I Believe in Home Field Advantage

[Guest Edgy DC]

Home Records in Mets History

Season	W	L	PCT
2010	28	12	.700
1988	56	24	.700
2000	55	26	.679
1986	55	26	.679
1990	52	29	.642
1969	52	30	.634
1989	51	30	.630
1985	51	30	.630
2006	50	31	.617
1997	50	31	.617
1999	49	32	.605
1987	49	32	.605
2008	48	33	.593
2005	48	33	.593
1984	48	33	.593
1998	47	34	.580
1995	40	32	.556
1976	45	37	.549
2001	44	37	.543
1971	44	37	.543
1970	44	38	.537
1973	43	38	.531
1972	41	37	.526
1996	42	39	.519
1975	42	39	.519
2009	41	40	.506
2007	41	40	.506
1992	41	40	.506
1983	41	41	.500
1991	40	42	.488
1981	24	27	.471
2004	38	43	.469
2002	38	43	.469
1980	38	44	.463
1967	36	42	.462
1974	36	45	.444
1977	35	44	.443
1994	23	30	.434
2003	34	46	.425
1963	34	47	.420
1978	33	47	.413
1982	33	48	.407
1964	33	48	.407
1966	32	49	.395
1968	32	49	.395
1965	29	52	.358
1993	28	53	.346
1979	28	53	.346
1962	22	58	.275

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Should "1968" (6th on the list) be 1969?

[seawolf17]

1990? Go figure. I like the rest of the seasons at the top of that list, though.

It seems like everything that's happened this year (best homestand ever, winning streaks, etc.) has only ever happened in one of the four winning years (69, 86, 00, 06). Either this team is setting itself up for something special, or a disappointment that makes 2007-08 pale in comparison.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

The real aberration in 1973 . Ignoring 2010, playoff years were 1,2,3,5, 8 and 10, whereas '73 was 22nd. If we introduce a hypothetical wild card for pre-1994, I suspect most of the Top 10 would be playoff years.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thanks for catching that 1969 kerflub. I fixed it. I was off by one year from 1965-1969, but but 1968-1969 is obviously where it stood out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not sure what's more peculiar, how good they've been at home this year with half their record behind them, or how excellent they'd have to be to keep it up and match the 1988 team's pace.

The 1988 team went .550 on the road for a home/road difference of .150. This team is .417 on the road, for a difference of .273. I don't know (perhaps somebody would like to do the digging) if that's the biggest home/road win percentage difference in Mets' history, but Charlie Manuel can sit on a tack.

[Ceetar]

Hey, the scoreboard messages DO work!

[duan]

only issue with this is that it's hard to believe that this mets team is as good as 88, 00 or 86 and therefore it seems likely that we'll end up more along the lines of .650 at home with a bit of regression.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, no doubt, though we might also well maintain things by progressing toward the mean on the road.

But, most joyfully, it also does some serious exploding of the too-crazy theory that the ballpark was somehow holding the team back.

[Ceetar]

well, they're already regressing. .667 on the last homestand.

Come September and the playoffs, I imagine that crazy theory will be turned on it's head, and people will be proclaiming that the ballpark is an _asset_ and intimidating the other teams.