The Minnesota Twins went 87-76 in 2009, a .534 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 817 runs and allowed 765, a run differential of +52. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.55 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 7.8 WAR, and Scott Baker the rotation at a 4.37 ERA.
The 2009 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 8 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on October 6 and were as far as 7 games back on September 6. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 21-11, their worst May at 14-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 13 to September 19 and a 6-game losing streak from May 15 to May 20. They were 49-33 at home and 38-43 on the road, 24-20 in one-run games and 36-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-1 at the White Sox on May 21; the heaviest defeat, 16-1 at the Athletics on July 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
93
116
-23
May
14
16
.467
168
138
+30
June
15
12
.556
112
93
+19
July
12
12
.500
128
140
-12
August
14
14
.500
148
151
-3
Sept/Oct
21
11
.656
168
127
+41
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-33
.598
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
24-20
.545
Extra innings
7-7
.500
Within the division
46-27
.630
Against .500+ clubs
36-38
.486
Decided by 5+ runs
24-21
.533
Last 10
7-3
.700
2009 postseason
In October the Minnesota Twins lost the ALDS to the Yankees 3-0.
ALDS vs Yankees0-3 L
Game 1, October 7 L 2-7 at Yankees
Game 2, October 9 L 3-4 at Yankees
Game 3, October 11 L 1-4 vs Yankees
American League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2009. 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
82
29,466
29,309
15,169
54,088
Night
54
28,150
28,789
15,169
48,514
Day
28
32,005
30,465
16,921
54,088
Weekend
39
32,981
32,218
21,084
51,155
Weekday
43
26,278
23,958
15,169
54,088
On the road
81
27,801
26,579
10,127
45,455
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
23,322
May
16
28,320
Jun
9
29,936
Jul
13
34,344
Aug
15
29,788
Sep
11
25,435
Oct
4
48,528
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, 2009.
Regulation
2:53
147 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:42
14 of them
Longest
5:07
2009-07-03, 16 inn
Shortest
2:06
2009-06-18
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
2:57
2:54
2:06
5:07
Regulation
147
2:53
2:52
2:06
3:37
Extra innings
14
3:42
3:34
2:46
5:07
Home
82
2:58
2:53
2:06
5:07
Road
79
2:57
2:55
2:15
3:50
Day
59
2:55
2:56
2:06
4:37
Night
102
2:59
2:53
2:15
5:07
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:45
May
16
3:07
Jun
9
2:42
Jul
13
3:03
Aug
15
2:59
Sep
11
2:56
Oct
4
3:24
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 87-76, a .534 win rate, while their +52 run differential implies .530. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
