American League East · 2015
Toronto Blue Jays 2015
- Team WAR
- 44.0 36.4 bat / 7.6 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 7.7 WAR, and Liam Hendriks the rotation at a 2.92 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 158 | 711 | 184 | 41 | 123 | 6 | .297 | .371 | .568 | .403 | 165 | 7.7 |
| José Bautista | RF | 153 | 666 | 136 | 40 | 114 | 8 | .250 | .377 | .536 | .395 | 159 | 5.3 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 146 | 624 | 146 | 39 | 111 | 3 | .277 | .372 | .557 | .397 | 161 | 4.8 |
| Russell Martin | C | 127 | 507 | 106 | 23 | 77 | 4 | .240 | .329 | .458 | .345 | 123 | 3.1 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 157 | 628 | 163 | 12 | 56 | 25 | .278 | .314 | .399 | .312 | 100 | 2.7 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 101 | 378 | 100 | 18 | 66 | 2 | .290 | .345 | .519 | .371 | 142 | 2.6 |
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 100 | 360 | 107 | 15 | 54 | 2 | .321 | .367 | .520 | .385 | 152 | 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 | 1.1 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | RF | 73 | 192 | 47 | 3 | 26 | 2 | .273 | .321 | .372 | .307 | 96 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Matt Hague | 1B | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .320 | 105 | 0.1 |
| Liam Hendriks | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 389 | 0.0 |
| Mark Buehrle | P | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .199 | 18 | 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 |
| R.A. Dickey | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Diaz | SS | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .214 | 28 | -0.1 |
| Michael Saunders | RF | 9 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .306 | .194 | .246 | 51 | -0.2 |
| Josh Thole | C | 18 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .204 | .250 | .245 | .226 | 37 | -0.2 |
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 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 34,505 81 home dates
- Median
- 35,571
- Total
- 2,794,891
- Best
- 48,414 2015-04-13
- Quietest
- 14,184 2015-04-21
- On the road
- 27,763 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 34,505 | 35,571 | 14,184 | 48,414 |
| Night | 49 | 29,767 | 27,725 | 14,184 | 48,414 |
| Day | 32 | 41,760 | 45,093 | 15,463 | 47,415 |
| Weekend | 39 | 40,001 | 42,917 | 21,195 | 47,696 |
| Weekday | 42 | 29,401 | 27,657 | 14,184 | 48,414 |
| On the road | 79 | 27,763 | 26,246 | 9,798 | 48,469 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 24,450 |
| May | 16 | 24,857 |
| Jun | 16 | 32,184 |
| Jul | 9 | 34,261 |
| Aug | 16 | 42,233 |
| Sep | 14 | 46,690 |
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, 2015.
- Regulation
- 2:50 148 games
- All games
- 2:53
- Extra innings
- 3:28 14 of them
- Longest
- 3:44 2015-06-21, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:08 2015-06-10
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 2:53 | 2:50 | 1:54 | 4:32 |
| Regulation | 148 | 2:50 | 2:46 | 1:54 | 4:01 |
| Extra innings | 14 | 3:28 | 3:26 | 2:41 | 4:32 |
| Home | 81 | 2:48 | 2:41 | 2:08 | 3:44 |
| Road | 81 | 2:58 | 2:59 | 1:54 | 4:32 |
| Day | 63 | 2:58 | 2:57 | 2:08 | 4:32 |
| Night | 99 | 2:50 | 2:45 | 1:54 | 4:01 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 2:49 |
| May | 16 | 2:44 |
| Jun | 16 | 2:45 |
| Jul | 9 | 2:44 |
| Aug | 16 | 2:47 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:00 |
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.
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.