2012 Minnesota Twins

66-96 • .407 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2012 Minnesota Twins went 66-96 (.407) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 701 runs, allowed 832, and played home games at Target Field. Team leaders included Josh Willingham (35 HR, 110 RBI) and Scott Diamond (12-9, 3.54 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

66 Wins
96 Losses
.407 Win %
5th Rank
701 R 832 RA
Diff -131

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701 Runs Scored
832 Runs Allowed
-131 Run Diff
2,776K Attendance

📈 vs. 2012 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 2% above the 2012 league average (.255)
OBP .324 2% above the 2012 league average (.319)
SLG .390 5% below the 2012 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.77 17% worse than the 2012 league average (4.08)
Runs Scored 701 3% below the 2012 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTarget Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,776,354
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Avg per Game 34,275

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2012

Batting Avg

1 Joe Mauer 0.319 2 Ben Revere 0.294 3 Denard Span 0.283 4 Ryan Doumit 0.275 5 Jamey Carroll 0.268

Home Runs

1 Josh Willingham 35 2 Trevor Plouffe 24 3 Justin Morneau 19 4 Ryan Doumit 18 5 Joe Mauer 10

RBI

1 Josh Willingham 110 2 Joe Mauer 85 3 Justin Morneau 77 4 Ryan Doumit 75 5 Trevor Plouffe 55
2012 Minnesota Twins — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Joe Mauer 147 545 81 174 31 4 10 85 90 88 8 0.319
Josh Willingham 145 519 85 135 30 1 35 110 76 141 3 0.260
Denard Span 128 516 71 146 38 4 4 41 47 62 17 0.283
Ben Revere 124 511 70 150 13 6 0 32 29 54 40 0.294
Justin Morneau 134 505 63 135 26 2 19 77 49 102 1 0.267
Ryan Doumit 134 484 56 133 34 1 18 75 29 98 0 0.275
Jamey Carroll 138 470 65 126 18 1 1 40 52 65 9 0.268
Trevor Plouffe 119 422 56 99 19 1 24 55 37 92 1 0.235
Brian Dozier 84 316 33 74 11 1 6 33 16 58 9 0.234
Alexi Casilla 106 299 33 72 17 2 1 30 16 52 21 0.241
Chris Parmelee 64 192 18 44 10 2 5 19 13 52 0 0.229
Darin Mastroianni 77 163 22 41 3 2 3 17 18 45 21 0.252
Pedro Florimon 43 137 16 30 5 2 1 10 10 30 3 0.219
Danny Valencia 34 126 13 25 6 1 2 17 3 32 0 0.198
Drew Butera 42 111 7 22 6 0 1 5 9 26 0 0.198
Matt Carson 26 66 3 15 1 0 0 4 2 21 0 0.227
Eduardo Escobar 14 44 4 10 0 0 0 6 2 8 1 0.227
Erik Komatsu 15 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0.219
Clete Thomas 12 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 16 0 0.143
Chris Herrmann 7 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.056
Sean Burroughs 10 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.118
Tsuyoshi Nishioka 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Luke Hughes 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0.200
Scott Diamond 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Francisco Liriano 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Nick Blackburn 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Liam Hendriks 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Carl Pavano 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Anthony Swarzak 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Duensing 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Alex Burnett 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jared Burton 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Capps 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sam Deduno 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cole De Vries 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Casey Fien 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Gray 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Maloney 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Manship 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Marquis 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lester Oliveros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Perdomo 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glen Perkins 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Robertson 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Esmerling Vasquez 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Waldrop 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
P. J. Walters 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2012

ERA

1 Casey Fien 2.06 2 Jared Burton 2.18 3 Glen Perkins 2.56 4 Alex Burnett 3.52 5 Scott Diamond 3.54

Wins

1 Scott Diamond 12 2 Sam Deduno 6 3 Jeff Gray 6 4 Cole De Vries 5 5 Nick Blackburn 4

Strikeouts

1 Francisco Liriano 109 2 Scott Diamond 90 3 Glen Perkins 78 4 Brian Duensing 69 5 Anthony Swarzak 62
2012 Minnesota Twins — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Scott Diamond 12 9 3.54 27 27 0 173.0 184 68 31 90
Brian Duensing 4 12 5.12 55 11 0 109.0 126 62 27 69
Francisco Liriano 3 10 5.31 22 17 0 100.0 89 59 55 109
Nick Blackburn 4 9 7.39 19 19 0 98.2 143 81 26 42
Anthony Swarzak 3 6 5.03 44 5 0 96.2 106 54 31 62
Cole De Vries 5 5 4.11 17 16 0 87.2 88 40 18 58
Liam Hendriks 1 8 5.59 16 16 0 85.1 106 53 26 50
Sam Deduno 6 5 4.44 15 15 0 79.0 69 39 53 57
Alex Burnett 4 4 3.52 67 0 0 71.2 71 28 26 36
Glen Perkins 3 1 2.56 70 0 16 70.1 57 20 16 78
Carl Pavano 2 5 6.00 11 11 0 63.0 80 42 8 33
Jared Burton 3 2 2.18 64 0 5 62.0 41 15 16 55
P. J. Walters 2 5 5.69 12 12 0 61.2 71 39 22 42
Jeff Gray 6 1 5.71 49 0 0 52.0 58 33 22 26
Casey Fien 2 1 2.06 35 0 0 35.0 25 8 9 32
Jason Marquis 2 4 8.47 7 7 0 34.0 52 32 14 12
Esmerling Vasquez 0 2 5.68 6 6 0 31.2 32 20 19 14
Matt Capps 1 4 3.68 30 0 14 29.1 28 12 4 18
Tyler Robertson 2 2 5.40 40 0 0 25.0 21 15 14 26
Jeff Manship 0 0 7.89 12 0 0 21.2 29 19 7 12
Kyle Waldrop 0 1 2.53 17 0 0 21.1 27 6 6 7
Luis Perdomo 0 0 3.18 15 0 0 17.0 15 6 12 8
Matt Maloney 1 0 8.18 9 0 0 11.0 17 10 1 5
Lester Oliveros 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1
Drew Butera 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 1

👥 Roster (47)

Nick Blackburn Alex Burnett Sean Burroughs Jared Burton Drew Butera Matt Capps Jamey Carroll Matt Carson Alexi Casilla Cole De Vries Sam Deduno Scott Diamond +35 more

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The 2012 Minnesota Twins in brief

The record for the 2012 Minnesota Twins reads 66 wins and 96 losses, good for 5th in the AL Central. The Minnesota Twins scored 701 runs and allowed 832, a run differential of -131. Against a league average of .255, the 2012 Minnesota Twins batted .260. The staff ERA of 4.77 was 17% worse than the league average of 4.08. The 701 runs scored compare with a league average of 721 per club, 3% fewer.

Home games were played at Target Field, where 2,776,354 fans came through the gates. Josh Willingham topped the Minnesota Twins with 35 home runs. Joe Mauer collected the most hits, 174. Scott Diamond was the top winner, with 12 victories. The strikeout leader was Francisco Liriano with 109. Glen Perkins saved 16 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2012 Minnesota Twins

What was the 2012 Minnesota Twins record?
The 2012 Minnesota Twins finished 66-96 (.407 win pct).
Who led the 2012 Minnesota Twins in home runs?
Josh Willingham led the 2012 Minnesota Twins with 35 home runs.
What was the 2012 Minnesota Twins team ERA?
The 2012 Minnesota Twins posted a team ERA of 4.77.
Did the 2012 Minnesota Twins win the World Series?
No. The 2012 Minnesota Twins did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2012 Minnesota Twins play?
The 2012 Minnesota Twins played home games at Target Field.
Who led the 2012 Minnesota Twins in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Josh Willingham (35 HR, 110 RBI) and Scott Diamond (12-9, 3.54 ERA).
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