2015 Minnesota Twins season

2015 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
General manager(s)	Terry Ryan
Manager(s)	Paul Molitor
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Roy Smalley)
Local radio	KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2015 Minnesota Twins season was the 55th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their sixth season at Target Field and the 115th overall in the American League. The team finished second in the AL Central with a 83-79 record, their best overall result since the 2010 season. The team remained in the running for a wild card berth in the American League playoffs until losing Game 161 (their second to last).

After seven years away, outfielder Torii Hunter returned for his twelfth year as a Twin. Lauded rookies Eddie Rosario, Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton arrived from the minors; each tallied their first big-league hit, home run and run batted in. In Rosario's case, he did all three on May 6 with his first big-league swing, just the twenty-ninth player in history to do so.^[1]

Offseason

October 30: Jared Burton becomes a free agent.

Week of November 11: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to Spring training.

November 20: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract (2 with a Spring training invite) and promoted 4 players from the minors.

November 25: Sent Anthony Swarzak to the minors.

December 3: Signed Torii Hunter to a one-year, $10.5 million contract.

December 5: Signed Shane Robinson to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

December 11: Drafted J. R. Graham.

December 13: Signed Ervin Santana and Carlos Paulino (minor league contract) while sending Chris Parmelee to the minors.

Week of December 15: Signed 5 players to a minor league contract (1 with an invite to Spring training) and invited 11 others to Spring training.

December 23: Signed Tim Stauffer.

December 31: Signed Blaine Boyer to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

Week of January 7: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	12	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	13½	39–41	42–39
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	19	40–41	36–45
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	20½	38–43	36–44

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
^(1) Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
^(2) Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
^(3) Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
^(4) New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
^(5) Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Season summary

New manager Paul Molitor oversaw a winning season (83-79) for his Minnesota club, following four consecutive seasons of 90 or more losses under previous manager Ron Gardenhire.

2.22 million fans attended Twins games at Target Field, the ninth highest total in the American League.

The season brought some "Twins' firsts" and broke or matched several longstanding club records:^[2]

• Facing Detroit, the Twins began the season with 24.1 scoreless innings, a club record in futility. Paul Molitor didn't get his first win until the fourth game. Among Twins managers, only Billy Martin in 1969 waited longer for his first victory.

• On May 6, rookie outfielder Eddie Rosario hit a Target Field home run on the first major league pitch he saw, something no other Twin has done.

• On June 14, three Twins hit triples in the sixth inning, a Twins first. Oddly, the Twins only scored one run in the inning. With another triple two innings earlier, the power burst added up to the club's first four-triple game since 1964. All four three-baggers were hit off Texas Rangers' starter Nick Martinez.

• In the week prior to All-Star Game, second baseman Brian Dozier belted two walk-off home runs, the first time a Twin has done that within one week. Dozier was a late addition to the American League All-Star roster as an injury replacement.

• Relief pitcher Glen Perkins set club records with 28 consecutive saves to start the season.

• Rookie Miguel Sano was called up, and blasted ten home runs in his first 41 games—the fastest start for any Twins or Washington Senators rookie.

• Eddie Rosario set a Twins rookie record by tallying fifteen triples (which led the major leagues) and tied the late Kirby Puckett's 1984 rookie club record with sixteen outfield assists.

• On September 24, first baseman Joe Mauer reached base safely in his 43rd straight game, setting a Minnesota record. The record had been held by Harmon Killebrew at 40 in 1970.

• Two days later, third baseman Trevor Plouffe grounded into his major-league-leading 28th double play. The tally tied Harmon Killebrew, in the 1970 season, for the Minnesota record.

• On Oct. 1, Brian Dozier struck out for the 146th time this season. His season finished with 148 strikeouts, topping the previous club record of 145, set by Bobby Darwin in 1972.

Two Twins made the All-Star Game: relief pitcher Glen Perkins and second baseman Brian Dozier. In the eighth inning, Dozier pinch hit and homered off Mark Melancon in his only at-bat in Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. Perkins pitched the ninth inning in the AL's 6-3 win.

Pitchers Phil Hughes and Kyle Gibson each finished with eleven wins for tops in the Win column. No pitcher lost more than eleven games. Eight Twins finished with ten or more homers.^[3]

Game log

2015 Game Log (83−76)[4]
April: 10–12 (Home: 6–4 ; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Tigers 0−4 Price (1−0) Hughes (0−1) Nathan (1) 45,030 0–1 2 April 8 @ Tigers 0−11 Sánchez (1−0) Nolasco (0−1) — 28,280 0−2 3 April 9 @ Tigers 1–7 Greene (1−0) Gibson (0−1) — 26,782 0–3 4 April 10 @ White Sox 6–0 Milone (1−0) Noesí (0−1) Duensing (1) 38,533 1–3 5 April 11 @ White Sox 4–5 Duke (1−0) Boyer (0−1) Robertson (1) 22,317 1–4 6 April 12 @ White Sox 2–6 Sale (1−0) Hughes (0−2) — 23,057 1–5 7 April 13 Royals 3–12 Duffy (1−0) May (0−1) — 40,123 1–6 8 April 15 Royals 3–1 Gibson (1−1) Vólquez (1−1) Perkins (1) 21,362 2–6 9 April 16 Royals 8–5 Milone (2−0) Vargas (1−1) Perkins (2) 17,449 3–6 10 April 17 Indians 3–2 (11) Boyer (1−1) Shaw (0−1) — 21,307 4–6 11 April 18 Indians 2–4 Salazar (1−0) Hughes (0−3) Allen (3) 23,949 4–7 12 April 19 Indians 7–2 May (1−1) House (0−2) — 17,923 5–7 13 April 20 @ Royals 1–7 Vólquez (2−1) Gibson (1−2) — 20,393 5–8 14 April 21 @ Royals 5–6 Young (1–0) Fien (0–1) Davis (3) 20,990 5–9 15 April 22 @ Royals 3–0 Pelfrey (1–0) Guthrie (1–1) Perkins (3) 24,721 6–9 16 April 24 @ Mariners 0–2 Hernández (3–0) Hughes (0–4) — 25,215 6–10 17 April 25 @ Mariners 8–5 Stauffer (1–0) Paxton (0–2) Perkins (4) 33,566 7–10 18 April 26 @ Mariners 4–2 (11) Fien (1–1) Olson (1–1) Perkins (5) 35,242 8–10 19 April 27 Tigers 4–5 Price (2–1) Milone (2–1) Soria (8) 18,054 8–11 20 April 28 Tigers 3–2 Pelfrey (2–0) Sánchez (1–3) Perkins (6) 18,169 9–11 21 April 29 Tigers 7–10 Gorzelanny (1–1) Fien (1–2) Soria (9) 19,447 9–12 22 April 30 White Sox 12–2 May (2–1) Sale (2–1) — 20,736 10–12
May: 20–7 (Home: 13–3 ; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 White Sox 1–0 Gibson (2–2) Quintana (1–2) Perkins (7) 22,794 11–12 24 May 2 White Sox 5–3 Nolasco (1–1) Noesí (0–3) Perkins (8) 30,551 12–12 25 May 3 White Sox 13–3 Pressly (1–0) Danks (1–3) — 22,423 13–12 26 May 4 Athletics 8–7 Hughes (1–4) Hahn (1–2) Perkins (9) 20,605 14–12 27 May 5 Athletics 1–2 Chavez (1–2) May (2–2) Clippard (3) 18,135 14–13 28 May 6 Athletics 13–0 Gibson (3–2) Kazmir (2–1) — 18,866 15–13 29 May 7 Athletics 6–5 Nolasco (2–1) Pomeranz (1–3) Perkins (10) 22,379 16–13 30 May 8 @ Indians 9–3 Pelfrey (3–0) Bauer (3–3) — 19,102 17–13 31 May 9 @ Indians 7–4 Hughes (2–4) Chen (0–1) Perkins (11) 16,199 18–13 32 May 10 @ Indians 2–8 Salazar (4–1) May (2–3) — 13,769 18–14 33 May 12 @ Tigers 1-2 (10) Nesbitt (1–1) Pressly (1–1) — 26,177 18–15 34 May 13 @ Tigers 6–2 Nolasco (3–1) Kyle Lobstein (3–3) — 27,163 19–15 35 May 14 @ Tigers 1–13 Sánchez (3–4) Pelfrey (3–1) — 31,785 19–16 36 May 15 Rays 3–2 Hughes (3–4) Odorizzi (3–3) Perkins (12) 24,018 20–16 37 May 16 Rays 6–4 Duensing (1–0) Jepsen (1–3) Perkins (13) 27,128 21–16 38 May 17 Rays 3–11 Archer (4–4) Gibson (3–3) — 23,708 21–17 39 May 19 @ Pirates 8–5 Nolasco (4–1) Liriano (1–4) Perkins (14) 22,357 22–17 40 May 20 @ Pirates 4–3 (13) Duensing (2–0) Bastardo (0–1) Perkins (15) 21,718 23–17 41 May 22 @ White Sox 2–3 Samardzija (4–2) Thompson (0–1) Robertson (9) 21,067 23–18 42 May 23 @ White Sox 4–3 May (3–3) Sale (3–2) Perkins (16) 38,714 24–18 43 May 24 @ White Sox 8–1 Gibson (4–3) Quintana (2–5) — 30,180 25–18 44 May 25 Red Sox 7–2 Nolasco (5–1) Kelly (1–4) — 29,472 26–18 45 May 26 Red Sox 2–1 Pelfrey (4–1) Buchholz (2–6) Perkins (17) 23,268 27–18 46 May 27 Red Sox 6–4 Hughes (4–4) Porcello (4–4) Perkins (18) 30,027 28–18 47 May 29 Blue Jays 4–6 Buehrle (6–4) Perkins (0–1) — 24,509 28–19 48 May 30 Blue Jays 3–2 Pressly (2–1) Loup (1–3) Boyer (1) 32,076 29–19 49 May 31 Blue Jays 6–5 Pressly (3–1) Osuna (1–2) Perkins (19) 33,829 30–19
June: 11–17 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – June 1 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: June 3) 50 June 2 @ Red Sox 0–1 Buchholz (3–6) Pelfrey (4–2) Uehara (11) 32,622 30–20 51 June 3 @ Red Sox 3–6 Rodríguez (2–0) Hughes (4–5) — 31,704 30–21 52 June 3 @ Red Sox 2–0 May (4–3) Porcello (4–5) Perkins (20) 33,291 31–21 53 June 4 @ Red Sox 8–4 Thompson (1–1) Uehara (2–3) — 33,615 32–21 54 June 5 Brewers 5–10 Jeffress (2–0) Boyer (1–2) — 29,398 32–22 55 June 6 Brewers 2–4 Garza (4–7) Pressly (3–2) Rodríguez (10) 38,707 32–23 56 June 7 Brewers 2–0 Pelfrey (5–2) Fiers (2–6) Perkins (21) 31,911 33–23 57 June 8 Royals 1–3 Vargas (5–2) Hughes (4–6) Holland (10) 22,796 33–24 58 June 9 Royals 0–2 Young (5–2) May (4–4) Holland (11) 22,497 33–25 59 June 10 Royals 2–7 Vólquez (5–4) Gibson (4–4) — 28,434 33–26 60 June 12 @ Rangers 1–2 Scheppers (3–0) Thompson (1–2) — 41,765 33–27 61 June 13 @ Rangers 7–11 Lewis (6–3) Pelfrey (5–3) — 28,661 33–28 62 June 14 @ Rangers 4–3 Fien (2–2) Tolleson (1–1) Perkins (22) 33,970 34–28 63 June 15 @ Cardinals 2–3 Lackey (5–4) May (4–5) Siegrist (2) 43,174 34–29 64 June 16 @ Cardinals 2–3 Wacha (9–2) Gibson (4–5) Siegrist (3) 41,203 34–30 65 June 17 Cardinals 3–1 Milone (3–1) Martínez (7–3) Perkins (23) 34,381 35–30 66 June 18 Cardinals 2–1 Boyer (2–2) Villanueva (3–2) — 34,648 36–30 67 June 19 Cubs 7–2 Hughes (5–6) Hendricks (2–3) — 36,817 37–30 68 June 20 Cubs 1–4 Motte (4–1) Boyer (2–3) Rondon (12) 40,066 37–31 69 June 21 Cubs 0–8 Arrieta (7–5) Gibson (4–6) — 40,273 37–32 70 June 22 White Sox 13–2 Milone (4–1) Danks (3–8) — 24,094 38–32 71 June 23 White Sox 2–6 Samardzija (5–4) Pelfrey (5–4) Petricka (2) 27,349 38–33 72 June 24 White Sox 6–1 Hughes (6–6) Sale (6–4) — 28,854 39–33 73 June 26 @ Brewers 4–10 Lohse (4–9) May (4–6) — 33,296 39–34 74 June 27 @ Brewers 5–2 Gibson (5–6) Garza (4–10) Perkins (24) 39,977 40–34 75 June 28 @ Brewers 3–5 Smith (4–0) Fien (2–3) — 38,958 40–35 76 June 29 @ Reds 7–11 Adcock (1–1) Pelfrey (5–5) — 28,904 40–36 77 June 30 @ Reds 8–5 Hughes (7–6) DeSclafani (5–6) Perkins (25) 28,556 41–36
July: 12–13 (Home: 8–6 ; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Reds 1–2 Cueto (5–5) May (4–7) Chapman (16) 26,459 41–37 79 July 2 @ Royals 2–0 Gibson (6–6) Young (7–4) Perkins (26) 37,196 42–37 80 July 3 @ Royals 2–3 Davis (4–1) Thompson (1–3) — 38,868 42–38 81 July 4 @ Royals 5–3 Duensing (3–0) Blanton (2–2) Perkins (27) 37,917 43–38 82 July 5 @ Royals 2–3 Holland (2–0) Boyer (2–4) — 29,427 43–39 83 July 6 Orioles 4–2 May (5–7) Hunter (2–2) — 23,213 44–39 84 July 7 Orioles 8–3 Gibson (7–6) Gausman (1–1) — 25,091 45–39 85 July 8 Orioles 5–3 Milone (5–1) Norris (2–9) Perkins (28) 29,289 46–39 86 July 9 Tigers 2–4 Price (9–2) Pelfrey (5–6) Soria (20) 29,724 46–40 87 July 10 Tigers 8–6 May (6–7) Soria (3–1) — 31,545 47–40 88 July 11 Tigers 9–5 Hughes (8–6) Simón (8–6) — 32,365 48–40 89 July 12 Tigers 7–1 Gibson (8–6) Greene (4–7) — 27,936 49–40 – July 14 86th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati) 90 July 17 @ Athletics 5–0 Santana (1–0) Gray (10–4) — 23,462 50–40 91 July 18 @ Athletics 2–3 (10) Pomeranz (4–3) Fien (2–4) — 30,778 50–41 92 July 19 @ Athletics 1–14 Chavez (5–9) Milone (5–2) — 20,286 50–42 93 July 21 @ Angels 0–7 Shoemaker (5–7) Gibson (8–7) — 38,937 50–43 94 July 22 @ Angels 2–5 Wilson (8–7) Pelfrey (5–7) Street (25) 40,239 50–44 95 July 23 @ Angels 3–0 Santana (2–0) Richards (10–7) Perkins (29) 36,134 51–44 96 July 24 Yankees 10–1 Hughes (9–6) Pineda (9–7) — 34,334 52–44 97 July 25 Yankees 5–8 Warren (6–5) Perkins (0–2) Miller (23) 40,660 52–45 98 July 26 Yankees 2–7 Eovaldi (10–2) Gibson (8–8) — 37,391 52–46 99 July 28 Pirates 7–8 Melancon (2–1) Perkins (0–3) — 30,795 52–47 100 July 29 Pirates 4–10 Liriano (7–6) Santana (2–1) — 37,273 52–48 101 July 30 Mariners 9–5 Hughes (10–6) Happ (4–6) — 30,534 53–48 102 July 31 Mariners 1–6 Walker (8–7) Milone (5–3) — 27,643 53–49
August: 14–14 (Home: 7–4 ; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Mariners 3–2 May (7–7) Smith (1–5) — 36,901 54–49 104 August 2 Mariners 1–4 (11) Rodney (4–4) Jepsen (2–6) Wilhelmsen (2) 30,325 54–50 105 August 3 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Price (10–4) Santana (2–2) — 45,766 54–51 106 August 4 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Estrada (9–6) Hughes (10–7) Osuna (8) 26,504 54–52 107 August 5 @ Blue Jays 7–9 Hutchison (10–2) Duffey (0–1) Hawkins (3) 27,725 54–53 108 August 6 @ Blue Jays 3–9 Buehrle (12–5) Gibson (8–9) — 34,847 54–54 109 August 7 @ Indians 10–9 May (8–7) Shaw (1–2) Perkins (30) 30,365 55–54 110 August 8 @ Indians 4–17 Bauer (9–8) Santana (2–3) — 31,666 55–55 111 August 9 @ Indians 1–8 Kluber (7–12) Hughes (10–8) — 31,666 55–56 112 August 11 Rangers 3–2 Perkins (1–3) Patton (1–1) — 26,663 56–56 113 August 12 Rangers 11–1 Pelfrey (6–7) Martinez (7–7) — 30,683 57–56 114 August 13 Rangers 5–6 Kela (6–5) Fien (2–5) Tolleson (21) 30,357 57–57 115 August 14 Indians 1–6 Kluber (8–12) May (8–8) — 26,910 57–58 116 August 15 Indians 4–1 Duffey (1–1) Tomlin (0–1) — 30,601 58–58 117 August 16 Indians 4–1 Milone (6–3) Carrasco (11–9) Perkins (31) 27,244 59–58 118 August 17 @ Yankees 7–8 (10) Miller (1–2) Perkins (1–4) — 38,943 59–59 119 August 18 @ Yankees 4–8 Rumbelow (1–0) Graham (0–1) Miller (27) 38,007 59–60 120 August 19 @ Yankees 3–4 Eovaldi (13–2) Santana (2–4) Betances (8) 38,086 59–61 121 August 20 @ Orioles 15–2 Duffey (2–1) González (9–9) — 20,109 60–61 122 August 21 @ Orioles 4–3 Fien (3–5) O'Day (5–2) Jepsen (6) 32,025 61–61 123 August 22 @ Orioles 3–2 Fien (4–5) Tillman (9–8) Jepsen (7) 35,301 62–61 124 August 23 @ Orioles 4–3 (12) Perkins (2–4) Matusz (1–3) Milone (1) 35,144 63–61 125 August 25 @ Rays 11–7 Graham (1–1) Andriese (3–4) — 9,632 64–61 126 August 26 @ Rays 5–3 Duensing (4–0) Archer (11–10) Jepsen (8) 9,205 65–61 127 August 27 @ Rays 4–5 Gomes (2–4) Milone (6–4) Boxberger (31) 9,375 65–62 128 August 28 Astros 3–0 Gibson (9–9) Kazmir (7–9) Jepsen (9) 28,636 66–62 129 August 29 Astros 1–4 Fiers (2–0) Pelfrey (6–8) Gregerson (25) 38,876 66–63 130 August 30 Astros 7–5 Santana (3–4) McCullers (5–5) — 28,877 67–63
September: 15–13 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 9–6 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 White Sox 8–6 — 25,803 68–63 132 September 2 White Sox 3–0 — 22,162 69–63 133 September 3 White Sox 4–6 — 25,339 69–64 134 September 4 @ Astros 0–8 — 27,807 69–65 135 September 5 @ Astros 3–2 — 27,643 70–65 136 September 6 @ Astros 5–8 — 37,648 70–66 137 September 7 @ Royals 6–2 — 36,825 71–66 138 September 8 @ Royals 2–4 — 31,834 71–67 139 September 9 @ Royals 3–2 (12) — 32,286 72–67 140 September 11 @ White Sox 6–2 — 15,641 73–67 141 September 12 @ White Sox 2–8 — 26.065 73–68 142 September 13 @ White Sox 7–0 — 23,159 74–68 143 September 14 Tigers 7–1 — 17,833 75–68 144 September 15 Tigers 4–5 — 22,963 75–69 145 September 16 Tigers 4–7 (12) — 22,509 75–70 146 September 17 Angels 8–11 — 18,697 75–71 – September 18 Angels Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: September 19) 147 September 19 Angels 3–4 (12) — 22,878 75–72 148 September 19 Angels 2–5 — 33,300 75–73 149 September 20 Angels 8–1 — 25,302 76–73 150 September 22 Indians 3–1 — 77–73 151 September 23 Indians 4–2 — 17,831 78–73 152 September 24 Indians 3–6 — 21,366 78–74 153 September 25 @ Tigers 4–6 — 31,153 78–75 154 September 26 @ Tigers 6–2 — 32,753 79–75 155 September 27 @ Tigers 7–1 — 33,517 80–75 156 September 28 @ Indians 4–2 — 10,007 81–75 – September 29 @ Indians Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: September 30) 157 September 30 @ Indians 7–1 — 0 82–75 158 September 30 @ Indians 2–10 — 10,228 82–76
October: 1–3 (Home: 0–3 ; Away: 1–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 @ Indians 4–2 — 22,644 83–76 160 October 2 Royals 1–3 — 31,534 83–77 161 October 3 Royals 1–5 — 30,181 83–78 162 October 4 Royals 1–6 — 24,108 83–79
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Twins team member

Roster

2015 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 58 A. J. Achter 36 Blaine Boyer 55 Neal Cotts 52 Brian Duensing 56 Tyler Duffey 50 Casey Fien 44 Kyle Gibson 62 J. R. Graham 45 Phil Hughes 49 Kevin Jepsen 65 Trevor May 51 Alex Meyer 33 Tommy Milone 47 Ricky Nolasco 61 Ryan O'Rourke 37 Mike Pelfrey 15 Glen Perkins 57 Ryan Pressly 54 Ervin Santana 22 Tim Stauffer 56 Caleb Thielbar 64 Aaron Thompson 59 Michael Tonkin		Catchers 26 Eric Fryer 12 Chris Herrmann  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 17 Doug Bernier  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar  7 Joe Mauer  9 Eduardo Núñez 24 Trevor Plouffe 11 Jorge Polanco 22 Miguel Sanó 39 Danny Santana 19 Kennys Vargas		Outfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia 25 Byron Buxton 32 Aaron Hicks 48 Torii Hunter 67 Max Kepler 21 Shane Robinson 20 Eddie Rosario  1 Jordan 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 Hernández (assistant hitting) 46 Joe Vavra (bench)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Oswaldo Arcia, OF	19	58	6	16	0	0	2	8	4	15	.276	0
Doug Bernier, 3B,2B	4	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	.200	0
Byron Buxton, CF	46	129	16	27	7	1	2	6	6	44	.209	2
Brian Dozier, 2B	157	628	101	148	39	4	28	77	61	148	.236	12
Brian Duensing, P	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eduardo Escobar, LF,SS,DH,3B,2B	127	409	48	107	31	4	12	58	28	86	.262	2
Eric Fryer, C	15	22	2	5	2	0	0	2	5	11	.227	0
Kyle Gibson, P	32	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Chris Herrmann, C	45	103	13	15	5	1	2	10	7	37	.146	0
Aaron Hicks, CF	97	352	48	90	11	3	11	33	34	66	.256	13
Phil Hughes, P	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Torii Hunter, RF	139	521	67	125	22	0	22	81	35	105	.240	2
Max Kepler, RF	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0
Joe Mauer, 1B,DH	158	592	69	157	34	2	10	66	67	112	.265	2
Trevor May, P	48	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Tommy Milone, P	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Ricky Nolasco, P	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Eduardo Núñez, SS,DH,3B	72	188	23	53	14	1	4	20	12	29	.282	8
Mike Pelfrey, P	30	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	0
Trevor Plouffe, 3B	152	573	74	140	35	4	22	86	50	124	.244	2
Jorge Polanco, SS	4	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.300	1
Shane Robinson, OF	83	180	28	45	7	3	0	16	12	29	.250	6
Eddie Rosario, LF	122	453	60	121	18	15	13	50	15	118	.267	11
Miguel Sanó, DH	80	279	46	75	17	1	18	52	53	119	.269	1
Danny Santana, SS	91	261	30	56	10	5	0	21	6	68	.215	8
Jordan Schafer, CF	27	69	9	15	3	0	0	5	3	23	.217	0
Kurt Suzuki, C	131	433	36	104	17	0	5	50	29	59	.240	0
Kennys Vargas, DH,1B	58	175	18	42	4	0	5	17	9	54	.240	0

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
A. J. Achter	0	1	6.75	11	0	0	13.1	12	10	10	4	6	14
Blaine Boyer	3	6	2.49	68	0	1	65.0	62	24	18	5	19	33
Neal Cotts	0	0	3.95	17	0	0	13.2	14	8	6	3	5	9
Brian Duensing	4	1	4.25	55	0	1	48.2	46	24	23	5	21	24
Tyler Duffey	5	1	3.10	10	10	0	58.0	56	20	20	4	20	53
Casey Fien	4	6	3.55	62	0	0	63.1	61	26	25	6	8	41
Kyle Gibson	11	11	3.84	32	32	0	194.2	186	88	83	18	65	145
J. R. Graham	1	1	4.95	39	1	0	63.2	73	41	35	10	21	53
Phil Hughes	11	9	4.40	27	25	0	155.1	184	76	76	29	16	94
Kevin Jepsen	1	1	1.61	29	0	10	28.0	18	5	5	1	7	25
Trevor May	8	9	4.00	48	16	0	114.2	127	53	51	11	26	110
Alex Meyer	0	0	16.88	2	0	0	2.2	4	5	5	2	3	3
Tommy Milone	9	5	3.92	24	23	1	128.2	128	64	56	17	36	91
Ricky Nolasco	5	2	6.75	9	8	0	37.1	50	31	28	3	14	35
Ryan O'Rourke	0	0	6.14	28	0	0	22.0	16	15	15	3	15	24
Mike Pelfrey	6	11	4.26	30	30	0	164.2	198	86	78	11	45	86
Glen Perkins	3	5	3.32	60	0	32	57.0	58	21	21	9	10	54
Ryan Pressly	3	2	2.93	27	0	0	27.2	27	9	9	0	12	22
Shane Robinson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ervin Santana	7	5	4.00	17	17	0	108.0	104	50	48	12	36	82
Tim Stauffer	1	0	6.60	13	0	0	15.0	24	13	11	4	7	6
Caleb Thielbar	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	5
Aaron Thompson	1	3	5.01	41	0	0	32.1	32	19	18	2	11	17
Michael Tonkin	0	0	3.47	26	0	0	23.1	21	9	9	4	9	19

Awards

• Team MVP and Twins Most Outstanding Rookie: Miguel Sano, at 22 the youngest player to be named Twins MVP and just the second to win the award as a rookie, joining Tony Oliva in 1964.

Farm system

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	Arizona League	Ramón Borrego
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League	Jimmy Alvarez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Chattanooga^[5]

References

1. "Minnesota Twins". Baseball=Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
2. "Minnesota Twins". Baseball=Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
3. "Minnesota Twins". Baseball=Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
4. "2015 Minnesota Twins Sortable Schedule". Minnesota Twins.
5. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

• 2015 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference