2016 Minnesota Twins

59-103 • .364 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2016 Minnesota Twins went 59-103 (.364) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 722 runs, allowed 889, and played home games at Target Field. Team leaders included Brian Dozier (42 HR, 99 RBI) and Tyler Duffey (9-12, 6.43 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
103 Losses
.364 Win %
5th Rank
722 R 889 RA
Diff -167

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722 Runs Scored
889 Runs Allowed
-167 Run Diff
1,963K Attendance

📈 vs. 2016 AL Average

Batting Avg .250 2% below the 2016 league average (.256)
OBP .316 2% below the 2016 league average (.321)
SLG .421 equal to the 2016 league average (.422)
Team ERA 5.08 21% worse than the 2016 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 722 1% below the 2016 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTarget Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,963,912
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Avg per Game 24,245

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2016

Batting Avg

1 Eduardo Nunez 0.296 2 Jorge Polanco 0.282 3 Robbie Grossman 0.280 4 Eddie Rosario 0.269 5 Brian Dozier 0.268

Home Runs

1 Brian Dozier 42 2 Miguel Sano 25 3 Max Kepler 17 4 Eduardo Nunez 12 5 Byung Ho Park 12

RBI

1 Brian Dozier 99 2 Miguel Sano 66 3 Max Kepler 63 4 Joe Mauer 49 5 Kurt Suzuki 49
2016 Minnesota Twins — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brian Dozier 155 615 104 165 35 5 42 99 61 138 18 0.268
Joe Mauer 134 494 68 129 22 4 11 49 79 93 2 0.261
Miguel Sano 116 437 57 103 22 1 25 66 54 178 1 0.236
Max Kepler 113 396 52 93 20 2 17 63 42 93 6 0.235
Eduardo Nunez 91 371 49 110 15 1 12 47 15 58 27 0.296
Eduardo Escobar 105 352 32 83 14 2 6 37 21 72 1 0.236
Kurt Suzuki 106 345 34 89 24 1 8 49 18 48 0 0.258
Eddie Rosario 92 335 52 90 17 2 10 32 12 91 5 0.269
Robbie Grossman 99 332 49 93 19 1 11 37 55 96 2 0.280
Trevor Plouffe 84 319 35 83 13 1 12 47 19 60 1 0.260
Byron Buxton 92 298 44 67 19 6 10 38 23 118 10 0.225
Jorge Polanco 69 245 24 69 15 4 4 27 17 46 4 0.282
Danny Santana 75 233 29 56 10 2 2 14 12 55 12 0.240
Byung Ho Park 62 215 28 41 9 1 12 24 21 80 1 0.191
Juan Centeno 55 176 16 46 12 1 3 25 12 38 0 0.261
Kennys Vargas 47 152 27 35 11 0 10 20 24 57 0 0.230
Oswaldo Arcia 32 103 8 22 4 0 4 12 10 46 0 0.214
J. R. Murphy 26 82 4 12 3 0 1 3 5 19 0 0.146
Logan Schafer 26 63 8 15 3 1 0 1 8 16 0 0.238
James Beresford 10 22 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.227
Darin Mastroianni 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0.000
Kyle Gibson 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Ervin Santana 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Phil Hughes 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tommy Milone 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Ricky Nolasco 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Michael Tonkin 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fernando Abad 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Berrios 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tyler Duffey 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ryan O'Rourke 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andrew Albers 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Boshers 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. T. Chargois 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Dean 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Casey Fien 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. R. Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Jepsen 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Kintzler 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Light 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Trevor May 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Adalberto Mejia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Meyer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glen Perkins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Pressly 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neil Ramirez 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Taylor Rogers 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hector Santiago 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Wimmers 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2016

ERA

1 Fernando Abad 2.65 2 Brandon Kintzler 3.15 3 Ervin Santana 3.38 4 Ryan Pressly 3.70 5 Taylor Rogers 3.96

Wins

1 Tyler Duffey 9 2 Ervin Santana 7 3 Kyle Gibson 6 4 Ryan Pressly 6 5 Ricky Nolasco 4

Strikeouts

1 Ervin Santana 149 2 Tyler Duffey 114 3 Kyle Gibson 104 4 Ricky Nolasco 93 5 Michael Tonkin 80
2016 Minnesota Twins — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ervin Santana 7 11 3.38 30 30 0 181.1 168 68 53 149
Kyle Gibson 6 11 5.07 25 25 0 147.1 175 83 55 104
Tyler Duffey 9 12 6.43 26 26 0 133.0 167 95 32 114
Ricky Nolasco 4 8 5.13 21 21 0 124.2 139 71 29 93
Ryan Pressly 6 7 3.70 72 0 1 75.1 79 31 23 67
Michael Tonkin 3 2 5.02 65 0 0 71.2 80 40 24 80
Tommy Milone 3 5 5.71 19 12 0 69.1 84 44 22 49
Pat Dean 1 6 6.28 19 9 0 67.1 88 47 23 50
Taylor Rogers 3 1 3.96 57 0 0 61.1 63 27 16 64
Hector Santiago 3 6 5.58 11 11 0 61.1 65 38 22 37
Phil Hughes 1 7 5.95 12 11 0 59.0 76 39 13 34
Jose Berrios 3 7 8.02 14 14 0 58.1 74 52 35 49
Brandon Kintzler 0 2 3.15 54 0 17 54.1 59 19 8 35
Trevor May 2 2 5.27 44 0 0 42.2 39 25 17 60
Buddy Boshers 2 0 4.25 37 0 0 36.0 35 17 7 37
Fernando Abad 1 4 2.65 39 0 1 34.0 27 10 14 29
Kevin Jepsen 2 5 6.16 33 0 7 30.2 42 21 12 22
Ryan O'Rourke 0 1 3.96 26 0 0 25.0 18 11 10 24
J. T. Chargois 1 1 4.70 25 0 0 23.0 25 12 12 17
Alex Wimmers 1 3 4.15 16 0 0 17.1 14 8 11 14
Andrew Albers 0 0 5.82 6 2 0 17.0 27 11 6 16
Neil Ramirez 0 0 6.14 8 0 0 14.2 15 10 10 11
Pat Light 0 1 9.00 15 0 0 14.0 15 14 15 14
Casey Fien 1 0 7.90 14 0 0 13.2 21 12 3 12
Alex Meyer 0 1 12.27 2 1 0 3.2 8 5 4 5
Adalberto Mejia 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 2.1 5 2 1 0
Glen Perkins 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 5 2 1 3
J. R. Graham 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 1.2 3 2 1 2
Eduardo Escobar 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (49)

Fernando Abad Andrew Albers Oswaldo Arcia James Beresford Jose Berrios Buddy Boshers Byron Buxton Juan Centeno J. T. Chargois Pat Dean Brian Dozier Tyler Duffey +37 more

49 players

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The 2016 Minnesota Twins in brief

The record for the 2016 Minnesota Twins reads 59 wins and 103 losses, good for 5th in the AL Central. With 722 runs scored and 889 given up, the 2016 differential was -167. At the plate the Minnesota Twins hit .250, 2% worse than the league's .256. The staff ERA of 5.08 was 21% worse than the league average of 4.20. Measured against the 731-run league average, the offense was 1% behind.

Home games were played at Target Field, where 1,963,912 fans came through the gates. For power, Brian Dozier led the way with 42 homers. The pitching staff's wins leader was Tyler Duffey (9). The strikeout leader was Ervin Santana with 149. Brandon Kintzler saved 17 games. In all, the roster shows 49 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2016 Minnesota Twins

What was the 2016 Minnesota Twins record?
The 2016 Minnesota Twins finished 59-103 (.364 win pct).
Who led the 2016 Minnesota Twins in home runs?
Brian Dozier led the 2016 Minnesota Twins with 42 home runs.
What was the 2016 Minnesota Twins team ERA?
The 2016 Minnesota Twins posted a team ERA of 5.08.
Did the 2016 Minnesota Twins win the World Series?
No. The 2016 Minnesota Twins did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2016 Minnesota Twins play?
The 2016 Minnesota Twins played home games at Target Field.
Who led the 2016 Minnesota Twins in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Brian Dozier (42 HR, 99 RBI) and Tyler Duffey (9-12, 6.43 ERA).
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