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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] Tampa Bay made their Major League debut in 1998, where they were an expansion team. [3] For their first ten seasons, Tampa Bay struggled ...
The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their first winning season, their first AL East championship, and their first American League pennant (defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS), though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. Since then, the Rays have played in the postseason in 2010, 2011, 2013 ...
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.
The Tampa Bay area has a long association with amateur and professional baseball. Tampa and St. Petersburg were among the first hosts of Major League Baseball spring training in the 1910s, the Tampa Smokers and St. Petersburg Saints were two of the founding members of the minor league Florida State League (FSL) in 1919, and several other communities in the area also hosted FSL teams in the ...
Tropicana Field (commonly known as the Trop) is a multi-purpose domed stadium located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. "The Trop" has been the home of Major League Baseball ’s Tampa Bay Rays since the team's inaugural season in 1998. The stadium is also used for college football, and from December 2008 to December 2017 was the home ...
Tampa Bay Rays (2018 –present) Career highlights and awards. All-Star (2019) All-MLB Second Team (2020) Brandon Norman Lowe (/ laʊ / LAU; [ 1 ] born July 6, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018 and was an MLB All-Star in 2019.
There have been five managers for the Rays franchise. [ 7 ] The team's first manager was Larry Rothschild, the only manager who have spent his entire MLB managing career with the Devil Rays and managed the team for four seasons. Through the end of the 2014 season, Joe Maddon was the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games ...
WHNZ WGES (Spanish) ← 2007. Seasons. 2009 →. The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 11th season in franchise history, and the first season in which they were known as the Tampa Bay Rays, formerly being known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. This was the third season with Joe Maddon managing the club. After being plagued by futility as the Devil ...