List of Tampa Bay Rays managers
The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida. They are a member of the American League (AL) East in Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] The team joined MLB in 1998 as an expansion team with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2] In November 2007, Rays owner Stuart Sternberg renamed his team from the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays" to the "Tampa Bay Rays", which he described as "A beacon that radiates throughout Tampa Bay and across the entire state of Florida."[3] The Rays won their first AL championship in 2008.[4] The Rays have played their home games at Tropicana Field since their inaugural season.[5] Andrew Friedman is the Vice President of Baseball operations, in essence the general manager.[6]
There have been four managers for the Rays franchise.[7] The team's first manager was Larry Rothschild, the only manager who have spent his entire MLB managing career with the Devil Rays and managed the team for four seasons. Through the end of the 2014 season, Joe Maddon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed with 1,459, the most regular-season game wins with 754, and the highest regular-season winning percentage with .517. Maddon is the only manager to have been to the playoffs with the Rays. In 2008, he took them all the way to the World Series, losing to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games.[4] Maddon is also the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Rays, first winning it in 2008, and again in 2011.[8] Maddon became the manager of the then-Devil Rays in 2006.[7] On February 15, 2012 the Rays extended his contract through the 2015 season,[9] however he opted out of his contract at the end of the 2014 season.
Contents
Key
| # | Number of managers[a] |
| GM | Regular-season games managed |
| W | Regular-season wins |
| L | Regular-season losses |
| Win% | Regular-season winning percentage |
| PGM | Playoff games managed |
| PW | Playoff wins |
| PL | Playoff losses |
| PWin% | Playoff winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire MLB managing career with the (Devil) Rays[7] |
Managers
- Note: Statistics are correct through the 2015 season.
| #[a] | Name | Term[b] | GM | W | L | Win% | PGM[4] | PW[4] | PL[4] | PWin%[4] | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Rothschild* | 1998–2001 | 499 | 205 | 294 | .411 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Hal McRae | 2001–2002 | 309 | 113 | 196 | .366 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Lou Piniella | 2003–2005 | 485 | 200 | 285 | .404 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Joe Maddon | 2006–2014 | 1,459 | 754 | 705 | .517 | 29 | 12 | 17 | .413 | 2008 & 2011 AL Manager of the Year[8] 2008 AL championship[4] |
| 5 | Kevin Cash | 2015– | 162 | 80 | 82 | .494 | － | － | － | — | — |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of managers of the (Devil) Rays. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.
References
- General
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