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.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 8 games clear. They spent 98 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 9.5 games on September 7 and were as far as 4.5 games back on July 2. Their best month was May at 22-6, their worst June at 12-14. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from May 13 to May 24 and a 7-game losing streak from June 15 to June 22. They were 52-29 at home and 48-33 on the road, 20-25 in one-run games and 48-42 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Yankees on July 29; the heaviest defeat, 20-8 at the Red Sox on August 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
113
124
-11
May
22
6
.786
160
86
+74
June
12
14
.462
124
112
+12
July
16
8
.667
131
95
+36
August
21
6
.778
182
122
+60
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
147
112
+35
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
20-25
.444
Extra innings
7-12
.368
Within the division
51-25
.671
Against .500+ clubs
48-42
.533
Decided by 5+ runs
38-14
.731
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2021. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:07
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
