(From the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame) Toggle navigation: Navigate to the search for The Minnesota Twins are a major league baseball club headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team that plays in the American League (AL) Central division. They have played home games at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome since 1982.
The franchise was founded as the Kansas City Indians in 1948 by the then-owners of the Kansas City Athletics who moved their team to Minnesota after being purchased by a group including former A's player and manager Charlie Finley. The new team was named after its principal owner, Mr. William Kenyon "Billy" Martin Jr., who had no prior experience with baseball or any other sport for that matter. Martin's father had a successful business selling cars, which made Billy an extremely wealthy man.
In its first season, the Indians finished last in the AL with a 65-97 record. However, they did manage to win the pennant in their second season with the help of future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon. The team lost the World Series that year to the New York Yankees in seven games.
The franchise has been very successful ever since, winning more than 400 games every year except for 1974 when they finished second. The Twins have also appeared in the postseason ten times, most recently coming away with a one game victory over the Houston Astros in 2017.
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball club headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The squad is named after the Twin Cities metropolitan region, which encompasses Minneapolis and St. Paul.
They have played in Minneapolis since 1961 when they moved from Washington D.C.. The Twins won their first game at Metropolitan Stadium on April 14, 1991 against the Chicago White Sox by a score of 4-3. Their last game at Metropolitan Stadium was on September 26, 1995 where they lost to the Oakland Athletics 10-1.
In 1996, the Twins moved into Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, now known as U.S. Bank Stadium, which has been their home stadium ever since. The team's official slogan is "Twins - Nothing But Twins", which refers to the Twins' history of success while other major league teams have come and gone. In 2001, the team earned its first World Series title with Terry Ryan at the helm. He was later fired after finishing second the next two seasons. Jim Pohlson took over as manager in 2005 and led the team to its first World Series appearance in six years. He was replaced by Ron Gardenhire after the 2008 season when he finished with a 416-460 record. In 2012, Gardenhire led the Twins to their first World Series victory in five years over San Francisco in seven games.
The Minnesota Twins are a baseball franchise headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins play in Major League Baseball's American League's Central Division. .. Contact Information for the Minnesota Twins Baseball Team
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Minneapolis The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball club in the American League headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota (AL). The Twins were formerly known as the Senators and played in Washington, D.C. from 1901 through 1960 before relocating to Minneapolis in 1961.
The original Minneapolis Millers played in the Association and National Leagues from 1871 until 1890 when they moved to New York City. A new Minneapolis team was established in 1991 and has been a member of the AL since its formation in 1969. The Twins have won two World Series titles - in 1987 and 1995 - and have appeared in nine World Series games.
Minneapolis/St. Paul is a twin-city region in the U.S. state of Minnesota separated by the Mississippi River. It is the largest city in the state not located on an island. The population was 968,000 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Minnesota after Minneapolis.
Paul is also the capital city of the Twin Cities MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,043,100 in 2016. The MSA is part of a larger metro area consisting of Hennepin County and its suburbs and Wright County and its suburbs.
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