The Toronto Blue Jays went 87-75 in 2006, a .537 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 809 runs and allowed 754, a run differential of +55. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.29 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — the third best in MLB. Vernon Wells led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Roy Halladay the rotation at a 3.19 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 10 games back. They spent 3 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 13.5 games back on September 14. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-10, their worst August at 12-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 27 to July 1 and a 7-game losing streak from July 29 to August 5. They were 50-31 at home and 37-44 on the road, 20-10 in one-run games and 45-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-3 against the Angels on May 5; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 at the Orioles on August 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
11
.522
135
125
+10
May
17
12
.586
158
136
+22
June
16
11
.593
138
114
+24
July
12
14
.462
134
137
-3
August
12
17
.414
114
143
-29
Sept/Oct
18
10
.643
130
99
+31
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
20-10
.667
Extra innings
7-1
.875
Within the division
43-31
.581
Against .500+ clubs
45-40
.529
Decided by 5+ runs
29-24
.547
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2006. 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
28,422
28,333
15,631
50,449
Night
48
26,215
23,741
15,631
50,449
Day
33
31,632
31,327
18,755
50,014
Weekend
39
30,356
30,060
15,631
50,014
Weekday
42
26,626
24,006
16,221
50,449
On the road
81
28,532
26,915
8,195
54,886
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
27,347
May
16
25,985
Jun
14
24,075
Jul
12
30,929
Aug
12
31,682
Sep
13
31,938
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 161 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:50
153 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:33
8 of them
Longest
4:23
2006-07-15, 14 inn
Shortest
1:59
2006-05-08
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
161
2:53
2:51
1:59
4:23
Regulation
153
2:50
2:50
1:59
3:48
Extra innings
8
3:33
3:31
2:51
4:23
Home
81
2:52
2:50
1:59
4:23
Road
80
2:53
2:54
2:10
3:48
Day
55
2:54
2:54
2:00
4:23
Night
106
2:52
2:51
1:59
3:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:52
May
16
2:50
Jun
14
2:47
Jul
12
3:09
Aug
12
2:44
Sep
13
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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
Toronto Blue Jays are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +55 run differential implies .532. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
