2015 Tampa Bay Rays season

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2015  Tampa Bay Rays
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League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tropicana Field
City St. Petersburg, Florida
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place4th
Owners Stuart Sternberg
General managers Matthew Silverman
Managers Kevin Cash
Television Sun Sports
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Radio Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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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)

Contents

Offseason

All-Star pitcher Chris Archer. Chris Archer on September 2, 2015.jpg
All-Star pitcher Chris Archer.

Season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9369.574—53‍–‍2840‍–‍41
New York Yankees 8775.537645‍–‍3642‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 8181.5001247‍–‍3134‍–‍50
Tampa Bay Rays 8082.4941342‍–‍4238‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 7884.4811543‍–‍3835‍–‍46

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Kansas City Royals 9567.586
Toronto Blue Jays 9369.574
Texas Rangers 8874.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 8775.537+1
Houston Astros 8676.531—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8577.5251
Minnesota Twins 8379.5123
Cleveland Indians 8180.5034½
Baltimore Orioles 8181.5005
Tampa Bay Rays 8082.4946
Boston Red Sox 7884.4818
Chicago White Sox 7686.46910
Seattle Mariners 7686.46910
Detroit Tigers 7487.46011½
Oakland Athletics 6894.42018

Record against opponents

2015 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —11–83–35–14–33–43–42–40–710–96–13–310–91–68–1112–8
Boston 8–11—3–42–44–22–44–32–52–58–115–14–39–102–510–913–7
Chicago 3–34–3—10–99–105–17–124–36–132–55–24–31–53–34–39–11
Cleveland 1–54–29–10—7–115–29–104–27–125–23–44–35–23–33–412–8
Detroit 3–42–410–911–7—3–49–101–611–82–52–44–33–32–52–49–11
Houston 4–34–21–52–54–3—4–210–93–34–310–912–72–56–134–316–4
Kansas City 4–33–412–710–910–92–4—6–112–72–45–14–26–13–43–413–7
Los Angeles 4–25–23–42–46–19–101–6—5–22–411–812–73–312–72–58–12
Minnesota 7–05–213–612–78–113–37–122–5—1–54–34–34–23–32–58–12
New York 9–1011–85–22–55–23–44–24–25–1—3–45–112–72–56–1311–9
Oakland 1–61–52–54–34–29–101–58–113–44–3—6–133–410–91–511–9
Seattle 3–33–43–43–43–47–122–47–123–41–513–6—4–312–74–28–12
Tampa Bay 9–1010–95–12–53–35–21–63–32–47–124–33–4—2–510–914–6
Texas 6–15–23–33–35–213–64–37–123–35–29–107–125–2—2–411–9
Toronto 11–89–103–44–34–23–44–35–25–213–65–12–49–104–2—12–8

Game log

2015 Game Log (80–82) [1]
April: 12–10 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
1April 6 Orioles 2–6 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–1)—31,0420–1
2April 7 Orioles 5–6 Gausman (1–0) Karns (0–1) Britton (1)13,9060–2
3April 8 Orioles 2–0 Odorizzi (1–0) González (0–1) Boxberger (1)13,5691–2
4April 10@ Marlins 9–10 (10) Morris (1–0) Boxberger (0–1)—17,3751–3
5April 11@ Marlins 2–0 Archer (1–1) Cosart (0–1) Boxberger (2)17,8302–3
6April 12@ Marlins 8–5 Karns (1–1) Álvarez (0–2) Frieri (1)20,1993–3
7April 13@ Blue Jays 2–1 Odorizzi (2–0) Dickey (0–1) Boxberger (3)48,4144–3
8April 14@ Blue Jays 3–2 Geltz (1–0) Castro (0–1) Jepsen (1)17,2645–3
9April 15@ Blue Jays 7–12 Buehrle (2–0) Ramírez (0–1)—15,0865–4
10April 16@ Blue Jays 4–2 Archer (2–1) Sanchez (0–2) Boxberger (4)14,4336–4
11April 17 Yankees 4–5 Betances (2–0) Jepsen (0–1) Miller (3)15,5726–5
12April 18 Yankees 0–9 Tanaka (2–1) Odorizzi (2–1)—20,8246–6
13April 19 Yankees 3–5 Pineda (2–0) Andriese (0–1) Miller (4)21,7916–7
14April 21 Red Sox 0–1 Miley (1–1) Archer (2–2) Uehara (2)14,3076–8
15April 22 Red Sox 7–5 Boxberger (1–1) Mujica (1–1) Geltz (1)12,7337–8
16April 23 Red Sox 2–1 Boxberger (2–1) Varvaro (0–1)—13,8348–8
17April 24 Blue Jays 12–3 Dominguez (1–0) Dickey (0–2) Andriese (1)11,8979–8
18April 25 Blue Jays 4–2 Frieri (1–0) Cecil (1–2) Boxberger (5)19,77210–8
19April 26 Blue Jays 5–1 Archer (3–2) Buehrle (3–1)—21,10711–8
20April 27@ Yankees 1–4 Wilson (1–0) Gomes (0–1) Miller (8)34,59011–9
21April 28@ Yankees 2–4 Whitley (1–0) Odorizzi (2–2) Martin (1)36,93411–10
22April 29@ Yankees 3–2 (13) Gomes (1–1) Shreve (1–1) Frieri (2)30,05512–10
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–8 ; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
23May 1@ Orioles [a] 2–0 Colomé (1–0) Tillman (2–3) Boxberger (6)9,94513–10
24May 2@ Orioles [a] 0–4 González (3–1) Archer (3–3) Brach (1)12,78913–11
25May 3@ Orioles [a] 2–4 Hunter (1–1) Geltz (1–1) Britton (5)16,65213–12
26May 4@ Red Sox 5–1 Odorizzi (3–2) Buchholz (1–4)—34,54114–12
27May 5@ Red Sox 0–2 Porcello (3–2) Smyly (0–1) Uehara (5)33,68814–13
28May 6@ Red Sox 5–3 Colomé (2–0) Masterson (2–1) Boxberger (7)35,06015–13
29May 7 Rangers 4–5 Claudio (1–0) Archer (3–4) Feliz (4)8,70115–14
30May 8 Rangers 8–2 Karns (2–1) Gallardo (2–5)—11,70416–14
31May 9 Rangers 7–2 Bellatti (1–0) Detwiler (0–4) Boxberger (8)20,94317–14
32May 10 Rangers 1–2 Kela (3–1) Jepsen (0–2) Feliz (5)14,52117–15
33May 11 Yankees 5–11 Sabathia (1–5) Colomé (2–1)—10,61917–16
34May 12 Yankees 4–2 Jepsen (1–2) Eovaldi (3–1) Boxberger (9)10,41718–16
35May 13 Yankees 3–2 Karns (3–1) Warren (2–2) Boxberger (10)11,92418–16
36May 14 Yankees 6–1 Ramírez (1–1) Whitley (1–2) Andriese (2)11,97719–16
37May 15@ Twins 2–3 Hughes (3–4) Odorizzi (3–3) Perkins (12)24,01820–17
38May 16@ Twins 4–6 Duensing (1–0) Jepsen (1–3) Perkins (13)27,12820–18
39May 17@ Twins 11–3 Archer (4–4) Gibson (3–3)—23,70821–18
40May 19@ Braves 5–3 Ramírez (2–1) Foltynewicz (2–1) Boxberger (11)20,12022–18
41May 20@ Braves 1–2 Cunniff (2–0) Odorizzi (3–4) Grilli (12)24,54922–19
42May 21 Athletics 3–0 Colomé (3–1) Chavez (1–4) Boxberger (12)10,60523–19
43May 22 Athletics 5–2 Archer (5–4) Kazmir (2–3) Boxberger (13)12,32924–19
44May 23 Athletics 0–5 Graveman (2–2) Karns (3–2)—15,20724–20
45May 24 Athletics 2–7 Gray (5–2) Ramírez (2–2)—15,69224–21
46May 25 Mariners 1–4 Elías (2–1) Odorizzi (3–5) Rodney (13)10,40124–22
47May 26 Mariners 6–7 Rodney (2–2) Boxberger (2–2) Beimel (1)9,62824–23
48May 27 Mariners 0–3 Hernández (8–1) Boxberger (2–3)—10,36524–24
49May 29@ Orioles 1–2 O'Day (1–0) Gomes (1–2)—45,50524–25
50May 30@ Orioles 3–0 Ramírez (3–2) Chen (1–4) Boxberger (14)38,17725–25
51May 31@ Orioles 9–5 Odorizzi (4–5) Tillman (2–7) Boxberger (15)36,94526–25
June: 16–12 (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
52June 1@ Angels 3–7 Richards (5–3) Colomé (3–2)—27,07826–26
53June 2@ Angels 6–1 Archer (6–4) Wilson (3–4)—28,77127–26
54June 3@ Angels 6–5 (10) Boxberger (3–3) Street (2–2) Geltz (2)28,24528–26
55June 4@ Mariners 2–1 Ramírez (4–2) Elías (2–3) Jepsen (2)16,09629–26
56June 5@ Mariners 1–0 Bellatti (2–0) Rodney (2–3) Jepsen (3)20,69530–26
57June 6@ Mariners 1–2 Hernández (9–2) Geltz (1–2) Smith (1)31,10630–27
58June 7@ Mariners 3–1 Archer (7–4) Montgomery (0–1) Jepsen (4)27,90631–27
59June 9 Angels 2–8 Shoemaker (4–4) Karns (3–3)—11,61731–28
60June 10 Angels 4–2 Ramírez (5–2) Weaver (4–6) McGee (1)10,08832–28
61June 11 Angels 2–6 Richards (6–4) Jepsen (1–4)—10,77932–29
62June 12 White Sox 7–5 Andriese (1–1) Danks (3–3) McGee (2)13,44833–29
63June 13 White Sox 5–4 Boxberger (4–3) Putnam (1–2) McGee (3)20,24834–29
64June 14 White Sox 2–1 Riefenhauser (1–0) Sale (6–3) Jepsen (5)17,96235–29
65June 15 Nationals 6–1 Ramírez (6–2) González (4–4)—10,21636–29
66June 16 Nationals 4–16 Roark (3–2) Colomé (3–3)—11,49136–30
67June 17@ Nationals 5–0 Andriese (2–1) Zimmerman (5–5)—28,92937–30
68June 18@ Nationals 5–3 Archer (8–4) Fister (2–3) Boxberger (16)29,24238–30
69June 19@ Indians 4–1 Karns (4–3) Carrasco (8–6) Boxberger (17)22,81139–30
70June 20@ Indians 4–1 Cedeño (1–0) Kluber (3–9) Boxberger (18)24,67040–30
71June 21@ Indians 0–1 Allen (1–2) Jepsen (1–5)—20,84740–31
72June 22 Blue Jays 5–8 Hutchison (7–1) Andriese (2–2) Osuna (1)10,32440–32
73June 23 Blue Jays 4–3 Archer (9–4) Dickey (3–7) Boxberger (19)11,47441–32
74June 24 Blue Jays 0–1 (12) Cecil (2–4) Gomes (1–3) Delabar (1)18,46941–33
75June 26 Red Sox 3–4 (10) Ogando (2–0) Geltz (1–3) Uehara (15)17,50841–34
76June 27 Red Sox 4–1 Andriese (3–2) Miley (7–7) Boxberger (20)23,87642–34
77June 28 Red Sox 3–5 Masterson (3–2) Archer (9–5) Uehara (16)21,96342–35
78June 29 Indians 1–7 Anderson (1–0) Karns (4–4)—11,80242–36
79June 30 Indians 2–6 Salazar (7–3) Ramírez (6–3)—10,43742–37
July: 9–16 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
80July 1 Indians 1–8 Carrasco (10–6) Colomé (3–4)—11,39442–38
81July 2 Indians 4–5 (10) Shaw (1–1) Cedeño (1–1) Allen (15)16,35342–39
82July 3@ Yankees 5–7 (12) Shreve (6–1) Geltz (1–4)—43,14142–40
83July 4@ Yankees 2–3 Betances (5–1) Boxberger (4–4)—35,50842–41
84July 5@ Yankees 8–1 Ramírez (7–3) Nova (1–2)—35,05043–41
—July 6@ Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 7
85July 7 (1)@ Royals 5–9 Holland (3–0) Boxberger (4–5)—22,38643–42
86July 7 (2)@ Royals 1–7 Finnegan (2–0) Gomes (1–4)—28,11943–43
87July 8@ Royals 7–9 Guthrie (7–5) Archer (9–6) Holland (17)28,20443–44
88July 9@ Royals 3–8 Ventura (4–6) Karns (4–5)—32,30843–45
89July 10 Astros 3–1 Ramírez (8–3) McHugh (9–5) Boxberger (21)17,12944–45
90July 11 Astros 3–0 Odorizzi (5–5) Keuchel (11–4) Boxberger (22)18,47945–45
91July 12 Astros 4–3 Moore (1–0) McCullers (4–5) Boxberger (23)16,45846–45
–July 14 86th All-Star Game AL 6–3 NL Price (1–0) Kershaw (0–1)—43,656— Box
92July 17@ Blue Jays 2–6 Hutchison (9–2) Odorizzi (5–6)—32,90846–46
93July 18@ Blue Jays 3–2 Jepsen (2–5) Tepera (0–1) McGee (4)41,58347–46
94July 19@ Blue Jays 0–4 Estrada (7–5) Archer (9–7)—41,68347–47
95July 20@ Phillies 3–5 Buchanan (1–5) Moore (1–1) Papelbon (16)20,14847–48
96July 21@ Phillies 1–0 Karns (5–5) Nola (0–1) Boxberger (24)28,70348–48
97July 22@ Phillies 4–5 (10) Papelbon (2–1) Boxberger (2–6)—22,25248–49
98July 24 Orioles 3–1 Colomé (4–4) O'Day (5–1) McGee (5)17,83849–49
99July 25 Orioles 1–5 González (9–6) Ramírez (8–4)—24,32749–50
100July 26 Orioles 2–5 Chen (5–6) Moore (1–2) Britton (25)18,61349–51
101July 27 Tigers 5–2 Karns (6–5) Sánchez (10–8) Boxberger (25)13,34850–51
102July 28 Tigers 10–2 Odorizzi (6–6) Price (9–4)—16,32651–51
103July 29 Tigers 1–2 Verlander (1–3) Archer (9–8) Soria (23)28,05751–52
104July 31@ Red Sox 5–7 Tazawa (2–3) McGee (0–1) Uehara (23)36,71551–53
August: 14–13 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
105August 1@ Red Sox 7–11 Kelly (3–6) Moore (1–3) Machi (1)35,94451–54
106August 2@ Red Sox 4–3 Geltz (2–4) Tazawa (2–4) Boxberger (26)35,69952–54
107August 3@ White Sox 5–4 McGee (1–1) Robertson (4–3) Boxberger (27)16,49653–54
108August 4@ White Sox 11–3 Archer (10–8) Sale (9–7)—18,49954–54
109August 5@ White Sox 5–6 (10) Robertson (5–3) Boxberger (4–7)—20,02854–55
110August 7 Mets 3–4 Clippard (2–3) Boxberger (4–8) Familia (30)23,14554–56
111August 8 Mets 5–4 Karns (7–5) Syndergaard (6–6) Boxberger (28)31,04255–56
112August 9 Mets 4–3 Cedeño (2–1) Colón (10–11) McGee (6)26,68156–56
113August 11 Braves 2–0 Ramírez (9–4) Pérez (4–3) Cedeño (1)15,50657–56
114August 12 Braves 9–6 Colomé (5–4) Marksberry (0–1) Boxberger (29)16,33758–56
115August 14@ Rangers 3–5 Dyson (4–4) McGee (1–2) Tolleson (22)32,51258–57
116August 15@ Rangers 4–12 Lewis (13–5) Archer (10–9)—32,35158–58
117August 16@ Rangers 3–5 Gallardo (9–9) Smyly (0–2) Tolleson (23)29,16758–59
118August 17@ Astros 9–2 Ramírez (10–4) Kazmir (6–8)—16,25659–59
119August 18@ Astros 2–3 (10) Gregerson (6–2) Boxberger (4–9)—17,74959–60
120August 19@ Astros 2–3 (13) Fields (4–1) Andriese (3–3)—26,00159–61
121August 20@ Astros 1–0 Archer (11–9) McHugh (13–7)—18,17760–61
122August 21@ Athletics 2–1 Smyly (1–2) Bassitt (1–5) Boxberger (30)20,67161–61
123August 22@ Athletics 5–4 Colomé (6–4) Venditte (0–2)—35,06762–61
124August 23@ Athletics 2–8 Rodriguez (3–1) Geltz (2–5)—19,42562–62
125August 25 Twins 7–11 Graham (1–1) Andriese (3–4)—9,63262–63
126August 26 Twins 3–5 Duensing (4–0) Archer (11–10) Jepsen (8)9,20562–64
127August 27 Twins 5–4 Gomes (2–4) Milone (6–4) Boxberger (31)9,37563–64
128August 28 Royals 2–3 Vólquez (12–7) Ramírez (10–5) Holland (29)13,62263–65
129August 29 Royals 3–6 Medlen (3–0) Odorizzi (6–7) Davis (13)24,37263–66
130August 30 Royals 3–2 Cedeño (3–1) Hochevar (1–1) Boxberger (32)18,63464–66
131August 31@ Orioles 6–3 Archer (12–10) Chen (8–7) Boxberger (33)19,84165–66
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
132September 1@ Orioles 11–2 Smyly (2–2) Tillman (9–10)—22,98766–66
133September 2@ Orioles 6–7 (11) Brach (5–2) Andriese (3–5)—15,96366–67
134September 4@ Yankees 2–5 Severino (3–2) Odorizzi (6–8) Miller (30)32,53066–68
135September 5@ Yankees 3–2 Cedeño (4–1) Eovaldi (13–4) Boxberger (34)35,03067–68
136September 6@ Yankees 4–6 Nova (6–7) Archer (12–11) Miller (31)35,29967–69
137September 7@ Tigers 4–5 Alburquerque (4–1) Gomes (2–5) Rondón (4)27,95867–70
138September 8@ Tigers 7–8 (13) Ryan (2–3) Bellatti (2–1)—26,52667–71
139September 9@ Tigers 8–0 Odorizzi (7–8) Lobstein (3–7)—25,93268–71
140September 11 Red Sox 8–4 Bellatti (3–1) Tazawa (2–7)—14,79669–71
141September 12 Red Sox 4–10 Porcello (8–12) Moore (1–4)—20,69869–72
142September 13 Red Sox 0–2 Hembree (1–0) Romero (0–1) Ross (2)15,40269–73
143September 14 Yankees 1–4 Cotham (1–0) Boxberger (4–10) Miller (33)11,94069–74
144September 15 Yankees 6–3 Odorizzi (8–8) Rumbelow (1–1) Gomes (1)13,53970–74
145September 16 Yankees 1–3 Severino (4–3) Archer (12–12) Miller (34)13,29970–75
146September 17 Orioles 3–4 Roe (4–2) Colomé (6–5) O'Day (3)9,61770–76
147September 18 Orioles 8–6 Smyly (3–2) Wilson (2–2) Boxberger (35)10,96771–76
148September 19 Orioles 1–2 Chen (10–7) Ramírez (10–6) Britton (34)17,05371–77
149September 20 Orioles 7–6 Yates (1–0) Britton (4–1)—17,80172–77
150September 21@ Red Sox 7–8 Machi (2–0) Gomes (2–6) Ross (5)33,67372–78
151September 22@ Red Sox 5–2 Moore (2–4) Koehler (3–3) Boxberger (36)33,67373–78
152September 23@ Red Sox 6–2 Smyly (4–2) Porcello (8–14) Boxberger (37)32,75374–78
153September 24@ Red Sox 4–2 Ramírez (11–6) Miley (11–11) Boxberger (38)34,91675–78
154September 25@ Blue Jays 3–5 Dickey (11–11) Odorizzi (8–9) Osuna (18)47,69675–79
155September 26@ Blue Jays 8–10 Price (18–5) Archer (12–13) Osuna (19)47,09475–80
156September 27@ Blue Jays 4–5 Cecil (4–5) Geltz (2–6)—47,28775–81
157September 29 Marlins 4–2 Colomé (7–5) Morris (5–4) Boxberger (39)9,15076–81
158September 30 Marlins 6–4 Smyly (5–2) Cosart (2–5) Boxberger (40)9,43177–81
October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
159October 1 Marlins 4–1 Odorizzi (9–9) Fernández (6–1) Boxberger (41)9,65778–81
160October 2 Blue Jays 4–8 Buehrle (15–7) Romero (0–2)—13,66878–82
161October 3 Blue Jays 4–3 Colomé (8–5) Osuna (1–6)—21,96379–82
162October 4 Blue Jays 12–3 Moore (3–4) Buehrle (15–8)—15,81580–82
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rays team member

Roster

2015 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Matt Andriese, P25100000000.0000
Chris Archer, P34500000003.0000
J. P. Arencibia, C247192230617122.3100
Tim Beckham, 2B,SS822032445749371369.2223
Ronald Belisario, P6100000000.0000
Ryan Brett, 2B3302100010.6670
Joey Butler, DH,LF8825730711208301682.2765
Asdrúbal Cabrera, SS14350566134285155836107.2656
Curt Casali, C381011324601018834.2380
David DeJesus, LF,DH822322460825261939.2593
Allan Dykstra, 1B1331340014612.1290
Jake Elmore, 1B511411029502161225.2061
Logan Forsythe, 2B15354069152332176855111.2819
Nick Franklin, 1B,2B,SS4410111164137737.1581
Brandon Guyer, LF12833251882128282561.26510
John Jaso, DH,LF7018523531705222839.2861
Desmond Jennings, OF28979262117817.2685
Nate Karns, P27411001103.2500
Kevin Kiermaier, CF15150562133251210402495.26318
Marc Krauss, 1B41001100107.1000
James Loney, 1B104361251011604322334.2802
Evan Longoria, 3B16060474163351217351132.2703
Mikie Mahtook, OF41105223151919631.2954
Luke Maile, C153526300208.1710
Matt Moore, P12100000000.0000
Daniel Nava, RF317371720131219.2331
Jake Odorizzi, P28400000002.0000
Erasmo Ramírez, P34200000002.0000
René Rivera, C11029816531405261186.1780
Richie Shaffer, 1B,DH,3B3174111430461032.1890
Grady Sizemore, OF5817520451206271437.2573
Steven Souza, RF1103735984151164046144.22512
Bobby Wilson, C2555380004420.1450
Team Totals16254856441383278321676124361310.25287

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Matt Andriese 354.11258265.269323081849
Chris Archer 12133.2334340212.017585761966252
Grant Balfour 006.236004.1333140
Ronald Belisario 007.886008.0877046
Jeff Beliveau 0013.505002.2644112
Andrew Bellatti 312.31170023.1167641018
Brad Boxberger 4103.716904163.054292693274
Xavier Cedeño 412.09610143.037111031243
Álex Colomé 853.9443130109.2112504893188
José Domínguez 100.004005.2200025
Jake Elmore 009.001001.0311100
Nick Franklin 0018.001001.0322100
Ernesto Frieri 104.63220223.120121261119
Steve Geltz 263.74702267.145312882661
Brandon Gomes 264.27630159.0552828101544
Preston Guilmet 005.063005.1533125
Kevin Jepsen 252.81460541.234151342034
Nate Karns 753.6727260147.013262601956145
Jake McGee 122.41390637.12711103848
Matt Moore 345.431212063.074403892346
Jake Odorizzi 993.3528280169.114965631846150
Erasmo Ramírez 1163.7534270163.114573681640126
C. J. Riefenhauser 105.52170014.215109377
Enny Romero 025.10230030.039181711331
Drew Smyly 523.111212066.2582423112077
Everett Teaford 001.594005.2511034
Kirby Yates 107.97200020.123181810721
Team Totals80823.74162162601453.113146426041754771355

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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  2. ↑ Encina, Eduardo. "O's to play game closed to public Wednesday, will relocate weekend series to Trop". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
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