2012 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 2012 Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg American League Central Target Field Minneapolis, Minnesota 66–96 (.407) 5th Jim Pohlad Ron Gardenhire Terry Ryan Fox Sports North(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer) KSTP (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry) min MIN The 2012 Minnesota Twins season was the 52nd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 112th overall in the American League. The Twins wound up with a 66–96 record, fifth place in the American League Central. Regular season On May 2, the Twins were no-hit for the fifth time in their history. Jered Weaver of the Anaheim Angels threw 121 pitches, striking out nine, walking one and allowing no hits.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA201205020.shtml Weaver No-Hits Twins Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-18 Four of the Twins' no-hit losses have occurred in California. Two of the no-hitters were perfect games (Catfish Hunter, 1968 and David Wells, 1998). Joe Mauer is the lone Minnesota selection to the All-Star Game, played July 10 in Kauffman Stadium. As a reserve catcher, he enters the game in the top of the eighth as a replacement first baseman and goes 1 for 1 with a single. On September 8, the Twins retired former manager Tom Kelly's number '10'.http://puckettspond.com/2012/09/08/tom-kelly-jersey-retired/ Twins Retire Tom Kelly's "10" September 8, 2012 Pucketts-Pond.com He is the seventh Twin so honored, joining Harmon Killebrew (3), Rod Carew (29), Tony Oliva (6), Kent Hrbek (14), Kirby Puckett (34) and Bert Blyleven (28). The number '42' is retired across all of the major leagues in honor of Jackie Robinson. Outfielder Josh Willingham wins the Silver Slugger Award for the only time in his career. Season standings American League Central Minnesota Twins American League Wild Card Minnesota Twins Record vs. opponents Game log Legend Twins Win Twins Loss Postponed background:#072754;color:#fff; 2012 Game Log y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; April (6–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 6 || @ Orioles || 2–4 || Arrieta (1–0) || Pavano (0–1) || Johnson (1) || 46,773 || 0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 2–8 || Hunter (1–0) || Liriano (0–1) || || 31,532 || 0–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 8 || @ Orioles || 1–3 || Hammel (1–0) || Swarzak (0–1) || Johnson (2) || 14,738 || 0–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 9 || Angels || 1–5 || Wilson (1–0) || Blackburn (0–1) || || 39,414 || 0–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 11 || Angels || 6–5 || Gray (1–0) || Takahashi (0–1) || Capps (1) || 31,413 || 1–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 12 || Angels || 10–9 || Gray (2–0) || Thompson (0–1) || Capps (2) || 31,782 || 2–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 13 || Rangers || 1–4 || Harrison (2–0) || Swarzak (0–2) || Ogando || 31,400 || 2–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 14 || Rangers || 2–6 || Ross (1–0) || Duensing (0–1) || || 35,854 || 2–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 15 || Rangers || 3–4 || Ross (2–0) || Perkins (0–1) || Nathan (3) || 32,093 || 2–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Pavano (1–1) || García (0–1) || || 40,218 || 3–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 3–8 || Sabathia (1–0) || Liriano (0–2) || || 40,194 || 3–8 |- style="text-align:center; background: #bfb;" | 12 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 6–5 || Marquis (1–0) || Kuroda (1–2) || Capps (3) || 36,831 || 4–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 19 || @ Yankees || 6–7 || Hughes (1–2) || Swarzak (0–3) || Rivera (3) || 40,327 || 4–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ Rays || 5–4 || Maloney (1–0) || Gomes (0–1) || Capps (4) || 18,763 || 5–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 21 || @ Rays || 1–4 || Shields (3–0) || Pavano (1–2) || Rodney (5) || 31,774 || 5–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 22 || @ Rays || 2–6 || Niemann (1–2) || Liriano (0–3) || || 26,507 || 5–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 23 || Red Sox || 5–6 || Bard (1–2) || Capps (0–1) || Aceves (3) || 32,351 || 5–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 24 || Red Sox || 2–11 || Beckett (2–2) || Blackburn (0–2) || || 33,651 || 5–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 25 || Red Sox || 6–7 || Buchholz (2–1) || Hendriks (0–1) || Aceves (4) || 32,254 || 5–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 27 || Royals || 6–7 || Mijares (1–1) || Duensing (0–2) || Broxton (3) || 33,315 || 5–15 |- style="text-align:center; bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || April 28 || Royals ||colspan=7|Postponed (rain); Makeup: 6/30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 29 || Royals || 7–4 || Marquis (2–0) || Chen (0–3) || || 34,201 || 6–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 30 || @ Angels || 3–4 || Wilson (3–2) || Blackburn (0–3) || Downs (2) || 27,027 || 6–16 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 1 || @ Angels || 0–4 || Williams (2–1) || Liriano (0–4) || || 30,039 || 6–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || May 2 || @ Angels || 0–9 || Weaver† (4–0) || Hendriks (0–2) || || 27,288 || 6–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || May 4 || @ Mariners || 3–2 || Pavano (2–2) || Wilhelmsen (1–1) || Capps (5) || 22,492 || 7–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 5 || @ Mariners || 0–7 || Hernández (3–1) || Marquis (2–1) || || 28,437 || 7–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || May 6 || @ Mariners || 2–5 || Noesí (2–3) || Blackburn (0–4) || || 23,913 || 7–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 7 || Angels || 3–8 || Weaver (5–0) || Liriano (0–5) || || 31,382 || 7–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 8 || Angels || 5–0 || Diamond (1–0) || Haren (1–3) || || 30,776 || 8–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 9 || Angels || 2–6 || Santana (1–6) || Pavano (2–3) || || 31,915 || 8–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 10 || Blue Jays || 2–6 || Álvarez (3–2) || Marquis (2–2) || || 31,438 || 8–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 11 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || Blackburn (1–4) || Drabek (2–4) || Capps (6) || 33,387 || 9–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 33 || May 12 || Blue Jays || 1–2 || Hutchison (2–1) || Walters (0–1) || Janssen (2) || 38,820 || 9–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 34 || May 13 || Blue Jays || 4–3 || Diamond (2–0) || Romero (4–1) || Capps (7) || 36,889 || 10–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 14 || Indians || 4–5 || Smith (3–1) || Capps (0–2) || C. Perez (12) || 32,313 || 10–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 15 || Indians || 0–5 || Lowe (6–1) || Marquis (2–3) || || 35,732 || 10–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 37 || May 16 || @ Tigers || 11–7 || Burnett (1–0) || Below (2–1) || || 33,955 || 11–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 38 || May 17 || @ Tigers || 4–3 || Walters (1–1) || Fister (0–2) || Capps (8) || 37,840 || 12–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 18 || @ Brewers || 11–3 || Diamond (3–0) || Estrada (0–3) || || 32,421 || 13–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 19 || @ Brewers || 5–4 (11) || Gray (3–0) || Parra (0–1) || Capps (9) || 42,398 || 14–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 20 || @ Brewers || 4–16 || Greinke (5–1) || Marquis (2–4) || || 33,064 || 14–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 22 || @ White Sox || 9–2 || Walters (2–1) || Floyd (3–5) || || 20,026 || 15–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 23 || @ White Sox || 0–6 || Sale (5–2) || Diamond (3–1) || || 20,064 || 15–28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 24 || @ White Sox || 8–11 || Jones (2–0) || De Vries (0–1) || || 20,167 || 15–29 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 25 || Tigers || 6–10 || Smyly (2–1) || Swarzak (0–4) || || 37,688 || 15–30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 26 || Tigers || 3–6 || Scherzer (4–3) || Pavano (2–4) || Valverde (8) || 37,360 || 15–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 27 || Tigers || 3–4 || Villarreal (1–0) || Capps (0–3) || Valverde (9) || 38,710 || 15–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 28 || Athletics || 5–4 || Burnett (2–0) || Cook (1–1) || Capps (10) || 34,709 || 16–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 29 || Athletics || 3–2 || Perkins (1–1) || Fuentes (2–1) || || 31,781 || 17–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 30 || Athletics || 4–0 || Liriano (1–5) || Ross (2–6) || || 35,103 || 18–32 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; June (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || June 1 || @ Indians || 1–7 || Lowe (7–3) || Pavano (2–5) || || 19,904 || 18–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 52 || June 2 || @ Indians || 7–4 || Duensing (1–2) || Tomlin (2–3) || Capps (11) || 25,469 || 19–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 53 || June 3 || @ Indians || 6–3 || Diamond (4–1) || Masterson (2–5) || Capps (12) || 21,238 || 20–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 54 || June 4 || @ Royals || 10–7 || De Vries (1–1) || Smith (1–2) || Capps (13) || 16,531 || 21–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 55 || June 5 || @ Royals || 0–1 || Chen (5–5) || Liriano (1–6) || Broxton (14) || 23,934 || 21–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 6 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Blackburn (2–4) || Mendoza (2–3) || Capps (14) || 18,386 || 22–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 57 || June 8 || Cubs || 8–7 (10) || Capps (1–3) || Camp (2–3) || || 38,014 || 23–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 9 || Cubs || 11–3 || Diamond (5–1) || Samardzija (5–4) || || 39,309 || 24–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 10 || Cubs || 2–8 || Dempster (2–3) || Liriano (1–7) || || 37,526 || 24–35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 12 || Phillies || 11–7 || Blackburn (3–4) || Kendrick (2–6) || || 32,622 || 25–35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 13 || Phillies || 8–9 || Hamels (9–3) || Walters (2–2) || Papelbon (17) || 32,581 || 25–36 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 14 || Phillies || 1–6 || Blanton (6–6) || Diamond (5–2) || || 32,205 || 25–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 15 || Brewers || 3–5 || Loe (3–2) || Capps (1–4) || Axford (11) || 37,295 || 25–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 16 || Brewers || 2–6 || Fiers (2–2) || Hendriks (0–3) || || 37,698 || 25–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 17 || Brewers || 5–4 (15) || Swarzak (1–4) || Dillard (0–2) || || 39,206 || 26–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 19 || @ Pirates || 2–7 || Correia (3–6) || Diamond (5–3) || || 19,936 || 26–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 20 || @ Pirates || 2–1 || Burton (1–0) || Grilli (1–2) || Perkins (1) || 19,878 || 27–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 21 || @ Pirates || 1–9 || McDonald (6–3) || Hendriks (0–4) || || 21,563 || 27–41 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 22 || @ Reds || 5–4 || Blackburn (4–4) || Bailey (5–5) || Perkins (2) || 33,531 || 28–41 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 23 || @ Reds || 0–6 || Cueto (9–3) || Duensing (1–3) || || 41,750 || 28–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 24 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Diamond (6–3) || Chapman (4–4) || Burton (1) || 34,513 || 29–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 25 || White Sox || 4–1 || Liriano (2–7) || Peavy (6–4) || Burton (2) || 35,695 || 30–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 26 || White Sox || 2–3 || Floyd (6–7) || Hendriks (0–5) || Reed (10) || 35,102 || 30–43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 27 || White Sox || 5–12 || Sale (9–2) || Blackburn (4–5) || || 36,539 || 30–44 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 29 || Royals || 3–4 || Mendoza (3–4) || Duensing (1–4) || Broxton (20) || 33,359 || 30–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 76 || June 30 || Royals || 7–2 || Diamond (7–3) || Sánchez (1–4) || || 37,694 || 31–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 77 || June 30 || Royals || 5–1 || De Vries (2–1) || Hochevar (5–8) || || 37,629 || 32–45 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 78 || July 1 || Royals || 10–8 || Gray (4–0) || Chen (7–7) || || 37,819 || 33–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 79 || July 2 || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Swarzak (2–4) || Fister (1–6) || Perkins (3) || 37,406 || 34–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 80 || July 3 || @ Tigers || 8–6 || Gray (5–0) || Villarreal (3–2) || Perkins (4) || 36,757 || 35–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 4 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Verlander (9–5) || Duensing (1–5) || || 41,023 || 35–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 82 || July 5 || @ Tigers || 3–7 || Dotel (2–2) || Burnett (2–1) || || 33,350 || 35–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 6 || @ Rangers || 5–1 || Liriano (3–7) || Pérez (1–1) || || 47,240 || 36–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 7 || @ Rangers || 3–4 (10) || Nathan (1–2) || Waldrop (0–1) || || 47,067 || 36–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 8 || @ Rangers || 3–4 (13) || Feldman (3–6) || Burnett (2–2) || || 43,268 || 36–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | colspan="9" | All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 8–0. |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 13 || Athletics || 3–6 || Griffin (1–0) || Liriano (3–8) || Cook (9) || 33,230 || 36–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 14 || Athletics || 3–9 || Milone (9–6) || De Vries (2–2) || || 39,084 || 36–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 15 || Athletics || 4–9 || Parker (6–4) || Duensing (1–6) || || 36,853 || 36–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 89 || July 16 || Orioles || 19–7 || Diamond (8–3) || Tillman (1–1) || || 32,445 || 37–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 90 || July 17 || Orioles || 6–4 || Burnett (3–2) || Ayala (2–3) || Burton (3) || 32,202 || 38–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 18 || Orioles || 1–2 || Hunter (4–4) || Liriano (3–9) || Johnson (27) || 33,195 || 38–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 19 || Orioles || 3–4 || Chen (8–5) || Burnett (3–3) || Johnson (28) || 37,676 || 38–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 20 || @ Royals || 2–1 (11)|| Fien (1–0) || Broxton (1–2) || Perkins (5)|| 25,719 || 39–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 21 || @ Royals || 3–7 || Mendoza (4–6) || Diamond (8–4) || Crow (2) || 26,747 || 39–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 22 || @ Royals || 7–5 || Deduno (1–0) || Guthrie (3–10) || || 23,252 || 40–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 96 || July 23 || @ White Sox || 4–7 || Floyd (8–8) || Liriano (3–10) || Reed (16) || 37,788 || 40–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 24 || @ White Sox || 4–11 || Jones (4–0) || Fien (1–1) || || 34,715 || 40–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 98 || July 25 || @ White Sox || 2–8 || Peavy (8–7) || Blackburn (4–6) || || 32,261 || 40–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 99 || July 27 || Indians || 11–0 || Diamond (9–4) || Tomlin (5–8) || || 37,820 || 41–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 28 || Indians || 12–5 || Deduno (2–0) || Masterson (7–9) || || 39,166 || 42–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 101 || July 29 || Indians || 5–1 || Duensing (2–6) || Jiménez (8–10) || || 34,720 || 43–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 30 || White Sox || 7–6 || Perkins (2–1) || Myers (0–5) || || 35,018 || 44–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 31 || White Sox || 3–4 || Thornton (3–6) || Gray (5–1) || Reed (17) || 36,424 || 44–59 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; August (9–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 104 || August 1 || White Sox || 2–3 || Peavy (9–7) || Diamond (9–5) || Reed (18) || 34,823 || 44–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 105 || August 2 || @ Red Sox || 5–0 || Deduno (3–0) || Lester (5–9) || Perkins (6) || 37,191 || 45–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 106 || August 3 || @ Red Sox || 6–5 (10) || Gray (6–1) || Padilla (4–1) || Burton (4) || 37,285 || 46–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 107 || August 4 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Burnett (4–3) || Aceves (2–7) || Burton (5) || 37,914 || 47–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 5 || @ Red Sox || 4–6 || Morales (3–2) || Blackburn (4–7) || Aceves (23) || 37,019 || 47–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 109 || August 6 || @ Indians || 14–3 || Diamond (10–5) || McAllister (4–4) || || 18,775 || 48–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 7 || @ Indians || 7–5 || Robertson (1–0) || Perez (0–4) || Perkins (7) || 14,813 || 49–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 8 || @ Indians || 2–6 || Masterson (8–10) || Duensing (2–7) || || 18,805 || 49–62 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 10 || Rays || 6–12 || Hellickson (7–7) || De Vries (2–3) || || 38,108 || 49–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 11 || Rays || 2–4 || Price (15–4) || Blackburn (4–8) || Rodney (35) || 39,512 || 49–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 12 || Rays || 3–7 (10) || Farnsworth (1–3) || Burnett (4–4) || Rodney (36) || 35,327 || 49–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 13 || Tigers || 9–3 || Deduno (4–0) || Sánchez (6–10) || || 34,366 || 50–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 14 || Tigers || 4–8 || Fister (7–7) || Duensing (2–8) || || 37,544 || 50–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 15 || Tigers || 1–5 || Scherzer (12–6) || De Vries (2–4) || || 37,118 || 50–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 17 || @ Mariners || 3–5 || Iwakuma (4–3) || Blackburn (4–9) || Wilhelmsen (17) || 22,602 || 50–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 18 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Wilhelmsen (4–2) || Robertson (1–1) || || 21,154 || 50–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 19 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || Beavan (8–7) || Deduno (4–1) || Kinney (1) || 22,635 || 50–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 121 || August 20 || @ Athletics || 7–2 || Duensing (3–8) || McCarthy (6–5) || || 10,274 || 51–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 21 || @ Athletics || 1–4 || Anderson (1–0) || De Vries (2–5) || Balfour (12) || 13,116 || 51–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 22 || @ Athletics || 1–5 || Milone (10–9) || Hendriks (0–6) || || 16,657 || 51–72 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 23 || @ Rangers || 6–10 || Adams (3–3) || Burton (1–1) || Nathan (25) || 33,762 || 51–73 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 24 || @ Rangers || 0–8 || Harrison (15–7) || Deduno (4–2) || || 45,823 || 51–74 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 25 || @ Rangers || 3–9 || Dempster (8–6) || Duensing (3–9) || || 44,215 || 51–75 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 127 || August 26 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || De Vries (3–5) || Feldman (6–10) || Perkins (8) || 37,785 || 52–75 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 27 || Mariners || 0–1 || Hernández (13–5) || Hendriks (0–7) || || 31,883 || 52–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 28 || Mariners || 2–5 || Iwakuma (5–3) || Diamond (10–6) || Wilhelmsen (20) || 29,854 || 52–77 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 130 || August 29 || Mariners || 10–0 || Deduno (5–2) || Vargas (13–9) || || 29,281 || 53–77 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 30 || Mariners || 4–5 || Beavan (9–8) || Duensing (3–10) || Wilhelmsen (21) || 32,578 || 53–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || August 31 || @ Royals ||colspan=7| Postponed (rain). Makeup: 9/1 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; September/October (13–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 132 || September 1 || @ Royals || 3–1 || De Vries (4–5) || Smith (4–7) || Perkins (9) || || 54–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 133 || September 1 || @ Royals || 8–7 || Swarzak (3–4) || Hochevar (7–13) || Perkins (10) || 23,189 || 55–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 134 || September 2 || @ Royals || 4–6 || Collins (5–2) || Vásquez (0–1) || Holland (10) || 23,641 || 55–79 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 135 || September 3 || @ White Sox || 2–4 || Santiago (3–1) || Deduno (5–3) || Reed (25) || 21,676 || 55–80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 136 || September 4 || @ White Sox || 18–9 || Diamond (11–6) || Quintana (5–4) || || 15,698 || 56–80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 5 || @ White Sox || 2–6 || Peavy (10–10) || Walters (2–3) || || 17,336 || 56–81 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 7 || Indians || 6–7 || Huff (1–0) || Robertson (1–2) || Perez (35) || 30,111 || 56–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 139 || September 8 || Indians || 3–0 || De Vries (5–5) || McAllister (5–7) || Perkins (11) || 33,698 || 57–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 140 || September 9 || Indians || 8–7 || Duensing (4–10) || Pestano (3–2) || || 30,219 || 58–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 141 || September 10 || Indians || 7–2 || Deduno (6–3) || Masterson (11–13) || || 27,526 || 59–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 11 || Royals || 1–9 || Smith (5–7) || Diamond (11–7) || || 28,993 || 59–83 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 12 || Royals || 5–10 || Hochevar (8–13) || Walters (2–4) || || 28,139 || 59–84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 144 || September 13 || Royals || 4–3 (10) || Perkins (3–1) || Bueno (1–1) || || 28,669 || 60–84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 14 || White Sox || 0–6 || Sale (17–6) || Vásquez (0–2) || || 30,729 || 60–85 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 15 || White Sox || 3–5 || Liriano (6–11) || Deduno (6–4) || Thornton (3) || 36,308 || 60–86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 16 || White Sox || 2–9 || Peavy (11–11) || Diamond (11–8) || || 31,722 || 60–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 148 || September 18 || @ Indians || 6–5 (12) || Robertson (2–2) || Maine (2–2) || Perkins (12) || 10,342 || 61–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 149 || September 19 || @ Indians || 6–4 || Hendriks (1–7) || McAllister (5–8) || Perkins (13) || 13,519 || 62–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 20 || @ Indians || 3–4 (10) || Rogers (3–3) || Swarzak (3–5) || || 12,331 || 62–88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || September 21 || @ Tigers ||colspan=7|Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 22 || @ Tigers || 0–8 || Fister (10–9) || Deduno (6–5) || || 40,586 || 62–89 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 152 || September 23 || @ Tigers || 10–4 || Diamond (12–8) || Scherzer (16–7) || || 40,438 || 63–89 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 153 || September 23 || @ Tigers || 2–1 (10) || Burton (2–1) || Valverde (3–4) || Perkins (14) || 39,839 || 64–89 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 24 || Yankees || 3–6 || Pettitte (5–3) || Hendriks (1–8) || || 33,720 || 64–90 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 155 || September 25 || Yankees || 5–4 || Fien (2–1) || Hughes (16–13) || Perkins (15) || 33,346 || 65–90 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 26 || Yankees || 2–8 || Sabathia (14–6) || Duensing (4–11) || || 33,251 || 65–91 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 157 || September 28 || Tigers || 4–2 || Burton (3–1) || Villarreal (3–5) || Perkins (16) || 30,315 || 66–91 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 29 || Tigers || 4–6 || Verlander (17–8) || Walters (2–5) || Valverde (33) || 32,839 || 66–92 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 159 || September 30 || Tigers || 1–2 || Coke (2–3) || Burton (3–2) || Valverde (34) || 32,554 || 66–93 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 160 || October 1 || @ Blue Jays || 5–6 (10) || Lyon (4–2) || Duensing (4–12) || || 12,359 || 66–94 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 161 || October 2 || @ Blue Jays || 3–4 || Jenkins (1–3) || Swarzak (3–6) || Janssen (22) || 13,930 || 66–95 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 162 || October 3 || @ Blue Jays || 1–2 || Morrow (10–7) || Diamond (12–9) || Lyon (1) || 19,769 || 66–96 |- † No Hitter Roster 2012 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 53 Nick Blackburn 31 Alex Burnett 61 Jared Burton 55 Matt Capps 38 Cole De Vries 21 Samuel Deduno 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 50 Casey Fien 60 Jeff Gray 62 Liam Hendriks 47 Francisco Liriano 44 Matt Maloney 49 Jeff Manship 21 Jason Marquis 17 Lester Oliveros 48 Carl Pavano 67 Luis Perdomo 15 Glen Perkins 64 Tyler Robertson 51 Anthony Swarzak 59 Esmerling Vásquez 57 Kyle Waldrop 39 P. J. Walters Catchers 41 Drew Butera 18 Ryan Doumit 23 Chris Herrmann  7 Joe Mauer Infielders 37 Sean Burroughs  8 Jamey Carroll 12 Alexi Casilla 20 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 25 Pedro Florimón 38 Luke Hughes 33 Justin Morneau  1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 27 Chris Parmelee 24 Trevor Plouffe 22 Danny Valencia Outfielders 22 Matt Carson 25 Erik Komatsu 19 Darin Mastroianni 11 Ben Revere  2 Denard Span 36 Clete Thomas 16 Josh Willingham Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher)  9 Steve Liddle (bench) 43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen) 45 Scott Ullger (third base) 46 Joe Vavra (hitting) 13 Jerry White (first base) 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 Nick Blackburn 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Alex Burnett 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Sean Burroughs 10 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 .118 0 Jared Burton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Drew Butera 42 111 7 22 6 0 1 5 .198 0 Matt Capps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Jamey Carroll 138 470 65 126 18 1 1 40 .268 9 Matt Carson Matt Carson (baseball) 26 66 3 15 1 0 0 4 .227 0 Alexi Casilla 106 299 33 72 17 2 1 30 .241 21 Scott Diamond 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 Ryan Doumit 134 484 56 133 34 1 17 75 .275 0 Brian Dozier 84 316 33 74 11 1 6 33 .234 9 Brian Duensing 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Eduardo Escobar 14 44 4 10 0 0 0 6 .214 1 Pedro Florimón 43 137 16 30 5 2 0 10 .219 3 Jeff Gray Jeff Gray (baseball, born 1981) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Liam Hendriks 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Chris Herrmann 7 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 .056 0 Luke Hughes Luke Hughes (baseball) 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 1 Erik Komatsu 15 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 .219 0 Francisco Liriano 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jeff Manship 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Jason Marquis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Darin Mastroianni 77 163 22 41 3 2 3 17 .252 21 Joe Mauer 147 545 81 174 31 4 10 85 .319 8 Justin Morneau 134 505 63 135 26 2 19 77 .267 1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Chris Parmelee 64 192 18 44 10 2 5 20 .229 0 Carl Pavano 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Glen Perkins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Trevor Plouffe 119 422 56 99 19 1 24 55 .235 1 Ben Revere 124 511 70 150 13 6 0 32 .294 40 Denard Span 128 516 71 146 38 4 4 41 .283 17 Anthony Swarzak 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Clete Thomas 12 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 .143 0 Danny Valencia 34 126 13 25 6 1 2 17 .198 0 Josh Willingham 145 519 85 135 30 1 35 110 .260 3 Team Totals 162 5562 701 1447 270 30 129 667 .260 135 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; SO = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB SO Nick Blackburn 4 9 7.39 19 19 0 98.2 81 81 26 42 Alex Burnett 4 4 3.52 67 0 0 72.2 33 28 26 36 Jared Burton 3 2 2.18 64 0 5 62.0 21 15 16 55 Drew Butera 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 1 Matt Capps 1 4 3.68 30 0 14 29.1 13 12 4 18 Sam Deduno 6 5 4.44 15 15 0 79.0 40 39 53 57 Cole De Vries 5 5 4.11 17 16 0 87.2 48 40 18 58 Scott Diamond 12 9 3.54 27 27 0 173.0 76 68 31 90 Brian Duensing 4 12 5.12 55 11 0 109.0 71 62 27 69 Casey Fien 2 1 2.06 35 0 0 35.0 9 8 9 32 Jeff Gray Jeff Gray (baseball, born 1981) 6 1 5.71 49 0 0 52.0 34 33 22 26 Liam Hendriks 1 8 5.59 16 16 0 85.1 61 53 26 50 Francisco Liriano 3 10 5.31 22 17 0 100.0 63 59 55 109 Matt Maloney Matt Maloney (baseball) 1 0 8.18 9 0 0 11.0 10 10 1 5 Jeff Manship 0 0 7.89 12 0 0 21.2 19 19 7 12 Jason Marquis 2 4 8.47 7 7 0 34.0 33 32 14 12 Lester Oliveros 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 Carl Pavano 2 5 6.00 11 11 0 63.0 46 42 8 33 Luis Perdomo baseball, born 1984 0 0 3.18 15 0 0 17.0 8 6 12 8 Glen Perkins 3 1 2.56 70 0 15 70.1 25 20 16 78 Tyler Robertson 2 2 5.40 40 0 0 25.0 16 15 14 26 Anthony Swarzak 3 6 5.03 44 5 0 96.2 57 54 31 62 Esmerling Vásquez 0 2 5.68 6 6 0 31.2 20 20 19 14 Kyle Waldrop 0 1 2.53 17 0 0 21.1 6 6 6 7 P. J. Walters 2 5 5.69 12 12 0 61.2 41 39 22 42 Team Totals 66 96 4.77 162 162 35 1438.2 832 762 465 943 Other post-season awards Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Josh Willingham Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Scott Diamond Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Scott Diamond Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Ben Revere Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Ben Revere Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Joe Mauer Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Justin Morneau Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Glen Perkins The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Denard Span Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Oswaldo Arcia Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – B. J. Hermsen Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Roy Smalley Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Jim Rantz Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Gene Glynn AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Jeff Smith A Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Jake Mauer A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Nelson Prada Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Ramon Borrego LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton References External links 2012 Minnesota Twins at Baseball Reference Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins Category:2012 in sports in Minnesota