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.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 9 games back. They were as far as 12.5 games back on September 25. Their best month was August at 17-11, their worst March/April at 8-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 4 to September 10 and a 6-game losing streak from April 26 to May 3. They were 48-33 at home and 36-45 on the road, 24-12 in one-run games and 52-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-6 against the Astros on April 6; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Diamondbacks on May 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
14
.364
74
104
-30
May
16
13
.552
119
113
+6
June
15
12
.556
129
136
-7
July
13
13
.500
97
99
-2
August
17
11
.607
148
125
+23
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
113
125
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
24-12
.667
Extra innings
4-3
.571
Within the division
35-41
.461
Against .500+ clubs
52-54
.491
Decided by 5+ runs
17-22
.436
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2016. 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
37,820
38,002
27,532
48,339
Night
49
36,642
35,520
27,532
48,339
Day
32
39,623
39,827
30,003
48,329
Weekend
39
39,875
39,720
30,194
48,329
Weekday
42
35,912
35,168
27,532
48,339
On the road
81
30,941
30,955
12,192
47,896
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
37,498
May
13
39,342
Jun
16
37,579
Jul
10
40,528
Aug
14
40,231
Sep
14
33,265
Oct
2
33,250
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 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.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:03
3:00
2:19
4:25
Regulation
155
3:01
2:59
2:19
4:15
Extra innings
7
3:54
4:07
2:50
4:25
Home
81
3:02
2:59
2:24
4:25
Road
81
3:04
3:00
2:19
4:19
Day
53
3:03
2:58
2:24
4:25
Night
109
3:03
3:00
2:19
4:19
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:09
May
13
2:53
Jun
16
3:01
Jul
10
3:07
Aug
14
3:00
Sep
14
3:08
Oct
2
2:43
By season
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.
