2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

March 2026 November 2013 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2005 300 American League East Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 67–95 (.414) 5th Vince Naimoli Chuck LaMar Lou Piniella FSN FloridaWXPX(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas, Dick Crippin) 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml Midre Cummings Stats January 12, 2005: Alex Gonzalez was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaal01.shtml Alex Gonzalez Stats February 7, 2005: Denny Neagle was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 4, 2005: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Devil Rays.Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents TB Notable transactions June 13, 2005: Charles Johnson was released by the Devil Rays. Roster 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers 28 Danys Báez 97 Joe Beimel 41 Rob Bell 48 Joe Borowski 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 49 Jesús Colomé 56 Tim Corcoran 15 Casey Fossum 52 Lee Gardner 58 Travis Harper 30 Mark Hendrickson 26 Scott Kazmir 37 Seth McClung 51 Trever Miller 11,99 Hideo Nomo 47 Franklin Núñez 54 Chad Orvella 48 Jon Switzer 40 Doug Waechter 53 John Webb Catchers 17 Kevin Cash 44 Toby Hall 24 Charles Johnson 39 Pete Laforest 36 Tim Laker Infielders  3 Jorge Cantú  2 Fernando Cortez  8 Alex Gonzalez 18 Nick Green 16 Travis Lee 23 Julio Lugo 24 Eric Munson 33 Eduardo Pérez 21 Josh Phelps Outfielders 13 Carl Crawford  1 Joey Gathright 31 Jonny Gomes 27 Damon Hollins 19 Aubrey Huff  2 Alex Sánchez 10 Chris Singleton 29 Reggie Taylor Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  4 Lee Elia (hitting)  6 Tom Foley (third base) 22 Billy Hatcher (first base) 55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching)  7 John McLaren (bench) 15 Matt Sinatro (bullpen) 56 Don Zimmer (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 Toby Hall 135 432 124 .287 5 48 1B Travis Lee 129 404 110 .272 12 49 2B Nick Green 111 318 76 .239 5 29 SS Julio Lugo 158 616 182 .295 6 57 3B Alex Gonzalez 109 349 94 .269 9 38 LF Carl Crawford 156 644 194 .301 15 81 CF Damon Hollins 120 342 85 .249 13 46 RF Aubrey Huff 154 575 150 .261 22 92 DH Jonny Gomes 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 Jorge Cantú 150 598 171 .286 28 117 Joey Gathright 76 203 56 .276 0 13 Eduardo Pérez 77 161 41 .255 11 28 Josh Phelps 47 158 42 .266 5 26 Alex Sánchez 43 133 46 .346 2 13 Pete LaForest 25 64 11 .172 1 4 Chris Singleton 28 59 16 .271 0 11 Charles Johnson Charles Johnson (catcher) 19 46 9 .196 0 5 Kevin Cash 13 31 5 .161 2 2 Reggie Taylor 11 22 4 .182 0 1 Eric Munson 11 18 3 .167 0 2 Fernando Cortez 8 13 1 .077 0 1 Tim Laker 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 Scott Kazmir 32 186.0 10 9 3.77 174 Mark Hendrickson 31 178.1 11 8 5.90 89 Doug Waechter 29 157.0 5 12 5.62 87 Hideo Nomo 19 100.2 5 8 7.24 59 John Webb 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 Casey Fossum 36 162.2 8 12 4.92 128 Seth McClung 34 109.1 7 11 6.59 92 Dewon Brazelton 20 71.0 1 8 7.61 43 Rob Bell 8 25.0 1 1 8.28 13 Tim Corcoran 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 Danys Báez 67 72.1 5 4 41 2.86 51 Trever Miller 61 44.1 2 2 0 4.06 35 Travis Harper 52 73.1 4 6 0 6.75 40 Lance Carter 39 57.0 1 2 1 4.89 22 Chad Orvella 37 50.0 3 3 1 3.60 43 Jesús Colomé 36 45.1 2 3 0 4.57 28 Joe Borowski 32 35.1 1 5 0 3.82 16 Joe Beimel 7 11.0 0 0 0 3.27 3 Lee Gardner 5 7.1 0 0 0 4.91 4 Franklin Núñez 5 5.0 1 0 0 10.80 2 Jon Switzer 2 4.0 0 0 0 6.75 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 NelsonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Tampa Bay Rays seasons Tampa Bay Devil Rays season Tampa Bay Devil Rays