The San Diego Padres went 66-96 in 2018, a .407 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 617 runs and allowed 767, a run differential of -150. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.31 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 84 team wRC+ was 16% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Hunter Renfroe led the position players at 1.7 WAR, and Craig Stammen the rotation at a 2.73 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL West, 25.5 games back. They were as far as 25.5 games back on October 1. Their best month was May at 15-13, their worst July at 5-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from August 28 to August 31 and a 7-game losing streak from July 24 to July 31. They were 31-50 at home and 35-46 on the road, 22-21 in one-run games and 42-66 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 against the Mets on April 28; the heaviest defeat, 20-5 at the Diamondbacks on July 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
20
.333
119
155
-36
May
15
13
.536
103
112
-9
June
12
15
.444
94
113
-19
July
5
20
.200
89
145
-56
August
12
15
.444
119
124
-5
Sept/Oct
12
13
.480
93
118
-25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
31-50
.383
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
22-21
.512
Extra innings
5-11
.313
Within the division
28-48
.368
Against .500+ clubs
42-66
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
14-25
.359
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League West standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 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
81
26,772
26,285
15,733
44,649
Night
60
26,317
25,449
15,733
42,778
Day
21
28,073
28,183
19,598
44,649
Weekend
41
30,049
29,977
20,010
42,778
Weekday
40
23,414
22,018
15,733
44,649
On the road
81
30,730
30,034
10,654
53,536
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
37,089
Apr
14
27,355
May
16
21,502
Jun
10
26,939
Jul
13
32,566
Aug
14
23,561
Sep
11
27,970
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 161 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
2:55
145 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:45
16 of them
Longest
5:02
2018-09-28, 15 inn
Shortest
2:13
2018-08-28
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
161
3:00
2:57
2:13
5:31
Regulation
145
2:55
2:55
2:13
3:57
Extra innings
16
3:45
3:33
2:47
5:31
Home
81
3:04
3:00
2:13
5:02
Road
80
2:57
2:56
2:18
5:31
Day
47
3:05
3:06
2:18
5:31
Night
114
2:58
2:54
2:13
5:02
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
3:12
Apr
14
3:02
May
16
2:58
Jun
10
2:59
Jul
13
3:12
Aug
14
3:02
Sep
11
3:10
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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 66-96, a .407 win rate, while their -150 run differential implies .402. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
