- 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
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 137 | 581 | 119 | 27 | 79 | 11 | .248 | .366 | .467 | .364 | 127 | 4.5 |
| Miguel Andujar | 3B | 149 | 606 | 170 | 27 | 92 | 2 | .297 | .328 | .527 | .365 | 128 | 4.4 |
| Didi Gregorius | SS | 134 | 569 | 135 | 27 | 86 | 10 | .268 | .335 | .494 | .354 | 121 | 4.2 |
| Aaron Judge | RF | 111 | 498 | 115 | 27 | 67 | 6 | .278 | .392 | .528 | .395 | 148 | 4.0 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | DH | 158 | 705 | 164 | 38 | 100 | 5 | .266 | .343 | .509 | .363 | 127 | 3.5 |
| Gleyber Torres | 2B | 122 | 484 | 117 | 24 | 77 | 6 | .271 | .340 | .480 | .352 | 119 | 3.3 |
| Luke Voit | 1B | 47 | 161 | 46 | 15 | 36 | 0 | .322 | .398 | .671 | .451 | 185 | 1.9 |
| Gary Sánchez | C | 89 | 374 | 60 | 18 | 53 | 1 | .186 | .291 | .406 | .308 | 89 | 1.5 |
| Brett Gardner | LF | 140 | 609 | 125 | 12 | 45 | 16 | .236 | .322 | .368 | .309 | 91 | 1.3 |
| Austin Romine | C | 74 | 265 | 59 | 10 | 42 | 1 | .244 | .295 | .417 | .309 | 91 | 1.3 |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 68 | 268 | 56 | 17 | 47 | 1 | .230 | .287 | .480 | .328 | 103 | 0.4 |
| Neil Walker | 1B | 110 | 398 | 76 | 11 | 46 | 0 | .219 | .309 | .354 | .294 | 81 | 0.2 |
| Ronald Torreyes | 2B | 33 | 102 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .280 | .294 | .370 | .291 | 78 | 0.2 |
| Clint Frazier | LF | 14 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .390 | .353 | .343 | 113 | 0.2 |
| Domingo Germán | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 120 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Higashioka | C | 27 | 79 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .167 | .241 | .319 | .250 | 51 | -0.0 |
| Luis Cessa | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Dellin Betances | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Sonny Gray | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Loáisiga | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Luis Severino | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Greg Bird | 1B | 81 | 311 | 54 | 11 | 38 | 0 | .199 | .286 | .386 | .295 | 81 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Drury | 3B | 26 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .169 | .256 | .260 | .239 | 44 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Wade | 2B | 30 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | .214 | .273 | .218 | 29 | -0.3 |
| Shane Robinson | RF | 20 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .208 | .224 | .199 | 17 | -0.4 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Luis Severino | 32 | 32 | 191.1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 220 | 3.39 | 2.95 | 1.14 | 10.3 | 4.5 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 27 | 27 | 156.0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 159 | 3.75 | 4.01 | 1.13 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
| Dellin Betances | 66 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 115 | 2.70 | 2.47 | 1.05 | 15.5 | 1.6 |
| CC Sabathia | 29 | 29 | 153.0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 140 | 3.65 | 4.16 | 1.31 | 8.2 | 1.5 |
| Chad Green | 63 | 0 | 75.2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 2.50 | 2.86 | 1.04 | 11.2 | 1.5 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 55 | 0 | 51.1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 93 | 2.45 | 2.09 | 1.05 | 16.3 | 1.4 |
| David Robertson | 69 | 0 | 69.2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 91 | 3.23 | 2.97 | 1.03 | 11.8 | 1.3 |
| Jonathan Holder | 60 | 1 | 66.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 3.14 | 3.04 | 1.09 | 8.2 | 1.2 |
| Sonny Gray | 30 | 23 | 130.1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 4.90 | 4.17 | 1.50 | 8.5 | 1.1 |
| Luis Cessa | 16 | 5 | 44.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 5.24 | 3.74 | 1.43 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Domingo Germán | 21 | 14 | 85.2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 5.57 | 4.39 | 1.33 | 10.7 | 0.5 |
| Adam Warren | 47 | 0 | 51.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 3.14 | 3.93 | 1.32 | 9.1 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Loáisiga | 9 | 4 | 24.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5.11 | 3.53 | 1.54 | 12.0 | 0.4 |
| Jordan Montgomery | 6 | 6 | 27.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.62 | 4.22 | 1.35 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Stephen Tarpley | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.00 | 2.27 | 1.33 | 13.0 | 0.2 |
| Zack Britton | 41 | 0 | 40.2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 3.10 | 4.22 | 1.23 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Tommy Kahnle | 24 | 0 | 23.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.56 | 4.19 | 1.63 | 11.6 | 0.1 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 6 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3.97 | 4.13 | 1.24 | 9.5 | 0.1 |
| Justus Sheffield | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 11.41 | 2.63 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| David Hale | 4 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.61 | 6.16 | 1.54 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| Chasen Shreve | 60 | 0 | 52.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 3.93 | 5.12 | 1.52 | 10.6 | -0.3 |
| Chance Adams | 3 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7.04 | 8.77 | 1.57 | 4.7 | -0.3 |
| A.J. Cole | 32 | 2 | 48.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 6.14 | 6.12 | 1.59 | 11.0 | -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.