- Team WAR
- 13.8 7.2 bat / 6.6 pitch
- Win %
- .667 pyth .605
- Run diff
- +60 4.82 / 3.82 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 3.58 FIP 3.96
- Home runs
- 79
The Tampa Bay Rays went 40-20 in 2020, a .667 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 289 runs and allowed 229, a run differential of +60. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.58 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Brandon Lowe led the position players at 2.0 WAR, and Tyler Glasnow the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
467 team hits
Batting
18 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 56 | 224 | 52 | 14 | 37 | 3 | .269 | .362 | .554 | .387 | 145 | 2.0 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 53 | 205 | 48 | 8 | 23 | 2 | .259 | .332 | .481 | .349 | 119 | 1.4 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 48 | 184 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 8 | .286 | .342 | .435 | .337 | 111 | 1.0 |
| Yandy Díaz | 3B | 34 | 138 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .307 | .428 | .386 | .371 | 134 | 0.9 |
| Mike Brosseau | 3B | 32 | 98 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .302 | .378 | .558 | .397 | 152 | 0.9 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 23 | 76 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | .281 | .382 | .641 | .424 | 171 | 0.9 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 49 | 159 | 30 | 3 | 22 | 8 | .217 | .321 | .362 | .305 | 89 | 0.4 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 14 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .258 | .378 | .452 | .367 | 131 | 0.3 |
| Manuel Margot | CF | 44 | 159 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .269 | .327 | .352 | .303 | 88 | 0.2 |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | DH | 51 | 185 | 31 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .197 | .314 | .395 | .311 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Ji Man Choi | 1B | 42 | 145 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .230 | .331 | .410 | .319 | 98 | 0.1 |
| Brian O'Grady | CF | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | .425 | 171 | 0.1 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 21 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .224 | .316 | .433 | .315 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 28 | 84 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .147 | .238 | .360 | .262 | 60 | 0.0 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 36 | 152 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 2 | .205 | .296 | .371 | .294 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 40 | 139 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 2 | .156 | .252 | .393 | .279 | 71 | -0.2 |
| Michael Pérez | C | 32 | 93 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .237 | .238 | .219 | 30 | -0.3 |
| José A. Martínez | DH | 34 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .182 | .265 | .295 | .250 | 51 | -0.5 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tyler Glasnow | 11 | 11 | 57.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 4.08 | 3.66 | 1.13 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 11 | 9 | 55.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 3.56 | 3.80 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 0.9 |
| Charlie Morton | 9 | 9 | 38.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4.74 | 3.45 | 1.39 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| Jalen Beeks | 12 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3.26 | 1.79 | 1.29 | 12.1 | 0.6 |
| Nick Anderson | 19 | 0 | 16.1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 0.55 | 1.35 | 0.49 | 14.3 | 0.6 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 27 | 2 | 26.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2.70 | 3.04 | 1.39 | 13.2 | 0.5 |
| Blake Snell | 11 | 11 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 3.24 | 4.35 | 1.20 | 11.3 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Slegers | 11 | 1 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 3.46 | 3.04 | 0.88 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| John Curtiss | 17 | 3 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1.80 | 3.35 | 0.96 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Loup | 24 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2.52 | 3.83 | 0.84 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Josh Fleming | 7 | 5 | 32.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2.78 | 4.40 | 1.08 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Chaz Roe | 10 | 0 | 9.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.89 | 2.55 | 1.39 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Thompson | 25 | 1 | 26.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4.44 | 4.33 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 0.83 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.25 | 3.19 | 1.25 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Diego Castillo | 22 | 0 | 21.2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1.66 | 4.53 | 1.06 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Richards | 9 | 4 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5.91 | 4.97 | 1.72 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Mike Brosseau | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.81 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Yonny Chirinos | 3 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.38 | 5.31 | 1.59 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| José Alvarado | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.00 | 5.86 | 1.67 | 13.0 | -0.1 |
| Oliver Drake | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.73 | 5.92 | 1.18 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Banda | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10.29 | 6.91 | 2.14 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Sean Gilmartin | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.31 | 9.65 | 2.54 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| Edgar García | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | 13.99 | 2.10 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
Record versus run differential
Tampa Bay Rays are 40-20, a .667 win rate, while their +60 run differential implies .605. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.