2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the team's eighth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with the AL's third-worst record of 67-95. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his 3rd and last season with the Devil Rays.

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin)
Local 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
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9567 0.586 — 53–28 42–39
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 21 36–45 38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6795 0.414 28 40–41 27–54

Record vs. opponents
2005 American League Records

Sources:
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

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

Roster
2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 18 Nick Green
 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

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
Charles Johnson19469.19605

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 IP W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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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Notes
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaal01.shtml
  3. Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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