Minnesota Twins Best Single Seasons

In: Best Single Seasons By Franchise, Teams

These are the greatest individual seasons in Minnesota Twins history, including Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins, broken down by player and position. Since we’re celebrating standout seasons, players can show up multiple times especially if they logged meaningful time at different spots on the field. Outfielders and pitchers may also appear for multiple seasons when those performances rank as the franchise’s best at their respective positions.

Catcher

  • Joe Mauer – 2009HOFMVP

    Joe Mauer Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.8 170 138 606 523 94 191 30 1 28 96 76 63 4 1 .365 .444 .587 1.031

    • First Base

  • Rod Carew – 1977HOFMVP

    Rod Carew Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.7 175 155 694 616 128 239 38 16 14 100 69 55 23 13 .388 .449 .570 1.019

    • Second Base

  • Rod Carew – 1975HOF

    Rod Carew Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.8 154 143 617 535 89 192 24 4 14 80 64 40 35 9 .359 .421 .497 .919

    • Third Base

  • Harmon Killebrew – 1969HOFMVP

    Harmon Killebrew Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.2 173 162 709 555 106 153 20 2 49 140 145 84 8 2 .276 .427 .584 1.011

    • Shortstop

  • Joe Cronin – 1930HOFMVP

    Joe Cronin Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.5 137 154 686 587 127 203 41 9 13 126 72 36 17 10 .346 .422 .513 .934

    • Outfield

  • Goose Goslin – 1928HOF

    Goose Goslin Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.5 172 135 527 456 80 173 36 10 17 102 48 19 16 3 .379 .442 .614 1.056

    • Outfield

  • Ed Delahanty – 1902HOF

    Ed Delahanty Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.8 173 123 539 473 103 178 43 14 10 93 62 16 .376 .453 .590 1.043

    • Outfield

  • Kirby Puckett – 1988HOF

    Kirby Puckett Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.8 150 158 691 657 109 234 42 5 24 121 23 83 6 7 .356 .375 .545 .920

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Walter Johnson – 1913HOFMVP

    Walter Johnson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    15.1 39 48 36 36 7 1.14 346 29 11 2 56 44 38 243 0.78

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Walter Johnson – 1912HOF

    Walter Johnson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    13.2 42 50 37 33 12 1.39 369 34 7 2 89 57 76 303 0.91

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Walter Johnson – 1915HOF

    Walter Johnson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    11.6 53 47 39 27 13 1.55 336.2 35 7 4 83 58 56 203 0.93

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Bert Blyleven – 1973HOF

    Bert Blyleven Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.8 63 40 40 20 17 2.52 325 25 9 0 109 91 67 258 19.5% 1.12

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Walter Johnson – 1919HOF

    Walter Johnson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    10.6 48 39 29 20 14 1.49 290.1 27 7 2 73 48 51 147 12.7% 0.99

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Doug Corbett – 1980

    Doug Corbett Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.7 47 73 0 8 6 1.98 136.1 0 0 23 31 30 42 89 16.8% 1.06

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Joe Nathan – 2004

    Joe Nathan Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.9 35 73 0 1 2 1.62 72.1 0 0 44 14 13 23 89 31.3% 0.98

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Dick Hyde – 1958

    Dick Hyde Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    4.8 46 53 0 10 3 1.75 103 0 0 18 26 20 35 49 11.8% 1.14

    • Honorable Mention

  • Catcher – Joe Mauer, 2006
  • First Base – Harmon Killebrew, 1967
  • Second Base – Chuck Knoblauch, 1996
  • Third Base – Harmon Killebrew, 1966
  • Shortstop – Cecil Travis, 1941
  • Outfield – Bob Allison, 1963
  • Outfield – Tony Oliva, 1964
  • Outfield – Goose Goslin, 1926
  • Starting Pitcher – Johan Santana, 2004
  • Starting Pitcher – Walter Johnson, 1918
  • Starting Pitcher – Walter Johnson, 1914
  • Starting Pitcher – Walter Johnson, 1910
  • Starting Pitcher – Frank Viola, 1987
  • Relief Pitcher – Dennys Reyes, 2006
  • Relief Pitcher – Joe Nathan, 2008

    • All underlying data used in this analysis is available in The Baseball Scholar Data Library.

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