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American League East · 2016

Toronto Blue Jays

Team WAR
37.3
23.3 bat / 14.0 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 7.3 WAR, and Aaron Sanchez the rotation at a 3.00 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,319 team hits
Josh Donaldson164Josh Donaldson — 164 hits (12.4%)Edwin Encarnación158Edwin Encarnación — 158 hits (12.0%)Kevin Pillar146Kevin Pillar — 146 hits (11.1%)Troy Tulowitzki125Troy Tulowitzki — 125 hits (9.5%)Michael Saunders124Michael Saunders — 124 hits (9.4%)Devon Travis123Devon Travis — 123 hits (9.3%)Russell Martin105Russell Martin — 105 hits (8.0%)José Bautista99José Bautista — 99 hits (7.5%)Darwin Barney75Darwin Barney — 75 hits (5.7%)Ezequiel Carrera67Ezequiel Carrera — 67 hits (5.1%)Justin Smoak65Justin Smoak — 65 hits (4.9%)Ryan Goins34Ryan Goins — 34 hits (2.6%)Josh Thole20Josh Thole — 20 hits (1.5%)Junior Lake — 7 hits (0.5%)Darrell Ceciliani — 3 hits (0.2%)J.A. Happ — 2 hits (0.2%)Chris Colabello — 2 hits (0.2%)
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.

Batting

25 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Josh Donaldson3B15570016437997.284.404.549.4081527.3
Edwin EncarnaciónDH160702158421272.263.357.529.3791333.8
Russell MartinC13653510520742.231.335.398.325982.9
Troy TulowitzkiSS13154412524791.254.318.443.3301012.8
Michael SaundersLF13955812424571.253.338.478.3521162.4
José BautistaRF1165179922692.234.366.452.3591202.4
Devon Travis2B10143212311504.300.332.454.3401082.3
Kevin PillarCF14358414675314.266.303.376.297801.1
Darwin Barney2B93306754192.269.322.373.305850.7
Justin Smoak1B983416514341.217.314.391.313900.2
Ezequiel CarreraRF88310676237.248.323.356.303840.2
Junior LakeRF13397121.200.282.371.28975-0.0
Gavin FloydP110000.000.000.000.000-112-0.0
J.A. HappP3102000.286.286.286.25150-0.0
R.A. DickeyPH110000.000.000.000.000-112-0.0
Dalton PompeyDH620002.000.000.000.000-112-0.0
Andy BurnsPH870000.000.143.000.104-45-0.1
Marco EstradaP250000.000.000.000.000-112-0.1
Marcus StromanP260000.000.000.000.000-112-0.1
Aaron SanchezP3100000.000.100.000.070-67-0.2
Matt Dominguez3B5120000.000.083.000.058-75-0.2
Darrell CecilianiLF9293010.111.172.185.167-5-0.3
Josh TholeC4313620170.169.254.220.22231-0.4
Chris Colabello1B10322010.069.156.069.121-34-0.5
Ryan Goins2B63196343121.186.228.306.23540-0.6

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Aaron Sanchez3030192.015201613.003.551.177.53.3
Marcus Stroman3232204.091001664.373.711.297.33.1
J.A. Happ3232195.020401633.183.961.177.52.5
Marco Estrada2929176.09901653.484.151.128.41.9
Joe Biagini60067.2431623.062.951.308.21.3
Roberto Osuna72074.04336822.683.200.9310.01.2
Brett Cecil54036.2170453.933.641.2811.00.4
Danny Barnes12013.2000143.952.201.399.20.4
Drew Storen57051.2433485.234.211.348.40.2
Gavin Floyd28031.0240304.063.951.008.70.2
Jason Grilli67059.0764814.124.331.2912.40.2
Ryan Tepera20018.1010182.953.691.368.80.2
Jesse Chavez62067.0220634.434.491.338.50.1
R.A. Dickey3029169.2101501264.465.031.376.70.1
Aaron Loup21014.1000155.024.331.339.40.0
Ryan Goins101.000000.006.153.000.0-0.0
Matt Dermody503.0000512.005.152.0015.0-0.0
Bo Schultz16016.1010105.514.861.225.5-0.0
Scott Diamond101.0000027.009.154.000.0-0.1
Arnold Leon202.100027.718.291.717.7-0.1
Franklin Morales504.001029.006.901.254.5-0.1
Darwin Barney101.001019.0014.151.009.0-0.1
Dustin Antolin102.0000113.5010.152.504.5-0.1
Chad Girodo14010.100054.356.821.264.4-0.3
Pat Venditte15022.0000195.736.151.597.8-0.4
Record versus run differential

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.