American League Central · 2018
Minnesota Twins 2018
- Team WAR
- 31.2 17.1 bat / 14.1 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .478
- Run diff
- -37 4.56 / 4.78 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.39 FIP 4.18
- Home runs
- 168
The Minnesota Twins went 78-84 in 2018, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 738 runs and allowed 775, a run differential of -37. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.39 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Eduardo Escobar led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and José Berríos 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.
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 150 | 631 | 154 | 23 | 84 | 2 | .272 | .334 | .489 | .350 | 122 | 3.7 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 136 | 592 | 161 | 24 | 77 | 8 | .288 | .323 | .479 | .343 | 117 | 2.9 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 77 | 333 | 87 | 6 | 42 | 7 | .288 | .345 | .427 | .340 | 115 | 2.0 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 151 | 632 | 119 | 21 | 72 | 12 | .215 | .305 | .391 | .308 | 93 | 1.8 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 87 | 309 | 75 | 13 | 45 | 2 | .265 | .313 | .473 | .336 | 112 | 1.6 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 95 | 335 | 81 | 7 | 45 | 0 | .268 | .335 | .414 | .328 | 107 | 1.6 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 128 | 465 | 108 | 5 | 48 | 0 | .273 | .367 | .384 | .337 | 113 | 1.5 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 156 | 611 | 119 | 20 | 58 | 4 | .224 | .319 | .408 | .321 | 102 | 1.5 |
| Willians Astudillo | C | 28 | 97 | 33 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .355 | .371 | .516 | .382 | 144 | 0.9 |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 110 | 366 | 84 | 6 | 39 | 5 | .251 | .301 | .379 | .297 | 85 | 0.7 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 127 | 543 | 137 | 6 | 48 | 0 | .282 | .351 | .379 | .322 | 102 | 0.6 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 67 | 180 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 2 | .279 | .322 | .382 | .309 | 94 | 0.3 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 71 | 299 | 53 | 13 | 41 | 0 | .199 | .281 | .398 | .298 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 488 | 0.1 |
| Gregorio Petit | SS | 22 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .246 | .313 | .279 | .272 | 68 | 0.1 |
| Juan Graterol | C | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .274 | 69 | 0.0 |
| Adalberto Mejía | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Matt Magill | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Zach Duke | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Fernando Romero | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Motter | 1B | 16 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .147 | .237 | .235 | .221 | 32 | -0.2 |
| Jason Castro | C | 19 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .257 | .238 | .234 | 42 | -0.2 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 47 | 151 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .178 | .242 | .281 | .235 | 43 | -0.5 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 93 | 359 | 59 | 15 | 39 | 1 | .186 | .276 | .368 | .286 | 78 | -0.5 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 27 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .156 | .183 | .200 | .172 | -1 | -0.7 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Berríos | 32 | 32 | 192.1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 202 | 3.84 | 3.90 | 1.14 | 9.5 | 2.9 |
| Kyle Gibson | 32 | 32 | 196.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 179 | 3.62 | 4.13 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 2.4 |
| Lance Lynn | 31 | 29 | 156.2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 161 | 4.77 | 3.84 | 1.53 | 9.2 | 2.4 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 32 | 32 | 164.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 162 | 4.49 | 4.19 | 1.34 | 8.9 | 1.9 |
| Taylor Rogers | 72 | 0 | 68.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 2.63 | 2.33 | 0.95 | 9.9 | 1.9 |
| Ryan Pressly | 77 | 0 | 71.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 2.54 | 2.47 | 1.11 | 12.8 | 1.8 |
| Zach Duke | 72 | 0 | 52.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4.15 | 3.01 | 1.50 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Oliver Drake | 44 | 0 | 47.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5.29 | 3.24 | 1.45 | 9.6 | 0.8 |
| Fernando Romero | 11 | 11 | 55.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.69 | 4.35 | 1.42 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Fernando Rodney | 68 | 0 | 64.1 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 3.36 | 4.03 | 1.46 | 9.8 | 0.5 |
| Trevor May | 24 | 1 | 25.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 3.20 | 3.08 | 1.03 | 12.8 | 0.5 |
| Kohl Stewart | 8 | 4 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3.68 | 3.92 | 1.42 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 5 | 4 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.01 | 4.06 | 1.16 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| John Curtiss | 8 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5.68 | 2.84 | 1.89 | 9.9 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 73 | 0 | 73.0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 70 | 5.42 | 4.53 | 1.38 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 9 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.40 | 3.36 | 1.40 | 12.6 | 0.1 |
| Chase De Jong | 4 | 4 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.57 | 4.92 | 1.36 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Mitch Garver | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gabriel Moya | 35 | 6 | 36.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4.71 | 4.76 | 1.32 | 7.7 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Slegers | 4 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.27 | 5.79 | 1.39 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 22.66 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 19 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7.20 | 5.36 | 1.20 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Matt Belisle | 33 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7.86 | 5.20 | 1.75 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Stephen Gonsalves | 7 | 4 | 24.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6.57 | 5.71 | 2.03 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Zack Littell | 8 | 2 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6.20 | 5.91 | 1.77 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Matt Magill | 40 | 0 | 56.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3.81 | 5.08 | 1.43 | 8.9 | -0.3 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 29.16 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Addison Reed | 55 | 0 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 4.50 | 5.11 | 1.43 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Alan Busenitz | 23 | 0 | 25.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7.82 | 7.11 | 2.01 | 9.2 | -0.7 |
| Ervin Santana | 5 | 5 | 24.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8.03 | 7.94 | 1.62 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 24,490 80 home dates
- Median
- 25,101
- Total
- 1,959,197
- Best
- 39,214 2018-04-05
- Quietest
- 15,438 2018-04-11
- On the road
- 27,017 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 24,490 | 25,101 | 15,438 | 39,214 |
| Night | 49 | 24,092 | 24,259 | 15,474 | 33,153 |
| Day | 31 | 25,119 | 25,390 | 15,438 | 39,214 |
| Weekend | 38 | 26,056 | 26,035 | 18,416 | 32,717 |
| Weekday | 42 | 23,073 | 23,870 | 15,438 | 39,214 |
| On the road | 81 | 27,017 | 25,476 | 9,786 | 45,469 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 21,072 |
| May | 12 | 22,713 |
| Jun | 16 | 24,885 |
| Jul | 13 | 25,447 |
| Aug | 15 | 26,220 |
| Sep | 13 | 23,962 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:06 149 games
- All games
- 3:10
- Extra innings
- 4:00 13 of them
- Longest
- 5:13 2018-04-18, 16 inn
- Shortest
- 2:14 2018-06-07
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:10 | 3:08 | 2:14 | 5:13 |
| Regulation | 149 | 3:06 | 3:05 | 2:14 | 4:00 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 4:00 | 3:40 | 3:21 | 5:13 |
| Home | 81 | 3:10 | 3:08 | 2:14 | 5:13 |
| Road | 81 | 3:11 | 3:08 | 2:14 | 4:51 |
| Day | 62 | 3:08 | 3:04 | 2:14 | 4:51 |
| Night | 100 | 3:12 | 3:11 | 2:14 | 5:13 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:30 |
| May | 12 | 3:06 |
| Jun | 16 | 3:01 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:12 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:08 |
| Sep | 13 | 3:07 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -37 run differential implies .478. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.