2009 Minnesota Twins | ||
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American League Central Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
City | Minneapolis | |
Record | 87–76 (.534) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Jim Pohlad | |
General managers | Bill Smith | |
Managers | Ron Gardenhire | |
Television | Fox Sports North WFTC (My 29) (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven) | |
Radio | AM 1500 KSTP (John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2009 Minnesota Twins season was the 49th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 109th overall in the American League. It was their final season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with their new stadium, Target Field, opening in 2010. They ended the regular season as American League Central champions after defeating the Detroit Tigers in a one game tie-breaker.[1] They were then swept in the ALDS by the New York Yankees.[2] The team's star catcher and Minnesota native Joe Mauer won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
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Regular season
On April 17, Jason Kubel hit for the cycle, becoming the ninth Twin to accomplish the feat. Kubel joins just six other American League cycle-hitters that filled the 'HR' slot with a grand slam home run.[3]
On May 22, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle, becoming the tenth Twin to accomplish the feat. When he homered twice in the seventh inning on August 23, Cuddy became the only man ever in baseball to accomplish both feats in the same season. Prior to Kubel last month, the eight previous Twins' cycle hitters were Rod Carew, 1970; César Tovar, 1972; Larry Hisle, 1976; Lyman Bostock, 1976; Mike Cubbage, 1978; Gary Ward, 1980; Kirby Puckett, 1986 and Carlos Gómez, 2008.
After 319 consecutive games, Justin Morneau sat out June 21. He hadn't missed a game since June 27, 2007, until manager Ron Gardenhire held him out that day. His consecutive-games streak remains the longest for the Twins club.[4]
At the All-Star Game at Busch Stadium, Joe Mauer was the American League's starting catcher, and doubled in three at-bats. Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan entered as reserves. Nathan pitched an inning, walked one, struck out one and gave up one hit, earning a hold.[5]
Joe Mauer won his third American League batting title, with a .365 average. In the forty-nine seasons the Minnesota Twins have existed, a Twin has won the AL batting title fourteen times -- Rod Carew (7), Tony Oliva (3), Joe Mauer (3) and Kirby Puckett (1).[6]
Closer Joe Nathan saved 47 games to top Eddie Guardado's previous club record of 45. He was a co-winner of the Rolaids Relief Man Award (with Mariano Rivera), only the second Twin (after Bill Campbell, in 1976) to do so. Nathan now leads in Twins career saves with 260.
For the first time ever, four Twins topped 90 RBI: Jason Kubel (103), Justin Morneau (100), Joe Mauer (96) and Michael Cuddyer (94).[7]
Along with winning the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, Joe Mauer was named American League MVP, the fifth Twin in history to be so honored. Mauer is the first AL catcher to lead the league in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
Season standings
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 87 | 76 | 0.534 | — | 49–33 | 38–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 77 | 0.528 | 1 | 51–30 | 35–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 7½ | 43–38 | 36–45 |
Cleveland Indians | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 21½ | 35–46 | 30–51 |
Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 21½ | 33–48 | 32–49 |
Record vs. opponents
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 2–16 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 2–8 | 3–2 | 5–13 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 5–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
Boston | 16–2 | – | 4–4 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 2–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 4–5 | 4−4 | – | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–4 | 6−12 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–7 | 8–10 | – | 4–14 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 1–8 | 4–4 | 5–13 |
Detroit | 5–3 | 1–6 | 9–9 | 14–4 | – | 9–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 10–8 |
Kansas City | 4–4 | 3–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | – | 1–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–6 | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
Los Angeles | 8–2 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 9–1 | – | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–4 | 14–4 |
Minnesota | 2–3 | 2–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 12–7 | 12–6 | 4–6 | – | 0–7 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 12–6 |
New York | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 7–0 | – | 7–2 | 6–4 | 11–7 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 5–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–2 | 7–12 | 6–4 | 2–7 | – | 5–14 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 3–6 | 5–13 |
Seattle | 5–4 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 14–5 | – | 5–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Tampa Bay | 10–8 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 3–5 | – | 3–6 | 14–4 | 13–5 |
Texas | 5–5 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 6–3 | – | 5–5 | 9–9 |
Toronto | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4–14 | 5–5 | – | 7–11 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009
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Tie-Breaker & Post Season
The Twins ended the 162-game regular season tied with the Detroit Tigers, necessitating a one-game playoff. This made the Twins the first major league team ever to play in a tie-breaker two years in a row (they lost one to the Chicago White Sox in 2008). The game took place on Tuesday, October 6 at the Metrodome. The Twins won the game, 6-5, in 12 innings on Alexi Casilla's game-winning hit scoring Carlos Gómez.[8]
The Twins went on to face the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, which they lost in three consecutive games.
Player stats
Batting
Regular season
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Luis Ayala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Scott Baker | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Blackburn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brian Buscher | 61 | 136 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .235 | 0 |
Orlando Cabrera | 59 | 242 | 42 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | .289 | 2 |
Alexi Casilla | 80 | 228 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | .202 | 11 |
Jesse Crain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Joe Crede | 90 | 333 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 48 | .225 | 0 |
Michael Cuddyer | 153 | 588 | 93 | 162 | 34 | 7 | 32 | 94 | .276 | 6 |
R. A. Dickey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Carlos Gómez | 137 | 315 | 51 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 28 | .229 | 14 |
Matt Guerrier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Brendan Harris | 123 | 414 | 44 | 108 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 37 | .261 | 0 |
Sean Henn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Justin Huber | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Bob Keppel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Jason Kubel | 146 | 514 | 73 | 154 | 35 | 2 | 28 | 103 | .300 | 1 |
Francisco Liriano | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Joe Mauer | 138 | 523 | 94 | 191 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 96 | .365 | 4 |
José Mijares | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Jose Morales | 54 | 119 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .311 | 0 |
Justin Morneau | 135 | 508 | 85 | 139 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 100 | .274 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Glen Perkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jason Pridie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Nick Punto | 125 | 359 | 56 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 38 | .228 | 16 |
Mike Redmond | 45 | 135 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .237 | 0 |
Kevin Slowey | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Denard Span | 145 | 578 | 97 | 180 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 68 | .311 | 23 |
Anthony Swarzak | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Matt Tolbert | 71 | 198 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .232 | 6 |
Delmon Young | 108 | 395 | 50 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 60 | .284 | 2 |
Pitcher totals | 163 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 163 | 5608 | 817 | 1539 | 271 | 40 | 172 | 770 | .274 | 85 |
Postseason
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Orlando Cabrera | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | 1 |
Michael Cuddyer | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | 0 |
Carlos Gómez | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brendan Harris | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Jason Kubel | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | 0 |
Joe Mauer | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .417 | 0 |
Jose Morales | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Nick Punto | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 | 0 |
Denard Span | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 1 |
Matt Tolbert | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
Delmon Young | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 1 |
Totals | 3 | 113 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .257 | 3 |
Pitching
Regular season
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Luis Ayala | 1 | 2 | 4.18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 21 |
Scott Baker | 15 | 9 | 4.37 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 200.0 | 99 | 97 | 48 | 162 |
Nick Blackburn | 11 | 11 | 4.03 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 205.2 | 103 | 92 | 41 | 98 |
Craig Breslow | 1 | 2 | 6.28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Jesse Crain | 7 | 4 | 4.70 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 43 |
R. A. Dickey | 1 | 1 | 4.62 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 64.1 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 42 |
Brian Duensing | 5 | 2 | 3.64 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 84.0 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 53 |
Armando Gabino | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Matt Guerrier | 5 | 1 | 2.36 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 47 |
Sean Henn | 0 | 3 | 7.15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Philip Humber | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Bob Keppel | 1 | 1 | 4.83 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 32 |
Francisco Liriano | 5 | 13 | 5.80 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 136.2 | 93 | 88 | 65 | 122 |
Ron Mahay | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Jeff Manship | 1 | 1 | 5.68 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 21 |
José Mijares | 2 | 2 | 2.34 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 55 |
Juan Morillo | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Kevin Mulvey | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 2 | 2 | 2.10 | 70 | 0 | 47 | 68.2 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 89 |
Carl Pavano | 5 | 4 | 4.64 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 73.2 | 39 | 38 | 16 | 59 |
Glen Perkins | 6 | 7 | 5.89 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 96.1 | 64 | 63 | 23 | 45 |
Jon Rauch | 5 | 1 | 1.72 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
Kevin Slowey | 10 | 3 | 4.86 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 90.2 | 50 | 49 | 15 | 75 |
Anthony Swarzak | 3 | 7 | 6.25 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 59.0 | 43 | 41 | 20 | 34 |
Team Totals | 87 | 76 | 4.50 | 163 | 163 | 48 | 1453.0 | 765 | 726 | 466 | 1052 |
Postseason
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Nick Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Brian Duensing | 0 | 1 | 9.64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Matt Guerrier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Francisco Liriano | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ron Mahay | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
José Mijares | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Nathan | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Carl Pavano | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Jon Rauch | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 0 | 3 | 4.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 22 |
Other post-season awards
- Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer
- Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Joe Nathan
- Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – José Mijares
- Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Michael Cuddyer
- Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Joe Mauer
- Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
- Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Denard Span
- The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
- Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Justin Morneau
- Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Ben Revere
- Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – David Bromberg
- Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Rod Carew
- Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Jerry Bell
Farm system
References
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- ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 11, 2009). "Yankees Sweep Twins to Advance to A.L.C.S." New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
- ^ "Hitting For The Cycle Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "Minnesota Twins". TwinCities.com. June 20, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ "2009 All-Star Game box score". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "League Batting Average Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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- 2009 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference
- 2009 Minnesota Twins season Official Site (Archived 2009-07-31)