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• The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team that plays in the Eastern Division of the American League. In the franchise's brief history the Tampa Bay Rays have been unable to reach the Playoffs.

• Fast Facts

  1. Owner: Stuart Sternberg
  2. Manager: Joe Maddon
  3. General Manager: Andrew Friedman
  4. Established in 1998
  5. Stadium: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg
  6. Established as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
  7. Changed name to Tampa Bay Rays in 2008

• Brief History

  The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were established in 1998. In the expansion draft the Devil Rays selected Wade Boggs, Fred McGriff and Wilson Alvarez. The highlight of the franchise history would come with the 3,000 career hit by Hall of Fame player Wade Boggs. In 2000, the team would field a lineup which included Fred McGriff, Jose Canseco, Greg Vaughn and Vinny Castilla. But the team was unable to achieve any success. In the following years, the team would shift their focus from signing pricey free agents to developing young talent. In 2008, the Devil Rays would change their name to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• Tampa Bay Rays Timeline

  • 1998: Established
  • 1999: Wade Boggs hits his 3,000 career hit as a Devil Ray
  • 2002: Movie The Rookie released on life of reliever Jim Morris,
  • 2004: Devil Rays win 70 Games
  • 2005: Joe Maddon Named Head Coach
  • 2007: Change name to Tampa Bay Rays

• Pitchers

  • Grant Balfour
  • Kurt Birkins
  • Matt Garza
  • Gary Glover
  • Jason Hammel
  • J.P. Howell
  • Edwin Jackson
  • Scott Kazmir
  • Trever Miller
  • Jeff Niemann
  • Chad Orvella
  • Troy Percival
  • David Price
  • Al Reyes
  • Jae Kuk Ryu
  • Juan Salas
  • James Shields
  • Andy Sonnanstine
  • Mitch Talbot
  • Dan Wheeler

• Catchers

  • John Jaso
  • Dioner Navarro
  • Shawn Riggans

• Infielders

  • Willy Aybar
  • Jason Bartlett
  • Reid Brignac
  • Wade Boggs
  • Joel Guzman
  • Akinori Iwamura
  • Elliot Johnson
  • Evan Longoria
  • Carlos Pena
  • Ben Zobrist

• Outfielders

  • Rocco Baldelli
  • Carl Crawford
  • Cliff Floyd
  • Jonny Gomes
  • Gabe Gross
  • Eric Hinske
  • Fernando Perez
  • Justin Ruggiano
  • B.J. Upton

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