The Minnesota Twins went 66-96 in 2013, a .407 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 614 runs and allowed 788, a run differential of -174. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.55 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Mike Pelfrey the rotation at a 5.19 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 27 games back. They spent 4 of 183 days in first place and were as far as 27 games back on September 26. Their best month was June at 13-13, their worst Sept/Oct at 8-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 15 to April 23 and a 10-game losing streak from May 14 to May 24. They were 32-49 at home and 34-47 on the road, 24-25 in one-run games and 33-71 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 against the Mariners on June 2; the heaviest defeat, 18-3 against the Athletics on September 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
12
.478
92
99
-7
May
12
17
.414
130
149
-19
June
13
13
.500
107
109
-2
July
9
17
.346
89
115
-26
August
13
17
.433
99
137
-38
Sept/Oct
8
20
.286
97
179
-82
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
32-49
.395
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
24-25
.490
Extra innings
9-7
.563
Within the division
29-47
.382
Against .500+ clubs
33-71
.317
Decided by 5+ runs
12-30
.286
Last 10
1-9
.100
American League Central standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2013. 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
30,588
30,387
21,826
39,317
Night
52
29,502
29,300
21,826
38,626
Day
29
32,535
33,417
22,963
39,317
Weekend
38
32,167
31,987
23,735
39,317
Weekday
43
29,193
28,910
21,826
38,457
On the road
81
27,023
26,393
10,069
46,653
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
27,731
May
12
32,237
Jun
15
32,268
Jul
9
34,211
Aug
15
31,969
Sep
17
26,991
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, 2013.
Regulation
3:01
146 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
3:57
16 of them
Longest
4:28
2013-08-02, 13 inn
Shortest
2:21
2013-08-12
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
3:07
3:00
2:21
4:47
Regulation
146
3:01
2:59
2:21
3:53
Extra innings
16
3:57
3:48
3:18
4:47
Home
81
3:03
2:57
2:21
4:28
Road
81
3:10
3:02
2:26
4:47
Day
64
3:02
2:59
2:26
4:20
Night
98
3:10
3:02
2:21
4:47
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:03
May
12
3:06
Jun
15
2:51
Jul
9
3:05
Aug
15
3:06
Sep
17
3:09
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 -174 run differential implies .388. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
