American League Central · 2015
Minnesota Twins 2015
- Team WAR
- 22.0 11.5 bat / 10.5 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 3.3 WAR, and Kyle Gibson the rotation at a 3.84 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 157 | 704 | 148 | 28 | 77 | 12 | .236 | .307 | .444 | .327 | 107 | 3.3 |
| Miguel Sanó | DH | 80 | 335 | 75 | 18 | 52 | 1 | .269 | .385 | .530 | .398 | 158 | 2.5 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 152 | 632 | 140 | 22 | 86 | 2 | .244 | .307 | .435 | .325 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 123 | 446 | 107 | 12 | 58 | 2 | .262 | .309 | .445 | .326 | 107 | 1.7 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 96 | 390 | 90 | 11 | 33 | 13 | .256 | .323 | .398 | .318 | 101 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 157 | 666 | 157 | 10 | 66 | 2 | .265 | .338 | .380 | .314 | 98 | 0.5 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .370 | .318 | .324 | 105 | 0.2 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 128 | 479 | 104 | 5 | 50 | 0 | .240 | .296 | .314 | .271 | 68 | 0.2 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 139 | 567 | 125 | 22 | 81 | 2 | .240 | .293 | .409 | .307 | 93 | 0.2 |
| Mike Pelfrey | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | .587 | 291 | 0.1 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .339 | 116 | 0.1 |
| Doug Bernier | 3B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .331 | 110 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Phil Hughes | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Brian Duensing | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | LF | 19 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .276 | .338 | .379 | .295 | 85 | -0.0 |
| Ricky Nolasco | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Trevor May | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .126 | -34 | -0.1 |
| Shane Robinson | LF | 71 | 197 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 6 | .250 | .299 | .322 | .278 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 37 | 138 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .209 | .250 | .326 | .255 | 57 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| Danny Santana | SS | 83 | 277 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 8 | .215 | .241 | .291 | .233 | 41 | -0.9 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Gibson | 32 | 32 | 194.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 145 | 3.84 | 3.96 | 1.29 | 6.7 | 2.3 |
| Trevor May | 48 | 16 | 114.2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 4.00 | 3.25 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 30 | 30 | 164.2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 4.26 | 4.00 | 1.48 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
| Tyler Duffey | 10 | 10 | 58.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.10 | 3.24 | 1.31 | 8.2 | 1.2 |
| Ervin Santana | 17 | 17 | 108.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 4.00 | 4.17 | 1.30 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
| Tommy Milone | 24 | 23 | 128.2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 3.92 | 4.30 | 1.27 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Casey Fien | 62 | 0 | 63.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 3.55 | 3.45 | 1.09 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| 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 |
| Phil Hughes | 27 | 25 | 155.1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 94 | 4.40 | 4.70 | 1.29 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Blaine Boyer | 68 | 0 | 65.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 2.49 | 4.00 | 1.25 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Thompson | 41 | 0 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.01 | 3.91 | 1.33 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.40 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 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 | -0.3 |
| Tim Stauffer | 18 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.97 | 7.00 | 1.98 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 27,408 81 home dates
- Median
- 27,244
- Total
- 2,220,054
- Best
- 40,660 2015-07-25
- Quietest
- 17,449 2015-04-16
- On the road
- 29,307 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.