American League Central · 2017

Minnesota Twins

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Team WAR: 28.1
Win %: .525
Run diff: +27
wRC+: 103
ERA: 4.73
Home runs: 205

The Minnesota Twins went 85-77 in 2017, a .525 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 815 runs and allowed 788, a run differential of +27. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.73 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Brian Dozier led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and José Berríos the rotation at a 3.89 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,439 team hits

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.

Batting

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Brian Dozier	2B	152	705	167	34	93	15	.271	.359	.498	.366	125	4.9
Miguel Sanó	3B	114	483	112	28	77	0	.264	.352	.507	.365	124	2.9
Eddie Rosario	LF	145	589	157	27	78	9	.290	.328	.507	.353	116	2.4
Joe Mauer	1B	140	597	160	7	71	2	.305	.384	.417	.353	116	2.0
Byron Buxton	CF	135	511	117	16	51	29	.253	.314	.413	.315	91	2.0
Jason Castro	C	107	407	86	10	47	0	.242	.333	.388	.319	94	1.9
Jorge Polanco	SS	132	544	125	13	74	13	.256	.313	.410	.313	90	1.9
Eduardo Escobar	3B	128	499	116	21	73	5	.254	.309	.449	.323	96	1.6
Chris Gimenez	C	69	225	41	7	16	1	.220	.350	.382	.330	101	1.2
Max Kepler	RF	144	568	124	19	69	6	.243	.312	.425	.319	94	1.0
Robbie Grossman	DH	119	456	94	9	45	3	.246	.361	.380	.334	103	0.8
Ehire Adrianza	SS	65	186	43	2	24	8	.265	.324	.383	.306	85	0.5
Kennys Vargas	DH	76	264	61	11	41	0	.253	.314	.444	.326	98	0.2
Dietrich Enns	P	1	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.437	172	0.0
Mitch Garver	C	20	52	9	0	3	0	.196	.288	.348	.284	70	-0.0
José Berríos	P	3	5	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.175	-2	-0.0
Nik Turley	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119	-0.0
Ervin Santana	P	3	10	2	0	5	0	.200	.200	.300	.214	24	-0.1
Zack Granite	CF	38	107	22	1	13	2	.237	.321	.290	.280	68	-0.1
Niko Goodrum	2B	10	18	1	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.088	-60	-0.3

Pitching

32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


José Berríos	26	25	145.2	14	8	0	139	3.89	3.84	1.23	8.6	2.2
Ervin Santana	33	33	211.1	16	8	0	167	3.28	4.46	1.13	7.1	1.8
Tyler Duffey	56	0	71.0	2	3	1	67	4.94	3.72	1.37	8.5	0.8
Trevor Hildenberger	37	0	42.0	3	3	1	44	3.21	3.01	1.05	9.4	0.8
Brandon Kintzler	72	0	71.1	4	3	29	39	3.03	3.77	1.15	4.9	0.8
Kyle Gibson	29	29	158.0	12	10	0	121	5.07	4.85	1.53	6.9	0.7
Adalberto Mejía	21	21	98.0	4	7	0	85	4.50	4.65	1.57	7.8	0.6
Matt Belisle	62	0	60.1	2	2	9	54	4.03	4.07	1.16	8.1	0.5
Taylor Rogers	69	0	55.2	7	3	0	49	3.07	4.09	1.31	7.9	0.4
Ryan Pressly	57	0	61.1	2	3	0	61	4.70	4.36	1.16	9.0	0.3
Alan Busenitz	28	0	31.2	1	1	0	23	1.99	4.20	0.98	6.5	0.2
Dillon Gee	18	4	49.1	3	2	1	41	3.47	4.76	1.40	7.5	0.1
Bartolo Colon	28	28	143.0	7	14	0	89	6.48	5.21	1.59	5.6	0.1
Craig Breslow	37	0	35.1	1	1	0	23	5.09	4.69	1.56	5.9	0.0
John Curtiss	9	0	8.2	0	0	0	10	8.31	4.89	1.27	10.4	-0.0
Justin Haley	10	0	18.0	0	0	1	14	6.00	4.94	1.56	7.0	-0.0
Chris Gimenez	6	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	7.20	5.76	1.40	0.0	-0.1
Randy Rosario	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	2	30.86	8.30	3.00	7.7	-0.1
Aaron Slegers	4	3	15.1	0	1	0	9	6.46	5.70	1.17	5.3	-0.1
Glen Perkins	8	0	5.2	0	0	0	2	9.53	6.69	2.29	3.2	-0.1
Gabriel Moya	7	0	6.1	0	0	1	5	4.26	6.63	1.11	7.1	-0.1
Buddy Boshers	38	0	35.0	1	0	0	28	4.89	5.19	1.34	7.2	-0.1
Drew Rucinski	2	0	4.1	0	0	0	5	10.38	8.23	2.77	10.4	-0.2
Dietrich Enns	2	1	4.0	0	0	0	2	6.75	9.41	2.00	4.5	-0.2
Phil Hughes	14	9	53.2	4	3	0	38	5.87	5.43	1.58	6.4	-0.2
Jason Wheeler	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	9.00	11.49	3.33	0.0	-0.2
Alex Wimmers	6	0	7.1	0	0	0	7	4.91	8.07	2.18	8.6	-0.3
Felix Jorge	2	2	7.2	1	0	0	4	10.57	9.68	2.09	4.7	-0.4
Michael Tonkin	16	0	21.0	0	1	0	24	5.14	6.44	1.62	10.3	-0.4
Nik Turley	10	3	17.2	0	2	0	13	11.21	7.06	2.15	6.6	-0.4
Héctor Santiago	15	14	70.1	4	8	0	51	5.63	6.02	1.44	6.5	-0.6
Adam Wilk	4	2	14.0	0	2	0	8	9.00	9.51	2.36	5.1	-0.7

Record versus run differential

Minnesota Twins are 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +27 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.