2009 Minnesota Twins
Record: 88-73
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 891
Runs Allowed: 801
Exp W-L: 88-73
 
Ballpark: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 3,032,973
Manager: Ron Gardenhire

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-53, 1st in the AL
AA: 69-69, 8th in the AL
A: 57-81, 11th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-3 to Boston Red Sox
 
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
1B *Justin Morneau 28 154 598 122 194 51 4 45 119 0 0 75 38 .324 .406 .649 1.055 134.6 26.6 2.3
3B #Chipper Jones 37 153 584 88 175 39 7 18 101 0 1 78 122 .300 .383 .483 .866 102.0 17.3 5.8
C *Joe Mauer 26 153 563 73 137 31 3 7 66 0 0 52 76 .243 .318 .346 .664 62.5 5.1 4.5
RF *Jason Kubel 27 148 553 83 185 41 1 8 79 0 0 39 42 .335 .383 .456 .838 87.1 14.6 3.4
LF  Robb Quinlan 32 145 515 88 160 39 2 9 80 2 3 38 86 .311 .369 .447 .816 75.9 11.7 1.4
LF  Pat Burrell 32 133 479 90 139 35 5 21 90 0 0 54 104 .290 .360 .516 .876 85.1 13.9 1.9
2B *Alex Cora 33 122 467 65 122 29 4 8 41 0 0 42 69 .261 .348 .392 .740 62.1 7.5 4.2
CF *Michael Ryan 31 137 454 71 119 25 3 30 96 2 1 53 84 .262 .335 .529 .863 80.3 11.7 4.6
SS  Rich Aurilia 37 125 385 47 94 26 0 11 63 0 1 19 56 .244 .282 .397 .679 39.7 2.5 6.7
CF  Eric Owens 38 86 297 37 86 15 0 2 31 10 2 16 38 .290 .327 .360 .687 33.1 3.2 1.9
2B #D'Angelo Jimenez 31 98 260 41 67 19 0 3 26 1 3 29 45 .258 .333 .365 .699 31.2 3.0 3.9
1B  Mike Sweeney 35 86 261 24 56 3 1 4 39 1 1 20 47 .215 .269 .280 .549 19.7 0.0 0.3
RF *Antron Seiber 29 70 184 33 50 6 5 3 22 5 8 12 34 .272 .318 .408 .726 21.9 1.9 1.5
SS  Ramon Castro 29 16 61 9 20 5 0 0 5 0 0 8 6 .328 .400 .410 .810 10.1 1.8 0.9
SS #Cristian Guzman 31 30 45 9 10 4 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 .222 .255 .311 .566 2.9 0.0 0.8
C  Matt Lecroy 33 17 35 4 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .171 .275 .286 .561 3.3 0.0 0.3
C #Rob Bowen 28 11 24 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .208 .296 .292 .588 2.3 0.0 0.1
2B *Todd Walker 36 4 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.7 0.0 0.2
P  Beau Kemp 28 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Pat Neshek 28 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Travis Bowyer 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Anthony Pannone 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Vorwald 29 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B *Tyler Houston 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1699 5806 891 1629 372 35 170 867 23 21 546 878 .281 .348 .445 .792 853.1 120.9 44.9
  Rank among 14 AL teams 1 4 2 1 7 8 4 14 1 6 2 2 3 3 3 4  
* - 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
 Beau Kemp 28 17 7 .708 33 33 0 228.0 226 87 9 46 186 3.43 20.0
 Travis Bowyer 27 10 9 .526 33 33 0 223.0 247 120 31 41 152 4.84 11.7
 Pat Neshek 28 9 9 .500 32 32 0 188.0 200 110 17 99 149 5.27 7.8
 Anthony Pannone 27 11 9 .550 30 30 0 180.3 209 106 26 45 109 5.29 8.0
*Jason Miller 26 10 7 .588 76 0 6 148.0 147 67 15 35 86 4.07 13.2
 Matt Vorwald 29 6 7 .462 18 18 0 105.3 127 65 11 39 79 5.55 4.0
 Matt Clement 34 5 7 .417 15 15 0 97.0 88 50 7 39 86 4.64 5.6
*Adrian Burnside 32 6 3 .667 37 0 5 72.7 76 29 7 17 45 3.59 7.8
*Shane Nance 31 2 9 .182 52 0 17 67.0 78 38 9 27 46 5.10 5.2
*Damaso Marte 34 8 5 .615 66 0 18 63.0 59 32 2 38 52 4.57 8.6
*Eddie Guardado 38 3 0 1.000 31 0 0 41.0 48 27 10 11 30 5.93 1.6
*Alex Herrera 32 1 1 .500 34 0 3 27.3 17 11 3 15 21 3.62 3.6
*Ricky Barrett 28 0 0 .000 13 1 1 22.7 30 12 4 0 11 4.76 1.2
Team Totals 30.3 88 73 .547 470 162 50 1463.3 1552 754 151 452 1052 4.64 98.2
Rank among 14 AL teams 4 3 2 3 3 5 4 6 1 3 6  
* - 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 .989 33.5
J.Mauer 1326.0 148 151 999 95 16 2 .986 28.8
M.Lecroy 91.3 9 12 54 7 0 0 1.000 40.0
R.Bowen 46.0 4 8 37 2 1 0 .975 0.0
Team Total 1463.3 161 171 1090 104 17 2 .986 28.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.50
J.Morneau 1323.7 148 154 1253 79 8 121 .994 9.06
M.Sweeney 133.7 13 21 160 12 2 15 .989 11.58
R.Quinlan 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
T.Houston 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Kubel 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.3 161 179 1416 91 10 136 .993 9.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.34
A.Cora 823.0 89 101 164 258 6 55 .986 4.61
D.Jimenez 256.3 27 40 65 68 3 24 .978 4.67
E.Owens 233.3 27 29 59 68 1 22 .992 4.90
T.Walker 39.0 4 4 9 14 0 3 1.000 5.31
R.Castro 29.3 3 3 7 11 1 2 .947 5.53
Team Total 1381.0 150 177 304 419 11 106 .985 4.71
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.65
C.Jones 1310.3 146 148 94 243 7 27 .980 2.31
D.Jimenez 152.0 15 19 6 40 3 1 .939 2.72
J.Kubel 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
C.Guzman 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.2 161 169 100 283 11 28 .972 2.35
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.80
R.Aurilia 901.7 95 120 125 303 10 58 .977 4.27
D.Jimenez 257.0 30 35 37 95 6 18 .957 4.62
A.Cora 176.7 21 22 22 55 4 11 .951 3.92
C.Guzman 113.4 18 25 16 39 2 7 .965 4.37
R.Castro 107.1 12 12 15 38 3 8 .946 4.45
R.Quinlan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Walker 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1556.8 176 215 215 530 25 102 .968 4.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.94
P.Burrell 735.0 83 86 180 2 10 0 .948 2.23
R.Quinlan 438.7 50 51 102 1 6 0 .945 2.11
E.Owens 144.7 15 17 30 0 1 0 .968 1.87
A.Seiber 114.0 10 17 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Kubel 16.0 2 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
C.Jones 13.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
M.Ryan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Walker 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Guzman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 161 177 345 3 18 0 .951 2.14
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.53
M.Ryan 1062.0 113 128 363 6 2 3 .995 3.13
A.Seiber 280.3 35 39 92 1 1 0 .989 2.99
E.Owens 115.0 13 15 32 2 1 0 .971 2.66
J.Kubel 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Guzman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.5 161 184 488 9 4 3 .992 3.06
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.10
J.Kubel 1168.0 134 138 285 11 4 3 .987 2.28
R.Quinlan 158.7 16 26 32 1 0 1 1.000 1.87
E.Owens 98.0 11 15 26 1 3 0 .900 2.48
P.Burrell 26.0 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
M.Ryan 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Seiber 5.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
C.Guzman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.5 161 193 348 13 7 4 .981 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.98
B.Kemp 228.0 33 33 13 28 0 4 1.000 1.62
T.Bowyer 223.0 33 33 11 24 0 3 1.000 1.41
P.Neshek 188.0 32 32 7 32 4 3 .907 1.87
A.Pannone 180.3 30 30 9 28 2 1 .949 1.85
J.Miller 148.0 0 76 10 20 1 0 .968 1.82
M.Vorwald 105.3 18 18 10 17 1 4 .964 2.31
M.Clement 97.0 15 15 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.30
A.Burnside 72.7 0 37 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.23
S.Nance 67.0 0 52 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.48
D.Marte 63.0 0 66 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Guardado 41.0 0 31 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.98
A.Herrera 27.3 0 34 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.32
R.Barrett 22.7 1 13 1 4 1 1 .833 1.99
Team Total 1463.3 162 470 81 207 9 21 .970 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kubel .335
On-Base Pct Morneau .406
Slugging Pct Morneau .649
OPS Morneau 1.055
XR Morneau 134.6
Games Morneau 154
At-Bats Morneau 598
Runs Morneau 122
Hits Morneau 194
Total Bases Morneau 388
Singles Kubel 135
Doubles Morneau 51
Triples Jones 7
Homeruns Morneau 45
RBIs Morneau 119
Stolen Bases Owens 10
Caught Stealing Seiber 8
Walks Jones 78
Strikeouts Jones 122
ERA Kemp 3.43
Wins Kemp 17
Losses Bowyer, Nance, Neshek, Pannone 9
Winning Pct Kemp .708
Saves Marte 18
Games Pitched Miller 76
Games Started Bowyer, Kemp 33
Complete Games Bowyer 2
Shutouts Clement, Neshek 1
Innings Pitched Kemp 228.0
Hits Allowed Bowyer 247
Homeruns Allowed Bowyer 31
Strikeouts Kemp 186
Walks Allowed Neshek 99
Walks per 9IP Bowyer 1.7
Hits per 9IP Kemp 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Kemp 7.3
WHiP Kemp 1.19
OAVG Kemp .254
OOBP Kemp .300
OSLG Kemp .360
OOPS Kemp .660
Team All-Stars
Ramon Castro
Chipper Jones
Justin Morneau
Player Salaries
Pat Burrell $ 8,250,000
Chipper Jones $ 7,000,000
Rich Aurilia $ 5,750,000
Eddie Guardado $ 5,700,000
Justin Morneau $ 5,292,857
Beau Kemp $ 4,914,286
Robb Quinlan $ 3,900,000
Alex Cora $ 2,850,000
Joe Mauer $ 2,685,714
Todd Walker $ 2,500,000
Ramon Castro $ 2,000,000
Shane Nance $ 1,750,000
Alex Herrera $ 1,300,000
Damaso Marte $ 1,000,000
Eric Owens $ 1,000,000
Michael Ryan $ 878,571
Mike Sweeney $ 750,000
Vicente Padilla $ 750,000
Brad Thomas $ 655,714
D'Angelo Jimenez $ 600,000
Ray Durham $ 525,000
Jorge Sosa $ 500,000
Francisco Cordero $ 450,000
Matt Lecroy $ 450,000
Matt Clement $ 400,000
Adam Johnson $ 350,000
Jason Miller $ 350,000
Jose Ortiz $ 350,000
Tyler Houston $ 300,000
Pat Neshek $ 300,000
Anthony Pannone $ 300,000
Antron Seiber $ 300,000
Matt Vorwald $ 300,000
Adrian Burnside $ 300,000
Travis Bowyer $ 300,000
Rob Bowen $ 300,000
Jason Kubel $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/30 Signed     Matt Clement
1/30 Signed     Francisco Cordero
2/2 Signed     Shane Nance
2/5 Signed     Vicente Padilla
2/6 Signed     Matt Lecroy
2/7 Signed     Tyler Houston
2/10 Signed     Mike Sweeney
2/12 Signed     Damaso Marte
2/13 Signed     Ray Durham
2/15 Signed     D'Angelo Jimenez
2/16 Signed     Eric Owens
2/18 Signed     Rich Aurilia
2/24 Signed     Adrian Burnside
2/28 Released Chad Corona    
2/28 Released Jean Machi    
2/28 Released Scott Tyler    
2/28 Released Jon Bunrakuken    
2/28 Released Chris O'Riordan    
6/14 Traded Dusty Gomon
Cristian Guzman
Ricky Barrett
Toronto Ramon Castro
Alex Herrera
9/30 Released Angel Garcia    
9/30 Signed     Todd Walker