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American League East · 2016

New York Yankees 2016

Team WAR
31.9
14.2 bat / 17.7 pitch
Win %
.519
pyth .485
Run diff
-22
4.20 / 4.33 per g
wRC+
94
ERA
4.05
FIP 4.01
Home runs
189

The New York Yankees went 84-78 in 2016, a .519 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 680 runs and allowed 702, a run differential of -22. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.05 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Gary Sánchez led the position players at 2.8 WAR, and Masahiro Tanaka the rotation at a 3.07 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,421 team hits
Carlos Beltrán163Carlos Beltrán — 163 hits (11.5%)Starlin Castro156Starlin Castro — 156 hits (11.0%)Didi Gregorius155Didi Gregorius — 155 hits (10.9%)Jacoby Ellsbury145Jacoby Ellsbury — 145 hits (10.2%)Brett Gardner143Brett Gardner — 143 hits (10.1%)Chase Headley118Chase Headley — 118 hits (8.3%)Brian McCann104Brian McCann — 104 hits (7.3%)Mark Teixeira79Mark Teixeira — 79 hits (5.6%)Aaron Hicks71Aaron Hicks — 71 hits (5.0%)Gary Sánchez60Gary Sánchez — 60 hits (4.2%)Alex Rodriguez45Alex Rodriguez — 45 hits (3.2%)Torreyes40Ronald Torreyes — 40 hits (2.8%)Austin Romine40Austin Romine — 40 hits (2.8%)Rob Refsnyder38Rob Refsnyder — 38 hits (2.7%)Tyler Austin20Tyler Austin — 20 hits (1.4%)15Aaron Judge — 15 hits (1.1%)Dustin Ackley — 9 hits (0.6%)Mason Williams — 8 hits (0.6%)5Donovan Solano — 5 hits (0.4%)4Chris Parmelee — 4 hits (0.3%)Ike Davis — 3 hits (0.2%)
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

27 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Gary SánchezC532296020421.299.376.657.4321732.8
Didi GregoriusSS15359715520707.276.304.447.322992.8
Carlos BeltránDH15159316329931.295.337.513.3631262.6
Starlin Castro2B15061015621704.270.300.433.316952.0
Brett GardnerLF14663414374116.261.351.362.320981.9
Brian McCannC12949210420581.242.335.413.3301041.7
Jacoby EllsburyCF14562614595620.263.330.374.311921.7
Chase Headley3B14052911814518.253.331.385.315951.7
Chris Parmelee1B284240.500.5001.375.7864100.3
Ronald Torreyes3B62169401122.258.305.374.297830.3
Tyler Austin1B2990205121.241.300.458.3291040.2
Donovan Solano2B9235120.227.261.455.307890.1
Austin RomineC58176404261.242.269.382.278700.0
Eric Young Jr.CF410001.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Mason WilliamsRF9298020.296.321.333.28977-0.0
Michael PinedaP110000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Nathan EovaldiP370000.000.167.000.116-38-0.0
Masahiro TanakaP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
CC SabathiaP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Chad GreenP240000.000.000.000.000-116-0.1
Ike Davis1B6153010.214.267.214.22232-0.1
Aaron JudgeRF2795154100.179.263.345.27165-0.3
Rob Refsnyder1B56175380122.250.328.309.28373-0.3
Mark Teixeira1B1124387915442.204.292.362.29178-0.6
Dustin Ackley1B25709040.148.243.148.19213-0.6
Aaron HicksRF111361718313.217.281.336.27366-0.8
Alex RodriguezDH65243459313.200.247.351.26159-1.1

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Masahiro Tanaka3131199.214401653.073.511.087.44.0
Michael Pineda3232175.261202074.823.801.3510.62.9
Andrew Miller70074.1101121231.451.680.6914.92.6
Dellin Betances73073.036121263.081.781.1215.52.5
Aroldis Chapman59058.04136901.551.420.8614.02.2
CC Sabathia3030179.291201523.914.281.327.62.0
Iván Nova3226162.012811274.174.111.257.11.9
Richard Bleier23023.0000131.962.671.045.10.5
Luis Severino221171.0380665.834.481.458.40.4
Kirby Yates41041.1210505.233.971.4510.90.4
Bryan Mitchell5525.0120113.244.231.524.00.3
Nathan Eovaldi2421124.2980974.764.981.317.00.3
Blake Parker17017.1101154.674.071.507.80.1
Johnny Barbato13013.0120157.624.451.3810.40.0
Branden Pinder101.0000118.004.154.009.00.0
Tyler Olson102.200006.755.401.880.0-0.0
Jonathan Holder808.100055.404.951.445.4-0.0
Conor Mullee303.000043.005.481.3312.0-0.0
Chad Green12845.2241524.735.341.4010.2-0.1
Phil Coke6010.000043.606.051.703.6-0.2
Nick Goody27029.0000344.665.281.4510.6-0.2
James Pazos703.1100313.5010.052.408.1-0.2
Ben Heller1007.010066.439.572.147.7-0.4
Chasen Shreve37033.0211335.185.751.279.0-0.4
Luis Cessa17970.1440464.355.521.115.9-0.4
Anthony Swarzak26031.0120315.526.111.139.0-0.5

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.

Average
37,820
81 home dates
Median
38,002
Total
3,063,405
Best
48,339
2016-08-03
Quietest
27,532
2016-09-06
On the road
30,941
what they drew away

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
SplitGamesAvgMedLowHigh
All home8137,82038,00227,53248,339
Night4936,64235,52027,53248,339
Day3239,62339,82730,00348,329
Weekend3939,87539,72030,19448,329
Weekday4235,91235,16827,53248,339
On the road8130,94130,95512,19247,896

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr1237,498
May1339,342
Jun1637,579
Jul1040,528
Aug1440,231
Sep1433,265
Oct233,250

By season

42998.021499.00.0151617181920212223242526

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, 2016.

Regulation
3:01
155 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:54
7 of them
Longest
4:25
2016-07-23, 12 inn
Shortest
2:24
2016-05-14

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All1623:033:002:194:25
Regulation1553:012:592:194:15
Extra innings73:544:072:504:25
Home813:022:592:244:25
Road813:043:002:194:19
Day533:032:582:244:25
Night1093:033:002:194:19

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr123:09
May132:53
Jun163:01
Jul103:07
Aug143:00
Sep143:08
Oct22:43

By season

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Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their -22 run differential implies .485. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.