Minnesota Twins

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The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball team based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul twin cities area of Minnesota. The team was founded in 1901 as the Washington Senators, one of the inaugural teams in the American League. The team moved to Minnesota and became the Twins starting with the 1961 season. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [5] [6]

  • 3 Harmon Killebrew
  • 6 Tony Oliva
  • 7 Joe Mauer
  • 10 Tom Kelly (Manager)
  • 14 Kent Hrbek
  • 28 Bert Blyleven
  • 29 Rod Carew
  • 34 Kirby Puckett
  • 36 Jim Kaat
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

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