1995 Minnesota Twins season
Major League Baseball season
The 1995 Minnesota Twins season was the 35th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 14th season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 95th overall in the American League.
Due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, the season got off to a late start. However, it did not end soon enough, as the team finished with a 56–88 record and in last place in its division. The team found it impossible to compete against the runaway Cleveland Indians who won 100 games despite the shortened season and finished 44 games ahead of the Twins. By July, the team was trading away its veterans in a fire sale. Manager Tom Kelly might have preferred that the strike had continued.
Offseason
November 4, 1995: Rich Robertson was selected off waivers by the Twins from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
December 16, 1995: Matt Merullo was signed as a free agent by the Twins.
December 22, 1995: Kevin Maas was signed as a free agent by the Twins.
Regular season
On May 7, the Twins played their longest game ever—in terms of time—losing in 17 innings to Cleveland after 6 hours and 36 minutes.
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