2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season explained

Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Season:	2005
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Tropicana Field
City:	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record:	67–95 (.414)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Vince Naimoli
General Managers:	Chuck LaMar
Managers:	Lou Piniella
Television:	FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
Radio:	WHNZ (Rich Herrera, Dave Wills, Andy Freed) WZHR (Jose Anzola, Enrique Oliu)

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

• 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

Notable transactions

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

Roster

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (hitting) (third base) (first base) (pitching) (bench) (bullpen) (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		135	432	124	.287	5	48
1B		129	404	110	.272	12	49
2B		111	318	76	.239	5	29
SS		158	616	182	.295	6	57
3B		109	349	94	.269	9	38
LF		156	644	194	.301	15	81
CF		120	342	85	.249	13	46
RF		154	575	150	.261	22	92
DH		101	348	98	.282	21	54

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
	150	598	171	.286	28	117
	76	203	56	.276	0	13
	77	161	41	.255	11	28
	47	158	42	.266	5	26
	43	133	46	.346	2	13
	25	64	11	.172	1	4
	28	59	16	.271	0	11
	19	46	9	.196	0	5
	13	31	5	.161	2	2
	11	22	4	.182	0	1
	11	18	3	.167	0	2
	8	13	1	.077	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	32	186.0	10	9	3.77	174
	31	178.1	11	8	5.90	89
	29	157.0	5	12	5.62	87
	19	100.2	5	8	7.24	59
	1	4.0	0	1	18.00	2

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
	36	162.2	8	12	4.92	128
	34	109.1	7	11	6.59	92
	20	71.0	1	8	7.61	43
	8	25.0	1	1	8.28	13
	10	22.2	0	0	5.96	13

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
	67	72.1	5	4	41	2.86	51
	61	44.1	2	2	0	4.06	35
	52	73.1	4	6	0	6.75	40
	39	57.0	1	2	1	4.89	22
	37	50.0	3	3	1	3.60	43
	36	45.1	2	3	0	4.57	28
	32	35.1	1	5	0	3.82	16
	7	11.0	0	0	0	3.27	3
	5	7.1	0	0	0	4.91	4
	5	5.0	1	0	0	10.80	2
	2	4.0	0	0	0	6.75	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Midre Cummings Stats.
2. Web site: Alex Gonzalez Stats.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/neaglde01.shtml Denny Neagle Statistics
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml Charles Johnson
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007