Tampa Bay Rays: Season in Review

The Rays have made the ultimate worst to first comeback in recent history. Not only did they finish with their first winning record and first time ending the season higher than fourth place in the AL East standings, but they finished with the second best record in the majors only to the New York Yankees who are in the same division, and the Rays are headed to the postseason for the first time in their ten year franchise history. This team has been led by dominant pitching from pitchers like James Shields and Andy Sonnanstine, and big bats from Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton, and Evan Longoria, the American League best candidate for Rookie of the Year. It's been a great season, but it's not over yet as the Rays still have to take on October.

Pitchers:
Scott Kazmir (201.2 IP) | 11 - 7 | 3.30 ERA | 71 SO
James Shields (214.0 IP) | 10 - 8 | 2.31 ERA | 101 SO
Andy Sonnanstine (205.2 IP) | 14 - 5 | 2.49 ERA | 84 SO
Matt Garza (202.0 IP) | 13 - 7 | 2.94 ERA | 86 SO
Derek Lowe (184.1 IP) | 11 - 15 | 2 SV | 4.69 ERA | 127 SO
Hideo Nomo (157 IP) | 9 - 4 | 2.52 ERA | 92 SO
Edwin Jackson (128.1 IP) | 6 - 9 | 3.86 ERA | 69 SO
Dan Wheeler (92.0 IP) | 14 - 2 | 1 SV | 1.66 ERA | 70 SO
Al Reyes (51.0 IP) | 6 - 2 | 1 SV | 3.00 ERA | 34 SO
Jason Hammel (45.0 IP) | 3 - 5 | 1 SV | 4.20 ERA | 20 SO
J.P. Howell (32.0 IP) | 2 - 6 | 6.47 ERA | 11 SO
Gary Glover (9.1 IP) | 4 SO
Scott Dohmann (3.2 IP) | 0 - 1 | 14.7 ERA | 1 SO
Troy Percival (64.1 IP) | 4 - 4 | 46 SV | 3.36 ERA | 25 SO



Hitters:
Akinori Iwamura (158 G, 703 AB) | .240 AVG | 6 HR | 35 RBI | 33 SB
B.J. Upton (162 G, 696 AB) | .286 AVG | 42 HR | 93 RBI | 26 SB
Carlos Pena (160 G, 681 AB) | .339 AVG | 54 HR | 131 RBI
Evan Longoria (161 G, 665 AB) | .241 AVG | 34 HR | 84 RBI | 2 SB
Carl Crawford (135 G, 537 AB) | .309 AVG | 15 HR | 52 RBI | 46 SB
Cliff Floyd (154 G, 587 AB) | .235 AVG | 20 HR | 71 RBI | 2 SB
Dioner Navarro (159 G, 597 AB) | .291 AVG | 10 HR | 42 RBI | 2 SB
Rocco Baldelli (153 G, 562 AB) | .246 AVG | 7 HR | 48 RBI | 12 SB
Jason Bartlett (161 G, 575 AB) | .266 AVG | 8 HR | 40 RBI | 4 SB
Chris Iannetta (34 G, 55 AB) | .291 AVG | 3 RBI
Eric Hinske (14 G, 39 AB) | .282 AVG | 1 HR | 2 RBI
Gabe Gross (11 G, 25 AB) | .200 AVG | 2 HR | 2 RBI
Ben Zobrist (9 G, 20 AB) | .200 AVG | 2 RBI
Dan Johnson (2 G, 5 AB) | .200 AVG
Willy Aybar (2 G, 5 AB) | .200 AVG | 1 HR | 2 RBI
Humberto Quintero (1 G, 4 AB) | .250 AVG
Nathan Haynes (1 G, 4 AB) | .250 AVG