The Tampa Bay Rays 2015 season was the Rays' 18th season of Major League Baseball and the eighth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field)
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Stuart Sternberg | |
General managers | Matthew Silverman | |
Managers | Kevin Cash | |
Television | Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas) | |
Radio | Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) | |
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Offseason
edit- November 3: Designated Vince Belnome and Jerry Sands for assignment.
- November 4: Signed Eduar Quinonez to a minor league contract.
- November 5: Traded Cesar Ramos to the Los Angeles Angels for Mark Sappington.
- November 14: Traded Jeremy Hellickson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Andrew Velazquez and Justin Williams.
- November 20: Traded Adam Liberatore and Joel Peralta to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Harris and José Domínguez, promoted 5 players from the minors, invited 2 players to spring training, and designated Michael Kohn for assignment.
- November 24: Released Jose Molina and Cole Figueroa.
- November 25: Signed Marlon Constante to a minor league contract.
- November 26: Signed Ernesto Frieri and Thomas Lebron (minor league contract).
- December 1: Traded Sean Rodriguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Buddy Borden and cash.
- December 2: Signed Ender Gonzalez to a minor league contract.
- December 12: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to spring training.
- December 16: Traded Matt Joyce to the Angels for Kevin Jepsen.
- December 17: Signed Jhan Mariñez to a minor league contract.
- December 19: Traded Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan, and Jose Castillo to the San Diego Padres for René Rivera, Burch Smith, and Jake Bauers. Also received Steven Souza and Travis Ott from the Washington Nationals.
- December 23: Sent Brandon Gomes to the minors.
- January 3: Signed Joey Butler and Juan Francisco to a minor league contract and invited them to spring training.
- January 5: Signed Mayo Acosta to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
- January 10:' Signed Asdrúbal Cabrera and traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics for Boog Powell, Daniel Robertson, John Jaso, and cash.
- January 16: Signed Everett Teaford to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
- January 21: Signed Robert Zarate to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
- January 23: Received Mike Marjama from the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later.
- February 2: Invited 7 players to spring training and signed 2 of them to a minor league contract.
Season standings
editAmerican League East
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 53–28 | 40–41 |
New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 45–36 | 42–39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | .500 | 12 | 47–31 | 34–50 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 42–42 | 38–40 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 15 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
American League Wild Card
editTeam | W | L | Pct. |
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Kansas City Royals | 95 | 67 | .586 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | .574 |
Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | +1 |
Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | .531 | — |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 85 | 77 | .525 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 3 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 4½ |
Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | .500 | 5 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 6 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 8 |
Chicago White Sox | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 11½ |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 18 |
Record against opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–7 | 10–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Boston | 8–11 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 13–7 |
Chicago | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
Cleveland | 1–5 | 4–2 | 9–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Detroit | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 | — | 3–4 | 9–10 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
Houston | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 16–4 |
Kansas City | 4–3 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–4 | — | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 1–6 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
Minnesota | 7–0 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 2–5 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
New York | 9–10 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 3–4 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–9 |
Oakland | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 13–6 | — | 4–3 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
Tampa Bay | 9–10 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 10–9 | 14–6 |
Texas | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 11–9 |
Toronto | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 4–2 | — | 12–8 |
Game log
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April: 12–10 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–4)
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May: 14–15 (Home: 7–8 ; Away: 7–7)
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June: 16–12 (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 9–3)
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July: 9–16 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 3–11)
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August: 14–13 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 8–8)
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September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–9)
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October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 0–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Rays team member |
- a Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.[2]
Roster
editStatistics
editBatting
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Matt Andriese, P | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Chris Archer, P | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
J. P. Arencibia, C | 24 | 71 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 22 | .310 | 0 |
Tim Beckham, 2B,SS | 82 | 203 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 13 | 69 | .222 | 3 |
Ronald Belisario, P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Ryan Brett, 2B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0 |
Joey Butler, DH,LF | 88 | 257 | 30 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 82 | .276 | 5 |
Asdrúbal Cabrera, SS | 143 | 505 | 66 | 134 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 36 | 107 | .265 | 6 |
Curt Casali, C | 38 | 101 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 34 | .238 | 0 |
David DeJesus, LF,DH | 82 | 232 | 24 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 39 | .259 | 3 |
Allan Dykstra, 1B | 13 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .129 | 0 |
Jake Elmore, 1B | 51 | 141 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 25 | .206 | 1 |
Logan Forsythe, 2B | 153 | 540 | 69 | 152 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 68 | 55 | 111 | .281 | 9 |
Nick Franklin, 1B,2B,SS | 44 | 101 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 37 | .158 | 1 |
Brandon Guyer, LF | 128 | 332 | 51 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 61 | .265 | 10 |
John Jaso, DH,LF | 70 | 185 | 23 | 53 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 39 | .286 | 1 |
Desmond Jennings, OF | 28 | 97 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | .268 | 5 |
Nate Karns, P | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 0 |
Kevin Kiermaier, CF | 151 | 505 | 62 | 133 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 24 | 95 | .263 | 18 |
Marc Krauss, 1B | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .100 | 0 |
James Loney, 1B | 104 | 361 | 25 | 101 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 34 | .280 | 2 |
Evan Longoria, 3B | 160 | 604 | 74 | 163 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 51 | 132 | .270 | 3 |
Mikie Mahtook, OF | 41 | 105 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 31 | .295 | 4 |
Luke Maile, C | 15 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .171 | 0 |
Matt Moore, P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Daniel Nava, RF | 31 | 73 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | .233 | 1 |
Jake Odorizzi, P | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Erasmo Ramírez, P | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
René Rivera, C | 110 | 298 | 16 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 86 | .178 | 0 |
Richie Shaffer, 1B,DH,3B | 31 | 74 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | .189 | 0 |
Grady Sizemore, OF | 58 | 175 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 37 | .257 | 3 |
Steven Souza, RF | 110 | 373 | 59 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 46 | 144 | .225 | 12 |
Bobby Wilson, C | 25 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | .145 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5485 | 644 | 1383 | 278 | 32 | 167 | 612 | 436 | 1310 | .252 | 87 |
Pitching
editNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Matt Andriese | 3 | 5 | 4.11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 65.2 | 69 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 49 |
Chris Archer | 12 | 13 | 3.23 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 212.0 | 175 | 85 | 76 | 19 | 66 | 252 |
Grant Balfour | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ronald Belisario | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Jeff Beliveau | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Andrew Bellatti | 3 | 1 | 2.31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
Brad Boxberger | 4 | 10 | 3.71 | 69 | 0 | 41 | 63.0 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 74 |
Xavier Cedeño | 4 | 1 | 2.09 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
Álex Colomé | 8 | 5 | 3.94 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 109.2 | 112 | 50 | 48 | 9 | 31 | 88 |
José Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Jake Elmore | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Franklin | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernesto Frieri | 1 | 0 | 4.63 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 23.1 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
Steve Geltz | 2 | 6 | 3.74 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 67.1 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 61 |
Brandon Gomes | 2 | 6 | 4.27 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 55 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
Preston Guilmet | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Kevin Jepsen | 2 | 5 | 2.81 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 41.2 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
Nate Karns | 7 | 5 | 3.67 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 147.0 | 132 | 62 | 60 | 19 | 56 | 145 |
Jake McGee | 1 | 2 | 2.41 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 37.1 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 48 |
Matt Moore | 3 | 4 | 5.43 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 63.0 | 74 | 40 | 38 | 9 | 23 | 46 |
Jake Odorizzi | 9 | 9 | 3.35 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 169.1 | 149 | 65 | 63 | 18 | 46 | 150 |
Erasmo Ramírez | 11 | 6 | 3.75 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 163.1 | 145 | 73 | 68 | 16 | 40 | 126 |
C. J. Riefenhauser | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Enny Romero | 0 | 2 | 5.10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
Drew Smyly | 5 | 2 | 3.11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 66.2 | 58 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 77 |
Everett Teaford | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Kirby Yates | 1 | 0 | 7.97 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 3.74 | 162 | 162 | 60 | 1453.1 | 1314 | 642 | 604 | 175 | 477 | 1355 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte[3]
References
edit- ^ "2015 Tampa Bay Rays Sortable Schedule". Tampa Bay Rays.
- ^ Encina, Eduardo. "O's to play game closed to public Wednesday, will relocate weekend series to Trop". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season.
- 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site Archived September 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
- 2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference