The Minnesota Twins went 83-79 in 2015, a .512 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 696 runs and allowed 700, a run differential of -4. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.14 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Brian Dozier led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Kyle Gibson the rotation at a 3.84 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 12 games back. They spent 9 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on June 4 and were as far as 14.5 games back on August 19. Their best month was May at 20-7, their worst June at 11-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 20 to August 26 and a 5-game losing streak from June 8 to June 13. They were 46-35 at home and 37-44 on the road, 21-20 in one-run games and 42-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Athletics on May 6; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Athletics on July 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
12
.455
86
100
-14
May
20
7
.741
139
104
+35
June
11
17
.393
103
121
-18
July
12
13
.480
106
109
-3
August
14
14
.500
130
137
-7
Sept/Oct
16
16
.500
132
129
+3
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
21-20
.512
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
42-46
.477
Decided by 5+ runs
22-24
.478
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2015. 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
27,408
27,244
17,449
40,660
Night
47
26,090
24,509
17,831
40,660
Day
34
29,230
29,381
17,449
40,273
Weekend
39
29,973
30,181
17,923
40,660
Weekday
42
25,027
23,241
17,449
40,123
On the road
80
29,307
30,572
9,205
45,766
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
21,852
May
16
25,237
Jun
14
31,445
Jul
14
31,271
Aug
11
30,552
Sep
13
22,910
Oct
3
28,608
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, 2015.
Regulation
2:54
148 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:38
14 of them
Longest
4:17
2015-09-16, 12 inn
Shortest
2:15
2015-05-29
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
2:57
2:56
2:03
4:24
Regulation
148
2:54
2:54
2:03
3:56
Extra innings
14
3:38
3:39
2:49
4:24
Home
81
2:58
2:56
2:15
4:17
Road
81
2:57
2:54
2:03
4:24
Day
64
2:57
2:57
2:12
4:24
Night
98
2:58
2:55
2:03
4:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:56
May
16
2:51
Jun
14
2:50
Jul
14
3:02
Aug
11
2:55
Sep
13
3:16
Oct
3
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their -4 run differential implies .497. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
