Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins All-Time Record

AL Central rivalry
Cleveland Guardians
Minnesota Twins
Guardians lead Twins1,216to1,059·9 tiessince 1901

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Twins lead 7-6

By

Data updated 6 min read

At a glance

All-time since 1901 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins insights

Current-feed record
+12wins for Guardians
51% Guardians · 49% Twins

Guardians have pulled further ahead since 2023: 32-20.

Recent form
11-9last 20

Guardians won 9-2 on Sep 13, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Guardians built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 192 of 384 decided meetings (50%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 32-20, or 62% to Guardians.

Guardians vs Twins complete all-time series record

Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins have met 2,284 times since 1901, never in the postseason. 1,848 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1901 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
1,848
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
436
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
224W
212W
CLE
MIN
51%49%
Cleveland GuardiansMinnesota Twins

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 13
MIN 2-9 CLE
CLE
Sep 12
MIN 4-3 CLE
MIN
Sep 11
MIN 2-5 CLE
CLE
Jul 23
CLE 1-3 MIN
MIN
Jul 22
CLE 6-10 MIN
MIN
Jul 21
CLE 5-2 MIN
CLE
Jul 20
CLE 13-4 MIN
CLE
Jul 9
MIN 2-5 CLE
CLE
Jul 8
MIN 6-5 CLE
MIN
Jul 7
MIN 3-1 CLE
MIN
Last Meeting
Sep 13, 2026Final
MIN
2
HOME
CLE
9
AWAY
Guardianswon by7runs
Snapped Twins' streak·Game 436 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CLE-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200251.4%
MIN-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200248.6%
Last 10 Results
CLE / MIN

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season436 games
224
212
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
17–4+13 runs
Aug 8, 2015
Minnesota Twins Biggest Win
23–2+21 runs
Jun 4, 2002
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CLE ↕MIN ↕Games ↕
20266713
20259413
202410313
20237613
202213619
202181119
20203710
201910919
201810919
201712719
201610919
201571219
201411819
201313619
201261218
201111718
201061218
200981018
200881018
200714418
200681119
200510919
200471219
200391019
200281119

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
119-101CLE HOME111-105MIN HOME
AWAY
105-111
CLE
AWAY
101-119
MIN
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins all-time record, 1901 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,271
Peak inning
1
Record game
30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 436 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,271 Retrosheet games from 1901 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.

Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
28%

Share of the 436 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
8.6runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
52.8%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5245191
56.2%
8.5Closest to even207229
47.5%
9.5159277
36.5%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Cleveland Guardians
224 W · 51.4%1.95
Minnesota Twins
212 W · 48.6%2.06

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
35%vs 28% full archive
+7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 72% full archive
-7% in the last 20
Average total
8.3 runsvs 8.6 runs full archive
-0.3 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Guardians and Twins in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins

How is the Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,284 recorded meetings. 2,275 meetings have a winner; 9 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

How do recent Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Cleveland Guardians lead the decided record 1216-1059. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1901 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 22, 1901, when Cleveland Guardians beat Minnesota Twins 6-5 at home. The archive covers 2,271 meetings from 1901 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

About Erik Andersson

Erik Andersson is SharkBetting's Content & Marketing Specialist. His published work focuses on betting methodology, market analysis, regulation and consumer education.

The source windows, derivations and update process for this data page are documented in the methodology above.

View full profile →

Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins have met 436 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.