The New York Mets went 87-75 in 2016, a .537 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 671 runs and allowed 617, a run differential of +54. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.54 staff ERA was the second best. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Asdrúbal Cabrera led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and Noah Syndergaard the rotation at a 2.60 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 8 games back. They spent 9 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on May 8 and were as far as 12.5 games back on August 19. Their best month was March/April at 15-7, their worst June at 12-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 22 to April 30 and a 4-game losing streak from April 9 to April 12. They were 44-37 at home and 43-38 on the road, 25-22 in one-run games and 30-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-0 against the Phillies on September 25; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 against the Diamondbacks on August 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
7
.682
107
66
+41
May
14
15
.483
87
107
-20
June
12
15
.444
86
102
-16
July
13
13
.500
101
97
+4
August
15
14
.517
142
142
0
Sept/Oct
18
11
.621
148
103
+45
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
25-22
.532
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
30-30
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
19-18
.514
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 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
80
34,870
35,472
22,113
44,466
Night
57
34,678
35,030
23,847
43,462
Day
23
35,345
36,137
22,113
44,466
Weekend
39
36,794
36,941
24,422
44,466
Weekday
41
33,040
32,188
22,113
42,819
On the road
80
30,792
30,501
13,359
48,339
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
33,337
May
15
36,237
Jun
10
36,374
Jul
17
33,811
Aug
14
33,752
Sep
14
33,449
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
3:01
149 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
3:51
13 of them
Longest
4:41
2016-06-01, 13 inn
Shortest
2:28
2016-05-04
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
3:05
3:04
2:13
4:41
Regulation
149
3:01
3:02
2:13
3:47
Extra innings
13
3:51
3:51
3:19
4:41
Home
81
3:09
3:07
2:28
4:41
Road
81
3:02
3:00
2:13
4:03
Day
46
2:59
2:55
2:17
4:41
Night
116
3:08
3:07
2:13
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:07
May
15
2:56
Jun
10
3:10
Jul
17
3:05
Aug
14
3:09
Sep
14
3:25
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +54 run differential implies .538. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
