I was just taking an innocent look at the American League Central Division standings and overall team record stats. Trying to figure out why I am awake right now too, I should be sleeping or something.

… Right now the Twins have just overtaken the White Sox for first place in the division. So.. the Twins will remain in first place for at least a few more guaranteed hours before the next round of games gets started later today.

Back to the stats.

It looks to me that the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox share some interesting similarities at this point in the season. Here’s a few that I noticed.

Let’s start off with their win-loss records

• Twins are 65-51
• White Sox are 64-51

Divisional Records

• Twins are 7-15 vs the East, 36-20 vs the Central and 8-12 vs the West
• White Sox are 8-13 vs the East, 33-21 vs the Central and 11-11 vs the West

They both pound the other American League Central teams. They have completely beaten up on their own division. At the same time they have struggled when playing out side of their divisions.

Inter-league Records

• Twins went 14-4
• White Sox went 12-6

Both teams had success against the National League. On a similar note, the majority of the American League Central teams beat up the National League. The Indians were the only ones that didn’t with a record of 6-12.

Home & Road Records

• Twins are 39-21 at home
• White Sox are 38-18 at home

Both teams win at home, at lot.

• Twins are 26-30 on the road
• White Sox are 26-33 on the road

Both teams are just a bit worse than .500 on the road.

Runs Scored & Runs Allowed

• Twins have scored 578 runs and given up 540 runs
• White Sox have scored 578 runs and given up 514 runs

Exactly the same amount as of today. Interesting. But, the runs allowed are a bit different. The Twins have given up more runs but have been able to win more games. Well, they have been able to win 1 more game the the White Sox at this point, but have also played one more game.

I might dig more into some other stats to see if the teams share any other similarities. All of these jumped out at me while I was looking at the divisional standing and the typical stats that go along with those types of grids.