The Tampa Bay Devil Rays went 66-96 in 2007, a .407 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 782 runs and allowed 944, a run differential of -162. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.51 staff ERA was the worst. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Pena led the position players at 6.1 WAR, and Scott Kazmir the rotation at a 3.48 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 30 games back. They spent 2 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 6 and were as far as 31 games back on September 29. Their best month was August at 15-14, their worst July at 7-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 13 to May 17 and an 11-game losing streak from June 25 to July 5. They were 37-44 at home and 29-52 on the road, 22-21 in one-run games and 38-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-2 against the Orioles on September 5; the heaviest defeat, 21-4 at the Yankees on July 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
14
.440
126
162
-36
May
11
15
.423
111
149
-38
June
11
17
.393
140
162
-22
July
7
20
.259
116
191
-75
August
15
14
.517
149
134
+15
Sept/Oct
11
16
.407
140
146
-6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
22-21
.512
Extra innings
8-3
.727
Within the division
29-43
.403
Against .500+ clubs
38-60
.388
Decided by 5+ runs
19-33
.365
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League East standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2007. 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
17,131
15,343
8,440
38,437
Night
62
16,581
13,962
8,440
38,437
Day
19
18,925
18,248
9,149
36,048
Weekend
39
21,512
19,044
9,592
38,437
Weekday
42
13,063
10,527
8,440
28,962
On the road
81
31,580
33,809
11,525
55,031
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
17,655
May
18
12,239
Jun
14
13,999
Jul
12
24,025
Aug
14
16,651
Sep
12
21,309
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:57
151 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:48
11 of them
Longest
4:38
2007-07-28, 12 inn
Shortest
2:25
2007-04-17
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
3:00
2:56
2:14
4:38
Regulation
151
2:57
2:55
2:14
3:51
Extra innings
11
3:48
3:54
2:43
4:38
Home
81
2:59
2:54
2:25
4:38
Road
81
3:01
2:58
2:14
4:09
Day
46
2:56
2:54
2:21
3:54
Night
116
3:02
2:58
2:14
4:38
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:51
May
18
3:01
Jun
14
2:50
Jul
12
3:12
Aug
14
2:58
Sep
12
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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
Tampa Bay Devil Rays are 66-96, a .407 win rate, while their -162 run differential implies .415. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
