Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

 

The Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 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.

 

From 1901 to 2020, the Senators/Twins franchise's overall regular-season win-loss-tie record is 8939–9627–109 (a 0.482 win-loss "percentage") as the Twins, it is 4716–4763–8 (0.497).

 

Where do the Minnesota Twins play?

• The Minnesota Twins play all home games at Target Field in Minneapolis. The stadium is a baseball-only park with natural turf. It's located in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis. The field was constructed in 2007 and completed in 2009. The Minnesota Twins played their first game at Target Field against the Boston Red Sox on April 12, 2010. In 2011, Target Field was named "The Best Place to Shop" by the Sports Business Journal. It was also selected as the "The Best Sports Stadium in North America" by ESPN the Magazine. Target Field hosted the 85th MLB All-Star Game and Home Run Derby in 2014.

 

What teams are in the Minnesota Twins division?

• The Twins are in the AL Central division with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals.

 

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