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. Logan Morrison led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Chris Archer the rotation at a 4.07 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 13 games back. They spent 2 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 2 and were as far as 16 games back on September 27. Their best month was May at 17-13, their worst March/April at 12-14. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 16 to May 20 and a 5-game losing streak from July 19 to July 24. They were 42-39 at home and 38-43 on the road, 21-24 in one-run games and 31-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Royals on August 28; the heaviest defeat, 13-4 at the Tigers on June 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
111
109
+2
May
17
13
.567
154
130
+24
June
13
13
.500
130
139
-9
July
12
13
.480
96
112
-16
August
13
15
.464
94
96
-2
Sept/Oct
13
14
.481
109
118
-9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
21-24
.467
Extra innings
8-6
.571
Within the division
35-41
.461
Against .500+ clubs
31-37
.456
Decided by 5+ runs
18-24
.429
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2017. 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
80
15,670
15,128
6,509
31,042
Night
53
15,351
14,590
6,509
25,046
Day
27
16,297
15,548
7,185
31,042
Weekend
40
17,785
16,874
11,501
31,042
Weekday
40
13,555
12,378
6,509
25,046
On the road
81
29,899
30,434
9,736
46,955
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
16,761
May
16
13,060
Jun
13
14,333
Jul
10
20,052
Aug
15
14,458
Sep
13
15,926
Oct
1
16,018
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:08
148 games
All games
3:13
Extra innings
4:03
14 of them
Longest
6:05
2017-09-15, 15 inn
Shortest
2:32
2017-09-05
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
3:13
3:10
2:23
6:26
Regulation
148
3:08
3:07
2:23
4:32
Extra innings
14
4:03
3:50
3:04
6:26
Home
81
3:12
3:07
2:32
6:05
Road
81
3:15
3:10
2:23
6:26
Day
56
3:15
3:09
2:32
6:26
Night
106
3:12
3:10
2:23
6:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:21
May
16
3:16
Jun
13
3:17
Jul
10
3:04
Aug
15
3:00
Sep
13
3:14
Oct
1
2:32
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -10 run differential implies .493. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
