- Team WAR
- 41.6 22.4 bat / 19.3 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 4.7 WAR, and Shane McClanahan the rotation at a 3.43 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,230 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 149 | 615 | 132 | 39 | 99 | 7 | .247 | .340 | .523 | .366 | 143 | 4.7 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 105 | 375 | 72 | 33 | 62 | 0 | .216 | .301 | .559 | .361 | 139 | 3.3 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 141 | 604 | 145 | 20 | 69 | 20 | .274 | .356 | .459 | .353 | 133 | 2.8 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 70 | 308 | 81 | 7 | 39 | 2 | .288 | .347 | .463 | .351 | 132 | 2.2 |
| 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 | 1.6 |
| Francisco Mejía | C | 81 | 277 | 65 | 6 | 35 | 0 | .260 | .322 | .416 | .323 | 111 | 1.5 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 142 | 591 | 121 | 27 | 106 | 4 | .234 | .315 | .458 | .330 | 117 | 1.3 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 112 | 390 | 90 | 4 | 37 | 9 | .259 | .328 | .388 | .314 | 104 | 1.3 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 100 | 292 | 52 | 13 | 44 | 14 | .206 | .300 | .427 | .316 | 106 | 0.9 |
| Ji Man Choi | 1B | 82 | 305 | 59 | 11 | 45 | 0 | .229 | .348 | .411 | .339 | 123 | 0.9 |
| Manuel Margot | RF | 122 | 464 | 107 | 10 | 57 | 13 | .254 | .313 | .382 | .304 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Taylor Walls | SS | 50 | 176 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 4 | .211 | .314 | .296 | .283 | 82 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Joseph Odom | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Mike Brosseau | 2B | 55 | 169 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 2 | .187 | .266 | .347 | .271 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| 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 | 2.5 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 14 | 14 | 88.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 2.66 | 2.77 | 0.93 | 12.6 | 2.3 |
| Collin McHugh | 37 | 7 | 64.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 1.55 | 2.12 | 0.94 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| Drew Rasmussen | 35 | 10 | 76.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 2.84 | 3.09 | 1.08 | 8.6 | 1.5 |
| Rich Hill | 32 | 31 | 158.2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 3.86 | 4.34 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 1.4 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 57 | 4 | 71.2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 1.88 | 3.04 | 0.98 | 9.7 | 1.3 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 30 | 21 | 155.0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 5.11 | 4.45 | 1.23 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 47 | 0 | 42.2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 3.59 | 2.70 | 1.43 | 11.8 | 0.9 |
| Matt Wisler | 48 | 0 | 48.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 3.70 | 2.96 | 1.07 | 11.5 | 0.9 |
| Michael Wacha | 29 | 23 | 124.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 5.05 | 4.47 | 1.31 | 8.7 | 0.8 |
| Josh Fleming | 26 | 11 | 104.1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 5.09 | 4.27 | 1.35 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| 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 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 16 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5.52 | 3.65 | 1.57 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Shane Baz | 3 | 3 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.02 | 4.07 | 0.67 | 12.1 | 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 | -0.0 |
| 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 |
Record versus run differential
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.