List of Tampa Bay Rays managers

Kevin Cash, the current Rays manager

The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida. They are a member of the American League (AL) East in Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] The team joined MLB in 1998 as an expansion team with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2] In November 2007, Rays owner Stuart Sternberg renamed his team from the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays" to the "Tampa Bay Rays", which he described as "A beacon that radiates throughout Tampa Bay and across the entire state of Florida."[3] The Rays won their first AL championship in 2008.[4] The Rays have played their home games at Tropicana Field since their inaugural season.[5] Andrew Friedman is the Vice President of Baseball operations, in essence the general manager.[6]

There have been four managers for the Rays franchise.[7] The team's first manager was Larry Rothschild, the only manager who have spent his entire MLB managing career with the Devil Rays and managed the team for four seasons. Through the end of the 2014 season, Joe Maddon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed with 1,459, the most regular-season game wins with 754, and the highest regular-season winning percentage with .517. Maddon is the only manager to have been to the playoffs with the Rays. In 2008, he took them all the way to the World Series, losing to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games.[4] Maddon is also the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Rays, first winning it in 2008, and again in 2011.[8] Maddon became the manager of the then-Devil Rays in 2006.[7] On February 15, 2012 the Rays extended his contract through the 2015 season,[9] however he opted out of his contract at the end of the 2014 season.

Key

# Number of managers[a]
GM Regular-season games managed
W Regular-season wins
L Regular-season losses
Win% Regular-season winning percentage
PGM Playoff games managed
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
* Spent entire MLB managing career with the (Devil) Rays[7]

Managers

Lou Pinella (shown with the Chicago Cubs) managed the Devil Rays for three seasons.
Joe Maddon managed the team from 2006–2014.
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2015 season.
#[a] Name Term[b] GM W L Win% PGM[4] PW[4] PL[4] PWin%[4] Achievements
1 Rothschild, LarryLarry Rothschild* 1998–2001 499 205 294 .411 — — — — —
2 McRae, HalHal McRae 2001–2002 309 113 196 .366 — — — — —
3 Piniella, LouLou Piniella 2003–2005 485 200 285 .404 — — — — —
4 Maddon, JoeJoe Maddon 2006–2014 1,459 754 705 .517 29 12 17 .413 2008 & 2011 AL Manager of the Year[8]
2008 AL championship[4]
5 Cash, KevinKevin Cash 2015– 162 80 82 .494 － － － — —

Notes

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Team-by-Team Information". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. ↑ "Team Histories". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Time to shine:Rays introduce new name, new icon, new team colors and new uniforms". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2008 Tampa Bay Rays". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Rays Ballparks". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Front Office". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  7. 1 2 3 "Tampa Bay Rays Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  8. 1 2 "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  9. ↑ Topkin, Marc (January 16, 2012). "Tampa Bay Rays announce manager Joe Maddon's three-year contract extension". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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