The Minnesota Twins went 88-75 in 2008, a .540 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 829 runs and allowed 745, a run differential of +84. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.29 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Scott Baker the rotation at a 3.45 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 1 game back. They spent 47 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on May 5 and were as far as 6 games back on June 9. Their best month was June at 17-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-15. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from June 17 to June 27 and a 6-game losing streak from June 5 to June 10. They were 53-28 at home and 35-47 on the road, 26-26 in one-run games and 40-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 at the White Sox on May 7; the heaviest defeat, 19-3 at the Tigers on May 24.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
102
122
-20
May
15
13
.536
154
146
+8
June
17
11
.607
142
122
+20
July
15
10
.600
138
116
+22
August
17
12
.586
162
110
+52
Sept/Oct
11
15
.423
131
129
+2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
35-47
.427
One-run games
26-26
.500
Extra innings
8-10
.444
Within the division
43-30
.589
Against .500+ clubs
40-43
.482
Decided by 5+ runs
34-18
.654
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2008. 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
28,425
29,069
14,781
49,596
Night
54
27,898
26,008
14,781
49,596
Day
27
29,479
30,258
17,084
42,942
Weekend
39
31,327
30,674
21,262
42,942
Weekday
42
25,730
22,127
14,781
49,596
On the road
81
29,646
28,306
10,267
54,114
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
49,596
Apr
13
22,136
May
16
25,170
Jun
15
25,711
Jul
12
31,684
Aug
12
33,999
Sep
12
32,373
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 163 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:48
145 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:39
18 of them
Longest
4:35
2008-05-31, 12 inn
Shortest
1:59
2008-06-17
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
163
2:53
2:50
1:59
4:35
Regulation
145
2:48
2:46
1:59
3:59
Extra innings
18
3:39
3:41
2:42
4:35
Home
81
2:50
2:46
1:59
4:35
Road
82
2:56
2:53
2:06
4:25
Day
52
2:54
2:50
2:05
4:05
Night
111
2:53
2:50
1:59
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:40
Apr
13
2:39
May
16
3:09
Jun
15
2:38
Jul
12
2:44
Aug
12
2:52
Sep
12
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 88-75, a .540 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .549. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
