2008 Tampa Bay Rays roster: 97-65

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

2008 Rays roster: batting

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2008 Tampa Bay Rays batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
AIAkinori Iwamura	2B	152	627	91	172	6	48	8	.274	.349	.729
B.J. Upton	CF	145	531	85	145	9	67	44	.273	.383	.784
Carlos Pena	1B	139	490	76	121	31	102	1	.247	.377	.871
Jason Bartlett	LF	128	454	48	130	1	37	20	.286	.329	.690
Evan Longoria	3B	122	448	67	122	27	85	7	.272	.343	.874
Carl Demonte Crawford	LF	109	443	69	121	8	57	25	.273	.319	.718
Dioner Navarro	C	120	427	43	126	7	54	0	.295	.349	.757
Eric Hinske	OF	133	381	59	94	20	60	10	.247	.333	.798
WAWilly Aybar	DH	95	324	33	82	10	33	2	.253	.327	.737
CFCliff Floyd	LF	80	246	32	66	11	39	1	.268	.349	.804
Ben Zobrist	RF	62	198	32	50	12	30	3	.253	.339	.844
Jonny Gomes	LF	77	154	23	28	8	21	8	.182	.282	.666
SRShawn Riggans	C	44	135	21	30	6	24	0	.222	.287	.694
Rocco Baldelli	DH	28	80	12	21	4	13	0	.263	.344	.819
Justin Ruggiano	RF	45	76	9	15	2	7	2	.197	.247	.576
NHNathan Haynes	RF	20	44	3	10	0	3	4	.227	.277	.504
MDMike DiFelice	C	7	20	1	6	0	4	0	.300	.364	.714
Elliot Johnson	2B	7	19	0	3	0	0	0	.158	.158	.316
Michel Hernandez	C	5	15	2	3	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
Reid Brignac	SS	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.091
John Jaso	1B	5	10	2	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
ACAndy Cannizaro	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

2008 Rays roster: pitching

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2008 Tampa Bay Rays pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
James Shields	SP	33	33	14	8	3.56	215.0	160	1.15	0
Andy Sonnanstine	SP	32	32	13	9	4.38	193.1	124	1.29	0
Matt Garza	SP	30	30	11	9	3.70	184.2	128	1.24	0
Edwin Jackson	SP	32	31	14	11	4.42	183.1	108	1.51	0
Scott Kazmir	SP	27	27	12	8	3.49	152.1	166	1.27	0
J.P. Howell	RP	64	0	6	1	2.22	89.1	92	1.13	3
Jason Hammel	SP	40	5	4	4	4.60	78.1	44	1.51	2
Dan Wheeler	RP	70	0	5	6	3.12	66.1	53	0.99	13
Grant Balfour	RP	51	0	6	2	1.54	58.1	82	0.89	4
TPTroy Percival	RP	50	0	2	1	4.53	45.2	38	1.23	28
Trever Miller	RP	68	0	2	0	4.15	43.1	44	1.36	2
ARAl Reyes	RP	26	0	2	2	4.37	22.2	19	1.37	0
Jeff Niemann	SP	5	2	2	2	5.06	16.0	14	1.63	0
SDScott Dohmann	RP	12	0	2	0	6.14	14.2	12	1.70	0
David Price	RP	5	1	0	0	1.93	14.0	12	0.93	0
KBKurt Birkins	RP	6	0	0	0	0.90	10.0	7	1.00	0
Mitch Talbot	SP	3	1	0	0	11.17	9.2	5	2.79	0
JSJuan Salas	RP	5	0	0	0	7.11	6.1	8	1.42	0
JRJae-Kuk Ryu	SP	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.1	1	0.75	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Mar 31, 2008@ BALW 6-2
2. Apr 2, 2008@ BALL 6-9
3. Apr 4, 2008@ NYYW 13-4
4. Apr 5, 2008@ NYYW 6-3
5. Apr 6, 2008@ NYYL 0-2
6. Apr 7, 2008@ NYYL 1-6
7. Apr 8, 2008vs SEAL 5-6
8. Apr 9, 2008vs SEAL 1-7
9. Apr 10, 2008vs SEAW 7-0
10. Apr 11, 2008vs BALW 10-5
11. Apr 12, 2008vs BALL 2-3
12. Apr 13, 2008vs BALW 6-2
13. Apr 14, 2008vs NYYL 7-8
14. Apr 15, 2008vs NYYL 3-5
15. Apr 16, 2008@ MINL 5-6
16. Apr 17, 2008@ MINW 7-3
17. Apr 18, 2008vs CHWL 2-9
18. Apr 19, 2008vs CHWW 5-0
19. Apr 20, 2008vs CHWL 0-6
20. Apr 22, 2008vs TORW 6-4
21. Apr 23, 2008vs TORW 5-3
22. Apr 24, 2008vs TORW 5-3
23. Apr 25, 2008vs BOSW 5-4
24. Apr 26, 2008vs BOSW 2-1
25. Apr 27, 2008vs BOSW 3-0
26. Apr 29, 2008@ BALL 4-7
27. Apr 30, 2008@ BALW 8-1
28. May 1, 2008@ BALW 4-2
29. May 2, 2008@ BOSL 3-7
30. May 3, 2008@ BOSL 4-12
31. May 4, 2008@ BOSL 3-7
32. May 6, 2008@ TORW 5-4
33. May 7, 2008@ TORL 2-6
34. May 8, 2008@ TORW 8-3
35. May 9, 2008vs LAAW 2-0
36. May 10, 2008vs LAAW 2-0
37. May 11, 2008vs LAAW 8-5
38. May 12, 2008vs NYYW 7-1
39. May 13, 2008vs NYYW 2-1
40. May 14, 2008vs NYYL 1-2
41. May 15, 2008vs NYYW 5-2
42. May 16, 2008@ STLW 3-1
43. May 17, 2008@ STLL 8-9
44. May 18, 2008@ STLL 4-5
45. May 19, 2008@ ATHW 7-6
46. May 20, 2008@ ATHW 3-2
47. May 21, 2008@ ATHL 1-9
48. May 23, 2008vs BALW 2-0
49. May 24, 2008vs BALW 11-4
50. May 25, 2008vs BALW 5-4
51. May 26, 2008vs TEXW 7-3
52. May 27, 2008vs TEXL 6-12
53. May 28, 2008vs TEXW 5-3
54. May 29, 2008vs CHWL 1-5
55. May 30, 2008vs CHWW 2-1
56. May 31, 2008vs CHWW 2-0
57. Jun 1, 2008vs CHWW 4-3
58. Jun 3, 2008@ BOSL 4-7
59. Jun 4, 2008@ BOSL 1-5
60. Jun 5, 2008@ BOSL 1-7
61. Jun 6, 2008@ TEXW 12-4
62. Jun 7, 2008@ TEXW 5-4
63. Jun 8, 2008@ TEXL 3-6
64. Jun 9, 2008@ LAAW 13-4
65. Jun 10, 2008@ LAAL 1-6
66. Jun 11, 2008@ LAAL 2-4
67. Jun 13, 2008vs MIAW 7-3
68. Jun 14, 2008vs MIAW 4-1
69. Jun 15, 2008vs MIAL 3-9
70. Jun 17, 2008vs CHCW 3-2
71. Jun 18, 2008vs CHCW 5-4
72. Jun 19, 2008vs CHCW 8-3
73. Jun 20, 2008vs HOUL 3-4
74. Jun 21, 2008vs HOUW 4-3
75. Jun 22, 2008vs HOUL 2-3
76. Jun 24, 2008@ MIAW 6-4
77. Jun 25, 2008@ MIAW 15-3
78. Jun 26, 2008@ MIAW 6-1
79. Jun 27, 2008@ PITW 10-5
80. Jun 28, 2008@ PITL 3-4
81. Jun 29, 2008@ PITW 4-3
82. Jun 30, 2008vs BOSW 5-4
83. Jul 1, 2008vs BOSW 3-1
84. Jul 2, 2008vs BOSW 7-6
85. Jul 4, 2008vs KCW 11-2
86. Jul 5, 2008vs KCW 3-0
87. Jul 6, 2008vs KCW 9-2
88. Jul 7, 2008vs KCL 4-7
89. Jul 8, 2008@ NYYL 0-5
90. Jul 9, 2008@ NYYL 1-2
91. Jul 10, 2008@ CLEL 2-13
92. Jul 11, 2008@ CLEL 0-5
93. Jul 12, 2008@ CLEL 4-8
94. Jul 13, 2008@ CLEL 2-5
95. Jul 18, 2008vs TORW 2-1
96. Jul 19, 2008vs TORW 6-4
97. Jul 20, 2008vs TORL 4-9
98. Jul 21, 2008vs ATHW 4-0
99. Jul 22, 2008vs ATHL 1-8
100. Jul 23, 2008vs ATHW 4-3
101. Jul 24, 2008@ KCL 2-4
102. Jul 25, 2008@ KCW 5-3
103. Jul 26, 2008@ KCW 5-3
104. Jul 27, 2008@ KCL 1-6
105. Jul 28, 2008@ TORL 1-3
106. Jul 29, 2008@ TORW 3-0
107. Jul 30, 2008@ TORW 3-2
108. Aug 1, 2008vs DETW 5-2
109. Aug 2, 2008vs DETW 9-3
110. Aug 3, 2008vs DETW 6-5
111. Aug 4, 2008vs CLEL 2-5
112. Aug 5, 2008vs CLEW 8-4
113. Aug 6, 2008vs CLEW 10-7
114. Aug 7, 2008@ SEAL 1-2
115. Aug 8, 2008@ SEAW 5-3
116. Aug 9, 2008@ SEAW 8-7
117. Aug 10, 2008@ SEAW 11-3
118. Aug 12, 2008@ ATHL 1-2
119. Aug 13, 2008@ ATHW 3-2
120. Aug 14, 2008@ ATHW 7-6
121. Aug 15, 2008@ TEXW 7-0
122. Aug 16, 2008@ TEXL 0-3
123. Aug 17, 2008@ TEXW 7-4
124. Aug 18, 2008vs LAAW 6-4
125. Aug 19, 2008vs LAAW 4-2
126. Aug 20, 2008vs LAAL 4-5
127. Aug 22, 2008@ CHWW 9-4
128. Aug 23, 2008@ CHWW 5-3
129. Aug 24, 2008@ CHWL 5-6
130. Aug 26, 2008vs TORL 2-6
131. Aug 27, 2008vs TORW 1-0
132. Aug 28, 2008vs TORW 3-2
133. Aug 29, 2008vs BALW 14-3
134. Aug 30, 2008vs BALW 10-9
135. Aug 31, 2008vs BALW 10-4
136. Sep 2, 2008vs NYYL 2-7
137. Sep 3, 2008vs NYYL 4-8
138. Sep 4, 2008vs NYYW 7-5
139. Sep 5, 2008@ TORL 4-6
140. Sep 6, 2008@ TORL 4-7
141. Sep 7, 2008@ TORL 0-1
142. Sep 8, 2008@ BOSL 0-3
143. Sep 9, 2008@ BOSW 5-4
144. Sep 10, 2008@ BOSW 4-2
145. Sep 13, 2008@ NYYW 7-1
146. Sep 13, 2008@ NYYL 5-6
147. Sep 14, 2008@ NYYL 4-8
148. Sep 15, 2008vs BOSL 5-13
149. Sep 16, 2008vs BOSW 2-1
150. Sep 17, 2008vs BOSW 10-3
151. Sep 18, 2008vs MINL 8-11
152. Sep 19, 2008vs MINW 11-1
153. Sep 20, 2008vs MINW 7-2
154. Sep 21, 2008vs MINL 1-4
155. Sep 22, 2008@ BALW 4-2
156. Sep 23, 2008@ BALW 5-2
157. Sep 23, 2008@ BALW 7-5
158. Sep 24, 2008@ BALW 11-6
159. Sep 25, 2008@ DETL 5-7
160. Sep 26, 2008@ DETL 4-6
161. Sep 27, 2008@ DETL 3-4
162. Sep 28, 2008@ DETW 8-7
163. Oct 2, 2008vs CHWW 6-4playoffs
164. Oct 3, 2008vs CHWW 6-2playoffs
165. Oct 5, 2008@ CHWL 3-5playoffs
166. Oct 6, 2008@ CHWW 6-2playoffs
167. Oct 10, 2008vs BOSL 0-2playoffs
168. Oct 11, 2008vs BOSW 9-8playoffs
169. Oct 13, 2008@ BOSW 9-1playoffs
170. Oct 14, 2008@ BOSW 13-4playoffs
171. Oct 16, 2008@ BOSL 7-8playoffs
172. Oct 18, 2008vs BOSL 2-4playoffs
173. Oct 19, 2008vs BOSW 3-1playoffs
174. Oct 22, 2008vs PHIL 2-3playoffs
175. Oct 23, 2008vs PHIW 4-2playoffs
176. Oct 25, 2008@ PHIL 4-5playoffs
177. Oct 26, 2008@ PHIL 2-10playoffs
178. Oct 27, 2008@ PHIL 3-4playoffs