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Season In Review: 2016 By The Numbers

Ted Schwerzler

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With the dust now settled, the 2016 Major League Baseball season has come to a close. The Minnesota Twins mercifully can close the chapter on what was a franchise worst record, but focus on making improvements in the year ahead. Before the Postseason kicks off, I want to take a look back at the good, bad, and ugly that is the numerical values for Minnesota in 2016.

  • Brian Dozier launched 42 homers for the Twins in 2016. That total was the highest mark for a Twins hitter since Harmon Killebrew hit 49 in 1969. He finished with 99 RBI, which allows Josh Willingham to remain the last Minnesota batter with 100 or more in a season.
  • Ervin Santana finished with a 3.38 ERA across his 30 starts this season. That's the best mark for a Twins pitcher since Scott Baker owned a 3.14 ERA in 2011.
  • Over the course of the season, only 12 times did the Twins not turn a loss into a streak of at least two consecutive losses.
  • Through 162 games, the Twins trailed in 139 of them. In 86% of the games they played this season, Minnesota was losing at some point.
  • Against the AL Central, Minnesota went 24-52 and owned a -110 run differential.
  • Byron Buxton had just a .714 OPS on the year, but since his recall in September, he pushed that mark to 1.011 (over 29 G 101 at bats)
  • With 178, Miguel Sano set the Twins single season strikeout record. He overtook Brian Dozier's mark of 148 from 2015.
  • After striking out 100 plus times for the first time in his career last season, Joe Mauer totaled 93 strikeouts this season. That was his lowest total since the 2013 season.
  • In 2014, Phil Hughes set an all time MLB record for K/BB ratio in a single season (11.63). This year, Clayton Kershaw tallied a 15.6 K/BB but didn't pitch enough innings to qualify, so Hughes' mark still stands.

At the end of the season, there was significantly more bad than good for the Twins. That's probably to be expected when you lose 103 games. If the Twins can take the few things that are worth building upon, and carry them into 2017, a clean slate for the year ahead remains the biggest positive for the future.

 

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Vanimal46

"Through 162 games, the Twins trailed in 139 of them. In 86% of the games they played this season, Minnesota was losing at some point."

This stat sticks out as mind blowing to me. Wow. I wonder how many times it was a result of the bullpen blowing a lead?

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Ted Schwerzler

 

"Through 162 games, the Twins trailed in 139 of them. In 86% of the games they played this season, Minnesota was losing at some point."

This stat sticks out as mind blowing to me. Wow. I wonder how many times it was a result of the bullpen blowing a lead?

 

A lot of them were games where the lead was lost right away, but with 103 losses, you'll lose in a multitude of different ways.

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Rosterman

And, thus, the spirit in the clubhouse HAD to be down. Some would say a Torii Hunter presence was needed. Others will say coaches weren't doing their pregame jobs with the players. Many will criticize the manager for poor lineup construction and not knowing his own players. You have to admit that the offense has so much potential if they can get beyond the strikeout, youth, and enjoy the game more. Pitching put the team behind, which is a tragedy, with Santana being the only one to truly shutdown the opposition on a continued basis. The bullpen was all over the place with no surefire closer (of course, few REAL closing opportunities). You never knew what you'd get from a bullpen pitcher.

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Jacksson

What numbers do you have on:

 

Double Play Balls = How many for the team & How many by player?

What percentage of homeruns were solo shots by team & player?

What percentage of homeruns actually put us ahead or won ballgames?

How many of the other teams batters scored after reaching base via walk?

By team and pitcher, what do the stats on inherited runners scored show?

By team and player, what do the stats show on runners LOB?

By team and player, what do the stats show on runners left in scoring position?

By team and pitcher, what do the stats show on extra base hits given up?

By outfielder, what do the stats show on extra base hits to them?

 

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