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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972
74-86, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (74-86)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 940,858 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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| Season Summary | 74-86, Final Rank:5, GB: 26.5 | |
| Days in First | 2 | last on Tuesday, Apr 13, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 3 | last on Apr 13, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 0.5 | last on Tuesday, Apr 13, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 27 | last on Monday, Sep 20, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 2 | last on Saturday, Jun 19 |
| Most Games under .500 | 13 | last on Tuesday, Sep 21 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Monday, Jun 14 to Saturday, Jun 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 13 to Sunday, Apr 18 and Sunday, Jul 4 to Friday, Jul 9 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Sunday, Jun 20 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Wednesday, May 19 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Thursday, Jul 15 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 12 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 7 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Pattin | Perry | 2:54 | D | 18,823 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Blyleven | Krausse | 2:14 | D | 6,750 | + | |||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 1-2 | 4 | 2.0 | Romo | Perranoski | 3:19 | D | 43,253 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1.0 | Perry | John | Williams | 2:15 | D | 12,499 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 0 | 3-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Kaat | Johnson | 2:26 | D | 10,548 | ++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 4-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blyleven | Drago | 2:09 | N | 32,728 | +++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 4-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hedlund | Williams | Abernathy | 2:45 | N | 6,740 | - | |
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 6 | 4-4 | 3 | 0.5 | Segui | Hall | 2:34 | D | 4,108 | -- | |||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 4-5 | 4 | 1.5 | Klimkowski | Williams | Locker | 3:08 | D | 5,723 | --- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 4 | 4-6 | 4 | 2.5 | May | Perry | LaRoche | 2:26 | D | 4,429 | ---- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 4-7 | 5 | 3.0 | Messersmith | Blyleven | 2:12 | D | 12,968 | ----- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 4-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Wright | Hall | Queen | 2:32 | D | 6,566 | ------ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 8 | 5-8 | 5 | 3.5 | Barber | Rooker | Perranoski | 2:53 | D | 2,908 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 6-8 | 4 | 3.5 | Perry | Dal Canton | Perranoski | 2:42 | D | 3,491 | ++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 6-9 | 5 | 5.5 | Kline | Blyleven | 2:18 | N | 11,704 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7-9 | 5 | 5.5 | Corbin | Burbach | 4:03 | D | 10,204 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 0 | 8-9 | 4 | 4.5 | Kaat | Peterson | 2:18 | D | 29,474 | ++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 7 | 2 | 9-9 | 3 | 4.5 | Perry | Shellenback | 2:32 | N | 3,931 | +++ | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 0 | 2 | 9-10 | 4 | 4.5 | McLain | Blyleven | 2:05 | N | 7,971 | - | ||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 3 | 4 | 9-11 | 4 | 5.5 | Grzenda | Perranoski | 2:34 | N | 3,804 | -- | ||
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 9-12 | 4 | 6.0 | Lee | Kaat | Lyle | 2:28 | N | 18,108 | --- | |
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 10-12 | 4 | 5.0 | Perry | Peters | 2:25 | D | 16,494 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 2 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 10-13 | 5 | 6.0 | Culp | Blyleven | 1:49 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 2 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 8 | 9 | 10-14 | 5 | 6.0 | Tatum | Perranoski | 3:35 | D | 23,163 | -- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11-14 | 4 | 5.0 | Corbin | McDaniel | 3:07 | N | 8,571 | + | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 12-14 | 4 | 5.0 | Perry | Bahnsen | Corbin | 2:40 | N | 7,059 | ++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 13-14 | 4 | 4.5 | Hall | Stottlemyre | Perranoski | 2:25 | N | 7,494 | +++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 5 | 6 | 13-15 | 4 | 5.0 | Riddleberger | Corbin | Knowles | 2:41 | N | 7,646 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 9 | 2 | 14-15 | 4 | 4.5 | Kaat | Bosman | 2:37 | D | 9,091 | + | |||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15-15 | 4 | 5.0 | Corbin | McLain | 2:58 | D | 28,980 | ++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 15-16 | 4 | 5.0 | Peters | Hall | Lee | 2:23 | N | 6,549 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 1 | 0 | 16-16 | 2 | 5.0 | Blyleven | Culp | 2:02 | N | 8,643 | + | |||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 17-16 | 2 | 5.5 | Corbin | Kealey | 2:43 | N | 8,322 | ++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 17-17 | 2 | 5.5 | Johnson | Perry | Horlen | 2:45 | D | 9,874 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 18-17 | 2 | 5.0 | Hamm | Bradley | Corbin | 2:31 | D | 10,878 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 19-17 | 2 | 4.5 | Blyleven | May | Hall | 2:39 | N | 6,903 | ++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 19-18 | 2 | 5.5 | Murphy | Kaat | 2:08 | N | 7,095 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 12 | 6 | 20-18 | 2 | 5.5 | Strickland | Messersmith | Hall | 3:17 | N | 9,319 | + | |
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 1 | 20-19 | 2 | 6.5 | Wright | Corbin | 2:26 | N | 7,525 | - | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 1 | 21-19 | 2 | 5.5 | Blyleven | Odom | 2:19 | N | 10,005 | + | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 21-20 | 2 | 6.5 | Hunter | Kaat | 2:10 | D | 42,970 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 21-21 | 2 | 7.5 | Blue | Perry | 2:28 | D | 28,537 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 5 | 22-21 | 2 | 7.5 | Williams | Krausse | Hall | 3:02 | N | 4,006 | + | |
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 1 | 23-21 | 2 | 6.5 | Blyleven | Lockwood | 2:19 | N | 4,978 | ++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 23-22 | 2 | 7.0 | Pattin | Hall | Sanders | 2:10 | D | 9,016 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 6 | 24-22 | 2 | 6.0 | Perry | McNally | Hall | 2:57 | N | 13,737 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 8 | 11 | 24-23 | 2 | 7.0 | Boswell | Corbin | Watt | 3:20 | D | 12,796 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 24-24 | 2 | 7.5 | Cuellar | Blyleven | Watt | 2:47 | D | 17,594 | -- | ||
| 49 | 49 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 25-24 | 2 | 7.0 | Kaat | Lolich | 2:11 | D | 20,643 | + | |||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 26-24 | 2 | 7.0 | Perry | Cain | 2:40 | N | 10,980 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 26-25 | 3 | 7.5 | Coleman | Hamm | Scherman | 3:10 | N | 13,800 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26-26 | 3 | 8.5 | Foster | Blyleven | 1:38 | N | 10,494 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 10 | 26-27 | 3 | 9.5 | Lamb | Kaat | Hennigan | 2:49 | D | 10,331 | --- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 27-27 | 3 | 9.5 | Perry | Dunning | Hall | 2:27 | D | 12,146 | + | ||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 8 | 27-28 | 3 | 9.5 | Dobson | Blyleven | 2:27 | N | 12,255 | - | ||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 27-29 | 3 | 10.5 | Cuellar | Kaat | 2:28 | N | 11,216 | -- | |
| 57 | 57 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 12 | 27-30 | 3 | 11.0 | Palmer | Perry | 2:40 | N | 10,952 | --- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 4 | 27-31 | 4 | 11.0 | Kilkenny | Blyleven | 2:08 | N | 33,733 | ---- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 28-31 | 3 | 11.0 | Hall | Lolich | Perry | 3:00 | D | 27,497 | + | |
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 9 | 28-32 | 3 | 11.0 | Chance | Kaat | Scherman | 2:41 | D | 52,178 | - | |
| 61 | 61 | Monday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 29-32 | 3 | 10.5 | Perry | Foster | 2:39 | N | 15,394 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 30-32 | 3 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Lamb | Corbin | 2:37 | N | 6,238 | ++ | |
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 31-32 | 3 | 10.5 | Hall | Mingori | Williams | 3:02 | N | 6,220 | +++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32-32 | 3 | 10.0 | Perranoski | Horlen | 3:27 | N | 11,072 | ++++ | ||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 33-32 | 3 | 10.0 | Perry | Bradley | Perranoski | 2:37 | N | 12,781 | +++++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 34-32 | 3 | 10.0 | Williams | Forster | 3:01 | D | 11,862 | ++++++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 8 | 18 | 34-33 | 3 | 10.5 | Horlen | Kaat | Kealey | 2:57 | D | 15,809 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 34-34 | 3 | 11.5 | Blue | Corbin | 2:44 | N | 23,334 | -- | |||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 10 | 1 | 35-34 | 3 | 10.5 | Perry | Hunter | 2:20 | N | 11,147 | + | |||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 35-35 | 3 | 11.5 | Odom | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:58 | N | 16,856 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 35-36 | 3 | 12.5 | Lockwood | Corbin | 2:19 | N | 10,784 | -- | |||
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 5 | 35-37 | 3 | 13.5 | Pattin | Perry | 2:40 | D | 11,559 | --- | |||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 27 (1) | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 36-37 | 3 | 13.5 | Kaat | Krausse | 2:23 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 27 (2) | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 36-38 | 3 | 13.5 | Morris | Haydel | Sanders | 2:42 | D | 17,122 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 6 | 36-39 | 3 | 14.5 | Dobson | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:54 | N | 4,654 | -- | |
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 37-39 | 3 | 13.5 | Corbin | Blue | Perranoski | 3:00 | N | 35,398 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 4 | 38-39 | 3 | 12.5 | Perry | Hunter | Hall | 2:45 | N | 6,412 | ++ | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 5 | 38-40 | 3 | 12.5 | Parsons | Blyleven | 2:27 | N | 16,547 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 1 | 39-40 | 3 | 12.5 | Kaat | Lopez | 2:21 | D | 8,172 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 4 | 39-41 | 3 | 13.5 | Slaton | Luebber | 2:18 | D | 9,771 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 2 | 39-42 | 3 | 13.5 | Lockwood | Perry | Sanders | 2:17 | D | 9,175 | -- | |
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 5 | 7 | 39-43 | 3 | 14.5 | LaRoche | Corbin | Allen | 3:13 | N | 26,687 | --- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 39-44 | 3 | 14.5 | Fisher | Kaat | 2:32 | N | 8,173 | ---- | |||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 7 | 39-45 | 3 | 15.5 | Murphy | Luebber | Allen | 2:37 | D | 21,741 | ----- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 39-46 | 3 | 16.5 | Burgmeier | Perry | Abernathy | 2:22 | N | 11,698 | ------ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 11 (1) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 40-46 | 3 | 15.0 | Luebber | Burgmeier | 3:00 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 11 (2) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 41-46 | 3 | 15.0 | Corbin | Drago | 2:25 | D | 18,207 | ++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 3 | 13 | 41-47 | 3 | 16.0 | Lee | Williams | 3:39 | N | 27,673 | - | |
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 9 | 41-48 | 3 | 17.0 | Siebert | Blyleven | 2:28 | N | 29,293 | -- | ||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | W | 5 | 3 | 42-48 | 3 | 16.0 | Corbin | Shellenback | 2:46 | N | 7,124 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 2 | 3 | 42-49 | 4 | 16.0 | Cox | Perranoski | 2:25 | D | 9,850 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | WSA | L | 2 | 5 | 42-50 | 4 | 16.0 | Brown | Perry | Lindblad | 2:15 | N | 5,317 | -- | |
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 42-51 | 4 | 17.0 | Hambright | Williams | 3:00 | N | 13,038 | --- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 43-51 | 4 | 17.0 | Kaat | Kline | 2:13 | D | 10,793 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 13 | 43-52 | 4 | 17.5 | Peterson | Corbin | 2:33 | D | 9,268 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 6 | 8 | 43-53 | 4 | 18.5 | Culp | Luebber | Lyle | 2:58 | N | 19,505 | -- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 43-54 | 4 | 19.5 | Peters | Perry | 2:15 | N | 17,487 | --- | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 44-54 | 5 | 19.0 | Williams | Tiant | 2:33 | D | 16,188 | + | |||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 45-54 | 4 | 18.5 | Kaat | Siebert | 2:25 | N | 12,681 | ++ | |||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | W | 4 | 2 | 46-54 | 4 | 17.0 | Haydel | Lindblad | 2:52 | N | 7,939 | +++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | WSA | L | 1 | 7 | 46-55 | 5 | 17.0 | Gogolewski | Perry | Grzenda | 3:08 | N | 10,139 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 9 | 11 | 46-56 | 5 | 17.0 | Aker | Hall | 3:17 | N | 19,233 | -- | |||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 47-56 | 5 | 17.0 | Blyleven | Kline | 2:15 | D | 25,650 | + | |||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 10 | 7 | 48-56 | 4 | 17.5 | Hall | Stottlemyre | 3:00 | D | 24,056 | ++ | |||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 48-57 | 5 | 18.5 | Bradley | Perry | Johnson | 2:53 | N | 8,852 | - | |
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 49-57 | 4 | 18.5 | Williams | Johnson | 3:09 | N | 10,284 | + | |
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 49-58 | 5 | 20.0 | Drago | Blyleven | 2:14 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Wednesday, Aug 4 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 3 | 49-59 | 5 | 20.0 | Fitzmorris | Corbin | 2:14 | N | 10,803 | -- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 49-60 | 5 | 21.0 | Abernathy | Williams | Burgmeier | 2:40 | N | 9,255 | --- | |
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 49-61 | 5 | 21.0 | Messersmith | Perry | 2:16 | N | 30,140 | ---- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 1 | 50-61 | 5 | 21.0 | Kaat | May | 2:24 | N | 13,091 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 51-61 | 5 | 19.5 | Blyleven | Murphy | 2:01 | D | 7,567 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 51-62 | 5 | 21.0 | Cuellar | Corbin | 2:37 | N | 15,881 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 6 | 9 | 51-63 | 5 | 22.0 | Hall | Gebhard | 3:20 | N | 17,028 | -- | |||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 8 | 51-64 | 5 | 23.0 | Palmer | Kaat | 2:12 | N | 17,745 | --- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 52-64 | 5 | 23.0 | Blyleven | Timmermann | 2:52 | N | 20,361 | + | |||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 9 | 4 | 53-64 | 4 | 23.0 | Haydel | Scherman | Williams | 2:44 | D | 19,246 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 5 | 7 | 53-65 | 5 | 24.0 | Kilkenny | Perry | Scherman | 2:58 | D | 20,761 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Monday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 11 | 2 | 54-65 | 4 | 23.5 | Kaat | Lamb | 2:51 | N | 9,372 | + | |||
| 120 | 120 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 54-66 | 5 | 23.5 | Paul | Blyleven | 2:31 | N | 10,926 | - | |||
| 121 | 121 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 55-66 | 4 | 22.5 | Luebber | Dunning | Strickland | 2:27 | N | 8,971 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 5 | 56-66 | 4 | 21.5 | Perry | Hall | Williams | 3:07 | N | 29,616 | ++ | |
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 56-67 | 5 | 22.5 | Palmer | Kaat | 2:13 | N | 22,107 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 56-68 | 5 | 24.0 | McNally | Blyleven | Watt | 2:41 | N | 20,632 | -- | |
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 56-69 | 5 | 25.0 | Cain | Luebber | 2:39 | N | 27,576 | --- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 57-69 | 5 | 24.0 | Perry | Niekro | 2:05 | N | 17,058 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 6 | 57-70 | 5 | 24.0 | Lolich | Kaat | 2:58 | N | 19,011 | - | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 4 | 58-70 | 5 | 24.0 | Blyleven | Dunning | 2:42 | N | 15,899 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 8 | 9 | 58-71 | 5 | 25.0 | Ballinger | Corbin | 2:36 | D | 5,663 | - | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 59-71 | 5 | 25.5 | Perry | McDowell | Haydel | 2:48 | D | 5,121 | + | |
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 60-71 | 5 | 25.5 | Gebhard | Johnson | 3:10 | N | 5,640 | ++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 2 | 11 | 60-72 | 5 | 26.5 | Johnson | Gebhard | Romo | 2:44 | N | 8,511 | - | |
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 3 (1) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 61-72 | 5 | 24.5 | Perry | Segui | Hall | 2:50 | N | 0 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 3 (2) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 62-72 | 5 | 24.5 | Haydel | Blue | 2:52 | N | 22,032 | ++ | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 62-73 | 5 | 25.5 | Hunter | Kaat | Fingers | 2:24 | D | 10,808 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 3 | 63-73 | 4 | 24.5 | Blyleven | Odom | 2:41 | D | 16,388 | + | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 6 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 63-74 | 4 | 24.0 | Johnson | Hall | Kealey | 2:57 | D | 0 | - | |
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 6 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 3 | 64-74 | 4 | 24.0 | Hamm | Hinton | 2:32 | D | 16,197 | + | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 64-75 | 5 | 24.0 | John | Perry | Bradley | 2:23 | N | 3,707 | - | |
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 65-75 | 4 | 24.0 | Kaat | Wood | 2:02 | N | 7,888 | + | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 65-76 | 5 | 25.0 | Locker | Haydel | 2:16 | N | 7,229 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 65-77 | 5 | 26.0 | Fingers | Hamm | 2:40 | D | 8,276 | -- | |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 66-77 | 5 | 25.0 | Corbin | Roland | Luebber | 3:23 | D | 13,747 | + |
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 13 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 66-78 | 5 | 25.5 | May | Hamm | Allen | 2:37 | N | 0 | - | |
| 145 | 145 | Monday, Sep 13 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 1 | 0 | 67-78 | 5 | 25.5 | Kaat | Murphy | 2:10 | N | 6,065 | + | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 1 | 0 | 68-78 | 5 | 24.5 | Blyleven | Lockwood | 2:15 | N | 3,960 | ++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 3 | 69-78 | 4 | 24.0 | Haydel | Sanders | Hall | 2:40 | N | 3,591 | +++ | |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 69-79 | 5 | 25.0 | Hedlund | Perry | 2:22 | N | 16,194 | - | |||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 69-80 | 5 | 26.0 | Fitzmorris | Kaat | 2:20 | D | 9,811 | -- | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 19 (1) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 70-80 | 5 | 26.5 | Blyleven | Splittorff | 2:06 | D | 0 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 19 (2) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 70-81 | 5 | 26.5 | Montgomery | Hamm | Abernathy | 2:22 | D | 9,665 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 3 | 70-82 | 5 | 27.0 | Lockwood | Corbin | 2:14 | D | 3,110 | -- | |||
| 153 | 153 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 4 | 70-83 | 5 | 26.5 | Krausse | Perry | Sanders | 2:01 | D | 3,204 | --- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 71-83 | 5 | 24.5 | Blyleven | Fitzmorris | 2:39 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 25 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 0 | 72-83 | 5 | 24.5 | Kaat | Splittorff | 2:35 | D | 7,191 | ++ | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 26 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 73-83 | 4 | 25.0 | Perry | Drago | Hall | 2:15 | D | 0 | +++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 26 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 73-84 | 4 | 25.0 | Montgomery | Luebber | Abernathy | 2:30 | D | 12,338 | - | |
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 6 | 73-85 | 5 | 26.0 | Messersmith | Hall | 2:24 | D | 3,353 | -- | |||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 1 | 0 | 74-85 | 4 | 26.0 | Blyleven | Wright | 2:01 | D | 3,799 | + | |||
| 160 | 160 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 74-86 | 5 | 26.5 | May | Kaat | Allen | 2:08 | D | 4,938 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |