The New York Yankees went 97-65 in 2011, a .599 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 867 runs and allowed 657, a run differential of +210. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the second best in MLB. Curtis Granderson led the position players at 7.0 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 3.00 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 6 games clear. They spent 98 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on September 24 and were as far as 3 games back on May 16. Their best month was June at 18-8, their worst May at 15-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 30 to August 5 and a 6-game losing streak from May 11 to May 16. They were 52-29 at home and 45-36 on the road, 21-24 in one-run games and 44-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 against the Orioles on July 30; the heaviest defeat, 16-7 at the Blue Jays on July 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
9
.625
134
100
+34
May
15
14
.517
145
112
+33
June
18
8
.692
142
94
+48
July
16
11
.593
139
104
+35
August
17
11
.607
172
128
+44
Sept/Oct
16
12
.571
135
119
+16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
21-24
.467
Extra innings
4-12
.250
Within the division
39-33
.542
Against .500+ clubs
44-38
.537
Decided by 5+ runs
34-13
.723
Last 10
5-5
.500
2011 postseason
In October the New York Yankees lost the ALDS to the Tigers 3-2.
ALDS vs Tigers2-3 L
Game 1, September 30 W 9-3 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 2 L 3-5 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 3 L 4-5 at Tigers
Game 4, October 4 W 10-1 at Tigers
Game 5, October 6 L 2-3 vs Tigers
American League East standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2011. 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
45,107
46,369
40,045
49,556
Night
48
44,753
45,824
40,081
49,072
Day
33
45,623
46,900
40,045
49,556
Weekend
37
46,068
46,921
40,574
49,556
Weekday
44
44,300
44,821
40,045
48,845
On the road
81
33,230
35,067
18,223
49,574
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
48,226
Apr
16
40,974
May
13
44,746
Jun
16
46,556
Jul
13
46,353
Aug
8
47,193
Sep
14
45,940
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 161 completed games, 2011.
Regulation
3:03
145 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
4:01
16 of them
Longest
5:11
2011-09-25, 14 inn
Shortest
2:11
2011-04-27
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
161
3:08
3:02
2:11
5:11
Regulation
145
3:03
3:00
2:11
4:31
Extra innings
16
4:01
3:57
3:13
5:11
Home
81
3:09
3:03
2:11
5:11
Road
80
3:08
2:59
2:28
4:56
Day
56
3:07
3:02
2:11
4:31
Night
105
3:09
3:00
2:11
5:11
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:02
Apr
16
2:59
May
13
3:10
Jun
16
3:11
Jul
13
3:02
Aug
8
3:14
Sep
14
3:22
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +210 run differential implies .624. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
