the 1960 American League Most Valuable Player Award. In October, Battey was named to the United Press International's American League All-Star team. Prior to the 1961 season, the Senators relocated to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area and were renamed the Minnesota Twins. Battey teamed with future Baseball Hall of Fame member Harmon Killebrew, future MVP Zoilo Versalles, and All-Stars Bob Allison, Camilo Pascual, and Jim Kaat to form the nucleus of a pennant-winning team in Minnesota. Building on his breakout 1960 season, Battey ended 1961 with a .302 batting average, sixth best in the American League, and won his second Gold Glove Award. Battey was recognized as one of the top catchers in the major leagues when he was selected to be the starting catcher for the American League in the 1962 All-Star Games. He was the Twins catcher on August 26, 1962, when pitcher Jack Kralick threw a no-hitter. Battey appeared in a career-high 148 games and ended the season with a .280 batting average, highest among major league catchers. He also set a record for major league catchers by picking off 15 base runners as he won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award. The Twins, long an American League doormat while in Washington, finished a surprising second in the American League standings with 91 wins, 5 games behind the World Series winning New York Yankees. Battey had his finest season at the plate in 1963, hitting .285 while setting career highs in home runs (26), RBIs (84), and slugging percentage (.476). He was also voted to his second straight All-Star team (where he collected his only all-star hit, a third-inning single that scored Boston Red Sox third baseman Frank Malzone from second base to tie the game at 3-3), and finish seventh in the American League Most Valuable Player Award balloting (behind Killebrew and winner and fellow catcher Elston Howard). The Twins again finished with 91 wins but, this time it was good enough for only third place, 15½ games behind the World Series runner-up Yankees. Both Battey and the Twins took a step backward in 1964 with the team struggling to a 79 win, sixth-place finish in the American League while Battey hit .272 with 12 home runs and 51 RBIs in 131 games. Battey recovered in 1965 and was hitting near .300 at mid-season when he received the most All-Star votes by an American League player