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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.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkTropicana Field
Record67–95 (.414)
OwnersVince Naimoli
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2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
RadioWHNZ
(Rich Herrera, Dave Wills, Andy Freed)
WZHR
(Jose Anzola, Enrique Oliu)
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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

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9567 .586 — 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox 9567 .586 — 54‍–‍27 41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 .494 15 43‍–‍38 37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles 7488 .457 21 36‍–‍45 38‍–‍43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6795 .414 28 40‍–‍41 27‍–‍54
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Record vs. opponents

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2005 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2005
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10
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Notable transactions

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

Roster

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CToby Hall135432124.287548
1BTravis Lee129404110.2721249
2BNick Green11131876.239529
SSJulio Lugo158616182.295657
3BAlex Gonzalez10934994.269938
LFCarl Crawford156644194.3011581
CFDamon Hollins12034285.2491346
RFAubrey Huff154575150.2612292
DHJonny Gomes10134898.2822154
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jorge Cantú150598171.28628117
Joey Gathright7620356.276013
Eduardo Pérez7716141.2551128
Josh Phelps4715842.266526
Alex Sánchez4313346.346213
Pete LaForest256411.17214
Chris Singleton285916.271011
Charles Johnson19469.19605
Kevin Cash13315.16122
Reggie Taylor11224.18201
Eric Munson11183.16702
Fernando Cortez8131.07701
Tim Laker110.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Kazmir32186.01093.77174
Mark Hendrickson31178.11185.9089
Doug Waechter29157.05125.6287
Hideo Nomo19100.2587.2459
John Webb14.00118.002
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Casey Fossum36162.28124.92128
Seth McClung34109.17116.5992
Dewon Brazelton2071.0187.6143
Rob Bell825.0118.2813
Tim Corcoran1022.2005.9613
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Danys Báez6772.154412.8651
Trever Miller6144.12204.0635
Travis Harper5273.14606.7540
Lance Carter3957.01214.8922
Chad Orvella3750.03313.6043
Jesús Colomé3645.12304.5728
Joe Borowski3235.11503.8216
Joe Beimel711.00003.273
Lee Gardner57.10004.914
Franklin Núñez55.010010.802
Jon Switzer24.00006.755
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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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
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