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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 18 games back. They spent 1 of 187 days in first place and were as far as 25.5 games back on August 18. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-9, their worst March/April at 13-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 18 to April 28 and an 8-game losing streak from March 30 to April 8. They were 51-30 at home and 39-42 on the road, 28-31 in one-run games and 34-39 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-6 at the Twins on July 14; the heaviest defeat, 17-1 at the Orioles on May 13.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
127
132
-5
May
15
13
.536
106
101
+5
June
13
14
.481
87
83
+4
July
13
12
.520
130
136
-6
August
17
10
.630
114
79
+35
Sept/Oct
19
9
.679
152
115
+37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
28-31
.475
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
41-35
.539
Against .500+ clubs
34-39
.466
Decided by 5+ runs
22-16
.579
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:01
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
