Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970
97-65, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (97-65)
Scored 790 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63
Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,349,328 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
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Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles |
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| Season Summary | 97-65, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 130 | last on Thursday, Oct 2, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 150 | last on Oct 2, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | last on Wednesday, Sep 24, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 3 | last on Saturday, Apr 12, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 33 | last on Wednesday, Sep 24 |
| Most Games under .500 | 4 | last on Saturday, Apr 12 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Thursday, Jul 10 to Thursday, Jul 17 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Thursday, Aug 7 to Tuesday, Aug 12 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Wednesday, Jun 11 and Tuesday, Jun 17 |
| Most Runs Scored | 16 | Sunday, Sep 7 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 18 | Saturday, Jul 19 and Saturday, Sep 6 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Drabowsky | Grzenda | 3:17 | D | 17,688 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0-2 | 6 | 2.0 | Burgmeier | Miller | 4:32 | N | 13,731 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 0-3 | 6 | 2.0 | Brunet | Perry | Wilhelm | 2:30 | N | 9,174 | --- | |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 0-4 | 6 | 3.0 | May | Boswell | Wilhelm | 2:33 | N | 10,609 | ---- | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 1-4 | 6 | 2.5 | Perranoski | Borbon | Miller | 2:57 | D | 17,614 | + | |
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 2-4 | 6 | 2.5 | Kaat | Hunter | Perranoski | 2:17 | D | 2,381 | ++ | |
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | W | 6 | 4 | 3-4 | 4 | 1.5 | Perranoski | Aker | 3:23 | N | 7,329 | +++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 0 | 4-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Hall | May | 2:21 | D | 22,857 | ++++ | |||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 5-4 | 1 | Tied | Perranoski | Fisher | 2:46 | D | 13,038 | +++++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 12 | 1 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Boswell | Messersmith | 2:33 | D | 9,715 | ++++++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 8 | 4 | 7-4 | 1 | up 0.5 | Chance | Dobson | Miller | 2:29 | D | 4,130 | +++++++ | ||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 0 | 7 | 7-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Fingers | Hall | 2:26 | D | 4,445 | - | |||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 6 | 8-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Perry | Hunter | Perranoski | 2:57 | D | 4,482 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 6 | 8-6 | 1 | Tied | Odom | Boswell | Krausse | 2:48 | D | 7,085 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 8-7 | 3 | 1.0 | Locker | Perranoski | 2:42 | N | 9,336 | -- | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 1 | 9-7 | 1 | Tied | Chance | Horlen | Grzenda | 2:42 | D | 5,314 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 10-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Boswell | Peters | 2:05 | D | 12,891 | ++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 11-7 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perry | Hedlund | 2:02 | D | 3,425 | +++ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 1 | 12-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Woodson | Nelson | 2:37 | D | 4,300 | ++++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 6 | 4 | 13-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hall | Brabender | Perranoski | 2:46 | D | 4,087 | +++++ | ||
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 4 | 1 | 14-7 | 1 | up 2.5 | Boswell | Bell | Grzenda | 2:35 | D | 6,485 | ++++++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 15-7 | 1 | up 2.0 | Perry | Peters | Perranoski | 2:17 | D | 14,315 | +++++++ | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 16-7 | 1 | up 2.5 | Grzenda | Locker | Perranoski | 2:40 | D | 14,184 | ++++++++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 1 | 16-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | McDowell | Boswell | 1:52 | N | 5,464 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 3 | 17-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Tiant | 2:53 | N | 4,579 | + | ||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 18-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Chance | Wilson | Perranoski | 2:56 | N | 16,349 | ++ | |
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 18-9 | 1 | Tied | McLain | Kaat | Dobson | 2:36 | D | 28,505 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 19-9 | 1 | Tied | Boswell | Cuellar | Perranoski | 2:33 | N | 13,737 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 8 | 9 | 19-10 | 1 | Tied | Phoebus | Woodson | Watt | 3:04 | N | 17,696 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 5 | 19-11 | 2 | 0.5 | McNally | Kaat | 2:21 | N | 11,423 | -- | |||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 6 | 19-12 | 2 | 1.0 | McLain | Chance | 2:16 | D | 17,803 | --- | |||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 8 | 19-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Lolich | Boswell | 2:47 | D | 20,778 | ---- | |||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20-13 | 2 | 0.5 | Kaat | Lopez | Perranoski | 3:14 | N | 11,489 | + |
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 20-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Phoebus | Boswell | Richert | 2:51 | N | 8,076 | - | |
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 20-15 | 2 | 1.0 | Hall | Perranoski | Watt | 2:43 | N | 8,493 | -- | |
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 20-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Stottlemyre | Hall | 2:19 | N | 18,729 | --- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 21-16 | 1 | Tied | Kaat | Burbach | 2:12 | D | 10,482 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 25 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 22-16 | 1 | up 1.5 | Boswell | Peterson | 2:04 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 25 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 23-16 | 1 | up 1.5 | Woodson | Bahnsen | Perranoski | 2:40 | D | 57,445 | +++ | |
| 40 | 40 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 7 | 1 | 24-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Perry | Coleman | 2:26 | N | 4,734 | ++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 1 | 5 | 24-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Moore | Hall | 2:06 | N | 5,982 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 3 | 4 | 24-18 | 1 | up 1.0 | Higgins | Kaat | 2:27 | N | 4,372 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 24-19 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lonborg | Boswell | Romo | 2:50 | N | 35,434 | --- | |
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 25-19 | 1 | up 2.0 | Woodson | Siebert | Perranoski | 2:54 | D | 25,540 | + | |
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 25-20 | 1 | up 1.0 | Culp | Perry | Lyle | 2:23 | D | 29,207 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 26-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Bahnsen | 2:38 | N | 9,316 | + | |||
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 27-20 | 1 | up 2.5 | Boswell | Peterson | Perranoski | 1:55 | N | 13,182 | ++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 28-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hall | Stottlemyre | Perranoski | 2:25 | N | 11,110 | +++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 0 | 1 | 28-21 | 1 | up 2.5 | Moore | Kaat | Knowles | 2:38 | N | 15,032 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 10 | 1 | 29-21 | 1 | up 3.5 | Boswell | Hannan | Miller | 2:25 | D | 15,415 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29-22 | 1 | up 3.0 | Cox | Hall | 3:39 | D | 20,486 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Monday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 29-23 | 1 | up 2.5 | Jarvis | Woodson | Romo | 2:54 | N | 14,233 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 30-23 | 1 | up 2.5 | Kaat | Culp | 2:03 | N | 14,663 | + | |||
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 13 | 30-24 | 1 | up 1.5 | Siebert | Boswell | 3:16 | N | 15,687 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 30-25 | 1 | up 1.0 | McDowell | Perry | 2:56 | N | 14,218 | -- | |||
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 12 | 30-26 | 1 | Tied | Ellsworth | Kaat | 2:41 | D | 17,022 | --- | |||
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 31-26 | 1 | Tied | Boswell | Hargan | 2:45 | D | 20,712 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 2 | 32-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Perry | Murphy | 2:43 | N | 10,588 | ++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 13 | 32-27 | 1 | Tied | Messersmith | Morris | 2:43 | N | 12,836 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 33-27 | 2 | 0.5 | Kaat | Wilhelm | 2:23 | N | 13,014 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 1 | 34-27 | 1 | Tied | Woodson | Brunet | 2:30 | D | 14,050 | ++ | |||
| 62 | 62 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 14 | 34-28 | 2 | 1.0 | Lachemann | Miller | 5:04 | N | 20,691 | - | |
| 63 | 63 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 14 | 4 | 10 | 35-28 | 1 | Tied | Grzenda | Lindblad | 3:37 | D | 16,973 | + | |
| 64 | 64 | Sunday, Jun 22 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 7 | 35-29 | 1 | Tied | Dobson | Kaat | 2:21 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 22 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 36-29 | 1 | Tied | Perry | Fingers | Kaat | 4:00 | D | 31,715 | + |
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 36-30 | 2 | 0.5 | Brunet | Woodson | Tatum | 2:24 | N | 9,566 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 37-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Boswell | Murphy | 2:41 | N | 8,647 | + | ||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 38-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Perranoski | Messersmith | 2:36 | N | 9,605 | ++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Thursday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 39-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Worthington | McGlothlin | 2:28 | D | 7,329 | +++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 39-31 | 2 | 0.5 | Drabowsky | Perranoski | 3:05 | N | 11,031 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 39-32 | 2 | 0.5 | Cisco | Boswell | Drabowsky | 2:35 | D | 10,283 | -- | |
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 29 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 39-33 | 2 | 1.5 | Bunker | Perry | 2:22 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 29 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 12 | 2 | 40-33 | 2 | 1.5 | Kaat | Rooker | 2:26 | D | 16,738 | + | ||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 41-33 | 2 | 1.0 | Miller | Horlen | Perranoski | 2:37 | N | 8,259 | ++ | |
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 5 | 42-33 | 1 | Tied | Woodson | Wood | 2:55 | N | 7,609 | +++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 43-33 | 1 | Tied | Boswell | John | Perranoski | 2:17 | N | 23,525 | ++++ | |
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 43-34 | 2 | 1.0 | Osinski | Perranoski | 3:34 | D | 2,946 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 10 | 4 | 44-34 | 1 | Tied | Miller | Hunter | 2:35 | D | 30,654 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 13 | 1 | 45-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perry | Dobson | 2:39 | D | 21,673 | ++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 6 | 46-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Grzenda | Fingers | Perranoski | 2:43 | D | 23,611 | +++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 47-34 | 1 | up 3.0 | Woodson | Rooker | 2:07 | N | 9,052 | ++++ | |||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 48-34 | 1 | up 3.5 | Worthington | Drabowsky | Perranoski | 2:50 | N | 13,407 | +++++ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 48-35 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nelson | Woodson | 2:53 | N | 15,211 | - | |||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 49-35 | 1 | up 3.5 | Boswell | Drago | Perranoski | 2:38 | D | 23,920 | + | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 9 | 3 | 50-35 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hall | Brabender | 2:21 | N | 19,221 | ++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 11 | 1 | 51-35 | 1 | up 3.5 | Perry | Pattin | 2:33 | D | 17,616 | +++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 13 (1) | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 5 | 2 | 52-35 | 1 | up 4.5 | Kaat | Roggenburk | 2:39 | D | 0 | ++++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 13 (2) | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 5 | 4 | 53-35 | 1 | up 4.5 | Perranoski | Segui | 3:04 | D | 26,123 | +++++ | |||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 54-35 | 1 | up 5.0 | Worthington | Wood | 3:42 | N | 15,143 | ++++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Wednesday, Jul 16 (1) | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 8 | 55-35 | 1 | up 5.0 | Worthington | Secrist | 3:03 | D | 0 | +++++++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 16 (2) | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 56-35 | 1 | up 5.0 | Perry | Peters | Perranoski | 2:32 | N | 25,776 | ++++++++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 5 | 57-35 | 1 | up 5.0 | Kaat | Horlen | Crider | 2:38 | N | 18,383 | +++++++++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 18 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | L | 1 | 2 | 57-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Segui | Perranoski | 3:00 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 18 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | L | 2 | 3 | 57-37 | 1 | up 3.5 | Talbot | Boswell | O'Donoghue | 2:37 | N | 14,134 | -- | |
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | W | 11 | 7 | 18 | 58-37 | 1 | up 3.5 | Perry | Gelnar | 5:41 | N | 12,069 | + | |
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | W | 4 | 0 | 59-37 | 1 | up 4.0 | Perry | Gelnar | 2:10 | D | 8,287 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 59-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Law | Miller | 2:55 | N | 5,636 | - | ||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 16 | 60-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Perranoski | Paul | 4:26 | N | 8,959 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 60-39 | 1 | up 3.0 | Ellsworth | Miller | Williams | 2:34 | D | 19,044 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 7 | 61-39 | 1 | up 3.0 | Crider | Law | Perranoski | 3:09 | D | 11,822 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 29 (1) | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 62-39 | 1 | up 3.5 | Perry | Lolich | Worthington | 2:45 | N | 0 | ++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Tuesday, Jul 29 (2) | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 11 | 5 | 63-39 | 1 | up 3.5 | Miller | McLain | Perranoski | 2:25 | N | 38,441 | +++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 3 | 63-40 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wilson | Kaat | McMahon | 2:40 | N | 18,867 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 64-40 | 1 | up 3.5 | Boswell | Kilkenny | 2:04 | N | 25,792 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 65-40 | 1 | up 3.5 | Perranoski | Leonhard | 3:14 | N | 35,725 | ++ | ||
| 106 | 106 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 65-41 | 1 | up 2.5 | Cuellar | Worthington | Richert | 2:55 | D | 36,152 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 66-41 | 1 | up 3.0 | Kaat | McNally | Worthington | 2:40 | D | 40,661 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 1 | 67-41 | 1 | up 3.5 | Miller | Kilkenny | Perranoski | 2:41 | N | 12,040 | ++ | |
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 13 | 67-42 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hiller | Woodson | 4:17 | N | 21,680 | - | |
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 68-42 | 1 | up 3.0 | Perry | Lolich | 2:21 | N | 21,996 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Thursday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 68-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Timmermann | Kaat | McMahon | 2:52 | N | 17,160 | - | |
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 68-44 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lopez | Perranoski | 3:06 | N | 20,487 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 68-45 | 1 | up 1.5 | Palmer | Chance | Richert | 2:36 | N | 26,873 | --- | |
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 68-46 | 1 | up 1.5 | Cuellar | Perry | 1:58 | N | 22,263 | ---- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 10 | 68-47 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hamilton | Kaat | McDaniel | 2:42 | N | 17,016 | ----- | |
| 116 | 116 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 69-47 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hall | Stottlemyre | 2:19 | D | 15,453 | + | ||
| 117 | 117 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 2 | 0 | 70-47 | 1 | up 2.0 | Perry | Shellenback | Perranoski | 2:32 | N | 14,364 | ++ | |
| 118 | 118 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 5 | 6 | 70-48 | 1 | up 1.0 | Knowles | Kaat | 2:46 | D | 10,866 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 71-48 | 1 | up 2.0 | Perranoski | Higgins | 3:58 | D | 14,090 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 71-49 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lyle | Perranoski | 3:14 | N | 28,062 | - | |
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 6 | 72-49 | 1 | up 2.5 | Chance | Lyle | 3:02 | N | 29,296 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 72-50 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lyle | Perranoski | 3:04 | D | 30,003 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 0 | 73-50 | 1 | up 2.5 | Boswell | Bahnsen | Perranoski | 2:29 | N | 38,710 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 8 | 3 | 74-50 | 1 | up 2.5 | Perry | Stottlemyre | 2:25 | D | 32,478 | ++ | |||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 75-50 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hall | Downing | 2:03 | D | 31,441 | +++ | |||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 3 | 7 | 75-51 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bosman | Kaat | Knowles | 3:05 | N | 17,107 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 6 | 4 | 76-51 | 1 | up 2.0 | Boswell | Moore | Perranoski | 3:01 | N | 18,340 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 4 | 2 | 77-51 | 1 | up 3.0 | Perry | Coleman | 2:14 | N | 16,749 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 78-51 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hall | Lonborg | 2:35 | N | 24,913 | +++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 7 | 78-52 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Boswell | Lyle | 2:28 | D | 19,917 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 79-52 | 1 | up 4.5 | Perry | Romo | Perranoski | 2:20 | D | 25,371 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 80-52 | 1 | up 5.5 | Chance | McDowell | Perranoski | 2:57 | D | 22,863 | ++ | ||
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 81-52 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hall | Tiant | Woodson | 2:44 | N | 11,496 | +++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 1 | 82-52 | 1 | up 6.5 | Boswell | Hargan | 2:27 | D | 7,012 | ++++ | |||
| 135 | 135 | Thursday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 5 | 10 | 83-52 | 1 | up 7.5 | Perranoski | Sprague | 3:49 | N | 11,476 | +++++ | |
| 136 | 136 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 83-53 | 1 | up 6.5 | Lindblad | Perranoski | Lachemann | 2:29 | N | 17,316 | - | |
| 137 | 137 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 8 | 6 | 18 | 84-53 | 1 | up 7.5 | Kaat | Lauzerique | Perranoski | 5:17 | D | 17,599 | + |
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 16 | 4 | 85-53 | 1 | up 8.5 | Boswell | Talbot | Grzenda | 2:47 | D | 19,262 | ++ | |
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 85-54 | 1 | up 8.5 | May | Perry | Tatum | 2:46 | N | 9,762 | - | |
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 11 | 7 | 86-54 | 1 | up 9.5 | Kaat | Bradley | 3:07 | D | 6,512 | + | ||
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 86-55 | 1 | up 9.5 | John | Hall | Wood | 2:40 | N | 3,989 | - | |
| 142 | 142 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 86-56 | 1 | up 8.5 | Horlen | Boswell | 1:49 | N | 3,762 | -- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 0 | 87-56 | 1 | up 8.5 | Perry | Rooker | 2:06 | N | 13,366 | + | |||
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 87-57 | 1 | up 7.5 | Drabowsky | Chance | 2:15 | D | 15,372 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 87-58 | 1 | up 8.0 | Drago | Perranoski | 2:45 | D | 18,308 | -- | |||
| 146 | 146 | Monday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 88-58 | 1 | up 9.0 | Boswell | Fingers | 2:34 | N | 26,497 | + | |||
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 11 | 3 | 89-58 | 1 | up10.0 | Perry | Nash | 2:35 | D | 12,241 | ++ | |||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 89-59 | 1 | up 9.0 | Murphy | Chance | Tatum | 3:10 | N | 10,746 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 89-60 | 1 | up 9.0 | Messersmith | Hall | Geishert | 2:40 | D | 6,940 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 2 | 1 | 90-60 | 1 | up10.0 | Boswell | Barber | 2:29 | N | 23,700 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | W | 3 | 2 | 91-60 | 1 | up11.0 | Perry | Segui | 2:40 | D | 12,797 | ++ | |||
| 152 | 152 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEP | L | 3 | 4 | 91-61 | 1 | up10.0 | O'Donoghue | Kaat | 2:15 | D | 15,443 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 92-61 | 1 | up10.5 | Miller | Rooker | Worthington | 2:33 | N | 7,727 | + | |
| 154 | 154 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 93-61 | 1 | up10.0 | Boswell | Hedlund | Perranoski | 2:20 | N | 8,293 | ++ | |
| 155 | 155 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 94-61 | 1 | up11.0 | Woodson | Drago | Perranoski | 2:36 | D | 7,429 | +++ |
| 156 | 156 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | L | 1 | 5 | 94-62 | 1 | up10.0 | Barber | Kaat | O'Donoghue | 2:30 | N | 3,642 | - | |
| 157 | 157 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | L | 3 | 4 | 14 | 94-63 | 1 | up 9.0 | Gelnar | Hall | 4:04 | N | 6,586 | -- | |
| 158 | 158 | Sunday, Sep 28 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | W | 5 | 2 | 95-63 | 1 | up 9.0 | Boswell | Fuentes | Perranoski | 2:29 | D | 0 | + | |
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 28 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEP | L | 1 | 4 | 95-64 | 1 | up 9.0 | Baney | Miller | Segui | 2:20 | D | 8,096 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Tuesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 96-64 | 1 | up 9.0 | Kaat | Murphy | 2:16 | D | 4,817 | + | |||
| 161 | 161 | Wednesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 96-65 | 1 | up 9.0 | Wynne | Boswell | Wood | 2:33 | D | 4,615 | - | ||
| 162 | 162 | Thursday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 97-65 | 1 | up 9.0 | Grzenda | Johnson | Perranoski | 2:19 | D | 7,171 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |