The San Diego Padres went 76-86 in 2012, a .469 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 651 runs and allowed 710, a run differential of -59. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.16 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Chase Headley led the position players at 6.7 WAR, and Edinson Volquez the rotation at a 4.14 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 18 games back. They were as far as 19 games back on June 10. Their best month was August at 18-10, their worst March/April at 7-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from August 19 to August 27 and a 6-game losing streak from May 25 to May 30. They were 42-39 at home and 34-47 on the road, 26-21 in one-run games and 44-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-3 against the Cardinals on September 10; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 at the Mets on May 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
17
.292
75
99
-24
May
10
18
.357
92
129
-37
June
12
15
.444
104
123
-19
July
15
11
.577
123
99
+24
August
18
10
.643
119
109
+10
Sept/Oct
14
15
.483
138
151
-13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
26-21
.553
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
34-38
.472
Against .500+ clubs
44-61
.419
Decided by 5+ runs
17-22
.436
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League West standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 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
26,219
25,514
15,154
43,427
Night
52
27,041
26,627
15,895
43,427
Day
29
24,744
24,032
15,154
42,941
Weekend
39
30,046
30,053
19,021
43,427
Weekday
42
22,665
20,987
15,154
42,941
On the road
81
31,422
30,714
13,084
54,014
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
23,187
May
13
25,694
Jun
12
28,203
Jul
11
26,984
Aug
15
26,440
Sep
15
27,336
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
2:52
152 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:57
10 of them
Longest
4:45
2012-05-04, 12 inn
Shortest
2:02
2012-07-19
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
2:56
2:55
1:58
4:45
Regulation
152
2:52
2:52
1:58
3:48
Extra innings
10
3:57
3:51
3:28
4:45
Home
81
2:56
2:55
2:02
4:45
Road
81
2:56
2:52
1:58
4:06
Day
52
2:57
2:57
2:14
4:23
Night
110
2:56
2:53
1:58
4:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:51
May
13
3:07
Jun
12
2:51
Jul
11
2:55
Aug
15
2:47
Sep
15
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 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
San Diego Padres are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -59 run differential implies .460. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
