The Minnesota Twins went 59-103 in 2016, a .364 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 722 runs and allowed 889, a run differential of -167. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.97 staff ERA was the worst. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Brian Dozier led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Ervin Santana the rotation at a 3.38 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 35.5 games back. They were as far as 35.5 games back on September 23. Their best month was July at 15-11, their worst March/April at 7-17. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from April 15 to April 18 and a 13-game losing streak from August 18 to August 31. They were 30-51 at home and 29-52 on the road, 15-29 in one-run games and 35-75 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-5 against the Rangers on July 2; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Astros on May 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
17
.292
80
110
-30
May
8
19
.296
111
159
-48
June
10
17
.370
126
160
-34
July
15
11
.577
144
111
+33
August
9
20
.310
142
192
-50
Sept/Oct
10
19
.345
119
157
-38
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
30-51
.370
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
15-29
.341
Extra innings
6-10
.375
Within the division
24-52
.316
Against .500+ clubs
35-75
.318
Decided by 5+ runs
14-33
.298
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2016. 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
24,246
23,751
16,938
40,638
Night
49
22,863
22,683
16,938
30,147
Day
32
26,363
26,262
17,597
40,638
Weekend
39
25,788
25,530
20,173
33,421
Weekday
42
22,813
22,228
16,938
40,638
On the road
81
27,357
28,049
11,142
47,485
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
23,293
May
10
25,880
Jun
17
24,605
Jul
15
25,610
Aug
10
25,575
Sep
16
21,507
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 161 completed games, 2016.
Regulation
3:00
145 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
3:48
16 of them
Longest
4:46
2016-09-04, 12 inn
Shortest
2:06
2016-09-24
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
161
3:05
3:04
2:06
5:56
Regulation
145
3:00
3:02
2:06
4:11
Extra innings
16
3:48
3:40
3:04
5:56
Home
80
3:05
3:04
2:06
4:46
Road
81
3:05
3:03
2:15
5:56
Day
58
3:06
3:03
2:19
5:56
Night
103
3:05
3:04
2:06
4:15
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:13
May
10
2:58
Jun
17
3:09
Jul
15
3:03
Aug
10
2:50
Sep
16
3:12
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 59-103, a .364 win rate, while their -167 run differential implies .406. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
