2015 Tampa Bay Rays season

2015 Tampa Bay 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)	Matthew Silverman
Manager(s)	Kevin Cash
Local television	Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2015 season was the Rays' 18th season of Major League Baseball and the eighth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field)

Offseason

All-Star pitcher Chris Archer.

November 3: Designated Vince Belome and Jerry Sands for assignment.

November 4: Signed Eduar Quinonez to a minor league contract.

November 5: Traded Cesar Ramos to the Los Angeles Angels for Mark Sappington.

November 14: Traded Jeremy Hellickson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Andrew Velazquez and Justin Williams.

November 20: Traded Adam Liberatore and Joel Peralta to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Harris and Jose Dominguez, promoted 5 players from the minors, invited 2 players to Spring training, and designated Michael Kohn for assignment.

November 24: Released Jose Molina and Cole Figeuroa.

November 25: Signed Marlon Constante to a minor league contract.

November 26: Signed Ernesto Frieri and Thomas Lebron (minor league contract).

December 1: Traded Sean Rodriguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Buddy Bordon and cash.

December 2: Signed Ender Gonzalez to a minor league contract.

December 12: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to Spring training.

December 16: Traded Matt Joyce to the Angels for Kevin Jepsen.

December 17: Signed Jhan Mariñez to a minor league contract.

December 19: Traded Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan, and Jose Castillo to the San Diego Padres for René Rivera, Burch Smith, and Jake Bauers. Also received Steven Souza Jr. and Travis Ott from the Washington Nationals.

December 23: Sent Brandon Gomes to the minors.

January 3: Signed Joey Butler and Juan Francisco to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

January 5: Signed Mayo Acosta to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 10: Signed Asdrúbal Cabrera and traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics for Boog Powell, Daniel Robertson, John Jaso, and cash.

January 16: Signed Everett Teaford to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 21: Signed Robert Zarate to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 23: Received Mike Marjama from the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later.

February 2: Invited 7 players to Spring training and signed 2 of them to a minor league contract.

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574	—	53–28	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	6	45–36	42–39
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	12	47–31	34–50
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	13	42–42	38–40
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	15	43–38	35–46

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
^(1) Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
^(2) Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
^(3) Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
^(4) New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
^(5) Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Regular season summary

Game log

2015 Game Log (80–82)[1]
April: 12–10 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 1 April 6 Orioles 2–6 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–1) — 31,042 0–1 2 April 7 Orioles 5–6 Gausman (1–0) Karns (0–1) Britton (1) 13,906 0–2 3 April 8 Orioles 2–0 Odorizzi (1–0) González (0–1) Boxberger (1) 13,569 1–2 4 April 10 @ Marlins 9–10 (10) Morris (1–0) Boxberger (0–1) — 17,375 1–3 5 April 11 @ Marlins 2–0 Archer (1–1) Cosart (0–1) Boxberger (2) 17,830 2–3 6 April 12 @ Marlins 8–5 Karns (1–1) Álvarez (0–2) Frieri (1) 20,199 3–3 7 April 13 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Odorizzi (2–0) Dickey (0–1) Boxberger (3) 48,414 4–3 8 April 14 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Geltz (1–0) Castro (0–1) Jepsen (1) 17,264 5–3 9 April 15 @ Blue Jays 7–12 Buehrle (2–0) Ramírez (0–1) — 15,086 5–4 10 April 16 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Archer (2–1) Sanchez (0–2) Boxberger (4) 14,433 6–4 11 April 17 Yankees 4–5 Betances (2–0) Jepsen (0–1) Miller (3) 15,572 6–5 12 April 18 Yankees 0–9 Tanaka (2–1) Odorizzi (2–1) — 20,824 6–6 13 April 19 Yankees 3–5 Pineda (2–0) Andriese (0–1) Miller (4) 21,791 6–7 14 April 21 Red Sox 0–1 Miley (1–1) Archer (2–2) Uehara (2) 14,307 6–8 15 April 22 Red Sox 7–5 Boxberger (1–1) Mujica (1–1) Geltz (1) 12,733 7–8 16 April 23 Red Sox 2–1 Boxberger (2–1) Varvaro (0–1) — 13,834 8–8 17 April 24 Blue Jays 12–3 Dominguez (1–0) Dickey (0–2) Andriese (1) 11,897 9–8 18 April 25 Blue Jays 4–2 Frieri (1–0) Cecil (1–2) Boxberger (5) 19,772 10–8 19 April 26 Blue Jays 5–1 Archer (3–2) Buehrle (3–1) — 21,107 11–8 20 April 27 @ Yankees 1–4 Wilson (1–0) Gomes (0–1) Miller (8) 34,590 11–9 21 April 28 @ Yankees 2–4 Whitley (1–0) Odorizzi (2–2) Martin (1) 36,934 11–10 22 April 29 @ Yankees 3–2 (13) Gomes (1–1) Shreve (1–1) Frieri (2) 30,055 12–10
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–8 ; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 23 May 1 @ Orioles^[a] 2–0 Colomé (1–0) Tillman (2–3) Boxberger (6) 9,945 13–10 24 May 2 @ Orioles^[a] 0–4 González (3–1) Archer (3–3) Brach (1) 12,789 13–11 25 May 3 @ Orioles^[a] 2–4 Hunter (1–1) Geltz (1–1) Britton (5) 16,652 13–12 26 May 4 @ Red Sox 5–1 Odorizzi (3–2) Buchholz (1–4) — 34,541 14–12 27 May 5 @ Red Sox 0–2 Porcello (3–2) Smyly (0–1) Uehara (5) 33,688 14–13 28 May 6 @ Red Sox 5–3 Colomé (2–0) Masterson (2–1) Boxberger (7) 35,060 15–13 29 May 7 Rangers 4–5 Claudio (1–0) Archer (3–4) Feliz (4) 8,701 15–14 30 May 8 Rangers 8–2 Karns (2–1) Gallardo (2–5) — 11,704 16–14 31 May 9 Rangers 7–2 Bellatti (1–0) Detwiler (0–4) Boxberger (8) 20,943 17–14 32 May 10 Rangers 1–2 Kela (3–1) Jepsen (0–2) Feliz (5) 14,521 17–15 33 May 11 Yankees 5–11 Sabathia (1–5) Colomé (2–1) — 10,619 17–16 34 May 12 Yankees 4–2 Jepsen (1–2) Eovaldi (3–1) Boxberger (9) 10,417 18–16 35 May 13 Yankees 3–2 Karns (3–1) Warren (2–2) Boxberger (10) 11,924 18–16 36 May 14 Yankees 6–1 Ramírez (1–1) Whitley (1–2) Andriese (2) 11,977 19–16 37 May 15 @ Twins 2–3 Hughes (3–4) Odorizzi (3–3) Perkins (12) 24,018 20–17 38 May 16 @ Twins 4–6 Duensing (1–0) Jepsen (1–3) Perkins (13) 27,128 20–18 39 May 17 @ Twins 11–3 Archer (4–4) Gibson (3–3) — 23,708 21–18 40 May 19 @ Braves 5–3 Ramírez (2–1) Foltynewicz (2–1) Boxberger (11) 20,120 22–18 41 May 20 @ Braves 1–2 Cunniff (2–0) Odorizzi (3–4) Grilli (12) 24,549 22–19 42 May 21 Athletics 3–0 Colomé (3–1) Chavez (1–4) Boxberger (12) 10,605 23–19 43 May 22 Athletics 5–2 Archer (5–4) Kazmir (2–3) Boxberger (13) 12,329 24–19 44 May 23 Athletics 0–5 Graveman (2–2) Karns (3–2) — 15,207 24–20 45 May 24 Athletics 2–7 Gray (5–2) Ramírez (2–2) — 15,692 24–21 46 May 25 Mariners 1–4 Elías (2–1) Odorizzi (3–5) Rodney (13) 10,401 24–22 47 May 26 Mariners 6–7 Rodney (2–2) Boxberger (2–2) Beimel (1) 9,628 24–23 48 May 27 Mariners 0–3 Hernández (8–1) Boxberger (2–3) — 10,365 24–24 49 May 29 @ Orioles 1–2 O'Day (1–0) Gomes (1–2) — 45,505 24–25 50 May 30 @ Orioles 3–0 Ramírez (3–2) Chen (1–4) Boxberger (14) 38,177 25–25 51 May 31 @ Orioles 9–5 Odorizzi (4–5) Tillman (2–7) Boxberger (15) 36,945 26–25
June: 16–12 (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 52 June 1 @ Angels 3–7 Richards (5–3) Colomé (3–2) — 27,078 26–26 53 June 2 @ Angels 6–1 Archer (6–4) Wilson (3–4) — 28,771 27–26 54 June 3 @ Angels 6–5 (10) Boxberger (3–3) Street (2–2) Geltz (2) 28,245 28–26 55 June 4 @ Mariners 2–1 Ramírez (4–2) Elías (2–3) Jepsen (2) 16,096 29–26 56 June 5 @ Mariners 1–0 Bellatti (2–0) Rodney (2–3) Jepsen (3) 20,695 30–26 57 June 6 @ Mariners 1–2 Hernández (9–2) Geltz (1–2) Smith (1) 31,106 30–27 58 June 7 @ Mariners 3–1 Archer (7–4) Montgomery (0–1) Jepsen (4) 27,906 31–27 59 June 9 Angels 2–8 Shoemaker (4–4) Karns (3–3) — 11,617 31–28 60 June 10 Angels 4–2 Ramírez (5–2) Weaver (4–6) McGee (1) 10,088 32–28 61 June 11 Angels 2–6 Richards (6–4) Jepsen (1–4) — 10,779 32–29 62 June 12 White Sox 7–5 Andriese (1–1) Danks (3–3) McGee (2) 13,448 33–29 63 June 13 White Sox 5–4 Boxberger (4–3) Putnam (1–2) McGee (3) 20,248 34–29 64 June 14 White Sox 2–1 Riefenhauser (1–0) Sale (6–3) Jepsen (5) 17,962 35–29 65 June 15 Nationals 6–1 Ramírez (6–2) Gonzalez (4–4) — 10,216 36–29 66 June 16 Nationals 4–16 Roark (3–2) Colomé (3–3) — 11,491 36–30 67 June 17 @ Nationals 5–0 Andriese (2–1) Zimmerman (5–5) — 28,929 37–30 68 June 18 @ Nationals 5–3 Archer (8–4) Fister (2–3) Boxberger (16) 29,242 38–30 69 June 19 @ Indians 4–1 Karns (4–3) Carrasco (8–6) Boxberger (17) 22,811 39–30 70 June 20 @ Indians 4–1 Cedeño (1–0) Kluber (3–9) Boxberger (18) 24,670 40–30 71 June 21 @ Indians 0–1 Allen (1–2) Jepsen (1–5) — 20,847 40–31 72 June 22 Blue Jays 5–8 Hutchison (7–1) Andriese (2–2) Osuna (1) 10,324 40–32 73 June 23 Blue Jays 4–3 Archer (9–4) Dickey (3–7) Boxberger (19) 11,474 41–32 74 June 24 Blue Jays 0–1 (12) Cecil (2–4) Gomes (1–3) Delabar (1) 18,469 41–33 75 June 26 Red Sox 3–4 (10) Ogando (2–0) Geltz (1–3) Uehara (15) 17,508 41–34 76 June 27 Red Sox 4–1 Andriese (3–2) Miley (7–7) Boxberger (20) 23,876 42–34 77 June 28 Red Sox 3–5 Masterson (3–2) Archer (9–5) Uehara (16) 21,963 42–35 78 June 29 Indians 1–7 Anderson (1–0) Karns (4–4) — 11,802 42–36 79 June 30 Indians 2–6 Salazar (7–3) Ramírez (6–3) — 10,437 42–37
July: 9–16 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 3–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 80 July 1 Indians 1–8 Carrasco (10–6) Colomé (3–4) — 11,394 42–38 81 July 2 Indians 4–5 (10) Shaw (1–1) Cedeño (1–1) Allen (15) 16,353 42–39 82 July 3 @ Yankees 5–7 (12) Shreve (6–1) Geltz (1–4) — 43,141 42–40 83 July 4 @ Yankees 2–3 Betances (5–1) Boxberger (4–4) — 35,508 42–41 84 July 5 @ Yankees 8–1 Ramírez (7–3) Nova (1–2) — 35,050 43–41 — July 6 @ Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 7 85 July 7 (1) @ Royals 5–9 Holland (3–0) Boxberger (4–5) — 22,386 43–42 86 July 7 (2) @ Royals 1–7 Finnegan (2–0) Gomes (1–4) — 28,119 43–43 87 July 8 @ Royals 7–9 Guthrie (7–5) Archer (9–6) Holland (17) 28,204 43–44 88 July 9 @ Royals 3–8 Ventura (4–6) Karns (4–5) — 32,308 43–45 89 July 10 Astros 3–1 Ramírez (8–3) McHugh (9–5) Boxberger (21) 17,129 44–45 90 July 11 Astros 3–0 Odorizzi (5–5) Keuchel (11–4) Boxberger (22) 18,479 45–45 91 July 12 Astros 4–3 Moore (1–0) McCullers (4–5) Boxberger (23) 16,458 46–45 – July 14 86th All-Star Game AL 6–3 NL Price (1–0) Kershaw (0–1) — 43,656 — Box 92 July 17 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Hutchison (9–2) Odorizzi (5–6) — 32,908 46–46 93 July 18 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Jepsen (2–5) Tepera (0–1) McGee (4) 41,583 47–46 94 July 19 @ Blue Jays 0–4 Estrada (7–5) Archer (9–7) — 41,683 47–47 95 July 20 @ Phillies 3–5 Buchanan (1–5) Moore (1–1) Papelbon (16) 20,148 47–48 96 July 21 @ Phillies 1–0 Karns (5–5) Nola (0–1) Boxberger (24) 28,703 48–48 97 July 22 @ Phillies 4–5 (10) Papelbon (2–1) Boxberger (2–6) — 22,252 48–49 98 July 24 Orioles 3–1 Colome (4–4) O'Day (5–1) McGee (5) 17,838 49–49 99 July 25 Orioles 1–5 González (9–6) Ramírez (8–4) — 24,327 49–50 100 July 26 Orioles 2–5 Chen (5–6) Moore (1–2) Britton (25) 18,613 49–51 101 July 27 Tigers 5–2 Karns (6–5) Sánchez (10–8) Boxberger (25) 13,348 50–51 102 July 28 Tigers 10–2 Odorizzi (6–6) Price (9–4) — 16,326 51–51 103 July 29 Tigers 1–2 Verlander (1–3) Archer (9–8) Soria (23) 28,057 51–52 104 July 31 @ Red Sox 5–7 Tazawa (2–3) McGee (0–1) Uehara (23) 36,715 51–53
August: 14–13 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 105 August 1 @ Red Sox 7–11 Kelly (3–6) Moore (1–3) Machi (1) 35,944 51–54 106 August 2 @ Red Sox 4–3 Geltz (2–4) Tazawa (2–4) Boxberger (26) 35,699 52–54 107 August 3 @ White Sox 5–4 McGee (1–1) Robertson (4–3) Boxberger (27) 16,496 53–54 108 August 4 @ White Sox 11–3 Archer (10–8) Sale (9–7) — 18,499 54–54 109 August 5 @ White Sox 5–6 (10) Robertson (5–3) Boxberger (4–7) — 20,028 54–55 110 August 7 Mets 3–4 Clippard (2–3) Boxberger (4–8) Familia (30) 23,145 54–56 111 August 8 Mets 5–4 Karns (7–5) Syndergaard (6–6) Boxberger (28) 31,042 55–56 112 August 9 Mets 4–3 Cedeño (2–1) Colón (10–11) McGee (6) 26,681 56–56 113 August 11 Braves 2–0 Ramírez (9–4) Pérez (4–3) Cedeño (1) 15,506 57–56 114 August 12 Braves 9–6 Colomé (5–4) Marksberry (0–1) Boxberger (29) 16,337 58–56 115 August 14 @ Rangers 3–5 Dyson (4–4) McGee (1–2) Tolleson (22) 32,512 58–57 116 August 15 @ Rangers 4–12 Lewis (13–5) Archer (10–9) — 32,351 58–58 117 August 16 @ Rangers 3–5 Gallardo (9–9) Smyly (0–2) Tolleson (23) 29,167 58–59 118 August 17 @ Astros 9–2 Ramírez (10–4) Kazmir (6–8) — 16,256 59–59 119 August 18 @ Astros 2–3 (10) Gregerson (6–2) Boxberger (4–9) — 17,749 59–60 120 August 19 @ Astros 2–3 (13) Fields (4–1) Andriese (3–3) — 26,001 59–61 121 August 20 @ Astros 1–0 Archer (11–9) McHugh (13–7) — 18,177 60–61 122 August 21 @ Athletics 2–1 Smyly (1–2) Bassitt (1–5) Boxberger (30) 20,671 61–61 123 August 22 @ Athletics 5–4 Colomé (6–4) Venditte (0–2) — 35,067 62–61 124 August 23 @ Athletics 2–8 Rodriguez (3–1) Geltz (2–5) — 19,425 62–62 125 August 25 Twins 7–11 Graham (1–1) Andriese (3–4) — 9,632 62–63 126 August 26 Twins 3–5 Duensing (4–0) Archer (11–10) Jepsen (8) 9,205 62–64 127 August 27 Twins 5–4 Gomes (2–4) Milone (6–4) Boxberger (31) 9,375 63–64 128 August 28 Royals 2–3 Vólquez (12–7) Ramírez (10–5) Holland (29) 13,622 63–65 129 August 29 Royals 3–6 Medlen (3–0) Odorizzi (6–7) Davis (13) 24,372 63–66 130 August 30 Royals 3–2 Cedeño (3–1) Hochevar (1–1) Boxberger (32) 18,634 64–66 131 August 31 @ Orioles 6–3 Archer (12–10) Chen (8–7) Boxberger (33) 19,841 65–66
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 132 September 1 @ Orioles 11–2 Smyly (2–2) Tillman (9–10) — 22,987 66–66 133 September 2 @ Orioles 6–7 (11) Brach (5–2) Andriese (3–5) — 15,963 66–67 134 September 4 @ Yankees 2–5 Severino (3–2) Odorizzi (6–8) Miller (30) 32,530 66–68 135 September 5 @ Yankees 3–2 Cedeño (4–1) Eovaldi (13–4) Boxberger (34) 35,030 67–68 136 September 6 @ Yankees 4–6 Nova (6–7) Archer (12–11) Miller (31) 35,299 67–69 137 September 7 @ Tigers 4–5 Alburquerque (4–1) Gomes (2–5) Rondón (4) 27,958 67–70 138 September 8 @ Tigers 7–8 (13) Ryan (2–3) Bellatti (2–1) — 26,526 67–71 139 September 9 @ Tigers 8–0 Odorizzi (7–8) Lobstein (3–7) — 25,932 68–71 140 September 11 Red Sox 8–4 Bellatti (3–1) Tazawa (2–7) — 14,796 69–71 141 September 12 Red Sox 4–10 Porcello (8–12) Moore (1–4) — 20,698 69–72 142 September 13 Red Sox 0–2 Hembree (1–0) Romero (0–1) Ross (2) 15,402 69–73 143 September 14 Yankees 1–4 Cotham (1–0) Boxberger (4–10) Miller (33) 11,940 69–74 144 September 15 Yankees 6–3 Odorizzi (8–8) Rumbelow (1–1) Gomes (1) 13,539 70–74 145 September 16 Yankees 1–3 Severino (4–3) Archer (12–12) Miller (34) 13,299 70–75 146 September 17 Orioles 3–4 Roe (4–2) Colomé (6–5) O'Day (3) 9,617 70–76 147 September 18 Orioles 8–6 Smyly (3–2) Wilson (2–2) Boxberger (35) 10,967 71–76 148 September 19 Orioles 1–2 Chen (10–7) Ramírez (10–6) Britton (34) 17,053 71–77 149 September 20 Orioles 7–6 Yates (1–0) Britton (4–1) — 17,801 72–77 150 September 21 @ Red Sox 7–8 Machi (2–0) Gomes (2–6) Ross (5) 33,673 72–78 151 September 22 @ Red Sox 5–2 Moore (2–4) Koehler (3–3) Boxberger (36) 33,673 73–78 152 September 23 @ Red Sox 6–2 Smyly (4–2) Porcello (8–14) Boxberger (37) 32,753 74–78 153 September 24 @ Red Sox 4–2 Ramírez (11–6) Miley (11–11) Boxberger (38) 34,916 75–78 154 September 25 @ Blue Jays 3–5 Dickey (11–11) Odorizzi (8–9) Osuna (18) 47,696 75–79 155 September 26 @ Blue Jays 8–10 Price (18–5) Archer (12–13) Osuna (19) 47,094 75–80 156 September 27 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Cecil (4–5) Geltz (2–6) — 47,287 75–81 157 September 29 Marlins 4–2 Colomé (7–5) Morris (5–4) Boxberger (39) 9,150 76–81 158 September 30 Marlins 6–4 Smyly (5–2) Cosart (2–5) Boxberger (40) 9,431 77–81
October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 159 October 1 Marlins 4–1 Odorizzi (9–9) Fernández (6–1) Boxberger (41) 9,657 78–81 160 October 2 Blue Jays 4–8 Buehrle (15–7) Romero (0–2) — 13,668 78–82 161 October 3 Blue Jays 4–3 Colomé (8–5) Osuna (1–6) — 21,963 79–82 162 October 4 Blue Jays 12–3 Moore (3–4) Buehrle (15–8) — 15,815 80–82
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Rays team member

• ^a Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.^[2]

Roster

2015 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers 35 Matt Andriese 22 Chris Archer 50 Grant Balfour 56 Ronald Belisario 38 Jeff Beliveau 59 Andrew Bellatti 26 Brad Boxberger 31 Xavier Cedeño 37 Álex Colomé 52 José Dominguez 43 Ernesto Frieri 54 Steve Geltz 47 Brandon Gomes 58 Preston Guilmet 40 Kevin Jepsen 51 Nate Karns 57 Jake McGee 55 Matt Moore 23 Jake Odorizzi 30 Erasmo Ramírez 34 C. J. Riefenhauser 45 Enny Romero 33 Drew Smyly 50,59 Everett Teaford 49 Kirby Yates		Catchers 40 J. P. Arencibia 19 Curt Casali 46 Luke Maile 44 René Rivera 46 Bobby Wilson Infielders  1 Tim Beckham 29 Ryan Brett 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera 31 Allan Dykstra 10 Jake Elmore 11 Logan Forsythe  2 Nick Franklin 36 Marc Krauss 21 James Loney  3 Evan Longoria 36 Richie Shaffer		Outfielders  9 Joey Butler  7 David DeJesus  5 Brandon Guyer 28 John Jaso  8 Desmond Jennings 39 Kevin Kiermaier 27 Mikie Mahtook  7 Daniel Nava 24 Grady Sizemore 20 Steven Souza		Manager 16 Kevin Cash Coaches 15 Rocco Baldelli (first base) 41 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 77 Scott Cursi (bullpen catcher)  6 Tom Foley (bench) 48 Jim Hickey (pitching) 25 Charlie Montoyo (third base)  4 Jamie Nelson (assistant hitting) 17 Derek Shelton (hitting)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Matt Andriese, P	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Archer, P	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
J. P. Arencibia, C	24	71	9	22	3	0	6	17	1	22	.310	0
Tim Beckham, 2B,SS	82	203	24	45	7	4	9	37	13	69	.222	3
Ronald Belisario, P	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Brett, 2B	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.667	0
Joey Butler, DH,LF	88	257	30	71	12	0	8	30	16	82	.276	5
Asdrúbal Cabrera, SS	143	505	66	134	28	5	15	58	36	107	.265	6
Curt Casali, C	38	101	13	24	6	0	10	18	8	34	.238	0
David DeJesus, LF,DH	82	232	24	60	8	2	5	26	19	39	.259	3
Allan Dykstra, 1B	13	31	3	4	0	0	1	4	6	12	.129	0
Jake Elmore, 1B	51	141	10	29	5	0	2	16	12	25	.206	1
Logan Forsythe, 2B	153	540	69	152	33	2	17	68	55	111	.281	9
Nick Franklin, 1B,2B,SS	44	101	11	16	4	1	3	7	7	37	.158	1
Brandon Guyer, LF	128	332	51	88	21	2	8	28	25	61	.265	10
John Jaso, DH,LF	70	185	23	53	17	0	5	22	28	39	.286	1
Desmond Jennings, OF	28	97	9	26	2	1	1	7	8	17	.268	5
Nate Karns, P	27	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	.250	0
Kevin Kiermaier, CF	151	505	62	133	25	12	10	40	24	95	.263	18
Marc Krauss, 1B	4	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	.100	0
James Loney, 1B	104	361	25	101	16	0	4	32	23	34	.280	2
Evan Longoria, 3B	160	604	74	163	35	1	21	73	51	132	.270	3
Mikie Mahtook, OF	41	105	22	31	5	1	9	19	6	31	.295	4
Luke Maile, C	15	35	2	6	3	0	0	2	0	8	.171	0
Matt Moore, P	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Daniel Nava, RF	31	73	7	17	2	0	1	3	12	19	.233	1
Jake Odorizzi, P	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Erasmo Ramírez, P	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
René Rivera, C	110	298	16	53	14	0	5	26	11	86	.178	0
Richie Shaffer, 1B,DH,3B	31	74	11	14	3	0	4	6	10	32	.189	0
Grady Sizemore, OF	58	175	20	45	12	0	6	27	14	37	.257	3
Steven Souza, RF	110	373	59	84	15	1	16	40	46	144	.225	12
Bobby Wilson, C	25	55	3	8	0	0	0	4	4	20	.145	0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Matt Andriese	3	5	4.11	25	8	2	65.2	69	32	30	8	18	49
Chris Archer	12	13	3.23	34	34	0	212.0	175	85	76	19	66	252
Grant Balfour	0	0	6.23	6	0	0	4.1	3	3	3	1	4	0
Ronald Belisario	0	0	7.88	6	0	0	8.0	8	7	7	0	4	6
Jeff Beliveau	0	0	13.50	5	0	0	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	2
Andrew Bellatti	3	1	2.31	17	0	0	23.1	16	7	6	4	10	18
Brad Boxberger	4	10	3.71	69	0	41	63.0	54	29	26	9	32	74
Xavier Cedeño	4	1	2.09	61	0	1	43.0	37	11	10	3	12	43
Álex Colomé	8	5	3.94	43	13	0	109.2	112	50	48	9	31	88
José Dominguez	1	0	0.00	4	0	0	5.2	2	0	0	0	2	5
Jake Elmore	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Franklin	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0
Ernesto Frieri	1	0	4.63	22	0	2	23.1	20	12	12	6	11	19
Steve Geltz	2	6	3.74	70	2	2	67.1	45	31	28	8	26	61
Brandon Gomes	2	6	4.27	63	0	1	59.0	55	28	28	10	15	44
Preston Guilmet	0	0	5.06	3	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	1	2	5
Kevin Jepsen	2	5	2.81	46	0	5	41.2	34	15	13	4	20	34
Nate Karns	7	5	3.67	27	26	0	147.0	132	62	60	19	56	145
Jake McGee	1	2	2.41	39	0	6	37.1	27	11	10	3	8	48
Matt Moore	3	4	5.43	12	12	0	63.0	74	40	38	9	23	46
Jake Odorizzi	9	9	3.35	28	28	0	169.1	149	65	63	18	46	150
Erasmo Ramírez	11	6	3.75	34	27	0	163.1	145	73	68	16	40	126
C. J. Riefenhauser	1	0	5.52	17	0	0	14.2	15	10	9	3	7	7
Enny Romero	0	2	5.10	23	0	0	30.0	39	18	17	1	13	31
Drew Smyly	5	2	3.11	12	12	0	66.2	58	24	23	11	20	77
Everett Teaford	0	0	1.59	4	0	0	5.2	5	1	1	0	3	4
Kirby Yates	1	0	7.97	20	0	0	20.1	23	18	18	10	7	21

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Jared Sandberg
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Brady Williams
A	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Florida State League	Michael Johns
A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Midwest League	Reinaldo Ruiz
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Tim Parenton
Rookie	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	Danny Sheaffer
Rookie	GCL Rays	Gulf Coast League	Jim Morrison
Rookie	VSL Rays	Venezuelan Summer League
Rookie	DSL Rays	Dominican Summer League	Julio Zorrilla

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte^[3]

References

1. "2015 Tampa Bay Rays Sortable Schedule". Tampa Bay Rays.
2. Encina, Eduardo. "O's to play game closed to public Wednesday, will relocate weekend series to Trop". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
3. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

• 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site
• 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
• 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference