American League East · 2021
Tampa Bay Rays 2021
- Team WAR
- 45.8 25.7 bat / 20.1 pitch
- Win %
- .617 pyth .623
- Run diff
- +206 5.29 / 4.02 per g
- wRC+
- 116
- ERA
- 3.72 FIP 3.79
- Home runs
- 200
The Tampa Bay Rays went 100-62 in 2021, a .617 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 857 runs and allowed 651, a run differential of +206. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the third best in MLB. Brandon Lowe led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Shane McClanahan the rotation at a 3.43 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 149 | 615 | 132 | 39 | 99 | 7 | .247 | .340 | .523 | .366 | 143 | 5.1 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 141 | 604 | 145 | 20 | 69 | 20 | .274 | .356 | .459 | .353 | 133 | 3.3 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 105 | 375 | 72 | 33 | 62 | 0 | .216 | .301 | .559 | .361 | 139 | 3.3 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 70 | 308 | 81 | 7 | 39 | 2 | .288 | .347 | .463 | .351 | 132 | 2.6 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 133 | 501 | 122 | 11 | 54 | 8 | .265 | .319 | .422 | .319 | 108 | 1.9 |
| Yandy Díaz | 1B | 133 | 541 | 119 | 13 | 64 | 1 | .256 | .353 | .387 | .328 | 115 | 1.9 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 142 | 591 | 121 | 27 | 106 | 4 | .234 | .315 | .458 | .330 | 117 | 1.7 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 112 | 390 | 90 | 4 | 37 | 9 | .259 | .328 | .388 | .314 | 104 | 1.6 |
| Francisco Mejía | C | 81 | 277 | 65 | 6 | 35 | 0 | .260 | .322 | .416 | .323 | 111 | 1.5 |
| Ji Man Choi | 1B | 82 | 305 | 59 | 11 | 45 | 0 | .229 | .348 | .411 | .339 | 123 | 1.1 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 100 | 292 | 52 | 13 | 44 | 14 | .206 | .300 | .427 | .316 | 106 | 1.1 |
| Manuel Margot | RF | 122 | 464 | 107 | 10 | 57 | 13 | .254 | .313 | .382 | .304 | 97 | 0.8 |
| Taylor Walls | SS | 50 | 176 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 4 | .211 | .314 | .296 | .283 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Josh Lowe | RF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .800 | 465 | 0.1 |
| Drew Rasmussen | P | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Mike Brosseau | 2B | 55 | 169 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 2 | .187 | .266 | .347 | .271 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Josh Fleming | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Joseph Odom | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Kevin Padlo | 3B | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .200 | .154 | .180 | 5 | -0.1 |
| Vidal Bruján | 2B | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .067 | -78 | -0.4 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane McClanahan | 25 | 25 | 123.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 141 | 3.43 | 3.31 | 1.27 | 10.3 | 2.7 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 14 | 14 | 88.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 2.66 | 2.77 | 0.93 | 12.6 | 2.5 |
| Collin McHugh | 37 | 7 | 64.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 1.55 | 2.12 | 0.94 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| Rich Hill | 32 | 31 | 158.2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 3.86 | 4.34 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Drew Rasmussen | 35 | 10 | 76.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 2.84 | 3.09 | 1.08 | 8.6 | 1.5 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 57 | 4 | 71.2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 1.88 | 3.04 | 0.98 | 9.7 | 1.4 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 30 | 21 | 155.0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 5.11 | 4.45 | 1.23 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 47 | 0 | 42.2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 3.59 | 2.70 | 1.43 | 11.8 | 1.0 |
| Matt Wisler | 48 | 0 | 48.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 3.70 | 2.96 | 1.07 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| Michael Wacha | 29 | 23 | 124.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 5.05 | 4.47 | 1.31 | 8.7 | 0.9 |
| Josh Fleming | 26 | 11 | 104.1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 5.09 | 4.27 | 1.35 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Louis Head | 27 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.31 | 3.11 | 0.86 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Diego Castillo | 61 | 0 | 58.1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 75 | 2.78 | 3.74 | 0.98 | 11.6 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Thompson | 36 | 0 | 34.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2.38 | 3.11 | 1.03 | 9.8 | 0.6 |
| Dietrich Enns | 9 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2.82 | 2.32 | 1.03 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| Luis Patiño | 19 | 15 | 77.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 4.31 | 4.51 | 1.27 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Jeffrey Springs | 43 | 0 | 44.2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 3.43 | 3.91 | 1.10 | 12.7 | 0.4 |
| J.P. Feyereisen | 55 | 0 | 56.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 2.73 | 4.21 | 1.23 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| Chris Mazza | 14 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.61 | 4.05 | 1.21 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Chris Archer | 6 | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.66 | 4.26 | 1.34 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Shane Baz | 3 | 3 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.02 | 4.07 | 0.67 | 12.1 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 16 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5.52 | 3.65 | 1.57 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| David Robertson | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.50 | 3.67 | 1.25 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Adam Conley | 17 | 0 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.29 | 4.09 | 1.02 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| DJ Johnson | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.08 | 3.86 | 0.46 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| Chaz Roe | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.00 | 1.67 | 3.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Brett Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9.17 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Cody Reed | 12 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3.72 | 5.24 | 1.45 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.17 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Francisco Mejía | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 12.67 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Brent Honeywell | 3 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.31 | 9.40 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Nick Anderson | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 8.17 | 1.00 | 1.5 | -0.2 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 9,513 80 home dates
- Median
- 8,237
- Total
- 761,072
- Best
- 23,783 2021-09-25
- Quietest
- 2,924 2021-04-27
- On the road
- 16,339 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 9,513 | 8,237 | 2,924 | 23,783 |
| Night | 49 | 8,593 | 7,616 | 2,924 | 23,783 |
| Day | 31 | 10,969 | 9,225 | 3,737 | 22,921 |
| Weekend | 38 | 11,724 | 9,163 | 5,564 | 23,783 |
| Weekday | 42 | 7,513 | 7,021 | 2,924 | 14,134 |
| On the road | 81 | 16,339 | 13,103 | 1,437 | 41,648 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 5,046 |
| May | 13 | 6,450 |
| Jun | 11 | 9,976 |
| Jul | 14 | 10,624 |
| Aug | 13 | 10,151 |
| Sep | 15 | 14,073 |
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, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:02 143 games
- All games
- 3:07
- Extra innings
- 3:46 19 of them
- Longest
- 4:21 2021-06-22, 11 inn
- Shortest
- 2:04 2021-07-07
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:07 | 3:03 | 2:04 | 4:54 |
| Regulation | 143 | 3:02 | 3:00 | 2:04 | 3:47 |
| Extra innings | 19 | 3:46 | 3:45 | 2:55 | 4:54 |
| Home | 81 | 3:04 | 3:00 | 2:04 | 4:21 |
| Road | 81 | 3:10 | 3:04 | 2:20 | 4:54 |
| Day | 61 | 3:04 | 3:01 | 2:04 | 4:54 |
| Night | 101 | 3:09 | 3:04 | 2:20 | 4:26 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 3:03 |
| May | 13 | 2:52 |
| Jun | 11 | 3:19 |
| Jul | 14 | 3:05 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:03 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:02 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 100-62, a .617 win rate, while their +206 run differential implies .623. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.