The New York Mets went 77-85 in 2021, a .475 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 636 runs and allowed 668, a run differential of -32. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Pete Alonso led the position players at 3.4 WAR, and Jacob deGrom the rotation at a 1.08 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 11.5 games back. They spent 114 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on June 15 and were as far as 11.5 games back on October 3. Their best month was May at 17-9, their worst August at 9-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 5 to May 12 and a 5-game losing streak from August 13 to August 17. They were 47-34 at home and 30-51 on the road, 31-35 in one-run games and 33-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Orioles on June 9; the heaviest defeat, 20-2 at the Braves on June 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
11
.476
64
77
-13
May
17
9
.654
109
89
+20
June
15
15
.500
105
113
-8
July
14
13
.519
124
123
+1
August
9
19
.321
95
120
-25
Sept/Oct
12
18
.400
139
146
-7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
31-35
.470
Extra innings
11-7
.611
Within the division
39-37
.513
Against .500+ clubs
33-53
.384
Decided by 5+ runs
15-18
.455
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2021. 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
73
20,711
22,610
7,520
43,144
Night
53
21,657
22,610
7,520
43,144
Day
20
18,206
22,198
7,784
29,205
Weekend
36
23,647
25,954
7,662
43,144
Weekday
37
17,855
18,698
7,520
28,558
On the road
79
20,724
17,623
5,848
52,749
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
7,289
May
10
7,686
Jun
15
18,757
Jul
17
21,623
Aug
14
25,234
Sep
14
25,191
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, 2021.
Regulation
3:05
144 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:38
18 of them
Longest
4:34
2021-09-14, 11 inn
Shortest
1:54
2021-05-27
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
3:09
3:09
1:54
4:45
Regulation
144
3:05
3:05
1:54
4:06
Extra innings
18
3:38
3:34
2:32
4:45
Home
81
3:06
3:03
1:54
4:34
Road
81
3:12
3:14
2:11
4:45
Day
50
3:06
3:14
1:54
4:05
Night
112
3:10
3:07
2:05
4:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:58
May
10
3:04
Jun
15
2:59
Jul
17
2:55
Aug
14
3:10
Sep
14
3:29
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 -32 run differential implies .478. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
