The New York Mets went 70-92 in 2009, a .432 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 671 runs and allowed 757, a run differential of -86. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.50 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. David Wright led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Johan Santana the rotation at a 3.13 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 23 games back. They spent 15 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on May 14 and were as far as 25.5 games back on September 30. Their best month was May at 19-9, their worst June at 9-18. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 4 to May 10 and a 6-game losing streak from September 13 to September 18. They were 41-40 at home and 29-52 on the road, 19-24 in one-run games and 39-63 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 against the Cardinals on June 24; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 at the Yankees on June 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
12
.429
96
97
-1
May
19
9
.679
138
111
+27
June
9
18
.333
108
146
-38
July
12
14
.462
93
108
-15
August
10
19
.345
117
151
-34
Sept/Oct
11
20
.355
119
144
-25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
19-24
.442
Extra innings
4-7
.364
Within the division
28-44
.389
Against .500+ clubs
39-63
.382
Decided by 5+ runs
15-22
.405
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2009. 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
38,715
38,903
20,604
41,315
Night
54
38,508
38,608
20,604
41,315
Day
27
39,129
39,337
36,122
41,221
Weekend
39
38,976
38,793
36,122
41,315
Weekday
42
38,473
38,920
20,604
41,221
On the road
81
31,809
34,293
10,459
51,175
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
38,200
May
14
39,716
Jun
13
39,375
Jul
11
37,734
Aug
16
39,026
Sep
12
38,069
Oct
3
37,763
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, 2009.
Regulation
2:53
151 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:28
11 of them
Longest
3:55
2009-06-21, 9 inn
Shortest
2:13
2009-06-23
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
2:55
2:54
2:00
3:55
Regulation
151
2:53
2:52
2:00
3:55
Extra innings
11
3:28
3:28
3:02
3:48
Home
81
2:57
2:55
2:13
3:55
Road
81
2:54
2:53
2:00
3:54
Day
56
2:55
2:53
2:04
3:55
Night
106
2:55
2:55
2:00
3:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:00
May
14
3:02
Jun
13
3:00
Jul
11
2:57
Aug
16
2:53
Sep
12
2:51
Oct
3
2:38
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 70-92, a .432 win rate, while their -86 run differential implies .445. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
