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Wilson Álvarez threw the first pitch and Wade Boggs hit the team's first home run, though the Devil Rays ended up losing 11–6. The next day, the Devil Rays won their first victory, defeating Detroit 11–8, thanks to rookie pitcher (and future All-Star) Rolando Arrojo. Despite briefly being over .500 in their first 19 games (a first for an ...
In the 2006–07 off-season, the Devil Rays won the rights to Japanese infielder Akinori Iwamura. [8] and signed him to a three-year contract. In an effort to court the Orlando, Florida, market, the Devil Rays played a series at The Ballpark (now called Champion Stadium) at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in the 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays ...
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 shortened their official name to the "Tampa Bay Rays." [2]
Anthony Scott Saunders (born April 29, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 1999. He was the first player selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1997 MLB expansion draft.
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the Tampa Bay Rays franchise, formerly known as the Devil Rays. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
Maddon is the first manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Rays, first winning it in 2008, and again in 2011. [8] Maddon became the manager of the then-Devil Rays in 2006. [7] On February 15, 2012 the Rays extended his contract through the 2015 season, [9] however he opted out of his contract at the end of the 2014 season.
The 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the first season in franchise history. This season, they finished last in the American League East and finished the season with a record of 63–99, 51 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.
Bentfin devil ray, Mobula thurstoni; Manta ray, Manta birostris, the largest of the rays; Tampa Bay Rays, an American League baseball team based St. Petersburg, Florida, known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998–2007; Several of the franchise's affiliated minor league baseball teams use "Devil Rays" or "Rays" as a nickname: