- 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
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 152 | 615 | 152 | 17 | 68 | 9 | .281 | .359 | .444 | .354 | 127 | 4.0 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 160 | 670 | 163 | 21 | 73 | 3 | .270 | .328 | .435 | .330 | 110 | 3.2 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | SS | 142 | 551 | 134 | 15 | 58 | 6 | .265 | .315 | .430 | .322 | 105 | 2.8 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 144 | 535 | 133 | 10 | 40 | 18 | .263 | .298 | .420 | .313 | 98 | 2.1 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 124 | 385 | 88 | 8 | 28 | 10 | .265 | .359 | .413 | .346 | 122 | 1.9 |
| Curt Casali | C | 37 | 113 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 0 | .238 | .304 | .594 | .381 | 147 | 1.2 |
| Mikie Mahtook | LF | 38 | 115 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 4 | .295 | .351 | .619 | .415 | 171 | 1.2 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 110 | 426 | 84 | 16 | 40 | 12 | .225 | .318 | .399 | .321 | 104 | 1.0 |
| John Jaso | DH | 70 | 216 | 53 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .286 | .380 | .459 | .369 | 138 | 1.0 |
| J.P. Arencibia | C | 24 | 73 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 0 | .310 | .315 | .606 | .391 | 153 | 0.8 |
| Tim Beckham | 2B | 78 | 223 | 45 | 9 | 37 | 3 | .222 | .274 | .429 | .304 | 91 | 0.6 |
| Joey Butler | DH | 87 | 276 | 71 | 8 | 30 | 5 | .276 | .326 | .416 | .328 | 109 | 0.6 |
| Grady Sizemore | RF | 97 | 296 | 69 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .253 | .307 | .381 | .306 | 93 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Brett | 2B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .750 | 1.000 | .717 | 384 | 0.1 |
| Nate Karns | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | .522 | 246 | 0.1 |
| Richie Shaffer | 1B | 31 | 88 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .189 | .307 | .392 | .314 | 99 | 0.1 |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 28 | 108 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .268 | .324 | .340 | .297 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Matt Andriese | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Ronald Belisario | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Matt Moore | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Chris Archer | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Allan Dykstra | 1B | 13 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .129 | .289 | .226 | .256 | 58 | -0.1 |
| Luke Maile | C | 14 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .257 | .185 | 7 | -0.2 |
| James Loney | 1B | 104 | 388 | 101 | 4 | 32 | 2 | .280 | .322 | .357 | .297 | 87 | -0.3 |
| Daniel Nava | RF | 57 | 166 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .194 | .315 | .245 | .270 | 67 | -0.3 |
| Nick Franklin | 2B | 38 | 109 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .158 | .213 | .307 | .232 | 40 | -0.4 |
| David DeJesus | LF | 108 | 317 | 67 | 5 | 30 | 3 | .233 | .297 | .330 | .281 | 75 | -0.4 |
| Jake Elmore | 1B | 47 | 158 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .206 | .263 | .284 | .244 | 49 | -0.6 |
| René Rivera | C | 101 | 319 | 53 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .178 | .213 | .275 | .217 | 30 | -0.9 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Archer | 34 | 34 | 212.0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 252 | 3.23 | 2.90 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 4.9 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 28 | 28 | 169.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 150 | 3.35 | 3.61 | 1.15 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 34 | 27 | 163.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 3.75 | 3.76 | 1.13 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| Nate Karns | 27 | 26 | 147.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 3.67 | 4.09 | 1.28 | 8.9 | 1.3 |
| Alex Colomé | 43 | 13 | 109.2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 3.94 | 3.55 | 1.30 | 7.2 | 1.3 |
| Jake McGee | 39 | 0 | 37.1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 2.41 | 2.33 | 0.94 | 11.6 | 0.9 |
| Drew Smyly | 12 | 12 | 66.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 3.10 | 3.91 | 1.17 | 10.4 | 0.7 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 75 | 0 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 2.33 | 3.54 | 1.13 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 66 | 0 | 46.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 2.35 | 3.26 | 1.17 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
| Enny Romero | 23 | 0 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5.10 | 2.80 | 1.73 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Matt Andriese | 25 | 8 | 65.2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 4.11 | 4.14 | 1.32 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Steve Geltz | 70 | 2 | 67.1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 3.74 | 4.11 | 1.05 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| José Domínguez | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 2.43 | 0.71 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Ronald Belisario | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.88 | 3.13 | 1.50 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Brad Boxberger | 69 | 0 | 63.0 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 74 | 3.71 | 4.26 | 1.37 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Everett Teaford | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.59 | 3.84 | 1.41 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Matt Moore | 12 | 12 | 63.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5.43 | 4.82 | 1.54 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 5 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 7.63 | 2.63 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Jake Elmore | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.13 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Nick Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 19.13 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Preston Guilmet | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.05 | 6.68 | 1.77 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Bellatti | 17 | 0 | 23.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.31 | 5.23 | 1.11 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Gomes | 64 | 0 | 59.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 4.27 | 4.76 | 1.19 | 6.7 | -0.2 |
| Grant Balfour | 6 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 9.60 | 1.62 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| C.J. Riefenhauser | 17 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.52 | 6.27 | 1.50 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| Ernesto Frieri | 22 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4.63 | 6.39 | 1.33 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Kirby Yates | 20 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7.97 | 8.64 | 1.48 | 9.3 | -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.