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 2.4 WAR, and J.A. Happ the rotation at a 3.65 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 35 games back. They were as far as 35.5 games back on September 13. Their best month was March/April at 16-12, their worst May at 9-19. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from August 20 to August 25 and a 5-game losing streak from May 28 to June 2. They were 40-41 at home and 33-48 on the road, 23-17 in one-run games and 31-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 at the Mets on May 16; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 at the Yankees on September 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
12
.571
149
120
+29
May
9
19
.321
107
161
-54
June
14
12
.538
109
115
-6
July
9
15
.375
109
142
-33
August
13
15
.464
126
158
-32
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
109
136
-27
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
23-17
.575
Extra innings
10-6
.625
Within the division
30-46
.395
Against .500+ clubs
31-60
.341
Decided by 5+ runs
15-34
.306
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2018. 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
80
29,066
28,568
16,629
48,115
Night
45
24,902
24,494
16,629
37,254
Day
35
34,420
35,146
18,645
48,115
Weekend
39
32,135
33,127
21,167
44,352
Weekday
41
26,146
24,494
16,629
48,115
On the road
80
25,152
25,851
7,915
44,778
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
39,841
Apr
13
22,123
May
13
28,360
Jun
13
31,432
Jul
13
33,432
Aug
12
30,984
Sep
14
23,890
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 161 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
2:56
145 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:31
16 of them
Longest
4:20
2018-07-25, 11 inn
Shortest
2:19
2018-05-08
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
161
3:00
2:57
2:16
4:47
Regulation
145
2:56
2:56
2:16
3:54
Extra innings
16
3:31
3:32
2:44
4:47
Home
81
2:59
2:56
2:19
4:20
Road
80
3:00
2:59
2:16
4:47
Day
64
3:02
2:56
2:25
4:47
Night
97
2:58
2:58
2:16
3:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
2:46
Apr
13
3:02
May
13
3:11
Jun
13
2:55
Jul
13
3:01
Aug
12
2:50
Sep
14
2:59
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 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.
