Clyde Milan — Outfielder
Born: 3/25/1887
Died: 3/3/1953
Played for Team: 1907 to 1922
Clyde Milan was nicknamed “Deerfoot” for his speed and agility. He was an expert at getting on base and led the AL in steals in 1912 and 1913.

Sam Rice — Outfielder
Born: 2/20/1890
Died: 10/13/1974
Played for Team: 1915 to 1933
Sam Rice’s lightning-quick wrists enabled him to wait until the last possible moment before swinging at a pitch. The result was a .322 career average and 2,987 hits. In 1925, Rice had 227 hits and struck out only 10 times.

Goose Goslin — Outfielder
Born: 10/16/1900
Died: 5/15/1971
Played for Team: 1921 to 1930, 1933 & 1938
Goose Goslin was one of baseball’s best power hitters. But he played in a large stadium, so he did not hit many homers. However, Goslin reached double-figures in doubles, triples, and home runs and knocked in 100-plus runs five years in a row.

Ossie Bluege — Third Baseman
Born: 10/24/1900
Died: 10/14/1985
Played for Team: 1922 to 1939
Ossie Bluege was a star for all three Washington pennant winners. He was a superb defensive player who could also handle the bat.

Buddy Myer — Second Baseman
Born: 3/16/1904
Died: 10/31/1974
Played for Team: 1925 to 1927 & 1929 to 1941
Buddy Myer played in the shadow of more famous AL second basemen during the 1930s, but few players were better at getting on base and coming around to score. Myer was the league’s top hitter in 1935 and batted .303 for his career.

Joe Cronin — Shortstop
Born: 10/12/1906
Died: 9/7/1984
Played for Team: 1928 to 1934
Joe Cronin was the best shortstop in baseball during the 1930s. He regularly hit .300 and drove in 100 runs. Cronin was named player-manager of the Senators in 1933 and led them to a pennant. He was runner-up for the AL MVP that year.

Cecil Travis — Shortstop/Third Baseman
Born: 8/8/1913
Died: 12/16/2003
Played for Team: 1933 to 1941 & 1945 to 1947
Cecil Travis began his career with a bang when he rapped out five hits in his first big-league game. Travis was drafted in the prime of his career; when he returned from World War II, he was never the same player again. Some believe Travis might have reached 3,000 hits had his career not been uninterrupted.

George Case — Outfielder
Born: 11/11/1915
Died: 1/23/1989
Played for Team: 1937 to 1945 & 1947
George Case was one of the best all-around athletes in team history. He led the AL in stolen bases every year from 1939 to 1943, despite playing with a nagging back injury. The pain led Case to retire from baseball at the age of 31.

Mickey Vernon — First Baseman
Born: 4/22/1918
Died: 9/24/2008
Played for Team: 1939 to 1948 & 1950 to 1955
Mickey Vernon was one of the most popular men in baseball, both with fans and fellow players. He won two batting championships and was an excellent fielder. Vernon was an All-Star five times as a Senator.

Eddie Yost — Third Baseman
Born: 10/13/1926
Played for Team: 1944 to 1958
Eddie Yost was not a great hitter, so he made pitchers throw him perfect strikes before he would swing. The result was a ton of free trips to first base. Yost led the AL in walks four times from 1950 to 1956. When he retired he had 1,863 hits and 1,614 bases on balls. His nickname was the “Walking Man.”

Camilo Pascual — Pitcher
Born: 1/20/1934
Played for Team: 1954 to 1966
Camilo Pascual was a star for the team in Washington and Minnesota. He used his hard-breaking curveball to win 20 games twice for the Twins and lead the AL in strikeouts each year from 1961 to 1963.

Roy Sievers — Outfielder
Born: 11/18/1926
Played for Team: 1955 to 1959
Roy Sievers was one of the great power hitters of the 1950s. He slugged 180 home runs for the Senators in five years and led the league with 42 homers and 114 RBIs in 1957.

Bob Allison — Outfielder
Born: 7/11/1934
Died: 4/9/1995
Played for Team: 1958 to 1970
Bob Allison hit a lot of home runs, but when the ball didn’t clear the fence, no one ran the bases harder. He also hustled after batted balls in the outfield.

Jim Kaat — Pitcher
Born: 11/7/1938
Played for Team: 1959 to 1973
Jim Kaat could make the ball curve right or left, or drop sharply on its way to home plate. The result was a lot of weak grounders. Kaat fielded many of those hits himself and won 16 Gold Gloves over his career. His best season for the Twins was 1966, when he won 25 games.

Frank Viola — Pitcher
Born: 4/19/1960
Played for Team: 1982 to 1989
Few pitchers have ever had as many good pitches as Frank Viola. He could make the ball do most anything he wanted. In 1987, Viola led the Twins to their first championship by winning Game 7 of the World Series. A year later he went 24–7 and won the Cy Young Award.

Torii Hunter — Outfielder
Born: 7/18/1975
Played for Team: 1997 to 2007
No one was more fun to watch playing center field than Torii Hunter. He caught almost everything hit his way and regularly reached over the fence to steal home runs. Hunter won seven Gold Gloves in a row with the Twins.

Joe Nathan — Pitcher
Born: 11/22/1974
Played for Team: 2004 to 2011
When the Twins swapped catcher A.J. Pierzynski for Joe Nathan and Francisco Liriano after the 2003 season, it turned out to be one of their greatest trades. Liriano became one of their best starters, while Nathan took over the closer’s role that spring. Nathan went on to save 261 games for the Twins and helped them reach the playoffs three times.

TWO-SPORT STAR
When Joe Mauer was in high school, he was named the top baseball and football player in the country. Mauer turned down offers to play quarterback in college for Miami, Florida State, Arizona, and Minnesota after he was drafted by the Twins.

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
While playing for the Senators, Joe Cronin met and married the niece of team owner Clark Griffith. Family ties did not keep Griffith from trading Cronin to the Boston Red Sox before the 1935 season.

SEVEN-TERM PITCHER
After 15 years with the Senators and Twins, Jim Kaat went on to pitch 10 more season in the major leagues. He set a record by playing during the terms of seven presidents—Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.

BIG-INNING BOB
Whenever Bob Allison came to bat, Twins fans knew something special might happen. In 1963, he and Harmon Killebrew became the first teammates to hit grand slams in the same inning. One year later, he and three other Twins—Tony Oliva, Jimmie Hall, and Killebrew—hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs.

HOME WARRIORS
The 1987 Twins had one of the worst road records in baseball—29–52—including losing their last five games in a row. Luckily, they were almost unbeatable at home. In the playoffs and World Series that season, the Twins won a grand total of one road game. But they did not lose once in Minnesota and finished the year as champions of baseball.

SEEING RED
In a 1967 game at Metropolitan Stadium, Harmon Killebrew blasted a 520-foot home run—the longest in Twins history. The seat it hit was painted red. After the stadium was torn down, the seat was put on display in the Mall of America, which was built on the site of the old ballpark. It is still there today.

Home Runs
1957 — Roy Sievers — 42*
1959 — Harmon Killebrew — 42*
1962 — Harmon Killebrew — 48
1963 — Harmon Killebrew — 45
1964 — Harmon Killebrew — 49
1967 — Harmon Killebrew — 44
1969 — Harmon Killebrew — 49

* Played for Washington Senators

Batting Average
1935 — Buddy Myer — .349*
1946 — Mickey Vernon — .353*
1953 — Mickey Vernon — .337*
1964 — Tony Oliva — .323
1965 — Tony Oliva — .321
1969 — Rod Carew — .332
1971 — Tony Oliva — .337
1972 — Rod Carew — .318
1973 — Rod Carew — .350
1974 — Rod Carew — .364
1975 — Rod Carew — .359
1977 — Rod Carew — .388
1978 — Rod Carew — .333
1989 — Kirby Puckett — .339
2006 — Joe Mauer — .347
2008 — Joe Mauer — .328
2009 — Joe Mauer — .365

* Played for Washington Senators

Runs Batted In
1924 — Goose Goslin — 129*
1957 — Roy Sievers — 114*
1962 — Harmon Killebrew — 126
1969 — Harmon Killebrew — 140
1971 — Harmon Kilebrew — 119
1977 — Larry Hisle — 119
1994 — Kirby Puckett — 112

* Played for Washington Senators

Stolen Bases
1906 — John Anderson — 39
1912 — Clyde Milan — 88
1913 — Clyde Milan — 75
1920 — Sam Rice — 63
1937 — Ben Chapman — 35*
1939 — George Case — 51
1940 — George Case — 35
1941 — George Case — 33
1942 — George Case — 44
1943 — George Case — 61

All of the above played for the Washington Senators; no Twin has led the league in stolen bases.

* Ben Chapman also played for the Boston Red Sox in 1937.

Wins
1913 — Walter Johnson — 36
1914 — Walter Johnson — 28
1915 — Walter Johnson — 27
1916 — Walter Johnson — 25
1918 — Walter Johnson — 23
1924 — Walter Johnson — 23*
1932 — General Crowder — 26*
1933 — General Crowder — 24*
1953 — Bob Porterfield — 23*
1965 — Jim Grant — 21
1966 — Jim Kaat — 25
1970 — Jim Perry — 24
1977 — Dave Goltz — 20
1988 — Frank Viola — 24
1991 — Scott Erickson — 20
2006 — Johan Santana — 19

* Played for Washington Senators

Strikeouts
1910 — Walter Johnson — 313*
1912 — Walter Johnson — 303*
1913 — Walter Johnson — 243*
1914 — Walter Johnson — 225*
1915 — Walter Johnson — 203*
1916 — Walter Johnson — 228*
1917 — Walter Johnson — 188*
1918 — Walter Johnson — 162*
1919 — Walter Johnson — 147*
1921 — Walter Johnson — 143*
1923 — Walter Johnson — 130*
1924 — Walter Johnson — 158*
1942 — Bobo Newsom — 113*
1961 — Camilo Pascual — 221
1962 — Camilo Pascual — 206
1963 — Camilo Pascual — 202
1985 — Bert Blyleven — 206**
2004 — Johan Santana — 265
2005 — Johan Santana — 238
2006 — Johan Santana — 245

* Played for Washington Senators
** Bert Blyleven also played for the Cleveland Indians in 1985.

Earned Run Average
1912 — Walter Johnson — 1.39*
1913 — Walter Johnson — 1.14*
1918 — Walter Johnson — 1.27*
1919 — Walter Johnson — 1.49*
1924 — Walter Johnson — 2.72*
1925 — Stan Coveleski — 2.84*
1928 — Garland Braxton — 2.51*
1988 — Allan Anderson — 2.45
2004 — Johan Santana — 2.61
2006 — Johan Santana — 2.77

* Played for Washington Senators