American League Central · 2020

Minnesota Twins

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Team WAR: 13.0
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 1.7 WAR, and Kenta Maeda the rotation at a 2.70 ERA.

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	1.7
Byron Buxton	CF	37	135	33	13	27	2	.254	.267	.577	.344	116	0.7
Josh Donaldson	3B	28	102	18	6	11	0	.222	.373	.469	.365	130	0.7
Eddie Rosario	LF	57	231	54	13	42	3	.257	.316	.476	.334	109	0.7
Max Kepler	RF	47	196	39	9	23	3	.228	.321	.439	.330	107	0.6
Luis Arraez	2B	32	121	36	0	13	0	.321	.364	.402	.337	112	0.6
Ryan Jeffers	C	23	62	15	3	7	0	.273	.355	.436	.348	119	0.4
Jorge Polanco	SS	55	226	54	4	19	4	.258	.304	.354	.290	79	0.4
Alex Avila	C	21	62	9	1	2	0	.184	.355	.286	.309	92	0.2
Brent Rooker	RF	7	21	6	1	5	0	.316	.381	.579	.409	161	0.2
Miguel Sanó	1B	53	205	38	13	25	0	.204	.278	.478	.318	98	0.2
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
Jake Cave	CF	36	123	25	4	15	0	.221	.285	.389	.295	82	-0.0
Aaron Whitefield	CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120	-0.0
LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B	14	44	9	0	1	1	.231	.318	.308	.288	77	-0.1
Ehire Adrianza	3B	38	101	17	0	3	1	.191	.287	.270	.259	58	-0.1
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
Marwin Gonzalez	3B	53	199	37	5	22	0	.211	.286	.320	.272	66	-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	1.7
Michael Pineda	5	5	26.2	2	0	0	25	3.38	2.22	1.20	8.4	0.9
José Berríos	12	12	63.0	5	4	0	68	4.00	4.06	1.32	9.7	0.9
Randy Dobnak	10	10	46.2	6	4	0	27	4.05	3.96	1.35	5.2	0.7
Tyler Clippard	26	2	26.0	2	1	0	26	2.77	2.65	0.88	9.0	0.6
Tyler Duffey	22	0	24.0	1	1	0	31	1.88	2.57	0.79	11.6	0.6
Rich Hill	8	8	38.2	2	2	0	31	3.03	3.99	1.16	7.2	0.6
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	0.4
Jorge Alcala	16	0	24.0	2	1	0	27	2.63	3.57	1.21	10.1	0.3
Trevor May	24	0	23.1	1	0	2	38	3.86	3.62	1.16	14.7	0.3
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	-0.6

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.