American League Central · 2022
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 32.5 21.7 bat / 10.8 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .508
- Run diff
- +12 4.30 / 4.22 per g
- wRC+
- 106
- ERA
- 4.11 FIP 4.01
- Home runs
- 178
The Minnesota Twins went 78-84 in 2022, a .481 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 696 runs and allowed 684, a run differential of +12. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.11 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Correa led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 3.08 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,358 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Correa | SS | 136 | 590 | 152 | 22 | 64 | 0 | .291 | .366 | .467 | .364 | 141 | 5.3 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 140 | 551 | 143 | 13 | 64 | 1 | .285 | .338 | .429 | .334 | 119 | 3.1 |
| Luis Arraez | 1B | 144 | 603 | 173 | 8 | 49 | 4 | .316 | .375 | .420 | .351 | 131 | 3.0 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 91 | 382 | 76 | 28 | 51 | 6 | .224 | .306 | .526 | .358 | 136 | 2.6 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 104 | 445 | 88 | 16 | 56 | 3 | .235 | .346 | .405 | .335 | 120 | 2.5 |
| Nick Gordon | LF | 130 | 443 | 110 | 9 | 50 | 6 | .272 | .316 | .427 | .323 | 110 | 1.8 |
| Jose F Miranda | 1B | 122 | 483 | 119 | 15 | 66 | 1 | .268 | .325 | .426 | .331 | 116 | 1.6 |
| Gary Sánchez | C | 124 | 471 | 86 | 16 | 61 | 2 | .205 | .282 | .377 | .292 | 89 | 1.2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 66 | 236 | 44 | 7 | 27 | 0 | .208 | .285 | .363 | .289 | 87 | 0.8 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 115 | 446 | 88 | 9 | 43 | 3 | .227 | .318 | .348 | .301 | 95 | 0.5 |
| Royce Lewis | SS | 12 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .300 | .317 | .550 | .372 | 146 | 0.4 |
| Gilberto Celestino | CF | 116 | 347 | 74 | 2 | 24 | 4 | .238 | .313 | .302 | .282 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 51 | 180 | 37 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .231 | .306 | .406 | .311 | 102 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Garlick | LF | 63 | 162 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 0 | .233 | .284 | .433 | .312 | 103 | 0.3 |
| Matt Wallner | RF | 18 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .228 | .323 | .386 | .313 | 104 | 0.2 |
| Sandy León | C | 29 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .169 | .298 | .211 | .250 | 58 | 0.0 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 53 | 177 | 35 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .213 | .260 | .384 | .279 | 79 | -0.1 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 44 | 156 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .250 | .290 | .361 | .287 | 85 | -0.1 |
| Caleb Hamilton | C | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .056 | .227 | .222 | .223 | 38 | -0.1 |
| Mark Contreras | CF | 25 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .121 | .148 | .293 | .190 | 14 | -0.4 |
| Tim Beckham | DH | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .070 | -72 | -0.5 |
| Jermaine Palacios | SS | 24 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .143 | .184 | .229 | .184 | 11 | -0.5 |
| Miguel Sanó | 1B | 20 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .083 | .211 | .133 | .179 | 7 | -0.7 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 24 | 24 | 119.2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 3.08 | 3.40 | 1.13 | 8.8 | 2.0 |
| Joe Ryan | 27 | 27 | 147.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 151 | 3.55 | 3.99 | 1.10 | 9.2 | 1.5 |
| Jhoan Duran | 57 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 89 | 1.86 | 2.52 | 0.98 | 11.8 | 1.5 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 67 | 0 | 59.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 3.49 | 2.42 | 1.16 | 12.1 | 1.4 |
| Bailey Ober | 11 | 11 | 56.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 3.21 | 2.92 | 1.05 | 8.2 | 1.3 |
| Jovani Morán | 31 | 0 | 40.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 2.21 | 1.78 | 1.06 | 12.0 | 1.3 |
| Griffin Jax | 65 | 0 | 72.1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 3.36 | 3.17 | 1.05 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| Chris Paddack | 5 | 5 | 22.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4.03 | 1.72 | 1.21 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| Trevor Megill | 40 | 0 | 45.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4.80 | 3.29 | 1.49 | 9.8 | 0.6 |
| Chris Archer | 25 | 25 | 102.2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 84 | 4.56 | 4.49 | 1.31 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| Cody Stashak | 11 | 0 | 16.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.86 | 2.07 | 0.98 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Dylan Bundy | 29 | 29 | 140.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 4.89 | 4.66 | 1.28 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Jhon Romero | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.60 | 1.31 | 2.00 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Louis Varland | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3.81 | 4.30 | 1.23 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 15 | 10 | 60.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 6.60 | 4.48 | 1.55 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Emilio Pagán | 59 | 0 | 63.0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 4.43 | 4.21 | 1.37 | 12.0 | 0.2 |
| Juan Minaya | 6 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.59 | 3.32 | 1.34 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Danny Coulombe | 10 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.46 | 3.84 | 1.30 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Ronny Henriquez | 3 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.31 | 3.97 | 0.94 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Jermaine Palacios | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 1.50 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Jorge Alcala | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.97 | 1.71 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 | 5.71 | 1.00 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Cole Sands | 11 | 3 | 30.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5.87 | 4.74 | 1.57 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
| Josh Winder | 15 | 11 | 67.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 4.70 | 4.87 | 1.30 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Ian Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 9.11 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 40 | 0 | 44.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 4.91 | 4.79 | 1.36 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Jharel Cotton | 30 | 0 | 43.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3.56 | 4.95 | 1.26 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Yennier Cano | 13 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11.50 | 5.78 | 2.33 | 10.5 | -0.3 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 15 | 12 | 70.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3.71 | 5.23 | 1.22 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| Dereck Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.52 | 8.72 | 1.43 | 4.7 | -0.4 |
| Nick Gordon | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.09 | 13.48 | 3.82 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Joe Smith | 34 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.61 | 6.30 | 1.54 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Minnesota Twins are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their +12 run differential implies .508. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.