American League East · 2016
Toronto Blue Jays 2016
- Team WAR
- 37.3 19.6 bat / 17.7 pitch
- Win %
- .549 pyth .560
- Run diff
- +93 4.69 / 4.11 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 3.86 FIP 4.06
- Home runs
- 216
The Toronto Blue Jays went 89-73 in 2016, a .549 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 759 runs and allowed 666, a run differential of +93. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.86 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Josh Donaldson led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Aaron Sanchez the rotation at a 3.00 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 155 | 700 | 164 | 37 | 99 | 7 | .284 | .404 | .549 | .408 | 152 | 6.9 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 160 | 702 | 158 | 42 | 127 | 2 | .263 | .357 | .529 | .379 | 133 | 3.6 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 131 | 544 | 125 | 24 | 79 | 1 | .254 | .318 | .443 | .330 | 101 | 2.4 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 101 | 432 | 123 | 11 | 50 | 4 | .300 | .332 | .454 | .340 | 108 | 2.2 |
| Russell Martin | C | 136 | 535 | 105 | 20 | 74 | 2 | .231 | .335 | .398 | .325 | 98 | 2.1 |
| Michael Saunders | LF | 139 | 558 | 124 | 24 | 57 | 1 | .253 | .338 | .478 | .352 | 116 | 2.0 |
| José Bautista | RF | 116 | 517 | 99 | 22 | 69 | 2 | .234 | .366 | .452 | .359 | 120 | 1.8 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 143 | 584 | 146 | 7 | 53 | 14 | .266 | .303 | .376 | .297 | 80 | 0.8 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 93 | 306 | 75 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .269 | .322 | .373 | .305 | 85 | 0.5 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .251 | 50 | 0.1 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | RF | 88 | 310 | 67 | 6 | 23 | 7 | .248 | .323 | .356 | .303 | 84 | 0.1 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 98 | 341 | 65 | 14 | 34 | 1 | .217 | .314 | .391 | .313 | 90 | 0.0 |
| Junior Lake | RF | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .282 | .371 | .289 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Gavin Floyd | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| R.A. Dickey | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Dalton Pompey | LF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.1 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Sanchez | P | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .070 | -67 | -0.1 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.1 |
| Andy Burns | PH | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .104 | -45 | -0.1 |
| Matt Dominguez | 3B | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .058 | -75 | -0.2 |
| Darrell Ceciliani | LF | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .172 | .185 | .167 | -5 | -0.3 |
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .156 | .069 | .121 | -34 | -0.5 |
| Josh Thole | C | 43 | 136 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .169 | .254 | .220 | .222 | 31 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 63 | 196 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .186 | .228 | .306 | .235 | 40 | -0.8 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Aaron Sanchez | 30 | 30 | 192.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 3.00 | 3.55 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| Marcus Stroman | 32 | 32 | 204.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 166 | 4.37 | 3.71 | 1.29 | 7.3 | 3.8 |
| J.A. Happ | 32 | 32 | 195.0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 163 | 3.18 | 3.96 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| Marco Estrada | 29 | 29 | 176.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 165 | 3.48 | 4.15 | 1.12 | 8.4 | 2.4 |
| Joe Biagini | 60 | 0 | 67.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 3.06 | 2.95 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 1.4 |
| Roberto Osuna | 72 | 0 | 74.0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 82 | 2.68 | 3.20 | 0.93 | 10.0 | 1.4 |
| R.A. Dickey | 30 | 29 | 169.2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 126 | 4.46 | 5.03 | 1.37 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Brett Cecil | 54 | 0 | 36.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 3.93 | 3.64 | 1.28 | 11.0 | 0.5 |
| Danny Barnes | 12 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.95 | 2.20 | 1.39 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Drew Storen | 57 | 0 | 51.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 5.23 | 4.21 | 1.34 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Jason Grilli | 67 | 0 | 59.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 4.12 | 4.33 | 1.29 | 12.4 | 0.3 |
| Gavin Floyd | 28 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4.06 | 3.95 | 1.00 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Jesse Chavez | 62 | 0 | 67.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4.43 | 4.49 | 1.33 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Tepera | 20 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.95 | 3.69 | 1.36 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Aaron Loup | 21 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.02 | 4.33 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Matt Dermody | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.00 | 5.15 | 2.00 | 15.0 | -0.0 |
| Bo Schultz | 16 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.51 | 4.86 | 1.22 | 5.5 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Goins | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.15 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Scott Diamond | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 9.15 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Arnold Leon | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 8.29 | 1.71 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Franklin Morales | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 6.90 | 1.25 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Darwin Barney | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.15 | 1.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Dustin Antolin | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 10.15 | 2.50 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Chad Girodo | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.35 | 6.82 | 1.26 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| Pat Venditte | 15 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.73 | 6.15 | 1.59 | 7.8 | -0.3 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 41,878 81 home dates
- Median
- 45,825
- Total
- 3,392,099
- Best
- 48,871 2016-04-08
- Quietest
- 23,726 2016-04-26
- On the road
- 30,065 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 41,878 | 45,825 | 23,726 | 48,871 |
| Night | 50 | 38,709 | 41,466 | 23,726 | 48,871 |
| Day | 31 | 46,988 | 47,301 | 41,001 | 48,154 |
| Weekend | 39 | 46,399 | 47,138 | 34,251 | 48,871 |
| Weekday | 42 | 37,680 | 39,742 | 23,726 | 47,791 |
| On the road | 81 | 30,065 | 31,415 | 12,602 | 47,115 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 36,572 |
| May | 15 | 35,892 |
| Jun | 10 | 43,321 |
| Jul | 19 | 44,816 |
| Aug | 12 | 45,698 |
| Sep | 13 | 44,751 |
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, 2016.
- Regulation
- 2:55 149 games
- All games
- 3:00
- Extra innings
- 3:51 13 of them
- Longest
- 6:13 2016-07-01, 19 inn
- Shortest
- 2:10 2016-07-04
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:00 | 2:56 | 2:10 | 6:13 |
| Regulation | 149 | 2:55 | 2:53 | 2:10 | 3:51 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:51 | 3:47 | 2:54 | 6:13 |
| Home | 81 | 2:59 | 2:54 | 2:10 | 6:13 |
| Road | 81 | 3:01 | 2:58 | 2:19 | 4:28 |
| Day | 61 | 3:04 | 2:56 | 2:19 | 6:13 |
| Night | 101 | 2:57 | 2:55 | 2:10 | 4:05 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 2:52 |
| May | 15 | 2:55 |
| Jun | 10 | 2:55 |
| Jul | 19 | 3:06 |
| Aug | 12 | 3:00 |
| Sep | 13 | 3:01 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +93 run differential implies .560. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.