en 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Vince Naimoli
General managers	Chuck LaMar
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	FSN Florida; WXPX; (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
Radio	WHNZ; (Rich Herrera, Dave Wills, Andy Freed); WZHR; (Jose Anzola, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the team's eighth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with the AL's third-worst record of 67–95. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his third and last season with the Devil Rays.

Offseason

October 15, 2004: Midre Cummings was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[1]
January 12, 2005: Alex Gonzalez was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[2]
February 7, 2005: Denny Neagle was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[3]
April 4, 2005: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Devil Rays.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	53‍–‍28	42‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	—	54‍–‍27	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	21	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	.414	28	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Notable transactions

June 13, 2005: Charles Johnson was released by the Devil Rays.^[4]

Roster

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

14 Lou Piniella

Coaches

4 Lee Elia (hitting)
6 Tom Foley (third base)
22 Billy Hatcher (first base)
55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching)
7 John McLaren (bench)
15 Matt Sinatro (bullpen)
56 Don Zimmer (advisor)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Toby Hall	135	432	124	.287	5	48
1B	Travis Lee	129	404	110	.272	12	49
2B	Nick Green	111	318	76	.239	5	29
SS	Julio Lugo	158	616	182	.295	6	57
3B	Alex Gonzalez	109	349	94	.269	9	38
LF	Carl Crawford	156	644	194	.301	15	81
CF	Damon Hollins	120	342	85	.249	13	46
RF	Aubrey Huff	154	575	150	.261	22	92
DH	Jonny Gomes	101	348	98	.282	21	54

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jorge Cantú	150	598	171	.286	28	117
Joey Gathright	76	203	56	.276	0	13
Eduardo Pérez	77	161	41	.255	11	28
Josh Phelps	47	158	42	.266	5	26
Alex Sánchez	43	133	46	.346	2	13
Pete LaForest	25	64	11	.172	1	4
Chris Singleton	28	59	16	.271	0	11
Charles Johnson	19	46	9	.196	0	5
Kevin Cash	13	31	5	.161	2	2
Reggie Taylor	11	22	4	.182	0	1
Eric Munson	11	18	3	.167	0	2
Fernando Cortez	8	13	1	.077	0	1
Tim Laker	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Scott Kazmir	32	186.0	10	9	3.77	174
Mark Hendrickson	31	178.1	11	8	5.90	89
Doug Waechter	29	157.0	5	12	5.62	87
Hideo Nomo	19	100.2	5	8	7.24	59
John Webb	1	4.0	0	1	18.00	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Casey Fossum	36	162.2	8	12	4.92	128
Seth McClung	34	109.1	7	11	6.59	92
Dewon Brazelton	20	71.0	1	8	7.61	43
Rob Bell	8	25.0	1	1	8.28	13
Tim Corcoran	10	22.2	0	0	5.96	13

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Danys Báez	67	72.1	5	4	41	2.86	51
Trever Miller	61	44.1	2	2	0	4.06	35
Travis Harper	52	73.1	4	6	0	6.75	40
Lance Carter	39	57.0	1	2	1	4.89	22
Chad Orvella	37	50.0	3	3	1	3.60	43
Jesús Colomé	36	45.1	2	3	0	4.57	28
Joe Borowski	32	35.1	1	5	0	3.82	16
Joe Beimel	7	11.0	0	0	0	3.27	3
Lee Gardner	5	7.1	0	0	0	4.91	4
Franklin Núñez	5	5.0	1	0	0	10.80	2
Jon Switzer	2	4.0	0	0	0	6.75	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Bill Evers
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Charlie Montoyo
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Steve Livesey
A	Southwest Michigan Devil Rays	Midwest League	Joe Szekely
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Dave Howard
Rookie	Princeton Devil Rays	Appalachian League	Jamie Nelson

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Notes

^ "Midre Cummings Stats".
^ "Alex Gonzalez Stats".
^ Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

[1] "Midre Cummings Stats".

[2] "Alex Gonzalez Stats".

[3] Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[johnson-4] Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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