2009 Minnesota Twins season
| 2009 Minnesota Twins | |
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| AL Central Champions | |
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| Owner(s) | Jim Pohlad |
| General manager(s) | Bill Smith |
| Manager(s) | Ron Gardenhire |
| Local television |
Fox Sports North WFTC (My 29) (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven) |
| Local radio |
AM 1500 KSTP (John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry) |
| Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 2009 Minnesota Twins season was the 49th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 109th overall in the American League. It was their final season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with their new stadium, Target Field, opening in 2010. They ended the regular season as AL Central champions after defeating the Detroit Tigers in a one game tie-breaker. They were then swept in the American League Division Series by the New York Yankees.
On April 17, Jason Kubel hit for the cycle, becoming the ninth Twin to accomplish the feat. Kubel joins just six other American League cycle-hitters that filled the 'HR' slot with a grand slam home run.
On May 22, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle, becoming the tenth Twin to accomplish the feat. When he homered twice in the seventh inning on August 23, Cuddy became the only man ever in baseball to accomplish both feats in the same season. Prior to Kubel last month, the eight previous Twins' cycle hitters were Rod Carew, 1970; César Tovar, 1972; Larry Hisle, 1976; , 1976; Mike Cubbage, 1978; Gary Ward, 1980; Kirby Puckett, 1986 and Carlos Gómez, 2008.
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