The Minnesota Twins went 101-61 in 2019, a .623 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 939 runs and allowed 754, a run differential of +185. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.13 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 119 team wRC+ was 19% above league average — the second best in MLB. Jorge Polanco led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Jake Odorizzi the rotation at a 3.51 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 8 games clear. They spent 174 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 11.5 games on June 2 and were as far as 1 game back on March 30. Their best month was May at 21-8, their worst July at 13-11. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 20 to May 26 and a 4-game losing streak from August 6 to August 9. They were 46-35 at home and 55-26 on the road, 23-12 in one-run games and 32-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-4 at the Mariners on May 18; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Astros on April 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
10
.630
141
124
+17
May
21
8
.724
191
105
+86
June
15
12
.556
142
132
+10
July
13
11
.542
139
123
+16
August
17
11
.607
189
149
+40
Sept/Oct
18
9
.667
137
121
+16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
55-26
.679
One-run games
23-12
.657
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
50-26
.658
Against .500+ clubs
32-37
.464
Decided by 5+ runs
35-13
.729
Last 10
8-2
.800
American League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2019. 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
81
28,323
29,638
11,465
40,127
Night
53
27,959
28,432
11,465
40,127
Day
28
29,011
31,509
12,523
39,913
Weekend
38
31,055
32,351
14,774
39,913
Weekday
43
25,908
26,747
11,465
40,127
On the road
80
23,505
22,107
8,064
44,693
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
23,468
Apr
11
15,246
May
14
27,151
Jun
12
31,533
Jul
12
33,954
Aug
16
33,008
Sep
13
27,842
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 160 completed games, 2019.
Regulation
3:09
148 games
All games
3:15
Extra innings
4:23
12 of them
Longest
5:45
2019-06-18, 17 inn
Shortest
2:18
2019-03-28
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
160
3:15
3:12
2:18
5:45
Regulation
148
3:09
3:09
2:18
4:08
Extra innings
12
4:23
4:16
2:56
5:45
Home
81
3:17
3:12
2:18
5:45
Road
79
3:12
3:11
2:25
4:40
Day
57
3:17
3:12
2:18
5:42
Night
103
3:14
3:12
2:21
5:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
2:39
Apr
11
3:03
May
14
3:02
Jun
12
3:39
Jul
12
3:34
Aug
16
3:12
Sep
13
3:27
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.
Record versus run differential
Minnesota Twins are 101-61, a .623 win rate, while their +185 run differential implies .599. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
