2021 Minnesota Twins season

2021 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Jim Pohlad
Managers	Rocco Baldelli
Television	Bally Sports North (Dick Bremer, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Radio	WCCO (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The 2021 Minnesota Twins season was the 61st season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 12th season at Target Field and the 121st overall in the American League. The Twins were favored to win the American League Central for the third straight season, and hopes were high that they would break their American sports-leading 18 straight postseason losses. However, due to injuries to players such as superstar center fielder Byron Buxton, the Twins had a poor season, falling from first place in the AL Central the previous two seasons to last in 2021 with a 73–89 record and missing the postseason for the first time since 2018.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	93	69	.574	—	53‍–‍28	40‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	13	40‍–‍41	40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	77	85	.475	16	42‍–‍39	35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals	74	88	.457	19	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	20	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46

Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	100	62	.617
Houston Astros	95	67	.586
Chicago White Sox	93	69	.574

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	—
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	—
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	1
Seattle Mariners	90	72	.556	2
Oakland Athletics	86	76	.531	6
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	12
Los Angeles Angels	77	85	.475	15
Detroit Tigers	77	85	.475	15
Kansas City Royals	74	88	.457	18
Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19
Texas Rangers	60	102	.370	32
Baltimore Orioles	52	110	.321	40

Records vs. AL opponents

2021 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	6–13	0–7	2–5	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	2–4	8–11	3–3	3–4	1–18	4–3	5–14	7–13
Boston	13–6	—	3–4	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–2	3–3	5–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	8–11	3–4	10–9	16–4
Chicago	7–0	4–3	—	10–9	12–7	2–5	9–10	2–5	13–6	1–5	4–3	3–3	3–3	5–1	4–3	14–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–4	9–10	—	12–7	1–6	14–5	5–1	8–11	3–4	2–4	3–4	1–6	4–2	2–5	9–11
Detroit	5–2	3–3	7–12	7–12	—	5–2	8–11	1–6	8–11	3–3	1–6	5–1	4–3	6–1	3–3	11–9
Houston	3–3	5–2	5–2	6–1	2–5	—	3–4	13–6	3–4	2–4	11–8	11–8	4–2	14–5	4–2	9–11
Kansas City	3–4	2–5	10–9	5–14	11–8	4–3	—	2–4	10–9	2–4	2–5	4–3	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–8
Los Angeles	4–2	3–3	5–2	1–5	6–1	6–13	4–2	—	5–2	4–3	4–15	8–11	1–6	11–8	4–3	11–9
Minnesota	4–2	2–5	6–13	11–8	11–8	4–3	9–10	2–5	—	1–6	1–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	3–4	10–10
New York	11–8	9–10	5–1	4–3	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	4–3	5–2	8–11	6–1	8–11	12–8
Oakland	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	6–1	8–11	5–2	15–4	5–1	3–4	—	4–15	4–3	10–9	2–5	11–9
Seattle	4–3	3–4	3–3	4–3	1–5	8–11	3–4	11–8	4–2	2–5	15–4	—	6–1	13–6	4–2	9–11
Tampa Bay	18–1	11–8	3–3	6–1	3–4	2–4	4–2	6–1	3–3	11–8	3–4	1–6	—	3–4	11–8	15–5
Texas	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–4	1–6	5–14	4–2	8–11	3–4	1–6	9–10	6–13	4–3	—	2–4	7–13
Toronto	14–5	9–10	3–4	5–2	3–3	2–4	4–3	3–4	4–3	11–8	5–2	2–4	8–11	4–2	—	14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

Game log

Legend
	Twins win
	Twins loss
	Postponement
Bold	Twins team member

2021 Game Log: 73−89 (Home: 38–43; Away: 35–46)
April: 9–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 1 @ Brewers 5–6 (10) Hader (1–0) Dobnak (0–1) — 11,740 0–1 L1 2 April 3 @ Brewers 2–0 Berríos (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Colomé (1) 11,383 1–1 W1 3 April 4 @ Brewers 8–2 Pineda (1–0) Houser (0–1) — 10,666 2–1 W2 4 April 5 @ Tigers 15–6 Shoemaker (1–0) Ureña (0–1) Dobnak (1) 7,232 3–1 W3 5 April 6 @ Tigers 3–4 (10) Soto (1–0) Robles (0–1) — 7,306 3–2 L1 6 April 7 @ Tigers 3–2 Maeda (1–0) Boyd (1–1) Colomé (2) 7,568 4–2 W1 7 April 8 Mariners 10–2 Berríos (2–0) Gonzales (0–1) — 9,675 5–2 W2 8 April 10 Mariners 3–4 (10) Graveman (1–0) Rogers (0–1) Middleton (1) 9,817 5–3 L1 9 April 11 Mariners 6–8 Steckenrider (1–1) Colomé (0–1) Montero (2) 9,792 5–4 L2 – April 12 Red Sox Postponed (Protests due to Daunte Wright shooting; Makeup: April 14) 10 April 13 Red Sox 2–4 Ottavino (1–0) Dobnak (0–2) Barnes (1) 6,724 5–5 L3 11 April 14 (1) Red Sox 2–3 (7) Eovaldi (2–1) Maeda (1–1) Barnes (2) 7,074 5–6 L4 12 April 14 (2) Red Sox 1–7 (7) Rodríguez (2–0) Berríos (2–1) — 5–7 L5 13 April 15 Red Sox 4–3 Colomé (1–1) Ottavino (1–1) — 7,925 6–7 W1 14 April 16 @ Angels 3–10 Slegers (1–0) Dobnak (0–3) — 13,428 6–8 L1 — April 17 @ Angels Postponed (COVID-19; Makeup: May 20) — April 18 @ Angels Postponed (COVID-19; Makeup: May 20) — April 19 @ Athletics Postponed (COVID-19; Makeup: April 20) 15 April 20 (1) @ Athletics 0–7 (7) Manaea (2–1) Shoemaker (1–1) — 3,322 6–9 L2 16 April 20 (2) @ Athletics 0–1 (7) Luzardo (1–1) Berríos (2–2) Diekman (1) 6–10 L3 17 April 21 @ Athletics 12–13 (10) Guerra (1–0) Colomé (1–2) — 3,405 6–11 L4 18 April 23 Pirates 2–0 Happ (1–0) Brubaker (2–1) Rogers (1) 9,541 7–11 W1 19 April 24 Pirates 2–6 Cahill (1–2) Pineda (1–1) — 9,718 7–12 L1 20 April 25 Pirates 2–6 Holmes (1–0) Shoemaker (1–2) — 9,396 7–13 L2 21 April 26 @ Indians 3–5 (10) Clase (2–1) Colomé (1–3) — 4,555 7–14 L3 22 April 27 @ Indians 4–7 Civale (4–0) Maeda (1–2) Karinchak (2) 6,303 7–15 L4 23 April 28 @ Indians 10–2 Happ (2–0) Allen (1–4) — 5,903 8–15 W1 24 April 30 Royals 9–1 Pineda (2–1) Singer (1–3) — 9,982 9–15 W2
May: 13–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 25 May 1 Royals 3–11 Duffy (4–1) Shoemaker (1–3) — 9,993 9–16 L1 26 May 2 Royals 13–4 Berríos (3–2) Keller (2–3) — 9,997 10–16 W1 27 May 3 Rangers 6–5 Maeda (2–2) Dunning (1–2) Rogers (2) 8,071 11–16 W2 28 May 4 Rangers 3–6 (10) Rodríguez (1–1) Waddell (0–1) Kennedy (8) 8,022 11–17 L1 29 May 5 Rangers 1–3 King (3–1) Thorpe (0–1) Kennedy (9) 7,853 11–18 L2 30 May 6 Rangers 3–4 (10) Hearn (1–1) Duffey (0–1) Sborz (1) 8,760 11–19 L3 31 May 7 @ Tigers 7–3 Shoemaker (2–3) Skubal (0–5) — 7,377 12–19 W1 32 May 8 @ Tigers 3–7 Fulmer (2–2) Duffey (0–2) — 8,000 12–20 L1 — May 9 @ Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup July 16) 33 May 11 @ White Sox 3–9 Crochet (1–2) Alcalá (0–1) — 7,962 12–21 L2 34 May 12 @ White Sox 8–13 Keuchel (2–1) Happ (2–1) — 8,393 12–22 L3 35 May 13 @ White Sox 2–4 Lynn (4–2) Pineda (2–2) Hendriks (7) 8,188 12–23 L4 36 May 14 Athletics 1–6 Montas (5–2) Shoemaker (2–4) — 9,778 12–24 L5 37 May 15 Athletics 5–4 Colomé (2–3) Diekman (2–1) Robles (1) 12,212 13–24 W1 38 May 16 Athletics 6–7 Trivino (2–1) Rogers (0–2) — 10,270 13–25 L1 39 May 17 White Sox 4–16 Keuchel (3–1) Happ (2–2) — 8,431 13–26 L2 40 May 18 White Sox 5–4 Rogers (1–2) Bummer (0–2) — 9,504 14–26 W1 41 May 19 White Sox 1–2 Giolito (3–4) Shoemaker (2–5) Hendriks (9) 8,608 14–27 L1 42 May 20 (1) @ Angels 1–7 (7) Cobb (2–2) Thorpe (0–2) — 9,920 14–28 L2 43 May 20 (2) @ Angels 6–3 (7) Berríos (4–2) Canning (3–3) Robles (2) 9,820 15–28 W1 44 May 21 @ Indians 10–0 Dobnak (1–3) McKenzie (1–3) — 11,675 16–28 W2 45 May 22 @ Indians 3–5 (10) Karinchak (2–0) Colomé (2–4) — 11,505 16–29 L1 46 May 23 @ Indians 8–5 (10) Robles (1–1) Karinchak (2–1) Duffey (1) 9,805 17–29 W1 47 May 24 Orioles 8–3 Alcalá (1–1) Scott (2–3) — 8,530 18–29 W2 48 May 25 Orioles 7–4 Berríos (5–2) Kremer (0–5) Rogers (3) 9,969 19–29 W3 49 May 26 Orioles 3–2 Pineda (3–2) López (1–6) Robles (3) 10,574 20–29 W4 50 May 28 Royals 3–8 Bubic (1–0) Dobnak (1–4) — 14,260 20–30 L1 51 May 29 Royals 6–5 Happ (3–2) Santana (0–1) Rogers (4) 18,444 21–30 W1 52 May 30 Royals 3–6 Keller (5–4) Shoemaker (2–6) Holland (3) 17,923 21–31 L1 53 May 31 @ Orioles 3–2 (10) Rogers (3–3) Plutko (1–2) Robles (4) 11,010 22–31 W1
June: 11–14 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 54 June 1 @ Orioles 4–7 Zimmermann (3–3) Pineda (3–3) Sulser (1) 5,337 22–32 L1 55 June 2 @ Orioles 3–6 Wells (1–0) Dobnak (1–5) — 5,945 22–33 L2 56 June 3 @ Royals 5–6 Junis (2–3) Robles (1–2) Barlow (2) 11,072 22–34 L3 57 June 4 @ Royals 5–14 Keller (6–4) Shoemaker (2–7) — 22,612 22–35 L4 58 June 5 @ Royals 5–4 Berríos (6–2) Minor (4–3) Robles (5) 21,574 23–35 W1 59 June 6 @ Royals 2–1 Farrell (1–0) Singer (3–5) Rogers (5) 14,046 24–35 W2 60 June 8 Yankees 4–8 Loáisiga (5–2) Rogers (2–3) — 17,949 24–36 L1 61 June 9 Yankees 6–9 Cole (7–3) Dobnak (1–6) — 17,078 24–37 L2 62 June 10 Yankees 7–5 Robles (2–2) Chapman (4–1) — 17,728 25–37 W1 63 June 11 Astros 4–6 Stanek (1–1) Shoemaker (2–8) Pressly (10) 17,223 25–38 L1 64 June 12 Astros 5–2 Berríos (6–2) García (5–4) Rogers (6) 18,767 26–38 W1 65 June 13 Astros 3–14 Valdez (3–0) Pineda (3–4) — 19,147 26–39 L1 66 June 14 @ Mariners 3–4 Sewald (3–2) Robles (2–3) Steckenrider (1) 9,185 26–40 L2 67 June 15 @ Mariners 0–10 Flexen (6–3) Happ (3–3) — 7,669 26–41 L3 68 June 16 @ Mariners 7–2 Thielbar (1–0) Sheffield (5–6) — 8,098 27–41 W1 69 June 18 @ Rangers 7–5 (10) Robles (3–3) Sborz (3–3) Duffey (2) 30,304 28–41 W2 70 June 19 @ Rangers 3–2 Thielbar (2–0) King (5–5) Rogers (7) 34,044 29–41 W3 71 June 20 @ Rangers 4–2 Maeda (3–2) Dunning (2–6) Robles (6) 34,007 30–41 W4 72 June 21 Reds 7–5 (12) Shoemaker (3–8) Hembree (1–3) — 17,530 31–41 W5 73 June 22 Reds 7–10 Antone (2–0) Robles (3–4) Garrett (4) 19,187 31–42 L1 74 June 24 Indians 1–4 Parker (1–0) Alcalá (1–2) Karinchak (9) 18,812 31–43 L2 75 June 25 Indians 8–7 Jax (1–0) Wittgren (2–2) Robles (7) 16,892 32–43 W1 — June 26 Indians Postponed (rain, makeup September 14) 76 June 27 Indians 8–2 Happ (4–3) Hentges (1–2) — 20,215 33–43 W2 — June 28 @ White Sox Postponed (rain, makeup July 19) 77 June 29 @ White Sox 6–7 Giolito (6–5) Maeda (3–3) Hendriks (21) 17,382 33–44 L1 78 June 30 @ White Sox 3–13 Cease (7–3) Ober (0–1) — 16,803 33–45 L2
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 79 July 1 @ White Sox 5–8 Kopech (3–0) Alcalá (1–3) — 29,944 33–46 L3 80 July 2 @ Royals 4–7 Lovelady (1–0) Happ (4–4) Barlow (3) 31,824 33–47 L4 81 July 3 @ Royals 3–6 Zimmer (4–0) Jax (1–1) Barlow (4) 16,133 33–48 L5 82 July 4 @ Royals 6–2 Maeda (4–3) Keller (6–9) — 15,350 34–48 W1 83 July 5 White Sox 8–5 Ober (1–1) Cease (7–4) Robles (8) 20,321 35–48 W2 84 July 6 White Sox 1–4 Rodón (7–3) Berríos (7–3) Hendriks (22) 18,437 35–49 L1 85 July 7 White Sox 1–6 Lynn (9–3) Pineda (3–5) — 19,664 35–50 L2 86 July 8 Tigers 5–3 Happ (5–4) Skubal (5–8) Rogers (8) 18,192 36–50 W1 87 July 9 Tigers 4–2 Alcalá (2–3) Manning (1–3) Robles (9) 21,725 37–50 W2 88 July 10 Tigers 9–4 Coulombe (1–0) Jiménez (2–1) — 21,030 38–50 W3 89 July 11 Tigers 12–9 (10) Duffey (1–2) Holland (1–2) — 20,744 39–50 W4 - July 13 91st All-Star Game in Denver, CO — July 16 (1) @ Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup July 17) — July 16 (2) @ Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup August 30) 90 July 17 (1) @ Tigers 0–1 (7) Norris (1–3) Barnes (0–1) Soto (8) 13,747 39–51 L1 91 July 17 (2) @ Tigers 4–5 (8) Jiménez (3–1) Rogers (2–4) — 31,624 39–52 L2 92 July 18 @ Tigers 0–7 Peralta (3–1) Happ (5–5) — 15,854 39–53 L3 93 July 19 (1) @ White Sox 3–2 (8) Duffey (2–2) Crochet (2–5) Robles (10) N/A 40–53 W1 94 July 19 (2) @ White Sox 3–5 (7) Bummer (2–4) Berríos (7–4) — 18,272 40–54 L1 95 July 20 @ White Sox 5–9 Burr (2–0) Alcalá (2–4) — 17,703 40–55 L2 96 July 21 @ White Sox 7–2 Pineda (4–5) Cease (7–6) — 25,600 41–55 W1 97 July 22 Angels 2–3 Heaney (6–7) Maeda (4–4) Iglesias (20) 23,337 41–56 L1 98 July 23 Angels 5–4 Minaya (1–0) Iglesias (6–4) Rogers (9) 21,384 42–56 W1 99 July 24 Angels 1–2 Sandoval (3–4) Berríos (7–5) Iglesias (21) 22,240 42–57 L1 100 July 25 Angels 2–6 Barría (1–0) Coulombe (1–1) — 23,158 42–58 L2 101 July 26 Tigers 6–5 (10) Thielbar (3–0) Soto (4–2) — 17,713 43–58 W1 102 July 27 Tigers 5–6 (11) Cisnero (2–4) Alcalá (2–5) Norris (1) 17,643 43–59 L1 103 July 28 Tigers 14–17 Holland (2–2) Happ (5–6) — 17,817 43–60 L2 104 July 30 @ Cardinals 1–5 Helsley (6–4) Duffey (2–3) — 34,036 43–61 L3 105 July 31 @ Cardinals 8–1 Alcalá (3–5) Woodford (2–3) — 33,432 44–61 W1
August: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 @ Cardinals 3–7 Wainwright (9–6) Pineda (4–6) — 28,975 44–62 L1 107 August 3 @ Reds 7–5 Coulombe (2–1) Hembree (2–6) Colomé (3) 18,396 45–62 W1 108 August 4 @ Reds 5–6 Castillo (6–10) Barnes (0–2) Lorenzen (1) 16,828 45–63 L1 109 August 5 @ Astros 5–3 Jax (2–1) Valdez (7–3) Colomé (4) 26,208 46–63 W1 110 August 6 @ Astros 5–4 (11) Minaya (2–0) Montero (5–4) — 29,631 47–63 W2 111 August 7 @ Astros 0–4 García (8–6) Pineda (4–7) — 29,647 47–64 L1 112 August 8 @ Astros 7–5 Maeda (5–4) McCullers Jr. (9–3) Colomé (5) 26,825 48–64 W1 113 August 9 White Sox 1–11 Giolito (9–8) Burrows (0–1) — 17,858 48–65 L1 114 August 10 White Sox 4–3 Jax (3–1) Keuchel (7–6) Colomé (6) 18,302 49–65 W1 115 August 11 White Sox 1–0 Thielbar (4–0) Ruiz (1–2) Colomé (7) 22,370 50–65 W2 116 August 13 Rays 4–10 McClanahan (7–4) Pineda (4–8) Phillips (1) 23,125 50–66 L1 117 August 14 Rays 12–0 Maeda (6–4) Wacha (2–4) — 21,034 51–66 W1 118 August 15 Rays 5–4 Colomé (3–4) Wisler (3–5) — 22,467 52–66 W2 119 August 16 Indians 5–4 (10) Thielbar (5–0) Wittgren (2–6) — 15,622 53–66 W3 120 August 17 Indians 1–3 Morgan (2–5) Ober (1–2) Clase (17) 19,605 53–67 L1 121 August 18 Indians 8–7 (11) Coulombe (3–1) Garza (2–1) — 19,949 54–67 W1 122 August 19 @ Yankees 5–7 Taillon (8–4) Gant (4–7) Green (6) 30,019 54–68 L1 123 August 20 @ Yankees 2–10 Cortés Jr. (2–1) Barnes (0–3) — 39,124 54–69 L2 124 August 21 @ Yankees 1–7 Cole (12–6) Maeda (6–5) — 35,247 54–70 L3 — August 22 @ Yankees Postponed (rain, makeup September 13) 125 August 24 @ Red Sox 9–11 Taylor (1–0) Jax (3–2) Robles (11) 27,986 54–71 L4 126 August 25 @ Red Sox 9–6 (10) Colomé (4–4) Robles (3–5) — 28,923 55–71 W1 127 August 26 @ Red Sox 2–12 Sale (3–0) Gant (4–8) — 33,746 55–72 L1 128 August 27 Brewers 2–0 Albers (1–0) Lauer (4–5) Colomé (8) 20,280 56–72 W1 129 August 28 Brewers 6–4 Thielbar (6–0) Houser (7–6) Colomé (9) 29,342 57–72 W2 130 August 29 Brewers 2–6 Ashby (1–0) Jax (3–3) — 26,186 57–73 L1 131 August 30 @ Tigers 3–2 Ober (2–2) Mize (7–7) Colomé (10) 13,425 58–73 W1 132 August 31 Cubs 1–3 Rodríguez (3–2) Gant (4–9) Wick (1) 22,224 58–74 L1
September: 13–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 133 September 1 Cubs 0–3 Steele (3–2) Ryan (0–1) Alzolay (1) 21,784 58–75 L2 134 September 3 @ Rays 3–5 Wacha (3–4) Dobnak (1–7) Kittredge (6) 8,864 58–76 L3 135 September 4 @ Rays 4–11 Archer (1–1) Albers (1–1) Enns (1) 13,861 58–77 L4 136 September 5 @ Rays 6–5 Duffey (3–3) Kittredge (8–3) Colomé (11) 14,165 59–77 W1 137 September 6 @ Indians 5–2 Pineda (5–8) Allen (1–6) Colomé (12) 12,675 60–77 W2 138 September 7 @ Indians 3–0 Gant (5–9) Civale (10–3) Colomé (13) 10,448 61–77 W3 139 September 8 @ Indians 3–0 Ryan (1–1) McKenzie (4–6) Duffey (3) 11,037 62–77 W4 140 September 9 @ Indians 1–4 Quantrill (5–3) Albers (1–2) Clase (22) 11,846 62–78 L1 141 September 10 Royals 4–6 (11) Santana (2–2) Minaya (2–1) Holland (8) 20,803 62–79 L2 142 September 11 Royals 9–2 Pineda (6–8) Singer (4–10) — 19,532 63–79 W1 143 September 12 Royals 3–5 Brentz (4–2) Alcalá (3–6) Barlow (12) 19,496 63–80 L1 144 September 13 @ Yankees 5–6 (10) Holmes (8−3) Garza Jr. (1−3) — 31,528 63–81 L2 145 September 14 (1) Indians 1–3 (7) McKenzie (5–6) Coulombe (3–2) Clase (23) 15,319 63–82 L3 146 September 14 (2) Indians 6–3 (7) Barraclough (1–0) Allen (1–7) Colomé (14) 18,905 64–82 W1 147 September 15 Indians 3–12 Quantrill (6–3) Jax (3–4) — 14,222 64–83 L1 148 September 17 @ Blue Jays 7–3 Pineda (7–8) Ryu (13–9) — 14,798 65–83 W1 149 September 18 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Matz (13–7) Ober (2–3) — 14,722 65–84 L1 150 September 19 @ Blue Jays 3–5 Berríos (12–8) Farrell (1–1) Romano (19) 14,601 65–85 L2 151 September 21 @ Cubs 9–5 Barraclough (2–0) Mills (6–7) — 25,594 66–85 W1 152 September 22 @ Cubs 5–4 Ryan (2–1) Hendricks (14–7) Colomé (15) 24,402 67–85 W2 153 September 23 Blue Jays 7–2 Pineda (8–8) Hatch (0–1) Garza Jr. (1) 15,509 68–85 W3 154 September 24 Blue Jays 3–1 Ober (3–3) Berríos (12–9) Colomé (16) 18,861 69–85 W4 155 September 25 Blue Jays 1–6 Ray (13–6) Gant (5–10) — 27,183 69–86 L1 156 September 26 Blue Jays 2–5 Manoah (8–2) Jax (3–5) Romano (21) 20,676 69–87 L2 157 September 28 Tigers 3–2 Thielbar (7–0) Alexander (2–4) Colomé (17) 16,329 70–87 W1 158 September 29 Tigers 5–2 Pineda (9–8) Mize (7–9) — 17,254 71–87 W2 159 September 30 Tigers 7–10 Lange (1–3) Garza Jr. (1–4) Fulmer (13) 21,186 71–88 L1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 160 October 1 @ Royals 6–11 Heasley (1–1) Gant (5–11) — 14,293 71–89 L2 161 October 2 @ Royals 4–0 Jax (4–5) Bubic (6–7) — 22,321 72–89 W1 162 October 3 @ Royals 7–3 Vincent (1–0) Kowar (0–6) Alcalá (1) 17,158 73–89 W2

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Jorge Alcala	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Luis Arráez	121	428	58	126	17	6	2	42	.294	2
Willians Astudillo	72	208	17	49	8	0	7	21	.236	0
Charlie Barnes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kyle Barraclough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jose Berrios	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Travis Blankenhorn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Beau Burrows	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Byron Buxton	61	235	50	72	23	0	19	32	.306	9
Jake Cave	76	164	14	31	6	1	3	13	.189	1
Gilberto Celestino	23	59	7	8	3	0	2	3	.136	0
Alex Colome	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Danny Coulombe	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nelson Cruz	85	296	44	87	13	1	19	50	.294	3
Randy Dobnak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Josh Donaldson	135	457	73	113	26	0	26	72	.247	0
Tyler Duffey	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
John Gant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Kyle Garlick	36	99	17	23	8	0	5	10	.232	1
Mitch Garver	68	207	29	53	15	0	13	34	.256	1
Nick Gordon	73	200	19	48	9	1	4	23	.240	10
Griffin Jax	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Jeffers	85	267	28	53	10	1	14	35	.199	0
Max Kepler	121	426	61	90	21	4	19	54	.211	10
Alex Kirilloff	59	215	23	54	11	1	8	34	.251	1
Trevor Larnach	79	260	29	58	12	0	7	28	.223	1
Tzu-Wei Lin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Kenta Maeda	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Juan Minaya	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Bailey Ober	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Michael Pineda	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jorge Polanco	152	588	97	158	35	2	33	98	.269	11
Rob Refsnyder	51	139	21	34	7	0	2	12	.245	1
JT Riddle	4	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Hansel Robles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Taylor Rogers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Brent Rooker	58	189	25	38	10	0	9	16	.201	0
Ben Rortvedt	39	89	8	15	1	0	3	7	.169	0
Joe Ryan	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Miguel Sano	135	470	68	105	24	0	30	75	.223	2
Andrelton Simmons	131	412	37	92	12	0	3	31	.223	1
Cody Stashak	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Caleb Thielbar	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Team Totals	162	5431	729	1311	271	17	228	690	.241	54

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Andrew Albers	1	2	7.58	5	3	0	19.0	16	16	9	12
Jorge Alcala	3	6	3.92	59	0	1	59.2	29	26	13	61
Shaun Anderson	0	0	9.35	4	0	0	8.2	12	9	5	8
Willians Astudillo	0	0	2.25	4	0	0	4.0	1	1	2	0
Charlie Barnes	0	3	5.92	9	8	0	38.0	27	25	16	20
Kyle Barraclough	2	0	5.54	10	0	0	13.0	8	8	8	18
Jose Berrios	7	5	3.48	20	20	0	121.2	53	47	32	126
Beau Burrows	0	1	12.54	5	1	0	9.1	14	13	8	5
Alex Colome	4	4	4.15	67	0	17	65.0	41	30	23	58
Danny Coulombe	3	2	3.67	29	1	0	34.1	17	14	7	33
Randy Dobnak	1	7	7.64	14	6	0	50.2	44	43	12	27
Tyler Duffey	3	3	3.18	64	0	3	62.1	25	22	28	61
Luke Farrell	1	1	4.74	20	1	0	24.2	13	13	13	25
John Gant	1	5	5.61	14	7	0	33.2	24	21	15	36
Edgar Garcia	0	0	10.45	6	0	0	10.1	12	12	7	8
Ralph Garza Jr.	0	2	3.26	18	0	1	19.1	9	7	7	15
Ian Gibaut	0	0	2.70	3	0	0	6.2	2	2	2	4
J. A. Happ	5	6	6.77	19	19	0	98.1	76	74	31	77
Griffin Jax	4	5	6.37	18	14	0	82.0	62	58	29	65
Derek Law	0	0	4.20	9	0	0	15.0	7	7	8	14
Kenta Maeda	6	5	4.66	21	21	0	106.1	60	55	32	113
Juan Minaya	2	1	2.48	29	0	0	40.0	12	11	20	43
Jovani Moran	0	0	7.88	5	0	0	8.0	7	7	7	10
Bailey Ober	3	3	4.19	20	20	0	92.1	45	43	19	96
Michael Pineda	9	8	3.62	22	21	0	109.1	49	44	21	88
Hansel Robles	3	4	4.91	45	0	10	44.0	28	24	24	43
Taylor Rogers	2	4	3.35	40	0	9	40.1	18	15	8	59
Joe Ryan	2	1	4.05	5	5	0	26.2	12	12	5	30
Matt Shoemaker	3	8	8.06	16	11	0	60.1	56	54	27	40
Devin Smeltzer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4.2	1	0	1	3
Cody Stashak	0	0	6.89	15	0	0	15.2	12	12	10	26
Caleb Thielbar	7	0	3.23	59	0	0	64.0	24	23	20	77
Lewis Thorpe	0	2	4.70	5	4	0	15.1	11	8	7	6
Nick Vincent	1	0	0.71	7	0	0	12.2	1	1	5	9
Brandon Waddell	0	1	11.25	4	0	0	4.0	6	5	3	1
Team Totals	73	89	4.83	162	162	42	1419.1	834	762	484	1317

Roster

2021 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 77 Andrew Albers 66 Jorge Alcalá 41 Shaun Anderson 85 Charlie Barnes 45 Kyle Barraclough 17 José Berríos 41 Beau Burrows 48 Álex Colomé 53 Danny Coulombe 68 Randy Dobnak 21 Tyler Duffey 51 Luke Farrell 33 John Gant 57 Édgar García 32 Ralph Garza Jr. 65 Ian Gibaut 33 J. A. Happ 83 Griffin Jax 54 Derek Law 18 Kenta Maeda 49 Juan Minaya 71 Jovani Morán 82 Bailey Ober 35 Michael Pineda 57 Hansel Robles 55 Taylor Rogers 74 Joe Ryan 32 Matt Shoemaker 31 Devin Smeltzer 61 Cody Stashak 56 Caleb Thielbar 43 Lewis Thorpe 58 Nick Vincent 58 Brandon Waddell		Catchers  8 Mitch Garver 27 Ryan Jeffers 70 Ben Rortvedt Infielders  2 Luis Arráez 64 Willians Astudillo 13 Travis Blankenhorn 20 Josh Donaldson 11 Jorge Polanco 15 J. T. Riddle 22 Miguel Sanó  9 Andrelton Simmons		Outfielders 25 Byron Buxton 60 Jake Cave 79 Gilberto Celestino 30 Kyle Garlick  1 Nick Gordon 26 Max Kepler 19 Alex Kirilloff 24 Trevor Larnach 37 Tzu-Wei Lin 38 Rob Refsnyder 50 Brent Rooker Other batters 23 Nelson Cruz		Manager  5 Rocco Baldelli Coaches 75 Nate Dammann (quality control) 46 Tony Diaz (third base) 67 Bill Evers (catching) 63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting) 47 Wes Johnson (pitching) 97 Garrett Kennedy (bullpen catcher) 88 Pete Maki (bullpen) 12 Kevin Morgan (major league field coordinator) 98 Connor Olson (bullpen catcher) 84 Edgar Varela (hitting) 40 Tommy Watkins (first base)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	St. Paul Saints	Triple-A East	Toby Gardenhire
AA	Wichita Wind Surge	Double-A Central	Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced	Cedar Rapids Kernels	High-A Central	Brian Dinkelman
A	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	Low-A Southeast	Brian Meyer
Rookie	FCL Twins	Florida Complex League	Takashi Miyoshi
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League

External links

• 2021 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference