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Record: 68-94   .420.... 4th in American League Central
Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,411,064
Payroll: $25,747,500
Top Draft Pick: Michael Cuddyer (#9)   MLB
Manager - Tom Kelly

Affiliates - AAA Salt Lake Buzz AA New Britain Rock Cats A+ Fort Myers Miracle A Fort Wayne Wizards Rk Gulf Coast Twins Rk Elizabethton Twins

Team Leaders

HR: Cordova [15]
RBI: Molitor [89]
2B: Molitor [32]
SB: Knoblauch [62]
W: Radke [20]
SV: Aguilera [26]
SO: Radke [174]

Oldest Player: Paul Molitor [40]
Youngest Player: David Ortiz [21]
Longest Tenure: Chuck Knoblauch [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Torii Hunter (Aug 22) Chris Latham (Apr 12) Damian Miller (Aug 10) David Ortiz (Sep 2) Javier Valentin (Sep 13)
Pitchers: Shane Bowers (Jul 26) Todd Ritchie (Apr 3)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Rick Aguilera	P	35	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Scott Aldred	P	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Chad Allen	LF	22	New Britain	AA
	LF		Fort Myers	A+
Claudio Almonte	OF	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Jimmy Alvarez	IF	17	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Rafael Alvarez	OF	20	Salt Lake	AAA
	OF		New Britain	AA
	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Julio Ayuso	OF	20	Elizabethton	Rk
Kevin Baez	SS	30	Salt Lake	AAA
Jose Bautista			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Rich Becker	CF-RF	25	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Papo Bolivar	OF	18	Fort Wayne	A
Ramon Borrego	IF	19	Elizabethton	Rk
Shane Bowers	P	26	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Brent Brede	RF-LF	26	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	RF-LF		Salt Lake	AAA
Eric Brosam	1B		Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Armann Brown	OF	25	New Britain	AA
Tom Buchman	C		Fort Wayne	A
Pedro Castellano	3B-1B	27	Salt Lake	AAA
Dan Cey	2B	21	Fort Myers	A+
Greg Colbrunn	1B	28	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Ron Coomer	1B-3B	30	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Marty Cordova	LF	28	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	LF		Salt Lake	AAA
Joe Cranford	2B	22	Fort Myers	A+
Cleatus Davidson	2B-SS	20	Fort Wayne	A
Mike Durant	C	28	Salt Lake	AAA
Anthony Felston	OF	22	Fort Wayne	A
Jeff Ferguson	SS	24	Salt Lake	AAA
	SS		New Britain	AA
Troy Fortin	C	22	New Britain	AA
	C		Fort Myers	A+
Toby Franklin	OF		Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Joe Fraser	3B-1B	23	New Britain	AA
Carlos Garcia			Fort Myers	A+
Eddie Guardado	P	26	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Shane Gunderson	OF	23	New Britain	AA
	OF		Fort Myers	A+
	OF		Fort Wayne	A
Jamaal Harrison	1B	20	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
LaTroy Hawkins	P	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Denny Hocking	SS-2B	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Jeff Horn	C	27	Salt Lake	AAA
	C		New Britain	AA
Steve Huls	3B-SS	22	Fort Wayne	A
Torii Hunter	CF	22	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	CF		New Britain	AA
Darrin Jackson	CF-RF	34	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	CF-RF		Salt Lake	AAA
Kevin Jarvis	P	28	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Aaron Jaworowski	1B	22	Elizabethton	Rk
Heath Johnson	OF	21	Fort Wayne	A
J.J. Johnson	OF	24	Salt Lake	AAA
	OF		New Britain	AA
Travis Johnson	OF	23	Fort Myers	A+
Jacque Jones	LF-RF	22	Fort Myers	A+
Roberto Kelly	CF-LF	32	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	CF-LF		Fort Myers	A+
Brian Kennedy	OF		Elizabethton	Rk
Tom Knauss	SS/3B	23	Fort Wayne	A
Chuck Knoblauch	2B	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Corey Koskie	3B	24	New Britain	AA
Ryan Lane	SS	23	New Britain	AA
Chris Latham	LF-CF	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	LF-CF		Salt Lake	AAA
Matt Lawton	RF-LF	25	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Keith LeGree	OF/3b	25	New Britain	AA
Henry Lopez			Fort Wayne	A
Juan Lorenzo	2B	19	Fort Wayne	A
	2B		Elizabethton	Rk
Ken McCorvey			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Joe McHenry	OF	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Pat Meares	SS	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Bryan Melson	C	22	Elizabethton	Rk
Brad Meyer			Fort Wayne	A
			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Doug Mientkiewicz	1B	23	New Britain	AA
Damian Miller	C	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	C		Salt Lake	AAA
Travis Miller	P	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Chad Moeller	C	22	Fort Wayne	A
Paul Molitor	3B-2B	41	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Mike Moriarty	SS-2B	23	New Britain	AA
Rick Moss	3B	22	Fort Wayne	A
Kelcey Mucker	OF	22	Fort Myers	A+
Greg Myers	C	31	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Emmanuel Nanita			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Dan Naulty	P	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Jamie Ogden	1B	25	Salt Lake	AAA
Gregg Olson	P	30	Minnesota Twins	MLB
David Orndorff	C	20	Elizabethton	Rk
David Ortiz	1B	21	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	1B		Salt Lake	AAA
	1B		New Britain	AA
	1B		Fort Myers	A+
Israel Paez	3B	20	Fort Myers	A+
Felix Pagan	2B	22	Elizabethton	Rk
Jose Parra	P	24	Salt Lake	AAA
Jacob Patterson	1B	24	Fort Wayne	A
Frankie Pena	C	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Tommy Peterman	1B	22	Fort Wayne	A
A.J. Pierzynski	C	20	Fort Myers	A+
Scott Poepard	OF	23	Fort Wayne	A
Nelson Prada	C	21	Fort Wayne	A
Brad Radke	P	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Ryan Radmanovich	RF	26	Salt Lake	AAA
Freddy Reyes	1B-3B		Fort Wayne	A
Todd Ritchie	P	25	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Luis Rivas	2B	18	Fort Wayne	A
Rich Robertson	P	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Frankie Rodriguez	P	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Chad Roper	SS	23	Fort Myers	A+
Chad Rupp	1B	26	Salt Lake	AAA
Michael Ryan	LF-RF	20	Elizabethton	Rk
Jon Schaeffer	C	21	New Britain	AA
	C		Elizabethton	Rk
Dan Serafini	P	23	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Jon Shave	SS-3B	29	Salt Lake	AAA
Mitch Simons	2B	28	Salt Lake	AAA
Jeff Smith	C	23	Salt Lake	AAA
	C		New Britain	AA
	C		Fort Myers	A+
Marcus Smith	OF	21	Elizabethton	Rk
	OF		Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Deshawn Southward	OF	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Scott Stahoviak	1B	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	1B		Salt Lake	AAA
Terry Steinbach	C	35	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Dave Stevens	P	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Tony Stevens	SS	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Bruce Sutton	OF	21	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Greg Swindell	P	32	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Bob Tewksbury	P	36	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Franklin Torres			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Gabby Torres	C	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Mike Trombley	P	30	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Javier Valentin	C	22	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	C		New Britain	AA
Denny Valerio			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Lateef Vaughn	SS	21	Fort Myers	A+
	SS		Elizabethton	Rk
Leonel Vilorio			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Chip Wade			Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Todd Walker	2B	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	2B		Salt Lake	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Rick Aguilera	35	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Scott Aldred	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	29	Salt Lake	AAA
Kevin Baez	30	Salt Lake	AAA
Grant Balfour	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Travis Baptist	26	Salt Lake	AAA
	26	New Britain	AA
Marc Barcelo	25	New Britain	AA
Mike Bauder	22	Fort Wayne	A
Jason Bell	23	New Britain	AA
Shane Bowers	26	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	26	Salt Lake	AAA
	26	New Britain	AA
Matt Carnes	22	Fort Wayne	A
	22	Elizabethton	Rk
Troy Carrasco	22	New Britain	AA
	22	Fort Myers	A+
Walker Chapman	21	Fort Myers	A+
Greg Clark	20	Fort Wayne	A
	20	Elizabethton	Rk
Trevor Cobb	24	New Britain	AA
	24	Fort Myers	A+
Mike Cosgrove	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Chris Cumberland	24	New Britain	AA
Bob Davies	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Gary Dose	24	Fort Wayne	A
Steve Dreyer	27	Salt Lake	AAA
Chip Duncan	32	Salt Lake	AAA
Rendy Espina	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
	19	Elizabethton	Rk
Darren Fidge	22	Fort Myers	A+
	22	Fort Wayne	A
Brian Fitts	21	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Rick Flock	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Gus Gandarillas	26	Salt Lake	AAA
	26	New Britain	AA
Josh Gandy	21	Fort Wayne	A
	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Chris Garza	22	Fort Wayne	A
Antonio Gholar	23	Elizabethton	Rk
Charlie Gillian	23	Fort Myers	A+
	23	Fort Wayne	A
Thomas Gourdin	24	New Britain	AA
Eddie Guardado	26	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Phil Haigler	23	Fort Myers	A+
Jeff Harris	23	New Britain	AA
	23	Fort Myers	A+
LaTroy Hawkins	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	24	Salt Lake	AAA
Dave Hooten	22	Fort Wayne	A
Steve Huls	22	Fort Wayne	A
Jake Jacobs	19	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Kevin Jarvis	28	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Matt Jurgena	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Scott Klingenbeck	26	Salt Lake	AAA
Tommy LaRosa	22	Fort Myers	A+
Kevin Legault	26	Salt Lake	AAA
	26	New Britain	AA
Mike Lincoln	22	Fort Myers	A+
Fred Lindberg	23	Fort Wayne	A
Keith Linebarger	26	Salt Lake	AAA
	26	New Britain	AA
Rick Loonam	21	Fort Wayne	A
Brian Looney	28	Salt Lake	AAA
Barry Lunney	23	Elizabethton	Rk
Ryan Lynch	23	Fort Wayne	A
Alan Mahaffey	23	New Britain	AA
	23	Fort Myers	A+
Bryan Malko	20	Fort Wayne	A
Lee Marshall	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Rodney McBride	22	Fort Wayne	A
Nate Melson	18	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Aaron Miller	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Travis Miller	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	24	Salt Lake	AAA
Paul Morse	24	New Britain	AA
Tom Mott	23	New Britain	AA
	23	Fort Myers	A+
Peter Moylan	18	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
John Mundine	20	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Rob Myers		Elizabethton	Rk
		Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Dan Naulty	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	27	Salt Lake	AAA
	27	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Brad Neidermaier		Salt Lake	AAA
		Fort Myers	A+
Kevin Ohme	26	Salt Lake	AAA
Gregg Olson	30	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Mario Opipari	22	Fort Wayne	A
Jose Parra	24	Salt Lake	AAA
Frankie Pena	21	Elizabethton	Rk
David Perez		New Britain	AA
Pablo Perez	20	Elizabethton	Rk
Dan Perkins	22	New Britain	AA
Scott Poepard	23	Fort Wayne	A
Brad Radke	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Rob Radlosky	23	Fort Myers	A+
Fred Rath	24	Salt Lake	AAA
	24	New Britain	AA
	24	Fort Myers	A+
Mark Redman	23	Salt Lake	AAA
Kasey Richardson	21	Fort Myers	A+
	21	Fort Wayne	A
Juan Rincon	18	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
	18	Elizabethton	Rk
Todd Ritchie	25	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Brett Roberts	27	Salt Lake	AAA
Rich Robertson	29	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Frankie Rodriguez	24	Minnesota Twins	MLB
J.C. Romero	21	Fort Myers	A+
	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Chad Roper	23	Fort Myers	A+
Will Rushing	24	New Britain	AA
	24	Fort Myers	A+
Benj Sampson	22	New Britain	AA
Dan Serafini	23	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	23	Salt Lake	AAA
Matt Sheets	20	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Corey Spiers	22	Fort Wayne	A
Jamie Splittorff	23	Fort Myers	A+
	23	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Pat Stenger	18	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Brent Stentz	22	Fort Myers	A+
Dave Stevens	27	Minnesota Twins	MLB
	27	Salt Lake	AAA
Tim Sturdy	18	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Greg Swindell	32	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Scott Tanksley	23	Fort Wayne	A
	23	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Bob Tewksbury	36	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Ben Thomas	21	Elizabethton	Rk
	21	Elizabethton	Rk
Hector Trinidad	24	New Britain	AA
	24	Fort Myers	A+
Mike Trombley	30	Minnesota Twins	MLB
Jamie Vallis	20	Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Chip Wade		Gulf Coast Twins	Rk
Nate Yeskie	23	Fort Wayne	A