The Tampa Bay Rays went 91-71 in 2011, a .562 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 707 runs and allowed 614, a run differential of +93. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.60 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Ben Zobrist led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and James Shields the rotation at a 2.82 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 6 games back. They spent 9 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on May 16 and were as far as 11.5 games back on July 27. Their best month was August at 18-10, their worst July at 11-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 11 to April 16 and a 6-game losing streak from April 1 to April 7. They were 47-34 at home and 44-37 on the road, 26-18 in one-run games and 46-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Twins on April 28; the heaviest defeat, 13-4 at the Athletics on July 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
115
99
+16
May
14
13
.519
117
109
+8
June
16
11
.593
109
104
+5
July
11
15
.423
113
112
+1
August
18
10
.643
121
87
+34
Sept/Oct
17
10
.630
132
103
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
26-18
.591
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
42-30
.583
Against .500+ clubs
46-38
.548
Decided by 5+ runs
24-18
.571
Last 10
6-4
.600
2011 postseason
In October the Tampa Bay Rays lost the ALDS to the Rangers 3-1.
ALDS vs Rangers1-3 L
Game 1, September 30 W 9-0 at Rangers
Game 2, October 1 L 6-8 at Rangers
Game 3, October 3 L 3-4 vs Rangers
Game 4, October 4 L 3-4 vs Rangers
American League East standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2011. 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
18,879
18,772
10,042
34,078
Night
55
18,293
18,482
10,042
34,078
Day
26
20,119
20,627
11,190
32,487
Weekend
39
21,185
21,008
11,955
34,078
Weekday
42
16,738
13,821
10,042
29,518
On the road
81
28,354
26,378
11,053
48,103
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
17,376
May
14
18,876
Jun
10
20,730
Jul
10
24,641
Aug
17
15,673
Sep
15
18,943
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:54
148 games
All games
2:58
Extra innings
3:44
14 of them
Longest
5:44
2011-07-17, 16 inn
Shortest
1:53
2011-08-09
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
2:58
2:55
1:53
5:44
Regulation
148
2:54
2:53
1:53
3:53
Extra innings
14
3:44
3:38
2:48
5:44
Home
81
2:56
2:50
1:53
5:44
Road
81
3:00
3:00
2:05
3:53
Day
58
2:56
2:56
2:05
3:53
Night
104
2:59
2:55
1:53
5:44
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:45
May
14
2:50
Jun
10
2:45
Jul
10
3:21
Aug
17
2:58
Sep
15
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +93 run differential implies .564. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
