The Tampa Bay Rays went 99-63 in 2023, a .611 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 860 runs and allowed 665, a run differential of +195. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the third best in MLB. Yandy Díaz led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Zach Eflin the rotation at a 3.50 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 2 games back. They spent 111 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 6.5 games on May 8 and were as far as 4 games back on September 7. Their best month was March/April at 23-6, their worst July at 8-16. The longest runs were a 13-game winning streak from March 30 to April 13 and a 7-game losing streak from July 1 to July 8. They were 53-28 at home and 46-35 on the road, 22-25 in one-run games and 48-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-4 at the Angels on August 19; the heaviest defeat, 20-1 against the Blue Jays on May 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
23
6
.793
195
92
+103
May
17
12
.586
145
129
+16
June
17
10
.630
139
95
+44
July
8
16
.333
87
111
-24
August
17
8
.680
152
105
+47
Sept/Oct
17
11
.607
142
133
+9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
22-25
.468
Extra innings
7-5
.583
Within the division
31-21
.596
Against .500+ clubs
48-44
.522
Decided by 5+ runs
32-14
.696
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2023. 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
81
17,781
18,442
8,699
32,142
Night
43
15,570
15,247
8,699
25,025
Day
38
20,284
21,007
9,972
32,142
Weekend
41
21,161
21,043
11,159
32,142
Weekday
40
14,317
12,808
8,699
25,025
On the road
81
28,076
29,695
4,848
46,130
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
25,025
Apr
15
16,319
May
16
17,858
Jun
12
16,993
Jul
12
21,905
Aug
12
17,165
Sep
13
16,309
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:36
150 games
All games
2:38
Extra innings
3:04
12 of them
Longest
3:57
2023-09-05, 11 inn
Shortest
2:02
2023-04-23
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
2:38
2:38
1:54
3:57
Regulation
150
2:36
2:36
1:54
3:24
Extra innings
12
3:04
3:01
2:32
3:57
Home
81
2:37
2:39
2:02
3:57
Road
81
2:40
2:37
1:54
3:24
Day
70
2:40
2:40
1:54
3:24
Night
92
2:37
2:35
2:06
3:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:14
Apr
15
2:31
May
16
2:37
Jun
12
2:34
Jul
12
2:33
Aug
12
2:37
Sep
13
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 156 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 99-63, a .611 win rate, while their +195 run differential implies .616. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
