American League East · 2015
Tampa Bay Rays 2015
- Team WAR
- 30.5 16.3 bat / 14.3 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 3.9 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 152 | 615 | 152 | 17 | 68 | 9 | .281 | .359 | .444 | .354 | 127 | 3.9 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 160 | 670 | 163 | 21 | 73 | 3 | .270 | .328 | .435 | .330 | 110 | 3.0 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | SS | 142 | 551 | 134 | 15 | 58 | 6 | .265 | .315 | .430 | .322 | 105 | 2.5 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 144 | 535 | 133 | 10 | 40 | 18 | .263 | .298 | .420 | .313 | 98 | 2.3 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 124 | 385 | 88 | 8 | 28 | 10 | .265 | .359 | .413 | .346 | 122 | 1.9 |
| Mikie Mahtook | LF | 38 | 115 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 4 | .295 | .351 | .619 | .415 | 171 | 1.2 |
| Curt Casali | C | 37 | 113 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 0 | .238 | .304 | .594 | .381 | 147 | 1.1 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 110 | 426 | 84 | 16 | 40 | 12 | .225 | .318 | .399 | .321 | 104 | 1.1 |
| John Jaso | DH | 70 | 216 | 53 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .286 | .380 | .459 | .369 | 138 | 0.9 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| Grady Sizemore | RF | 97 | 296 | 69 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .253 | .307 | .381 | .306 | 93 | 0.2 |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 28 | 108 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .268 | .324 | .340 | .297 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Nate Karns | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | .522 | 246 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Brett | 2B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .750 | 1.000 | .717 | 384 | 0.2 |
| Richie Shaffer | 1B | 31 | 88 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .189 | .307 | .392 | .314 | 99 | 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 |
| Matt Moore | P | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| James Loney | 1B | 104 | 388 | 101 | 4 | 32 | 2 | .280 | .322 | .357 | .297 | 87 | -0.3 |
| Luke Maile | C | 14 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .257 | .185 | 7 | -0.3 |
| Daniel Nava | RF | 57 | 166 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .194 | .315 | .245 | .270 | 67 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| Jake Elmore | 1B | 47 | 158 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .206 | .263 | .284 | .244 | 49 | -0.7 |
| René Rivera | C | 101 | 319 | 53 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .178 | .213 | .275 | .217 | 30 | -1.2 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Archer | 34 | 34 | 212.0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 252 | 3.23 | 2.90 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 5.1 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 28 | 28 | 169.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 150 | 3.35 | 3.61 | 1.15 | 8.0 | 2.7 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 34 | 27 | 163.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 3.75 | 3.76 | 1.13 | 6.9 | 2.1 |
| Nate Karns | 27 | 26 | 147.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 3.67 | 4.09 | 1.28 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Alex Colomé | 43 | 13 | 109.2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 3.94 | 3.55 | 1.30 | 7.2 | 1.4 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 75 | 0 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 2.33 | 3.54 | 1.13 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Steve Geltz | 70 | 2 | 67.1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 3.74 | 4.11 | 1.05 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| José Domínguez | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 2.43 | 0.71 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Brad Boxberger | 69 | 0 | 63.0 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 74 | 3.71 | 4.26 | 1.37 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Ronald Belisario | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.88 | 3.13 | 1.50 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Matt Moore | 12 | 12 | 63.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5.43 | 4.82 | 1.54 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Everett Teaford | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.59 | 3.84 | 1.41 | 6.4 | 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 15,403 81 home dates
- Median
- 13,906
- Total
- 1,247,668
- Best
- 31,042 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 8,701 2015-05-07
- On the road
- 28,189 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.