2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2006 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)	Stuart Sternberg
General manager(s)	Andrew Friedman
Manager(s)	Joe Maddon
Local television	FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio	WHNZ (Dave Wills, Andy Freed) WMGG (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their ninth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with a league-worst record of 61-101. Their manager was Joe Maddon who entered his 1st season with the Devil Rays.

Offseason

• December 2, 2005: Pete Laforest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[1]
• December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.^[2]
• January 18, 2006: Luis Rivas was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[3]
• January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	0.537	10	50–31	37–44
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	11	48–33	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	0.432	27	40–41	30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	0.377	36	41–40	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–15	2–5	4–2	3–3	5–1	4–6	3–6	7–12	2–4	4–6	13–6	3–6	8–11	9–9
Boston	15–3	—	4–2	3–4	3–3	4–5	3–3	1–5	8–11	3–7	4–6	10–9	5–4	7–12	16–2
Chicago	5–2	2–4	—	8–11	12–7	11–8	6–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–4	3–3	5–5	5–4	14–4
Cleveland	2–4	4–3	11–8	—	6–13	10–8	4–5	8–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	6–1	5–4	4–2	8–10
Detroit	3–3	3–3	7–12	13–6	—	14–4	3–5	11–8	2–5	5–4	6–3	5–3	5–5	3–3	15–3
Kansas City	1–5	5–4	8–11	8–10	4–14	—	3–7	7–12	2–7	4–5	3–5	1–5	3–3	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles of Anaheim	6–4	3–3	3–6	5–4	5–3	7–3	—	4–2	6–4	11–8	10–9	7–2	11–8	4–6	7–11
Minnesota	6–3	5–1	10–9	11–8	8–11	12–7	2–4	—	3–3	6–4	5–3	6–1	4–5	2–5	16–2
New York	12–7	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–2	7–2	4–6	3–3	—	3–6	3–3	13–5	8–2	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–2	7–3	3–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	8–11	4–6	6–3	—	17–2	6–3	9–10	6–4	8–10
Seattle	6–4	6–4	4–5	5–4	3–6	5–3	9–10	3–5	3–3	2–17	—	6–3	8–11	4–5	14–4
Tampa Bay	6–13	9–10	3–3	1–6	3–5	5–1	2–7	1–6	5–13	3–6	3–6	—	3–6	6–12	11–7
Texas	6–3	4–5	5–5	4–5	5–5	3–3	8–11	5–4	2–8	10–9	11–8	6–3	—	4–2	7–11
Toronto	11–8	12–7	4–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	6–4	5–2	8–10	4–6	5–4	12–6	2–4	—	9–9

Opening Day starters

• Carl Crawford
• Jonny Gomes
• Nick Green
• Toby Hall
• Damon Hollins
• Aubrey Huff
• Travis Lee
• Seth McClung
• Tomás Pérez
• Ty Wigginton^[5]

Transactions

• Evan Longoria was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft.^[6]
• July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors).^[7]
• August 24, 2006: Russell Branyan was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Evan Meek (minors). The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (minors) (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.^[4]

Roster

2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers 59 Shawn Camp 39 Jason Childers 49 Jesús Colomé 56 Tim Corcoran 47 Scott Dunn 15 Casey Fossum 49 Jason Hammel 38 Travis Harper 43 Chad Harville 30 Mark Hendrickson 39 J. P. Howell 36 Edwin Jackson 26 Scott Kazmir 68,45 Ruddy Lugo 37 Seth McClung 46 Brian Meadows 33 Dan Miceli 54 Chad Orvella 53 Juan Salas 98 Jae Weong Seo 50 James Shields 41 Brian Stokes 52 Jon Switzer 40 Doug Waechter 51 Tyler Walker		Catchers 44 Toby Hall 30 Dioner Navarro  8 Josh Paul 32 Shawn Riggans Infielders 24 Sean Burroughs  3 Jorge Cantú 18 Nick Green 19 Aubrey Huff 16 Travis Lee 23 Julio Lugo 62,10 Luis Ordaz  9 Tomás Pérez  2 B. J. Upton 21 Ty Wigginton 24 Kevin Witt 18 Ben Zobrist		Outfielders  5 Rocco Baldelli 29 Russell Branyan 13 Carl Crawford  4 Joey Gathright 31 Jonny Gomes 27 Damon Hollins 14 Greg Norton 35 Delmon Young		Manager 70 Joe Maddon Coaches 48 Mike Butcher (pitching) 20 Bill Evers (bench)  6 Tom Foley (third base) 55 Steve Henderson (hitting) 25 George Hendrick (first base)  7 Bobby Ramos (bullpen) 58 Don Zimmer (senior 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	Hall, TobyToby Hall	64	221	51	.231	8	23
1B	Lee, TravisTravis Lee	114	343	77	.224	11	31
2B	Cantú, JorgeJorge Cantú	107	413	103	.249	14	62

^[8]

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

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	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	John Tamargo
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Charlie Montoyo
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Joe Szekely
A	Southwest Michigan Devil Rays	Midwest League	Skeeter Barnes
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Matt Quatraro
Rookie	Princeton Devil Rays	Appalachian League	Jamie Nelson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery^[9]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laforpe01.shtml
2. Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rivaslu01.shtml
4. Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac
6. Baseball Draft: Rays 1st Round Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
7. Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com