2015 Minnesota Twins season

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2015 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jim Pohlad
Manager(s) Paul Molitor
Local television Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radio KTWN-FM
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats ESPN.com
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The 2015 Minnesota Twins season was the 55th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their sixth season at Target Field and the 115th overall in the American League. The team finished second in the AL Central with a 83-79 record, their best overall result since the 2010 season.

Offseason[edit]

October 30th: Jared Burton becomes a free agent.

Week of November 11th: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to Spring Training.

November 20th: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract (2 with a Spring Training invite) and promoted 4 players from the minors.

November 25th: Sent Anthony Swarzak to the minors.

December 3rd: Signed Torii Hunter.

December 5th: Signed Shane Robinson to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training.

December 11th: Drafted J. R. Graham.

December 13th: Signed Ervin Santana and Carlos Paulino (minor league contract) while sending Chris Parmelee to the minors.

Week of December 15th: Signed 5 players to a minor league contract (1 with an invite to Spring Training) and invited 11 others to Spring Training.

December 23rd: Signed Tim Stauffer.

December 31st: Signed Blaine Boyer to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training.

Week of January 7th: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract.

Season standings[edit]

American League Central[edit]

AL Central		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 95 67 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Minnesota Twins 83 79 0.512 12 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503 13½ 39–41 42–39
Chicago White Sox 76 86 0.469 19 40–41 36–45
Detroit Tigers 74 87 0.460 20½ 38–43 36–44


American League Wild Card[edit]

Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
(1) Kansas City Royals 95 67 0.586
(2) Toronto Blue Jays 93 69 0.574
(3) Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
(4) New York Yankees 87 75 0.537 +1
(5) Houston Astros 86 76 0.531 —
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85 77 0.525 1
Minnesota Twins 83 79 0.512 3
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503 4½
Baltimore Orioles 81 81 0.500 5
Tampa Bay Rays 80 82 0.494 6
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 8
Chicago White Sox 76 86 0.469 10
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 10
Detroit Tigers 74 87 0.460 11½
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 18


Record against opponents[edit]

2015 AL Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 11–8 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–7 10–9 6–1 3–3 10–9 1–6 8–11 12–8
Boston 8–11 — 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–3 2–5 2–5 8–11 5–1 4–3 9–10 2–5 10–9 13–7
Chicago 3–3 4–3 — 10–9 9–10 5–1 7–12 4–3 6–13 2–5 5–2 4–3 1–5 3–3 4–3 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 4–2 9–10 — 7–11 5–2 9–10 4–2 7–12 5–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 3–3 3–4 12–8
Detroit 3–4 2–4 10–9 11–7 — 3–4 9–10 1–6 11–8 2–5 2–4 4–3 3–3 2–5 2–4 9–11
Houston 4–3 4–2 1–5 2–5 4–3 — 4–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–5 6–13 4–3 16–4
Kansas City 4–3 3–4 12–7 10–9 10–9 2–4 — 6–1 12–7 2–4 5–1 4–2 6–1 3–4 3–4 13–7
Los Angeles 4–2 5–2 3–4 2–4 6–1 9–10 1–6 — 5–2 2–4 11–8 12–7 3–3 12–7 2–5 8–12
Minnesota 7–0 5–2 13–6 12–7 8–11 3–3 7–12 2–5 — 1–5 4–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 2–5 8–12
New York 9–10 11–8 5–2 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–2 5–1 — 3–4 5–1 12–7 2–5 6–13 11–9
Oakland 1–6 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 9–10 1–5 8–11 3–4 4–3 — 6–13 3–4 10–9 1–5 11–9
Seattle 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 7–12 2–4 7–12 3–4 1–5 13–6 — 4–3 12–7 4–2 8–12
Tampa Bay 9–10 10–9 5–1 2–5 3–3 5–2 1–6 3–3 2–4 7–12 4–3 3–4 — 2–5 10–9 14–6
Texas 6–1 5–2 3–3 3–3 5–2 13–6 4–3 7–12 3–3 5–2 9–10 7–12 5–2 — 2–4 11–9
Toronto 11–8 9–10 3–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 5–2 13–6 5–1 2–4 9–10 4–2 — 12–8


Season summary[edit]

Game log[edit]

2015 Game Log (83−76)[1]
April: 10–12 (Home: 6–4 ; Away: 4–8)
May: 20–7 (Home: 13–3 ; Away: 7–4)
June: 11–17 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 5–9)
July: 12–13 (Home: 8–6 ; Away: 4–7)
August: 14–14 (Home: 7–4 ; Away: 7–10)
September: 15–13 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 9–6 )
October: 1–3 (Home: 0–3 ; Away: 1–0 )
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Roster[edit]

2015 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Statistics[edit]

Batting[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Oswaldo Arcia, OF 19 58 6 16 0 0 2 8 4 15 .276 0
Doug Bernier, 3B,2B 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 .200 0
Byron Buxton, CF 46 129 16 27 7 1 2 6 6 44 .209 2
Brian Dozier, 2B 157 628 101 148 39 4 28 77 61 148 .236 12
Brian Duensing, P 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Eduardo Escobar, LF,SS,DH,3B,2B 127 409 48 107 31 4 12 58 28 86 .262 2
Eric Fryer, C 15 22 2 5 2 0 0 2 5 11 .227 0
Kyle Gibson, P 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 0
Chris Herrmann, C 45 103 13 15 5 1 2 10 7 37 .146 0
Aaron Hicks, CF 97 352 48 90 11 3 11 33 34 66 .256 13
Phil Hughes, P 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Torii Hunter, RF 139 521 67 125 22 0 22 81 35 105 .240 2
Max Kepler, RF 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 0
Joe Mauer, 1B,DH 158 592 69 157 34 2 10 66 67 112 .265 2
Trevor May, P 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0
Tommy Milone, P 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Ricky Nolasco, P 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0
Eduardo Núñez, SS,DH,3B 72 188 23 53 14 1 4 20 12 29 .282 8
Mike Pelfrey, P 30 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 0
Trevor Plouffe, 3B 152 573 74 140 35 4 22 86 50 124 .244 2
Jorge Polanco, SS 4 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .300 1
Shane Robinson, OF 83 180 28 45 7 3 0 16 12 29 .250 6
Eddie Rosario, LF 122 453 60 121 18 15 13 50 15 118 .267 11
Miguel Sanó, DH 80 279 46 75 17 1 18 52 53 119 .269 1
Danny Santana, SS 91 261 30 56 10 5 0 21 6 68 .215 8
Jordan Schafer, CF 27 69 9 15 3 0 0 5 3 23 .217 0
Kurt Suzuki, C 131 433 36 104 17 0 5 50 29 59 .240 0
Kennys Vargas, DH,1B 58 175 18 42 4 0 5 17 9 54 .240 0

Pitching[edit]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
A. J. Achter 0 1 6.75 11 0 0 13.1 12 10 10 4 6 14
Blaine Boyer 3 6 2.49 68 0 1 65.0 62 24 18 5 19 33
Neal Cotts 0 0 3.95 17 0 0 13.2 14 8 6 3 5 9
Brian Duensing 4 1 4.25 55 0 1 48.2 46 24 23 5 21 24
Tyler Duffey 5 1 3.10 10 10 0 58.0 56 20 20 4 20 53
Casey Fien 4 6 3.55 62 0 0 63.1 61 26 25 6 8 41
Kyle Gibson 11 11 3.84 32 32 0 194.2 186 88 83 18 65 145
J. R. Graham 1 1 4.95 39 1 0 63.2 73 41 35 10 21 53
Phil Hughes 11 9 4.40 27 25 0 155.1 184 76 76 29 16 94
Kevin Jepsen 1 1 1.61 29 0 10 28.0 18 5 5 1 7 25
Trevor May 8 9 4.00 48 16 0 114.2 127 53 51 11 26 110
Alex Meyer 0 0 16.88 2 0 0 2.2 4 5 5 2 3 3
Tommy Milone 9 5 3.92 24 23 1 128.2 128 64 56 17 36 91
Ricky Nolasco 5 2 6.75 9 8 0 37.1 50 31 28 3 14 35
Ryan O'Rourke 0 0 6.14 28 0 0 22.0 16 15 15 3 15 24
Mike Pelfrey 6 11 4.26 30 30 0 164.2 198 86 78 11 45 86
Glen Perkins 3 5 3.32 60 0 32 57.0 58 21 21 9 10 54
Ryan Pressly 3 2 2.93 27 0 0 27.2 27 9 9 0 12 22
Shane Robinson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ervin Santana 7 5 4.00 17 17 0 108.0 104 50 48 12 36 82
Tim Stauffer 1 0 6.60 13 0 0 15.0 24 13 11 4 7 6
Caleb Thielbar 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 0 0 5
Aaron Thompson 1 3 5.01 41 0 0 32.1 32 19 18 2 11 17
Michael Tonkin 0 0 3.47 26 0 0 23.1 21 9 9 4 9 19

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Mike Quade
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Doug Mientkiewicz
A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Jeff Smith
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Jake Mauer
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Arizona League Ramón Borrego
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League Jimmy Alvarez

References[edit]

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  1. ^ "2015 Minnesota Twins Sortable Schedule". Minnesota Twins. 

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