The Cincinnati Reds went 68-94 in 2016, a .420 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 716 runs and allowed 854, a run differential of -138. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.85 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Joey Votto led the position players at 6.4 WAR, and Anthony DeSclafani the rotation at a 3.28 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 35.5 games back. They spent 6 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 35.5 games back on September 30. Their best month was July at 13-11, their worst May at 8-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from August 16 to August 20 and an 11-game losing streak from May 16 to May 27. They were 38-43 at home and 30-51 on the road, 22-27 in one-run games and 24-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Diamondbacks on August 27; the heaviest defeat, 16-0 against the Cubs on April 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
15
.375
87
140
-53
May
8
20
.286
123
180
-57
June
12
16
.429
130
159
-29
July
13
11
.542
107
105
+2
August
13
15
.464
140
126
+14
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
129
144
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
22-27
.449
Extra innings
3-10
.231
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
24-54
.308
Decided by 5+ runs
19-33
.365
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2016. 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
23,384
22,376
10,784
43,683
Night
50
21,704
21,409
12,103
41,660
Day
31
26,093
24,880
10,784
43,683
Weekend
40
27,601
27,096
17,194
41,660
Weekday
41
19,269
16,668
10,784
43,683
On the road
81
31,895
32,407
12,184
46,268
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
23,277
May
14
21,021
Jun
16
29,396
Jul
9
25,086
Aug
13
20,133
Sep
14
19,700
Oct
2
31,779
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:59
149 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:55
13 of them
Longest
4:43
2016-06-28, 15 inn
Shortest
2:23
2016-04-06
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
3:04
3:01
2:10
5:18
Regulation
149
2:59
2:58
2:10
4:02
Extra innings
13
3:55
3:47
2:44
5:18
Home
81
3:05
3:01
2:23
4:43
Road
81
3:03
3:01
2:10
5:18
Day
55
3:02
3:00
2:10
4:02
Night
107
3:05
3:01
2:11
5:18
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:59
May
14
3:06
Jun
16
3:06
Jul
9
3:07
Aug
13
3:04
Sep
14
3:05
Oct
2
3:13
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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
Cincinnati Reds are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -138 run differential implies .420. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
