1993 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
CityMinneapolis
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place6th
OwnersCarl Pohlad
General managersAndy MacPhail
ManagersTom Kelly
TelevisionWCCO-TV
Midwest Sports Channel
(Jim Kaat, Dick Bremer)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Jim Powell)
Seasons

The 1993 Minnesota Twins finished with a 71–91 record, leaving the team tied for fifth place with the California Angels. Kirby Puckett won the All-Star MVP award on July 13 and St. Paul native Dave Winfield got his 3,000th hit over the course of the year.

Offseason

Regular season

  • At Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Twins' All-Star representatives were outfielder Kirby Puckett and closer Rick Aguilera. Puckett was named the MVP following his 2-for-3 performance with a solo home run and a run-scoring double.
  • On September 16, Dave Winfield collected his 3000th major league hit, a run-scoring 9th-inning single off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley. Winfield was the first to do so wearing a Twins uniform, and the first ever to do so indoors.
  • The highest paid Twin in 1993 was Puckett at $5,300,000, followed by Hrbek at $3,100,000.

Offense

Not only did Winfield get his 3,000th hit, but he also got his 500th double and 450th homer. He had a serviceable year as the team's primary designated hitter, hitting .271 with 21 home runs and 76 RBI. Other offensive highlights included Kent Hrbek becoming the second Twin (along with Harmon Killebrew) to reach 1,000 RBI and Brian Harper becoming only the fourth catcher in the prior 40 years to hit .300 in three consecutive seasons. Chuck Knoblauch continued his solid leadoff hitting, batting .277 and stealing a team-leading 29 bases. The weaker spots in the regular lineup included Pedro Muñoz (.233 average).

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
HRKent Hrbek25
RBIKirby Puckett89
BABrian Harper.304
RunsKirby Puckett89

Pitching

The starting rotation was reasonably competent, with Kevin Tapani, Willie Banks, and Jim Deshaies having ERAs in the low fours. Unfortunately, Scott Erickson was not able to follow up his very successful first three years in the majors, posting an ERA of 5.19 and leading the majors in losses (19). The fifth spot in the rotation was uncertain, with Eddie Guardado making 16 starts and Mike Trombley 10.

There were strong pitchers in the bullpen, starting with closer Rick Aguilera. He had 34 saves, and was American League Pitcher of the Month for June. Also having strong years were Larry Casian with an ERA of 3.02, Mike Hartley (4.00), and Carl Willis (3.10). This was not so much the case for pitchers such as George Tsamis (6.19) and Brett Merriman (9.67).

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
ERAWillie Banks4.04
WinsKevin Tapani12
SavesRick Aguilera34
StrikeoutsKevin Tapani150

Defense

The team was strong defensively. Harper was a strong catcher, with a .988 fielding percentage. Hrbek was always strong at first base as well, making only five errors in 1993. Knoblauch was a good second baseman at this point in his career. Mike Pagliarulo played in about half the team's games at third, with reasonable competence. (Jeff Reboulet and Terry Jorgensen also saw time at the position.) The team intended Scott Leius to be the starting shortstop, but an early injury prevented this from occurring. It paved the way for Pat Meares to man the position for several years. He surprised the team by playing reasonably well during his rookie year. Puckett always excelled in center field, while Shane Mack and Munoz did okay on either side of him.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1993 regular season game log: 71–91 (Home: 36–45; Away: 35–46)
April: 8–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 3–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 67:06 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 5–10McDowell (1–0)Tapani (0–1)Leach (1)2:4851,6170–2L1
2April 77:05 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 6–1Deshaies (1–0)McCaskill (0–1)Aguilera (1)2:4120,8121–1W1
3April 812:15 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 4–9Fernandez (1–0)Mahomes (0–1)–2:3724,4211–2L1
4April 9@ Royals
5April 10@ Royals
6April 11@ Royals
7April 127:20 p.m. CDT@ White SoxW 3–2Deshaies (2–0)McCaskill (0–2)Aguilera (4)2:3218,2634–3W1
8April 137:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 0–4Fernandez (2–0)Mahomes (0–2)–2:2320,8214–4L1
—April 14@ White SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 27)
9April 16Royals
10April 17Royals
11April 18Royals
15April 23Tigers
16April 24Tigers
17April 25Tigers
20April 28@ Orioles
21April 29@ Orioles
22April 30@ Tigers
May: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1@ Tigers
24May 2@ Tigers
25May 4Orioles
26May 5Orioles
27May 7@ Mariners
28May 8@ Mariners
29May 9@ Mariners
30May 10@ Angels
31May 11@ Angels
32May 12@ Angels
33May 14Red Sox
34May 15Red Sox
35May 16Red Sox
36May 17Yankees
37May 18Yankees
38May 19Yankees
39May 21@ Blue Jays
40May 22@ Blue Jays
41May 23@ Blue Jays
—May 27@ AthleticsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
44May 28Indians
45May 29Indians
46May 30Indians
47May 31Rangers
June: 12–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–9)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
48June 1Rangers
49June 2Rangers
50June 4@ Indians
51June 5@ Indians
52June 6@ Indians
53June 7@ Rangers
54June 8@ Rangers
—June 9@ RangersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10)
55June 10@ Rangers
59June 14Blue Jays
60June 15Blue Jays
61June 16Blue Jays
62June 17@ Yankees
63June 18@ Yankees
64June 19@ Yankees
65June 20@ Yankees
66June 21@ Red Sox
67June 22@ Red Sox
68June 23@ Red Sox
69June 25Angels
70June 26Angels
71June 27Angels
72June 28Mariners
73June 29Mariners
74June 30Mariners
July: 11–16 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–10)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
75July 1Mariners
79July 5Tigers
80July 6Tigers
81July 7Tigers
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
86July 15@ Orioles
87July 16@ Orioles
88July 17@ Orioles
89July 18@ Orioles
90July 19@ Tigers
91July 20@ Tigers
92July 21@ Tigers
93July 22Orioles
94July 23Orioles
95July 24Orioles
96July 25Orioles
97July 27@ Mariners
98July 28@ Mariners
99July 29@ Mariners
100July 30@ Angels
101July 31@ Angels
August: 13–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 9–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
102August 1@ Angels
103August 3Red Sox
104August 4Red Sox
105August 5Red Sox
106August 6Yankees
107August 7Yankees
108August 8Yankees
109August 10@ Blue Jays
110August 11@ Blue Jays
111August 12@ Blue Jays
116August 17Royals
117August 18Royals
118August 19Royals
119August 207:06 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 2–4Fernandez (15–6)Erickson (7–15)Hernández (27)2:3630,57152–67L4
120August 217:05 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 4–9Belcher (2–2)Banks (8–8)Hernández (28)2:5131,59052–68L5
121August 221:06 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 0–1McDowell (20–7)Deshaies (11–12)–2:2626,45352–69L6
122August 23@ Royals
123August 24@ Royals
124August 25@ Royals
125August 26@ Royals
126 (1)August 274:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 3–7Belcher (3–2)Deshaies (11–13)–2:44–54–72L2
127 (2)August 277:28 p.m. CDT@ White SoxW 7–2 (10)Casian (5–1)Pall (2–3)–3:1932,48155–72W1
128August 286:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 1–4Bere (6–5)Tapani (7–13)–2:3042,58755–73L1
129August 297:05 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 5–13McCaskill (4–7)Guardado (3–7)–2:5529,35155–74L2
130August 307:05 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 1–4Fernandez (16–6)Erickson (8–16)Hernández (30)2:0338,36755–75L3
131August 31Indians
September: 14–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
132September 1Indians
133September 2Indians
134September 3Rangers
135September 4Rangers
136September 5Rangers
137September 7@ Indians
138September 8@ Indians
139September 9@ Indians
140 (1)September 10@ Rangers
141 (2)September 10@ Rangers
142September 11@ Rangers
143September 12@ Rangers
148September 17Blue Jays
149September 18Blue Jays
150September 19Blue Jays
151September 21@ Yankees
152September 22@ Yankees
153September 24@ Red Sox
154September 25@ Red Sox
155September 26@ Red Sox
156September 27Angels
157September 28Angels
158September 29Angels
159September 30Angels
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1Mariners
161October 2Mariners
162October 3Mariners
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Detailed records

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBrian Harper147530161.3041273
1BKent Hrbek12339295.2422583
2BChuck Knoblauch153602167.277241
SSPat Meares11134687.251033
3BMike Pagliarulo8325374.292323
LFShane Mack128503139.2761061
CFKirby Puckett156622184.2962289
RFPedro Muñoz10432676.2331338
DHDave Winfield143547148.2712176

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dave McCarty9835075.214221
Jeff Reboulet10924062.258115
Chip Hale6918662.333327
Terry Jorgensen5915234.224112
Gene Larkin5614438.264119
Lenny Webster4910621.19818
Scott Stahoviak205711.19301
Bernardo Brito275413.24149
Randy Bush35457.15603
Denny Hocking15365.13900
Derek Lee15335.15204
J.T. Bruett17205.25001
Derek Parks7204.20001
Scott Leius10183.16702
Mike Maksudian5122.16702
Rich Becker372.28600

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Tapani36225.212154.43150
Scott Erickson34218.28195.19116
Willie Banks31171.111124.04138
Jim Deshaies27167.111134.4180
Eddie Guardado1994.2386.1846
Greg Brummett526.2215.7410

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Trombley44114.1664.8885
Pat Mahomes1237.1157.7123

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rick Aguilera6543343.1159
Larry Casian545313.0231
Mike Hartley531214.0057
Carl Willis533053.1044
George Tsamis411216.1930
Mark Guthrie222104.7115
Brett Merriman191109.6714
Rich Garcés30000.003

Other post-season awards

Kirby Puckett won the Branch Rickey Award, given annually to an individual in Major League Baseball (MLB) in recognition of his exceptional community service. The award was inaugurated last year and was awarded to Toronto Blue Jay Dave Winfield. In 1998, Paul Molitor becomes the second Twin to win the award.

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Scott Ullger
AA Nashville Xpress Southern League Phil Roof
A Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Steve Liddle
A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Jim Dwyer
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Jose Marzan

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References

  1. ↑ Mike Maksudian at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Twins Re-Sign Puckett". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 5, 1992.
  3. ↑ David West at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Jim Deshaies at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 Randy Bush at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jason Varitek at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Dan Perkins at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Javier Valentín at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Alan Newman at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Mike Pagliarulo at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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