1996 Minnesota Twins season

1996 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (since 1982)
Minneapolis (since 1982)
Other information
Owner(s)	Carl Pohlad
General manager(s)	Terry Ryan
Manager(s)	Tom Kelly
Local television	WCCO-TV Midwest Sports Channel (Bert Blyleven, Dick Bremer, Ryan Lefebvre, Tommy John)
Local radio	830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, John Gordon)
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Prior to the spring training, the 1996 Minnesota Twins were projected to be a contending team. The team's chances significantly worsened on March 28, 1996. Kirby Puckett, the team's franchise player, had been tattooing the Grapefruit League (spring training) for a .360 average, but that morning woke up without vision in his right eye. He was eventually diagnosed with glaucoma. Several surgeries over the next few months could not restore vision in the eye. Puckett announced his retirement from baseball on July 12. After beginning the season under the melancholy cloud of the Puckett situation, Manager Tom Kelly's team finished the year with a 78-84 record, which put it in fourth place in the American League Central Division.

Offseason

October 9: Luis Rivas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Twins.^[1]
December 5: Paul Molitor was signed as a free agent by the Twins.^[2]
January 29: Signed Roberto Kelly as a free agent.

Regular season

On April 24, the Twins crushed the Detroit Tigers 24-11. The total of runs—both the Twins' 24 and the game's total of 35—were new highs in Twins history for a nine-inning game.^[3]
Only second baseman Chuck Knoblauch was selected from the Twins for the All-Star Game at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia. Entering in the eighth inning as a reserve, he singled. His was just one of seven American League hits in the National League's 6-0 victory.
On July 25 at the Metrodome, seven Twins hit eight doubles to set a new mark. The Twins drubbed the Boston Red Sox 16-6.^[4]
By season's end, several other offensive records had been set: Chuck Knoblauch scored 140 times, besting Rod Carew's previous club high of 128. Chip Hale had nineteen pinch hits on the year. New season highs were set for most runs scored (877) and most runs allowed (900). In addition, new club season highs were set in most hits (1663), most RBI (812), most doubles (332) and highest team batting average (.288).

Offense

Individual players on the team did excel. Paul Molitor had a standout year in his first year back with his hometown team, playing as the regular designated hitter and winning a Silver Slugger Award at that position. He played in all but one game and hit .341 with 113 RBI and a league-best 225 hits. On September 16 in Kansas City, he collected his 3,000th hit, a triple off of José Rosado. He is the only player to obtain his 3,000th hit via a triple. Along with Molitor, Chuck Knoblauch also hit .341. Among the hits were 35 doubles. He also stole 45 bases. Marty Cordova had a respectable year, driving in 111 runs.

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
HR	Marty Cordova	16
RBI	Paul Molitor	113
BA	Paul Molitor and Chuck Knoblauch	.341
Runs	Chuck Knoblauch	140

Pitching

The pitching did not match the offense. Brad Radke, Frank Rodriguez, and Rich Robertson (the three R's) all spent the whole season in the starting rotation and had losing records. The team's experiment moving Rick Aguilera from the closer's role to the starting rotation was not a successful one, as he started only 19 games. Scott Aldred also started seventeen games for the team. Radke had the lowest ERA among the starters at 4.46. The rest were over five. Dave Stevens got the most saves at 11, but he was not an effective closer. Mike Trombley and Dan Naulty had effective seasons out of the bullpen, but nobody else had an ERA under five. Epitomizing the pitching woes, Mike Milchin had an ERA of 8.31 but the team still let him pitch in 26 games.

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
ERA	Brad Radke	4.46
Wins	Frank Rodriguez	13
Saves	Dave Stevens	11
Strikeouts	Brad Radke	148

Defense

The only truly regular starters in the field were Knoblauch at second base, Pat Meares at shortstop, and Cordova in left field. In a less-than-encouraging sign for the team's postseason prospects, Scott Stahoviak saw a majority of the time at first base. Dave Hollins played 116 games at third, with Jeff Reboulet and Todd Walker also seeing time. Greg Myers and Matt Walbeck platooned at catcher. Rich Becker had the unenviable task of replacing Puckett in center field and played 121 games there. Right field was a mish-mash, with Matt Lawton playing 60 games at the position, Roberto Kelly 54, Denny Hocking 33, and Ron Coomer 23.

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	0.615	—	51–29	48–33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	14½	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	19½	38–43	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	21½	39–43	39–41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	24	37–43	38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 78–84 (Home: 39–43; Away: 39–41)

April: 13–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Tigers	8–6	Radke (1–0)	Lira	Stevens (1)	30,185	1–0
2	April 2	Tigers	6–10	Sodowsky	Robertson (0–1)	—	20,164	1–1
3	April 3	Tigers	16–7	Mahomes (1–0)	Aldred	—	12,256	2–1
4	April 5	Orioles	1–2	Mercker	Guardado (0–1)	Myers	22,744	2–2
5	April 6	Orioles	8–3	Radke (2–0)	Haynes	—	22,334	3–2
6	April 7	Orioles	2–4	Mussina	Robertson (0–2)	Myers	14,580	3–3
7	April 9	@ Red Sox	1–9	Gordon	Rodriguez (0–1)	—	30,843	3–4
8	April 11	@ Red Sox	6–5	Radke (3–0)	Clemens	Stevens (2)	15,594	4–4
9	April 12	@ Orioles	2–3	Mussina	Robertson (0–3)	—	42,602	4–5
10	April 13	@ Orioles	6–7	Benitez	Mahomes (1–1)	—	42,644	4–6
11	April 14	@ Orioles	4–1	Rodriguez (1–1)	Haynes	Stevens (3)	42,660	5–6
12	April 16	Indians	2–7	Hershiser	Radke (3–1)	—	13,103	5–7
13	April 17	Indians	9–8	Hansell (1–0)	Shuey	Stevens (4)	11,276	6–7
14	April 19	Yankees	7–1	Rodriguez (2–1)	Gooden	—	20,279	7–7
15	April 20	Yankees	6–7	Wickman	Guardado (0–2)	Wetteland	24,586	7–8
16	April 21	Yankees	5–9	Rogers	Radke (3–2)	—	20,115	7–9
17	April 22	Red Sox	1–4	Sele	Robertson (0–4)	Slocumb	11,340	7–10
18	April 23	Red Sox	8–6	Naulty (1–0)	Hudson	Stevens (5)	11,533	8–10
19	April 24	@ Tigers	24–11	Bennett (1–0)	Veres	—	12,189	9–10
20	April 25	@ Tigers	11–1	Hawkins (1–0)	Aldred	Hansell (1)	11,804	10–10
21	April 26	@ Yankees	4–5	Rivera	Radke (3–3)	Wetteland	14,450	10–11
22	April 27	@ Yankees	8–6 (10)	Bennett (2–0)	Wickman	—	20,025	11–11
23	April 28	@ Yankees	3–6	Rivera	Rodriguez (2–2)	Wetteland	24,793	11–12
24	April 29	Royals	11–6	Hansell (2–0)	Clark	Bennett (1)	10,237	12–12
25	April 30	Royals	16–7	Naulty (2–0)	Magnante	—	10,503	13–12

May: 10–16 (Home: 4–6; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26	May 1	Royals	6–5 (10)	Stevens (1–0)	Montgomery	—	11,975	14–12
27	May 3	@ Angels	1–4	Finley	Robertson (0–5)	Percival	24,505	14–13
28	May 4	@ Angels	2–5	Grimsley	Rodriguez (2–3)	—	29,264	14–14
29	May 5	@ Angels	1–5	Boskie	Hawkins (1–1)	—	35,541	14–15
30	May 6	@ Mariners	4–5	Wells	Radke (3–4)	Charlton	32,203	14–16
31	May 7	@ Mariners	2–0	Parra (1–0)	Wolcott	Stevens (6)	15,626	15–16
32	May 8	@ Mariners	7–5 (10)	Guardado (1–2)	Wells	Stevens (7)	22,175	16–16
33	May 10	@ Athletics	5–15	Wojciechowski	Rodriguez (2–4)	—	8,278	16–17
34	May 11	@ Athletics	5–12	Prieto	Radke (3–5)	—	15,791	16–18
35	May 12	@ Athletics	3–8	Wengert	Parra (1–1)	—	13,430	16–19
36	May 14	Blue Jays	2–4	Hanson	Robertson (0–6)	Timlin	13,483	16–20
37	May 15	Blue Jays	2–1	Rodriguez (3–4)	Hentgen	—	11,793	17–20
38	May 16	Blue Jays	4–1	Radke (4–5)	Quantrill	Stevens (8)	13,538	18–20
39	May 17	Brewers	1–12	Karl	Parra (1–2)	—	26,733	18–21
40	May 18	Brewers	3–7	Miranda	Mahomes (1–2)	Fetters	30,593	18–22
41	May 19	Brewers	2–4	Sparks	Robertson (0–7)	Fetters	24,411	18–23
42	May 20	Brewers	2–3	Bones	Rodriguez (3–5)	Fetters	13,376	18–24
43	May 21	Rangers	4–3	Milchin (1–0)	Henneman	—	12,323	19–24
44	May 22	Rangers	5–6	Pavlik	Parra (1–3)	Henneman	17,955	19–25
45	May 23	@ Blue Jays	4–5 (10)	Janzen	Milchin (1–1)	—	31,163	19–26
46	May 24	@ Blue Jays	4–0	Robertson (1–7)	Hanson	—	33,141	20–26
47	May 25	@ Blue Jays	6–4 (10)	Guardado (2–2)	Castillo	Stevens (9)	34,118	21–26
48	May 26	@ Blue Jays	9–3	Naulty (3–0)	Bohanon	—	30,170	22–26
49	May 28	@ Brewers	3–7	Karl	Mahomes (1–3)	Garcia	10,117	22–27
50	May 29	@ Brewers	8–7 (12)	Hansell (3–0)	Lloyd	—	14,324	23–27
51	May 31	@ Rangers	2–7	Hill	Rodriguez (3–6)	—	32,861	23–28

June: 15–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 1	@ Rangers	9–5	Milchin (2–1)	Henneman	—	43,413	24–28
53	June 2	@ Rangers	6–5	Guardado (3–2)	Russell	—	33,809	25–28
54	June 3	Angels	9–3	Trombley (1–0)	Finley	—	10,589	26–28
55	June 4	Angels	5–3	Rodriguez (4–6)	Grimsley	Guardado (1)	10,899	27–28
56	June 5	Angels	14–3	Aldred (1–0)	Langston	Hansell (2)	10,639	28–28
57	June 7	Athletics	4–6	Reyes	Radke (4–6)	Corsi	14,999	28–29
58	June 8	Athletics	4–2	Robertson (2–7)	Wojciechowski	Guardado (2)	—	29–29
59	June 8	Athletics	7–13	Wasdin	Mahomes (1–4)	—	22,164	29–30
60	June 9	Athletics	5–3	Rodriguez (5–6)	Wengert	—	13,291	30–30
61	June 10	Mariners	13–6	Aldred (2–0)	Wagner	Trombley (1)	17,134	31–30
62	June 11	Mariners	8–18	Wells	Aguilera (0–1)	Hurtado	14,395	31–31
63	June 12	Mariners	3–5	Wolcott	Radke (4–7)	Charlton	15,830	31–32
64	June 14	Tigers	4–5	Gohr	Robertson (2–8)	Olson	22,831	31–33
65	June 15	Tigers	4–6	Olivares	Rodriguez (5–7)	Olson	17,099	31–34
66	June 16	Tigers	4–1	Aguilera (1–1)	Lira	Hansell (3)	20,641	32–34
67	June 17	@ Yankees	6–3	Aldred (3–0)	Mendoza	Naulty (1)	16,189	33–34
68	June 18	@ Yankees	0–2	Rogers	Radke (4–8)	Wetteland	17,593	33–35
69	June 20	@ Tigers	7–3	Rodriguez (6–7)	Olivares	—	8,310	34–35
70	June 21	@ Tigers	0–2	Lira	Aguilera (1–2)	—	13,127	34–36
71	June 22	@ Tigers	0–6	Williams	Aldred (3–1)	—	14,506	34–37
72	June 23	@ Tigers	8–10	Urbani	Radke (4–9)	—	13,994	34–38
73	June 24	Yankees	3–0	Robertson (3–8)	Pettitte	—	20,488	35–38
74	June 25	Yankees	6–1	Rodriguez (7–7)	Boehringer	—	—	36–38
75	June 25	Yankees	2–6	Mendoza	Serafini (0–1)	—	16,641	36–39
76	June 26	Yankees	1–2	Polley	Guardado (3–3)	Wetteland	19,116	36–40
77	June 28	@ Royals	2–6	Appier	Radke (4–10)	—	21,515	36–41
78	June 29	@ Royals	12–7	Trombley (2–0)	Linton	—	23,232	37–41
79	June 30	@ Royals	5–2	Rodriguez (8–7)	Gubicza	Stevens (10)	28,246	38–41

July: 13–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	@ White Sox	10–7	Aguilera (2–2)	Sirotka	—	19,211	39–41
81	July 2	@ White Sox	4–7	Fernandez	Aldred (3–2)	Hernandez	18,357	39–42
82	July 3	@ White Sox	6–5	Radke (5–10)	Andujar	Stevens (11)	26,113	40–42
83	July 4	Royals	3–5	Linton	Robertson (3–9)	Montgomery	37,295	40–43
84	July 5	Royals	9–8	Guardado (4–3)	Montgomery	—	18,465	41–43
85	July 6	Royals	5–8	Haney	Aguilera (2–3)	Montgomery	18,699	41–44
86	July 7	Royals	2–8	Belcher	Aldred (3–3)	—	14,251	41–45
87	July 11	Indians	7–11	McDowell	Radke (5–11)	—	16,438	41–46
88	July 12	Indians	5–7	Mesa	Stevens (1–1)	Shuey	18,246	41–47
89	July 13	Indians	11–19	Ogea	Aguilera (2–4)	—	31,552	41–48
90	July 14	Indians	5–4	Guardado (5–3)	Plunk	—	25,312	42–48
91	July 15	White Sox	16–5	Aldred (4–3)	McCaskill	—	13,636	43–48
92	July 16	White Sox	2–11	Alvarez	Radke (5–12)	—	18,502	43–49
93	July 17	White Sox	4–3	Trombley (3–0)	Simas	—	20,755	44–49
94	July 18	@ Indians	4–5	Graves	Guardado (5–4)	—	40,934	44–50
95	July 19	@ Indians	3–2	Rodriguez (9–7)	Nagy	Naulty (2)	42,373	45–50
96	July 20	@ Indians	5–6 (11)	Shuey	Stevens (1–2)	—	43,433	45–51
97	July 21	@ Indians	5–7	McDowell	Radke (5–13)	Shuey	42,341	45–52
98	July 22	@ Orioles	9–5	Robertson (4–9)	Haynes	Trombley (2)	42,129	46–52
99	July 23	@ Orioles	3–2	Aguilera (3–4)	Wells	Naulty (3)	42,006	47–52
100	July 24	@ Orioles	11–4	Rodriguez (10–7)	Erickson	—	46,181	48–52
101	July 25	Red Sox	16–6	Parra (2–3)	Wakefield	—	13,924	49–52
102	July 26	Red Sox	5–1	Radke (6–13)	Clemens	—	17,768	50–52
103	July 27	Red Sox	5–9	Gordon	Naulty (3–1)	—	22,128	50–53
104	July 28	Red Sox	9–8	Aguilera (4–4)	Sele	Naulty (4)	17,448	51–53
105	July 30	Orioles	4–16	Coppinger	Rodriguez (10–8)	—	16,708	51–54
106	July 31	Orioles	3–9	Mussina	Trombley (3–1)	—	15,897	51–55

August: 16–14 (Home: 5–6; Away: 11–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Orioles	2–4	Wells	Robertson (4–10)	Myers	20,379	51–56
108	August 2	@ Red Sox	10–11	Brandenburg	Naulty (3–2)	—	28,041	51–57
109	August 3	@ Red Sox	3–6	Sele	Rodriguez (10–9)	Hudson	19,860	51–58
110	August 3	@ Red Sox	6–0	Aldred (5–3)	Suppan	—	29,135	52–58
111	August 4	@ Red Sox	6–13	Eshelman	Klingenbeck (0–1)	—	29,939	52–59
112	August 6	@ Angels	4–1	Radke (7–13)	Springer	Guardado (3)	20,058	53–59
113	August 7	@ Angels	4–0	Robertson (5–10)	Finley	—	18,611	54–59
114	August 8	@ Angels	13–5	Aguilera (5–4)	Boskie	—	21,283	55–59
115	August 9	@ Mariners	6–5	Parra (3–3)	Wolcott	Rodriguez (1)	25,130	56–59
116	August 10	@ Mariners	10–4	Klingenbeck (1–1)	Hitchcock	—	34,381	57–59
117	August 11	@ Mariners	6–3	Radke (8–13)	Wells	Rodriguez (2)	36,114	58–59
118	August 12	@ Athletics	1–11	Prieto	Robertson (5–11)	—	10,071	58–60
119	August 13	@ Athletics	6–2	Aguilera (6–4)	Wengert	—	11,156	59–60
120	August 14	@ Athletics	13–7	Rodriguez (11–9)	Telgheder	—	12,729	60–60
121	August 16	Blue Jays	5–4 (10)	Parra (4–3)	Quantrill	—	19,838	61–60
122	August 17	Blue Jays	11–1	Robertson (6–11)	Hanson	—	20,354	62–60
123	August 18	Blue Jays	2–6	Hentgen	Aguilera (6–5)	—	18,010	62–61
124	August 19	Brewers	1–6	D'Amico	Rodriguez (11–10)	—	21,879	62–62
125	August 20	Brewers	12–7	Parra (5–3)	Bones	—	14,630	63–62
126	August 21	Brewers	7–10	Jones	Stevens (1–3)	Fetters	15,885	63–63
127	August 22	Rangers	2–11	Hill	Robertson (6–12)	—	17,342	63–64
128	August 23	Rangers	9–2	Aguilera (7–5)	Oliver	—	16,166	64–64
129	August 24	Rangers	6–5	Rodriguez (12–10)	Pavlik	Trombley (3)	16,648	65–64
130	August 25	Rangers	2–13	Witt	Miller (0–1)	—	14,818	65–65
131	August 26	@ Blue Jays	3–5	Guzman	Radke (8–14)	Timlin	31,134	65–66
132	August 27	@ Blue Jays	6–4 (11)	Trombley (4–1)	Quantrill	—	30,033	66–66
133	August 28	@ Blue Jays	1–6	Hentgen	Aguilera (7–6)	—	30,106	66–67
134	August 29	@ Brewers	6–1	Rodriguez (13–10)	Karl	—	14,922	67–67
135	August 30	@ Brewers	4–5 (12)	Wickman	Parra (5–4)	—	17,444	67–68
136	August 31	@ Brewers	2–3	Jones	Robertson (6–13)	Fetters	20,187	67–69

September: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	@ Brewers	6–2	Aldred (6–3)	Van Egmond	—	17,074	68–69
138	September 2	@ Rangers	6–4	Aguilera (8–6)	Hill	Guardado (4)	24,786	69–69
139	September 3	@ Rangers	7–9	Witt	Rodriguez (13–11)	Henneman	28,401	69–70
140	September 4	@ Rangers	7–6	Robertson (7–13)	Heredia	Trombley (4)	29,744	70–70
141	September 6	Angels	6–2	Radke (9–14)	Finley	—	13,006	71–70
142	September 7	Angels	6–3	Stevens (2–3)	Boskie	Trombley (5)	51,011	72–70
143	September 8	Angels	2–4	Abbott	Rodriguez (13–12)	Percival	14,378	72–71
144	September 10	Athletics	0–7	Telgheder	Robertson (7–14)	—	9,676	72–72
145	September 11	Athletics	7–2	Radke (10–14)	Adams	—	9,493	73–72
146	September 12	Athletics	4–3 (12)	Stevens (3–3)	Mohler	—	9,712	74–72
147	September 13	Mariners	7–13	Wells	Miller (0–2)	—	15,510	74–73
148	September 14	Mariners	3–5 (10)	Ayala	Guardado (5–5)	Charlton	18,002	74–74
149	September 15	Mariners	0–7	Torres	Robertson (7–15)	—	25,142	74–75
150	September 16	@ Royals	5–6	Rosado	Radke (10–15)	Bluma	16,843	74–76
151	September 17	@ Royals	2–4	Haney	Aldred (6–4)	Bluma	11,809	74–77
152	September 18	@ Royals	7–4	Miller (1–2)	Belcher	—	11,588	75–77
153	September 19	@ White Sox	3–8	Sirotka	Rodriguez (13–13)	Castillo	14,253	75–78
154	September 20	@ White Sox	3–7	Tapani	Robertson (7–16)	—	15,673	75–79
155	September 21	@ White Sox	4–3	Radke (11–15)	Alvarez	Trombley (6)	18,866	76–79
156	September 22	@ White Sox	1–5	Fernandez	Aldred (6–5)	—	20,111	76–80
157	September 23	@ Indians	6–7	Graves	Parra (5–5)	Mesa	42,299	76–81
158	September 24	@ Indians	5–7	Ogea	Rodriguez (13–14)	Mesa	42,272	76–82
159	September 25	@ Indians	3–6	Nagy	Robertson (7–17)	—	42,469	76–83
160	September 27	White Sox	2–4	Fernandez	Radke (11–16)	Hernandez	13,058	76–84
161	September 28	White Sox	7–6	Trombley (5–1)	Castillo	—	34,008	77–84
162	September 29	White Sox	5–4 (10)	Guardado (6–5)	Hernandez	—	13,306	78–84

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Twins team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	5	7	0.417	55	60
Boston Red Sox	6	6	0.500	76	78
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	92	68
New York Yankees	5	7	0.417	51	48
Toronto Blue Jays	8	5	0.615	59	44
Total	30	31	0.492	333	298
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	7	6	0.538	67	75
Cleveland Indians	3	10	0.231	70	96
Kansas City Royals	7	6	0.538	85	76
Milwaukee Brewers	4	9	0.308	57	74
Minnesota Twins
Total	21	31	0.404	279	321
AL West
California Angels	8	4	0.667	67	38
Oakland Athletics	6	7	0.462	64	91
Seattle Mariners	6	6	0.500	69	76
Texas Rangers	7	5	0.583	65	76
Total	27	22	0.551	265	281
Season Total	78	84	0.481	877	900

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	25	13	12	0.520	175	141
May	26	10	16	0.385	97	138
June	28	15	13	0.536	151	134
July	27	13	14	0.481	171	188
August	30	16	14	0.533	169	161
September	26	11	15	0.423	114	138
Total	162	78	84	0.481	877	900

Total	162	78	84	0.481	877	900
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	82	39	43	0.476	452	483
Away	80	39	41	0.488	425	417

Roster

1996 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

38 Rick Aguilera

57 Scott Aldred

59 Erik Bennett

18 Eddie Guardado

19 Greg Hansell

32 LaTroy Hawkins

52 Scott Klingenbeck

20 Pat Mahomes

51 Mike Milchin

59 Travis Miller

31 Dan Naulty

56 José Parra

22 Brad Radke

47 Rich Robertson

33 Frankie Rodriguez

16 Dan Serafini

41 Dave Stevens

21 Mike Trombley

Catchers

27 Mike Durant

24 Greg Myers

9 Matt Walbeck

Infielders

8 Ron Coomer

12 Chip Hale

15 Dave Hollins

11 Chuck Knoblauch

2 Pat Meares

4 Paul Molitor

23 Tom Quinlan

26 Brian Raabe

17 Jeff Reboulet

37 Scott Stahoviak

13 Todd Walker

Outfielders

25 Rich Becker

51 Brent Brede

40 Marty Cordova

7 Denny Hocking

5 Roberto Kelly

50 Matt Lawton

Manager

10 Tom Kelly

Coaches

46 Terry Crowley (hitting)

35 Ron Gardenhire (third base)

43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen)

42 Dick Such (pitching)

45 Scott Ullger

Notable Transactions

May 28: Selected Scott Aldred off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
June 4: In the 1996 amateur draft, the Twins drafted future major leaguers such as Jacque Jones^[5] (2nd round), Chad Allen (4th round), and Chad Moeller (7th round). The Twins botched the signing of first baseman Travis Lee, whom they signed in the first round with the second overall pick. Lee exploited a never-before used clause that allows a draft pick to become a free agent if a team doesn't make an offer within 15 days of the draft. After the Twins failed to do this, Lee left for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who gave him a $10 million signing bonus. The Twins had the last laugh, however, as Lee has proven to be a below-average hitter who has bounced from team to team.
August 29: Traded Dave Hollins to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. On September 30, the Mariners sent David Ortiz to the Twins to complete the trade.
September 13, 1996: David Ortiz was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 29, 1996. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Hollins.^[6]

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Miscellaneous

The lone representative of the Twins in the All-Star Game was second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.
The highest paid Twin in 1996 was Chuck Knoblauch at $4,670,000; followed by Rick Aguilera at $3,500,000.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake Buzz	Pacific Coast League	Phil Roof
AA	Hardware City Rock Cats	Eastern League	Al Newman
A	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	John Russell
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Dan Rohn
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Jose Marzan
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Mike Boulanger

References

↑ Luis Rivas at Baseball Reference
↑ Paul Molitor at Baseball Reference
↑ "Twins 24, Tigers 11". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ "Twins 16, Red Sox 6". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ Jacque Jones Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ David Ortiz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Minnesota Twins

Formerly the Washington Nationals and the Washington Senators
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Plant Field
Tinker Field
Hammond Stadium

Culture

Homer Hanky
Little Big League
Major League: Back to the Minors
Continental League
"The Piranhas"
AL Central tie-breaker games
- 2008
- 2009
Damn Yankees

Important figures

Senators Hall of Famers	Herb Carneal Goose Goslin Bucky Harris Walter Johnson Arch McDonald Sam Rice

Wall of Fame members	Rick Aguilera Bob Allison Earl Battey Bert Blyleven George Brophy Rod Carew Bob Casey Gary Gaetti Calvin Griffith Kent Hrbek Jim Kaat Tom Kelly Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Carl Pohlad Kirby Puckett Brad Radke Jim Rantz Zoilo Versalles Frank Viola

Key personnel

Owner Jim Pohlad
President Dave St. Peter
Vice president/Chief baseball officer Derek Falvey
General manager Thad Levine
Manager Paul Molitor

World Series
championships (3)

Pennants (6)

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles (10)

West: 1969; 1970; 1987; 1991
Central: 2002; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2009; 2010

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Rochester Red Wings
Double-A: Chattanooga Lookouts
A Adv.: Fort Myers Miracle
A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Rookie Adv.: Elizabethton Twins
Rookie: GCL Twins; DSL Twins

Seasons (117)

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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1996 Minnesota Twins season

Offseason

Regular season

Offense

Pitching

Defense

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Detailed records

Roster

Notable Transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Miscellaneous

Other post-season awards

Farm system

References

External links