2013 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 2013 Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg American League Central Target Field Minneapolis, Minnesota 66–96 (.407) 4th Jim Pohlad Terry Ryan Ron Gardenhire Fox Sports North(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Ron Coomer, Jamie Hersch) KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden, Kris Atteberry, Alfonso Fernandez, Tony Oliva) min MIN 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). https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/min/minnesota-twins 2022 Minnesota Twins Schedule ESPN The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/indians/2013/09/29/cleveland-indians-playoff-berth-beat-twins-wild-card-clinch/2892367/ Indians are in: They clinch wild card with 5-1 victory USA Today 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. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/min/the-twins-avoided-the-cellar-in-the-american-league-central-for-the-first-time-since-2010-but-finished-with-more-than-90-losses-for-a-third-straight-y?ymd=20130930&content_id=62117858&vkey=news_min dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131006020410/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/min/the-twins-avoided-the-cellar-in-the-american-league-central-for-the-first-time-since-2010-but-finished-with-more-than-90-losses-for-a-third-straight-y?ymd=20130930&content_id=62117858&vkey=news_min 2013-10-06 The Twins avoided the cellar in the American League Central for the first time since 2010 but finished with more than 90 losses for a third straight year twinsbaseball.com: News 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. https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/seasontype/1 2021 MLB Standings ESPN 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2013.shtml 2013 Minnesota Twins Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-19 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 Minnesota Twins American League Wild Card Minnesota Twins Record vs. opponents MIN 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 3 3 Boston Red Sox 0–3 3–1 3–4 3 4 New York Yankees 0–4 2–1 2–5 2 5 Tampa Bay Rays 1–2 0–4 1–6 1 6 Toronto Blue Jays 0–3 1–2 1–5 1 5 AL EAST 2–14 8–9 10–23 10 23 AL Central Chicago White Sox 5–5 6–3 11–8 11 8 Cleveland Indians 3–7 3–6 6–13 6 13 Detroit Tigers 4–5 4–6 8–11 8 11 Kansas City Royals 2–8 2–7 4–15 4 15 AL CENTRAL 14–25 15–22 29–47 29 47 AL West Houston Astros 3–0 2–1 5–1 5 1 Los Angeles Angels 3–0 2–1 5–1 5 1 Oakland Athletics 1–2 0–4 1–6 1 6 Seattle Mariners 2–1 2–2 4–3 4 3 Texas Rangers 2–2 2–1 4–3 4 3 AL WEST 11–5 8–9 19–14 19 14 American League 27–44 31–40 58–84 58 84 National League Opponent Home Away Total Percentage Atlanta Braves – 0–3 0–3 0 3 Miami Marlins 1–1 0–2 1–3 1 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2–0 2–0 4–0 4 0 New York Mets 0–3 – 0–3 0 3 Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 – 2–1 2 1 Washington Nationals – 1–2 1–2 1 2 National League 5–5 3–7 8–12 8 12 Overall record 32–49 34–47 66–96 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 background:#072754;color:#fff; 2013 Game Log (66–96) y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; April (11–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; May (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 20 || @ Braves || 1–5 || Teherán (3–1) || Correia (4–4) || Gearrin (1) || 20,173 || 18–23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 21 || @ Braves || 4–5 (10) || Kimbrel (1–1) || Duensing (0–1) || — || 28,663 || 18–24 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 22 || @ Braves || 3–8 || Maholm (6–4) || Worley (1–5) || — || 27,798 || 18–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 23 || @ Tigers || 6–7 || Benoit (1–0) || Burton (0–2) || Valverde (5) || 32,804 || 18–26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 24 || @ Tigers || 0–6 || Sánchez (5–4) || Deduno (0–1) || — || 39,789 || 18–27 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 25 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Walters (1–0) || Fister (5–2) || Perkins (9) || 41,927 || 19–27 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 26 || @ Tigers || 1–6 || Scherzer (7–0) || Pelfrey (3–5) || — || 42,394 || 19–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 27 || @ Brewers || 6–3 || Correia (5–4) || Peralta (3–6) || Perkins (10) || 38,627 || 20–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 28 || @ Brewers || 6–5 (14) || Pressly (2–0) || Badenhop (0–2) || Duensing (1) || 24,415 || 21–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 29 || Brewers || 4–1 || Deduno (1–1) || Estrada (4–3) || Perkins (11) || 31,359 || 22–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 30 || Brewers || 8–6 || Walters (2–0) || Loshe (1–6) || Burton (2) || 32,688 || 23–28 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 31 || Mariners || 0–3 || Iwakuma (6–1) || Pelfrey (3–6) || Wilhelmsen (12) || 31,430 || 23–29 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; June (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#bfb;" | 53 || June 1 || Mariners || 5–4 || Thielbar (1–0) || Wilhelmsen (0–1) || — || 33,417 || 24–29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 54 || June 2 || Mariners || 10–0 || Diamond (4–4) || Bonderman (0–1) || — || 34,876 || 25–29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 55 || June 4 || @ Royals || 3–0 || Deduno (2–1) || Mendoza (1–3) || Perkins (12) || 20,134 || 26–29 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 5 || @ Royals || 1–4 || Guthrie (6–3) || Walters (2–1) || Holland (10) || 12,407 || 26–30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 6 || @ Royals || 3–7 || Collins (2–1) || Burton (0–3) || — || 14,942 || 26–31 |- style="background:#bbb;" | || June 7 || @ Nationals ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain). Doubleheader June 9. |- style="background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 8 || @ Nationals || 4–3 (11) || Roenicke (2–1) || Stammen (3–2) || Perkins (13) || 41,587 || 27–31 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 9 || @ Nationals || 0–7 || Zimmermann (9–3) || Diamond (4–5) || — || 38,516 || 27–32 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 9 || @ Nationals || 4–5 || Clippard (5–1) || Swarzak (1–2) || Soriano (16) || 27,949 || 27–33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 11|| Phillies || 3–2 || Duensing (1–1) || Adams (1–4) || Perkins (14) || 30,104 || 28–33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 12 || Phillies || 4–3 || Duensing (2–1) || Bastardo (2–2)|| Perkins (15) || 28,910 || 29–33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 13 || Phillies || 2–3 || Cliff Lee (8–2) || Burton (0–4) || Papelbon (12) || 28,519 || 29–34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 14 || Tigers || 0–4 || Porcello (4–3) || Diamond (4–6) || — || 29,571 || 29–35 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 15 || Tigers || 6–3 || Deduno (3–1) || Downs (0–2) || Perkins (16) || 35,017 || 30–35 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 16 || Tigers || 2–5 || Fister (6–4) || Walters (2–2) || Benoit (4) || 39,317 || 30–36 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 18 || White Sox || 7–5 || Burton (1–4) || Troncoso (0–2) || Perkins (17) || 30,387 || 31–36 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 68 || June 19 || White Sox || 7–4 || Correia (6–4) || Sale (5–6) || Perkins (18) || 30,003 || 32–36 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 20 || White Sox || 8–4 || Diamond (5–6) || Danks (1–4) || — || 35,837 || 33–36 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 21 || @ Indians || 1–5 || Kazmir (4–4) || Deduno (3–2) || — || 26,442 || 33–37 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 71 || June 22 || @ Indians || 7–8 || Kluber (6–4) || Walters (3–2) || Pestano (3) || 21,417 || 33–38 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 23 || @ Indians || 5–3 || Hernández (3–1) || Carrasco (0–3) || Perkins (19) || 17,143 || 34–38 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 25 || @ Marlins || 2–4 || Ramos (2–2) || Correia (6–5) || Cishek (13) || 14,581 || 34–39 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 26 || @ Marlins || 3–5 || Slowey (3–6) || Diamond (5–7) || Cishek (14) || 15,318 || 34–40 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 75 || June 27 || Royals || 3–1 || Deduno (4–2) || Guthrie (7–6) || Perkins (19) || 28,040 || 35–40 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 28 || Royals || 3–9 || Shields (3–6) || Walters (2–4) || — || 28,916 || 35–41 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 77 || June 29 || Royals || 6–2 || Gibson (1–0) || Davis (4–6) || — || 36,881 || 36–41 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || June 30 || Royals || 8–9 || Crow (5–3) || Burton (1–5) || Holland (17) || 34,232 || 36–42 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; July (9–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#ffbbbb" | 79 || July 1 || Yankees || 4–10 || Chamberlain (1–0) || Burton (1–6) || — || 29,619 || 36–43 |- style="background:#ffbbbb" | 80 || July 2 || Yankees || 3–7 || Hughes (4–7) || Deduno (4–3) || Rivera (27) || 29,029 || 36–44 |- style="background:#fbb" | 81 || July 3 || Yankees || 2–3 || Sabathia (9–6) || Walters (2–5) || Rivera (28) || 38,457 || 36–45 |- style="background:#fbb" | 82 || July 4 || Yankees || 5–9 || Phelps (6–5) || Gibson (1–1) || — || 38,260 || 36–46 |- style="background:#fbb" | 83 || July 5 || @ Blue Jays || 0–4 || Buehrle (5–5) || Correia (6–6) || — || 25,672 || 36–47 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 84 || July 6 || @ Blue Jays || 6–0 || Pelfrey (4–6) || Dickey (8–9) || — || 37,034 || 37–47 |- style="background:#fbb" | 85 || July 7 || @ Blue Jays || 5–11 || Redmond (1–1) || Diamond (5–8) || — || 43,795 || 37–48 |- style="background:#fbb" | 86 || July 8 || @ Rays || 4–7 || Torres (3–0) || Deduno (4–4) || Rodney (20) || 11,516 || 37–49 |- style="background:#fbb" | 87 || July 9 || @ Rays || 1–4 || Archer (3–3) || Gibson (1–2) || Rodney (21) || 12,777 || 37–50 |- style="background:#fbb" | 88 || July 10 || @ Rays || 3–4 (13) || Ramos (2–2) || Pressly (2–1) || — || 12,757 || 37–51 |- style="background:#fbb" | 89 || July 11 || @ Rays || 3–4 || Moore (13–3) || Pelfrey (4–7) || McGee (1) || 24,751 || 37–52 |- style="background:#fbb" | 90 || July 12 || @ Yankees || 0–2 || Kuroda (8–6) || Pressly (2–2) || Rivera (30) || 40,247 || 37–53 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 91 || July 13 || @ Yankees || 4–1 || Deduno (5–4) || Hughes (4–9) || Perkins (21) || 40,301 || 38–53 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 92 || July 14 || @ Yankees || 10–4 || Gibson (2–2) || Sabathia (9–8) || — || 43,131 || 39–53 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 19 || Indians || 3–2 || Fien (2–2) || Smith (4–1) || Perkins (22) || 36,280 || 40–53 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 94 || July 20 || Indians || 3–2 || Correia (7–6) || Hill (1–2) || Perkins (23) || 38,626 || 41–53 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 95 || July 21 || Indians || 1–7 || Masterson (11–7) || Diamond (5–9) || — || 31,753 || 41–54 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 22 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Deduno (6–4) || Blanton (2–13) || Perkins (24) || 33,363 || 42–54 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 97 || July 23 || @ Angels || 10–3 (10) || Perkins (2–0) || Frieri (0–2) || — || 39,177 || 43–54 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 98 || July 24 || @ Angels || 0–1 || Weaver (5–5) || Pelfrey (4–8) || Frieri (25) || 38,209 || 43–55 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 25 || @ Mariners || 2–8 || Iwakuma (10–4) || Correia (7–7) || — || 18,135 || 43–56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 26 || @ Mariners || 3–2 || Duensing (3–1) || Medina (3–3) || Perkins (25) || 23,162 || 44–56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 101 || July 27 || @ Mariners || 4–0 || Deduno (7–4) || Harang (5–9) || — || 24,524 || 45–56 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 28 || @ Mariners || 4–6 || Ramírez (2–0) || Gibson (2–3) || Wilhelmsen (24) || 35,087 || 45–57 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 30 || Royals || 2–7 || Santana (7–6) || Pelfrey (4–9) || — || 33,085 || 45–58 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 31 || Royals || 3–4 || Gutherie (11–7) || Thielbar (1–1) || Holland (28) || 32,789 || 45–59 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; August (13–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || August 1 || Royals || 2–7 || Shields (6–7) || Diamond (5–10) || — || 35,448 || 45–60 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 106 || August 2 || Astros || 4–3 || Pressly (3–2) || Keuchel (5–6) || — || 30,633 || 46–60 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 107 || August 3 || Astros || 6–4 || Duensing (4–1) || Harrell (5–12) || Perkins (26) || 38,078 || 47–60 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 108 || August 4 || Astros || 3–2 || Thielbar (2–1) || Peacock (1–4) || Perkins (27) || 34,780 || 48–60 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 5 || @ Royals || 0–13 || Guthrie (12–7) || Correia (7–8) || — || 21,474 || 48–61 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 6 || @ Royals || 7–0 || Albers (1–0) || Shields (6–8) || — || 18,924 || 49–61 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 7 || @ Royals || 2–5 || Coleman (2–0) || Deduno (7–5) || Holland (30) || 20,198 || 49–62 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 112 || August 9 || @ White Sox || 7–5 || Duensing (5–1) || Veal (1–3) || — || 17,439 || 50–62 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 113 || August 9 || @ White Sox || 3–2 (10) || Duensing (6–1) || Axelrod (4–9) || Perkins (28) || 23,804 || 51–62 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 10 || @ White Sox || 4–5 || Purcey (1–1) || Pelfrey (4–10) || Reed (28) || 24,529 || 51–63 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 11 || @ White Sox || 5–2 || Correia (8–8) || Quintana (6–4) || — || 26,344 || 52–63 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 116 || August 12 || Indians || 3–0 || Albers (2–0) || Salazar (1–1) || — || 30,922 || 53–63 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 13 || Indians || 2–5 || McAllister (5–7) || Deduno (7–6) || Perez (19) || 29,806 || 53–64 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 14 || Indians || 8–9 (12) || Perez (5–2) || Pressly (3–3) || Smith (2) || 35,133 || 53–65 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 119 || August 15 || White Sox || 4–3 || Burton (2–6) || Troncoso (1–4) || — || 32,851 || 54–65 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 16 || White Sox || 2–5 || Quintana (7–4) || Correia (8–9) || Reed (29) || 28,834 || 54–66 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 17 || White Sox || 5–8 || Sale (9–11) || Albers (2–1) || Reed (30) || 36,833 || 54–67 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 18 || White Sox || 2–5 || Santiago (4–7) || Deduno (7–7) || Reed (31) || 32,905 || 54–68 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 19 || Mets || 1–6 || Gee (9–8) || Gibson (2–4) || — || 30,913 || 54–69 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 124 || August 20 || @ Tigers || 6–3 || Pelfrey (5–10) || Porcello (9–7) || Perkins (29) || 37,964 || 55–69 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 21 || @ Tigers || 1–7 || Smyly (5–0) || Correia (8–10) || Veras (20) || 38,092 || 55–70 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 126 || August 22 || @ Tigers || 7–6 || Fien (3–2) || Rondon (1–2) || Perkins (30) || 39,653 || 56–70 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 127 || August 23 || @ Indians || 5–1 || Deduno (8–7) || Jiménez (9–8) || — || 23,218 || 57–70 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 24 || @ Indians || 2–7 || McAllister (7–7) || Hendriks (0–2) || — || 23,218 || 57–71 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 25 || @ Indians || 1–3 || Smith (5–1) || Burton (2–7) || Perez (21) || 21,042 || 57–72 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 27 || Royals || 1–6 || Shields (9–8) || Burton (2–8) || — || 27,006 || 57–73 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 28 || Royals || 1–8 || Duffy (2–0) || Albers (2–2) || — || 27,379 || 57–74 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 29 || Royals || 1–3 || Chen (6–2) || Deduno (8–8) || Holland (36) || 28,012 || 57–75 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 133 || August 30 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Hendriks (1–2) || Darvish (12–6) || Perkins (31) || 34,815 || 58–75 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 31 || @ Rangers || 1–2 || Nathan (5–2) || Thielbar (2–2) || — || 36,041 || 58–76 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; September (8–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#bfb;" | 135 || September 1 || @ Rangers || 4–2 || Correia (9–10) || Blackley (2–2) || Perkins (31) || 36,549 || 59–76 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 136 || September 2 || @ Astros || 10–6 || Roenicke (3–1) || Lo (0–3) || — || 14,287 || 60–76 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 137 || September 3 || @ Astros || 9–6 || Thielbar (3–2) || Chapman (0–1) || — || 13,500 || 61–76 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 4 || @ Astros || 5–6 || Bédard (4–10) || Duensing (6–2) || — || 14,869 || 61–77 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 6 || Blue Jays || 5–6 || Dickey (12–12) || Pelfrey (5–11) || Janssen (28) || 27,044 || 61–78 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 7 || Blue Jays || 2–11 || Happ (4–5) || Correia (9–11) || — || 32,882 || 61–79 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 8 || Blue Jays || 0–2 || Rogers (5–7) || Burton (2–9) || Janssen (29) || 29,450 || 61–80 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 142 || September 9 || Angels || 6–3 || Fien (4–2) || Rasmus (0–1) || Perkins (33) || 21,826 || 62–80 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 10 || Athletics || 4–3 || Swarzak (2–2) || Cook (6–4) || Perkins (34) || 26,017 || 63–80 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 144 || September 11 || Athletics || 3–18 || Gray (3–3) || Pelfrey (5–12) || — || 24,522 || 63–81 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 12 || Athletics || 2–8 || Griffin (14–9) || Diamond (5–11) || — || 26,188 || 63–82 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 13 || Rays || 0–3 || Archer (9–7) || Correia (9–12) || Rodney (35) || 27,292 || 63–83 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 14 || Rays || 0–7 || Gomes (1–1) || Albers (2–3) || — || 28,541 || 63–84 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 148 || September 15 || Rays || 6–4 || Fien (5–2) || Peralta (2–8) || Perkins (35) || 27,988 || 64–84 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 16 || @ White Sox ||1–12 || Johnson (1–2) || Hendriks (1–3) || — || 15,018 || 64–85 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 17 || @ White Sox || 3–4 || Quintana (8–6) || Pelfrey (5–13) || Reed (38) || 15,964 || 64–86 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 151 || September 18 || @ White Sox || 4–3 || Diamond (6–11) || Danks (4–14) || Perkins (36) || 14,520 || 65–86 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 152 || September 19 || @ Athletics || 6–8 || Doolittle (5–5) || Martis (0–1) || — || 11,461 || 65–87 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 20 || @ Athletics || 0–11 || Colón (17–6) || Albers (2–4) || — || 36,067 || 65–88 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 21 || @ Athletics || 1–9 || Parker (12–7) || Hernández (3–2) || — || 26,393 || 65–89 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 155 || September 22 || @ Athletics || 7–11 || Gray (4–3) || De Vries (0–1) || — || 30,589 || 65–90 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 156 || September 23 || Tigers || 4–3 || Swarzak (2–2) || Putkonen (1–2) || — || 24,647 || 66–90 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 24 || Tigers || 2–4 || Fister (14–9) || Diamond (6–12) || Benoit (23) || 25,541 || 66–91 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 25 || Tigers || 1–0 || Scherzer (21–3) || Correia (9–13) || Benoit (24) || 26,517 || 66–92 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 159 || September 26 || Indians || 5–6 || Shaw (7–3) || Albers (2–5) || Smith (3) || 24,929 || 66–93 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 27 || Indians || 6–12 || Kluber (11–5) || Hernández (3–3) || — || 24,074 || 66–94 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 161 || September 28 || Indians || 1–5 || Kazmir (10–9) || De Vries (0–2) || — || 30,452 || 66–95 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 162 || September 29 || Indians || 1–5 || Jiménez (13–9) || Diamond (6–13) || — || 30,935 || 66–96 |- Roster 2013 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 63 Andrew Albers 61 Jared Burton 30 Kevin Correia 38 Cole De Vries 21 Samuel Deduno 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 50 Casey Fien 44 Kyle Gibson 62 Liam Hendriks 60 Pedro Hernández 64 Shairon Martis 37 Mike Pelfrey 15 Glen Perkins 57 Ryan Pressly 64 Tyler Robertson 20 Josh Roenicke 51 Anthony Swarzak 56 Caleb Thielbar 59 Michael Tonkin 39 P. J. Walters 49 Vance Worley Catchers 41 Drew Butera  9 Ryan Doumit 54 Eric Fryer 12,44 Chris Herrmann  7 Joe Mauer 43 Josmil Pinto Infielders 17 Doug Bernier  8 Jamey Carroll 55 Chris Colabello  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 25 Pedro Florimón 33 Justin Morneau 24 Trevor PlouffeOutfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia 32 Aaron Hicks 19 Darin Mastroianni 27 Chris Parmelee  1 Alex Presley 22 Wilkin Ramírez 11 Clete Thomas 16 Josh Willingham Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 23 Tom Brunansky (hitting) 18 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 36 Terry Steinbach (bench) 45 Scott Ullger (first base) 46 Joe Vavra (third base) Other post-season awards Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Caleb Thielbar Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Brian Dozier Jim Kaat Award (Defensive Player of the Year) – Pedro Florimón Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jordan Zimmermann Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Justin Morneau Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Brian Dozier The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Glen Perkins Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Byron Buxton Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Andrew Albers Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Frank Quilici Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Tony Oliva 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 Doug Mientkiewicz A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Jake Mauer Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Ramon Borrego Leventhal Josh Baseball America 2014 Almanac Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2013 978-1-932391-48-0 References External links 2013 Minnesota Twins at Baseball Reference Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins Category:2013 in sports in Minnesota