The New York Mets went 77-85 in 2018, a .475 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 676 runs and allowed 707, a run differential of -31. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.99 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Brandon Nimmo led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Jacob deGrom the rotation at a 1.70 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 13 games back. They spent 31 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on April 10 and were as far as 17 games back on August 5. Their best month was March/April at 17-9, their worst June at 5-21. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from April 3 to April 13 and an 8-game losing streak from May 31 to June 9. They were 37-44 at home and 40-41 on the road, 16-26 in one-run games and 40-57 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 24-4 at the Phillies on August 16; the heaviest defeat, 25-4 at the Nationals on July 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
9
.654
127
113
+14
May
10
18
.357
98
132
-34
June
5
21
.192
89
130
-41
July
12
12
.500
97
119
-22
August
15
15
.500
145
116
+29
Sept/Oct
18
10
.643
120
97
+23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
16-26
.381
Extra innings
9-9
.500
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
40-57
.412
Decided by 5+ runs
17-22
.436
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2018. 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
28,164
25,342
20,423
44,189
Night
54
27,795
24,810
20,423
43,928
Day
25
28,963
28,346
21,328
44,189
Weekend
38
31,757
32,691
22,486
43,928
Weekday
41
24,835
23,528
20,423
44,189
On the road
80
29,796
32,713
2,429
47,907
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
40,144
Apr
9
26,200
May
15
29,675
Jun
14
32,776
Jul
14
24,062
Aug
14
25,873
Sep
13
23,525
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, 2018.
Regulation
2:56
144 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:40
18 of them
Longest
4:53
2018-06-02, 14 inn
Shortest
2:10
2018-09-30
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
3:01
2:57
2:10
4:53
Regulation
144
2:56
2:56
2:10
4:14
Extra innings
18
3:40
3:35
2:30
4:53
Home
81
2:57
2:51
2:10
4:53
Road
81
3:05
3:01
2:12
4:16
Day
54
2:59
2:56
2:10
4:14
Night
108
3:02
2:59
2:22
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
3:12
Apr
9
3:07
May
15
2:52
Jun
14
3:05
Jul
14
2:50
Aug
14
2:56
Sep
13
2:53
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 77-85, a .475 win rate, while their -31 run differential implies .479. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
