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.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the AL East, 4 games back. They spent 29 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on August 28 and were as far as 7 games back on May 18. Their best month was July at 16-8, their worst March/April at 11-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 2 to July 8 and a 5-game losing streak from May 14 to May 18. They were 46-35 at home and 43-38 on the road, 21-25 in one-run games and 58-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 against the Indians on July 3; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 against the Rays on May 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
14
.440
100
102
-2
May
17
12
.586
125
115
+10
June
15
12
.556
158
131
+27
July
16
8
.667
135
89
+46
August
17
11
.607
135
110
+25
Sept/Oct
13
16
.448
106
119
-13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
21-25
.457
Extra innings
4-9
.308
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
58-45
.563
Decided by 5+ runs
29-15
.659
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2016. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:00
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
