- Team WAR
- 31.9 17.7 bat / 14.2 pitch
- Win %
- .494 pyth .493
- Run diff
- -10 4.28 / 4.35 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.01 FIP 4.19
- Home runs
- 224
The Tampa Bay Rays went 80-82 in 2017, a .494 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 694 runs and allowed 704, a run differential of -10. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.01 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Tim Beckham led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 4.07 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,376 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tim Beckham | SS | 137 | 575 | 148 | 22 | 62 | 6 | .278 | .328 | .454 | .337 | 112 | 2.9 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 149 | 601 | 126 | 38 | 85 | 2 | .246 | .353 | .516 | .367 | 133 | 2.7 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 147 | 617 | 125 | 30 | 78 | 16 | .239 | .351 | .459 | .352 | 123 | 2.7 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 98 | 421 | 105 | 15 | 39 | 16 | .276 | .338 | .450 | .340 | 114 | 2.0 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 156 | 677 | 160 | 20 | 86 | 6 | .261 | .313 | .424 | .316 | 97 | 1.8 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 150 | 629 | 166 | 27 | 62 | 4 | .282 | .325 | .490 | .344 | 117 | 1.8 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 62 | 224 | 54 | 11 | 35 | 0 | .260 | .290 | .447 | .309 | 92 | 0.9 |
| Adeiny Hechavarría | SS | 96 | 348 | 86 | 8 | 30 | 4 | .261 | .289 | .406 | .298 | 84 | 0.8 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF | 37 | 129 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 1 | .281 | .318 | .579 | .369 | 134 | 0.7 |
| Jesús Sucre | C | 58 | 192 | 45 | 7 | 29 | 2 | .256 | .289 | .409 | .298 | 85 | 0.6 |
| Mallex Smith | CF | 81 | 282 | 69 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .270 | .329 | .355 | .304 | 88 | 0.5 |
| Brad Miller | 2B | 110 | 407 | 68 | 9 | 40 | 5 | .201 | .327 | .337 | .298 | 85 | 0.4 |
| Derek Norris | C | 53 | 198 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 1 | .201 | .258 | .380 | .274 | 67 | 0.2 |
| Curt Casali | C | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .462 | .667 | .452 | 193 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 71 | 254 | 45 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .206 | .308 | .326 | .287 | 77 | 0.2 |
| Shane Peterson | LF | 30 | 88 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .253 | .310 | .392 | .307 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Featherston | 2B | 17 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .179 | .277 | .359 | .277 | 70 | 0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Chris Archer | P | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 28 | -0.0 |
| Blake Snell | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -42 | -0.1 |
| Rickie Weeks Jr. | DH | 37 | 112 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .216 | .321 | .340 | .301 | 86 | -0.1 |
| Alex Cobb | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| César Puello | LF | 15 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .206 | .308 | .206 | .249 | 49 | -0.1 |
| Peter Bourjos | CF | 77 | 203 | 42 | 5 | 15 | 5 | .223 | .272 | .383 | .284 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Michael Martinez | 2B | 19 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .262 | .189 | .219 | 29 | -0.3 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Archer | 34 | 34 | 201.0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 249 | 4.07 | 3.40 | 1.26 | 11.1 | 4.0 |
| Alex Cobb | 29 | 29 | 179.1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 128 | 3.66 | 4.16 | 1.22 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| Blake Snell | 24 | 24 | 129.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 4.04 | 4.19 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 1.5 |
| Tommy Hunter | 61 | 0 | 58.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 2.61 | 3.07 | 0.97 | 9.8 | 1.1 |
| Alex Colomé | 65 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 58 | 3.24 | 3.37 | 1.20 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Jake Faria | 16 | 14 | 86.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 3.43 | 4.12 | 1.18 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 37 | 19 | 131.1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 4.39 | 4.43 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| Chase Whitley | 41 | 0 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 4.08 | 3.56 | 1.12 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| José Alvarado | 35 | 0 | 29.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3.64 | 2.55 | 1.11 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Steve Cishek | 49 | 0 | 44.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 2.01 | 3.34 | 0.90 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
| Austin Pruitt | 30 | 8 | 83.0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 5.31 | 4.27 | 1.51 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Brad Boxberger | 30 | 0 | 29.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3.38 | 3.43 | 1.16 | 12.3 | 0.4 |
| Danny Farquhar | 52 | 0 | 49.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.20 | 4.07 | 1.36 | 8.2 | 0.4 |
| Matt Andriese | 18 | 17 | 86.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 4.50 | 4.93 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Chaz Roe | 12 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.53 | 3.63 | 1.13 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 15 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1.76 | 4.20 | 1.24 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Jumbo Diaz | 31 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5.70 | 4.52 | 1.57 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Hunter Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Diego Moreno | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.76 | 4.92 | 1.41 | 9.5 | -0.0 |
| Chih-Wei Hu | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.70 | 5.16 | 0.90 | 8.1 | -0.0 |
| Jesús Sucre | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 9.16 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Justin Marks | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 13.66 | 2.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| José De León | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.13 | 9.91 | 2.63 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 21 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5.85 | 5.96 | 1.90 | 13.1 | -0.2 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 28 | 28 | 143.1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 127 | 4.14 | 5.43 | 1.24 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Adam Kolarek | 12 | 0 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.48 | 8.20 | 1.56 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 20.16 | 3.67 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Tampa Bay Rays are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -10 run differential implies .493. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.