The Philadelphia Phillies went 71-91 in 2016, a .438 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 610 runs and allowed 796, a run differential of -186. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.68 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Odúbel Herrera led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Aaron Nola the rotation at a 4.78 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 24 games back. They were as far as 24 games back on October 1. Their best month was March/April at 14-10, their worst June at 9-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 26 to May 1 and a 9-game losing streak from June 14 to June 22. They were 37-44 at home and 34-47 on the road, 28-23 in one-run games and 27-49 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 8-0 at the Diamondbacks on June 27; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 at the Mets on September 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
80
97
-17
May
12
16
.429
84
115
-31
June
9
19
.321
114
161
-47
July
13
14
.481
102
111
-9
August
12
14
.462
112
152
-40
Sept/Oct
11
18
.379
118
160
-42
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
28-23
.549
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
30-46
.395
Against .500+ clubs
27-49
.355
Decided by 5+ runs
10-34
.227
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2016. 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
23,644
22,118
15,247
45,229
Night
56
22,443
21,644
15,247
40,331
Day
25
26,333
23,809
18,079
45,229
Weekend
39
25,527
23,600
17,175
40,331
Weekday
42
21,895
21,090
15,247
45,229
On the road
81
30,784
32,113
10,784
48,370
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
24,890
May
12
24,241
Jun
14
25,154
Jul
13
25,386
Aug
15
22,936
Sep
13
18,631
Oct
2
28,580
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, 2016.
Regulation
3:00
149 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:44
13 of them
Longest
4:43
2016-09-16, 13 inn
Shortest
2:08
2016-07-05
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
3:03
3:00
2:08
4:43
Regulation
149
3:00
2:57
2:08
4:00
Extra innings
13
3:44
3:30
3:05
4:43
Home
81
3:03
2:59
2:08
4:43
Road
81
3:04
3:00
2:18
4:23
Day
54
3:00
2:58
2:18
3:53
Night
108
3:05
3:01
2:08
4:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:02
May
12
2:53
Jun
14
2:57
Jul
13
2:50
Aug
15
3:17
Sep
13
3:14
Oct
2
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -186 run differential implies .381. That is about 9 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
