The New York Mets went 74-88 in 2012, a .457 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 650 runs and allowed 709, a run differential of -59. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.09 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. David Wright led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and R.A. Dickey the rotation at a 2.73 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 24 games back. They spent 7 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 9 and were as far as 25 games back on September 20. Their best month was March/April at 13-10, their worst July at 7-18. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 5 to May 9 and a 6-game losing streak from July 8 to July 18. They were 36-45 at home and 38-43 on the road, 20-22 in one-run games and 46-62 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 at the Cubs on June 27; the heaviest defeat, 16-1 against the Phillies on September 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
91
111
-20
May
15
13
.536
129
133
-4
June
15
13
.536
142
91
+51
July
7
18
.280
106
145
-39
August
12
16
.429
83
104
-21
Sept/Oct
12
18
.400
99
125
-26
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
20-22
.476
Extra innings
3-7
.300
Within the division
32-40
.444
Against .500+ clubs
46-62
.426
Decided by 5+ runs
20-24
.455
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2012. 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
80
28,035
27,032
20,010
42,516
Night
50
26,938
25,467
20,010
42,516
Day
30
29,864
29,046
20,660
42,080
Weekend
37
29,666
27,988
23,161
42,364
Weekday
43
26,631
25,487
20,010
42,516
On the road
81
33,721
34,092
14,556
55,359
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
26,515
May
14
26,762
Jun
13
32,565
Jul
12
31,130
Aug
13
26,248
Sep
16
24,081
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:53
152 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:45
10 of them
Longest
4:43
2012-07-22, 12 inn
Shortest
2:07
2012-06-18
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
2:56
2:53
2:07
4:43
Regulation
152
2:53
2:53
2:07
3:47
Extra innings
10
3:45
3:41
3:13
4:43
Home
81
2:55
2:53
2:07
4:43
Road
81
2:57
2:53
2:07
4:15
Day
60
2:53
2:47
2:08
4:43
Night
102
2:58
2:56
2:07
4:15
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:02
May
14
2:51
Jun
13
2:47
Jul
12
3:03
Aug
13
2:51
Sep
16
2:59
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 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -59 run differential implies .460. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
