Joe Mauer only has four sacrifice bunts in his career, but that doesn't mean he can't bunt. In fact, his 20 career bunt singles are one short of the franchise's all-time top 10. The most career bunt singles by a Twin:
Rod Carew112
Kirby Puckett56
Rob Wilfong49
Alexi Casilla45
Cristian Guzman43
Nick Punto41
Carlos Gomez35
Jacque Jones27
Denard Span24
Larry Hisle21
Ninth inning, two outs, trailing on the scoreboard. Make an out and the game is over, or pass that pressure on to someone else by getting on base. Who is best among the Twins in that last-ditch scenario? Here are their career numbers:
Mauer.37729-774 HR
Dozier.3536-171 HR
Hunter.30731-1012 HR
Plouffe.29814-472 HR
Escobar.2866-211 HR
Herrmann.2502-80 HR
Hicks.2501-40 HR
Suzuki.22614-621 HR
Nunez.1763-170 HR
Santana.0000-80 HR
Robinson.0000-100 HR
Source: Baseball-Reference.com
Minnesota is on pace to sell 1.8 million tickets this year, down from 1.95 million last year. After averaging 24,094 fans per game last season, the Twins are averaging 22,298.
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