List of Tampa Bay Rays seasons
The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of both the Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League Eastern Division and the American League (AL) itself. Since their inaugural season in 1998, the Rays have played their home games at Tropicana Field.[1] The team was originally known as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays", which was inspired by a common nickname of the manta ray, but after the 2007 season, they changed their official name to the "Tampa Bay Rays."[2]
Tampa Bay made their Major League debut in 1998, where they were an expansion team.[3] For their first ten seasons, Tampa Bay struggled, never had a winning record, and always finished fifth in the American League Eastern Division, except for a fourth-place finish in the 2004 season. However, Tampa Bay had their best season ever in 2008, when they won their first American League East Division title, defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALDS, beat the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, but lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
Table Key
Regular season results
World Series champions | AL champions | Division champions | Wild card berth |
MLB season |
Team season |
Level | League[4] | Division[4] | Regular season | Post-season | Awards | ||||
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Finish[a] | Wins[b] | Losses | Win% | GB[c] | |||||||
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||||||||||
1998 | 1998 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 63 | 99 | .389 | 51 | ||
1999 | 1999 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | ||
2000 | 2000 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 69 | 92 | .429 | 18 | ||
2001 | 2001 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | ||
2002 | 2002 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 55 | 106 | .342 | 48 | ||
2003 | 2003 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 63 | 99 | .389 | 38 | ||
2004 | 2004 | MLB | AL | East | 4th | 70 | 91 | .435 | 30½ | ||
2005 | 2005 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | ||
2006 | 2006 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | ||
2007 | 2007 | MLB | AL | East | 5th | 66 | 96 | .407 | 30 | Carlos Peña (CB POY)[5] | |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||||
2008 | 2008 | MLB | AL | East | 1st | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | Won ALDS (White Sox) 3–1 Won ALCS (Red Sox) 4–3 Lost World Series (Phillies) 4–1[6] |
Evan Longoria (ROY)[7] Joe Maddon (MOY)[8] |
2009 | 2009 | MLB | AL | East | 3rd | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | ||
2010 | 2010 | MLB | AL | East | 1st | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | Lost ALDS (Rangers) 3–2 | |
2011 | 2011 | MLB | AL | East | 2nd | 91 | 71 | .562 | 6 | Lost ALDS (Rangers) 3–1 | Jeremy Hellickson (ROY)[7] Joe Maddon (MOY)[8] |
2012 | 2012 | MLB | AL | East | 3rd | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 | David Price (CYA)[9] Fernando Rodney (CB POY)[10] |
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2013 | 2013 | MLB | AL | East | 2nd | 92 | 71 | .564 | 5½ | Won AL Wild Card Game (Indians) Lost ALDS (Red Sox) 3–1 |
Wil Myers (ROY)[7] |
2014 | 2014 | MLB | AL | East | 4th | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | ||
2015 | 2015 | MLB | AL | East | 4th | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | ||
Totals | Wins | Losses | Win% | ||||||||
1352 | 1562 | .464 | All-time regular season record (1998–2014) | ||||||||
13 | 17 | .433 | All-time postseason record | ||||||||
1365 | 1579 | .464 | All-time regular and postseason record |
These statistics are current through the 2015 season. Bold denotes a playoff season, pennant or championship.
Footnotes
- a The Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
- b The Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
- c The GB column lists "Games Back" from the team that finished in first place that season. It is determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
See also
- Tampa Bay Rays team records
- List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers
- Tampa Bay Rays managers and ownership
References
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