American League East · 2016
Tampa Bay Rays 2016
- Team WAR
- 30.7 17.4 bat / 13.2 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 4.2 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 4.02 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 160 | 685 | 173 | 36 | 98 | 0 | .273 | .318 | .521 | .355 | 127 | 4.2 |
| Brad Miller | SS | 151 | 601 | 133 | 30 | 81 | 6 | .243 | .304 | .482 | .338 | 115 | 3.2 |
| 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 | 2.1 |
| Steve Pearce | 1B | 83 | 302 | 76 | 13 | 35 | 0 | .288 | .374 | .492 | .375 | 141 | 1.8 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 100 | 345 | 78 | 9 | 32 | 3 | .266 | .372 | .423 | .354 | 126 | 1.6 |
| Nick Franklin | LF | 60 | 191 | 47 | 6 | 26 | 6 | .270 | .328 | .443 | .334 | 112 | 0.8 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 148 | 548 | 125 | 24 | 70 | 0 | .245 | .293 | .469 | .323 | 104 | 0.8 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 105 | 398 | 84 | 14 | 43 | 4 | .238 | .319 | .414 | .321 | 103 | 0.8 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 63 | 215 | 49 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .247 | .300 | .434 | .318 | 101 | 0.7 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 119 | 468 | 106 | 17 | 49 | 7 | .247 | .303 | .409 | .312 | 96 | 0.5 |
| Richie Shaffer | 1B | 18 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .315 | .438 | .325 | 106 | 0.1 |
| Curt Casali | C | 80 | 256 | 42 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .186 | .273 | .336 | .272 | 69 | 0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 60 | 225 | 40 | 7 | 20 | 2 | .200 | .281 | .350 | .281 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Blake Snell | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Luke Maile | C | 39 | 126 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .227 | .252 | .361 | .263 | 62 | -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 |
| Chris Archer | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .087 | -60 | -0.0 |
| Juniel Querecuto | 2B | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .273 | .147 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Hank Conger | C | 46 | 137 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .194 | .265 | .306 | .257 | 58 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Motter | LF | 29 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .188 | .290 | .300 | .270 | 67 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -1.0 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Archer | 33 | 33 | 201.1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 233 | 4.02 | 3.81 | 1.24 | 10.4 | 3.1 |
| Matt Moore | 33 | 33 | 198.1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 4.08 | 4.17 | 1.29 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 33 | 33 | 187.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 166 | 3.69 | 4.31 | 1.19 | 8.0 | 1.8 |
| Blake Snell | 19 | 19 | 89.0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 98 | 3.54 | 3.39 | 1.62 | 9.9 | 1.8 |
| Matt Andriese | 29 | 19 | 127.2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 109 | 4.37 | 3.78 | 1.22 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| Drew Smyly | 30 | 30 | 175.1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 167 | 4.88 | 4.49 | 1.27 | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| 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 |
| Alex Cobb | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.59 | 5.60 | 1.77 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 64 | 1 | 90.2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 3.77 | 4.76 | 1.28 | 6.3 | -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 | -0.3 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 15,879 81 home dates
- Median
- 13,976
- Total
- 1,286,163
- Best
- 40,135 2016-06-17
- Quietest
- 10,117 2016-04-13
- On the road
- 30,091 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.