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2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tropicana Field
City St. Petersburg, Florida
Record66–96 (.407)
Divisional place5th
Owners Stuart Sternberg
General managers Andrew Friedman
Managers Joe Maddon
Television FSN Florida
WXPX ( Ion TV 66)
Radio WHNZ
WGES (Spanish)
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays' 2007 season, the tenth season in franchise history, involved the Devil Rays trying to improve on their 2006 season, where they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with a league-worst record of 66–96. During the offseason they signed Japanese infielder Akinori Iwamura to a three-year deal. Their manager was Joe Maddon, who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.

Although the Devil Rays again finished last in the division, they improved their record by five games, to 66-96. Their season attendance increased by 18,653 to 1,387,603. This marks the first time home attendance has increased in consecutive seasons. Joe Maddon's option years through 2009 were picked up by the club on September 8, 2007. The season was marked by incredible pitching performances by club ace Scott Kazmir and rookie James Shields, and the bats of club standby Carl Crawford; rookies Delmon Young, B.J. Upton and Brendan Harris; and free agents Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Peña. Several club single-season records fell during the course of the season.

This was also the last season with the team being named the Devil Rays. The team dropped the "Devil" from the name. The following year, the team would win the AL East, beating the usual contenders in the Yankees and the Red Sox. The team would win the pennant, but lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

Regular season

The Devil Rays opened their 2007 season April 2, on the road against the defending division champion New York Yankees. The bullpen blew a lead and Tampa Bay lost, 9-5, [1] but came back to win the third game, 7-6 (the second of the opening series was rained out). They suffered a setback in the middle of April when new third baseman Iwamura, off to a hot start with a .339 batting average to that point, suffered an oblique strain and went on the disabled list. [2] However, the team continued to play better than in past years, and on May 4 moved into a tie for second place, the latest that Tampa Bay had been that high in the standings since the 1999 season. [3]

The Rays trailed off going into May, falling eventually back into last place, but surged into their series in Orlando, Florida, against the Texas Rangers, which they swept. After the series with the Rangers, they won only one of the next seven games, skidding to a then season low, nine games below .500.

After a 9-4 win against the Dodgers to improve their record to 33-40 on June 24, the Devil Rays went on to lose 11 straight games and went on to lose 13 of 14 games since the Dodgers series and went into the All-Star Break 34-53. After the break it wasn't much better losing 3 games out of 4 against the Yankees in their 1st series after the break and went on to lose 8 straight games between July 21 to 28. The low point of that losing streak were two dismal losses to the Yankees. One game losing 17-5 and the other 21-4. The Rays' lack of pitching between their two aces and closer Al Reyes led to the coining of the idiom, "Kazmir and Shields, then off come the wheels."

For the Devil Rays it was a July to forget but things were getting better in August. Improvements made to the bullpen at the trade deadline led to shorter losing streaks and, eventually, more series wins. On August 11, Starting pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched the Devil Rays 1st complete game shutout of the year in a 3-0 win against the Rangers. On August 25, Pitcher Scott Kazmir went 8 innings with a career high 13 strikeouts in a 14-3 win against the Oakland Athletics and in that series the Rays took 3 of 4 games out scoring the A's 33 to 9 in the last three games of that series. The hot streak continued with a sweep of the tailspinning Baltimore Orioles and series wins at the Yankees and home against the Orioles and the Blue Jays before finally losing 2 of 3 at the Boston Red Sox and splitting a 4-game series at the Seattle Mariners.

Their September upswing ensured that they would finish the 2007 season with a better record than the 2006 season. They did, however, hobble into the end of the season, with Carl Crawford's season-ending groin pull in late-September contributing to a 5-13 finish. They did win their final game of the season, though, giving hope for next year.

New team records

Andy Sonnanstine broke a team record with seven consecutive strikeouts on June 10 in a victory over the Florida Marlins, his first win of the season.

On September 3, Carlos Peña broke the club single-season home run record, previously 34, held by José Canseco ( 1999) and Aubrey Huff ( 2003). Peña's 35th was a two-run homer off Jim Hoey in the seventh inning of a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. On September 16, he became the first Rays player to hit 40 home runs in a season, the 40th being a leadoff homer coming off Jarrod Washburn in the 4th inning of a 9-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. His 45th home run came off Dustin McGowan in the 5th inning of a 5-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays; it was the second of back-to-back homers, following Jorge Velandia's second homer of the season.

On September 27, Peña took the RBI record, previously set by Jorge Cantú at 117 in 2005. He tied it with an RBI single in the 1st inning for his 117th, and broke it with a solo home run in the 5th inning for his 118th. Both RBIs were off Chien-Ming Wang in a 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. He finished the season with 46 home runs, 121 RBIs and a 1.037 OPS (.411 OBP, .627 SLG, both Rays season records), becoming the first Devil Ray to finish a season with at least a 1.000 OPS. Peña went on to win Comeback Player of the Year honors for the American League.

Carl Crawford approached the 1,000-hit plateau, but a groin pull in late September ended his season early, leaving him stuck at 990 career hits. He will most likely become the first Devil Ray to hit 1,000 hits with the club early next season. It will not be the first four-digit hit milestone for the club; Wade Boggs got his 3,000th hit while with the team in 1999. His injury, however, did not prevent him from finishing the season with a share of the AL stolen base title with Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles. Both players finished the year with 50, marking the fourth time he's led or shared the lead in that category for a year.

Delmon Young became the first Rays rookie to play in every game of a 162-game season, setting a team record for most at bats taken in a season with 645. He is the second Rays player ever to play in every game in a season, after Aubrey Huff in 2003. Young was held from the lineup for the last game of the season after not hustling to first on a ground ball during the previous game, but apologized for not giving that game his all and entered the final game as a mid-game replacement. At the end of the season, he was considered a leading candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year award.

On September 10, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays pitcher to record 200 strikeouts in a season, in a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. His 200th strikeout victim for the year was Coco Crisp. He ultimately claimed the A.L. strikeout title, finishing the year with 239. (A one-game playoff permitted Jake Peavy to take the MLB strikeout title with 240.) Kazmir is also the first D-Ray starter to finish a season with at least 10 strikeouts per 9 innings (10.41).

During the course of the season, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays starting pitcher to log enough starts and innings to begin compiling rate-based team all-time pitching records, such as ERA.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 96 66 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
New York Yankees 94 68 0.580 2 52–29 42–39
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 0.512 13 49–32 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 69 93 0.426 27 35–46 34–47
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 66 96 0.407 30 37–44 29–52

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore — 6–12 5–3 3–4 1–5 7–0 3–7 0–7 9–9 4–4 2–7 11–7 4–6 8–10 6–12
Boston 12–6 — 7–1 5–2 3–4 3–3 6–4 4–3 8–10 4–4 4–5 13–5 6–4 9–9 12–6
Chicago 3–5 1–7 — 7–11 11–7 12–6 5–4 9–9 4–6 4–5 1–7 6–1 2–4 3–4 4–14
Cleveland 4–3 2–5 11–7 — 12–6 11–7 5–5 14–4 0–6 6–4 4–3 8–2 6–3 4–2 9–9
Detroit 5–1 4–3 7–11 6–12 — 11–7 3–5 12–6 4–4 4–6 6–4 3–4 5–4 4–3 14–4
Kansas City 0–7 3–3 6–12 7–11 7–11 — 5–2 9–9 1–9 6–4 3–6 4–3 5–4 3–4 10–8
Los Angeles 7–3 4–6 4–5 5–5 5–3 2–5 — 6–3 6–3 9–10 13–6 6–2 10–9 3–4 14–4
Minnesota 7–0 3–4 9–9 4–14 6–12 9–9 3–6 — 2–5 5–2 6–3 3–4 7–2 4–6 11–7
New York 9–9 10–8 6–4 6–0 4–4 9–1 3–6 5–2 — 2–4 5–5 10–8 5–1 10–8 10–8
Oakland 4–4 4–4 5–4 4–6 6–4 4–6 10–9 2–5 4–2 — 5–14 4–6 9–10 5–4 10–8
Seattle 7–2 5–4 7–1 3–4 4–6 6–3 6–13 3–6 5–5 14–5 — 4–3 11–8 4–5 9–9
Tampa Bay 7–11 5–13 1–6 2–8 4–3 3–4 2–6 4–3 8–10 6–4 3–4 — 5–4 9–9 7–11
Texas 6–4 4–6 4–2 3–6 4–5 4–5 9–10 2–7 1–5 10–9 8–11 4–5 — 5–5 11–7
Toronto 10–8 9–9 4–3 2–4 3–4 4–3 4–3 6–4 8–10 4–5 5–4 9–9 5–5 — 10–8


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Game log

2007 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 2 @ Yankees 9 – 5 Vizcaíno (1-0) Stokes (0-1) 55,035 0-1
-- April 4 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 21 0-1
2 April 5 @ Yankees 7 – 6 Lugo (1-0) Vizcaíno (1-1) Reyes (1) 52,096 1-1
3 April 6 Blue Jays 6 – 5 Ryu (1-0) Ryan (0-1) 38,437 2-1
4 April 7 Blue Jays 8 – 5 Marcum (1-0) Fossum (0-1) Ryan (2) 18,495 2-2
5 April 8 Blue Jays 6 – 3 Halladay (1-0) Kazmir (0-1) Janssen (1) 12,436 2-3
6 April 9 @ Rangers 8 – 4 McCarthy (1-1) Jackson (0-1) 21,547 2-4
7 April 10 @ Rangers 12 – 9 Feldman (1-0) Seo (0-1) 23,897 2-5
8 April 11 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Shields (1-0) Tejeda (1-1) 33,674 3-5
9 April 12 @ Twins 3 – 2 Nathan (1-0) Stokes (0-2) 15,869 3-6
10 April 13 @ Twins 4 – 2 Kazmir (2-0) Santana (2-1) Reyes (3) 27,783 4-6
11 April 14 @ Twins 12 – 5 Ponson (1-1) Jackson (0-2) 35,269 4-7
12 April 15 @ Twins 6 – 4 Stokes (1-2) Nathan (1-1) Reyes (4) 27,024 5-7
13 April 16 Orioles 9 – 7 Guthrie (1-0) Ryu (1-1) Ray (4) 9,157 5-8
14 April 17 Orioles 6 – 4 Fossum (1-1) Trachsel (0-1) Reyes (5) 9,575 6-8
15 April 18 Orioles 6 – 4 Bédard (3-1) Glover (0-1) Ray (5) 10,540 6-9
16 April 20 Indians 4 – 3 Hernández (1-1) Salas (0-1) Borowski (6) 13,391 6-10
17 April 21 Indians 6 – 5 Seo (1-1) Byrd (1-1) Reyes (6) 22,805 7-10
18 April 22 Indians 6 – 4 Mastny (1-0) Stokes (1-3) Borowski (7) 18,131 7-11
19 April 23 Yankees 10 – 8 Fossum (2-1) Igawa (1-1) 20,409 8-11
20 April 24 Yankees 4 – 6 Salas (1-1) Wang (0-1) Reyes (7) 22,328 9-11
21 April 25 @ Angels 9 – 1 Lackey (3-2) Jackson (0-3) 36,850 9-12
22 April 26 @ Angels 11 – 3 Colón (2-0) Seo (1-2) 35,597 9-13
23 April 27 @ Athletics 4 – 1 Shields (2-0) Gaudin (1-1) Reyes (8) 15,388 10-13
24 April 28 @ Athletics 12 – 5 Haren (3-2) Fossum (2-2) 26,760 10-14
25 April 29 @ Athletics 5 – 3 Kazmir (2-1) Braden (1-1) Reyes (9) 23,827 11-14
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26 May 1 Twins 9 – 1 Ponson (2-3) Jackson (0-4) 8,773 11-15
27 May 2 Twins 4 – 3 (10) Reyes (1-0) Guerrier (0-1) 9,101 12-15
28 May 3 Twins 6 – 4 Shields (3-0) Ortiz (3-2) Reyes (10) 8,793 13-15
29 May 4 Athletics 5 – 2 Duchscherer (3-1) Glover (0-2) Street (8) 11,546 13-16
30 May 5 Athletics 3 – 2 (12) Lugo (2-0) Marshall (1-2) 16,604 14-16
31 May 6 Athletics 5 – 3 Blanton (3-1) Jackson (0-5) Street (9) 16,880 14-17
32 May 8 @ Orioles 8 – 3 Guthrie (2-1) Seo (1-3) 17,818 14-18
33 May 9 @ Orioles 1 – 0 (10) Parrish (1-0) Stokes (1-4) 14,780 14-19
34 May 10 @ Orioles 11 – 6 Cabrera (3-3) Fossum (2-3) 15,915 14-20
35 May 11 @ Blue Jays 5 – 1 Burnett (3-3) Kazmir (2-2) 20,542 14-21
36 May 12 @ Blue Jays 5 – 4 Downs (1-0) Stokes (1-5) Accardo (1) 23,208 14-22
37 May 13 @ Blue Jays 2 – 1 Seo (2-3) Frasor (1-2) Reyes (11) 25,453 15-22
38 May 15 Rangers* 4 – 3 (10) Stokes (2-5) Feldman (1-2) 8,443 16-22
39 May 16 Rangers* 11 – 8 Fossum (3-3) Padilla (1-6) Reyes (12) 8,839 17-22
40 May 17 Rangers* 8 – 6 (10) Glover (1-2) Eyre (1-2) 9,635 18-22
41 May 18 Marlins 8 – 4 Kim (2-2) Jackson (0-6) 13,003 18-23
42 May 19 Marlins 7 – 2 Willis (6-3) Seo (2-4) 19,566 18-24
43 May 20 Marlins 4 – 3 Mitre (2-2) Shawn Camp (0-1) Gregg (3) 23,554 18-25
44 May 22 Mariners 5 – 2 Washburn (4-4) Orvella (0-1) Putz (11) 9,254 18-26
45 May 23 Mariners 5 – 1 Batista (4-4) Fossum (3-4) 8,440 18-27
46 May 24 Mariners 13 – 12 Seo (3-4) White (1-1) 9,149 19-27
47 May 25 @ White Sox 5 – 4 Jenks (2-1) Orvella (0-2) 34,538 19-28
-- May 26 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 27 19-28
48 May 27 @ White Sox 11 – 5 Kazmir (3-2) Vázquez (2-3) 38,103 20-28
49 May 28 Tigers 6 – 5 Glover (2-2) Jones (1-2) 14,769 21-28
50 May 29 Tigers 14 – 2 Bonderman (4-0) Fossum (3-5) 11,518 21-29
51 May 30 Tigers 5 – 3 Shields (4-0) Robertson (4-5) 12,435 22-29
*At Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 Royals 4 – 1 Bannister (1-3) Kazmir (3-3) Dotel (1) 12,032 22-30
53 June 2 Royals 9 – 4 Pérez (3-5) Jackson (0-7) 14,403 22-31
54 June 3 Royals 5 – 1 Howell (1-0) Elarton (1-2) 12,220 23-31
55 June 4 Royals 4 – 2 Shields (5-0) Meche (3-5) Reyes (14) 9,435 24-31
56 June 5 @ Blue Jays 12 – 11 Towers (2-3) Fossum (3-6) 19,063 24-32
57 June 6 @ Blue Jays 6 – 2 Kazmir (4-3) Ohka (2-5) 16,663 25-32
58 June 7 @ Blue Jays 5 – 3 Glover (3-2) Accardo (1-1) Reyes (15) 37,105 26-32
59 June 8 @ Marlins 14 – 8 Miller (2-0) Stokes (2-6) 13,520 26-33
60 June 9 @ Marlins 7 – 2 Shields (6-0) Willis (7-5) 20,189 27-33
61 June 10 @ Marlins 9 – 4 Sonnanstine (1-0) VandenHurk (1-2) 11,525 28-33
62 June 12 Padres 11 – 4 Fossum (4-6) Meredith (2-5) 12,870 29-33
63 June 13 Padres 9 – 0 Peavy (8-1) Jackson (0-8) 12,020 29-34
64 June 14 Padres 7 – 1 Germano (5-0) Howell (1-1) 19,270 29-35
65 June 15 @ Rockies 12 – 2 López (3-0) Shields (6-1) 25,762 29-36
66 June 16 @ Rockies 10 – 5 Buchholz (4-3) Sonnanstine (1-1) 30,101 29-37
67 June 17 @ Rockies 7 – 4 Kazmir (5-3) Cook (4-4) Reyes (16) 31,190 30-37
68 June 18 @ D-backs 10 – 2 Hammel (1-0) Hernández (5-5) 18,963 31-37
69 June 19 @ D-backs 10 – 8 (10) Lyon (5-2) Reyes (1-1) 19,761 31-38
70 June 20 @ D-backs 7 – 4 Owings (5-1) Shields (6-2) Valverde (23) 31,805 31-39
71 June 22 Dodgers 6 – 3 Lowe (8-6) Sonnanstine (1-2) Saito (20) 14,961 31-40
72 June 23 Dodgers 4 – 3 Fossum (5-6) Wolf (8-6) Reyes (17) 24,068 32-40
73 June 24 Dodgers 9 – 4 Jackson (1-8) Kuo (1-3) 18,248 33-40
74 June 25 White Sox 5 – 4 Danks (4-6) Fossum (5-7) Jenks (19) 10,514 33-41
75 June 26 White Sox 6 – 1 Garland (5-5) Shields (6-3) 11,954 33-42
76 June 27 White Sox 5 – 3 Buehrle (5-4) Glover (3-3) Jenks (20) 10,492 33-43
77 June 28 White Sox 5 – 1 Vázquez (4-5) Kazmir (5-4) 13,496 33-44
78 June 29 @ Indians 2 – 1 Borowski (1-3) Shawn Camp (0-2) 34,557 33-45
79 June 30 @ Indians 8 – 6 Sabathia (12-2) Howell (1-2) Borowski (23) 36,726 33-46
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 @ Indians 3 – 2 Lee (5-4) Shields (6-4) Borowski (24) 30,410 33-47
81 July 2 @ Indians 10 – 2 Carmona (9-4) Sonnanstine (1-3) 34,372 33-48
82 July 3 @ Red Sox 4 – 1 Matsuzaka (10-5) Kazmir (5-5) 37,005 33-49
83 July 4 @ Red Sox 7 – 5 Wakefield (9-8) Jackson (1-9) Papelbon (20) 36,629 33-50
84 July 5 @ Red Sox 15 – 4 Beckett (12-2) Howell (1-3) 37,044 33-51
85 July 6 @ Royals 6 – 5 Shields (7-4) Pérez (4-8) Glover (1) 18,753 34-51
86 July 7 @ Royals 8 – 7 Dotel (2-1) Shawn Camp (0-3) 20,458 34-52
87 July 8 @ Royals 12 – 4 de la Rosa (7-9) Kazmir (5-6) 14,726 34-53
88 July 12 Yankees 7 – 3 Pettitte (5-6) Shields (7-5) 21,907 34-54
89 July 13 Yankees 6 – 4 Kazmir (6-6) Clemens (2-4) Glover (2) 29,803 35-54
90 July 14 Yankees 6 – 4 Wang (10-4) Sonnanstine (1-4) Rivera (12) 36,048 35-55
91 July 15 Yankees 7 – 6 Vizcaíno (5-2) Fossum (5-8) Rivera (13) 36,048 35-56
92 July 17 Angels 8 – 3 Shields (8-5) Santana (5-11) 9,430 36-56
93 July 18 Angels 7 – 2 Kazmir (7-6) Colón (6-5) 13,521 37-56
94 July 19 Angels 3 – 0 Escobar (11-3) Sonnanstine (1-5) Rodríguez (25) 18,163 37-57
95 July 20 @ Yankees 14 – 4 Jackson (2-9) Mussina (4-7) 53,957 38-57
96 July 21 @ Yankees 7 – 3 Vizcaíno (7-2) Ryu (1-2) 54,412 38-58
97 July 21 @ Yankees 17 – 5 Vizcaíno (8-2) Howell (1-4) 52,983 38-59
98 July 22 @ Yankees 21 – 4 Pettitte (6-6) Shields (8-6) 54,751 38-60
99 July 24 @ Orioles 3 – 0 Cabrera (7-10) Kazmir (7-7) Walker (2) 42,579 38-61
100 July 25 @ Orioles 6 – 1 Bédard (10-4) Sonnanstine (1-6) 21,427 38-62
101 July 26 @ Orioles 10 – 7 Bell (3-1) Jackson (2-10) 22,393 38-63
102 July 27 Red Sox 7 – 1 Wakefield (12-9) Hammel (1-1) 33,144 38-64
103 July 28 Red Sox 12 – 6 (12) Snyder (2-2) Stokes (2-7) 36,048 38-65
104 July 29 Red Sox 5 – 2 Glover (4-3) Matsuzaka (12-8) 34,813 39-65
105 July 30 Blue Jays 5 – 4 (11) Dohmann (1-0) Wolfe (2-1) 8,807 40-65
106 July 31 Blue Jays 2 – 0 Litsch (4-4) Jackson (2-11) Accardo (18) 10,569 40-66
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107 August 1 Blue Jays 6 – 2 Glover (5-3) Towers (5-8) 10,109 41-66
108 August 3 Orioles 3 – 1 Cabrera (8-11) Shields (8-7) Báez (1) 15,542 41-67
109 August 4 Orioles 9 – 2 Kazmir (8-7) Burres (5-5) 18,230 42-67
110 August 5 Orioles 11 – 3 Bédard (12-4) Sonnanstine (1-7) 19,845 42-68
111 August 6 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Miner (2-3) Glover (5-4) Jones (29) 39,289 42-69
112 August 7 @ Tigers 9 – 6 Byrdak (1-0) Wheeler (1-5) Jones (30) 35,288 42-70
113 August 8 @ Tigers 7 – 1 Shields (9-7) Durbin (7-4) 37,777 43-70
114 August 9 @ Tigers 8 – 1 Kazmir (9-7) Bonderman (10-5) 38,789 44-70
115 August 10 @ Rangers 7 – 4 Wood (2-1) Sonnanstine (1-8) Wilson (4) 28,314 44-71
116 August 11 @ Rangers 3 – 0 Jackson (3-11) Rheinecker (1-1) 36,709 45-71
117 August 12 @ Rangers 9 – 1 Eyre (4-5) Hammel (1-2) 24,042 45-72
118 August 13 @ Red Sox 3 – 0 Wakefield (14-10) Shields (9-8) Papelbon (28) 36,808 45-73
119 August 14 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Gagné (3-0) Reyes (1-2) 36,837 45-74
120 August 15 @ Red Sox 6 – 5 Sonnanstine (2-8) Matsuzaka (13-9) Reyes (18) 36,413 46-74
121 August 17 Indians 2 – 1 Byrd (11-5) Jackson (3-12) Borowski (34) 15,343 46-75
122 August 18 Indians 8 – 1 Westbrook (4-7) Hammel (1-3) 24,397 46-76
123 August 19 Indians 4 – 3 (12) Dohmann (2-0) Pérez (0-1) 22,328 47-76
124 August 20 Red Sox 6 – 0 Wakefield (15-10) Kazmir (9-8) 16,843 47-77
125 August 21 Red Sox 8 – 6 Lester (2-0) Sonnanstine (2-9) Papelbon (30) 16,393 47-78
126 August 22 Red Sox 2 – 1 Jackson (4-12) Matsuzaka (13-10) Reyes (19) 17,839 48-78
127 August 23 Athletics 12 – 2 Gaudin (10-9) Hammel (1-4) 9,444 48-79
128 August 24 Athletics 12 – 2 Shields (10-8) DiNardo (8-7) 9,592 49-79
129 August 25 Athletics 14 – 3 Kazmir (10-8) Blanton (11-9) 18,163 50-79
130 August 26 Athletics 7 – 4 Sonnanstine (3-9) Haren (14-5) Reyes (20) 19,044 51-79
131 August 27 @ White Sox 5 – 4 Contreras (7-16) Wheeler (1-6) Jenks (36) 37,030 51-80
132 August 28 @ Orioles 15 – 8 Dohmann (3-0) Hoey (1-3) 17,781 52-80
133 August 29 @ Orioles 5 – 4 (12) Balfour (1-2) Bell (3-3) Reyes (21) 16,944 53-80
134 August 30 @ Orioles 8 – 6 Kazmir (11-8) Guthrie (7-5) Reyes (22) 17,546 54-80
135 August 31 @ Yankees 9 – 1 Sonnanstine (4-9) Hughes (2-3) 53,275 55-80
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
136 September 1 @ Yankees 9 – 6 Kennedy (1-0) Jackson (4-13) Rivera (23) 53,637 55-81
137 September 2 @ Yankees 8 – 2 Hammel (2-4) Pettitte (12-8) 53,957 56-81
138 September 3 Orioles 9 – 7 Shields (11-8) Hoey (1-4) 10,350 57-81
139 September 4 Orioles 8 – 4 Bradford (3-6) Wheeler (1-7) 9,112 57-82
140 September 5 Orioles 17 – 2 Sonnanstine (5-9) Liz (0-2) 9,856 58-82
141 September 7 Blue Jays 7 – 2 McGowan (10-8) Jackson (4-14) 18,617 58-83
142 September 8 Blue Jays 5 – 4 Reyes (2-2) Accardo (4-4) 19,822 59-83
143 September 9 Blue Jays 3 – 2 Shields (10-8) Litsch (5-8) Reyes (23) 20,556 60-83
144 September 10 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Kazmir (12-8) Schilling (8-7) Reyes (24) 36,907 61-83
145 September 11 @ Red Sox 16 – 10 Corey (1-0) Switzer (0-1) 36,640 61-84
146 September 12 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Papelbon (1-2) Reyes (2-3) 36,931 61-85
147 September 13 @ Mariners 8 – 7 Rowland-Smith (1-0) Wheeler (1-8) Putz (38) 23,991 61-86
148 September 14 @ Mariners 2 – 1 Putz (4-1) Glover (5-5) 30,164 61-87
149 September 15 @ Mariners 6 – 2 Kazmir (13-8) H. Ramírez (8-7) 33,793 62-87
150 September 16 @ Mariners 9 – 2 Sonnanstine (6-9) Washburn (9-15) 36,234 63-87
151 September 17 @ Angels 10 – 7 Oliver (3-0) Jackson (4-15) 37,530 63-88
152 September 18 @ Angels 2 – 1 Lackey (17-9) Hammel (2-5) Rodríguez (36) 36,313 63-89
153 September 19 @ Angels 2 – 1 Santana (7-13) Howell (1-5) Rodríguez (37) 33,699 63-90
154 September 21 Red Sox 8 – 1 Beckett (20-6) Kazmir (13-9) 27,369 63-91
155 September 22 Red Sox 8 – 6 Gagné (4-2) Reyes (2-4) Papelbon (36) 34,626 63-92
156 September 23 Red Sox 5 – 4 Jackson (5-15) Wakefield (16-12) Reyes (25) 30,310 64-92
157 September 25 Yankees 7 – 6 (10) Glover (6-5) Karstens (1-4) 24,503 65-92
158 September 26 Yankees 12 – 4 Wang (19-7) Howell (1-6) 21,621 65-93
159 September 27 Yankees 3 – 1 Hughes (5-3) Switzer (0-2) Veras (1) 28,962 65-94
160 September 28 @ Blue Jays 5 – 4 McGowan (12-10) Sonnanstine (6-10) Accardo (30) 34,670 65-95
161 September 29 @ Blue Jays 5 – 3 Downs (4-2) Wheeler (1-9) 37,681 65-96
162 September 30 @ Blue Jays 8 – 5 Hammel (3-5) Burnett (10-8) Reyes (26) 44,156 66-96

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 Dioner Navarro 119 388 88 .227 9 44
1B Carlos Peña 148 490 138 .282 46 121
2B Ty Wigginton 98 378 104 .275 16 49
SS Brendan Harris 137 521 149 .286 12 59
3B Akinori Iwamura 123 491 140 .285 7 34
LF Carl Crawford 143 584 184 .315 11 80
CF B.J. Upton 129 474 142 .300 24 82
RF Delmon Young 162 645 186 .288 13 93
DH Greg Norton 75 202 49 .243 4 23

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
Jonny Gomes 107 348 85 .244 17 49
Josh Wilson 90 263 66 .251 2 24
Elijah Dukes 52 184 35 .190 10 21
Rocco Baldelli 35 137 28 .204 5 12
Josh Paul 35 105 20 .190 1 9
Ben Zobrist 31 97 15 .155 1 9
Raul Casanova 29 79 20 .253 6 11
Jorge Cantú 25 58 12 .207 0 4
Jorge Velandia 14 50 16 .320 2 11
Joel Guzmán 16 37 9 .243 0 4
Dustan Mohr 7 16 2 .125 1 2
Justin Ruggiano 7 14 3 .214 0 3
Shawn Riggans 3 10 1 .100 0 2

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
James Shields 31 215.0 12 8 3.85 184
Scott Kazmir 34 206.2 13 9 3.48 239
Edwin Jackson 32 161.0 5 15 5.76 128
Andy Sonnanstine 22 130.2 6 10 5.85 97
Jae Weong Seo 11 52.0 3 4 8.13 28
J.P. Howell 10 51.0 1 6 7.59 49

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
Jason Hammel 24 85.0 3 5 6.14 64
Casey Fossum 40 76.0 5 8 7.70 53

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
Al Reyes 61 2 4 26 4.90 70
Gary Glover 67 6 5 2 4.89 51
Brian Stokes 59 2 7 0 7.07 35
Shawn Camp 50 0 3 0 7.20 36
Juan Salas 34 1 1 0 3.72 26
Scott Dohmann 31 3 0 0 3.31 26
Dan Wheeler 25 0 5 0 5.76 26
Grant Balfour 22 1 0 0 6.14 27
Jon Switzer 21 0 2 0 8.05 13
Jay Witasick 20 0 0 0 6.61 8
Jae Kuk Ryu 17 1 2 0 7.33 14
Ruddy Lugo 11 2 0 0 9.28 8
Chad Orvella 10 0 2 0 14.63 6
Tim Corcoran 9 0 0 0 6.75 6
Jeff Ridgway 3 0 0 0 189.00 0
Josh Wilson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Charlie Montoyo
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Billy Gardner Jr.
A Vero Beach Devil Rays Florida State League Joe Szekely
A Columbus Catfish South Atlantic League Jim Morrison
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Matt Quatraro
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Jamie Nelson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery, Columbus

References

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  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Tampa Bay Devil Rays Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Tampa Bay Devil Rays Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Game Wrapup[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ The Official Site of The Tampa Bay Rays: Official Info: Rays place Iwamura on DL, recall Cantu[ permanent dead link]
  3. ^ The Official Site of The Tampa Bay Rays: News: Notes: Rays rising in standings[ permanent dead link]
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