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Major League Baseball franchise in St. Petersburg, Florida

Tampa Bay Rays
2022 Tampa Bay Rays season
Established in 1998
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
American League (1998–present) East Division (1998–nowadays)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	12 66 42
Colors
Navy blue, calorie-free bluish, yellow, white[1] [two] [3]
Name
Tampa Bay Rays (2008–nowadays) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2007)
Ballpark
Tropicana Field (1998–present)
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)	None
AL Pennants (2)	2008 2020
AL East Division titles (iv)	2008 2010 2020 2021
Wild card berths (3)	2011 2013 2019
Front end office
Principal owner(southward)	Stuart Sternberg
President	Brian Auld Matt Silverman
General manager	Erik Neander
Managing director	Kevin Cash

The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional person baseball squad based in St. petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball game (MLB) as a fellow member club of the American League (AL) East sectionalization. Since its inception, the squad'southward home venue has been Tropicana Field.

Following well-nigh three decades of unsuccessfully trying to proceeds an expansion franchise or enticing existing teams to relocate to the Tampa Bay expanse, an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March ix, 1995. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in the 1998 Major League Baseball season.

The team's offset decade of play was marked by futility; they finished in concluding identify in the AL Due east in all but the 2004 flavour, when they finished second to final.^[4] Following the 2007 season, Stuart Sternberg, who had purchased controlling involvement in the team from Vince Naimoli two years before,^[5] changed the team'south name from "Devil Rays" to "Rays", now meant to primarily refer to a outburst of sunshine rather than a manta ray,^[ane] though a manta ray logo remains on the compatible sleeves. The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their outset winning flavour, their outset AL E championship, and their beginning American League pennant (defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS), though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. Since so, the Rays accept played in the postseason six more than times, winning the American League pennant again in 2020 and losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in that year's Globe Series.

The Tampa Bay Rays' chief rivals are the Boston Ruby Sox and the New York Yankees. Regarding the former, there accept been several notable on-field incidents.^[6] The Rays likewise take an intrastate interleague rivalry with the National League (NL)'s Miami Marlins (originally the Florida Marlins), whom they play in the Citrus Series.

Through 2021, the Rays' all-fourth dimension record is i,826–1,958 (.483).^[seven]

History [edit]

Expansion team [edit]

The prospect of a Major League Baseball squad in the Tampa Bay area had been floated as early equally 1966, when civic leader and St. Petersburg Times publisher Jack Lake first suggested St. petersburg as a suitable city for baseball. Local leaders made many unsuccessful attempts to larn a major league baseball game team in the 1980s and 1990s. The Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners all considered moving to either Tampa or St. Petersburg before deciding to remain in their electric current locations. The Florida Suncoast Dome (now named Tropicana Field) was congenital in St. petersburg in 1990 with the purpose of luring a major league team. When MLB announced that it would add ii expansion teams for the 1993 season, it was widely assumed that one of the teams would be placed in the Dome. Notwithstanding, in add-on to the application from Saint petersburg, a competing group practical to field a team in Tampa, prompting much disharmonize over the bid. The two National League teams were awarded to Denver (Colorado Rockies) and Miami (Florida Marlins) instead.

Tampa-based investor Vince Naimoli, who had near bought the San Francisco Giants in 1992 before MLB intervention,^[8] was finally awarded a new expansion franchise on March 9, 1995. Along with a grouping from Phoenix (the Arizona Diamondbacks), the new franchise was scheduled to brainstorm play in 1998. Naimoli initially moved to name the team the "Tampa Bay Sting Rays," but the rights to that name were already held by the Maui Stingrays, a brusque-lived minor league team which wanted $35,000 to buy the name; instead, the team opted for a local variety of the ray, the devil ray. The name was not welcomed in all quarters; several pastors at Christian churches told the Tampa Bay Times that the inclusion of the word "devil" offended them.^[ix]

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays named Chuck LaMar, the onetime banana general director of the Atlanta Braves, as its first general manager; Larry Rothschild, a former pitching coach for the Marlins and Cincinnati Reds, was named the squad's beginning managing director on Nov vii, 1997. In the Expansion Draft on November 18, 1997, the Devil Rays acquired their start player in Tony Saunders. Amidst the team's 34 other draft picks was futurity star Bobby Abreu; however, Abreu was dealt to Philadelphia Phillies for Kevin Stocker hours later,^[10] in a merchandise regarded among the worst in MLB history.^[11] The team also acquired veteran stars Wade Boggs and Fred McGriff (both Tampa natives), likewise as Wilson Álvarez.

1998–2005: The Devil Rays and early on struggles [edit]

The Devil Rays played their first game on March 31, 1998, against the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field, before an opening day crowd of 45,369. Wilson Álvarez threw the first pitch and Wade Boggs hit the team'south first home run, though the Devil Rays concluded up losing 11–6. The next day, the Devil Rays won their first victory, defeating Detroit 11–8, cheers to rookie bullpen (and future All-Star) Rolando Arrojo. Despite briefly being over .500 in their get-go xix games (a first for an expansion team in their countdown flavor), the team would go on to lose 99 that year, ending with the second-worst record in the league (just above their neighbors, the Marlins, who lost 108).^[12]

The Devil Rays continued to struggle in their next few seasons, with many of their veteran players, including the "Hit Show" of sluggers (McGriff, Vinny Castilla, Jose Canseco and Greg Vaughn), existence by their prime—though Wade Boggs would marking his 3000th career striking, a domicile run, against the Cleveland Indians on Baronial 7, 1999.^[13] Having led the Devil Rays through two last-place, 69-wins seasons in 1999 and 2000, Rothschild was fired partway through the 2001 season and replaced by Hal McRae. Despite the change, the team continued to decline, and the 2002 flavour would lead to a franchise-worst 55–106 record, despite the emergence of key players like Aubrey Huff, Toby Hall, and Carl Crawford. However, the 2002 flavour would show to exist the worst in franchise history to appointment. McRae was moved to a front end function position afterward the season.

Lou Piniella, a Tampa native who had previously led the Reds to a World Series, replaced McRae equally manager for the 2003 season, winning 63 games. The side by side yr, Piniella's Devil Rays finished with a seventy–91 record, just to a higher place the Toronto Blue Jays to claim in 4th in the American League East—the first time in franchise history the team was out of last place. Crawford established himself as a breakout star, leading the American League in triples (19) and, for the second year in a row, stolen bases (59). In the 2005 flavor, Crawford's product at the plate was matched past newcomers Jorge Cantú and Jonny Gomes, though the squad was let down past its pitching staff (despite the arrival of Scott Kazmir) and finished 67–95.

Tensions betwixt the owners and management came to a head after the dismal 2005 season. Piniella became frustrated with the buying group's lack of commitment to the squad, stating that they were "not interested nigh the present" but "well-nigh the future." He took issue not only with Naimoli (whose repeated promises of payroll increases had not been met), but with a new grouping of investors led by Stuart Sternberg.^[14] After the 2005 season, Sternberg purchased a controlling interest in the team and released Piniella, buying out the last yr of his contract for $2.2 1000000.^[15]

2006–2015: The Rays, Joe Maddon, and first postseason appearances [edit]

For the 2006 flavor, Sternberg hired Joe Maddon, formerly of the Anaheim Angels, to replace Piniella as manager. Sternberg likewise fired LaMar and most of the front office, replacing him with Andrew Friedman (as Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations). Nonetheless, the squad continued to struggle for the first two years of Maddon's tenure, finishing 61–101 and 66–96 in 2006 and 2007 season.

Evan Longoria owns many Rays franchise records, including games played, abode runs, RBIs, and War.

Over the years, the give-and-take "devil" in the squad's proper noun had drawn "countless phone calls pleading with the team to change the name."^[16]

The team was rebranded before the 2008 flavour, abandoning its nickname and greenish-white color scheme for a new beingness every bit the Tampa Bay Rays. Dropping the "Devil", the new Rays name referred to a ray of sunshine (for the Sunshine State of Florida), and the team adopted a navy, Columbia blue and gold color scheme. Sternberg finally delivered on his promises to increment the squad's payroll, raising it to $43 million (withal the lowest payroll in baseball).^[17] The team, anchored past Crawford, Kazmir, and pitcher James Shields, was bolstered by new additions of pitchers Matt Garza and David Price (a first circular draft pick),^[eighteen] outfielder Ben Zobrist, and third base prospect Evan Longoria. The Rays started the season strongly with their best record in franchise history, and became the get-go team in modern Major League history (since 1900) to hold the all-time record in the league through Memorial Day, subsequently having the worst tape in the league the year earlier.^[19] The Rays briefly fell behind the Boston Red Sox but, with the all-time dwelling house record in Major League Baseball game, manage to qualify for at to the lowest degree the AL Wild Carte on September 20—the team's starting time-e'er postseason berth.^[twenty] The Rays would ultimately terminate the season two games in a higher place the Ruby-red Sox in the AL E, their first divisional championship.

The 2008 American League Division Series was the Rays' first playoff series victory, defeating the Chicago White Sox in 4 games. Besting the Scarlet Sox in the American League Championship Series in 7 games, the Rays advanced to the Earth Series for the start time. All the same, the team'due south good fortunes came to an end, and they were defeated four games to one past the Philadelphia Phillies.

Going into the 2009 season, the American League champions again posted a winning tape, 84–78, but was unable to return to the postseason, in part due to injuries to Longoria, Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Peña. The Rays performed much better the following twelvemonth, a season that saw Matt Garza throw the franchise's outset no-hitter (against Detroit)^[21] They again won the AL East, finishing with the best record in the AL, merely were eliminated in the ALDS past the Rangers.

The Rays lost veterans like Garza, Peña, and Crawford in the 2010–xi offseason, but yet finished the 2011 season with the AL wild card, having just barely trounce out the Scarlet Sox with a 12th-inning walk-off home run past Evan Longoria against the Yankees. The team was again eliminated by the Rangers in the ALDS. The Rays missed out on the postseason the next year despite a 90–72 record, though David Price became the get-go Rays pitcher to earn the Cy Young Award. The team returned to the postseason in 2013 (after a Game 163 tiebreaker against Texas), in function thanks to new additions Wil Myers and Chris Archer. All the same, they were again defeated in the ALDS, this time past the eventual World Series champions, the Red Sox.

After 2013's failed title bid, the Rays entered a period of decline; 2014 saw their first losing record (77–85) since 2007. Toll was traded away to the Detroit Tigers, though the Rays received prospect Willy Adames in return.^[22] GM Andrew Friedman left Tampa Bay to for a forepart office role with the Los Angeles Dodgers;^[23] this activated an opt-out clause in Maddon'southward contract, who also opted to go out Tampa Bay despite efforts to re-sign him.^[24] Maddon finished his tenure with a record of 754 wins and 705 losses.^[25]

2015–present: The Kevin Cash era [edit]

The Rays named Kevin Cash every bit Maddon'south successor on December 5, 2014; he would exist the youngest manager in league.^[26] Cash'south first season in 2015 saw strong performances from Chris Archer, who became a Cy Young contender, and center-fielder Kevin Kiermaier, who won his offset Gilt Glove Honour; notwithstanding the team ended the season with a 80–82 record. The team fared more poorly the next year; they finished last in the AL East for the first fourth dimension since 2007, winning just 68 games in a season marred by injuries (including to Kiermaier) and a 3–24 stretch between June 16 and July 16. 2017 again saw strong performances from Archer and Alex Cobb (returning from Tommy John surgery the year earlier), and the squad rebounded to match its 2015 record.

The 2017 season also saw Erik Neander take over as general managing director from Matthew Silverman, and he would continue the Rays' strategy of aggressive merchandise moves. Heading into 2018, the Rays traded Evan Longoria, long considered a franchise player, to the Giants, and starter Jake Odorizzi to the Twins.^[27] More trades would come every bit the flavour went on, as Matt Andriese was dealt to Arizona; Archer was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Tyler Glasnow, outfielder Austin Meadows, and prospect Shane Baz. Despite the difference of much of their existing rotation, Glasnow and Blake Snell anchored the teams pitching staff; Snell, who led all AL pitchers in wins (21) and ERA (1.89), won the franchise'southward second Cy Young Award. The team also pioneered the concept of the "opener," past which the pitcher who begins the game only pitches an inning or 2 before being relieved by the "bulk man" who oft pitches into the late innings. Though criticized by some baseball traditionalists, the innovative strategy helped the Rays terminate the year with the second-best squad ERA in the American League.^[28] Though the Rays won xc games in 2018, they did not authorize for the playoffs.

Greenbacks led the Rays to his first postseason in 2019, building off an impressive 19–9 beginning to win 96 games. The pitching staff, anchored by starters Glasnow, Snell, and veteran Charlie Morton as well every bit relievers Nick Anderson and Diego Castillo, led the American League with a 3.65 ERA. They defeated Oakland in the 2019 AL Wild Card Game, but they were defeated past the Houston Astros in a five-game ALDS.

Despite the postseason defeat, the Rays retained much of their core going into the 2020 season, which had been shortened to 60 games as a effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a 5–seven start, the Rays rebounded to win 35 of their terminal 48 games, cheers to the rotation, the bullpen (Anderson, Castillo, and Pete Fairbanks), and an offensive breakout from Brandon Lowe. At the end of the regular season, the team posted an AL-best 40–20 tape, winning its first bounded title since 2011 and again advancing to the postseason.

The Rays went on to defeat the Yankees in the five-game ALDS, thanks to Mike Brosseau's go-alee eighth inning dwelling run off Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman; during the regular season, Chapman had instigated a bench-clearing altercation by throwing over Brosseau's caput. The postseason was dominated by Randy Arozarena, who prepare new records for postseason domicile runs (x), hits by a rookie and past any role player in a unmarried postseason (29), and total bases (64). In a rematch of 2019, the Rays defeated the Astros in the seven-game ALCS, and went on to run across the Dodgers in the World Series. The Rays won Game 4 of the series in near-miraculous fashion; down 6–7, with two outs in the lesser of the ninth and downwards in the count i–two, Brett Phillips singled off LA closer Kenley Jansen for his offset career postseason hit, scoring Kiermaier to tie the game, and Arozarena to score the winning run and necktie the series at two.^[29] Despite the heroics, the Rays lost the next two games to the Dodgers and were defeated in their 2nd bid for a Globe Series.

In the offseason, the Rays unloaded much of their pitching core; Morton was lost to free agency and Snell was traded to the San Diego Padres. The roster would modify even more later opening twenty-four hour period; Willy Adames was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers and Glasnow underwent Tommy John surgery that would place him on the injured list through 2022. Nevertheless, the squad welcomed many rookies, including starting pitchers Shane McClanahan (who had debuted in the 2020 postseason) and Luis Patiño (caused in the Snell trade), too as baseball'south No. 1 prospect Wander Franco. Filling Adames' role at shortstop, Franco rapidly established himself in the lineup; he managed to reach base safely in forty consecutive games, tying Frank Robinson'south tape for players under 21 years old. The Rays finished the season with a record of 100–62, the third-best tape in baseball, and won the AL East for the 2nd consecutive year. Nevertheless, the team were eliminated by Boston in the ALDS in 4 games.

Season results [edit]

The records of the Rays' final five seasons in Major League Baseball.

MLB season	Team season	League[xxx]	Division[thirty]	Regular flavour					Post-season	Awards
				Finish[a]	Wins[b]	Losses	Win%	GB[c]
2017	2017	AL	East	3rd	fourscore	82	.494	13
2018	2018	AL	East	3rd	ninety	72	.555	18		Blake Snell (CYA)[31]
2019	2019	AL	East	second ¤	96	66	.593	7	Won ALWC (Athletics) Lost ALDS (Astros) 3–two
2020	2020	AL *	East ^	1st	40	20	.667	—	Won ALWC (Blueish Jays) 2–0 Won ALDS (Yankees) iii–2 Won ALCS (Astros) four–3 Lost World Series (Dodgers) four–2	Kevin Cash (MOY)[32]
2021	2021	AL	East ^	1st	100	62	.617	—	Lost ALDS (Cherry Sox) 3–1	Randy Arozarena (ROY)[33] Kevin Cash (MOY)[32]

These statistics are current through the 2021 Major League Baseball regular season.

Rivals [edit]

AL E [edit]

Tampa Bay's chief rivals are the Boston Scarlet Sox and the New York Yankees.^[34]

Boston Red Sox [edit]

The Red Sox/Rays rivalry dates back to the 2000 season, when Devil Ray Gerald Williams took exception to being striking by a pitch thrown by Boston bullpen Pedro Martínez and charged the mound, resulting in a game full of retaliations and ejections on both sides.^[35] There have been several other incidents between the teams during the ensuing years, including one in 2005 that resulted in two bench-clearing fights during the game and a state of war of words between then-Devil Rays manager Lou Piniella and then-Boston pitcher Brusque Schilling through the media in the following days.^[36] The rivalry reached its highest level to engagement during the 2008 flavor, including a ball during a June meeting in Fenway Park^[37] and a seven-game American League Title Series between the teams that ended in the Rays' commencement ever pennant win.

New York Yankees [edit]

As a fellow member of the AL East segmentation, the Yankees and Rays play many times each season. At that place has always been some feeling of a rivalry betwixt the teams because the Yankees brand Tampa their jump preparation home, too as having a modest league team in the Tampa Tarpons; dwelling and fan loyalty in the Tampa Bay area has historically been divided, particularly among transplants from the northeastern U.Southward.^[38] The rivalry became more heated in leap training of 2008, when a home plate collision between Rays outfielder Elliot Johnson and Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli was followed the next day by spikes-loftier slide past Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan into Rays' second baseman Akinori Iwamura, prompting Rays outfielder Jonny Gomes to accuse in from his position in right field and knock Duncan to the ground.

In a 2020 incident at Yankee Stadium, Yankee closer Aroldis Chapman threw a 101-mph fastball over the head of Rays batter Mike Brosseau, leading to the ejection of Rays managing director Kevin Greenbacks and the clearing of benches. Chapman earned a iii-game break. In response to the incident, Cash said that, if it continued to happen, the Rays had "a whole damn stable" of pitchers capable of throwing 98 miles an hour. Subsequently that year, the Rays and Yankees would meet in postseason for the first time in the 2020 American League Division Series, which Tampa Bay won in 5 games; the become-ahead run, in the 8th inning of Game five, was a habitation run by Brosseau off of Chapman.

Citrus Serial [edit]

The Rays also have a geographical, interleague rivalry with the Miami Marlins. Tampa Bay currently leads the series, 68–58.^[39]

Ballparks [edit]

Tropicana Field [edit]

The Rays play their home games at Tropicana Field.

The Rays have played at Tropicana Field since their inception in 1998.^[40] The facility, which was originally called the "Florida Suncoast Dome", was built in the late 1980s to attract an MLB squad through either relocation or expansion. After St. Petersburg was awarded an expansion franchise in 1995, the dome underwent extensive renovations and naming rights were sold to Tropicana Products, which was based in nearby Bradenton.

Tropicana Field underwent farther renovations in 2006 and 2007 afterwards Stu Sternberg gained controlling ownership of the squad. Most of the changes sought to improve fans' game-twenty-four hours feel. For the players, the biggest change was the installation of a new Field Turf surface in 2007, which was replaced in turn with a new version of AstroTurf for the 2011 season.

New ballpark [edit]

The Rays' current ownership has stated that Tropicana Field does not generate enough revenue, and that its location in St. Petersburg is besides far from the Tampa Bay area'southward primary population middle in Hillsborough County.^[41] Rays attendance has historically ranked among the lowest compared to all MLB teams including seasons following a playoff berth.^[42] Rays omnipresence at Tropicana Field slightly improved in two seasons following playoff berths between 2008 and 2013 but dropped in ii other seasons post-obit playoff berths in the same span.^[42] Subsequently the Rays earned the best AL tape in 2010, average attendance in 2011 dropped by 4,100 per game.^{[42] [43]} In 2019 the Rays average omnipresence was 14,552 per game.^[42]

In 2007, the team announced a plan to build a covered ballpark at the current site of Al Lang Field on the St. Petersburg waterfront, and a local referendum was scheduled to make up one's mind on public financing.^[44] However, in the confront of song opposition, the Rays withdrew the proposal in 2009 and stated they had abandoned all plans for a ballpark in downtown St. petersburg waterfront, preferring a location nearer the center of Pinellas County or across the bay in Tampa.^[45]

Since 2009, local officials, media, and business leaders accept explored possibilities for a new stadium for the Rays somewhere in the Tampa Bay area.^[46] Yet, Petrograd mayor Bill Foster repeatedly insisted that the Rays honor their utilise agreement with the city, which runs through 2027 and prohibits the team from entering into talks with other communities, resulting in a protracted stalemate.^{[ citation needed ]}. Foster was replaced by Mayor Rick Kriseman in 2013.^[47]

In October 2014, Sternberg, frustrated with efforts to build a new stadium in the Tampa Bay area, had discussions with Wall Street assembly about moving the Rays to Montreal, which has been without a Major League Baseball game franchise since the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005 to become the Washington Nationals.^{[48] [49]} On Dec 9, 2014, reports surfaced that possessor Stuart Sternberg will sell the team if a new stadium is not congenital.^[50]

On Feb 9, 2018, the team said that Ybor City is their preferred site for a new stadium.^[51] However, at the Dec 2018 Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, Sternberg announced that plans for the proposed stadium in Ybor fell through, meaning the Rays were still on track to play at Tropicana Field until 2027.^{[52] [53]} Subsequently in December 2018, the team sent a letter to Mayor Kriseman, foregoing an extension to search for a new stadium outside of the city.^{[54] [55]}

Separate-flavour proposal [edit]

On June xx, 2019, Major League Baseball'due south executive council gave the team permission to explore playing early on-flavor home games in the Tampa Bay surface area and after-season home games in Montreal—the one-time home of the National League's Montreal Expos until 2004—with 2024 the earliest prospective date such an arrangement was idea to be feasible.^{[56] [57]} The programme would accept entailed spending bound grooming and the first two months of the regular flavor in an open-air stadium in Tampa, before moving north for the residuum of the season.^[58] Information technology would accept been the first time a Major League team "separate" seasons in two unlike cities since the Expos played 22 games in Puerto Rico during the 2004 season. The terminal fourth dimension any team in North America'southward major professional sports leagues "split" their season on (what was intended to exist) a permanent basis was the National Basketball game Clan'southward Kansas City Kings, which played iii seasons partially in Omaha.^[59]

Squad president Matt Silverman announced the Rays' intention to display a "Tampa Bay/Montreal" graphic in the correct field foul territory at Tropicana Field during the 2021 MLB postseason to promote the squad'due south divide-city concept for the future,^[60] although those plans were dropped shortly afterward alongside an apology from owner Stuart Sternberg, who said he made "a real mistake, in trying to promote our sister-metropolis plan with a sign right now in our home ballpark".^[61]

In January 2022, baseball'southward commissioner Rob Manfred informed Sternberg that the split-flavor programme would not be allowed to go along. Sternberg went on to say that the franchise would resume to explore sites effectually the Tampa Bay area as well as a new metropolis altogether.^[62]

Logo and uniform history [edit]

Rays logo, 2008–2018

1998–2000: Devil Rays rainbow [edit]

During their first iii seasons, the Devil Rays wore traditional white home and greyness route uniforms with the text "Devil Rays" (home) and "Tampa Bay" (road) in an unconventional multicolor "rainbow" across the chest. The intended countdown caps were besides unusual: blackness with a purple skirt at home and all black on the road, with both versions featuring a devil ray graphic and no messages at all.^[63] However, for most games, the squad wore their all-black alternate caps, featuring a smaller ray and the letters "TB" for both abode and road games, with the purple-brimmed caps just occasionally seeing utilise late in the season. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons, the Devil Rays wore an alternate blackness jersey featuring the aforementioned rainbow text as the white and gray uniforms.

2001–2007: Rays greens [edit]

In 2001, the Devil Rays dropped the multicolor text and de-emphasized majestic in favor of more green. They also changed the font on their bailiwick of jersey tops and shortened the proper name on the home whites to read but "Rays" while keeping "Tampa Bay" on the route grays.^[64]

In 2005, the abode uniforms were again tweaked to include withal more dark-green. The chief home whites became a sleeveless jersey worn with green sleeved undershirts, and the primary dwelling caps were inverse from blackness to green. In improver, a small ray with a long tail was added under the proper noun "Rays" on the breast of the abode jerseys.^[65]

2008–nowadays [edit]

The current Rays primary uniform has been used with piffling change since the squad officially shortened its name from "Devil Rays" to "Rays" for the 2008 season. The habitation jersey is a traditional white with the name "Rays" in dark blueish across the chest and a xanthous "sunburst" on the letter "R". The Rays' route compatible is greyness, also with a sunburst and the team name across the chest. Both feature dark blueish pipage and caps featuring a white "TB" logo.^[66]

The Rays' first alternate jersey also features the proper noun "Rays" and a yellow sunburst on breast, but is a nighttime blueish material with Columbia blue piping, white characters for the histrion name, and role player numbers that are simply a white outline. This alternating jersey is worn both at home and on the road with either white or grey pants. The Rays' 2nd alternate bailiwick of jersey is similar, simply is a calorie-free Columbia blue. This second alternate was usually worn just for Sunday home games with white pants, paired since 2018 with an alternating dark bluish cap with the team'due south archetype "devil ray" logo; starting with the 2021 season, it has been worn regularly as a standard alternating bailiwick of jersey.

Initially, the nighttime blueish "devil ray" alternate logo was simply featured on the right sleeve of the home and away uniforms, merely in 2019, the patch was added on both the night bluish and Columbia bluish alternates.

Dwelling house uniform (2008–nowadays), worn past José Alvarado. The patch on the left sleeve commemorates the franchise'due south xx year anniversary.

Alternating navy uniform (2010–present), worn by Brandon Lowe.

"Turn Back the Clock" Nights [edit]

The Rays staged a "Turn Back the Clock" promotion with a retro theme and throwback uniforms several times early on in their beingness, and information technology has become an almanac tradition since 2006.^[67]

After the 2008 rebrand, the Rays first revisited the Devil Rays proper noun in 2009, wearing the "rainbow" uniforms from their 1998 inaugural flavour.^[67] They returned to the rainbow uniforms in 2018 in honor of the franchise's 20 year ceremony,^[68] and have continued to wear them since, in 2019 and 2021, paired with an alternating nighttime blue lid bearing the throwback "devil ray" logo.

From 2012 to 2017, the Rays sported specially designed 1980 Tampa Bay Rays "imitation-back" uniforms that represented what the squad might accept worn had the franchise existed during the late 1970s and early 80s. These uniforms were patterned after those of the San Diego Padres from the late 1970s, but with the Rays' name (including a circular yellow sunburst) and team colors of gold, navy, and powder blue.^{[69] [70] [71]} In 2014, the Rays debuted a road version of the fauxback in an interleague game against the Chicago Cubs, this ane with gilt sleeves instead of navy. This version of the fauxback was later worn for two home games in 2017.^[72]

In addition to their ain uniforms, the franchise has also worn the uniforms of other historical local teams. The Rays have worn the uniforms of the Tampa Tarpons of the Florida Country League (in 1999, 2006, and 2010), the St. petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball Clan (in 2008), the St. Petersburg Saints (in 2000 and 2007) and Tampa Smokers of the Florida International League (in 2011), and the University of Tampa Spartans (in 2000).^[67]

The Rays' opponent on Plow Dorsum the Clock nighttime have too occasionally worn throwbacks from the same era as the Rays' retro uniforms. For example, the Houston Astros wore their 1980s "Rainbow Guts" uniforms, the New York Mets wore the route uniforms of their 1969 title team,^[73] the Chicago White Sox wore their red and white home uniforms from the 1970s, and the Baltimore Orioles wore their rare all-orange uniforms from the early 1970s.^[74] Peradventure the most memorable such game was on June 23, 2007, when the Devil Rays wore St. Pete Saints uniforms from the early 1950s, and the Los Angeles Dodgers wore the grayness route uniforms of the World Series-winning 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers to award Don Zimmer, who played on that Dodger team and was a senior adviser for the Rays prior to his death. Rays direction also gave abroad a bobblehead at the game featuring a young Zimmer in a Dodgers uniform and an older Zimmer in a Devil Rays uniform.^[75]

Squad media [edit]

Radio [edit]

WDAE (620 AM) has been the flagship station of the Rays radio network since 2009. The play-by-play announcers are Dave Wills and Andy Freed with Neil Solondz serving every bit the pregame and postgame host. Rich Herrera served every bit the host during pre- and post-game shows for the Tampa Rays Baseball Radio Network from 2005 to 2011.^[76] The (Devil) Rays original radio team consisted of Paul Olden and Charlie Slowes, who broadcast games from 1998 to 2005. Slowes went to the Washington Nationals, where he is now lead announcer, while Olden pursued a photography career earlier replacing Bob Sheppard as the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium in 2008.^[77] Rays games have been aired on WFLA 970 AM (1998–2004) and WHNZ 1250 AM (2005–2008) in the past.

In 2013, the Rays became the second team to enter into a contract to take games circulate nationally by Compass Media Networks in a Game of the Calendar week format. The broadcast squad utilized during the 2013 season was TJ Rives calling play-by-play and a rotating circuit of analysts in Rob Dibble, Jeff Nelson, and Steve Phillips. 22 Rays games were produced nationally past Compass Media for the 2013 season.

Television [edit]

Bally Sports Sunday, previously known as Fox Sports Sunday, broadcasts the Rays' games on television set. Through the 2008 season, many games also aired on Ion Telly affiliate broadcast stations throughout the state of Florida, with WXPX-TV in Tampa every bit the flagship. Nonetheless, afterwards the 2008 flavor, Trick Sports signed an agreement to become the exclusive local broadcaster of the Rays, and volition air 155 games per yr through 2016.^[78] Trick Sports Florida began dissemination a portion of the schedule in Hard disk outset in 2007 later on Tropicana Field's broadcast equipment was upgraded for in-business firm Hd production. Most Rays home games are now broadcast in HD.

Dewayne Staats (play-by-play) and former MLB bullpen Brian Anderson (color commentary) are the TV voices of the Rays. For the outset 11 seasons of the franchise, Staats teamed with sometime MLB pitcher Joe Magrane on the Rays' Tv broadcasts. Magrane departed after determination of the 2008 season to take a position at the MLB Network.^{[ citation needed ]} Old minors catcher and MLB manager Kevin Kennedy then served as the primary colour commentator in 2009 and 2010, with Brian Anderson filling in on some road trips, after which Anderson took over as the everyday commentator from 2011.

Early on on, equally Staats' outset married woman was battling cancer, Paul Olden would occasionally fill in for Staats. Every bit a issue, Paul Olden ended upward calling Wade Boggs' three,000th hit.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Awards [edit]

Staats, Magrane, Wills, Olden and Slowes have all been nominated for the Ford C. Frick Honor, the broadcasters' path to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Rookie [edit]

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were featured in the movie, The Rookie , a 2002 drama directed by John Lee Hancock. It is based on the true story of pitcher Jim Morris, who had a brief simply famous Major League Baseball game career with the team.

Morris was a 35-twelvemonth-old loftier schoolhouse baseball autobus who could repeatedly throw a baseball game 98 mph (158 km/h), an power that only a few major leaguers could equal at the time. He was persuaded to try out for professional ballclubs and signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization. Morris was initially assigned to the small league Class AA Orlando Rays (now the Montgomery Biscuits), but quickly moved up to the AAA Durham Bulls and was chosen upward to the "Bigs" during the September 1999 roster expansions.

Jim Morris spent parts of 2 seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a reliever, pitching 15 innings in 21 games, with an earned run average of 4.80 and no decisions.

Rays fandom [edit]

Raymond, the Rays' first mascot, pictured in 2007.

Although widespread back up has been slow to build with the lack of success in its showtime 10 seasons, it has taken some cues from the powerhouses of the American League East. Whereas Blood-red Sox fans are referred to as Scarlet Sox Nation, the Orioles fan base is referred to Birdland, and Yankee fans are referred to as Yankees Universe (and the team itself being called the "Evil Empire"), the Rays take adopted the term Rays Republic for their fan base of operations. The team has likewise had its fair share of notable fans and outrageous fan traditions over the years.

Mascots [edit]

The Rays take two primary mascots, Raymond and DJ Kitty.

Raymond was introduced during the team's inaugural flavour in 1998, and is referred to as a "seadog."^[79] Raymond interacts with fans throughout the stadium prior to each dwelling house game, and tin be seen rallying fans throughout games, either by walking through the stands, or climbing on top of the abode dugout. After each Rays win at abode, Raymond will wave a big "Rays Win" flag in the outfield.

DJ Kitty was introduced in 2010, initially through a video that would play on the scoreboard whenever the game state of affairs called for a rally, in which a large anthropomorphic cat, wearing a Rays bailiwick of jersey, appeared on the screen wielding a turntable similar to those used by rap DJs. Loud music is played over the PA system while the arrival of DJ Kitty is proclaimed on display boards throughout the ballpark. Similarly to Raymond, DJ Kitty will interact with fans and pose for pictures in the stadium prior to each home game, and participates in activities with Raymond, including a mascot race and other between-inning amusement. The character was created by Rays amusement manager Lou Costanza in an attempt to rally the Rays players and the fans at Tropicana Field.^[eighty]

More than Cowbell [edit]

The Rays' Cowbell was originally a promotional thought thought upwards past principal possessor Stuart Sternberg, who got the idea from the Saturday Night Live sketch. Since and then, information technology has go a standard feature of home games, something alike to the Sacramento Kings of the NBA and the bells their fans ring during games. Route teams have often considered the cowbell a nuisance. The cowbells are rung most prominently when the opposing batter has two strikes, when the opposing fans effort to chant, and when the Rays make a good play.^[81]

Professional wrestlers [edit]

Rays games are frequently visited by professional person wrestlers, every bit in that location are a large number of wrestlers living in the Tampa Bay Surface area. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags), Brutus Anatomy, and Hulk Hogan all appear on a semi-regular basis at Rays games. John Cena appears on occasion.

The Rays held a "Legends of Wrestling Nighttime" on May 18, 2007, featuring several wrestling matches after the game, an 8–four loss to the Florida Marlins. Outfielder and wrestling fan Jonny Gomes ran interference for the Nasty Boys during the main upshot.^[82]

A 2d "Wrestling Night" was held on April nineteen, 2008, after a 5–0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Gomes participated again, this time making a mail-friction match save for the Nasty Boys.^[83]

Team slogans [edit]

During Joe Maddon's tenure as the Rays manager, he and the team coined several slogans, including the mantra 9=8 for the 2008 season, explained by Maddon equally significant that if nine players play 9 innings of hard baseball every day, that squad would get one of the eight teams who authorize for the postseason. Prior to 2008 season, the Rays had never had a winning flavour in franchise history, much less a postseason appearance. The slogan morphed throughout the 2008 MLB postseason as the Rays surpassed their previous squad tape for wins in a single season by more than xxx wins, and ultimately clinched the AL East sectionalisation title for their first postseason appearance in franchise history. After they clinched their postseason spot, it became 9=four, to represent the teams advancing to the LCS. When they won the ALDS, it became ix=2, for the teams advancing to the World Series. When they won the ALCS, information technology became 9=i, representing the possible Globe Series Championship, although the Rays cruel to the Philadelphia Phillies in v games. For the 2009 season, Maddon introduced a new slogan, '09 > '08, to represent that the season would be "greater" than the previous twelvemonth.

Also while Maddon was the Rays' manager, Rays players and coaches sported mohawk haircuts, nicknamed "rayhawks". The trend started during their 2008 Earth Series run, and continued for several years until Maddon's difference following the 2014 season.^[84]

Roster [edit]

Tampa Bay Rays 2022 spring training roster v t e
twoscore-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers -- Jason Adam 70 Nick Anderson 11 Shane Baz 68 Jalen Beeks 84 J. T. Chargois 72 Yonny Chirinos 29 Pete Fairbanks 73 Calvin Faucher 34 J. P. Feyereisen 19 Josh Fleming 36 Andrew Kittredge 28 Corey Kluber 18 Shane McClanahan 49 Brendan McKay 61 Luis Patiño 38 Colin Poche 74 Brooks Raley 57 Drew Rasmussen 75 Tommy Romero 59 Jeffrey Springs 81 Ryan Thompson 37 Matt Wisler 48 Ryan Yarbrough		Catchers 21 Francisco Mejía 85 René Pinto 87 Ford Proctor 10 Mike Zunino Infielders 76 Jonathan Aranda  7 Vidal Bruján 26 Ji-man Choi  2 Yandy Díaz  five Wander Franco  viii Brandon Lowe  vi Taylor Walls Outfielders 56 Randy Arozarena 39 Kevin Kiermaier 53 Josh Lowe xiii Manuel Margot 17 Austin Meadows 35 Brett Phillips		Pitchers -- Seth Blair -- Adrian De Horta -- Zack Erwin -- David Hess -- Dusten Knight -- Chris Mazza -- David McKay -- Aaron Slegers Catchers -- Joe Hudson		Managing director 16 Kevin Greenbacks Coaches 41 Stan Boroski (pitcher) -- Dan Bewilder (assistant striking) 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher) 97 Jonathan Erlichman (analytics coach) 24 Paul Hoover (field coordinator) -- Rick Knapp (banana pitching) 77 Rodney Linares (3rd base) 51 Chad Mottola (hitting) -- Brady North (banana hit) -- Chris Prieto (first base) 33 Matt Quatraro (bench) 44 Kyle Snyder (pitching) 60-day injured list twenty Tyler Glasnow 40 active, 0 inactive, 9 non-roster invitees seven- or ten-day injured list * Not on active roster † Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated March 17, 2022 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Pocket-size league affiliations [edit]

The Tampa Bay Rays farm organisation consists of seven pocket-size league affiliates.^[85]

Awards, league leaders, and individual records [edit]

Baseball Hall of Famers [edit]

Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Famers
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Wade Boggs Players and managers listed in assuming are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Devil Rays or Rays cap insignia. * Tampa Bay Rays listed as principal squad according to the Hall of Fame

Florida Sports Hall of Fame [edit]

Rays in the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
No.	Proper name	Position	Tenure	Notes
11, 56	Hal McRae	Double-decker/Manager	2001–2002	Elected mainly on his performance with Kansas City Royals, built-in in Avon Park
12	Wade Boggs	3B	1998–1999	Elected mainly on his performance with Boston Ruddy Sox, attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa
14	Lou Piniella	Manager	2003–2005	Born in Tampa
22	Johnny Damon	OF	2011	Raised in Orlando
24	Tino Martinez	1B	2004	Elected mainly on his performance with New York Yankees, born and raised in Tampa, attended University of Tampa
29	Fred McGriff	1B	1998–2001, 2004	Elected mainly on his functioning with Atlanta Braves, built-in in Tampa

Retired numbers [edit]

Don Zimmer had his #66 retired by the Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays have retired three numbers. These numbers are displayed to the left of the center field scoreboard and "G Counter" on a small wall.

Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired by all of Major League Baseball.

Selected individual franchise single-flavour records [edit]

Statistics below are through the cease of the 2018 flavour.

• Highest batting average: .325, Jeff Keppinger (2012)
• Nigh games: 162, Aubrey Huff (2003), Evan Longoria (2014), and Delmon Young (2007)
• Most hits: 198, Aubrey Huff (2003)
• Highest slugging %: .627, Carlos Peña (2007)
• Virtually doubles: 47, Aubrey Huff (2003)
• Most triples: 19, Carl Crawford (2004)
• Most dwelling house runs: 46, Carlos Peña (2007)
• Most RBIs: 121, Carlos Peña (2007)
• Nigh stolen bases: sixty, Carl Crawford (2009)
• About wins: 21, Blake Snell (2018)
• Lowest ERA: one.89, Blake Snell (2018)
• Strikeouts: 252, Chris Archer (2015)
• Complete games: xi, James Shields (2011)
• Shutouts: 4, James Shields (2011)
• Saves: 48, Fernando Rodney (2012)

Squad salaries [edit]

Opening Day payrolls for 25-man roster (since 1998):^{[86] [87] [88]}

Opening Solar day Bacon
Year	Bacon
2019	$52,150,800[89]
2018	$67,482,000[xc]
2017	$69,982,520
2016	$57,097,310
2015	$73,649,584
2014	$82,035,490
2013	$51,903,072
2012	$64,173,500
2011	$41,053,571
2010	$71,924,471
2009	$63,313,034
2008	$43,820,597
2007	$24,123,500
2006	$35,417,967
2005	$29,679,067
2004	$29,556,667
2003	$19,630,000
2002	$34,380,000
2001	$56,980,000
2000	$64,407,910
1999	$37,812,500
1998	$25,317,500

Footnotes [edit]

• ^a The Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
• ^b The Wins and Losses columns listing regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
• ^c The GB cavalcade lists "Games Back" from the team that finished in outset place that season. It is determined past finding the departure in wins plus the difference in losses divided past 2.
• ^d ALDS stands for American League Division Series.
• ^e ALCS stands for American League Championship Series.
• ^f CPOY stands for Improvement Player of the Year
• ^k CYA stands for Cy Young Award.
• ^h MOY stands for Manager of the Year.
• ^j ROY stands for American League Rookie of the Yr.

Meet likewise [edit]

• Baseball awards
• List of MLB awards
• Tampa Bay Rays all-time roster
• Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame (including Tampa Bay Rays exhibit)

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External links [edit]

• Tampa Bay Rays official website
• Tampa Bay Times coverage of the Tampa Bay Rays

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