- Team WAR
- 30.3 15.2 bat / 15.1 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 2.9 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
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gary Sánchez | C | 53 | 229 | 60 | 20 | 42 | 1 | .299 | .376 | .657 | .432 | 173 | 2.9 |
| Didi Gregorius | SS | 153 | 597 | 155 | 20 | 70 | 7 | .276 | .304 | .447 | .322 | 99 | 2.8 |
| Carlos Beltrán | DH | 151 | 593 | 163 | 29 | 93 | 1 | .295 | .337 | .513 | .363 | 126 | 2.6 |
| Brian McCann | C | 129 | 492 | 104 | 20 | 58 | 1 | .242 | .335 | .413 | .330 | 104 | 2.3 |
| Starlin Castro | 2B | 150 | 610 | 156 | 21 | 70 | 4 | .270 | .300 | .433 | .316 | 95 | 2.1 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 145 | 626 | 145 | 9 | 56 | 20 | .263 | .330 | .374 | .311 | 92 | 1.9 |
| Chase Headley | 3B | 140 | 529 | 118 | 14 | 51 | 8 | .253 | .331 | .385 | .315 | 95 | 1.8 |
| Brett Gardner | LF | 146 | 634 | 143 | 7 | 41 | 16 | .261 | .351 | .362 | .320 | 98 | 1.4 |
| Ronald Torreyes | 3B | 62 | 169 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .258 | .305 | .374 | .297 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Chris Parmelee | 1B | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.375 | .786 | 410 | 0.3 |
| Austin Romine | C | 58 | 176 | 40 | 4 | 26 | 1 | .242 | .269 | .382 | .278 | 70 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 29 | 90 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .241 | .300 | .458 | .329 | 104 | 0.2 |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 9 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .455 | .307 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Eric Young Jr. | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Mason Williams | RF | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .296 | .321 | .333 | .289 | 77 | -0.0 |
| Michael Pineda | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| CC Sabathia | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Chad Green | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .116 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .222 | 32 | -0.1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 1B | 56 | 175 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 2 | .250 | .328 | .309 | .283 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Judge | RF | 27 | 95 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .179 | .263 | .345 | .271 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 112 | 438 | 79 | 15 | 44 | 2 | .204 | .292 | .362 | .291 | 78 | -0.5 |
| Dustin Ackley | 1B | 25 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .148 | .243 | .148 | .192 | 13 | -0.6 |
| Aaron Hicks | RF | 111 | 361 | 71 | 8 | 31 | 3 | .217 | .281 | .336 | .273 | 66 | -0.7 |
| Alex Rodriguez | DH | 65 | 243 | 45 | 9 | 31 | 3 | .200 | .247 | .351 | .261 | 59 | -1.0 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Masahiro Tanaka | 31 | 31 | 199.2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 165 | 3.07 | 3.51 | 1.08 | 7.4 | 3.5 |
| Michael Pineda | 32 | 32 | 175.2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 207 | 4.82 | 3.80 | 1.35 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| Andrew Miller | 70 | 0 | 74.1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 123 | 1.45 | 1.68 | 0.69 | 14.9 | 2.5 |
| Dellin Betances | 73 | 0 | 73.0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 126 | 3.08 | 1.78 | 1.12 | 15.5 | 2.3 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 59 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 90 | 1.55 | 1.42 | 0.86 | 14.0 | 2.1 |
| CC Sabathia | 30 | 30 | 179.2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 3.91 | 4.28 | 1.32 | 7.6 | 1.6 |
| Iván Nova | 32 | 26 | 162.0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 4.17 | 4.11 | 1.25 | 7.1 | 1.6 |
| Richard Bleier | 23 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.96 | 2.67 | 1.04 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Kirby Yates | 41 | 0 | 41.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 5.23 | 3.97 | 1.45 | 10.9 | 0.3 |
| Luis Severino | 22 | 11 | 71.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 5.83 | 4.48 | 1.45 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Mitchell | 5 | 5 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3.24 | 4.23 | 1.52 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Blake Parker | 17 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4.67 | 4.07 | 1.50 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 24 | 21 | 124.2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 97 | 4.76 | 4.98 | 1.31 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Johnny Barbato | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.62 | 4.45 | 1.38 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| Branden Pinder | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 4.15 | 4.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Olson | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5.40 | 1.88 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Conor Mullee | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.00 | 5.48 | 1.33 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Holder | 8 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.40 | 4.95 | 1.44 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Phil Coke | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.60 | 6.05 | 1.70 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| James Pazos | 7 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | 10.05 | 2.40 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Chad Green | 12 | 8 | 45.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 4.73 | 5.34 | 1.40 | 10.2 | -0.2 |
| Nick Goody | 27 | 0 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4.66 | 5.28 | 1.45 | 10.6 | -0.2 |
| Ben Heller | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.43 | 9.57 | 2.14 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Chasen Shreve | 37 | 0 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5.18 | 5.75 | 1.27 | 9.0 | -0.4 |
| Luis Cessa | 17 | 9 | 70.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 4.35 | 5.52 | 1.11 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 26 | 0 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5.52 | 6.11 | 1.13 | 9.0 | -0.5 |
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.