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).
Offseason December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com January 18, 2006: Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Carl Crawford Jonny Gomes Nick Green Toby Hall Damon Hollins Aubrey Huff Travis Lee Seth McClung Tomás Pérez Ty Wigginton2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac
Transactions Evan Longoria was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft.Baseball Draft: Rays 1st Round Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com 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).Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com 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.
Roster 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (pitching) (bench) (third base) (hitting) (first base) (bullpen) (senior advisor)
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 64 221 51 .231 8 23 1B 114 343 77 .224 11 31 2B 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 592006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
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 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
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 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 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: MontgomeryJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com