The Toronto Blue Jays went 73-89 in 2012, a .451 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 716 runs and allowed 784, a run differential of -68. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.72 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Edwin Encarnación led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Brandon Morrow the rotation at a 2.96 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 22 games back. They spent 9 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 22 games back on September 24. Their best month was May at 15-13, their worst August at 9-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from April 20 to April 23 and a 7-game losing streak from August 18 to August 25. They were 41-40 at home and 32-49 on the road, 15-25 in one-run games and 40-68 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-5 against the Mets on May 18; the heaviest defeat, 16-0 against the Athletics on July 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
11
.522
105
96
+9
May
15
13
.536
144
127
+17
June
13
14
.481
143
136
+7
July
11
14
.440
113
134
-21
August
9
19
.321
89
132
-43
Sept/Oct
13
18
.419
122
159
-37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
15-25
.375
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
29-43
.403
Against .500+ clubs
40-68
.370
Decided by 5+ runs
19-26
.422
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2012. 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
25,922
24,303
12,359
48,473
Night
50
21,773
20,139
12,359
48,473
Day
31
32,613
32,517
17,220
45,582
Weekend
39
31,300
30,033
18,568
45,582
Weekday
42
20,927
18,847
12,359
48,473
On the road
80
29,075
29,264
10,415
47,430
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
24,629
May
12
24,183
Jun
12
32,634
Jul
14
28,397
Aug
12
28,521
Sep
15
20,787
Oct
3
15,353
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:53
148 games
All games
2:58
Extra innings
3:51
13 of them
Longest
3:43
2012-04-19, 9 inn
Shortest
2:12
2012-05-19
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
2:58
2:53
2:10
5:14
Regulation
148
2:53
2:52
2:10
3:48
Extra innings
13
3:51
3:38
3:05
5:14
Home
81
2:54
2:49
2:12
3:43
Road
80
3:03
2:57
2:10
5:14
Day
58
3:01
2:53
2:12
5:14
Night
103
2:56
2:53
2:10
4:47
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:59
May
12
2:49
Jun
12
2:59
Jul
14
2:52
Aug
12
2:43
Sep
15
3:01
Oct
3
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -68 run differential implies .459. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
