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2009 Minnesota Twins  (2008)  (2010) 108-54, 1st in AL Central Division Scored 901 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 108-54 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .716 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-76 Manager(s): Darren Dawson Defeated Baltimore Orioles in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1. Lost to Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C  *Joe Mauer            26  156  512  103  175  26   1  26  112   2   0   85   68  .342  .436  .549  124   9.2  1(-3)e1   -46  
 OF *Jason Kubel          27  141  520   95  164  34   1  34   99   1   2   38  115  .315  .363  .581  104   7.6  4(0)e5     36  
 OF *Denard Span          25  158  585  105  180  24  11   5   59  40  14   54   88  .308  .371  .412   94   5.6  1(0)e6    -24  
 OF  Michael Cuddyer      30  151  556   91  146  31   7  32   96   3   0   47  113  .263  .320  .516   90   5.7  3(-2)e3   -26  
 1B *Justin Morneau       28  150  521   88  138  38   0  31   96   1   0   55   96  .265  .333  .516   86   5.7  2e4       -29  
 2B #Orlando Hudson       31  156  558   90  158  45   6  10   88   1   2   49   94  .283  .342  .439   85   5.2  1e10        7  
 OF  Torii Hunter         33  120  397   62  115  12   0  19   65  21   4   55   93  .290  .375  .463   72   6.5  1(-1)e1   -35  
 SS #Nick Punto           31  143  360   57   91  21   1   0   46  28   5   59   75  .253  .358  .317   49   4.3  2e21       54  
 3B  Mike Lowell          35  110  365   46   89  14   2  10   37   5   0   24   67  .244  .289  .375   37   3.5  4e14     -147  
 SS #Matt Tolbert         27   77  171   30   56   6   3   7   28  12   4   14   22  .327  .378  .520   34   7.3  4e16      288  
 3B  Jamey Carroll        35  112  285   40   71   6   3   1   29   5   1   37   49  .249  .341  .302   31   3.7  3e18      -51  
 DH *Jim Thome            38   60  197   27   46   9   0  11   30   0   0   32   78  .234  .341  .447   30   5.4            -60  
 C  #Jose Morales         26   34  102   12   40  14   0   0   19   0   0   12   15  .392  .452  .529   23   9.4  4(-1)e16  240  
 1B *Brian Buscher        28   64  123   18   42   9   0   1   23   0   0   14   22  .341  .420  .439   22   7.0  4e7       183  
 OF  Delmon Young         23   50  162   20   44   9   1   4   20   1   0    2   47  .272  .287  .414   16   3.6  3(-2)e9   -32  
 C   Mike Redmond         38   39   93   14   21   4   0   0   13   0   0    7   12  .226  .287  .269    6   2.1  3(+2)e1   -32  
 SS #Alexi Casilla        24   16   36    3    5   0   2   0    1   2   0    7    5  .139  .326  .250    4   3.5  4e18       38  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           918                   -5

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Joel Pineiro         30  20   6  .769  33  33   1   0   0   0   1  209.2  202   74   71  16   24   88  3.05   79   3.4  -51  
  P  Scott Baker          27  16   6  .727  29  29   3   0   0   0   2  191.2  169   74   70  22   46  154  3.29   80   3.8  -73  
  P  Carl Pavano          33  15  11  .577  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  194.0  205   96   96  23   46  107  4.45  104   5.0  -85  
  P  Jeff Niemann         26  14   8  .636  28  28   0   0   0   0   0  175.0  176   86   81  11   66  108  4.17   81   4.2  -68  
  P  Nick Blackburn       27  13   9  .591  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  189.1  216   98   92  19   45   78  4.37  102   4.9  -51  
  P  Jensen Lewis         25   4   0 1.000  37   0   0  16   2   1   0   50.1   51   29   28  12   28   46  5.01   36   6.7   49  
  P *Glen Perkins         26   4   1  .800   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   34.0   38   21   17   2    9   19  4.50   16   4.2 -123  
  P  Jon Rauch            30   4   3  .571  35   0   0  17   2   2   0   40.1   38   21   19   6    9   26  4.24   18   4.0  -22  
  P *Brian Duensing       26   4   3  .571  40   2   0  21   1   1   0   67.2   60   20   20   8   25   45  2.66   24   3.3  -66  
  P  Matt Guerrier        30   3   2  .600  56   0   0   4   0   4   0   61.0   45   17   17   8   14   31  2.51   20   3.1  -27  
  P  Jeff Manship         24   2   0 1.000  17   0   0   8   1   0   0   25.2   22   15   14   2   14   21  4.91   11   3.9 -211  
  P  Kevin Slowey         25   2   0 1.000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   22.0   23   10   10   5    2   11  4.09   12   5.1  -86  
  P *Francisco Liriano    25   2   1  .667  29   0   0  19   3   1   0   49.1   54   31   29   6   23   36  5.29   29   5.3  -73  
  P  Jesse Crain          28   2   1  .667  32   0   0  11   0   0   0   42.0   32   17   17   3   22   31  3.64   16   3.5 -146  
  P  Joe Nathan           34   2   2  .500  54   0   0  52  42   5   0   57.0   35   18   13   7   16   61  2.05   13   2.1  -58  
  P *Jose Mijares         24   1   1  .500  48   0   0  10   0   1   0   46.2   42   10   10   3   22   34  1.93   20   4.1   -9  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      668        -63

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Mauer 1251 138 155 868 51 0 6 1.000 45 17 Mike Redmond 205 24 37 136 15 0 1 1.000 14 7 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Justin Morneau 1203 133 150 1270 95 3 152 .998 10.21 Brian Buscher 136 16 29 139 10 0 22 1.000 9.86 Michael Cuddyer 112 13 14 118 5 3 5 .976 9.88 Matt Tolbert 5 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Hudson 1296 144 154 297 483 4 132 .995 5.42 Jamey Carroll 105 12 17 29 44 0 8 1.000 6.26 Matt Tolbert 31 2 5 6 12 0 4 1.000 5.23 Alexi Casilla 23 3 3 4 6 1 0 .909 3.91 Nick Punto 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Lowell 768 95 101 58 137 5 15 .975 2.29 Jamey Carroll 585 58 92 45 126 3 8 .983 2.63 Brian Buscher 70 9 10 5 6 0 1 1.000 1.41 Matt Tolbert 23 0 13 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.57 Nick Punto 8 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 Torii Hunter 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nick Punto 1039 110 136 174 387 14 98 .976 4.86 Matt Tolbert 345 44 52 62 143 5 33 .976 5.35 Alexi Casilla 67 7 12 6 26 1 11 .970 4.30 Brian Buscher 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denard Span 685 74 90 164 5 3 1 .983 2.22 Jason Kubel 521 61 68 104 4 3 0 .973 1.87 Delmon Young 248 26 38 50 4 1 2 .982 1.96 Torii Hunter 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Torii Hunter 979 106 118 273 10 0 1 1.000 2.60 Denard Span 476 56 61 140 6 2 1 .986 2.76 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Michael Cuddyer 1171 128 139 258 7 2 1 .993 2.04 Denard Span 225 26 26 58 0 1 0 .983 2.32 Jason Kubel 59 8 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2009 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Jeff Niemann
Round 2 (#34):	Orlando Hudson
Round 3 (#56):	Jim Thome

Transactions

• 2009 postseason: released Jensen Lewis

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