The Tampa Bay Rays have taken on their division rival north of the border in a total of 451 regular season games, plus two playoff games (both of which went in the Rays favor). Over those regular season games, the Rays have gone 245-206 (.543%).
The Rays overtook the Blue Jays in the all-time series win column back in 2011 and haven’t looked back. Since the start of the 2007 season, the Rays have either tied or won the season series a total of 13 times and have taken the past five season series in a row against Toronto.
As for the best (and the worst) individual performers against Toronto, well look now further. Below are the Rays statistical leaders (min. 50 PA) all-time against the Toronto Blue Jays.
HOME RUNS
- Best: 24 – Evan Longoria
- Worst: 0 – 14 tied with zero, Jason Bartlett has the most PA (175)
AVERAGE
- Best: .365 – Avisail Garcia
- Worst: .148 – Asdrubal Cabrera
ON-BASE
- Best: .431 – Casey Kotchman
- Worst: .185 – Asdrubal Cabrera
SLUGGING
- Best: .651 – Avisail Garcia
- Worst: .200 – Reid Brignac
Meanwhile, here are the pitchers (min. 50 batters faced)
ERA
- Best: 0.64 – Roberto Hernandez (the O.G.)
- Worst: 9.28 – Trever Miller
K%
- Best: 34.6% – Pete Fairbanks
- Worst: 1.9% – Steve Trachsel
BB%
- Best: 0.0% – Sergio Romo
- Worst: 18.2% – Trever Miller
HR%
- Best: 0% – 5 tied, Jae-Weong Seo faced the most hitters (83)
- Worst: 10.0% – Sergio Romo
REACHED BASE %
- Best: 22.6% – Ryne Stanek
- Worst: 49.1% – Trever Miller
As for the best overall single-game performances:
HITTER
On April 6th, 2016, Steven Souza Jr. had perhaps the best game of his career. Souza made four trips to the plate in an eventual Rays 5-3 victory. Over the course of those trips to the plate, Souza would launch two homeruns, as well as a double and a single, accruing 11 total bases.
PITCHER
On September 24th, 2000, Travis Harper flummoxed the Toronto Blue Jays. During a 6-0 Devil Rays drubbing of Toronto, Harper pitched a complete game shutout, yielding just two hits and one walk, while striking out three. Although his 85.0 GameScore isn’t the highest in a single-game against Toronto, Harper’s RE24 is the top mark.
