The Seattle Mariners went 86-76 in 2016, a .531 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 768 runs and allowed 707, a run differential of +61. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.07 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Robinson Canó led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and James Paxton the rotation at a 3.79 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 9 games back. They spent 31 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on May 5 and were as far as 12.5 games back on September 3. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-11, their worst June at 10-18. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from September 7 to September 14 and a 6-game losing streak from June 18 to June 23. They were 44-37 at home and 42-39 on the road, 30-30 in one-run games and 44-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 against the Padres on May 31; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Rangers on August 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
100
76
+24
May
17
11
.607
156
115
+41
June
10
18
.357
125
149
-24
July
12
12
.500
105
115
-10
August
16
14
.533
125
137
-12
Sept/Oct
18
11
.621
157
115
+42
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
30-30
.500
Extra innings
9-8
.529
Within the division
38-38
.500
Against .500+ clubs
44-47
.484
Decided by 5+ runs
25-18
.581
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League West standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 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
27,999
28,309
13,376
47,065
Night
59
26,539
24,851
13,376
47,065
Day
22
31,914
32,577
15,075
44,812
Weekend
39
34,133
35,746
16,775
47,065
Weekday
42
22,303
19,952
13,376
41,536
On the road
81
28,309
28,148
9,393
49,289
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
25,563
May
15
27,426
Jun
13
28,194
Jul
9
30,792
Aug
16
31,578
Sep
15
24,803
Oct
2
27,189
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
2:56
145 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:51
17 of them
Longest
4:51
2016-08-09, 15 inn
Shortest
2:16
2016-08-03
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
3:02
2:58
2:06
4:51
Regulation
145
2:56
2:55
2:06
3:50
Extra innings
17
3:51
3:52
3:03
4:51
Home
81
3:02
2:55
2:16
4:51
Road
81
3:02
2:59
2:06
4:38
Day
52
3:02
3:01
2:21
4:23
Night
110
3:02
2:56
2:06
4:51
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:55
May
15
3:07
Jun
13
2:58
Jul
9
2:52
Aug
16
3:02
Sep
15
3:08
Oct
2
3:18
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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
Seattle Mariners are 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +61 run differential implies .538. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
