Tampa Bay Rays History (1998 - ) - The Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads.com

Tampa Bay Rays

From To

Record	1139 - 1357 (.456)
Home +/-	-39.4
Away +/-	-70.4

	#	Last	Since
World Series	0		15 yrs
League	1	2008	5 yrs
Division	2	2010	3 yrs
Wild Card	1	2011	2 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Tampa Bay Rays All-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carl Crawford	9	2002	2010	35.5
Desmond Jennings	4	2010	2013	7.0
Greg Vaughn	3	2000	2002	5.2

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
B.J. Upton	8	2004	2012	15.6
Rocco Baldelli	6	2003	2010	9.6
Randy Winn	5	1998	2002	7.3

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Matt Joyce	5	2009	2013	7.6
Ben Grieve	3	2001	2003	3.1
Gabe Gross	2	2008	2009	2.1

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Julio Lugo	4	2003	2006	13.4
Jason Bartlett	3	2008	2010	10.4
Chris Gomez	2	2001	2002	2.9

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ben Zobrist	8	2006	2013	28.7
Sean Rodriguez	4	2010	2013	7.8
Akinori Iwamura	3	2007	2009	6.6

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Evan Longoria	6	2008	2013	33.1
Aubrey Huff	7	2000	2006	11.6
Russ Johnson	3	2000	2002	2.6

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carlos Pena	5	2007	2012	18.2
Fred McGriff	5	1998	2004	8.9
Travis Lee	3	2003	2006	4.4

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Joe Maddon	8	2006	2013	21.3
Lou Piniella	3	2003	2005	-0.1
Larry Rothschild	4	1998	2001	-0.1

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Toby Hall	7	2000	2006	5.7
John Jaso	3	2008	2011	3.0
Dioner Navarro	5	2006	2010	1.9

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jose Canseco	2	1999	2000	3.7
Johnny Damon	1	2011	2011	2.6

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
James Shields	7	2006	2012	19.7
Scott Kazmir	6	2004	2009	16.5
David Price	6	2008	2013	15.2
Matt Garza	3	2008	2010	8.4
Jeremy Hellickson	4	2010	2013	7.1
Rolando Arrojo	2	1998	1999	6.7
Tanyon Sturtze	3	2000	2002	5.8
Victor Zambrano	4	2001	2004	5.0
Wilson Alvarez	3	1998	2002	4.1
Jeff Niemann	5	2008	2012	4.1

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Albie Lopez	4	1998	2001	4.7
Chad Gaudin	2	2003	2004	0.6
Jason Hammel	3	2006	2008	-0.0

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Roberto Hernandez	3	1998	2000	5.0
Jim Mecir	3	1998	2000	4.2
Grant Balfour	4	2007	2010	3.9
J.P. Howell	6	2006	2012	3.9
Rick White	3	1998	2000	3.8
Lance Carter	4	2002	2005	3.6
Fernando Rodney	2	2012	2013	3.4
Danys Baez	2	2004	2005	3.0
Joel Peralta	3	2011	2013	2.5
Dan Wheeler	7	1999	2010	2.5

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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James