American League Central · 2015
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 23.6 14.2 bat / 9.4 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .497
- Run diff
- -4 4.30 / 4.32 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 4.14 FIP 4.12
- Home runs
- 156
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 3.5 WAR, and Kyle Gibson the rotation at a 3.84 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,349 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 157 | 704 | 148 | 28 | 77 | 12 | .236 | .307 | .444 | .327 | 107 | 3.5 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 152 | 632 | 140 | 22 | 86 | 2 | .244 | .307 | .435 | .325 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Miguel Sanó | DH | 80 | 335 | 75 | 18 | 52 | 1 | .269 | .385 | .530 | .398 | 158 | 2.5 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 123 | 446 | 107 | 12 | 58 | 2 | .262 | .309 | .445 | .326 | 107 | 1.9 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 96 | 390 | 90 | 11 | 33 | 13 | .256 | .323 | .398 | .318 | 101 | 1.6 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 122 | 474 | 121 | 13 | 50 | 11 | .267 | .289 | .459 | .319 | 101 | 1.1 |
| Eduardo Núñez | SS | 66 | 204 | 53 | 4 | 20 | 8 | .282 | .327 | .431 | .332 | 111 | 0.9 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 128 | 479 | 104 | 5 | 50 | 0 | .240 | .296 | .314 | .271 | 68 | 0.9 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 157 | 666 | 157 | 10 | 66 | 2 | .265 | .338 | .380 | .314 | 98 | 0.6 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 139 | 567 | 125 | 22 | 81 | 2 | .240 | .293 | .409 | .307 | 93 | 0.5 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .370 | .318 | .324 | 105 | 0.2 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .339 | 116 | 0.1 |
| Mike Pelfrey | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | .587 | 291 | 0.1 |
| Doug Bernier | 3B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .331 | 110 | 0.0 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | LF | 19 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .276 | .338 | .379 | .295 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Brian Duensing | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Ricky Nolasco | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Phil Hughes | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Trevor May | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Shane Robinson | LF | 71 | 197 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 6 | .250 | .299 | .322 | .278 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .126 | -34 | -0.1 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 37 | 138 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .209 | .250 | .326 | .255 | 57 | -0.2 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 38 | 113 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .146 | .214 | .272 | .221 | 33 | -0.3 |
| Jordan Schafer | CF | 23 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .230 | 39 | -0.4 |
| Kennys Vargas | DH | 56 | 184 | 42 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .240 | .277 | .349 | .277 | 72 | -0.5 |
| Danny Santana | SS | 83 | 277 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 8 | .215 | .241 | .291 | .233 | 41 | -0.7 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Gibson | 32 | 32 | 194.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 145 | 3.84 | 3.96 | 1.29 | 6.7 | 2.1 |
| Trevor May | 48 | 16 | 114.2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 4.00 | 3.25 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 1.8 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 30 | 30 | 164.2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 4.26 | 4.00 | 1.48 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
| Tyler Duffey | 10 | 10 | 58.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.10 | 3.24 | 1.31 | 8.2 | 1.1 |
| Ervin Santana | 17 | 17 | 108.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 4.00 | 4.17 | 1.30 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Tommy Milone | 24 | 23 | 128.2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 3.92 | 4.30 | 1.27 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Casey Fien | 62 | 0 | 63.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 3.55 | 3.45 | 1.09 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 9 | 8 | 37.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6.75 | 3.51 | 1.71 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Pressly | 27 | 0 | 27.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2.93 | 2.84 | 1.41 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Glen Perkins | 60 | 0 | 57.0 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 54 | 3.32 | 3.82 | 1.19 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Blaine Boyer | 68 | 0 | 65.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 2.49 | 4.00 | 1.25 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| Phil Hughes | 27 | 25 | 155.1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 94 | 4.40 | 4.70 | 1.29 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.40 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Aaron Thompson | 41 | 0 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.01 | 3.91 | 1.33 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Shane Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 28 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6.14 | 4.77 | 1.41 | 9.8 | -0.1 |
| Michael Tonkin | 26 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.47 | 5.02 | 1.29 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| J.R. Graham | 39 | 1 | 63.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 4.95 | 4.69 | 1.48 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| A.J. Achter | 11 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.75 | 6.28 | 1.35 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Alex Meyer | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16.88 | 14.01 | 2.63 | 10.1 | -0.3 |
| Brian Duensing | 55 | 0 | 48.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.25 | 5.02 | 1.38 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| Tim Stauffer | 18 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.97 | 7.00 | 1.98 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
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.