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 4.2 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 4.02 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 25 games back. They were as far as 27 games back on September 26. Their best month was August at 14-15, their worst July at 9-16. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 4 to May 8 and an 11-game losing streak from June 16 to June 26. They were 36-45 at home and 32-49 on the road, 13-27 in one-run games and 47-74 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Padres on August 16; the heaviest defeat, 11-2 against the Orioles on September 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
12
.478
76
80
-4
May
11
16
.407
130
131
-1
June
11
17
.393
115
148
-33
July
9
16
.360
90
100
-10
August
14
15
.483
144
118
+26
Sept/Oct
12
18
.400
117
136
-19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
13-27
.325
Extra innings
4-3
.571
Within the division
32-44
.421
Against .500+ clubs
47-74
.388
Decided by 5+ runs
18-22
.450
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2016. 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
15,879
13,976
10,117
40,135
Night
51
15,283
13,554
10,117
40,135
Day
30
16,892
15,369
10,251
31,042
Weekend
40
19,006
17,679
11,168
40,135
Weekday
41
12,827
12,239
10,117
24,110
On the road
81
30,091
31,456
12,976
46,960
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
15,854
May
11
17,859
Jun
13
17,709
Jul
13
16,470
Aug
17
12,990
Sep
12
15,562
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:58
155 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:54
7 of them
Longest
4:38
2016-06-15, 13 inn
Shortest
2:23
2016-04-15
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
3:01
3:00
2:10
4:38
Regulation
155
2:58
2:58
2:10
4:16
Extra innings
7
3:54
4:00
3:25
4:38
Home
81
3:01
2:59
2:23
4:38
Road
81
3:01
3:00
2:10
4:16
Day
58
3:02
2:59
2:21
4:16
Night
104
3:00
3:00
2:10
4:38
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:47
May
11
2:58
Jun
13
3:17
Jul
13
2:59
Aug
17
3:00
Sep
12
3:05
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 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.
