The Minnesota Twins went 87-75 in 2023, a .537 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 778 runs and allowed 659, a run differential of +119. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.90 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Edouard Julien led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 9 games clear. They spent 176 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on September 26 and were as far as 0.5 games back on April 5. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-10, their worst May at 12-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from August 3 to August 7 and a 5-game losing streak from June 3 to June 8. They were 47-34 at home and 40-41 on the road, 19-27 in one-run games and 37-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-6 at the Guardians on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Orioles on July 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
12
.586
134
108
+26
May
12
15
.444
122
102
+20
June
12
15
.444
95
110
-15
July
13
11
.542
119
116
+3
August
15
12
.556
133
121
+12
Sept/Oct
18
10
.643
175
102
+73
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
19-27
.413
Extra innings
12-8
.600
Within the division
29-23
.558
Against .500+ clubs
37-36
.507
Decided by 5+ runs
28-13
.683
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2023. 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
81
24,372
24,431
11,754
38,465
Night
43
24,102
23,912
12,469
34,514
Day
38
24,678
24,906
11,754
38,465
Weekend
42
26,553
27,025
11,754
38,465
Weekday
39
22,023
22,081
12,078
34,514
On the road
81
27,249
26,940
7,923
52,159
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
18,493
May
12
25,043
Jun
14
26,517
Jul
12
27,262
Aug
15
25,885
Sep
12
24,257
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:38
142 games
All games
2:42
Extra innings
3:09
20 of them
Longest
4:10
2023-08-27, 13 inn
Shortest
2:06
2023-06-17
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
2:42
2:40
1:57
4:10
Regulation
142
2:38
2:39
1:57
3:28
Extra innings
20
3:09
3:07
2:23
4:10
Home
81
2:41
2:40
2:06
4:10
Road
81
2:43
2:41
1:57
3:48
Day
69
2:42
2:40
2:06
4:10
Night
93
2:42
2:42
1:57
3:48
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:36
May
12
2:45
Jun
14
2:33
Jul
12
2:42
Aug
15
2:49
Sep
12
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 158 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 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +119 run differential implies .575. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
