2016 Minnesota Twins season

The 2016 Minnesota Twins season was the 56th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their seventh season at Target Field and the 116th overall in the American League. The 2016 season marked the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Twins World Series victory, and the 2016 team wore commemorative patches. The team finished in fifth place in the American League Central and lost 103 games, the worst record in the majors and the most losses since the franchise relocated to Minnesota in 1961.

2016 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	59–103 (.364)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Jim Pohlad
General managers	Terry Ryan (fired July 18) Rob Antony (interim)
Managers	Paul Molitor
Television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Radio	KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Summary

The Twins signed Korean baseball star Byung-ho Park in the offseason, in addition to acquiring John Ryan Murphy, a catcher, in a trade with the Yankees. The team's encouraging 83–79 finish the previous season behind good rookie seasons from Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario, Tyler Duffey, and Byron Buxton, along with the anticipated arrival of Minor Leaguers José Berríos and Max Kepler, gave Twins' fans high hopes for the 2016 season. However, the season became a complete disaster, starting with the Twins losing their first nine games of the season and never getting out of last place in the AL Central. They finished with a record of 59-103, the worst in the league. The 103 losses marked the worst record in Twins history, besting the 60-102 team of 1982.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584	—	53‍–‍28	41‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	8	45‍–‍35	41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	13½	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	16½	45‍–‍36	33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	35½	30‍–‍51	29‍–‍52

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	—
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	2½
Seattle Mariners	86	76	.531	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	5
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	5
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	8
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	11
Los Angeles Angels	74	88	.457	15
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	20
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	21
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	30

Record against opponents

2016 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–11	4–3	5–1	5–2	1–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	10–9	3–4	1–6	13–6	3–4	9–10	14–6
Boston	11–8	—	3–4	4–2	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–3	4–3	11–8	5–1	4–3	12–7	3–3	9–10	14–6
Chicago	3–4	4–3	—	8–11	7–12	3–3	5–14	2–5	12–7	3–3	5–2	4–3	4–3	4–2	5–1	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	2–4	11–8	—	14–4	3–4	14–5	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–2	3–4	5–1	2–5	4–3	13–7
Detroit	2–5	5–2	12–7	4–14	—	4–2	7–12	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–1	2–4	3–4	13–7
Houston	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	—	3–4	13–6	5–2	2–4	13–6	11–8	3–3	4–15	2–5	11–9
Kansas City	2–4	4–2	14–5	5–14	12–7	4–3	—	1–5	15–4	2–5	1–6	3–4	5–2	1–6	2–4	10–10
Los Angeles	2–4	3–4	5–2	1–6	4–2	6–13	5–1	—	2–4	1–6	12–7	8–11	3–4	9–10	4–3	9–11
Minnesota	1–5	3–4	7–12	9–10	4–15	2–5	4–15	4–2	—	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	5–2	1–6	8–12
New York	9–10	8–11	3–3	5–2	3–3	4–2	5–2	6–1	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	7–12	8–12
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	2–4	3–4	6–13	6–1	7–12	4–2	3–4	—	7–12	5–2	9–10	3–3	7–13
Seattle	6–1	3–4	3–4	4–3	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–8	2–4	3–3	12–7	—	4–2	7–12	3–3	13–7
Tampa Bay	6–13	7–12	3–4	1–5	1–6	3–3	2–5	4–3	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	4–2	11–8	10–10
Texas	4–3	3–3	2–4	5–2	4–2	15–4	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–4	—	3–4	13–7
Toronto	10–9	10–9	1–5	3–4	4–3	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	8–11	4–3	—	13–7

Game log

2016 Game Log: 59−103 (Home: 30−51; Away: 29−52)
April: 7–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 1–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 4 @ Orioles 2–3 Britton (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) — 45,785 0–1 L1 2 April 6 @ Orioles 2–4 Gallardo (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Britton (1) 12,622 0–2 L2 3 April 7 @ Orioles 2–4 Jiménez (1–0) Hughes (0–1) O'Day (1) 11,142 0–3 L3 4 April 8 @ Royals 3–4 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2) 27,166 0–4 L4 5 April 9 @ Royals 0–7 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 31,001 0–5 L5 6 April 10 @ Royals 3–4 (10) Davis (1–0) May (0–1) — 35,317 0–6 L6 7 April 11 White Sox 1–4 Quintana (1–0) Gibson (0–2) Robertson (3) 40,638 0–7 L7 8 April 13 White Sox 0–3 Rodon (1–1) Hughes (0–2) Robertson (4) 21,008 0–8 L8 9 April 14 White Sox 1–3 Latos (2–0) Santana (0–1) Robertson (5) 19,736 0–9 L9 10 April 15 Angels 5–4 Fien (1–0) Salas (0–1) Jepsen (1) 22,461 1–9 W1 11 April 16 Angels 6–4 Pressly (1–0) Smith (0–1) Jepsen (2) 27,464 2–9 W2 12 April 17 Angels 3–2 (12) Tonkin (1–0) Rasmus (0–1) — 25,932 3–9 W3 13 April 18 Brewers 7–4 (6) Hughes (1–2) Anderson (1–1) — 21,078 4–9 W4 14 April 19 Brewers 5–6 Thornburg (2–0) Jepsen (0–3) Jeffress (5) 17,597 4–10 L1 15 April 20 @ Brewers 5–10 Nelson (3–1) Pressly (1–1) — 21,087 4–11 L2 16 April 21 @ Brewers 8–1 Nolasco (1–0) Jungmann (0–3) — 30,107 5–11 W1 17 April 22 @ Nationals 4–8 González (1–0) Gibson (0–3) — 27,684 5–12 L1 18 April 23 @ Nationals 0–2 Roark (2–2) Hughes (1–3) Papelbon (7) 35,974 5–13 L2 19 April 24 @ Nationals 5–6 (16) Pérez (1–0) Tonkin (1–1) — 35,397 5–14 L3 20 April 25 Indians 4–3 Jepsen (1–3) McAllister (1–1) — 17,503 6–14 W1 21 April 26 Indians 6–5 Jepsen (2–3) Allen (0–2) — 17,493 7–14 W2 22 April 27 Indians 5–6 Tomlin (3–0) Berríos (0–1) Allen (7) 17,746 7–15 L1 23 April 29 Tigers 2–9 Fulmer (1–0) Hughes (1–4) — 23,049 7–16 L2 24 April 30 Tigers 1–4 Zimmermann (5–0) Duffey (0–1) Rodríguez (6) 31,109 7–17 L3
May: 8–19 (Home: 2–8; Away: 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 25 May 1 Tigers 5–6 Lowe (1–0) Pressly (1–2) Rodríguez (7) 24,749 7–18 L4 26 May 2 @ Astros 6–2 Berríos (1–1) Keuchel (2–4) — 18,243 8–18 W1 27 May 3 @ Astros 4–6 McHugh (3–3) Meyer (0–1) Gregerson (6) 21,153 8–19 L1 28 May 4 @ Astros 4–16 Feldman (1–2) Hughes (1–5) — 20,847 8–20 L2 29 May 6 @ White Sox 4–10 Latos (5–0) Nolasco (1–1) — 23,054 8–21 L3 30 May 7 @ White Sox 2–7 Sale (7–0) Santana (0–2) — 28,049 8–22 L4 31 May 8 @ White Sox 1–3 Quintana (5–1) Duffey (0–2) Robertson (10) 23,801 8–23 L5 — May 9 Orioles Postponed (rain). Make-up date July 28. 32 May 10 Orioles 3–5 O'Day (2–0) Jepsen (2–4) Britton (8) 21,586 8–24 L6 33 May 11 Orioles 2–9 Wilson (2–1) Hughes (1–6) — 25,094 8–25 L7 34 May 13 @ Indians 6–7 McAllister (2–1) May (0–2) Allen (9) 17,803 8–26 L8 35 May 14 @ Indians 6–3 Santana (1–2) Kluber (2–5) — 15,428 9–26 W1 36 May 15 @ Indians 5–1 Duffey (1–2) Bauer (3–1) — 13,236 10–26 W2 37 May 16 @ Tigers 8–10 Zimmermann (6–2) Dean (0–1) Rodríguez (10) 25,925 10–27 L1 38 May 17 @ Tigers 2–7 Ryan (1–2) Tonkin (1–2) — 27,652 10–28 L2 39 May 18 @ Tigers 3–6 Verlander (3–4) Nolasco (1–2) Rodríguez (11) 29,035 10–29 L3 40 May 19 Blue Jays 2–3 (11) Osuna (2–0) Pressly (1–3) Biagini (1) 25,435 10–30 L4 41 May 20 Blue Jays 3–9 Sanchez (4–1) Duffey (1–3) — 29,396 10–31 L5 42 May 21 Blue Jays 5–3 Abad (1–0) Happ (5–2) Jepsen (3) 30,460 11–31 W1 43 May 22 Blue Jays 1–3 Stroman (5–1) Hughes (1–7) Osuna (9) 33,421 11–32 L1 44 May 23 Royals 4–10 Moylan (1–0) Nolasco (1–3) — 17,886 11–33 L2 45 May 24 Royals 4–7 Volquez (5–4) Santana Davis (12) 23,541 11–34 L3 46 May 25 Royals 7–5 Duffey (2–3) Gee (1–2) Jepson (4) 27,233 12–34 W1 47 May 27 @ Mariners 7–2 Dean (1-1) Hernandez (4-4) — 40,921 13–34 W2 48 May 28 @ Mariners 6–5 Pressly (2-3) Vincent (2-2) Jepsen (5) 28,309 14–34 W3 49 May 29 @ Mariners 5–4 Nolasco (2-3) Walker (2-5) Jepsen (6) 33,748 15–34 W4 50 May 30 @ Athletics 2–3 Graveman (2–6) Santana (1–4) Madson (12) 17,248 15–35 L1 51 May 31 @ Athletics 4–7 Dull (1–0) Duffey (2–0) Axford (1) 12,767 15–36 L2
June: 10–17 (Home: 7–10; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 @ Athletics 1–5 Manaea (2–3) Dean (1–2) — 11,343 15–37 L3 53 June 2 Rays 6–4 Rogers (1–0) Ramírez (6–4) Jepsen (7) 20,193 16–37 W1 54 June 3 Rays 2–4 Ramírez (7–4) Nolasco (2–4) Colomé (13) 21,134 16–38 L1 55 June 4 Rays 4–7 Andriese (4–0) Santana (1–5) Colomé (14) 26,613 16–39 L2 56 June 5 Rays 5–7 Cedeño (3–1) Jepsen (2–5) Colomé (15) 25,510 16–40 L3 57 June 7 Marlins 6–4 (11) Boshers (1–0) McGowan (0–2) — 19,020 17–40 W1 58 June 8 Marlins 7–5 Rogers (2–0) Wittgren (1–1) Kintzler (1) 21,527 18–40 W2 59 June 9 Marlins 3–10 Koehler (4–6) Santana (1–6) — 18,792 18–41 L1 60 June 10 Red Sox 1–8 Wright (7–4) Duffey (2–5) — 22,786 18–42 L2 61 June 11 Red Sox 4–15 Hembree (3–0) Gibson (0–4) — 28,633 18–43 L3 62 June 12 Red Sox 7–4 (10) Tonkin (2–2) Barnes (2–3) — 26,087 19–43 W1 63 June 13 @ Angels 9–4 Nolasco (3–4) Weaver (5–6) — 36,424 20–43 W2 64 June 14 @ Angels 4–5 Chacín (3–4) Santana (1–7) Street (7) 36,272 20–44 L1 65 June 15 @ Angels 2–10 Santiago (4–4) Duffey (2–6) — 36,717 20–45 L2 66 June 16 Yankees 1–4 Sabathia (5–4) Gibson (0–5) Chapman (12) 23,751 20–46 L3 67 June 17 Yankees 2–8 Tanaka (3–2) Dean (1–3) – 23,888 20–47 L4 68 June 18 Yankees 6–7 Miller (4–0) Abad (1–1) Chapman (13) 34,368 20–48 L5 69 June 19 Yankees 7–4 Santana (2–7) Eovaldi (6–4) Kintzler (2) 29,553 21–48 W1 70 June 21 Phillies 14–10 Boshers (2–0) Nola (5–7) Kintzler (3) 25,714 22–48 W2 71 June 22 Phillies 5–6 Rogers (3–0) Hernandez (1–2) Abad (1) 25,032 23–48 W3 72 June 23 Phillies 3–7 Eickhoff (5–9) Nolasco (3–5) — 30,012 23–49 L1 73 June 24 @ Yankees 3–5 Tanaka (5–2) Milone (0–2) Chapman (14) 36,090 23–50 L2 74 June 25 @ Yankees 1–2 Miller (5–0) Pressly (2–4) Chapman (15) 40,075 23–51 L3 75 June 26 @ Yankees 1–7 Duffey (3–6) Eovaldi (6–4) — 38,673 24–51 W1 76 June 28 @ White Sox 4–0 Gibson (1–5) Quintana (5–8) — 22,072 25–51 W2 77 June 29 @ White Sox 6–9 Shields (3–9) Nolasco (3–6) Jones (2) 18,571 25–52 L1 78 June 30 @ White Sox 5–6 Jones (4–2) Abad (1–2) Robertson (21) 26,158 25–53 L2
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 79 July 1 Rangers 2–3 (10) Bush (3-1) Abad (1-3) Dyson (17) 25,530 25–54 L3 80 July 2 Rangers 17–5 Duffey (4–6) Gonzalez (0–1) — 21,466 26–54 W1 81 July 3 Rangers 5–4 Gibson (2–5) Hamels (9–2) Kintzler (4) 26,942 27–54 W2 82 July 4 Athletics 1–3 Graveman (4–6) Nolasco (3–7) Madson (16) 23,100 27–55 L1 83 July 5 Athletics 11–4 Milone (1–2) Manaea (3–5) — 16,938 28–55 W1 84 July 6 Athletics 4–0 Santana (3–7) Gray (3–8) — 27,657 29–55 W2 85 July 7 @ Rangers 10–1 Duffey (5–6) Gonzalez (0–2) — 43,934 30–55 W3 86 July 8 @ Rangers 5–6 Barnette (6–3) Pressly (2–5) Dyson (18) 40,330 30–56 L1 87 July 9 @ Rangers 8–6 Nolasco (4–7) Lohse (0–1) Kintzler (5) 37,708 31–56 W1 88 July 10 @ Rangers 15–5 Milone (2–2) Griffin (3–1) — 31,978 32–56 W2 87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California 89 July 15 Indians 2–5 Carrasco (6–3) Santana (3–8) Allen (19) 27,074 32–57 L1 90 July 16 Indians 5–4 (11) May (1–2) Colón (0–1) — 29,447 33–57 W1 91 July 17 Indians 1–6 Tomlin (10–2) Gibson (2–6) — 25,692 33–58 L1 92 July 18 @ Tigers 0–1 Boyd (1–2) Nolasco (4–8) Rodríguez (26) 29,290 33–59 L2 93 July 19 @ Tigers 6–2 Milone (3–2) Sánchez (5–11) — 32,030 34–59 W1 94 July 20 @ Tigers 4–1 Pressly (3–5) Rodríguez (1–1) Kintzler (6) 35,020 35–59 W2 95 July 21 @ Red Sox 2–13 Wright (12–5) Duffey (5–7) 37,566 35–60 L1 96 July 22 @ Red Sox 2–1 Gibson (3–6) Rodríguez (2–4) Kintzler (7) 37,001 36–60 W1 97 July 23 @ Red Sox 11–9 Pressly (4–5) Layne (0–1) Kintzler (8) 37,600 37–60 W2 98 July 24 @ Red Sox 7–8 Porcello (13–2) Milone (3–3) Ziegler (19) 36,806 37–61 L1 99 July 26 Braves 0–2 Harrell (2–2) Santana (3–9) Johnson (3) 26,690 37–62 L2 100 July 27 Braves 7–9 Foltynewicz (4–4) Duffey (5–8) Johnson (4) 29,482 37–63 L3 101 July 28 Orioles 6–2 Pressly (5–5) Despaigne (0-2) — 22,569 38–63 W1 102 July 29 White Sox 2–1 May (2–2) Jennings (4–3) — 23,983 39–63 W2 103 July 30 White Sox 5–6 (10) Ynoa (1–0) Abad (1–4) Robertson (25) 29,482 39–64 L1 104 July 31 White Sox 6–4 Santana (4–9) Rodon (2–8) Pressly (1) 29,670 40–64 W1
August: 9–20 (Home: 2–8 ; Away: 7–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 @ Indians 12–5 Berríos (2–1) Salazar (11–4) — 15,018 41–64 W2 106 August 2 @ Indians 10–6 Pressly (6–5) Carrasco (7–5) — 15,835 42–64 W3 107 August 3 @ Indians 13–5 Duffey (6–8) Bauer (7–5) — 17,176 43–64 W4 108 August 4 @ Indians 2–9 Otero (3–1) Santiago (10–5) — 19,193 43–65 L1 109 August 5 @ Rays 6–2 Santana (5–9) Ramírez (7–9) — 12,161 44–65 W1 110 August 6 @ Rays 3–7 Archer (6–15) Berríos (2–2) Colomé (27) 15,603 44–66 L1 111 August 7 @ Rays 6–3 Gibson (4–6) Andriese (6–3) Kintzler (9) 12,649 45–66 W1 112 August 8 Astros 3–1 Duffey (7–8) McHugh (7–9) Kintzler (10) 20,978 46–66 W2 113 August 9 Astros 5–7 Fiers (8–5) Santiago (10–6) Giles (2) 22,261 46–67 L1 — August 10 Astros Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 11) 114 August 11 Astros 7–15 Fister (11–7) Berríos (2–3) — 25,960 46–68 L2 115 August 11 Astros 2–10 Devenski (1–4) Milone (3–4) — 24,935 46–69 L3 116 August 12 Royals 3–7 Ventura (8–9) Gibson (4–7) — 24,617 46–70 L4 117 August 13 Royals 5–3 Duffey (8–8) Gee (4–6) Kintzler (11) 30,147 47–70 W1 118 August 14 Royals 4–11 Vólquez (9–10) Santiago (10–7) — 31,730 47–71 L1 119 August 16 @ Braves 5–3 Santana (6–9) De La Cruz (0–6) Kintzler (12) 17,611 48–71 W1 120 August 17 @ Braves 10–3 Gibson (5–7) O'Flaherty (1–4) — 19,304 49–71 W2 121 August 18 @ Royals 1–8 Gee (5–6) Duffey (8–9) — 30,599 49–72 L1 122 August 19 @ Royals 4–5 (11) Wang (6–0) Chargois (0–1) — 28,463 49–73 L2 123 August 20 @ Royals 0–10 Kennedy (8–9) Santiago (10–8) — 29,263 49–74 L3 124 August 21 @ Royals 1–2 Duffy (11–1) Santana (6–10) Herrera (7) 32,996 49–75 L4 125 August 23 Tigers 3–8 Sánchez (7–12) Gibson (5–8) — 24,379 46–76 L5 126 August 24 Tigers 4–9 Boyd (5–2) Duffey (8–10) — 24,309 49–77 L6 127 August 25 Tigers 5–8 Norris (2–2) Berríos (2–4) Rodríguez (35) 26,437 49–78 L7 128 August 26 @ Blue Jays 8–15 Liriano (7–12) Dean (1–4) — 42,534 49–79 L8 129 August 27 @ Blue Jays 7–8 Grilli (5–3) Pressly (6–6) Osuna (29) 47,485 49–80 L9 130 August 28 @ Blue Jays 6–9 Feldman (7–4) Light (0–1) — 47,444 49–81 L10 131 August 29 @ Indians 0–1 (10) McAllister (3–2) Kintzler (0–1) — 11,237 49–82 L11 132 August 30 @ Indians 4–5 Otero (4–1) Wimmers (0–1) Miller (12) 11,937 49–83 L12 133 August 31 @ Indians 4–8 Kluber (15–8) Dean (1–5) Shaw (1) 11,811 49–84 L13
September: 8–19 (Home: 5–11 ; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 White Sox 8–5 Santana (7-10) Quintana (11-10) Kintzler (13) 20,329 50–84 W1 135 September 2 White Sox 4–11 Rodon (5–8) Gibson (5–9) — 20,806 50–85 L1 136 September 3 White Sox 11–3 Santiago (11–8) Shields (5–17) — 22,274 51–85 W1 137 September 4 White Sox 11–13 (12) Minaya (1–0) Dean (1–6) Kahnle (1) 22,595 51–86 L1 138 September 5 Royals 5–11 Kennedy (10–9) Berríos (2–5) — 20,992 51–87 L2 139 September 6 Royals 3–10 Herrera (2–4) Kintzler (0–2) — 22,194 51–88 L3 140 September 7 Royals 6–5 Wimmers (1–1) Soria (4–8) Kintzler (14) 17,972 52–88 W1 141 September 9 Indians 4–5 Colón (1–1) Duffey (8–11) Allen (27) 20,173 52–89 L1 142 September 10 Indians 2–1 (12) Chargois (1–1) Colón (1–2) — 23,584 53–89 W1 143 September 11 Indians 1–7 Kluber (16–9) Berríos (2–6) — 20,301 53–90 L1 144 September 12 @ Tigers 2–4 Greene (4–4) Wimmers (1–2) Rodríguez (41) 28,093 53–91 L2 145 September 13 @ Tigers 8–1 Gibson (6–9) Boyd (5–4) — 26,393 54–91 W1 146 September 14 @ Tigers 6–9 Greene (5–4) Pressly (6–7) Rodríguez (42) 27,953 54–92 L1 147 September 15 @ Tigers 5–1 Santiago (12-8) Pelfrey (4–10) — 26,932 55-92 W1 148 September 16 @ Mets 0–3 Colón (14–7) Berríos (2–7) Familia (49) 33,338 55–93 L1 149 September 17 @ Mets 2–3 (12) Edgin (1–0) O'Rourke (0–1) — 36,941 55–94 L2 150 September 18 @ Mets 2–3 Goeddel (2–1) Gibson (6–10) Blevins (2) 28,926 55–95 L3 151 September 20 Tigers 1–8 Matt Boyd (6–4) Santiago (12–9) — 23,395 55–96 L4 — September 21 Tigers Postponed (rain). Make-up date September 22. 152 September 22 Tigers 2–9 Wilson (4–0) Wimmers (1–3) — 18,374 55–97 L5 153 September 22 Tigers 2–4 Verlander (15–8) Santana (7–11) Rodríguez (44) 21,599 55–98 L6 154 September 23 Mariners 1–10 Paxton (5–7) Gibson (6–11) — 22,683 55–99 L7 155 September 24 Mariners 3–2 Duffey (9–11) Miranda (5–2) Kintzler (15) 24,749 56–99 W1 156 September 25 Mariners 3–4 Walker (7–11) Santiago (12–10) Díaz (17) 22,092 56–100 L1 157 September 27 @ Royals 3–4 (11) Pounders (2–1) Milone (3–5) — 28,435 56–101 L2 158 September 28 @ Royals 2–5 Soria (5–8) Rogers (3–1) Davis (27) 23,437 56–102 L3 159 September 29 @ Royals 7–6 Tonkin (3–2) Herrera (2–6) Kintzler (16) 29,566 57–102 W1 160 September 30 @ White Sox 3–7 Rodon (9–10) Duffey (9–12) — 19,007 57–103 L1
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 161 October 1 @ White Sox 6–0 Santiago (13–10) Shields (6–19) — 25,730 58–103 W1 162 October 2 @ White Sox 6–3 Berríos (3–7) Sale (17–10) Kintzler (17) 21,904 59–103 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member

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2016 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 58 Fernando Abad 58 Andrew Albers 17 José Berríos 62 Buddy Boshers 60 J. T. Chargois 64 Pat Dean 56 Tyler Duffey 50 Casey Fien 44 Kyle Gibson 62 J. R. Graham 45 Phil Hughes 49 Kevin Jepsen 27 Brandon Kintzler 53 Pat Light 65 Trevor May 49 Adalberto Mejía 51 Alex Meyer 33 Tommy Milone 47 Ricky Nolasco 61 Ryan O'Rourke 15 Glen Perkins 57 Ryan Pressly 50 Neil Ramirez 55 Taylor Rogers 54 Ervin Santana 66 Hector Santiago 59 Michael Tonkin 51 Alex Wimmers		Catchers 37 Juan Centeno 12 John Ryan Murphy  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 30 James Beresford  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar  7 Joe Mauer  9 Eduardo Núñez 52 Byung-ho Park 24 Trevor Plouffe 11 Jorge Polanco 22 Miguel Sanó 19 Kennys Vargas		Outfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia 25 Byron Buxton 36 Robbie Grossman 26,67 Max Kepler 21 Darin Mastroianni 20 Eddie Rosario 39 Danny Santana 32 Logan Schafer		Manager  4 Paul Molitor Coaches 41 Neil Allen (pitching) 23 Tom Brunansky (hitting) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 40 Butch Davis (first base) 13 Gene Glynn (third base) 18 Eddie Guardado (bullpen) 63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting) 66 Eric Rasmussen (assistant pitching) 76 Ben Richardson (bullpen catcher) 46 Joe Vavra (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Brian Dozier	155	615	104	165	35	5	42	99	18	61	.268	.546
Joe Mauer	134	494	68	129	22	4	11	49	2	79	.261	.389
Miguel Sanó	116	437	57	103	22	1	25	66	1	54	.236	.462
Max Kepler	113	396	52	93	20	2	17	63	6	42	.235	.424
Eduardo Núñez	91	371	49	110	15	1	12	47	27	15	.296	.439
Eduardo Escobar	105	352	32	83	14	2	6	37	1	21	.236	.338
Kurt Suzuki	106	345	34	89	24	1	8	49	0	18	.258	.403
Eddie Rosario	92	335	52	90	17	2	10	32	5	12	.269	.421
Robbie Grossman	99	332	49	93	19	1	11	37	2	55	.280	.443
Trevor Plouffe	84	319	35	83	13	1	12	47	1	19	.260	.420
Byron Buxton	92	298	44	67	19	6	10	38	10	23	.225	.430
Jorge Polanco	69	245	24	69	15	4	4	27	4	17	.282	.424
Danny Santana	75	233	29	56	10	2	2	14	12	12	.240	.326
Byung-ho Park	62	215	28	41	9	1	12	24	1	21	.191	.409
Juan Centeno	55	176	16	46	12	1	3	25	0	12	.261	.392
Kennys Vargas	47	152	27	35	11	0	10	20	0	24	.230	.500
Oswaldo Arcia	32	103	8	22	4	0	4	12	0	10	.214	.369
John Ryan Murphy	26	82	4	12	3	0	1	3	0	5	.146	.220
Logan Schafer	26	63	8	15	3	1	0	1	0	8	.238	.317
James Beresford	10	22	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.227	.273
Darin Mastroianni	7	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125
Team Totals	162	5618	722	1409	288	35	200	690	91	513	.251	.421

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ervin Santana	7	11	3.38	30	30	0	181.1	168	78	68	53	149
Kyle Gibson	6	11	5.07	25	25	0	147.1	175	89	83	55	104
Tyler Duffey	9	12	6.43	26	26	0	133.0	167	103	95	32	114
Ricky Nolasco	4	8	5.13	21	21	0	124.2	139	77	71	29	93
Ryan Pressly	6	7	3.70	72	0	1	75.1	79	34	31	23	67
Michael Tonkin	3	2	5.02	65	0	0	71.2	80	46	40	24	80
Tommy Milone	3	5	5.71	19	12	0	69.1	84	53	44	22	49
Pat Dean	1	6	6.28	19	9	0	67.1	88	47	47	23	50
Taylor Rogers	3	1	3.96	57	0	0	61.1	63	29	27	16	64
Hector Santiago	3	6	5.58	11	11	0	61.1	65	39	38	22	37
Phil Hughes	1	7	5.95	12	11	0	59.0	76	40	39	13	34
José Berríos	3	7	8.02	14	14	0	58.1	74	56	52	35	49
Brandon Kintzler	0	2	3.15	54	0	17	54.1	59	22	19	8	35
Trevor May	2	2	5.27	44	0	0	42.2	39	26	25	17	60
Buddy Boshers	2	0	4.25	37	0	0	36.0	35	21	17	7	37
Fernando Abad	1	4	2.65	39	0	1	34.0	27	11	10	14	29
Kevin Jepsen	2	5	6.16	33	0	7	30.2	42	22	21	12	22
Ryan O'Rourke	0	1	3.96	26	0	0	25.0	18	13	11	10	24
JT Chargois	1	1	4.70	25	0	0	23.0	25	12	12	12	17
Alex Wimmers	1	3	4.15	16	0	0	17.1	14	8	8	11	14
Andrew Albers	0	0	5.82	6	2	0	17.0	27	16	11	6	16
Neil Ramírez	0	0	6.14	8	0	0	14.2	15	10	10	10	11
Pat Light	0	1	9.00	15	0	0	14.0	15	14	14	15	14
Casey Fien	1	0	7.90	14	0	0	13.2	21	12	12	3	12
Alex Meyer	0	1	12.27	2	1	0	3.2	8	5	5	4	5
Adalberto Mejía	0	0	7.71	1	0	0	2.1	5	2	2	1	0
Glen Perkins	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	1	3
J.R. Graham	0	0	10.80	1	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	1	2
Eduardo Escobar	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	59	103	5.08	162	162	26	1443.0	1617	889	814	479	1191

Source:[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Mike Quade
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Doug Mientkiewicz
A-Advanced	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Jeff Smith
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Jake Mauer
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Ramón Borrego
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League

External links

• 2016 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference