- Team WAR
- 34.2 20.9 bat / 13.3 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. Wilson Ramos led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Blake Snell the rotation at a 1.89 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,410 team hits
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Wilson Ramos | C | 110 | 416 | 117 | 15 | 70 | 0 | .306 | .358 | .487 | .365 | 135 | 3.7 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 139 | 545 | 146 | 7 | 61 | 16 | .300 | .354 | .435 | .342 | 119 | 3.2 |
| Mallex Smith | CF | 136 | 544 | 142 | 2 | 40 | 40 | .296 | .367 | .406 | .345 | 121 | 3.1 |
| 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 | 1.8 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 85 | 323 | 80 | 10 | 34 | 6 | .278 | .348 | .406 | .330 | 110 | 1.7 |
| Ji Man Choi | DH | 61 | 221 | 50 | 10 | 32 | 2 | .263 | .357 | .505 | .372 | 140 | 1.1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 42 | 148 | 30 | 6 | 25 | 2 | .233 | .324 | .450 | .339 | 117 | 0.7 |
| Brad Miller | 1B | 75 | 254 | 57 | 7 | 29 | 0 | .248 | .311 | .413 | .316 | 101 | 0.5 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 87 | 367 | 72 | 7 | 29 | 10 | .217 | .282 | .370 | .287 | 80 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Adeiny Hechavarría | SS | 89 | 321 | 73 | 6 | 31 | 2 | .247 | .279 | .345 | .269 | 68 | 0.2 |
| Jake Bauers | 1B | 95 | 388 | 65 | 11 | 48 | 6 | .201 | .316 | .384 | .312 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Velazquez | 3B | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .400 | .372 | 140 | 0.1 |
| Vidal Nuño | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 499 | 0.1 |
| Adam Moore | C | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .444 | .304 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Blake Snell | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .475 | 213 | 0.0 |
| Nick Ciuffo | C | 16 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .189 | .262 | .297 | .251 | 55 | -0.0 |
| Diego Castillo | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 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 |
| 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 |
| Justin Williams | RF | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Johnny Field | LF | 76 | 233 | 49 | 9 | 21 | 4 | .222 | .254 | .403 | .284 | 78 | -0.0 |
| Jalen Beeks | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | P | 2 | 3 | 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 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | P | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .158 | -11 | -0.1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 35 | 103 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .314 | .274 | .280 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Jesús Sucre | C | 63 | 198 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .209 | .247 | .253 | .220 | 33 | -0.5 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Blake Snell | 31 | 31 | 180.2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 221 | 1.89 | 2.94 | 0.97 | 11.0 | 4.3 |
| Chris Archer | 27 | 27 | 148.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 162 | 4.31 | 3.75 | 1.38 | 9.8 | 2.2 |
| José Alvarado | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 2.39 | 2.27 | 1.11 | 11.3 | 1.7 |
| Yonny Chirinos | 18 | 7 | 89.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 1.22 | 7.5 | 1.3 |
| Ryne Stanek | 59 | 29 | 66.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 2.98 | 3.55 | 1.09 | 11.0 | 0.9 |
| Diego Castillo | 43 | 11 | 56.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 3.18 | 3.30 | 0.95 | 10.3 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 38 | 6 | 147.1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 128 | 3.91 | 4.19 | 1.29 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Daniel Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jesús Sucre | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.16 | 4.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Weber | 2 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 4.47 | 1.31 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 14 | 1 | 50.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5.51 | 4.64 | 1.50 | 7.5 | -0.0 |
| Johnny Field | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Matt Andriese | 41 | 5 | 78.2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 5.26 | 4.69 | 1.39 | 8.9 | -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 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
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.