2011 is a dead horse by now, but I’m not done kicking it. I’ve already written thousands of words about it, so here’s a different approach, the story of the season as told by numbers.

0: Number of Twins wins in doubleheaders. They played four of them, and they lost all eight games.

.247: Twins team batting average. Surprisingly, there were actually three teams in the AL who were worse: Oakland (.244), Tampa (.244), and Seattle (.243).

.980: Team fielding percentage, nearly worst in the American League (Oakland was slightly worse at .979).

1: Number of no-hitters thrown by the Twins in 2011, which ties the franchise record.

3: Number of Twins who played 100 or more games. Only Ben Revere, Danny Valencia, and Michael Cuddyer reached this mark. 

3: Jersey number of the late, great Harmon Killebrew, which adorned the sleeves of every Twins player in memory of the legendary slugger.

 4.60: Twins team ERA. Only Baltimore (4.92) was worse among AL teams. (more…)