- Team WAR
- 25.5 19.9 bat / 5.6 pitch
- Win %
- .451 pyth .427
- Run diff
- -123 4.38 / 5.14 per g
- wRC+
- 105
- ERA
- 4.75 FIP 4.52
- Home runs
- 218
The Toronto Blue Jays went 73-89 in 2018, a .451 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 709 runs and allowed 832, a run differential of -123. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.75 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Justin Smoak led the position players at 2.3 WAR, and J.A. Happ the rotation at a 3.65 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,333 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 143 | 594 | 122 | 25 | 77 | 0 | .242 | .350 | .457 | .353 | 126 | 2.3 |
| Aledmys Díaz | SS | 127 | 452 | 111 | 18 | 55 | 3 | .263 | .303 | .453 | .324 | 105 | 2.1 |
| Randal Grichuk | RF | 117 | 462 | 104 | 25 | 61 | 3 | .245 | .301 | .502 | .344 | 119 | 2.0 |
| Kevin Pillar | CF | 140 | 542 | 129 | 15 | 59 | 14 | .252 | .282 | .426 | .305 | 92 | 1.6 |
| Curtis Granderson | RF | 121 | 403 | 83 | 13 | 38 | 2 | .242 | .351 | .431 | .346 | 121 | 1.6 |
| Teoscar Hernández | LF | 134 | 523 | 114 | 22 | 57 | 5 | .239 | .302 | .468 | .333 | 112 | 1.6 |
| Russell Martin | C | 89 | 352 | 56 | 10 | 25 | 0 | .194 | .338 | .325 | .308 | 94 | 1.3 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 52 | 219 | 46 | 8 | 23 | 2 | .246 | .352 | .449 | .349 | 123 | 1.2 |
| Luke Maile | C | 62 | 231 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 2 | .248 | .333 | .366 | .314 | 98 | 1.2 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | SS | 64 | 263 | 70 | 11 | 35 | 1 | .281 | .309 | .446 | .324 | 105 | 1.2 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 130 | 471 | 103 | 21 | 57 | 2 | .249 | .331 | .438 | .332 | 111 | 0.7 |
| Danny Jansen | C | 30 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .247 | .347 | .432 | .344 | 119 | 0.7 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 22 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .314 | .329 | .614 | .397 | 156 | 0.6 |
| Billy McKinney | LF | 35 | 132 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .252 | .318 | .462 | .338 | 115 | 0.5 |
| Devon Travis | 2B | 101 | 378 | 83 | 11 | 44 | 3 | .232 | .275 | .381 | .286 | 79 | 0.4 |
| Richard Urena | SS | 35 | 108 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .293 | .340 | .364 | .313 | 98 | 0.4 |
| Dwight Smith Jr. | LF | 30 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .262 | .347 | .477 | .358 | 129 | 0.4 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .290 | .333 | .581 | .389 | 151 | 0.4 |
| Yangervis Solarte | 3B | 122 | 506 | 106 | 17 | 54 | 1 | .226 | .277 | .378 | .286 | 79 | 0.3 |
| Jon Berti | 2B | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .317 | 100 | 0.1 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .352 | 125 | 0.0 |
| Sam Gaviglio | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .426 | 177 | 0.0 |
| Darnell Sweeney | LF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 126 | 0.0 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 16 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .233 | .283 | .326 | .271 | 68 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 84 | 0.0 |
| Deck McGuire | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 84 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Sanchez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Marco Estrada | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jake Petricka | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Davis | CF | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .230 | 40 | -0.0 |
| Dalton Pompey | LF | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .224 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Sean Reid-Foley | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Jaime García | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .151 | -16 | -0.2 |
| Gift Ngoepe | 2B | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .083 | -63 | -0.3 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| J.A. Happ | 31 | 31 | 177.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 3.65 | 3.98 | 1.13 | 9.8 | 2.1 |
| Ryan Borucki | 17 | 17 | 97.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 3.87 | 3.80 | 1.32 | 6.2 | 1.4 |
| Marcus Stroman | 19 | 19 | 102.1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 77 | 5.54 | 3.91 | 1.48 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Seunghwan Oh | 73 | 0 | 68.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 2.63 | 3.29 | 1.01 | 10.4 | 1.0 |
| Tim Mayza | 37 | 0 | 35.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3.28 | 3.36 | 1.32 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Sam Gaviglio | 26 | 24 | 123.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 5.31 | 4.69 | 1.44 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Loup | 59 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.54 | 3.61 | 1.56 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
| John Axford | 50 | 1 | 54.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 5.27 | 3.98 | 1.35 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 20 | 20 | 105.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 4.89 | 4.74 | 1.56 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Tepera | 68 | 0 | 64.2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 3.62 | 4.17 | 1.22 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Clippard | 73 | 1 | 68.2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 85 | 3.67 | 4.24 | 1.17 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Rhiner Cruz | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.70 | 2.56 | 1.50 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Jake Petricka | 41 | 0 | 45.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.53 | 4.45 | 1.64 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Mike Hauschild | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4.32 | 4.12 | 1.32 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Sean Reid-Foley | 7 | 7 | 33.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 5.13 | 4.96 | 1.56 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| David Paulino | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.35 | 4.21 | 1.20 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Cumpton | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 4.36 | 3.00 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Murphy Smith | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4.96 | 1.80 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Kendrys Morales | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Guerrieri | 9 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.66 | 5.02 | 1.34 | 7.4 | -0.0 |
| Luis Santos | 15 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7.20 | 5.01 | 1.80 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| José Manuel Fernández | 13 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.10 | 5.68 | 1.35 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Danny Barnes | 47 | 0 | 41.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5.71 | 4.89 | 1.68 | 8.3 | -0.1 |
| Thomas Pannone | 12 | 6 | 43.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.19 | 5.11 | 1.21 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Chris Rowley | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 27.16 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Justin Shafer | 6 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.24 | 7.12 | 1.56 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| Jaime García | 33 | 14 | 82.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 5.82 | 5.16 | 1.54 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Marco Estrada | 28 | 28 | 143.2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 5.64 | 5.44 | 1.43 | 6.5 | -0.6 |
| Preston Guilmet | 8 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11.70 | 10.56 | 2.20 | 7.2 | -0.7 |
| Joe Biagini | 50 | 4 | 72.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 6.00 | 5.47 | 1.67 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Toronto Blue Jays are 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -123 run differential implies .427. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.