Minnesota Twins Nostalgia

During his three-and-a-half year stint with Minnesota, Carlos Correa hit .274 with 61 home runs and 214 RBI in 450 games played. Thanks for everything with the Twins, and congratulations on your promotion to your old squad, The Houston Astros! Hopefully they’ll treat you better than us Minnesotans.

Huge shocker: The Twins lost to the Tigers.

Facebook is just trolling me at this point. I mean…c’mon!

Shot of the outside of Target Field showing the main gate and team store over to the patio area, a Spirit Halloween banner has been added over the glass windows of the club level by me

sigh...

This. The Twins front office is absolute shit. This is what they’re saying to us. Feels like they’ve just given up on the team. #MinnesotaTwins

I know I’m a Twins fan, but I may waive that right now. #SellTheTeam #MLBTradeDeadline

Twins ig page looks like their team plane crashed.

Former Twins Pitcher Kyle Gibson hung up the spikes yesterday, ending his career with a 112-111 record, 1,520 strikeouts, and a career ERA of 4.60. Congratulations on a great career, Kyle Gibson! Best of luck to you with whatever you pursue for the remainder of your life!

"You think you'd be happy if you won a ballgame, don't you, Charlie Brown?" (Classic Peanuts - June 1, 1978) #MLB #Baseball #SundayMotivation

Twins have an MLB-best 23-9 record since starting 7-15.

Correction—he ended his career with 106 home runs, not 22.

While Kirby Puckett is mainly known for his Game 6 walk-off home run in the 1991 World Series (the greatest World Series ever played), he ended his career appearing in TEN All-Star games, 207 home runs, 1,085 RBI, and 2,307 hits. Suffice to say, Puckett is and will forever be a Twins legend.

Philip Humber ended his career with a 16-23, a 5.31 ERA, with 272 career strikeouts. During his two-season (2008-2009) stint with the Twins, he went 0-0 with a 6.32 ERA and 15 strikeouts. Fun fact: Humber pitched a perfect game with the Chicago White Sox in 2012!

Three time All-Star and career Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins ended his career with a 3.88 ERA, 120 saves, in 409 games played. Similar to Joe Mauer, Perkins spent the duration of his big league career with Minnesota.

Former Twin and current free agent Nick Gordon had the best season of his career with Minnesota in 2022; a .272 batting average, 9 home runs, and 51 RBIs in 136 games. Would love to see Gordon return to the Twins as a utility option.

Former Twin Kendrys Morales only had a .234 batting average with 1 home run and 18 RBI during his 39-game stint with the Minnesota Twins in 2014.

Former Minnesota Twins infielder Trevor Plouffe ended his career with a .242 batting average, 22 home runs, and 379 RBI. His best season was with Minnesota in 2015, where he hit 22 home runs, and drove in 86, hitting .244.

Twins' winning streak is 11 games after sweeping the Orioles in Baltimore.

Twins' pitching staff has a 2.43 ERA during the winning streak.

There have been six winning streaks of 11+ games in Twins history and two of them have happened in the past 13 months.

Correction—he got ejected 73 times during his 13-year-career with JUST the Twins, not including his time as the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

Former Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire ended his managerial career with a 1,068-1,039 record. During the span of his entire career, he was ejected 73 times. You’re not a true Minnesotan if you don’t love Gardy!

Former Twins Pitcher Carl Pavano ended his career with a 108-107 pitching record with a career ERA of 4.39 with 1,091 strikeouts. He ended his career in Minnesota, with a 17-11 record, leading the American League in shutouts (2) and complete games (7) during his 2010 season with Minnesota.

During his one season with Minnesota (2020 shortened season), Rich Hill went 2-2 with a 3.03 ERA with 31 strikeouts. Hill is currently a 45-year-old free agent. Like Kyle Gibson, it would amazing to see Rich Hill return to the Twins!

Former Twin Joe Nathan ended his career with 377 saves, meaning he got 69% of his career saves in a Twins uniform. Nice. 😏

Longtime Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Homer Bailey finished his 14-year-career with the Minnesota Twins in the shortened 2020 season, appearing in two games, and winning one of them. Bailey ended his career with a 81-86 record, with 1,157 career strikeouts, and pitched two no-hitters in his career.

Former Twins Pitcher Boof Bonser ended his career with a 5.18 ERA, with a career record of 19-25, and 416.2 innings pitched.

I have no idea.

Former Twins Catcher Ryan Doumit finished his career with 104 career home runs, 818 hits, and 413 RBI. He played the best season of his career in 2012 with Minnesota, hitting .275 with 14 home runs while driving in 75.

Believe it or not, Former Twins Pitcher Alex Meyer actually retired before Joe Mauer did. Meyer retired in 2017, while Mauer retired in 2018. Meyer finished his four-year career with a career 5-8 record, with 107 strikeouts, and a career ERA of 4.63.

Former Twin Carlos Gómez ended his career with 1,189 hits, 145 home runs, and 546 RBI. Also worth mentioning are his 268 career stolen bases, which ranks 208th on the MLB career-stolen base list.

Former Twin Alexi Casilla ended his career with 419 hits, with 12 of them being home runs while driving in 157 total. He played for Minnesota from 2006-2012, and then with Baltimore from 2013-2014. His 41st birthday is coming up this July. What are you getting him?