- Team WAR
- 23.3 12.5 bat / 10.8 pitch
- Win %
- .469 pyth .444
- Run diff
- -91 4.28 / 4.84 per g
- wRC+
- 95
- ERA
- 4.53 FIP 4.37
- Home runs
- 217
The Toronto Blue Jays went 76-86 in 2017, a .469 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 693 runs and allowed 784, a run differential of -91. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.53 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Josh Donaldson led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Marcus Stroman the rotation at a 3.09 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,301 team hits
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 113 | 496 | 112 | 33 | 78 | 2 | .270 | .385 | .559 | .401 | 155 | 4.7 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 156 | 637 | 151 | 38 | 90 | 0 | .270 | .355 | .529 | .375 | 137 | 3.3 |
| Russell Martin | C | 91 | 365 | 68 | 13 | 35 | 1 | .221 | .343 | .388 | .328 | 104 | 1.9 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 151 | 632 | 150 | 16 | 42 | 15 | .256 | .300 | .404 | .306 | 88 | 1.3 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | LF | 102 | 325 | 81 | 8 | 20 | 10 | .282 | .356 | .408 | .337 | 111 | 1.2 |
| Steve Pearce | LF | 92 | 348 | 79 | 13 | 37 | 0 | .252 | .319 | .438 | .326 | 103 | 0.7 |
| Teoscar Hernández | LF | 26 | 95 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .261 | .305 | .602 | .376 | 137 | 0.6 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 50 | 197 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .259 | .291 | .438 | .312 | 93 | 0.5 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 66 | 260 | 60 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .249 | .300 | .378 | .295 | 81 | 0.5 |
| Raffy Lopez | C | 23 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .222 | .306 | .463 | .328 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Goins | SS | 134 | 459 | 99 | 9 | 62 | 3 | .237 | .286 | .356 | .281 | 72 | 0.3 |
| Dwight Smith Jr. | LF | 10 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .370 | .414 | .444 | .378 | 139 | 0.2 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 150 | 608 | 139 | 28 | 85 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .445 | .323 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Darrell Ceciliani | LF | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 1.200 | .652 | 329 | 0.1 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .857 | .466 | 200 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Tepera | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Nick Tepesch | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Richard Urena | SS | 20 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .206 | .270 | .309 | .259 | 56 | -0.0 |
| Mike Ohlman | C | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .202 | 16 | -0.1 |
| Joe Biagini | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Casey Lawrence | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Mat Latos | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .159 | -14 | -0.1 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Ian Parmley | RF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| José Bautista | RF | 157 | 686 | 119 | 23 | 65 | 6 | .203 | .308 | .366 | .298 | 83 | -0.2 |
| Chris Coghlan | 3B | 34 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .299 | .267 | .263 | 59 | -0.2 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 118 | 362 | 78 | 6 | 25 | 7 | .232 | .275 | .327 | .265 | 60 | -0.4 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .061 | -81 | -0.4 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 2B | 43 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .170 | .247 | .216 | .212 | 23 | -0.6 |
| Luke Maile | C | 45 | 136 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .146 | .176 | .231 | .180 | 1 | -0.9 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Marcus Stroman | 33 | 33 | 201.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 164 | 3.09 | 3.90 | 1.31 | 7.3 | 2.9 |
| J.A. Happ | 25 | 25 | 145.1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 142 | 3.53 | 3.76 | 1.31 | 8.8 | 2.3 |
| Roberto Osuna | 66 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 83 | 3.38 | 1.74 | 0.86 | 11.7 | 2.1 |
| Joe Smith | 59 | 0 | 54.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 3.33 | 2.10 | 1.04 | 11.8 | 1.6 |
| Dominic Leone | 65 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 2.56 | 2.94 | 1.05 | 10.4 | 1.4 |
| Marco Estrada | 33 | 33 | 186.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 176 | 4.98 | 4.61 | 1.38 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| Joe Biagini | 44 | 18 | 119.2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 97 | 5.34 | 4.27 | 1.40 | 7.3 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Tepera | 73 | 0 | 77.2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 3.59 | 3.75 | 1.13 | 9.4 | 0.9 |
| Aaron Loup | 70 | 0 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 3.75 | 3.66 | 1.53 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Brett Anderson | 13 | 13 | 55.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 6.34 | 4.10 | 1.70 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Tim Mayza | 19 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6.88 | 2.98 | 1.65 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
| Danny Barnes | 60 | 0 | 66.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 3.55 | 4.58 | 1.09 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Carlos Ramírez | 12 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.70 | 4.54 | 0.54 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| TJ House | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3.66 | 2.00 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.00 | 4.16 | 10.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Leonel Campos | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.63 | 4.84 | 1.39 | 9.9 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Cole | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 7.16 | 7.00 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Lucas Harrell | 4 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.11 | 5.21 | 2.21 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Luis Santos | 10 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2.70 | 5.08 | 1.14 | 8.6 | -0.0 |
| Chris Smith | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5.96 | 1.60 | 1.8 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 19 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7.47 | 5.65 | 1.47 | 9.8 | -0.1 |
| J.P. Howell | 16 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7.36 | 6.34 | 1.82 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 8 | 8 | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4.25 | 5.74 | 1.72 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Chris Rowley | 6 | 3 | 18.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6.75 | 6.37 | 1.82 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| César Valdez | 11 | 4 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7.63 | 5.93 | 1.70 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Matt Dermody | 23 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.43 | 6.25 | 1.25 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Mat Latos | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.60 | 7.96 | 1.80 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Jason Grilli | 46 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 6.30 | 6.08 | 1.60 | 10.8 | -0.5 |
| Mike Bolsinger | 11 | 5 | 41.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 6.31 | 6.28 | 1.81 | 8.5 | -0.6 |
| Nick Tepesch | 4 | 4 | 15.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5.17 | 9.29 | 1.98 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| Tom Koehler | 27 | 13 | 72.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 62 | 6.69 | 6.05 | 1.62 | 7.7 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Toronto Blue Jays are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -91 run differential implies .444. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.