Club History & Eras
20 entries in the Minnesota Twins compendium.
Club History & Eras — Era Chart
Calvin GriffithThe Canadian-born owner who moved the Senators north and ran the team on a shoestring budgRod CarewThe contact hitter who redefined batting excellence and stole home seven times in a singleMetropolitan StadiumThe open-air Bloomington fortress where Harmon Killebrew's swing met 343-foot left-field aTony OlivaTony Oliva, born Antonio Oliva López on July 20, 1938, is a Cuban-American legend who playKirby PuckettThe heart of the Twins, a legend who never wore another cap.Carl PohladThe financier who brought two World Series titles to Minnesota.Tom KellyThe man who led the Twins to two World Series titles in five years and managed them for 16Jack MorrisThe 36-year-old hurler who threw ten innings of shutout baseball to win Game 7 of the 19911965 World SeriesOne October in '65, the Twins proved they belonged at the very top of the game.Tom Kelly Soul StealersThey didn't swing for the fences—they stole your soul one out at a time.Wally MoonTwo rings in Cincinnati, a lifetime of range in the outfield, and a swing that never quit.1987 World SeriesOne October in '87 turned a decade of near-misses into a dynasty's birth cry.1982 MetrodomeThe dome rose, the Twins roared, and 1982 gave the franchise its roof and its first real c1961 AL ExpansionTwo cities, one new diamond, and a decade of learning the game the hard way.2002 ALCSEleven years of waiting ended under the dome lights—glory tasted, then heartbreak in seven1999 ALCSA five-game ALCS thriller that ended the Twins' October drought and sent the Metrodome intCal Ripken Jr.Twenty seasons, one glove, and a streak that made the whole AL hold its breath.2004 ALCSSix games, one pennant, and the Metrodome shook like it was never meant to hold still.Gil GershensonA name whispered in the dugout, a thread in the Twins' long tapestry.Terry RyanThe small-ball architect who turned Target Field's predecessor into a grind-it-out machine
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