The San Francisco Giants went 87-75 in 2016, a .537 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 715 runs and allowed 631, a run differential of +84. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.68 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Brandon Belt led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Johnny Cueto the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 4 games back. They spent 118 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on June 26 and were as far as 8 games back on September 25. Their best month was May at 21-8, their worst August at 11-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from May 11 to May 19 and a 6-game losing streak from July 15 to July 22. They were 45-36 at home and 42-39 on the road, 28-27 in one-run games and 27-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-4 at the Pirates on June 21; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Mets on April 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
124
121
+3
May
21
8
.724
114
94
+20
June
17
10
.630
145
109
+36
July
11
13
.458
90
95
-5
August
11
16
.407
120
111
+9
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
122
101
+21
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
28-27
.509
Extra innings
11-7
.611
Within the division
45-31
.592
Against .500+ clubs
27-33
.450
Decided by 5+ runs
24-10
.706
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League West standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National 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
41,546
41,479
41,052
42,238
Night
52
41,565
41,488
41,185
42,238
Day
29
41,513
41,479
41,052
42,079
Weekend
39
41,546
41,507
41,125
42,238
Weekday
42
41,546
41,471
41,052
42,147
On the road
81
32,164
31,171
13,829
53,621
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
41,497
May
13
41,535
Jun
13
41,632
Jul
13
41,888
Aug
15
41,421
Sep
11
41,319
Oct
2
41,383
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
3:03
144 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:02
18 of them
Longest
4:35
2016-04-18, 11 inn
Shortest
2:15
2016-10-01
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
3:06
2:15
5:34
Regulation
144
3:03
3:04
2:15
3:53
Extra innings
18
4:02
4:02
2:58
5:34
Home
81
3:08
3:07
2:15
4:35
Road
81
3:12
3:05
2:24
5:34
Day
56
3:14
3:13
2:15
4:28
Night
106
3:07
3:02
2:24
5:34
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:13
May
13
3:09
Jun
13
3:11
Jul
13
3:07
Aug
15
3:08
Sep
11
2:59
Oct
2
2:40
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 Francisco Giants are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .557. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
