The Toronto Blue Jays went 83-79 in 2014, a .512 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 723 runs and allowed 686, a run differential of +37. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.85 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. José Bautista led the position players at 6.3 WAR, and Marcus Stroman the rotation at a 3.65 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 13 games back. They spent 50 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on June 6 and were as far as 15 games back on September 18. Their best month was May at 21-9, their worst August at 9-17. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from May 20 to May 28 and a 6-game losing streak from September 14 to September 19. They were 46-35 at home and 37-44 on the road, 15-20 in one-run games and 41-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Red Sox on July 28; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Red Sox on July 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
15
.444
122
128
-6
May
21
9
.700
165
124
+41
June
12
15
.444
105
110
-5
July
15
11
.577
120
106
+14
August
9
17
.346
86
132
-46
Sept/Oct
14
12
.538
125
86
+39
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
15-20
.429
Extra innings
5-8
.385
Within the division
39-37
.513
Against .500+ clubs
41-47
.466
Decided by 5+ runs
24-23
.511
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2014. 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
29,327
29,372
13,123
48,197
Night
50
23,768
20,844
13,123
48,197
Day
31
38,294
39,623
17,173
46,683
Weekend
39
35,925
37,451
19,909
48,197
Weekday
42
23,201
18,068
13,123
46,683
On the road
81
29,709
32,368
9,571
48,144
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
27,627
May
18
21,263
Jun
14
33,295
Jul
9
36,528
Aug
15
37,036
Sep
13
23,913
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, 2014.
Regulation
2:57
149 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:43
13 of them
Longest
6:37
2014-08-10, 19 inn
Shortest
1:59
2014-09-24
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
3:01
2:59
1:59
6:37
Regulation
149
2:57
2:57
1:59
4:00
Extra innings
13
3:43
3:26
2:49
6:37
Home
81
2:59
2:57
1:59
6:37
Road
81
3:03
3:02
2:20
4:05
Day
57
3:00
2:56
2:14
6:37
Night
105
3:02
3:00
1:59
4:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:59
May
18
3:00
Jun
14
2:52
Jul
9
2:56
Aug
15
3:20
Sep
13
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +37 run differential implies .524. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
