The New York Yankees went 100-62 in 2018, a .617 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 851 runs and allowed 669, a run differential of +182. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.89 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Aaron Hicks led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Luis Severino the rotation at a 3.39 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 8 games back. They spent 37 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on June 20 and were as far as 11.5 games back on September 16. Their best month was May at 17-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 15-12. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from April 21 to April 29 and a 5-game losing streak from August 1 to August 5. They were 53-28 at home and 47-34 on the road, 23-17 in one-run games and 41-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Twins on April 23; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Red Sox on April 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
10
.643
164
118
+46
May
17
8
.680
135
111
+24
June
18
9
.667
107
76
+31
July
15
10
.600
140
102
+38
August
17
13
.567
155
141
+14
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
150
121
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
23-17
.575
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
41-30
.577
Decided by 5+ runs
32-14
.696
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2018. 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
42,998
43,628
32,525
47,351
Night
49
42,785
44,220
32,525
47,351
Day
32
43,325
43,391
34,388
47,206
Weekend
41
43,207
43,606
34,244
47,175
Weekday
40
42,784
44,006
32,525
47,351
On the road
80
30,685
31,461
10,953
48,115
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
38,217
May
15
44,620
Jun
11
45,832
Jul
11
46,201
Aug
17
42,654
Sep
11
42,236
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 161 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
3:07
147 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
4:03
14 of them
Longest
5:20
2018-04-06, 14 inn
Shortest
2:28
2018-06-19
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
161
3:12
3:07
2:15
5:20
Regulation
147
3:07
3:07
2:15
4:02
Extra innings
14
4:03
4:04
2:51
5:20
Home
80
3:16
3:14
2:28
5:20
Road
81
3:07
3:05
2:15
4:39
Day
52
3:09
3:05
2:31
4:48
Night
109
3:13
3:10
2:15
5:20
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:26
May
15
3:19
Jun
11
2:54
Jul
11
3:18
Aug
16
3:09
Sep
11
3:26
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 100-62, a .617 win rate, while their +182 run differential implies .608. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
