The Tampa Bay Rays went 92-71 in 2013, a .564 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 700 runs and allowed 646, a run differential of +54. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.73 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Evan Longoria led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and David Price the rotation at a 3.33 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 5.5 games back. They spent 8 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on July 26 and were as far as 9.5 games back on September 11. Their best month was July at 21-5, their worst August at 11-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 4 to July 11 and a 6-game losing streak from August 6 to August 13. They were 51-30 at home and 41-41 on the road, 26-21 in one-run games and 48-49 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Astros on July 1; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Indians on April 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
105
105
0
May
18
10
.643
166
139
+27
June
13
15
.464
107
116
-9
July
21
5
.808
120
69
+51
August
11
15
.423
89
108
-19
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
113
109
+4
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
41-41
.500
One-run games
26-21
.553
Extra innings
9-7
.563
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
48-49
.495
Decided by 5+ runs
23-20
.535
Last 10
8-2
.800
2013 postseason
In October the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Indians 1-0 in the Wild Card Series, then lost the ALDS to the Red Sox 3-1.
Wild Card Series vs Indians1-0 W
Game 1, October 2 W 4-0 at Indians
ALDS vs Red Sox1-3 L
Game 1, October 4 L 2-12 at Red Sox
Game 2, October 5 L 4-7 at Red Sox
Game 3, October 7 W 5-4 vs Red Sox
Game 4, October 8 L 1-3 vs Red Sox
American League East standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2013. 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
18,646
17,402
9,952
34,078
Night
56
16,730
15,382
9,952
32,862
Day
25
22,936
21,834
13,025
34,078
Weekend
39
21,950
21,247
12,424
34,078
Weekday
42
15,577
15,001
9,952
34,078
On the road
82
30,155
30,412
11,514
52,619
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
21,322
May
15
15,566
Jun
16
17,695
Jul
12
17,745
Aug
15
21,662
Sep
11
18,178
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 163 completed games, 2013.
Regulation
3:05
147 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
4:01
16 of them
Longest
6:54
2013-09-20, 18 inn
Shortest
2:10
2013-06-26
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
163
3:11
3:06
2:10
6:54
Regulation
147
3:05
3:04
2:10
3:58
Extra innings
16
4:01
3:41
3:00
6:54
Home
81
3:12
3:03
2:10
6:54
Road
82
3:10
3:08
2:13
4:16
Day
53
3:06
3:02
2:10
4:16
Night
110
3:13
3:07
2:13
6:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:50
May
15
3:23
Jun
16
3:06
Jul
12
3:00
Aug
15
3:09
Sep
11
3:42
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 92-71, a .564 win rate, while their +54 run differential implies .537. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
