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American League East · 2015

New York Yankees

Team WAR
36.7
24.3 bat / 12.5 pitch
Win %
.537
pyth .541
Run diff
+66
4.72 / 4.31 per g
wRC+
106
ERA
3.97
FIP 3.95
Home runs
208

The New York Yankees went 87-75 in 2015, a .537 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 764 runs and allowed 698, a run differential of +66. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.97 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Brian McCann led the position players at 3.4 WAR, and Michael Pineda the rotation at a 4.37 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,382 team hits
Chase Headley150Chase Headley — 150 hits (10.9%)Brett Gardner148Brett Gardner — 148 hits (10.7%)Didi Gregorius139Didi Gregorius — 139 hits (10.1%)Carlos Beltrán132Carlos Beltrán — 132 hits (9.6%)Alex Rodriguez131Alex Rodriguez — 131 hits (9.5%)Jacoby Ellsbury116Jacoby Ellsbury — 116 hits (8.4%)Brian McCann108Brian McCann — 108 hits (7.8%)Mark Teixeira100Mark Teixeira — 100 hits (7.2%)Chris Young80Chris Young — 80 hits (5.8%)Stephen Drew77Stephen Drew — 77 hits (5.6%)Murphy43John Ryan Murphy — 43 hits (3.1%)Greg Bird41Greg Bird — 41 hits (3.0%)Garrett Jones31Garrett Jones — 31 hits (2.2%)Brendan Ryan22Brendan Ryan — 22 hits (1.6%)17José Pirela — 17 hits (1.2%)13Rob Refsnyder — 13 hits (0.9%)10Slade Heathcott — 10 hits (0.7%)7Ramón Flores — 7 hits (0.5%)7Gregorio Petit — 7 hits (0.5%)Mason Williams — 6 hits (0.4%)Cole Figueroa — 2 hits (0.1%)Branden Pinder — 1 hits (0.1%)Rico Noel — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

33 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Brian McCannC13553510826940.232.320.437.3311093.4
Mark Teixeira1B11146210031792.255.357.548.3871483.3
Alex RodriguezDH15162013133864.250.356.486.3661343.0
Brett GardnerLF149656148166620.259.343.399.3311092.7
Carlos BeltránRF13353113219670.276.337.471.3511232.6
Didi GregoriusSS1535781399565.265.318.370.306922.2
Chase Headley3B15464215011620.259.324.369.310952.1
Chris YoungLF1163568014423.252.320.453.3371131.5
Jacoby EllsburyCF11050111673321.257.318.345.297861.2
Greg Bird1B451784111310.261.343.529.3771421.1
John Ryan MurphyC54172433140.277.327.406.3221031.1
Stephen Drew2B1264287717440.201.271.381.288790.6
Slade HeathcottCF113010280.400.429.720.4802130.5
Rob Refsnyder2B154713252.302.348.512.3661340.4
Mason WilliamsCF8226130.286.318.571.3811440.2
Branden PinderP1110101.0001.0002.0001.2757700.1
Rico NoelPH1321005.500.500.500.4411860.0
Cole Figueroa3B282000.250.250.500.3191010.0
Brendan Ryan2B3810322080.229.275.333.27067-0.0
Bryan MitchellP110000.000.000.000.000-122-0.0
Chris CapuanoP110000.000.000.000.000-122-0.0
Luis SeverinoP120000.000.000.000.000-122-0.0
Michael PinedaP120000.000.000.000.000-122-0.0
Austin Romine1B120000.000.000.000.000-122-0.1
Gary SánchezPH220000.000.000.000.000-122-0.1
CC SabathiaP130000.000.000.000.000-122-0.1
Adam WarrenP130000.000.000.000.000-122-0.1
Nathan EovaldiP250000.000.000.000.000-122-0.1
Masahiro TanakaP380000.000.125.000.089-60-0.1
José Pirela2B297817151.230.247.311.24448-0.2
Ramón FloresLF10337000.219.219.250.20521-0.2
Gregorio Petit2B19477050.167.217.238.19514-0.3
Garrett JonesRF56152315170.215.257.361.27268-0.3

Pitching

30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Michael Pineda2727160.2121001564.373.341.238.72.9
Nathan Eovaldi2727154.114301214.203.421.457.12.6
Dellin Betances74084.06491311.502.481.0114.01.9
Andrew Miller60061.232361002.042.160.8614.61.6
Masahiro Tanaka2424154.012701393.513.980.998.11.6
Adam Warren4317131.17711043.293.591.167.11.5
Justin Wilson74061.0500663.102.691.139.71.2
CC Sabathia2929167.161001374.734.681.427.40.4
Luis Severino111162.1530562.894.371.208.10.4
Chris Martin24020.2021185.663.671.657.80.2
Nick Rumbelow17015.2110154.023.841.348.60.1
Kyle Davies102.100020.001.421.297.70.1
Chase Whitley4419.1120164.194.581.297.40.1
James Pazos1105.000030.003.731.205.40.0
Brendan Ryan102.000000.003.131.000.00.0
Nick Goody705.200034.764.191.594.80.0
Diego Moreno4010.110085.234.291.167.00.0
Iván Nova171794.06110635.074.871.406.0-0.0
Matt Tracy102.000010.005.132.004.5-0.0
Garrett Jones100.200000.0012.131.500.0-0.1
Branden Pinder25027.2020252.934.721.528.1-0.1
Bryan Mitchell20229.2021296.374.751.798.8-0.1
Esmil Rogers18033.0110316.274.681.678.5-0.1
Jose De Paula103.100022.709.431.805.4-0.2
Andrew Bailey1008.201065.196.481.626.2-0.2
David Carpenter30024.2010154.015.241.385.5-0.2
Caleb Cotham1209.2100116.526.551.5510.2-0.2
Chris Capuano22440.2040387.975.031.828.4-0.3
Jacob Lindgren707.000085.148.131.2910.3-0.3
Chasen Shreve59058.1620643.094.921.419.9-0.3
Record versus run differential

New York Yankees are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +66 run differential implies .541. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.