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American League East · 2018

New York Yankees

Team WAR
45.7
29.1 bat / 16.6 pitch
Win %
.617
pyth .608
Run diff
+182
5.25 / 4.13 per g
wRC+
110
ERA
3.89
FIP 3.78
Home runs
270

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 4.5 WAR, and Luis Severino the rotation at a 3.39 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,376 team hits
Miguel Andujar170Miguel Andujar — 170 hits (12.4%)Giancarlo Stanton164Giancarlo Stanton — 164 hits (11.9%)Didi Gregorius135Didi Gregorius — 135 hits (9.8%)Brett Gardner125Brett Gardner — 125 hits (9.1%)Aaron Hicks119Aaron Hicks — 119 hits (8.6%)Gleyber Torres117Gleyber Torres — 117 hits (8.5%)Aaron Judge115Aaron Judge — 115 hits (8.4%)Neil Walker76Neil Walker — 76 hits (5.5%)Gary Sánchez60Gary Sánchez — 60 hits (4.4%)Austin Romine59Austin Romine — 59 hits (4.3%)Tyler Austin56Tyler Austin — 56 hits (4.1%)Greg Bird54Greg Bird — 54 hits (3.9%)Luke Voit46Luke Voit — 46 hits (3.3%)Torreyes28Ronald Torreyes — 28 hits (2.0%)Drury13Brandon Drury — 13 hits (0.9%)Higashioka12Kyle Higashioka — 12 hits (0.9%)Tyler Wade11Tyler Wade — 11 hits (0.8%)Clint Frazier — 9 hits (0.7%)Shane Robinson — 7 hits (0.5%)
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.

Aaron HicksCF137581119277911.248.366.467.3641274.5
Miguel Andujar3B14960617027922.297.328.527.3651284.4
Didi GregoriusSS134569135278610.268.335.494.3541214.2
Aaron JudgeRF11149811527676.278.392.528.3951484.0
Giancarlo StantonDH158705164381005.266.343.509.3631273.5
Gleyber Torres2B12248411724776.271.340.480.3521193.3
Luke Voit1B471614615360.322.398.671.4511851.9
Gary SánchezC893746018531.186.291.406.308891.5
Brett GardnerLF140609125124516.236.322.368.309911.3
Austin RomineC742655910421.244.295.417.309911.3
Tyler Austin1B682685617471.230.287.480.3281030.4
Neil Walker1B1103987611460.219.309.354.294810.2
Ronald Torreyes2B3310228070.280.294.370.291780.2
Clint FrazierLF14419010.265.390.353.3431130.2
Domingo GermánP120000.000.500.000.3531200.0
Kyle HigashiokaC277912360.167.241.319.25051-0.0
Luis CessaP110000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Giovanny GallegosP110000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Dellin BetancesP110000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Sonny GrayP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Jonathan LoáisigaP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Luis SeverinoP250000.000.000.000.000-116-0.1
Masahiro TanakaP360000.000.000.000.000-116-0.1
Greg Bird1B813115411380.199.286.386.29581-0.2
Brandon Drury3B2686131100.169.256.260.23944-0.3
Tyler Wade2B307011151.167.214.273.21829-0.3
Shane RobinsonRF20547121.143.208.224.19917-0.4

Pitching

23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Luis Severino3232191.119802203.392.951.1410.34.5
Masahiro Tanaka2727156.012601593.754.011.139.21.8
Dellin Betances66066.24641152.702.471.0515.51.6
CC Sabathia2929153.09701403.654.161.318.21.5
Chad Green63075.2830942.502.861.0411.21.5
Aroldis Chapman55051.13032932.452.091.0516.31.4
David Robertson69069.2835913.232.971.0311.81.3
Jonathan Holder60166.0130603.143.041.098.21.2
Sonny Gray3023130.111901234.904.171.508.51.1
Luis Cessa16544.2142395.243.741.437.90.5
Domingo Germán211485.22601025.574.391.3310.70.5
Adam Warren47051.2320523.143.931.329.10.4
Jonathan Loáisiga9424.2200335.113.531.5412.00.4
Jordan Montgomery6627.1200233.624.221.357.60.3
Stephen Tarpley1009.0000133.002.271.3313.00.2
Zack Britton41040.2207343.104.221.237.50.2
Tommy Kahnle24023.1201306.564.191.6311.60.1
Giovanny Gallegos6011.1001123.974.131.249.50.1
Justus Sheffield302.2000010.1311.412.630.0-0.2
David Hale4013.200084.616.161.545.3-0.2
Chasen Shreve60052.2341623.935.121.5210.6-0.3
Chance Adams317.201047.048.771.574.7-0.3
A.J. Cole32248.1420596.146.121.5911.0-0.8
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.