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Tampa Bay Rays Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Tampa Bay Rays best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Dioner Navarro, 2008

    • Dioner Navarro
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    105 .335 2.0 120 470 43 126 27 0 7 54 0 34 49 .295 .349 .407 .757

  • First Base – Carlos Pena, 2007

    • Carlos Pena
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    167 .431 7.2 148 612 99 138 29 1 46 121 1 103 142 .282 .411 .627 1.037

  • Second Base – Ben Zobrist, 2009

    • Ben Zobrist
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    152 .407 8.6 152 599 91 149 28 7 27 91 17 91 104 .297 .405 .543 .948

  • Third Base – Evan Longoria, 2010

    • Evan Longoria
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    139 .376 8.4 151 661 96 169 46 5 22 104 15 72 124 .294 .372 .507 .879

  • Shortstop – Jason Bartlett, 2009

    • Jason Bartlett
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    136 .383 6.2 137 567 90 160 29 7 14 66 30 54 89 .320 .389 .490 .879

  • Outfield – Carl Crawford, 2010

    • Carl Crawford
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    134 .369 7.0 154 663 110 184 30 13 19 90 47 46 104 .307 .357 .495 .851

  • Outfield – Melvin Upton, Jr, 2007

    • Melvin Upton, Jr.
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    137 .386 4.4 129 548 86 142 25 1 24 82 22 65 154 .300 .386 .508 .894

  • Outfield – Aubrey Huff, 2003

    • Aubrey Huff
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    136 .384 4.0 162 706 91 198 47 3 34 107 2 53 80 .311 .367 .555 .922

  • Starting Pitcher – David Price, 2012

    • David Price
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    66 6.9 31 31 20 5 2.56 211 2 1 0 63 60 59 205 8.7 1.100

  • Starting Pitcher – James Shields, 2011

    • James Shields
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    73 5.2 33 33 16 12 2.82 249.1 11 4 0 83 78 65 225 8.1 1.043

  • Starting Pitcher – Alex Cobb, 2013

    • Alex Cobb
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    72 3.9 22 22 11 3 2.76 143.1 1 0 0 46 44 45 134 8.4 1.151

  • Starting Pitcher – Scott Kazmir, 2007

    • Scott Kazmir
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    78 5.8 34 34 13 9 3.48 206.2 0 0 0 91 80 89 239 10.4 1.379

  • Starting Pitcher – Chris Archer, 2015

    • Chris Archer
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    83 4.3 34 34 12 13 3.23 212 1 1 0 85 76 66 252 10.7 1.137

  • Relief Pitcher – Joaquin Benoit, 2010

    • Joaquin Benoit
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    34 2.3 63 0 1 2 1.34 60.1 0 0 1 10 9 11 75 11.2 0.680

  • Relief Pitcher – Grant Balfour, 2008

    • Grant Balfour
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    36 2.9 51 0 6 2 1.54 58.1 0 0 4 10 10 24 82 12.7 0.891

  • Closer – Fernando Rodney, 2012

    • Fernando Rodney
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    16 3.8 76 0 2 2 0.60 74.2 0 0 48 9 5 15 76 9.2 0.777

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