The Minnesota Twins went 94-68 in 2010, a .580 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 781 runs and allowed 671, a run differential of +110. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.02 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Francisco Liriano the rotation at a 3.62 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 6 games clear. They spent 141 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 12 games on September 21 and were as far as 4.5 games back on July 15. Their best month was March/April at 15-8, their worst June at 12-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 24 to August 1 and a 5-game losing streak from September 24 to September 28. They were 53-28 at home and 41-40 on the road, 31-23 in one-run games and 50-42 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-1 at the Royals on July 26; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the White Sox on August 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
8
.652
118
87
+31
May
16
12
.571
133
108
+25
June
12
15
.444
115
119
-4
July
15
11
.577
148
111
+37
August
18
10
.643
119
106
+13
Sept/Oct
18
12
.600
148
140
+8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
31-23
.574
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
47-25
.653
Against .500+ clubs
50-42
.543
Decided by 5+ runs
32-16
.667
Last 10
2-8
.200
2010 postseason
In October the Minnesota Twins lost the ALDS to the Yankees 3-0.
ALDS vs Yankees0-3 L
Game 1, October 6 L 4-6 vs Yankees
Game 2, October 7 L 2-5 vs Yankees
Game 3, October 9 L 1-6 at Yankees
American League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2010. 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
39,798
39,937
38,145
40,966
Night
49
39,847
39,873
38,489
40,853
Day
32
39,723
40,114
38,145
40,966
Weekend
39
39,956
40,235
38,532
40,966
Weekday
42
39,652
39,458
38,145
40,853
On the road
81
27,351
25,595
12,619
46,628
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
38,570
May
18
39,022
Jun
12
40,069
Jul
13
40,538
Aug
11
40,623
Sep
15
39,906
Oct
3
40,279
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 162 completed games, 2010.
Regulation
2:46
148 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:42
14 of them
Longest
4:47
2010-09-02, 13 inn
Shortest
1:52
2010-07-17
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
162
2:51
2:48
1:52
4:47
Regulation
148
2:46
2:46
1:52
3:54
Extra innings
14
3:42
3:46
2:47
4:47
Home
81
2:49
2:46
1:52
4:47
Road
81
2:53
2:51
1:57
4:19
Day
56
2:46
2:40
2:01
4:45
Night
106
2:54
2:51
1:52
4:47
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:50
May
18
2:46
Jun
12
2:43
Jul
13
3:02
Aug
11
2:46
Sep
15
2:53
Oct
3
2:28
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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 94-68, a .580 win rate, while their +110 run differential implies .569. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
