National League East · 2020

New York Mets 2020

26-34Tied for 4th in the NL EastCiti FieldNational League East National League

Team WAR: 17.3
Win %: .433
Run diff: -22
wRC+: 120
ERA: 5.02
Home runs: 84

The New York Mets went 26-34 in 2020, a .433 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 286 runs and allowed 308, a run differential of -22. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.02 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 120 team wRC+ was 20% above league average — the third best in MLB. Dominic Smith led the position players at 2.2 WAR, and Jacob deGrom the rotation at a 2.38 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished tied for 4th in the NL East, 9 games back. They spent 2 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 9 games back on September 23. Their best month was August at 12-15, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-14. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from August 17 to August 19 and a 5-game losing streak from July 29 to August 2. They were 13-17 at home and 13-17 on the road, 6-11 in one-run games and 14-18 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-1 at the Blue Jays on September 11; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Braves on July 26.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	5	.375	37	47	-10
August	12	15	.444	114	121	-7
Sept/Oct	11	14	.440	135	140	-5

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	13-17	.433
Road	13-17	.433
One-run games	6-11	.353
Extra innings	1-4	.200
Within the division	17-23	.425
Against .500+ clubs	14-18	.438
Decided by 5+ runs	10-7	.588
Last 10	3-7	.300

National League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Atlanta Braves	35	25	.583	—	348	288	+60	20.3
Miami Marlins	31	29	.517	4	263	304	-41	6.8
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	.467	7	306	311	-5	17.0
New York Mets	26	34	.433	9	286	308	-22	17.3
Washington Nationals	26	34	.433	9	293	301	-8	11.4

2020 New York Mets roster

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.

Catchers 4

Wilson RamosC · 45 G · 0.4 WAR
Tomás NidoC · 7 G · 0.2 WAR
René RiveraC · 2 G · -0.0 WAR
Ali SánchezC · 5 G · -0.2 WAR

Infielders 8

Dominic Smith1B · 50 G · 2.2 WAR
Robinson Canó2B · 49 G · 1.4 WAR
J.D. Davis3B · 56 G · 1.0 WAR
Pete Alonso1B · 57 G · 0.9 WAR
Andrés GiménezSS · 43 G · 0.8 WAR
Luis Guillorme2B · 27 G · 0.6 WAR
Amed RosarioSS · 44 G · 0.1 WAR
Brian Dozier2B · 6 G · -0.2 WAR

Outfielders 7

Brandon NimmoCF · 51 G · 2.1 WAR
Michael ConfortoRF · 54 G · 2.0 WAR
Jeff McNeilLF · 51 G · 1.3 WAR
Jake MarisnickCF · 14 G · 0.4 WAR
Guillermo HerediaCF · 12 G · 0.0 WAR
Ryan CordellCF · 4 G · -0.1 WAR
Billy HamiltonCF · 24 G · -0.2 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Eduardo NúñezDH · 2 G · 0.0 WAR
Yoenis CespedesDH · 8 G · -0.2 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Jacob deGrom12 GS · 2.5 WAR
Rick Porcello12 GS · 1.5 WAR
David Peterson9 GS · 0.6 WAR
Michael Wacha7 GS · 0.1 WAR
Ariel Jurado1 GS · 0.0 WAR
Robert Gsellman4 GS · -0.3 WAR
Steven Matz6 GS · -0.8 WAR

Relief pitchers 16

Edwin Díaz26 G · 0.8 WAR
Justin Wilson23 G · 0.4 WAR
Seth Lugo16 G · 0.3 WAR
Chasen Shreve17 G · 0.3 WAR
Erasmo Ramírez6 G · 0.2 WAR
Hunter Strickland4 G · 0.1 WAR
Todd Frazier1 G · 0.0 WAR
Jeurys Familia25 G · 0.0 WAR
Luis Guillorme1 G · 0.0 WAR
Dellin Betances15 G · 0.0 WAR
Corey Oswalt4 G · -0.0 WAR
Drew Smith8 G · -0.1 WAR
Paul Sewald5 G · -0.1 WAR
Jared Hughes18 G · -0.1 WAR
Brad Brach14 G · -0.2 WAR
Franklyn Kilome4 G · -0.5 WAR

Batting

21 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Dominic Smith	1B	50	199	56	10	42	0	.316	.377	.616	.414	163	2.2
Brandon Nimmo	CF	51	225	52	8	18	1	.280	.404	.484	.391	147	2.1
Michael Conforto	RF	54	233	65	9	31	3	.322	.412	.515	.403	156	2.0
Robinson Canó	2B	49	182	54	10	30	0	.316	.352	.544	.377	138	1.4
Jeff McNeil	LF	51	209	57	4	23	0	.311	.383	.454	.362	128	1.3
J.D. Davis	3B	56	229	47	6	19	0	.247	.371	.389	.343	114	1.0
Pete Alonso	1B	57	239	48	16	35	1	.231	.326	.490	.343	115	0.9
Andrés Giménez	SS	43	132	31	3	12	8	.263	.333	.398	.324	101	0.8
Luis Guillorme	2B	27	68	19	0	9	2	.333	.426	.439	.385	143	0.6
Wilson Ramos	C	45	155	34	5	15	0	.239	.297	.387	.299	84	0.4
Jake Marisnick	CF	14	34	11	2	5	0	.333	.353	.606	.402	155	0.4
Tomás Nido	C	7	26	7	2	6	0	.292	.346	.583	.390	147	0.2
Amed Rosario	SS	44	147	36	4	15	0	.252	.272	.371	.278	70	0.1
Guillermo Heredia	CF	12	36	7	2	5	1	.212	.278	.394	.292	80	0.0
Eduardo Núñez	DH	2	2	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	.443	183	0.0
René Rivera	C	2	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.221	32	-0.0
Ryan Cordell	CF	4	8	1	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.111	-44	-0.1
Ali Sánchez	C	5	10	1	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.160	-10	-0.2
Yoenis Cespedes	DH	8	34	5	2	4	0	.161	.235	.387	.268	64	-0.2
Billy Hamilton	CF	24	36	4	1	2	6	.125	.171	.219	.173	-1	-0.2
Brian Dozier	2B	6	16	2	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.156	-13	-0.2

Pitching

23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Jacob deGrom	12	12	68.0	4	2	0	104	2.38	2.26	0.96	13.8	2.5
Rick Porcello	12	12	59.0	1	7	0	54	5.64	3.33	1.51	8.2	1.5
Edwin Díaz	26	0	25.2	2	1	6	50	1.75	2.18	1.25	17.5	0.8
David Peterson	10	9	49.2	6	2	0	40	3.44	4.52	1.21	7.2	0.6
Justin Wilson	23	0	19.2	2	1	0	23	3.66	3.04	1.37	10.5	0.4
Seth Lugo	16	7	36.2	3	4	3	47	5.15	4.45	1.36	11.5	0.3
Chasen Shreve	17	0	25.0	1	0	0	34	3.96	3.99	1.16	12.2	0.3
Erasmo Ramírez	6	0	14.1	0	0	1	9	0.63	3.68	0.84	5.7	0.2
Hunter Strickland	4	0	3.1	0	1	0	4	8.10	1.69	1.80	10.8	0.1
Michael Wacha	8	7	34.0	1	4	0	37	6.62	5.25	1.56	9.8	0.1
Todd Frazier	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.19	0.00	9.0	0.0
Jeurys Familia	25	0	26.2	2	0	0	23	3.71	4.92	1.46	7.8	0.0
Luis Guillorme	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0
Dellin Betances	15	0	11.2	0	1	0	11	7.71	4.91	2.06	8.5	0.0
Ariel Jurado	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	2	11.25	5.44	2.25	4.5	0.0
Corey Oswalt	4	1	13.0	0	0	0	11	4.85	5.19	1.23	7.6	-0.0
Drew Smith	8	0	7.0	0	1	0	7	6.43	5.76	1.14	9.0	-0.1
Paul Sewald	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	2	13.50	7.19	2.67	3.0	-0.1
Jared Hughes	18	0	22.1	1	2	0	21	4.84	5.61	1.66	8.5	-0.1
Brad Brach	14	0	12.1	1	0	0	14	5.84	6.68	1.78	10.2	-0.2
Robert Gsellman	6	4	14.0	0	0	0	9	9.64	7.55	2.14	5.8	-0.3
Franklyn Kilome	4	0	11.1	0	1	1	13	11.12	9.28	2.03	10.3	-0.5
Steven Matz	9	6	30.2	0	5	0	36	9.68	7.76	1.70	10.6	-0.8

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	20	0	0	0	0
Day	10	0	0	0	0
Weekend	14	0	0	0	0
Weekday	16	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:10
All games: 3:11
Extra innings: 3:26
Longest: 4:00
Shortest: 2:23

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	60	3:11	3:12	2:23	4:12
Regulation	55	3:10	3:11	2:23	4:12
Extra innings	5	3:26	3:22	2:45	4:00
Home	30	3:12	3:10	2:23	4:00
Road	30	3:10	3:13	2:24	4:12
Day	19	3:09	3:09	2:25	4:00
Night	41	3:12	3:14	2:23	4:12

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	5	3:20
Aug	12	3:02
Sep	13	3:18

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 190 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 26-34, a .433 win rate, while their -22 run differential implies .466. That is about 2 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.

New York Mets 2020

The 2020 season

National League East standings, 2020

2020 New York Mets roster

Catchers 4

Infielders 8

Outfielders 7

Designated hitters 2

Starting pitchers 7

Relief pitchers 16

Where the offence comes from

Batting

Pitching

Attendance

By situation

By season

Game time

By situation

Through the season

By season