The Minnesota Twins went 66-96 in 2012, a .407 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 701 runs and allowed 832, a run differential of -131. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.71 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Scott Diamond the rotation at a 3.54 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 22 games back. They were as far as 22 games back on October 3. Their best month was June at 14-13, their worst March/April at 6-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 30 to July 3 and a 6-game losing streak from April 21 to April 27. They were 31-50 at home and 35-46 on the road, 26-28 in one-run games and 33-63 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-7 against the Orioles on July 16; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Brewers on May 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
6
16
.273
87
124
-37
May
12
16
.429
109
146
-37
June
14
13
.519
119
132
-13
July
12
14
.462
138
135
+3
August
9
19
.321
117
138
-21
Sept/Oct
13
18
.419
131
157
-26
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
31-50
.383
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
26-28
.481
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
35-37
.486
Against .500+ clubs
33-63
.344
Decided by 5+ runs
16-29
.356
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2012. 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
34,276
33,698
27,526
39,512
Night
50
33,455
32,909
27,526
39,512
Day
31
35,601
35,854
30,219
39,414
Weekend
39
35,579
36,853
30,111
39,512
Weekday
42
33,066
32,580
27,526
39,414
On the road
80
28,306
26,887
10,274
47,240
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
33,430
May
15
34,534
Jun
15
36,163
Jul
13
35,819
Aug
11
34,581
Sep
16
31,384
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:55
149 games
All games
2:59
Extra innings
3:42
13 of them
Longest
4:50
2012-06-17, 15 inn
Shortest
2:10
2012-08-27
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
2:59
2:59
2:10
4:50
Regulation
149
2:55
2:56
2:10
3:44
Extra innings
13
3:42
3:37
3:07
4:50
Home
81
2:59
2:57
2:10
4:50
Road
81
2:59
3:01
2:10
4:32
Day
57
2:58
2:55
2:14
4:50
Night
105
3:00
3:00
2:10
4:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:05
May
15
2:56
Jun
15
3:04
Jul
13
2:59
Aug
11
2:55
Sep
16
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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 66-96, a .407 win rate, while their -131 run differential implies .422. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
