2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

March 2026 November 2013 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2006 300 American League East Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 61–101 (.377) 5th Stuart Sternberg Andrew Friedman Joe Maddon FSN FloridaWXPX(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats) WHNZ(Dave Wills, Andy Freed)WMGG(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) The 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their ninth since the franchise was created. They finished last in the American League East, posting a league-worst record of 61–101. Their manager was Joe Maddon, who entered his first season with the Devil Rays. The Devil Rays' offense had the fewest runs (689), hits (1,395) and RBI (650) in Major League Baseball, as well as the joint-lowest batting average (.255) and lowest on-base percentage (.314).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2006.shtml 2006 MLB Team Statistics Baseball Reference July 6, 2018 Offseason December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laforpe01.shtml Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com 2010-08-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100131155325/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laforpe01.shtml January 31, 2010 mdy December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com January 18, 2006: Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rivaslu01.shtml Luis Rivas Stats January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings Tampa Bay Devil Rays Record vs. opponents TB Opening Day starters Carl Crawford Jonny Gomes Nick Green Toby Hall Damon Hollins Aubrey Huff Travis Lee Seth McClung Tomás Pérez Ty Wigginton2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac Transactions Evan Longoria was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft.Baseball Draft: Rays 1st Round Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors).Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com August 24, 2006: Russell Branyan was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Evan Meek (minors). The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (minors) (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade. Roster 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers 59 Shawn Camp 39 Jason Childers 49 Jesús Colomé 56 Tim Corcoran 47 Scott Dunn 15 Casey Fossum 49 Jason Hammel 38 Travis Harper 43 Chad Harville 30 Mark Hendrickson 39 J. P. Howell 36 Edwin Jackson 26 Scott Kazmir 68,45 Ruddy Lugo 37 Seth McClung 46 Brian Meadows 33 Dan Miceli 54 Chad Orvella 53 Juan Salas 98 Jae Weong Seo 50 James Shields 41 Brian Stokes 52 Jon Switzer 40 Doug Waechter 51 Tyler Walker Catchers 44 Toby Hall 30 Dioner Navarro  8 Josh Paul 32 Shawn Riggans Infielders 24 Sean Burroughs  3 Jorge Cantú 18 Nick Green 19 Aubrey Huff 16 Travis Lee 23 Julio Lugo 62,10 Luis Ordaz  9 Tomás Pérez  2 B. J. Upton 21 Ty Wigginton 24 Kevin Witt 18 Ben Zobrist Outfielders  5 Rocco Baldelli 29 Russell Branyan 13 Carl Crawford  4 Joey Gathright 31 Jonny Gomes 27 Damon Hollins 14 Greg Norton 35 Delmon Young Manager 70 Joe Maddon Coaches 48 Mike Butcher (pitching) 20 Bill Evers (bench)  6 Tom Foley (third base) 55 Steve Henderson (hitting) 25 George Hendrick (first base)  7 Bobby Ramos (bullpen) 58 Don Zimmer (senior 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 64 221 51 .231 8 23 1B Travis Lee 114 343 77 .224 11 31 2B Jorge Cantú 107 413 103 .249 14 62 SS Julio Lugo 73 289 89 .308 12 27 3B Aubrey Huff 63 230 65 .283 8 28 LF Carl Crawford 151 600 183 .305 18 77 CF Rocco Baldelli 92 364 110 .302 16 57 RF Damon Hollins 121 333 76 .228 15 33 DH Jonny Gomes 117 385 83 .216 20 592006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com 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 Ty Wigginton 122 444 122 .275 24 79 Greg Norton 98 294 87 .296 17 45 Tomás Pérez 99 241 51 .212 2 16 Dioner Navarro 56 193 47 .244 4 20 Ben Zobrist 52 183 41 .224 2 18 B.J. Upton 50 175 43 .246 1 10 Russell Branyan 64 169 34 .201 12 27 Joey Gathright 55 154 31 .201 0 13 Josh Paul 58 146 38 .260 1 8 Delmon Young 30 126 40 .317 3 10 Kevin Witt 19 61 9 .148 2 5 Nick Green 17 39 3 .077 0 0 Shawn Riggans 10 29 5 .172 0 1 Sean Burroughs 8 21 4 .190 0 1 Luis Ordaz 1 2 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 24 144.2 10 8 3.24 163 Casey Fossum 25 130.0 6 6 5.33 88 James Shields 21 124.2 6 8 4.84 104 Tim Corcoran 21 90.1 5 9 4.38 59 Jae Weong Seo 17 90.0 1 8 5.00 39 Mark Hendrickson 13 89.2 4 8 3.81 51 Doug Waechter 11 53.0 1 4 6.62 25 Jason Hammel 9 44.0 0 6 7.77 32 J.P. Howell 8 42.1 1 3 5.10 33 Brian Stokes 5 24.0 1 0 4.88 15 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 Seth McClung 39 103.0 6 12 6.29 59 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Tyler Walker 20 1 3 10 4.95 16 Shawn Camp 75 7 4 4 4.68 53 Ruddy Lugo 64 2 4 0 3.81 48 Brian Meadows 53 3 6 8 5.17 35 Jon Switzer 40 2 2 0 4.54 18 Dan Miceli 33 1 2 4 3.94 18 Chad Harville 32 0 2 1 5.93 30 Travis Harper 30 2 0 0 4.93 32 Edwin Jackson 23 0 0 0 5.45 27 Chad Orvella 22 1 5 0 7.40 17 Juan Salas 8 0 0 0 5.40 8 Scott Dunn 7 1 0 0 11.74 4 Jason Childers 5 0 1 0 4.70 5 Jesús Colomé 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Durham Bulls International League John Tamargo AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Charlie Montoyo A Visalia Oaks California League Joe Szekely A Southwest Michigan Devil Rays Midwest League Skeeter Barnes A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Matt Quatraro Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Jamie NelsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: MontgomeryJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Tampa Bay Rays seasons Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tampa Bay Devil RAys