American League Central · 2019
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 49.6 31.0 bat / 18.7 pitch
- Win %
- .623 pyth .599
- Run diff
- +185 5.80 / 4.65 per g
- wRC+
- 119
- ERA
- 4.13 FIP 3.96
- Home runs
- 307
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 153 | 704 | 186 | 22 | 79 | 4 | .295 | .356 | .485 | .355 | 123 | 4.6 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 120 | 521 | 141 | 41 | 108 | 0 | .311 | .392 | .639 | .421 | 168 | 4.2 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 90 | 359 | 85 | 31 | 67 | 0 | .273 | .365 | .630 | .408 | 159 | 4.1 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 104 | 439 | 94 | 34 | 79 | 0 | .247 | .346 | .576 | .383 | 142 | 3.4 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 131 | 596 | 132 | 36 | 90 | 1 | .252 | .336 | .519 | .358 | 125 | 3.0 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 90 | 366 | 109 | 4 | 28 | 2 | .334 | .399 | .439 | .363 | 128 | 2.2 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 119 | 464 | 111 | 23 | 59 | 1 | .256 | .304 | .473 | .326 | 103 | 1.7 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 79 | 295 | 71 | 10 | 46 | 14 | .262 | .314 | .513 | .343 | 114 | 1.6 |
| Jason Castro | C | 75 | 275 | 55 | 13 | 30 | 0 | .232 | .332 | .435 | .331 | 107 | 1.6 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 136 | 590 | 155 | 32 | 109 | 3 | .276 | .300 | .500 | .330 | 106 | 1.5 |
| Jake Cave | RF | 67 | 228 | 51 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .258 | .351 | .455 | .347 | 117 | 1.0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | RF | 114 | 463 | 112 | 15 | 55 | 1 | .264 | .322 | .414 | .315 | 96 | 0.8 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 75 | 236 | 55 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .272 | .349 | .416 | .329 | 105 | 0.7 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 122 | 499 | 116 | 25 | 78 | 0 | .253 | .311 | .469 | .327 | 104 | 0.7 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | CF | 25 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .196 | .348 | .375 | .325 | 102 | 0.1 |
| Willians Astudillo | C | 58 | 204 | 51 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .268 | .299 | .379 | .290 | 78 | 0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .217 | .308 | .478 | .333 | 108 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .356 | 123 | 0.0 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -23 | -0.1 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Ronald Torreyes | SS | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .197 | 15 | -0.1 |
| Michael Pineda | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Ian Miller | CF | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .174 | -1 | -0.2 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jake Odorizzi | 30 | 30 | 159.0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 178 | 3.51 | 3.36 | 1.21 | 10.1 | 3.4 |
| José Berríos | 32 | 32 | 200.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 3.68 | 3.85 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 3.2 |
| Michael Pineda | 26 | 26 | 146.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 140 | 4.01 | 4.02 | 1.16 | 8.6 | 2.1 |
| Kyle Gibson | 34 | 29 | 160.0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 160 | 4.84 | 4.26 | 1.44 | 9.0 | 1.8 |
| Taylor Rogers | 60 | 0 | 69.0 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 90 | 2.61 | 2.85 | 1.00 | 11.7 | 1.5 |
| Martín Pérez | 32 | 29 | 165.1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 5.12 | 4.66 | 1.52 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Duffey | 58 | 0 | 57.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 2.50 | 3.06 | 1.01 | 12.8 | 1.1 |
| Trevor May | 65 | 0 | 64.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 2.94 | 3.73 | 1.07 | 11.1 | 0.8 |
| Ryne Harper | 61 | 0 | 54.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3.81 | 3.66 | 1.18 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
| Randy Dobnak | 9 | 5 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1.59 | 2.90 | 1.13 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| Matt Magill | 50 | 0 | 50.2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 4.09 | 3.79 | 1.40 | 11.4 | 0.6 |
| Zack Littell | 29 | 0 | 37.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.68 | 3.62 | 1.16 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Cody Stashak | 18 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3.24 | 3.01 | 1.20 | 9.0 | 0.5 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 12 | 2 | 27.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6.18 | 3.47 | 1.73 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 11 | 6 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3.86 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Brusdar Graterol | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.66 | 3.42 | 1.24 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Sean Poppen | 4 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.56 | 4.41 | 1.80 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1.21 | 5.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 22 | 0 | 16.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10.47 | 4.81 | 2.27 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| Jorge Alcala | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.81 | 1.20 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Fernando Romero | 15 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7.07 | 5.07 | 2.14 | 11.6 | -0.0 |
| Blake Parker | 60 | 2 | 61.1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 4.55 | 5.07 | 1.22 | 9.5 | -0.1 |
| Chase De Jong | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 25.21 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Kohl Stewart | 9 | 2 | 25.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6.39 | 6.06 | 1.46 | 3.6 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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.