2010 Minnesota Twins season

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2010 Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 94–68 (.580)
Divisional place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Jim Pohlad
General manager(s) Bill Smith
Manager(s) Ron Gardenhire
Local television Fox Sports North
WFTC (My 29)
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radio 1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM)
(John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2010 Minnesota Twins season was the 50th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 110th overall in the American League.

It was their first season in their new stadium, Target Field, which made its regular-season debut on April 12 as the Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 5–2. This marked the return of outdoor professional baseball to the state of Minnesota for the first time since the end of the 1981 season, the last played at Metropolitan Stadium. 3,223,640 fans attended Twins games, setting a new franchise record.

The Twins clinched their sixth AL Central division championship in nine seasons on September 21 after a win against the Cleveland Indians and a Chicago White Sox loss. They were again swept by the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series to end the season.

Offseason

New uniforms

The Twins altered their uniforms for the 2010 season. Their new home outfits as well as their alternate uniforms feature a redesigned primary wordmark that was shown for the first time as a sign was hoisted into place atop the scoreboard at Target Field in May 2009. The team's colors remained unchanged (Red, navy and white) but the nameplate that had been in use since the 1980s on the uniforms was eliminated. The new road uniforms discards the navy pinstripes for a gray uniform with a script "Minnesota" on the front in navy with red and white trim. The franchise also wore a 1961 throwback uniform as part of the team's 50th season on Opening Day and all Saturday dates. The team donned a special Inaugural Season patch for Target Field on all home uniforms, and a Golden Anniversary season patch on their road outfits.

Roster moves

Before spring training, the Twins parted ways with 2009 trade deadline acquisition Orlando Cabrera, who would go on to sign a free agent deal with the Cincinnati Reds.[1] Also leaving the team was backup catcher Mike Redmond.[2] With Cabrera leaving, there were questions about the Twins infield.[3] General Manager Bill Smith addressed these questions by trading center fielder Carlos Gómez to the Milwaukee Brewers for shortstop J. J. Hardy,[4] and signing free agent second baseman Orlando Hudson.[5] Smith also added some power to the bench by acquiring free agent and former White Sox and Indians designated hitter Jim Thome.[6] With regular closer Joe Nathan out for the season after elbow surgery, Gardenhire named Jon Rauch the closer to begin the season. Later, the Twins traded catcher Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa to the Washington Nationals to acquire Matt Capps to bolster the bullpen. Other pitching changes included the late additions of Brian Fuentes and Randy Flores.

On March 22, catcher Joe Mauer signed a contract extension for eight years. The $184 million contract, paying him $23 million each year, is the richest ever for the Twins, and the fourth largest in major league history.[7]

Regular season

Finally, the Twins win a stadium opener at home. They'd lost the Home Openers at Metropolitan Stadium (April 21, 1961) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (April 6, 1982). At Target Field on April 12 this year, DH Jason Kubel drove in two runs and hit the stadium's first home run in a 5-2 win over Boston.

On April 28, third baseman Luke Hughes hit a home run in his first-ever major league at bat, joining four other Twins who've accomplished the feat: Rick Renick (1968), Dave McKay (1975), Gary Gaetti (1981) and Andre David (1984). They were joined by Eddie Rosario in 2015.

On July 3, new Twin Jim Thome homered in the first inning for his 574th career home run. With that four-bagger, he passed Twins legend Harmon Killebrew's 573 on the all-time career home run list.

July 13: At Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. Mauer was the starting AL catcher and Morneau was not used as a reserve.

Kevin Slowey's win on September 12 was the club's 4,000th win, dating back to win no. 1 on April 11, 1961.

Ron Gardenhire was named American League Manager of the Year; he'd been the runner-up five times. Pitcher Francisco Liriano, who'd missed all of 2007 following Tommy John surgery, saw limited action in 2008 and 2009 due to injuries. In 2010, he threw the second-most innings of any pitcher for the Twins, led the team in ERA, and allowed the fewest home runs per nine innings of any pitcher in the AL (0.4). He was voted the American League's Comeback Player of the Year. (He'll win it a second time, as a 2013 Pittsburgh Pirate He's the first player to win it twice and the only one to win it in both leagues.)

Joe Mauer won his fourth Silver Slugger Award and his third Gold Glove Award.

Season standings

AL Central		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 68 .580 — 53–28 41–40
Chicago White Sox 88 74 .543 6 45–36 43–38
Detroit Tigers 81 81 .500 13 52–29 29–52
Cleveland Indians 69 93 .426 25 38–43 31–50
Kansas City Royals 67 95 .414 27 38–43 29–52


Detailed record

Team Home Away Total
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 2–2 3–1 5–3
Boston Red Sox 2–1 0–2 2–3
New York Yankees 1–2 1–2 2–4
Tampa Bay Rays 1–3 2–2 3–5
Toronto Blue Jays 1–3 2–3 3–6
7–10 8–10 15–21
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 6–3 7–2 13–5
Cleveland Indians 6–3 6–3 12–6
Detroit Tigers 7–2 2–7 9–9
Kansas City Royals 7–2 6–3 13–5
26–10 21–15 47–25
AL West
Los Angeles Angels 2–1 3–1 5–2
Oakland Athletics 4–2 2–1 6–3
Seattle Mariners 3–0 3–4 6–4
Texas Rangers 6–0 1–3 4–3
15–3 9–9 25–12
National League
Atlanta Braves 1–2 N/A 1–2
Colorado Rockies 2–1 N/A 2–1
Milwaukee Brewers 2–1 0–3 2–4
New York Mets N/A 1–2 1–2
Philadelphia Phillies N/A 2–1 2–1
5–4 3–6 8–10
Month Games Won Lost Pct
April 23 15 8 .652
May 28 16 12 .571
June 27 12 15 .444
July 26 15 11 .577
August 28 18 10 .643
September 27 17 10 .630
October 3 1 2 .333
162 94 68 .580

Roster

2010 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitter

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

2010 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Scott Baker 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Nick Blackburn 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Alex Burnett 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Drew Butera 49 142 12 28 6 1 2 13 .197 0
Alexi Casilla 69 152 26 42 7 4 1 20 .276 6
Jesse Crain 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Michael Cuddyer 157 609 93 165 37 5 14 81 .271 7
Brian Duensing 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Matt Guerrier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
J.J. Hardy 101 340 44 91 19 3 6 38 .268 1
Brendan Harris 43 108 11 17 3 0 1 4 .157 0
Orlando Hudson 126 497 80 133 24 5 6 37 .268 10
Luke Hughes 2 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 .286 0
Jason Kubel 143 518 68 129 23 3 21 92 .249 0
Francisco Liriano 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ron Mahay 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Jeff Manship 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joe Mauer 137 510 88 167 43 1 9 75 .327 1
José Mijares 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
José Morales 19 36 4 7 2 0 0 7 .194 0
Justin Morneau 81 296 53 102 25 1 18 56 .345 0
Carl Pavano 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Trevor Plouffe 22 41 7 6 1 0 2 6 .146 0
Nick Punto 88 252 24 60 11 1 1 20 .238 6
Wilson Ramos 7 27 2 8 3 0 0 1 .296 0
Jon Rauch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Jason Repko 58 127 19 29 6 0 3 9 .228 3
Ben Revere 13 28 1 5 0 0 0 2 .179 0
Kevin Slowey 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Denard Span 153 629 85 166 24 10 3 58 .264 26
Jim Thome 108 276 48 76 16 2 25 59 .283 0
Matt Tolbert 48 87 8 20 4 3 1 18 .230 1
Danny Valencia 85 299 30 93 18 1 7 40 .311 2
Delmon Young 153 570 77 170 46 1 21 112 .298 5
Totals 162 5568 781 1521 318 41 142 749 .273 68

Pitching

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP HR ER BB K
Scott Baker 12 9 4.49 29 29 0 170.1 23 85 43 148
Nick Blackburn 10 12 5.42 28 26 0 161 25 97 40 68
Alex Burnett 2 2 5.29 41 0 0 47.2 6 28 23 37
Matt Capps 2 0 2.00 27 0 16 27 1 6 8 21
Jesse Crain 1 1 3.04 71 0 1 68 5 23 27 62
Rob Delaney 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Brian Duensing 10 3 2.62 53 13 0 130.2 11 38 35 78
Randy Flores 0 0 4.91 11 0 0 3.2 2 2 2 2
Brian Fuentes 0 0 0.00 9 0 1 9.2 0 0 2 8
Matt Guerrier 5 7 3.17 74 0 1 71 7 25 22 42
Francisco Liriano 14 10 3.62 31 31 0 191.2 9 77 58 201
Ron Mahay 1 1 3.44 41 0 0 34 5 13 8 25
Jeff Manship 2 1 5.28 13 1 0 29 3 17 6 21
José Mijares 1 1 3.31 47 0 0 32.2 4 12 9 28
Pat Neshek 0 1 5.00 11 0 0 9 1 5 8 9
Carl Pavano 17 11 3.75 32 32 0 221 24 92 37 117
Glen Perkins 1 1 5.82 13 1 0 21.2 3 14 5 14
Jon Rauch 3 1 3.12 59 0 21 57.2 3 20 14 46
Anthony Slama 0 1 7.71 5 0 0 4.2 1 4 5 5
Kevin Slowey 13 6 4.45 30 28 0 155.2 21 77 29 116
Totals 94 68 3.95 162 162 40 1452.2 155 638 383 1048

Playoffs

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Main article: 2010 American League Division Series

The Twins were swept in three games by the New York Yankees in the Division Series.

Game 1, October 6

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 9 0
Minnesota 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 0
WP: CC Sabathia (1–0)   LP: Jesse Crain (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
NYY: Mark Teixeira (1)
MIN: Michael Cuddyer (1)

Game 2, October 7

6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 12 0
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1–0)   LP: Carl Pavano (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
NYY: Lance Berkman (1)
MIN: Orlando Hudson (1)

Game 3, October 9

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1
New York 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 X 6 12 0
WP: Phil Hughes (1–0)   LP: Brian Duensing (0–1)
Home runs:
MIN: None
NYY: Marcus Thames (1), Nick Swisher (1)

Other post-season awards

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Tom Nieto
AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Jeff Smith
A Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Jake Mauer
A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Nelson Prada
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Chris Heintz and Ramon Borrego

References

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