2021 Minnesota Twins
Record: 83-79
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 903
Runs Allowed: 802
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Metrodome
Attendance: 3,743,827
Manager: Hector Perez

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-65, 5th in the American League
AA: 69-69, 7th in the American League
A: 57-81, 12th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Series 3-4 to Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Championship 4-3 over Baltimore Orioles
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Tom Murphy 34 158 578 107 182 20 2 30 124 6 4 97 34 .315 .411 .512 .923 117.9 20.9 3.5
2B #Milt Rutz Jr. 24 154 601 109 165 25 4 9 66 64 20 61 103 .275 .345 .374 .720 81.8 9.4 5.0
CF *Manny Gallego 28 148 602 97 182 47 5 12 69 4 4 69 130 .302 .374 .457 .831 97.8 16.1 4.6
DH #Lance Reid 34 153 587 101 192 39 2 35 146 1 1 64 62 .327 .388 .579 .967 120.4 22.2 0.3
LF *John Adkins 27 152 543 92 129 25 1 34 107 13 3 55 129 .238 .311 .475 .787 83.8 10.4 3.1
1B  Israel Guinn 28 143 527 71 150 31 4 16 75 0 0 28 80 .285 .323 .450 .772 66.7 7.7 2.5
C  Joel Zehner 27 134 493 60 137 28 3 9 53 0 1 24 107 .278 .316 .402 .718 57.3 5.9 3.6
3B *Ernest McFarland 30 146 466 63 145 19 1 6 50 0 0 40 84 .311 .369 .395 .764 67.0 9.7 3.6
SS  Ryan Taulbee 32 133 436 63 105 21 0 28 81 2 0 29 87 .241 .288 .482 .770 63.8 7.0 4.4
C *Mayker Rios 24 101 310 42 100 21 2 5 47 0 1 32 50 .323 .389 .452 .841 52.3 8.9 1.8
SS  Ron McKown 30 91 260 29 60 12 1 4 18 0 0 12 56 .231 .265 .331 .595 20.4 0.1 3.7
LF  Lee Dansby 24 52 119 14 22 8 1 2 15 0 0 13 25 .185 .274 .319 .593 11.0 0.3 0.9
2B  John Mullan 28 69 123 24 32 5 2 0 8 13 5 2 34 .260 .272 .333 .605 10.8 0.3 1.0
CF #Abel Meraz 31 47 108 25 27 5 0 3 9 4 1 17 34 .250 .352 .380 .732 16.0 2.3 0.8
LF  Bill Plotkin 25 7 17 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .294 .333 .412 .745 1.8 0.2 0.1
P  Chris Frechette 23 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1 0.0
P *Billy Jorgensen 34 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  George Manzella 30 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Adam Moore 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Zermeno 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Patricio Fuentes 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roscoe Carmouche 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1701 5788 902 1635 308 28 193 871 107 40 546 1022 .282 .345 .445 .791 869.2 121.7 39.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 1 5 5 8 2 4 5 7 3 2 2 4 3 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Chris Frechette 23 15 16 .484 35 35 0 249.7 279 113 13 81 127 4.07 15.2
*Billy Jorgensen 34 17 9 .654 35 35 0 246.0 190 88 14 121 221 3.22 19.6
 George Manzella 30 18 9 .667 35 35 0 237.7 265 120 29 27 235 4.54 13.8
*Adam Moore 32 9 11 .450 28 28 0 193.7 192 105 34 48 139 4.88 8.4
*Daniel Rivera 34 7 4 .636 15 15 0 101.7 97 47 5 54 38 4.16 6.4
 Kevin Zermeno 33 5 7 .417 69 0 26 85.7 73 39 14 35 81 4.10 10.9
 Roscoe Carmouche 30 4 5 .444 67 0 12 68.7 63 26 4 23 58 3.41 9.0
 Matias Duque 32 2 6 .250 28 0 1 58.7 73 47 6 39 55 7.21 0.0
 Lindy Jones 25 3 3 .500 10 9 0 57.0 67 29 0 16 25 4.58 3.1
*George Grijalva 27 1 3 .250 16 5 0 36.3 52 32 11 11 20 7.93 0.0
*Wayne Motyka 31 2 4 .333 28 0 1 33.7 41 24 4 16 32 6.42 0.6
 Zachary Eastin 26 0 0 .000 16 0 1 29.7 44 28 5 20 20 8.50 0.0
 Frank Adams 37 0 0 .000 9 1 0 23.0 26 11 6 5 12 4.30 1.2
 John Fitzgerald 28 0 1 .000 11 0 0 19.3 33 16 4 3 12 7.45 0.0
 Joe Boursin 26 0 0 .000 5 0 0 11.0 25 15 4 5 4 12.27 0.0
 Alex Ochoa Jr. 34 0 1 .000 4 2 0 7.3 10 8 1 7 4 9.82 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 83 79 .512 411 165 41 1458.9 1530 748 154 511 1083 4.61 88.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 9 4 4 5 3 5 6 5 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 31.7
J.Zehner 1111.3 128 129 846 33 5 1 .994 24.7
M.Rios 273.0 28 39 203 12 3 0 .986 30.4
L.Reid 59.7 6 8 52 5 0 0 1.000 42.9
R.Taulbee 7.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
T.Murphy 5.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Meraz 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Dansby 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 180 1116 51 8 1 .993 27.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.38
I.Guinn 1169.7 129 139 1097 87 5 108 .996 9.11
M.Rios 149.0 17 18 127 13 1 10 .993 8.46
R.Taulbee 133.0 16 16 119 5 0 12 1.000 8.39
J.Adkins 7.3 0 4 6 0 1 0 .857 7.37
Team Total 1459.0 162 177 1349 105 7 130 .995 8.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.77
M.Rutz Jr. 1291.3 146 150 228 394 11 78 .983 4.34
J.Mullan 163.7 16 29 28 58 3 14 .966 4.73
R.McKown 4.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 183 256 454 14 92 .981 4.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.56
E.McFarland 1120.7 127 133 87 235 18 25 .947 2.59
M.Rios 169.3 19 24 18 33 0 6 1.000 2.71
J.Mullan 98.3 10 19 6 19 1 0 .962 2.29
R.Taulbee 62.3 6 11 2 12 2 4 .875 2.02
R.McKown 8.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1459.0 162 191 114 299 21 35 .952 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.38
R.Taulbee 758.0 84 100 106 242 9 43 .975 4.13
R.McKown 636.3 72 81 79 216 4 34 .987 4.17
E.McFarland 57.0 6 8 12 10 1 0 .957 3.47
A.Meraz 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Adkins 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
M.Rutz Jr. 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1458.7 162 192 199 469 14 77 .979 4.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.16
J.Adkins 1254.3 140 147 322 4 2 2 .994 2.34
L.Dansby 151.0 17 21 39 4 0 0 1.000 2.56
B.Plotkin 43.0 5 5 10 0 1 0 .909 2.09
M.Gallego 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.McKown 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 178 374 8 3 2 .992 2.36
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.90
M.Gallego 1233.3 138 143 420 10 1 2 .998 3.14
A.Meraz 207.0 24 25 72 1 0 0 1.000 3.17
L.Dansby 8.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Murphy 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Carmouche 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.McKown 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 180 493 11 1 2 .998 3.11
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.27
T.Murphy 1306.7 147 149 350 8 5 1 .986 2.47
L.Dansby 149.0 15 22 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.48
B.Plotkin 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 173 391 10 5 1 .988 2.47
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.53
C.Frechette 249.7 35 35 18 25 1 2 .977 1.55
B.Jorgensen 246.0 35 35 10 28 0 4 1.000 1.39
G.Manzella 237.7 35 35 9 18 1 0 .964 1.02
A.Moore 193.7 28 28 15 25 0 2 1.000 1.86
D.Rivera 101.7 15 15 4 10 4 2 .778 1.24
K.Zermeno 85.7 0 69 4 12 2 1 .889 1.68
R.Carmouche 68.7 0 67 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.52
M.Duque 58.7 0 28 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.53
L.Jones 57.0 9 10 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.89
G.Grijalva 36.3 5 16 3 5 0 2 1.000 1.98
W.Motyka 33.7 0 28 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.07
Z.Eastin 29.7 0 16 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.12
F.Adams 23.0 1 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.17
J.Fitzgerald 19.3 0 11 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.72
J.Boursin 11.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45
A.Ochoa Jr. 7.3 2 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
Team Total 1458.9 165 411 81 157 8 17 .967 1.47
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reid .327
On-Base Pct Murphy .411
Slugging Pct Reid .579
OPS Reid .967
XR Reid 120.4
Games Murphy 158
At-Bats Gallego 602
Runs Rutz Jr. 109
Hits Reid 192
Total Bases Reid 340
Singles Murphy 130
Doubles Gallego 47
Triples Gallego 5
Homeruns Reid 35
RBIs Reid 146
Stolen Bases Rutz Jr. 64
Caught Stealing Rutz Jr. 20
Walks Murphy 97
Strikeouts Gallego 130
ERA Jorgensen 3.22
Wins Manzella 18
Losses Frechette 16
Winning Pct Manzella .667
Saves Zermeno 26
Games Pitched Zermeno 69
Games Started Frechette, Jorgensen, Manzella 35
Complete Games Frechette, Jorgensen 5
Shutouts Frechette, Jorgensen, Manzella, Rivera 1
Innings Pitched Frechette 249.7
Hits Allowed Frechette 279
Homeruns Allowed Moore 34
Strikeouts Manzella 235
Walks Allowed Jorgensen 121
Walks per 9IP Manzella 1.0
Hits per 9IP Jorgensen 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Manzella 8.9
WHiP Manzella 1.23
OAVG Jorgensen .213
OOBP Moore .300
OSLG Jorgensen .314
OOPS Jorgensen .618
Team All-Stars
Tom Murphy
Lance Reid
Billy Jorgensen
Player Salaries
Tom Murphy $ 20,000,000
Billy Jorgensen $ 11,400,000
Roscoe Carmouche $ 9,600,000
Ryan Taulbee $ 8,075,000
Kevin Zermeno $ 8,000,000
Lance Reid $ 7,000,000
Manny Gallego $ 3,542,857
George Manzella $ 2,792,857
Adam Moore $ 2,307,143
Ernest McFarland $ 1,614,286
Abel Meraz $ 1,542,857
John Adkins $ 1,142,857
Israel Guinn $ 1,100,000
Joel Zehner $ 735,714
Wayne Motyka $ 411,429
Ron McKown $ 150,000
Frank Adams $ 100,000
John Mullan $ 100,000
Alex Ochoa Jr. $ 100,000
Lindy Jones $ 100,000
Bill Plotkin $ 100,000
George Grijalva $ 100,000
Mayker Rios $ 100,000
Chris Frechette $ 100,000
John Fitzgerald $ 100,000
Lee Dansby $ 100,000
Daniel Rivera $ 100,000
Joe Boursin $ 100,000
Milt Rutz Jr. $ 100,000
Elias Mejia $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/28 Signed     Lance Reid
3/6 Traded Luis Bermejo
Ramon Cruz
St. Louis Joel Zehner
4/5 Released Urso Medina    
4/5 Released David Odum    
4/5 Released Jeff Passelia    
4/5 Released David Kemmer    
4/5 Released Matt Rameau    
4/5 Released Mark Damon    
4/5 Released James Allen    
4/5 Released William Upson    
4/5 Released Robert Achenbach    
4/5 Released James Dambrosio    
4/5 Released Todd Anderson    
4/5 Released Bryce Rust Jr.    
4/5 Released Ronald Dealba    
4/5 Released Juan Carrillo    
4/5 Released Wayne Mabel    
4/26 Released Patricio Fuentes    
7/5 Signed     Frank Adams
7/5 Released Zachary Eastin    
8/9 Signed     Alex Ochoa Jr.
9/6 Released Matias Duque