2008 Tampa Bay Rays Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 97–65 (.599), 1st place in American League East
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
2008 Akinori Iwamura 152 630 91 172 30 9 6 48 70 131 8 6 .273 .348 .378 .726
2008 Andy Cannizaro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Andy Sonnanstine 32 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .286 .444 .286 .730
2008 B. J. Upton 145 534 85 145 37 2 9 67 97 134 44 16 .272 .381 .399 .780
2008 Ben Zobrist 62 198 32 50 10 2 12 30 25 37 3 0 .253 .339 .505 .844
2008 Carl Crawford 109 443 69 121 12 10 8 57 30 60 25 7 .273 .319 .400 .718
2008 Carlos Pena 139 490 76 121 24 2 31 102 96 166 1 1 .247 .377 .494 .871
2008 Cliff Floyd 80 246 32 66 13 0 11 39 28 58 1 0 .268 .349 .455 .804
2008 Dan Johnson 10 25 3 5 0 0 2 4 3 7 0 0 .200 .286 .440 .726
2008 Dioner Navarro 120 430 43 126 27 0 7 54 34 49 0 4 .293 .347 .405 .751
2008 Edwin Jackson 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
2008 Elliot Johnson 7 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 .158 .158 .158 .316
2008 Eric Hinske 133 381 59 94 21 1 20 60 47 88 10 3 .247 .333 .465 .798
2008 Evan Longoria 122 448 67 122 31 2 27 85 46 122 7 0 .272 .343 .531 .874
2008 Fernando Perez 23 63 18 15 2 0 3 8 8 16 5 0 .238 .333 .413 .746
2008 Gabe Gross 127 302 40 73 13 3 13 38 40 75 2 2 .242 .333 .434 .767
2008 Grant Balfour 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 J. P. Howell 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 James Shields 34 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
2008 Jason Bartlett 128 459 48 130 25 3 1 37 22 69 20 6 .283 .326 .357 .683
2008 John Jaso 5 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
2008 Jonny Gomes 77 154 23 28 5 1 8 21 15 46 8 1 .182 .282 .383 .666
2008 Justin Ruggiano 45 76 9 15 4 0 2 7 4 27 2 0 .197 .247 .329 .576
2008 Matt Garza 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
2008 Michel Hernandez 5 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
2008 Mike Difelice 7 20 1 6 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 .300 .364 .350 .714
2008 Nathan Haynes 20 44 3 10 0 0 0 3 3 12 4 1 .227 .277 .227 .504
2008 Reid Brignac 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .091 .000 .091
2008 Rocco Baldelli 28 80 12 21 5 0 4 13 7 25 0 0 .262 .344 .475 .819
2008 Scott Kazmir 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Shawn Riggans 44 137 21 30 7 0 6 24 12 30 0 0 .219 .283 .401 .684
2008 Willy Aybar 95 325 33 82 17 2 10 33 32 44 2 2 .252 .326 .409 .735
– – 162 5,564 774 1,443 284 37 180 735 626 1,224 142 50 .259 .339 .421 .759

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
2008 Alberto Reyes 26 22.2 2 2 0 0 0 21 12 11 10 1 19 0 0 0 0 4.37 1.37
2008 Andy Sonnanstine 32 193.1 13 9 0 0 0 212 105 94 37 5 124 32 0 1 1 4.38 1.29
2008 Chad Bradford 21 19.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 3 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 1.42 1.37
2008 Dan Wheeler 70 66.1 5 6 13 0 0 44 25 23 22 0 53 0 0 0 0 3.12 0.99
2008 David Price 5 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 4 1 12 1 0 0 0 1.93 0.93
2008 Edwin Jackson 32 183.1 14 11 0 0 0 199 91 90 77 2 108 31 0 0 0 4.42 1.51
2008 Gary Glover 29 34.0 1 2 0 0 0 42 22 22 18 1 22 0 0 0 0 5.82 1.76
2008 Grant Balfour 51 58.1 6 2 4 0 0 28 10 10 24 0 82 0 0 0 0 1.54 0.89
2008 J. P. Howell 64 89.1 6 1 3 0 0 62 29 22 39 4 92 0 0 0 0 2.22 1.13
2008 Jae Kuk Ryu 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
2008 James Shields 33 215.0 14 8 0 0 0 208 94 85 40 12 160 33 0 3 2 3.56 1.15
2008 Jason Hammel 40 78.1 4 4 2 0 0 83 45 40 35 2 44 5 0 0 0 4.60 1.51
2008 Jeff Niemann 5 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 18 12 9 8 1 14 2 0 0 0 5.06 1.62
2008 Juan Salas 5 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 7.11 1.42
2008 Kurt Birkins 6 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0.90 1.00
2008 Matt Garza 30 184.2 11 9 0 0 0 170 83 76 59 6 128 30 0 3 2 3.70 1.24
2008 Mitch Talbot 3 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 12 11 1 5 1 0 0 0 11.17 2.79
2008 Scott Dohmann 12 14.2 2 0 0 0 0 18 10 10 7 0 12 0 0 0 0 6.14 1.70
2008 Scott Kazmir 27 152.1 12 8 0 0 0 123 61 59 70 4 166 27 0 0 0 3.49 1.27
2008 Trever Miller 68 43.1 2 0 2 0 0 39 21 20 20 4 44 0 0 0 0 4.15 1.36
2008 Troy Percival 50 45.2 2 1 28 0 0 29 26 23 27 1 38 0 0 0 0 4.53 1.23
– – 162 1,457.2 97 65 52 0 0 1,349 671 618 526 46 1,143 162 0 7 5 3.82 1.29

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
2008 Alberto Reyes P 26 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.08
2008 Andy Sonnanstine P 32 19 19 0 38 1 1.000 1.19
2008 Chad Bradford P 21 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.10
2008 Dan Wheeler P 70 4 2 1 7 1 .857 0.09
2008 David Price P 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
2008 Edwin Jackson P 32 19 11 1 31 5 .968 0.94
2008 Gary Glover P 29 3 4 0 7 1 1.000 0.24
2008 Grant Balfour P 51 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 0.10
2008 J. P. Howell P 64 7 9 1 17 0 .941 0.25
2008 Jae Kuk Ryu P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 James Shields P 33 19 19 1 39 3 .974 1.15
2008 Jason Hammel P 40 7 5 0 12 0 1.000 0.30
2008 Jeff Niemann P 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
2008 Juan Salas P 5 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
2008 Kurt Birkins P 6 0 2 0 2 1 1.000 0.33
2008 Matt Garza P 30 14 11 2 27 0 .926 0.83
2008 Mitch Talbot P 3 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0.67
2008 Scott Dohmann P 12 2 0 0 2 1 1.000 0.17
2008 Scott Kazmir P 27 5 9 2 16 0 .875 0.52
2008 Trever Miller P 68 2 4 0 6 2 1.000 0.09
2008 Troy Percival P 50 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.04
2008 Dioner Navarro C 117 837 55 5 897 10 45 28 38.4% .994 7.62
2008 John Jaso C 3 11 1 0 12 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
2008 Michel Hernandez C 4 20 1 1 22 0 3 0 0.0% .955 5.25
2008 Mike Difelice C 7 42 3 0 45 1 4 2 33.3% 1.000 6.43
2008 Shawn Riggans C 41 268 5 5 278 0 24 1 4.0% .982 6.66
2008 Carlos Pena 1B 132 991 106 2 1,099 117 .998 8.31
2008 Dan Johnson 1B 8 39 5 0 44 4 1.000 5.50
2008 Eric Hinske 1B 11 78 8 1 87 11 .989 7.82
2008 Willy Aybar 1B 19 144 11 0 155 10 1.000 8.16
2008 Akinori Iwamura 2B 152 284 397 7 688 109 .990 4.48
2008 Ben Zobrist 2B 8 11 11 0 22 3 1.000 2.75
2008 Elliot Johnson 2B 1 3 5 0 8 1 1.000 8.00
2008 Willy Aybar 2B 10 17 19 0 36 4 1.000 3.60
2008 Ben Zobrist 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
2008 Eric Hinske 3B 8 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 0.87
2008 Evan Longoria 3B 119 86 230 12 328 26 .963 2.66
2008 Willy Aybar 3B 41 29 84 5 118 12 .958 2.76
2008 Andy Cannizaro SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Ben Zobrist SS 35 51 78 7 136 22 .949 3.69
2008 Elliot Johnson SS 2 4 6 1 11 3 .909 5.00
2008 Evan Longoria SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Jason Bartlett SS 125 204 309 16 529 69 .970 4.10
2008 Reid Brignac SS 4 4 7 2 13 3 .846 2.75
2008 Willy Aybar SS 2 2 6 0 8 1 1.000 4.00
2008 Ben Zobrist LF 14 21 1 0 22 0 1.000 1.57
2008 Carl Crawford LF 108 231 2 4 237 0 .983 2.16
2008 Dan Johnson LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
2008 Eric Hinske LF 40 45 2 1 48 0 .979 1.17
2008 Fernando Perez LF 8 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 0.62
2008 Jonny Gomes LF 9 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 1.44
2008 Justin Ruggiano LF 26 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 0.88
2008 Nathan Haynes LF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Rocco Baldelli LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Shawn Riggans LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 B. J. Upton CF 143 378 16 7 401 5 .983 2.76
2008 Ben Zobrist CF 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.60
2008 Carl Crawford CF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
2008 Elliot Johnson CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Fernando Perez CF 15 47 1 0 48 1 1.000 3.20
2008 Gabe Gross CF 5 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
2008 Justin Ruggiano CF 5 5 2 0 7 1 1.000 1.40
2008 Nathan Haynes CF 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
2008 Ben Zobrist RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 Elliot Johnson RF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
2008 Eric Hinske RF 49 88 2 1 91 0 .989 1.84
2008 Fernando Perez RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
2008 Gabe Gross RF 120 183 6 1 190 0 .995 1.57
2008 Jonny Gomes RF 21 25 0 1 26 0 .962 1.19
2008 Justin Ruggiano RF 15 21 0 1 22 0 .955 1.40
2008 Nathan Haynes RF 15 19 0 1 20 0 .950 1.27
2008 Rocco Baldelli RF 6 5 0 1 6 0 .833 0.83
– – 162 4,373 1,495 90 5,958 429 76 31 29.0% .985 36.22

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
2008 Akinori Iwamura 16 66 8 18 4 1 1 5 7 12 2 0 .273 .342 .409 .752
2008 Andy Sonnanstine 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
2008 B. J. Upton 16 66 16 19 1 1 7 16 5 16 6 0 .288 .333 .652 .985
2008 Ben Zobrist 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 .322
2008 Carl Crawford 16 62 9 18 3 1 2 8 3 10 7 0 .290 .333 .468 .801
2008 Carlos Pena 15 53 9 14 2 0 3 10 10 17 3 2 .264 .381 .472 .853
2008 Chad Bradford 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Cliff Floyd 7 18 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667
2008 Dan Wheeler 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 David Price 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Dioner Navarro 16 58 4 17 4 0 0 5 4 11 0 1 .293 .339 .362 .701
2008 Edwin Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Eric Hinske 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
2008 Evan Longoria 16 62 10 12 3 0 6 13 5 20 1 0 .194 .254 .532 .786
2008 Fernando Perez 5 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
2008 Gabe Gross 10 19 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 .053 .174 .053 .227
2008 Grant Balfour 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 J. P. Howell 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 James Shields 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Jason Bartlett 16 52 8 12 1 1 1 3 4 10 2 0 .231 .310 .346 .656
2008 Matt Garza 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Rocco Baldelli 8 20 4 4 0 0 2 6 3 5 0 0 .200 .304 .500 .804
2008 Scott Kazmir 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Trever Miller 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Willy Aybar 14 35 5 12 2 0 2 7 1 6 0 0 .343 .351 .571 .923
– – 16 539 79 135 21 4 26 78 47 126 24 3 .250 .313 .449 .761

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
2008 Andy Sonnanstine 3 17.0 2 1 0 0 0 15 11 8 5 0 8 3 0 0 0 4.24 1.18
2008 Chad Bradford 7 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.12
2008 Dan Wheeler 7 8.2 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 6 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 6.23 1.50
2008 David Price 5 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.06
2008 Edwin Jackson 3 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.15
2008 Grant Balfour 10 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 6 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 6.23 2.19
2008 J. P. Howell 12 12.0 0 3 0 0 0 9 4 4 4 2 17 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.08
2008 James Shields 4 25.0 2 2 0 0 0 28 9 8 8 1 17 4 0 0 0 2.88 1.44
2008 Matt Garza 4 25.0 2 1 0 0 0 21 11 11 12 1 25 4 0 0 0 3.96 1.32
2008 Scott Kazmir 5 25.2 1 1 0 0 0 26 12 12 18 3 22 5 0 0 0 4.21 1.71
2008 Trever Miller 6 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.80 3.00
– – 22 141.2 8 8 2 0 0 131 65 60 72 8 123 16 0 0 0 3.81 1.43

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
2008 Andy Sonnanstine P 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
2008 Chad Bradford P 7 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.43
2008 Dan Wheeler P 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 David Price P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 Edwin Jackson P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 Grant Balfour P 10 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.10
2008 J. P. Howell P 12 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.17
2008 James Shields P 4 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
2008 Matt Garza P 4 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
2008 Scott Kazmir P 5 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.60
2008 Trever Miller P 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 Dioner Navarro C 16 126 7 1 134 2 0 0 0.0% .993 8.31
2008 Carlos Pena 1B 15 104 3 1 108 10 .991 7.13
2008 Willy Aybar 1B 3 14 0 0 14 1 1.000 4.67
2008 Akinori Iwamura 2B 16 28 38 2 68 10 .971 4.12
2008 Evan Longoria 3B 16 11 26 4 41 4 .902 2.31
2008 Ben Zobrist SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
2008 Jason Bartlett SS 16 30 31 2 63 6 .968 3.81
2008 Carl Crawford LF 16 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 1.62
2008 B. J. Upton CF 16 51 1 1 53 1 .981 3.25
2008 Ben Zobrist RF 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.80
2008 Fernando Perez RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
2008 Gabe Gross RF 10 17 1 0 18 0 1.000 1.80
2008 Rocco Baldelli RF 5 7 1 0 8 1 1.000 1.60
– – 16 425 127 11 563 35 0 0 .980 34.50

Awards

Player Award Stats
Evan Longoria Rookie of the Year (3B) .272–27–85, 7 SB
Scott Kazmir All-Star (P) 12–8, 166 SO, 3.49 ERA
Dioner Navarro All-Star (C) .293–7–54
Evan Longoria All-Star (3B) .272–27–85, 7 SB
Carlos Pena Gold Glove (1B) .998 FPct, 8.31 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays

Who had the most hits on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Akinori Iwamura led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 172 hits in 152 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Akinori Iwamura led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with a .273 batting average in 152 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Carlos Pena led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 31 home runs in 139 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

B. J. Upton led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with a .381 on-base percentage (OBP) in 145 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Evan Longoria led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with a .531 slugging percentage in 122 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

B. J. Upton led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 44 stolen bases in 145 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

James Shields had a 3.56 earned-run average (ERA) in 33 games, the lowest on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

James Shields had a 1.15 WHIP in 33 games, the lowest on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays.

Who struck out the most batters on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Scott Kazmir led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 166 strikeouts in 27 games.

Who had the most wins on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Edwin Jackson led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 14 wins in 32 games.

Who had the most saves on the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?

Troy Percival led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 28 saves in 50 games.