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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973
77-77, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (36-34) and Frank Quilici (41-43)
Scored 537 runs, Allowed 535 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 797,901 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
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| Season Summary | 77-77, Final Rank:3, GB: 15.5 | |
| Days in First | 18 | last on Saturday, May 20, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 23 | last on May 20, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2.5 | last on Sunday, May 14, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 15.5 | last on Wednesday, Oct 4, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 11 | last on Wednesday, May 31 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Tuesday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Wednesday, Apr 19 to Saturday, Apr 29 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Monday, Aug 21 to Tuesday, Aug 29 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Saturday, May 27 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Wednesday, Oct 4 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 22 | Friday, May 12 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 14 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 17 | |
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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 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Locker | LaRoche | 2:32 | D | 9,912 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.5 | Corbin | Hunter | Granger | 2:22 | D | 9,051 | + | |
| 3 | 3 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Ryan | Perry | 2:14 | N | 5,191 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 12 | 3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1.5 | Blyleven | Messersmith | LaRoche | 3:00 | N | 6,451 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 8 | 4 | 3-2 | 3 | 0.5 | Blyleven | Holtzman | 2:02 | D | 17,876 | ++ | |||
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 12 | 0 | 4-2 | 3 | 0.5 | Perry | Pattin | 2:24 | D | 4,425 | +++ | |||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 5-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Woodson | Culp | LaRoche | 2:06 | D | 4,368 | ++++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 6-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blyleven | Stottlemyre | 2:13 | N | 9,149 | +++++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 7-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Kaat | Peterson | LaRoche | 2:07 | D | 9,168 | ++++++ | |
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 30 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 7-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lyle | Norton | 2:49 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 30 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 8-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Woodson | Beene | LaRoche | 2:39 | D | 27,475 | + | |
| 12 | 12 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 0 | 9-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Blyleven | Slaton | 2:11 | N | 3,833 | ++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 10-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Kaat | Culp | Granger | 2:35 | N | 13,208 | +++ | |
| 14 | 14 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 11-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Perry | Siebert | LaRoche | 2:38 | D | 13,799 | ++++ | |
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 4 | 12-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Woodson | Tiant | Granger | 2:52 | D | 11,747 | +++++ | |
| 16 | 16 | Monday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 12-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Stottlemyre | Blyleven | Lyle | 2:29 | N | 15,596 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 13-4 | 1 | up 0.5 | Kaat | Peterson | Granger | 2:17 | N | 6,446 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 14-4 | 1 | up 1.5 | Perry | Kekich | Granger | 2:33 | N | 8,014 | ++ | ||
| 19 | 19 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14-5 | 1 | up 1.5 | Colborn | Blyleven | Lonborg | 5:47 | N | 8,628 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15-5 | 1 | up 2.5 | LaRoche | Slaton | 3:36 | D | 7,871 | + | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 16-5 | 1 | up 2.5 | Kaat | Lockwood | 2:13 | D | 7,496 | ++ | |||
| 22 | 22 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 16-6 | 1 | up 1.5 | Wood | Perry | Forster | 2:18 | N | 6,186 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 16-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bahnsen | Woodson | Forster | 2:26 | N | 15,510 | -- | |
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 1 | 17-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Blyleven | Bradley | Granger | 2:25 | D | 10,533 | + | |
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 17-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gogolewski | Kaat | 2:06 | N | 18,902 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 5 | 17-9 | 1 | up 0.5 | Broberg | Perry | Paul | 2:26 | D | 12,016 | -- | |
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 21 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 5 | 17-10 | 3 | 1.0 | Panther | Blyleven | Lindblad | 2:34 | D | 0 | --- | |
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 21 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 17-11 | 3 | 1.0 | Shellenback | Woodson | Pina | 2:13 | D | 13,440 | ---- | |
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18-11 | 3 | 2.0 | Kaat | Drago | Granger | 3:15 | N | 8,381 | + |
| 30 | 30 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 19-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Granger | Paul | 2:31 | N | 8,781 | ++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 0 | 20-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Blyleven | Shellenback | 2:20 | N | 7,383 | +++ | |||
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 16 | 20-12 | 3 | 1.0 | Bosman | Woodson | Lindblad | 2:51 | D | 9,477 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 2 | 21-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Kaat | Gogolewski | 2:23 | D | 9,132 | + | |||
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 22-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Perry | Dal Canton | LaRoche | 2:17 | N | 6,164 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 23-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Blyleven | Rooker | Granger | 2:20 | N | 7,686 | +++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Thursday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 23-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Fitzmorris | LaRoche | 2:16 | D | 6,807 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23-14 | 2 | 1.5 | Scherman | LaRoche | 3:14 | D | 25,094 | -- | |
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 23-15 | 2 | 2.5 | Niekro | Perry | Seelbach | 2:17 | D | 14,699 | --- | |
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 3 | 23-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Timmermann | Blyleven | 1:54 | D | 19,827 | ---- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 24-16 | 2 | 4.0 | Woodson | McNally | Granger | 2:38 | N | 5,235 | + | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25-16 | 2 | 4.0 | Corbin | Scott | 4:25 | N | 6,203 | ++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 11 | 25-17 | 2 | 5.0 | Dobson | Perry | 2:05 | N | 10,141 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 25-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Perry | Blyleven | 2:44 | N | 7,703 | -- | ||
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 25-19 | 3 | 7.0 | Wilcox | Woodson | Mingori | 2:35 | D | 9,075 | --- | |
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 26-19 | 3 | 6.0 | Kaat | Colbert | Granger | 2:20 | D | 10,852 | + | |
| 46 | 46 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 2 | 26-20 | 3 | 6.0 | Niekro | Blyleven | Scherman | 2:32 | N | 17,839 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 6 | 27-20 | 3 | 5.0 | Perry | Timmermann | 1:48 | N | 11,811 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 27-21 | 3 | 5.0 | Lolich | Woodson | 2:30 | N | 14,889 | - | |||
| 49 | 49 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 27-22 | 3 | 6.0 | Palmer | Kaat | Jackson | 2:15 | N | 16,297 | -- | ||
| 50 | 50 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 27-23 | 3 | 7.0 | Dobson | Blyleven | 2:39 | D | 17,272 | --- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 28-23 | 3 | 7.0 | Perry | Cuellar | Granger | 2:45 | D | 19,435 | + | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 20 (1) | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 29-23 | 3 | 7.0 | Kaat | Colbert | 2:24 | N | 0 | ++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, Jun 20 (2) | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 30-23 | 3 | 7.0 | Woodson | Lamb | 2:21 | N | 11,378 | +++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 30-24 | 3 | 7.0 | Perry | Blyleven | 2:43 | N | 9,843 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 5 | 30-25 | 3 | 7.0 | Splittorff | Perry | 2:10 | N | 9,712 | -- | ||
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 31-25 | 3 | 6.0 | Kaat | Rooker | 2:25 | D | 8,916 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 25 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 32-25 | 3 | 7.0 | Blyleven | Drago | Granger | 2:25 | D | 0 | ++ | |
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 25 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 8 | 32-26 | 3 | 7.0 | Nelson | Woodson | Burgmeier | 2:30 | D | 14,777 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 33-26 | 3 | 7.0 | Corbin | Rose | Granger | 2:31 | D | 12,803 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 33-27 | 3 | 8.0 | Ryan | Perry | 2:29 | N | 6,815 | - | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 7 | 6 | 34-27 | 3 | 7.0 | Granger | Dukes | Gebhard | 2:41 | D | 6,475 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 29 (1) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 34-28 | 3 | 8.0 | Drago | Blyleven | 2:20 | N | 0 | - | |||
| 63 | 63 | Thursday, Jun 29 (2) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 12 | 34-29 | 3 | 8.0 | Hedlund | Woodson | Fitzmorris | 2:59 | N | 12,668 | -- | ||
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 35-29 | 3 | 7.0 | Corbin | Nelson | 2:02 | D | 5,099 | + | |||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 35-30 | 3 | 7.0 | Lemonds | LaRoche | Acosta | 2:35 | D | 8,757 | - | |
| 66 | 66 | Sunday, Jul 2 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 36-30 | 3 | 7.5 | Kaat | Wood | LaRoche | 2:57 | D | 0 | + | |
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jul 2 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 36-31 | 3 | 7.5 | Bradley | Woodson | Forster | 2:27 | D | 21,782 | - | |
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 8 | 36-32 | 3 | 8.5 | Tiant | Blyleven | 2:17 | N | 13,460 | -- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 2 | 36-33 | 3 | 9.5 | McGlothen | Corbin | 1:59 | N | 16,356 | --- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 2 | 36-34 | 3 | 9.5 | Pattin | Perry | 2:12 | N | 12,641 | ---- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 37-34 | 3 | 8.0 | Granger | Peterson | 2:33 | N | 19,514 | + | |||
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 1 | 11 | 37-35 | 3 | 9.0 | Stottlemyre | Granger | Lyle | 3:03 | D | 14,866 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 9 | 37-36 | 3 | 10.0 | Kline | Corbin | Lyle | 2:44 | D | 19,613 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 8 | 1 | 38-36 | 3 | 9.0 | Perry | Stephenson | LaRoche | 2:10 | D | 18,058 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 38-37 | 3 | 9.0 | Linzy | Granger | 2:27 | N | 9,682 | - | |||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 1 | 39-37 | 3 | 8.0 | Blyleven | Brett | 2:12 | N | 8,874 | + | |||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 10 | 0 | 40-37 | 3 | 7.5 | Corbin | Culp | 2:25 | N | 12,969 | ++ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 41-37 | 3 | 8.0 | Strickland | Tiant | 3:00 | N | 14,917 | +++ | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 1 | 42-37 | 3 | 8.0 | Woodson | McGlothen | 2:22 | D | 20,709 | ++++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 42-38 | 3 | 9.0 | Pattin | Blyleven | 2:22 | D | 18,222 | - | |||
| 81 | 81 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 6 | 42-39 | 3 | 9.5 | Kline | Corbin | 2:17 | N | 10,105 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 13 | 42-40 | 3 | 10.5 | Kekich | Perry | Beene | 2:47 | D | 19,029 | --- | |
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 2 | 42-41 | 3 | 10.0 | Ryerson | Woodson | 2:12 | N | 5,282 | ---- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 2 | 42-42 | 3 | 10.0 | Parsons | Blyleven | 2:03 | N | 9,258 | ----- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 5 | 43-42 | 3 | 9.5 | Corbin | Colborn | Strickland | 2:46 | D | 7,374 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 23 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 44-42 | 3 | 9.0 | Perry | Lonborg | Strickland | 2:16 | D | 0 | ++ | |
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 23 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 45-42 | 3 | 9.0 | Goltz | Stephenson | Strickland | 2:38 | D | 13,048 | +++ | |
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 45-43 | 3 | 10.0 | Blue | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:11 | N | 9,936 | - | |
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 46-43 | 3 | 9.0 | Woodson | Holtzman | LaRoche | 2:36 | N | 10,141 | + | |
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 7 | 46-44 | 3 | 10.0 | Hunter | Corbin | 2:12 | D | 16,606 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 47-44 | 3 | 8.5 | Perry | Wood | Granger | 1:54 | D | 15,792 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 8 | 47-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Bahnsen | Blyleven | 2:17 | D | 13,652 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 0 | 48-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Woodson | Broberg | 2:08 | N | 8,165 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 48-46 | 3 | 10.5 | Paul | Corbin | Pina | 2:22 | N | 6,716 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 1 | 49-46 | 3 | 10.0 | Perry | Bosman | 2:23 | N | 5,033 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 50-46 | 3 | 9.0 | Blyleven | Odom | Granger | 2:15 | N | 24,395 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 0 | 51-46 | 3 | 8.0 | Woodson | Blue | 2:11 | D | 33,161 | +++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Aug 6 (1) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 13 | 51-47 | 3 | 8.0 | Knowles | Granger | Locker | 3:31 | D | 0 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Aug 6 (2) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 52-47 | 3 | 8.0 | Goltz | Hamilton | 2:10 | N | 33,571 | + | |||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 0 | 53-47 | 3 | 7.0 | Perry | Paul | 1:59 | D | 10,869 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 54-47 | 3 | 6.0 | Strickland | Lindblad | 3:24 | N | 13,586 | +++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 54-48 | 3 | 6.0 | Stanhouse | Woodson | 2:20 | D | 8,153 | - | |||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 54-49 | 3 | 7.0 | May | Corbin | 2:01 | N | 7,865 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 54-50 | 3 | 7.0 | Wright | Perry | 2:07 | N | 22,130 | --- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 1 | 55-50 | 3 | 6.0 | Goltz | Messersmith | 2:20 | N | 8,935 | + | ||
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 56-50 | 3 | 6.0 | Woodson | Ryan | 2:32 | N | 12,338 | ++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 13 | 57-50 | 3 | 6.0 | LaRoche | LaGrow | 4:18 | N | 21,423 | +++ | |
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 17 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 12 | 57-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Fryman | Perry | 2:29 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Thursday, Aug 17 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 58-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Strickland | Seelbach | 3:16 | N | 20,533 | + | |
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 59-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Woodson | McNally | 2:22 | N | 12,592 | ++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 59-52 | 3 | 6.5 | Palmer | Blyleven | 2:32 | N | 13,712 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 60-52 | 3 | 5.5 | Corbin | Cuellar | 2:20 | N | 16,027 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 10 | 60-53 | 3 | 6.5 | Wilcox | Perry | Mingori | 2:34 | N | 18,009 | - | |
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 60-54 | 3 | 7.5 | Perry | Granger | 2:52 | N | 37,671 | -- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 60-55 | 3 | 8.0 | Dunning | Woodson | Hennigan | 2:22 | N | 12,706 | --- | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 11 | 60-56 | 3 | 8.5 | Slayback | Strickland | LaGrow | 3:54 | D | 36,090 | ---- | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 27 (1) | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 11 | 60-57 | 3 | 9.0 | Scherman | Granger | 3:25 | D | 0 | ----- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 27 (2) | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 1 | 11 | 60-58 | 3 | 9.0 | Coleman | LaRoche | 2:38 | D | 24,962 | ------ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 60-59 | 3 | 10.0 | Palmer | Woodson | 2:20 | N | 12,913 | ------- | |||
| 120 | 120 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 9 | 60-60 | 3 | 10.5 | Cuellar | Perry | 2:34 | N | 10,563 | -------- | |||
| 121 | 121 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 1 | 61-60 | 3 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Dobson | 2:32 | N | 8,923 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 62-60 | 3 | 10.5 | LaRoche | Mingori | 3:01 | N | 6,175 | ++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 62-61 | 3 | 10.5 | Dunning | Woodson | Farmer | 2:43 | D | 8,356 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 62-62 | 3 | 11.5 | Tidrow | Perry | 2:35 | D | 11,095 | -- | |||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Sep 4 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 63-62 | 3 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Bahnsen | 2:59 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Sep 4 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 0 | 64-62 | 3 | 10.5 | Corbin | Lemonds | 2:17 | D | 33,367 | ++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 64-63 | 3 | 11.0 | Frailing | Goltz | Forster | 2:37 | D | 6,784 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 65-63 | 3 | 11.0 | Woodson | Gogolewski | 2:00 | N | 4,223 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 0 | 66-63 | 3 | 10.0 | Perry | Bosman | Granger | 2:36 | N | 3,160 | ++ | |
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Sep 8 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 5 | 66-64 | 3 | 11.5 | Murphy | Blyleven | 2:17 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Friday, Sep 8 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 66-65 | 3 | 11.5 | Busby | Corbin | 2:00 | N | 7,541 | -- | ||
| 132 | 132 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 13 | 67-65 | 3 | 10.5 | LaRoche | Abernathy | 3:37 | N | 7,851 | + | |
| 133 | 133 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 67-66 | 3 | 11.5 | Drago | Woodson | 2:24 | D | 8,785 | - | ||
| 134 | 134 | Monday, Sep 11 (1) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 68-66 | 3 | 9.5 | Granger | Fingers | 2:27 | N | 0 | + | |||
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 11 (2) | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 69-66 | 3 | 9.5 | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:23 | N | 8,506 | ++ | |||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 7 | 69-67 | 3 | 10.5 | Knowles | Corbin | 2:39 | N | 5,199 | - | |||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 0 | 8 | 69-68 | 3 | 11.5 | Odom | Goltz | 2:38 | N | 6,640 | -- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 70-68 | 3 | 11.5 | Woodson | Nelson | LaRoche | 3:01 | N | 6,416 | + | ||
| 139 | 139 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 11 | 1 | 71-68 | 3 | 11.5 | Blyleven | Drago | 2:27 | D | 7,241 | ++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 6 | 10 | 10 | 71-69 | 3 | 12.5 | Angelini | Gebhard | Fitzmorris | 3:16 | D | 7,275 | - | |
| 141 | 141 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 72-69 | 3 | 11.5 | LaRoche | Lindblad | 2:55 | N | 4,240 | + | |||
| 142 | 142 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 73-69 | 3 | 11.5 | Perry | Paul | Granger | 2:17 | N | 3,678 | ++ | ||
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 1 | 0 | 74-69 | 3 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Messersmith | 2:03 | N | 9,494 | +++ | |||
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 75-69 | 3 | 10.5 | Woodson | Wright | Granger | 2:08 | D | 6,137 | ++++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 75-70 | 3 | 11.0 | May | Perry | 1:58 | D | 5,259 | - | |||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 27 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 11 | 75-71 | 3 | 13.0 | Locker | Blyleven | 2:44 | N | 0 | -- | |
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 27 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 75-72 | 3 | 13.0 | Hunter | Corbin | 2:29 | N | 14,206 | --- | |
| 148 | 148 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 7 | 8 | 75-73 | 3 | 14.0 | Fingers | LaRoche | 2:58 | D | 9,155 | ---- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 75-74 | 3 | 14.0 | May | Perry | Barber | 2:03 | N | 12,721 | ----- | |
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 75-75 | 3 | 15.0 | Ryan | Goltz | 2:13 | N | 5,901 | ------ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 76-75 | 3 | 15.0 | Blyleven | Messersmith | Granger | 2:19 | D | 5,971 | + | |
| 152 | 152 | Monday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 76-76 | 3 | 15.5 | Lemonds | LaRoche | Forster | 2:22 | D | 3,271 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Tuesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 76-77 | 3 | 15.5 | Kealey | Granger | 2:19 | D | 2,568 | -- | |||
| 154 | 154 | Wednesday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 14 | 2 | 77-77 | 3 | 15.5 | Blyleven | Gossage | Goltz | 2:16 | D | 3,193 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |