Roster (40-man)
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66-96, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (66-96)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 832 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Ballparks: Target Field · Attendance: 2,776,354 (6th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blackburn | 30 | R | R | 6' 4" | 240 | Feb 24, 1982 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.1 | $4,750,000 | |
| Alex Burnett | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 220 | Jul 26, 1987 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $490,000 | |
| Sean Burroughs | 31 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Sep 12, 1980 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -0.2 | $525,000 | |
| Jared Burton | 31 | R | R | 6' 5" | 225 | Jun 2, 1981 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | $750,000 | |
| Drew Butera | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 200 | Aug 9, 1983 | 3 | 42 | 32 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| Matt Capps | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 260 | Sep 3, 1983 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $4,500,000 | |
| Jamey Carroll | 38 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Feb 18, 1974 | 11 | 138 | 130 | 138 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 44 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 | $2,750,000 | |
| Matt Carson | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jul 1, 1981 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Alexi Casilla | 27 | B | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Jul 20, 1984 | 7 | 106 | 84 | 106 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2.1 | $1,382,500 | |
| Cole De Vries | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Feb 12, 1985 | 1st | 17 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| Sam Deduno | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Jul 2, 1983 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| Scott Diamond | 25 | L | L | 6' 3" | 220 | Jul 30, 1986 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | ||
| Ryan Doumit | 31 | B | R | 6' 1" | 220 | Apr 3, 1981 | 8 | 134 | 126 | 134 | 81 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1.3 | $3,000,000 | |
| Brian Dozier | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | May 15, 1987 | 1st | 84 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| Brian Duensing | 29 | L | L | 6' 0" | 205 | Feb 22, 1983 | 4 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.2 | $515,000 | |
| Eduardo Escobar | 23 | B | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Jan 5, 1989 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| Casey Fien | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Oct 21, 1983 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||
| Pedro Florimon | 25 | B | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Dec 10, 1986 | 2 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Jeff Gray | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Nov 19, 1981 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $485,000 | |
| Liam Hendriks | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 205 | Feb 10, 1989 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.1 | $480,000 | |
| Chris Herrmann | 24 | L | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Nov 24, 1987 | 1st | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | ||
| Luke Hughes | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 205 | Aug 2, 1984 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.0 | $485,000 | |
| Erik Komatsu | 24 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Oct 1, 1987 | 1st | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -0.2 | ||
| Francisco Liriano | 28 | L | L | 6' 2" | 215 | Oct 26, 1983 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $5,500,000 | |
| Matt Maloney | 28 | L | L | 6' 4" | 210 | Jan 16, 1984 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $482,500 | |
| Jeff Manship | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Jan 16, 1985 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | ||
| Jason Marquis | 33 | L | R | 6' 1" | 220 | Aug 21, 1978 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1 | $3,000,000 | |
| Darin Mastroianni | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Aug 26, 1985 | 2 | 77 | 41 | 77 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 | ||
| Joe Mauer | 29 | L | R | 6' 5" | 230 | Apr 19, 1983 | 9 | 147 | 144 | 147 | 102 | 0 | 74 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 | $23,000,000 | All-Star |
| Justin Morneau | 31 | L | R | 6' 4" | 220 | May 15, 1981 | 10 | 134 | 133 | 134 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | $14,000,000 | |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 27 | B | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Jul 27, 1984 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $3,000,000 | |
| Lester Oliveros | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 235 | May 28, 1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.0 | ||
| Chris Parmelee | 24 | L | L | 6' 1" | 220 | Feb 24, 1988 | 2 | 64 | 49 | 64 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | -0.5 | $480,000 | |
| Carl Pavano | 36 | R | R | 6' 5" | 255 | Jan 8, 1976 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $8,500,000 | |
| Luis Perdomo | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Apr 27, 1984 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| Glen Perkins | 29 | L | L | 6' 0" | 205 | Mar 2, 1983 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | $1,550,000 | |
| Trevor Plouffe | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Jun 15, 1986 | 3 | 119 | 113 | 119 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | $485,000 | |
| Ben Revere | 24 | L | R | 5' 9" | 170 | May 3, 1988 | 3 | 124 | 118 | 124 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 84 | 121 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | $492,500 | |
| Tyler Robertson | 24 | L | L | 6' 5" | 255 | Dec 23, 1987 | 1st | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | ||
| Denard Span | 28 | L | L | 6' 0" | 210 | Feb 27, 1984 | 5 | 128 | 122 | 128 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5.1 | $3,000,000 | |
| Anthony Swarzak | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Sep 10, 1985 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $487,500 | |
| Clete Thomas | 28 | L | R | 5' 11" | 195 | Nov 14, 1983 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.0 | $481,000 | |
| Danny Valencia | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Sep 19, 1984 | 3 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.8 | $515,000 | |
| Esmerling Vasquez | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 200 | Nov 7, 1983 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Kyle Waldrop | 26 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Oct 27, 1985 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $480,000 | |
| P.J. Walters | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Mar 12, 1985 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | ||
| Josh Willingham | 33 | R | R | 6' 2" | 230 | Feb 17, 1979 | 9 | 145 | 143 | 145 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | $7,000,000 | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR | WAR |