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Minnesota Twins

Stadium
Target Field
MLB Division
AL Central
Founded
1901

The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area which includes the two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team relocated to Minnesota and was renamed the "Minnesota Twins" at the start of the 1961 season. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team played its inaugural game at Target Field on April 12, 2010. The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins. Through the 2020 season, the team has fielded 19 American League batting champions. The team has hosted five All-Star Games: 1937 and 1956 in Washington, D.C.; and 1965, 1985, and 2014 in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Retired numbers 3, 6, 7, 10, 14, 28, 29, 34, 42
World Series titles (3) 1924, 1987, 1991
AL Pennants (6) 1924, 1925, 1933, 1965, 1987, 1991
West/Central Division titles (12) 1969, 1970, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
Wild card berths (1) 2017
Owner(s) Jim Pohlad
Manager Rocco Baldelli
General Manager Thad Levine
President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey (Chief Baseball Officer)

Sobre Minnesota Twins

Originally the Washington Senators for over 50 years, the team won World Series titles in 1924, 1987 and 1991.

Conquista de Minnesota Twins

The team saw legendary slugger Harmon Killebrew become the 10th player in league history to record 500 home runs and at the time of his retirement, Killebrew ranked in the top 5 in career home runs with 573. 

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