The Minnesota Twins went 70-92 in 2014, a .432 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 715 runs and allowed 777, a run differential of -62. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.59 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Brian Dozier led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Phil Hughes the rotation at a 3.52 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 20 games back. They were as far as 21 games back on September 15. Their best month was March/April at 12-12, their worst August at 11-18. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from June 19 to June 22 and a 5-game losing streak from June 14 to June 18. They were 35-46 at home and 35-46 on the road, 21-24 in one-run games and 44-64 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-6 against the Tigers on August 22; the heaviest defeat, 14-4 against the Angels on September 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
131
128
+3
May
13
16
.448
92
119
-27
June
12
16
.429
113
123
-10
July
11
15
.423
99
110
-11
August
11
18
.379
159
163
-4
Sept/Oct
11
15
.423
121
134
-13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
21-24
.467
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
44-64
.407
Decided by 5+ runs
21-26
.447
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2014. 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
27,785
28,033
19,700
36,952
Night
48
27,395
27,417
19,700
36,117
Day
33
28,353
28,122
20,507
36,952
Weekend
39
28,811
28,400
20,878
36,952
Weekday
42
26,832
26,415
19,700
35,837
On the road
79
26,943
27,446
9,037
45,080
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
24,328
May
15
26,680
Jun
10
30,995
Jul
16
31,006
Aug
13
29,313
Sep
15
24,758
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:03
149 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
3:50
13 of them
Longest
5:11
2014-05-01, 12 inn
Shortest
2:26
2014-05-17
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
3:07
3:04
2:26
5:11
Regulation
149
3:03
3:02
2:26
4:10
Extra innings
13
3:50
3:41
2:31
5:11
Home
81
3:10
3:08
2:26
5:11
Road
81
3:03
2:59
2:27
4:48
Day
68
3:07
3:02
2:27
4:19
Night
94
3:07
3:05
2:26
5:11
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:12
May
15
3:08
Jun
10
3:10
Jul
16
3:02
Aug
13
3:15
Sep
15
3:16
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 70-92, a .432 win rate, while their -62 run differential implies .462. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
