2011 Twins Statistical Overview

by BeefMaster on Sep 12, 2011 4:07 PM EDT

No cutesy subtitle to this edition - this is the gritty reboot. We're not afraid to kill off minor characters this time around, as Tom Nieto has already discovered.

Twins leader in OPS: Francisco Liriano
Twins leader in ERA: Michael Cuddyer

OBP
Joe Mauer: .358
Nick Punto: .371

Twins leader in OBP (min. 100 PA): Joe Mauer
That means Nick Punto would be leading the Twins in OBP: Yes

Twins with a higher slugging percentage than Nick Punto (min. 100 PA):
Michael Cuddyer
Jason Kubel
Trevor Plouffe

Home Runs
2011 Minnesota Twins: 94
Top three home run hitters on the Yankees: 100

Save Percentage
LaTroy Hawkins, 2001: 76%
Ron Davis, 1984: 67%
Matt Capps, 2011: 65%

Times intentionally walked
2011 Minnesota Twins: 24
Prince Fielder: 29

Slugging Percentage
Rene Rivera, Drew Butera, and Steve Holm, added together: .625
Jose Bautista: .627

Triples
Twins current active roster: 12
Jose Reyes: 16

OPS
Twins team leader Michael Cuddyer: .807
2011 Boston Red Sox: .807

Batting average
2011 Minnesota Twins: .249
1899 Cleveland Spiders: .253

Players named "Rene"
2011 Minnesota Twins: 2
1899 Cleveland Spiders: 0

Players named "Chief"
2011 Minnesota Twins: 0
1899 Cleveland Spiders: 2

Players named "Highball"
2011 Minnesota Twins: 0
1899 Cleveland Spiders: 1

Advantage: Spiders

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that is pretty damn funny

good work. Oh what could have been LNP holding down the 3 hole in the lineup.

first-worst-first?

by holymackerel on Sep 12, 2011 4:48 PM EDT reply actions

Nicely done

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. — Yogi Berra

by Twnzfan on Sep 12, 2011 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

Joe Mauer playing first base:

Priceless

by spanspanspan on Sep 12, 2011 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

uhg

I love the comps to the Cle. Spiders. I hate that the Spiders seem to have been a better team with better names.

by clutterheart on Sep 13, 2011 8:05 AM EDT reply actions

Selective stats

The league batting average was much higher in 1899 – partly because players didn’t use gloves with webbing.

by DJL44 on Sep 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

"Selective"?

Are you implying that the statistics in this post may have been chosen for some other purpose (say, their entertainment value) rather than their actual statistical relevance? How dare you!

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Sep 13, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

No

I’m telling clutterheart not to read into the stats. I got the joke.

by DJL44 on Sep 13, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he gets the joke

The sad reality is that the Twins were bested in all categories, not only this season but historically. With that here are new names for Twins players who will be on the 2012 roster.

Scott “Highball” Baker
Chief Mauer
Highball Liriano
Chief Ben Revere.

I'm a proud fan of the Minnesota Twins and Dallas Cowboys!
"Life is precious and time is a key element. Let’s make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own." – Harmon Killebrew

by Jessy S on Sep 13, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

But....

you used Chief twice…

by Caleb A on Sep 13, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

And...

Highball twice….

by Caleb A on Sep 13, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Do we need all that?

I don’t think so….

by Caleb A on Sep 13, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

That is the point

To one up the Cleveland Spiders.

by Jessy S on Sep 14, 2011 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Great work as usual

Louis Sockalexis has quite the interesting history. Apparently he hurt his ankle when he jumped off the second story of a whorehouse. The weirdness of the injury fits an analysis of this year’s Twins (if not the circumstances of the injury . . . or maybe Mauer’s been hiding some details.)

I don’t know about Socklalexis, but Minnesota’s own Charles Albert Bender despised the nickname “Chief.”

Steve Goodman lives.

by twinsbrewer on Sep 13, 2011 10:30 AM EDT reply actions

Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting your 2011 Minnesota Twins

Twins leader in OPS: Francisco Liriano
Twins leader in ERA: Michael Cuddyer

Sadly, fischean likely deleted more comments in a single night than the total number of strikeouts by Nick Blackburn this season. That night marked Jim Souhan’s first appearance as Die Hard Twins Fan.

by Jessy S on Sep 13, 2011 4:33 PM EDT reply actions