American League East · 2020

Toronto Blue Jays 2020

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Team WAR: 12.7
Win %: .533
Run diff: -10
wRC+: 107
ERA: 4.56
Home runs: 89

The Toronto Blue Jays went 32-28 in 2020, a .533 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 302 runs and allowed 312, a run differential of -10. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.56 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Cavan Biggio led the position players at 2.0 WAR, and Hyun Jin Ryu the rotation at a 2.69 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 3rd in the AL East, 8 games back. They spent 2 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 8.5 games back on September 19. Their best month was August at 15-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 14-13. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 17 to August 21 and a 6-game losing streak from September 15 to September 19. They were 17-13 at home and 15-15 on the road, 13-10 in one-run games and 12-15 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Yankees on September 23; the heaviest defeat, 18-1 against the Mets on September 11.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	4	.429	25	26	-1
August	15	11	.577	133	118	+15
Sept/Oct	14	13	.519	144	168	-24

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	17-13	.567
Road	15-15	.500
One-run games	13-10	.565
Extra innings	5-6	.455
Within the division	22-18	.550
Against .500+ clubs	12-15	.444
Decided by 5+ runs	8-7	.533
Last 10	6-4	.600

American League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	289	229	+60	16.3
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	315	270	+45	15.9
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	302	312	-10	12.7
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	274	294	-20	10.7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	292	351	-59	10.6

2020 Toronto Blue Jays roster

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.

Catchers 4

Danny JansenC · 41 G · 0.5 WAR
Alejandro KirkC · 8 G · 0.3 WAR
Caleb JosephC · 3 G · 0.1 WAR
Reese McGuireC · 16 G · -0.7 WAR

Infielders 8

Cavan Biggio2B · 59 G · 2.0 WAR
Bo BichetteSS · 29 G · 0.9 WAR
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B · 60 G · 0.8 WAR
Rowdy Tellez1B · 35 G · 0.7 WAR
Travis Shaw3B · 48 G · 0.3 WAR
Joe Panik2B · 41 G · 0.2 WAR
Santiago EspinalSS · 23 G · 0.1 WAR
Brandon Drury3B · 17 G · -0.5 WAR

Outfielders 7

Teoscar HernándezRF · 50 G · 1.6 WAR
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF · 56 G · 1.4 WAR
Randal GrichukCF · 55 G · 1.0 WAR
Derek FisherRF · 16 G · 0.2 WAR
Jonathan DavisRF · 13 G · 0.2 WAR
Anthony AlfordCF · 14 G · 0.1 WAR
Billy McKinneyRF · 1 G · 0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Hyun Jin Ryu12 GS · 2.0 WAR
Taijuan Walker11 GS · 0.6 WAR
Trent Thornton3 GS · 0.2 WAR
Matt Shoemaker6 GS · -0.1 WAR
Chase Anderson7 GS · -0.3 WAR
Nate Pearson4 GS · -0.3 WAR
Tanner Roark11 GS · -0.7 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Rafael Dolis24 G · 0.5 WAR
Julian Merryweather8 G · 0.4 WAR
Anthony Bass26 G · 0.4 WAR
Jordan Romano15 G · 0.3 WAR
Thomas Hatch17 G · 0.3 WAR
Ryan Borucki21 G · 0.3 WAR
A.J. Cole24 G · 0.2 WAR
Patrick Murphy4 G · 0.2 WAR
Sean Reid-Foley5 G · 0.1 WAR
Jacob Waguespack11 G · 0.1 WAR
Wilmer Font21 G · 0.0 WAR
T.J. Zeuch3 G · 0.0 WAR
Anthony Kay13 G · 0.0 WAR
Sam Gaviglio4 G · -0.1 WAR
Santiago Espinal2 G · -0.2 WAR
Hector Perez1 G · -0.2 WAR
Ken Giles4 G · -0.2 WAR
Shun Yamaguchi17 G · -0.4 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

506 team hits

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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Cavan Biggio	2B	59	265	55	8	28	6	.250	.375	.432	.359	124	2.0
Teoscar Hernández	RF	50	207	55	16	34	6	.289	.340	.579	.384	141	1.6
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	LF	56	224	64	11	33	3	.308	.348	.534	.373	133	1.4
Randal Grichuk	CF	55	231	59	12	35	1	.273	.312	.481	.335	107	1.0
Bo Bichette	SS	29	128	37	5	23	4	.301	.328	.512	.354	120	0.9
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	60	243	58	9	33	1	.262	.329	.462	.340	111	0.8
Rowdy Tellez	1B	35	127	32	8	23	0	.283	.346	.540	.370	131	0.7
Danny Jansen	C	41	147	22	6	20	0	.183	.313	.358	.303	86	0.5
Alejandro Kirk	C	8	25	9	1	3	0	.375	.400	.583	.419	164	0.3
Travis Shaw	3B	48	180	39	6	17	0	.239	.306	.411	.311	92	0.3
Derek Fisher	RF	16	39	7	1	7	0	.226	.359	.452	.352	119	0.2
Joe Panik	2B	41	141	27	1	7	0	.225	.340	.300	.300	84	0.2
Jonathan Davis	RF	13	34	7	1	6	1	.259	.364	.444	.353	120	0.2
Santiago Espinal	SS	23	66	16	0	6	1	.267	.308	.333	.284	73	0.1
Anthony Alford	CF	14	29	6	2	7	3	.214	.241	.500	.307	89	0.1
Caleb Joseph	C	3	9	1	1	2	0	.125	.222	.500	.298	82	0.1
Billy McKinney	RF	1	3	2	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	.590	279	0.1
Brandon Drury	3B	17	49	7	0	1	0	.152	.184	.174	.163	-8	-0.5
Reese McGuire	C	16	45	3	1	1	0	.073	.073	.146	.091	-57	-0.7

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Hyun Jin Ryu	12	12	67.0	5	2	0	72	2.69	3.01	1.15	9.7	2.0
Taijuan Walker	11	11	53.1	4	3	0	50	2.70	4.56	1.16	8.4	0.6
Rafael Dolis	24	0	24.0	2	2	5	31	1.50	3.02	1.25	11.6	0.5
Julian Merryweather	8	3	13.0	0	0	0	15	4.15	2.27	1.31	10.4	0.4
Anthony Bass	26	0	25.2	2	3	7	21	3.51	3.62	1.01	7.4	0.4
Jordan Romano	15	0	14.2	2	1	2	21	1.23	3.12	0.89	12.9	0.3
Thomas Hatch	17	1	26.1	3	1	0	23	2.73	4.14	1.18	7.9	0.3
Ryan Borucki	21	0	16.2	1	1	0	21	2.70	3.61	1.44	11.3	0.3
A.J. Cole	24	0	23.1	3	0	1	20	3.09	4.31	1.20	7.7	0.2
Trent Thornton	3	3	5.2	0	0	0	6	11.12	2.66	3.18	9.5	0.2
Patrick Murphy	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	5	1.50	2.52	1.33	7.5	0.2
Sean Reid-Foley	5	0	6.2	1	0	0	6	1.35	4.09	1.35	8.1	0.1
Jacob Waguespack	11	0	17.2	0	0	0	16	8.15	4.72	2.04	8.2	0.1
Wilmer Font	21	0	16.1	1	3	0	15	9.92	4.78	2.27	8.3	0.0
T.J. Zeuch	3	1	11.1	1	0	0	3	1.59	4.87	1.15	2.4	0.0
Anthony Kay	13	0	21.0	2	0	0	22	5.14	4.95	1.71	9.4	0.0
Sam Gaviglio	4	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	9.00	7.52	2.67	3.0	-0.1
Matt Shoemaker	6	6	28.2	0	1	0	26	4.71	5.95	1.08	8.2	-0.1
Santiago Espinal	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	9.00	12.69	2.00	0.0	-0.2
Hector Perez	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	10.80	15.19	3.60	5.4	-0.2
Ken Giles	4	0	3.2	0	0	1	6	9.82	10.28	2.18	14.7	-0.2
Chase Anderson	10	7	33.2	1	2	0	38	7.22	6.16	1.63	10.2	-0.3
Nate Pearson	5	4	18.0	1	0	0	16	6.00	7.19	1.50	8.0	-0.3
Shun Yamaguchi	17	0	25.2	2	4	0	26	8.06	6.43	1.75	9.1	-0.4
Tanner Roark	11	11	47.2	2	3	0	41	6.80	6.86	1.74	7.7	-0.7

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	21	0	0	0	0
Day	9	0	0	0	0
Weekend	14	0	0	0	0
Weekday	16	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:10
All games: 3:15
Extra innings: 3:37
Longest: 4:20
Shortest: 2:33

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	60	3:15	3:13	2:33	4:23
Regulation	49	3:10	3:06	2:33	4:23
Extra innings	11	3:37	3:33	2:54	4:20
Home	30	3:16	3:12	2:33	4:20
Road	30	3:15	3:14	2:37	4:23
Day	17	3:16	3:12	2:43	4:23
Night	43	3:15	3:14	2:33	4:20

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	2	3:34
Aug	13	3:16
Sep	15	3:13

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 190 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 32-28, a .533 win rate, while their -10 run differential implies .485. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.