Rangers 3–2 Gibson (7-6) Soria (1-3) Perkins (20) 36,779 37-43 81 June 30 Royals 1–6 Duffy (5-7) Pino (0-2) – 28,533 37-44
July: 11–15 (Home: 6–11, Road: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Royals 10–2 Nolasco (5-6) Shields (8-4) – 23,383 38-44 83 July 2 Royals 0–4 Vargas (8-3) Correia (4-10) – 28,860 38-45 84 July 3 Yankees 4–7 Tanaka (12-3) Hughes (8-5) Robertson (19) 34,714 38-46 85 July 4 Yankees 5–6 Huff (2-0) Gibson (7-7) Robertson (20) 36,952 38-47 86 July 5 Yankees 2–1 (11) Duensing (2-2) Thornton (0-2) – 36,514 39-47 87 July 6 Yankees 7–9 Kuroda (6-6) Nolasco (5-7) Robertson (21) 31,171 39-48 88 July 7 @ Mariners 0–2 Iwakuma (7-4) Correia (4-11) Rodney (26) 18,562 39-49 89 July 8 @ Mariners 2–0 Hughes (9-5) Young (8-5) Perkins (21) 15,553 40-49 90 July 9 @ Mariners 8–1 Gibson (8-7) Elias (7-8) – 16,460 41-49 91 July 10 @ Mariners 4–2 Pino (1-2) Wilhelmsen (1-2) Perkins (22) 14,530 42-49 92 July 11 @ Rockies 2–6 de la Rosa (10-6) Johnson (0-1) – 36,110 42-50 93 July 12 @ Rockies 9–3 Correia (5-11) Matzek (1-4) – 35,930 43-50 94 July 13 @ Rockies 13–5 Hughes (10-5) Anderson (0-3) – 35,743 44-50 All–Star Break (July 14–17) 95 July 18 Rays 2–6 Cobb (5-6) Gibson (8-8) – 31,058 44-51 96 July 19 Rays 1–5 Price (10-7) Hughes (10-6) McGee (8) 36,117 44-52 97 July 20 Rays 3–5 Archer (6-5) Correia (5-12) Yates (1) 26,821 44-53 98 July 21 Indians 4–3 Fien (5-4) Shaw (4-2) Perkins (23) 25,109 45-53 99 July 22 Indians 2–8 Salazar (2-4) Pino (1-3) – 28,291 45-54 100 July 23 Indians 3–1 Swarzak (2-0) Bauer (4-5) Perkins (24) 34,608 46-54 101 July 24 White Sox 2–5 Noesí (5-7) Hughes (10-7) Petricka (5) 32,952 46-55 102 July 25 White Sox 5–9 Danks (9-6) Correia (5-13) – 28,728 46-56 103 July 26 White Sox 0–7 Sale (10-1) Darnell (0-1) – 33,005 46-57 104 July 27 White Sox 4–3 Burton (2-2) Belisario (3-7) Perkins (25) 27,818 47-57 105 July 29 @ Royals 2–1 Gibson (9-8) Shields (9-6) Perkins (26) 30,686 48-57 106 July 30 @ Royals 2–3 Frasor (2-1) Hughes (10-8) Holland (28) 20,747 48-58 107 July 31 @ Royals 3–6 Ventura (8-8) Thielbar (2-1) Holland (29) 24,127 48-59
August: 11–18 (Home: 5–8, Road: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ White Sox 8–10 Guerra (1-2) Fien (5-5) Petricka (7) 28,060 48–60 109 August 2 @ White Sox 8–6 Pressly (1-0) Belisario (4-8) Perkins (27) 27,446 49–60 110 August 3 @ White Sox 16–3 Gibson (10-8) Guerra (1-3) – 23,471 50–60 111 August 5 Padres 3–1 Hughes (11-8) Hahn (7-3) Perkins (28) 34,495 51–60 112 August 6 Padres 4–5 (10) Quackenbush (2-2) Swarzak (2-1) Benoit (4) 34,567 51–61 113 August 7 @ Athletics 0–3 Lester (12-7) Pino (1-4) – 22,108 51–62 114 August 8 @ Athletics 5–6 Kazmir (13-4) Gibson (10-9) Doolittle (18) 20,196 51–63 115 August 9 @ Athletics 4–9 Samardzija (5-8) May (0-1) – 32,074 51–64 116 August 10 @ Athletics 6–1 Hughes (12-8) Gregerson (2-2) – 25,598 52–64 117 August 11 @ Astros 4–2 Duensing (3-2) Fields (2-5) Perkins (29) 15,569 53–64 118 August 12 @ Astros 4–10 McHugh (5-9) Pino (1-5) – 17,490 53–65 119 August 13 @ Astros 3–1 Gibson (11-9) Oberholtzer (4-8) Perkins (30) 16,480 54–65 120 August 15 Royals 5–6 Duffy (8-10) Nolasco (5-8) Holland (37) 32,013 54–66 121 August 16 Royals 4–1 Hughes (13-8) Ventura (9-9) Perkins (31) 35,575 55–66 122 August 17 Royals 6–12 Guthrie (9-10) Milone (6-4) – 31,455 55–67 123 August 18 Royals 4–6 Vargas (10-5) May (0-2) Holland (38) 25,559 55–68 124 August 19 Indians 5–7 Crockett (3-0) Duensing (3-3) Allen (16) 26,358 55–69 125 August 20 Indians 0–5 House (2-3) Nolasco (5-9) – 28,943 55–70 126 August 21 Indians 4–1 Hughes (14-8) Kluber (13-7) Perkins (32) 28,033 56–70 127 August 22 Tigers 20–6 Pressly (2-0) Ray (1-4) – 29,394 57–70 128 August 23 Tigers 12–4 Pino (2-5) Farmer (0-1) – 25,110 58–70 129 August 23 Tigers 6–8 Verlander (11-11) May (0-3) Nathan (27) 25,578 58–71 130 August 24 Tigers 4–13 Scherzer (15-4) Gibson (11-10) – 23,983 58–72 131 August 26 @ Royals 1–2 Davis (7-2) Perkins (3-1) – 13,847 58–73 132 August 27 @ Royals 1–6 Davis (8-2) Hughes (14-9) – 17,668 58–74 133 August 28 @ Royals 11–5 (10) Swarzak (3-1) Chen (2-4) – 17,219 59–74 134 August 29 @ Orioles 1–9 González (7-7) May (0-4) – 27,464 59–75 135 August 30 @ Orioles 2–3 Miller (5-5) Burton (2-3) Britton (30) 30,322 59–76 136 August 31 @ Orioles 8–12 Chen (14-4) Nolasco (5-10) Britton (31) 40,905 59–77
September: 11–15 (Home: 6–9, Road: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Orioles 6–4 Hughes (15-9) Gausman (7-7) Perkins (33) 33,156 60–77 138 September 2 White Sox 3–6 (10) Webb (6-4) Oliveros (0-1) Petricka (11) 23,719 60–78 139 September 3 White Sox 11–4 May (1-4) Danks (9-10) – 21,778 61–78 140 September 4 Angels 4–5 Smith (6-2) Perkins (3-2) Street (36) 21,914 61–79 141 September 5 Angels 6–7 (10) Street (2-1) Burton (2-4) Jepsen (2) 23,477 61–80 142 September 6 Angels 5–8 Smith (7-2) Burton (2-5) Street (37) 28,924 61–81 143 September 7 Angels 4–14 Wilson (11-9) Darnell (0-2) – 25,419 61–82 144 September 9 @ Indians 4–3 May (2-4) Bauer (5-8) Burton (2) 9,489 62–82 – September 10 @ Indians Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 11. 145 September 11 @ Indians 2–8 Kluber (15–9) Gibson (11–11) — N/A 62–83 146 September 11 @ Indians 0–2 House (3-3) Nolasco (5–11) Allen (20) 12,637 62–84 147 September 12 @ White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 13. 147 September 13 @ White Sox 1–5 Quintana (8–10) Hughes (15–10) — N/A 62–85 148 September 13 @ White Sox 6–7 Petricka (1–4) Perkins (3–3) – 20,106 62–86 149 September 14 @ White Sox 6–4 May (3–4) Noesí (8–10) Perkins (34) 17,044 63–86 150 September 15 Tigers 6–8 Ryan (2–0) Fien (5–6) Soria (18) 19,700 63–87 151 September 16 Tigers 4–3 Perkins (4–3) Nathan (4–4) – 22,066 64–87 152 September 17 Tigers 8–4 Gibson (12–11) Price (14–12) – 22,285 65–87 153 September 19 Indians 5–4 Burton (3–5) Crockett (4–1) — 28,400 66–87 154 September 20 Indians 3–7 House (4–3) May (3–5) Rzepczynski (1) 28,316 66–88 155 September 21 Indians 2–7 Kluber (17–9) Swarzak (3–2) — 24,451 66–89 156 September 22 Diamondbacks 2–6 Collmenter (11–8) Nolasco (5–12) — 22,571 66–90 157 September 23 Diamondbacks 6–3 Gibson (13–11) Chafin (0–1) — 28,902 67–90 158 September 24 Diamondbacks 2–1 Hughes (16–10) Nuño (0–1) Burton (3) 29,445 68–90 159 September 25 @ Tigers 2–4 Scherzer (18–5) May (3–6) Nathan (34) 33,077 68–91 160 September 26 @ Tigers 11–4 Achter (1–0) Porcello (15–13) — 35,178 69–91 161 September 27 @ Tigers 12–3 Nolasco (6–12) Lobstein (1–2) — 38,805 70–91 162 September 28 @ Tigers 3–0 Price (15–12) Gibson (13–12) Nathan (35) 40,501 70–92

2014 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 58 A. J. Achter 61 Jared Burton 30 Kevin Correia 38 Logan Darnell 21 Samuel Deduno 52 Brian Duensing 50 Casey Fien 44 Kyle Gibson 54 Matt Guerrier 45 Phil Hughes 53 Kris Johnson 65 Trevor May 49 Tommy Milone 47 Ricky Nolasco 48 Lester Oliveros 37 Mike Pelfrey 15 Glen Perkins 43,63 Yohan Pino 57 Ryan Pressly 51 Anthony Swarzak 56 Caleb Thielbar 64 Aaron Thompson 59 Michael Tonkin		Catchers 26 Eric Fryer 43 Josmil Pinto  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 11 Jason Bartlett 17 Doug Bernier 20 Chris Colabello  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 25 Pedro Florimón  7 Joe Mauer 17 Kendrys Morales  9 Eduardo Núñez 24 Trevor Plouffe 11 Jorge Polanco 19 Kennys Vargas		Outfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia  1 Sam Fuld 12 Chris Herrmann 32 Aaron Hicks 13 Jason Kubel 19 Darin Mastroianni 27 Chris Parmelee 39 Danny Santana  1 Jordan Schafer 16 Josh Willingham		Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 23 Tom Brunansky (hitting) 18 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher)  4 Paul Molitor (infield) 36 Terry Steinbach (bench) 41 Scott Ullger (first base) 46 Joe Vavra (third base)

All stats updated through September 28, 2013.

All batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Oswaldo Arcia	103	372	46	86	16	3	20	57	.231	1
Jason Bartlett	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Doug Bernier	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	.286	0
Chris Colabello	59	205	17	47	13	0	6	39	.229	0
Brian Dozier	156	598	112	145	33	1	23	71	.242	21
Eduardo Escobar	133	433	52	119	35	2	6	37	.275	1
Pedro Florimón	33	76	7	7	1	1	0	1	.092	6
Eric Fryer	28	75	11	16	4	0	1	5	.213	1
Sam Fuld	53	164	15	45	10	0	1	17	.274	12
Chris Herrmann	33	75	8	16	3	0	0	4	.213	1
Aaron Hicks	69	186	22	40	8	0	1	18	.215	4
Jason Kubel	45	156	12	35	6	1	1	13	.224	1
Darin Mastroianni	7	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1
Joe Mauer	120	455	60	126	27	2	4	55	.277	3
Kendrys Morales	39	154	12	36	11	0	1	18	.234	0
Eduardo Núñez	72	204	26	51	7	4	4	24	.250	9
Chris Parmelee	87	250	27	64	11	0	7	28	.256	0
Josmil Pinto	57	169	25	37	8	0	7	18	.219	0
Trevor Plouffe	136	520	69	134	40	2	14	80	.258	2
Jorge Polanco	5	6	2	2	1	1	0	3	.333	0
Danny Santana	101	405	70	129	27	7	7	40	.319	20
Jordan Schafer	41	130	17	37	5	1	1	13	.285	15
Kurt Suzuki	131	452	37	130	34	0	3	61	.288	0
Kennys Vargas	53	215	26	59	10	1	9	38	.274	0
Josh Willingham	68	224	34	47	5	1	12	34	.210	1
Pitcher totals	162	22	0	2	1	0	0	1	.091	0
Team Totals	162	5567	715	1412	316	27	128	675	.254	99

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
A.J. Achter	1	0	3.27	7	0	0	11.0	7	4	3	5
Jared Burton	3	5	4.36	68	0	3	64.0	34	31	25	46
Kevin Correia	5	13	4.94	23	23	0	129.1	76	71	32	61
Logan Darnell	0	2	7.13	7	4	0	24.0	20	19	8	22
Samuel Deduno	2	5	4.60	30	8	0	92.0	49	47	41	74
Brian Duensing	3	3	3.31	62	0	0	54.1	20	20	20	33
Casey Fien	5	6	3.98	73	0	1	63.1	29	28	10	51
Kyle Gibson	13	12	4.47	31	31	0	179.1	91	89	57	107
Matt Guerrier	0	1	3.86	27	0	0	28.0	12	12	10	12
Phil Hughes	16	10	3.52	32	32	0	209.2	88	82	16	186
Kris Johnson	0	1	4.73	3	3	0	13.1	7	7	9	12
Trevor May	3	6	7.88	10	9	0	45.2	41	40	22	44
Tommy Milone	0	1	7.06	6	5	0	21.2	21	17	11	14
Ricky Nolasco	6	12	5.38	27	27	0	159.0	96	95	38	115
Lester Oliveros	0	1	7.11	7	0	0	6.1	5	5	3	5
Mike Pelfrey	0	3	7.99	5	5	0	23.2	23	21	18	10
Glen Perkins	4	3	3.65	63	0	34	61.2	29	25	11	66
Yohan Pino	2	5	5.07	11	11	0	60.1	37	34	14	50
Ryan Pressly	2	0	2.86	25	0	0	28.1	10	9	8	14
Anthony Swarzak	3	2	4.60	50	4	0	86.0	48	44	28	47
Caleb Thielbar	2	1	3.40	54	0	0	47.2	19	18	16	35
Aaron Thompson	0	0	2.45	7	0	0	7.1	2	2	2	6
Michael Tonkin	0	0	4.74	25	0	0	19.0	13	10	6	16
Team Totals	70	92	4.57	162	162	38	1435.0	777	728	408	1031

• Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Phil Hughes
• Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Phil Hughes
• Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Danny Santana
• Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Eduardo Escobar
• Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Brian Dozier
• Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Pat Neshek
• Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Kurt Suzuki
• Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Ron Gardenhire
  • The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
• Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Brian Duensing
• Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Kennys Vargas
• Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – José Berríos
• Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Jim Kaat
• Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – none

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Gene Glynn
AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Eastern League	Jeff Smith
A	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Doug Mientkiewicz
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Jake Mauer
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Ramon Borrego

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Myers^[7]

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