American League Central · 2017
Minnesota Twins 2017
- Team WAR
- 31.1 22.3 bat / 8.8 pitch
- Win %
- .525 pyth .515
- Run diff
- +27 5.03 / 4.86 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.73 FIP 4.75
- 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 4.7 WAR, and José Berríos the rotation at a 3.89 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 152 | 705 | 167 | 34 | 93 | 15 | .271 | .359 | .498 | .366 | 125 | 4.7 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 114 | 483 | 112 | 28 | 77 | 0 | .264 | .352 | .507 | .365 | 124 | 2.8 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 145 | 589 | 157 | 27 | 78 | 9 | .290 | .328 | .507 | .353 | 116 | 2.3 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 135 | 511 | 117 | 16 | 51 | 29 | .253 | .314 | .413 | .315 | 91 | 2.1 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 140 | 597 | 160 | 7 | 71 | 2 | .305 | .384 | .417 | .353 | 116 | 2.0 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 132 | 544 | 125 | 13 | 74 | 13 | .256 | .313 | .410 | .313 | 90 | 1.9 |
| Jason Castro | C | 107 | 407 | 86 | 10 | 47 | 0 | .242 | .333 | .388 | .319 | 94 | 1.6 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 128 | 499 | 116 | 21 | 73 | 5 | .254 | .309 | .449 | .323 | 96 | 1.5 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 69 | 225 | 41 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .220 | .350 | .382 | .330 | 101 | 1.1 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 144 | 568 | 124 | 19 | 69 | 6 | .243 | .312 | .425 | .319 | 94 | 1.1 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH | 119 | 456 | 94 | 9 | 45 | 3 | .246 | .361 | .380 | .334 | 103 | 1.0 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Ervin Santana | P | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .214 | 24 | 0.1 |
| Dietrich Enns | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .437 | 172 | 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 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 20 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .196 | .288 | .348 | .284 | 70 | -0.1 |
| Zack Granite | CF | 38 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 2 | .237 | .321 | .290 | .280 | 68 | -0.2 |
| 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 | 2.6 |
| Ervin Santana | 33 | 33 | 211.1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 3.28 | 4.46 | 1.13 | 7.1 | 2.4 |
| Kyle Gibson | 29 | 29 | 158.0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 121 | 5.07 | 4.85 | 1.53 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 56 | 0 | 71.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 4.94 | 3.72 | 1.37 | 8.5 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 72 | 0 | 71.1 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 39 | 3.03 | 3.77 | 1.15 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 21 | 21 | 98.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 85 | 4.50 | 4.65 | 1.57 | 7.8 | 0.9 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 37 | 0 | 42.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 3.21 | 3.01 | 1.05 | 9.4 | 0.9 |
| Matt Belisle | 62 | 0 | 60.1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 4.03 | 4.07 | 1.16 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Taylor Rogers | 69 | 0 | 55.2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 3.07 | 4.09 | 1.31 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Bartolo Colon | 28 | 28 | 143.0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 89 | 6.48 | 5.21 | 1.59 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Pressly | 57 | 0 | 61.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 4.70 | 4.36 | 1.16 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Alan Busenitz | 28 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1.99 | 4.20 | 0.98 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Dillon Gee | 18 | 4 | 49.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 3.47 | 4.76 | 1.40 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Craig Breslow | 37 | 0 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.09 | 4.69 | 1.56 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| 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 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Slegers | 4 | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6.46 | 5.70 | 1.17 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Phil Hughes | 14 | 9 | 53.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5.87 | 5.43 | 1.58 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Randy Rosario | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.86 | 8.30 | 3.00 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Buddy Boshers | 38 | 0 | 35.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.89 | 5.19 | 1.34 | 7.2 | -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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Michael Tonkin | 16 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5.14 | 6.44 | 1.62 | 10.3 | -0.4 |
| Felix Jorge | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.57 | 9.68 | 2.09 | 4.7 | -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 | -0.5 |
| Adam Wilk | 4 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9.00 | 9.51 | 2.36 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 25,641 80 home dates
- Median
- 25,839
- Total
- 2,051,279
- Best
- 39,615 2017-04-03
- Quietest
- 15,171 2017-04-05
- On the road
- 27,798 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 25,641 | 25,839 | 15,171 | 39,615 |
| Night | 47 | 25,169 | 23,553 | 16,553 | 36,182 |
| Day | 33 | 26,313 | 26,713 | 15,171 | 39,615 |
| Weekend | 39 | 27,440 | 27,572 | 18,466 | 35,515 |
| Weekday | 41 | 23,930 | 22,664 | 15,171 | 39,615 |
| On the road | 80 | 27,798 | 28,145 | 6,509 | 50,941 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 21,726 |
| May | 18 | 22,873 |
| Jun | 11 | 25,431 |
| Jul | 13 | 27,642 |
| Aug | 15 | 26,325 |
| Sep | 11 | 28,794 |
| Oct | 1 | 28,148 |
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, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:09 156 games
- All games
- 3:11
- Extra innings
- 4:03 6 of them
- Longest
- 6:26 2017-05-28, 15 inn
- Shortest
- 2:26 2017-04-15
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 2:23 | 6:26 |
| Regulation | 156 | 3:09 | 3:08 | 2:23 | 4:19 |
| Extra innings | 6 | 4:03 | 3:34 | 3:15 | 6:26 |
| Home | 81 | 3:14 | 3:08 | 2:26 | 6:26 |
| Road | 81 | 3:08 | 3:11 | 2:23 | 4:06 |
| Day | 61 | 3:15 | 3:13 | 2:24 | 6:26 |
| Night | 101 | 3:08 | 3:08 | 2:23 | 3:42 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:10 |
| May | 18 | 3:26 |
| Jun | 11 | 3:07 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:16 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:09 |
| Sep | 11 | 3:13 |
| Oct | 1 | 2:36 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +27 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.