2013 Minnesota Twins season

The 2013 Minnesota Twins season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 113th overall in the American League.

The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 4–2). The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.

The Twins finished their season with a 66–96 record, although they finished fourth in the American League Central standings ahead of the Chicago White Sox, avoiding a last place finish for the first time since 2010. The team continued to struggle with offense and bullpen rotation, despite the off-season acquisitions of veterans Vance Worley, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia.

Offseason transactions and spring training January 18, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Duensing and C Drew Butera on one-year contracts. February 14, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract. March 10, 2013: Reassigned RHP Bryan Augenstein, RHP Nick Blackburn, RHP Alex Meyer, RHP Lester Oliveros and RHP Esmerling Vásquez to their minor league camp. March 11, 2013: Optioned C Chris Herrmann to Rochester (IL) and RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Michael Tonkin, C Josmil Pinto and INF Danny Santana to New Britain (EL). March 15, 2013: Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson and LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Anthony Slama, C Kyle Knudson and INF James Beresford to their minor league camp. March 16, 2013: Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL). March 17, 2013: Reassigned C Eric Fryer, INF Chris Colabello, INF Mark Sobolewski, OF Brian Dinkelman, OF Clete Thomas, RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Shairon Martis to their minor league camp. March 23, 2013: Placed LHP Scott Diamond and RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL. March 26, 2013: Reassigned RHP P. J. Walters and RHP Samuel Deduno to minor league camp. March 27, 2013: Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Rochester (IL). March 30, 2013: Placed RHP Tim Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive March 24. Reassigned RHP Rich Harden and LHP Rafael Perez to their minor league camp. March 31, 2013: Selected the contract of OF Wilkin Ramírez from Rochester (IL).

The Minnesota Twins finished in fifth place (.515) in the Grapefruit League during spring training with a 17–16 record overall (7–10 home / 10–6 away). They were 4.5 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles.

Season synopsis The Twins' batters ended the season with 1430 strikeouts, their most ever, and far exceeding the previous high of 1121 in 1997. Josh Willingham (128) led the club, with Brian Dozier (120) and Oswaldo Arcia (117) close behind. Joe Mauer started the All-Star game as the American League catcher. Reliever Glen Perkins was selected as a reserve but did not play. Mauer won his fifth Silver Slugger Award.

September Finished 27 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Season standings

American League Central

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records updated to game played September 29, 2013

American League Opponent Home Away Total Percentage AL East Baltimore Orioles 1–2 2–1 3–3 Boston Red Sox 0–3 3–1 3–4 New York Yankees 0–4 2–1 2–5 Tampa Bay Rays 1–2 0–4 1–6 Toronto Blue Jays 0–3 1–2 1–5 AL EAST 2–14 8–9 10–23 AL Central Chicago White Sox 5–5 6–3 11–8 Cleveland Indians 3–7 3–6 6–13 Detroit Tigers 4–5 4–6 8–11 Kansas City Royals 2–8 2–7 4–15 AL CENTRAL 14–25 15–22 29–47 AL West Houston Astros 3–0 2–1 5–1 Los Angeles Angels 3–0 2–1 5–1 Oakland Athletics 1–2 0–4 1–6 Seattle Mariners 2–1 2–2 4–3 Texas Rangers 2–2 2–1 4–3 AL WEST 11–5 8–9 19–14 American League 27–44 31–40 58–84

National League Opponent Home Away Total Percentage Atlanta Braves – 0–3 0–3 Miami Marlins 1–1 0–2 1–3 Milwaukee Brewers 2–0 2–0 4–0 New York Mets 0–3 – 0–3 Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 – 2–1 Washington Nationals – 1–2 1–2 National League 5–5 3–7 8–12 Overall record 32–49 34–47 66–96

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG Brian Dozier 147 558 72 136 33 4 18 66 14 .244 Justin Morneau 127 495 56 128 32 0 17 74 0 .259 Ryan Doumit 135 485 49 120 28 1 14 55 1 .247 Trevor Plouffe 129 477 44 121 22 1 14 52 2 .254 Joe Mauer 113 445 62 144 35 0 11 47 0 .324 Pedro Florimon 134 403 44 89 17 0 9 44 15 .221 Josh Willingham 111 389 42 81 20 0 14 48 1 .208 Oswaldo Arcia 97 351 34 88 17 2 14 43 1 .251 Chris Parmelee 101 294 21 67 13 0 8 24 1 .228 Clete Thomas 92 290 39 62 15 0 4 13 1 .214 Aaron Hicks 81 281 37 54 11 3 8 27 9 .192 Jamey Carroll 58 191 21 44 6 0 0 9 2 .230 Eduardo Escobar 66 165 23 39 5 2 3 10 0 .236 Chris Colabello 55 160 14 31 3 0 7 17 0 .194 Alex Presley 28 113 9 32 4 1 1 11 1 .283 Wilkin Ramirez 35 81 5 22 6 1 0 6 0 .272 Josmil Pinto 21 76 10 26 5 0 4 12 0 .342 Darin Mastroianni 30 65 5 12 2 0 0 5 2 .185 Doug Bernier 33 53 9 12 3 0 0 5 2 .226 Eric Fryer 6 13 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 .385 Drew Butera 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pitcher Totals 162 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Team totals 162556461413462851515159052.242

Pitching 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 Kevin Correia 9 13 4.18 31 31 0 185.1 89 86 45 101 Mike Pelfrey 5 13 5.19 29 29 0 152.2 92 88 53 101 Scott Diamond 6 13 5.43 24 24 0 131.0 88 79 36 52 Sam Deduno 8 8 3.83 18 18 0 108.0 48 46 41 67 Anthony Swarzak 3 2 2.91 48 0 0 96.0 33 31 22 69 Ryan Pressly 3 3 3.87 49 0 0 76.2 37 33 27 49 Jared Burton 2 9 3.82 71 0 2 66.0 29 28 22 61 Glen Perkins 2 0 2.30 61 0 36 62.2 16 16 15 77 Josh Roenicke 3 1 4.35 63 0 1 62.0 31 30 36 45 Casey Fien 5 2 3.92 73 0 0 62.0 28 27 12 73 Brian Duensing 6 2 3.98 73 0 1 61.0 28 27 22 56 Andrew Albers 2 5 4.05 10 10 0 60.0 34 27 7 25 Kyle Gibson 2 4 6.53 10 10 0 51.0 38 37 20 29 Vance Worley 1 5 7.21 10 10 0 48.2 43 39 15 25 Liam Hendriks 1 3 6.85 10 8 0 47.1 39 36 14 34 Caleb Thielbar 3 2 1.76 49 0 0 46.0 11 9 14 39 P.J. Walters 2 5 5.95 8 8 0 39.1 30 26 18 22 Cole De Vries 0 2 10.80 4 2 0 15.0 18 18 9 12 Michael Tonkin 0 0 0.79 9 0 0 11.1 6 1 3 10 Shairon Martis 0 1 5.59 6 0 0 9.2 6 6 4 7 Jamey Carroll 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Robertson 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 Team totals 66964.55162162401450.1788733458985

Game log Legend Twins Win Twins Loss Postponed

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || Tigers || 2–4 || Verlander (1–0) || Worley (0–1) || Coke (1) || 38,282 || 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 3 || Tigers || 3–2 || Perkins (1–0) || Coke (0–1) || — || 22,963 || 1–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 4 || Tigers || 8–2 || Pelfrey (1–0) || Porcello (0–1) || — || 24,752 || 2–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || @ Orioles || 5–9 || Ayala (1–0) || Fien (0–1) || — || 46,653 || 2–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 6 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Roenicke (1–0) || Johnson (0–1) || Perkins (1) || 40,704 || 3–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Swarzak (1–0) || Hammel (1–1) || Perkins (2) || 34,431 || 4–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 8 || @ Royals || 1–3 || Santana (1–1) || Correia (0–1) || Crow (1) || 40,073 || 4–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 9 || @ Royals || 4–7 || Guthrie (2–0) || Pelfrey (1–1) || Holland (2) || 11,697 || 4–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 10 || @ Royals || 0–3 || Davis (1–0) || Hendriks (0–1) || Herrera (2) || 10,069 || 4–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 12 || Mets || 5–16 || Niese (2–0) || Worley (0–2) || — || 23,735 || 4–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 13 || Mets || 2–4 || Harvey (3–0) || Diamond (0–1) || Parnell (1) || 28,804 || 4–7 |- style="background:#bbb;" | – || April 14 || Mets ||colspan=6| Postponed (snow). Rescheduled for August 19. |- style="background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 15 || Angels || 8–2 || Correia (1–1) || Blanton (0–3) || — || 23,535 || 5–7 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 16 || Angels || 8–6 || Pelfrey (2–1) || Vargas (0–2) || Perkins (3) || 23,299 || 6–7 |- style="background:#bbb;" | – || April 17 || Angels ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain). Rescheduled for September 9. |- style="background:#bbb;" | – || April 19 || @ White Sox ||colspan=6| Postponed (cold, windy conditions). Rescheduled for August 9 as part of a doubleheader. |- style="background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ White Sox || 2–1 (10) || Fien (1–1) || Santiago (0–1) || Perkins (4) || 22,417 || 7–7 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 21 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Diamond (1–1) || Lindstrom (1–1) || Perkins (5) || 19,587 || 8–7 |- style="background:#bbb;" | – || April 22 || Marlins ||colspan=6| Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled for April 23 as part of a doubleheader. |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 23 || Marlins || 4–3 || Correia (2–1) || Fernández (0–2) || Perkins (6) || 25,716 || 9–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 23 || Marlins || 5–8 || Nolasco (1–2) || Pelfrey (2–2) || Cishek (2) || 23,300 || 9–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 25 || Rangers || 1–2 || Tepesch (2–1) || Worley (0–3) || Nathan (7) || 25,459 || 9–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 26 || Rangers || 3–4 || Grimm (2–0) || Diamond (1–2) || Nathan (8) || 27,404 || 9–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 27 || Rangers || 7–2 || Hernández (1–0) || Holland (1–2) || — || 37,503 || 10–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 28 || Rangers || 5–0 || Correia (3–1) || Ogando (2–2) || — || 35,751 || 11–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 29 || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Scherzer (3–0) || Pelfrey (2–3) || Benoit (2) || 29,878 || 11–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 30 || @ Tigers || 1–6 || Verlander (3–2) || Worley (0–4) || — || 31,748 || 11–12

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || May 1 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Diamond (2–2) || Sánchez (3–2) || — || 36,028 || 12–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 3 || @ Indians || 6–7 (10) || Perez (1–0) || Fien (1–2) || — || 20,200 || 12–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 4 || @ Indians || 3–7 || Kazmir (1–1) || Correia (3–2) || — || 17,830 || 12–14 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 27 || May 5 || @ Indians || 4–2 || Pelfrey (3–3) || Kluber (2–1) || Perkins (7) || 14,015 || 13–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 6 || @ Red Sox || 6–5 (11) || Mortensen (1–2) || Burton (0–1) || — || 31,088 || 13–15 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 7 || @ Red Sox || 6–1 || Diamond (3–2) || Dempster (2–3) || — || 30,549 || 14–15 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 8 || @ Red Sox || 15–8 || Pressly (1–0) || Webster (0–1) || — || 29,969 || 15–15 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 31 || May 9 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Correia (4–2) || Lackey (1–3) || Perkins (8) || 31,571 || 16–15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 10 || Orioles || 6–9 (10) || Hunter (3–1) || Swarzak (1–1) || J. Johnson (14) || 31,360 || 16–16 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 11 || Orioles || 8–5 || Worley (1–4) || S. Johnson (0–1) || Burton (1) || 32,221 || 17–16 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 12 || Orioles || 0–6 || Chen (3–3) || Diamond (3–3) || — || 34,320 || 17–17 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 35 || May 13 || White Sox || 10–3 || Hernández (2–0) || Santiago (1–2) || — || 25,605 || 18–17 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 14 || White Sox || 4–2 || Peavy (5–1) || Correia (4–3) || Reed (12) || 32,023 || 18–18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 15 || White Sox || 9–4 || Axelrod (1–3) || Pelfrey (3–4) || — || 35,613 || 18–19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 17 || Red Sox || 2–3 (10) || Wilson (1–0) || Roenicke (1–1) || Uehara (1) || 30,210 || 18–20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 18 || Red Sox || 5–12 || Breslow (1–0) || Diamond (3–4) || — || 36,967 || 18–21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 19 || Red Sox || 1–5 || Lackey (2–4) || Hernández (2–1) || — || 33,042 || 18–22