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American League East · 2016

New York Yankees

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
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 SánchezC532296020421.299.376.657.4321732.9
Didi GregoriusSS15359715520707.276.304.447.322992.8
Carlos BeltránDH15159316329931.295.337.513.3631262.6
Brian McCannC12949210420581.242.335.413.3301042.3
Starlin Castro2B15061015621704.270.300.433.316952.1
Jacoby EllsburyCF14562614595620.263.330.374.311921.9
Chase Headley3B14052911814518.253.331.385.315951.8
Brett GardnerLF14663414374116.261.351.362.320981.4
Ronald Torreyes3B62169401122.258.305.374.297830.3
Chris Parmelee1B284240.500.5001.375.7864100.3
Austin RomineC58176404261.242.269.382.278700.3
Tyler Austin1B2990205121.241.300.458.3291040.2
Donovan Solano2B9235120.227.261.455.307890.1
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
CC SabathiaP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Masahiro TanakaP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Chad GreenP240000.000.000.000.000-116-0.1
Nathan EovaldiP370000.000.167.000.116-38-0.1
Ike Davis1B6153010.214.267.214.22232-0.1
Rob Refsnyder1B56175380122.250.328.309.28373-0.2
Aaron JudgeRF2795154100.179.263.345.27165-0.2
Mark Teixeira1B1124387915442.204.292.362.29178-0.5
Dustin Ackley1B25709040.148.243.148.19213-0.6
Aaron HicksRF111361718313.217.281.336.27366-0.7
Alex RodriguezDH65243459313.200.247.351.26159-1.0

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Masahiro Tanaka3131199.214401653.073.511.087.43.5
Michael Pineda3232175.261202074.823.801.3510.62.5
Andrew Miller70074.1101121231.451.680.6914.92.5
Dellin Betances73073.036121263.081.781.1215.52.3
Aroldis Chapman59058.04136901.551.420.8614.02.1
CC Sabathia3030179.291201523.914.281.327.61.6
Iván Nova3226162.012811274.174.111.257.11.6
Richard Bleier23023.0000131.962.671.045.10.5
Kirby Yates41041.1210505.233.971.4510.90.3
Luis Severino221171.0380665.834.481.458.40.3
Bryan Mitchell5525.0120113.244.231.524.00.2
Blake Parker17017.1101154.674.071.507.80.1
Nathan Eovaldi2421124.2980974.764.981.317.00.1
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
Conor Mullee303.000043.005.481.3312.0-0.0
Jonathan Holder808.100055.404.951.445.4-0.0
Phil Coke6010.000043.606.051.703.6-0.2
James Pazos703.1100313.5010.052.408.1-0.2
Chad Green12845.2241524.735.341.4010.2-0.2
Nick Goody27029.0000344.665.281.4510.6-0.2
Ben Heller1007.010066.439.572.147.7-0.4
Chasen Shreve37033.0211335.185.751.279.0-0.4
Luis Cessa17970.1440464.355.521.115.9-0.5
Anthony Swarzak26031.0120315.526.111.139.0-0.5
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.