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Tampa Bay Rays


AL East
Pennants
  • World Series titles: none
  • American League champs: none
  • Division champs: none
  • Wild Card: none
Stadiums
  • Tropicana Field (1998–present)
Front Office
  • Owner: Stuart Sternberg
  • General Manager: Andrew Friedman
  • Manager: Joe Maddon
  • Mascot: Raymond the Ray

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Contents

  • 1 Team History
  • 2 Retired Numbers
  • 3 Owners
  • 4 Managers
  • 5 Awards
  • 6 Record Per Season
  • 7 Current Roster
  • 8 Minor League Teams
  • 9 See Also
    • 9.1 Recent Tampa Bay Rays ArmchairGM Stories


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Rediscovering Talent

Carlos Pena, Rays Firstbaseman. Carlos stormed onto the scene in Tampa after years of failure of major league success. Most teams had given up on the powerful corner infielder, but years later he finally lived up to his potential., and looks to continue his success in 2008. See more Rays players


Time For A Change

Starting in 2008, the Tampa Bay baseball franchise will go by a slightly different name. They will drop the "Devil" part of the name and simply be referred to as the Tampa Bay Rays.

See more Rays teams


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The newly renamed Rays are a team with a the best minor league system in baseball. They will look to move this talent into the Major League level over the next few years in order to compete with the powerful American League teams.



[edit] Team History

[edit] Retired Numbers

  • 12 - Wade Boggs - Thirdbaseman (1998-99)
  • 42 - Jackie Robinson - (Retired throughout MLB)

[edit] Owners

  • (1998-2004) - Vincent J. Naimoli - 15%, Bill Griffin, Dan Doyle Sr., Mark Bostick, Robert Basham, Chris Sullivan - 48%, Limited Partners - 37%
  • (2004-Present) - Stuart Sternberg - 48%, Vincent J. Naimoli - 15%, Limited Partners - 37%

[edit] Managers

  • Joe Maddon (2006-Present) (127-197 through 2007)
  • Lou Piniella (2003-2005) (200-295)
  • Hal McRae ((2001-2002) (113-196)
  • Larry Rothschild (1998-2001) (205-294)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Record Per Season

Year --- Win Loss PCT % GB
1998 63 99 .389 51
1999 69 93 .426 29
2000 69 92 .429 18
2001 62 100 .383 34
2002 55 106 .342 48
2003 63 99 .389 38
2004 70 91 .435 30.5
2005 67 95 .414 28
2006 61 101 .377 36
2007 66 96 .407 30

[edit] Current Roster

Active (25-man) roster Inactive (40-man) roster Coaches/Other
Starting rotation
  • 22 Matt Garza
  • 49 Jason Hammel
  • 36 Edwin Jackson
  • 33 James Shields
  • 21 Andy Sonnanstine

Bullpen

  • 27 Scott Dohmann
  • 47 Gary Glover
  • 39 J. P. Howell
  • 57 Trever Miller
  • 40 Troy Percival (CL)
  • 28 Al Reyes
  • 35 Dan Wheeler


† 15-day disabled list
Roster updated 2008-04-01
Transactions • Depth Chart

Catchers
  • 20 Mike DiFelice
  •  9 Shawn Riggans

Infielders

  • 16 Willy Aybar
  •  8 Jason Bartlett
  • 32 Eric Hinske
  •  1 Akinori Iwamura
  • 43 Elliot Johnson
  • 23 Carlos Peña

Outfielders

  • 13 Carl Crawford
  • 15 Cliff Floyd
  • 37 Nathan Haynes
  •  2 B. J. Upton

Designated hitters

  • 31 Jonny Gomes
Pitchers
  • 24 Kurt Birkins †
  • 45 James Houser
  • 19 Scott Kazmir †
  • 56 Calvin Medlock
  • 34 Jeff Niemann
  • 54 Chad Orvella †
  • 14 David Price
  • 11 Jae Kuk Ryu
  • 51 Mitch Talbot

Catchers

  • 65 John Jaso
  • 30 Dioner Navarro †

Infielders

  • 29 Joel Guzmán
  • 18 Ben Zobrist †

Outfielders

  • 38 Fernando Perez
  • 10 Justin Ruggiano
Manager
  • 70 Joe Maddon

Coaches

  • 72 Tim Bogar (assistant major league coach)
  •  6 Tom Foley (third base)
  • 55 Steve Henderson (hitting)
  • 25 George Hendrick (first base)
  • 48 Jim Hickey (pitching)
  •  4 Dave Martinez (bench)
  •  7 Bobby Ramos (bullpen)
  • 60 Don Zimmer (senior advisor)

60-day disabled list

  •  5 Rocco Baldelli


[edit] Minor League Teams

  • Triple A: Durham Bulls, International League
  • Double A: Montgomery Biscuits, Southern League
  • Advanced A: Vero Beach Devil Rays, Florida State League
  • Single A: Columbus Catfish, South Atlantic League
  • Short A: Hudson Valley Renegades, New York-Penn League
  • Rookie: Princeton Devil Rays, Appalachian League

[edit] See Also

[edit] Recent Tampa Bay Rays ArmchairGM Stories

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