The Philadelphia Phillies went 81-81 in 2012, a .500 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 684 runs and allowed 680, a run differential of +4. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Ruiz led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Cliff Lee the rotation at a 3.16 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 17 games back. They spent 2 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 20 games back on August 17. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-12, their worst June at 9-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 5 to September 12 and a 6-game losing streak from June 2 to June 7. They were 40-41 at home and 41-40 on the road, 25-27 in one-run games and 39-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-1 at the Mets on September 20; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Mets on July 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
12
.478
76
78
-2
May
16
13
.552
145
133
+12
June
9
19
.321
124
146
-22
July
10
13
.435
91
108
-17
August
17
12
.586
112
108
+4
Sept/Oct
18
12
.600
136
107
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
25-27
.481
Extra innings
7-10
.412
Within the division
33-39
.458
Against .500+ clubs
39-43
.476
Decided by 5+ runs
14-14
.500
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2012. 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
44,021
44,096
40,394
45,989
Night
56
43,789
44,054
40,394
45,656
Day
25
44,542
44,715
41,813
45,989
Weekend
39
44,400
44,551
40,394
45,989
Weekday
42
43,669
43,832
41,227
45,574
On the road
81
31,750
31,437
13,028
53,498
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
45,410
May
14
44,600
Jun
17
44,544
Jul
9
44,449
Aug
19
43,094
Sep
12
42,596
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 162 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
2:53
145 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:31
17 of them
Longest
4:24
2012-08-23, 11 inn
Shortest
2:16
2012-08-07
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
162
2:57
2:52
2:02
4:25
Regulation
145
2:53
2:50
2:02
4:03
Extra innings
17
3:31
3:21
2:27
4:25
Home
81
2:58
2:52
2:16
4:24
Road
81
2:55
2:51
2:02
4:25
Day
51
2:55
2:47
2:02
4:25
Night
111
2:57
2:52
2:14
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:40
May
14
2:50
Jun
17
3:06
Jul
9
3:05
Aug
19
3:00
Sep
12
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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
Philadelphia Phillies are 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their +4 run differential implies .503. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
