2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1998)
Eastern Division (since 1998)
Location
Tropicana Field (since 1998)
St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998)
Other information
Owner(s)	Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)	Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
Local 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 8th since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with the AL's third-worst record of 67-95. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his 3rd 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

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

2005 American League Records Sources:
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 of Anaheim	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 28 Danys Báez 97 Joe Beimel 41 Rob Bell 48 Joe Borowski 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 49 Jesús Colomé 56 Tim Corcoran 15 Casey Fossum 43 Dicky Gonzalez 52 Lee Gardner 58 Travis Harper 30 Mark Hendrickson 26 Scott Kazmir 37 Seth McClung 51 Trever Miller 11,99 Hideo Nomo 47 Franklin Núñez 54 Chad Orvella 48 Jon Switzer 40 Doug Waechter 53 John Webb		Catchers 17 Kevin Cash 44 Toby Hall 24 Charles Johnson 39 Pete Laforest 36 Tim Laker Infielders  3 Jorge Cantú  2 Fernando Cortez  8 Alex Gonzalez 18 Nick Green 16 Travis Lee 23 Julio Lugo 24 Eric Munson 33 Eduardo Pérez 21 Josh Phelps		Outfielders 13 Carl Crawford  1 Joey Gathright 31 Jonny Gomes 27 Damon Hollins 19 Aubrey Huff  2 Alex Sánchez 10 Chris Singleton 29 Reggie Taylor		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

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
Johnson, CharlesCharles Johnson	19	46	9	.196	0	5

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

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

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

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

^[5]

Notes

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaal01.shtml
3. Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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

References

• 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com