- Team WAR
- 28.5 16.3 bat / 12.2 pitch
- Win %
- .420 pyth .473
- Run diff
- -41 4.15 / 4.40 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.18 FIP 4.19
- Home runs
- 213
The Tampa Bay Rays went 68-94 in 2016, a .420 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 672 runs and allowed 713, a run differential of -41. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.18 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Evan Longoria led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 4.02 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,302 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 160 | 685 | 173 | 36 | 98 | 0 | .273 | .318 | .521 | .355 | 127 | 4.1 |
| Brad Miller | SS | 151 | 601 | 133 | 30 | 81 | 6 | .243 | .304 | .482 | .338 | 115 | 2.8 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 127 | 567 | 135 | 20 | 52 | 6 | .264 | .333 | .444 | .340 | 116 | 2.7 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 105 | 414 | 90 | 12 | 37 | 21 | .246 | .331 | .410 | .326 | 107 | 2.0 |
| Steve Pearce | 1B | 83 | 302 | 76 | 13 | 35 | 0 | .288 | .374 | .492 | .375 | 141 | 1.7 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 100 | 345 | 78 | 9 | 32 | 3 | .266 | .372 | .423 | .354 | 126 | 1.6 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 63 | 215 | 49 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .247 | .300 | .434 | .318 | 101 | 0.7 |
| Nick Franklin | LF | 60 | 191 | 47 | 6 | 26 | 6 | .270 | .328 | .443 | .334 | 112 | 0.7 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 148 | 548 | 125 | 24 | 70 | 0 | .245 | .293 | .469 | .323 | 104 | 0.7 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 119 | 468 | 106 | 17 | 49 | 7 | .247 | .303 | .409 | .312 | 96 | 0.5 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 105 | 398 | 84 | 14 | 43 | 4 | .238 | .319 | .414 | .321 | 103 | 0.4 |
| Curt Casali | C | 80 | 256 | 42 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .186 | .273 | .336 | .272 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Luke Maile | C | 39 | 126 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .227 | .252 | .361 | .263 | 62 | 0.1 |
| Richie Shaffer | 1B | 18 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .315 | .438 | .325 | 106 | 0.0 |
| Hank Conger | C | 46 | 137 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .194 | .265 | .306 | .257 | 58 | 0.0 |
| Blake Snell | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 41 | -0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 32 | -0.0 |
| Matt Andriese | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Drew Smyly | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 60 | 225 | 40 | 7 | 20 | 2 | .200 | .281 | .350 | .281 | 75 | -0.1 |
| Juniel Querecuto | 2B | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .273 | .147 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Chris Archer | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .087 | -60 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Motter | LF | 29 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .188 | .290 | .300 | .270 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Jaff Decker | RF | 19 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .154 | .211 | .173 | .179 | 4 | -0.5 |
| Mikie Mahtook | CF | 60 | 196 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .195 | .231 | .292 | .231 | 40 | -0.9 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Archer | 33 | 33 | 201.1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 233 | 4.02 | 3.81 | 1.24 | 10.4 | 2.9 |
| Matt Moore | 33 | 33 | 198.1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 4.08 | 4.17 | 1.29 | 8.1 | 2.0 |
| Blake Snell | 19 | 19 | 89.0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 98 | 3.54 | 3.39 | 1.62 | 9.9 | 1.7 |
| Matt Andriese | 29 | 19 | 127.2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 109 | 4.37 | 3.78 | 1.22 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 33 | 33 | 187.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 166 | 3.69 | 4.31 | 1.19 | 8.0 | 1.6 |
| Drew Smyly | 30 | 30 | 175.1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 167 | 4.88 | 4.49 | 1.27 | 8.6 | 1.2 |
| Alex Colomé | 57 | 0 | 56.2 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 71 | 1.91 | 2.92 | 1.02 | 11.3 | 1.1 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 54 | 0 | 41.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3.70 | 2.64 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 0.9 |
| Dylan Floro | 12 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.20 | 2.28 | 1.87 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Garton | 37 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4.35 | 3.96 | 1.40 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Sturdevant | 16 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.93 | 3.47 | 1.31 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Chase Whitley | 5 | 1 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.51 | 3.50 | 1.12 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Webb | 18 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.19 | 3.90 | 1.73 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Eddie Gamboa | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1.35 | 4.27 | 1.27 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Motter | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Enny Romero | 52 | 0 | 45.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 5.91 | 4.79 | 1.53 | 9.9 | -0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 64 | 1 | 90.2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 3.77 | 4.76 | 1.28 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Alex Cobb | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.59 | 5.60 | 1.77 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Justin Marks | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 | 6.26 | 1.78 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Danny Farquhar | 35 | 0 | 35.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.06 | 5.10 | 1.36 | 11.7 | -0.2 |
| Brad Boxberger | 27 | 0 | 24.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4.81 | 5.53 | 1.73 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Dana Eveland | 33 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.00 | 5.89 | 2.22 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Steve Geltz | 27 | 0 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5.74 | 7.91 | 1.24 | 7.8 | -1.0 |
Record versus run differential
Tampa Bay Rays are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -41 run differential implies .473. That is about 9 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.