American League Central · 2019
Minnesota Twins 2019
- Team WAR
- 55.0 32.9 bat / 22.2 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 | 4.4 |
| 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 | 3.5 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 131 | 596 | 132 | 36 | 90 | 1 | .252 | .336 | .519 | .358 | 125 | 3.2 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 90 | 366 | 109 | 4 | 28 | 2 | .334 | .399 | .439 | .363 | 128 | 2.6 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 136 | 590 | 155 | 32 | 109 | 3 | .276 | .300 | .500 | .330 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 79 | 295 | 71 | 10 | 46 | 14 | .262 | .314 | .513 | .343 | 114 | 1.7 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 119 | 464 | 111 | 23 | 59 | 1 | .256 | .304 | .473 | .326 | 103 | 1.6 |
| Jason Castro | C | 75 | 275 | 55 | 13 | 30 | 0 | .232 | .332 | .435 | .331 | 107 | 1.5 |
| Jake Cave | RF | 67 | 228 | 51 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .258 | .351 | .455 | .347 | 117 | 1.1 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | RF | 114 | 463 | 112 | 15 | 55 | 1 | .264 | .322 | .414 | .315 | 96 | 0.9 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 122 | 499 | 116 | 25 | 78 | 0 | .253 | .311 | .469 | .327 | 104 | 0.9 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 75 | 236 | 55 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .272 | .349 | .416 | .329 | 105 | 0.8 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | CF | 25 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .196 | .348 | .375 | .325 | 102 | 0.2 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Willians Astudillo | C | 58 | 204 | 51 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .268 | .299 | .379 | .290 | 78 | 0.0 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -23 | -0.0 |
| Michael Pineda | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Ronald Torreyes | SS | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .197 | 15 | -0.1 |
| Ian Miller | CF | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .174 | -1 | -0.1 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jake Odorizzi | 30 | 30 | 159.0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 178 | 3.51 | 3.36 | 1.21 | 10.1 | 3.9 |
| José Berríos | 32 | 32 | 200.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 3.68 | 3.85 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 3.8 |
| Michael Pineda | 26 | 26 | 146.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 140 | 4.01 | 4.02 | 1.16 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
| Kyle Gibson | 34 | 29 | 160.0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 160 | 4.84 | 4.26 | 1.44 | 9.0 | 2.2 |
| Taylor Rogers | 60 | 0 | 69.0 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 90 | 2.61 | 2.85 | 1.00 | 11.7 | 1.7 |
| Martín Pérez | 32 | 29 | 165.1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 5.12 | 4.66 | 1.52 | 7.3 | 1.6 |
| Tyler Duffey | 58 | 0 | 57.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 2.50 | 3.06 | 1.01 | 12.8 | 1.3 |
| Trevor May | 65 | 0 | 64.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 2.94 | 3.73 | 1.07 | 11.1 | 0.9 |
| Ryne Harper | 61 | 0 | 54.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3.81 | 3.66 | 1.18 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| Randy Dobnak | 9 | 5 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1.59 | 2.90 | 1.13 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Matt Magill | 50 | 0 | 50.2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 4.09 | 3.79 | 1.40 | 11.4 | 0.7 |
| Zack Littell | 29 | 0 | 37.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.68 | 3.62 | 1.16 | 7.8 | 0.6 |
| Cody Stashak | 18 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3.24 | 3.01 | 1.20 | 9.0 | 0.6 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 12 | 2 | 27.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6.18 | 3.47 | 1.73 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 11 | 6 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3.86 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 22 | 0 | 16.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10.47 | 4.81 | 2.27 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1.21 | 5.00 | 9.0 | 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 | -0.0 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2019.
- Average
- 28,323 81 home dates
- Median
- 29,638
- Total
- 2,294,152
- Best
- 40,127 2019-07-24
- Quietest
- 11,465 2019-04-17
- On the road
- 23,505 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.