The Minnesota Twins went 73-89 in 2021, a .451 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 729 runs and allowed 834, a run differential of -105. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.71 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Jorge Polanco led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and José Berríos the rotation at a 3.52 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 20 games back. They spent 7 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 8 and were as far as 21 games back on October 1. Their best month was August at 14-13, their worst March/April at 9-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 16 to June 21 and a 5-game losing streak from April 10 to April 14. They were 38-43 at home and 35-46 on the road, 25-19 in one-run games and 29-49 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Rays on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 against the White Sox on May 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
15
.375
111
109
+2
May
13
16
.448
135
158
-23
June
11
14
.440
117
155
-38
July
11
16
.407
124
136
-12
August
14
13
.519
115
144
-29
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
127
132
-5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
25-19
.568
Extra innings
11-12
.478
Within the division
37-39
.487
Against .500+ clubs
29-49
.372
Decided by 5+ runs
16-25
.390
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2021. 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
80
16,377
17,838
6,724
29,342
Night
48
17,206
17,904
7,853
29,342
Day
32
15,135
16,568
6,724
26,186
Weekend
37
17,639
19,147
9,396
29,342
Weekday
43
15,292
17,530
6,724
23,337
On the road
79
17,220
14,293
3,322
39,124
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
8,149
May
18
10,622
Jun
11
18,230
Jul
14
20,243
Aug
13
21,413
Sep
14
19,076
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 162 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:04
139 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
3:43
23 of them
Longest
5:14
2021-06-21, 12 inn
Shortest
2:06
2021-09-14
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
162
3:10
3:09
1:54
5:14
Regulation
139
3:04
3:04
1:54
4:09
Extra innings
23
3:43
3:44
2:45
5:14
Home
81
3:10
3:09
2:06
5:14
Road
81
3:10
3:07
1:54
4:16
Day
69
3:10
3:09
1:55
4:16
Night
93
3:10
3:08
1:54
5:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:04
May
18
3:09
Jun
11
3:22
Jul
14
3:14
Aug
13
3:11
Sep
14
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -105 run differential implies .439. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
