American League East · 2020

Tampa Bay Rays 2020

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Team WAR: 16.3
Win %: .667
Run diff: +60
wRC+: 103
ERA: 3.58
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 2.2 WAR, and Tyler Glasnow the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the AL East, 7 games clear. They spent 41 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on September 27 and were as far as 4.5 games back on August 3. Their best month was August at 21-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 15-9. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 8 to August 13 and a 5-game losing streak from July 29 to August 2. They were 21-9 at home and 19-11 on the road, 14-5 in one-run games and 21-9 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Red Sox on September 11; the heaviest defeat, 12-4 at the Blue Jays on August 14.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	4	4	.500	41	34	+7
August	21	7	.750	147	113	+34
Sept/Oct	15	9	.625	101	82	+19

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	21-9	.700
Road	19-11	.633
One-run games	14-5	.737
Extra innings	4-3	.571
Within the division	27-13	.675
Against .500+ clubs	21-9	.700
Decided by 5+ runs	8-3	.727
Last 10	8-2	.800

American League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	289	229	+60	16.3
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	315	270	+45	15.9
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	302	312	-10	12.7
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	274	294	-20	10.7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	292	351	-59	10.6

2020 Tampa Bay Rays roster

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.

Catchers 3

Kevan SmithC · 14 G · 0.3 WAR
Mike ZuninoC · 28 G · 0.0 WAR
Michael PérezC · 32 G · -0.4 WAR

Infielders 7

Brandon Lowe2B · 56 G · 2.2 WAR
Willy AdamesSS · 53 G · 1.4 WAR
Joey Wendle3B · 48 G · 1.3 WAR
Yandy Díaz3B · 34 G · 1.0 WAR
Mike Brosseau3B · 32 G · 1.0 WAR
Ji Man Choi1B · 42 G · 0.3 WAR
Nathaniel Lowe1B · 21 G · 0.1 WAR

Outfielders 6

Randy ArozarenaLF · 23 G · 0.9 WAR
Kevin KiermaierCF · 49 G · 0.6 WAR
Manuel MargotCF · 44 G · 0.4 WAR
Brian O'GradyCF · 1 G · 0.1 WAR
Austin MeadowsLF · 36 G · -0.0 WAR
Hunter RenfroeRF · 40 G · -0.2 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Yoshi TsutsugoDH · 51 G · 0.2 WAR
José A. MartínezDH · 34 G · -0.6 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Tyler Glasnow11 GS · 1.2 WAR
Ryan Yarbrough9 GS · 1.0 WAR
Charlie Morton9 GS · 0.9 WAR
Blake Snell11 GS · 0.7 WAR
Josh Fleming5 GS · 0.4 WAR
Yonny Chirinos3 GS · 0.0 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Jalen Beeks12 G · 0.7 WAR
Nick Anderson19 G · 0.7 WAR
Pete Fairbanks27 G · 0.6 WAR
Aaron Slegers11 G · 0.6 WAR
John Curtiss17 G · 0.5 WAR
Aaron Loup24 G · 0.3 WAR
Chaz Roe10 G · 0.3 WAR
Ryan Thompson25 G · 0.2 WAR
Ryan Sherriff10 G · 0.2 WAR
Andrew Kittredge8 G · 0.2 WAR
Diego Castillo22 G · 0.1 WAR
Trevor Richards9 G · 0.1 WAR
Mike Brosseau1 G · 0.0 WAR
José Alvarado9 G · -0.1 WAR
Oliver Drake11 G · -0.1 WAR
Anthony Banda4 G · -0.2 WAR
Sean Gilmartin2 G · -0.2 WAR
Edgar García4 G · -0.3 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

467 team hits

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.

Batting

18 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Brandon Lowe	2B	56	224	52	14	37	3	.269	.362	.554	.387	145	2.2
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	1.3
Yandy Díaz	3B	34	138	35	2	11	0	.307	.428	.386	.371	134	1.0
Mike Brosseau	3B	32	98	26	5	12	2	.302	.378	.558	.397	152	1.0
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	0.6
Manuel Margot	CF	44	159	39	1	11	12	.269	.327	.352	.303	88	0.4
Kevan Smith	C	14	38	8	1	8	0	.258	.378	.452	.367	131	0.3
Ji Man Choi	1B	42	145	28	3	16	0	.230	.331	.410	.319	98	0.3
Yoshi Tsutsugo	DH	51	185	31	8	24	0	.197	.314	.395	.311	93	0.2
Nathaniel Lowe	1B	21	76	15	4	11	1	.224	.316	.433	.315	96	0.1
Brian O'Grady	CF	1	5	2	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	.425	171	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	-0.0
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	-0.4
José A. Martínez	DH	34	98	16	2	10	0	.182	.265	.295	.250	51	-0.6

Pitching

24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Tyler Glasnow	11	11	57.1	5	1	0	91	4.08	3.66	1.13	14.3	1.2
Ryan Yarbrough	11	9	55.2	1	4	0	44	3.56	3.80	1.19	7.1	1.0
Charlie Morton	9	9	38.0	2	2	0	42	4.74	3.45	1.39	9.9	0.9
Jalen Beeks	12	0	19.1	1	1	1	26	3.26	1.79	1.29	12.1	0.7
Blake Snell	11	11	50.0	4	2	0	63	3.24	4.35	1.20	11.3	0.7
Nick Anderson	19	0	16.1	2	1	6	26	0.55	1.35	0.49	14.3	0.7
Pete Fairbanks	27	2	26.2	6	3	0	39	2.70	3.04	1.39	13.2	0.6
Aaron Slegers	11	1	26.0	0	0	2	19	3.46	3.04	0.88	6.6	0.6
John Curtiss	17	3	25.0	3	0	2	25	1.80	3.35	0.96	9.0	0.5
Josh Fleming	7	5	32.1	5	0	0	25	2.78	4.40	1.08	7.0	0.4
Aaron Loup	24	0	25.0	3	2	0	22	2.52	3.83	0.84	7.9	0.3
Chaz Roe	10	0	9.1	2	0	1	9	2.89	2.55	1.39	8.7	0.3
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	0.1
Yonny Chirinos	3	3	11.1	0	0	0	10	2.38	5.31	1.59	7.9	0.0
Mike Brosseau	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	-2.81	0.00	27.0	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

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	19	0	0	0	0
Day	11	0	0	0	0
Weekend	19	0	0	0	0
Weekday	11	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:07
All games: 3:10
Extra innings: 3:29
Longest: 3:55
Shortest: 2:37

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	60	3:10	3:08	2:28	4:24
Regulation	53	3:07	3:05	2:28	4:24
Extra innings	7	3:29	3:31	2:54	3:55
Home	30	3:09	3:08	2:37	3:55
Road	30	3:11	3:07	2:28	4:24
Day	18	3:12	3:13	2:31	3:55
Night	42	3:09	3:07	2:28	4:24

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	5	3:15
Aug	12	3:08
Sep	13	3:07

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 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.