American League East · 2018
Tampa Bay Rays 2018
- Team WAR
- 35.9 21.4 bat / 14.5 pitch
- Win %
- .556 pyth .547
- Run diff
- +70 4.42 / 3.99 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 3.94 FIP 3.92
- Home runs
- 149
The Tampa Bay Rays went 90-72 in 2018, a .556 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 716 runs and allowed 646, a run differential of +70. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.94 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Mallex Smith led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Blake Snell the rotation at a 1.89 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mallex Smith | CF | 136 | 544 | 142 | 2 | 40 | 40 | .296 | .367 | .406 | .345 | 121 | 3.3 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 139 | 545 | 146 | 7 | 61 | 16 | .300 | .354 | .435 | .342 | 119 | 3.2 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 110 | 416 | 117 | 15 | 70 | 0 | .306 | .358 | .487 | .365 | 135 | 3.0 |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 87 | 340 | 74 | 9 | 34 | 2 | .262 | .382 | .415 | .358 | 130 | 2.4 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 131 | 560 | 148 | 4 | 44 | 12 | .294 | .361 | .366 | .326 | 108 | 2.3 |
| C.J. Cron | DH | 140 | 560 | 127 | 30 | 74 | 1 | .253 | .323 | .493 | .350 | 125 | 1.9 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 85 | 323 | 80 | 10 | 34 | 6 | .278 | .348 | .406 | .330 | 110 | 1.6 |
| Ji Man Choi | DH | 61 | 221 | 50 | 10 | 32 | 2 | .263 | .357 | .505 | .372 | 140 | 1.4 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 42 | 148 | 30 | 6 | 25 | 2 | .233 | .324 | .450 | .339 | 117 | 0.7 |
| Jake Bauers | 1B | 95 | 388 | 65 | 11 | 48 | 6 | .201 | .316 | .384 | .312 | 98 | 0.7 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 87 | 367 | 72 | 7 | 29 | 10 | .217 | .282 | .370 | .287 | 80 | 0.6 |
| Brad Miller | 1B | 75 | 254 | 57 | 7 | 29 | 0 | .248 | .311 | .413 | .316 | 101 | 0.5 |
| Michael Pérez | C | 24 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .284 | .304 | .392 | .300 | 90 | 0.3 |
| Christian Arroyo | 3B | 20 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .264 | .339 | .396 | .328 | 109 | 0.3 |
| Adeiny Hechavarría | SS | 89 | 321 | 73 | 6 | 31 | 2 | .247 | .279 | .345 | .269 | 68 | 0.2 |
| Vidal Nuño | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 499 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Velazquez | 3B | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .400 | .372 | 140 | 0.1 |
| Blake Snell | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .475 | 213 | 0.1 |
| Adam Moore | C | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .444 | .304 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | P | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .158 | -11 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Sergio Romo | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Yonny Chirinos | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Diego Castillo | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Weber | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Jalen Beeks | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Snyder | 3B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .213 | 28 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Nick Ciuffo | C | 16 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .189 | .262 | .297 | .251 | 55 | -0.0 |
| Johnny Field | LF | 76 | 233 | 49 | 9 | 21 | 4 | .222 | .254 | .403 | .284 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Justin Williams | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Gómez | RF | 112 | 408 | 75 | 9 | 32 | 12 | .208 | .298 | .336 | .288 | 81 | -0.1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 35 | 103 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .314 | .274 | .280 | 75 | -0.3 |
| Jesús Sucre | C | 63 | 198 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .209 | .247 | .253 | .220 | 33 | -0.7 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Blake Snell | 31 | 31 | 180.2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 221 | 1.89 | 2.94 | 0.97 | 11.0 | 4.6 |
| Chris Archer | 27 | 27 | 148.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 162 | 4.31 | 3.75 | 1.38 | 9.8 | 2.4 |
| José Alvarado | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 2.39 | 2.27 | 1.11 | 11.3 | 1.8 |
| Yonny Chirinos | 18 | 7 | 89.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 1.22 | 7.5 | 1.4 |
| Ryne Stanek | 59 | 29 | 66.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 2.98 | 3.55 | 1.09 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
| Diego Castillo | 43 | 11 | 56.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 3.18 | 3.30 | 0.95 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 38 | 6 | 147.1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 128 | 3.91 | 4.19 | 1.29 | 7.8 | 0.9 |
| Adam Kolarek | 31 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 3.93 | 2.58 | 1.25 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| Austin Pruitt | 23 | 0 | 69.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 4.65 | 3.99 | 1.26 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Hunter Wood | 29 | 8 | 41.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3.73 | 3.70 | 1.46 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Sergio Romo | 73 | 5 | 67.1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 75 | 4.14 | 4.04 | 1.26 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
| Chaz Roe | 61 | 0 | 50.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 3.58 | 4.03 | 1.01 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Banda | 3 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.68 | 3.30 | 1.02 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| Chih-Wei Hu | 5 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.15 | 4.01 | 0.77 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Vidal Nuño | 17 | 0 | 33.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.64 | 4.46 | 1.03 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Jesús Sucre | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.16 | 4.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 14 | 1 | 50.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5.51 | 4.64 | 1.50 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Weber | 2 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 4.47 | 1.31 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Matt Andriese | 41 | 5 | 78.2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 5.26 | 4.69 | 1.39 | 8.9 | -0.0 |
| Johnny Field | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jake Faria | 17 | 12 | 65.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 5.40 | 5.08 | 1.43 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Gómez | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 39.16 | 12.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Jaime Schultz | 22 | 1 | 30.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 5.64 | 5.40 | 1.15 | 10.4 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 33 | 3 | 38.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7.75 | 5.38 | 1.85 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Wilmer Font | 19 | 5 | 44.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 5.93 | 6.23 | 1.41 | 7.4 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 14,259 81 home dates
- Median
- 13,197
- Total
- 1,154,973
- Best
- 31,042 2018-03-29
- Quietest
- 8,657 2018-04-18
- On the road
- 26,381 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 14,259 | 13,197 | 8,657 | 31,042 |
| Night | 54 | 13,377 | 12,370 | 8,686 | 27,252 |
| Day | 27 | 16,022 | 13,922 | 8,657 | 31,042 |
| Weekend | 42 | 15,774 | 13,920 | 9,786 | 29,831 |
| Weekday | 39 | 12,628 | 11,162 | 8,657 | 31,042 |
| On the road | 80 | 26,381 | 25,269 | 6,004 | 46,776 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 22,694 |
| Apr | 10 | 12,780 |
| May | 11 | 12,875 |
| Jun | 15 | 15,565 |
| Jul | 11 | 16,121 |
| Aug | 15 | 13,960 |
| Sep | 16 | 12,330 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 2:56 150 games
- All games
- 3:01
- Extra innings
- 3:56 12 of them
- Longest
- 4:16 2018-06-24, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:20 2018-09-12
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:01 | 2:54 | 2:16 | 5:31 |
| Regulation | 150 | 2:56 | 2:53 | 2:16 | 3:52 |
| Extra innings | 12 | 3:56 | 3:55 | 3:05 | 5:31 |
| Home | 81 | 2:59 | 2:53 | 2:20 | 4:16 |
| Road | 81 | 3:03 | 2:57 | 2:16 | 5:31 |
| Day | 63 | 3:04 | 2:58 | 2:20 | 4:38 |
| Night | 99 | 2:59 | 2:53 | 2:16 | 5:31 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 3:02 |
| Apr | 10 | 3:05 |
| May | 11 | 2:53 |
| Jun | 15 | 2:53 |
| Jul | 11 | 2:57 |
| Aug | 15 | 2:58 |
| Sep | 16 | 3:05 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +70 run differential implies .547. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.