American League East · 2021
Toronto Blue Jays 2021
- Team WAR
- 46.0 30.1 bat / 15.9 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 6.9 WAR, and Robbie Ray the rotation at a 2.84 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 161 | 698 | 188 | 48 | 111 | 4 | .311 | .401 | .601 | .422 | 166 | 6.9 |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 162 | 724 | 173 | 45 | 102 | 15 | .265 | .334 | .538 | .370 | 132 | 6.3 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 159 | 690 | 191 | 29 | 102 | 25 | .298 | .343 | .484 | .355 | 122 | 5.7 |
| 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 | 2.5 |
| Santiago Espinal | 3B | 82 | 246 | 69 | 2 | 17 | 6 | .311 | .376 | .405 | .347 | 116 | 1.6 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | LF | 141 | 541 | 138 | 21 | 84 | 1 | .276 | .319 | .466 | .334 | 108 | 1.5 |
| Danny Jansen | C | 64 | 205 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 0 | .223 | .299 | .473 | .331 | 106 | 1.1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | C | 58 | 189 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .242 | .328 | .436 | .333 | 107 | 0.8 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3B | 74 | 294 | 56 | 7 | 27 | 3 | .224 | .322 | .356 | .302 | 86 | 0.5 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 71 | 217 | 50 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .253 | .310 | .343 | .291 | 79 | 0.5 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 143 | 545 | 123 | 22 | 81 | 0 | .241 | .281 | .423 | .301 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Breyvic Valera | 3B | 37 | 97 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .253 | .313 | .356 | .296 | 82 | 0.1 |
| Alek Manoah | P | 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 |
| Otto Lopez | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Ross Stripling | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Robbie Ray | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Jared Hoying | LF | 2 | 3 | 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 | 3.9 |
| Steven Matz | 29 | 29 | 150.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 3.82 | 3.79 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 2.8 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 31 | 31 | 169.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 143 | 4.37 | 4.02 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 2.7 |
| Alek Manoah | 20 | 20 | 111.2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 3.22 | 3.80 | 1.05 | 10.2 | 2.1 |
| Adam Cimber | 72 | 0 | 71.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 2.26 | 3.07 | 1.07 | 6.4 | 1.5 |
| Jordan Romano | 62 | 0 | 63.0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 85 | 2.14 | 3.15 | 1.05 | 12.1 | 1.3 |
| Tim Mayza | 61 | 0 | 53.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 3.40 | 3.09 | 0.98 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| Trevor Richards | 53 | 0 | 64.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 3.50 | 4.20 | 0.96 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| Joel Payamps | 37 | 1 | 50.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3.40 | 4.10 | 1.15 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| David Phelps | 12 | 1 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.87 | 1.72 | 1.16 | 13.1 | 0.4 |
| Tayler Saucedo | 29 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.56 | 3.60 | 1.25 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Ross Stripling | 24 | 19 | 101.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 94 | 4.80 | 5.21 | 1.27 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Nate Pearson | 12 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4.20 | 4.64 | 1.73 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Bryan Baker | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 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 |
| Anthony Kay | 11 | 5 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5.61 | 5.43 | 1.66 | 10.4 | -0.1 |
| Thomas Hatch | 3 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.75 | 6.49 | 1.82 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Travis Bergen | 10 | 1 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.69 | 6.08 | 1.22 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| Trent Thornton | 37 | 3 | 49.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 4.78 | 5.46 | 1.43 | 9.6 | -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 |
| T.J. Zeuch | 5 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6.60 | 9.10 | 2.00 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 10,119 80 home dates
- Median
- 10,056
- Total
- 809,557
- Best
- 29,942 2021-10-03
- Quietest
- 1,107 2021-05-16
- On the road
- 16,398 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 10,119 | 10,056 | 1,107 | 29,942 |
| Night | 51 | 9,662 | 7,844 | 1,171 | 29,659 |
| Day | 29 | 10,925 | 12,335 | 1,107 | 29,942 |
| Weekend | 41 | 10,286 | 10,100 | 1,107 | 29,942 |
| Weekday | 39 | 9,945 | 7,288 | 1,274 | 29,659 |
| On the road | 78 | 16,398 | 15,213 | 2,893 | 38,238 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 1,475 |
| May | 12 | 1,472 |
| Jun | 14 | 6,292 |
| Jul | 11 | 9,950 |
| Aug | 19 | 13,885 |
| Sep | 13 | 17,582 |
| Oct | 3 | 29,571 |
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, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:01 149 games
- All games
- 3:04
- Extra innings
- 3:42 12 of them
- Longest
- 4:26 2021-05-21, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 1:48 2021-07-18
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:04 | 3:05 | 1:48 | 4:26 |
| Regulation | 149 | 3:01 | 3:04 | 1:48 | 4:04 |
| Extra innings | 12 | 3:42 | 3:42 | 2:59 | 4:26 |
| Home | 81 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 1:48 | 4:26 |
| Road | 80 | 3:02 | 3:09 | 2:05 | 3:54 |
| Day | 58 | 3:00 | 3:04 | 1:48 | 4:04 |
| Night | 103 | 3:07 | 3:06 | 2:11 | 4:26 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 3:10 |
| May | 12 | 3:27 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:17 |
| Jul | 11 | 2:45 |
| Aug | 19 | 3:01 |
| Sep | 13 | 3:00 |
| Oct | 3 | 3:01 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 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.