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2008 Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)
+ American League
| Nickname: | |||
| W-L Record: | 97-65 .599 | ||
| Rank: | 1st in American League East | ||
| Run Differential: | 774-671 + 103 | ||
| Manager(s): | Joe Maddon | ||
| General Manager: | Andrew Friedman | ||
| Location: | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Ballpark: | Tropicana Field | ||
| Payroll: | $ 43,820,597 29/30 | ||
| Attendance: | 1,780,791 26/30 | ||
| Playoffs: | Lost World Series (Philadelphia) | ||
| Top Draft Pick: | Tim Beckham (#1) All picks | ||
| Years Active: | |||
| Franchise Information | |||
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach: Tim BogarBench Coach: Dave Martinez
Bullpen Coach: Bobby Ramos
First Base Coach: George Hendrick
Hitting Coach: Steve Henderson
Pitching Coach: Jim Hickey
Third Base Coach: Tom Foley
#1 Draft Picks
David Price (#1), B.J. Upton (#2), Evan Longoria (#3), Jeff Niemann (#4), Rocco Baldelli (#6), Carlos Pena (#10), Cliff Floyd (#14), Scott Kazmir (#15), Gabe Gross (#15), Scott Kazmir (#15), Matt Garza (#25), J.P. Howell (#31), Nathan Haynes (#32), Trever Miller (#41)Organization Affiliates
MLB: Tampa Bay Rays (MLB-AL) 97-65AAA: Durham Bulls (IL) 74-70
AA: Montgomery Biscuits (Sou) 69-70
A+: Vero Beach Devil Rays (FSL) 54-81
A: Columbus Catfish (SAL) 67-69
A-: Hudson Valley Renegades (NYPL) 40-35
Rk: Princeton Devil Rays (App) 24-38
Organizational Player Roster
Tampa Bay Rays Affiliate History
| American League East Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| Tampa Bay | 97 | 65 | .599 | -- | |||||
| Boston | 95 | 67 | .586 | 2.0 | |||||
| NY Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8.0 | |||||
| Toronto | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11.0 | |||||
| Baltimore | 68 | 93 | .422 | 28.5 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA |
| 16 | Willy Aybar | 3B | 25 | 95 | 324 | 33 | 82 *Loading* (click to close) | 17 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 33 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .253 | .319 | .410 | 729 | .157 | .256 | .266 | 1.38 | 32.4 | 133 | 358 |
| 5 | Rocco Baldelli | DH | 26 | 28 | 80 | 12 | 21 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .322 | .475 | 797 | .213 | .300 | .333 | 3.57 | 20.0 | 38 | 87 |
| 50 | Grant Balfour | P | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | - | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jason Bartlett | SS | 28 | 128 | 454 | 48 | 130 *Loading* (click to close) | 25 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 37 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .286 | .317 | .361 | 678 | .075 | .154 | .332 | 3.14 | 454.0 | 164 | 485 |
| 44 | Reid Brignac | SS | 22 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | .000 | 91 | .000 | .100 | .000 | 5.00 | -- | 0 | 11 |
| 41 | Andy Cannizaro | SS | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Carl Crawford | LF | 26 | 109 | 443 | 69 | 121 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 57 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .273 | .316 | .400 | 716 | .126 | .235 | .297 | 2.00 | 55.4 | 177 | 478 |
| 20 | Mike DiFelice | C | 39 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .333 | .350 | 683 | .050 | .100 | .316 | 1.00 | -- | 7 | 21 |
| 15 | Cliff Floyd | DH | 35 | 80 | 246 | 32 | 66 *Loading* (click to close) | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 39 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .268 | .337 | .455 | 792 | .187 | .305 | .302 | 2.07 | 22.4 | 112 | 279 |
| 22 | Matt Garza | P | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | 200 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 3.00 | -- | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Jonny Gomes | DH-RF | 27 | 77 | 154 | 23 | 28 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 21 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .253 | .383 | 636 | .201 | .344 | .198 | 3.07 | 19.3 | 59 | 170 |
| 26 | Gabe Gross | RF | 28 | 127 | 302 | 40 | 73 *Loading* (click to close) | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 38 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .242 | .329 | .434 | 763 | .192 | .325 | .279 | 1.88 | 23.2 | 131 | 343 |
| 37 | Nathan Haynes | RF | 28 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .277 | .227 | 504 | .000 | .136 | .313 | 4.00 | -- | 10 | 47 |
| 41 | Michel Hernandez | C | 29 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 400 | .000 | .000 | .250 | -- | -- | 3 | 15 |
| 32 | Eric Hinske | RF-LF | 30 | 133 | 381 | 59 | 94 *Loading* (click to close) | 21 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 20 *Loading* (click to close) | 60 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .247 | .329 | .465 | 794 | .218 | .360 | .270 | 1.87 | 19.1 | 177 | 429 |
| 39 | J.P. Howell | P | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | - | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Akinori Iwamura | 2B | 29 | 152 | 627 | 91 | 172 *Loading* (click to close) | 30 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 48 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .274 | .346 | .380 | 726 | .105 | .220 | .337 | 1.87 | 104.5 | 238 | 703 |
| 36 | Edwin Jackson | P | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | 200 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 1.00 | -- | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | John Jaso | C | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 400 | .000 | .000 | .250 | -- | -- | 2 | 10 |
| 24 | Dan Johnson | 1B | 28 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .286 | .440 | 726 | .240 | .360 | .188 | 2.33 | 12.5 | 11 | 28 |
| 43 | Elliot Johnson | SS | 24 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | 316 | .000 | -.053 | .250 | -- | -- | 3 | 19 |
| 19 | Scott Kazmir | P | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Evan Longoria | 3B | 22 | 122 | 448 | 67 | 122 *Loading* (click to close) | 31 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 27 *Loading* (click to close) | 85 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 122 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .272 | .335 | .531 | 866 | .259 | .377 | .309 | 2.65 | 16.6 | 238 | 502 |
| 30 | Dioner Navarro | C | 24 | 120 | 427 | 43 | 126 *Loading* (click to close) | 27 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 7 *Loading* (click to close) | 54 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .295 | .345 | .407 | 752 | .112 | .183 | .318 | 1.44 | 61.0 | 174 | 467 |
| 23 | Carlos Pena | 1B | 30 | 139 | 490 | 76 | 121 *Loading* (click to close) | 24 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 31 *Loading* (click to close) | 102 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 166 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .247 | .365 | .494 | 859 | .247 | .443 | .298 | 1.73 | 15.8 | 242 | 595 |
| 38 | Fernando Perez | CF-LF | 25 | 23 | 60 | 18 | 15 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .338 | .433 | 771 | .183 | .400 | .293 | 2.00 | 20.0 | 26 | 71 |
| 9 | Shawn Riggans | C | 27 | 44 | 135 | 21 | 30 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .282 | .407 | 689 | .185 | .274 | .238 | 2.50 | 22.5 | 55 | 151 |
| 10 | Justin Ruggiano | LF-RF | 26 | 45 | 76 | 9 | 15 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .197 | .238 | .329 | 567 | .132 | .211 | .277 | 6.75 | 38.0 | 25 | 80 |
| 33 | James Shields | P | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | 650 | .000 | .250 | .250 | 0.00 | -- | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Andy Sonnanstine | P | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .571 | .400 | 971 | .000 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.50 | -- | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | B.J. Upton | CF | 23 | 145 | 531 | 85 | 145 *Loading* (click to close) | 37 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 67 | 44 | 16 | 97 | 134 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | .273 | .381 | .401 | 782 | .128 | .363 | .344 | 1.38 | 59.0 | 213 | 638 |
| 18 | Ben Zobrist | SS | 27 | 62 | 198 | 32 | 50 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 30 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .253 | .333 | .505 | 838 | .253 | .394 | .252 | 1.48 | 16.5 | 100 | 225 |
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB | BABIP |
| 28 | Al Reyes | 2 | 2 | 4.30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.35 | 8.22 | 0.78 | 3.91 | 7.43 | 1.90 | .306 |
| 49 | Jason Hammel | 4 | 4 | 4.62 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 78 | 83 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.51 | 9.58 | 1.27 | 4.04 | 5.08 | 1.26 | .288 |
| 19 | Scott Kazmir | 12 | 8 | 3.49 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 123 | 61 | 59 | 23 | 70 | 166 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.27 | 7.28 | 1.36 | 4.14 | 9.83 | 2.37 | .271 |
| 39 | J.P. Howell | 6 | 1 | 2.22 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 89 | 62 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 39 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.13 | 6.27 | 0.61 | 3.94 | 9.30 | 2.36 | .252 |
| 34 | Jeff Niemann | 2 | 2 | 5.06 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.62 | 10.12 | 1.69 | 4.50 | 7.87 | 1.75 | .312 |
| 21 | Andy Sonnanstine | 13 | 9 | 4.38 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 212 | 105 | 94 | 21 | 37 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.29 | 9.89 | 0.98 | 1.73 | 5.78 | 3.35 | .309 |
| 22 | Matt Garza | 11 | 9 | 3.70 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 170 | 83 | 76 | 19 | 59 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1.24 | 8.27 | 0.92 | 2.87 | 6.23 | 2.17 | .276 |
| 33 | James Shields | 14 | 8 | 3.56 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 208 | 94 | 85 | 24 | 40 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1.15 | 8.71 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 6.70 | 4.00 | .290 |
| 51 | Mitch Talbot | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 14.40 | 2.70 | 9.90 | 4.50 | 0.45 | .382 |
| 35 | Dan Wheeler | 5 | 6 | 3.14 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 1.36 | 3.00 | 7.23 | 2.41 | .192 |
| 57 | Trever Miller | 2 | 0 | 4.19 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.37 | 8.16 | 0.42 | 4.19 | 9.21 | 2.20 | .322 |
| 52 | Juan Salas | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 12.00 | 2.00 | .333 |
| 40 | Troy Percival | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 28 | 45 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.22 | 5.67 | 1.76 | 5.28 | 7.43 | 1.41 | .172 |
| 47 | Gary Glover | 1 | 2 | 5.82 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 42 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.76 | 11.12 | 0.79 | 4.76 | 5.82 | 1.22 | .339 |
| 53 | Chad Bradford | 1 | 0 | 1.42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 8.53 | 0.47 | 3.79 | 1.89 | 0.50 | .239 |
| 50 | Grant Balfour | 6 | 2 | 1.55 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 58 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 4.34 | 0.47 | 3.72 | 12.72 | 3.42 | .225 |
| 24 | Kurt Birkins | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 6.30 | 1.40 | .208 |
| 27 | Scott Dohmann | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | 10.80 | 1.20 | 4.20 | 7.20 | 1.71 | .364 |
| 36 | Edwin Jackson | 14 | 11 | 4.43 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 199 | 91 | 90 | 23 | 77 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1.51 | 9.79 | 1.13 | 3.79 | 5.31 | 1.40 | .306 |
| 11 | Jae-Kuk Ryu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 1.00 | .000 |
| 14 | David Price | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.93 | 5.79 | 0.64 | 2.57 | 7.71 | 3.00 | .211 |
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