The 1993 Minnesota Twins finished with a 71–91 record, leaving the team tied for fifth place with the California Angels. Kirby Puckett won the All-Star MVP award on July 13 and St. Paul native Dave Winfield got his 3,000th hit over the course of the year.

Offseason

October 26, 1992: Mike Maksudian was selected off waivers by the Twins from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[1]
December 4, 1992: Kirby Puckett, after testing the free agent waters, signed a 5-year $30 million contract to remain a Twin. His deal is the second largest total package in major league history, topped only by the $32.5 million 5-year deal signed by Cal Ripken Jr. with the Baltimore Orioles last August.^[2]
December 5, 1992: David West was traded by the Twins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Hartley.^[3]
December 9, 1992: Jim Deshaies was signed as a free agent by the Twins.^[4]
December 17, 1992: Dave Winfield was signed as a free agent by the Twins.^[5]
January 8, 1993: Randy Bush was signed as a free agent by the Twins.^[6]

Regular season

At Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Twins' All-Star representatives were outfielder Kirby Puckett and closer Rick Aguilera. Puckett was named the MVP following his 2-for-3 performance with a solo home run and a run-scoring double.
On September 16, Dave Winfield collected his 3000th major league hit, a run-scoring 9th-inning single off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley. Winfield was the first to do so wearing a Twins uniform, and the first ever to do so indoors.
The highest paid Twin in 1993 was Puckett at $5,300,000, followed by Hrbek at $3,100,000.

Offense

Not only did Winfield get his 3,000th hit, but he also got his 500th double and 450th homer. He had a serviceable year as the team's primary designated hitter, hitting .271 with 21 home runs and 76 RBI. Other offensive highlights included Kent Hrbek becoming the second Twin (along with Harmon Killebrew) to reach 1,000 RBI and Brian Harper becoming only the fourth catcher in the prior 40 years to hit .300 in three consecutive seasons. Chuck Knoblauch continued his solid leadoff hitting, batting .277 and stealing a team-leading 29 bases. The weaker spots in the regular lineup included Pedro Muñoz (.233 average).

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
HR	Kent Hrbek	25
RBI	Kirby Puckett	89
BA	Brian Harper	.304
Runs	Kirby Puckett	89

Pitching

The starting rotation was reasonably competent, with Kevin Tapani, Willie Banks, and Jim Deshaies having ERAs in the low fours. Unfortunately, Scott Erickson was not able to follow up his very successful first three years in the majors, posting an ERA of 5.19 and leading the majors in losses (19). The fifth spot in the rotation was uncertain, with Eddie Guardado making 16 starts and Mike Trombley 10.

There were strong pitchers in the bullpen, starting with closer Rick Aguilera. He had 34 saves, and was American League Pitcher of the Month for June. Also having strong years were Larry Casian with an ERA of 3.02, Mike Hartley (4.00), and Carl Willis (3.10). This was not so much the case for pitchers such as George Tsamis (6.19) and Brett Merriman (9.67).

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
ERA	Willie Banks	4.04
Wins	Kevin Tapani	12
Saves	Rick Aguilera	34
Strikeouts	Kevin Tapani	150

Defense

The team was strong defensively. Harper was a strong catcher, with a .988 fielding percentage. Hrbek was always strong at first base as well, making only five errors in 1993. Knoblauch was a good second baseman at this point in his career. Mike Pagliarulo played in about half the team's games at third, with reasonable competence. (Jeff Reboulet and Terry Jorgensen also saw time at the position.) The team intended Scott Leius to be the starting shortstop, but an early injury prevented this from occurring. It paved the way for Pat Meares to man the position for several years. He surprised the team by playing reasonably well during his rookie year. Puckett always excelled in center field, while Shane Mack and Munoz did okay on either side of him.

Season standings

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	26	38–43	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

June 3, 1993: 1993 Major League Baseball draft
- Torii Hunter was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (20th pick).
- Jason Varitek was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (21st pick), but did not sign.^[7]
- Dan Perkins was drafted by the Twins in the 2nd round.^[8]
- Javier Valentín was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round.^[9]
June 27, 1993: Randy Bush was released by the Twins.^[6]
June 30, 1993: Alan Newman and minor leaguer Tom Hauk were traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Scott.^[10]
August 15, 1993: Mike Pagliarulo was traded by the Twins to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. On August 16, the Orioles sent Erik Schullstrom to the Twins to complete the trade.^[11]
August 28, 1993: Jim Deshaies was traded by the Twins to the San Francisco Giants for Aaron Fultz, minor leaguer Andres Duncan, and a player to be named later. On September 1, the Giants sent Greg Brummett to the Twins to complete the trade.^[4]

Roster

1993 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Tom Kelly

Coaches

46 Terry Crowley (hitting)
35 Ron Gardenhire (third base)
43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen)
42 Dick Such (pitching)
45 Wayne Terwilliger (first base)

Game log

1993 regular season game log: 71–91 (Home: 36–45; Away: 35–46)

April: 8–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 3–7)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 6	7:06 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 5–10	McDowell (1–0)	Tapani (0–1)	Leach (1)	2:48	51,617	0–2	L1
2	April 7	7:05 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 6–1	Deshaies (1–0)	McCaskill (0–1)	Aguilera (1)	2:41	20,812	1–1	W1
3	April 8	12:15 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 4–9	Fernandez (1–0)	Mahomes (0–1)	–	2:37	24,421	1–2	L1
4	April 9		@ Royals
5	April 10		@ Royals
6	April 11		@ Royals
7	April 12	7:20 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 3–2	Deshaies (2–0)	McCaskill (0–2)	Aguilera (4)	2:32	18,263	4–3	W1
8	April 13	7:06 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 0–4	Fernandez (2–0)	Mahomes (0–2)	–	2:23	20,821	4–4	L1
—	April 14		@ White Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 27)
9	April 16		Royals
10	April 17		Royals
11	April 18		Royals
15	April 23		Tigers
16	April 24		Tigers
17	April 25		Tigers
20	April 28		@ Orioles
21	April 29		@ Orioles
22	April 30		@ Tigers

May: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score
23	May 1	@ Tigers
24	May 2	@ Tigers
25	May 4	Orioles
26	May 5	Orioles
27	May 7	@ Mariners
28	May 8	@ Mariners
29	May 9	@ Mariners
30	May 10	@ Angels
31	May 11	@ Angels
32	May 12	@ Angels
33	May 14	Red Sox
34	May 15	Red Sox
35	May 16	Red Sox
36	May 17	Yankees
37	May 18	Yankees
38	May 19	Yankees
39	May 21	@ Blue Jays
40	May 22	@ Blue Jays
41	May 23	@ Blue Jays
—	May 27	@ Athletics	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
44	May 28	Indians
45	May 29	Indians
46	May 30	Indians
47	May 31	Rangers

June: 12–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score
48	June 1	Rangers
49	June 2	Rangers
50	June 4	@ Indians
51	June 5	@ Indians
52	June 6	@ Indians
53	June 7	@ Rangers
54	June 8	@ Rangers
—	June 9	@ Rangers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10)
55	June 10	@ Rangers
59	June 14	Blue Jays
60	June 15	Blue Jays
61	June 16	Blue Jays
62	June 17	@ Yankees
63	June 18	@ Yankees
64	June 19	@ Yankees
65	June 20	@ Yankees
66	June 21	@ Red Sox
67	June 22	@ Red Sox
68	June 23	@ Red Sox
69	June 25	Angels
70	June 26	Angels
71	June 27	Angels
72	June 28	Mariners
73	June 29	Mariners
74	June 30	Mariners

July: 11–16 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent
75	July 1	Mariners
79	July 5	Tigers
80	July 6	Tigers
81	July 7	Tigers
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
86	July 15	@ Orioles
87	July 16	@ Orioles
88	July 17	@ Orioles
89	July 18	@ Orioles
90	July 19	@ Tigers
91	July 20	@ Tigers
92	July 21	@ Tigers
93	July 22	Orioles
94	July 23	Orioles
95	July 24	Orioles
96	July 25	Orioles
97	July 27	@ Mariners
98	July 28	@ Mariners
99	July 29	@ Mariners
100	July 30	@ Angels
101	July 31	@ Angels

August: 13–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
102	August 1		@ Angels
103	August 3		Red Sox
104	August 4		Red Sox
105	August 5		Red Sox
106	August 6		Yankees
107	August 7		Yankees
108	August 8		Yankees
109	August 10		@ Blue Jays
110	August 11		@ Blue Jays
111	August 12		@ Blue Jays
116	August 17		Royals
117	August 18		Royals
118	August 19		Royals
119	August 20	7:06 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 2–4	Fernandez (15–6)	Erickson (7–15)	Hernández (27)	2:36	30,571	52–67	L4
120	August 21	7:05 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 4–9	Belcher (2–2)	Banks (8–8)	Hernández (28)	2:51	31,590	52–68	L5
121	August 22	1:06 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 0–1	McDowell (20–7)	Deshaies (11–12)	–	2:26	26,453	52–69	L6
122	August 23		@ Royals
123	August 24		@ Royals
124	August 25		@ Royals
125	August 26		@ Royals
126 (1)	August 27	4:06 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–7	Belcher (3–2)	Deshaies (11–13)	–	2:44	–	54–72	L2
127 (2)	August 27	7:28 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 7–2 (10)	Casian (5–1)	Pall (2–3)	–	3:19	32,481	55–72	W1
128	August 28	6:06 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 1–4	Bere (6–5)	Tapani (7–13)	–	2:30	42,587	55–73	L1
129	August 29	7:05 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 5–13	McCaskill (4–7)	Guardado (3–7)	–	2:55	29,351	55–74	L2
130	August 30	7:05 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 1–4	Fernandez (16–6)	Erickson (8–16)	Hernández (30)	2:03	38,367	55–75	L3
131	August 31		Indians

September: 14–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–4)

#	Date	Opponent
132	September 1	Indians
133	September 2	Indians
134	September 3	Rangers
135	September 4	Rangers
136	September 5	Rangers
137	September 7	@ Indians
138	September 8	@ Indians
139	September 9	@ Indians
140 (1)	September 10	@ Rangers
141 (2)	September 10	@ Rangers
142	September 11	@ Rangers
143	September 12	@ Rangers
148	September 17	Blue Jays
149	September 18	Blue Jays
150	September 19	Blue Jays
151	September 21	@ Yankees
152	September 22	@ Yankees
153	September 24	@ Red Sox
154	September 25	@ Red Sox
155	September 26	@ Red Sox
156	September 27	Angels
157	September 28	Angels
158	September 29	Angels
159	September 30	Angels

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
160	October 1	Mariners
161	October 2	Mariners
162	October 3	Mariners

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	4	8	0.333	40	68
Boston Red Sox	5	7	0.417	50	55
Cleveland Indians	8	4	0.667	72	62
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	54	80
Milwaukee Brewers	5	7	0.417	65	74
New York Yankees	4	8	0.333	49	76
Toronto Blue Jays	2	10	0.167	27	64
Total	34	50	0.405	357	479
AL West
California Angels	9	4	0.692	65	38
Chicago White Sox	3	10	0.231	41	70
Kansas City Royals	6	7	0.462	44	45
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics	8	5	0.615	77	75
Seattle Mariners	4	9	0.308	51	69
Texas Rangers	7	6	0.538	58	54
Total	37	41	0.474	336	351
Season Total	71	91	0.438	693	830

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	8	14	0.364	88	146
May	25	12	13	0.480	117	129
June	27	12	15	0.444	104	129
July	27	11	16	0.407	124	141
August	30	13	17	0.433	122	120
September	28	14	14	0.500	126	148
October	3	1	2	0.333	12	17
Total	162	71	91	0.438	693	830

Total	162	71	91	0.438	693	830
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	36	45	0.444	360	433
Away	81	35	46	0.432	333	397

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brian Harper	147	530	161	.304	12	73
1B	Kent Hrbek	123	392	95	.242	25	83
2B	Chuck Knoblauch	153	602	167	.277	2	41
SS	Pat Meares	111	346	87	.251	0	33
3B	Mike Pagliarulo	83	253	74	.292	3	23
LF	Shane Mack	128	503	139	.276	10	61
CF	Kirby Puckett	156	622	184	.296	22	89
RF	Pedro Muñoz	104	326	76	.233	13	38
DH	Dave Winfield	143	547	148	.271	21	76

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave McCarty	98	350	75	.214	2	21
Jeff Reboulet	109	240	62	.258	1	15
Chip Hale	69	186	62	.333	3	27
Terry Jorgensen	59	152	34	.224	1	12
Gene Larkin	56	144	38	.264	1	19
Lenny Webster	49	106	21	.198	1	8
Scott Stahoviak	20	57	11	.193	0	1
Bernardo Brito	27	54	13	.241	4	9
Randy Bush	35	45	7	.156	0	3
Denny Hocking	15	36	5	.139	0	0
Derek Lee	15	33	5	.152	0	4
J.T. Bruett	17	20	5	.250	0	1
Derek Parks	7	20	4	.200	0	1
Scott Leius	10	18	3	.167	0	2
Mike Maksudian	5	12	2	.167	0	2
Rich Becker	3	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kevin Tapani	36	225.2	12	15	4.43	150
Scott Erickson	34	218.2	8	19	5.19	116
Willie Banks	31	171.1	11	12	4.04	138
Jim Deshaies	27	167.1	11	13	4.41	80
Eddie Guardado	19	94.2	3	8	6.18	46
Greg Brummett	5	26.2	2	1	5.74	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Trombley	44	114.1	6	6	4.88	85
Pat Mahomes	12	37.1	1	5	7.71	23

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rick Aguilera	65	4	3	34	3.11	59
Larry Casian	54	5	3	1	3.02	31
Mike Hartley	53	1	2	1	4.00	57
Carl Willis	53	3	0	5	3.10	44
George Tsamis	41	1	2	1	6.19	30
Mark Guthrie	22	2	1	0	4.71	15
Brett Merriman	19	1	1	0	9.67	14
Rich Garcés	3	0	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Scott Ullger
AA	Nashville Xpress	Southern League	Phil Roof
A	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Steve Liddle
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Jim Dwyer
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Jose Marzan

References

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1993 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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