# 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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.
* April 4, 2005: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Devil Rays.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 36‍–‍45 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 40‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2005 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–10 | 2–6 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 12–6 | 4–6 | 9–10 | 8–10 |
| Boston | 10–8 | — | 4–3 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 7–2 | 7–11 | 12–6 |
| Chicago | 6–2 | 3–4 | — | 14–5 | 14–5 | 13–5 | 4–6 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–1 | 2–4 | 5–14 | — | 12–6 | 13–6 | 3–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 15–3 |
| Detroit | 5–3 | 4–6 | 5–14 | 6–12 | — | 10–9 | 4–6 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 |
| Kansas City | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–13 | 6–13 | 9–10 | — | 2–7 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 3–5 | 2–8 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–4 | 7–2 | — | 6–4 | 6–4 | 10–9 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 15–4 | 1–5 | 12–6 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 13–6 | 4–6 | — | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 6–0 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| New York | 11–7 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 7–2 | 7–3 | 8–11 | 7–3 | 12–6 | 11–7 |
| Oakland | 6–4 | 4–6 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 2–7 | — | 12–6 | 4–5 | 11–8 | 5–5 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 3–7 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 9–9 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 | — | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–12 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–4 | — | 6–2 | 8–11 | 3–15 |
| Texas | 6–4 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–2 | 4–15 | 6–3 | 3–7 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 2–6 | — | 7–3 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 10–9 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 3–7 | — | 8–10 |

### Notable transactions

* June 13, 2005: Charles Johnson was released by the Devil Rays.

### Roster
## 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 |
| Charles Johnson | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Bill Evers |
| AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | Charlie Montoyo |
| A | Visalia Oaks | California League | Steve Livesey |
| A | Southwest Michigan Devil Rays | Midwest League | Joe Szekely |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Dave Howard |
| Rookie | Princeton Devil Rays | Appalachian League | Jamie Nelson |