“SRNY By The Numbers” is a periodic feature that highlights all 10 New York metropolitan area sports teams.
26 regular season home runs separates pending free agent Pete Alonso from catching Darryl Strawberry on top of the Mets career list at 252.
15 games in a row with at least a point is how Artemi Panarin started the 2023-24 season, he’s 3 for 3 this season leading the Rangers with 7 points.
10 is the number of Emmy Awards won by producer Frank DiGraci for his work on Nets broadcasts, incentivizing you to watch the Yes Network in this rebuilding year.
6 players from last season’s Knicks opening night roster remain (Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Miles McBride, Mitchell Robinson, Jericho Sims and Jacob Toppin).
5 is the number of sacks that Tyron Smith has allowed for the Jets, which is exactly how many he allowed in total from 2019 through 2023 with the Dallas Cowboys (according to PFF.com).
4 goals have already been scored by the Devils’ Paul Cotter, just 9 off his career high, the 24-year-old acquired in the summer from Vegas for former first round pick Alexander Holtz.
3 Liberty players made the All-WNBA team including Breanna Stewart on the first team, and Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones on the second team.
2 ended up being the only games that Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin missed due to off-season back surgery, despite early concern that he would miss a chunk of the season.
1 time the Yankees lost in the ALCS after winning the first two games, which happened in 2004 when Boston became the only MLB team to ever come back from 3-0 to win a best of 7 series.
0 is the number of headlines generated by Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch since the season started, in stark contrast to the Ambassador Woody Johnson.
Disclaimer: SRNY By The Numbers requires a primary school knowledge of math.
