The Minnesota Twins went 96-66 in 2006, a .593 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 801 runs and allowed 683, a run differential of +118. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.98 staff ERA was the third best. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Johan Santana the rotation at a 2.77 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 1 game clear. They spent 4 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on October 1 and were as far as 12.5 games back on May 25. Their best month was June at 19-7, their worst March/April at 9-15. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from June 22 to July 3 and a 5-game losing streak from May 14 to May 18. They were 54-27 at home and 42-39 on the road, 20-11 in one-run games and 41-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 against the Rangers on July 31; the heaviest defeat, 18-1 at the Tigers on April 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
15
.375
97
148
-51
May
15
13
.536
149
129
+20
June
19
7
.731
137
80
+57
July
18
8
.692
148
107
+41
August
16
12
.571
126
113
+13
Sept/Oct
19
11
.633
144
106
+38
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
54-27
.667
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
20-11
.645
Extra innings
10-4
.714
Within the division
41-35
.539
Against .500+ clubs
41-38
.519
Decided by 5+ runs
34-23
.596
Last 10
6-4
.600
2006 postseason
In October the Minnesota Twins lost the ALDS to the Athletics 3-0.
ALDS vs Athletics0-3 L
Game 1, October 3 L 2-3 vs Athletics
Game 2, October 4 L 2-5 vs Athletics
Game 3, October 6 L 3-8 at Athletics
American League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
28,210
25,969
11,796
48,911
Night
58
27,882
25,918
11,796
48,911
Day
23
29,037
26,492
12,990
46,219
Weekend
39
33,507
33,021
20,548
46,219
Weekday
42
23,292
22,566
11,796
48,911
On the road
81
27,997
25,889
8,256
55,155
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
25,654
May
16
21,504
Jun
13
28,584
Jul
14
30,228
Aug
15
33,008
Sep
13
28,845
Oct
1
45,182
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:43
147 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:21
14 of them
Longest
4:07
2006-06-09, 12 inn
Shortest
2:09
2006-04-13
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:46
2:43
1:57
4:07
Regulation
147
2:43
2:40
1:57
3:57
Extra innings
14
3:21
3:22
2:42
4:07
Home
81
2:44
2:38
2:09
4:07
Road
80
2:49
2:48
1:57
3:57
Day
46
2:44
2:46
2:01
3:30
Night
115
2:47
2:42
1:57
4:07
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:48
May
16
2:41
Jun
13
2:51
Jul
14
2:44
Aug
15
2:36
Sep
13
2:43
Oct
1
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Minnesota Twins are 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +118 run differential implies .572. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
