The New York Yankees went 89-73 in 2008, a .549 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 789 runs and allowed 727, a run differential of +62. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.26 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Alex Rodriguez led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Mike Mussina the rotation at a 3.37 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 8 games back. They spent 2 of 183 days in first place and were as far as 12.5 games back on August 31. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-9, their worst August at 13-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 18 to July 26 and a 4-game losing streak from May 15 to May 20. They were 48-33 at home and 41-40 on the road, 27-18 in one-run games and 51-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Astros on June 15; the heaviest defeat, 14-3 at the Blue Jays on August 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
15
.483
125
133
-8
May
14
12
.538
124
119
+5
June
16
12
.571
137
114
+23
July
15
10
.600
130
105
+25
August
13
15
.464
135
148
-13
Sept/Oct
17
9
.654
138
108
+30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
27-18
.600
Extra innings
7-3
.700
Within the division
40-32
.556
Against .500+ clubs
51-46
.526
Decided by 5+ runs
29-23
.558
Last 10
8-2
.800
American League East standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2008. 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
81
52,434
53,512
25,811
55,130
Night
48
52,213
53,078
41,302
55,088
Day
33
52,754
54,170
25,811
55,130
Weekend
39
52,696
54,114
25,811
55,130
Weekday
42
52,190
53,190
41,302
55,092
On the road
81
35,193
37,296
13,932
56,308
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
49,315
May
15
52,355
Jun
15
52,614
Jul
18
54,001
Aug
12
54,075
Sep
10
50,920
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, 2008.
Regulation
3:02
152 games
All games
3:06
Extra innings
3:52
10 of them
Longest
4:53
2008-08-16, 13 inn
Shortest
2:26
2008-07-20
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
3:06
3:02
2:14
4:53
Regulation
152
3:02
3:01
2:14
4:08
Extra innings
10
3:52
3:42
2:46
4:53
Home
81
3:08
3:05
2:26
4:53
Road
81
3:03
3:00
2:14
4:35
Day
56
3:09
3:05
2:26
4:53
Night
106
3:04
3:02
2:14
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:06
May
15
3:01
Jun
15
3:11
Jul
18
3:13
Aug
12
3:14
Sep
10
2:59
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 Yankees are 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +62 run differential implies .537. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
