The 2013 Minnesota Twins season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 113th overall in the American League.
2013 Minnesota Twins | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Target Field | |
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Record | 66–96 (.407) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Jim Pohlad | |
General managers | Terry Ryan | |
Managers | Ron Gardenhire | |
Television | Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer) | |
Radio | KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 4-2).[1] The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.[2]
The Twins finished their season with a 66–96 record, although they finished fourth in the American League Central standings ahead of the Chicago White Sox, avoiding a last place finish for the first time since 2010. The team continued to struggle with offense and bullpen rotation, despite the off-season acquisitions of veterans Vance Worley, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia.[3]
The Minnesota Twins finished in fifth place (.515) in the Grapefruit League during spring training with a 17–16 record overall (7–10 home / 10–6 away). They were 4.5 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles.[4]
Finished 27 games behind the Detroit Tigers.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 51–30 | 42–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 1 | 51–30 | 41–40 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 7 | 44–37 | 42–39 |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 27 | 32–49 | 34–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 30 | 37–44 | 26–55 |
Division Winners | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | 0.599 |
Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | 0.593 |
Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | +½ |
Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | 0.564 | — |
Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | 0.558 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 5½ |
New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6½ |
Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6½ |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 13½ |
Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 17½ |
Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 20½ |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 25½ |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 28½ |
Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | 0.315 | 40½ |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 11–9 |
Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 14–6 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 2–17 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–6 | 17–2 | — | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
Detroit | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 9–10 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
Houston | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–17 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
Kansas City | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–10 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 5–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–12 |
New York | 10–9 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 9–11 |
Oakland | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 5–1 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
Seattle | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
Tampa Bay | 13–6 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
Texas | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 17–2 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 4–4 | — | 1–6 | 10–10 |
Toronto | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 6–1 | — | 11–9 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
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Brian Dozier | 147 | 558 | 72 | 136 | 33 | 4 | 18 | 66 | 14 | .244 |
Justin Morneau | 127 | 495 | 56 | 128 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 74 | 0 | .259 |
Ryan Doumit | 135 | 485 | 49 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 1 | .247 |
Trevor Plouffe | 129 | 477 | 44 | 121 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 2 | .254 |
Joe Mauer | 113 | 445 | 62 | 144 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 0 | .324 |
Pedro Florimon | 134 | 403 | 44 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 15 | .221 |
Josh Willingham | 111 | 389 | 42 | 81 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 48 | 1 | .208 |
Oswaldo Arcia | 97 | 351 | 34 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 1 | .251 |
Chris Parmelee | 101 | 294 | 21 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 1 | .228 |
Clete Thomas | 92 | 290 | 39 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .214 |
Aaron Hicks | 81 | 281 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 9 | .192 |
Jamey Carroll | 58 | 191 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .230 |
Eduardo Escobar | 66 | 165 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .236 |
Chris Colabello | 55 | 160 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .194 |
Alex Presley | 28 | 113 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .283 |
Wilkin Ramirez | 35 | 81 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .272 |
Josmil Pinto | 21 | 76 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .342 |
Darin Mastroianni | 30 | 65 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .185 |
Doug Bernier | 33 | 53 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .226 |
Eric Fryer | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .385 |
Drew Butera | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5564 | 614 | 1346 | 285 | 15 | 151 | 590 | 52 | .242 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Kevin Correia | 9 | 13 | 4.18 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 185.1 | 89 | 86 | 45 | 101 |
Mike Pelfrey | 5 | 13 | 5.19 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 152.2 | 92 | 88 | 53 | 101 |
Scott Diamond | 6 | 13 | 5.43 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 131.0 | 88 | 79 | 36 | 52 |
Sam Deduno | 8 | 8 | 3.83 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 108.0 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 67 |
Anthony Swarzak | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 69 |
Ryan Pressly | 3 | 3 | 3.87 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 76.2 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 49 |
Jared Burton | 2 | 9 | 3.82 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 66.0 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 61 |
Glen Perkins | 2 | 0 | 2.30 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 62.2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 77 |
Josh Roenicke | 3 | 1 | 4.35 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 45 |
Casey Fien | 5 | 2 | 3.92 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 73 |
Brian Duensing | 6 | 2 | 3.98 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 56 |
Andrew Albers | 2 | 5 | 4.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 60.0 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 25 |
Kyle Gibson | 2 | 4 | 6.53 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 37 | 20 | 29 |
Vance Worley | 1 | 5 | 7.21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 48.2 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 25 |
Liam Hendriks | 1 | 3 | 6.85 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 47.1 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 34 |
Caleb Thielbar | 3 | 2 | 1.76 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
P.J. Walters | 2 | 5 | 5.95 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.1 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 22 |
Cole De Vries | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 12 |
Michael Tonkin | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Shairon Martis | 0 | 1 | 5.59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Jamey Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tyler Robertson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Team Totals | 66 | 96 | 4.55 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1450.1 | 788 | 733 | 458 | 985 |
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