The Toronto Blue Jays went 81-81 in 2011, a .500 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 743 runs and allowed 761, a run differential of -18. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.32 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. José Bautista led the position players at 8.1 WAR, and Brandon Morrow the rotation at a 4.72 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 16 games back. They spent 3 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 18 games back on September 6. Their best month was July at 15-11, their worst June at 12-15. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 10 to May 16 and a 4-game losing streak from April 9 to April 12. They were 42-39 at home and 39-42 on the road, 29-28 in one-run games and 38-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Orioles on August 31; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 against the Red Sox on September 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
125
118
+7
May
15
13
.536
138
118
+20
June
12
15
.444
105
131
-26
July
15
11
.577
142
126
+16
August
13
15
.464
130
130
0
Sept/Oct
13
13
.500
103
138
-35
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
29-28
.509
Extra innings
13-4
.765
Within the division
33-39
.458
Against .500+ clubs
38-51
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
19-17
.528
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2011. 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
22,446
19,541
11,077
47,984
Night
49
18,943
17,189
11,077
47,984
Day
32
27,809
25,128
14,235
45,629
Weekend
39
26,995
23,453
13,918
47,984
Weekday
42
18,222
17,137
11,077
37,342
On the road
81
27,640
26,588
10,099
47,744
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
23,978
May
17
17,191
Jun
10
22,340
Jul
16
29,001
Aug
13
21,907
Sep
14
20,706
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:49
145 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:41
17 of them
Longest
4:21
2011-07-19, 14 inn
Shortest
2:05
2011-04-24
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
2:55
2:51
2:05
5:03
Regulation
145
2:49
2:49
2:05
3:47
Extra innings
17
3:41
3:45
2:49
5:03
Home
81
2:57
2:52
2:05
4:21
Road
81
2:53
2:49
2:09
5:03
Day
60
2:53
2:49
2:05
4:17
Night
102
2:56
2:53
2:09
5:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:52
May
17
2:58
Jun
10
3:00
Jul
16
2:53
Aug
13
2:55
Sep
14
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their -18 run differential implies .489. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
