- Team WAR
- 44.9 37.6 bat / 7.4 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .628
- Run diff
- +221 5.50 / 4.14 per g
- wRC+
- 127
- ERA
- 3.87 FIP 4.19
- Home runs
- 238
The Toronto Blue Jays went 93-69 in 2015, a .574 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 891 runs and allowed 670, a run differential of +221. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.87 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 127 team wRC+ was 27% above league average — the best in MLB. Josh Donaldson led the position players at 7.9 WAR, and Liam Hendriks the rotation at a 2.92 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,459 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 158 | 711 | 184 | 41 | 123 | 6 | .297 | .371 | .568 | .403 | 165 | 7.9 |
| José Bautista | RF | 153 | 666 | 136 | 40 | 114 | 8 | .250 | .377 | .536 | .395 | 159 | 5.6 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 146 | 624 | 146 | 39 | 111 | 3 | .277 | .372 | .557 | .397 | 161 | 4.6 |
| Russell Martin | C | 127 | 507 | 106 | 23 | 77 | 4 | .240 | .329 | .458 | .345 | 123 | 3.8 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 101 | 378 | 100 | 18 | 66 | 2 | .290 | .345 | .519 | .371 | 142 | 2.9 |
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 100 | 360 | 107 | 15 | 54 | 2 | .321 | .367 | .520 | .385 | 152 | 2.6 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 157 | 628 | 163 | 12 | 56 | 25 | .278 | .314 | .399 | .312 | 100 | 2.5 |
| José Reyes | SS | 116 | 519 | 132 | 7 | 53 | 24 | .274 | .310 | .378 | .303 | 93 | 2.2 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 62 | 239 | 66 | 8 | 35 | 3 | .304 | .361 | .498 | .375 | 145 | 2.1 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 123 | 428 | 94 | 5 | 45 | 2 | .250 | .318 | .354 | .301 | 91 | 1.2 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 107 | 328 | 67 | 18 | 59 | 0 | .226 | .299 | .470 | .335 | 116 | 0.9 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 52 | 192 | 42 | 5 | 20 | 0 | .246 | .307 | .374 | .299 | 90 | 0.6 |
| Steve Tolleson | 2B | 17 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .268 | .333 | .439 | .339 | 119 | 0.3 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | RF | 73 | 192 | 47 | 3 | 26 | 2 | .273 | .321 | .372 | .307 | 96 | 0.3 |
| Dalton Pompey | CF | 32 | 103 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .223 | .291 | .372 | .296 | 88 | 0.3 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .259 | .286 | .519 | .346 | 124 | 0.2 |
| Liam Hendriks | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 389 | 0.0 |
| Matt Hague | 1B | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .320 | 105 | 0.0 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 2B | 16 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .313 | .286 | .279 | 75 | -0.0 |
| Scott Copeland | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Mark Buehrle | P | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .199 | 18 | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Diaz | SS | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .214 | 28 | -0.1 |
| R.A. Dickey | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Josh Thole | C | 18 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .204 | .250 | .245 | .226 | 37 | -0.1 |
| Michael Saunders | RF | 9 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .306 | .194 | .246 | 51 | -0.1 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Liam Hendriks | 58 | 0 | 64.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.92 | 2.14 | 1.08 | 9.9 | 1.7 |
| Mark Buehrle | 32 | 32 | 198.2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 3.81 | 4.26 | 1.24 | 4.1 | 1.4 |
| Brett Cecil | 63 | 0 | 54.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 2.48 | 2.34 | 0.96 | 11.6 | 1.3 |
| Roberto Osuna | 68 | 0 | 69.2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 75 | 2.58 | 3.02 | 0.92 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| R.A. Dickey | 33 | 33 | 214.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 126 | 3.91 | 4.48 | 1.19 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Marco Estrada | 34 | 28 | 181.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 131 | 3.13 | 4.40 | 1.04 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| Drew Hutchison | 30 | 28 | 150.1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 5.57 | 4.42 | 1.48 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Marcus Stroman | 4 | 4 | 27.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.67 | 3.54 | 0.96 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Loup | 60 | 0 | 42.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 4.46 | 3.72 | 1.28 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Scott Copeland | 5 | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.46 | 3.59 | 1.70 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Colt Hynes | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 2.47 | 3.33 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Jeff Francis | 14 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6.14 | 4.36 | 1.64 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 41 | 11 | 92.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 3.22 | 4.61 | 1.28 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Steve Delabar | 31 | 0 | 29.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5.22 | 4.84 | 1.43 | 9.2 | -0.1 |
| Chad Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 8.04 | 1.64 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Albers | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 9.51 | 1.13 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Todd Redmond | 7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.31 | 5.45 | 1.50 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| Bo Schultz | 31 | 0 | 43.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3.56 | 4.85 | 1.07 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Miguel Castro | 18 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 6.11 | 5.74 | 1.75 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Tepera | 32 | 0 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3.27 | 5.77 | 0.88 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Toronto Blue Jays are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +221 run differential implies .628. That is about 9 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.