The New York Yankees went 95-67 in 2012, a .586 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 804 runs and allowed 668, a run differential of +136. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.83 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 120 team wRC+ was 20% above league average — the best in MLB. Robinson Canó led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 3.38 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 2 games clear. They spent 122 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on July 18 and were as far as 5.5 games back on May 19. Their best month was June at 20-7, their worst May at 14-14. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from June 8 to June 18 and a 4-game losing streak from July 19 to July 22. They were 51-30 at home and 44-37 on the road, 22-25 in one-run games and 47-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Red Sox on October 3; the heaviest defeat, 8-1 at the Blue Jays on May 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
9
.591
120
102
+18
May
14
14
.500
112
115
-3
June
20
7
.741
137
93
+44
July
13
13
.500
128
110
+18
August
15
13
.536
133
119
+14
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
174
129
+45
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
22-25
.468
Extra innings
6-3
.667
Within the division
41-31
.569
Against .500+ clubs
47-44
.516
Decided by 5+ runs
24-12
.667
Last 10
7-3
.700
2012 postseason
In October the New York Yankees beat the Orioles 3-2 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Tigers 4-0.
ALDS vs Orioles3-2 W
Game 1, October 7 W 7-2 at Orioles
Game 2, October 8 L 2-3 at Orioles
Game 3, October 10 W 3-2 vs Orioles
Game 4, October 11 L 1-2 vs Orioles
Game 5, October 12 W 3-1 vs Orioles
ALCS vs Tigers0-4 L
Game 1, October 13 L 4-6 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 14 L 0-3 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 16 L 1-2 at Tigers
Game 4, October 18 L 1-8 at Tigers
American League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2012. 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
43,733
44,026
36,831
49,573
Night
51
42,472
42,290
36,831
49,571
Day
30
45,877
45,998
39,859
49,573
Weekend
39
45,747
46,122
37,226
49,573
Weekday
42
41,864
41,927
36,831
47,645
On the road
81
34,154
34,374
16,492
48,938
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
41,882
May
14
40,217
Jun
15
43,971
Jul
12
46,499
Aug
15
45,966
Sep
11
43,381
Oct
3
44,812
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, 2012.
Regulation
3:03
152 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
4:08
9 of them
Longest
5:43
2012-09-22, 14 inn
Shortest
2:22
2012-04-30
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
161
3:07
3:03
2:22
5:43
Regulation
152
3:03
3:02
2:22
4:02
Extra innings
9
4:08
3:44
3:02
5:43
Home
80
3:04
3:02
2:22
5:43
Road
81
3:10
3:06
2:22
4:49
Day
52
3:12
3:09
2:25
5:43
Night
109
3:04
3:02
2:22
4:38
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:04
May
14
2:57
Jun
15
2:54
Jul
11
3:06
Aug
15
2:59
Sep
11
3:26
Oct
3
3:30
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 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +136 run differential implies .584. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
