2019 Minnesota Twins season
The 2019 Minnesota Twins season was the 59th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 10th season at Target Field and the 119th overall in the American League. It was the first year under new manager Rocco Baldelli who was hired on October 25, 2018, following the firing of previous manager Paul Molitor on October 2. It was also the first season since 2004 without longtime Twin Joe Mauer on the roster, as he announced his retirement on November 9, 2018, after 15 seasons. His number 7 was retired on June 15, 2019.
They improved upon their record from the previous season, and clinched the AL Central division for the first time since 2010 on September 25. On September 26, the Twins scored their 99th win with a victory over the Detroit Tigers, the highest number of wins for the franchise since 1965, and the third highest in franchise history. Despite winning 101 games, the Twins were still the third seed in the American League, the best record ever for a third seed. With 307 home runs by their hitters, the Twins also set a new major league record for most home runs by a team in a season, later matched by the 2023 Atlanta Braves. They opened the playoffs by playing the New York Yankees in the ALDS, however they were swept 3 games to 0 in a best-of-5 series, extending their record for the longest playoff losing streak in MLB history to 16 games.
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Jorge Polanco | 153 | 631 | 107 | 186 | 40 | 7 | 22 | 79 | 4 | 60 | .295 | .485 |
| Eddie Rosario | 137 | 562 | 91 | 155 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 109 | 3 | 22 | .276 | .500 |
| Max Kepler | 134 | 524 | 98 | 132 | 32 | 0 | 36 | 90 | 1 | 60 | .252 | .519 |
| C. J. Cron | 125 | 458 | 51 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 29 | .253 | .469 |
| Nelson Cruz | 120 | 454 | 81 | 141 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 108 | 0 | 56 | .311 | .639 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 121 | 433 | 61 | 111 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 1 | 20 | .256 | .473 |
| Marwin González | 114 | 425 | 52 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 31 | .264 | .414 |
| Miguel Sanó | 105 | 380 | 76 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 55 | .247 | .576 |
| Luis Arráez | 92 | 326 | 54 | 109 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 36 | .334 | .439 |
| Mitch Garver | 93 | 311 | 70 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 41 | .273 | .630 |
| Byron Buxton | 87 | 271 | 48 | 71 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 14 | 19 | .262 | .513 |
| Jason Castro | 79 | 237 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 33 | .232 | .435 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 83 | 202 | 34 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 20 | .272 | .416 |
| Jake Cave | 72 | 198 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 21 | .258 | .455 |
| Willians Astudillo | 58 | 190 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .268 | .379 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 26 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .196 | .375 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .478 |
| Ian Miller | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .235 |
| Ronald Torreyes | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 |
| Tyler Austin | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5732 | 939 | 1547 | 318 | 23 | 307 | 906 | 28 | 525 | .270 | .494 |
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Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| José Berríos | 14 | 8 | 3.68 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 200.1 | 194 | 94 | 82 | 51 | 195 |
| Martín Pérez | 10 | 7 | 5.12 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 165.1 | 184 | 104 | 94 | 67 | 135 |
| Kyle Gibson | 13 | 7 | 4.84 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 160.0 | 175 | 99 | 86 | 56 | 160 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 15 | 7 | 3.51 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 159.0 | 139 | 65 | 62 | 53 | 178 |
| Michael Pineda | 11 | 5 | 4.01 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 146.0 | 141 | 68 | 65 | 28 | 140 |
| Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 2.61 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 69.0 | 58 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 90 |
| Trevor May | 5 | 3 | 2.94 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 64.1 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 79 |
| Tyler Duffey | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 82 |
| Ryne Harper | 4 | 2 | 3.81 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 54.1 | 54 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 50 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 49.0 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 38 |
| Zack Littell | 6 | 0 | 2.68 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| Blake Parker | 1 | 2 | 4.21 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 36.1 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 34 |
| Randy Dobnak | 2 | 1 | 1.59 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28.1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Matt Magill | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 3 | 2 | 6.18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 27.2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 31 |
| Kohl Stewart | 2 | 2 | 6.39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.1 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Cody Stashak | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| Sergio Romo | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 22.2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 22.2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 2 | 2 | 10.47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 15 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 0 | 2 | 8.80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| Fernando Romero | 0 | 1 | 7.07 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
| Sam Dyson | 1 | 0 | 7.15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Brusdar Graterol | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Sean Poppen | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Ryan Eades | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Austin Adams | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Jorge Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase De Jong | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 0 | 0 | inf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team totals | 101 | 61 | 4.18 | 162 | 162 | 50 | 1463.1 | 1456 | 754 | 680 | 452 | 1463 |
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Postseason
Postseason rosters
- Pitchers: 12 Jake Odorizzi 17 José Berríos 21 Tyler Duffey 31 Devin Smeltzer 44 Kyle Gibson 51 Brusdar Graterol 52 Zack Littell 54 Sergio Romo 55 Taylor Rogers 61 Cody Stashak 65 Trevor May 68 Randy Dobnak
- Catchers: 15 Jason Castro 18 Mitch Garver
- Infielders: 2 Luis Arráez 9 Marwin González 11 Jorge Polanco 13 Ehire Adrianza 16 Jonathan Schoop 22 Miguel Sanó 24 C. J. Cron
- Outfielders: 20 Eddie Rosario 26 Max Kepler 60 Jake Cave
- Designated hitters: 23 Nelson Cruz
Roster
| Lineup | Avg | Hr | Hits | Rbi |
| Max Kepler | .252 | 36 | 132 | 90 |
| Jorge Polanco | .295 | 22 | 186 | 79 |
| Nelson Cruz | .311 | 41 | 141 | 108 |
| Eddie Rosario | .276 | 32 | 155 | 109 |
| C.J. Cron | .253 | 25 | 116 | 78 |
| Marwin González | .264 | 15 | 112 | 55 |
| Jonathan Schoop | .256 | 23 | 111 | 59 |
| Jason Castro | .232 | 13 | 55 | 30 |
| Byron Buxton | .262 | 10 | 71 | 46 |