American League Central · 2020

Minnesota Twins 2020

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Team WAR: 15.4
Win %: .600
Run diff: +54
wRC+: 99
ERA: 3.58
Home runs: 92

The Minnesota Twins went 36-24 in 2020, a .600 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 269 runs and allowed 215, a run differential of +54. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.58 staff ERA was the third best. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Nelson Cruz led the position players at 1.8 WAR, and Kenta Maeda the rotation at a 2.70 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the AL Central, 1 game clear. They spent 39 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on August 5 and were as far as 3 games back on September 15. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-8, their worst August at 15-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 31 to August 5 and a 6-game losing streak from August 25 to August 31. They were 23-7 at home and 13-17 on the road, 9-5 in one-run games and 18-12 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 at the White Sox on July 26; the heaviest defeat, 10-3 at the White Sox on July 25.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	5	2	.714	40	23	+17
August	15	14	.517	119	112	+7
Sept/Oct	16	8	.667	110	80	+30

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	23-7	.767
Road	13-17	.433
One-run games	9-5	.643
Extra innings	3-1	.750
Within the division	23-17	.575
Against .500+ clubs	18-12	.600
Decided by 5+ runs	7-5	.583
Last 10	6-4	.600

American League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600	—	269	215	+54	15.4
Chicago White Sox	35	25	.583	1	306	246	+60	16.1
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583	1	248	209	+39	15.0
Kansas City Royals	26	34	.433	10	248	272	-24	10.3
Detroit Tigers	23	35	.397	12	249	318	-69	4.5

2020 Minnesota Twins roster

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.

Catchers 4

Ryan JeffersC · 23 G · 0.5 WAR
Alex AvilaC · 21 G · 0.2 WAR
Willians AstudilloC · 7 G · 0.1 WAR
Mitch GarverC · 22 G · -0.2 WAR

Infielders 9

Josh Donaldson3B · 28 G · 0.7 WAR
Luis Arraez2B · 32 G · 0.7 WAR
Jorge PolancoSS · 55 G · 0.4 WAR
Miguel Sanó1B · 53 G · 0.3 WAR
Travis Blankenhorn2B · 1 G · 0.1 WAR
LaMonte Wade Jr.1B · 14 G · 0.0 WAR
Ehire Adrianza3B · 38 G · -0.1 WAR
Marwin Gonzalez3B · 53 G · -0.2 WAR
Ildemaro Vargas2B · 21 G · -0.3 WAR

Outfielders 6

Byron BuxtonCF · 37 G · 0.8 WAR
Eddie RosarioLF · 57 G · 0.8 WAR
Max KeplerRF · 47 G · 0.7 WAR
Brent RookerRF · 7 G · 0.2 WAR
Jake CaveCF · 36 G · 0.1 WAR
Aaron WhitefieldCF · 2 G · -0.0 WAR

Designated hitters 1

Nelson CruzDH · 53 G · 1.8 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Kenta Maeda11 GS · 1.9 WAR
José Berríos12 GS · 1.1 WAR
Michael Pineda5 GS · 1.0 WAR
Randy Dobnak10 GS · 0.8 WAR
Rich Hill8 GS · 0.7 WAR
Homer Bailey2 GS · 0.1 WAR
Jake Odorizzi4 GS · -0.1 WAR

Relief pitchers 17

Tyler Clippard26 G · 0.7 WAR
Tyler Duffey22 G · 0.7 WAR
Caleb Thielbar17 G · 0.6 WAR
Matt Wisler18 G · 0.5 WAR
Taylor Rogers21 G · 0.5 WAR
Jorge Alcala16 G · 0.4 WAR
Trevor May24 G · 0.4 WAR
Cody Stashak11 G · 0.3 WAR
Sean Poppen6 G · 0.2 WAR
Devin Smeltzer7 G · 0.2 WAR
Sergio Romo24 G · 0.1 WAR
Danny Coulombe2 G · 0.0 WAR
Cory Gearrin1 G · -0.0 WAR
Ehire Adrianza1 G · -0.2 WAR
Edwar Colina1 G · -0.2 WAR
Lewis Thorpe7 G · -0.4 WAR
Zack Littell6 G · -0.7 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

473 team hits

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.

Batting

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Nelson Cruz	DH	53	214	56	16	33	0	.303	.397	.595	.413	163	1.8
Byron Buxton	CF	37	135	33	13	27	2	.254	.267	.577	.344	116	0.8
Eddie Rosario	LF	57	231	54	13	42	3	.257	.316	.476	.334	109	0.8
Josh Donaldson	3B	28	102	18	6	11	0	.222	.373	.469	.365	130	0.7
Luis Arraez	2B	32	121	36	0	13	0	.321	.364	.402	.337	112	0.7
Max Kepler	RF	47	196	39	9	23	3	.228	.321	.439	.330	107	0.7
Ryan Jeffers	C	23	62	15	3	7	0	.273	.355	.436	.348	119	0.5
Jorge Polanco	SS	55	226	54	4	19	4	.258	.304	.354	.290	79	0.4
Miguel Sanó	1B	53	205	38	13	25	0	.204	.278	.478	.318	98	0.3
Brent Rooker	RF	7	21	6	1	5	0	.316	.381	.579	.409	161	0.2
Alex Avila	C	21	62	9	1	2	0	.184	.355	.286	.309	92	0.2
Jake Cave	CF	36	123	25	4	15	0	.221	.285	.389	.295	82	0.1
Travis Blankenhorn	2B	1	4	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	.498	222	0.1
Willians Astudillo	C	7	16	4	1	3	0	.250	.250	.500	.311	93	0.1
LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B	14	44	9	0	1	1	.231	.318	.308	.288	77	0.0
Aaron Whitefield	CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120	-0.0
Ehire Adrianza	3B	38	101	17	0	3	1	.191	.287	.270	.259	58	-0.1
Marwin Gonzalez	3B	53	199	37	5	22	0	.211	.286	.320	.272	66	-0.2
Mitch Garver	C	22	81	12	2	5	0	.167	.247	.264	.233	40	-0.2
Ildemaro Vargas	2B	21	54	10	1	3	0	.196	.222	.314	.230	38	-0.3

Pitching

24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Kenta Maeda	11	11	66.2	6	1	0	80	2.70	3.00	0.75	10.8	1.9
José Berríos	12	12	63.0	5	4	0	68	4.00	4.06	1.32	9.7	1.1
Michael Pineda	5	5	26.2	2	0	0	25	3.38	2.22	1.20	8.4	1.0
Randy Dobnak	10	10	46.2	6	4	0	27	4.05	3.96	1.35	5.2	0.8
Tyler Clippard	26	2	26.0	2	1	0	26	2.77	2.65	0.88	9.0	0.7
Rich Hill	8	8	38.2	2	2	0	31	3.03	3.99	1.16	7.2	0.7
Tyler Duffey	22	0	24.0	1	1	0	31	1.88	2.57	0.79	11.6	0.7
Caleb Thielbar	17	0	20.0	2	1	0	22	2.25	2.34	1.15	9.9	0.6
Matt Wisler	18	4	25.1	0	1	1	35	1.07	3.35	1.14	12.4	0.5
Taylor Rogers	21	0	20.0	2	4	9	24	4.05	2.84	1.50	10.8	0.5
Jorge Alcala	16	0	24.0	2	1	0	27	2.63	3.57	1.21	10.1	0.4
Trevor May	24	0	23.1	1	0	2	38	3.86	3.62	1.16	14.7	0.4
Cody Stashak	11	0	15.0	1	0	0	17	3.00	3.26	0.93	10.2	0.3
Sean Poppen	6	0	7.2	0	0	0	10	4.70	2.15	1.70	11.7	0.2
Devin Smeltzer	7	1	16.0	2	0	0	15	6.75	4.07	1.50	8.4	0.2
Sergio Romo	24	0	20.0	1	2	5	23	4.05	4.34	1.15	10.3	0.1
Homer Bailey	2	2	8.0	1	0	0	7	3.38	4.57	1.13	7.9	0.1
Danny Coulombe	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	3	0.00	4.32	1.88	10.1	0.0
Cory Gearrin	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5.19	1.00	4.5	-0.0
Jake Odorizzi	4	4	13.2	0	1	0	12	6.59	6.12	1.39	7.9	-0.1
Ehire Adrianza	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	9.00	19.19	1.00	0.0	-0.2
Edwar Colina	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	81.00	60.19	18.00	0.0	-0.2
Lewis Thorpe	7	1	16.1	0	1	0	10	6.06	6.99	2.08	5.5	-0.4
Zack Littell	6	0	6.1	0	0	0	3	9.95	14.40	2.37	4.3	-0.7

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	20	0	0	0	0
Day	10	0	0	0	0
Weekend	15	0	0	0	0
Weekday	15	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:03
All games: 3:06
Extra innings: 3:45
Longest: 4:28
Shortest: 1:45

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	60	3:06	3:06	1:45	4:28
Regulation	56	3:03	3:06	1:45	3:55
Extra innings	4	3:45	3:48	2:57	4:28
Home	30	3:07	3:03	1:45	4:28
Road	30	3:05	3:07	2:11	3:55
Day	22	2:59	2:56	1:45	3:53
Night	38	3:10	3:06	2:34	4:28

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	4	2:53
Aug	12	3:07
Sep	14	3:11

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 36-24, a .600 win rate, while their +54 run differential implies .601. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.