Do the Mets score in the first inning often?

The Mets have scored in the first inning in 29% of their 156 games this season (46 of 156), 16th in MLB.

Are the Mets a good NRFI or YRFI team?

Mets bats score in the 1st 29% of the time, and their pitching allows a first-inning run 31% of the time — so their games tend to sit near a coin flip.

How do the Mets score in the first inning at home vs on the road?

31% of the time at home and 28% on the road this season.

Mets

First-inning scoring · #16 in MLB

The Mets have scored in the first inning 29% of the time this 2026 season — 16th in MLB. That's 31% at home and 28% on the road. Over their last 10, they've put a run on the board in the 1st 4 times. On the other side, Mets pitching allows a first-inning run 31% of the time (0.52 runs allowed per game).

Split	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
Overall	156	29%	0.51
Home	78	31%	0.56
Away	78	28%	0.46
Last 10	10	40%	0.60
Allowed (1st)	156	31%	0.52

vs Handedness

Informational splits — not model inputs.

vs	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
vs LHP	46	28%	0.41
vs RHP	105	29%	0.54

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