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 3.9 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 13 games back. They spent 23 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on June 23 and were as far as 16 games back on September 28. Their best month was June at 16-12, their worst July at 9-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 22 to April 26 and a 7-game losing streak from June 28 to July 4. They were 41-40 at home and 39-42 on the road, 26-30 in one-run games and 46-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-3 against the Blue Jays on April 24; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 against the Nationals on June 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
87
86
+1
May
14
15
.483
105
93
+12
June
16
12
.571
94
101
-7
July
9
16
.360
86
107
-21
August
14
13
.519
117
121
-4
Sept/Oct
15
16
.484
155
134
+21
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
26-30
.464
Extra innings
2-13
.133
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
46-58
.442
Decided by 5+ runs
15-14
.517
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2015. 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
15,403
13,906
8,701
31,042
Night
59
13,951
12,329
8,701
31,042
Day
22
19,297
18,474
10,365
31,042
Weekend
39
18,328
17,838
10,697
31,042
Weekday
42
12,688
11,483
8,701
31,042
On the road
81
28,189
28,204
9,945
48,414
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
17,545
May
15
12,336
Jun
16
14,481
Jul
11
18,029
Aug
11
17,959
Sep
12
13,619
Oct
4
15,276
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, 2015.
Regulation
2:54
147 games
All games
2:59
Extra innings
3:46
15 of them
Longest
4:05
2015-09-13, 13 inn
Shortest
2:02
2015-08-11
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
2:59
2:58
2:02
5:03
Regulation
147
2:54
2:55
2:02
3:47
Extra innings
15
3:46
3:39
3:01
5:03
Home
81
2:57
2:57
2:02
4:05
Road
81
3:02
2:59
2:09
5:03
Day
49
3:00
2:58
2:09
4:05
Night
113
2:59
2:58
2:02
5:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:58
May
15
2:55
Jun
16
2:58
Jul
11
2:45
Aug
11
2:59
Sep
12
3:04
Oct
4
2:56
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 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their +2 run differential implies .501. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
