- Team WAR
- 42.8 30.9 bat / 11.9 pitch
- Win %
- .562 pyth .610
- Run diff
- +183 5.22 / 4.09 per g
- wRC+
- 116
- ERA
- 3.88 FIP 4.18
- Home runs
- 251
The Toronto Blue Jays went 91-71 in 2021, a .562 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 846 runs and allowed 663, a run differential of +183. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.88 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the best in MLB. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the position players at 6.8 WAR, and Robbie Ray the rotation at a 2.84 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,354 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 161 | 698 | 188 | 48 | 111 | 4 | .311 | .401 | .601 | .422 | 166 | 6.8 |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 162 | 724 | 173 | 45 | 102 | 15 | .265 | .334 | .538 | .370 | 132 | 6.1 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 159 | 690 | 191 | 29 | 102 | 25 | .298 | .343 | .484 | .355 | 122 | 5.5 |
| Teoscar Hernández | RF | 142 | 595 | 163 | 32 | 116 | 12 | .296 | .346 | .524 | .370 | 132 | 3.8 |
| George Springer | DH | 78 | 342 | 79 | 22 | 50 | 4 | .264 | .352 | .555 | .384 | 141 | 2.6 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | LF | 141 | 541 | 138 | 21 | 84 | 1 | .276 | .319 | .466 | .334 | 108 | 1.6 |
| Santiago Espinal | 3B | 82 | 246 | 69 | 2 | 17 | 6 | .311 | .376 | .405 | .347 | 116 | 1.6 |
| Danny Jansen | C | 64 | 205 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 0 | .223 | .299 | .473 | .331 | 106 | 1.3 |
| Alejandro Kirk | C | 58 | 189 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .242 | .328 | .436 | .333 | 107 | 1.1 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 71 | 217 | 50 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .253 | .310 | .343 | .291 | 79 | 0.7 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 143 | 545 | 123 | 22 | 81 | 0 | .241 | .281 | .423 | .301 | 86 | 0.6 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3B | 74 | 294 | 56 | 7 | 27 | 3 | .224 | .322 | .356 | .302 | 86 | 0.5 |
| Breyvic Valera | 3B | 37 | 97 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .253 | .313 | .356 | .296 | 82 | 0.2 |
| Alek Manoah | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Otto Lopez | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Steven Matz | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Jared Hoying | LF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Robbie Ray | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Ross Stripling | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 12 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .200 | .293 | .200 | .239 | 44 | -0.2 |
| Kevin Smith | 3B | 13 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .194 | .188 | .185 | 8 | -0.3 |
| Jonathan Davis | CF | 41 | 103 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .126 | .252 | .172 | .214 | 28 | -0.5 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Robbie Ray | 32 | 32 | 193.1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 248 | 2.84 | 3.69 | 1.04 | 11.5 | 3.1 |
| Steven Matz | 29 | 29 | 150.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 3.82 | 3.79 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 31 | 31 | 169.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 143 | 4.37 | 4.02 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 2.1 |
| Alek Manoah | 20 | 20 | 111.2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 3.22 | 3.80 | 1.05 | 10.2 | 1.7 |
| Adam Cimber | 72 | 0 | 71.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 2.26 | 3.07 | 1.07 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| Jordan Romano | 62 | 0 | 63.0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 85 | 2.14 | 3.15 | 1.05 | 12.1 | 1.1 |
| Tim Mayza | 61 | 0 | 53.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 3.40 | 3.09 | 0.98 | 9.7 | 0.9 |
| Trevor Richards | 53 | 0 | 64.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 3.50 | 4.20 | 0.96 | 10.9 | 0.4 |
| Joel Payamps | 37 | 1 | 50.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3.40 | 4.10 | 1.15 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| David Phelps | 12 | 1 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.87 | 1.72 | 1.16 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
| Tayler Saucedo | 29 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.56 | 3.60 | 1.25 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Chatwood | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 5.63 | 3.95 | 1.47 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Castro | 25 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4.74 | 4.02 | 1.26 | 11.7 | 0.2 |
| Kirby Snead | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.35 | 2.52 | 1.17 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Rafael Dolis | 39 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 5.63 | 4.36 | 1.75 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.13 | 3.42 | 0.88 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Tommy Milone | 6 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6.43 | 4.17 | 1.64 | 10.9 | 0.1 |
| Bryan Baker | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Nate Pearson | 12 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4.20 | 4.64 | 1.73 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| Nick Allgeyer | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ty Tice | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.50 | 5.55 | 1.88 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Thomas Hatch | 3 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.75 | 6.49 | 1.82 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Travis Bergen | 10 | 1 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.69 | 6.08 | 1.22 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Ross Stripling | 24 | 19 | 101.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 94 | 4.80 | 5.21 | 1.27 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Anthony Kay | 11 | 5 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5.61 | 5.43 | 1.66 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Borucki | 24 | 0 | 23.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.94 | 5.66 | 1.23 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Julian Merryweather | 13 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4.85 | 6.48 | 1.31 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Tanner Roark | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.43 | 8.17 | 1.29 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.12 | 9.52 | 2.47 | 9.5 | -0.3 |
| Jeremy Beasley | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.71 | 8.10 | 1.71 | 12.5 | -0.3 |
| Trent Thornton | 37 | 3 | 49.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 4.78 | 5.46 | 1.43 | 9.6 | -0.4 |
| T.J. Zeuch | 5 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6.60 | 9.10 | 2.00 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Toronto Blue Jays are 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +183 run differential implies .610. That is about 8 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.