The Tampa Bay Rays went 96-66 in 2010, a .593 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 802 runs and allowed 649, a run differential of +153. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.76 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Evan Longoria led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and David Price the rotation at a 2.72 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 1 game clear. They spent 94 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on May 23 and were as far as 4 games back on July 23. Their best month was March/April at 17-6, their worst June at 11-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 12 to April 19 and a 5-game losing streak from August 4 to August 8. They were 49-32 at home and 47-34 on the road, 29-27 in one-run games and 57-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the White Sox on April 21; the heaviest defeat, 10-0 against the Yankees on April 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
6
.739
144
76
+68
May
17
12
.586
122
102
+20
June
11
14
.440
124
118
+6
July
19
7
.731
133
101
+32
August
17
12
.586
134
119
+15
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
145
133
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
29-27
.518
Extra innings
10-5
.667
Within the division
42-30
.583
Against .500+ clubs
57-40
.588
Decided by 5+ runs
29-15
.659
Last 10
5-5
.500
2010 postseason
In October the Tampa Bay Rays lost the ALDS to the Rangers 3-2.
ALDS vs Rangers2-3 L
Game 1, October 6 L 1-5 vs Rangers
Game 2, October 7 L 0-6 vs Rangers
Game 3, October 9 W 6-3 at Rangers
Game 4, October 10 W 5-2 at Rangers
Game 5, October 12 L 1-5 vs Rangers
American League East standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2010. 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
22,759
22,301
10,691
36,973
Night
60
21,684
19,873
10,691
36,973
Day
21
25,828
25,442
17,093
36,973
Weekend
39
26,877
25,442
17,840
36,973
Weekday
42
18,934
17,790
10,691
36,973
On the road
81
27,188
25,793
9,129
48,957
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
22,416
May
14
23,379
Jun
12
19,824
Jul
13
23,946
Aug
16
23,883
Sep
13
22,572
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 161 completed games, 2010.
Regulation
2:58
146 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:49
15 of them
Longest
3:52
2010-08-04, 13 inn
Shortest
2:08
2010-09-28
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
161
3:03
3:00
2:07
4:38
Regulation
146
2:58
2:57
2:07
4:06
Extra innings
15
3:49
3:42
3:14
4:38
Home
81
2:59
2:57
2:08
3:52
Road
80
3:06
3:04
2:07
4:38
Day
46
3:01
3:04
2:07
4:06
Night
115
3:03
2:58
2:08
4:38
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:00
May
14
3:01
Jun
12
2:58
Jul
13
3:01
Aug
16
3:00
Sep
13
2:55
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 Rays are 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +153 run differential implies .596. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
