- 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
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Aaron Judge | RF | 154 | 678 | 154 | 52 | 114 | 9 | .284 | .422 | .627 | .436 | 175 | 7.3 |
| Gary Sánchez | C | 122 | 525 | 131 | 33 | 90 | 2 | .278 | .345 | .531 | .371 | 131 | 4.3 |
| Didi Gregorius | SS | 136 | 570 | 153 | 25 | 87 | 3 | .287 | .318 | .478 | .337 | 108 | 3.1 |
| Brett Gardner | LF | 150 | 682 | 157 | 21 | 63 | 23 | .264 | .350 | .428 | .340 | 110 | 2.5 |
| Starlin Castro | 2B | 112 | 473 | 133 | 16 | 63 | 2 | .300 | .338 | .454 | .340 | 110 | 2.3 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 88 | 361 | 80 | 15 | 52 | 10 | .266 | .372 | .475 | .367 | 129 | 2.3 |
| Chase Headley | 3B | 147 | 586 | 140 | 12 | 61 | 9 | .273 | .352 | .406 | .333 | 105 | 2.0 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 109 | 409 | 94 | 7 | 39 | 22 | .264 | .348 | .402 | .330 | 103 | 1.9 |
| Ronald Torreyes | 2B | 96 | 336 | 92 | 3 | 36 | 2 | .292 | .314 | .375 | .299 | 82 | 0.6 |
| Miguel Andujar | DH | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .571 | .625 | .857 | .625 | 304 | 0.2 |
| Matt Holliday | DH | 105 | 427 | 86 | 19 | 64 | 1 | .231 | .316 | .432 | .324 | 99 | 0.2 |
| Ji Man Choi | 1B | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .267 | .333 | .733 | .420 | 164 | 0.2 |
| Garrett Cooper | 1B | 13 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .326 | .333 | .488 | .348 | 116 | 0.1 |
| Erik Kratz | DH | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.072 | 608 | 0.1 |
| Clint Frazier | LF | 39 | 142 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .231 | .268 | .448 | .303 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Michael Pineda | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Montgomery | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .284 | 72 | -0.0 |
| Mason Williams | CF | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .248 | 47 | -0.0 |
| CC Sabathia | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 | -0 | -0.0 |
| Greg Bird | 1B | 48 | 170 | 28 | 9 | 28 | 0 | .190 | .288 | .422 | .307 | 88 | -0.0 |
| Luis Severino | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | -2 | -0.0 |
| Chasen Shreve | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Austin | DH | 16 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .225 | .283 | .425 | .299 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Higashioka | C | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .071 | -73 | -0.3 |
| Austin Romine | C | 74 | 252 | 50 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .218 | .272 | .293 | .252 | 50 | -0.3 |
| Chris Carter | 1B | 59 | 208 | 37 | 8 | 26 | 0 | .201 | .284 | .370 | .287 | 74 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Wade | 2B | 22 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .155 | .222 | .224 | .206 | 19 | -0.4 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Luis Severino | 31 | 31 | 193.1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 230 | 2.98 | 3.07 | 1.04 | 10.7 | 4.5 |
| Chad Green | 40 | 1 | 69.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 0.74 | 13.4 | 2.3 |
| Jordan Montgomery | 29 | 29 | 155.1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 3.88 | 4.07 | 1.23 | 8.3 | 2.0 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 30 | 30 | 178.1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 194 | 4.74 | 4.34 | 1.24 | 9.8 | 1.8 |
| CC Sabathia | 27 | 27 | 148.2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 3.69 | 4.49 | 1.27 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 52 | 0 | 50.1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 69 | 3.22 | 2.56 | 1.13 | 12.3 | 1.2 |
| Adam Warren | 46 | 0 | 57.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 2.35 | 3.02 | 0.87 | 8.5 | 1.1 |
| Dellin Betances | 66 | 0 | 59.2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 100 | 2.87 | 3.22 | 1.22 | 15.1 | 1.0 |
| Michael Pineda | 17 | 17 | 96.1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 4.39 | 4.66 | 1.29 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Jonathan Holder | 37 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3.89 | 3.62 | 1.35 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 16 | 0 | 20.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.87 | 3.65 | 1.28 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Mitchell | 20 | 1 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5.79 | 4.20 | 1.68 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Domingo Germán | 7 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.14 | 3.44 | 1.40 | 11.3 | 0.2 |
| Ben Heller | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.82 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Clippard | 67 | 0 | 60.1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 72 | 4.77 | 4.57 | 1.29 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
| Chasen Shreve | 44 | 0 | 45.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.77 | 4.55 | 1.32 | 11.5 | 0.1 |
| Tommy Layne | 19 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.62 | 4.85 | 1.85 | 6.2 | -0.0 |
| Ronald Herrera | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 7.49 | 1.33 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Webb | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.63 | 6.28 | 1.75 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Caleb Smith | 9 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7.71 | 5.62 | 1.66 | 8.7 | -0.1 |
| Luis Cessa | 10 | 5 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4.75 | 5.69 | 1.47 | 7.5 | -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.