The Tampa Bay Rays went 98-64 in 2026, a .605 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 736 runs and allowed 650, a run differential of +86. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.77 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Junior Caminero led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and Drew Rasmussen the rotation at a 2.67 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 4.5 games clear. They spent 134 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 6.5 games on August 13 and were as far as 4 games back on April 3. Their best month was May at 18-8, their worst June at 13-13. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 24 to July 3 and a 5-game losing streak from July 12 to July 19. They were 55-26 at home and 43-38 on the road, 25-14 in one-run games and 40-28 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Royals on June 25; the heaviest defeat, 14-3 against the Angels on May 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
12
.600
137
138
-1
May
18
8
.692
125
105
+20
June
13
13
.500
114
103
+11
July
15
12
.556
106
98
+8
August
18
10
.643
136
121
+15
Sept/Oct
16
9
.640
118
85
+33
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
55-26
.679
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
25-14
.641
Extra innings
8-6
.571
Within the division
28-24
.538
Against .500+ clubs
40-28
.588
Decided by 5+ runs
24-24
.500
Last 10
5-5
.500
2026 postseason
In October the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 3-0 in the ALDS, beat the Guardians 4-2 in the ALCS, then lost the World Series to the Brewers 4-1.
ALDS vs Yankees3-0 W
Game 1, October 3 W 1-0 vs Yankees
Game 2, October 5 W 5-2 vs Yankees
Game 3, October 7 W 4-3 at Yankees
ALCS vs Guardians4-2 W
Game 1, October 12 L 3-7 vs Guardians
Game 2, October 13 W 3-1 vs Guardians
Game 3, October 15 L 2-3 at Guardians
Game 4, October 17 W 7-3 at Guardians
Game 5, October 18 W 3-1 at Guardians
Game 6, October 19 W 7-3 vs Guardians
World Series vs Brewers1-4 L
Game 1, October 23 L 2-3 at Brewers
Game 2, October 24 L 4-5 at Brewers
Game 3, October 26 L 1-10 vs Brewers
Game 4, October 27 W 4-3 vs Brewers
Game 5, October 28 L 1-4 vs Brewers
American League East standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2026. 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
17,469
16,850
10,159
28,055
Night
48
16,456
15,536
10,159
28,055
Day
33
18,942
18,718
11,275
27,402
Weekend
42
19,974
19,891
12,972
28,055
Weekday
39
14,771
14,276
10,159
25,114
On the road
81
29,024
30,969
7,427
53,911
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
18,772
May
15
15,850
Jun
16
15,149
Jul
14
18,913
Aug
13
18,121
Sep
11
19,020
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:35
148 games
All games
2:38
Extra innings
3:07
14 of them
Longest
3:20
2026-05-30, 9 inn
Shortest
1:58
2026-07-26
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
2:36
1:52
4:12
Regulation
148
2:35
2:35
1:52
3:20
Extra innings
14
3:07
3:01
2:33
4:12
Home
81
2:35
2:33
1:58
3:20
Road
81
2:41
2:39
1:52
4:12
Day
64
2:40
2:38
1:58
4:12
Night
98
2:36
2:36
1:52
3:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:32
May
15
2:37
Jun
16
2:29
Jul
14
2:30
Aug
13
2:47
Sep
11
2:34
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 155 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 98-64, a .605 win rate, while their +86 run differential implies .557. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
