American League Central · 2021
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 26.0 19.4 bat / 6.6 pitch
- Win %
- .451 pyth .439
- Run diff
- -105 4.50 / 5.15 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.71 FIP 4.58
- Home runs
- 241
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 4.2 WAR, and José Berríos the rotation at a 3.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,360 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 151 | 644 | 158 | 33 | 98 | 11 | .269 | .323 | .503 | .351 | 124 | 4.2 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 135 | 543 | 113 | 26 | 72 | 0 | .247 | .352 | .475 | .356 | 128 | 3.3 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 61 | 254 | 72 | 19 | 32 | 9 | .306 | .358 | .647 | .420 | 173 | 3.3 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 68 | 243 | 53 | 13 | 34 | 1 | .256 | .358 | .517 | .375 | 141 | 2.3 |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 121 | 479 | 126 | 2 | 42 | 2 | .294 | .357 | .376 | .324 | 105 | 1.8 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 140 | 584 | 136 | 32 | 86 | 3 | .265 | .334 | .497 | .348 | 122 | 1.8 |
| Miguel Sanó | 1B | 135 | 532 | 105 | 30 | 75 | 2 | .223 | .312 | .466 | .334 | 113 | 1.4 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 121 | 490 | 90 | 19 | 54 | 10 | .211 | .306 | .413 | .313 | 97 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 83 | 293 | 53 | 14 | 35 | 0 | .199 | .270 | .401 | .292 | 83 | 0.9 |
| Nick Gordon | CF | 67 | 216 | 48 | 4 | 23 | 10 | .240 | .292 | .355 | .285 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 79 | 301 | 58 | 7 | 28 | 1 | .223 | .322 | .350 | .304 | 92 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Garlick | RF | 33 | 107 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .232 | .280 | .465 | .316 | 100 | 0.3 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 46 | 157 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .245 | .325 | .338 | .299 | 88 | 0.2 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 59 | 231 | 54 | 8 | 34 | 1 | .251 | .299 | .423 | .308 | 94 | 0.2 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 58 | 213 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 0 | .201 | .291 | .397 | .304 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Bailey Ober | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .438 | 185 | 0.0 |
| JT Riddle | SS | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 83 | 0.0 |
| Kenta Maeda | P | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 83 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Barnes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Danny Coulombe | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Joe Ryan | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Michael Pineda | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Griffin Jax | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 36 | 98 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .169 | .229 | .281 | .229 | 39 | -0.2 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 70 | 216 | 49 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .236 | .259 | .375 | .273 | 70 | -0.2 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 130 | 451 | 92 | 3 | 31 | 1 | .223 | .283 | .274 | .254 | 57 | -0.3 |
| Gilberto Celestino | CF | 22 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .136 | .177 | .288 | .202 | 20 | -0.4 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 63 | 178 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .189 | .249 | .293 | .243 | 49 | -0.6 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Berríos | 32 | 32 | 192.0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 204 | 3.52 | 3.47 | 1.06 | 9.6 | 3.6 |
| Kenta Maeda | 21 | 21 | 106.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 4.66 | 4.10 | 1.30 | 9.6 | 1.2 |
| Taylor Rogers | 40 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 3.35 | 2.13 | 1.14 | 13.2 | 1.2 |
| Michael Pineda | 22 | 21 | 109.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 3.62 | 4.21 | 1.23 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 59 | 0 | 64.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 3.23 | 3.47 | 1.17 | 10.8 | 0.9 |
| Tyler Duffey | 64 | 0 | 62.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 3.18 | 3.49 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
| Bailey Ober | 20 | 20 | 92.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 4.19 | 4.56 | 1.20 | 9.4 | 0.6 |
| Joe Ryan | 5 | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4.05 | 3.43 | 0.79 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Jorge Alcala | 59 | 0 | 59.2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 3.92 | 4.06 | 0.97 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Danny Coulombe | 29 | 1 | 34.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3.67 | 3.75 | 1.22 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| Alex Colomé | 67 | 0 | 65.0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 58 | 4.15 | 4.23 | 1.40 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Juan Minaya | 29 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2.48 | 3.97 | 1.18 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
| Hansel Robles | 72 | 0 | 69.0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 76 | 4.43 | 4.30 | 1.38 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Cody Stashak | 15 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6.89 | 3.62 | 1.66 | 14.9 | 0.2 |
| Jovani Morán | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.88 | 3.30 | 2.00 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
| Nick Vincent | 7 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.71 | 4.20 | 0.87 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| J.A. Happ | 30 | 30 | 152.1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 122 | 5.79 | 5.13 | 1.48 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.81 | 0.43 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Barnes | 9 | 8 | 38.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5.92 | 5.06 | 1.63 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Derek Law | 9 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.20 | 4.64 | 1.60 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Luke Farrell | 20 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.74 | 4.83 | 1.66 | 9.1 | -0.0 |
| Ralph Garza Jr. | 27 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 3.56 | 4.88 | 1.25 | 8.6 | -0.1 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 5 | 4 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4.70 | 5.45 | 1.37 | 3.5 | -0.1 |
| Willians Astudillo | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7.92 | 0.75 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Ian Gibaut | 3 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.70 | 7.22 | 1.35 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 10 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.54 | 6.71 | 1.54 | 12.5 | -0.3 |
| Randy Dobnak | 14 | 6 | 50.2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 7.64 | 5.70 | 1.54 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
| Edgar García | 11 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.27 | 7.81 | 1.84 | 7.4 | -0.5 |
| Beau Burrows | 6 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13.91 | 10.35 | 2.36 | 6.5 | -0.7 |
| Andrew Albers | 5 | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7.58 | 9.64 | 1.74 | 5.7 | -1.0 |
| Matt Shoemaker | 16 | 11 | 60.1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 8.06 | 6.57 | 1.66 | 6.0 | -1.0 |
| Griffin Jax | 18 | 14 | 82.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 6.37 | 6.47 | 1.35 | 7.1 | -1.3 |
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.