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Also known as Washington Senators
Franchise Record: 7788-8448
World Series Titles: 3 (1924, 1987, 1991)
American League Pennants: 6 (1924, 1925, 1933, 1965, 1987, 1991)
Playoffs: 12 (1924, 1925, 1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
Franchise Players: Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Tony Oliva, Kirby Puckett, Bert Blyleven, Rod Carew, Zoilo Versalles, Jim Kaat
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The
Twins moved to Minnesota for the
1961 season, after leaving
Washington, DC, and abandoning their previous nickname, the
Senators. The name
Twins, and the intertwined
TC of some team logos, refers to the 'Twin Cities' of
Minneapolis, MN and
Saint Paul, MN. Originally intended to be called the
Twin Cities Twins, a meeting between
Calvin Griffith and state officials prior to the move persuaded him to change the team's locational designator to
Minnesota, being the first baseball team and one of the first sports teams ever to be named for an entire state. In baseball, the
Texas Rangers,
California Angels,
Florida Marlins,
Colorado Rockies and
Arizona Diamondbacks would follow the Twins' lead, all subsequent major-level Minnesota sports teams would also use "Minnesota" in their name rather than "Minneapolis" or "St. Paul". The team's current home park is the
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, it formerly played in
Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981.
The Twins appeared in the World Series in 1965 and won the Series in 1987 and 1991. The club was spared from contraction along with the Montréal Expos in 2002.
[edit] Further Reading
- Kent Hrbek and Dennis Brackin: Kent Hrbek's Tales from the Twins Dugout, Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign, IL, 2007.
