The Philadelphia Phillies went 80-82 in 2018, a .494 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 677 runs and allowed 728, a run differential of -51. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.27 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Rhys Hoskins led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Aaron Nola the rotation at a 2.37 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 10 games back. They spent 36 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on July 26 and were as far as 12 games back on September 28. Their best month was May at 15-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 8-20. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 9 to April 15 and a 9-game losing streak from September 20 to September 28. They were 49-32 at home and 31-50 on the road, 23-18 in one-run games and 44-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-1 against the Marlins on April 7; the heaviest defeat, 24-4 against the Mets on August 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
12
.571
130
117
+13
May
15
11
.577
108
84
+24
June
13
14
.481
116
148
-32
July
15
11
.577
114
96
+18
August
13
14
.481
112
131
-19
Sept/Oct
8
20
.286
97
152
-55
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
23-18
.561
Extra innings
8-6
.571
Within the division
34-42
.447
Against .500+ clubs
44-50
.468
Decided by 5+ runs
21-28
.429
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2018. 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
79
27,318
26,120
2,429
44,488
Night
55
26,078
22,556
2,429
44,136
Day
24
30,159
30,122
19,630
44,488
Weekend
37
29,167
29,392
2,429
42,746
Weekday
42
25,689
21,925
17,050
44,488
On the road
80
28,382
29,395
5,415
44,431
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
25,811
May
12
24,276
Jun
15
29,636
Jul
9
30,013
Aug
15
26,946
Sep
14
23,928
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, 2018.
Regulation
3:05
148 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
3:56
14 of them
Longest
5:55
2018-07-24, 16 inn
Shortest
2:20
2018-08-04
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
3:10
3:07
2:20
5:55
Regulation
148
3:05
3:05
2:20
4:30
Extra innings
14
3:56
3:44
2:54
5:55
Home
81
3:11
3:08
2:20
5:55
Road
81
3:09
3:06
2:24
4:38
Day
54
3:08
3:05
2:24
4:28
Night
108
3:10
3:08
2:20
5:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:12
May
12
2:56
Jun
15
3:13
Jul
9
3:32
Aug
15
3:05
Sep
14
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -51 run differential implies .467. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
