List of Minnesota Twins team records

This is a listing of statistical records and milestone achievements of the Minnesota Twins franchise.

Single-season records

Batting StatisticPlayer(s)NumberYear(s)Batting averageRod Carew.3881977Home runsHarmon Killebrew491964, 1969RBIHarmon Killebrew1401969RunsChuck Knoblauch1401996 HitsRod Carew2391977SinglesSam Rice1821925DoublesMickey Vernon511946TriplesGoose Goslin, Cristian Guzmán201925, 2000Extra base hitsTony Oliva841964Stolen basesClyde Milan881912Hit streakKen Landreaux31 games1980Base on ballsEddie Yost1511956StrikeoutsMiguel Sanó1782016Team HRTeam3072019

Pitching StatisticPlayerNumberYearWinsWalter Johnson361913StrikeoutsWalter Johnson3131910ERAWalter Johnson1.141913SavesJoe Nathan472009

Single-game records

Individual Most strikeouts in a single game: Johan Santana, 17 K in 8 IP, August 19, 2007

As a team RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date*AB503KC6/19/03AB2(22)781CLE8/31/93R241DET4/24/96R335 (24-11)1DET4/24/96H281SEA6/13/17H2(11)241SEA9/29/89H3421OAK4/27/80XBH121TOR5/8/79XBH3241CLE7/13/96TB471WAS8/29/631B191MIL9/9/801B2(11)201SEA9/29/892B81BOS7/25/963B41NYY6/2/64HR81WAS8/29/63HR39ManyMIL7/12/01RBI222CLE6/4/02RBI3331DET4/24/96BB143KC8/5/06BB2(18)181SEA7/19/69BB3211KC9/10/76BB4(10)222BAL5/15/78IBB4ManyDET5/23/92IBB2(22)51MIL5/12/72IBB4(22)71MIL5/12/72K191TEX8/19/07K2(10)192CLE7/3/68K3271CLE9/28/00K4(20)351WAS8/9/67GIDP5ManyTEX6/3/95GIDP2(22)51MIL5/12/72SH51CWS6/23/79SH2(17)5ManyTEX9/17/77SF42DET6/26/99SF232CLE7/3/94HBP42KC4/13/71HBP2(17)41CLE5/7/95LOB172MIL9/4/90LOB2(22)232MIL5/12/72SB61SEA9/9/92Opp. SB72NYY5/10/87Opp. SB2(12)121OAK8/1/76SB38ManyKC8/26/01SB4(12)141OAK8/1/76Best Win21 (23-2)1CLE6/4/02Worst Loss18 (20-2)1KC4/25/61Runs in Inning11(5th)ManyBOS5/20/94Opp. Runs in Inning121KC6/17/03RecordNumberOccurrencesOpp.1Date * Date listed is date of most recent occurrence of record. 1 Opponent listed is opponent that record occurred against most recently. 2 Indicates record in an extra-inning game (total innings in parentheses). 3 Indicates record with number accumulated by both clubs. 4 Indicates record in an extra-inning game, with number accumulated by both clubs (total innings in parentheses)

All-Time leaders

Batting

Games played RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew2,3292Sam Rice2,3073Joe Judge2,0844Clyde Milan1,9825Ossie Bluege1,867

At bats RankPlayerNumber1Sam Rice8,9342Harmon Killebrew7,8353Joe Judge7,6634Clyde Milan7,3595Kirby Puckett7,244

Runs RankPlayerNumber1Sam Rice1,4662Harmon Killebrew1,2583Joe Judge1,1544Kirby Puckett1,0715Buddy Myer1,037

Hits RankPlayerNumber1Sam Rice2,8892Kirby Puckett2,304 3Joe Judge2,2914Joe Mauer2,1235Clyde Milan2,100

Doubles RankPlayerNumber1Sam Rice4792Joe Mauer4283Joe Judge4214Kirby Puckett4145Mickey Vernon 391

Triples RankPlayerNumber1Sam Rice1832Joe Judge157 3Goose Goslin1254Buddy Myer1135Mickey Vernon108

Home runs RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew5592Kent Hrbek2933Bob Allison2564Justin Morneau2215Tony Oliva220

RBI RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew1,5402Kent Hrbek1,086 3Kirby Puckett1,0854Sam Rice1,0455Mickey Vernon1,026

Total bases RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew4,0262Sam Rice3,8303Kirby Puckett3,4534Joe Judge3,2395Joe Mauer3,040

Walks RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew1,5052Eddie Yost1,274 3Joe Judge9434Joe Mauer9395Buddy Myer864

Strikeouts RankPlayerNumber1Harmon Killebrew1,6292Joe Mauer1,034 3Bob Allison1,033 4Miguel Sanó1,0175Torii Hunter9756Kirby Puckett965

Stolen bases RankPlayerNumber1Clyde Milan4952Sam Rice3463George Case3214Chuck Knoblauch2765Rod Carew271

Caught stealing RankPlayerNumber1Rod Carew1232George Case983Buddy Myer884Ossie Bluege875César Tovar81

On-base percentage RankPlayerAmount1Rod Carew.3932Chuck Knoblauch.3913John Stone.3894Joe Mauer.3885Buddy Myer.387

Slugging percentage RankPlayerAmount1Harmon Killebrew.5142Goose Goslin.502 3Roy Sievers.5004Justin Morneau.4995Kent Hrbek.481

Batting average RankPlayerAmount1Rod Carew.3342Heinie Manush.3283Goose Goslin.3233Sam Rice.323

Pitching

Wins RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson4172Jim Kaat1903Bert Blyleven1494Brad Radke1485Camilo Pascual145

Losses RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson2792Jim Kaat1593Camilo Pascual1414Brad Radke1395Bert Blyleven138

ERA RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson2.172Doc Ayers2.643Dean Chance2.674Cy Falkenberg2.695Harry Harper2.75

Games played RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson8022Eddie Guardado6483Rick Aguilera4904Jim Kaat4845Firpo Marberry470

Games started RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson6662Jim Kaat4333Brad Radke3774Bert Blyleven3455Camilo Pascual331

Complete games RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson5312Case Patten2063Bert Blyleven1414Long Tom Hughes1395Jim Kaat133

Shutouts RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson1102Camilo Pascual313Bert Blyleven294Jim Kaat234Dutch Leonard23

Saves RankPlayerNumber1Joe Nathan2602Rick Aguilera2543Glen Perkins1204Eddie Guardado1165Ron Davis108

Innings pitched RankPlayerNumber1Walter Johnson5,2Jim Kaat3Bert Blyleven4Camilo Pascual2,4655Brad Radke2,451

Rare feats

No-hitters MinnesotaPitcherOpp.DateFrancisco Liriano@CHW5/3/2011Eric MiltonANA9/11/1999Scott EricksonMIL4/27/1994Dean Chance@CLE8/25/1967Jack KralickKC8/26/1962Bobby BurkeBOS8/8/1931Walter Johnson@BOS7/1/1920

Dean Chance also threw a perfect game through five innings on August 6, 1967, against the Boston Red Sox, but the game was shortened due to rain. Under MLB rule revisions in 1991, it is not recognized as an official no-hitter or perfect game.

Hit for the cycle MinnesotaPlayerOpp.DateByron BuxtonPIT7/12/25Jorge PolancoPHI4/5/19Michael CuddyerMIL5/22/09Jason KubelLAA4/17/09Carlos Gómez@CWS5/7/08Kirby PuckettOAK8/1/86Gary Ward@MIL9/18/80Mike CubbageTOR7/27/78Lyman Bostock@CWS7/24/76Larry Hisle@BAL6/4/76César TovarTEX9/19/72Rod Carew@KC5/20/70Mickey Vernon@CWS5/19/46Joe CroninNYY9/2/29Goose Goslin@NYY8/28/24Otis Clymer@NYY10/2/08

Triple plays PlayersOpp.DateSano–Simmons–Gordon@KC6/06/21Buxton-Urshela-Urshela@CWS7/04/22Sano–Schoop–CronATL8/07/19Arraez–Schoop–Sano@NYY7/22/19Sano–Dozier–Mauer@LAA6/1/17Castillo–Morneau–BatistaSEA5/27/06Gaetti–Newman–Hrbek@BOS7/17/90†Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek@BOS7/17/90†Gladden–Lombardozzi–LarkinCLE8/8/88Gaetti–Lombardozzi–Hrbek@NYY4/5/88Gaetti–Teufel–Hrbek@NYY7/19/84Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek@CAL8/8/83Butera–Gaetti–HrbekNYY5/29/82Borgmann–Gómez@CWS7/25/76Rollins–Carew–AllisonCLE9/10/68Rollins–Tovar–KillebrewCAL8/18/66

†See below

Six-hit games BatterOpp.DateKirby PuckettTEX5/23/91Kirby Puckett@MIL8/30/87

Major League Baseball records and firsts First team to record two triple plays in the same game: July 17, 1990 vs. Boston Red Sox (lost game 1–0). First team to reach the playoffs after losing 100 games the previous year. On August 31, 2019 Mitch Garver hit his 20th HR of the season, becoming the 8th Twins player to hit 20 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record. On September 17, 2019 Miguel Sano hit his 30th HR of the season, becoming the 5th Twins player to hit 30 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record. Longest postseason losing streak: 18 games (2004–2020).

References

External links Twins history at mlb.com Player Information at baseball-reference.com