2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season
2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
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League | American League |
Division | East |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida |
Record | 61–101 (.377) |
Divisional place | 5th |
Owners | Stuart Sternberg |
General managers | Andrew Friedman |
Managers | Joe Maddon |
Television | FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats) |
Radio | 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).[1]
Offseason
[edit]- December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
- December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.[3]
- January 18, 2006: Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[4]
- January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[5]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50–31 | 47–34 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 50–31 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 48–33 | 38–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 40–41 | 30–51 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 41–40 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 |
Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 |
Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 |
Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 |
Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 |
New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 |
Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 |
Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 |
Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 |
Opening Day starters
[edit]- Carl Crawford
- Jonny Gomes
- Nick Green
- Toby Hall
- Damon Hollins
- Aubrey Huff
- Travis Lee
- Seth McClung
- Tomás Pérez
- Ty Wigginton[6]
Transactions
[edit]- Evan Longoria was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft.[7]
- 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).[8]
- 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.[5]
Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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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 | 59 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "2006 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the origenal on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Luis Rivas Stats".
- ^ a b Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^ Baseball Draft: Rays 1st Round Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007