2012 Minnesota Twins Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Carl Pavano Apr 6 BAL 7.0 26 L 4 4 5 1 2 1 95 55 40 .58
Francisco Liriano Apr 7 BAL 4.0 20 L 5 6 8 4 2 1 74 45 29 .61
Anthony Swarzak Apr 8 BAL 5.0 21 L 1 1 4 1 2 1 83 50 33 .60
Nick Blackburn Apr 9 @LAA 6.0 26 L 5 5 5 3 2 0 99 60 39 .61
Carl Pavano Apr 11 @LAA 6.2 26 5 5 7 3 0 1 101 73 28 .72
Francisco Liriano Apr 12 @LAA 5.0 25 5 6 7 2 3 1 91 56 35 .62
Anthony Swarzak Apr 13 @TEX 7.0 31 L 4 4 9 3 0 1 97 68 29 .70
Nick Blackburn Apr 14 @TEX 5.1 24 2 2 7 3 1 1 76 50 26 .66
Liam Hendriks Apr 15 @TEX 6.0 23 1 1 7 4 0 1 84 57 27 .68
Carl Pavano Apr 16 NYY 7.0 28 W 3 3 7 6 1 2 97 59 38 .61
Francisco Liriano Apr 17 NYY 2.1 18 L 5 5 7 2 4 0 76 37 39 .49
Jason Marquis Apr 18 NYY 5.0 23 W 4 4 7 3 2 1 87 50 37 .57
Anthony Swarzak Apr 19 NYY 2.2 17 L 6 6 8 3 1 3 64 40 24 .63
Liam Hendriks Apr 20 TAM 5.2 22 4 4 5 1 2 2 101 56 45 .55
Carl Pavano Apr 21 TAM 6.0 26 L 2 3 7 7 2 0 110 70 40 .64
Francisco Liriano Apr 22 TAM 5.0 22 L 5 5 3 4 4 1 86 47 39 .55
Jason Marquis Apr 23 @BOS 6.1 27 5 5 11 3 0 2 112 71 41 .63
Nick Blackburn Apr 24 @BOS 3.0 18 L 5 5 8 2 1 1 71 44 27 .62
Liam Hendriks Apr 25 @BOS 4.0 22 L 7 7 9 3 2 1 87 57 30 .66
Carl Pavano Apr 27 @KCR 6.1 27 4 5 6 0 1 2 83 55 28 .66
Jason Marquis Apr 29 @KCR 6.0 22 W 3 3 6 1 0 1 80 49 31 .61
Nick Blackburn Apr 30 LAA 6.0 25 L 3 3 7 2 1 1 85 50 35 .59
Francisco Liriano May 1 LAA 5.1 25 L 4 4 7 5 3 2 91 51 40 .56
Liam Hendriks May 2 LAA 2.1 16 L 6 6 9 1 0 1 60 35 25 .58
Carl Pavano May 4 SEA 6.0 23 W 2 2 8 2 0 0 69 46 23 .67
Jason Marquis May 5 SEA 6.0 25 L 2 2 4 1 6 0 94 47 47 .50
Nick Blackburn May 6 SEA 6.0 27 L 5 5 7 4 3 1 98 59 39 .60
Francisco Liriano May 7 @LAA 5.0 22 L 4 4 5 4 3 1 90 50 40 .56
Scott Diamond May 8 @LAA 7.0 25 W 0 0 4 6 1 0 102 62 40 .61
Carl Pavano May 9 @LAA 4.0 20 L 4 5 10 1 0 0 62 44 18 .71
Jason Marquis May 10 @TOR 4.0 23 L 5 6 7 2 3 0 86 47 39 .55
Nick Blackburn May 11 @TOR 5.0 23 W 5 5 6 3 3 3 81 47 34 .58
P.J. Walters May 12 @TOR 6.0 22 L 2 2 6 5 0 1 93 61 32 .66
Scott Diamond May 13 @TOR 7.0 26 W 0 0 5 4 0 0 101 63 38 .62
Carl Pavano May 14 @CLE 6.0 24 4 4 6 3 0 1 72 48 24 .67
Jason Marquis May 15 @CLE 5.0 25 L 5 5 9 2 2 3 95 59 36 .62
Nick Blackburn May 16 DET 2.0 13 6 6 6 2 2 0 53 33 20 .62
P.J. Walters May 17 DET 6.1 27 W 3 3 4 2 3 3 87 50 37 .57
Scott Diamond May 18 MIL 5.1 23 W 3 3 8 3 1 1 86 56 30 .65
Carl Pavano May 19 MIL 6.0 24 2 2 5 6 1 0 86 59 27 .69
Jason Marquis May 20 MIL 1.2 15 L 8 8 8 0 1 2 48 26 22 .54
P.J. Walters May 22 CWS 9.0 32 W 2 2 5 8 2 1 110 69 41 .63
Scott Diamond May 23 CWS 6.0 28 L 2 5 9 4 1 1 94 61 33 .65
Cole De Vries May 24 CWS 5.0 23 L 3 6 6 4 1 3 96 60 36 .63
Anthony Swarzak May 25 @DET 3.2 18 L 6 6 9 3 1 0 60 41 19 .68
Carl Pavano May 26 @DET 4.1 22 L 6 6 10 2 0 0 69 50 19 .72
P.J. Walters May 27 @DET 6.0 27 2 2 7 4 5 0 93 50 43 .54
Scott Diamond May 28 @OAK 6.1 27 3 3 9 4 1 2 99 62 37 .63
Cole De Vries May 29 @OAK 5.0 21 0 0 2 1 5 0 92 51 41 .55
Francisco Liriano May 30 @OAK 6.0 22 W 0 0 3 9 2 0 88 51 37 .58
Carl Pavano Jun 1 CLE 3.2 22 L 6 7 9 2 1 2 71 48 23 .68
P.J. Walters Jun 2 CLE 4.1 23 4 4 8 2 3 0 95 59 36 .62
Scott Diamond Jun 3 CLE 7.0 29 W 0 3 7 2 0 0 93 61 32 .66
Cole De Vries Jun 4 KCR 5.0 23 W 4 5 6 4 0 1 80 55 25 .69
Francisco Liriano Jun 5 KCR 6.0 23 L 1 1 4 8 1 0 96 59 37 .61
Nick Blackburn Jun 6 KCR 5.0 22 W 2 2 5 1 2 1 89 51 38 .57
P.J. Walters Jun 8 @CHC 5.0 23 5 5 8 2 1 2 84 53 31 .63
Scott Diamond Jun 9 @CHC 6.0 25 W 0 0 7 5 0 0 89 64 25 .72
Francisco Liriano Jun 10 @CHC 5.2 24 L 4 4 4 6 3 0 89 54 35 .61
Nick Blackburn Jun 12 @PHI 5.0 24 W 4 4 8 1 2 0 95 56 39 .59
P.J. Walters Jun 13 @PHI 0.0 4 L 4 4 4 0 0 0 15 10 5 .67
Scott Diamond Jun 14 @PHI 6.0 26 L 4 4 5 1 2 2 100 65 35 .65
Francisco Liriano Jun 15 @MIL 6.0 23 3 3 1 6 4 1 104 62 42 .60
Liam Hendriks Jun 16 @MIL 5.0 25 L 2 5 8 5 1 3 93 58 35 .62
Nick Blackburn Jun 17 @MIL 6.0 29 4 4 9 3 2 1 101 62 39 .61
Scott Diamond Jun 19 PIT 5.1 26 L 4 4 8 1 2 1 98 58 40 .59
Francisco Liriano Jun 20 PIT 6.2 27 1 1 4 6 2 0 97 60 37 .62
Liam Hendriks Jun 21 PIT 5.0 25 L 3 6 8 3 0 1 94 59 35 .63
Nick Blackburn Jun 22 CIN 5.0 21 W 4 4 5 2 2 2 69 46 23 .67
Brian Duensing Jun 23 CIN 3.0 15 L 4 4 4 1 2 1 63 40 23 .63
Scott Diamond Jun 24 CIN 8.0 33 W 3 3 8 7 1 1 82 65 17 .79
Francisco Liriano Jun 25 @CWS 7.0 27 W 1 1 4 5 2 0 104 59 45 .57
Liam Hendriks Jun 26 @CWS 6.1 25 L 3 3 5 5 1 1 92 61 31 .66
Nick Blackburn Jun 27 @CWS 5.0 24 L 6 6 9 3 0 2 71 51 20 .72
Brian Duensing Jun 29 @KCR 4.0 20 L 3 3 8 1 0 1 66 45 21 .68
Scott Diamond Jun 30 @KCR 8.0 31 W 2 2 6 4 2 0 101 65 36 .64
Cole De Vries Jun 30 (2) @KCR 6.0 24 W 1 1 5 6 1 1 94 66 28 .70
Francisco Liriano Jul 1 @KCR 5.1 26 4 5 5 6 4 0 107 63 44 .59
Liam Hendriks Jul 2 DET 4.0 22 4 4 6 1 4 0 81 44 37 .54
Nick Blackburn Jul 3 DET 4.0 21 6 6 8 1 1 2 75 48 27 .64
Brian Duensing Jul 4 DET 4.1 17 L 2 2 4 2 1 0 64 39 25 .61
Scott Diamond Jul 5 DET 7.0 26 2 2 5 4 1 0 91 60 31 .66
Francisco Liriano Jul 6 TEX 6.2 30 W 1 1 5 6 6 0 109 58 51 .53
Sam Deduno Jul 7 TEX 5.1 22 3 3 6 3 3 2 83 46 37 .55
Cole De Vries Jul 8 TEX 7.0 23 0 0 3 5 1 0 84 59 25 .70
Francisco Liriano Jul 13 @OAK 8.0 30 L 3 4 4 15 1 1 112 75 37 .67
Cole De Vries Jul 14 @OAK 5.0 22 L 7 7 6 3 0 3 85 61 24 .72
Brian Duensing Jul 15 @OAK 2.0 15 L 6 6 7 3 2 3 67 44 23 .66
Scott Diamond Jul 16 @BAL 6.0 27 W 5 5 9 3 1 1 100 67 33 .67
Sam Deduno Jul 17 @BAL 4.1 23 3 4 6 5 5 1 99 57 42 .58
Francisco Liriano Jul 18 @BAL 6.0 25 L 2 2 4 10 3 1 100 58 42 .58
Cole De Vries Jul 19 @BAL 6.0 24 1 1 5 5 1 1 96 58 38 .60
Nick Blackburn Jul 20 KCR 6.2 27 1 1 7 2 0 0 103 78 25 .76
Scott Diamond Jul 21 KCR 6.0 28 L 4 4 10 2 2 0 96 62 34 .65
Sam Deduno Jul 22 KCR 6.1 27 W 1 1 6 4 3 0 104 73 31 .70
Francisco Liriano Jul 23 CWS 2.2 16 L 7 7 7 2 1 3 53 38 15 .72
Cole De Vries Jul 24 CWS 6.0 27 1 2 7 4 0 1 95 58 37 .61
Nick Blackburn Jul 25 CWS 4.1 23 L 8 8 10 1 1 2 83 55 28 .66
Scott Diamond Jul 27 @CLE 9.0 30 W 0 0 3 6 0 0 98 67 31 .68
Sam Deduno Jul 28 @CLE 7.0 27 W 1 1 2 6 5 0 105 62 43 .59
Brian Duensing Jul 29 @CLE 6.0 23 W 1 1 5 2 0 0 70 49 21 .70
Cole De Vries Jul 30 @CWS 5.0 25 4 5 7 3 1 1 100 65 35 .65
Nick Blackburn Jul 31 @CWS 8.0 31 2 2 5 2 1 0 106 73 33 .69
Scott Diamond Aug 1 @CWS 7.1 28 L 3 3 8 3 0 0 93 63 30 .68
Sam Deduno Aug 2 BOS 6.0 24 W 0 0 2 1 4 0 101 50 51 .50
Brian Duensing Aug 3 BOS 6.0 27 2 5 10 3 0 1 93 61 32 .66
Cole De Vries Aug 4 BOS 7.0 27 2 2 4 5 2 1 109 72 37 .66
Nick Blackburn Aug 5 BOS 5.0 23 L 4 4 9 4 0 1 90 64 26 .71
Scott Diamond Aug 6 CLE 7.0 27 W 2 3 7 3 1 1 100 58 42 .58
Sam Deduno Aug 7 CLE 4.0 22 4 4 5 3 5 1 87 51 36 .59
Brian Duensing Aug 8 CLE 7.0 33 L 4 6 11 3 1 0 104 71 33 .68
Cole De Vries Aug 10 @TAM 1.1 12 L 7 8 7 1 0 1 40 26 14 .65
Nick Blackburn Aug 11 @TAM 6.0 27 L 4 4 11 2 1 3 91 61 30 .67
Scott Diamond Aug 12 @TAM 7.0 27 3 3 8 6 2 2 95 64 31 .67
Sam Deduno Aug 13 @DET 7.0 30 W 3 3 5 6 5 0 103 58 45 .56
Brian Duensing Aug 14 @DET 6.0 28 L 5 5 8 4 2 1 91 60 31 .66
Cole De Vries Aug 15 @DET 4.0 22 L 4 4 8 3 2 2 84 50 34 .60
Nick Blackburn Aug 17 SEA 5.1 28 L 5 5 11 1 1 2 85 55 30 .65
Scott Diamond Aug 18 SEA 6.2 28 2 2 9 2 0 1 100 64 36 .64
Sam Deduno Aug 19 SEA 6.0 27 L 2 2 5 2 6 0 100 57 43 .57
Brian Duensing Aug 20 OAK 6.0 25 W 1 2 5 7 1 0 102 66 36 .65
Cole De Vries Aug 21 OAK 5.2 26 L 2 2 6 3 3 0 112 68 44 .61
Liam Hendriks Aug 22 OAK 5.0 23 L 4 4 6 2 3 0 97 58 39 .60
Scott Diamond Aug 23 TEX 2.1 11 2 2 3 1 2 0 53 30 23 .57
Sam Deduno Aug 24 TEX 5.0 26 L 7 7 11 0 1 1 85 52 33 .61
Brian Duensing Aug 25 TEX 2.1 17 L 9 9 10 3 1 2 74 44 30 .59
Cole De Vries Aug 26 TEX 5.0 19 W 1 2 3 5 0 0 98 66 32 .67
Liam Hendriks Aug 27 @SEA 9.0 31 L 1 1 3 6 3 1 103 65 38 .63
Scott Diamond Aug 28 @SEA 7.0 30 L 5 5 7 2 1 1 96 73 23 .76
Sam Deduno Aug 29 @SEA 7.0 23 W 0 0 2 9 0 0 98 68 30 .69
Brian Duensing Aug 30 @SEA 5.1 21 L 3 4 4 3 2 0 70 42 28 .60
Cole De Vries Sep 1 KCR 6.2 27 W 1 1 7 3 0 0 94 58 36 .62
Liam Hendriks Sep 1 (2) KCR 3.2 22 3 5 10 5 0 0 79 54 25 .68
Esmerling Vasquez Sep 2 KCR 5.2 26 L 5 5 7 2 3 0 79 52 27 .66
Sam Deduno Sep 3 CWS 6.0 27 L 2 2 6 3 3 1 93 54 39 .58
Scott Diamond Sep 4 CWS 5.0 24 W 4 4 7 4 2 0 90 58 32 .64
P.J. Walters Sep 5 CWS 5.0 23 L 6 6 5 4 3 2 99 59 40 .60
Liam Hendriks Sep 7 @CLE 5.0 25 4 4 8 2 3 1 108 65 43 .60
Cole De Vries Sep 8 @CLE 6.0 21 W 0 0 3 2 1 0 84 47 37 .56
Esmerling Vasquez Sep 9 @CLE 3.0 17 4 4 3 2 5 1 68 32 36 .47
Sam Deduno Sep 10 @CLE 7.0 27 W 2 2 3 6 3 1 108 72 36 .67
Scott Diamond Sep 11 @KCR 6.0 30 L 4 4 10 2 3 0 98 63 35 .64
P.J. Walters Sep 12 @KCR 4.0 22 L 6 6 7 3 2 1 72 45 27 .63
Liam Hendriks Sep 13 @KCR 5.0 23 3 3 7 3 2 0 98 64 34 .65
Esmerling Vasquez Sep 14 @CWS 5.2 25 L 3 3 3 4 4 0 113 70 43 .62
Sam Deduno Sep 15 @CWS 4.0 19 L 4 4 3 6 5 1 86 40 46 .47
Scott Diamond Sep 16 @CWS 5.1 24 L 6 6 7 2 1 2 94 61 33 .65
P.J. Walters Sep 18 CLE 5.0 24 2 4 8 3 1 1 89 52 37 .58
Liam Hendriks Sep 19 CLE 6.0 23 W 2 2 2 2 2 1 97 59 38 .61
Esmerling Vasquez Sep 20 CLE 5.2 23 3 3 6 0 3 0 91 54 37 .59
Sam Deduno Sep 22 DET 2.1 17 L 7 7 7 1 3 2 53 32 21 .60
Scott Diamond Sep 23 DET 7.0 27 W 2 2 4 5 3 0 104 61 43 .59
P.J. Walters Sep 23 (2) DET 6.0 23 1 1 5 4 1 0 90 54 36 .60
Liam Hendriks Sep 24 @NYY 6.1 27 L 6 6 8 4 1 4 92 65 27 .71
Esmerling Vasquez Sep 25 @NYY 6.0 24 2 2 7 5 1 1 102 63 39 .62
Sam Deduno Sep 26 @NYY 1.2 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 30 15 15 .50
Scott Diamond Sep 28 @DET 7.1 29 1 2 6 1 0 1 86 58 28 .67
P.J. Walters Sep 29 @DET 5.0 21 L 2 2 4 5 1 1 92 60 32 .65
Liam Hendriks Sep 30 @DET 7.0 27 0 0 5 3 2 0 99 68 31 .69
Esmerling Vasquez Oct 1 TOR 5.2 26 3 3 6 1 3 0 94 56 38 .60
Anthony Swarzak Oct 2 TOR 5.0 20 L 4 4 5 2 3 1 69 40 29 .58
Scott Diamond Oct 3 TOR 5.0 19 L 2 2 5 3 1 0 80 50 30 .63