Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities moniker for the two adjacent cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Minnesota Twins
2024 Minnesota Twins season
Team logoCap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
Retired numbers
Colors
  • Red, navy blue, white
         
Name
Other nicknames
  • Twinkies
  • Nats (1905–1955)
  • Grifs (1912–1920)
  • Little Piranhas (2006)
  • Bomba Squad (2019)
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (3)
AL Pennants (6)
AL West Division titles (4)
AL Central Division titles (9)
Wild card berths (1)2017
Front office
Principal owner(s)Pohlad family (Joe Pohlad, chairman)
President of baseball operationsDerek Falvey (Chief Baseball Officer)
General managerThad Levine
ManagerRocco Baldelli
Mascot(s)Twinkie (1980–1981)
T.C. Bear (2000–present)

The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team moved to Minnesota and was renamed the Minnesota Twins for the start of the 1961 season. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium in from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team has played at Target Field since 2010.

The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins. From 1901 to 2023, the Senators/Twins franchise's overall regular-season win–loss–tie record is 9,177–9,875–109 (.482); as the Twins (through 2023), it is 4,954–5,011–8 (.497).

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