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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 13 games back. They spent 17 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 5 and were as far as 16.5 games back on September 6. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-13, their worst March/April at 9-15. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 26 to September 30 and an 8-game losing streak from April 20 to April 27. They were 49-32 at home and 29-52 on the road, 15-21 in one-run games and 29-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 against the Orioles on July 8; the heaviest defeat, 18-4 at the Rangers on September 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
15
.375
98
134
-36
May
13
15
.464
120
106
+14
June
13
14
.481
115
126
-11
July
14
13
.519
142
133
+9
August
14
14
.500
121
139
-18
Sept/Oct
15
13
.536
142
137
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
15-21
.417
Extra innings
5-8
.385
Within the division
42-34
.553
Against .500+ clubs
29-47
.382
Decided by 5+ runs
20-22
.476
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
Record versus run differential
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.
