# 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" (all at Tropicana Field)

## 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 José Domínguez, 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 (minor league contract).
* 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

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 45‍–‍36 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | .500 | 12 | 47‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍50 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 42‍–‍42 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 35‍–‍46 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Kansas City Royals | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | .574 |
| Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | +1 |
| Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | .531 | — |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 85 | 77 | .525 | 1 |
| Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 3 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 4½ |
| Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | .500 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 6 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
| Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 11½ |
| Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 18 |

### Record against opponents

2015 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–7 | 10–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Cleveland | 1–5 | 4–2 | 9–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Detroit | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 | — | 3–4 | 9–10 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
| Houston | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 16–4 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–4 | — | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 1–6 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
| Minnesota | 7–0 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 2–5 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
| New York | 9–10 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 3–4 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–9 |
| Oakland | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 13–6 | — | 4–3 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
| Tampa Bay | 9–10 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 10–9 | 14–6 |
| Texas | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 11–9 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 4–2 | — | 12–8 |

### Game log

2015 Game Log (80–82) :
April: 12–10 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
1April 6Orioles2–6Tillman (1–0)Archer (0–1)—31,0420–1
2April 7Orioles5–6Gausman (1–0)Karns (0–1)Britton (1)13,9060–2
3April 8Orioles2–0Odorizzi (1–0)González (0–1)Boxberger (1)13,5691–2
4April 10@ Marlins9–10 (10)Morris (1–0)Boxberger (0–1)—17,3751–3
5April 11@ Marlins2–0Archer (1–1)Cosart (0–1)Boxberger (2)17,8302–3
6April 12@ Marlins8–5Karns (1–1)Álvarez (0–2)Frieri (1)20,1993–3
7April 13@ Blue Jays2–1Odorizzi (2–0)Dickey (0–1)Boxberger (3)48,4144–3
8April 14@ Blue Jays3–2Geltz (1–0)Castro (0–1)Jepsen (1)17,2645–3
9April 15@ Blue Jays7–12Buehrle (2–0)Ramírez (0–1)—15,0865–4
10April 16@ Blue Jays4–2Archer (2–1)Sanchez (0–2)Boxberger (4)14,4336–4
11April 17Yankees4–5Betances (2–0)Jepsen (0–1)Miller (3)15,5726–5
12April 18Yankees0–9Tanaka (2–1)Odorizzi (2–1)—20,8246–6
13April 19Yankees3–5Pineda (2–0)Andriese (0–1)Miller (4)21,7916–7
14April 21Red Sox0–1Miley (1–1)Archer (2–2)Uehara (2)14,3076–8
15April 22Red Sox7–5Boxberger (1–1)Mujica (1–1)Geltz (1)12,7337–8
16April 23Red Sox2–1Boxberger (2–1)Varvaro (0–1)—13,8348–8
17April 24Blue Jays12–3Dominguez (1–0)Dickey (0–2)Andriese (1)11,8979–8
18April 25Blue Jays4–2Frieri (1–0)Cecil (1–2)Boxberger (5)19,77210–8
19April 26Blue Jays5–1Archer (3–2)Buehrle (3–1)—21,10711–8
20April 27@ Yankees1–4Wilson (1–0)Gomes (0–1)Miller (8)34,59011–9
21April 28@ Yankees2–4Whitley (1–0)Odorizzi (2–2)Martin (1)36,93411–10
22April 29@ Yankees3–2 (13)Gomes (1–1)Shreve (1–1)Frieri (2)30,05512–10 :
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
23May 1@ Orioles2–0Colomé (1–0)Tillman (2–3)Boxberger (6)9,94513–10
24May 2@ Orioles0–4González (3–1)Archer (3–3)Brach (1)12,78913–11
25May 3@ Orioles2–4Hunter (1–1)Geltz (1–1)Britton (5)16,65213–12
26May 4@ Red Sox5–1Odorizzi (3–2)Buchholz (1–4)—34,54114–12
27May 5@ Red Sox0–2Porcello (3–2)Smyly (0–1)Uehara (5)33,68814–13
28May 6@ Red Sox5–3Colomé (2–0)Masterson (2–1)Boxberger (7)35,06015–13
29May 7Rangers4–5Claudio (1–0)Archer (3–4)Feliz (4)8,70115–14
30May 8Rangers8–2Karns (2–1)Gallardo (2–5)—11,70416–14
31May 9Rangers7–2Bellatti (1–0)Detwiler (0–4)Boxberger (8)20,94317–14
32May 10Rangers1–2Kela (3–1)Jepsen (0–2)Feliz (5)14,52117–15
33May 11Yankees5–11Sabathia (1–5)Colomé (2–1)—10,61917–16
34May 12Yankees4–2Jepsen (1–2)Eovaldi (3–1)Boxberger (9)10,41718–16
35May 13Yankees3–2Karns (3–1)Warren (2–2)Boxberger (10)11,92418–16
36May 14Yankees6–1Ramírez (1–1)Whitley (1–2)Andriese (2)11,97719–16
37May 15@ Twins2–3Hughes (3–4)Odorizzi (3–3)Perkins (12)24,01820–17
38May 16@ Twins4–6Duensing (1–0)Jepsen (1–3)Perkins (13)27,12820–18
39May 17@ Twins11–3Archer (4–4)Gibson (3–3)—23,70821–18
40May 19@ Braves5–3Ramírez (2–1)Foltynewicz (2–1)Boxberger (11)20,12022–18
41May 20@ Braves1–2Cunniff (2–0)Odorizzi (3–4)Grilli (12)24,54922–19
42May 21Athletics3–0Colomé (3–1)Chavez (1–4)Boxberger (12)10,60523–19
43May 22Athletics5–2Archer (5–4)Kazmir (2–3)Boxberger (13)12,32924–19
44May 23Athletics0–5Graveman (2–2)Karns (3–2)—15,20724–20
45May 24Athletics2–7Gray (5–2)Ramírez (2–2)—15,69224–21
46May 25Mariners1–4Elías (2–1)Odorizzi (3–5)Rodney (13)10,40124–22
47May 26Mariners6–7Rodney (2–2)Boxberger (2–2)Beimel (1)9,62824–23
48May 27Mariners0–3Hernández (8–1)Boxberger (2–3)—10,36524–24
49May 29@ Orioles1–2O'Day (1–0)Gomes (1–2)—45,50524–25
50May 30@ Orioles3–0Ramírez (3–2)Chen (1–4)Boxberger (14)38,17725–25
51May 31@ Orioles9–5Odorizzi (4–5)Tillman (2–7)Boxberger (15)36,94526–25 :
June: 16–12 (Home: 7–9; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
52June 1@ Angels3–7Richards (5–3)Colomé (3–2)—27,07826–26
53June 2@ Angels6–1Archer (6–4)Wilson (3–4)—28,77127–26
54June 3@ Angels6–5 (10)Boxberger (3–3)Street (2–2)Geltz (2)28,24528–26
55June 4@ Mariners2–1Ramírez (4–2)Elías (2–3)Jepsen (2)16,09629–26
56June 5@ Mariners1–0Bellatti (2–0)Rodney (2–3)Jepsen (3)20,69530–26
57June 6@ Mariners1–2Hernández (9–2)Geltz (1–2)Smith (1)31,10630–27
58June 7@ Mariners3–1Archer (7–4)Montgomery (0–1)Jepsen (4)27,90631–27
59June 9Angels2–8Shoemaker (4–4)Karns (3–3)—11,61731–28
60June 10Angels4–2Ramírez (5–2)Weaver (4–6)McGee (1)10,08832–28
61June 11Angels2–6Richards (6–4)Jepsen (1–4)—10,77932–29
62June 12White Sox7–5Andriese (1–1)Danks (3–3)McGee (2)13,44833–29
63June 13White Sox5–4Boxberger (4–3)Putnam (1–2)McGee (3)20,24834–29
64June 14White Sox2–1Riefenhauser (1–0)Sale (6–3)Jepsen (5)17,96235–29
65June 15Nationals6–1Ramírez (6–2)González (4–4)—10,21636–29
66June 16Nationals4–16Roark (3–2)Colomé (3–3)—11,49136–30
67June 17@ Nationals5–0Andriese (2–1)Zimmerman (5–5)—28,92937–30
68June 18@ Nationals5–3Archer (8–4)Fister (2–3)Boxberger (16)29,24238–30
69June 19@ Indians4–1Karns (4–3)Carrasco (8–6)Boxberger (17)22,81139–30
70June 20@ Indians4–1Cedeño (1–0)Kluber (3–9)Boxberger (18)24,67040–30
71June 21@ Indians0–1Allen (1–2)Jepsen (1–5)—20,84740–31
72June 22Blue Jays5–8Hutchison (7–1)Andriese (2–2)Osuna (1)10,32440–32
73June 23Blue Jays4–3Archer (9–4)Dickey (3–7)Boxberger (19)11,47441–32
74June 24Blue Jays0–1 (12)Cecil (2–4)Gomes (1–3)Delabar (1)18,46941–33
75June 26Red Sox3–4 (10)Ogando (2–0)Geltz (1–3)Uehara (15)17,50841–34
76June 27Red Sox4–1Andriese (3–2)Miley (7–7)Boxberger (20)23,87642–34
77June 28Red Sox3–5Masterson (3–2)Archer (9–5)Uehara (16)21,96342–35
78June 29Indians1–7Anderson (1–0)Karns (4–4)—11,80242–36
79June 30Indians2–6Salazar (7–3)Ramírez (6–3)—10,43742–37 :
July: 9–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
80July 1Indians1–8Carrasco (10–6)Colomé (3–4)—11,39442–38
81July 2Indians4–5 (10)Shaw (1–1)Cedeño (1–1)Allen (15)16,35342–39
82July 3@ Yankees5–7 (12)Shreve (6–1)Geltz (1–4)—43,14142–40
83July 4@ Yankees2–3Betances (5–1)Boxberger (4–4)—35,50842–41
84July 5@ Yankees8–1Ramírez (7–3)Nova (1–2)—35,05043–41
—July 6@ RoyalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 7
85July 7 (1)@ Royals5–9Holland (3–0)Boxberger (4–5)—22,38643–42
86July 7 (2)@ Royals1–7Finnegan (2–0)Gomes (1–4)—28,11943–43
87July 8@ Royals7–9Guthrie (7–5)Archer (9–6)Holland (17)28,20443–44
88July 9@ Royals3–8Ventura (4–6)Karns (4–5)—32,30843–45
89July 10Astros3–1Ramírez (8–3)McHugh (9–5)Boxberger (21)17,12944–45
90July 11Astros3–0Odorizzi (5–5)Keuchel (11–4)Boxberger (22)18,47945–45
91July 12Astros4–3Moore (1–0)McCullers (4–5)Boxberger (23)16,45846–45
–July 1486th All-Star GameAL 6–3 NLPrice (1–0)Kershaw (0–1)—43,656—Box
92July 17@ Blue Jays2–6Hutchison (9–2)Odorizzi (5–6)—32,90846–46
93July 18@ Blue Jays3–2Jepsen (2–5)Tepera (0–1)McGee (4)41,58347–46
94July 19@ Blue Jays0–4Estrada (7–5)Archer (9–7)—41,68347–47
95July 20@ Phillies3–5Buchanan (1–5)Moore (1–1)Papelbon (16)20,14847–48
96July 21@ Phillies1–0Karns (5–5)Nola (0–1)Boxberger (24)28,70348–48
97July 22@ Phillies4–5 (10)Papelbon (2–1)Boxberger (2–6)—22,25248–49
98July 24Orioles3–1Colomé (4–4)O'Day (5–1)McGee (5)17,83849–49
99July 25Orioles1–5González (9–6)Ramírez (8–4)—24,32749–50
100July 26Orioles2–5Chen (5–6)Moore (1–2)Britton (25)18,61349–51
101July 27Tigers5–2Karns (6–5)Sánchez (10–8)Boxberger (25)13,34850–51
102July 28Tigers10–2Odorizzi (6–6)Price (9–4)—16,32651–51
103July 29Tigers1–2Verlander (1–3)Archer (9–8)Soria (23)28,05751–52
104July 31@ Red Sox5–7Tazawa (2–3)McGee (0–1)Uehara (23)36,71551–53 :
August: 14–13 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
105August 1@ Red Sox7–11Kelly (3–6)Moore (1–3)Machi (1)35,94451–54
106August 2@ Red Sox4–3Geltz (2–4)Tazawa (2–4)Boxberger (26)35,69952–54
107August 3@ White Sox5–4McGee (1–1)Robertson (4–3)Boxberger (27)16,49653–54
108August 4@ White Sox11–3Archer (10–8)Sale (9–7)—18,49954–54
109August 5@ White Sox5–6 (10)Robertson (5–3)Boxberger (4–7)—20,02854–55
110August 7Mets3–4Clippard (2–3)Boxberger (4–8)Familia (30)23,14554–56
111August 8Mets5–4Karns (7–5)Syndergaard (6–6)Boxberger (28)31,04255–56
112August 9Mets4–3Cedeño (2–1)Colón (10–11)McGee (6)26,68156–56
113August 11Braves2–0Ramírez (9–4)Pérez (4–3)Cedeño (1)15,50657–56
114August 12Braves9–6Colomé (5–4)Marksberry (0–1)Boxberger (29)16,33758–56
115August 14@ Rangers3–5Dyson (4–4)McGee (1–2)Tolleson (22)32,51258–57
116August 15@ Rangers4–12Lewis (13–5)Archer (10–9)—32,35158–58
117August 16@ Rangers3–5Gallardo (9–9)Smyly (0–2)Tolleson (23)29,16758–59
118August 17@ Astros9–2Ramírez (10–4)Kazmir (6–8)—16,25659–59
119August 18@ Astros2–3 (10)Gregerson (6–2)Boxberger (4–9)—17,74959–60
120August 19@ Astros2–3 (13)Fields (4–1)Andriese (3–3)—26,00159–61
121August 20@ Astros1–0Archer (11–9)McHugh (13–7)—18,17760–61
122August 21@ Athletics2–1Smyly (1–2)Bassitt (1–5)Boxberger (30)20,67161–61
123August 22@ Athletics5–4Colomé (6–4)Venditte (0–2)—35,06762–61
124August 23@ Athletics2–8Rodriguez (3–1)Geltz (2–5)—19,42562–62
125August 25Twins7–11Graham (1–1)Andriese (3–4)—9,63262–63
126August 26Twins3–5Duensing (4–0)Archer (11–10)Jepsen (8)9,20562–64
127August 27Twins5–4Gomes (2–4)Milone (6–4)Boxberger (31)9,37563–64
128August 28Royals2–3Vólquez (12–7)Ramírez (10–5)Holland (29)13,62263–65
129August 29Royals3–6Medlen (3–0)Odorizzi (6–7)Davis (13)24,37263–66
130August 30Royals3–2Cedeño (3–1)Hochevar (1–1)Boxberger (32)18,63464–66
131August 31@ Orioles6–3Archer (12–10)Chen (8–7)Boxberger (33)19,84165–66 :
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
132September 1@ Orioles11–2Smyly (2–2)Tillman (9–10)—22,98766–66
133September 2@ Orioles6–7 (11)Brach (5–2)Andriese (3–5)—15,96366–67
134September 4@ Yankees2–5Severino (3–2)Odorizzi (6–8)Miller (30)32,53066–68
135September 5@ Yankees3–2Cedeño (4–1)Eovaldi (13–4)Boxberger (34)35,03067–68
136September 6@ Yankees4–6Nova (6–7)Archer (12–11)Miller (31)35,29967–69
137September 7@ Tigers4–5Alburquerque (4–1)Gomes (2–5)Rondón (4)27,95867–70
138September 8@ Tigers7–8 (13)Ryan (2–3)Bellatti (2–1)—26,52667–71
139September 9@ Tigers8–0Odorizzi (7–8)Lobstein (3–7)—25,93268–71
140September 11Red Sox8–4Bellatti (3–1)Tazawa (2–7)—14,79669–71
141September 12Red Sox4–10Porcello (8–12)Moore (1–4)—20,69869–72
142September 13Red Sox0–2Hembree (1–0)Romero (0–1)Ross (2)15,40269–73
143September 14Yankees1–4Cotham (1–0)Boxberger (4–10)Miller (33)11,94069–74
144September 15Yankees6–3Odorizzi (8–8)Rumbelow (1–1)Gomes (1)13,53970–74
145September 16Yankees1–3Severino (4–3)Archer (12–12)Miller (34)13,29970–75
146September 17Orioles3–4Roe (4–2)Colomé (6–5)O'Day (3)9,61770–76
147September 18Orioles8–6Smyly (3–2)Wilson (2–2)Boxberger (35)10,96771–76
148September 19Orioles1–2Chen (10–7)Ramírez (10–6)Britton (34)17,05371–77
149September 20Orioles7–6Yates (1–0)Britton (4–1)—17,80172–77
150September 21@ Red Sox7–8Machi (2–0)Gomes (2–6)Ross (5)33,67372–78
151September 22@ Red Sox5–2Moore (2–4)Koehler (3–3)Boxberger (36)33,67373–78
152September 23@ Red Sox6–2Smyly (4–2)Porcello (8–14)Boxberger (37)32,75374–78
153September 24@ Red Sox4–2Ramírez (11–6)Miley (11–11)Boxberger (38)34,91675–78
154September 25@ Blue Jays3–5Dickey (11–11)Odorizzi (8–9)Osuna (18)47,69675–79
155September 26@ Blue Jays8–10Price (18–5)Archer (12–13)Osuna (19)47,09475–80
156September 27@ Blue Jays4–5Cecil (4–5)Geltz (2–6)—47,28775–81
157September 29Marlins4–2Colomé (7–5)Morris (5–4)Boxberger (39)9,15076–81
158September 30Marlins6–4Smyly (5–2)Cosart (2–5)Boxberger (40)9,43177–81 :
October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
159October 1Marlins4–1Odorizzi (9–9)Fernández (6–1)Boxberger (41)9,65778–81
160October 2Blue Jays4–8Buehrle (15–7)Romero (0–2)—13,66878–82
161October 3Blue Jays4–3Colomé (8–5)Osuna (1–6)—21,96379–82
162October 4Blue Jays12–3Moore (3–4)Buehrle (15–8)—15,81580–82 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rays team member :
* $^a$ Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.

## 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 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5485 | 644 | 1383 | 278 | 32 | 167 | 612 | 436 | 1310 | .252 | 87 |

### 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 Domínguez | 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 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 3.74 | 162 | 162 | 60 | 1453.1 | 1314 | 642 | 604 | 175 | 477 | 1355 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Jared Sandberg |
| AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | Brady Williams |
| A | Charlotte Stone Crabs | Florida State League | Michael Johns |
| A | Bowling Green Hot Rods | Midwest League | Reinaldo Ruiz |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Tim Parenton |
| Rookie | Princeton Rays | Appalachian League | Danny Sheaffer |
| Rookie | GCL Rays | Gulf Coast League | Jim Morrison |
| Rookie | VSL Rays | Venezuelan Summer League | |
| Rookie | DSL Rays | Dominican Summer League | Julio Zorrilla |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte