American League Central · 2016
Minnesota Twins 2016
- Team WAR
- 27.9 18.5 bat / 9.4 pitch
- Win %
- .364 pyth .406
- Run diff
- -167 4.46 / 5.49 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.97 FIP 4.47
- Home runs
- 208
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 155 | 691 | 165 | 42 | 99 | 18 | .268 | .340 | .546 | .375 | 135 | 5.8 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 3B | 140 | 595 | 159 | 16 | 67 | 40 | .288 | .325 | .432 | .327 | 102 | 3.0 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 97 | 389 | 93 | 11 | 37 | 2 | .280 | .386 | .443 | .367 | 129 | 2.1 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 116 | 495 | 103 | 25 | 66 | 1 | .236 | .319 | .462 | .339 | 110 | 1.7 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 69 | 270 | 69 | 4 | 27 | 4 | .282 | .332 | .424 | .329 | 104 | 1.4 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 133 | 576 | 129 | 11 | 49 | 2 | .261 | .363 | .389 | .330 | 104 | 1.2 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 89 | 331 | 67 | 10 | 38 | 10 | .225 | .284 | .430 | .308 | 90 | 1.1 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 108 | 447 | 93 | 17 | 63 | 6 | .235 | .309 | .424 | .317 | 96 | 1.0 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 105 | 373 | 89 | 8 | 49 | 0 | .258 | .301 | .403 | .306 | 88 | 0.9 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 45 | 177 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .230 | .333 | .500 | .358 | 123 | 0.7 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 55 | 192 | 46 | 3 | 25 | 0 | .261 | .312 | .392 | .309 | 90 | 0.6 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 90 | 354 | 90 | 10 | 32 | 5 | .269 | .295 | .421 | .307 | 89 | 0.5 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 83 | 344 | 83 | 12 | 47 | 1 | .260 | .303 | .420 | .314 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .877 | 470 | 0.1 |
| José Berríos | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .877 | 470 | 0.1 |
| Logan Schafer | LF | 24 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .342 | .317 | .303 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Ricky Nolasco | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .279 | 70 | 0.1 |
| Fernando Abad | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Phil Hughes | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Duffey | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Michael Tonkin | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .087 | -58 | -0.0 |
| Ervin Santana | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| James Beresford | 1B | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .273 | .238 | 43 | -0.1 |
| Darin Mastroianni | RF | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .127 | -31 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 103 | 377 | 83 | 6 | 37 | 1 | .236 | .280 | .338 | .272 | 65 | -0.2 |
| ByungHo Park | DH | 62 | 244 | 41 | 12 | 24 | 1 | .191 | .275 | .409 | .298 | 83 | -0.2 |
| Danny Santana | CF | 68 | 248 | 56 | 2 | 14 | 12 | .240 | .279 | .326 | .267 | 62 | -0.3 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF | 69 | 222 | 41 | 8 | 23 | 1 | .203 | .270 | .366 | .281 | 71 | -0.4 |
| John Ryan Murphy | C | 25 | 90 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .146 | .193 | .220 | .186 | 8 | -0.7 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ervin Santana | 30 | 30 | 181.1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 149 | 3.38 | 3.81 | 1.22 | 7.4 | 3.0 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 32 | 32 | 197.2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 144 | 4.42 | 4.14 | 1.24 | 6.6 | 2.5 |
| Kyle Gibson | 25 | 25 | 147.1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 104 | 5.07 | 4.70 | 1.56 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Pressly | 72 | 0 | 75.1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 67 | 3.70 | 3.74 | 1.35 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Taylor Rogers | 57 | 0 | 61.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 3.96 | 3.57 | 1.29 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| Buddy Boshers | 37 | 0 | 36.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4.25 | 2.84 | 1.17 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| Tyler Duffey | 26 | 26 | 133.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 6.43 | 4.73 | 1.50 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 54 | 0 | 54.1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 3.15 | 3.61 | 1.23 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Trevor May | 44 | 0 | 42.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 5.27 | 3.80 | 1.31 | 12.7 | 0.5 |
| Fernando Abad | 57 | 0 | 46.2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 3.66 | 3.98 | 1.33 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| JT Chargois | 25 | 0 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.70 | 3.36 | 1.61 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Michael Tonkin | 65 | 0 | 71.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 5.02 | 4.40 | 1.45 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 26 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3.96 | 4.11 | 1.12 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Phil Hughes | 12 | 11 | 59.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 5.95 | 5.08 | 1.51 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| Glen Perkins | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 1.65 | 3.00 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| J.R. Graham | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 2.55 | 2.40 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4.43 | 2.57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Alex Wimmers | 16 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.15 | 4.93 | 1.44 | 7.3 | -0.0 |
| Pat Dean | 19 | 9 | 67.1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 6.28 | 5.20 | 1.65 | 6.7 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Albers | 6 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.82 | 6.15 | 1.94 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Tommy Milone | 19 | 12 | 69.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 5.71 | 5.54 | 1.53 | 6.4 | -0.4 |
| Pat Light | 17 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11.34 | 7.41 | 2.28 | 8.6 | -0.5 |
| José Berríos | 14 | 14 | 58.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 8.02 | 6.20 | 1.87 | 7.6 | -0.6 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 58 | 0 | 49.2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 5.98 | 6.15 | 1.67 | 6.3 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 24,246 81 home dates
- Median
- 23,751
- Total
- 1,963,912
- Best
- 40,638 2016-04-11
- Quietest
- 16,938 2016-07-05
- On the road
- 27,357 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.