The Baseball Scholar

Minnesota Twins

Dave Franks
1–2 minutes

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  • Minnesota Twins Lists
  • Team History
    Years Known As Record World Series Titles Pennants Playoff Appearance
    1961 – 2022 Minnesota Twins 4,867 – 4,936 2 3 13
    1901 – 1960 Washington Senators 4,223 – 4,864 1 3 3
    World Series Titles
    Year Opponent Series World Series MVP
    1991 Atlanta Braves 4-3 Jack Morris
    1987 St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Frank Viola
    1924 New York Giants 4-3
    Retired Numbers
    Number Player Years Played Position
    3 Harmon Killebrew 1954 – 1974 1B / 3B / OF / DH
    6 Tony Oliva 1962 – 1976 OF / DH
    10 Tom Kelly 1986 – 2001 Manager
    14 Kent Hrbek 1981 – 1994 1B
    28 Bert Blyleven 1970 – 1976, 1985 – 1988 RHP
    29 Rod Carew 1967 – 1978 2B / 1B
    34 Kirby Puckett 1984 – 1995 OF
    MVP
    Year Player Position
    2009 Joe Mauer C
    2006 Justin Morneau 1B
    1977 Rod Carew 1B
    1969 Harmon Killebrew 3B / 1B
    1965 Zoilo Versalles SS
    1925 Roger Peckinpaugh SS
    1924 Walter Johnson SP
    1913 Walter Johnson SP
    Cy Young Award
    Year Player
    2006 Johan Santana
    2004 Johan Santana
    1988 Frank Viola
    1970 Jim Perry
    Rookie of the Year
    Year Player Position
    1995 Marty Cordova OF
    1991 Chuck Knoblauch 2B
    1978 John Castino 3B
    1967 Rod Carew 2B
    1964 Tony Oliva OF
    1959 Bob Allison OF
    1958 Albie Pearson OF
    Manager of the Year
    Year Manager
    2019 Rocco Baldelli
    2017 Paul Molitor
    2010 Ron Gardenhire
    1991 Tom Kelly