American League East · 2017
Toronto Blue Jays 2017
- Team WAR
- 24.7 11.9 bat / 12.8 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 4.8 WAR, and Marcus Stroman the rotation at a 3.09 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 113 | 496 | 112 | 33 | 78 | 2 | .270 | .385 | .559 | .401 | 155 | 4.8 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 156 | 637 | 151 | 38 | 90 | 0 | .270 | .355 | .529 | .375 | 137 | 3.4 |
| Russell Martin | C | 91 | 365 | 68 | 13 | 35 | 1 | .221 | .343 | .388 | .328 | 104 | 1.5 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | LF | 102 | 325 | 81 | 8 | 20 | 10 | .282 | .356 | .408 | .337 | 111 | 1.4 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 151 | 632 | 150 | 16 | 42 | 15 | .256 | .300 | .404 | .306 | 88 | 1.4 |
| Teoscar Hernández | LF | 26 | 95 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .261 | .305 | .602 | .376 | 137 | 0.6 |
| Steve Pearce | LF | 92 | 348 | 79 | 13 | 37 | 0 | .252 | .319 | .438 | .326 | 103 | 0.6 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 50 | 197 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .259 | .291 | .438 | .312 | 93 | 0.5 |
| Raffy Lopez | C | 23 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .222 | .306 | .463 | .328 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 66 | 260 | 60 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .249 | .300 | .378 | .295 | 81 | 0.3 |
| Dwight Smith Jr. | LF | 10 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .370 | .414 | .444 | .378 | 139 | 0.2 |
| Darrell Ceciliani | LF | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 1.200 | .652 | 329 | 0.2 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .857 | .466 | 200 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Goins | SS | 134 | 459 | 99 | 9 | 62 | 3 | .237 | .286 | .356 | .281 | 72 | 0.1 |
| Richard Urena | SS | 20 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .206 | .270 | .309 | .259 | 56 | 0.0 |
| Casey Lawrence | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Joe Biagini | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Tepera | P | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Nick Tepesch | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Mat Latos | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .159 | -14 | -0.1 |
| Mike Ohlman | C | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .202 | 16 | -0.1 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 150 | 608 | 139 | 28 | 85 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .445 | .323 | 100 | -0.1 |
| Ian Parmley | RF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Chris Coghlan | 3B | 34 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .299 | .267 | .263 | 59 | -0.2 |
| José Bautista | RF | 157 | 686 | 119 | 23 | 65 | 6 | .203 | .308 | .366 | .298 | 83 | -0.4 |
| Darwin Barney | 2B | 118 | 362 | 78 | 6 | 25 | 7 | .232 | .275 | .327 | .265 | 60 | -0.5 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .061 | -81 | -0.5 |
| 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 | -1.0 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Marcus Stroman | 33 | 33 | 201.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 164 | 3.09 | 3.90 | 1.31 | 7.3 | 3.4 |
| J.A. Happ | 25 | 25 | 145.1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 142 | 3.53 | 3.76 | 1.31 | 8.8 | 2.7 |
| Roberto Osuna | 66 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 83 | 3.38 | 1.74 | 0.86 | 11.7 | 2.3 |
| Joe Smith | 59 | 0 | 54.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 3.33 | 2.10 | 1.04 | 11.8 | 1.7 |
| Marco Estrada | 33 | 33 | 186.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 176 | 4.98 | 4.61 | 1.38 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Dominic Leone | 65 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 2.56 | 2.94 | 1.05 | 10.4 | 1.5 |
| Joe Biagini | 44 | 18 | 119.2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 97 | 5.34 | 4.27 | 1.40 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Tepera | 73 | 0 | 77.2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 3.59 | 3.75 | 1.13 | 9.4 | 1.0 |
| Brett Anderson | 13 | 13 | 55.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 6.34 | 4.10 | 1.70 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| Aaron Loup | 70 | 0 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 3.75 | 3.66 | 1.53 | 10.0 | 0.8 |
| Tim Mayza | 19 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6.88 | 2.98 | 1.65 | 14.3 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Lucas Harrell | 4 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.11 | 5.21 | 2.21 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Cole | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 7.16 | 7.00 | 9.0 | -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 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 8 | 8 | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4.25 | 5.74 | 1.72 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| J.P. Howell | 16 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7.36 | 6.34 | 1.82 | 4.9 | -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 | -0.4 |
| Mat Latos | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.60 | 7.96 | 1.80 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Mike Bolsinger | 11 | 5 | 41.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 6.31 | 6.28 | 1.81 | 8.5 | -0.6 |
| Jason Grilli | 46 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 6.30 | 6.08 | 1.60 | 10.8 | -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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 39,554 81 home dates
- Median
- 39,828
- Total
- 3,203,886
- Best
- 48,456 2017-04-11
- Quietest
- 28,401 2017-09-11
- On the road
- 29,912 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 39,554 | 39,828 | 28,401 | 48,456 |
| Night | 50 | 36,421 | 37,038 | 28,401 | 48,456 |
| Day | 31 | 44,608 | 46,188 | 34,431 | 47,484 |
| Weekend | 39 | 42,682 | 42,986 | 31,961 | 47,394 |
| Weekday | 42 | 36,650 | 36,323 | 28,401 | 48,456 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,912 | 33,190 | 8,264 | 46,616 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 37,990 |
| May | 15 | 37,253 |
| Jun | 13 | 41,852 |
| Jul | 13 | 43,678 |
| Aug | 16 | 39,576 |
| Sep | 12 | 37,009 |
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, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:02 143 games
- All games
- 3:09
- Extra innings
- 3:58 19 of them
- Longest
- 4:44 2017-06-30, 11 inn
- Shortest
- 2:14 2017-04-12
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:09 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 6:00 |
| Regulation | 143 | 3:02 | 3:01 | 2:14 | 3:53 |
| Extra innings | 19 | 3:58 | 3:41 | 3:01 | 6:00 |
| Home | 81 | 3:01 | 3:00 | 2:14 | 4:44 |
| Road | 81 | 3:16 | 3:07 | 2:23 | 6:00 |
| Day | 60 | 3:06 | 3:03 | 2:26 | 4:16 |
| Night | 102 | 3:10 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 6:00 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:05 |
| May | 15 | 3:05 |
| Jun | 13 | 3:03 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:05 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:03 |
| Sep | 12 | 2:47 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 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.