The Minnesota Twins went 63-99 in 2011, a .389 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 619 runs and allowed 804, a run differential of -185. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.60 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Michael Cuddyer led the position players at 2.8 WAR, and Scott Baker the rotation at a 3.14 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 32 games back. They were as far as 32 games back on September 26. Their best month was June at 17-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 6-20. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from June 11 to June 21 and an 11-game losing streak from September 9 to September 21. They were 33-48 at home and 30-51 on the road, 27-32 in one-run games and 25-56 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 at the Athletics on May 19; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 against the Dodgers on June 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
17
.346
82
139
-57
May
8
19
.296
105
139
-34
June
17
9
.654
100
91
+9
July
16
13
.552
139
148
-9
August
7
21
.250
97
154
-57
Sept/Oct
6
20
.231
96
133
-37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
33-48
.407
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
27-32
.458
Extra innings
6-4
.600
Within the division
30-42
.417
Against .500+ clubs
25-56
.309
Decided by 5+ runs
15-30
.333
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2011. 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
39,112
39,281
34,228
41,378
Night
48
38,906
38,958
34,228
41,378
Day
33
39,413
39,459
36,286
41,242
Weekend
38
39,890
39,901
37,012
41,378
Weekday
43
38,425
38,761
34,228
41,126
On the road
81
28,950
30,198
10,042
47,984
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
38,381
May
11
38,967
Jun
12
39,439
Jul
18
39,917
Aug
17
39,966
Sep
13
37,267
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:48
152 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:12
10 of them
Longest
3:52
2011-05-11, 9 inn
Shortest
2:06
2011-06-15
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
2:50
2:49
2:04
3:55
Regulation
152
2:48
2:47
2:04
3:52
Extra innings
10
3:12
3:13
2:38
3:55
Home
81
2:51
2:49
2:06
3:52
Road
81
2:48
2:49
2:04
3:55
Day
60
2:48
2:48
2:09
3:52
Night
102
2:50
2:49
2:04
3:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:52
May
11
3:04
Jun
12
2:41
Jul
18
2:52
Aug
17
2:52
Sep
13
2:44
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 63-99, a .389 win rate, while their -185 run differential implies .383. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
