2015 Tampa Bay Rays season
The Tampa Bay Rays 2015 season was the Rays' 18th season of Major League Baseball and the eighth as the "Rays"
Offseason
November 3: Designated Vince Belnome and Jerry Sands for assignment.November 4: Signed Eduar Quinonez to a minor league contract.
November 5: Traded Cesar Ramos to the Los Angeles Angels for Mark Sappington.
November 14: Traded Jeremy Hellickson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Andrew Velazquez and Justin Williams.
November 20: Traded Adam Liberatore and Joel Peralta to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Harris and Jose Dominguez, promoted 5 players from the minors, invited 2 players to Spring training, and designated Michael Kohn for assignment.
November 24: Released Jose Molina and Cole Figueroa.
November 25: Signed Marlon Constante to a minor league contract.
November 26: Signed Ernesto Frieri and Thomas Lebron.
December 1: Traded Sean Rodriguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Buddy Borden and cash.
December 2: Signed Ender Gonzalez to a minor league contract.
December 12: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to Spring training.
December 16: Traded Matt Joyce to the Angels for Kevin Jepsen.
December 17: Signed Jhan Mariñez to a minor league contract.
December 19: Traded Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan, and Jose Castillo to the San Diego Padres for René Rivera, Burch Smith, and Jake Bauers. Also received Steven Souza and Travis Ott from the Washington Nationals.
December 23: Sent Brandon Gomes to the minors.
January 3: Signed Joey Butler and Juan Francisco to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.
January 5: Signed Mayo Acosta to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.
January 10: Signed Asdrúbal Cabrera and traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics for Boog Powell, Daniel Robertson, John Jaso, and cash.
January 16: Signed Everett Teaford to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.
January 21: Signed Robert Zarate to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.
January 23: Received Mike Marjama from the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later.
February 2: Invited 7 players to Spring training and signed 2 of them to a minor league contract.
Season standings
American League East
American League Wild Card
Record against opponents
Regular season summary
Game log
- Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.
Roster
Statistics
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Matt Andriese, P | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Chris Archer, P | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| J. P. Arencibia, C | 24 | 71 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 22 | .310 | 0 |
| Tim Beckham, 2B,SS | 82 | 203 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 13 | 69 | .222 | 3 |
| Ronald Belisario, P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Ryan Brett, 2B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0 |
| Joey Butler, DH,LF | 88 | 257 | 30 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 82 | .276 | 5 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera, SS | 143 | 505 | 66 | 134 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 36 | 107 | .265 | 6 |
| Curt Casali, C | 38 | 101 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 34 | .238 | 0 |
| David DeJesus, LF,DH | 82 | 232 | 24 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 39 | .259 | 3 |
| Allan Dykstra, 1B | 13 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .129 | 0 |
| Jake Elmore, 1B | 51 | 141 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 25 | .206 | 1 |
| Logan Forsythe, 2B | 153 | 540 | 69 | 152 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 68 | 55 | 111 | .281 | 9 |
| Nick Franklin, 1B,2B,SS | 44 | 101 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 37 | .158 | 1 |
| Brandon Guyer, LF | 128 | 332 | 51 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 61 | .265 | 10 |
| John Jaso, DH,LF | 70 | 185 | 23 | 53 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 39 | .286 | 1 |
| Desmond Jennings, OF | 28 | 97 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | .268 | 5 |
| Nate Karns, P | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 0 |
| Kevin Kiermaier, CF | 151 | 505 | 62 | 133 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 24 | 95 | .263 | 18 |
| Marc Krauss, 1B | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .100 | 0 |
| James Loney, 1B | 104 | 361 | 25 | 101 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 34 | .280 | 2 |
| Evan Longoria, 3B | 160 | 604 | 74 | 163 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 51 | 132 | .270 | 3 |
| Mikie Mahtook, OF | 41 | 105 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 31 | .295 | 4 |
| Luke Maile, C | 15 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .171 | 0 |
| Matt Moore, P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Daniel Nava, RF | 31 | 73 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | .233 | 1 |
| Jake Odorizzi, P | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Erasmo Ramírez, P | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| René Rivera, C | 110 | 298 | 16 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 86 | .178 | 0 |
| Richie Shaffer, 1B,DH,3B | 31 | 74 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | .189 | 0 |
| Grady Sizemore, OF | 58 | 175 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 37 | .257 | 3 |
| Steven Souza, RF | 110 | 373 | 59 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 46 | 144 | .225 | 12 |
| Bobby Wilson, C | 25 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | .145 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Matt Andriese | 3 | 5 | 4.11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 65.2 | 69 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 49 |
| Chris Archer | 12 | 13 | 3.23 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 212.0 | 175 | 85 | 76 | 19 | 66 | 252 |
| Grant Balfour | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ronald Belisario | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew Bellatti | 3 | 1 | 2.31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| Brad Boxberger | 4 | 10 | 3.71 | 69 | 0 | 41 | 63.0 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 74 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 4 | 1 | 2.09 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| Álex Colomé | 8 | 5 | 3.94 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 109.2 | 112 | 50 | 48 | 9 | 31 | 88 |
| José Dominguez | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jake Elmore | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Franklin | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernesto Frieri | 1 | 0 | 4.63 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 23.1 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| Steve Geltz | 2 | 6 | 3.74 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 67.1 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 61 |
| Brandon Gomes | 2 | 6 | 4.27 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 55 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| Preston Guilmet | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 2 | 5 | 2.81 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 41.2 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| Nate Karns | 7 | 5 | 3.67 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 147.0 | 132 | 62 | 60 | 19 | 56 | 145 |
| Jake McGee | 1 | 2 | 2.41 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 37.1 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 48 |
| Matt Moore | 3 | 4 | 5.43 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 63.0 | 74 | 40 | 38 | 9 | 23 | 46 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 9 | 9 | 3.35 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 169.1 | 149 | 65 | 63 | 18 | 46 | 150 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 11 | 6 | 3.75 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 163.1 | 145 | 73 | 68 | 16 | 40 | 126 |
| C. J. Riefenhauser | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Enny Romero | 0 | 2 | 5.10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| Drew Smyly | 5 | 2 | 3.11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 66.2 | 58 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 77 |
| Everett Teaford | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Kirby Yates | 1 | 0 | 7.97 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 21 |