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American League East · 2015

Tampa Bay Rays

Team WAR
30.8
17.5 bat / 13.3 pitch
Win %
.494
pyth .501
Run diff
+2
3.98 / 3.96 per g
wRC+
99
ERA
3.74
FIP 3.91
Home runs
167

The Tampa Bay Rays went 80-82 in 2015, a .494 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 644 runs and allowed 642, a run differential of +2. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.74 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Logan Forsythe led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,415 team hits
Evan Longoria163Evan Longoria — 163 hits (11.5%)Logan Forsythe152Logan Forsythe — 152 hits (10.7%)Asdrúbal Cabrera134Asdrúbal Cabrera — 134 hits (9.5%)Kevin Kiermaier133Kevin Kiermaier — 133 hits (9.4%)James Loney101James Loney — 101 hits (7.1%)Brandon Guyer88Brandon Guyer — 88 hits (6.2%)Steven Souza Jr.84Steven Souza Jr. — 84 hits (5.9%)Joey Butler71Joey Butler — 71 hits (5.0%)Grady Sizemore69Grady Sizemore — 69 hits (4.9%)David DeJesus67David DeJesus — 67 hits (4.7%)John Jaso53John Jaso — 53 hits (3.7%)René Rivera53René Rivera — 53 hits (3.7%)Tim Beckham45Tim Beckham — 45 hits (3.2%)Mahtook31Mikie Mahtook — 31 hits (2.2%)29Jake Elmore — 29 hits (2.0%)Daniel Nava27Daniel Nava — 27 hits (1.9%)Jennings26Desmond Jennings — 26 hits (1.8%)Curt Casali24Curt Casali — 24 hits (1.7%)Arencibia22J.P. Arencibia — 22 hits (1.6%)Franklin16Nick Franklin — 16 hits (1.1%)Shaffer14Richie Shaffer — 14 hits (1.0%)Luke Maile — 6 hits (0.4%)Allan Dykstra — 4 hits (0.3%)Ryan Brett — 2 hits (0.1%)Nate Karns — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

31 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Logan Forsythe2B15261515217689.281.359.444.3541274.0
Evan Longoria3B16067016321733.270.328.435.3301103.2
Asdrúbal CabreraSS14255113415586.265.315.430.3221052.8
Kevin KiermaierCF144535133104018.263.298.420.313982.1
Brandon GuyerLF1243858882810.265.359.413.3461221.9
Curt CasaliC371132410180.238.304.594.3811471.2
Mikie MahtookLF38115319194.295.351.619.4151711.2
Steven Souza Jr.RF11042684164012.225.318.399.3211041.0
John JasoDH70216535221.286.380.459.3691381.0
J.P. ArencibiaC2473226170.310.315.606.3911530.8
Tim Beckham2B78223459373.222.274.429.304910.6
Joey ButlerDH87276718305.276.326.416.3281090.6
Grady SizemoreRF97296696333.253.307.381.306930.2
Ryan Brett2B342000.667.7501.000.7173840.1
Nate KarnsP251110.250.2501.000.5222460.1
Richie Shaffer1B318814460.189.307.392.314990.1
Desmond JenningsLF2810826175.268.324.340.297870.1
Matt AndrieseP110000.000.000.000.000-124-0.0
Ronald BelisarioP110000.000.000.000.000-124-0.0
Erasmo RamírezP120000.000.000.000.000-124-0.0
Matt MooreP120000.000.000.000.000-124-0.0
Jake OdorizziP240000.000.000.000.000-124-0.1
Chris ArcherP250000.000.000.000.000-124-0.1
Allan Dykstra1B13384140.129.289.226.25658-0.1
Luke MaileC14356020.171.171.257.1857-0.2
James Loney1B1043881014322.280.322.357.29787-0.3
Daniel NavaRF57166271101.194.315.245.27067-0.3
Nick Franklin2B3810916371.158.213.307.23240-0.4
David DeJesusLF108317675303.233.297.330.28175-0.4
Jake Elmore1B47158292161.206.263.284.24449-0.6
René RiveraC101319535260.178.213.275.21730-0.9

Pitching

27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Chris Archer3434212.0121302523.232.901.1410.74.9
Jake Odorizzi2828169.19901503.353.611.158.02.5
Erasmo Ramírez3427163.111601263.753.761.136.91.9
Nate Karns2726147.07501453.674.091.288.91.3
Alex Colomé4313109.2850883.943.551.307.21.3
Jake McGee39037.1126482.412.330.9411.60.9
Drew Smyly121266.2520773.103.911.1710.40.7
Kevin Jepsen75069.23615592.333.541.137.60.7
Xavier Cedeño66046.0411472.353.261.179.20.6
Enny Romero23030.0020315.102.801.739.30.6
Matt Andriese25865.2352494.114.141.326.70.3
Steve Geltz70267.1262613.744.111.058.20.2
José Domínguez405.210050.002.430.717.90.1
Ronald Belisario608.000067.883.131.506.80.1
Brad Boxberger69063.041041743.714.261.3710.60.1
Everett Teaford405.200041.593.841.416.40.0
Matt Moore121263.0340465.434.821.546.60.0
Jeff Beliveau502.2000213.507.632.636.8-0.1
Jake Elmore101.000009.0016.133.000.0-0.1
Nick Franklin101.0000018.0019.133.000.0-0.2
Preston Guilmet507.1000611.056.681.777.4-0.2
Andrew Bellatti17023.1310182.315.231.116.9-0.2
Brandon Gomes64059.0261444.274.761.196.7-0.2
Grant Balfour604.100006.239.601.620.0-0.3
C.J. Riefenhauser17014.210075.526.271.504.3-0.3
Ernesto Frieri22023.1102194.636.391.337.3-0.5
Kirby Yates20020.1100217.978.641.489.3-1.0
Record versus run differential

Tampa Bay Rays are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their +2 run differential implies .501. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.