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American League East · 2017

New York Yankees

Team WAR
42.3
25.5 bat / 16.8 pitch
Win %
.562
pyth .618
Run diff
+198
5.30 / 4.07 per g
wRC+
110
ERA
3.83
FIP 3.89
Home runs
230

The New York Yankees went 91-71 in 2017, a .562 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 858 runs and allowed 660, a run differential of +198. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.83 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — the third best in MLB. Aaron Judge led the position players at 7.3 WAR, and Luis Severino the rotation at a 2.98 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,414 team hits
Brett Gardner157Brett Gardner — 157 hits (11.1%)Aaron Judge154Aaron Judge — 154 hits (10.9%)Didi Gregorius153Didi Gregorius — 153 hits (10.8%)Chase Headley140Chase Headley — 140 hits (9.9%)Starlin Castro133Starlin Castro — 133 hits (9.4%)Gary Sánchez131Gary Sánchez — 131 hits (9.3%)Jacoby Ellsbury94Jacoby Ellsbury — 94 hits (6.6%)Ronald Torreyes92Ronald Torreyes — 92 hits (6.5%)Matt Holliday86Matt Holliday — 86 hits (6.1%)Aaron Hicks80Aaron Hicks — 80 hits (5.7%)Austin Romine50Austin Romine — 50 hits (3.5%)Carter37Chris Carter — 37 hits (2.6%)Clint Frazier31Clint Frazier — 31 hits (2.2%)Greg Bird28Greg Bird — 28 hits (2.0%)Cooper14Garrett Cooper — 14 hits (1.0%)Tyler Austin — 9 hits (0.6%)Tyler Wade — 9 hits (0.6%)Miguel Andujar — 4 hits (0.3%)Ji Man Choi — 4 hits (0.3%)Mason Williams — 4 hits (0.3%)Erik Kratz — 2 hits (0.1%)Michael Pineda — 1 hits (0.1%)Luis Severino — 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

28 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Aaron JudgeRF154678154521149.284.422.627.4361757.3
Gary SánchezC12252513133902.278.345.531.3711314.3
Didi GregoriusSS13657015325873.287.318.478.3371083.1
Brett GardnerLF150682157216323.264.350.428.3401102.5
Starlin Castro2B11247313316632.300.338.454.3401102.3
Aaron HicksCF8836180155210.266.372.475.3671292.3
Chase Headley3B14758614012619.273.352.406.3331052.0
Jacoby EllsburyCF1094099473922.264.348.402.3301031.9
Ronald Torreyes2B96336923362.292.314.375.299820.6
Miguel AndujarDH384041.571.625.857.6253040.2
Matt HollidayDH1054278619641.231.316.432.324990.2
Ji Man Choi1B6184250.267.333.733.4201640.2
Garrett Cooper1B134514060.326.333.488.3481160.1
Erik KratzDH2220201.0001.0001.5001.0726080.1
Clint FrazierLF39142314171.231.268.448.303850.0
Michael PinedaP241000.333.333.333.291770.0
Jordan MontgomeryP250000.000.400.000.28472-0.0
Mason WilliamsCF5174012.250.294.250.24847-0.0
CC SabathiaP240000.000.250.000.178-0-0.0
Greg Bird1B48170289280.190.288.422.30788-0.0
Luis SeverinoP251000.200.200.200.175-2-0.0
Chasen ShreveP220000.000.000.000.000-121-0.0
Tyler AustinDH16469280.225.283.425.29982-0.1
Masahiro TanakaP130000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Kyle HigashiokaC8200000.000.100.000.071-73-0.3
Austin RomineC74252502210.218.272.293.25250-0.3
Chris Carter1B59208378260.201.284.370.28774-0.4
Tyler Wade2B22639021.155.222.224.20619-0.4

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Luis Severino3131193.114602302.983.071.0410.74.5
Chad Green40169.05001031.831.750.7413.42.3
Jordan Montgomery2929155.19701443.884.071.238.32.0
Masahiro Tanaka3030178.1131201944.744.341.249.81.8
CC Sabathia2727148.214501203.694.491.277.31.2
Aroldis Chapman52050.14322693.222.561.1312.31.2
Adam Warren46057.1321542.353.020.878.51.1
Dellin Betances66059.236101002.873.221.2215.11.0
Michael Pineda171796.1840924.394.661.298.60.6
Jonathan Holder37039.1110403.893.621.359.20.5
Giovanny Gallegos16020.1010224.873.651.289.70.3
Bryan Mitchell20132.2111175.794.201.684.70.2
Domingo Germán7014.1010183.143.441.4011.30.2
Ben Heller9011.010090.823.161.007.40.2
Tyler Clippard67060.1285724.774.571.2910.70.2
Chasen Shreve44045.1410583.774.551.3211.50.1
Tommy Layne19013.000097.624.851.856.2-0.0
Ronald Herrera203.001036.007.491.339.0-0.1
Tyler Webb908.000085.636.281.759.0-0.1
Caleb Smith9218.2010187.715.621.668.7-0.1
Luis Cessa10536.0030304.755.691.477.5-0.3
Record versus run differential

New York Yankees are 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +198 run differential implies .618. That is about 9 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.