The New York Mets went 97-65 in 2006, a .599 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 834 runs and allowed 731, a run differential of +103. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.13 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Beltrán led the position players at 6.7 WAR, and Tom Glavine the rotation at a 3.82 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 12 games clear. They spent 181 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 16.5 games on September 2 and were as far as 0.5 games back on April 5. Their best month was August at 19-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 15-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from June 7 to June 15 and a 4-game losing streak from June 27 to June 30. They were 50-31 at home and 47-34 on the road, 31-16 in one-run games and 33-24 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 against the Marlins on July 8; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 at the Phillies on August 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
8
.667
120
89
+31
May
16
12
.571
137
136
+1
June
15
12
.556
152
119
+33
July
16
9
.640
157
131
+26
August
19
9
.679
148
120
+28
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
120
136
-16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
31-16
.660
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
45-29
.608
Against .500+ clubs
33-24
.579
Decided by 5+ runs
34-17
.667
Last 10
5-5
.500
2006 postseason
In October the New York Mets beat the Dodgers 3-0 in the NLDS, then lost the NLCS to the Cardinals 4-3.
NLDS vs Dodgers3-0 W
Game 1, October 4 W 6-5 vs Dodgers
Game 2, October 5 W 4-1 vs Dodgers
Game 3, October 7 W 9-5 at Dodgers
NLCS vs Cardinals3-4 L
Game 1, October 12 W 2-0 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 13 L 6-9 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 14 L 0-5 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 15 W 12-5 at Cardinals
Game 5, October 17 L 2-4 at Cardinals
Game 6, October 18 W 4-2 vs Cardinals
Game 7, October 19 L 1-3 vs Cardinals
National League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2006. 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
78
43,327
43,968
19,557
56,289
Night
50
41,927
42,141
19,557
56,289
Day
28
45,827
45,722
38,119
56,185
Weekend
36
46,447
46,171
35,325
56,289
Weekday
42
40,654
40,448
19,557
54,371
On the road
81
33,643
34,454
13,037
55,245
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
39,480
May
16
41,567
Jun
10
41,344
Jul
14
41,113
Aug
15
44,875
Sep
15
41,204
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 161 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:49
147 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:45
14 of them
Longest
5:22
2006-05-23, 16 inn
Shortest
1:59
2006-04-19
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
161
2:54
2:50
1:59
5:22
Regulation
147
2:49
2:48
1:59
3:37
Extra innings
14
3:45
3:36
2:53
5:22
Home
81
2:54
2:50
1:59
5:22
Road
80
2:54
2:52
2:03
3:56
Day
55
2:57
2:56
1:59
4:08
Night
106
2:52
2:46
2:03
5:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:48
May
16
3:16
Jun
10
2:57
Jul
14
2:54
Aug
15
2:43
Sep
15
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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
New York Mets are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +103 run differential implies .560. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
