The Minnesota Twins went 79-83 in 2007, a .488 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 718 runs and allowed 725, a run differential of -7. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Torii Hunter led the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Johan Santana the rotation at a 3.33 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 17 games back. They spent 18 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 21 and were as far as 17 games back on September 26. Their best month was March/April at 14-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 27 to June 1 and a 6-game losing streak from September 2 to September 8. They were 41-40 at home and 38-43 on the road, 22-22 in one-run games and 36-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 against the Tigers on May 13; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 at the Angels on June 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
11
.560
115
104
+11
May
13
14
.481
136
127
+9
June
15
12
.556
136
122
+14
July
13
14
.481
111
122
-11
August
13
16
.448
115
117
-2
Sept/Oct
11
16
.407
105
133
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
22-22
.500
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
28-44
.389
Against .500+ clubs
36-54
.400
Decided by 5+ runs
23-25
.479
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2007. 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
28,350
27,807
13,977
48,711
Night
55
28,398
27,539
14,197
48,711
Day
26
28,248
29,212
13,977
38,334
Weekend
40
30,988
31,541
15,736
41,037
Weekday
41
25,776
24,880
13,977
48,711
On the road
81
30,879
31,813
8,773
53,862
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
26,022
May
15
28,362
Jun
13
29,720
Jul
12
32,442
Aug
13
31,531
Sep
14
22,932
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:45
149 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:31
12 of them
Longest
3:54
2007-05-26, 13 inn
Shortest
2:10
2007-06-13
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
2:48
2:45
1:49
4:29
Regulation
149
2:45
2:43
1:49
3:42
Extra innings
12
3:31
3:33
2:44
4:29
Home
81
2:48
2:44
2:10
3:54
Road
80
2:48
2:46
1:49
4:29
Day
55
2:50
2:47
2:07
3:42
Night
106
2:47
2:43
1:49
4:29
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:50
May
15
2:52
Jun
13
2:48
Jul
12
2:44
Aug
13
2:39
Sep
14
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 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 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their -7 run differential implies .496. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
