The New York Mets went 89-73 in 2008, a .549 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 799 runs and allowed 715, a run differential of +84. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.06 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. David Wright led the position players at 6.7 WAR, and Johan Santana the rotation at a 2.53 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 3 games back. They spent 48 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on September 10 and were as far as 7.5 games back on June 8. Their best month was July at 18-8, their worst May at 13-15. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from July 5 to July 17 and a 5-game losing streak from May 20 to May 23. They were 48-33 at home and 41-40 on the road, 16-19 in one-run games and 46-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Marlins on April 2; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Pirates on April 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
12
.538
119
118
+1
May
13
15
.464
140
136
+4
June
13
15
.464
120
132
-12
July
18
8
.692
153
100
+53
August
18
11
.621
142
111
+31
Sept/Oct
13
12
.520
125
118
+7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
16-19
.457
Extra innings
9-9
.500
Within the division
40-32
.556
Against .500+ clubs
46-38
.548
Decided by 5+ runs
29-21
.580
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2008. 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
79
50,905
51,137
35,288
56,350
Night
52
50,192
50,221
45,321
56,308
Day
27
52,281
53,534
35,288
56,350
Weekend
37
52,187
52,794
35,288
56,308
Weekday
42
49,777
49,588
45,321
56,350
On the road
81
35,791
36,587
13,720
55,093
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
49,841
May
13
49,946
Jun
13
47,309
Jul
12
51,944
Aug
14
51,151
Sep
15
48,000
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:55
144 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:54
18 of them
Longest
5:09
2008-07-26, 14 inn
Shortest
2:08
2008-08-20
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
3:02
2:57
2:08
5:17
Regulation
144
2:55
2:52
2:08
3:54
Extra innings
18
3:54
3:47
3:07
5:17
Home
81
3:01
2:56
2:08
5:09
Road
81
3:02
2:57
2:21
5:17
Day
54
3:01
2:58
2:17
4:25
Night
108
3:02
2:56
2:08
5:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:13
May
13
3:00
Jun
13
3:03
Jul
12
2:57
Aug
14
2:46
Sep
15
3:05
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .551. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
