Team: Minnesota Twins
Sport: Baseball
Venue: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Manager: Ron Gardenhire
Championships: 3 - 1924, 1987, 1991
Background: The Minnesota Twins are
a Major League Baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
They are in the Central Division of the American League.
The team is owned (as of 2004) by Minneapolis businessman
Carl Pohlad. The Twins are affectionately known among
their fans as the "Twinkies."
Founded: 1894, as the Kansas City,
Missouri franchise in the minor Western League. Moved
to Washington, D.C. in 1900 when that league became
the American League.
Formerly known as: Washington Senators (1901-1960),
Kansas City Blues (1894-1900)
Home ballpark: Metrodome, Minneapolis
Uniform colors: Navy blue, Red, and
White
Logo design: The word "TWINS"
in red script. The entwined letters "TC" appear
on the home uniform hats, and a stylized "M"
appears on the road uniform hats. The word "MINNESOTA"
appears on their road uniforms in block print.
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Wild Card titles won (0): none
Division titles won (6): AL West 1969,
1970, 1987, 1991, AL Central 2002, 2003
American League pennants won (6): 1924,
1925, 1933, 1965, 1987, 1991
Western League pennants won (1): 1898
World Series championships won (3):
1924, 1987, 1991
Franchise history
The franchise originated in Kansas City, Missouri
in 1894, moved to Washington, D.C. in 1901 when the
American League was formed, and played there through
the 1960 season.
Kansas City Blues, 1894-1900
The Kansas City Blues were a charter member
of a the Western League, a minor league at the time.
Byron "Ban" Johnson, president of the Western
League, changed the name to the American League in 1900
and major league status was awarded a year later. The
Blues were champions of the Western League in 1898,
taking the league by a game-and-a-half from the Indianapolis
Hoosiers.
Washington Nationals/Senators, 1901-1960
The Senators were officially the Nationals
for more than 50 years, but so many fans called them
the Senators that the team changed it's nickname in
1956. Even during the period 1907-1927, when their line
up boasted the presence of Walter "The Big Train"
Johnson the team were never terribly successful. During
one portion of its history, the team was so notoriously
inept that it inspired San Francisco Chronicle columnist
Charley Dryden to joke: "Washington: First in war,
first in peace, and last in the American League."
(This was a play on Light Horse Harry Lee's remembrance
of George Washington: "First in war, first in peace,
first in the hearts of his countrymen.")
