American League East · 2020

New York Yankees 2020

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Team WAR: 15.9
Win %: .550
Run diff: +45
wRC+: 112
ERA: 4.37
Home runs: 94

The New York Yankees went 33-27 in 2020, a .550 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 315 runs and allowed 270, a run differential of +45. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.37 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 112 team wRC+ was 12% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. DJ LeMahieu led the position players at 2.8 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 2.84 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 2nd in the AL East, 7 games back. They spent 28 of 67 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on August 5 and were as far as 7 games back on September 27. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from September 9 to September 19 and a 7-game losing streak from August 18 to August 28. They were 21-9 at home and 12-18 on the road, 6-7 in one-run games and 10-17 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-6 against the Blue Jays on September 15; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Blue Jays on September 23.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	5	1	.833	31	22	+9
August	14	13	.519	131	117	+14
Sept/Oct	14	13	.519	153	131	+22

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	21-9	.700
Road	12-18	.400
One-run games	6-7	.462
Extra innings	5-2	.714
Within the division	23-17	.575
Against .500+ clubs	10-17	.370
Decided by 5+ runs	11-8	.579
Last 10	4-6	.400

American League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	289	229	+60	16.3
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	315	270	+45	15.9
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	302	312	-10	12.7
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	274	294	-20	10.7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	292	351	-59	10.6

2020 New York Yankees roster

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.

Catchers 3

Kyle HigashiokaC · 16 G · 0.2 WAR
Erik KratzC · 11 G · 0.2 WAR
Gary SánchezC · 49 G · -0.2 WAR

Infielders 8

DJ LeMahieu2B · 50 G · 2.8 WAR
Luke Voit1B · 56 G · 1.9 WAR
Gio Urshela3B · 43 G · 1.2 WAR
Gleyber TorresSS · 42 G · 0.8 WAR
Tyler WadeSS · 42 G · 0.1 WAR
Jordy MercerSS · 9 G · -0.1 WAR
Thairo Estrada2B · 21 G · -0.2 WAR
Mike Ford1B · 29 G · -0.7 WAR

Outfielders 6

Aaron HicksCF · 54 G · 1.4 WAR
Clint FrazierRF · 39 G · 1.2 WAR
Brett GardnerLF · 43 G · 0.6 WAR
Aaron JudgeRF · 28 G · 0.6 WAR
Mike TauchmanLF · 39 G · 0.0 WAR
Estevan FlorialCF · 1 G · 0.0 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Giancarlo StantonDH · 23 G · 0.4 WAR
Miguel AndujarDH · 21 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Gerrit Cole12 GS · 1.4 WAR
Jordan Montgomery10 GS · 0.9 WAR
Masahiro Tanaka10 GS · 0.7 WAR
J.A. Happ9 GS · 0.6 WAR
Deivi García6 GS · 0.6 WAR
James Paxton5 GS · 0.3 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Zack Britton20 G · 0.5 WAR
Adam Ottavino24 G · 0.3 WAR
Luis Cessa16 G · 0.3 WAR
Aroldis Chapman13 G · 0.3 WAR
Chad Green22 G · 0.3 WAR
Jonathan Loáisiga12 G · 0.2 WAR
Clarke Schmidt3 G · 0.1 WAR
Tommy Kahnle1 G · 0.1 WAR
Michael King9 G · 0.1 WAR
Miguel Yajure3 G · -0.0 WAR
Tyler Lyons1 G · -0.0 WAR
Jonathan Holder19 G · -0.0 WAR
Luis Avilán10 G · -0.1 WAR
Nick Nelson11 G · -0.1 WAR
Brooks Kriske4 G · -0.1 WAR
Ben Heller6 G · -0.2 WAR
Albert Abreu2 G · -0.2 WAR
Erik Kratz2 G · -0.3 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

475 team hits

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

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


DJ LeMahieu	2B	50	216	71	10	27	3	.364	.421	.590	.431	171	2.8
Luke Voit	1B	56	234	59	22	52	0	.277	.338	.610	.394	146	1.9
Aaron Hicks	CF	54	211	38	6	21	4	.225	.379	.414	.355	120	1.4
Clint Frazier	RF	39	160	35	8	26	3	.267	.394	.511	.392	145	1.2
Gio Urshela	3B	43	174	45	6	30	1	.298	.368	.490	.367	128	1.2
Gleyber Torres	SS	42	160	33	3	16	1	.243	.356	.368	.329	103	0.8
Brett Gardner	LF	43	158	29	5	15	3	.223	.354	.392	.335	107	0.6
Aaron Judge	RF	28	114	26	9	22	0	.257	.336	.554	.376	134	0.6
Giancarlo Stanton	DH	23	94	19	4	11	1	.250	.387	.500	.382	138	0.4
Kyle Higashioka	C	16	48	12	4	10	0	.250	.250	.521	.318	95	0.2
Erik Kratz	C	11	30	9	0	4	0	.321	.367	.393	.337	108	0.2
Tyler Wade	SS	42	105	15	3	10	4	.170	.288	.307	.274	66	0.1
Mike Tauchman	LF	39	111	23	0	14	6	.242	.342	.305	.289	76	0.0
Estevan Florial	CF	1	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.295	80	0.0
Jonathan Holder	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
Miguel Andujar	DH	21	65	15	1	5	0	.242	.277	.355	.276	67	-0.1
Jordy Mercer	SS	9	22	4	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.226	34	-0.1
Gary Sánchez	C	49	178	23	10	24	0	.147	.253	.365	.272	65	-0.2
Thairo Estrada	2B	21	52	8	1	3	1	.167	.231	.229	.214	26	-0.2
Mike Ford	1B	29	84	10	2	11	0	.135	.226	.270	.226	34	-0.7

Pitching

24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Gerrit Cole	12	12	73.0	7	3	0	94	2.84	3.89	0.96	11.6	1.4
Jordan Montgomery	10	10	44.0	2	3	0	47	5.11	3.87	1.30	9.6	0.9
Masahiro Tanaka	10	10	48.0	3	3	0	44	3.56	4.42	1.17	8.3	0.7
J.A. Happ	9	9	49.1	2	2	0	42	3.47	4.57	1.05	7.7	0.6
Deivi García	6	6	34.1	3	2	0	33	4.98	4.15	1.19	8.7	0.6
Zack Britton	20	0	19.0	1	2	8	16	1.89	2.61	1.00	7.6	0.5
Adam Ottavino	24	0	18.1	2	3	0	25	5.89	3.52	1.58	12.3	0.3
Luis Cessa	16	0	21.2	0	0	1	17	3.32	3.79	1.25	7.1	0.3
James Paxton	5	5	20.1	1	1	0	26	6.64	4.37	1.48	11.5	0.3
Aroldis Chapman	13	0	11.2	1	1	3	22	3.09	2.93	0.86	17.0	0.3
Chad Green	22	0	25.2	3	3	1	32	3.51	4.17	0.82	11.2	0.3
Jonathan Loáisiga	12	3	23.0	3	0	0	22	3.52	4.41	1.22	8.6	0.2
Clarke Schmidt	3	1	6.1	0	1	0	7	7.11	4.30	1.89	9.9	0.1
Tommy Kahnle	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.19	2.00	27.0	0.1
Michael King	9	4	26.2	1	2	0	26	7.76	5.14	1.54	8.8	0.1
Miguel Yajure	3	0	7.0	0	0	0	8	1.29	5.33	1.14	10.3	-0.0
Tyler Lyons	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	21.60	6.79	2.40	0.0	-0.0
Jonathan Holder	19	0	21.2	3	0	0	14	4.98	5.22	1.66	5.8	-0.0
Luis Avilán	10	0	8.1	0	0	0	9	4.32	5.95	1.68	9.7	-0.1
Nick Nelson	11	0	20.2	1	0	0	18	4.79	5.56	1.50	7.8	-0.1
Brooks Kriske	4	0	3.2	0	0	0	8	14.73	8.10	2.73	19.6	-0.1
Ben Heller	6	0	6.0	0	0	0	6	3.00	7.52	1.17	9.0	-0.2
Albert Abreu	2	0	1.1	0	1	0	2	20.25	16.69	4.50	13.5	-0.2
Erik Kratz	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	9.00	17.69	1.00	0.0	-0.3

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	23	0	0	0	0
Day	7	0	0	0	0
Weekend	16	0	0	0	0
Weekday	14	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 59 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:03
All games: 3:07
Extra innings: 3:36
Longest: 3:45
Shortest: 2:02

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	59	3:07	3:07	1:58	4:55
Regulation	52	3:03	3:06	1:58	4:02
Extra innings	7	3:36	3:22	2:45	4:55
Home	30	3:06	3:10	2:02	3:45
Road	29	3:08	3:06	1:58	4:55
Day	15	3:09	3:07	2:44	4:00
Night	44	3:07	3:08	1:58	4:55

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	1	3:08
Aug	17	3:09
Sep	12	3:02

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 33-27, a .550 win rate, while their +45 run differential implies .570. That is about 1 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.