The Tampa Bay Rays went 77-85 in 2014, a .475 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 612 runs and allowed 625, a run differential of -13. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.62 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Ben Zobrist led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and David Price the rotation at a 3.26 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 19 games back. They spent 9 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 5 and were as far as 19 games back on September 24. Their best month was July at 17-6, their worst March/April at 11-16. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from July 12 to July 26 and a 10-game losing streak from May 26 to June 5. They were 36-45 at home and 41-40 on the road, 25-23 in one-run games and 47-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-1 against the Yankees on April 19; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Red Sox on September 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
16
.407
112
124
-12
May
12
17
.414
105
127
-22
June
13
16
.448
105
107
-2
July
17
6
.739
99
67
+32
August
13
16
.448
113
94
+19
Sept/Oct
11
14
.440
78
106
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
25-23
.521
Extra innings
8-10
.444
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
47-59
.443
Decided by 5+ runs
21-22
.488
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League East standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2014. 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
17,858
16,822
9,571
31,042
Night
52
16,472
14,454
9,571
30,364
Day
29
20,341
21,270
10,400
31,042
Weekend
39
21,692
21,830
13,841
31,042
Weekday
42
14,297
12,072
9,571
31,042
On the road
81
28,685
31,368
11,268
43,623
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
31,042
Apr
13
18,959
May
12
17,374
Jun
18
14,628
Jul
12
18,710
Aug
12
21,198
Sep
13
16,789
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:12
144 games
All games
3:19
Extra innings
4:09
18 of them
Longest
5:16
2014-05-24, 15 inn
Shortest
2:34
2014-08-21
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
3:19
3:14
2:10
5:49
Regulation
144
3:12
3:12
2:10
4:10
Extra innings
18
4:09
4:03
2:49
5:49
Home
81
3:20
3:14
2:34
5:16
Road
81
3:17
3:13
2:10
5:49
Day
57
3:20
3:14
2:28
5:16
Night
105
3:18
3:13
2:10
5:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:04
Apr
13
3:27
May
12
3:43
Jun
18
3:09
Jul
12
3:11
Aug
12
3:15
Sep
13
3:20
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 192 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 77-85, a .475 win rate, while their -13 run differential implies .490. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
