- 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
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 155 | 700 | 164 | 37 | 99 | 7 | .284 | .404 | .549 | .408 | 152 | 7.3 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 160 | 702 | 158 | 42 | 127 | 2 | .263 | .357 | .529 | .379 | 133 | 3.8 |
| Russell Martin | C | 136 | 535 | 105 | 20 | 74 | 2 | .231 | .335 | .398 | .325 | 98 | 2.9 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 131 | 544 | 125 | 24 | 79 | 1 | .254 | .318 | .443 | .330 | 101 | 2.8 |
| Michael Saunders | LF | 139 | 558 | 124 | 24 | 57 | 1 | .253 | .338 | .478 | .352 | 116 | 2.4 |
| José Bautista | RF | 116 | 517 | 99 | 22 | 69 | 2 | .234 | .366 | .452 | .359 | 120 | 2.4 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 101 | 432 | 123 | 11 | 50 | 4 | .300 | .332 | .454 | .340 | 108 | 2.3 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 143 | 584 | 146 | 7 | 53 | 14 | .266 | .303 | .376 | .297 | 80 | 1.1 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 93 | 306 | 75 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .269 | .322 | .373 | .305 | 85 | 0.7 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 98 | 341 | 65 | 14 | 34 | 1 | .217 | .314 | .391 | .313 | 90 | 0.2 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | RF | 88 | 310 | 67 | 6 | 23 | 7 | .248 | .323 | .356 | .303 | 84 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .251 | 50 | -0.0 |
| R.A. Dickey | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Dalton Pompey | DH | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Andy Burns | PH | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .104 | -45 | -0.1 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.1 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 2 | 6 | 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 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
| Josh Thole | C | 43 | 136 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .169 | .254 | .220 | .222 | 31 | -0.4 |
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .156 | .069 | .121 | -34 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 63 | 196 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .186 | .228 | .306 | .235 | 40 | -0.6 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Aaron Sanchez | 30 | 30 | 192.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 3.00 | 3.55 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 3.3 |
| Marcus Stroman | 32 | 32 | 204.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 166 | 4.37 | 3.71 | 1.29 | 7.3 | 3.1 |
| J.A. Happ | 32 | 32 | 195.0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 163 | 3.18 | 3.96 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| Marco Estrada | 29 | 29 | 176.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 165 | 3.48 | 4.15 | 1.12 | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| Joe Biagini | 60 | 0 | 67.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 3.06 | 2.95 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 1.3 |
| Roberto Osuna | 72 | 0 | 74.0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 82 | 2.68 | 3.20 | 0.93 | 10.0 | 1.2 |
| Brett Cecil | 54 | 0 | 36.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 3.93 | 3.64 | 1.28 | 11.0 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Gavin Floyd | 28 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4.06 | 3.95 | 1.00 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Jason Grilli | 67 | 0 | 59.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 4.12 | 4.33 | 1.29 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Tepera | 20 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.95 | 3.69 | 1.36 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Jesse Chavez | 62 | 0 | 67.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4.43 | 4.49 | 1.33 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
| R.A. Dickey | 30 | 29 | 169.2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 126 | 4.46 | 5.03 | 1.37 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Aaron Loup | 21 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.02 | 4.33 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Goins | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.15 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| 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 |
| 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 | -0.3 |
| Pat Venditte | 15 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.73 | 6.15 | 1.59 | 7.8 | -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.