2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
RadioWHNZ
(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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Season standings[edit]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 67 0.586 53–28 42–39
Boston Red Sox 95 67 0.586 54–27 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 74 88 0.457 21 36–45 38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 67 95 0.414 28 40–41 27–54


Record vs. opponents[edit]


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[edit]

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

Roster[edit]

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Midre Cummings Stats".
  2. ^ "Alex Gonzalez Stats".
  3. ^ Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ a b 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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