July 12, 2020June 24, 2020 by admin

Twins All Time Leaders – Through 2019

With baseball now officially on its way back after the corona virus, I thought it would be an interesting time to look back at the all time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. We continue things today with the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins originated in 1901 as the Washington Senators, one of the charter members of the American League. When Minneapolis was given an expansion team to begin play in 1961, owner Calvin Griffith requested to move the Senators to Minnesota, becoming the Twins, and to have the expansion franchise take over the Senators name in Washington. I’ve seen them play 59 times at 3 different stadiums, including the division-title deciding game 163 in 2008.

Home Runs

Name	Total
Oswaldo Arcia	6
Jason Kubel	4
Brian Dozier	4
Torii Hunter	4

Hits

Name	Total
Joe Mauer	43
Justin Morneau	25
Trevor Plouffe	23

Runs

Name	Total
Joe Mauer	19
Brian Dozier	13
Trevor Plouffe	11

RBI

Name	Total
Justin Morneau	15
Oswaldo Arcia	14
Torii Hunter	11

Doubles

Name	Total
Trevor Plouffe	6
Justin Morneau	5
Oswaldo Arcia	5
Joe Mauer	5
Brian Dozier	5

Triples Continue reading →

February 8, 2020December 21, 2019 by jim

The Decade In Baseball – Pitching Leaders

The 2010s have drawn to a close and its time to take a look back at the previous decade. Today, we are finishing off our look back at 10 years worth of baseball with the pitching leaders for the 385 games I attended between 2010 and 2019.

In addition to the regular season, these totals include 2 wild card games, 3 trips to the NLDS, 3 NLCS appearances, and the 2016 World Series. Not too many surprises on these charts.

Wins

Name	Total
Chris Sale	21
Gavin Floyd	13
John Danks	11
Jon Lester	10
Jake Peavy	10

Losses

Name	Total
Jose Quintana	17
Chris Sale	12
John Danks	10
James Shields	10
Gavin Floyd	9
Carlos Rodon	9

ERA (> 10 IP)

Name	Total
Kyle Ryan	0.00
Colby Lewis	0.60
Brandon Kintzler	0.68
Matt Moore	0.79
Yovani Gallardo	0.82

ERA (> 20 IP)

Name	Total
Kyle Gibson	1.59
Dallas Braden	1.71
Aaron Bummer	1.84
Zach Duke	2.00
Wade Davis	2.01

Strikeouts

Name	Total
Chris Sale	313
Jose Quintana	208
Gavin Floyd	145
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March 13, 2016December 29, 2015 by admin

Twins All Time Leaders – Through 2015

With 1 month until baseball in Chicago returns, I thought it would be interesting to look at the all time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. We continue things today with the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins originated in 1901 as the Washington Senators, one of the charter members of the American League. When Minneapolis was given an expansion team to begin play in 1961, owner Calvin Griffith requested to move the Senators to Minnesota, becoming the Twins, and to have the expansion franchise take over the Senators name in Washington. I’ve seen them play 48 times at 3 different stadiums, including the division-title deciding game 163 in 2008.

Home Runs

Name	Total
Oswaldo Arcia	5
Jason Kubel	4
Brian Dozier	4
Torii Hunter	4

Hits

Name	Total
Joe Mauer	36
Justin Morneau	25
Trevor Plouffe	22

Runs

Name	Total
Joe Mauer	16
Brian Dozier	11
Trevor Plouffe	10

RBI

Name	Total
Justin Morneau	15
Torii Hunter	11
Oswaldo Arcia	11

Doubles

Name	Total
Justin Morneau	5
Oswaldo Arcia	5
Joe Mauer	5
Trevor Plouffe	5

Triples Continue reading →

October 30, 2015October 26, 2015 by admin

2015 Final Pitching Leaders

Last Friday, we looked at the leaders in the 39 games I attended this year on the offensive side of the ball. It’s now time to wrap up our look back at the 2015 season with the pitching leaders, starting with everyone’s favorite pitching statistic: