No matter what happens in the postseason, David Ortiz is capping his career with quite a slugging display.Bostons 40-year-old designated hitter finished the regular season with a .315 average and 38 home runs, and he tied for the American League lead with 127 RBI. His OPS of 1.021 was the fourth-best of his career.Ortizs powerful finale is noteworthy -- often, when a player is on the verge of retirement, its easy to see why. His bat speed (or his fastball) has slowed to the point where hes no longer capable of performing at the high level fans are accustomed to seeing.The best final season of any player in the modern era, as measured by Baseball-Reference.coms wins above replacement stat, belongs to Sandy Koufax, who was worth 10.3 WAR in 1966. He went 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA and 317 strikeouts, winning his third Cy Young Award.Thats an outlier, though, because Koufax retired in his prime. Ortiz is the rare case of an older player going out with this kind of production when it was not necessarily expected.Here are a few other terrific swan songs:- Ted Williams, 1960. Williams famously homered in the final plate appearance of his career, and he was productive in general that season, hitting .316 with 29 home runs and 72 RBI. Williams only played 113 games in 1960, but his OPS of 1.096 was pretty close to his career average.- Will Clark, 2000. Clark hit .319 with 21 homers in 2000, and he hit .345 in 51 games for St. Louis after being traded there from Baltimore. That was his fourth consecutive season hitting over .300, and the 36-year-old Clarks retirement announcement that November came as something of a surprise.- Barry Bonds, 2007. Bonds broke the career home run record in his final season, finishing with 762. On the year, he hit .276 with 28 home runs in 126 games -- and he led the majors with 132 walks.- Mike Mussina, 2008. Mussina was approaching age 40 when he won 20 games for the first time in his career in 2008. Hed won 19 twice and 18 three times. His 20-9 record in 08 was no fluke. He posted a 3.37 ERA and walked only 31 batters -- the fewest of his career over a full season.- Mariano Rivera, 2013. Riveras numbers during his farewell season looked pretty normal for the star closer: 6-2 with a 2.11 ERA and 44 saves.Ortizs numbers this year did dip a bit after the All-Star break, but hell be a formidable presence in Bostons lineup for the Division Series against Cleveland.Here are a few other developments from the regular seasons final week:TRIVIA QUESTIONWhich team has the most victories in the American League since 2012? (Answer below)SPOILERSThe Atlanta Braves finished last in the NL East, but they were a different team down the stretch, going 18-10 after the start of September. The Braves took two of three from Detroit in the final series to knock the Tigers out of postseason contention. It was a 10-strikeout performance Saturday by Atlanta right-hander Aaron Blair -- who finished the year with a 7.59 ERA -- that Detroit will look back on with exasperation.TRIVIA ANSWERThe Baltimore Orioles have the most wins in the AL since the start of 2012, and the Orioles and New York Yankees are the only teams in the league that have not had a sub-.500 season in that span. Baltimore is headed to the postseason for the third time in five years after missing out for the previous 14.LINE OF THE WEEKSan Diego rookie Hunter Renfroe made a nice early impression Tuesday when he drove in all of his teams runs in a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Renfroe, who was drafted in the first round by the Padres in 2013, hit a grand slam and a three-run homer. He also hit the first ever homer to the top of the Western Metal Supply Co. building at Petco Park the next night. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins will go for the series win on Sunday afternoon when it plays the final game of a four-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Target Field.Minnesota hammered Chicago on Saturday night, scoring 11 runs in three innings, including an eight-run third in an 11-3 victory. The Twins won 8-5 on Thursday in the opener and the White Sox responded with an 11-4 win on Friday night.Brian Dozier, Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Trevor Plouffe all homered for Minnesota in the victory on Saturday.We did take advantage of some mistakes, and we were able to pile up some pretty good offensive nights from a handful of guys, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. It was good to see Byron have another good night. Kepler had a good night. Dozier hits another homer. Plouffe had a homer. Sano took advantage of the 3-0 pitch. We put some runs up.Buxton also looks like hes starting to come around at the plate. He has six hits, including two homers in three games since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester before Thursday.His swing looks a little bit better in terms of quickness and reacting to pitches and recognizing pitches, Molitor said. Theres some good signs there. A handful of at-bats, you want to be careful getting too far ahead. (But) hes doing well.The eight-ruun third was assisted by six unearned runs scored after a two-out throwing error on White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier kept the inning alive.ddddddddddddIt kept going, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. When you have two outs and you just couldnt get (the final one). A rough night for us.Twins left-hander Andrew Albers will be making his second start with the Twins this season and is hoping for better luck this time around. He was blasted for four runs, six hits and three walks in two innings against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday at Progressive Field.Right-hander Anthony Ranaudo will get the start for Chicago, his fifth with the White Sox since being acquired in July in a trade with Texas Rangers.Ranaudo hasnt been effective in August, posting an 8.79 ERA in three starts. He allowed three runs, five hits and three walks in five innings in a no-decision against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. Chicago lost the game 8-4.After starting the season series against the Twins with six straight victories, the White Sox are 4-5 in their last nine meetings. A Minnesota win on Sunday would mark its second consecutive series win over a division rival. ' ' '