The 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the team's eighth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with the AL's third-worst record of 67–95. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his third and last season with the Devil Rays.
Offseason October 15, 2004: Midre Cummings was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. January 12, 2005: Alex Gonzalez was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. February 7, 2005: Denny Neagle was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 4, 2005: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Devil Rays.Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 13, 2005: Charles Johnson was released by the Devil Rays.
Roster 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (hitting) (third base) (first base) (pitching) (bench) (bullpen) (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 Toby Hall 135 432 124 .287 5 48 1B Travis Lee 129 404 110 .272 12 49 2B Nick Green 111 318 76 .239 5 29 SS Julio Lugo 158 616 182 .295 6 57 3B Alex Gonzalez 109 349 94 .269 9 38 LF Carl Crawford 156 644 194 .301 15 81 CF Damon Hollins 120 342 85 .249 13 46 RF Aubrey Huff 154 575 150 .261 22 92 DH Jonny Gomes 101 348 98 .282 21 54
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 Jorge Cantú 150 598 171 .286 28 117 Joey Gathright 76 203 56 .276 0 13 Eduardo Pérez 77 161 41 .255 11 28 Josh Phelps 47 158 42 .266 5 26 Alex Sánchez 43 133 46 .346 2 13 Pete LaForest 25 64 11 .172 1 4 Chris Singleton 28 59 16 .271 0 11 19 46 9 .196 0 5 Kevin Cash 13 31 5 .161 2 2 Reggie Taylor 11 22 4 .182 0 1 Eric Munson 11 18 3 .167 0 2 Fernando Cortez 8 13 1 .077 0 1 Tim Laker 1 1 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 32 186.0 10 9 3.77 174 Mark Hendrickson 31 178.1 11 8 5.90 89 Doug Waechter 29 157.0 5 12 5.62 87 Hideo Nomo 19 100.2 5 8 7.24 59 John Webb 1 4.0 0 1 18.00 2
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 Casey Fossum 36 162.2 8 12 4.92 128 Seth McClung 34 109.1 7 11 6.59 92 Dewon Brazelton 20 71.0 1 8 7.61 43 Rob Bell 8 25.0 1 1 8.28 13 Tim Corcoran 10 22.2 0 0 5.96 13
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Danys Báez 67 72.1 5 4 41 2.86 51 Trever Miller 61 44.1 2 2 0 4.06 35 Travis Harper 52 73.1 4 6 0 6.75 40 Lance Carter 39 57.0 1 2 1 4.89 22 Chad Orvella 37 50.0 3 3 1 3.60 43 Jesús Colomé 36 45.1 2 3 0 4.57 28 Joe Borowski 32 35.1 1 5 0 3.82 16 Joe Beimel 7 11.0 0 0 0 3.27 3 Lee Gardner 5 7.1 0 0 0 4.91 4 Franklin Núñez 5 5.0 1 0 0 10.80 2 Jon Switzer 2 4.0 0 0 0 6.75 5
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
References
2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com