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"I watched that team come to town with envy when I was with Cleveland. Being from Minnesota, I longed to be part of that. Up and down that lineup there were guys who just kind of took their turn carrying the ball club." -- Jerry Kindall.
| Season Summary | 102-60, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 114 | last on Sunday, Oct 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 136 | last on Oct 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 10 | last on Wednesday, Sep 15, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 4.5 | last on Tuesday, May 18, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 42 | last on Sunday, Oct 3 |
| Most Games under .500 | never | |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Friday, Jul 2 to Saturday, Jul 10 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Sunday, May 16 to Tuesday, May 18 and Thursday, Jul 15 to Sunday, Jul 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Monday, Jun 28 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Tuesday, May 25 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Wednesday, May 19 and Friday, Jun 11 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 3 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 12 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Fosnow | Ramos | 3:14 | 15,388 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.5 | Wickersham | Fosnow | 2:31 | 2,382 | - | |||
| 3 | 3 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Kaat | Donovan | 2:09 | 4,492 | + | |||
| 4 | 4 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 3-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Boswell | Terry | Worthington | 2:44 | 3,273 | ++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 2 | 4-1 | 1 | Tied | Pascual | Stottlemyre | Fosnow | 2:34 | 38,212 | +++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 5-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Kaat | Downing | 2:28 | 14,046 | ++++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Worthington | Navarro | 3:20 | 12,038 | +++++ | |
| 8 | 8 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 7 | 6-2 | 1 | Tied | Sherry | Fosnow | 3:05 | 3,596 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 1 | 7-2 | 1 | Tied | Pascual | McDowell | 2:36 | 3,827 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 9 | 7-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Siebert | Kaat | 2:29 | 3,691 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 8-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Grant | Peters | 2:19 | 20,164 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 8-4 | 3 | 0.5 | Horlen | Worthington | 2:17 | 7,728 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Pleis | Locker | 3:08 | 0 | + | |
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 9-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Howard | Boswell | Fisher | 2:31 | 42,367 | - | |
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 3 | 10-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Grant | Bunker | 2:13 | 9,818 | + | |||
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 9 | 2 | 11-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Pascual | Barber | 2:24 | 7,104 | ++ | |||
| 17 | 17 | Thursday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 11-6 | 2 | 1.5 | Roberts | Kaat | 2:06 | 5,556 | - | |||
| 18 | 18 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 13 | 11-7 | 2 | 2.5 | Fisher | Boswell | 3:02 | 8,619 | -- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 12-7 | 2 | 1.5 | Grant | Peters | 1:58 | 10,521 | + | |||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 13-7 | 2 | 0.5 | Pascual | Howard | 2:09 | 17,664 | ++ | |||
| 21 | 21 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 14-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Kaat | Horlen | Nelson | 2:17 | 7,111 | +++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 15-7 | 1 | up 1.0 | Klippstein | Chance | 2:32 | 12,506 | ++++ | |||
| 23 | 23 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 16-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Worthington | Lee | 2:15 | 10,711 | +++++ | |||
| 24 | 24 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Lee | Worthington | 2:48 | 9,742 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 5 | 3 | 17-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Fosnow | O'Donoghue | Pleis | 2:55 | 6,113 | + | |
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 2 | 0 | 18-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Boswell | Buschhorn | Nelson | 2:35 | 4,327 | ++ | |
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | L | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Wyatt | Nelson | 3:15 | 0 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | L | 2 | 4 | 18-10 | 2 | 2.5 | Drabowsky | Klippstein | Stock | 2:47 | 9,560 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18-11 | 2 | 3.5 | Lee | Klippstein | 3:05 | 4,989 | --- | |
| 30 | 30 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 18-12 | 2 | 4.5 | Lopez | Kaat | Brunet | 2:52 | 6,197 | ---- | |
| 31 | 31 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19-12 | 2 | 3.0 | Pleis | Lee | Stigman | 3:11 | 0 | + |
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 20-12 | 2 | 3.0 | Grant | May | Worthington | 2:38 | 18,902 | ++ | |
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | W | 6 | 4 | 21-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Pascual | Drabowsky | Worthington | 3:28 | 14,868 | +++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | L | 2 | 6 | 21-13 | 2 | 2.0 | Talbot | Kaat | Wyatt | 2:59 | 9,261 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 17 | 5 | 22-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Grant | Monbouquette | 2:50 | 9,523 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 7 | 23-13 | 1 | Tied | Perry | Wilson | Worthington | 3:26 | 9,073 | ++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 2 | 23-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Morehead | Kaat | Radatz | 2:18 | 3,124 | - | |
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 4 | 1 | 24-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Boswell | Ortega | Pleis | 2:49 | 15,612 | + | |
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 11 | 8 | 25-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Perry | Narum | Worthington | 3:37 | 3,373 | ++ | |
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 0 | 26-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pascual | McCormick | 2:21 | 9,518 | +++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 0 | 27-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | Kaat | Roberts | 1:59 | 0 | ++++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 27-15 | 1 | up 0.5 | Miller | Klippstein | 2:25 | 21,289 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 28-15 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perry | Lonborg | Worthington | 2:24 | 12,297 | + | ||
| 44 | 44 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 29-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Pascual | Monbouquette | Nelson | 2:27 | 5,795 | ++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 9 | 5 | 30-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Koplitz | Fosnow | 2:44 | 12,765 | +++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 11 | 2 | 31-15 | 1 | up 3.5 | Pleis | Ortega | 2:39 | 30,665 | ++++ | |||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 31-16 | 1 | up 2.5 | Tiant | Grant | 2:15 | 13,567 | - | |||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 32-16 | 1 | up 2.5 | Pascual | Siebert | 2:40 | 11,268 | + | |||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 32-17 | 1 | up 2.5 | Terry | Kaat | Bell | 2:33 | 18,194 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 32-18 | 1 | up 1.5 | McDowell | Boswell | Bell | 2:44 | 12,798 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 33-18 | 1 | up 1.5 | Stigman | Fox | 3:14 | 0 | + | |
| 52 | 52 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34-18 | 1 | up 1.5 | Perry | Fox | 3:16 | 30,716 | ++ | |
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 8 | 34-19 | 1 | up 1.5 | McLain | Fosnow | Gladding | 2:46 | 7,493 | - | |
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 34-20 | 1 | up 0.5 | Aguirre | Kaat | Lolich | 2:33 | 50,383 | -- | |
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 0 | 35-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Grant | Peters | 2:18 | 30,769 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 35-21 | 1 | up 0.5 | Buzhardt | Pascual | Fisher | 2:32 | 25,769 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 36-21 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Horlen | 2:10 | 10,837 | + | ||
| 58 | 58 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 10 | 36-22 | 1 | up 0.5 | Stafford | Nelson | Tiefenauer | 2:27 | 22,241 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 36-23 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ford | Grant | Ramos | 2:12 | 19,919 | -- | |
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 4 | 37-23 | 1 | up 1.0 | Worthington | Tiefenauer | Kaat | 3:22 | 0 | + | |
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 4 | 38-23 | 1 | up 1.0 | Boswell | Downing | Stigman | 3:09 | 71,245 | ++ | |
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 38-24 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bell | Worthington | 3:06 | 20,425 | - | |
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 39-24 | 1 | up 1.0 | Grant | Spring | Stigman | 2:30 | 25,553 | + | |
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 39-25 | 1 | up 0.5 | Terry | Pascual | Bell | 2:58 | 14,513 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 40-25 | 1 | up 0.5 | Klippstein | Wickersham | 2:45 | 26,998 | + | |||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 40-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lolich | Pleis | Fox | 3:20 | 20,181 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 41-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Worthington | Gladding | 2:38 | 0 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 42-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pleis | Sherry | 3:20 | 32,146 | ++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 17 | 42-27 | 3 | 0.5 | Fisher | Boswell | 2:58 | 38,405 | - | |||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 43-27 | 2 | 0.5 | Stigman | Fisher | 2:33 | 18,580 | + | |||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 5 | 43-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Newman | Pleis | 2:18 | 11,284 | - | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 3 | 1 | 44-28 | 2 | 1.0 | Grant | O'Donoghue | 2:04 | 5,960 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 45-28 | 1 | Tied | Worthington | Dickson | Stigman | 3:06 | 32,503 | ++ |
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 5 | 2 | 46-28 | 1 | Tied | Klippstein | Talbot | 2:12 | 8,639 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 47-28 | 1 | up 1.5 | Boswell | Wilson | Worthington | 3:04 | 22,443 | ++++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 48-28 | 1 | up 1.5 | Perry | Morehead | 2:33 | 15,262 | +++++ | |||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 0 | 49-28 | 1 | up 2.0 | Grant | Stephenson | 2:35 | 11,378 | ++++++ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 50-28 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Lonborg | Worthington | 2:36 | 17,556 | +++++++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 8 | 3 | 51-28 | 1 | up 3.5 | Boswell | Bouton | 2:45 | 30,373 | ++++++++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 52-28 | 1 | up 4.0 | Perry | Ford | Worthington | 2:19 | 36,484 | +++++++++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 52-29 | 1 | up 4.0 | Mikkelsen | Stigman | Hamilton | 2:51 | 36,084 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 53-29 | 1 | up 5.0 | Fosnow | Mikkelsen | 3:28 | 35,263 | + | |||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | W | 11 | 3 | 54-29 | 1 | up 5.0 | Kaat | Talbot | Klippstein | 2:55 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | L | 2 | 3 | 54-30 | 1 | up 5.0 | Mossi | Worthington | Wyatt | 2:46 | 16,126 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | L | 2 | 10 | 54-31 | 1 | up 4.0 | Segui | Grant | 2:50 | 16,122 | -- | |||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | L | 4 | 5 | 54-32 | 1 | up 3.0 | Mossi | Worthington | Wyatt | 3:03 | 12,733 | --- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 54-33 | 1 | up 3.5 | Newman | Kaat | Lee | 2:42 | 0 | ---- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 55-33 | 1 | up 3.5 | Klippstein | Sukla | Worthington | 2:52 | 29,313 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 5 | 2 | 56-33 | 1 | up 3.5 | Perry | Chance | 2:07 | 23,321 | ++ | |||
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 9 | 56-34 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lopez | Pascual | 2:33 | 14,284 | - | |||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 6 | 57-34 | 1 | up 3.5 | Kaat | Wilson | Worthington | 3:27 | 0 | + | |
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 11 | 8 | 58-34 | 1 | up 3.5 | Worthington | Radatz | 2:57 | 19,761 | ++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 11 | 5 | 59-34 | 1 | up 4.5 | Grant | Morehead | Worthington | 2:34 | 5,922 | +++ | |
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 59-35 | 1 | up 3.5 | Barber | Perry | 2:07 | 23,160 | - | ||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 59-36 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hall | Pleis | 2:47 | 30,163 | -- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 5 | 60-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Worthington | Haddix | Klippstein | 2:51 | 11,385 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 61-36 | 1 | up 4.5 | Grant | Pappas | Roggenburk | 2:43 | 19,467 | ++ | |
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 7 | 10 | 61-37 | 1 | up 4.0 | Richert | Perry | Kline | 2:52 | 0 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 9 | 5 | 62-37 | 1 | up 4.0 | Worthington | Daniels | 3:06 | 23,691 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 8 | 1 | 63-37 | 1 | up 4.0 | Roggenburk | Ortega | 3:09 | 19,279 | ++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 64-37 | 1 | up 5.0 | Grant | Hall | 2:07 | 36,813 | +++ | |||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 65-37 | 1 | up 6.0 | Worthington | Miller | 2:50 | 29,033 | ++++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 6 | 7 | 65-38 | 1 | up 5.0 | Palmer | Stigman | Haddix | 3:01 | 41,021 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 66-38 | 1 | up 6.0 | Klippstein | Palmer | 2:53 | 23,535 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 4 | 3 | 67-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Grant | Daniels | Worthington | 2:38 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 2 | 4 | 67-39 | 1 | up 5.5 | McCormick | Nelson | 2:21 | 22,051 | - | |||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 4 | 3 | 68-39 | 1 | up 5.0 | Stigman | Koplitz | 2:56 | 15,812 | + | |||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 8 | 5 | 69-39 | 1 | up 5.5 | Kaat | Richert | Klippstein | 2:41 | 7,773 | ++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 3 | 70-39 | 1 | up 6.5 | Merritt | Monbouquette | Pleis | 2:55 | 25,082 | +++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 4 | 71-39 | 1 | up 7.5 | Grant | Wilson | 2:22 | 16,220 | ++++ | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 8 | 0 | 72-39 | 1 | up 8.0 | Perry | Morehead | 2:27 | 25,853 | +++++ | |||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 73-39 | 1 | up 8.5 | Kaat | Mikkelsen | Worthington | 2:19 | 29,529 | ++++++ | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 73-40 | 1 | up 8.5 | Stottlemyre | Grant | 2:10 | 30,205 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 74-40 | 1 | up 8.5 | Merritt | Downing | 3:01 | 22,372 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 74-41 | 1 | up 8.5 | Stange | Perry | Tiefenauer | 2:33 | 27,449 | - | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 74-42 | 1 | up 8.0 | McDowell | Kaat | 2:00 | 15,909 | -- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 75-42 | 1 | up 8.0 | Grant | Tiant | Worthington | 2:30 | 0 | + | |
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 11 | 75-43 | 1 | up 8.0 | Kralick | Pleis | 3:03 | 41,029 | - | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 7 | 75-44 | 1 | up 7.0 | Aguirre | Merritt | Fox | 2:45 | 33,677 | -- | |
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 3 | 76-44 | 1 | up 8.5 | Grant | Wickersham | 2:30 | 0 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 77-44 | 1 | up 8.5 | Kaat | Pena | 2:30 | 36,076 | ++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 77-45 | 1 | up 8.0 | Sanford | Perry | Lee | 2:29 | 0 | - | |
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 78-45 | 1 | up 8.0 | Klippstein | Brunet | 2:49 | 10,232 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 79-45 | 1 | up 8.0 | Merritt | Newman | Worthington | 2:53 | 9,181 | ++ | |
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 4 | 79-46 | 1 | up 6.5 | Chance | Kaat | 2:03 | 5,401 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 80-46 | 1 | up 7.5 | Worthington | Bouton | 3:10 | 37,787 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 80-47 | 1 | up 6.5 | Stottlemyre | Perry | 2:18 | 33,772 | - | |||
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 81-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Merritt | Downing | Worthington | 2:25 | 33,966 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 9 | 2 | 82-47 | 1 | up 8.5 | Kaat | Cullen | 2:27 | 27,073 | ++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 0 | 83-47 | 1 | up 9.0 | Grant | McDowell | 2:35 | 36,999 | +++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 83-48 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stange | Worthington | Bell | 2:55 | 34,255 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 83-49 | 1 | up 6.5 | Hargan | Merritt | McDowell | 3:05 | 31,781 | -- | ||
| 133 | 133 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 84-49 | 1 | up 7.0 | Klippstein | Sherry | 3:10 | 15,647 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 6 | 7 | 84-50 | 1 | up 7.5 | Nischwitz | Nelson | Gladding | 3:30 | 22,542 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 85-50 | 1 | up 8.0 | Perry | Wickersham | Worthington | 2:35 | 17,951 | + | ||
| 136 | 136 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 85-51 | 1 | up 6.5 | Sparma | Merritt | Fox | 3:35 | 14,075 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 86-51 | 1 | up 7.5 | Kaat | Howard | Worthington | 2:30 | 28,407 | + | ||
| 138 | 138 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 86-52 | 1 | up 6.5 | Buzhardt | Grant | Wilhelm | 2:28 | 27,078 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 2 | 86-53 | 1 | up 5.5 | Horlen | Perry | 2:27 | 39,136 | -- | |||
| 140 | 140 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | W | 8 | 6 | 87-53 | 1 | up 4.5 | Stigman | Segui | Kaat | 3:36 | 0 | + | |
| 141 | 141 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 4 | 87-54 | 1 | up 4.5 | Hunter | Worthington | 2:31 | 10,489 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 88-54 | 1 | up 6.0 | Grant | Buzhardt | 2:04 | 25,202 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Thursday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 4 | 89-54 | 1 | up 7.0 | Kaat | Horlen | Worthington | 2:46 | 5,786 | ++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 5 | 90-54 | 1 | up 8.0 | Perry | Morehead | Merritt | 3:13 | 14,636 | +++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 4 | 91-54 | 1 | up 9.0 | Pascual | Lonborg | Roggenburk | 2:52 | 7,564 | ++++ | |
| 146 | 146 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 92-54 | 1 | up 9.0 | Grant | Wilson | 2:00 | 8,688 | +++++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | W | 4 | 3 | 93-54 | 1 | up10.0 | Kaat | Aker | Merritt | 2:45 | 9,751 | ++++++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | W | 7 | 5 | 94-54 | 1 | up10.0 | Klippstein | Wyatt | Pleis | 3:01 | 9,354 | +++++++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 94-55 | 1 | up 9.5 | Richert | Merritt | Kline | 2:50 | 16,315 | - | |
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 4 | 2 | 95-55 | 1 | up 9.5 | Klippstein | Ortega | 2:56 | 11,256 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 8 | 1 | 96-55 | 1 | up 9.5 | Perry | Kreutzer | 2:10 | 11,626 | ++ | |||
| 152 | 152 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | KCA | L | 2 | 8 | 96-56 | 1 | up 9.0 | Hunter | Grant | Wyatt | 2:10 | 547 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 6 | 10 | 96-57 | 1 | up 9.0 | Miller | Boswell | Bunker | 3:24 | 6,268 | -- | |
| 154 | 154 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 96-58 | 1 | up 8.0 | McNally | Kaat | 2:23 | 9,070 | --- | |||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 5 | 0 | 97-58 | 1 | up 7.5 | Grant | Kreutzer | 2:27 | 0 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 5 | 3 | 98-58 | 1 | up 7.5 | Merritt | McCormick | 2:53 | 9,373 | ++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 2 | 1 | 99-58 | 1 | up 7.5 | Kaat | Richert | 1:57 | 8,302 | +++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 99-59 | 1 | up 6.0 | Bunker | Perry | Miller | 2:15 | 5,918 | - | |
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 100-59 | 1 | up 7.0 | Grant | Barber | Klippstein | 2:07 | 6,928 | + | |
| 160 | 160 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 6 | 101-59 | 1 | up 8.0 | Kaat | Pappas | Worthington | 2:28 | 6,169 | ++ | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 101-60 | 1 | up 7.0 | Gatewood | Grant | Lee | 2:30 | 9,303 | - | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 102-60 | 1 | up 7.0 | Perry | McGlothlin | Klippstein | 2:20 | 16,729 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.