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2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE 

40-MAN 

ROSTER 

On September 7, 2012, Ben Zobrist delivered 

a two-run, walk-off home run in the 11th inning 

off Rangers reliever Mark Lowe for a 3-1 victory. 

It was Zobrist’s first career walk-off blast. The 

Rays bullpen scattered one hit over five scoreless 

innings, with no walks and eight strikeouts. 

PHOTOGRAPH BY 

SKIP MILOS


40-MAN ROSTER › CHRIS ARCHER 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê If given a chance to invite any three people to 

dinner, Chris would choose Jackie Robinson, 

Malcolm X and his mentor, Ron Walker. 

Ê An avid reader, Chris completed Way of 

the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and 

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho during the 

offseason. 

Ê Chris experienced two “firsts” this past offseason…he 

completed his first speaking engagement, 

at Young Men’s Leadership Academy of 

Wake County (Raleigh, N.C.)…he also sat in on 

his first college classes—psychology and leadership—while 

visiting a friend at UC-Berkeley… 

in order to attend the freshman classes, the 

professor required him to participate in the 

discussions. 

Ê In January, Chris teamed up with national 

nonprofit Good Sports to donate $58,000 

worth of sports equipment to Raleigh Boys 

and Girls Clubs…he also visited 40 kids at the 

club and treated them to a special pitching 

demonstration. 

Ê Employed as a pinch-runner twice last season 

by Joe Maddon…on June 24 at PHI, he nearly became 

the first Rays pitcher to steal a base but 

overslid the bag and was tagged out…during 

the offseason Chris trains for speed and explosiveness, 

which he believes helps his velocity 

on the mound. 

RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER 

CHRIS 

ARCHER 22 

Christopher Alan Archer 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 

WEIGHT 

200 

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 35 days 

OPENING DAY AGE 24 

BORN 9/26/88 in Raleigh, NC 

RESIDES Clayton, NC 

CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013 

ACQUIRED From the Chicago Cubs along with 

C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon 

Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for RHP 

Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zach 

Rosscup, 1/8/11 

SIGNING SCOUT Bob Mayer (Indians) 

FOLLOW HIM @ChrisArcher42 

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2012 SEASON 

Ê Served two separate stints with the Rays, his 

first major league action…spent the remainder 

of the season with Triple-A Durham…in 6 appearances 

(4 starts) with the Rays, went 1-3 

with a 4.60 ERA (29.1-IP, 15-ER), 36 SO and only 

23 hits and 13 BB allowed. 

Ê Named the 2012 Rays Minor League Pitcher 

of the Year…in 25 starts for Durham, he went 

7-9 with a 3.66 ERA (128-IP, 52-ER) and led the 

International League and Rays minor league 

system with 139 SO…his .216 opp avg. was 3rd 

best among Triple-A pitchers. 

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became 

only the second pitcher in the last 25 years to 

have 25 SO or more in his first 3 career starts, 

along with WAS Stephen Strasburg (32 in 

2010), and the first to do it in the AL since NYY 

Al Leiter (25 in 1987)…it was also a Rays club 

record for a pitcher in his first 3 starts. 

Ê Was first recalled on June 20 to take the roster 

spot of Jeremy Hellickson, who was placed 

on the DL due to right shoulder inflammation… 

made his major league debut against Strasburg 

that night at Nationals Park and sustained a 

3-2 loss…totaled 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 

82 pitches, 49 strikes…allowed 3 hits and 3 

runs in the 1st inning but didn’t allow a hit in his 

final 5 innings…his 7 SO were the 2nd most by 

a Ray in his major league debut behind Wade 

Davis’ 9 SO on Sep 6, 2009 vs. DET. 

ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN ROSTER NON-ROSTER INVITES RECORDS & HISTORY YEARLY SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC. 

Chris Archer

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Ê His debut snapped the Rays streak of consecutive 

games started by a pitcher they drafted at 

232 games, a major league record. 

Ê Made his second start on June 26 at KC, losing 

8-2 to Bruce Chen…yielded 4 R/ER in 5.2 IP, with 

7 SO and 1 BB. 

Ê Optioned back to Durham on June 28, and went 

3-1 with a 1.93 ERA (51.1-IP, 11-ER) in 11 starts 

for the Bulls after his return…recalled for a second 

time on Sep 7 to make a spot start in place 

of David Price who had shoulder fatigue. 

Ê On Sep 8 vs. TEX, struck out 11 and allowed 2 

runs in 7 IP but did not factor in the decision 

in a 4-2, 10-inning loss…his 11 SO were one shy 

of the club rookie record set by Dan Wheeler 

on Sep 12, 1999 vs. OAK (12)…became just the 

3rd AL pitcher since 2005 to record 11 or more 

strikeouts in one of his first 3 career starts… 

joined teammate Matt Moore on Sep 22, 2011 

at NYY (11-SO) and SEA Felix Hernandez on 

Aug 15, 2005 vs. KC (11-SO). 

Ê Earned his first major league win on Sep 19 vs. 

BOS in a 13-3 victory over Daisuke Matsuzaka. 

Ê On Sep 13 at BAL, threw 3.2 innings in relief 

and took the loss as he allowed a walk-off, RBI 

single to Manny Machado in the 14th inning… 

it was his first relief appearance since April 

16, 2010 with Class-A Daytona…escaped a bases-loaded, 

no-out jam in the 13th, capped by 

strikeouts of Matt Wieters and Nate McLouth 

to end the inning. 

Ê Entered his relief app on Sep 13 at BAL as a 

pinch-hitter, when Ryan Roberts left the game 

after fouling a ball off his foot in the 11th inning…he 

eventually struck out…became the 

first pitcher to enter an AL game (excluding 

interleague play) as a pinch-hitter and remain 

in the game to pitch since BOS Joel Finch on 

July 25, 1979 vs. OAK, in a 16-4 Boston victory. 

Ê Was used twice as a pinch-runner, June 23-24 

at PHI…scored the game-tying run in the Rays 

9th-inning rally against Jonathan Papelbon in 

his first pinch-running appearance on June 23. 

Ê In 14 starts at Durham before his first recall, 

posted a 4-8 record with a 4.81 ERA (76.2-IP, 

41-ER) and 90 SO…led all Triple-A pitchers in 

strikeouts as well as SO/9 IP (10.57) at the time 

of his recall. 

Ê Named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the 

Month in May…went 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA (34.2- 

IP, 13-ER) and 49 SO against 14 BB in 6 starts. 

Ê Enters the 2013 season rated by Baseball 

America as the No. 2 prospect in the Rays organization 

behind OF Wil Myers…the publication 

also rated him the No. 3 prospect in the 

International League, as well as Best Slider in 

the farm system for a second straight season. 

MIKE FERRARA 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

Ê Spent the majority of the 2011 season with 

Double-A Montgomery, making 25 starts in his 

first season in the Rays system…went 8-7 with 

a 4.42 ERA (134.1-IP, 66-ER) and on Aug 26 was 

promoted to Durham, where he made two quality 

starts to end the season. 

Ê Through his first 11 starts (June 1) was 1-3 

with a 5.98 ERA (52.2-IP, 35-ER)…after that, 

went 8-4 with a 3.04 ERA (94.2-IP, 32-ER) over 

his final 16 starts between Montgomery and 

Durham…overall was 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA 

(147.1-IP, 67-ER) in 27 starts. 

Ê Named a Southern League midseason All-Star… 

named SL Pitcher of the Week during his final 

week with the Biscuits…led the Southern 

League with 18 wild pitches…his 80 BB were 

3rd most in the league. 

Ê Started one playoff game for Durham, suffering 

a loss vs. Columbus (Indians) despite a career-high 

11 SO. 

Ê Following the season was rated by Baseball 

America as the No. 3 prospect in the Rays organization, 

after LH Matt Moore and SS Hak- 

Ju Lee. 

Ê Traded from the Cubs to the Rays on Jan 8 in 

an eight-player deal involving Matt Garza…invited 

to major league camp and appeared in 

4 games for the Rays during spring training, 

compiling a 0.00 ERA (4.1-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-ER, 

5-BB, 5-SO). 

Ê In 2010 was named Cubs Minor League 

Pitcher of the Year…compiled a 15-3 record 

with a 2.34 ERA (142.1-IP, 37-ER) and 149 SO in 

28 games (27 starts) between Class-A Daytona 

and Double-A Tennessee.

Ê Ranked 3rd among all minor league pitchers in 

victories, 7th in ERA and 3rd in opp avg. (.200, 

102-for-509). 

Ê Won his final 7 decisions (May 8–June 27) before 

his promotion to Tennessee…did not allow 

an earned run in his first 31.1 innings of 

Double-A ball. 

Ê Following the season was named the No. 1 

prospect and Best Slider in the Cubs organization 

by Baseball America…the publication also 

named him to its Minor League All-Star Team. 

Ê Pitched for Team USA’s Pan American 

Qualifying Team in October…on Oct 11 earned a 

second-round win over top-seeded Cuba with 6 

shutout innings (2-H, 0-BB, 10-SO). 

Ê Did not allow a home run all season in 109 innings 

at Class-A Peoria (Cubs) in 2009…totaled 

119 SO and averaged 9.8 SO/9 IP. 

Ê In 2008 with Class-A Lake County (Indians) he 

held opponents to a .050 avg. (3-for-60) with 

2 outs and RISP…allowed 3 hits or less in 16 of 

his 27 starts and 1 ER or less 14 times, but won 

only 4 games. 



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Ê Was winless (0-7) in his first 12 professional 

starts before he defeated the GCL Braves, 

8-2, on July 27, 2007 as a member of the GCL 

Indians. 

PERSONAL & MISC. 

Ê His hometown of Clayton, N.C., is only a 40-minute 

drive from Durham…his family and closest 

friends took advantage of this by attending his 

home starts for the Bulls last season as well as 

his major league debut at Nationals Park. 

Ê Named Conference Player of the Year as a senior 

quarterback at Clayton High School. 

CAREER HIGHS 

LONGEST OUTING 

7.0, 9/8/12 vs. TEX 

LONGEST RELIEF OUTING 

3.2, 9/13/12 at BAL 

STRIKEOUTS 

11, 9/8/12 vs. TEX 

WALKS 

4, 9/19/12 vs. BOS 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 3x-last 9/29/12 at CWS 

RUNS ALLOWED 

4, 2x-last 9/29/12 at CWS 

LOSS STREAK 

3G, 6/20/12 – 9/13/12 

CAREER PITCHING 

YEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 

2006 GCL Indians 0 3 7.45 7 6 0 0 0 19.1 17 22 16 1 3 17-0 21 6 1 

Burlington 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 1-0 1 1 0 

2007 GCL Indians 1 7 5.64 12 11 0 0 0 52.2 56 36 33 4 8 21-0 48 9 0 

Lake County 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 0 1 3-0 5 1 0 

2008 Lake County 4 8 4.29 27 27 0 0 0 115.1 92 64 55 8 11 84-0 106 18 0 

2009 Peoria 6 4 2.81 27 26 0 0 0 109.0 78 41 34 0 7 66-0 119 10 1 

2010 Daytona 7 1 2.86 15 14 0 0 0 72.1 54 27 23 4 3 26-1 82 1 0 

Tennessee 8 2 1.80 13 13 0 0 0 70.0 48 19 14 2 2 39-1 67 5 0 

2011 Montgomery 8 7 4.42 25 25 0 0 0 134.1 136 76 66 11 10 80-1 118 18 0 

Durham 1 0 0.69 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 1 1 0 0 6-0 12 0 0 

2012 Durham 7 9 3.66 25 25 0 0 0 128.0 99 54 52 6 7 62-0 139 12 1 

Tampa Bay 1 3 4.60 6 4 0 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 3 1 13-0 36 2 0 

Minor League Totals 42 41 3.75 155 149 0 0 0 719.2 598 346 300 37 53 405-3 718 81 3 

Major League Totals 1 3 4.60 6 4 0 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 3 1 13-0 36 2 0 

1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fi fth round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Bob Mayer. 2: Acquired by the Chicago Cubs along with 

RH Jeff Stevens and LH John Gaub from Cleveland in exchange for OF Mark DeRosa, December 31, 2008. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays 

along with C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando 

Perez and LH Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011. 

CAREER BATTING 

YEAR CLUB AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP 

2012 Tampa Bay .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 

CAREER FIELDING 

YEAR POSITION PCT G PO A E TC DP 

2012 Pitcher .833 6 1 4 1 6 0 

LEFT-RIGHT BREAKDOWN 

2012 CAREER 

AVG AB H HR AVG AB H HR 

vs. Left .300 40 12 2 .300 40 12 2 

vs. Right .164 67 11 1 .164 67 11 1 


Chris Archer

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40-MAN ROSTER › TIM BECKHAM 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Tim played baseball, basketball and football 

growing up…he credits his older brother, 

Jeremy, for pushing him to focus on baseball as 

a teenager…Jeremy, who played two seasons in 

the Rays minor league system, would bring Tim 

to his high school field to help him practice… 

when Jeremy’s JV team needed an extra player 

for a summer game, Tim, only a fifth grader 

at the time, played the outfield and even collected 

a hit…Jeremy was selected by the Rays 

out of Georgia Southern in the 17th round of the 

same draft as Tim and played alongside him at 

Princeton, Hudson Valley and Bowling Green. 

Ê Along with teammates Wil Myers and Frank 

De Los Santos, attended MLB’s Rookie Career 

Development Program in Washington, D.C. in 

January…the program aims to help prospects 

learn how to be a major leaguer on and off the 

field and includes classes on finances and media 

relations. 

Ê During his suspension last season, Tim volunteered 

at the Port Charlotte Boys and Girls Club 

twice a week…he helped teachers and spent 

time mentoring the kids. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Hit .256 (73-for-285) with 6 HR and 28 RBI 

in 72 games at Triple-A Durham…played the 

first two weeks of the season with the Bulls 

but missed the next 50 games while serving 

a suspension for a second violation of the 

Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment 

Program for a drug of abuse…returned on 

June 23. 

INFIELDER 

TIM 

BECKHAM 29 

Timothy Lamar Beckham 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 

WEIGHT 

190 

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE None 


BORN 1/27/90 in Griffin, GA 

RESIDES Atlanta, GA 


ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (first overall) 

of the 2008 June Draft 

SIGNING SCOUT Milt Hill (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @T_Beckham22 

Ê Played primarily at shortstop (47 starts) but 

also appeared at second base (24 starts)… 

it marked the first time in his career that he 

played a position other than shortstop. 

Ê In April before the suspension, hit .204 (11-for- 

54) with 0 HR, 4 RBI and 6 BB in 13 games…after 

returning from the suspension on June 23, 

hit .268 (62-for-231) with 6 HR and 23 BB in 59 

games through season’s end. 

Ê Enters the 2013 season ranked as the Rays 

No. 10 prospect and Best Infield Arm by 

Baseball America. 


Ê Split the 2011 season between Double-A 

Montgomery and Triple-A Durham with an 

Aug 10 promotion…combined to hit .271 (142for-524) 

with 28 2B, 12 HR, 70 RBI and 17 SB… 

had totaled 12 HR over his previous three 

seasons. 

Ê Combined to hit .354 (51-for-144) against lefties 

but only .239 (91-for-380) against righties. 

Ê Opened the season with Montgomery and finished 

5th in the Southern League with 82 runs. 

Ê Played for the U.S. team in the Futures Game in 

July at Chase Field. 

Ê Entered 2012 ranked by Baseball America as 

the No. 7 prospect and Best Infield Arm in the 

Rays organization. 

Ê In 2010, spent the season with Class-A 

Charlotte and started 121 games at SS…led the 

team with 57 RBI, 68 runs, 62 BB and 119 SO… 

hit all 5 of his HR before the All-Star break but 

batted 73 points higher after.

Ê Played for Class-A Bowling Green in 2009, his 

first full minor league season…hit .291 (114for-392) 

with all 5 HR against RHP, but only 

.212 (21-for-99) against LHP…in 117 games at 

SS committed 43 errors, most among South 

Atlantic League shortstops…was ranked by BA 

as the No. 6 prospect in the Rays system and 

No. 5 prospect in the SAL after the season. 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2008 at Rookie-level 

Princeton after being selected No. 1 overall 

in the June Draft…was called up to Short-A 

Hudson Valley on Aug 27 for 2 games. 

Ê On June 19 signed for $6.15 million, the largest 

bonus ever awarded to a player drafted by 

the Rays. 

Ê Following the season, BA ranked him the No. 1 

prospect in the Appalachian League, and the 

No. 2 prospect (behind David Price) and Best 

Hitter for Average in the Rays system. 

AMATEUR CAREER 

Ê Became the first No. 1 overall selection to be 

drafted out of Georgia since Mike Ivie (Padres) 


40-MAN ROSTER › TIM BECKHAM 

in 1970…was rated the No. 1 high school prospect 

entering the draft by BA and No. 1 overall 

prospect by ESPN.com and Baseball 

Prospectus. 

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Ê Hit .482 his senior year as he led Griffin (Ga.) 

High School to the Region 4A Championship… 

as a junior was named BA Youth Player of 

the Year, MVP of the Aflac All-American High 

School Baseball Classic (San Diego) and Best 

Batting Prospect at the 2007 Area Code Games 

(Long Beach, Calif.)…also played football and 

basketball at Griffin. 

Ê During the summer of his junior year in high 

school, Tim played a summer showcase tournament 

in Port Charlotte, Fla., where the Rays 

now hold spring training…he went 18-for-21 

with 4 HR and helped his team win the tournament…he 

remembers hitting a go-ahead home 

run on what is now known as Field 5 of the 

Rays spring complex. 


YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E 

2008 Princeton .243 46 177 30 43 12 0 2 14 2 3 2 13-0 43 5 1 3 .345 .297 13 

Hudson Valley .333 2 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 1 1 0 0 .500 .556 0 

2009 Bowling Green .275 125 491 58 135 33 4 5 63 0 5 7 34-0 116 13 10 10 .389 .328 43 

2010 Charlotte .256 123 465 68 119 23 5 5 57 7 4 4 62-2 119 22 14 14 .359 .346 25 

2011 Montgomery .275 107 418 82 115 25 2 7 57 5 3 3 39-0 91 15 4 7 .395 .339 20 

Durham .255 24 106 12 27 3 2 5 13 1 0 1 3-0 29 2 1 0 .462 .282 2 

2012 Durham .256 72 285 40 73 10 1 6 28 3 4 2 29-2 71 6 0 8 .361 .325 15 

Minor League Totals .264 499 1948 295 514 107 14 30 232 18 19 20 182-4 470 64 30 42 .379 .330 118 

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (fi rst overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Milt Hill. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

QUALIFYING NUMBERS 

Ê To qualify for the batting championship, a player must have a minimum of 502 

plate appearances or 3.1 plate appearances per number of his team’s games. 

Ê To qualify for the ERA title, a pitcher must have at least 162 innings pitched. 

Ê To qualify for the fi elding championship: 

[ 1 ] a catcher must have played in at least 81 games. 

[ 2 ] an infi elder or outfi elder must have played in at least 108 games. 

[ 3 ] a pitcher must have at least 162 innings pitched. 


Tim Beckham

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40-MAN ROSTER › ROBINSON CHIRINOS 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Started the Robinson Chirinos Foundation this 

offseason, which operates out of his hometown 

of Punto Fijo, Venezuela…this past December 

he hosted a clinic and gave baseball equipment 

including gloves, helmets and catching gear to 

300 kids…on Christmas Eve, he delivered more 

than 800 toys to local kids and patients at a 

nearby children’s hospital…he plans to open a 

health clinic this year that will provide free exams 

to the local community. 

Ê Enjoys cooking, particularly traditional food 

from his native Venezuela…his favorite dish to 

cook is rice, black beans, plantains and beef. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Missed the entire 2012 season due to a concussion 

he suffered during spring training 

when a foul tip struck his mask…spent the year 

at the Rays spring training complex in Port 

Charlotte, Fla., rehabbing and undergoing daily 

vision therapy. 

Ê Played for Navegantes del Magallanes in the 

Venezuelan Winter League…went 3-for-19 (.158) 

with 4 BB in 6 games. 


Ê Although a veteran of 11 minor league seasons, 

he has only played three of those at catcher… 

the former infielder first caught in the low minors 

in 2008, and the Cubs committed to him 

as a full-time backstop entering the 2009 cam- 

CATCHER 

ROBINSON 

CHIRINOS 38 

Robinson David Chirinos (cher-REE-nos) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'1" 

WEIGHT 

205 

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 32 days 


BORN 6/5/84 in Punto Fijo, VEN 

RESIDES Punto Fijo, VEN 



RHP Chris Archer, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon 

Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for 

RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and 

LHP Zach Rosscup, 1/8/11 

SIGNING SCOUT Hector Ortega (Cubs) 

FOLLOW HIM @robinson28ch 

paign…adjusted quickly, earning All-Star honors 

and was named Best Defensive Catcher in 

the Cubs system by Baseball America in 2009 

and 2010. 

Ê Split the 2011 season between the Rays and 

Triple-A Durham…appeared in 20 games for the 

Rays, including 15 starts at catcher, his first 

major league experience…recalled on July 18 to 

replace Jose Lobaton who was placed on the 

15-day DL…optioned to Durham on Aug 19 when 

John Jaso was activated from the DL. 

Ê Started at catcher in his major league debut 

on July 18 vs. NYY and doubled off A.J. Burnett 

in his first at-bat…was the 6th in Rays history 

to record an extra-base hit in his first plate 

appearance. 

Ê Hit his first career home run in a 9-1 win on 

Aug 3 vs. TOR, a 3-run blast off Carlos 

Villanueva, for his first career RBI…collected a 

career-high 4 RBI and reached base a careerhigh 

4 times, going 2-for-2 with 2 walks…6 of 

his 7 RBI came in a span of 2 games, Aug 3-4 

vs. TOR. 

Ê On Aug 4 vs. TOR, hit a game-tying RBI single in 

the 11th inning and a walk-off RBI single in the 

12th off Shawn Camp…according to the Elias 

Sports Bureau, he became the first rookie with 

separate game-tying and game-winning RBI, 

both in extra innings, since ATL Nick Green on 

July 2, 2004 vs. BOS.

Ê Recorded his first career multi-hit game on 

July 27 at OAK in his only game at 1B since 

2009 with Double-A Tennessee (Cubs). 

Ê Caught only 2 of 23 attempted base stealers 

(8.7 percent)…on Aug 6 vs. OAK allowed 7 SB 

in 7 attempts, the most steals allowed in Rays 

history…the previous high was 5 (6 times, last 

on June 1 vs. TEX)…it was the most steals in a 

game for the A’s since they had 8 on July 29, 

1989 vs. SEA, including 5 by Rickey Henderson. 

Ê Hit .259 (73-for-282) in 78 games for Durham… 

batted .312 (24-for- 77) vs. LHP, compared to 

.239 (49-for-205) vs. RHP. 

Ê Caught 17 of 63 attempted base stealers (26.9 

percent) for Durham, his lowest mark since 

converting to catcher in 2009. 

Ê In spring training hit .429 (9-for-21) with 2 HR, 

8 RBI, 2 doubles and a triple in 9 games. 

Ê Completed his 10th and final season in the 

Cubs organization in 2010…spent the majority 

of the season at Double-A Tennessee and advanced 

to Triple-A Iowa for the first time. 

Ê Set career highs in nearly every offensive category, 

batting a combined .326 (104-for-319) 

with 18 HR, 74 RBI, 28 doubles, .416 OBP, 

.583 SLG and .999 OPS in 92 games. 

Ê His .999 OPS ranked 8th among all minor 

leaguers and led all minor league catchers… 

ranked 3rd in the Cubs system in batting avg. 

Ê Started at catcher in the Southern League All- 

Star Game for the North Division…also named 

to the league’s postseason All-Star Team. 

Ê Combining both stops, hit .438 (46-for-105) 

with 9 HR against left-handed pitching…hit 

.388 (33-for-85) with 8 HR in Double-A and 

.650 (13-for-20) with 1 HR in Triple-A…hit .271 

(58-for-214) with 9 HR vs. righthanders. 

Ê Drew more walks (44) than strikeouts (33). 

Ê Named the Best Defensive Catcher in the Cubs 

system by Baseball America prior to the trade… 

threw out 28 of 88 base runners attempting to 

steal (31.8 percent). 

Ê Was a non-roster invite to Cubs spring training…placed 

on the DL from May 25–June 3 due 

to a concussion…promoted to Iowa on Sep 7 

before returning to Tennessee for its postseason 

run. 

Ê In 2009 converted to catching full-time with 

Class-A Daytona and earned an Aug 4 promotion 

to Tennessee. 



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Ê In his first full season behind the dish, was 

named Best Defensive Catcher in the Cubs system 

by BA and a Florida State League postseason 

All-Star…caught 27.9 percent (24 of 86) of 

attempted base stealers between Daytona and 

Tennessee. 

Ê Established several offensive career highs at 

the time, totaling a .294 avg., 11 HR, 52 RBI, 

.396 OBP and .519 SLG…he surpassed all those 

numbers in 2010. 

Ê Hit two grand slams in one game on May 31 

vs. Sarasota (Reds)…the next day he hit 2 more 

home runs vs. Sarasota…only one other player 

in Florida State League history hit two slams 

in one game: Charles Reidell on June 15, 1959 

(50 years prior) for the St. Petersburg Saints, a 

Yankees affiliate at the time. 

Ê Began the 2008 season with Tennessee… 

played 38 games for the Smokies at third, 

shortstop and second base…in May reported 

to Mesa, Ariz., to learn how to catch…once the 

Arizona League season began, he appeared in 

4 games for the AZL Cubs (2 at catcher)…joined 

Daytona on June 29 and appeared in 37 games 

(18 at catcher) while also serving as a utility 

infielder. 

Ê On May 15 at Montgomery (Rays), his last game 

with Tennessee before reporting to Arizona for 

catching instruction, tied a Southern League 

record with 3 triples. 

Ê Declared a minor league free agent on Nov 3, 

and re-signed with the Cubs the following 

January. 

Ê Started the 2007 season at Daytona and 

earned a July 17 promotion to Tennessee…this 

marked his first action above Class-A ball in 

his seventh professional season…in 2006 with 

Class-A Peoria set a career high with 19 stolen 

bases…signed with the Cubs as a 16-year-old 

on July 2, 2000. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

2, 4x-last 8/6/11 vs. OAK 

HITTING STREAK 

4G, 8/3/11 – 8/6/11 

HOME RUNS 

1, 8/3/11 vs. TOR 

RBI 

4, 8/3/11 vs. TOR 

RUNS 

1, 4x-last 8/3/11 vs. TOR 

WALKS 

2, 8/3/11 vs. TOR 

STRIKEOUTS 

2, 2x-last 7/30/11 at SEA 


Robinson Chirinos

054 





2001 AZL Cubs .234 47 154 15 36 12 0 2 15 6 3 4 10-0 42 4 3 0 .351 .292 21 

2002 Boise .247 62 231 35 57 15 2 8 38 1 1 6 16-0 66 5 2 2 .433 .311 13 

2003 Lansing .232 108 362 51 84 27 1 7 39 4 2 7 28-0 82 10 2 11 .370 .298 19 

2004 Lansing .241 84 319 56 77 18 6 7 39 3 0 8 25-1 70 7 2 4 .401 .313 16 

2005 Daytona .273 74 231 30 63 6 0 7 27 1 2 3 16-0 42 3 4 5 .390 .325 12 

2006 Peoria .242 126 433 74 105 30 2 9 47 7 6 14 69-0 79 19 10 7 .383 .360 15 

2007 Daytona .259 79 239 35 62 14 2 3 20 5 0 12 37-0 48 8 5 5 .372 .385 12 

Tennessee .220 42 127 11 28 4 2 2 16 5 0 1 13-2 31 1 1 1 .331 .298 9 

2008 Tennessee .243 38 103 12 25 7 3 0 8 2 2 0 10-0 18 0 0 2 .369 .304 4 

AZL Cubs .462 4 13 5 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 6-0 2 1 0 0 .692 .632 0 

Daytona .283 37 120 22 34 4 2 5 18 3 1 6 26-0 21 3 1 2 .475 .431 5 

2009 Daytona .300 69 227 40 68 13 5 11 47 0 3 5 35-0 40 2 2 4 .546 .400 6 

Tennessee .257 12 35 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 7-0 4 0 1 1 .343 .372 0 

2010 Tennessee .318 77 264 53 84 24 0 15 64 0 7 5 42-4 35 1 5 6 .580 .412 7 

Iowa .364 15 55 10 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 5 2-0 8 0 0 3 .600 .435 1 

2011 Durham .259 78 282 24 73 13 1 6 24 1 0 7 29-0 69 1 1 9 .376 .343 4 

Tampa Bay .218 20 55 4 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5-0 13 0 0 0 .309 .283 0 

2012 Tampa Bay Injured – Did Not Play 


Major League Totals .218 20 55 4 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5-0 13 0 0 0 .309 .283 0 

1: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as a free agent, July 2, 2000…signed by Hector Ortega. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with RH Chris 

Archer, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach 

Rosscup, January 8, 2011. 


YEAR POS PCT G PO A E TC DP PB 

2011 Catcher 1.000 19 115 8 0 123 1 0 

First Base 1.000 1 2 1 0 3 1 - 

LEFT-RIGHT BREAKDOWN 2012 CAREER 

AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI 

vs. Left - - - - - .333 3 1 0 0 

vs. Right - - - - - .212 52 11 1 7 

DID YOU KNOW? 

ROOKIE QUALIFICATIONS 

A player shall be considered a 

rookie unless, during a previous 

season or seasons, he 

had (a) exceeded 130 at-bats 

or 50 innings pitched in the 

major leagues; or (b) accumulated 

more than 45 days 

on the active roster of a major 

league club or clubs during 

the period of a 25-player 

limit (excluding time on the 

disabled list). Entering 2013, 

the Rays have 13 rookies on 

their 40-man roster. 

NAME POS 

Chris Archer RHP 

Tim Beckham INF 

Robinson Chirinos C 

Alexander Colome RHP 

Frank De Los Santos LHP 

Brandon Guyer OF 

Hak-Ju Lee INF 

Mike Montgomery LHP 

Jake Odorizzi RHP 

Felipe Rivero LHP 

Enny Romero LHP 

Alex Torres LHP 

Stephen Vogt C


40-MAN ROSTER › ALEX COBB 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Alex bought a 17-foot Sea Raider boat during 

the offseason, and often took friends and his 

American bulldog, Axel, for rides near his home 

in South Pasadena…in January, while out with 

Matt Moore and other friends, the boat broke 

down…in an impressive feat of strength, Axel 

jumped in with a rope and towed the boat (and 

its passengers) the final 30 yards to shore. 

Ê His older brother, R.J., is a commander 4th 

Brigade 101st Airborne in the U.S. Army and 

won a Purple Heart after his Humvee was 

blown up in Iraq, lodging shrapnel in his hands… 

he made a full recovery and is now 

stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky…R.J. 

was stationed in Germany for three years, 

served 16 months in Iraq and will soon be 

deployed to Afghanistan for several months. 

Ê Visited MacDill Air Force Base last August to 

sign autographs for military personnel and 

their families…it was the day after he threw his 

first career shutout, a 4-hitter vs. Oakland. 

Ê Alex likes throwing a Frisbee and football 

in the outfield with Matt Moore, Jeremy Hellickson 

and David Price to help stay in shape. 

Ê Served as a Dodgers bat boy during spring 

training in Vero Beach for three years in high 

school. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Started the year at Triple-A Durham but spent 

the final four and a half months with the Rays… 

went 11-9 with a 4.03 ERA (136.1-IP, 61-ER) in 

23 starts for the Rays…recalled on May 19 to fill 

the rotation spot of the injured Jeff Niemann… 


ALEX 

COBB 53 

Alexander Miller Cobb 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 

WEIGHT 

190 



BORN 10/7/87 in Boston, MA 

RESIDES Gulfport, FL 


ACQUIRED Selected in the fourth round of the 

2006 June Draft 

SIGNING SCOUT Kevin Elfering (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @Acobb53 

made his season debut that day in a 5-2 win 

over Atlanta. 

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Ê Went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12-IP, 3-ER) in his 

first 2 starts…from May 30–July 27 went 2-8 

with a 5.49 ERA (57.1-IP, 35-ER) in 10 starts… 

from Aug 1 through the end of the season, tied 

TEX Ryan Dempster and SEA Hisashi Iwakuma 

for the AL lead in victories as he went 7-1 with a 

3.09 ERA (67-IP, 23-ER) over 11 starts…also tied 

for the AL lead with 4 wins in August. 

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 14 of his final 15 starts 

(beginning July 6). 

Ê Had a 2.66 groundball-to-flyball ratio, which led 

the majors after his May 19 season debut…allowed 

only 4 HR over his first 15 starts (90.1-IP) 

but yielded 7 HR over his final 8 starts (46-IP). 

Ê Combined to pitch 177.2 innings between 

Durham and the majors, his most ever during 

the regular season (prev. 139.2 IP for Class-A 

Columbus in 2008)…exceeded his 2011 total 

by 57.2 IP. 

Ê Limited opponents to a .171 average (43-for- 

252) in his 11 wins, compared to a .336 opp avg. 

(87-for-259) in his 12 losses/no-decisions. 

Ê Threw his changeup 33.8 percent of the time, 

which would have led all major league starters 

if he had enough innings to qualify…James 

Shields led all qualifiers with a 28.9 mark. 

Ê Had a 3.24 ERA (72.1-IP, 26-ER) at home compared 

to a 4.92 ERA (64-IP, 35-ER) on the road. 

Ê Opponents hit .292 (78-for-267) in innings 

1-through-3…after that (innings 4-through-9), 

they hit .213 (52-for-244). 


Alex Cobb

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Ê The Rays won 7 consecutive games he started 

from Aug 1–Sep 4, tying a club record (7th time, 

last James Shields Sep 26, 2011–May 2, 2012). 

Ê Received a decision in a club-record 18 consecutive 

starts from July 24, 2011–Aug 13, 2012… 

passed Seth McClung (17 in 2005-06). 

Ê On Aug 23 vs. OAK, threw the first shutout of 

his pro career, a 4-hitter, in a 5-0 win opposite 

Tyson Ross…had 8 SO and 2 BB. 

Ê On June 17 vs. MIA, recorded a career-high 

10 SO (7-IP, 2-H, 1-BB) and teamed with Joel 

Peralta and Fernando Rodney for a 3-0 shutout 

over Josh Johnson…it was the 7th time a Rays 

pitcher recorded 10 or more strikeouts and allowed 

2 hits or less in a start. 

Ê The first complete game of his pro career was 

the first of its kind in more than 16 years…on 

June 25 at KC, allowed a career-high 13 hits and 

8 runs (later tied, Aug 18 at LAA) while the Rays 

were shut out, 8-0…the last CG with 13 or more 

hits and 8 or more runs was thrown by BOS Tim 

Wakefield in 1996…Wakefield’s CG was the only 

other one like it in the last 27 years. 

Ê Recalled on April 15 and flew to Boston to join 

the big league club as a member of the team’s 

bullpen…James Shields pitched 8.1 innings 

on April 16 and Cobb was optioned back to 

Durham the next day. 

Ê Has only allowed 14 HR in 189 career innings, 

including only 3 to right-handed batters… 

did not yield a homer to a righty batter until 

his 22nd career start, Aug 1 at OAK (Brandon 

Inge)—his 220th right-handed batter faced. 

Ê Allowed 2 runs or less in 6 of his 8 starts at 

Durham. 


Ê Broke into the majors in 2011 by making 9 

starts over three stints with the Rays…was 

unbeaten (3-0) over his first 7 major league 

starts, the first Ray ever to do so and the first 

AL pitcher since MIN Kevin Slowey in 2007 (8 

starts)…suffered his first loss July 30 at SEA 

as the Rays managed just 1 hit in a 3-2 loss to 

Michael Pineda. 

Ê Underwent season-ending surgery Aug 18 to 

remove a blood clot and blockage in the area of 

his first right rib…the surgery was performed by 

Dr. Gregory Pearl at Baylor University Medical 

Center in Dallas. 

Ê Made his final start on Aug 6 vs. OAK and was 

removed after 4.1 IP with discomfort in his right 

hand, later found to be thoracic outlet syndrome…allowed 

5 R/ER in that start and saw 

his season ERA go from 2.79 to season-ending 

3.42. 

Ê Promoted from Durham on May 1 and made his 

major league debut that day in a spot start at 

home vs. the Angels…earned no decision in the 

6-5 loss…totaled 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R/ER, 4 BB, 3 SO, 

1 HR…was handed a 5-run lead by the Rays in 

the 1st inning but allowed 4 runs in the 5th inning 

and left with the game tied…optioned to 

Durham on May 3. 

Ê Recalled on May 30 and made 4 starts until he 

was optioned again on June 18…recalled a third 

and final time on July 18…had a stretch of 5 

starts from June 7–July 24 in which he went 3-0 

with a 1.44 ERA (31.1-IP, 5-ER). 

Ê Earned his first major league win on June 7 at 

LAA, defeating 16-game winner Dan Haren, 4-1. 

Ê Allowed only 3 HR in 52.2 IP, including a stretch 

of 40 IP without a HR, after allowing his first 

homer to LAA Hank Conger in the 2nd inning 

of his debut. 

Ê Went 5-1 with a 1.87 ERA (67.1-IP, 14-ER) for 

Durham, with 70 SO and only 16 BB…combined 

to go 8-3 with a 2.55 ERA (120-IP, 34-ER) in 

21 starts between Durham and Tampa Bay… 

didn’t lose a game at either level until July 2 vs. 

Gwinnett (Braves), his 15th start of the season. 

Ê Lowered his ERA in each of his first six minor 

league seasons (2006-11), with every 

promotion. 

SKIP MILOS 

Ê Spent the entire 2010 season with Double-A 

Montgomery and was named the club’s Most 

Valuable Player despite missing the first month 

of the season with an oblique injury…made 23 

apps (22 starts).

Ê His 2.71 ERA ranked 4th in the Southern League 

and in the Rays system…recorded 128 SO, 3rd 

most in the SL and tied for 4th in the Rays organization…as 

a starter, his 9.51 SO/9 IP ratio 

(117.1-IP, 124-SO) led the league. 

Ê Struck out 10 or more batters in 3 of his final 6 

starts, the first double-digit strikeout games 

of his career…included was a career-high 13 on 

Aug 25 at Huntsville (Brewers). 

Ê Made 7 starts for the Peoria Saguaros of the 

Arizona Fall League following the season. 

Ê Participated in the Rays Winter Development 

Program held in January at Tropicana Field. 

Ê In 2009 with Class-A Charlotte finished 6th in 

the Florida State League with a 3.03 ERA…held 

right-handed hitters to a .210 (51-for-243) avg. 

compared to .291 (65-for-223) vs. lefties. 

Ê Threw the first pitch in Stone Crabs history in 

the team’s first game on April 9 vs. Fort Myers 

(Twins). 

Ê Named to the 2008 South Atlantic League midseason 

All-Star Team…led Class-A Columbus 

in starts (25) and innings (139.2)…his 3.29 ERA 

ranked 7th in the Rays system and 8th in the 

SAL. 

Ê In 2007 was named the Short-A Hudson Valley 

Pitcher of the Year after pacing the staff in 

starts (16), innings pitched (81.1) and strikeouts 

(62)…ranked 3rd in the NYPL in innings…made 



his professional debut in 2006 with Rookielevel 

Princeton. 

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Ê His mother, Lindsay Miller-Cobb, was a nurse 

practitioner who passed away from a stroke at 

the age of 49, while Alex was a senior in high 

school…his father, Rick, is an accountant. 

Ê While pitching for Vero Beach (Fla.) High 

School, set the school strikeout record (139) 

his junior season and matched the total as 

a senior…also played quarterback in high 

school…committed to Clemson University before 

signing with the Rays. 

CAREER HIGHS 

COMPLETE GAMES (2), 

SHUTOUTS (1) 

8/23/12 vs. OAK – 4-hit SHO; 

6/25/12 at KC – 13-hit CG 


9.0, 8/23/12 vs. OAK 

STRIKEOUTS 

10, 6/17/12 vs. MIA 

WALKS 

5, 7/16/12 vs. CLE 

HR ALLOWED 

2, 3x-last 8/29/12 at TEX 

RUNS ALLOWED 

8, 2x-last 8/18/12 at LAA 

WIN STREAK 

5G, 8/1/12 – 9/4/12 

LOSS STREAK 

3G, 2x-last 7/16/12 – 

7/27/12 



2006 Princeton 0 0 5.19 6 1 0 0 0 8.2 9 7 5 3 0 3-0 8 1 0 

2007 Hudson Valley 5 6 3.54 16 16 0 0 0 81.1 78 36 32 4 4 31-0 62 2 1 

2008 Columbus 9 7 3.29 25 25 0 0 0 139.2 113 59 51 16 16 35-0 97 3 2 

2009 Charlotte 8 5 3.03 24 23 0 0 0 124.2 116 49 42 6 9 31-1 107 8 2 

2010 Montgomery 7 5 2.71 23 22 0 0 0 119.2 120 47 36 7 4 35-1 128 5 0 

2011 Durham 5 1 1.87 12 12 0 0 0 67.1 61 19 14 4 2 16-0 70 1 0 

Tampa Bay 3 2 3.42 9 9 0 0 0 52.2 49 21 20 3 1 21-1 37 2 0 

2012 Durham 1 4 4.14 8 8 0 0 0 41.1 44 21 19 1 2 18-0 44 2 0 

Tampa Bay 11 9 4.03 23 23 2 1 0 136.1 130 67 61 11 9 40-2 106 8 1 

Minor League Totals 35 28 3.07 114 107 0 0 0 582.2 541 238 199 41 37 169-2 516 22 5 


1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Kevin Elfering. 



2011 Pitcher .917 9 5 6 1 12 0 

2012 Pitcher .978 23 18 27 1 46 3 

Totals .966 32 23 33 2 58 3 



vs. Left .256 285 73 8 .257 401 103 11 

vs. Right .252 226 57 3 .244 311 76 3 


Alex Cobb

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40-MAN ROSTER › ALEX COLOME 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Is the nephew of former Rays relief pitcher 

Jesus Colome (2001–06). 

BATS 

RIGHT 

Ê Alex has a 1-year-old daughter named Melanny. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Split the year between Double-A Montgomery 

and Triple-A Durham, combining to go 8-4 with 

a 3.44 ERA (91.2-IP, 35-ER) in 17 starts…earned 

an Aug 3 promotion to Durham, where he went 

0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2-IP, 6-ER) in 3 starts. 

Ê After his Aug 13 start with Durham missed the 

remainder of the season with right shoulder 

tightness. 

Ê Named MVP with Montgomery, where he went 

8-3 with a 3.48 ERA (75-IP, 29-ER) and 75 SO in 

14 starts…was on the DL from April 12-May 26 

with a left oblique injury. 

Ê Named Rays Minor League Pitcher of the 

Month for July after going 5-1 with a 2.23 ERA 

(40.1-IP, 10-ER) in 6 starts…over his final 

5 starts with the Biscuits, went 5-0 with a 

1.27 ERA (35.1-IP, 5-ER)…threw the first 9-inning 

complete game of his career in his final start 

before his promotion, allowing just 2 runs in a 

5-2 victory vs. Mississippi (Braves). 

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 15 of his 17 total starts. 

Ê In spring training, spent his first time in major 

league camp…made 3 appearances, allowing 

1 run in 4 IP…was optioned to Triple-A on 

March 15. 

Ê Enters the 2013 season ranked as the Rays 

No. 6 prospect by Baseball America. 


ALEX 

COLOME 37 

Alexander Manuel Colome (CALL-uh-may) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 



BORN 12/31/88 in Santo Domingo, DR 

RESIDES San Pedro de Macoris, DR 


ACQUIRED Signed as a free agent, 3/20/07 

SIGNING SCOUT Eddy Toledo (Rays) 

WEIGHT 

185 

FOLLOW HIM @AlexanderColome 


Ê Split the 2011 season between Class-A 

Charlotte and Double-A Montgomery…combined 

to go 12-9 with a 3.82 ERA (157.2-IP, 67- 

ER)…his 12 wins tied for 2nd most among Rays 

minor leaguers…157.2 IP ranked 2nd. 

Ê Began the season with Charlotte…held opposing 

batters to a .214 (78-for-365) avg. over his 

19 starts…won 8 of his last 9 starts with the 

Stone Crabs, boasting a 1.82 ERA (54.1-IP, 11- 

ER)…named a FSL midseason All-Star. 

Ê Promoted to Montgomery on July 23 and made 

9 starts there to finish the year…held left-handed 

batters to a .143 (11-for-77) avg. …recorded a 

1-hit shutout (7 innings) on Aug 9 vs. Mobile. 

Ê Ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Rays farm 

system by Baseball America entering 2012. 


Class-A Bowling Green and made 1 start with 

Charlotte to end the season…on the year, went 

6-6 with a 3.89 ERA (118-IP, 51-ER) and 126 SO. 

Ê Had the 2nd-highest SO/9 IP ratio in the 

Midwest League (9.32) and was named to the 

MWL midseason All-Star Team…ranked as the 

No. 9 prospect in the Rays system by Baseball 

America after the season. 

Ê In 2009, led the Rays organization and ranked 

2nd in the New York-Penn League in ERA as he 

went 7-4 with a 1.66 ERA (76-IP, 14-ER)…led the 

NYPL with 94 SO. 

Ê Entered the season ranked as the No. 24 

prospect in the org by BA and climbed to No. 8 

on the list after the season…was named the 

No. 2 prospect (and top pitching prospect) in 

the NYPL by BA.


40-MAN ROSTER › ALEX COLOME 



2007 DSL Rays 1 6 2.97 14 11 0 0 0 39.1 30 18 13 1 5 31-0 50 16 0 

2008 Princeton 0 5 6.80 12 11 0 0 0 46.1 50 45 35 5 7 26-0 52 6 3 

2009 Hudson Valley 7 4 1.66 15 15 2 1 0 76.0 46 22 14 0 5 32-0 94 5 0 

2010 Bowling Green 6 6 3.95 22 22 1 0 0 114.0 98 59 50 14 4 45-0 118 4 2 

Charlotte 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 0 1 0-0 8 0 0 

2011 Charlotte 9 5 3.66 19 19 1 0 0 105.2 78 45 43 8 6 44-0 92 9 2 

Montgomery 3 4 4.15 9 9 1 1 0 52.0 41 25 24 5 6 28-1 31 8 0 

2012 Montgomery 8 3 3.48 14 14 1 0 0 75.0 69 30 29 2 0 34-0 75 5 3 

Durham 0 1 3.24 3 3 0 0 0 16.2 12 6 6 1 1 9-0 15 2 0 


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, March 20, 2007…signed by Eddy Toledo. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

RAYS AND THE RULE 5 DRAFT 

Minor league players who have played three seasons (if they were signed when they were 20 or 

older) or four seasons (if they were signed when they were 19 or younger) and are not on a 40-man 

major league roster, are eligible to be drafted by other major league clubs in the Rule 5 Draft held 

each year at baseball’s Winter Meetings. When a player is drafted, he must remain on the 40-man 

roster of the team that selects him until the season ends and must spend at last 90 days on the 25man 

roster before he can be optioned to the minors without going through waivers. The team from 

which he was drafted can reclaim him for half of the draft price ($50,000) if he is placed on waivers. 

A total of fi ve Rule 5 Draft picks have appeared in a game for the Rays: David Lamb (1999), 

Damian Rolls (2000-04), Steve Kent (2002), Felix Escalona (2002-03) and Jorge Sosa (2002-04). 

In 2002, the Rays became the fi rst team since the 1968 Chicago Cubs to have three Rule 5 

players on their Opening Day roster and the fi rst team since the 1981 Minnesota Twins to have 

three Rule 5 players on their roster at any given time during the season. Below are the Rays Rule 5 

selections: 

ACQUIRED STATUS WITH 

YEAR PLAYER FROM THE RAYS 

1998 David Lamb, INF BAL Claimed by NYM on waivers, Feb 7, 2000 

1999 Chad Ogea, RHP DET Released in spring training, March 29, 2000 

Chris Reitsma, RHP BOS Offered back to BOS (accepted March 28, 2000) 

Damian Rolls, INF/OF LAD Released Nov 19, 2004 

2001 Kevin McGlinchy, RHP ATL DL’d all of 2002 and 2003; released 

Steve Kent, LHP [1] SEA Active all of 2002; released; re-signed with SEA 

Felix Escalona, INF [2] HOU Claimed by BAL on waivers, May 19, 2003 

Jorge Sosa, RHP [3] SEA Traded to ATL, March 31, 2005 

2002 Hector Luna, 2B CLE Offered back to CLE (accepted March 29, 2003) 

2003 Alec Zumwalt, RHP ATL Offered back to ATL (accepted March 17, 2003) 

2004 Angel Garcia, RHP [4] MIN Offered back to MIN (accepted March 30, 2005) 

2005 Steve Andrade, RHP TOR Traded to SD, Dec 7, 2005 

2006 Ryan Goleski, OF CLE Traded to OAK, Dec 7, 2006 

2007 Tim Lahey, RHP MIN Traded to CHC, Dec 6, 2007 

2008 Derek Rodriguez, RHP CWS Offered back to CWS (accepted March 23, 2009) 

2009 Armando Zerpa, LHP BOS Traded to LAD, Dec 10, 2009 

2010 Cesar Cabral, LHP BOS Offered back to BOS (accepted March 28, 2011) 

[1] ACQUIRED FROM ANAHEIM FOR CASH; [2] CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO; 

[3] CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM MILWAUKEE; [4] VIA TRADE FROM ARIZONA 

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Alex Colome

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40-MAN ROSTER › FRANK DE LOS SANTOS 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Frank raced motorcycles as a young teenager 

and did not start playing baseball until he 

was 16…started the sport after he was first 

discovered by a baseball scout on the streets 

of his hometown of Samana, D.R., throwing a 

rock at a mango tree to knock down a piece of 

fruit…the lefthander began playing first base 

but moved to center field and eventually the 

mound, where he felt the most comfortable. 

Ê After originally meeting Rays reliever Joel 

Peralta during spring training in 2011, Frank 

now counts the veteran set-up man as a mentor 

and wants to follow in his footsteps as a 

major league reliever…Frank says Joel gave 

him advice on how to be a good teammate and 

keep a professional attitude. 

Ê During the offseason, Frank travels to Campos 

Las Palmas for a 2-3 week training period at 

the Rays Dominican Academy, which opened 

in 2009. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Began the year with Double-A Montgomery 

and earned a June 18 promotion to Triple-A 

Durham…combined to go 7-2 with a 2.11 ERA 

(81-IP, 19-ER) and 5 saves in a career-high 51 

apps (2 starts). 

Ê Held left-handed batters to a .250 avg. (27-for- 

108)…for his career, has held lefties to a .244 

avg. (125-for-513). 

LEFT-HANDED PITCHER 

FRANK 

DE LOS SANTOS 41 

Frank Manuel Cortorreal De Los Santos 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 



BORN 11/17/87 in Samana, DR 

RESIDES Los Corales, DR 



SIGNING SCOUT Junior Ramirez (Rays) 

WEIGHT 

165 

Ê Recorded 4 or more outs in 28 of his 49 relief 

apps…38 of his 49 relief apps were scoreless…10 

of his final 11 apps were scoreless. 


Ê Started the 2011 season with Class-A Charlotte 

and was promoted to Montgomery on April 21… 

combined to go 3-7 with a 4.98 ERA (86.2-IP, 

48-ER)…made 30 relief apps and 6 starts in his 

first year pitching out of the bullpen. 

Ê Had a 2.88 ERA (59.1-IP, 19-ER) out of the bullpen 

and held lefties to a .228 avg. (21-for-92) 

with Montgomery. 

Ê Over the last three months of the season (June- 

August), allowed just 4 ER in 38 IP (0.95 ERA) 

over 21 relief appearances. 

Ê His 1.67 BB/9 IP with the Biscuits was 2nd lowest 

among Southern League relievers. 

Ê In 2010 went 10-9 with a 4.33 ERA (149.2-IP, 

72-ER) in 25 apps (24 starts) with Charlotte… 

finished 4th in the Florida State League with 

149.2 IP. 

Ê Went 4-10 with Class-A Bowling Green in 2009, 

despite a 3.65 ERA (135.2-IP, 55-ER) in a career-high 

27 starts…led the Hot Rods in IP. 

Ê Spent 2008 with Short-A Hudson Valley, going 

4-5 with a 5.40 ERA (56.2-IP, 34-ER) in 11 starts. 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2007 with Rookie-level 

Princeton…tied for the Appalachian League 

lead with 13 starts.


40-MAN ROSTER › FRANK DE LOS SANTOS 



2007 Princeton 4 5 3.64 13 13 0 0 0 64.1 64 30 26 5 4 16-0 43 6 2 

2008 Hudson Valley 4 5 5.40 11 11 0 0 0 56.2 73 40 34 2 5 16-0 44 2 1 

2009 Bowling Green 4 10 3.65 27 27 1 0 0 135.2 136 69 55 7 9 45-0 81 14 2 

2010 Charlotte 10 9 4.33 25 24 1 1 0 149.2 181 90 72 8 6 37-0 105 6 3 

2011 Charlotte 0 1 19.13 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 25 17 17 3 1 2-0 8 1 0 

Montgomery 3 6 3.55 33 5 0 0 3 78.2 81 43 31 3 1 23-2 48 2 1 

2012 Montgomery 4 1 2.06 24 2 0 0 4 48.0 45 11 11 1 2 15-1 26 0 1 

Durham 3 1 2.18 27 0 0 0 1 33.0 32 12 8 2 3 10-3 25 1 0 


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, February 7, 2006…signed by Junior Ramirez. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

HOMEGROWN RAYS 

There have been 56 “homegrown Rays” who were drafted by the Rays or signed their 

fi rst professional contract with the club, and worked their way through the minor league 

system to make their major league debut with Tampa Bay. 

RHP Brandon Backe 

OF Rocco Baldelli 

RHP Dewon Brazelton 

INF Jace Brewer 

INF Reid Brignac 

RHP Mickey Callaway 

INF Jorge Cantu 

RHP Alex Cobb 

INF Fernando Cortez 

OF Carl Crawford 

OF Matt Diaz 

RHP Wade Davis 

LHP Trevor Enders 

RHP Bartolome Fortunato 

RHP Lee Gardner 

OF Joey Gathright 

RHP Chad Gaudin 

OF Jonny Gomes 

C Toby Hall 

RHP Jason Hammel 

RHP Travis Harper 

RHP Jeremy Hellickson 

C Paul Hoover 

INF Aubrey Huff 

RHP Delvin James 

C John Jaso 

OF Desmond Jennings 

LHP Jason Jimenez 

INF Elliot Johnson 

OF Kenny Kelly 

LHP Joe Kennedy 

3B Evan Longoria 

LHP Mark Malaska 

RHP Seth McClung 

LHP Jake McGee 

LHP Matt Moore 

RHP Jeff Niemann 

RHP Chad Orvella 

OF Fernando Perez 

RHP Travis Phelps 

LHP David Price 

C Shawn Riggans 

RHP Ryan Rupe 

RHP Juan Salas 

3B Jared Sandberg 

LHP Bobby Seay 

RHP James Shields 

RHP Andy Sonnanstine 

RHP Jason Standridge 

RHP Brian Stokes 

LHP Jon Switzer 

OF B.J. Upton 

C Stephen Vogt 

RHP Doug Waechter 

RHP Dan Wheeler 

OF Delmon Young 

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40-MAN ROSTER › YUNEL ESCOBAR 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Yunel will become the eighth Cuban-born player 

in Rays history and the first since C Michel 

Hernandez (2008-09)…the others: RH Rolando 

Arrojo (1998-99), RH Danys Baez (2004-05), 

DH Jose Canseco (1999–2000), SS Rey Ordoñez 

(2003), RH Ariel Prieto (2001) and OF Alex 

Sanchez (2005). 

Ê The Rays are likely to become the third different 

team to feature a double play combination 

of Kelly Johnson at second base and Yunel at 

shortstop…the combo started 191 games together 

for the Braves from mid-2007 through 

2009…the Blue Jays used the middle infield 

tandem to start 131 games from mid-2011 to 

2012…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 

last duo to start together at second base and 

shortstop for three different teams was 2B Jeff 

Kent and SS Jose Vizcaino who did it for four 

teams: the Mets, Indians, Giants and Astros. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Played in a career-high 145 games for Toronto, 

including 140 starts at shortstop, in his 6th major 

league season…at the plate, recorded career-lows 

with a .253 avg. (141-for-558) and 

.300 OBP. 

Ê Compiled a .982 fielding percentage, 4th best 

among major league shortstops, and committed 

only 12 errors…only BAL J.J. Hardy (.992), 

DET Jhonny Peralta (.988) and SEA Brendan 

Ryan (.985) fared better…also ranked 4th 

among major league shortstops in putouts 

(240) and assists (431)…ranked 3rd with 683 

total chances. 

SHORTSTOP 

YUNEL 

ESCOBAR 11 

Yunel (yoo-NEL) Almenares Escobar 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

210 

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 5 years, 121 days 


BORN 11/2/82 in Havana, CUB 

RESIDES Miami, FL 


ACQUIRED From the Miami Marlins in exchange 

for INF Derek Dietrich, 12/4/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Gregg Kilby (Braves) 

Ê According to Stats Inc., his .868 zone rating led 

all major league shortstops…zone rating measures 

the percentage of outs made on groundballs 

hit into his defensive “zone.” 

Ê Hit .290 (58-for-200) with 5 HR in 52 day 

games, compared to .232 (83-for-358) with 

4 HR in 93 night games. 

Ê Hit .320 (33-for-103) when batting in the No. 2 

hole, compared to .237 (108-for-455) everywhere 

else. 

Ê Had three 4-hit games, each tying his career 

high, on April 18 vs. TB, May 10 at MIN and 

Aug 29 at NYY…on Aug 29 at NYY had 4 extra-base 

hits (3-2B, 1-HR), tying the Blue Jays 

record, and his 5 RBI that day tied his career 

high…this also tied for the most extra-base hits 

ever against the Yankees (16th time, last LAA 

Garret Anderson, Aug 21, 2007). 

Ê Grounded into 21 double plays, tied for 7th 

most in the AL. 

Ê In September served a 3-game suspension issued 

by the team due to an unacceptable message 

displayed on his eyeblack during a game. 

Ê Following the season was traded twice in a 

span of 2 weeks…acquired by Miami on Nov 19 

in a 12-player trade with Toronto involving SS 

Jose Reyes, RH Josh Johnson and LH Mark 

Buehrle…acquired by the Rays on Dec 4 in exchange 

for minor league INF Derek Dietrich. 


Ê Owns a career .282 batting avg. and .353 OBP… 

since 2007 his .350 OBP as a shortstop ranks 

6th in the majors.

Ê In 2011 hit .290/.369/.413 (149-for-513) with 

11 HR and 48 RBI in 133 games, his first full 

season with Toronto…missed the final 16 

games due to a swollen left elbow, which he 

sustained on Sep 10 vs. BAL when he was hit 

by a pitch from RH Rick van den Hurk. 

Ê His .367 OBP as a shortstop led the AL and 

ranked 3rd in the majors behind NYM Jose 

Reyes (.383) and COL Troy Tulowitzki (.374)… 

drew 60 walks while playing shortstop, most in 

the AL, despite playing only 132 games. 

Ê Reached base safely in 59 of his last 67 games 

and 109 of 133 games overall…reached base 

safely in a career-high 25 straight games from 

June 18–July 21. 

Ê Ranked 6th in the AL with a .330 avg. (38-for- 

115) against left-handed pitching…batted .279 

(111-for-398) against righthanders. 

Ê Hit .321/.416/.480 (81-for-252) with 8 HR and 

29 RBI at the Rogers Centre…on the road, batted 

.261/.322/.349 with 3 HR and 19 RBI. 

Ê Hit his 2nd career walk-off home run April 5 

vs. OAK in the 10th inning off Grant Balfour… 

named Blue Jays Player of the Month for July 

after posting a .367 avg. and .462 OBP…on 

Aug 31 and Sep 1 vs. BAL, became only the 5th 

Blue Jay to record back-to-back 4-hit games. 

Ê On June 19 signed a two-year contract extension 

with club options for the 2014 and 2015 

seasons. 

Ê On July 14, 2010 was traded from Atlanta 

to Toronto along with LH Jo-Jo Reyes for SS 

Alex Gonzalez, LH Tim Collins and INF Tyler 

Pastornicky…hit a combined .256/.337/.318 

(127-for-497) with 4 HR and 35 RBI in 135 

games. 

Ê Failed to homer in 75 games and 261 AB with 

the Braves…on July 18 at BAL hit a grand slam 

off LH Brian Matusz in his second game for the 

Jays and matched his career high with 5 RBI… 

it was the first grand slam by a Toronto shortstop 

since John McDonald on July 25, 2006 at 

SEA. 

Ê Began his career with Toronto with a 10-game 

hitting streak from July 16-27, the 3rd-longest 

streak to begin a Blue Jays career behind Dave 

Martinez (21 games in 2000) and Roy Howell 

(15 in 1977). 

Ê On Opening Day, April 5 vs. CHC, collected 5 RBI 

on a 2-run single and bases-clearing double… 

this tied the Braves club record for Opening 

Day (Fred McGriff, 1995 vs. SF)…5 RBI also 

tied a major league record for a shortstop on 

Opening Day (FLA Hanley Ramirez, 2009 vs. 

WAS; PHI Don Money, 1969 at CHC). 



Ê Spent 13 games on the disabled list from 

April 30–May 14 with a left adductor strain. 

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Ê In 2009 batted .299/.377/.436 (158-for-528) 

in 141 games for Atlanta…established career 

highs with 14 HR, 76 RBI, 26 doubles, 89 runs 

scored and 158 hits. 

Ê Batted .373 avg. (50-for-134) with RISP, 3rd 

best in the majors and 2nd best in the NL (min. 

100 AB) behind CHC Aramis Ramirez (.425) and 

TB Jason Bartlett (.386). 

Ê His .327 avg. (122-for-373) vs. right-handed 

pitchers ranked 4th in the NL and 7th in the 

majors. 

Ê Led the Braves with 46 multi-hit games and 

ranked 2nd in multi-RBI games (20), two-out 

RBI (38) and game-winning RBI (9). 

Ê Batted .356 (26-for-73) in July, 5th best in the 

NL (min. 50 AB)…named NL Player of the Week 

for July 13-19, his first career weekly award. 

Ê Had a career-best 46-game errorless streak 

from Aug 4–Sep 27…made ony 2 errors in his final 

77 games in the field, beginning July 2. 

Ê Received a 5th-place vote in the NL Most 

Valuable Player balloting. 

Ê In 2008 spent his first full season in the majors 

with Atlanta, batting .288/.366/.401 (148for-514) 

in 136 games including 125 starts at 

shortstop…was the Braves Opening Day shortstop, 

his first Opening Day start…suffered a 

strained right hamstring on Sep 13 at NYM 

(Game 1) and did not start a game or play in the 

field after that…made 3 pinch-hit appearances 

the remainder of the season. 

Ê Ranked 7th among major league shortstops in 

batting avg. (.290) and 3rd in OBP (.367). 

Ê Hit his first career walk-off home run in 

the 10th inning on June 2 vs. FLA off Logan 

Kensing. 

Ê Hit .350 (14-for-40) in interleague play. 

Ê Tied the Atlanta club record with 24 GIDP, joining 

Dale Murphy (1988) and Andruw Jones 

(2004). 

Ê Began the 2007 season with Triple-A 

Richmond and was called up to the majors on 

June 2, playing in 94 games (75 starts: 36- 

SS, 20-2B, 19-3B) for the Braves through season’s 

end. 

Ê Batted .326/.385/.451 (104-for-319) and finished 

6th in the NL Rookie of the Year balloting…among 

major league rookies with at least 

300 AB, his .326 avg. ranked 3rd behind LAD 

James Loney (.331) and CIN Norris Hopper 

(.329). 

Ê His .326 avg. was the highest by a Braves rookie 

(min. 300 AB) since Milwaukee’s Rico Carty 


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batted .330 in 1964…ranked 5th in franchise 

history among rookies, also trailing Boston’s 

Chick Stahl (.354 in 1897), John O’Rourke (.341 

in 1879) and Jimmy Bannon (.336 in 1894). 

Ê His 104 hits after his June 2 debut ranked 9th 

among major league rookies during that span… 

his .336 batting avg. after the All-Star break 

ranked 4th among major league rookies (2nd in 

NL)…led all ML rookies with a .352 avg. (37-for- 

105) in August. 

Ê Made his major league debut on June 2 at CHC, 

earning the start at third base…in his first atbat 

worked an 8-pitch single off LH Rich Hill… 

went 2-for-4 and delivered the game-winning 

RBI with a double off LH Will Ohman in the 8th 

inning. 

Ê Went 4-for-4 in his third major league game, 

June 4 vs. FLA, with his first career home run—a 

solo blast off RH Wes Obermueller. 

Ê Named as the Best Infield Arm and Best 

Defensive Shortstop in the International 

League by Baseball America…the publication 

also named him the No. 8 prospect in the 

International League. 


Mississippi (Braves), where he was named 

Mississippi Player of the Year by the organization…named 

by Baseball America as the Braves 

No. 10 prospect following the season and one 

of the top five prospects by Sports Weekly. 

Ê Selected to the World Team for the 2006 All- 

Star Futures Game on July 9 at PNC Park in 

Pittsburgh…played third base and went 0-for- 

1 with a walk. 

Ê Won the 2006 Arizona Fall League batting title, 

hitting .407 (35-for-86) for the Peoria Javelinas. 

Ê In 2005 was rated by Baseball America as 

the No. 3 overall prospect in the Braves organization…hit 

a combined .325/.375/.504 (74for-250) 

between Rookie-level Danville and 

Class-A Rome in his pro debut after being selected 

by the Braves in the second round of the 

2005 June Draft…ranked 4th in the Braves organization 

with a .912 OPS. 


Ê Is a childhood friend of Tigers catcher Brayan 

Peña…Yunel and Brayan were teammates in 

Atlanta. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 11x-last 8/29/12 at NYY 


12G, 2x-last 5/20/11 – 

5/31/11 

RBI 

5, 3x-last 8/29/12 at NYY 

RUNS 

4, 6/27/07 vs. WAS 

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 

WALKS 

3, 6x-last 5/31/11 vs. CLE 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 7x-last 4/25/12 at BAL 

STOLEN BASES 

1, 26x-last 9/14/12 vs. BOS 

LEADOFF (4) 

6/15/11 vs. BAL (Jake Arrieta); 8/21/08 at NYM (Pedro 

Martinez); 5/14/08 at PHI (Brett Myers); 8/29/07 at FLA 

(Dontrelle Willis) 

WALK-OFF (2) 

4/5/11 vs. OAK (10th inn., Grant Balfour); 6/2/08 vs. FLA 

(10th inn., Logan Kensing) 



2005 Danville .400 8 30 9 12 2 1 2 8 0 1 0 5-0 4 0 0 1 .733 .472 4 

Rome .313 48 198 30 62 13 3 4 19 2 0 0 14-0 30 0 2 6 .470 .358 6 

2006 Mississippi .264 121 428 55 113 21 4 2 45 2 4 8 59-1 77 7 9 20 .346 .361 26 

2007 Richmond .333 46 180 20 60 10 3 2 29 0 1 0 14-1 27 7 3 10 .456 .379 7 

Atlanta .326 94 319 54 104 25 0 5 28 2 2 5 27-1 44 5 3 6 .451 .385 11 

2008 Atlanta .288 136 514 71 148 24 2 10 60 7 2 5 59-4 62 2 5 24 .401 .366 16 

2009 Atlanta .299 141 528 89 158 26 2 14 76 7 2 10 57-3 62 5 4 21 .436 .377 13 

2010 Atlanta .238 75 261 28 62 12 0 0 19 2 0 1 37-1 31 5 1 9 .284 .334 9 

Gwinnett .667 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 0 .667 .750 1 

Toronto .275 60 236 32 65 7 0 4 16 7 0 4 19-0 26 1 1 9 .356 .340 9 

2011 Toronto .290 133 513 77 149 24 3 11 48 5 5 6 61-1 70 3 3 14 .413 .369 14 

2012 Toronto .253 145 558 58 141 22 1 9 51 7 4 4 35-1 70 5 1 21 .344 .300 12 


Major League Totals .282 784 2929 409 827 140 8 53 298 37 15 35 295-11 365 26 18 104 .390 .353 84 

1: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Gregg Kilby. 2: Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays along 

with LH Jo-Jo Reyes from Atlanta in exchange for LH Tim Collins, SS Alex Gonzalez and INF Tyler Pastornicky, July 14, 2010. 3: Acquired by the 

Miami Marlins along with RH Henderson Alvarez, RH Anthony Desclafani, SS Adeiny Hechavarria, OF Jake Marisnick, C Jeff Mathis and LH Justin 

Nicolino from Toronto in exchange for UTL Emilio Bonifacio, C John Buck, LH Mark Buehrle, RH Josh Johnson, SS Jose Reyes and cash considerations, 

November 19, 2012. 4: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for INF Derek Dietrich, December 4, 2012.





2007 Shortstop .977 53 59 113 4 176 22 

Third Base .923 22 20 28 4 52 4 

Second Base .963 21 28 49 3 80 10 

2008 Shortstop .974 126 193 396 16 605 78 

2009 Shortstop .979 139 191 409 13 613 83 

2010 Shortstop .972 134 204 423 18 645 110 

2011 Shortstop .974 132 182 343 14 539 73 

2012 Shortstop .982 143 240 431 12 683 100 

Totals Shortstop .976 727 1069 2115 77 3261 466 

Third Base .923 22 20 28 4 52 4 

Second Base .963 21 28 49 3 80 10 



vs. Left .258 151 39 2 16 .283 817 231 14 80 

vs. Right .251 407 102 7 35 .282 2112 596 39 218 

DID YOU KNOW? 

TRIPLE PLAYS 

The Rays have pulled off three triple plays in club history and Ben Zobrist has been involved 

in two of them. The most recent came Sep 27, 2011 vs. NYY when C Russell Martin 

grounded into a 5-4-3 triple play (Evan Longoria to Zobrist to Sean Rodriguez). Rodriguez 

became the fi rst player since STL Gregg Jefferies in 1993 to hit into a triple play and 

participate in one defensively in the same season as he bounced into a 5-4-3 triple killing on 

Aug 16 at BOS, the second ever pulled against the Rays. 

On Sep 13, 2002 at TOR, the Rays executed the fi rst triple play in club history (L-4-6-3) 

with Dewon Brazelton on the mound in his major league debut. It was only the fourth time 

in major league history that a pitcher was backed by a triple play in his major league debut 

and the fi rst time since Aug 31, 1919 (St. Louis Browns pitcher Rolla “Lefty” Mapel in the 

2nd inning vs. Detroit). The others: Sep 18, 1917 (2nd game of a doubleheader), Pittsburgh’s 

Elmer Ponder vs. the Boston Braves; and April 23, 1895, when Boston Braves pitcher Zeke 

Wilson started a triple play against the Washington Nationals. 

On Sep 2, 2006 vs. SEA, the Rays pulled off their second triple play, the fi rst at Tropicana 

Field, in the top of the 1st inning. With runners on fi rst and third, LHP J.P. Howell threw a 

strike on a 3-2 count to Raul Ibañez for the fi rst out. C Dioner Navarro threw the ball to SS 

Ben Zobrist to get Adrian Beltre, who was running from fi rst on the pitch. Zobrist then threw 

back to Navarro to nail Jose Lopez as he tried to score from third to complete the triple play. 

It was the fi rst 2-6-2 triple play in major league history. 

The Rays hit into one other triple play, June 11, 2006 at KC. It went 8-1-6-5 when Russell 

Branyan’s apparent sacrifi ce fl y was nullifi ed upon appeal when it was ruled that Aubrey 

Huff had left third base early on the tag-up. Rocco Baldelli was also caught on the play 

trying to advance from fi rst to second base. 

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40-MAN ROSTER › KYLE FARNSWORTH 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Kyle enjoys paintball and plays often during 

the offseason with his sons…he has several 

friends who are members of the pro paintball 

team the Tampa Bay Damage…one of his paintball 

outings with the Damage was the subject 

of an “Inside the Rays” episode on Sun Sports 

in 2011. 

Ê Last season he began wearing a pair of camouflage-style 

Oakley glasses when he pitches…he 

plans to keep wearing them this year. 

Ê His father, Lynn, was a fighter pilot in Vietnam. 

Ê An avid hunter, Kyle made offseason trips to 

his 2,500-acre plot of land in Georgia, as well 

as his uncle’s farm in Missouri and a friend’s 

property in Kentucky. 

Ê Kyle achieved a black belt in taekwondo as a 

teenager, but no longer practices. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Spent his second season with the Rays and 

14th in the majors…began the season on the 

DL with a right elbow strain suffered in spring 

training and missed nearly half the season 

(77 games) before his activation on June 30… 

pitched in 34 games after his return, going 1-6 

with a 4.00 ERA (27-IP, 12-ER). 

Ê Ranks 3rd among active pitchers with 810 career 

appearances, trailing Mariano Rivera 

(1,051) and LaTroy Hawkins (871)…this ranks 

43rd all-time, just ahead of Nolan Ryan (807)… 

ranks 37th all-time with 784 relief apps. 

Ê Allowed 5 ER over his first 6 games (through 

July 18) and 6 ER over his final 10 outings 

(beginning Sep 8), but in between crafted a 

0.54 ERA (16.2-IP, 1-ER) with only 5 hits allowed 


KYLE 

FARNSWORTH 43 

Kyle Lynn Farnsworth 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'4" 



BORN 4/14/76 in Wichita, KS 

RESIDES Celebration, FL 



SIGNING SCOUT Preston Douglas (Cubs) 

WEIGHT 

230 

over a span of 18 apps…did not allow a run in 

the month of August (11 games, 10.1 IP), yielding 

only 3 hits…had a stretch of 13 consecutive 

scoreless apps from Aug 3–Sep 7. 

Ê Limited opponents to a .216 avg. (22-for-102) 

and allowed only 1 home run…issued 14 BB in 

27 IP—8 coming in his first 11 apps—compared 

to 12 BB in 57.2 IP in 2011. 

Ê Allowed runs in only 8 of his 34 appearances, 

but suffered the loss in 6 of those 8 games… 

absorbed 3 losses in the month of September 

(Sep 8 vs. TEX, Sep 12 at BAL, Sep 18 vs. BOS). 

Ê In June made 6 apps on rehab assignments 

with Class-A Charlotte and Triple-A Durham. 

Ê Has a career 2.63 ERA (68.1-IP, 20-ER) at 

Tropicana Field…NYY Mariano Rivera (1.07), 

Fernando Rodney (1.57) and Joel Peralta (2.17) 

are the only relievers with a lower career ERA 

at the Trop (min. 50 IP). 

Ê After filing for free agency, re-signed to a oneyear 

contract with the Rays on Feb 5, 2013. 

MOST GAMES PITCHED, 

ACTIVE PITCHERS 

Mariano Rivera 1,051 

LaTroy Hawkins 871 

Kyle Farnsworth 810 

Francisco Cordero 800 

Octavio Dotel 752 


Ê In 2011 spent his first season with the Rays 

and earned a career-high 25 saves in 31 chances 

over 63 apps…posted a career-best 

2.18 ERA, 2nd among AL closers…it was his 

9th season of 60 or more apps…among active

pitchers only Mariano Rivera (14) has had more 

seasons of 60 or more apps. 

Ê His first 25-save campaign came in his 13th 

major league season…only four pitchers alltime 

have gone as deep into their career before 

doing this: CIN David Weathers in 2007 

(17th season), ATL John Smoltz in 2002 (14th), 

CLE Mike Jackson in 1998 (13th) and CWS Hoyt 

Wilhelm in 1964 (13th). 

Ê Was one of three pitchers in the majors age 35 

or over with 20 saves, along with NYY Mariano 

Rivera (44) and CIN Francisco Cordero (34)…25 

saves ranked 10th in the AL. 

Ê Had 5 saves of 4 or more outs, most in the majors 

in 2011, but none after July 15 vs. BOS. 

Ê Averaged 1.87 BB/9 IP, lowest of his career…finished 

in the top 3 among AL closers in opponents’ 

OBP (.261, 3rd), base runners per 9 IP 

(9.36, 3rd) and SO/BB ratio (4.25, 3rd). 

Ê His 5 wins tied a career high (1999 as a starter) 

and tied for 10th among AL relievers…all 5 wins 

came at home. 

Ê Retired a career-high 26 consecutive batters 

over 9 apps from July 28–Aug 23, breaking 

Roberto Hernandez’s club record of 25 in 1998. 

Ê Did not allow a home run until the 95th batter 

he faced, a solo homer to Adrian Gonzalez on 

June 16 vs. BOS. 

Ê Went 2 weeks between apps, Sep 10 vs. 

BOS and Sep 24 vs. TOR, due to right elbow 

tenderness. 

Ê Entered the season with 27 career saves, 16 of 

them coming in 2005 with the Tigers (6) and 

Braves (10)…before 2011, his last save was 

June 13, 2008 with New York. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made his sixth career trip to 

the postseason but did not appear in a game… 

the Rays did not have any save opportunities in 

the ALDS vs. Texas. 

Ê Split the 2010 season between the Royals 

and Braves, his second stint with Atlanta… 

combined to go 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA (64.2-IP, 

24-ER). 

Ê Went 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA for Kansas City…was 

dealt to the Braves at the July 31 trade deadline 

along with OF Rick Ankiel in exchange for 

OF Gregor Blanco, RH Jesse Chavez and LH Tim 

Collins. 

Ê Walked only 2 batters in his last 16 apps of the 

season. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 2 scoreless apps in the 

NLDS vs. San Francisco…earned the victory in 

Game 2 at SF, the only game won by the Braves, 

5-4 in 11 innings…it was Bobby Cox’s last win as 

a manager. 



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Ê Prior to the 2009 season, signed a two-year 

free agent contract with the Royals on Dec 29… 

threw a then-career-low 37.1 innings for the 

Royals due to a right groin strain that cost him 

nearly two months…his 41 apps were his fewest 

since his rookie season of 1999 when he was 

used primarily as a starter. 

Ê After allowing 7 ER over his first 5 outings, recorded 

17 consecutive scoreless apps from 

April 21–June 10 (17.2-IP)…had a 1.35 ERA (26.2- 

IP, 4-ER) in 28 night games, but a 12.66 ERA 

(10.2-IP, 15-ER) in 13 day games. 

Ê Left the game on June 24 at HOU with a right 

groin strain…placed on the 15-day DL on 

June 26…reinstated from the DL on Aug 18 after 

a 5-game rehab assignment. 

Ê On July 30, 2008 was traded from the Yankees 

to the Tigers in exchange for C Ivan Rodriguez… 

appeared in a total of 61 games with a 

4.48 ERA (60.1-IP, 30-ER)…yielded 15 HR, tied 

with KC Joel Peralta and LAA Justin Speier for 

most among ML relievers. 

Ê In 2007 appeared in 64 games for the 

Yankees, his fifth straight season of 60-plus 

apps. 

Ê Joined the Yankees in 2006 after signing a 

three-year free agent contract the previous 

December…made 72 apps and went 6-for-10 in 

save opportunities. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Did not allow a run in 2 apps in 

the ALDS vs. Detroit. 

Ê Traded from the Cubs to the Tigers on Feb 9, 

2005 in a five-player deal…split the season between 

Detroit and Atlanta and combined for 

a 2.19 ERA (70-IP, 17-ER) and 16 saves in 18 

opportunities (88.9 percent)…was 6-for-8 in 

save opps for the Tigers and 10-for-10 with the 

Braves. 

Ê Ejected on July 17 vs. KC following a benchclearing 

brawl…traded to Atlanta on July 31 for 

pitchers Roman Colon and Zach Miner…served 

a 5-game suspension for the July 17 brawl after 

joining the Braves, Aug 9-13…posted a 1.98 ERA 

(27.1-IP, 6-ER) for Atlanta. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Pitched in 2 games in the NLDS 

vs. Houston…charged with a blown save in 

Game 4 at HOU by allowing a grand slam to 

Lance Berkman in the 8th inning and a gametying 

solo homer to Brad Ausmus in the 9th… 

the Braves went on to lose in 18 innings. 

Ê In 2004, his final season with the Cubs, ranked 

7th among NL relievers with 10.53 SO/9 IP 

(66.2-IP, 78-SO)…spent two weeks (Aug 28– 

Sep 12) on the DL with a right knee contusion. 

Ê Finished his Cubs career with 317 relief apps, 

currently 4th most in franchise history behind 


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Lee Smith (452), Carlos Marmol (439) and Don 

Elton (434). 

Ê Worked in a career-high 77 games for the Cubs 

in 2003…averaged 10.8 SO/9 IP (76.1-IP, 92- 

SO), 6th among NL relievers…held opponents to 

a .196 avg. (53-for-271)…ejected on June 19 at 

CIN after a bench-clearing brawl involving former 

Devil Ray Paul Wilson and served a 2-game 

suspension June 26-27. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Pitched in 8 postseason games 

as the Cubs advanced to the NLCS…made 3 

scoreless apps in the NLDS vs. Atlanta, but 

yielded a 10.13 ERA (5.1-IP, 6-ER) in 5 games in 

the NLCS vs. Florida. 

Ê In 2002 recorded a career-worst 7.33 ERA 

(46.2-IP, 38-ER) in 45 apps for the Cubs… 

missed nearly two months with a stress fracture 

in his right foot suffered April 10 while 

warming up in the bullpen. 

Ê In 2001, his first full season with the Cubs, 

went 4-6 with a 2.74 ERA and 2 saves in 76 

apps (82-IP)…ranked 3rd among NL relievers 

with 107 SO (a career high) and 4th with 11.74 

SO/9 IP…was the first Cubs reliever to reach 

100 SO since Paul Assenmacher (117) in 1991… 

struck out 8 consecutive batters over a span of 

3 apps, May 23–June 1. 

Ê Split the 2000 campaign between the Cubs 

and Triple-A Iowa…made his first Opening Day 

roster as a member of the starting rotation, 

and started their second game of the season 

March 30 vs. NYM in Tokyo (no decision, 5.2-IP, 

1-ER)…after making 5 starts and going 1-3 with 

an 8.23 ERA he was moved to the bullpen in 

late April and has not made a start since. 

Ê Optioned to Iowa on May 25…recalled July 21 

and posted a 3.15 ERA (34.1-IP, 12-ER) in 26 

apps over the remainder of the season…earned 

his first major league save July 29 vs. SF with 3 

scoreless innings. 

Ê Saw his first major league action in 1999, making 

21 starts over three stints with the Cubs… 

DID YOU KNOW? 

opened with Iowa and was recalled to start 

April 29 at FLA in his major league debut, earning 

the win (6-IP, 6-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)… 

fired his first and only major league shutout 

Aug 29 at LAD, a 2-hitter. 

Ê In 1998 rose from Double-A West Tennessee to 

Iowa, making 31 starts combined…started 27 

games for Class-A Daytona in 1997…in 1996 

went 9-6 in 20 starts for the Class-A Rockford 

Cubbies as he transitioned to a starting role… 

was named the No. 10 prospect in the Cubs 

system by Baseball America following the season…made 

his professional debut in 1995 with 

the GCL Cubs in Fort Myers…recorded a 

0.87 ERA (31-IP, 3-ER) in 16 relief apps. 


Ê Kyle and his wife, Shayla, reside in Celebration, 

Fla., with their three children: daughter Taylor 

(18) and sons Hunter (13) and Stone (10)…they 

have an American bulldog named Rambo. 

Ê Drafted in 1994 out of Milton High School in 

Alpharetta, Ga., where he played baseball, 

basketball and football…attended Abraham 

Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga. and 

pitched there in 1994 and 1995…elected to the 

school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in March 2011. 

CAREER HIGHS 


SHUTOUTS (1) 

8/29/99 at LAD – 2-hit SHO 


9.0, 8/29/99 at LAD 


6.0, 7/17/99 vs. MIN 

STRIKEOUTS 

7, 2x-last 4/12/00 vs. ATL 

WALKS 

5, 9/29/00 at PIT 

HR ALLOWED 

3, 4x-last 5/24/00 at COL 

RUNS ALLOWED 

8, 2x-last 4/6/00 at STL 

WIN STREAK 

4G, 3x-last 6/15/04 – 

8/4/04 

LOSS STREAK 

8G, 4/17/00 – 9/20/00 

RENEWALS OF NATIONAL MEDIA RIGHTS DEALS 

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ESPN in 2012. The eight-year agreements run through the 2021 season and maintain continuity 

with the game’s longtime rightsholders. Combined, the three contracts will deliver more than a 

100 percent increase in annual rights fees to Major League Baseball over the existing deals.





1995 GCL Cubs 3 2 0.87 16 0 0 0 1 31.0 22 8 3 0 1 11-0 18 1 1 

1996 Rockford 9 6 3.70 20 20 1 0 0 112.0 122 62 46 7 9 35-0 82 8 1 

1997 Daytona 10 10 4.09 27 27 2 0 0 156.1 178 91 71 13 6 47-1 105 5 1 

1998 West Tenn 8 2 2.77 13 13 0 0 0 81.1 70 32 25 6 1 21-0 73 2 2 

Iowa 5 9 6.93 18 18 0 0 0 102.2 129 88 79 18 2 36-0 79 4 1 

1999 Iowa 2 2 3.20 6 6 0 0 0 39.1 38 16 14 5 0 9-0 29 1 0 

Chicago-NL 5 9 5.05 27 21 1 1 0 130.0 140 80 73 28 3 52-1 70 7 1 

2000 Chicago-NL 2 9 6.43 46 5 0 0 1 77.0 90 58 55 14 4 50-8 74 3 0 

Iowa 0 2 3.20 22 0 0 0 9 25.1 24 10 9 1 0 18-2 22 4 1 

2001 Chicago-NL 4 6 2.74 76 0 0 0 2 82.0 65 26 25 8 1 29-2 107 2 2 

2002 Chicago-NL 4 6 7.33 45 0 0 0 1 46.2 53 47 38 9 1 24-7 46 1 0 

Iowa 0 1 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 0-0 2 0 0 

2003 Chicago-NL 3 2 3.30 77 0 0 0 0 76.1 53 31 28 6 0 36-1 92 6 0 

2004 Chicago-NL 4 5 4.73 72 0 0 0 0 66.2 67 39 35 10 2 33-1 78 1 0 

2005 Detroit 1 1 2.32 46 0 0 0 6 42.2 29 12 11 1 1 20-0 55 2 0 

Atlanta 0 0 1.98 26 0 0 0 10 27.1 15 6 6 4 2 7-0 32 1 1 

2006 New York-AL 3 6 4.36 72 0 0 0 6 66.0 62 34 32 8 1 28-3 75 5 1 

2007 New York-AL 2 1 4.80 64 0 0 0 0 60.0 60 35 32 9 2 27-2 48 4 2 

2008 New York-AL 1 2 3.65 45 0 0 0 1 44.1 43 18 18 11 1 17-3 43 1 1 

Detroit 1 1 6.75 16 0 0 0 0 16.0 27 14 12 4 0 5-1 18 0 0 

2009 Kansas City 1 5 4.58 41 0 0 0 0 37.1 43 22 19 3 1 14-2 42 2 1 

Omaha 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 

NW Arkansas 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 3 0 0 

2010 Kansas City 3 0 2.42 37 0 0 0 0 44.2 40 13 12 2 4 12-0 36 2 0 

Atlanta 0 2 5.40 23 0 0 0 0 20.0 15 12 12 2 0 7-1 25 1 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 5 1 2.18 63 0 0 0 25 57.2 45 15 14 5 3 12-1 51 2 0 

2012 Charlotte 0 0 2.25 4 4 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 

Durham 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 

Tampa Bay 1 6 4.00 34 0 0 0 0 27.0 22 13 12 1 1 14-2 25 2 0 


Rays Totals 6 7 2.76 97 0 0 0 52 84.2 67 28 26 6 4 26-3 76 4 0 

Major League Totals 40 62 4.24 810 26 1 1 52 921.2 869 475 434 125 27 387-35 917 42 9 

1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1994 June Draft…signed by Preston Douglas. 2: Acquired by the Detroit Tigers from 

Chicago in exchange for OF Bo Flowers, INF Scott Moore and RH Roberto Novoa, February 9, 2005. 3: Acquired by the Atlanta Braves from Detroit 

in exchange for RH Roman Colon and RH Zach Miner, July 31, 2005. 4: Signed by the New York Yankees as a free agent, December 2, 2005. 

5: Acquired by the Detroit Tigers from New York in exchange for C Ivan Rodriguez, July 30, 2008. 6: Signed by the Kansas City Royals as a free 

agent, December 29, 2008. 7: Acquired by the Atlanta Braves along with OF Rick Ankiel and cash considerations from Kansas City in exchange for 

OF Gregor Blanco, RH Jesse Chavez and LH Tim Collins, July 31, 2010. 8: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 16, 2011. 



1999 Chicago-NL .086 35 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 10 0 0 0 .086 .158 

2000 Chicago-NL .071 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 0 .143 .071 

2001 Chicago-NL .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2002 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2003 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2004 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 

Major League Totals .074 54 3 4 1 0 0 3 8 1 1 2-0 18 0 0 0 .093 .121 

POSTSEASON PITCHING 

YEAR SERIES CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 

2003 NLDS CHC vs. ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 

NLCS CHC vs. FLA 0 0 10.13 5 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 6 6 0 0 2-2 7 0 0 

2005 NLDS ATL vs. HOU 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 2 0 1-0 4 0 0 

2006 ALDS NYY vs. DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 

2007 ALDS NYY vs. CLE 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 

2010 NLDS ATL vs. SFG 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1-0 1 0 0 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX Did Not Pitch 

DS Totals 1 0 2.53 10 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 3 3 2 1 4-0 10 0 0 

Postseason Totals 1 0 5.06 15 0 0 0 0 16.0 12 9 9 2 1 6-2 17 0 0 

069 


Kyle Farnsworth

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1999 Pitcher .846 27 9 13 4 26 1 

2000 Pitcher .833 46 4 6 2 12 1 

2001 Pitcher 1.000 76 3 4 0 7 0 

2002 Pitcher 1.000 45 0 5 0 5 0 

2003 Pitcher 1.000 77 5 12 0 17 0 

2004 Pitcher .944 72 7 10 1 18 0 

2005 Pitcher .917 72 4 7 1 12 1 

2006 Pitcher 1.000 72 3 7 0 10 0 

2007 Pitcher .769 64 3 7 3 13 0 

2008 Pitcher 1.000 61 4 5 0 9 0 

2009 Pitcher .750 41 0 3 1 4 0 

2010 Pitcher .857 60 6 6 2 14 0 

2011 Pitcher .933 63 7 7 1 15 1 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 34 1 4 0 5 0 

Totals .910 810 56 96 15 167 4 



vs. Left .225 40 9 1 .252 1477 372 60 

vs. Right .210 62 13 0 .244 2034 497 65 

SKIP MILOS


40-MAN ROSTER › SAM FULD 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Sam, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes since 

he was 10, decided to convert to an insulin 

pump during the winter and plans to use 

it throughout the season…he finds the pump 

more convenient, since it eliminates the 6-7 

daily insulin shots he’d given himself since 

childhood…former Devil Ray Jason Johnson also 

wore an insulin pump when he pitched. 

Ê In February he hosted the second annual Sam 

Fuld Diabetes Camp for 115 young diabetes patients 

in conjunction with the University of 

South Florida Diabetes Center…Sam and 10 other 

counselors—all Type 1 diabetics from the collegiate 

or professional level—provide instruction 

in baseball/softball, basketball, football, 

soccer, tennis, golf and cheerleading…new instructors 

this year included former 20-game 

winner Bill Gullickson and seven-time LPGA 

Tour winner Michelle McGann. 

Ê Sam and his wife, Sarah, spent part of the offseason 

learning how to surf…Sam is a “goofyfooter” 

(surfs with his right foot in front). 

Ê He interned with Stats Inc. in the fall of 2005 

after playing for Peoria in the Midwest League. 

Ê A sore shoulder in 2007 inspired him to learn 

to throw right-handed as a backup, although 

his left shoulder recovered and he has never 

had to rely on it…he borrowed a friend’s glove 

and practiced throwing right-handed by tossing 

baseballs against the wall of a Phoenix el- 

OUTFIELDER 

SAM 

FULD 5 

Samuel Babson Fuld 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

5'10" 

WEIGHT 

175 

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 2 years, 140 days 


BORN 11/20/81 in Durham, NH 

RESIDES Jupiter, FL 


ACQUIRED From the Chicago Cubs along 

with RHP Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, 

OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in 

exchange for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando 

Perez and LHP Zach Rosscup, 1/8/11 

SIGNING SCOUTS Steve Hinton and 

Steve Fuller (Cubs) 

FOLLOW HIM @SamFuld5 

071 

ementary school after his morning workouts 

with the Cubs…later that year he made his major 

league debut—left-handed. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Missed the first 96 games of the season while 

recovering from surgery to repair ligaments 

in his right wrist, an injury he incurred during 

spring training…underwent surgery on April 3 

and was reinstated on July 24, beating the expected 

recovery time of 4-5 months. 

Ê After rejoining the club, played in 44 of the 

team’s last 66 games (23 starts, 11-RF, 9-LF, 

3-CF)…batted .255/.318/.327 (25-for-98) with 

7 SB and 14 runs scored…went 2-for-24 from 

Sep 7 through season’s end, dropping his average 

from .311 to .255. 

Ê Hit .300/.364/.400 (18-for-60) in 27 games on 

the road, compared to .184/.244/.211 (7-for-38) 

in 17 games at Tropicana Field. 

Ê Hit .372 (16-for-43) when playing right field, 

compared to .164 (9-for-55) everywhere else… 

went 5-for-16 (.313) with RISP. 

Ê Was sidelined early in spring training with inflammation 

in his right wrist…appeared in 

9 spring training games before exiting the 

game March 23 vs. TOR when he injured the 

wrist on a swing…on April 3 in Cleveland, Dr. 

Thomas Graham performed surgery to repair 

the ligaments. 


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SKIP MILOS 

Ê On Aug 28 at TEX became the second player in 

Rays history to record 3 hits in a game he didn’t 

start, joining Aaron Ledesma who went 

3-for-4 on Aug 29, 1998 at DET (Game 1)…entered 

for RF Matt Joyce, who suffered a left 

forearm strain. 

Ê Sustained a mild right hamstring strain on 

Sep 16 at NYY, causing him to miss 9 games. 

Ê Appeared in 10 games on rehab assignment 

between Class-A Charlotte (5) and Triple-A 

Durham (5), beginning July 7. 


Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with the Rays, 

his first full year in the majors…was one of 3 finalists 

among AL left fielders for a Gold Glove 

despite making only 76 outfield starts (68-LF, 

4-CF, 4-RF). 

Ê Finished 2nd among all major league players in 

ESPN “Web Gem” points…had 11 different plays 

nominated as Web Gems, most of any ML outfielder 

and tied with KC Alcides Escobar for 

3rd most in the majors behind CLE Asdrubal 

Cabrera (13). 

Ê Was expected to open the season as Johnny 

Damon’s backup in LF, but when Manny 

Ramirez retired on April 6, he started 37 of 

the next 38 games…started 66 of the Rays 

first 99 games through July 22, but only 11 of 

the last 63 after Desmond Jennings was recalled 

from Durham…started only once in the 

Rays last 31 games. 

Ê Led the AL with 6 pinch-hits…also led all AL 

pinch-hitters with 6 BB, 6 R and a .571 OBP, all 

club records…his 21 plate apps as a pinch-hitter 

were 2nd in the AL behind TOR/CWS Mark 

Teahen (27). 

Ê Stole 20 bases in 28 attempts, tied for 2nd 

most on the team after B.J. Upton (36)…his 

10 SB in April tied SEA Ichiro Suzuki for the AL 

lead and fell 1 shy of Carl Crawford’s club record 

in April 2004. 

Ê Was leading the AL in batting avg. on April 22, 

when he was tied with NYY Alex Rodriguez at 

.366 and topped the AL with 9 SB…was the first 

to lead the AL in both categories on that date 

since BAL Luis Aparicio in 1963. 

Ê On April 9 at CWS made a diving catch on the 

warning track to end a 4th-inning, bases-loaded 

threat and rob Juan Pierre of extra bases. 

Ê On April 11 at BOS made his Fenway Park debut…established 

career highs with 4 hits (all 

for extra bases), 3 RBI, 3 runs and 11 total bases…fell 

a single short of the cycle, and logged a 

second double in his last at-bat…the HR was his 

first since Oct 4, 2009 vs. ARI (Doug Davis). 

Ê His 4 extra-base hits tied the Rays franchise 

record…the 4 extra-base hits and 11 total bases 

set an all-time record for a Fenway Park debut 

(visiting or Red Sox player)…became the 

third leadoff hitter ever to record 4 extra-base 

hits at Fenway Park, joining BOS Wade Boggs 

(July 25, 1989 vs. KC) and DET Lou Whitaker 

(June 8, 1983). 

Ê Became the first New Hampshire-born player 

to hit a home run at Fenway Park since BOS 

Phil Plantier on Oct 3, 1992 vs. NYY…was the 

fourth overall joining Plantier (11-HR), Kevin 

Romine (4) and Red Rolfe (2). 

Ê On Aug 10 vs. KC, capped a 5-run rally in the 

9th inning with a walk-off RBI triple off Joakim 

Soria…Elliot Johnson scored as the tying run, 

and Fuld came around to score the winning 

run on the same play on an error by 2B Johnny 

Giovatella…marked the first-ever Rays win on a 

walk-off triple…it was Fuld’s first career walkoff 

hit. 

Ê On June 20 at MIL, pinch-hit and then took the 

mound after the inning but had not yet thrown 

a pitch when Cesar Ramos replaced him…did 

not count as an official appearance. 

Ê Spent the majority of the 2010 season at 

Triple-A Iowa (Cubs) where he led the club with 

9 triples and was 2nd in walks (66) and steals 

(21)…joined the parent club briefly in August 

and again in September, making a total of 5 

starts for the Cubs. 

Ê Recalled on Aug 19 by the Cubs when 1B Derrek 

Lee was traded to the Braves, three days be-

fore Lou Piniella retired as manager…appeared 

in 3 games without a start and was optioned 

back Aug 22, just as Mike Quade was named 

manager. 

Ê Made 88 starts for Iowa, all in CF…hit leadoff 

in all but two of those games…his ratio of 

66 BB to 37 SO was the 2nd best in all of 

Triple-A…batted .302 (49-for-162) in the final 

47 games of the season with Iowa. 

Ê Had three tours with the Cubs in 2009, joining 

them for good on July 31…made 22 starts (18- 

CF, 4-LF). 

Ê Finished 4th in batting (.299) and 1st in OBP 

(.409) among NL rookies with 100 or more 

plate apps…batted .355 with a .459 OBP in 

September. 

Ê Recorded his first major league hit on July 1 at 

PIT, a 1st-inning double off RH Virgil Vasquez. 

Ê Went 101 big league at-bats without an RBI before 

homering in the season finale, Oct 4 vs. 

ARI off Doug Davis. 

Ê With Iowa, struck out only once every 15.42 

plate apps, 7th best in minor league baseball. 

Ê Began the 2008 season at Iowa, but was hitting 

just .188 on May 1 and two weeks later 

was assigned to Double-A Tennessee…went 

1-for-26 his first week with Tennessee, then 

went on to hit .291 (91-for-313) the rest of the 

season. 

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 5, 2007 

vs. LAD as a defensive replacement in CF, one 

day after he was recalled from Tennessee by 

the Cubs…appeared in 8 games, 6 as a pinchrunner, 

before he finally got a plate appearance…was 

0-for-3 in his only start, Sep 29 vs. 

CIN, and finished with only 9 PA…7 of his 14 appearances 

were as a pinch-runner. 

Ê Named Arizona Fall League MVP after batting 

.402 (43-for-107) in 29 games for the Mesa 

Solar Sox…led the league in hits (43), doubles 

(11), total bases (67), OBP (.492), SLG (.626) 

and OPS (1.118)…also named the winner of the 

Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award, presented 

annually to the AFL player who best 

exemplifies unselfishness, hard work and 

leadership. 

Ê Hit an even .300 in 2005 and 2006, his first 

two seasons of pro ball…in 2005, hit .179 his 

first month, then batted .322 the rest of the 

season. 


Ê At Exeter Academy (N.H.), hit .613 as a freshman 

and followed with seasons of .489, .600 

and .550…listed 19th among the 100 Top High 

School Prospects of 2000 by Baseball America 



and selected as the New Hampshire 2000 

Gatorade High School Player of the Year. 

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Ê Was a two-time All-American and a three-time 

All-Pac-10 center fielder at Stanford…graduated 

with a degree in economics…was also the first 

player in school history to make the All-College 

World Series team twice. 

Ê His 1,071 career at-bats and 268 runs are still a 

Stanford record…ranks 2nd in school history 

in hits (356) and games played (260) and tied 

for third in triples (16)…his 110 hits as a sophomore 

in 2002 led the Pac-10 and remain 

the school record for most hits in a season… 

also scored 83 runs as a junior, tying Dustin 

Pedroia (Arizona State) for the conference lead 

and Jeffrey Hammonds (1990) for the school 

record. 

Ê For six years, he held the all-time career record 

for most College World Series hits with 24…that 

mark was broken in 2009 by North Carolina’s 

Dustin Ackley (Mariners). 


Ê He and his wife, Sarah, have a 3-year-old son, 

Charles, and a 1-year-old daughter, Jane. 

Ê His mother, Amanda Merrill, served as a New 

Hampshire State Senator but has decided not 

to seek re-election…his father, Kenneth Fuld, 

is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the 

University of New Hampshire. 

Ê After only 8 weeks with the Rays in 2011, the 

team fashioned a giveaway after him: a Super 

Sam Fuld Cape to kids 14 and under. 

Ê Invited as a guest analyst to ESPN’s Baseball 

Tonight set for the 2011 Home Run Derby at 

Chase Field. 

Ê His high school alma mater, Exeter Academy 

(N.H.), counts many other notables among 

its graduates including Franklin Pierce, the 

14th President of the United States; the sons 

of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses 

S. Grant; Peter Coors of the Coors Brewing 

Company; Mark Zuckerberg, founder of 

Facebook; and Peter Benchley, author of Jaws. 

Ê Although he was the shortest Ray in 2012, Sam 

weighed 10 pounds at birth. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 2x-last 4/18/11 vs. CWS 


6G, 4/9/11 – 4/15/11 

HOME RUNS 

1, 4x-last 5/27/11 vs. CLE 

RBI 

3, 4/11/11 at BOS 

RUNS 

3, 3x-last 4/22/11 at TOR 

WALKS 

3, 2x-last 8/10/11 vs. KC 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 4/24/11 at TOR 

STOLEN BASES 

3, 4/7/11 at CWS 


Sam Fuld

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2005 Peoria .300 125 443 82 133 32 6 5 37 4 4 7 50-0 44 18 11 16 .433 .377 6 

2006 Daytona .300 89 353 63 106 19 6 4 40 6 1 5 40-5 54 22 3 6 .422 .378 2 

2007 Tennessee .290 90 335 56 97 23 2 2 27 8 3 5 41-1 38 10 3 2 .388 .372 3 

Iowa .269 14 52 13 14 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 9-0 5 2 0 1 .442 .397 1 

Chicago-NL .000 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 

2008 Iowa .222 20 63 11 14 3 0 1 4 5 0 0 8-0 12 3 2 3 .317 .310 0 

Tennessee .271 85 339 48 92 16 3 5 48 1 4 3 50-2 40 7 8 9 .381 .366 4 

2009 Iowa .284 84 328 62 93 17 10 2 33 1 2 1 38-1 24 23 5 4 .415 .358 4 

Chicago-NL .299 65 97 17 29 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 17-1 10 2 1 1 .412 .409 1 

2010 Iowa .272 112 368 69 100 15 9 4 27 1 3 2 66-2 37 21 9 4 .394 .383 1 

Chicago-NL .143 19 28 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3-0 5 0 0 2 .179 .226 0 

2011 Tampa Bay .240 105 308 41 74 18 5 3 27 4 1 1 32-0 49 20 8 3 .360 .313 3 

2012 Charlotte .154 5 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 3 0 1 0 .154 .267 0 

Durham .167 5 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 1 1 .222 .286 0 

Tampa Bay .255 44 98 14 25 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 8-0 14 7 2 0 .327 .318 1 

Minor League Totals .283 629 2312 404 654 130 37 24 218 26 17 25 307-11 260 106 43 46 .402 .371 21 

Rays Totals .244 149 406 55 99 21 7 3 32 4 1 2 40-0 63 27 10 3 .352 .314 4 


1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Steve Hinton and Steve Fuller. 2: Acquired by the Tampa 

Bay Rays along with RH Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, 

OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011. 

POSTSEASON BATTING 

YEAR SERIES CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 



2007 Right Field 1.000 6 9 1 0 10 1 

Left Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Center Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2009 Left Field .962 29 24 1 1 26 0 

Center Field 1.000 26 39 0 0 39 0 

Right Field 1.000 2 2 0 0 2 0 

2010 Left Field 1.000 8 1 0 0 1 0 

Center Field 1.000 7 22 0 0 22 0 

2011 Left Field .982 75 162 5 3 170 0 

Right Field 1.000 9 14 0 0 14 0 

Center Field 1.000 7 14 0 0 14 0 

2012 Right Field .957 15 21 1 1 23 0 

Left Field 1.000 14 19 1 0 20 0 

Center Field 1.000 6 11 0 0 11 0 

Totals Left Field .982 127 206 7 4 217 0 

Center Field 1.000 47 86 0 0 86 0 

Right Field .980 32 46 2 1 49 1 



vs. Left .250 36 9 0 1 .230 139 32 1 7 

vs. Right .258 62 16 0 4 .251 398 100 3 30


40-MAN ROSTER › CHRIS GIMENEZ 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê From the ages of 8 to 14, Chris spent his summers 

working on his grandparents’ cattle ranch 

in Pomeroy, Wash. …his grandfather, Dale, 

owned 125 head of cattle and Chris even owned 

10 himself before selling them at age 14…his job 

duties on the ranch included herding cattle and 

driving trucks and combines…at age 8, Chris 

even helped deliver a baby calf. 

Ê Chris hails from Gilroy, Calif., the “garlic capital 

of the world”…the city hosts the annual 

Gilroy Garlic Festival every July, which boasts 

more than 100,000 attendees and delicacies 

like garlic ice cream and garlic cotton candy…the 

smell of garlic can be picked up miles 

away from Gilroy, and Chris says the aroma reminds 

him of home…on occasion, he even eats 

a spoonful of minced garlic out of the jar as a 

snack. 

Ê An avid hunter, Chris went goose hunting for 

the first time this offseason with his cousin in 

Oroville, Calif. …in his spare time, Chris enjoys 

hunting and golfing with his wife, Kellie, who 

he describes as a better athlete than him…they 

met while in college at University of Nevada- 

Reno, where she played volleyball. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê The backstop completed his fourth major 

league season…split the year between Triple-A 

Durham and the Rays…played in 42 games (31 

starts at catcher) over two stints in the majors: 

April 15–May 28 and Sep 1 through season’s 

end…hit .221 (19-for-86) with 6 RBI in 35 games 

at the major league level. 

CATCHER 

CHRIS 

GIMENEZ 16 

Christopher Paul Gimenez (GYM-en-ez) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

220 



BORN 12/27/82 in Gilroy, CA 

RESIDES Reno, NV 


ACQUIRED Signed as a minor league free agent, 

2/16/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Don Lyle (Indians) 

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Ê Appeared in 11 games (10 starts) after his second 

recall on Sep 1 and hit .406 (13-for-32) with 

1 HR, 5 RBI and 3 doubles…started the final 

5 games of the season and hit .500 (7-for-14) 

with at least 1 hit in each game. 

Ê In his first stint with the Rays, appeared in 24 

games (21 starts, all at catcher) from April 15– 

May 28…hit .191/.236/.206 (13-for-68) during 

that stretch…was selected from Durham on 

April 15 to replace injured C Jose Lobaton and 

made his Rays debut that day in Boston, going 

2-for-4 with a pair of singles. 

Ê Drove in the go-ahead run on a 2-out, RBI single 

in the 8th inning in a 4-3 victory on Sep 3 vs. 

NYY bringing the Rays to within 2.5 games of 

the first-place Yankees…it was his 2nd career 

go-ahead hit and his first since July 27, 2009 

with Cleveland. 

Ê On Oct 1 vs. BAL delivered a 2-run double in 

the 7th inning to give the Rays a 4-1 lead in the 

eventual 5-3 win, helping the Rays stay alive in 

the postseason race…they were eliminated later 

that night with Oakland’s victory. 

Ê Lone home run came on Sep 29 at CWS, a solo 

shot off RH Deunte Heath. 

Ê Also appeared in one game each at 1B, 3B and 

LF, the only Rays catcher ever to play 3 other 

positions. 

Ê Caught 5 of 25 attempted base stealers 

(20 pct.) and 21 of 82 (25.6 pct.) for his career. 

Ê Was called for catcher’s interference a clubrecord 

3 times, the most in the majors since 

LAA Mike Napoli in 2006…became the first AL 

catcher to be called for catcher’s interference 


Chris Gimenez

076 



in back-to-back appearances (April 29-30) 

since DET Javier Cardona on Aug 14-16, 2001 

and the first in Rays history to do so. 

Ê At Triple-A, hit .310/.389/.483 (81-for-261) in 71 

games for the Bulls, including .375 (36-for-96) 

against left-handed pitchers and .351 (26-for- 

74) with runners in scoring position…appeared 

at several positions for Durham: C (47 games), 

LF (11), RF (11), 3B (2) and 1B (1). 

Ê Signed a minor league contract on Feb 16 with 

an invite to spring training…appeared in 24 

spring games, spending time at catcher (33 innings), 

1B (14), 3B (36), LF (16), DH (3). 


Ê Spent the 2011 season with the Mariners but 

spent more than two months on the DL…played 

a 13-game rehab assignment with Triple-A 

Tacoma. 

Ê Reassigned to Tacoma at the end of spring 

training but did not appear in any games before 

being selected by the Mariners on April 10 after 

C Adam Moore was placed on the 60-day DL. 

Ê Hit .203 (12-for-59) in 24 games…played 20 

games at catcher (17 starts), 3 in left field (1 

start) and 2 at first base (2 starts). 

Ê Threw out 6 of 20 attempted base stealers (30 

percent) and did not have a passed ball in 152 innings 

behind the plate. 

Ê Was on the disabled list from June 29—Sep 1 

with a strained left oblique…appeared in 13 

games on a rehab assignment with Tacoma 

from Aug 12-31…designated for assignment on 

Feb 7, 2012 and signed with the Rays on Feb 16. 

Ê Split the 2010 season between Cleveland and 

Triple-A Columbus…was with the Indians from 

July 10 through the end of the season as a 

backup catcher and utility player…promoted to 

Cleveland on July 10 when Mark Redmond was 

designated for assignment…made 19 starts at 

catcher and played 2 games in the outfield. 

Ê Spent the first three months of the season with 

Columbus, making appearances in the outfield 

(34), catcher (18), first base (3) and third base 

(1)…signed with the Mariners as a minor league 

free agent after the season. 

Ê Began the 2009 season at Columbus and 

spent the last four months of the season with 

the Indians after his recall on May 31 when 

Grady Sizemore went on the DL…made his ML 

debut June 3 at MIN and collected his first 

ML hit and home run June 4 at MIN off Scott 

Baker…appeared in 18 games at first base 

(13 starts), 14 games in left field (9 starts), 8 

games at catcher (6 starts) and 7 games in 

right field (4 starts). 

Ê Split 2008 between Double-A Akron and 

Triple-A Buffalo (Indians), combining to bat 

.304 (113-for-372) with 24 2B, 9 HR and 

45 RBI in 109 games…his .304 avg. was the 

2nd-highest in the Indians system…hit .339 

(60-for-177) in 55 games with Akron and was 

promoted to Buffalo on June 19. 

Ê Spent most of the 2007 season at Class-A 

Kinston (Indians) where his team-high 20 HR 

ranked tied for 3rd in the Carolina League… 

ranked 2nd in the Indians farm system with 

26 HR and a .526 SLG…was named a CL midseason 

All-Star and won the home run derby. 

Ê In 2006, spent his second year at Class-A Lake 

County (Indians)…appeared at catcher for the 

first time (62 games at catcher, 3 at 3B and 1 

at 1B). 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2004 at Short-A 

Mahoning Valley…led the New York-Penn 

League in total bases (137), SLG (.527), 2B (23) 

XBH (36) and ranked 2nd in OBP (.419), 4th 

in HR (10) and 5th in hits (78)…named a NYPL 

postseason All-Star. 


Ê Resides in Reno, Nev., with his wife, Kellie, and 

1-year-old son, Jace, whose first words were 

“Dada” and “ball.” 

Ê Played three years of baseball at the University 

of Nevada-Reno…named first-team All- WAC in 

2003 as a sophomore and 2nd-team All- WAC 

in 2004 as a junior. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

2, 17x-last 10/1/12 vs. BAL 


6G, 9/22/11 – 4/17/12 

HOME RUNS 

1, 6x-last 9/29/12 at CWS 

RBI 

4, 8/27/10 vs. KC 

RUNS 

2, 5x-last 9/29/12 at CWS 

WALKS 

2, 4x-last 5/19/11 vs. LAA 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 6x-last 4/25/12 vs. LAA 

STOLEN BASES 

1, 8/8/09 at CWS





2004 Mahoning Valley .300 71 260 40 78 23 3 10 38 1 1 24 30-1 62 2 2 3 .527 .419 11 

2005 Lake County .234 112 384 54 90 24 1 13 66 2 4 25 48-0 90 4 3 4 .404 .354 12 

2006 Lake County .255 91 329 55 84 25 1 11 40 1 5 26 33-1 72 6 8 8 .438 .364 7 

2007 Kinston .283 83 269 56 76 14 1 20 54 2 3 8 50-0 55 3 2 3 .565 .406 3 

Akron .221 30 113 20 25 6 0 6 12 0 0 1 9-0 31 1 0 1 .434 .285 3 

2008 Akron .339 55 177 46 60 15 1 6 26 1 2 1 52-3 33 0 1 7 .537 .487 4 

Buffalo .272 54 195 23 53 9 1 3 19 3 4 4 23-1 60 2 1 4 .374 .354 8 

2009 Columbus .235 39 136 20 32 8 0 6 15 2 1 3 15-1 40 0 0 4 .426 .323 1 

Cleveland .144 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 1 0 17-0 36 1 1 3 .243 .256 1 

2010 Columbus .276 55 196 32 54 10 0 9 32 2 1 0 20-0 38 1 1 5 .464 .341 1 

Cleveland .190 28 58 6 11 5 0 1 8 1 0 0 8-0 22 0 0 1 .328 .288 1 

2011 Seattle .203 24 59 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 10-0 13 0 1 1 .271 .314 0 

Tacoma .265 13 49 8 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7-0 13 0 1 2 .347 .357 1 

2012 Durham .310 71 261 39 81 15 0 10 49 0 4 3 33-3 57 0 3 7 .483 .389 2 

Tampa Bay .260 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 9 1 0 0 8-0 24 0 0 4 .330 .315 3 



1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 19th round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Don Lyle. 2: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free 

agent, December 15, 2010. 3: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a minor league free agent, February 17, 2012. 



2009 First Base .993 18 133 4 1 138 6 - 

Left Field 1.000 14 20 0 0 20 0 - 

Catcher 1.000 8 36 4 0 40 0 0 

Right Field 1.000 7 8 0 0 8 0 - 

2010 Catcher .992 24 109 14 1 124 2 1 

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 

2011 Catcher 1.000 20 111 9 0 120 2 0 

Left Field - 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 

First Base 1.000 2 15 1 0 16 5 - 

2012 Catcher .989 39 262 12 3 277 2 0 

First Base 1.000 1 2 0 0 2 1 - 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 

Totals Catcher .993 91 518 39 4 561 6 1 

First Base .994 21 150 5 1 156 12 - 

Left Field 1.000 19 22 0 0 22 0 - 

Right Field 1.000 8 8 0 0 8 0 - 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 



vs. Left .357 56 20 0 6 .292 113 33 1 13 

vs. Right .136 44 6 1 3 .149 215 32 5 17 

077 


Chris Gimenez

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40-MAN ROSTER › BRANDON GOMES 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê In January he and his wife, Blair, joined several 

Rays employees to help build a garden at 

Campbell Park Elementary School, only a few 

blocks from Tropicana Field…the garden was 

conceived by the Edible Peace Patch Project, 

which develops innovative community-oriented 

food system and nutrition educational programs 

in South St. Petersburg. 

Ê A fan of alternative music, Brandon enjoys 

Incubus, Father John Misty and The Black Keys. 

Ê His father, Paul, has been playing for 37 years 

in a band called The Crowd in their hometown 

of Fall River, Mass. …The Crowd plays together 

often and actively records original music… 

Paul has built two electric guitars for Brandon, 

the first of which was destroyed in Hurricane 

Katrina during his college days at Tulane. 

Ê Took the LSAT after graduating from Tulane…if 

he were not playing baseball, he would have attended 

law school and pursued a career in law 

or finance. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Had five different tours with the Rays for a total 

of 61 days including 31 after his Sep 2 recall 

from Triple-A Durham…in the final month, allowed 

only 4 hits and 1 ER in 5 games (6-IP). 

Ê Held right-handed hitters to a .171 avg. (7-for- 

41) and has held them to a .202 (25-for-124) 

mark during his career while opposing lefties 

have hit .305 (25-for-82) during his career. 


BRANDON 

GOMES 47 

Brandon Paul Gomes (GOHMZ) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

5'11" 

WEIGHT 

185 



BORN 7/15/84 in Fall River, MA 

RESIDES Houston, TX 


ACQUIRED From the San Diego Padres along with 

INF Cole Figueroa, LHP Cesar Ramos and RHP 

Adam Russell in exchange for SS Jason Bartlett 

and cash considerations, 12/17/10 

SIGNING SCOUT Bob Filotei (Padres) 

Ê Earned one of his 2 wins in the 2nd game of 

a doubleheader on June 24 at PHI…beat Cliff 

Lee, 7-3, with 2 scoreless innings in a game 

pitched entirely by the Rays bullpen…that same 

game, he drew a bases-loaded walk off LH 

Jake Diekman, becoming the third AL pitcher 

to draw a bases-loaded walk since the DH rule 

came into effect in 1973…joined NYY Mariano 

Rivera (June 28, 2009 at NYM) and ANA Jarrod 

Washburn (June 10, 2000 at ARI). 

Ê In 40 relief appearances for Durham he led all 

International League relievers (min. 50 IP) with 

11.9 SO/9 IP and a 1.05 WHIP (walks plus hits 

per IP)…was tied for 1st in the IL with a 5.21 

SO/BB ratio…earned 5 wins and saved 9 games 

for the Bulls. 


Ê Owns a career 2.87 ERA and a 3.94 strikeout-to-walk 

ratio (437-SO, 111-BB) in the minors…over 

his last four seasons in the minors 

(2009-12) has averaged 12.24 SO/9 IP (225-IP, 

306-SO)…since the 2009 All-Star break has 

compiled a 1.92 ERA (187.2-IP, 40-ER) in the minors…lowered 

his ERA in each of his first five 

minor league seasons (2007–11). 

Ê Saw his first action in the majors in 2011, making 

40 relief appearances over two stints in his 

first season in the Rays system…opened the 

season with Triple-A Durham and pitched in 

20 games. 

Ê Led the team with 29 apps after the All-Star 

break, tied for 2nd among AL rookies…finished 

the season with 11 straight scoreless apps

(8-IP, 3-H, 1-BB, 10-SO) beginning Sep 7…posted 

a 1.13 ERA (8-IP, 1-ER) in 10 September outings. 

Ê In 19 apps at Tropicana Field, crafted a 

1.69 ERA (23.1-IP, 4-ER) and went 2-0 with 4 BB, 

20 SO and a .202 opp avg. …in 21 road games, 

went 0-1 with a 5.27 ERA (13.2-IP, 8-ER), 12 BB, 

12 SO and a .315 opp avg. 

Ê Held right-handed batters to a .217 (18-for-83) 

avg. while lefties batted .292 (16-for-55). 

Ê Recalled on May 3 and made his major league 

debut on May 4 vs. TOR, tossing 2 hitless innings 

in relief of Wade Davis…optioned on 

May 30 after 10 appearances…recalled again 

on July 7 and remained with the club through 

season’s end. 

SKIP MILOS 

Ê Tossed a career-high 3 innings (13th, 14th, 

15th) in the Rays 16-inning, 1-0 loss on July 17 

vs. BOS (0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 3-SO). 

Ê Notched his first career win on Aug 4 vs. 

TOR…after he worked a scoreless 12th inning, 

the Rays won on an RBI single by Robinson 

Chirinos. 

Ê Served as Durham’s closer prior to his first 

call-up, collecting 6 saves in April…overall with 

Durham crafted a 1.07 ERA (25.1-IP, 3-ER) and 

went 7-for-7 in save opps…had 40 SO and 7 BB 

in 25.1 IP with a .187 opp avg. 



079 

Ê In 2010 went 7-2 with a 1.87 ERA (72.1-IP, 15- 

ER) for Double-A San Antonio (Padres), his second 

straight year with the Missions…led all 

Texas League relievers in strikeouts (93) and 

SO/9 IP (11.57), while allowing only 25 BB, 52 

hits and 2 HR. 

Ê Added to the Padres 40-man roster on Nov 18… 

traded to the Rays in a five-player deal involving 

SS Jason Bartlett on Dec 17. 

Ê During his two seasons with San Antonio 

(2009-10), went 11-3 with 4 saves and a 

2.24 ERA (144.1-IP, 36-ER)…tallied 193 SO 

while allowing 53 walks, 106 hits and 6 HR. 

Ê Spent the 2009 season in the San Antonio 

bullpen…led all minor league relievers with 65 

apps and 100 SO. 

Ê His 12.5 SO/9 IP (72-IP, 100-SO) led all Texas 

League relievers and ranked 11th overall in the 

minors…led TL relievers with a .206 (54-for- 

262) opp avg. 

Ê Recorded a 4.34 ERA (37.1-IP, 18-ER) before the 

All-Star break and a 0.78 ERA (34.2-IP, 3-ER) in 

the second half…23 of his final 24 outings were 

scoreless. 

Ê In 2008 transitioned to the bullpen with 

Class-A Fort Wayne and earned a July 11 promotion 

to Class-A Lake Elsinore…combined to go 

6-3 with a 3.30 ERA (84.2-IP, 31-ER) in 51 apps 

(2 starts) and reached a career high in innings 

pitched…his only 2 starts came in his first 3 

apps of the season. 

Ê Made his professional debut in 2007 with 

Rookie-level Eugene after being selected in 

the 17th round of the June Draft…made 4 scoreless 

relief apps for the Emeralds, allowing 1 

hit, before earning a June 30 promotion to Fort 

Wayne. 


Ê Graduated from Tulane University, where he 

was a four-year letterman for the Green Wave… 

underwent Tommy John surgery his sophomore 

year (2004) and sat out as a medical redshirt… 

was a Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor 

Roll student with a double major in finance and 

business law. 

Ê Pitched for the Falmouth Commodores of the 

Cape Cod League in 2003 and 2006. 

Ê Attended Durfee (Mass.) High School, where 

he pitched and played shortstop…earned Big 

Three MVP honors and was named to the 

all-state team as a junior and senior…was 

Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year 

as a senior, after posting a 0.97 ERA with 112 

strikeouts in 65 innings while hitting .506 with 

5 HR and 33 RBI. 


Brandon Gomes

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Ê Brandon met his wife, the former Blair Trickey, 

in college at Tulane, where she played soccer…they 

married near San Diego in November 

2011…in her medical career, Blair sells devices 

used in labrum and ACL surgeries. 

Ê Brandon and Blair have a Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix 

named Dalton. 

CAREER HIGHS 


3.0, 7/17/11 vs. BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 3x-last 6/15/12 vs. MIA 

WALKS 

2, 7x-last 6/26/12 at KC 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 5x-last 6/26/12 at KC 

RUNS ALLOWED 

4, 6/26/12 at KC 



2007 Eugene 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 6 0 0 

Fort Wayne 1 4 4.68 14 11 0 0 0 59.2 65 41 31 3 6 11-0 44 6 2 

2008 Fort Wayne 4 2 3.49 29 2 0 0 0 56.2 63 24 22 5 3 19-1 45 1 0 

Lake Elsinore 2 1 2.89 22 0 0 0 0 28.0 27 13 9 3 1 6-0 36 0 0 

2009 San Antonio 4 1 2.63 65 0 0 0 3 72.0 54 27 21 4 2 28-2 100 5 0 

2010 San Antonio 7 2 1.87 51 0 0 0 1 72.1 52 19 15 2 1 25-1 93 8 0 

2011 Durham 0 1 1.07 20 0 0 0 7 25.1 17 4 3 1 1 7-0 40 3 0 

Tampa Bay 2 1 2.92 40 0 0 0 0 37.0 34 15 12 3 1 16-0 32 1 0 

2012 Durham 5 4 3.09 40 0 0 0 9 55.1 44 19 19 5 3 14-1 73 5 0 

Tampa Bay 2 2 5.09 15 0 0 0 0 17.2 16 12 10 2 2 12-3 15 1 0 



1: Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 17th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Bob Filotei. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along 

with INF Cole Figueroa, LH Cesar Ramos and RH Adam Russell from San Diego in exchange for SS Jason Bartlett and cash considerations, 

December 17, 2010. 



2012 Tampa Bay .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 



2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 2 2 1 0 2-0 3 0 0 



2011 Pitcher 1.000 40 3 3 0 6 0 

2012 Pitcher .750 15 2 1 1 4 0 

Totals .900 55 5 4 1 10 0 



vs. Left .333 27 9 1 .305 82 25 3 

vs. Right .171 41 7 1 .202 124 25 2


40-MAN ROSTER › BRANDON GUYER 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Brandon is married to Lindsay Murphy, a sports 

anchor for Fox 5 in Washington, D.C. …they 

met when she came to interview him after his 

26-game hitting streak at the University of 

Virginia was snapped…after the interview, he 

won a bet with his teammates over whether he 

would ask her on a date. 

Ê He spent most of the offseason rehabbing his 

left shoulder, although he escaped for a couple 

UFC fights in January…saw Rampage Jackson’s 

last fight in Chicago…he took Lindsay to see 

several fights in Las Vegas during Super Bowl 

Weekend. 

Ê Brandon, born near Philly, grew up an Eagles 

fan in the heart of Redskins country. 

Ê Two of his three career home runs have been 

hit at Camden Yards—roughly an hour away 

from the Guyer home—but Lindsay has missed 

both of them…on May 6, 2011 she drove an hour 

to Camden Yards following her shift on the 

6:00 news, and had just pulled into the parking 

lot when she heard his homer on the radio… 

on May 12, 2012, she was in New York covering 

Game 7 of the Rangers-Capitals NHL playoffs. 

Ê His father, Ray, is a former semi-pro tennis 

player who now works for Exxon Mobil. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Missed the last 4 months of the season after 

undergoing surgery to repair a torn la- 

OUTFIELDER 

BRANDON 

GUYER 10 

Brandon Eric Guyer (GUY-er) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

210 



BORN 1/28/86 in West Chester, PA 

RESIDES Gaithersburg, MD 



RHP Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF 

Sam Fuld and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for 

RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and 


SIGNING SCOUT Billy Swoope (Cubs) 

FOLLOW HIM @BrandonGuyer 

081 

brum in his left shoulder on May 31…the surgery 

was performed by Dr. James Andrews in 

Birmingham, Ala. 

Ê Recalled from Triple-A Durham on May 9 and 

played in 3 games (2 starts, both in LF) before 

going on the DL on May 16. 

Ê His lone hit was a home run in his last game, 

May 12 at BAL, a solo shot off LH Brian Matusz 

in a 5-3 loss…has hit 2 of his 3 career home 

runs at Camden Yards…all 3 of his homers have 

come against left-handed pitchers. 

Ê Opened the season with Durham and played 

in 22 games, primarily in RF and CF…also appeared 

in LF and at DH…batted .294 (25-for-85) 

for Durham, including a .421 (16-for-38) mark 

over his last 10 games beginning April 18, raising 

his avg. from .191. 

Ê On April 19 at Pawtucket (Red Sox) went 5-for- 

6 with 3 RBI and fell a double short of the 

cycle. 


Ê In 2011 saw three stints in the majors, his 

first big league experience, and spent the 

remainder of the season in Durham…his first 

two stints lasted one day each, May 6 at BAL 

and July 10 at NYY…was recalled on Sep 1 and 

remained with the Rays for the duration of 

the regular season…was not on the postseason 

roster. 


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082 



Ê Started 12 games for the Rays (9-RF, 2-LF, 1-DH) 

including 10 of 24 after his September callup…9 

of the 12 starts came against left-handed 

starters. 

Ê Made his major league debut on May 6 at BAL 

before he was optioned to Durham the next 

day…in his first ML plate app hit a 2-run homer 

off LH Zach Britton, joining pitcher Esteban Yan 

(June 4, 2000 at NYM) as the only Rays to homer 

in their first ML plate app. 

Ê Became the first player ever to homer in his 

first at-bat at Camden Yards…in fact, since the 

ballpark opened in 1992, no other player (visitors 

or Orioles) had ever homered there in his 

major league debut…was the 108th in major 

league history to homer in his first ML at-bat. 

Ê Hit his second home run on Sep 7 vs. TEX off 

LH Derek Holland. 

Ê Named to the International League midseason 

All-Star Team…batted .312 (121-for-388) in 

107 games for Durham, finishing 5th in the IL 

batting race and 3rd among Rays minor leaguers…played 

all 3 outfield positions (55-RF, 36- 

CF, 17-LF). 

Ê Ranked 4th in the IL in OBP (.384), 5th in SLG 

(.521), 6th in OPS (.905) and tied teammate 

Russ Canzler for 2nd in the IL with 78 runs 

scored. 

Ê Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 11 prospect 

in the Rays system entering 2012. 

Ê Named the Cubs 2010 Minor League Player 

of the Year after spending the entire season 

at Double-A Tennessee…hit .344 (127-for-369) 

with 13 HR and 30 SB…played all three outfield 

positions, seeing the most action in right and 

left field. 

Ê Led the Southern League in slugging pct. (.588) 

and ranked 2nd in batting avg., 3rd in doubles 

(39), 4th in extra-base hits (58) and 5th in OBP 

(.398). 

Ê Following the season was named the No. 10 

prospect and Best Defensive Outfielder in 

the Cubs organization by Baseball America, a 

Topps Double-A All-Star and a Southern League 

All-Star. 

Ê After the All-Star break led the Southern 

League with a .424 avg. (72-for-170), 26 2B and 

a .724 SLG. 

Ê Had two stints on the 7-day DL with a left 

shoulder subluxation: April 29–May 10 and 

May 15-29. 

Ê In 2009 compiled a .282 avg. (128-for-454) 

with 62 R, 28 2B, 46 RBI and 30 SB in 130 

games between Tennessee and Class-A 

Daytona…played mostly RF for Daytona and CF 

for Tennessee. 

Ê Began the year with Tennessee and was sent 

down to Daytona on June 13…returned to the 

Smokies on Sep 1…in his first stint hit .173 (29for-168) 

with 1 HR and 11 RBI…hit .333 (7-for- 21) 

in the second stint. 

Ê Spent the entire 2008 season with Class-A 

Peoria…was limited to 88 games after missing 

the first month and a half due to a right elbow 

injury. 

Ê Began his professional career in 2007 with the 

Rookie-level AZL Cubs…was shelved July 2-21 

with a dislocated left shoulder…promoted to 

Short-A Boise on Aug 17. 


Ê Drafted out of the University of Virginia after 

playing three seasons for the Cavaliers…played 

with WAS Ryan Zimmerman as a freshman…improved 

his average each season batting .282 

as a freshman, .333 as a sophomore and .370 

as a junior…majored in sociology. 

Ê Was a three-time letterman in both baseball 

and football at Herndon (Va.) High School…as 

a third baseman was first team all-metro and 

second team all-state…as a running back and 

linebacker was a second team all-state pick as 

a senior…scored 7 touchdowns in one game on 

homecoming night his senior year. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

1, 9x-last 5/12/12 at BAL 


6G, 9/4/11 – 9/17/11 

HOME RUNS 

1, 3x-last 5/12/12 at BAL 

RBI 

2, 5/6/11 at BAL 

RUNS 

2, 2x-last 5/12/12 at BAL 

WALKS 

1, 9/22/11 at NYY 

STRIKEOUTS 

2, 2x-last 9/21/11 at 

NYY (G2)





2007 AZL Cubs .222 17 72 10 16 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 5-0 16 6 2 0 .347 .309 1 

Boise .268 19 71 9 19 1 0 0 14 7 1 3 6-0 9 5 0 0 .282 .346 2 

2008 Peoria .269 88 327 55 88 27 3 14 38 1 3 13 19-0 63 22 7 8 .498 .331 4 

2009 Tennessee .190 57 189 22 36 12 2 1 14 2 2 2 10-1 33 7 5 3 .291 .236 2 

Daytona .347 73 265 40 92 16 3 2 32 0 8 8 24-1 34 23 2 3 .453 .407 2 

2010 Tennessee .344 102 369 76 127 39 6 13 58 5 2 7 27-1 51 30 3 6 .588 .398 3 

2011 Durham .312 107 388 78 121 29 5 14 61 6 2 12 35-1 79 16 6 8 .521 .384 2 

Tampa Bay .195 15 41 7 8 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1-0 9 0 0 1 .366 .214 0 

2012 Durham .294 22 85 9 25 3 1 3 13 1 1 3 7-0 15 2 0 2 .459 .365 0 

Tampa Bay .143 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .571 .143 1 



1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fi fth round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Billy Swoope. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with 

RH Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH 

Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011. 



2011 Right Field 1.000 11 13 0 0 13 0 

Left Field 1.000 3 7 0 0 7 0 

2012 Left Field .667 3 2 0 1 3 0 

Totals Right Field 1.000 11 13 0 0 13 0 

Left Field .900 6 9 0 1 10 0 



vs. Left .143 7 1 1 1 .194 36 7 3 4 

vs. Right - - - - - .167 12 2 0 0 

DID YOU KNOW? 

PLAYERS TO HOMER IN THEIR 

FIRST AT-BAT WITH THE RAYS 

PLAYER DATE PITCH COUNT 

Ryan Roberts July 25, 2012 at BAL fi rst pitch off Miguel Gonzalez 

Brandon Allen April 26, 2012 vs. LAA 2-2 pitch off Jordan Walden 

Brandon Guyer * May 6, 2011 at BAL 3-1 pitch off Zach Britton 

Brendan Harris April 7, 2007 vs. TOR 1-2 pitch off Tomo Ohka 

Elijah Dukes April 2, 2007 at NYY 1-1 pitch off Carl Pavano 

Kevin Cash June 15, 2005 vs. MIL fi rst pitch off Victor Santos 

George Lombard April 19, 2003 at BAL 1-0 pitch off Rodrigo Lopez 

Terry Shumpert March 31, 2003 vs. BOS 1-0 pitch off Alan Embree 

Gerald Williams April 3, 2000 at MIN fi rst pitch off Brad Radke 

Esteban Yan * June 5, 2000 at NYM fi rst pitch off Bobby Jones 

* FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE PLATE APPEARANCE 

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40-MAN ROSTER › JEREMY HELLICKSON 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jeremy is the only Iowa-born player in Rays 

history. 

BATS 

RIGHT 

Ê In January, Jeremy visited Blank Children’s 

Oncology Clinic in Des Moines and gave kids 

and their families “Brave Baskets,” which included 

stuffed animals, toys, hand sanitizer, 

pill organizers and other practical items…the 

gift baskets were the idea of 9-year-old Carson 

Cooper, a patient at Blank who goes to school 

with Jeremy’s cousins…hosted a youth baseball 

clinic in Urbandale, Iowa, to benefit Kids Living 

Brave, a charity aimed at helping pediatric cancer 

patients and their families. 

Ê Has two Yorkies named Jeter and Marley… 

Marley was a gift he received Christmas 2011… 

Jeter is 7 years old and was named after one of 

his favorite players growing up. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê The 2011 AL Rookie of the Year, Hellickson became 

the second pitcher in major league history 

to win both a Rookie of the Year Award and a 

Gold Glove Award, joining Fernando Valenzuela 

of the Dodgers (1982 NL Rookie of the Year, 

1986 NL Gold Glove)…is the 4th Ray to win a 

Gold Glove, first pitcher. 

Ê Named co-winner with CWS Jake Peavy, marking 

the first time two pitchers had tied for a 

Gold Glove Award…at 25, became the youngest 

pitcher to win a Gold Glove since KC Bret 

Saberhagen (25) in 1989…since the Gold Glove 

was first awarded in 1957, he became the first 

pitcher in the majors to win the Gold Glove 

within his first three seasons…three pitchers 


JEREMY 

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Jeremy Robert Hellickson 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'1" 

WEIGHT 

190 



BORN 4/8/87 in Des Moines, IA 

RESIDES Des Moines, IA 


ACQUIRED Selected in the fourth round of the 


SIGNING SCOUT Tom Couston (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @JHell58 

previously won the award in their fourth season: 

MIN Jim Kaat (1962), SEA Mark Langston 

(1987) and LAD Clayton Kershaw (2011). 

Ê Finished 6th in the AL with a 3.10 ERA, but was 

the only member of the rotation with a losing 

record (10-11)…in the last 25 years, only four AL 

starters have finished with a losing record with 

an ERA that low: CAL Jim Abbott, 1982 (7-15, 

2.77); SEA/DET Doug Fister, 2011 (11-13, 2.83); 

CLE Kevin Millwood, 2005 (9-11, 2.86); and NYY 

Melido Perez, 1992 (13-16, 2.87)…his ERA was 

LOWEST CAREER ERA AS A 

STARTER, ACTIVE PITCHERS 

(Min. 50 starts) 

Clayton Kershaw 2.80 

Jeremy Hellickson 2.96 

Adam Wainwright 3.14 

Johan Santana 3.14 

Josh Johnson 3.14 

David Price 3.18 

LOWEST ERA, A.L., 

2011-12 (Min. 300 IP) 

Justin Verlander 2.52 

Jered Weaver 2.59 

Jeremy Hellickson 3.02 


Doug Fister 3.10 

STARTS WITH 3 ER OR LESS, MLB, 

2011-12 

Jered Weaver 53 

Clayton Kershaw 52 

Jeremy Hellickson 50 

Justin Verlander 50 

David Price 49

the lowest in Rays history by a starter with a 

losing record. 

Ê Became the first in Rays history to finish in 

the AL’s top 10 in ERA in back-to-back years, 

after finishing 8th in 2011…joined DET Justin 

Verlander, LAA Jered Weaver and NYY CC 

Sabathia as the only pitchers to finish in the 

AL’s top 10 in each of the last two seasons. 

Ê The last time a Rookie of the Year (AL or NL) 

matched Hellickson’s totals for wins (10) and 

ERA (3.10) the season after winning the award 

was NL winner NYM Dwight Gooden in 1985. 

Ê Has a career 2.96 ERA (392.1-IP, 129-ER) as 

a starter, the 2nd-lowest mark of any active 

pitcher (min. 50 starts)…only Clayton Kershaw 

is lower (2.80)…is the Rays all-time leader (min. 

300 IP) with a career 3.06 ERA overall. 

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 27 of his 31 starts… 

the only AL pitchers who had more were TEX/ 

LAA C.J. Wilson (29) and David Price (28)…has 

50 such starts over the last 2 seasons, matching 

DET Justin Verlander…for his career, has allowed 

3 ER or less in 57 of his 64 starts. 

Ê Has allowed 5 hits or less in 36 of his starts 

over the last 2 seasons, 2nd most in the AL behind 

TEX/LAA C.J. Wilson (38). 

Ê Began the season 4-0 over his first 8 starts 

(through May 16)…after that, went 6-11 over 23 

starts despite a 3.23 ERA during that span… 

pitched to a 2.81 ERA (96-IP, 30-ER) over his final 

17 starts but went only 6-7. 

Ê Became the first Rookie of the Year to open a 

season 4-0 as a starter the year after winning 

the award…SD Butch Metzger (1976 NL ROY) 

went 4-0 as a reliever in 1977, the only other 

pitcher to do so…through 2012, there have been 

23 starting pitchers and 34 pitchers overall to 

win the award. 

Ê Received the 3rd-lowest run support in the AL, 

at 3.86 R/9 IP (76-R, 177-IP)…only CLE Justin 

Masterson (3.40) and SEA Felix Hernandez 

(3.65) received less…the Rays scored 2 runs or 

less of support with him on the mound in 10 of 

his 11 losses. 

Ê Lost three games by a 3-1 score, two by 2-1 and 

on Aug 15 at SEA he became the 8th pitcher in 

major league history to be on the losing end of 

a 1-0 perfect game when Felix Hernandez threw 

baseball’s 23rd perfect game…has been shut 

out 7 times in his last 49 starts…for comparison’s 

sake, DET Justin Verlander hasn’t been 

shut out in his last 47 starts. 

Ê Opponents hit .265 on balls in play (BABIP), 5th 

lowest in the majors…only LAA Jered Weaver 

(.242), LAA Ervin Santana (.243), SEA Jason 

Vargas (.258) and ATL Mike Minor (.260) were 

lower…led the majors with a .224 BABIP in 2011. 



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Ê Worked 7 innings or more in only 6 of his 31 

starts, compared to 14 of his 29 starts in 2011… 

averaged 16.9 pitches per inning, 6th highest in 

the AL and up from his 15.6 mark in 2011. 

Ê Stranded 82.7 percent of his base runners, best 

in the majors, ahead of David Price’s 81.1. 

Ê Threw his changeup 28.3 percent of the time, 

2nd highest among qualifying starters in the 

majors, behind only James Shields (28.9). 

Ê Led the AL with a 1.71 ERA (31.2-IP, 6-ER) in 

September and October combined, followed 

by DET Max Scherzer (1.91) and DET Justin 

Verlander (1.93)…has a 2.20 ERA in September- 

October over the last 2 seasons, 2nd best in 

the AL behind DET Doug Fister (1.73). 

Ê Went winless over 9 straight starts (May 21– 

July 18) while losing 6 games, the longest losing 

streak of his career…had 6 quality starts 

over that span. 

Ê Missed 2 starts after being placed on the 15day 

DL with right shoulder inflammation from 

June 20-29 (retroactive to June 15)…returned 

on June 30 vs. DET and was removed in the 

3rd inning with a bruised right shin after being 

struck by a Prince Fielder line drive…X-rays 

came back negative. 

Ê In his first start of the year, fell 1 out shy of a 

shutout on April 8 vs. NYY, beating Phil Hughes, 

3-0, on his 25th birthday…fell 1 out shy of becoming 

the first pitcher to throw a CG shutout 

on his birthday since HOU Doug Drabek on July 

25, 1995 vs. LAD (Drabek turned 33). 


Ê Named the 2011 AL winner of the Jackie 

Robinson Rookie of the Year Award as voted on 

by the BBWAA…was listed first on 17 of the 28 

ballots submitted. 

Ê Remains one of two starting pitchers to win 

the AL award in the past 31 seasons, joining 

DET Justin Verlander in 2006…was the 2nd 

Ray to win the award in a span of 4 years, joining 

Evan Longoria (2008)…is just the 2nd Iowaborn 

player to win the AL or NL award joining 

1968 AL winner Stan Bahnsen…also named 

Baseball America’s Major League Rookie of 

the Year and named to the Topps All-Star 

Rookie Team. 

Ê Led all major league rookies in ERA (2.95), innings 

pitched (189), opp avg. (.210), games 

started (29) and quality starts (20)…was 2nd 

in wins with 13, tied with Jeff Niemann (2009) 

for the 2nd most ever by a Rays rookie…fell one 

shy of Rolando Arrojo (1998). 

Ê His 2.95 ERA ranked 8th overall in the AL…the 

last AL rookie to finish with a lower ERA (min. 

162 IP) was KC Kevin Appier in 1990 (2.76). 


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Ê His .210 opp avg. was 3rd lowest in the majors 

behind 2011 Cy Young winners DET Justin 

Verlander (.192) and LAD Clayton Kershaw 

(.207)…it was the lowest by a rookie since CHC 

Kerry Wood (.196) in 1998 and lowest by an AL 

rookie since KC Tom Gordon (.210) in 1989. 

Ê Since 1900, only five AL rookies who qualified 

for the ERA title finished with an ERA and 

opp avg. as low as Hellickson’s: NYY Russ Ford 

(1910), WAS Mickey Haefner (1943), CLE Herb 

Score (1955), NYY Al Downing (1963) and BAL 

Wally Bunker (1964). 

Ê The Rays scored a total of 9 runs in his 10 losses 

and were shut out 5 times…only one major 

league starter was shut out more in 2011: LAA 

Tyler Chatwood (6). 

Ê Went undefeated in September (2-0) with a 

2.67 ERA (33.2-IP, 10-ER) in 5 starts vs. AL East 

opponents…Rays were 4-1 in those starts. 

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 26 of 29 starts. 

Ê Pitched 7 or more innings 14 times, tops among 

all major league rookies…had 2 of the 3 complete 

games by AL rookies in 2011, both 4-hitters 

at home against BAL Jeremy Guthrie…on 

May 13 tossed his first career shutout and on 

Sep 4 he won 8-1. 

Ê Averaged 19.6 outs per start…the last AL rookie 

to finish a season with a higher average 

(min. 25 starts) was MIL Steve Sparks in 1995 

(20.3)…his 189 IP were most by an AL rookie in 

three years. 

SKIP MILOS 

Ê In May was named the AL Pitcher of the Month 

and AL Rookie of the Month after going 4-1 

with a 1.36 ERA (33-IP, 5-ER) in 5 starts…since 

the Rookie of the Month awards began in 2001, 

he became the third player (first in AL) to win 

dual awards for the same month, along with 

MIL Ryan Braun (July 2007) and FLA Dontrelle 

Willis (June 2003)…was the second Rays pitcher 

to be named AL Rookie of the Month, joining 

Wade Davis (July 2010). 

Ê Beat the Red Sox twice at Fenway Park, on 

April 11 and Sep 15…is one of only three rookies 

in the last 36 years (through 2012) to do so 

along with BAL Rodrigo Lopez (3 in 2002) and 

OAK Brett Anderson (2 in 2009). 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started and lost Game 4 of the 

ALDS vs. TEX, 4-3…worked 4 innings and allowed 

4 hits and 3 runs, all coming on solo 

home runs to Ian Kinsler and Adrian Beltre (2). 

Ê In 2010 saw his first major league action, making 

4 starts over two stints for the Rays in 

August, and joined the bullpen on Sep 1 during 

his third stint…spent the rest of the season 

with Triple-A Durham. 

Ê Earned a virtual clean sweep of minor league 

awards…was named Minor League Player of 

the Year by Baseball America and USA Today, 

Minor League Pitcher of the Year by Sporting 

News and International League Most Valuable 

Pitcher…after the season, was named a postseason 

International League All-Star, BA Minor

League All-Star and a Topps Triple-A All-Star… 

also named Minor League Pitcher of the Year 

for the Rays system for a second straight year, 

the first pitcher to win the honor twice. 

Ê Made his major league debut on Aug 2 vs. MIN 

and beat Carl Pavano, 4-2, to become the sixth 

Rays starter to win his big league debut…totaled 

7 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 6 SO…tied the club 

record for fewest hits allowed and most IP by a 

starting pitcher in his ML debut…was optioned 

to Durham after the game. 

Ê Retired the first 10 batters he faced, the first 

in Rays history to do so…ended Minnesota’s 

8-game winning streak, the first pitcher to do 

this in his debut since 1974, when Montreal’s 

8-gamer was snapped by NYM Randy Sterling— 

the only victory of his 3-game career. 

Ê Became the first pitcher since 1920 to pitch 

6-plus innings allowing 3 hits or fewer in each 

of his first 3 major league apps…in those 3 

starts, totaled 20 IP, 9 H, 3 R/ER, 3 BB and 

18 SO, with a .136 (9-for-66) opp avg. 

Ê Won his first 3 starts, the first in Rays history 

to do so…earned a win in relief on Sep 22 at 

NYY, replacing Wade Davis after a rain delay 

of more than two hours…became the third Ray 

to begin his major league career 4-0, joining 

James Shields and Tim Corcoran, both in 2006. 

Ê Made 21 starts for Durham, going 12-3 with an 

IL-best 2.45 ERA (117.2-IP, 32-ER) and a strikeout-to-walk 

ratio of 3.51…at the time of his 

first call-up, also led the IL in wins and strikeouts 

(123). 

Ê In 30 total starts for Durham over 2009-10, 

went 18-4 with a 2.47 ERA (175-IP, 134-H, 54-R, 

48-ER, 50-BB, 193-SO, .213 opp avg.). 

Ê Started for the U.S. team in the Futures Game 

on July 11 at Angel Stadium during the All-Star 

break…pitched 2 innings and picked up the win 

(2-H, 1-R/ER). 

Ê In 2009 was named Minor League Pitcher of 

the Year for the Rays organization…went a combined 

9-2 with a 2.45 ERA (114-IP, 72-H, 35-R, 

31-ER, 29-BB, 132-SO) in 20 starts for Double-A 

Montgomery and Durham…earned a promotion 

to Durham on July 22. 

Ê Started Game 1 in both rounds of the IL playoffs, 

with Durham winning both games…went 

1-0 with a 2.92 ERA (12.1-IP, 8-H, 4-ER, 4-BB, 18- 

SO) in the postseason…struck out 12 in Game 1 

of the first round, Sep 9 vs. Louisville (Reds)… 

also started for Durham in the Triple-A national 

championship on Sep 22 vs. Memphis in 

Oklahoma City, and allowed only 2 hits over 5 

scoreless innings to earn MVP honors. 



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Ê In 2008 was named Class-A Vero Beach 

Pitcher of the Year despite a late-June promotion 

to Montgomery…overall went 11-5 with a 

2.96 ERA (152-IP, 50-ER) in 27 starts, with 162 

SO, 20 BB and 148 hits. 

Ê Compiled a 16.6 SO/BB ratio (83 to 5) for Vero 

Beach…his 162 combined strikeouts led the 

Rays organization…his 2.96 ERA led all fullseason 

Rays minor leaguers…named a Florida 

State League midseason All-Star. 

Ê Made his full-season debut in 2007 for Class-A 

Columbus in the South Atlantic League…went 

13-3 with a 2.67 ERA, and went 9-1 over 12 

starts after the All-Star break…held opponents 

to a .214 avg. 

Ê In 2006 was named Short-A Hudson Valley’s 

Pitcher of the Year after leading the Rays org. 

with a 2.43 ERA…was named to the New York- 

Penn League All-Star Team after leading the 

league in strikeouts…held opponents to a .193 

average. 


Ê Drafted out of Iowa’s Hoover High School, 

where he was named preseason First-Team All- 

American by Baseball America in 2005…also 

was a four-year letterman and three-year starter 

in basketball as a shooting guard, earning 

all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior 

and senior…averaged 17 points per game as a 

junior and senior…was recruited as a two-sport 

athlete by the University of Iowa. 

Ê Before signing with the Rays, he received a 

scholarship offer to pitch for Louisiana State. 

Ê Was the staff ace on the gold medal-winning 

USA Baseball Team at the World Youth 

Championship in Taiwan in 2004…went 2-0 

with 17 SO and 1 BB in 14 IP…gave his gold medal 

to his great grandmother, Louise Abbas, a 

loyal Braves fan and a competitive bowler who 

passed away in 2009 at the age of 97. 

CAREER HIGHS 


SHUTOUTS (1) 

9/4/11 vs. BAL – 4-hit CG; 

5/13/11 vs. BAL – 4-hit SHO 


9.0, 2x-last 9/4/11 vs. BAL 


3.1, 9/22/10 at NYY 

STRIKEOUTS 

10, 4/6/11 vs. LAA 

WALKS 

7, 6/8/12 at MIA 

HR ALLOWED 

3, 2x-last 6/14/12 vs. NYM 

RUNS ALLOWED 

8, 6/14/12 vs. NYM 

WIN STREAK 

6G, 9/4/11 – 5/16/12 

LOSS STREAK 

6G, 5/21/12 – 7/13/12 


Jeremy Hellickson

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2005 Princeton 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 1 1 1-0 11 0 0 

2006 Hudson Valley 4 3 2.43 15 14 0 0 0 77.2 55 24 21 3 6 16-0 96 4 0 

2007 Columbus 13 3 2.67 21 21 1 0 0 111.1 87 36 33 7 3 34-0 106 4 0 

2008 Vero Beach 7 1 2.00 14 14 0 0 0 76.2 64 19 17 7 4 5-0 83 3 1 

Montgomery 4 4 3.94 13 13 0 0 0 75.1 84 36 33 15 2 15-1 79 1 0 

2009 Montgomery 3 1 2.38 11 11 0 0 0 56.2 41 16 15 4 4 14-0 62 1 0 

Durham 6 1 2.51 9 9 0 0 0 57.1 31 19 16 4 4 15-0 70 2 0 

2010 Durham 12 3 2.45 21 21 0 0 0 117.2 103 35 32 5 7 35-0 123 0 0 

Tampa Bay 4 0 3.47 10 4 0 0 0 36.1 32 14 14 5 2 8-2 33 2 0 

Charlotte 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 0 0 2-0 4 0 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 13 10 2.95 29 29 2 1 0 189.0 146 64 62 21 4 72-8 117 8 1 

2012 Tampa Bay 10 11 3.10 31 31 0 0 0 177.0 163 68 61 25 4 59-3 124 5 0 


Major League Totals 27 21 3.06 70 64 2 1 0 402.1 341 146 137 51 10 139-13 274 15 1 

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Tom Couston. 



2011 Tampa Bay .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2012 Tampa Bay .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 




2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 3 0 1-0 1 0 0 



2010 Pitcher 1.000 10 1 3 0 4 0 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 29 15 16 0 31 0 

2012 Pitcher .950 31 17 21 2 40 2 

Totals .973 70 33 40 2 75 2 



vs. Left .241 374 90 13 .241 812 196 28 

vs. Right .247 295 73 12 .210 690 145 23 

DID YOU KNOW? 

RAYS ARE SMARTEST 

Bloomberg Businessweek’s second annual ranking of the smartest spenders in sports listed the 

Rays No. 1 in 2012. The ranking determines how well the 122 franchises in the NFL, NBA, NHL 

and MLB spend their money. Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Ira Boudway compiled the list 

using regular and postseason records, and publicly available payroll data, to calculate how much 

teams spent per win over the last fi ve seasons. Every team was then compared against league 

average to see how well they turn wages into wins, producing a total score called the “effi ciency 

index.” The lower the index the better. 

The Rays scored an effi ciency index of -1.82, followed by No. 2 MLB’s Texas Rangers; No. 3 

NHL’s Detroit Red Wings; No. 4 NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers; No. 5 NBA’s Boston Celtics; No. 6 

NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins; No. 7 NFL’s New England Patriots; No. 8 NFL’s Green Bay Packers; 

No. 9 NFL’s New York Giants; and No. 10 NHL’s Boston Bruins.


40-MAN ROSTER › ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Roberto’s parents are farmers and he has three 

brothers and three sisters…when not working 

out this past offseason, Roberto was working 

with the cattle at his family’s farm in Yamasa, 

Dominican Republic, and helping his father, 

Beato, with the farming. 

Ê He donates baseball equipment to the youngsters 

in his hometown in the Dominican. 

Ê Pedro Martinez has been very helpful and inspirational 

to Roberto. 

Ê Pitched with former Devil Ray Roberto 

Hernandez (1998–2000) with the 2007 Indians. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, his season 

did not start until August due to visa issues 

stemming from an offseason false-identity 

arrest in the Dominican Republic…placed on 

the MLB Restricted List on Jan 26…secured U.S. 

visa, returned to the U.S. on July 21 and served 

a 3-week suspension imposed by MLB…activated 

on Aug 13. 

Ê Made 4 minor league starts during his suspension 

to build up his arm strength and return to 

upper-level competition after keeping in shape 

(and pitching every 5 days) in the offseason at 

the Indians academy in the Dominican…made 

2 starts at Class-A Lake County and 2 with 

Triple-A Columbus…went a combined 2-1 with a 

4.07 ERA (24.1-IP, 25-H, 11-ER). 

Ê Lost all 3 of his starts with the Indians…made 

his 2012 debut on Aug 15 at LAA (6-IP, 10-H, 

8-R, 5-ER, 0-BB, 0-SO) and dropped an 8-4 decision…pitched 

into the 7th inning in his 2nd start 

on Aug 21 at SEA…allowed 1 hit through the first 


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HERNANDEZ 40 

Roberto Heredia Hernández 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'4" 




RESIDES Yamasa, DR 



SIGNING SCOUT Josue Herrera (Indians) 

WEIGHT 

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6 innings and left trailing 1-0 in an eventual 5-1 

loss to Felix Hernandez…lost 3-0 on Aug 27 vs. 

OAK and left the game in the 3rd inning with a 

sprained right ankle, an injury which sidelined 

him for the remainder of the season. 

Ê Nine of his 17 hits allowed went for extra bases. 


Ê Owns a career 2.47 groundball-to-flyball ratio, 

4th highest in the majors since his debut season 

of 2006…trails only Derek Lowe (2.85), Jake 

Westbrook (2.67) and Aaron Cook (2.63). 

Ê Was the Indians Opening Day starter in 2011, 

but went on to allow a major-league-high 125 

runs…only once in 32 starts did he win consecutive 

decisions…his 15 losses tied for 3rd most 

in the AL…his run support of 3.53 R/9 IP was 

3rd lowest among AL starters…his 5.25 ERA 

was 2nd highest among major league qualifiers, 

better than only DET Brad Penny (5.30). 

Ê In his Opening Day start on April 1 vs. CWS he 

allowed a career-high 10 R/ER in 3 IP in a 15- 

10 loss…tied for the most ER allowed by a ML 

pitcher in a season-opening start since 1919 

and the most since 1949…followed that up with 

7 shutout innings on April 7 vs. BOS (2-H, 2-BB, 

4-SO), becoming the first pitcher since 1905 to 

allow 0 runs in his 2nd start of the season after 

allowing 10 runs in his opening start. 

Ê Opened the 2010 season as the Indians No. 2 

starter behind Jake Westbrook…led the team in 

virtually every pitching category while reaching 

200 innings and double-digit wins for the 

2nd time in his career and first time since his 

19-win 2007 season…had the same number 

of quality starts as DET Justin Verlander (23), 

6th most in the AL…he and BAL Jeremy Guthrie 


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were the only two major leaguers to lose 14 or 

more games with an ERA under 4.00. 

Ê Defeated the Rays, 3-1, in a rain-shortened 

game on July 23 in Cleveland in which he allowed 

only 1 hit in 5 innings (Reid Brignac’s infield 

hit)…it was the final win of Cleveland’s 18game 

home winning streak over the Rays… 

it also remains his most recent game vs. the 

Rays…his 4-1 record in 8 games, 7 starts vs. TB 

is his best record against an opponent…in 36 

career IP has never allowed a HR to the Rays. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Served as Cleveland’s lone 

All-Star representative at Angel Stadium…did 

not pitch. 

Ê Lost 12 of his 24 starts after beginning the 

2009 season as the Tribe’s No. 2 starter behind 

Cliff Lee…through June 5 was 2-6 with a 

7.42 ERA (highest in the majors, min. 10 starts) 

and was optioned to the Rookie-level AZL 

Indians the next day to work on his mechanics…allowed 

19 R (16-ER) in 7.1 IP over his last 3 

starts before being optioned. 

Ê Made one June start at both Class-A Lake 

County and Double-A Akron and spent July with 

Triple-A Columbus…recalled by Indians on 

July 31 and made 12 starts…went 1-6 in his first 

10 starts after recall, but won his last two: 4-2 

on Sep 25 vs. BAL and 5-1 on Sep 30 vs. CWS. 

Ê Began the 2008 season as Cleveland’s No. 2 

starter behind CC Sabathia in a rotation that 

included Cliff Lee…was 4-1 in his first 9 starts 

with a 2.25 ERA, 3rd lowest in the AL, with only 

1 HR allowed in 56 IP. 

Ê Left his 10th start of the season on May 23 vs. 

TEX after just 2 IP with a left hip strain that 

landed him on the DL…returned to the Indians 

on July 26 but went 4-5 with a 7.61 ERA in 12 

starts the rest of the season. 

Ê Finished the 2007 season with 19 wins, which 

remains the most by an Indians righthander 

since Bert Blyleven in 1984 (19)…finished 

4th in the AL Cy Young voting as teammate CC 

Sabathia took the honors. 

Ê Helped lead the Indians to a 96-66 record and 

the AL Central title, their only postseason appearance 

in the last 11 years…he and Sabathia 

were the first Indians teammates to win 19plus 

games in the same season since Bob 

Lemon, Herb Score and Early Wynn in 1956 and 

the first major league teammates since 2002… 

finished 2nd in the AL in ERA (3.06) and tied for 

2nd in wins. 

Ê Went 9-4 after the All-Star break with a MLbest 

2.26 ERA (107.1-IP, 27-ER) in 15 starts. 

Ê Won 5 consecutive starts three times during 

the season including all five of his September 

starts when he won AL Pitcher of the Month… 

earned his first win in his 3rd start on April 24 

at MIN, a 5-3 win over Johan Santana, breaking 

his personal 11-game losing streak…it matched 

the 3rd-longest losing streak in club history. 

Ê Led the AL with a 3.31 groundball-to-flyball ratio…induced 

32 GIDP, tied with NYY Chien-Ming 

Wang for most in the majors. 

Ê With his 4-3 win on Sep 21 vs. OAK, he became 

just the 2nd player in MLB history to go 1-10 or 

worse in his first season and recover to reach a 

.500 or better career winning pct. at any point 

in his career…CLE Guy Morton went 1-13 in 1914 

and finished his career at 98-88. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 3 postseason starts…in 

Game 2 of the ALDS vs. NYY—the game when 

Joba Chamberlain endured a swarm of insects 

in the 8th inning—Hernandez totaled 9 IP, 3 H, 

1 R in the 2-1, 11-inning Indians win…started 

Game 2 and Game 6 in the ALCS vs. BOS…lost 

Game 6, 12-2, to Curt Schilling. 

Ê Started 2006 in Triple-A Buffalo but was 

recalled on April 15 and made his major 

league debut that night at DET…beat Jeremy 

Bonderman, 7-2…didn’t win again the rest of 

the season going 0-4 in 7 starts and 0-6 in 31 

relief appearances. 

Ê Lost his 2nd and 3rd starts and was optioned 

to Buffalo on April 30…returned to the Indians 

two weeks later and moved to bullpen when 

Steve Karsay was traded to Oakland…optioned 

to Buffalo on Aug 26 to convert back to a starter…recalled 

again on Sep 5 after two Triple-A 

starts and assumed spot in rotation for the final 

month. 

Ê In 2005 made two stints with the Indians, but 

did not pitch…was called up for one day on 

July 17 when injuries depleted the Tribe bullpen…returned 

on Sep 12…after the season was 

named the 5th-best prospect in the Indians organization 

by Baseball America. 

Ê Won the Tribe’s 2003 Minor League Pitcher of 

the Year (Bob Feller Award) when he went 17-4 

at Lake County…yielded only 14 BB in 148 IP. 

CAREER HIGHS 


SHUTOUTS (3) 

Low-hit SHO: 9/10/10 vs. 

MIN (3-hit) 


9.0, 4x-last 9/10/10 vs. MIN 


3.2, 5/20/06 vs. PIT 

STRIKEOUTS 

10, 8/15/07 vs. DET 

WALKS 

8, 4/12/08 vs. OAK 

HR ALLOWED 

2, 21x-last 8/15/12 at LAA 

RUNS ALLOWED 

10, 4/1/11 vs. CWS 

WIN STREAK 

7G, 4/24/07 – 6/7/07 

LOSS STREAK 

11G, 4/20/06 – 4/13/07





2001 DSL Indians 4 2 3.11 14 13 0 0 0 75.1 69 36 26 0 6 12-0 47 4 0 

2002 Burlington 2 4 3.30 13 11 0 0 1 76.1 89 36 28 4 6 10-0 42 1 3 

Mahoning Valley 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 

2003 Lake County 17 4 2.06 24 24 1 0 0 148.1 117 48 34 10 3 14-0 83 3 0 

Akron 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 0-0 3 0 0 

2004 Kinston 5 2 2.83 12 12 0 0 0 70.0 68 28 22 6 3 20-0 57 4 0 

Akron 4 8 4.97 15 15 0 0 0 87.0 114 52 48 3 2 21-0 63 4 1 

Buffalo 1 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 0 3-0 2 0 0 

2005 Akron 6 5 4.07 14 14 0 0 0 90.2 100 46 41 7 8 20-1 57 2 0 

Buffalo 7 4 3.25 13 12 1 0 0 83.0 76 32 30 10 3 15-0 49 2 0 

2006 Buffalo 1 3 5.53 6 5 0 0 0 27.2 28 21 17 2 1 8-0 28 3 0 

Cleveland 1 10 5.42 38 7 0 0 0 74.2 88 46 45 9 7 31-3 58 3 1 

2007 Cleveland 19 8 3.06 32 32 2 1 0 215.0 199 78 73 16 11 61-2 137 5 1 

2008 Cleveland 8 7 5.44 22 22 1 1 0 120.2 126 80 73 7 9 70-0 58 8 1 

Lake County 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 

Akron 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 9 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 

2009 Cleveland 5 12 6.32 24 24 0 0 0 125.1 151 97 88 16 8 70-0 79 5 1 

Lake County 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 7 0 0 

Akron 1 0 1.29 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0-0 5 0 0 

Columbus 1 3 3.55 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 32 13 13 5 3 6-0 27 1 0 

2010 Cleveland 13 14 3.77 33 33 4 1 0 210.1 203 98 88 17 9 72-0 124 3 0 

2011 Cleveland 7 15 5.25 32 32 0 0 0 188.2 205 125 110 22 14 60-3 109 3 1 

2012 Lake County 1 1 3.65 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 12 7 5 5 0 1-0 13 0 0 

Columbus 1 0 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 13 6 6 0 0 3-0 7 1 0 

Cleveland 0 3 7.53 3 3 0 0 0 14.1 17 15 12 4 1 3-0 2 1 0 



1: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, December 28, 2000…signed by Josue Herrera. 2: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free 

agent, December 18, 2012. 



2007 Cleveland .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2008 Cleveland .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2010 Cleveland .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2011 Cleveland .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 


ALL-STAR GAME PITCHING 


2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL Selected—Did Not Play 



2007 ALDS CLE vs. NYY 0 0 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 1 0 2-0 5 0 0 

ALCS CLE vs. BOS 0 1 16.50 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 11 11 1 0 9-0 7 0 0 


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2006 Pitcher 1.000 38 9 15 0 24 1 

2007 Pitcher .969 32 23 39 2 64 5 

2008 Pitcher .938 22 14 16 2 32 4 

2009 Pitcher 1.000 24 10 19 0 29 2 

2010 Pitcher .968 33 22 39 2 63 6 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 32 9 29 0 38 2 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 3 1 1 0 2 0 

Totals .976 184 88 158 6 252 20 



vs. Left .364 33 12 2 .293 1997 585 47 

vs. Right .217 23 5 2 .243 1662 404 44 

DID YOU KNOW? 

TAMPA BAY RAYS EXPANSION DRAFT SELECTIONS 

NOVEMBER 18, 1997 

ROUND 1 

1. Tony Saunders, LHP 

Florida 

2. Quinton McCracken, OF 

Colorado 

3. Bobby Abreu, OF 

Houston 

4. Miguel Cairo, 2B 

Chicago-NL 

5. Rich Butler, OF 

Toronto 

6. Bobby Smith, 3B 

Atlanta 

7. Jason Johnson, RHP 

Pittsburgh 

8. Dmitri Young, OF/1B 

Cincinnati 

9. Esteban Yan, RHP 

Baltimore 

10. Mike DiFelice, C 

St. Louis 

11. Bubba Trammell, OF 

Detroit 

12. Andy Sheets, SS 

Seattle 

13. Dennis Springer, RHP 

Anaheim 

ROUND 2 

14. Dan Carlson, RHP 

San Francisco 

15. Brian Boehringer, RHP 

New York-AL 

16. Mike Duvall, LHP 

Florida 

17. John LeRoy, RHP 

Atlanta 

18. Jim Mecir, RHP 

Boston 

19. Bryan Rekar, RHP 

Colorado 

20. Rick Gorecki, RHP 

Los Angeles 

21. Ramon Tatis, LHP 

Chicago-NL 

22. Kerry Robinson, OF 

St. Louis 

23. Steve Cox, 1B 

Oakland 

24. Albie Lopez, RHP 

Cleveland 

25. Jose Paniagua, RHP 

Montreal 

26. Carlos Mendoza, OF 

New York-NL 

ROUND 3 

27. Ryan Karp, LHP 

Philadelphia 

28. Santos Hernandez, RHP 

San Francisco 

29. Randy Winn, OF 

Florida 

30. Terrell Wade, LHP 

Atlanta 

31. Aaron Ledesma, SS 

Baltimore 

32. Brooks Kieschnick, 1B 

Chicago-NL 

33. Luke Wilcox, OF 

New York-AL 

34. Herbert Perry, 1B 

Cleveland 

35. Vaughn Eshelman, LHP 

Oakland


40-MAN ROSTER › DESMOND JENNINGS 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Desmond is a diehard fan of the back-to-back 

BCS Champions, the University of Albama 

Crimson Tide…invited Matt Moore and Sean 

Rodriguez over to watch this year’s championship 

game. 

Ê His cousin, Cincinnati Bengals right offensive 

tackle Andre Smith, was the 6th overall pick in 

the 2009 NFL Draft and played for the Crimson 

Tide…he traveled to Cincinnati to watch the 

Bengals-Steelers game on Oct 21, a 24-17 loss 

for his cousin’s squad…Desmond himself was 

heavily recruited as a receiver and finished 2nd 

for Alabama’s Mr. Football honor in 2004. 

Ê This offseason Desmond honed his fishing, 

bowling and Xbox 360 skills…caught several 

bass and redfish in Tampa…bowled a few times 

over the holidays at home in Alabama, with 

a high score of 203…enjoys “FIFA 2013” and 

“NBA 2K13” video games. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Played in 132 games including 124 starts (105- 

LF, 18-CF, 1-RF)…107 of those starts were at the 

leadoff spot in the batting order…missed 21 

games (May 12–June 4) with a left knee sprain. 

Ê Stole a career-high 31 bases, tied with B.J. 

Upton for the team lead and tied for 6th in the 

AL…his 93.9 stolen base pct. (31-for-33) ranked 

3rd in the majors and led all major leaguers 

with at least 30 attempts…it also set a club record 

(min. 20 attempts), breaking Ben Zobrist’s 

mark of 88.9 pct. (24-for-27) in 2010. 

OUTFIELDER 

DESMOND 

JENNINGS 8 

Desmond Delane Jennings 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

200 



BORN 10/30/86 in Birmingham, AL 

RESIDES Birmingham, AL 


ACQUIRED Selected in the 10th round of the 


SIGNING SCOUT Rickey Drexler (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @d_jennings8 

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STOLEN BASE PCT., 

MLB, 2012 (Min. 20 attempts) 

Quintin Berry, DET 100.0 21-for-21 

Alexi Casilla, MIN 95.5 21-for-22 

Desmond Jennings, TB 93.9 31-for-33 

Everth Cabrera, SD 91.7 44-for-48 

Emilio Bonifacio, MIA 90.9 30-for-33 

Tony Campana, CHC 90.9 30-for-33 

Ê Since he was recalled from Triple-A Durham on 

July 23, 2011, he has 51 steals…only 5 other major 

leaguers have as many during that span: 

Michael Bourn (66), Coco Crisp (61), Ben Revere 

(61), Mike Trout (52) and Rajai Davis (51). 

Ê Named a finalist for the AL Rawlings Gold Glove 

Award for left field, but lost out to KC Alex 

Gordon…led major league leftfielders with a 

1.000 fielding pct. …had 224 total chances in 

the outfield without an error…only 4 other qualifying 

outfielders did not commit an error in 

2012: NYY Curtis Granderson, TEX Craig Gentry, 

STL Jon Jay and MIN Ben Revere…has only 1 

error in 364 career total chances, coming on 

his first play in his 2011 season debut, July 23 

at KC…since then has gone 346 consecutive 

chances and 188 games without an error. 

Ê Since his major league debut (Sep 1, 2010), 

leads all major league outfielders with a .997 

fielding pct. (min. 150 games). 

Ê After Evan Longoria was activated from the 

DL on Aug 7, he scored 40 runs in his final 47 

games, tying TEX Josh Hamilton for 2nd in the 

AL during this span, trailing only LAA Mike 

Trout (43). 


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Ê On July 3 vs. NYY, stole home on the back end 

of a double steal in the 7th inning, with B.J. 

Upton stealing 2B…became the 8th player in 

Rays history to steal home (10th time). 

Ê In a 4-2 win on June 29 vs. DET became only 

the 4th player to hit 2 HR in a game off RH 

Justin Verlander…joined CLE Shelley Duncan 

(Sep 7, 2011), CWS Carlos Quentin (April 22, 

2011) and OAK Nick Swisher (April 18, 2006)… 

SF Pablo Sandoval joined this group in Game 1 

of the 2012 World Series. 

Ê Tied his career high with 4 RBI on June 15 

vs. MIA (also July 28, 2011 at OAK while batting 

leadoff)…only 2 others in Rays history 

had 2 games with 4 RBI from the leadoff spot: 

Quinton McCracken (both in 1998) and Gerald 

Williams (both in 2000). 

Ê Placed on the 15-day DL on May 14, retroactive 

to May 12, with a left knee sprain…removed 

from the game May 6 vs. OAK after he injured 

the knee on a slide into home on a sacrifice 

fly…pinch-hit twice over the next 4 games before 

being placed on the DL…reinstated June 5 

at NYY after rehab assignments with Class-A 

Charlotte (1 game) and Triple-A Durham (3). 

Ê Had a career-high 11-game hitting streak from 

April 18-29, longest by a Rays leadoff hitter 

since Aki Iwamura had a 12-game streak from 

July 25–Aug 6, 2007. 

Desmond launched “Jennings’ Juniors” in 2012 

as part of the Rays Dugout Club, the signature 

program of the team’s South St. Petersburg 

Initiative. He plans to continue the program in 2013. 

Last season he visited the James B. Sanderlin, 

Lake Vista and Frank Pierce rec centers. 

PHOTO BY SKIP MILOS 

Ê Has 8 HR in 25 career games vs. Toronto, 4 

coming off Brandon Morrow, and hit 3 HR in 

2012…has 15 HR in 187 games against all other 

teams. 

Ê On Opening Day (April 6) vs. NYY led off the 

9th inning with a single off Mariano Rivera and 

scored the tying run on Ben Zobrist’s triple… 

the Rays later scored on Carlos Peña’s walk-off 

RBI single. 

Ê Made his first Opening Day roster and started 

the first 13 games in center field in place of 

B.J. Upton (lower back soreness) who was injured 

as the result of an outfield collision with 

Jennings in spring training, March 14 vs. MIA… 

the collision also sidelined Jennings for 10 days 

in spring training. 

Ê On April 1 at BAL, became the first in Rays history 

with 3 HR in a spring game and his 6 RBI 

tied a Rays spring record (Jon Weber, March 7, 

2009 vs. BOS)…was the first player with 3 HR 

in a spring game since PIT Craig Monroe on 

March 12, 2009 vs. MIN.

CAREER HIGHLGIHTS 

Ê In 2011 emerged as the Rays leadoff hitter and 

left fielder after being recalled from Durham 

on July 23…appeared in 63 of the Rays final 64 

games (61 starts, 53-LF, 7-CF, 1-DH). 

Ê From the date of his call-up through the end of 

the season, he led the Rays in runs (44), hits 

(64), steals (20) and was 2nd in home runs 

(10)…his 20 steals over that span were surpassed 

by only two AL players: OAK Coco Crisp 

(22) and MIN Ben Revere (21)…he was also the 

only major leaguer to hit 10 home runs and 

steal 20 bases after July 23…added 2 more 

home runs in the postseason, both in Game 3 

of the ALDS vs. TEX (see “Postseason”). 

Ê Named to the Topps Major League Rookie All- 

Star Team along with Jeremy Hellickson. 

Ê Despite not joining the Rays until their 99th 

game, became the first AL rookie with at least 

10 HR and 20 SB since TB Rocco Baldelli and 

KC Angel Berroa in 2003. 

Ê The Rays were 52-46 (.530) and averaged 4.15 

runs per game before his arrival…with him in 

the lineup they went 38-23 (.623) and averaged 

4.76 runs per game. 

Ê All 61 of his starts were from the leadoff spot… 

his .356 OBP was considerably higher than 

Rays leadoff hitters before his arrival (.323). 

Ê His final .259 batting avg. was the lowest it had 

been all season…in his first 5 weeks with the 

Rays he had 15 multi-hit games in 34 starts and 

was batting .354 (46-for-130)…reached base 

66 times during that span, tops in the AL…batted 

.333 (47-for-141) over July and August (37 

games) but hit .160 (17-for-106) in September 

in 26 games. 

Ê Hit his first career homer on July 28 at OAK off 

Rich Harden…on Aug 4 vs. TOR hit a game-tying 

solo home run to lead off the 10th inning off Jon 

Rauch in a game the Rays came from behind 

3 times to win, 7-6 in 12 innings…hit a walkoff 

homer on Sep 7 vs. TEX off Mark Lowe—his 

first career walk-off hit—to give the Rays their 

1,000th win in franchise history. 

Ê Five of his 10 home runs came vs. Toronto… 

went 4-for-5 with 2 HR on Aug 28 at TOR. 

Ê In his season debut (July 23 at KC) went 2-for-3 

with a double, triple, 2 walks, 2 runs and a stolen 

base…reached base 4 times the next day… 

became the 2nd rookie in club history to reach 

base 4 times in consecutive games (also Brent 

Abernathy, Aug 4-5, 2001 at CWS). 

Ê Stole a career-high and Rays rookie record-tying 

3 bases on Aug 20 vs. SEA in an 8-0 win. 

Ê Named an International League midseason All- 

Star…IL managers voted him the Most Exciting 



Player in the league for a second straight 

season. 

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Ê Spent most of his time in Durham playing CF 

but also appeared in RF and LF…at the time of 

his recall led the IL with 68 runs scored and 

had already set a career high with 12 HR. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Batted leadoff in all 4 of the 

Rays ALDS games vs. Texas and joined Ben 

Zobrist as one of two Rays to hit safely in all 4 

games. 

Ê In the Rays 4-3 loss in Game 3, hit solo homers 

off Colby Lewis and Mike Adams to become the 

7th rookie in major league history to hit 2 HR 

in a postseason game and the first to do it from 

the leadoff spot…became the 4th Ray to hit 

multiple HR in a postseason game, following 

Evan Longoria (ALDS Game 1 on Oct 2, 2008 vs. 

CWS), B.J. Upton (ALDS Game 4 on Oct 6, 2008 

at CWS) and Kelly Shoppach (ALDS Game 1 on 

Sep 30, 2011 at TEX). 

Ê Saw his first action in the majors with a Sep 1, 

2010 recall and appeared in 17 games down 

the stretch, including 5 starts (2-RF, 2-LF, 1-CF). 

Ê His first major league hit came on Sep 11 at 

TOR, a pinch-hit double off Rommie Lewis…the 

next day against the Jays he went 2-for-4 (his 

first multi-hit game) and stole his first base. 

Ê Played in 109 games for Triple-A Durham and 

batted .278 (111-for-399)…at the time of his recall, 

led the International League with 37 SB 

and ranked 3rd with 82 runs scored…finished 

the year 2nd in the IL in steals. 

Ê Named an IL postseason All-Star despite opening 

the season on the DL with a left wrist 

sprain suffered during big league camp…was 

activated on April 18. 

Ê Started in LF and hit leadoff for the U.S. team in 

the Futures Game on July 11 at Angel Stadium, 

his second straight selection to the team…stole 

a base, after swiping three in the 2009 game 

at Busch Stadium. 

Ê Following the season, Baseball America rated 

him the No. 3 prospect in the Rays org. and 

top position player in the system…also recognized 

as the organization’s Best Strike Zone 

Discipline, Fastest Baserunner, Best Athlete 

and Best Defensive Outfielder…in Baseball 

America’s Best Tools survey, IL managers rated 

him the Best Base Runner, Best Defensive 

Outfielder and Most Exciting Player in the 

league. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 2 games in the 

ALDS vs. TEX, including 1 start…went 0-for-2 in 

his start in Game 2. 

Ê In 2009 was named Rays Minor League 

Player of the Year and MVP of both Double-A 


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Montgomery and the Southern League, despite 

spending the final month with Durham…after 

the season was named the Rays No. 1 prospect 

and No. 6 prospect in the game by Baseball 

America. 

Ê Was the only player in the minor leagues with 

at least 50 extra-base hits (52) and 50 stolen 

bases (52). 

Ê Finished 2nd in the SL in batting (.316), 3rd in 

steals (37, a Biscuits record), 4th in OBP (.395) 

and 5th in slugging (.486)…at the time of his 

Aug 1 promotion to Durham led the SL in hits, 

SB and 3B. 

Ê Made history on Sep 3 at Charlotte (White Sox), 

going 7-for-7 with 6 singles and a double in a 

9-inning game…became the first IL player in 10 

years to collect 7 hits…on June 4, 1999, Michael 

Coleman of the Pawtucket Red Sox had 7 hits, 

including a cycle and 3 HR in a 25-2 win over 

Norfolk…set a Bulls Triple-A record for hits in a 

game of any length, breaking Fernando Perez’s 

6-for-7 effort in a 13-inning game in 2008. 

Ê After the season, was graded by Baseball 

America as the SL’s No. 3 prospect, Best Base 

Runner, Fastest Base Runner, Best Defensive 

Outfielder and Most Exciting Player…Baseball 

America ranked him the Best Hitter for 

Average, Best Strike-Zone Discipline, Best 

Athlete and Best Defensive Outfielder in the 

Rays system. 

Ê Played in the SL All-Star Game and was 

named a SL postseason All-Star…was named a 

Double-A All-Star and Southern League Player 

of the Year by Topps. 

Ê Remained with Durham through their postseason 

run as they won the Governor’s Cup and 

the Triple-A championship game. 

Ê Sidelined the first two months of 2008 with 

a back injury, and lasted only 24 games with 

Class-A Vero Beach before his left shoulder required 

season-ending surgery…despite this, 

Baseball America named him the Best Athlete 

and the No. 5 prospect in the Rays org. …returned 

to action with Peoria of the Arizona Fall 

League, playing in 12 games. 

Ê Had a breakout season in 2007 in his full season 

debut as the center fielder for Class-A 

Columbus…was named Catfish Player of the 

Year and a South Atlantic League midseason 

and postseason All-Star. 

Ê Led all Rays minor leaguers with 45 SB (4th in 

the Sally League, 13th overall in the minors)… 

hit .315 (4th in org., 6th in SAL)…his .401 OBP 

ranked 5th in the SAL. 

Ê Named the Best Athlete in the Rays system after 

the season by Baseball America, which also 

named him to the Minor League All-Star Team 

(Second Team), Low Class-A All-Star Team and 

tabbed him as the No. 1 prospect in the SAL. 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2006 with Rookie-level 

Princeton, and led the Appalachian League 

with 32 SB (3rd in Rays org.) and 48 runs. 

Ê Named by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect 

in the Appy League, the third-best athlete 

from the 2006 June Draft, and the third-best 

late-round pick in the draft. 


Ê Was a three-sport star (baseball, football, 

basketball) at Pinson Valley High School in 

Birmingham. 

Ê Drafted by the Indians in the 18th round of the 

2005 June Draft, but did not sign…instead enrolled 

at Itawamba (Miss.) Community College, 

where he studied criminal justice and sport 

management…was a freshman standout both in 

baseball and football…was a junior college All- 

American receiver…led the nation with 54 receptions 

in 8 games while tallying 848 yards 

and 6 touchdowns…hit .378 with 29 steals on 

the diamond. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 8/28/11 at TOR 


11G, 4/18/12 – 4/29/12 

RBI 

4, 2x-last 6/15/12 vs. MIA 

RUNS 

4, 9/22/12 vs. TOR 

WALKS 

3, 9/18/12 vs. BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 9/29/12 at CWS 

STOLEN BASES 

3, 8/20/11 vs. SEA 


MULTI-HR GAMES (2) 

2 – 6/29/12 vs. DET; 8/28/11 at TOR 

LEADOFF (4) 

8/12/12 at MIN (Scott Diamond); 7/25/12 at BAL (Miguel 

Gonzalez); 4/24/12 vs. LAA (Ervin Santana); 8/28/11 at TOR 

(Brandon Morrow) 

WALK-OFF (1) 

9/7/11 vs. TEX (10th inn., Mark Lowe)





2006 Princeton .277 56 213 48 59 10 1 4 20 4 1 6 22-0 39 32 5 3 .390 .360 2 

2007 Columbus .315 99 387 75 122 21 5 9 37 2 2 12 45-1 53 45 15 1 .465 .401 2 

2008 Vero Beach .259 24 85 17 22 5 1 2 6 2 1 0 14-0 16 5 2 0 .412 .360 1 

2009 Montgomery .316 100 383 69 121 25 8 8 45 0 4 5 48-2 52 37 5 4 .486 .395 1 

Durham .325 32 114 23 37 6 2 3 17 1 2 1 19-0 15 15 2 3 .491 .419 2 

2010 Durham .278 109 399 82 111 25 6 3 36 5 1 6 47-1 67 37 4 8 .393 .362 3 

Tampa Bay .190 17 21 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2-0 4 2 2 0 .333 .292 0 

2011 Durham .275 89 338 68 93 19 3 12 39 4 1 9 45-3 78 17 1 4 .456 .374 0 

Tampa Bay .259 63 247 44 64 9 4 10 25 3 0 6 31-1 59 20 6 1 .449 .356 1 

2012 Tampa Bay .246 132 505 85 124 19 7 13 47 6 1 5 46-1 120 31 2 7 .388 .314 0 

Charlotte .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 0 

Durham .167 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 0 

Minor League Totals .294 513 1934 384 568 112 26 41 200 18 12 39 240-7 321 188 34 23 .442 .381 11 

Major League Totals .248 212 773 134 192 29 12 23 74 9 1 12 79-2 183 53 10 8 .406 .327 1 

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 10th round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Rickey Drexler. 



2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .000 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .333 4 15 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 .800 .444 0 

Postseason Totals .294 6 17 4 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3-0 2 0 0 0 .706 .400 0 



2010 Right Field 1.000 5 3 0 0 3 0 

Center Field 1.000 4 10 0 0 10 0 

Left Field 1.000 2 5 0 0 5 0 

2011 Left Field .990 53 100 3 1 104 0 

Center Field 1.000 8 18 0 0 18 0 

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2012 Left Field 1.000 111 174 4 0 178 0 

Center Field 1.000 21 45 0 0 45 0 

Right Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 


Center Field 1.000 33 73 0 0 73 0 

Right Field 1.000 7 4 0 0 4 0 



vs. Left .246 126 31 2 10 .251 215 54 4 16 

vs. Right .245 379 93 11 37 .247 558 138 19 58 

DID YOU KNOW? 

VOLUNTEERS MADE A MILLION IN 2012 

Sixty-eight nonprofi t groups raised $1,059,813 in 2012 for their organizations 

by volunteering as concession stand workers at Rays games at Tropicana 

Field during the 2012 season. The program is operated by Centerplate, the 

offi cial concessionaire of Tropicana Field, and the Rays. The program, which 

is entering its 16th year, allows nonprofi t group volunteers to play a major role 

in the success of the concession and vending operations at Rays games and 

as a result earn money to put back into the community. Nonprofi ts interested 

in participating in the program in 2013 should call (727) 825-3384. 

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40-MAN ROSTER › KELLY JOHNSON 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê The Rays are likely to become the third different 

team to feature a double play combination 

of Kelly at second base and Yunel Escobar at 

shortstop…the combo started 191 games together 

for the Braves from mid-2007 through 

2009…the Blue Jays used the middle infield 

tandem to start 131 games from mid-2011 to 

2012…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 

last duo to start together at second base and 

shortstop for three different teams was 2B Jeff 

Kent and SS Jose Vizcaino, who did it for four 

teams: the Mets, Indians, Giants and Astros. 

Ê Kelly was drafted by the Braves as a shortstop 

and played his first four professional seasons 

at short…transitioned to the outfield in 2004 

with Double-A Greenville and reached the majors 

as an outfielder…when Braves 2B Marcus 

Giles left as a free agent following the 2006 

season, Atlanta had him work with 1B coach 

Glenn Hubbard to learn how to play second as 

he recovered from Tommy John surgery…has 

played second base exclusively since then. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Spent his first full season in the American 

League with Toronto…appeared in more than 

140 games for the third time in his career…appeared 

in 136 at 2B, including 133 starts, and 

the balance at DH or as a PH. 

Ê His 59 BB as a second baseman ranked 2nd in 

the AL to CLE Jason Kipnis (66), while his 

15 HR tied BOS Dustin Pedroia for 4th behind 

NYY Robinson Cano (30), CWS Gordon 

Beckham (16) and TEX Ian Kinsler (16). 

Ê Struck out 159 times, tying the Blue Jays single-season 

record…joined Jose Canseco (1998). 

INFIELDER I OUTFIELDER 

KELLY 

JOHNSON 2 

Kelly Andrew Johnson 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'1" 



BORN 2/22/82 in Austin, TX 

RESIDES Roswell, GA 



SIGNING SCOUT Charlie Smith (Braves) 

WEIGHT 

200 

Ê Through May batted .256 with 9 HR, 26 RBI 

and a .784 OPS in 46 games…reached base in 

20 consecutive games from May 5-28…from 

June through season’s end batted .208 with 

7 HR, 29 RBI and a .619 OPS in 96 games…after 

the All-Star break batted just .195 (41-for-210) 

with 6 HR, 18 RBI and a .617 OPS. 

Ê Was involved in 100 double plays at 2B, tied 

with BOS Dustin Pedroia for 3rd most among 

all major league second basemen…only CWS 

Gordon Beckham (110) and ATL Dan Uggla (103) 

were involved in more. 

Ê Lefty hitter batted a career-low .201 (28-for- 

139) against left-handed pitching and has now 

batted .213 (62-for-291) with a .341 SLG vs. LHP 

over the last two seasons…in his career, has 

actually fared better against southpaws (.274) 

than right-handed pitching (.247)…entered 2011 

with a career .302 (195-for-646) avg. and 

.488 SLG vs. lefties. 

Ê Made his 6th consecutive Opening Day start, 

all at 2B. 

MOST HOME RUNS AS SECOND 

BASEMAN, MLB, 2010-12 

Dan Uggla, FLA/ATL 87 

Robinson Cano, NYY 86 

Rickie Weeks, MIL 68 

Kelly Johnson, ARI/TOR 62 

Aaron Hill, TOR/ARI 60 

MOST WALKS AS SECOND 

BASEMAN, MLB, 2010-12 

Dan Uggla, FLA/ATL 234 

Rickie Weeks, MIL 198 

Kelly Johnson, ARI/TOR 195 

Ian Kinsler, TEX 191 

Dustin Pedroia, BOS 171

Ê Is a career .352/.371/.704 (19-for-54) hitter with 

the bases loaded…has 4 grand slams, 7 doubles 

and 55 RBI with the bases juiced. 


Ê Over the last three seasons (2010-12), has averaged 

21 HR, 61 RBI, 76 R, 67 BB, 14 SB and 148 

games played…during that stretch has 62 HR 

and 195 BB while playing second base, 4th and 

3rd most in the majors, respectively. 

Ê In 2011 was acquired by Toronto from Arizona 

on Aug 23 in exchange for 2B Aaron Hill and 

SS John McDonald…appeared in 147 games 

between Arizona and Toronto including 138 

starts at 2B, batting a combined .222 with 

21 HR and 58 RBI. 

Ê Among major league second basemen, ranked 

tied for 3rd in triples (7), tied for 4th in home 

runs (21) and 4th in walks (59). 

Ê Stole a career-high 16 bases. 

Ê Batted only .209 in his 114 games for Arizona… 

following the trade rebounded to hit .270 

(31-for-115) with a .364 OBP in 33 games for 

Toronto. 

Ê Went 4-for-8 with the bases loaded with a 

double and 2 grand slams, both coming with 

Arizona…on May 21 vs. MIN his slam off Matt 

Capps in the 8th inning erased a 6-5 deficit for 

a 9-6 win…on July 7 at STL, tagged Kyle Lohse 

in the 7th inning to snap a 3-3 tie in Arizona’s 

7-6 victory. 

Ê On May 30 vs. FLA went 4-for-6 with 4 extrabase 

hits (2-HR, 1-3B, 1-2B) in a 15-4 win…tied 

the D-backs club record for most extra-base 

hits in a game (8th time). 

Ê In 22 games as the leadoff hitter, all with 

Arizona, hit .292/.364/.719 (26-for-89) with 

8 HR, 2 3B, 8 2B and 17 RBI…totaled 19 extrabase 

hits in 89 AB. 

Ê In 2010, his first season with Arizona, established 

career highs in games played (154), 

home runs (26), RBI (71), runs scored (93), slugging 

pct. (.496), OPS (.865) and tied his career 

high in walks (79)…added 36 2B and 13 SB. 

Ê Named NL Player of the Month for April after 

leading the Senior Circuit with 9 HR, 17 extrabase 

hits and a .750 SLG…hit 7 HR in his first 18 

games of the season. 

Ê Led the D-backs with 45 multi-hit games, including 

12 games with at least 3 hits and 4 

games with 4 hits. 

Ê Led all NL second basemen in doubles and 

walks…ranked 2nd in OPS and 3rd in HR and 

RBI. 



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Ê Ranked 9th in the NL with 79 BB…finished 10th 

with 67 extra-base hits…his .976 OPS at home 

ranked 5th among all NL batters. 

Ê Hit .310 (57-for-184) against left-handed pitchers…among 

all NL lefty hitters, this ranked 

3rd behind SD Adrian Gonzalez (.337) and COL 

Carlos Gonzalez (.320). 

Ê Compiled a career-high .988 fielding pct. at 

second base, committing only 8 errors…this 

ranked 5th among NL second basemen. 

Ê On July 23 vs. SF hit for the cycle for the first 

time of his career and the 4th occurrence in 

D-backs history…homered off LH Jonathan 

Sanchez in his first AB, followed by a double, 

triple and single. 

Ê On Aug 20 vs. COL delivered a walk-off single 

in the 10th inning off LH Joe Beimel, scoring 

Justin Upton for a 4-3 victory. 

Ê Played his final season with the Braves in 

2009…played in 106 games and spent the majority 

of July on the disabled list with right wrist 

tendinitis, which required a 13-game rehab 

stint wtih Triple-A Gwinnett. 

Ê Hit .325 (26-for-80) against LHP and .188 (42for-223) 

against RHP. 

Ê Batted .368 (7-for-19) as a pinch-hitter with 

6 BB and a .520 OBP. 

Ê On April 10 vs. WAS, lined a walk-off single 

in the 10th inning off LH Joe Beimel to score 

Jordan Schafer, capping a 6-5 win…on April 22 

at WAS drew a bases-loaded walk in the 9th inning 

to give the Braves a 1-0 win…on Aug 8 at 

LAD, hit a go-ahead, 2-run homer in the 10th inning 

of a 2-1 win. 

Ê Non-tendered by Atlanta following the season…signed 

a one-year contract with Arizona 

in December. 

Ê In 2008 hit a career-high .287 (157-for-547) 

in 150 games played…hit .333 (50-for-150) 

against left-handed pitching, which led all NL 

lefty batters and ranked 2nd in the majors after 

MIN Joe Mauer (.361). 

Ê Recorded a career-high 39 doubles, which 

ranked 2nd on the Braves to Brian McCann (42) 

and 2nd among NL second basemen behind 

PHI Chase Utley (41). 

Ê His 44 multi-hit games tied for the team lead. 

Ê Compiled a career-high 22-game hitting streak 

Sep 1-24, batting .402 (35-for-87) with 3 HR, 

3 3B, 9 2B and 18 RBI…had his third career 

2-homer game on Sep 10 vs. COL. 

Ê Delivered a pinch-hit grand slam on April 5 vs. 

NYM off Jorge Sosa. 

Ê In 2007 spent his first full season in the majors, 

playing 147 games for the Braves while 


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also making the transition to second base… 

started 127 games at 2B, and batted leadoff in 

76 of those 127 starts…hit .276/.375/.457 with 

16 HR, 68 RBI, 10 3B and 79 BB. 

Ê His .375 OBP and 10 triples remain career 

highs…ranked 3rd in the NL in triples…his 79 BB 

led all NL second basemen and are tied for his 

career high (also 2010). 

Ê In 133 games at 2B carried a .978 fielding pct., 

with 14 errors in 624 total chances. 

Ê On July 31 vs. HOU went 4-for-4 with 2 HR and 

5 RBI in a 12-4 rout. 

Ê Missed the entire 2006 major league season 

due to right elbow problems that led to Tommy 

John surgery, performed by Dr. James Andrews 

in Birmingham, Ala., on June 1. 

Ê First experienced pain in his elbow during 

spring training and started the season on 

the DL with a right elbow sprain…went on a 

rehab assignment to Class-A Rome on 

May 13 and transferred to Triple-A Richmond 

on May 19, but continued to feel discomfort 

making throws from the outfield…was transferred 

to the 60-day DL on May 30 before undergoing 

surgery. 

Ê Made his major league debut in 2005 and 

played 87 games for the Braves following 

his May 29 recall from Richmond…started 74 

games (73-LF, 1-DH). 

Ê Debuted on May 29 vs. PHI, starting in left field 

and batting third…went 0-for-3 with a walk, RBI 

and a run scored…collected his first hit on 

June 3 at PIT, an infield single off Kip Wells, to 

snap an 0-for-15 start to his career. 

Ê Hit his first big league homer on June 14 at TEX, 

a 2-run blast off Pedro Astacio…on June 17 at 

CIN recorded his first career 2-homer game 

and collected a career-high 6 RBI, with a 2-run 

shot off Ramon Ortiz and his first career grand 

slam off Randy Keisler…named NL Player of the 

Week for June 13-19, just his third week in the 

majors, after hitting .417 (10-for-24) with 4 HR 

and 11 RBI. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Served as a pinch-hitter in all 4 

games of the NLDS vs. HOU, as the Braves fell 3 

games to 1…went 0-for-2 with a walk. 

Ê Hit .310/.438/.581 for Richmond in 44 games 

prior to the call-up. 

Ê Transitioned to the outfield in 2004 after 

spending his first four professional seasons as 

a shortstop…led Double-A Greenville with 70 

runs scored, 135 hits and 35 2B…ranked 2nd 

on the club with 16 HR…tied for the Southern 

League lead in doubles and ranked 2nd with 54 

extra-base hits. 


America as the No. 8 prospect in the Braves 

system. 

Ê Spent the 2003 season at Greenville…missed 

a month (July 10–Aug 10) with a sore right elbow…named 

Atlanta’s No. 11 prospect in 2002 

after spending the year with Class-A Myrtle 

Beach…hit a team-high 23 HR and stole 25 bases 

for Class-A Macon in 2001…named the No. 3 

prospect in the Braves system and No. 5 prospect 

in the South Atlantic League by Baseball 

America following the season…in 2000 made 

his pro debut with the Rookie-level GCL Braves 

and was named their Player of the Year. 


Ê Kelly and his wife, Lauren, reside in Roswell, 

Ga., with their two sons, Cole (3) and Grant (1). 

Ê Attended Westwood high School in Austin, 

Texas…was named 1999 Central Texas Player 

of the Year as a junior. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 9x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA 


22G, 9/1/08 – 9/24/08 

RBI 

6, 6/17/05 at CIN 

RUNS 

3, 15x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA 


WALKS 

4, 6/4/10 vs. COL 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 11x-last 5/29/12 vs. BAL 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 6x-last 9/13/12 vs. SEA 

GRAND SLAMS (4) 

7/8/11 at STL (Kyle Lohse); 5/21/11 vs. MIN (Matt Capps); 

4/5/08 vs. NYM (Jorge Sosa); 6/17/05 at CIN (Randy Keisler) 


2 – 7x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA 

LEADOFF (9) 

7/6/11 at MIL (Yovani Gallardo); 6/8/10 vs. ATL (Kris Medlen); 

5/6/10 at HOU (Wandy Rodriguez); 4/7/10 vs. SD (Kevin 

Correia); 5/24/09 vs. TOR (Scott Richmond); 4/7/09 at PHI 

(Jamie Moyer); 4/25/07 at FLA (Scott Olsen); 4/22/07 at 

NYM (Tom Glavine); 4/8/07 vs. NYM (Orlando Hernandez) 

PINCH-HIT (1) 

4/5/08 vs. NYM (Jorge Sosa)





2000 GCL Braves .269 53 193 27 52 12 3 4 29 1 1 0 24-0 45 6 1 4 .425 .349 17 

2001 Macon .289 124 415 75 120 22 1 23 66 1 1 10 71-7 111 25 6 0 .513 .404 45 

2002 Myrtle Beach .255 126 482 62 123 21 5 12 49 2 4 1 51-0 105 12 15 5 .394 .325 24 

2003 Greenville .275 98 334 46 92 22 5 6 45 3 5 0 35-3 81 10 3 4 .425 .340 16 

GCL Braves .385 6 26 10 10 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 3-1 4 1 1 2 .615 .467 0 

2004 Greenville .282 135 479 70 135 35 3 16 50 0 3 3 49-2 102 9 9 5 .468 .350 11 

2005 Richmond .310 44 155 35 48 12 3 8 22 0 1 2 34-7 22 7 1 3 .581 .438 3 

Atlanta .241 87 290 46 70 12 3 9 40 2 1 1 40-1 75 2 1 11 .397 .334 0 

2006 Rome .474 5 19 5 9 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 4-0 3 2 2 0 .842 .583 0 

Richmond .333 10 39 3 13 4 0 1 7 0 1 1 6-1 6 1 0 0 .513 .426 0 

2007 Atlanta .276 147 521 91 144 26 10 16 68 2 2 4 79-3 117 9 5 8 .457 .375 14 

2008 Atlanta .287 150 547 86 157 39 6 12 69 9 4 2 52-2 113 11 6 3 .446 .349 14 

2009 Atlanta .224 106 303 47 68 20 3 8 29 6 2 3 32-1 54 7 2 4 .389 .303 10 

Gwinnett .308 13 52 9 16 2 2 3 16 0 3 0 4-0 8 1 0 0 .596 .339 0 

2010 Arizona .284 154 585 93 166 36 5 26 71 3 2 2 79-1 148 13 7 12 .496 .370 8 

2011 Arizona .209 114 430 59 90 23 5 18 49 4 0 3 44-2 132 13 3 3 .412 .287 6 

Toronto .270 33 115 16 31 4 2 3 9 0 0 1 16-0 31 3 3 0 .417 .364 4 

2012 Toronto .225 142 507 61 114 19 2 16 55 2 4 5 62-4 159 14 2 8 .365 .313 11 


Major League Totals .255 933 3298 499 840 179 36 108 390 28 15 21 404-14 829 72 29 49 .429 .338 67 

1: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fi rst round (38th overall) of the 2000 June Draft…signed by Charlie Smith. 2: Signed by the Arizona 

Diamondbacks as a free agent, December 30, 2009. 3: Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for 2B Aaron Hill and INF John McDonald, 

August 23, 2011. 4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, February 5, 2013. 



2005 NLDS ATL vs. HOU .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 



2005 Left Field 1.000 79 166 6 0 172 1 

2007 Second Base .978 133 227 383 14 624 83 

2008 Second Base .980 144 262 425 14 701 89 

2009 Second Base .973 84 135 222 10 367 56 

2010 Second Base .988 149 267 402 8 677 106 

2011 Second Base .984 141 268 349 10 627 86 

2012 Second Base .983 136 247 386 11 644 100 

Totals Second Base .982 787 1406 2167 67 3640 520 

Left Field 1.000 79 166 6 0 172 1 



vs. Left .201 139 28 4 14 .274 937 257 30 121 

vs. Right .234 368 86 12 41 .247 2361 583 78 269 

DID YOU KNOW? 

INTERLEAGUE PLAY 

Baseball begins its 17th season of interleague play in 2013. The American League leads the 

all-time series, 2,081-1,883 (.525), and has won 12 of the 16 season series including the last nine 

beginning with 2004. The AL won the series 142-110 in 2012 while the Rays went 9-9. The Rays 

are 127-141 (.474) all-time but are 16 games over .500 under Manager Joe Maddon (71-55), 8thbest 

mark in the majors during that span. The Rays are 60-74 (.448) all-time in NL parks, but 12-4 

since May 22, 2011, 27-18 in the last fi ve years and 35-28 under Maddon. 

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40-MAN ROSTER › MATT JOYCE 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Matt grew up in the Brandon area and is active 

in the Tampa Bay community year-round… 

in January he hosted the Third Annual Sweet 

Swingin’ Baseball Camp at North Brandon Little 

League, where he played as a youth, giving 

tips to 100 kids ages 7 to 14…this year’s camp 

raised over $12,000 for the league as well as a 

travel ball team. 

Ê Matt has a black Labrador Retriever puppy 

named Eli. 

Ê In December, Matt traveled to Joe Maddon’s 

hometown of Hazleton, Pa., to attend the manager’s 

Hazleton Integration Project fundraiser… 

got to know Tino Martinez over the weekend. 

Ê Made offseason trips to St. Lucia, Los Angeles, 

Las Vegas, Connecticut and Miami. 

Ê He is a natural righthander and does everything 

that way—eat, write, throw, play golf— 

except hit. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê The Tampa native made 115 starts in his 2nd 

full season…started 78 games in RF, 33 in LF 

and 4 at DH…his 239 starts in RF are the most 

in club history. 

Ê Missed 23 games, June 20–July 16, with a left 

external oblique strain, while the Rays went 

8-15…before the injury, hit .279/.387/.512 (56for-201) 

with 11 HR, 34 RBI and 31 BB in 62 

games…after the injury, hit just .202/.291/.343 

(40-for-198) with only 6 HR, 25 RBI and 24 BB 

in his final 62 games. 

OUTFIELDER 

MATT 

JOYCE 20 

Matthew Ryan Joyce 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

205 



BORN 8/3/84 in Tampa, FL 

RESIDES Tampa, FL 


ACQUIRED From the Detroit Tigers in exchange 

for RHP Edwin Jackson, 12/10/08 

SIGNING SCOUT Steve Nichols (Tigers) 

FOLLOW HIM @sweetswingin20 

Ê Batted 77 points higher in the first half than in 

the 2nd (.279 to .202)…in his two full seasons, 

has batted .285 (134-for-470) with 23 HR in 

the first half and .230 (90-for-391) with 13 HR 

in the 2nd half…during his career has batted a 

combined .310 in April and May with 25 HR in 

122 games and .231 the rest of the season with 

36 HR in 323 games. 

Ê As late as June 15, ranked 3rd in the AL with a 

.399 OBP while batting .293…saw his OBP drop 

58 points and his average 52 points from that 

day until the end of the season. 

Ê Hit just .121 (4-for-33) vs. LHP after being activated 

from the DL…was hitting .259/.368/.397 

(15-for-58) vs. lefties prior to his DL stint…all 

told hit 3 homers off lefties, same number as 

2011. 

Ê Hit .287 (74-for-258) against starting pitchers 

but only .156 (22-for-141) against relievers. 

Ê Posted a .219 (61-for-279) avg. when hitting in 

the 3rd, 4th or 5th spots in the order…hit .337 

(33-for-98) when batting 6th, 7th or 8th. 

Ê Had a career-long 12-game hitting streak from 

July 29–Aug 13…hit .302/.375/.581 (13-for-43) 

during the streak. 

Ê In a 10-4 win on Sep 29 at CWS entered as a 

pinch-hitter and later hit a solo home run and 

3-run homer…became the first Rays player to 

hit 2 HR in a game he didn’t start and the first 

AL player with 2 HR and 4 RBI as a sub since 

MIN Matt LeCroy on Sep 13, 2002 at CLE…in 

2012, only one other player hit 2 HR in a game 

he didn’t start: NYY Raul Ibañez on Sep 22 vs. 

OAK.

Ê Hit 2 grand slams in a span of 6 days (May 19 

vs. ATL, May 25 at BOS)…earlier that month— 

on May 9 at NYY—hit a 3-run, 9th-inning HR off 

David Robertson breaking a 1-1 tie and giving 

the Rays a 4-1 win…they had trailed 1-0 entering 

the 9th…win pushed the Rays past Baltimore 

and into first place in the AL East. 

Ê Made his third Opening Day roster (2009, 2011- 

12) and his third start at three different positions…started 

in CF in 2009 in place of the injured 

B.J. Upton, in RF in 2011 and in LF in 2012. 


Ê The Rays 2011 Opening Day right fielder was 

named an American League All-Star in his first 

full season in the majors…led the majors in hitting 

as late as June 2, with a highwater mark of 

.377 on May 27, and finished the season with a 

.277 (128-for-462) avg. …appeared in 141 games 

(121 starts, 112-RF, 8-LF, 1-DH). 

Ê Hit .290 (108-for-370) against right-handed 

pitching with 16 HR, 60 RBI, 27 2B, .361 OBP 

and .505 SLG…batted .217 (20-for-92) vs. LHP 

with 3 HR, 15 RBI, .287 OBP and .370 SLG…his 

3 HR off lefties came in a span of 13 AB in May 

and June. 

Ê Led the AL in hitting for 19 days and led the majors 

for 13 days, including 12 straight (May 22– 

June 2)…his lead (AL or major league) was the 

latest into a season in Rays history. 

Ê In April–May batted .370/.430/.636 with 

9 HR, 30 RBI and 13 doubles…in June–July hit 

.179/.234/.358 with 6 HR, 19 RBI…in Aug– 

Sep hit .274/.367/.425 with 4 HR and 26 RBI. 

Ê Finished May with a .414 (36-for-87) avg. 

and .759 SLG, both setting club records for 

the month of May…his .414 avg. was the 2nd 



highest of any month in club history, behind 

McGriff’s .422 in July 1999. 

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Ê Belted a career-high 19 HR, but had only 2 HR 

in his final 31 games beginning Aug 23…on 

Sep 27 vs. NYY, the penultimate game of the 

season, hit a 3-run homer in the 7th inning off 

Rafael Soriano to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 

victory. 

Ê Batted leadoff twice (Aug 10 vs. KC, Aug 22 vs. 

DET), his only career apps at leadoff, and went 

a combined 5-for-8 with 2 HR including a leadoff 

home run off Justin Verlander. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Elected by the players to his 

first All-Star Team, placing fourth among AL 

outfielders behind only TOR Jose Bautista, NYY 

Curtis Granderson and BOS Jacoby Ellsbury… 

went 1-for-2 with a single in the 9th inning off 

PIT Joel Hanrahan. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started in right field for all 4 

games of the ALDS vs. Texas…in Game 2 in 

Arlington slugged a 2-run homer off lefty Derek 

Holland in the 4th inning to give the Rays a 3-0 

lead…his 4 RBI in the series ranked 2nd on the 

club after Kelly Shoppach (6). 

Ê In 2010 joined the Rays from Triple-A Durham 

on June 25 and was 3rd on the team in RBI over 

the last three months of the season with 40, including 

12 game-tying or go-ahead…made 63 

starts (46-RF, 10-DH, 7-LF). 

Ê Had 5 two-out, game-winning RBI…only six 

players in the AL had more…28 of his 40 RBI 

came with two outs…his .644 SLG with two outs 

led the AL (min. 50 AB) and was 2nd in the majors 

behind NL MVP Joey Votto (.655). 

Ê In his first full month, July, he hit 2 grand slams 

and a 3-run homer, all two-out, game-winning 

The seventh annual Rays on the 

Runway event benefi tting the 

Children’s Dream Fund took place 

at the St. Petersburg Marriott 

in June 2012. Matt walked the 

runway with Taylor Brandt from 

the Children’s Dream Fund. 



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blasts…became the second Ray to hit 2 grand 

slams in the same month, joining Aubrey Huff 

in July 2005…belted a game-winning two-out, 

pinch-hit grand slam July 3 at MIN (Matt 

Guerrier) that capped a 7-run 8th in the Rays 

8-6 win…was the first slam of his career, the 

fifth pinch-hit slam in club history and the first 

grand slam in Target Field history. 

Ê On July 26 vs. DET—his first time facing his former 

team—ended Max Scherzer’s bid for a nohitter 

with a two-out grand slam in the 6th inning…snapped 

a scoreless tie for Matt Garza, 

who completed his own no-hitter that same 

night…it was the first time a potential no-hitter 

was broken up by a grand slam in the 6th 

inning or later since July 23, 1990 when PHI 

Dickie Thon did it against NYM Frank Viola in 

the 6th inning. 

Ê Placed on the 15-day DL near the end of spring 

training (April 1) with a right elbow strain. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 4 games in the 

ALDS vs. TEX…made 2 starts in Games 3 and 4 

and went a combined 2-for-7…went 0-for-2 in 2 

pinch-hit apps over Games 1 and 2. 

Ê Appeared in 11 games over two stints with the 

Rays in 2009…started 9 games (4-CF, 4-RF, 

1-DH)…made his first Opening Day roster and 

was the starting center fielder April 7 at BOS 

with B.J. Upton injured…made 3 starts for the 

Rays during that first tour and was optioned to 

Durham on April 13 when Upton returned from 

the DL. 

Ê Returned to the Rays for a two-week stay 

May 30…homered his first 2 games back— 

May 31 vs. MIN (Nick Blackburn) and June 2 vs. 

KC (Roman Colon)—going a combined 5-for-7 

with 5 RBI. 

Ê Went hitless (0-for-15) in his next 6 games and 

was sent to Durham for the remainder of the 

season when Pat Burrell was activated from 

the DL. 

Ê Led the Triple-A champion Bulls with 73 R and 

67 BB. 

Ê Spent two stints in the majors in 2008 with 

Detroit, his first action at the major league level…ranked 

3rd among AL rookies with a .492 

slugging pct. behind TEX Chris Davis (.549) and 

Evan Longoria (.531). 

Ê Had his contract purchased by the Tigers on 

May 5…made his major league debut that night 

vs. Boston, starting in right field…collected his 

first major league hit on May 7 vs. BOS, a single 

in the 5th inning off Julian Tavarez…connected 

for his first major league home run on May 10 

vs. NYY, a solo shot in the 1st inning off Darrell 

Rasner, with his father in the stands. 

Ê Earned AL Player of the Week honors for 

July 7-13, the first Tigers rookie position player 

to win the award since Tony Clark in 1996… 

hit .409 (9-for-22) with 4 2B, 4 HR and 6 RBI in 

6 games during the week. 

Ê In 2007 with Double-A Erie he topped all 

Eastern League outfielders with 20 assists… 

named the Best Defensive Outfielder in the 

EL by Baseball America…the publication 

also ranked him the No. 7 prospect and Best 

Defensive Outfielder in the Tigers system after 

the season. 

Ê In 2006 his 86 RBI for Class-A West Michigan 

tied for 3rd in the Midwest League. 

Ê Selected by the Tigers in the 12th round of the 

2005 June Draft…finished 4th in the New York- 

Penn League with a .332 avg. as he made his 

professional debut with Short-A Oneonta. 


Ê In 1996, at the age of 12, Matt hit his first home 

run at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex 

playing for the Brandon Crush during an AAU 

tournament. 

Ê Graduated from Armwood High School in 

Seffner, Fla., located just east of downtown 

Tampa…attended many Rays games as a kid, 

and his favorite player was Fred McGriff…he is 

one of 10 Tampa Bay-area natives to play for 

the Rays. 

Ê Played collegiately at Florida Southern 

College…earned All-Sunshine State Conference 

honors in 2004 as a sophomore, with 11 HR and 

39 RBI in 58 games. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 2x-last 7/21/08 at KC 


12G, 7/29/12 – 8/13/12 

RBI 

5, 7/21/08 at KC 

RUNS 

3, 3x-last 6/8/12 at MIA 


WALKS 

3, 2x-last 9/15/08 at TEX 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 3x-last 4/6/12 vs. NYY 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 2x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE 


5/25/12 at BOS (Jon Lester); 5/19/12 vs. ATL (Randall 

Delgado); 7/26/10 vs. DET (Max Scherzer); 7/3/10 at MIN 

(Matt Guerrier) 


2 – 9/29/12 at CWS; 8/19/08 at TEX 

LEADOFF (1) 

8/22/11 vs. DET (Justin Verlander) 

PINCH-HIT (1) 

7/3/10 at MIN (Matt Guerrier)





2005 Oneonta .332 65 247 51 82 10 4 4 46 1 6 1 28-0 29 9 5 4 .453 .394 1 

2006 West Michigan .258 122 465 75 120 30 5 11 86 1 5 3 56-2 70 5 4 7 .415 .338 6 

2007 Erie .257 130 456 61 117 33 3 17 70 1 3 3 51-1 127 4 6 7 .454 .333 3 

2008 Toledo .270 56 200 36 54 13 2 13 41 0 1 2 24-1 62 2 3 1 .550 .352 0 

Detroit .252 92 242 40 61 16 3 12 33 0 2 2 31-0 65 0 2 3 .492 .339 4 

2009 Tampa Bay .188 11 32 3 6 1 0 3 7 0 1 1 3-0 7 1 0 0 .500 .270 0 

Durham .273 111 417 73 114 35 2 16 66 0 6 3 67-3 98 14 5 5 .482 .373 5 

2010 Durham .293 25 92 18 27 8 0 3 12 0 0 1 22-3 21 1 3 0 .478 .435 0 

Charlotte .379 10 29 6 11 5 0 2 8 0 1 0 10-1 8 1 0 0 .759 .525 0 

Tampa Bay .241 77 216 30 52 15 3 10 40 0 3 2 40-2 55 2 2 2 .477 .360 3 

2011 Tampa Bay .277 141 462 69 128 32 2 19 75 0 7 4 49-9 106 13 1 7 .478 .347 3 

2012 Tampa Bay .241 124 399 55 96 18 3 17 59 1 1 6 55-4 102 4 3 10 .429 .341 2 

Durham .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 0 

Charlotte .250 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .375 .333 0 


Rays Totals .254 353 1109 157 282 66 8 49 181 1 12 13 147-15 270 20 6 19 .461 .345 8 


1: Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Steve Nichols. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from 

Detroit in exchange for RHP Edwin Jackson, December 10, 2008. 

ALL-STAR GAME BATTING 


2011 AL, Arizona .500 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0 



2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .222 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 1 0 0 .222 .222 0 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 4 15 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1-0 5 0 0 0 .467 .250 0 

Postseason Totals .208 8 24 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1-0 9 1 0 0 .375 .208 0 



2008 Left Field .970 60 94 2 3 99 0 

Right Field .977 25 42 0 1 43 0 

2009 Right Field 1.000 5 6 0 0 6 0 

Center Field 1.000 4 9 0 0 9 0 

2010 Right Field .972 52 99 4 3 106 0 

Left Field 1.000 13 16 0 0 16 0 

2011 Right Field .986 126 211 8 3 222 3 

Left Field 1.000 15 20 0 0 20 0 

2012 Right Field .985 89 133 0 2 135 0 

Left Field 1.000 33 48 2 0 50 0 

Totals Right Field .982 297 491 12 9 512 3 

Left Field .984 121 178 4 3 185 0 

Center Field 1.000 4 9 0 0 9 0 



vs. Left .209 91 19 3 15 .201 234 47 6 36 

vs. Right .250 308 77 14 44 .265 1117 296 55 178 

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Matt Joyce

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40-MAN ROSTER › HAK-JU LEE 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Hak-Ju is attempting to become the third 

Korean-born player to play in the majors for the 

Rays, joining pitchers Jae Kuk Ryu (2007) and 

Jae Seo (2006-07). 

Ê He also has a chance to become only the third 

Korean-born position player in major league 

history…OF Shin-Soo Choo (2005–present) and 

1B Hee-Seop Choi (2002-05) are the only two 

to reach the big leagues thus far…meanwhile, 

11 Korean-born pitchers have spent time in the 

majors. 

Ê Teammates describe him as possessing advanced 

karate skills. 

Ê Is a gifted singer, as evidenced by the YouTube 

video “Hak-Ju Lee Serenade,” filmed in Boise in 

2009…also known for his pregame dance ritual 

in minor league dugouts. 

Ê Hak-Ju began playing baseball when he was 

11 years old…a coach at his school noticed his 

athleticism on the soccer field and invited him 

to try his hand on the diamond. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Spent the duration of the season with Double-A 

Montgomery, where he hit .261 (124-for-475) 

with 4 HR, 37 RBI, 10 3B and 37 SB…despite 

suffering a season-ending oblique strain on 

Aug 11, he was named to the Southern League 

postseason All-Star Team. 

SHORTSTOP 

HAK-JU 

LEE 36 

Hak-Ju Lee 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

170 



BORN 11/4/90 in Jeonju, SKO 

RESIDES Kyonggi-Do, SKO 



RHP Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF 

Sam Fuld, and OF Brandon Guyer in exchange 

for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez, and 


SIGNING SCOUT Steve Wilson (Cubs) 

Ê Stole 37 bases, tied for 4th most in the 

Southern League, in 46 attempts…ranked 2nd 

in the Rays organization in steals behind Ryan 

Brett (48) and was named Best Base Runner 

in the Rays system by the Baseball Operations 

staff following the season. 

Ê Set Biscuits franchise records with a 21-game 

hitting streak (June 17–July 11) and a 46-game 

on-base streak (June 13–Aug 3)…the on-base 

streak broke the previous mark of 37 by Evan 

Longoria in 2007…during the on-base streak he 

hit .308 (60-for-195) with a .387 OBP. 

Ê Recorded 10 triples, tied for 3rd most in the 

Southern League. 

Ê Led all Southern League shortstops in fielding 

pct. (.954)…committed 24 errors in 115 games 

at shortstop. 

Ê Batted .278/.360/.405 (85-for-306) vs. righthanded 

pitchers, compared to .231/.290/.278 

against lefties. 

Ê Played for Phoenix of the Arizona Fall League, 

appearing in 20 games (16-SS, 4-DH)…started 

at shortstop for the West team in the AFL 

Rising Stars Game and went 1-for-3 with an RBI 

single. 

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect 

in the Rays organization entering the 

2013 season as well as their 2nd-best position 

player prospect after OF Wil Myers…also rated 

by the publication as the No. 8 prospect in the 

Southern League in 2012.


Ê Owns a career .298 batting avg., 31 triples and 

127 SB over four minor league seasons. 

Ê In 2011, his first season in the Rays organization, 

split the year between Class-A Charlotte 

and Montgomery, earning a promotion on 

Aug 11…combined to hit .292 (146-for-500) with 

17 2B, 15 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI and 33 SB. 

Ê Named a midseason and postseason Florida 

State League All-Star and Charlotte’s team 

MVP. 

Ê His 15 triples were 6th among all minor leaguers 

and most ever by a Rays farmhand. 

Ê Started at shortstop for the World team in the 

Futures Game in June at Chase Field in Arizona, 

his second straight Futures Game selection. 

Ê Ranked tied for 2nd in the FSL in triples (11), 

3rd in avg. (.318) and 8th in SB (28)…named the 

Most Exciting Player, Best Batting Prospect, 

Fastest Base Runner and Best Defensive 

Shortstop in the FSL by Baseball America. 

Ê Following the season was rated the No. 2 prospect 

in the Rays system by Baseball America, 

trailing LH Matt Moore, as well as the organization’s 

Fastest Base Runner and Best Defensive 

Infielder. 

Ê Acquired by the Rays in an eight-player trade 

on Jan 8…was one of five players dealt by 

the Cubs in exchange for RH Matt Garza and 

others. 


Peoria (Cubs)…selected to the Midwest League 

All-Star Team. 

Ê Played for the World team in the Futures Game 

at Angel Stadium during the All-Star break. 


40-MAN ROSTER › HAK-JU LEE 

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MARVIN GENTRY 

Ê Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the Cubs system 

by Baseball America entering 2011 and 

the Best Hitter for Average in the system in 

Baseball America Best Tools Survey. 

Ê Spent the 2009 season with Short-A Boise and 

was named a Topps Short-Season/Rookie All- 

Star and a Northwest League postseason All- 

Star…named the top prospect in the NWL by 

Baseball America following the season. 



2009 Boise .330 68 264 56 87 14 2 2 33 6 2 1 31-1 50 25 8 3 .420 .399 27 

2010 Peoria .282 122 485 85 137 22 4 1 40 11 1 5 49-0 86 32 7 7 .351 .354 34 

2011 Charlotte .318 97 400 82 127 16 11 4 23 7 0 5 42-3 72 28 14 3 .443 .389 16 

Montgomery .190 24 100 16 19 1 4 1 7 0 2 1 11-0 22 5 2 0 .310 .272 2 

2012 Montgomery .261 116 475 68 124 15 10 4 37 4 1 3 51-1 102 37 9 9 .360 .336 24 

Minor League Totals .287 427 1724 307 494 68 31 12 140 28 6 15 184-5 332 127 40 22 .383 .359 103 

1: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as a free agent, May 29, 2008…signed by Steve Wilson. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with RH Chris 

Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld and OF Brandon Guyer from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach 

Rosscup, January 8, 2011. 


Hak-Ju Lee

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40-MAN ROSTER › JOSE LOBATON 

BATS 

SWITCH 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jose and his wife, Nina, exchanged wedding 

vows last July 2 in a morning ceremony at 

home plate at Tropicana Field…Carlos Peña and 

his wife, Pamela, were among those in attendance…he 

caught that night in the Rays 4-3 win 

over the Yankees. 

Ê Jose and Nina had planned a honeymoon to 

Aruba after the 2012 season, but had to cancel 

their plans when they found out they were expecting 

their first child together…the couple is 

due in May. 

Ê He is the youngest of four kids…his father was 

a taxi driver and his mother a full-time mom 

who is now studying to become a lawyer… 

his oldest brother and sister both work in the 

medical field…his older brother, Jose Tomas 

Lobaton, was an infielder who played eight 

years in the minors, mostly with the Yankees. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Made his first career Opening Day roster and 

completed his first full season in the majors… 

still qualified as a rookie after spending parts 

of 3 previous seasons in the majors. 

Ê Was one of 15 switch-hitting catchers in the 

majors in 2012. 

Ê Started 51 games (50-C, 1-DH)…batted .222 

(37-for-167) but had a .323 OBP…drew 24 BB in 

197 PA. 

Ê Spent 41 games on the DL with right shoulder 

soreness…placed on the DL on April 15, retroactive 

to April 13…activated May 28 after playing 

10 games on rehab assignment between 

CATCHER 

JOSE 

LOBATON 59 

Jose Manuel Lobaton (LO-bah-TONE) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 

WEIGHT 

210 



BORN 10/21/84 in Acarigua, VEN 

RESIDES Acarigua, VEN 


ACQUIRED Claimed off waivers from the 

San Diego Padres, 7/30/09 

SIGNING SCOUTS Bill Clark and Ricardo Petit (Padres) 

FOLLOW HIM @JLobaton21 

Class-A Charlotte (2), Double-A Montgomery (4) 

and Triple-A Durham (4). 

Ê Threw out 7 of 49 attempted base stealers 

(14.3 percent)…the major league average was 

21.3 percent. 

Ê Switch-hitter batted .300 (18-for-60) as a righthanded 

batter compared to .178 (19-for-107) as 

a lefty…hit both of his homers as a lefty. 

Ê Belted his first career home run off RH Matt 

Lindstrom on July 25 at BAL in a 10-1 win…also 

set single-game career-highs with 3 hits and 

4 RBI…became the first Rays catcher since 

Dioner Navarro on June 9, 2008 to record at 

least 3 hits and 4 RBI in a single game. 

Ê Had 7 RBI over a 7-game span, Aug 9-25, and 

drove in a run in 4 straight games Aug 18-25. 

Ê Collected his first career RBI in his 27th career 

game on May 28 vs. CWS, with an RBI single off 

LH Chris Sale in his only career start at DH. 


Ê Split the 2011 season between Durham and the 

majors…appeared in 15 games for the Rays, including 

9 starts at catcher…recalled on July 15 

when C John Jaso was placed on the DL with a 

right oblique strain, and spent the rest of the 

season in the majors…however, suffered a left 

knee sprain in his third game (July 17 vs. BOS) 

and was placed on the DL the next day…missed 

43 games and was activated Sep 2, following a 

rehab assignment with Charlotte. 

Ê Made his Rays debut on July 15 vs. BOS, appearing 

as a defensive replacement in the 9th 

inning…it was his first major league game since

July 25, 2009 at WAS with the Padres…on Sep 2 

vs. BAL, doubled off LH Zach Britton for his first 

hit as a Ray and first career extra-base hit. 

Ê Was on the Rays active roster for the ALDS vs. 

Texas but did not play. 

Ê Caught 2 of 9 attempted base stealers (22.2 

percent). 

Ê For Durham hit .293 (54-for-184) with 8 HR in 

54 games…established minor league career 

highs in avg., OBP (.410) and SLG (.489)…caught 

12 of 39 attempted base stealers (30.8 percent)…hit 

.391 (18-for-46) in the month of April. 

Ê Played winter ball for Leones del Caracas of the 

Venezuelan Winter League. 

Ê In 2010 did not appear in a game for the Rays, 

but had a brief stint on the active roster 

April 27-28 as C Dioner Navarro served a twogame 

suspension…recalled on Aug 31 and immediately 

transferred to the 15-day disabled 

list, where he spent the rest of the season…was 

initially placed on Durham’s DL with a right foot 

contusion on Aug 26. 

Ê Caught 20 of 63 attempted base stealers 

(31.7 percent) in the minors at Durham and 

Montgomery combined…led Durham with 62 

games at catcher…in Montgomery, caught 

7 of 12 runners (58.3 percent)…assigned to 

Montgomery out of camp and played 7 games 

there before an April 16 promotion to Durham. 

Ê In 2009 appeared in 7 games (5 starts) for 

the Padres, his first stint in the majors…Rays 

claimed him off waivers from San Diego on 

July 30 and assigned him to Montgomery. 

Ê Promoted from Triple-A Portland on July 5 

when Henry Blanco was placed on the DL… 

made his major league debut that night vs. the 

Dodgers in the 13th inning at second base after 

David Eckstein left with a right hamstring 

strain…had never appeared at any position other 

than catcher at any level…designated for assignment 

on July 28 when Blanco returned. 

Ê Collected his first major league hit July 19 vs. 

COL, an 8th-inning single off RH Jason Marquis. 

Ê Tabbed by Baseball America as the Best 

Defensive Catcher in the Padres system entering 

2009. 

Ê Spent the entire 2008 season at Double-A San 

Antonio…appeared in a 92 games, including 86 

behind the plate…was a non-roster invite to major 

league spring training. 



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Ê Appeared in 90 games at Class-A Lake Elsinore 

in 2007, all at catcher…logged a career-high 10 

HR and 47 RBI…threw out 42 base runners in 

142 stolen base attempts (29.6 percent). 

Ê Split the 2006 season between Class-A Fort 

Wayne and Lake Elsinore, hitting a combined 

.235 (43-for-183) in 62 games. 


Ê Has a 6-year-old daughter. 

Ê Was a swimmer as a youth in Venezuela, and at 

age 14 was given the chance to join a traveling 

water polo team, but his father encouraged him 

to commit to either water polo or baseball…still 

swims often to keep in shape. 

Ê Enjoys watching NBA games…was a Chicago 

Bulls fanatic when Michael Jordan played. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

3, 7/25/12 at BAL 


3, 3x-last 7/29/12 – 7/31/12 

HOME RUNS 

1, 2x-last 8/22/12 vs. KC 

RBI 

4, 7/25/12 at BAL 

RUNS 

2, 6/15/12 vs. MIA 

WALKS 

2, 3x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 7/24/12 at BAL 

SKIP MILOS 


Jose Lobaton

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2002 DSL Padres .129 10 31 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 3-1 9 1 0 2 .226 .206 - 

2003 Idaho Falls .272 56 191 22 52 15 0 1 32 1 1 2 22-2 50 0 1 4 .366 .352 2 

2004 Eugene .219 44 151 13 33 12 0 7 23 1 0 0 17-0 35 0 0 3 .437 .298 3 

2005 AZL Padres .357 5 14 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6-0 4 1 0 0 .500 .550 1 

Fort Wayne .176 9 34 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 2 .206 .222 1 

Eugene .281 11 32 4 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 6-0 8 0 0 0 .344 .410 0 

2006 Lake Elsinore .213 42 122 12 26 7 0 4 15 1 1 1 20-0 42 0 2 3 .369 .326 10 

Fort Wayne .279 20 61 15 17 3 1 1 11 1 1 2 12-0 12 0 0 2 .410 .408 2 

2007 Lake Elsinore .260 90 304 50 79 15 3 10 47 2 7 3 41-1 79 0 0 4 .428 .346 13 

2008 San Antonio .259 92 294 35 76 21 0 9 45 2 7 0 39-1 75 1 1 8 .422 .338 4 

2009 Portland .241 39 133 14 32 6 0 3 8 4 1 0 10-0 35 0 0 0 .353 .292 6 

San Diego .176 7 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1 .176 .176 1 

Montgomery .262 26 84 13 22 7 0 3 11 1 1 1 15-1 19 0 0 2 .452 .376 3 

2010 Montgomery .250 7 24 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4-0 5 0 0 1 .292 .357 1 

Durham .261 72 241 26 63 11 0 7 33 1 1 1 27-1 52 1 0 10 .394 .337 2 

2011 Durham .293 54 184 24 54 10 1 8 31 2 1 0 37-2 50 0 0 5 .489 .410 3 

Tampa Bay .118 15 34 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-0 8 0 0 2 .147 .231 1 

Charlotte .444 6 18 0 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 0 .667 .500 0 

2012 Tampa Bay .222 69 167 16 37 10 0 2 20 2 2 2 24-1 46 0 1 6 .317 .323 4 

Charlotte .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 0 

Montgomery .154 4 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 0 0 .231 .313 0 

Durham .067 4 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .133 .067 1 

Minor League Totals .254 593 1951 238 495 119 5 54 271 21 21 11 267-9 494 4 4 46 .403 .344 52 

Rays Totals .204 84 201 18 41 11 0 2 20 2 2 3 28-1 54 0 1 8 .289 .308 5 


1: Signed by the San Diego Padres as a free agent, May 13, 2002…signed by Bill Clark and Ricardo Petit. 2: Claimed by the Tampa Bay Rays off 

waivers from San Diego, July 30, 2009. 



2009 Catcher .982 6 52 2 1 55 0 0 

Second Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 

2011 Catcher .989 14 90 3 1 94 0 0 

2012 Catcher .992 66 448 28 4 480 3 0 


Second Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 



vs. Left .310 58 18 0 4 .269 78 21 0 4 

vs. Right .174 109 19 2 16 .164 140 23 2 16 

DID YOU KNOW? 

RAYS SWITCH-HITTERS 

The Rays have had 21 switch-hitters in the club’s history: 

Willy Aybar 

Geoff Blum 

Raul Casanova 

Brooks Conrad 

Jose Cruz Jr. 

Elliot Johnson 

David Lamb 

Jose Lobaton 

Felipe Lopez 

Felix Martinez 

Quinton McCracken 

Dioner Navarro 

Greg Norton 

Fernando Perez 

Tomas Perez 

Kevin Stocker 

Drew Sutton 

Javier Valentin 

Randy Winn 

Gregg Zaun 

Ben Zobrist


40-MAN ROSTER › JAMES LONEY 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Was the Dodgers nominee for the Roberto 

Clemente Award in 2008 and 2010…the award 

recognizes players who best represent the 

game of baseball through sportsmanship, community 

involvement and positive contributions 

to their club. 

Ê Hosted the Dodgers Dream Foundation Bowling 

Extravaganza for the past three years, and 

he still isn’t the best bowler in the family…his 

younger brother, Anthony, 19, has rolled a perfect 

game…in addition, Loney donated $7,500 

to dedicate two bowling lanes to Children’s 

Hospital Los Angeles, so youngsters battling 

cancer could spend a night having fun with the 

Dodgers and their families. 

Ê Loney is a graduate of the Houston RBI program 

and continually gave back when he was 

with the Dodgers by hosting kids from the Los 

Angeles RBI program at several home games 

throughout the season. 

Ê Loney’s parents were basketball players at the 

State University of New York at Oswego…his 

mother, Ann, became a teacher who specialized 

in bilingual Spanish-speaking students 

in Houston…his father, Marion, is a computer 

programmer. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Played in 144 games combined with the 

Dodgers and Red Sox, his fewest since 2007… 

acquired by the Red Sox on Aug 25 in 9-player 

trade with the Dodgers that sent Carl Crawford, 

Josh Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez from the 

Red Sox to the Dodgers…made a combined 107 

starts, all at first base. 

FIRST BASEMAN 

JAMES 

LONEY 21 

James Anthony Loney 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 



BORN 5/7/84 in Houston, TX 

RESIDES Missouri City, TX 



SIGNING SCOUT Chris Smith (Dodgers) 

WEIGHT 

220 

FOLLOW HIM @jamesloney_7 

LAST 5 YEARS, MLB (2008-12) 

111 

MOST GAMES PLAYED 

Prince Fielder 806 

Robinson Cano 800 

Adrian Gonzalez 800 

Ichiro Suzuki 793 

Miguel Cabrera 792 

Hunter Pence 786 

James Loney 

HIGHEST FIELDING PCT., FIRST BASEMEN 

782 

(Min. 600 Starts) PCT. TC E 

Mark Teixeira .997 6,444 17 

Adrian Gonzalez .996 7,023 28 

Adam LaRoche .995 5,234 28 

James Loney .995 6,320 35 

MOST TOTAL CHANCES, FIRST BASEMEN 

Prince Fielder 7,079 

Albert Pujols 7,275 

Adrian Gonzalez 7,023 

Mark Teixeira 6,444 

James Loney 6,430 

Ê Appeared in 114 and started 81 of 126 games 

with the Dodgers…platooned with Juan Rivera 

his last two months with the Dodgers…after 

the trade appeared in 30 of Boston’s final 35 

games including 26 starts. 

Ê Entering 2012 had missed only 10 combined 

games in the four previous seasons with the 

Dodgers…over the last 5 seasons has played 

in 782 games, 7th most in the majors over that 

span…has never been on the major league disabled 

list. 

Ê Was errorless in his last 40 games, including 

all of his games with Boston (231 total chances)…his 

last error was Aug 7 vs. COL…has made 

only 15 errors over the last 3 seasons…only 


James Loney

112 



NYY Mark Teixeira (8) has made fewer errors at 

first base over that span while playing in 400 

or more games…over the last five seasons his 

.995 fielding pct. ranks 4th among first basemen 

with 600 or more starts…in LA Dodgers 

history, ranks 3rd all-time in fielding among 

first basemen (see charts). 

Ê Brought a .288 career average into 2012, but 

his .249 average with the Red Sox and Dodgers 

was 39 points below that figure…after averaging 

12 HR and 80 RBI in his previous five seasons, 

he combined for 6 HR and 41 RBI in 2012… 

collected 41 doubles in 2010, but has had only 

50 since. 

Ê Had a slow start for the 2nd straight year going 

0-for-16 before his first hit, a single off PIT 

Jeff Karstens on April 12…batting avg. never got 

above .264 all year…was batting .198 on May 7, 

but hit .278 in his final 86 games with Dodgers 

before the trade…then went 8-for-21 (.381) in 

his first 6 games with the Red Sox, but hit only 

.190 (15-79) in his final 24 games. 

Ê Had only 7 games with multiple strikeouts… 

over the last five seasons has struck out only 

once every 8.27 plate appearances…among 

first basemen with 2,500 plate appearances 

over that span, only Albert Pujols has been 

harder to strike out (10.47 PA per SO). 

Ê All 6 of his home runs came off righthanders 

on the road…during his career has hit almost 

twice as many home runs on the road than at 

home (48 to 25)…his home runs as a Red Sox 

came off LAA Zack Greinke on Aug 30 and NYY 

Rafael Soriano on Oct 2. 

Ê Has hit .256 (in 2012) and .264 (in 2011) with 

runners in scoring position the last two years, 

but his .306 career average is 12th among 

active players with 1,000 or more plate 

appearances. 


Ê In 2011, rebounded with a strong second half 

to rank among the Dodgers team leaders in 

runs (56, 3rd), hits (153, 2nd), doubles (30, tied 

for 2nd), home runs (12, 3rd) and RBI (65, 2nd) 

Ê Batted just .170 (16-for-94) in his first 24 games 

through April 25 before hitting .314 (137-for- 

437) over his final 134 games…his batting average 

from April 26 through the end of the season 

was the fourth highest in the NL. 

Ê Led the NL and ranked second in the majors 

with a .357 batting avg. (61-for-171) in 52 games 

from Aug 1 through the end of the season. 

Ê Batted .312 against right-handed pitchers (126for-404), 

which was the 7th-highest mark in 

the NL…slugged 10 of his 12 HR against righties…hit 

just .213 against LHP (27-for-127). 

Ê Hit .373 (22-for-59) in 15 interleague games, 

the 6th-best mark by an NL player. 

Ê Set a career high with 5 hits on Sep 18 vs. PIT, 

going 5-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and 

3 RBI. 

Ê Posted a .996 fielding pct. and committed only 

5 errors in 1,203.2 innings in the field over 151 

games (134 starts) at 1B. 

L.A. DODGERS HISTORY 

MOST GAMES PLAYED AT FIRST BASE 

Eric Karros 1,579 

Steve Garvey 1,470 

Wes Parker 1,108 

James Loney 

HIGHEST FIELDING PCT. AT FIRST BASE 

860 

(Min. 750 Games) PCT. TC E 

Steve Garvey, 1972-82 .996 14,781 63 

Wes Parker, 1964-72 .996 10,380 45 

James Loney, 2006-12 .994 7,222 45 

Ê Led the Dodgers with 157 hits in 2010…was 

2nd in RBI (88). 

Ê Ranked 5th in the National League with a 

career-high 41 doubles…became the fifth 

Dodger since 1990 to reach 40 doubles in a 

season along with Shawn Green (2002-03), 

Raul Mondesi (1996-97), Eric Karros (1999) 

and Andre Ethier (2009). 

Ê Hit .327 (56-for-171) with RISP, the 10th-best 

mark in the NL, and batted .316 (89-for-282) 

with runners on base…went 7-for-16 (.438) with 

the bases loaded, the 10th-highest average in 

the NL. 

Ê Committed just 4 errors in 1,411 innings, tying 

for second among NL first basemen with a .997 

fielding percentage. 

Ê In 2009 finished his second full season with 

the Dodgers and just like the first, he drove in 

exactly 90 runs…joined Matt Kemp (101) and 

Andre Ethier (106) as the first Dodger trio to 

collect at least 90 RBI in a season since 2001, 

when Shawn Green (125), Gary Sheffield (100) 

and Paul Lo Duca (90) accomplished the feat. 

Ê Helped lead the Dodgers to a 95-67 record and 

for the 2nd straight year a first place finish in 

the NL West. 

Ê Batted .274 vs. lefties—still his best full season 

vs. southpaws. 

Ê Belted 12 of his 13 HR on the road…nearly became 

the first major league player since Jose 

Cruz in 1984 to finish a season in double digits 

in homers, all of which came on the road. 

Ê Appeared in 158 of the team’s 162 games, including 

147 starts, all at first base…made just

7 errors in 1,361 total chances, good for a .995 

fielding pct. which tied for 4th best in the NL. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Hit 2 HR off PHI Cole Hamels in 

the NLCS, but the Dodgers fell 4 games to 1… 

homered in an 8-6 loss in Game 1 and a 10-4 

loss in Game 5…his career .349 avg. (22-for-63) 

in the postseason currently ranks 4th among 

active players with 50 or more at-bats. 

Ê Was voted the 2008 winner of the Roy 

Campanella Award as the “Most Inspirational 

Dodger,” by his teammates and coaches… 

helped the Dodgers to a first-place finish in the 

NL West. 

Ê Ranked 1st on the club with 90 RBI, 3rd with a 

.289 avg. and 3rd with 44 multi-hit games. 

Ê Was the Dodgers Player of the Month in June, 

hitting .362 (34-for-94) with 12 runs scored and 

a .425 OBP in 27 games…batted .330 in August, 

his 2nd-highest average in any month. 

Ê His 15-game hitting streak to start the season 

was the third-longest streak to open the season 

in LA Dodgers history, behind Steve Garvey 

(21 games, April 7–May 2, 1978) and Ron Cey (17 

games, April 7-27, 1977). 

Ê Was second on the club with a .304 (55-for-181) 

batting avg. with RISP. 

Ê Hit .300 with runners on base, .367 with the 

bases loaded and .304 from the 7th inning on. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Thumped a grand slam off Ryan 

Dempster in Game 1 of the NLDS vs. CHC, propelling 

the Dodgers to a 3-game sweep and 

their first playoff series victory in 20 years…in 

8 playoff games in the NLDS and NLCS, hit .333 

(10-for-30) with 1 HR, 3 2B and 8 RBI. 

Ê Promoted to the Dodgers from Triple-A Las 

Vegas on June 10, 2007…his .331 avg. (114-for- 

344) that season remains the 9th highest in LA 

Dodgers history (min. 300 PA). 

Ê Tied for 6th in the National League Rookie of 

the Year voting with ATL Yunel Escobar. 

Ê Was among the Dodger leaders in batting avg. 

(2nd), home runs (15, tied for 3rd) and RBI 

(67, 4th) despite playing in just 96 games 

(85 starts)…led the team with 22.93 AB/HR 

(min. 300 AB). 

Ê Among NL rookies, ranked 1st in batting avg. 

(.331), 2nd in OBP (.381) and 4th in SLG (.538). 

Ê Hit .336 (84-for-250) against righthanders and 

.319 (30-for-94) against lefties…hit .370 (61-for- 

165) on the road. 

Ê Batted .419 (39-for-93) with runners in scoring 

position, the 2nd-best mark in the majors (min. 

100 PA), behind DET Magglio Ordoñez (.429). 

Ê Belted a three-run homer off Brian Moehler in 

his first professional game in his hometown 



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of Houston on July 23 in a 10-2 win over the 

Astros…hammered a two-run homer in the 9th 

inning on Aug 10 at STL off Adam Wainwright, 

giving the Dodgers a 2-1 victory. 

Ê Named NL Rookie of the Month for September, 

hitting .382 with 9 HR and a major-league-leading 

32 RBI…became just the fourth LA Dodger 

to collect at least 32 RBI in a month, joining 

Frank Howard (41 in Aug 1962), Mike Marshall 

(37 in Sep/Oct 1985) and Tommy Davis (33 in 

June 1962). 

Ê Had 5 HR in 6 games from Sep 6-12, the most 

by a Dodger since Hee-Seop Choi blasted 7 in 4 

games from June 10-14, 2005. 

Ê Rated as the Best Defensive First Baseman in 

the Pacific Coast League by Baseball America. 

Ê Called up three separate times during the 

2006 season by the Dodgers, who won the NL 

Wild Card. 

Ê Led all of minor league baseball with a .380 

batting avg., topping Kevin Kouzmanoff of 

Buffalo (Indians) who hit .379…led the PCL 

by 43 points over Alberto Callaspo of Tucson 

(D-backs). 

Ê Named the Dodgers organization’s Minor 

League Player of the Year. 

Ê Set the NL rookie record and tied the Dodger 

franchise record with a career-high 9 RBI to go 

along with 4 hits and 2 HR on Sep 28 at COL, 

slugging his first career grand slam off Byung- 

Hyun Kim…the 9 RBI tied Gil Hodges’ franchise 

record and surpassed Ron Cey’s LA Dodger 

mark of 8, set on July 31, 1974…became the 

first rookie to drive in 9 runs in a game since 

BOS Fred Lynn had 10 RBI on June 18, 1975 at 

DET…it was the most RBI in an NL game since 

CHC Sammy Sosa had 9 on Aug 10, 2002 vs. 

COL and the most in baseball since NYY Alex 

Rodriguez had 9 on April 26, 2005 vs. LAA. 

Ê Made his major league debut on April 4 when 

Nomar Garciaparra was placed on the 15-day 

disabled list and singled off ATL John Smoltz in 

his second major league at-bat. 

Ê Hit his first major league home run on Sep 2 vs. 

COL (Manny Corpas). 

Ê Committed just 1 error in 228 total chances 

at first base, finishing the season with a .996 

fielding pct. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 3-for-4 with a walk and 

3 RBI in his first postseason appearance during 

Game 3 of the NLDS vs. the Mets who 

swept the Dodgers in 3 games. 

Ê Led all Dodgers minor leaguers in games 

played (138) in 2005…led the Double-A 

Southern League champion Jacksonville Suns 


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in hits (143) and total bases (211)…led Southern 

League first baseman in fielding pct. (.993). 

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best 

prospect in the Dodgers organization entering 

the season. 

Ê Tabbed as the 4th-best prospect in the 2004 

Arizona Fall League by Baseball America and 

made the All-Prospect Team, as voted on by 

league managers and coaches following the 

2004 season. 

Ê Was invited to spring training with the big 

league club for a second consecutive year and 

played in 20 Grapefruit League contests, batting 

.343 with a homer and 7 RBI…for his performance, 

was awarded the Jim and Dearie 

Mulvey Award as the Dodgers top rookie in 

camp. 

Ê Was on Jacksonville’s disabled list from 

April 23–May 13 after suffering a broken middle 

fingertip. 


in the Dodgers organization entering the 

season. 

Ê Named the top prospect in the 2002 Pioneer 

League by Baseball America, batting .371 with 

22 2B and 30 RBI in 47 games for the Rookielevel 

Pioneer League champion Great Falls 

Dodgers. 


Ê Is engaged to Nadia. 

Ê Was a standout as a pitcher and first baseman 

for Lawrence E. Elkins High School in Missouri 

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City, Texas…listed as a pitcher, was ranked by 

Baseball America as the No. 46 prospect entering 

the 2002 June Draft…in its draft recap, 

Baseball America tabbed him as the Best Pure 

Hitter in the draft. 

Ê As a prep senior, hit .509 with 8 HR and 

56 RBI…while on the mound, he was 9-1 with 

a 1.80 ERA and 106 SO in 54 IP…earned utility 

spot on Baseball America’s High School 

All-America first team…his Elkins team was 

30-1 and ranked No. 1 in the nation…was 

slotted to attend Baylor had he not signed 

with Los Angeles. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

5, 9/18/11 vs. PIT 


15G, 3/31/08 – 4/16/08 

RBI 

9, 9/28/06 at COL 

RUNS 

3, 3x-last 9/19/09 vs. SF 

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National Football League $78.38 

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WALKS 

3, 7x-last 6/5/11 at CIN 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 5/29/09 at CHC 

STOLEN BASES 

1, 29x-last 9/24/11 at SD 


6/12/11 at COL (Ubaldo Jimenez); 9/28/06 at COL (Byung- 

Hyun Kim) 


2 – 9/7/07 at SF; 9/28/06 at COL 

WALK-OFF (1) 

7/24/10 vs. NYM (13th inn., Oliver Perez) 

PINCH-HIT (1) 

9/16/11 vs. PIT (Chris Resop)





2002 Great Falls .371 47 170 33 63 22 3 5 30 0 0 2 25-1 18 5 4 4 .624 .457 5 

Vero Beach .299 17 67 6 20 6 0 0 5 1 0 0 6-0 10 0 0 2 .388 .356 0 

2003 Vero Beach .276 125 468 64 129 31 3 7 46 3 1 1 43-5 80 9 4 13 .400 .337 7 

2004 Jacksonville .238 104 395 39 94 19 2 4 35 0 2 3 42-6 75 5 5 7 .327 .314 11 

2005 Jacksonville .284 138 504 74 143 31 2 11 65 1 6 2 59-8 87 1 4 13 .419 .357 7 

2006 Los Angeles-NL .284 48 102 20 29 6 5 4 18 0 0 1 8-1 10 1 0 8 .559 .342 1 

Las Vegas .380 98 366 64 139 33 2 8 67 0 6 2 32-7 34 9 5 11 .546 .426 12 

2007 Las Vegas .279 58 233 28 65 19 1 1 32 0 3 0 25-3 48 2 1 8 .382 .345 1 

Los Angeles-NL .331 96 344 41 114 18 4 15 67 0 2 1 28-5 48 0 1 6 .538 .381 9 

2008 Los Angeles-NL .289 161 595 66 172 35 6 13 90 1 7 3 45-6 85 7 4 25 .434 .338 13 

2009 Los Angeles-NL .281 158 576 73 162 25 2 13 90 1 4 0 70-10 68 7 3 16 .399 .357 7 

2010 Los Angeles-NL .267 161 588 67 157 41 2 10 88 0 4 4 52-9 95 10 5 14 .395 .329 4 

2011 Los Angeles-NL .288 158 531 56 153 30 1 12 65 3 5 1 42-7 67 4 0 8 .416 .339 5 

2012 Los Angeles-NL .254 114 334 32 85 18 0 4 33 1 1 0 23-7 39 0 3 16 .344 .302 6 

Boston .230 30 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 0 1 0 5-0 12 0 0 5 .310 .264 0 



1: Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fi rst round (19th overall) of the 2002 June Draft…signed by Chris Smith. 2: Acquired by the 

Boston Red Sox along with INF Ivan DeJesus Jr., RH Allen Webster and two players to be named (RH Rubby De La Rosa and OF Jerry Sands) from 

the Dodgers in exchange for RH Josh Beckett, OF Carl Crawford, 1B Adrian Gonzalez, INF Nick Punto and cash considerations, August 25, 2012. 

4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, December 7, 2012. 



2006 NLDS LAD vs. NYM .750 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 1 .750 .800 1 

2008 NLDS LAD vs. CHC .214 3 14 2 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .500 .214 0 

NLCS LAD vs. PHI .438 5 16 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3-1 5 0 0 0 .563 .526 0 

2009 NLDS LAD vs. STL .250 3 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .250 .308 0 

NLCS LAD vs. PHI .353 5 17 3 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 1 .706 .421 0 

DS Totals .300 7 30 2 9 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 2-0 3 0 0 1 .433 .344 1 

LCS Totals .394 10 33 3 13 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 5-1 7 0 0 1 .636 .474 0 

Postseason Totals .349 17 63 5 22 3 0 3 14 0 0 0 7-1 10 0 0 2 .540 .414 1 



2006 First Base .996 39 212 15 1 228 17 

Right Field - 2 0 0 0 0 0 

2007 First Base .989 93 725 61 9 795 87 

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2008 First Base .991 158 1364 121 13 1498 123 

2009 First Base .995 155 1269 85 7 1361 110 

2010 First Base .997 160 1286 78 4 1368 103 

2011 First Base .996 150 1129 74 5 1208 90 

2012 First Base .994 133 915 74 6 995 85 

Totals First Base .994 888 6900 508 45 7453 615 

Right Field - 3 0 0 0 0 0 



vs. Left .217 92 20 0 10 .248 802 199 14 121 

vs. Right .257 342 88 6 31 .294 2368 696 59 338 

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40-MAN ROSTER › EVAN LONGORIA 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Evan and his girlfriend, Jaime Edmondson, are 

expecting their first child, a daughter, around 

Opening Day. 

Ê Considers food and cooking his first passion 

outside of baseball, and is planning to open 

his first restaurant early this season…Ducky’s, 

located near University of Tampa on West 

Kennedy Blvd., is a boutique sports lounge concept 

that will feature two duckpin (mini) bowling 

lanes and plenty of TVs…Evan, who cooks 

three or four times a week in the offseason, 

has been heavily involved in creating a healthy 

menu with the help of a couple chef friends in 

Las Vegas and New York. 

Ê Evan has become a classic car enthusiast…as a 

kid, he would watch his grandfather, a mechanic, 

work on cars at the gas station he owned… 

Evan recently bought a second-generation ’71 

Camaro that should be restored by midseason… 

also has an undriven silver ’71 Mustang Mach 1 

with black stripes and 800 horsepower, as well 

as a silver and black two-tone ’69 Camaro SS. 

Ê Bought his parents, Mike and Ellie, a house this 

past offseason in Scottsdale, Ariz., where they 

will retire…their home is only a mile away from 

his own place…Mike will work two more years 

as a maintenance worker in the Long Beach 

school district before retiring. 

Ê He will donate more than $1 million during the 

life of his new contract to the Rays Baseball 

Foundation, which supports youth and education 

programs in the region…Longoria works 

closely with the Moffitt Cancer Center, the 

THIRD BASEMAN 

EVAN 

LONGORIA 3 

Evan Michael Longoria 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

210 



BORN 10/7/85 in Downey, CA 

RESIDES Scottsdale, AZ 

CONTRACT STATUS First year of a 10-year contract 

through 2022 plus one club option for 2023 

ACQUIRED Selected in the first round 

(third overall) of the 2006 June Draft 

SIGNING SCOUT Fred Repke (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @Evan3Longoria 

Tampa Sports Commission’s “Tampa’s Got 

Wings” program and the Pet Pal Animal Shelter 

in St. Petersburg. 

Ê Evan has been featured in national commercials 

for Gillette, Pepsi, New Era, MLB 2K10 and 

MLB 2K11. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Last Nov 26, the 3-time AL All-Star, 2-time 

Rawlings AL Gold Glove winner and 2008 AL 

Rookie of the Year signed a contract extension 

that could keep him a Ray through the 2023 

season…this new contract incorporates the salaries 

for 2013 through 2016 from his original 

contract and extends six more years through 

2022, plus a club option for 2023. 

Ê Is one of seven major league players signed 

through 2020 joining CIN Joey Votto (2023), 

LAA Albert Pujols (2021), COL Troy Tulowitzki 

(2020), MIL Ryan Braun (2020), CHC Jorge 

Soler (2020) and DET Prince Fielder (2020). 

Ê Missed 85 games due to a partially torn left 

hamstring, which he sustained on April 30 vs. 

SEA…placed on the DL the following day and 

was not activated until Aug 7. 

BEST TEAM RECORDS WITH 

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STARTING, 

2012 (Min. 70 starts) 

Todd Frazier, CIN 70-39 (.642) 

Yoenis Cespedes, OAK 82-46 (.641) 

Michael Morse, WAS 65-37 (.637) 

Evan Longoria, TB 47-27 (.635) 

Jayson Werth, WAS 50-29 (.633)

Ê Underwent a minor procedure on his left hamstring 

on Nov 20 and is expected to be fully recovered 

for spring training. 

Ê The Rays went 41-44 in his absence, but went 

47-27 (.635) with Evan in the lineup…in the AL, 

only OAK Yoenis Cespedes had a better record 

in games he started (82-46, .641). 

Ê Despite his missed time, hit .289/.369/.527 

(79-for-273) with 17 HR and 55 RBI in only 74 

games…his numbers project to 37 HR and 

120 RBI over 162 games played…during the 

course of his career, his numbers project 

out to a 162-game season translate to 33 HR, 

116 RBI, 41 2B and 97 runs. 

Ê Although he has spent a combined 143 games 

on the DL in 2008, 2011 and 2012, he is one of 

11 active players to average at least 25 HR and 

90 RBI over his first 5 seasons. 

Ê Despite his time on the DL, his 456 RBI and 

299 extra-base hits both rank 5th all-time 

among third basemen in their first 5 seasons. 

Ê Started 49 games at 3B and 25 games at DH… 

had played every inning at 3B prior to the injury 

on April 30…after being reinstated from the 

DL on Aug 7, Longoria started 51 of the team’s 

remaining 54 games (26 at third base, 25 at 

designated hitter)…started the team’s final 14 

games at 3B, beginning Sep 19. 

Ê The Rays scored nearly a run more per game 

when he was active (4.79 R/G) than when he 

was on the DL (3.86 R/G). 

Ê Averaged 1 RBI per 4.96 AB and 1 HR per 16.06 

AB (273-AB, 17-HR, 55-RBI) which would have 

ranked 5th and 9th in the majors, respectively, 

but he was nearly 200 plate appearances shy 

of qualifying…during his time on the DL, Rays 

3rd- and 4th-hitters hit a combined .227 (146for-643) 

and averaged 1 RBI every 11.7 AB (643- 

AB, 55-RBI). 

Ê The Rays used 8 different third basemen during 

his time on the DL: Sean Rodriguez, Jeff 

Keppinger, Will Rhymes, Brooks Conrad, Drew 

Sutton, Ryan Roberts, Chris Gimenez and Elliot 

Johnson…overall, the Rays used 10 third basemen 

over the course of the season (and Reid 

Brignac)—most of any team since 2003 when 

the Reds and Devil Rays both used 10. 



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Ê Was hitting .329/.433/.561 (27-for-82) with 

4 HR, 19 RBI and 7 2B in 23 games at the time 

of his injury…from June 11, 2011 until he was injured, 

he led the majors with 105 RBI and led 

the AL with 31 HR in 121 games. 

Ê Batted .272 (52-for-191) with 13 HR and 

36 RBI in 51 games (all starts, 26-3B, 25-DH) after 

being activated from the DL on Aug 7. 

Ê In the Rays season finale Oct 3 vs. BAL hit 3 

home runs to tie the club record and his career 

high (also Sep 18, 2008 vs. MIN)…also B.J. 

Upton (Sep 9, 2012 vs. TEX) and Jonny Gomes 

(July 30, 2005 vs. KC)…improved to 8-for-15 

(.533) with 6 HR, 9 RBI and 7 runs scored in 

four career Game 162s…according to the Elias 

Sports Bureau, his 6 HR tie Stan Musial for 

most all-time in the final game of the season. 

Ê Became one of four players to hit 3 HR in his 

team’s final game of the season: CWS Gus 

Zernial (1950), PHI Dick Allen (1968) and CWS 

Dan Johnson (2012). 

“ 

Evan doesn’t even have to play well for us to be better with him. 

The other team knows where he is all the time. They even know 

where he is when he’s going to get water in the dugout.” 

— David Price 

Ê Five of his 8 HR in September and October 

gave the Rays the lead, including a solo shot 

in the 9th inning on Sep 27 at CWS off Brett 

Myers for a 3-2 win. 

Ê Batted .358 (24-for-67) with RISP, which would 

have ranked 4th in the AL if he had enough atbats 

to qualify…in his final 70 PA with RISP, 

went 21-for-56 (.375) with 5 2B, 5 HR, 10 BB, 

3 SF and 33 RBI. 

Ê Turned 27 after the season (Oct 7) and already 

ranks 2nd on the Rays all-time list in home 

runs (130) behind Carlos Peña (163) and 3rd in 

RBI (456) behind Carl Crawford (592) and Peña 

(468)…ranks 4th with 161 doubles. 

Ê Has averaged 1 RBI every 5.18 AB in his career, 

7th best in the majors during that span (2008- 

12) behind Ryan Howard, Miguel Cabrera, Josh 

Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Mark Teixeira and Alex 

Rodriguez. 

Ê Has 11 career multi-homer games, tied with 

Carlos Peña for the club record…in addition to 

his 3 HR on Oct 3 vs. BAL, hit 2 HR on Aug 29 

at TEX…on that day he became the 12th player 

since 1918 to record 2 HR and 2 GIDP in a 

game…the last was ARI Luis Gonzalez on 

May 19, 2004, and the last in the AL was OAK 

Mark McGwire on Sep 22, 1996 at SEA. 


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Ê Played in 10 games over two rehab assignments 

for Triple-A Durham, all at DH…began a 

rehab assignment and played 2 games (June 16 

and June 18) but suffered a setback on June 18 

and did not return to his rehab assignment 

until July 26. 

Ê Made a career-high 3 errors on April 17 at TOR 

(2 fielding, 1 throwing), tying the club record 

(7th time, last Sean Rodriguez on May 30, 2011 

vs. TEX). 

Ê Hit a solo home run on Opening Day (April 6) vs. 

NYY CC Sabathia, his 2nd career Opening Day 

homer…has 5 career homers off Sabathia, his 

most vs. one pitcher. 

Ê In spring training, did not play until March 11 

after being hit by a pitch on the right hand 10 

days earlier in an intrasquad game. 

Ê In his seven seasons in the Rays organization, 

has never played for a losing team and has 

reached the postseason 5 times: three with the 

Rays, one with Durham and one with Double-A 

Montgomery…overall his teams are a combined 

142 games over .500 (585-443, .569). 


Ê Despite missing 26 games within the first 

month of the season, led the 2011 Rays in 

home runs (31), RBI (99) and walks with a career-high 

80 including a major-league-best 27 

in September…in the second game of the season 

(April 2 at BAL) strained his left oblique 

and was removed from the game just 14 innings 

into the season…placed on the 15-day DL 

the following day…activated on May 3…did not 

record his first HR and RBI until May 7 at BAL, 

the Rays 33rd game. 

Ê Finished 10th in the AL MVP voting, the 4th 

consecutive year he received votes and 2nd 

consecutive year he finished in the top 10 (6th 

in 2010). 

Ê Led the majors with 86 RBI from June 11 

through season’s end (98 games)…his 27 HR 

during that span tied for the AL lead and tied 

for 2nd most in the majors…hit 20 HR after 

the All-Star break (72 games), one shy of BOS 

Jacoby Ellsbury and ATL Dan Uggla for the ML 

lead…hit 13 HR in his final 41 games while the 

Rays went 26-15. 

Ê Only five other players in the last 11 years had 

no home runs in April yet finished with 30 or 

more home runs: PIT Andrew McCutchen (31 in 

2012), CHC Alfonso Soriano (32 in 2012 and 33 

in 2007), BAL J.J. Hardy (30 in 2011), NYY Alex 

Rodriguez (30 in 2009) and MIL Ryan Braun 

(34 in 2007). 

Ê On Sep 28 vs. NYY, the final day of the regular 

season, hit a walk-off home run off Scott 

Proctor in the 12th inning to clinch the AL Wild 

Card…the Rays had trailed 7-0 in the 8th inning 

before Longoria’s HR won it, 8-7…it was his second 

home run of the game…according to the 

Elias Sports Bureau, Longoria was only the 6th 

player in major league history to hit a walkoff 

home run to clinch a postseason berth and 

just the second player to do it in his team’s final 

game of the regular season…the other was NYG 

Bobby Thomson with his “Shot Heard ’Round 

the World” against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 

1951…was the 4th walk-off home run of his career, 

a new club record. 

ACTIVE PLAYERS TO AVERAGE 

25 HR & 90 RBI OVER FIRST 5 

SEASONS 

PLAYER, TEAM YEARS HR RBI GAMES 

Albert Pujols, STL 2001-05 201 621 790 

Ryan Howard, PHI 2004-08 177 499 572 

Mark Teixeira, TEX/ATL 2003-07 170 555 747 

Ryan Braun, MIL 2007-11 161 531 729 

Prince Fielder, MIL 2005-09 160 453 675 

Todd Helton, COL 1997-2001 156 514 665 

Dan Uggla, FLA 2006-10 154 465 776 

Miguel Cabrera, FLA 2003-07 138 523 720 

Evan Longoria, TB 2008-12 130 456 637 

David Wright, NYM 2004-08 130 489 703 

Matt Holliday, COL 2004-08 128 483 698 

100 HR, 400 RBI, FIRST FOUR 

MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS 

PLAYER, TEAM YEAR HR RBI 

Ralph Kiner, PIT 1946-49 168 458 

Albert Pujols, STL 2001-04 160 504 

Mark Teixeira, TEX 2003-06 140 450 

Joe DiMaggio, NYY 1936-39 137 558 

Ryan Braun, MIL 2007-10 128 420 

Ted Williams, BOS 1939-42 127 515 

Chuck Klein, PHI 1928-31 125 470 

Miguel Cabrera, FLA 2003-06 122 439 

Orlando Cepeda, SF 1958-61 122 439 

Evan Longoria, TB 2008-11 113 401 

Bob Johnson, PHA 1933-36 108 415 

Hal Trosky, CLE 1933-36 104 425 

Earl Averill, CLE 1929-32 101 482 

Ê The day before—Sep 27 vs. the Yankees—he 

started a 5-4-3 triple play, the third triple play 

in club history and the first around the horn… 

it came in the 6th inning with the bases loaded 

and the Rays trailing, 3-2…they won it 5-3, their 

90th win of the season. 

Ê During the final 24-game run—in which the 

Rays made up 9 games in the AL Wild Card 

race in September—he reached base 49 times, 

2nd most in the majors during that span behind 

DET Miguel Cabrera (54). 

Ê The Rays went 72-59 with Longoria in the 

starting lineup…in the 72 wins, he batted 

.308/.415/.637 (83-for-271) with 24 HR,

18 doubles and 76 RBI…in the 59 losses hit 

.162/.275/.310 (34-for-210) with 7 HR, 8 2B and 

23 RBI. 

Ê Averaged an RBI every 4.88 at-bats, 5th best 

in the majors behind TEX Adrian Beltre (4.64), 

MIL Prince Fielder (4.74), LAD Matt Kemp (4.78) 

and PHI Ryan Howard (4.80)…averaged an RBI 

every 4.22 at-bats on the road, tops in the majors…had 

7 games with at least 4 RBI, tied 

for 2nd most in the majors…had major league 

18 RBI in interleague play, tying the club record 

held by Fred McGriff (2001) and Gerald 

Williams (2000). 

Ê Batted leadoff in 3 straight games from 

May 28-30 for the first time of his career… 

went 5-for-11 with a HR, 2B, 4 BB and 3 R…went 

2-for-4 with a HR on May 28 vs. CLE, becoming 

the first player in Rays history to homer in 

his first career game batting leadoff…was batting 

.133 (6-for-45) in his previous 12 games before 

May 28. 

Ê On June 12 at BAL hit the first inside-the-park 

of his career off Jeremy Accardo in the Rays 

9-6 win. 

Ê Went 4-for-6 with 2 HR and 5 RBI on June 26 at 

HOU…went 8-for-14 with 3 HR, 3 2B and 10 RBI 

in that series. 

Ê On July 25 at OAK, drew a career-high and franchise 

record-tying 4 BB…the previous day he 

fanned 4 times at KC…according to Stats Inc., 

it was just the 4th time since 1946 a player followed 

a 4-plus strikeout game with a 4-plus 

walk game. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Longoria and B.J. Upton are the 

only Rays to play in all 25 of the team’s postseason 

games…his 8 postseason home runs remain 

4th most all-time by a player before his 

26th birthday…only 6 active players played in 

as many postseason games before the age of 

26: Andruw Jones (56), Derek Jeter (45), Albert 

Pujols (37), Elvis Andrus (33), Edgar Renteria, 

Yadier Molina (28) and Dustin Pedroia (25). 

Ê In the ALDS, went 3-for-8 in Games 1 and 2 at 

Texas and 0-for-7 with 5 strikeouts in Games 

3 and 4 at home…in Game 2 hit a 3-run home 

run off Koji Uehara in the 7th inning to trim the 

Rays deficit to 7-6 in the eventual 8-6 loss. 



WALK-OFF HOME RUNS TO CLINCH A POSTSEASON BERTH 

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Ê In 2010, at age 24, became the first third baseman 

(AL or NL) to make the All-Star Team in 

each of his first three seasons. 

Ê Averaged 40 doubles, 27 HR and 101 RBI in his 

first three seasons…only two other players in 

major league history averaged at least 40 doubles, 

25 HR and 100 RBI in their first three seasons: 

BOS Ted Williams and STL Albert Pujols. 

Ê Became the fifth player all-time with at least 

20 HR and 30 doubles in each of his first three 

major league seasons, joining STL Albert Pujols 

(first 10 seasons), NYY Joe DiMaggio (four), 

BOS Ted Williams (four) and SF Orlando Cepeda 

(three). 

Ê Won his second consecutive Rawlings Gold 

Glove award…only two major league third basemen 

have won two Gold Gloves at a younger 

age since the awards began in 1957: BAL 

Brooks Robinson (1960-61) and OAK Eric 

Chavez (2001-02). 

Ê Finished 6th in the AL MVP voting, the highest 

finish of any Ray in club history…Ben Zobrist 

(8th, 2009), Carl Crawford (7th, 2010) and Evan 

again in 2011 (10th) are the only other Rays to 

finish in the top 10. 

Ê Played in 151 of the first 152 games before 

missing the final 10 games with a left quadricep 

strain suffered on a defensive play Sep 23 

at NYY…prior to that, had played in 102 straight 

games, and 233 of the Rays last 234 games 

dating back to 2009, with the lone exception 

May 23 at HOU (day off). 

Ê Tied for 2nd in the majors with 46 doubles, 

three shy of leader BOS Adrian Beltre (49) 

and one shy of Aubrey Huff’s club record (47 

in 2003)…became the first Ray with a pair 

of 40-double seasons (also 44 in 2009)…his 

121 doubles through his first three seasons 

have been topped by only five players in major 

league history…since World War II, only two 

others have collected as many doubles in their 

first three seasons: STL Albert Pujols (138) and 

NYY Hideki Matsui (121). 

Ê On Opening Day hit what remains the 3rdlongest 

HR in Tropicana Field history, a 473ft. 

solo shot off BAL Kevin Millwood…it landed 

in the first row of the tbt* Party Deck in LF, the 

PLAYER DATE GAME PITCHER SCORE 

Freddie Freeman, ATL Sep 25, 2012 154 Michael Dunn, MIA 4-3 

*Evan Longoria, TB Sep 28, 2011 162 Scott Proctor, NYY 8-7 (12) 

Jay Bruce, CIN Sep 28, 2010 157 Tim Byrdak, HOU 3-2 

Steve Finley, LAD Oct 2, 2004 160 Wayne Franklin, SF 7-3 

Alfonso Soriano, NYY Sep 24, 1999 153 Norm Charlton, TB 4-3 (11) 

Hank Aaron, MIL-NL Sep 23, 1957 150 Billy Muffett, STL 4-2 (11) 

*Bobby Thomson, NYG Oct 3, 1951 157 Ralph Branca, BRK 5-4 

*FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME 


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second homer ever to land in that section 

on the fly…the first was Vinny Castilla on 

April 4, 2001 vs. BOS, a 478-ft. blast that remains 

the longest ever hit in the building. 

Ê On Aug 8 at TOR, singled off Brandon Morrow 

with 2 outs in the 9th inning to end his no-hit 

bid…became the third Ray to break up a no-hitter 

in the 9th inning, first with 2 outs…was the 

10th player in the last 20 years to do it with 2 

outs in the 9th. 

Ê Named AL Player of the Week for Aug 16-22, after 

hitting .393 (11-for-26) with 3 HR, 12 RBI, 

4 2B and 1 3B with a .929 SLG…was the fifth 

weekly honor of his career, currently the most 

in club history. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: At the All-Star Game—held 

July 13 at Angel Stadium, just minutes away 

from his hometown of Downey, Calif.—doubled 

off COL Ubaldo Jimenez in his first at-bat, and 

walked and scored the lone run for the AL in his 

second trip to the plate. 

Ê Elected by fans as the starting AL third baseman—the 

second time he was voted to start, 

but his first start (did not play in 2009 due to 

injury)…Longoria, Carl Crawford and David Price 

together became the first Rays to start the 

Midsummer Classic. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 

a 2-run home run the Rays 5-2 win in Game 4 at 

Texas…his 3 extra-base hits tied a LDS record… 

was 1-for-16 in the other 4 games of the ALDS. 

Ê In 2009 totaled 33 homers, 44 doubles and 

113 RBI…only three others in major league history 

reached those numbers in one season before 

the age of 24…joined STL Albert Pujols 

(2001, ’03), SEA Alex Rodriguez (1996) and 

CLE Hal Trosky (1934, ’36). 

Ê Became one of seven players in major league 

history to reach the 30-HR/40-2B/100- 

RBI/100-R milestones in one season before age 

24, joining CLE Hal Trosky (1934, ’36), BOS Ted 

Williams (1939), SEA Alex Rodriguez (1996), 

STL Albert Pujols (2001-03) and FLA Miguel 

Cabrera (2005)…is the only player in Rays history 

to reach those numbers in any season. 

Ê Ranked among AL leaders with 113 RBI (4th), 

44 2B (7th), 33 HR (tied for 8th), 77 extra-base 

hits (4th), 307 total bases (tied for 7th) and 10 

IBB (tied for 5th). 

Ê Earned the Rawlings AL Gold Glove Award for 

third base…was the youngest to win an AL Gold 

Glove at any position since OAK Eric Chavez 

in 2001. 

Ê Earned the AL Silver Slugger Award for third 

base, the youngest in either league to win the 

award in 2009…is one of 3 Rays to win the 

award: Carlos Peña in 2007 and Carl Crawford 

in 2010. 

Ê Was the youngest 3B in either league to win 

both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger in the 

same season since the Silver Slugger Award 

began in 1980…only three players have won 

both awards in the same season at a younger 

age: TEX Ivan Rodriguez at 22 in 1994; SEA Ken 

Griffey Jr. at 21 in 1991; and SD Benito Santiago 

at 23 in 1988. 

FIRST FIVE MAJOR LEAGUE 

SEASONS, THIRD BASEMEN, 

ALL-TIME 

MOST DOUBLES 

Pinky Whitney 1928-32 188 

David Wright 2004-08 183 

Miguel Cabrera 2003-07 183 

Wade Boggs 1982-86 178 

Shea Hillenbrand 2001-05 170 

Evan Longoria 2008-12 161 

Ryan Zimmerman 

MOST HOME RUNS 

2005-09 161 

Eddie Mathews 1952-56 190 

Mark Reynolds 2007-11 158 

Troy Glaus 1998-2002 148 


Bob Horner 1978-82 138 

Mike Schmidt 1972-76 131 


David Wright 

MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS 

2004-08 130 




Harlond Clift 1934-38 304 

Evan Longoria 

MOST RBI 

2008-12 299 

Pinky Whitney 1928-32 533 





Ê He and Carlos Peña combined for 72 HR, most 

of any two teammates in the AL…he and Peña 

became the first Rays teammates to collect 

100 RBI. 

Ê Remains the only AL player since 1954 to total 

at least 10 HR, 20 doubles and 50 RBI through 

his team’s first 50 games. 

Ê Named AL Player of the Month for April, becoming 

the first Rookie of the Year from either 

league to earn Player (or Pitcher) of the Month 

honors in April of the following year…hit .369 

with 6 HR, 24 RBI, 11 2B and a .714 SLG…led AL 

in doubles, extra-base hits and total bases and 

tied for 1st in slugging and RBI…set club record 

for April in batting avg. and tied club RBI mark.

Ê Named AL Player of the Week three times 

(April 5-12, April 27–May 3, Aug 31–Sep 6), 

most of any player in the majors. 

Ê Had a stretch of 10 games (April 30–May 9) in 

which he totaled 24 RBI. 

Ê Hit 2 HR on Aug 4 vs. BOS, including a 13thinning 

walk-off against Takashi Saito…also 

struck out 4 times, becoming the only player 

since 1954 to record 2 HR and 4 SO in the 

same game. 

Ê Had a 12-game hitting streak Aug 29–Sep 8 

(.417; 20-for-48, 6-2B, 5-HR, 15-RBI)…this included 

streaks of 8 straight games with an 

RBI, tying a club record, and 8 straight games 

with an extra-base hit, setting a club record… 

the streaks all ended Sep 9 at NYY. 

Ê Led the AL with 27 GIDP on the year, a club record 

(Jorge Cantu had 24 in 2005). 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Was elected by the fans as 

the starting AL third baseman but was unable 

to play due to an infection on the ring finger 

of his right hand…finished with the third-most 

votes among AL players behind NYY Derek 

Jeter and MIN Joe Mauer…at 23, would have 

been the youngest player in 11 years to start for 

the AL (SEA Alex Rodriguez was 22 in 1998). 

Ê Unseated NYY Alex Rodriguez as the leading 

AL third base vote-getter, after A-Rod had been 

voted in by fans for all five years (2004-08) 

since he converted from shortstop. 

Ê WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Added to Team 

USA, replacing Chipper Jones…struck out as a 

pinch-hitter in his only plate app in USA’s 9-4 

loss to Japan in the elimination game. 



After slugging 

a club-recordtying 

three home 

runs in the 2012 

season fi nale, Oct 

3 vs. BAL, Evan 

handed over his 

game jersey to a 

few lucky fans as 

part of the annual 

Shirts Off Our 

Backs fundraiser. 


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Ê Named 2008 AL Rookie of the Year by the 

BBWAA…received all 28 first-place votes…was 

the seventh AL rookie to win the award unanimously 

(LAA Mike Trout became the eighth 

in 2012) and first since Nomar Garciaparra 

in 1997…the others: NYY Derek Jeter (1996), 

CAL Tim Salmon (1993), CLE Sandy Alomar Jr. 

(1990), OAK Mark McGwire (1987) and BOS 

Carlton Fisk (1972)…became first Ray to win a 

national BBWAA award. 

Ê After 6 games in the majors, signed a contract 

on April 18 worth a guaranteed $17.5 million 

over six years and potentially $44 million over 

nine years. 

Ê Received the Sporting News Rookie of the Year 

and was named to the Rookie All-Star Team. 

Ê Despite missing 30 games with a fractured 

right wrist, led all major league rookies in HR, 

RBI, slugging pct., extra-base hits (60) and total 

bases (238)…ranked 2nd among AL rookies 

in doubles, 3rd in walks and 4th in runs scored. 

Ê His 27 HR were the most by an AL rookie since 

BOS Nomar Garciaparra (30) in 1997…ranked 

4th all-time among rookie third basemen in 

homers behind CLE Al Rosen (37, 1950), MIL 

Ryan Braun (34, 2007) and SF Jim Ray Hart (31, 

1964). 

Ê His team-high .531 slugging pct. ranked 8th in 

the AL…matched Lou Gehrig’s SLG as a rookie 

in 1925…it was the 3rd highest by any rookie 

3B in major league history, behind MIL Ryan 

Braun (.634 in 2007) and CLE Al Rosen (.543 

in 1950). 

Ê Selected from Triple-A Durham on April 12 and 

joined the Rays in their 11th game…played in 


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all 104 games (103 starts), hitting mostly fifth 

and cleanup, until he was hit by a pitch from J.J. 

Putz on Aug 10 at SEA and suffered a fractured 

right wrist…was placed on the DL on Aug 11, retroactive 

to Aug 8, and activated on Sep 6, but 

did not return to the lineup until Sep 13 at NYY. 

Ê His .963 fielding pct. has been topped by only 

one other AL rookie third basemen in the last 

four decades: Akinori Iwamura (.975) with the 

Rays in 2007…also played one game at shortstop 

for the first time in his professional career 

June 29 vs. CHC after Jason Bartlett was a 

late scratch. 

Ê Named the team’s Outstanding Rookie by the 

Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA…set Rays 

rookie records in HR, extra-base hits and slugging 

while placing 2nd in RBI (Delmon Young 

93 in 2007) and 3rd in doubles. 

Ê Named AL Rookie of the Month in June after 

hitting .300 with 11 2B, 8 HR, 19 RBI and a 

.650 SLG for the month. 

Ê Hit 3 home runs on Sep 18 vs. MIN, becoming 

the second Ray ever to hit 3 in one game (also 

Jonny Gomes, July 30, 2005 vs. KC)…was the 

first rookie 3B to hit 3 HR in a game since 

Sep 27, 1952, when BOS-NL Eddie Mathews did 

it against the Dodgers in Brooklyn. 

Ê On May 25 vs. BAL he tallied a Rays rookie-record 

6 RBI in an 11-4 win…hit 2 HR in the first 

two innings, his first career multi-HR game. 

Ê Made his major league debut April 12 vs. BAL, 

starting at 3B and batting sixth…went 1-for-3 

with a BB and RBI, his first hit and RBI coming 

on his 6th-inning groundball single to left off 

Daniel Cabrera. 

Ê Hit his first career home run on April 14 vs. NYY 

off Brian Bruney to tie the game, 7-7, and drew 

a curtain call as the back end of back-to-back 

homers with B.J. Upton. 

Ê Became one of six major leaguers to get an atbat 

in a World Series and an All-Star Game as 

a rookie: NYY Joe DiMaggio (1936), NYY Tom 

Tresh (1962), BOS Fred Lynn (1975), LAD Steve 

Sax (1981-82) and NYY Hideki Matsui (2003). 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Named to the AL All-Star 

Team after winning the “Final Vote” fan ballot 

with a record 9 million votes…became the 

youngest Rays position player ever to make 

the club…was the third rookie 3B ever to make 

the AL squad, joining KC Kevin Seitzer (1987) 

and MIN Rich Rollins (1962)…was the first rookie 

3B in 20 years (CIN Chris Sabo, 1988) in either 

league to make it. 

Ê Went 1-for-4 with a ground-rule RBI double as 

he entered the game as a pinch-hitter…plated 

CLE Grady Sizemore, tying the game at three 

and forcing extra innings, as the AL went on to 

win 4-3 in 15…became the first rookie to collect 

an RBI in the Midsummer Classic since NYY 

Tom Tresh in 1962 (double off STL Bob Gibson). 

Ê Became the sixth rookie to participate in the 

Home Run Derby since it began in 1985, and 

the first Ray…at 22 years, 283 days old, became 

the youngest participant since SEA Ken 

Griffey Jr. in 1992 (22 years, 234 days) and the 

third-youngest participant ever (also OAK Jose 

Canseco, 22 in 1986). 

Ê POSTSEASON: Slugged 6 home runs to set 

what remains a major league record for a rookie 

in a single postseason (prev. 4, FLA Miguel 

Cabrera in 2003)…was the youngest player in 

major league history to hit 6 or more homers 

in a single postseason…turned 23 on Oct 7, between 

the ALDS and ALCS…4 of his 6 homers 

came in the ALCS vs. Boston, tying the all-time 

LCS record at the time…TEX Nelson Cruz broke 

the record in 2011 with 6 HR. 

Ê Only six players have hit more HR in a single 

postseason: SF Barry Bonds (8 in 2002), HOU 

Carlos Beltran (8 in 2004), TEX Nelson Cruz 

(8 in 2011), ANA Troy Glaus (7 in 2002), PHI 

Jayson Werth (7 in 2009) and TB B.J. Upton (7 

in 2008). 

Ê Homered on his first two swings of the postseason, 

both coming in Game 1 of the ALDS at 

Tropicana Field…became the second player in 

MLB history to homer in his first two postseason 

at-bats, joining MIN Gary Gaetti in 1987… 

Gaetti was Evan’s former hitting coach at 

Durham…at age 22, became the 3rd-youngest 

player to homer twice in a postseason game, 

behind ATL Andruw Jones in 1996 (19) and NYY 

Tony Kubek in 1957 (20). 

Ê Combined with B.J. Upton to hit 13 HR in the 

postseason, tied for 2nd most of any pair of 

teammates in major league history (SF Barry 

Bonds and Rich Aurilia hit 14 in 2002; TEX 

Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre hit 13 in 2011)…8 

of the 13 came in the ALCS, most by any duo 

in a single series in postseason play…he and 

Upton were also the first teammates under 25 

to have multi-homer games in one postseason. 

Ê His 4 HR in the ALCS came in four consecutive 

games (Games 2-5), tying an LCS record…went 

back-to-back with Carlos Peña in Game 4 and 

Game 5, the first time teammates had done it 

twice in a postseason series. 

Ê Totaled 13 RBI in the postseason…8 of them 

came in the ALCS, tying CIN Pat Duncan (1919) 

for most RBI by a rookie in a single postseason 

series…9 of his 12 postseason hits went for extra 

bases. 

Ê Played in a total of 171 games in 2007 combining 

Double-A Montgomery (105), Durham regu-

lar season (31) and postseason (8), Arizona Fall 

League (12) and Team USA (15)…batted .298 

(188-for-630) with 42 doubles, 33 home runs 

and 115 RBI. 

Ê Named Southern League MVP despite a promotion 

to Durham on Aug 1…at the time of his promotion 

was tied for the league lead in home 

runs (21), a Montgomery single-season record… 

led the league in slugging (.518). 

Ê Hit .375 (12-for-32) for Durham during the 

postseason. 

Ê In November helped Team USA win their first 

IBAF World Cup since 1974 as the U.S. ended 

Cuba’s 33-year dominance with a 6-3 win over 

the Cubans in the gold medal game in Taiwan. 

Ê Selected by the Rays with the third overall pick 

in the 2006 June Draft and signed a contract 

within 20 minutes of his selection…entered 

draft day ranked as the top position player and 

best pure college hitter in the draft by Baseball 

America. 

Ê Made three stops in his first professional season 

spending time at Short-A Hudson Valley, 

Class-A Visalia and Montgomery…combined at 

all stops to bat .315 with 14 doubles, 18 HR and 

58 RBI in 62 games…ranked 4th among Rays 

farmhands in homers despite the short season. 

Ê Made his pro debut with Hudson Valley hitting 

.424 (14-for-33)…joined Montgomery on 

Aug 4, helping the Biscuits down the stretch 

and through their Southern League championship 

run. 

Ê Appeared in all seven Montgomery playoff 

games batting .345 with 3 HR, 6 RBI and 8 runs 

scored…belted a 2-run, 2-out, walk-off home 

run in the 9th inning Sep 9 vs. Jacksonville 

(Dodgers) to give the Biscuits a 2-0 win and 

clinch the first-round series sweep. 


Ê Went from being undrafted in high school, to 

Rio Hondo Junior College to becoming the highest-drafted 

player ever out of Long Beach State 

University (third overall in 2006). 

Ê Named the Big West Conference’s 2006 co- 

Player of the Year, third team All-America by 

Collegiate Baseball and a finalist for the Golden 

Spikes Award given to the top player in college 

baseball after batting .353 (71-for-201) with 11 

HR and 43 RBI in his junior year for LBSU…led 

the conference with a .603 SLG and .468 OBP. 

Ê In his two-year career at LBSU, batted .336 

with 16 HR and 73 RBI…played primarily third 

base, but as a sophomore in 2005, he filled in 

at shortstop for the injured Troy Tulowitzki, 

the Rockies first-round selection in 2005 (seventh 

overall). 



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Ê Played his freshman season at Rio Hondo 

Junior College (Calif.) where he batted .430 

with 8 HR and 64 RBI to earn All-Foothill and 

first team All-State honors…ranked second in 

the Foothill Conference in batting and led the 

league in RBI and runs. 

Ê Named the Cape Cod League MVP in 2005 after 

leading the wood-bat league in homers (8), 

RBI (35), slugging (.500) and extra-base hits 

(16)…Baseball America named him a first-team 

summer All-America selection…played with the 

Chatham A’s on a team that featured five of the 

first 39 picks in the 2006 June Draft. 

Ê Attended St. John Bosco High School in 

Bellflower, Calif., where he played four years 

of varsity ball for the Braves…St. John Bosco is 

the alma mater of Nomar Garciaparra (Class of 

1991)…batted .400 with 6 HR as a senior, earning 

first-team All-Sierra League honors. 


Ê His father, Mike, is of Mexican descent and his 

mother Ellie’s family is from Ukraine. 

Ê Evan has three dogs: Molly, an 11-year-old 

dachsund; Tatum, a 120-pound, 4-year-old 

Boerboel Mastiff rescue who was born in South 

Africa; and Jango, an 8-year-old bull terrier. 

Ê Evan plays the drums and can often be heard 

practicing before games at Tropicana Field. 

Ê He studied criminology at LBSU. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 3x-last 6/26/11 at HOU 


12G, 2x-last 4/23/10 – 

5/6/10 

RBI 

6, 5/24/08 vs. BAL 

RUNS 

4, 6/9/08 at LAA 


WALKS 

4, 7/25/11 at OAK 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 2x-last 7/24/11 at KC 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 5/19/10 at NYY 


5/1/09 vs. BOS (Justin Masterson); 7/19/08 vs. TOR (Roy 

Halladay) 


3 – 2x-last 10/3/12 vs. BAL; 2 – 9x-last 8/29/12 at TEX 

WALK-OFF (4) 

9/28/11 vs. NYY (12th inn., Scott Proctor); 6/28/11 vs. 

CIN (9th inn., Logan Ondrusek); 8/4/09 vs. BOS (13th inn., 

Takashi Saito); 5/9/08 vs. LAA (9th inn., Justin Speier) 

INSIDE-THE-PARK (1) 

6/12/11 at BAL (Jeremy Accardo) 


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2006 Hudson Valley .424 8 33 5 14 1 1 4 11 0 1 0 5-0 5 1 0 0 .879 .487 1 

Visalia .327 28 110 22 36 8 0 8 28 1 2 2 13-4 19 1 1 2 .618 .402 1 

Montgomery .267 26 105 14 28 5 0 6 19 0 3 0 1-0 20 2 1 1 .486 .266 4 

2007 Montgomery .307 105 381 78 117 21 0 21 76 0 3 12 51-5 81 4 0 7 .528 .403 11 

Durham .269 31 104 19 28 8 0 5 19 0 1 1 22-0 29 0 0 1 .490 .398 2 

2008 Durham .200 7 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4-1 5 0 0 1 .200 .333 0 

Tampa Bay .272 122 448 67 122 31 2 27 85 0 8 6 46-4 122 7 0 8 .531 .343 12 

2009 Tampa Bay .281 157 584 100 164 44 0 33 113 0 7 8 72-11 140 9 0 27 .526 .364 13 

2010 Tampa Bay .294 151 574 96 169 46 5 22 104 0 10 5 72-12 124 15 5 15 .507 .372 14 

2011 Tampa Bay .244 133 483 78 118 26 1 31 99 0 5 6 80-6 93 3 2 11 .495 .355 14 

Montgomery .267 4 15 5 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1-0 2 0 0 0 .867 .353 0 

2012 Tampa Bay .289 74 273 39 79 14 0 17 55 0 3 3 33-6 61 2 3 14 .527 .369 8 

Durham .200 10 30 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 7-0 9 0 0 0 .200 .359 0 


Major League Totals .276 637 2362 380 652 161 8 130 456 0 33 28 303-39 540 36 10 75 .516 .361 61 

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (third overall) of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Fred Repke. 



2008 AL, New York-AL .250 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .500 .250 0 

2009 AL, St. Louis Elected—Did Not Play (Injured) 

2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL 1.000 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 0 

Totals .400 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .800 .500 0 

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC BATTING 


2009 United States .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 



2008 ALDS TB vs. CWS .267 4 15 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2-0 6 1 0 0 .667 .353 0 

ALCS TB vs. BOS .259 7 27 8 7 3 0 4 8 0 0 0 3-0 5 0 0 1 .815 .333 3 

WS TB vs. PHI .050 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 9 0 0 0 .050 .050 1 

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 5 20 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 0 .450 .238 2 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .188 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2-0 8 0 0 0 .375 .278 0 

DS Totals .216 13 51 6 11 2 0 4 8 0 0 0 5-0 18 1 0 0 .490 .286 2 




2008 Third Base .963 119 86 230 12 328 26 

Shortstop 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0 

2009 Third Base .970 151 112 302 13 427 43 

2010 Third Base .966 151 127 276 14 417 46 

2011 Third Base .962 130 124 229 14 367 35 

2012 Third Base .937 50 37 81 8 126 7 

Totals Third Base .963 601 486 1118 61 1665 157 

Shortstop 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0 



vs. Left .318 66 21 6 17 .287 655 188 38 128 

vs. Right .280 207 58 11 38 .272 1707 464 92 328


40-MAN ROSTER › JOSH LUEKE 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Josh began growing a full beard the day after 

the 2012 season ended, and hasn’t shaved 

since…he plans to continue growing it as extra 

motivation to make the major league roster 

out of spring training—otherwise he will have to 

shave due to the facial hair policy in the Rays 

minor league system. 

Ê Josh enjoys hunting, fishing, poker, fantasy 

football and the Cincinnati Bengals…he hunts 

and fishes often on a 900-acre plot of land in 

Kentucky, owned by a friend, and hopes to take 

a trip to Idaho, Wyoming or Montana someday. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Made 3 appearances for the Rays over 3 

stints…made his first Opening Day roster with 

RH Kyle Farnsworth on the disabled list…spent 

the remainder of the season with Triple-A 

Durham, where he went 2-6 with 2 saves and a 

5.59 ERA (67.2-IP, 42-ER) in 42 apps. 

Ê Optioned to Durham on April 14 after making 2 

apps…made his Rays debut on April 7 vs. NYY, 

entering an 8-3 game in the 8th inning…surrendered 

3 R/ER in 1.1 IP…recalled May 15 and optioned 

May 19 after working a perfect 9th inning 

May 18 vs. ATL (1-IP, 2-SO) in a 5-3 loss… 

recalled July 31 and optioned Aug 2 without 

making an appearance. 

Ê Recorded 71 SO against 17 BB for Durham in 

67.2 IP…beginning June 26, he totaled 42 SO 

and only 4 BB…in July he went 1-0 with a 

0.55 ERA (16.1-IP, 1-ER) over 8 games. 


JOSH 

LUEKE 52 

Joshua William LUEKE (LOO-kee) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'5" 

WEIGHT 

220 



BORN 12/5/84 in Covington, KY 

RESIDES Tampa, FL 


ACQUIRED From the Seattle Mariners along with 

cash considerations in exchange for C John 

Jaso, 11/27/11 

SIGNING SCOUT Mark Gigler (Rangers) 

FOLLOW HIM @Josh_Lueke 

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Ê Five of his 6 HR allowed for Durham were hit by 

right-handed hitters. 


Ê Over six minor league seasons has compiled 

40 saves and averaged 10.39 SO/9 IP (287.2- 

IP, 332-SO). 

Ê In 2011 saw his first action in the major 

leagues…appeared in 25 games over two stints 

with Seattle. 

Ê Made the Mariners Opening Day roster…optioned 

to Triple-A Tacoma on April 24…made 8 

apps in his first stint, going 1-1 with 17.05 ERA 

(6.1-IP, 12-ER)…recalled from Tacoma on July 21 

and remained in the majors through season’s 

end, compiling a 3.42 ERA (26.1-IP, 10-ER) in 17 

apps with 21 SO and 7 BB. 

Ê Worked at least 2 innings in 7 of his final 10 

apps, beginning Aug 16…posted a 2.12 ERA 

(17-IP, 4-ER) when tossing at least 2 innings… 

did not allow a run over his last 7.2 innings (4 

games) and did not allow a run in 7 of his last 

8 apps. 

Ê Made his major league debut on April 3 at 

OAK…struck out his first batter faced (Cliff 

Pennington) but totaled 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R/ER. 

Ê Recorded his first major league win April 11 vs. 

TOR with a perfect 9th inning in the Mariners 

8-7 comeback win after trailing 7-0. 

Ê Held opposing left-handed hitters to a .220 avg. 

(13-for-59) with 0 HR…righties hit .313 (21-for- 

67) with 2 HR. 


Josh Lueke

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40-MAN ROSTER › JOSH LUEKE 

Ê Compiled a 3.72 ERA (19.1-IP, 8-ER) in 14 games 

at Safeco Field…on the road had a 9.45 ERA 

(13.1-IP, 14-ER) in 11 games. 

Ê Pitched in 30 games for Tacoma and went 11for-13 

in save opps…was named to the Pacific 

Coast League midseason All-Star Team. 

Ê In 2010 combined to go 5-2 with 17 saves and 

a 1.86 ERA (63-IP, 13-ER) in four stops split between 

the Rangers and Mariners organizations…amassed 

94 SO and only 15 BB in 63 innings…his 

average of 13.43 SO/9 IP ranked 7th 

among minor league relievers. 

Ê Opened the season at Class-A Hickory 

(Rangers) and posted 10 saves and a 0.46 ERA 

(19.2-IP, 1-ER) before a May 21 promotion to 

Double-A Frisco…acquired by the Mariners on 

July 9 in a six-player trade involving Cliff Lee… 

reported to Double-A West Tenn after the deal… 

made 6 scoreless apps (7.1-IP, 4-H, 0-BB, 14-SO) 

and was promoted to Triple-A Tacoma on 

July 31…made 3 scoreless postseason apps for 

the Rainiers and collected 2 saves. 

Ê Pitched in the Arizona Fall League for the 

Peoria Javelinas…made 10 apps, going 0-1 with 

2 saves and a 0.79 ERA (11.1-IP, 1-ER). 

Ê Spent the 2009 campaign with Class-A 

Bakersfield (Rangers)…placed on restricted list 

May 28 for the remainder of the season…began 

the 2008 season with Class-A Clinton and 

was promoted to Bakersfield on April 28…made 

his pro debut in 2007 with Short-A Spokane 

(Rangers) in the Northwest League and moved 

to Clinton after 2 scoreless apps. 


Ê He and his fiancée, Taylor, met in Tucson, Ariz., 

during his time with the Mariners…they are 

planning a Nov 16 wedding at Disney World. 

Ê Began his collegiate career at St. Catharine 

College (Ky.)…transferred to Northern Kentucky 

University where he was used primarily as a 

starter…majored in computer science. 

CAREER HIGHS 


3.0, 2x-last 8/30/11 vs. LAA 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 8/28/11 vs. CWS 

WALKS 

2, 4x-last 4/7/12 vs. NYY 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 2x-last 8/9/11 at TEX 

RUNS ALLOWED 

4, 4x-last 4/13/12 at BOS 



2007 Spokane 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 6 0 0 

Clinton 0 3 3.34 20 0 0 0 6 35.0 29 19 13 4 3 10-0 31 3 0 

2008 Clinton 1 1 2.61 8 0 0 0 2 10.1 10 3 3 0 1 2-0 12 1 0 

Bakersfi eld 2 6 5.03 35 0 0 0 1 59.0 65 39 33 6 4 16-0 72 3 0 

2009 Bakersfi eld 0 1 1.17 4 0 0 0 1 7.2 5 2 1 0 0 1-0 11 1 0 

2010 Hickory 2 1 0.46 17 0 0 0 10 19.2 12 4 1 0 2 5-1 36 3 1 

Frisco 1 1 3.86 15 0 0 0 2 18.2 18 9 8 2 0 5-0 26 2 0 

West Tenn 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 3 7.1 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 0 0 

Tacoma 1 0 2.08 12 0 0 0 2 17.1 14 5 4 0 0 5-0 18 1 0 

2011 Seattle 1 1 6.06 25 0 0 0 0 32.2 34 22 22 2 0 13-1 29 5 0 

Tacoma 2 4 2.76 30 0 0 0 11 42.1 34 17 13 1 5 12-1 35 1 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 0 0 18.90 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 0 0 3-0 2 0 0 

Durham 2 6 5.59 42 0 0 0 2 67.2 85 45 42 6 0 17-0 71 4 2 

Minor League Totals 12 23 3.69 191 0 0 0 40 287.2 278 143 118 19 16 73-2 332 19 3 


1: Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Mark Gigler. 2: Acquired by the Seattle Mariners along with 

RH Blake Beavan, INF Matt Lawson and 1B Justin Smoak from Texas in exchange for LH Cliff Lee, RH Mark Lowe and cash considerations, July 9, 

2010. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with cash considerations from Seattle in exchange for C John Jaso, November 27, 2011. 



2011 Pitcher 1.000 25 0 3 0 3 0 

2012 Pitcher - 3 0 0 0 0 0 

Totals 1.000 28 0 3 0 3 0 



vs. Left .667 9 6 0 .279 68 19 0 

vs. Right .429 7 3 0 .324 74 24 2


40-MAN ROSTER › JAKE McGEE 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jake and his wife, Morgan McNally, visited 

Ireland for Christmas and New Year’s and traveled 

all over the island including Dublin and 

Northern Ireland…they visited the two regions 

of their ancestors, both in Northern Ireland: 

the province of Ulster (Jake’s side) and Antrim 

County (Morgan’s). 

Ê Huge fans of the Atlanta Falcons, Jake and 

Morgan attended their first game at the 

Georgia Dome in January for the 2013 NFC 

Championship against the 49ers…the Falcons 

suffered a 28-24 loss. 

Ê For the past two winters, Jake and Morgan 

have visited two large foster families near their 

home in Reno, Nev., and provided the kids with 

Christmas gifts. 

Ê Jake has a Bull Terrier named Levi. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Emerged as one of the AL’s best relief pitchers 

in his first full major league season and 

second full season as a reliever…went 5-2 with 

a 1.95 ERA (55.1-IP, 12-ER) over 69 relief apps, 

60 of which were scoreless. 

Ê His 1.95 ERA ranked 3rd among AL relievers 

and 7th in the majors…among lefty relievers, 

he ranked 1st in the AL, 3rd in the majors and 

set a Rays club record (prev. 2.22 by J.P. Howell 

in 2008). 

Ê Held opposing right-handed hitters to 

.098/.157/.134 (11-for-112) with 1 HR, including 

only 2 hits in 44 AB (.045) from Aug 1 through 

season’s end…the .098 opp avg. against right- 


JAKE 

MCGEE 57 

Jacob Daniel McGee 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 



BORN 8/6/86 in San Jose, CA 

RESIDES Reno, NV 


ACQUIRED Selected in the fifth round of the 


SIGNING SCOUT Fred Repke (Rays) 

WEIGHT 

230 

127 

ies was the lowest by any left-handed pitcher 

(min. 100 AB) dating back to 1974 (see chart). 

Ê Ranked among AL relief leaders in opp avg. 

(.168, 5th), opp OBP (.213, 1st), opp SLG (.239, 

2nd) and opp OPS (.452, 2nd)…among major 

league lefty relievers, ranked 1st in opp OBP 

and ranked 2nd behind CIN Aroldis Chapman in 

opp avg., opp SLG and opp OPS. 

HIGHEST AVG. FASTBALL 

VELOCITY, LH RELIEF PITCHERS, 

2012 (Source: PITCHf/x data) 

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 97.7 mph 

Jake McGee, TB 95.7 mph 

Rex Brothers, COL 95.3 mph 

LOWEST OPP AVG. vs. RIGHT- 

HANDED HITTERS BY LHP, MLB, 

SINCE 1974 (Min. 100 AB) 

Jake McGee, TB 2012 .098 (11-112) 

Billy Wagner, HOU 1999 .128 (27-211) 

Antonio Bastardo, PHI 2011 .143 (18-126) 

Billy Wagner, HOU 2003 .154 (36-234) 

Neal Cotts, CWS 2005 .155 (17-110) 

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 2012 .155 (37-174) 

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ ON-BASE 

PCT., A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012 

Jake McGee, TB .213 

Fernando Rodney, TB .219 

Casey Janssen, TOR .241 

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ SLUGGING 

PCT., A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012 



Grant Balfour, OAK .253 


Jake McGee

128 



Ê Struck out 73, with only 11 BB, in 55.1 IP…his 

11.87 SO/9 IP ranked 6th among AL relievers… 

among left-handed relievers, it ranked 2nd in 

the AL and 4th in the majors…his 6.64 strikeout-to-walk 

ratio ranked 2nd among AL relievers, 

4th in the majors and 1st among all ML 

lefty relievers. 

Ê From Aug 1 through season’s end, compiled a 

0.86 ERA (21-IP, 7-H, 2-ER, 1-BB, 29-SO) in 23 

apps…from July 1 through season’s end, recorded 

13.81 SO/9 IP (29.1-IP, 45-SO). 

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, his average fastball 

velocity of 95.7 mph ranked 2nd among 

all lefty relievers (min. 50 IP) after CIN Aroldis 

Chapman (97.7). 

Ê Allowed only 3 HR all season, but none after 

July 18 vs. CLE…did not allow a homer in his final 

27 apps…retired 22 consecutive batters between 

Aug 28–Sep 15. 

Ê Inherited 54 base runners, tied for 4th most in 

the AL…14 of them scored (25.9 percent), compared 

to the AL average of 29.4 percent. 

Ê When he was ahead in the count, held opponents 

to a .101 avg. (8-for-79). 


Ê As a rookie in 2011 made his first Opening Day 

roster and served two stints with the Rays: 

Opening Day through April 30 and July 15 

through season’s end…it was his first full season 

as a relief pitcher…spent the remainder of 

the campaign with Triple-A Durham. 

Ê Held lefties to a .164 avg. (10-for-61) but righties 

hit .400 (20-for-50). 

Ê Earned 5 wins out of the bullpen, 4 coming in 

September, tops among major league rookies…tied 

the club record for wins in September, 

joining David Price (2010)…earned the win in 

the final 2 games of the season (Sep 27-28 vs. 

NYY)…his other 2 wins in September came over 

Boston and Texas…the last AL rookie to get 4 

relief wins in September was TOR David Wells 

in 1987. 

Ê During his first stint with the Rays made 11 

apps and compiled a 5.14 ERA (7-IP, 4-ER) with 

3 BB and only 2 SO…opponents batted .367 (11for-30)…during 

his second stint went 5-2 with a 

4.29 ERA (21-IP, 10-ER) in 26 apps…had 25 SO 

and posted a .235 (19-for-81) opp avg. 

Ê Inherited three bases-loaded situations with 

the Rays and struck out his only batter faced 

in each instance: Adrian Gonzalez on July 16 

vs. BOS, Alex Avila on Aug 22 vs. DET and Jorge 

Posada on Sep 22 at NYY. 

Ê Recorded his first major league win on Aug 10 

vs. KC…allowed a 3-run HR to Melky Cabrera 

in the top of the 9th but was credited with the 

victory after the Rays scored 5 runs in the bottom 

of the 9th off Joakim Soria. 

Ê Posted a 2.70 ERA (33.1-IP, 10-ER) in 24 apps 

with Durham after being optioned…went 9-for- 

10 in save opps. 

“ 

The defi nition of a dominant pitch is when a hitter and everybody 

else in the ballpark knows what’s coming and he’s still unable to 

do anything with it. And that’s what Jake has with his fastball.” 

— Jim Hickey, Pitching Coach 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made his postseason debut in 

Game 2 of the ALDS at Rangers Ballpark, relieving 

James Shields in the 6th inning…retired his 

first batter, Craig Gentry, on a bunt attempt…hit 

Mitch Moreland with a pitch and was removed. 

Ê Entered the 2011 season rated by Baseball 

America as the No. 4 prospect in the Rays 

system. 

Ê Saw his first major league action down the 

stretch in 2010 after transitioning to the bullpen 

with the Bulls…made 8 apps after his 

Sep 14 call-up, 7 of them scoreless, and did not 

allow a hit over his first 6 outings. 

Ê Was one of only two lefthanders to pitch out of 

the Rays bullpen in 2010, with Randy Choate. 

Ê Became one of only eight pitchers in history 

to not allow a hit over his first 6 major league 

apps…was the first since SF Jonathan Sanchez 

in 2006 (8 games) and first in the AL since 

SEA Brian Fuentes in 2001 (6)…Sanchez and 

MIN Garry Roggenburk (1963) share the major 

league record with 8 consecutive games without 

a hit to begin a career. 

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 14 vs. NYY, 

entering in relief with two on and two out in 

the 5th…walked his first two batters, forcing 

in a run before striking out Derek Jeter to end 

the threat. 

Ê Began the year with Double-A Montgomery, 

where he made 19 starts before his Aug 7 promotion 

to Durham…went 3-7 with a 3.57 ERA 

(88.1-IP, 35-ER) and tallied 100 strikeouts 

(10.19 SO/9 IP).

Ê For Durham went 1-1 with 1 save and a 0.52 ERA 

(17.1-IP, 9-H, 1-R/ER, 3-BB, 27-SO) in 11 games (1 

start)…held opponents to a .148 avg. (9-for-61) 

with 0 HR, including .097 (3-for-31) vs. LHP… 

also pitched in 2 games for the Bulls in the 

playoffs vs. Louisville (Reds), tossing 3 scoreless 

innings of relief (0-H, 1-BB, 5-SO). 

Ê Spent the first three months of the 2009 season 

recovering from Tommy John surgery…returned 

in late June and made 16 starts for the 

Gulf Coast League Rays and Class-A Charlotte 

over the remainder of the season, working a total 

of 30 innings…struck out 40. 

Ê Moved to Charlotte after the All-Star break and 

made 11 starts over the season’s final 6 weeks. 


(No. 5 pitcher) in the Rays system following 

the season. 

Ê Made 15 starts for Montgomery in 2008 before 

tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his 

left elbow on June 22 vs. Mississippi (Braves)… 

Dr. James Andrews performed season-ending 

Tommy John surgery on July 8. 

Ê Selected to the Southern League midseason 

All-Star Team, but was unable to pitch due 

to injury…marked his sixth career All-Star 

selection. 



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SKIP MILOS 

Ê Following the season, was rated by Baseball 

America as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays 

organization. 

Ê In 2007 led the Rays organization with 175 SO, 

4th most among all minor leaguers, while pitching 

for Class-A Vero Beach and Montgomery… 

averaged 11.25 SO/9 IP, 6th best in the minors…despite 

an early-August promotion to 

Montgomery, led the Florida State League with 

145 SO including 74 in his last 50.2 innings at 

Vero Beach…it was his second league strikeout 

crown. 

Ê Made a combined 26 starts with a 3.15 ERA 

(140.1-IP, 105-H, 47-ER, 52-BB, 175-SO)…allowed 

3 ER or less in 22 of 26 starts and 3 hits or less 

10 times…opponents batted .207. 

Ê Had four double-digit strikeout games…struck 

out a career-high 13 on July 2 at Daytona 

(Cubs). 

Ê Went 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA in two postseason 

starts for Montgomery as the Biscuits won the 

SL championship. 

Ê Led the Midwest League and the Rays org. 

in 2006 with 171 SO for Class-A Southwest 

Michigan…his 11.49 SO/9 IP ranked 4th among 

all minor league starters. 


Jake McGee

130 



Ê Credited with the win in the MWL All-Star Game 

after throwing a scoreless inning (1-H, 2-SO). 

Ê Baseball America named him the No. 15 prospect 

in the game after the season…its Best 

Tools survey tabbed him as having the Best 

Fastball in the MWL. 

Ê In 2005 finished 2nd in the New York-Penn 

League with 89 strikeouts for Short-A Hudson 

Valley, trailing only teammate Wade Davis (97). 

Ê Named Pitcher of the Year in 2004 for Rookielevel 

Princeton as he made his pro debut…led 

staff with 5 wins and tied for the team lead 

with 53 strikeouts…did not turn 18 until Aug 6 

of that year. 


Ê Baseball America listed him as the No. 2 prospect 

in the state of Nevada out of Edward C. 

Reed High School before the Rays selected him 

in the 5th round of the 2004 June Draft. 

Ê Was offered a baseball scholarship to UNLV before 

signing with the Rays. 

CAREER HIGHS 


2.2, 9/18/11 at BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 9/12/12 at BAL 

WALKS 

3, 9/14/10 vs. NYY 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 8x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE 

RUNS ALLOWED 

3, 7/18/12 vs. CLE 

WIN STREAK 

3G, 2x-last 7/20/12 – 

8/29/12 



2004 Princeton 4 1 3.97 12 12 0 0 0 56.2 49 30 25 5 0 25-1 53 5 0 

2005 Hudson Valley 5 4 3.64 15 14 0 0 0 76.2 64 32 31 4 1 23-0 89 5 0 

2006 Great Lakes 7 9 2.96 26 26 0 0 0 134.0 103 54 44 7 3 65-0 171 13 0 

2007 Vero Beach 5 4 2.93 21 21 0 0 0 116.2 86 45 38 8 3 39-0 145 5 0 

Montgomery 3 2 4.24 5 5 0 0 0 23.1 19 11 11 2 0 13-0 30 1 0 

2008 Montgomery 6 4 3.94 15 15 0 0 0 77.2 65 38 34 6 1 37-0 65 3 0 

2009 GCL Rays 0 2 3.52 5 5 0 0 0 7.2 5 4 3 0 0 3-0 14 2 0 

Charlotte 0 2 6.45 11 11 0 0 0 22.1 26 16 16 2 0 9-0 26 4 0 

2010 Montgomery 3 7 3.57 19 19 0 0 0 88.1 81 42 35 3 1 33-0 100 7 0 

Durham 1 1 0.52 11 1 0 0 1 17.1 9 1 1 0 0 3-0 27 2 0 

Tampa Bay 0 0 1.80 8 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 3-0 6 0 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 5 2 4.50 37 0 0 0 0 28.0 30 14 14 5 0 12-1 27 0 0 

Durham 4 2 2.70 24 0 0 0 9 33.1 30 10 10 4 1 8-0 38 2 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 5 2 1.95 69 0 0 0 0 55.1 33 13 12 3 1 11-4 73 3 0 



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi fth round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Fred Repke. 



2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 



2010 Pitcher 1.000 8 0 1 0 1 0 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 37 0 3 0 3 0 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 69 2 7 0 9 1 

Totals 1.000 114 2 11 0 13 1 



vs. Left .259 85 22 2 .219 155 34 4 

vs. Right .098 112 11 1 .182 170 31 4


40-MAN ROSTER › JOSE MOLINA 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jose was named to the provisional roster for 

Puerto Rico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, 

giving him a chance to play alongside his 

younger brother Yadier. 

Ê Jose and brothers Bengie and Yadier make up 

one of only 18 trios of brothers to play in the 

major leagues…they are the only set to each 

have a World Series ring and they have won 

two apiece: Jose with the 2002 Angels and 

2009 Yankees, Bengie with the 2002 Angels 

and 2010 Giants, and Yadier with the 2006 and 

2011 Cardinals…a Molina has played in eight of 

the last 11 postseasons. 

Ê Their father, Benjamin Sr., was a factory worker 

who would rush home from a 10-hour shift, 

grab his glove and take the brothers to Rivera 

Park directly across the street from their 

home on the northern coast of Puerto Rico… 

Benjamin played infield and outfield for 15 

years in Puerto Rico’s Superior League and is in 

its Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame as a second 

baseman…he passed away on Oct 11, 2008. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Completed his 13th major league season and 

set career highs with 8 HR and 32 RBI. 

Ê Appeared in a career-high 102 games and his 

80 starts at catcher were one shy of his career 

high (81 starts for the 2008 Yankees)…averaged 

55 games played over his previous 3 seasons 

(2009-11). 

Ê Threw out 27.8 pct. (15 of 54) of attempted 

base stealers…the major league average for 

catchers in 2012 was 21.3 pct. …has thrown 

CATCHER 

JOSE 

MOLINA 28 

Jose Benjamin Molina Matta 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 



BORN 6/3/75 in Bayamon, PR 

RESIDES Dorado, PR 



SIGNING SCOUT Jose Trujillo (Cubs) 

WEIGHT 

250 

FOLLOW HIM @Joeycatch8 

131 

out 36.2 pct. (168-for-464) of attempted base 

stealers for his career, 3rd best among active 

catchers (min. 500 games) after Henry Blanco 

(40.9) and his brother, Yadier Molina (40.3). 

Ê The Rays staff pitched to a 3.22 ERA with him 

behind the plate, 2nd lowest in the majors behind 

CIN Ryan Hanigan (3.04)…during his career, 

pitchers have combined for a 3.85 ERA 

when throwing to him, the 5th best among active 

catchers (min. 500 games). 

Ê Batted .263 (30-for-114) in the second half 

compared to .190 (26-for-137) in the first half… 

hit only .170 (8-for-47) vs. LHP for the year. 

Ê Hit .325/.372/.600 (13-for-40) with 3 HR and 

10 RBI in 22 games in September…suffered a 

right quad strain on Sep 25 at BOS that limited 

him to 3 appearances (no starts) over the 

team’s final 8 games…had played in 17 straight 

games prior to the injury, the longest such 

streak of his career…hit .353 (12-for-34) with 

3 HR and 8 RBI in that time. 

MOST CAREER PICKOFFS, 

ACTIVE CATCHERS 

Yadier Molina 39 

Jose Molina 23 

Miguel Olivo 23 

HIGHEST CAUGHT STEALING PCT., 

CAREER, ACTIVE CATCHERS 

(Min. 500 Games) 

PCT CS ATT 

Henry Blanco 40.9 240 587 

Yadier Molina 40.3 181 449 

Jose Molina 36.2 168 464 

David Ross 35.9 121 345 

Gerald Laird 33.3 170 511 


Jose Molina

132 



Ê Recorded the 100th double of his career off 

Daisuke Matsuzaka on Sep 19 vs. BOS. 

Ê Hit safely in 9 straight games from Aug 4-19, 

the 2nd-longest streak of his career…hit 

.355/.429/.452 (11-for-31) during the streak, 

which was the longest by a Rays catcher since 

Dioner Navarro had a 10-game streak in 2008. 

Ê Celebrated his 37th birthday on June 3 vs. BAL 

and became the 2nd-oldest player in franchise 

history to record an RBI on his birthday (Wade 

Boggs, June 15, 1998, 40th birthday). 

Ê Selected as the Rays recipient of the Wilson 

Defensive Player of the Year Award, in conjunction 

with MLB Network. 

Ê Made his 10th Opening Day roster and his third 

start (also 2004 and 2006 with the Angels). 

LOWEST CAREER 

CATCHER’S ERA, ACTIVES 

(Min. 500 Games) 

ERA INNINGS 

Russell Martin 3.78 7,588.2 

Yadier Molina 3.79 8,830.0 

Carlos Ruiz 3.79 5,681.0 

Brian McCann 3.84 8,014.1 

Jose Molina 3.85 5,449.1 


Ê Started 44 games for Toronto in 2011 as a 

backup to rookie J.P. Arencibia…batted a career-high 

.281 (48-for-171) with 3 HR and 15 RBI. 

Ê Threw out 12 of 36 attempted base stealers 

(33.3 percent), 6th best in the majors (min. 40 

games) and well above the major league average 

of 23.2 percent. 

Ê The Jays were 28-20 with him in the lineup, 

compared to 53-61 without. 

Ê Homered in his first at-bat of the season on 

April 2 vs. MIN off Francisco Liriano in a 6-1 

win…caught a one-hitter that day as well. 

Ê Tripled off Juan Cruz at Tropicana Field on 

Aug 4, his only triple since May 9, 2004. 

Ê Was batting .310 as late as Aug 17, but went 

9-for-45 (.200) in his last 17 games. 

Ê Signed with the Rays as a free agent on Nov 28. 

Ê In 2010 started 42 games for the Jays as a 

backup to John Buck…threw out 13 of 32 attempted 

base stealers (40.6 percent), best 

mark in the AL (min. 30 games)…Jays pitchers 

pitched to a half run better ERA with him behind 

the plate. 

Ê Was behind the plate for Brandon Morrow’s 17 

strikeout, 1-hit performance on Aug 8 vs. TB. 

Ê Threw out four Rays attempting to steal (Carl 

Crawford twice, B.J. Upton and Sean Rodriguez) 

in the first 4 innings of a 6-0 loss on April 25 

at TB…was the first major league catcher to 

do that since FLA Charles Johnson on Sep 18, 

2002 vs. MTL…the last AL catcher to do it was 

OAK Terry Steinbach on July 31, 1992 at KC…no 

one else has done it since. 

Ê Backed up Jorge Posada for the Yankees in 

2009, appearing in 52 games, including 47 

starts at catcher…placed on the 15-day DL on 

May 8 with a strained left quadriceps muscle 

and missed 55 games before returning July 8… 

ranked 4th among major league catchers (min. 

40 games) with a 3.37 catcher’s ERA. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Was a member of the Yankees 

postseason roster in all three rounds…started 5 

postseason games, including two World Series 

games vs. Philadelphia. 

Ê Started a career-high 81 games for the Yankees 

in 2008 after Posada missed much of the season 

with a shoulder injury…led the majors with 

a 43.2 caught stealing pct. (32 of 74)…Yankee 

pitchers posted a 3.71 ERA when Molina was 

behind the plate, 5th best in the majors. 

Ê Hit the last home run at old Yankee Stadium, 

Sep 21 vs. BAL (Chris Waters). 

Ê Threw out 12 consecutive attempted base 

stealers, June 3–July 6, the longest stretch by 

a catcher since CWS Mike Lavalliere in 1993 

(12)…the streak was broken by B.J. Upton. 

Ê Began the 2007 season as Mike Napoli’s backup, 

starting 37 games for the Angels…on 

July 21 was traded to New York where he started 

16 games for the Yankees…was on the 

Yankees postseason roster but did not play in 

the ALDS vs. Cleveland…on May 17 at SEA he 

threw out Ichiro Suzuki, ending Ichiro’s streak 

of 45 consecutive stolen bases. 

Ê In 2006 split catching duties with Napoli… 

made 71 starts…threw out 41.3 percent (19 of 

46) of potential base stealers, 3rd best in the 

majors…tied for 4th in the majors for pickoffs. 

Ê Backed up older brother Bengie Molina for the 

Angels from 2003-05 while Joe Maddon was 

the Angels bench coach…started 53 games in 

2005 and for the second consecutive year led 

AL catchers in caught stealing pct. (48.6; 18 of 

37)…on July 31 at NYY, he and Bengie homered 

in the same game off Randy Johnson…made 57 

starts in 2004 and led AL catchers with a 45.2 

caught stealing pct. (19 of 42)…was a member 

of the Angels roster for their ALDS loss 

to Boston…started 39 games behind Bengie’s 

109 starts in 2003, his first full season in the 

majors. 

Ê In 2002 was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake 

City when his brother went on the DL on July 21 

and remained with the Angels the rest of the

season…started 24 games and appeared in 6 

postseason games. 

Ê POSTSEASON: He and Bengie became just the 

sixth set of brothers to play on a World Series 

team together and just the third to play on a 

series champion joining Paul and Dizzy Dean 

(1934 Cardinals) and Mort and Walker Cooper 

(1942 and 1944 Cardinals). 

Ê In 2001 was recalled May 5 when Bengie 

went down with a right hamstring injury…it 

was believed to be the only the 2nd time a roster 

move has involved brothers (also CIN Bret 

Boone and Aaron Boone in 1997)…hit his first 

major league home run on May 10 at CWS off 

Rocky Biddle…landed on DL on May 21 with a 

fractured right thumb…returned in September 

making a total of 12 starts. 

Ê Made his major league debut with the Cubs 

in 1999…was 2-for-3 with a double in his first 

game on Sep 6 vs. CIN…first hit was a single 

off former Ray Juan Guzman…for 5 consecutive 

minor league seasons (1994-98) he threw 

out more than 40 percent of attempted base 



133 

stealers each season for a total of 45.4 percent 

overall (250 of 550). 


Ê Graduated from Maestro Ladi High School in 

Vega Alta, P.R. …attended Ladislao Martinez 

University, also in Puerto Rico. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 2x-last 8/16/10 at OAK 

RBI 

4, 2x-last 4/28/09 at DET 

RUNS 

3, 4x-last 8/2/08 vs. LAA 

WALKS 

2, 16x-last 8/23/12 vs. OAK 



12G, 7/22/06 – 8/15/06 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 15x-last 4/19/12 at TOR 

STOLEN BASES 

1, 15x-last 8/19/12 at LAA 


4/28/09 at DET (Brandon Lyon); 8/25/04 vs. KC (Scott 

Sullivan) 



1993 GCL Cubs .218 33 78 5 17 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 12-0 12 3 2 2 .244 .322 7 

Daytona .143 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 1 0 .143 .333 0 

1994 Peoria .229 78 253 31 58 13 1 1 33 5 4 4 24-1 61 4 3 5 .300 .302 13 

1995 Daytona .236 82 233 27 55 9 1 1 19 2 2 7 29-0 53 1 0 7 .296 .336 8 

1996 Rockford .226 96 305 35 69 10 1 2 27 7 4 3 36-0 71 2 4 8 .285 .310 11 

1997 Daytona .251 55 179 17 45 9 1 0 23 5 2 1 14-0 25 4 0 5 .313 .306 8 

Iowa .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 1 .333 .500 0 

Orlando .172 37 99 10 17 3 0 1 15 1 3 2 12-5 28 0 1 4 .232 .267 2 

1998 West Tenn .222 109 320 33 71 10 1 2 28 10 3 3 32-1 74 1 5 10 .278 .296 9 

1999 West Tenn .171 14 35 2 6 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 2-0 14 0 0 1 .257 .211 2 

Chicago-NL .263 10 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-1 4 0 0 0 .316 .333 0 

Iowa .263 74 240 24 63 11 1 4 26 2 2 4 20-5 54 0 1 3 .367 .327 7 

2000 Iowa .234 76 248 22 58 9 0 1 17 1 3 0 23-1 61 1 4 6 .282 .296 11 

2001 Salt Lake .300 61 213 29 64 11 1 5 31 6 0 2 14-0 49 1 2 7 .432 .349 2 

Anaheim .270 15 37 8 10 3 0 2 4 2 0 0 3-0 8 0 0 2 .514 .325 0 

2002 Salt Lake .307 79 290 30 89 14 2 4 43 7 2 4 12-1 60 0 3 4 .410 .341 4 

Anaheim .271 29 70 5 19 3 0 0 5 4 2 0 5-0 15 0 2 2 .314 .312 3 

2003 Anaheim .184 53 114 12 21 4 0 0 6 4 1 3 1-0 26 0 0 1 .219 .210 1 

2004 Anaheim .261 73 203 26 53 10 2 3 25 5 0 0 10-0 52 4 1 6 .374 .296 3 

2005 Los Angeles-AL .228 75 184 14 42 4 0 6 25 4 0 2 13-0 41 2 0 5 .348 .286 3 

2006 Los Angeles-AL .240 78 225 18 54 17 0 4 22 7 2 2 9-0 49 1 0 6 .369 .273 8 

2007 Los Angeles-AL .224 40 125 9 28 8 0 0 10 3 0 0 3-0 30 2 1 3 .288 .242 4 

New York-AL .318 29 66 9 21 5 0 1 9 2 1 0 2-0 13 0 0 1 .439 .333 0 

2008 New York-AL .216 100 268 32 58 17 0 3 18 8 3 6 12-0 52 0 0 9 .313 .263 3 

2009 New York-AL .217 52 138 15 30 4 0 1 11 1 1 1 14-0 28 0 0 6 .268 .292 1 

Scranton/W-B .250 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .500 .400 0 

Trenton .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 4 0 0 0 .000 .300 0 

2010 Toronto .246 57 167 13 41 4 0 6 12 2 0 5 9-1 36 1 0 7 .377 .304 2 

2011 Toronto .281 55 171 19 48 12 1 3 15 4 0 1 15-0 44 2 1 2 .415 .342 1 

2012 Tampa Bay .223 102 251 27 56 9 0 8 32 1 0 2 20-0 60 3 1 9 .355 .286 4 



1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 June Draft…signed by Jose Trujillo. 2: Signed by the Anaheim Angels as a free 

agent, January 15, 2001. 3: Acquired by the New York Yankees from the Angels in exchange for RH Jeff Kennard, July 21, 2007. 4: Signed by the 

Toronto Blue Jays as a free agent, March 11, 2010. 5: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, November 28, 2011. 


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2002 ALCS ANA vs. MIN .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 

WS ANA vs. SFG - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 

2004 ALDS ANA vs. BOS .333 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 0 

2005 ALDS LAA vs. NYY 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0 

ALCS LAA vs. CWS .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 0 

2009 ALDS NYY vs. MIN .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 

ALCS NYY vs. LAA .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 0 

WS NYY vs. PHI .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 

DS Totals .400 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .400 .571 0 

LCS Totals .286 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 0 

WS Totals .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 




1999 Catcher 1.000 10 44 5 0 49 1 1 

2001 Catcher 1.000 15 78 6 0 84 1 2 

2002 Catcher .983 29 154 16 3 173 3 1 

2003 Catcher .996 53 221 17 1 239 0 3 

2004 Catcher .994 70 441 37 3 481 4 3 

First Base 1.000 2 5 1 0 6 2 - 

2005 Catcher .993 65 408 41 3 452 6 3 

First Base 1.000 4 10 0 0 10 2 - 

2006 Catcher .986 76 502 50 8 560 4 5 

First Base 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 2 - 

2007 Catcher .991 69 436 30 4 470 3 4 

2008 Catcher .996 97 634 52 3 689 6 7 

First Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 

2009 Catcher .997 49 366 21 1 388 1 3 

First Base 1.000 3 4 2 0 6 1 - 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 

2010 Catcher .996 56 417 37 2 456 3 5 

2011 Catcher .997 48 342 24 1 367 3 8 

2012 Catcher .994 102 657 41 4 702 8 6 


First Base 1.000 13 23 3 0 26 7 - 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 



vs. Left .170 47 8 0 3 .248 622 154 14 57 

vs. Right .235 204 48 8 29 .234 1416 332 23 138 

In August 2012, Jose visited 

Sweetbay Supermarket in 

Tampa in the third annual 

Shop with a Player event, 

where he helped lucky fans 

try and fi ll their basket with 

$1,000 worth of Sweetbay 

groceries in only 20 minutes. 

Molina also presented a 

$1,000 gift card, donated 

by Pepsi, to Feeding 

America Tampa Bay. 

PHOTO COURTESY OF SWEETBAY


40-MAN ROSTER › MIKE MONTGOMERY 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Mike’s dad, David, is an algebra teacher and 

women’s golf coach at Hart High School in 

Newhall, Calif. …when Mike was in middle 

school, he and his dad would go to baseball 

games at Hart to watch a promising pitcher 

who was one of David’s students…the pitcher’s 

name was James Shields…this past Dec 9, Mike 

was part of the package of four prospects the 

Rays acquired from the Royals in exchange for 

Shields and Wade Davis. 

Ê Mike and James ran into each other a week after 

the trade was completed at a Hart High 

School ceremony retiring Shields’ No. 33. 

Ê Mike’s mother, Jeannette, comes from a long 

line of dairy farmers who fled Holland during 

World War II and arrived at the U.S. via Ellis 

Island…Mike’s grandfather, Ed Tjaarda, was six 

years old when the family left Holland…Mike’s 

great-grandfather helped Jews hide from the 

Nazis at his farm…the Tjaarda family now owns 

an 800-acre dairy farm in Bakersfield, Calif., 

with 6,000 cattle. 

Ê Both his parents played college basketball: 

his father at Tennessee Temple, his mother 

Jeannette at Cal Poly Pomona. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Opened the year with Triple-A Omaha (Royals) 

but was transferred to Double-A Northwest 

Arkansas on July 13…made 17 starts for Omaha 

and 10 for Northwest Arkansas, going a combined 

5-12 with a 6.07 ERA (149.2-IP, 101-ER). 


MIKE 

MONTGOMERY 31 

Michael Paul Montgomery 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'4" 

WEIGHT 

200 



BORN 7/1/89 in Mission Hills, CA 

RESIDES Surprise, AZ 


ACQUIRED From the Kansas City Royals along 

with OF Wil Myers, RHP Jake Odorizzi and 3B 

Patrick Leonard in exchange for RHP James 

Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be 

named (INF Elliot Johnson), 12/9/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Dan Ontiveros (Royals) 

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Ê Compiled a 4.38 ERA (51.1-IP, 25-ER) over his 

first 9 starts, through May 21…after that had a 

6.96 ERA (98.1-IP, 76-ER) in 18 starts. 

Ê Opposing right-handed batters hit .276, while 

left-handed hitters batted .342. 

Ê Following the season and before the trade, 

was rated by MLB.com as the No. 6 prospect 

in the Royals organization…selected as Best 

Changeup in the Royals system by Baseball 

America for a second straight season…had entered 

the season rated by Baseball America as 

the No. 1 prospect in the Royals system and 

No. 23 prospect in baseball. 


Ê Over the last two seasons (2011-12), has gone 

10-23 with a 5.69 ERA (300.1-IP, 190-ER) 

and 133 walks…in three seasons prior to that 

(2008-10) he combined to go 15-10 with a 

2.27 ERA (245.2-IP, 62-ER), 220 SO and only 

79 walks. 

Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with Omaha 

ranked 3rd in the Pacific Coast League with 

129 strikeouts…went 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA (33- 

IP, 9-ER) over his first 6 starts (through May 4), 

but went 3-10 with a 6.12 ERA (117.2-IP, 80-ER) 

after that. 

Ê Rated as the No. 1 prospect in the Royals chain 

by Baseball America and the No. 7 prospect in 

the PCL after the season. 

Ê Began 2010 with Class-A Wilmington and was 

promoted on April 26 to Northwest Arkansas 

after 4 starts, allowing just 3 ER in 24.2 IP…in 


Mike Montgomery

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40-MAN ROSTER › MIKE MONTGOMERY 

a combined 17 starts, went 7-4 with a 2.77 ERA 

(84.1-IP, 26-ER)…missed a month due to left 

forearm strain and made 3 rehab starts with 

the AZL Royals in late July. 

Ê Named a Texas League midseason All-Star 

and was ranked the league’s No. 3 prospect by 

Baseball America. 

Ê Represented Team USA at the 2010 Pan 

American Games Qualifying Tournament…was 

2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (10-IP, 8-H, 2-ER, 4-BB, 

14- SO) in 2 starts as Team USA finished tied 

for third and qualified for the 2011 Pan Am 

Games as well as the 2011 World Cup. 

Ê Capped 2010 playing for Surprise in the 

Arizona Fall League…was the starting pitcher 

in the AFL’s Rising Stars Game…rated 

by Baseball America as the AFL’s 5th-best 

prospect. 

Ê In 2009 compiled a 2.21 ERA (110-IP, 27-ER) 

in 21 starts between Class-A Burlington and 

Wilmington, earning a July 22 promotion… 

honored with the Paul Splittorff Award as the 

Royals organization’s pitcher of the year…also 

named Burlington Pitcher of the Year. 

Ê Yielded only 1 HR all season in 21 starts, a solo 

shot on July 15 vs. Beloit (Twins). 

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the top prospect 

in the Royals system and the No. 5 prospect in 

the Midwest League after the season. 

Ê Made his professional debut in 2008 with the 

AZL Royals, posting a 1.69 ERA in 12 appearances 

(9 starts)…named the top prospect in 

the Arizona League by Baseball America. 


Ê During Mike’s senior year, the Hart High 

School starting rotation consisted of him and 

RH Trevor Bauer…Bauer was traded from the 

D-backs to the Indians only two days after the 

Rays-Royals blockbuster. 

Ê Committed to Cal State Fullerton before signing 

with the Royals…attended one of the MLB 

Urban Youth Academy’s Southern California 

Showcases. 

Ê His older sister, Shayna, is a court reporter in 

Los Angeles. 



2008 AZL Royals 2 1 1.69 12 9 0 0 0 42.2 31 12 8 2 1 12-0 34 4 0 

2009 Burlington 2 3 2.17 12 12 0 0 0 58.0 42 19 14 1 2 24-1 52 4 1 

Wilmington 4 1 2.25 9 9 0 0 0 52.0 38 15 13 0 3 12-0 46 5 0 

2010 Wilmington 2 0 1.09 4 4 0 0 0 24.2 14 5 3 0 0 4-0 33 2 0 

NW Arkansas 5 4 3.47 13 13 0 0 0 59.2 56 31 23 4 4 26-0 48 9 1 

AZL Royals 0 1 1.04 3 3 0 0 0 8.2 6 1 1 0 2 1-0 7 0 0 

2011 Omaha 5 11 5.32 28 27 0 0 0 150.2 157 95 89 15 7 69-0 129 14 1 

2012 Omaha 3 6 5.69 17 17 1 0 0 91.2 110 74 58 12 3 43-0 67 4 1 

NW Arkansas 2 6 6.67 10 10 0 0 0 58.0 69 44 43 12 3 21-0 44 5 0 


1: Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the fi rst round (36th overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Dan Ontiveros. 2: Acquired by the Tampa 

Bay Rays along with OF Wil Myers, RH Jake Odorizzi and 3B Patrick Leonard from Kansas City in exchange for RH James Shields, RH Wade Davis 

and a player to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), December 9, 2012.


40-MAN ROSTER › MATT MOORE 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Last fall Matt adopted a chocolate golden doodle 

puppy named Griffin. 

Ê Matt regularly tosses Frisbees and footballs in 

the outfield with David Price, Jeremy Hellickson 

and Alex Cobb as a fun way to stay in shape. 

Ê His musical taste includes rock (Pearl Jam, Red 

Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses) as 

well as metal (Killswitch Engage, Eye Empire, 

Sevendust). 

Ê Last November, Matt and third base coach 

Tom Foley delivered supplies for complete 

Thanksgiving meals to families in South St. 

Petersburg…the “Turkey Drop” event was a 

joint effort by the Rays, Sweetbay Supermarket 

and the United Way. 

Ê Does everything left-handed, except play golf. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Finished his first full season in the majors with 

a 3.81 ERA (177.1-IP, 75-ER) in 31 starts…was 

one of three AL rookies to make at least 30 

starts, along with BAL Wei-Yin Chen (32) and 

OAK Tommy Milone (31). 

Ê Chosen by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the 

BBWAA as the the club’s Outstanding Rookie. 

Ê His 175 SO set a club rookie record, surpassing 

Scott Kazmir (174) in 2005…ranked 2nd among 

major league rookies to TEX Yu Darvish (221) 

and 10th overall in the AL…marked the most 

strikeouts by an AL rookie southpaw since SEA 

Mark Langston (204) in 1984. 


MATT 

MOORE 55 

Matthew Cody Moore 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 

WEIGHT 

210 



BORN 6/18/89 in Fort Walton Beach, FL 

RESIDES Edgewood, NM 

CONTRACT STATUS Second year of a five-year 

contract through 2016 plus three one-year club 

options from 2017 through 2019 

ACQUIRED Selected in the eighth round of the 


SIGNING SCOUT Jack Powell (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @MattyMoe55 

HIGHEST SO/9 IP, ROOKIE LHP, 

MLB HISTORY 

137 

Rick Ankiel, STL 2000 9.98 

Herb Score, CLE 1955 9.70 

Matt Moore, TB 2012 8.88 

Al Downing, NYY 1963 8.76 

CC Sabathia, CLE 2001 8.53 

Fernando Valenzuela, LAD 1981 8.42 

Scott Kazmir, TB 2005 8.42 

SWING-AND-MISS PCT., A.L., 2012 

Max Scherzer, DET 12.2 

Matt Moore, TB 11.8 

Yu Darvish, TEX 11.8 

Justin Verlander, DET 11.7 

CC Sabathia, NYY 11.5 

Ê His 8.88 SO/9 IP was 3rd highest in major 

league history by a rookie lefthander…ranked 

5th in the AL overall. 

Ê His 11 wins ranked 5th in club history by a 

rookie, after Rolando Arrojo (14 in 1998), Jeff 

Niemann (13 in 2009), Jeremy Hellickson (13 

in 2011) and Wade Davis (12 in 2010), and were 

most by a rookie lefthander. 

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, averaged 94.4 

mph on his fastball, 3rd highest among qualifying 

ML starters behind teammate David Price 

(95.5) and CHC Jeff Samardzija (95.0)…threw 

fastballs 65.9 percent of the time, 5th-highest 

mark in the AL. 

Ê Went 7-5 with a 3.55 ERA (99-IP, 39-ER) in 17 

starts at home, with 98 SO and 38 BB…in 14 


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road starts, went 4-6 with a 4.14 ERA (78.1-IP, 

36-ER) with 77 SO and 43 BB. 

Ê Held lefties to a .243 avg. (37-for-152), but limited 

them to a .188 avg. (22-for-117) from May 17 

through season’s end…prior to that, they hit 

.429 (15-for-35). 

Ê Generated a swing-and-miss on 11.8 percent 

of his total pitches, 2nd-highest rate in the 

AL behind DET Max Scherzer (12.2)…ranked 

just ahead of TEX Yu Darvish (11.8), DET Justin 

Verlander (11.7) and NYY CC Sabathia (11.5). 

Ê Averaged 17.0 pitches per IP, 3rd most in the 

AL…allowed 4.11 BB/9 IP, 4th highest in the AL. 

Ê From June 3–Aug 19, went 9-2 with a 2.79 ERA 

(87-IP, 27-ER)…his 9 wins in that span led major 

league rookies and tied David Price and LAA 

Jered Weaver for most in the AL…did not allow a 

home run over a stretch of 8 starts and 56.2 innings 

from June 27–Aug 19. 

Ê On June 15 vs. MIA, threw 7 shutout innings 

and allowed only 1 hit in a victory over Carlos 

Zambrano, an 11-0 win. 

Ê On May 28 vs. CWS lost a 2-1 decision to Chris 

Sale but combined for 25 SO (Moore-10, Sale- 

15)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 

last time opposing starters age 23 or younger 

combined for 25 SO was July 31, 1901, when 

CHC Tom Hughes had 15 and CIN Noodles Hahn 

had 11 (14-inning game)…it was the first time 

opposing lefthanders each had 10 SO or more 

since Sep 16, 1992, when SEA Randy Johnson 

had 15 (9-IP) and CAL Mark Langston had 12 

(10-IP)…Moore and Sale’s combined 25 SO were 

the most in an AL game since May 6, 2000 

when BOS Pedro Martinez (17) and TB Steve 

Trachsel (11) combined for 28 at Fenway Park. 

Ê Entered the season rated the No. 2 prospect 

(and top pitching prospect) in the game by 

Baseball America (trailing OF Bryce Harper), 

and No. 1 prospect overall by MLB Network and 

Baseball Prospectus…Baseball America also 

rated him as the Best Fastball, Best Curveball 

and Best Control in the Rays organization. 


Ê Began the 2011 season at Double-A 

Montgomery, ascended to the majors by 

September and made history for the Rays in 

the postseason…made his major league debut 

on Sep 14 but was eligible for the postseason 

due to RH Alex Cobb’s injury. 

Ê On Dec 9, signed a contract extension worth 

a guaranteed $14 million over five seasons 

(through 2016) with a maximum value of 

$39.75 million over eight years if club options 

are exercised for 2017, 2018 and 2019. 

Ê Named the Spink Award winner as the Topps 

Minor League Player of the Year, the second 

in Rays history to do so (OF Delmon Young in 

2005)…also named Rays Minor League Pitcher 

of the Year, Southern League Pitcher of the 

Year and a Southern League All-Star. 

Ê Appeared in 5 games (2 starts) for the Rays including 

postseason and was 2-0 with a 

1.86 ERA (19.1-IP, 12-H, 4-R/ER, 6-BB, 23-SO) 

and a .171 (12-for-70) opp avg. …actually pitched 

more postseason innings (10-IP, 1-ER) than the 

regular season (9.1-IP, 3-ER). 

Ê Promoted from Montgomery to Triple-A 

Durham on July 22 and to the Rays on Sep 12… 

debuted on Sep 14 at BAL in relief of Wade 

Davis (1.1-IP, 3-H, 2-R/ER, 0-BB, 2-SO)…struck 

out the first 2 batters (J.J. Hardy and Nick 

Markakis), then yielded a single to Vladimir 

Guerrero and a home run to Matt Wieters. 

Ê Made his first major league start on Sep 22 at 

NYY, earning a 15-8 win with 5 shutout innings 

and helping the Rays avoid a 4-game sweep… 

left after 5 innings with a 13-0 lead…his 11 

strikeouts set a club record for a pitcher’s first 

major league start and were the most by an AL 

pitcher in his first big league start since OAK 

Tim Hudson (11) on June 8, 1999…since 2000, 

only Moore, WAS Stephen Strasburg (14-SO) 

and NYM Matt Harvey (11-SO) have had 11 SO or 

more in their first major league start. 

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became 

the first pitcher (rookie or not) to strike out 11 

Yankees in 5 innings or less…at 22 years, 96 

days, became the youngest to fan 10 or more 

Yankees in New York since DET Hal Newhouser 

(22 years, 7 days) on May 27, 1943 (14-SO). 

ROOKIES TO WIN THEIR TEAM’S 

POSTSEASON OPENER 

PITCHER SERIES OUTCOME 

Matt Moore, TB 2011 ALDS at TEX 9-0 (7-IP, 0-R) 

Jim Beattie, NYY 1978 ALCS at KC 7-1 (5.1-IP, 1-R) 

Joe Black, LAD 1952 WS vs. NYY 4-2 (9-IP, 2-R) 

Spec Shea, NYY 1947 WS vs. BRK 5-3 (5-IP, 1-R) 

Babe Adams, PIT 1909 WS vs. DET 4-1 (9-IP, 1-R) 

Ê POSTSEASON: On Sep 30 at TEX defeated C.J. 

Wilson, 9-0, in Game 1 of the ALDS…at 22 years, 

104 days, became the youngest starting pitcher 

ever to win his team’s postseason opener…previously 

that mark was held by CIN Gary 

Nolan (22 years, 129 days) in the 1970 NLCS… 

totaled 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 98 pitches. 

Ê Became the 5th rookie starter to win his team’s 

first game of the postseason and first since 

NYY Jim Beattie in Game 1 of the 1978 ALCS 

at KC…also became the first rookie in major 

league history to pitch at least 7 innings and

allow no runs and 2 hits or fewer in a postseason 

game and the 2nd youngest to do it behind 

NYY Waite Hoyt (22 years, 27 days) in the 1921 

World Series (Game 2 vs. NYG). 

Ê His .090 opp avg. (3-for-33) was 2nd lowest 

ever by a rookie in the postseason (min. 10 IP), 

topped only by PIT Bruce Kison in 1971 (.088)… 

became only the 12th rookie to post a sub- 

1.00 ERA in the postseason (min. 10 IP), first 

since NYY Orlando Hernandez in 1998 (0.64). 

Ê Fanned 236 batters in 190.1 innings at the minor 

and major league level, including postseason…his 

210 SO in the minors set the Rays organizational 

record, breaking his own mark 

of 208 in 2010…went 12-3 with a 1.92 ERA 

(155-IP, 33-ER) in a combined 27 starts for 

Montgomery and Durham…ranked 2nd in the 

minor leagues in ERA, strikeouts and opp avg. 

(.184), and led the minors with 12.2 SO/9 IP. 

Ê Finished 2nd among all minor leaguers in 

strikeouts after leading the minors in 2010 

(208) and 2009 (176)…became the first minor 

leaguer to record 200 SO or more in consecutive 

seasons in 40 years, since John D’Acquisto 

(in the Giants system, 1971-72)…in his minor 

league career, recorded more than twice as 

many strikeouts (700) as hits (338) in 497.1 innings—an 

average of 12.7 SO/9 IP and 6.1 H/9 

IP…recorded more strikeouts than hits in 78 of 

his 94 starts. 

Ê Threw a 9-inning no-hitter for Montgomery on 

June 16 at Mobile (Diamondbacks), the 9th alltime 

in Rays history (majors or minors). 

Ê Baseball America named him to their Minor 

League All-Star Team…chosen by minor league 

managers as the Best Pitching Prospect and 

Best Fastball in the Southern League. 

Ê Threw one perfect inning for the U.S. team in 

the Futures Game at Chase Field on July 10. 

Ê In 2010, led all minor leaguers in strikeouts 

(208) for a second straight season, in only 

144.2 IP for Class-A Charlotte…became the 

first minor leaguer to eclipse 200 SO since 

Francisco Liriano in 2005, and the first Florida 

State League pitcher to do so since 1971 (Mike 

Cosgrove, Cocoa Astros)…fanned 10-plus batters 

in 11 of his last 15 starts. 

Ê Named to the Baseball America Minor League 

and Topps Class-A All-Star teams…ranked 

the No. 1 prospect in the Florida State League 

and named the Best Breaking Pitch after the 

season…selected as the Rays Minor League 

Pitcher of the Month twice (July and August)… 

named to the FSL postseason All-Star Team. 


America as the No. 2 prospect in the Rays sys- 



tem behind Jeremy Hellickson and the No. 15 

prospect in the game. 

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Ê Led all minor leaguers in 2009 with 176 SO in 

just 123 IP and led all full-season minor leaguers 

with a 12.88 SO/9 IP and a .195 opp avg… 

named MVP for Class-A Bowling Green. 

Ê Threw a 7-inning no-hitter on June 6 at 

Asheville (Rockies), with 12 SO. 

Ê After the season, was named the No. 4 prospect 

and Best Curveball in the Rays system by 

Baseball America, as well as the No. 3 prospect 

in the South Atlantic League. 

Ê Led all minor league pitchers in 2008 with a 

12.75 SO/9 IP ratio and .154 opp avg. …named 

Pitcher of the Year for Rookie-level Princeton, 

where he spent a second straight season…led 

the Rays org. in ERA and ranked 6th among all 

minor league pitchers…topped the Appalachian 

League in strikeouts. 


Ê Is one of 30 Rays all-time born in Florida, but 

his family moved from Fort Walton Beach to 

Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, in 

2000 when he was 11 years old…four years later 

they moved to Edgewood, N.M., located 

about 7,000 feet above sea level and about 30 

minutes east of Albuquerque. 

Ê Was Gatorade’s 2007 New Mexico Player of the 

Year at Moriarty High School, which finished as 

state runners-up…also played basketball and 

golf…played first base and outfield when he 

wasn’t pitching…agreed to attend University of 

New Mexico before signing with the Rays. 

Ê Matt’s older brother, Bobby, pitched and played 

outfield for the University of New Mexico 

Lobos from 2005-09…he was twice named to 

the Mountain West Conference’s All-Academic 

Team…also a lefty, Bobby was 4-2 with a 4.38 

ERA his senior season. 

Ê For 25 years, Matt’s father, Marty, worked on 

special operations H53 helicopters for the Air 

Force…he currently works for the Department 

of Defense. 

CAREER HIGHS 


8.0, 7/22/12 vs. SEA 


3.0, 9/17/11 at BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

11, 9/22/11 at NYY 

WALKS 

5, 3x-last 7/17/12 vs. CLE 

HR ALLOWED 

2, 4x-last 8/19/12 at LAA 

RUNS ALLOWED 

8, 5/6/12 vs. OAK 

WIN STREAK 

4G, 2x-last 7/28/12 – 

8/19/12 

LOSS STREAK 

4G, 2x-last 8/30/12 – 

9/16/12 


Matt Moore

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2007 Princeton 0 0 2.66 8 3 0 0 0 20.1 12 6 6 1 2 16-0 29 2 0 

2008 Princeton 2 2 1.66 12 12 0 0 0 54.1 30 22 10 0 4 19-0 77 4 0 

2009 Bowling Green 8 5 3.15 26 26 0 0 0 123.0 86 51 43 6 6 70-0 176 13 0 

2010 Charlotte 6 11 3.36 26 26 0 0 0 144.2 109 62 54 7 8 61-0 208 10 2 

2011 Montgomery 8 3 2.20 18 18 1 1 0 102.1 68 31 25 8 5 28-0 131 3 1 

Durham 4 0 1.37 9 9 0 0 0 52.2 33 8 8 3 1 18-0 79 4 0 

Tampa Bay 1 0 2.89 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 9 3 3 1 0 3-0 15 2 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 11 11 3.81 31 31 0 0 0 177.1 158 85 75 18 7 81-5 175 8 1 



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Jack Powell. 



2012 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 



2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 1 0 0.90 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 3 1 1 1 1 3-0 8 1 0 



2011 Pitcher 1.000 3 1 1 0 2 0 

2012 Pitcher .929 31 6 20 2 28 3 

Totals .933 34 7 21 2 30 3 



vs. Left .243 152 37 3 .242 161 39 3 

vs. Right .237 511 121 15 .237 539 128 16 

Matt walks the runway with 

his girlfriend, Anna Orlando, 

and Jeremy Keyser from 

the Children’s Dream Fund. 

The seventh annual Rays 

on the Runway event was 

held at the St. Petersburg 

Marriott in June 2012. 

PHOTO BY STEVEN KOVICH


40-MAN ROSTER › WIL MYERS 

BATS 

RIGHT 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Acquired from the Kansas City Royals on Dec 9 

as part of a seven-player trade that sent pitchers 

James Shields, Wade Davis and a player 

to be named later (INF Elliot Johnson) to the 

Royals for Myers and three other prospects. 

Ê Became the third player ever to win the 

Baseball America, USA Today and Topps Minor 

League Player of the Year awards in the same 

season, joining Andruw Jones (1996) and Josh 

Beckett (2001). 

BASEBALL AMERICA PLAYERS 

OF THE YEAR SINCE 2005 

2012 Wil Myers, KC 

2011 Mike Trout, LAA 

2010 Jeremy Hellickson, TB 

2009 Jason Heyward, ATL 

2008 Matt Wieters, BAL 

2007 Jay Bruce, CIN 

2006 Alex Gordon, KC 

2005 Delmon Young, TB 

Ê Enters 2013 rated by Baseball America as the 

No. 1 prospect, Best Power Hitter and Best 

Hitter for Average in the Rays system…also 

ranked the No. 4 prospect in the minor leagues 

by MLB.com. 

Ê The Triple-A Durham Bulls have offered a “Wil 

He, Won’t He?” ticket promotion, a ticket package 

including three Bulls games—Opening Day 

on April 8, Fourth of July and Fan Appreciation 

OUTFIELDER 

WIL 

MYERS 60 

William Bradford Myers 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 

WEIGHT 

190 



BORN 12/10/90 in Thomasville, NC 

RESIDES Thomasville, NC 



with RHP Jake Odorizzi, LHP Mike Montgomery 

and 3B Patrick Leonard in exchange for RHP 

James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player 

to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), 12/9/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Steve Connelly (Royals) 

FOLLOW HIM @wilmyers 

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Day on Aug 24—with a voucher for an additional 

game of their choice should Myers not start 

the season with the Bulls. 

Ê His 37 home runs between Double-A Northwest 

Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha were the second-most 

in minor league baseball, one shy of 

26-year-old Darin Ruf who hit 38 for Double-A 

Reading (Phillies)…his 313 total bases led all 

minor leaguers and his 109 RBI ranked 4th… 

his .987 OPS was 5th among full-season minor 

leaguers…he was one of 6 minor leaguers with 

a .600 or better slugging pct. 

Ê According to Baseball America, became one 

of 10 minor leaguers in the past 50 years to 

hit 35 or more home runs above Class-A before 

turning 22…only two others matched or exceeded 

his 37 HR: Arlo Engel (41 for Double-A El 

Paso in 1963) and Paul Konerko (37 for Triple-A 

Albuquerque in 1997)…his 37 HR were 29 

more than he hit in 2011 and 23 more than he 

had ever hit in any of his previous three minor 

league seasons. 

Ê Made a total of 83 starts in CF, 18 in RF and 15 

at 3B. 

Ê Was the second-youngest regular in the Pacific 

Coast League, trailing only Seattle shortstop 

prospect Nick Franklin (who was transferred 

from Double-A Jackson to Triple-A Tacoma on 

June 20). 

Ê Is one of five players to play in the Futures 

Game in both 2011 and 2012, along with COL 


Wil Myers

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40-MAN ROSTER › WIL MYERS 

Nolan Arenado, PIT Chase d’Arnaud, BAL 

Manny Machado and TEX Jurickson Profar. 

Ê Collected two hits and drove in three runs for 

the U.S. squad at the 2012 Futures Game in 

Kansas City on July 8 and then three days later 

was selected the “Star of Stars” for the Pacific 

Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star Game after 

recording two hits, including a double, with 

an RBI and a run scored. 

Ê Through July, he had amassed 33 home runs 

and 91 RBI in only 102 games. 


Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with Northwest 

Arkansas where he converted from catcher 

to outfield…missed almost a month beginning 

May 11 with a serious laceration on his knee 

and a subsequent infection…suffered the injury 

when he slipped running from his car in the 

rain…was hitting .284 with 2 HR and 9 RBI in 

20 games before the injury, but hit only .246 

with 6 HR and 40 RBI in 79 games after his 

return. 

Ê Named to the Texas League All-Star Game 

and the Futures Game at Chase Field…converted 

from catcher to the outfield, spending the 

majority of season in RF but also playing LF 

and CF. 

Ê Following the season, he rebounded in the 

Arizona Fall League, batting .360 (31-for- 

86) with 5 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 18 RBI and 24 runs 

scored in 23 games for Surprise…finished second 

in the league in on-base pct. (.481), third in 

slugging (.674) and third in OPS (1.156)…his 20 

walks tied for the league lead. 

Ê Batted a combined .316 in the Midwest and 

Carolina Leagues in 2010, his final season as a 

catcher…was rated as Baseball America’s 

No. 2 prospect in the Royals system, No. 3 

prospect in the Midwest League and No. 4 

prospect in the Carolina League following 

the season…named a Baseball America Minor 

League All-Star (first team) and a finalist for 

their Minor League Player of the Year award. 

JOHN OWEN 

Ê Named Class-A Burlington (Royals) Player of 

the Year and a Midwest League All-Star despite 

a July 1 promotion to Class-A Wilmington. 

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the top prospect 

in the Pioneer League following the 2009 

season…had a minor-league-high 21 hits in 

September that season. 


Ê Graduated from Wesleyan Christian Academy 

in High Point, N.C., in 2009…helped Wesleyan 

win the 2008 state championship…batted .532 

with 14 home runs and 41 RBI as a senior…listed 

as the number two Best Pure Hitter among 

high school players by Baseball America entering 

the draft. 



2009 Burlington .125 4 16 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 2 .438 .125 0 

Idaho Falls .426 18 68 18 29 7 1 4 14 0 2 1 9-1 15 2 0 3 .735 .488 1 

2010 Burlington .289 68 242 42 70 19 1 10 45 0 2 2 48-0 55 10 3 4 .500 .408 4 

Wilmington .346 58 205 28 71 18 2 4 38 0 1 4 37-1 39 2 3 5 .512 .453 1 

2011 NW Arkansas .254 99 354 50 90 23 1 8 49 2 4 4 52-1 87 9 2 16 .393 .353 7 

2012 NW Arkansas .343 35 134 32 46 11 1 13 30 0 1 1 16-0 42 4 1 4 .731 .414 0 

Omaha .304 99 388 66 118 15 5 24 79 0 3 3 45-2 98 2 2 7 .554 .378 5 

Minor League Totals .303 381 1407 237 426 93 12 64 259 2 13 15 207-5 339 29 11 41 .522 .395 18 

1: Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 2009 June Draft…signed by Steve Connelly. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays 

along with RH Jake Odorizzi, LH Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard from Kansas City in exchange for RH James Shields, RH Wade Davis 

and a player to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), December 9, 2012.


40-MAN ROSTER › JEFF NIEMANN 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jeff is a dog lover and has a Belgian Tervuren 

Shepherd named Sadie…she was featured in 

the 2012-13 Players & Pooches calendar, showing 

off Rays players and their dogs to benefit 

the Pet Pal Animal Shelter…his German 

Shepherd mix named Ginger passed away 

in January…Jeff visited the Pet Pal shelter in 

St. Pete with Ginger last season. 

Ê He remains involved with the baseball programs 

at his high school and college alma maters, 

Lamar High School and Rice University, 

both located in Houston…he visited both teams 

during the offseason. 

Ê At 6'9", Jeff was the third-tallest player in the 

majors in 2012 behind Mets pitchers Jon Rauch 

(6'11") and Chris Young (6'10")…matches southpaw 

Mark Hendrickson as the tallest player in 

Rays history. 

Ê Jeff’s basketball career ended abruptly when 

he was cut from the Lanier Middle School team 

in favor of Emeka Okafor, now a 6'10" center for 

the Washington Wizards. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Opened the season as the Rays 5th starter, but 

spent three and a half months (May 16–Sep 1) 

on the disabled list with a fractured right fibula…limited 

to just 8 starts, 3 of which were 

against Toronto. 

Ê Suffered the injury on May 14 at TOR when a 

liner from Adam Lind struck him in the ankle in 

the 1st inning…placed on the DL the next day. 

Ê Returned to make only one more start on Sep 1 

at TOR, but pitched only 3.1 innings due to 


JEFF 

NIEMANN 34 

Jeffrey Warren Niemann (NEE-men) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'9" 

WEIGHT 

285 



BORN 2/28/83 in Houston, TX 

RESIDES Houston, TX 


ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (fourth 

overall) of the 2004 June Draft 

SIGNING SCOUT Jonathan Bonifay (Rays) 

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tightness in his right arm…later diagnosed with 

slight inflammation in his rotator cuff. 

Ê His best start came May 9 at NYY (7-IP, 6-H, 

1-R/ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)…left trailing 1-0, but the 

Rays scored 4 runs in the 9th off RH David 

Robertson to win. 

Ê Despite winning only 2 of 8 starts, his career 

winning pct. of .606 (40-26) is the 2nd highest 

in club history (min. 25 decisions) behind David 

Price (.663). 

Ê Although winless in 4 starts vs. the AL East, his 

career winning pct. of .640 is 7th best among 

active pitchers (min. 25 decisions). 

HIGHEST CAREER WINNING PCT. 

vs. A.L. EAST, ACTIVE PITCHERS 

(Min. 25 decisions) 

W-L PCT. 

David Price 33-11 .750 

Andy Pettitte 86-38 .694 

Jon Lester 44-20 .689 

Jered Weaver 26-14 .650 

Tim Hudson 34-19 .642 

Roy Halladay 66-37 .641 

Jeff Niemann 16-9 .640 

Justin Verlander 23-13 .639 

Ê Gave up 3 ER or less in each of his 8 starts but 

failed to get through the 6th inning in 7 of them. 

Ê Opposing batters hit only .180 (20-for-111) 

through their first 2 plate apps against him… 

in their 3rd PA, that avg. jumped to .345 

(10-for-29). 

Ê Held right-handed batters to a .119 avg. (7-for- 

59)…lefties hit .280 (23-for-82). 


Jeff Niemann

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Ê In his 4-3 win on May 3 at SEA, he faced an all 

left-handed hitting lineup (7 lefties, 2 switchhitters)…according 

to Baseball Reference, it 

was the first time in Rays franchise history 

that an opposing lineup featured all left-handed 

hitters. 

Ê Is 13-2 in his last 16 starts when the Rays have 

scored at least 3 runs while he was in the game. 

Ê Made 4 starts on a rehab assignment from 

Aug 8-25…started with Class-A Charlotte where 

he made 2 starts before moving to Triple-A 

Durham where he made 2 more starts, his last 

coming on Aug 25 vs. Norfolk…posted a 

6.91 ERA (14.1-IP, 11-ER) with 10 SO, 5 BB and 

26 hits allowed over the 4 starts. 


Ê In 2011, enjoyed his 3rd consecutive season 

of 10-plus wins and a winning record…Scott 

Kazmir (2005-08) is the only other Ray to 

achieve such a streak…went 11-7 in 23 starts, 

despite opening the season 0-3 in his first 4 

starts…went 11-4 with a 3.52 ERA (115-IP, 45- 

ER) in 19 starts the rest of the season sandwiched 

around a stay on the DL, May 5–June 19, 

with a lower back strain. 

Ê Went 8-2 (.800) with a 3.27 ERA (71.2-IP, 26-ER) 

in 12 road starts, the 2nd-best road record in 

the AL, winning 8 of his last 9 decisions. 

Ê Was 2-0 in 3 starts vs. the Red Sox while holding 

them to a .127 (9-for-71) average…only four 

pitchers with a minimum of 20 innings have 

held the Sox to a lower average in one season 

over the past 65 years. 

Ê In 6 starts prior to the DL stint, went 2-4 with 

a 5.74 ERA (31.1-IP, 20-ER)…in his first 10 starts 

after returning from the DL (June 20–Aug 16), 

went 7-0 with a 2.15 ERA (67-IP, 16-ER)…in his 

last 7 starts (Aug 22–end) went 3-3 with a 6.08 

ERA (37-IP, 25-ER)…overall after returning from 

the DL went 10-3 with a 3.55 ERA (104-IP, 41- 

ER) and 88 strikeouts in 17 starts. 

Ê Went 3-0 with a 1.06 ERA (34-IP, 4-ER) in 5 

starts in the month of July…his ERA set a club 

record for any month (min. 25 IP) and ranked 

2nd in the majors…went 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA 

(37.2-IP, 14-ER) in 5 starts in August…4 wins 

tied a club record for August. 

Ê Threw a complete-game 3-hitter on Aug 16 

at BOS in the second game of a doubleheader, 

winning 6-2…followed James Shields, who 

threw a complete game in losing the first 

game, 3-1…it was the first time teammates 

turned in complete games on the same day 

since MIL Angel Miranda and Ricky Bones on 

Aug 13, 1993 vs. DET and first against the Red 

Sox at Fenway since CLE Luis Tiant and Sonny 

Siebert on June 29, 1969. 

Ê Recorded 3 double-digit strikeout games in 

July after never having done so in his career 

prior to that…included was a career-high 11 SO 

on July 29 at SEA…on July 17 vs. BOS matched 

Josh Beckett with 8 shutout innings in a game 

the Rays lost 1-0 in 16 innings…allowed 2 hits 

and 2 walks with 10 strikeouts. 

Ê In 2010, had one of the best first halves in club 

history before he went on the disabled list with 

a right shoulder strain on Aug 9…was his first 

trip to the DL as a major leaguer…at the time 

ranked 2nd in the AL in winning pct. (10-3, .769) 

and 8th in ERA (3.12) through 22 starts. 

Ê Returned from the DL on Aug 25 and in 8 

games (7 starts) went 2-5 with a 9.82 ERA including 

a win in relief with a scoreless inning 

(1-IP, 3-SO) on Oct 3 at KC, the regular season 

finale…in his first 3 starts back from the DL allowed 

23 ER in 10 IP, raising his ERA from 3.12 

to 4.28. 

Ê In his previous 47 starts before going on the 

DL between May 13, 2009 and Aug 3, 2010, he 

was 21-6…over the span of one calendar year— 

from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010—his .875 winning 

pct. (14-2) was best in the majors…went 

more than a year (and 16 starts) without losing 

at home, from May 2, 2009 to June 13, 2011… 

was 7-0. 

Ê Was undefeated (6-0) in his first 12 starts…first 

loss was June 13 vs. FLA ending his 7-game win 

streak that dated back to 2009. 

Ê The Rays won the first 9 road games he started 

through July 17…the last major league team 

to win its first 9 road games of a season started 

by one pitcher was the 2005 Cardinals, who 

won Chris Carpenter’s first 13 road games. 

Ê On June 25 vs. ARI suffered a 1-0 loss to Edwin 

Jackson, who pitched the third no-hitter 

against the Rays in less than 12 months…lone 

run allowed was Adam LaRoche’s solo homer… 

his line: 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 8 SO. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Was on the Rays postseason 

roster in the ALDS vs. TEX and made one relief 

app…in Game 2 at home, tossed the final 3 innings 

without yielding a run in the 6-0 loss, a 

game in which James Shields lasted only 4.1 IP. 

Ê In 2009 led all major league rookies in innings 

pitched (180.2) and AL rookies in winning pct. 

(.684), ERA (3.94), complete games (2) and 

shutouts (2). 

Ê His .684 (13-6) winning pct. remains 5th best 

all-time among AL rookies with 30 or more 

starts…led the Rays in wins and ERA, becoming 

the first rookie to lead a defending AL cham-

pion in those categories since NYY Bob Grim 

in 1954. 

Ê Allowed only 0.85 HR/9 IP (180.2-IP, 17-HR), 

best among AL rookies and 6th best overall in 

the AL…at one point, threw 57 straight innings 

without allowing a homer. 

Ê Held opponents leading off an inning to a 

.240 OBP, lowest in the majors…walked only 6 

leadoff batters all season out of 192 batters 

faced…opponents batted only .215 off him in 

those situations, lowest in the AL. 

When the gates opened on Opening Day 2012 

prior to the Rays-Yankees game, Jeff and a few 

teammates helped greet fans and hand out Rays 

schedule magnets presented by Re/Max. 


Ê Became the first rookie ever to beat Roy 

Halladay twice: June 29 and Aug 24, both in 

Toronto…was joined by teammate David Price 

later in the season with that distinction. 

Ê Stopped the Rockies 11-game win streak 

June 16 at COL winning 12-4…became the first 

rookie to snap a winning streak of 11 or more 

games since MIL Ben Sheets stopped a Cubs 

12-game streak in 2001. 

Ê On Sep 28 vs. BAL he faced Mark Hendrickson 

(6'9")…at a combined 162 inches of pitcher it 

equaled the second-tallest matchup in major 

league history, just short of May 11, 2009 

at AT&T Park, when SF Randy Johnson (6'10") 

faced ARI Daniel Cabrera (6'9"), a total height 

of 163 inches. 



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Ê Was Triple-A Durham’s 2008 Opening Day 

starter and spent the bulk of the season there, 

but had two stints in the majors…made 2 starts 

for the Rays in April and was recalled Sep 13 after 

the Bulls completed their postseason run. 

Ê Promoted April 9 to take the place of starter 

Matt Garza, who was placed on the DL with 

right nerve irritation…won his ML debut on 

April 13 vs. BAL (6-IP, 6-H, 1-ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)… 

only run allowed came on a Nick Markakis 

homer in the 6th. 

Ê Started the Futures Game in 2007 at AT&T 

Park in San Francisco during the All-Star 

break…was also elected to play in the Triple-A 

All-Star Game…finished 2nd on the Durham 

staff with 12 wins, tied for 3rd in the IL…missed 

the first three weeks of August with shoulder 

fatigue. 

Ê Was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (13-IP, 3-ER) in 2 postseason 

starts for the Bulls with wins over 

Toledo (Tigers) and Richmond (Braves). 

Ê Opened the 2006 season on the disabled list 

recovering from October 2005 right shoulder 

surgery to shave the joint between his collarbone 

and shoulder…returned June 19 with 

Double-A Montgomery…went 5-1 with a 1.75 

ERA over his last 8 starts and was 1-0 in 2 postseason 

starts. 

Ê Named Tampa Bay’s top pitching prospect 

for the second straight season by Baseball 

America. 

Ê Made his professional debut in 2005 appearing 

in 11 games between Class-A Visalia and 

Montgomery…sidelined with right shoulder inflammation 

June 21–Aug 2…joined Montgomery 

upon his return from the disabled list. 

Ê Signed with the Rays on Jan 20, 2005, some 

204 days after he was drafted…did not pitch 

in between…spent the latter part of 2004 as a 

volunteer at Rice head coach Wayne Graham’s 

youth baseball camp. 


Ê In three years at Rice University, went 28-4 

with a 2.41 ERA and 303 strikeouts in 284.1 innings…3 

of those losses came in his junior season 

in 2004 as he came back from offseason 

arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. 

Ê As a sophomore in 2003, he was 17-0, tying the 

NCAA record for most wins in an undefeated 

season…the First Team All-American led Rice to 

the NCAA championship…the Owls were 22-0 in 

games when he pitched…pitched to a 1.70 ERA 

with 156 SO in 137.1 IP. 

Ê Was invited to try out for the USA Baseball 

National Team following his sophomore season 

but opted to play in the Cape Cod League…went 


Jeff Niemann

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2-0 with the Harwich Mariners and didn’t allow 

an earned run in 19.1 IP. 

Ê He and fellow Rice pitchers Phil Humber and 

Wade Townsend made history when the three 

were drafted within the first eight selections of 

the 2004 June Draft…Humber was taken third 

overall by the Mets and Townsend eighth by 

the Orioles. 

Ê Was a kinesiology major at Rice…both of his 

parents are University of Texas graduates, but 

his uncle and grandmother on his mother’s side 

are Rice grads. 

Ê Possessed a 94-mph fastball and was 9-1 as a 

senior at Lamar High School. 

CAREER HIGHS 


SHUTOUTS (3) 

8/16/11 at BOS – 3-hit CG; 

6/8/10 vs. TOR – 2-hit SHO; 

7/10/09 vs. OAK – 7-hit SHO; 

6/3/09 vs. KC – 2-hit SHO 


9.0, 4x-last 8/16/11 at BOS 


3.0, 2x-last 7/4/09 at TEX 

STRIKEOUTS 

11, 7/29/11 at SEA 

WALKS 

4, 9x-last 9/12/10 at TOR 

HR ALLOWED 

2, 17x-last 4/17/12 at TOR 

RUNS ALLOWED 

10, 8/25/10 at LAA 

WIN STREAK 

7G, 2x-last 6/20/11 – 

8/16/11 

LOSS STREAK 

4G, 8/25/10 – 9/19/10 



2005 Visalia 0 1 3.98 5 5 0 0 0 20.1 12 10 9 3 2 10-0 28 1 0 

Montgomery 0 1 4.35 6 3 0 0 0 10.1 7 7 5 0 0 5-0 14 0 0 

2006 Montgomery 5 5 2.68 14 14 0 0 0 77.1 56 24 23 6 7 29-0 84 3 0 

2007 Durham 12 6 3.98 25 25 0 0 0 131.0 144 69 58 13 9 46-1 123 8 0 

2008 Durham 9 5 3.59 24 24 3 1 0 133.0 101 60 53 15 5 50-0 128 2 0 

Tampa Bay 2 2 5.06 5 2 0 0 0 16.0 18 12 9 3 1 8-0 14 0 0 

2009 Tampa Bay 13 6 3.94 31 30 2 2 0 180.2 185 84 79 17 9 59-1 125 6 0 

2010 Tampa Bay 12 8 4.39 30 29 1 1 0 174.1 159 86 85 25 7 61-6 131 4 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 11 7 4.06 23 23 1 0 0 135.1 131 65 61 18 5 37-1 105 7 0 

Charlotte 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 

Durham 1 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 4 4 0 0 3-0 8 2 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 2 3 3.08 8 8 0 0 0 38.0 30 17 13 2 2 12-0 34 2 0 

Charlotte 0 0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 0 1 3-0 6 0 0 

Durham 0 0 7.56 2 2 0 0 0 8.1 17 7 7 1 0 2-0 4 0 0 


Major League Totals 40 26 4.08 97 92 4 3 0 544.1 523 264 247 65 24 177-8 409 19 0 

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (fourth overall) of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Jonathan Bonifay. 



2009 Tampa Bay .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2010 Tampa Bay .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2011 Tampa Bay .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 




2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 



2008 Pitcher 1.000 5 0 1 0 1 0 

2009 Pitcher 1.000 31 9 12 0 21 4 

2010 Pitcher .957 30 8 14 1 23 1 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 23 10 21 0 31 1 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 8 2 6 0 8 2 

Totals .988 97 29 54 1 84 8 



vs. Left .280 82 23 1 .258 1089 281 35 

vs. Right .119 59 7 1 .243 994 242 30


40-MAN ROSTER › JAKE ODORIZZI 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Jake and his wife, Carissa, were married in 

November in Tulum, Mexico…the high school 

sweethearts had a cermony of about 65 family 

members and stayed a week there for their 

honeymoon. 

Ê He and Carissa adopted a Shih Tzu named 

Miley two years ago. 

Ê Enjoys video games, particularly “Call of Duty.” 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Saw his first action in the big leagues after 

being selected to the major league roster on 

Sep 16…made two starts for the Royals, both 

against the Indians. 

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 23 vs. 

CLE…suffered the loss, totaling 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ 

ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 87 pitches, 55 strikes…held 

Cleveland scoreless until the 6th inning, when- 

Asdrubal Cabrera delivered an RBI single and 

Carlos Santana followed with a 2-run homer… 

left the game trailing 3-1, and the Royals went 

on to lose 15-4. 

Ê On Sep 29 at CLE, earned no decision in a 7-6 

victory…lasted only 2 IP and 65 pitches (2-H, 

1-R/ER, 3-BB, 1-SO). 

Ê Named Pitcher of the Year for Triple-A Omaha 

despite opening the season with Double-A 

Northwest Arkansas…his 15 combined wins 

tied for 3rd most in minor league baseball, and 

fell one shy of the overall lead…went a com- 


JAKE 

ODORIZZI 23 

Jacob Todd Odorizzi 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

185 



BORN 3/27/90 in Breese, IL 

RESIDES Delray Beach, FL 



with OF Wil Myers, LHP Mike Montgomery and 

3B Patrick Leonard in exchange for RHP James 

Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be 

named (INF Elliot Johnson), 12/9/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Harvey Kuenn Jr. (Brewers) 

FOLLOW HIM @JakeOdorizzi 

147 

bined 15-5 in the minors with a 3.03 ERA (145.1- 

IP, 49-ER) in 26 games, 25 starts. 

Ê In 7 starts for Northwest Arkansas, tallied 

47 SO and 10 BB in 38 IP until a May 18 promotion 

to Omaha…won 8 straight decisions from 

May 5–July 14, earning 6 of those victories for 

Omaha. 

Ê On June 7 vs. Round Rock (Rangers), struck 

out 10 batters out of the bullpen to defeat major 

league veteran RH Roy Oswalt, 7-2…threw 

6.2 IP in relief of starter Everett Teaford, who 

lasted 2 IP. 

Ê Earned the starting assignment for the 

U.S. team in the Futures Game on July 8 at 

Kauffman Stadium…allowed a solo homer to 

Rangers prospect SS Jurickson Profar in one 

inning of work…earned no decision in the 17-5 

U.S. victory. 

Ê Entering the 2013 season was rated the 

No. 5 prospect in the Royals farm system by 

Baseball America…MLB.com ranked him the 

Rays No. 2 prospect behind Wil Myers. 


Ê In 2011 opened the year with Class-A 

Wilmington, making 15 starts before a July 1 

promotion to Northwest Arkansas, where he 

made 12 starts to finish the season…named 

Wilmington’s Pitcher of the Year as well as a 

Carolina League midseason All-Star. 


Jake Odorizzi

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40-MAN ROSTER › JAKE ODORIZZI 

Ê Led the Carolina League with 103 SO at the 

time of his promotion…averaged 11.83 SO/9 IP 

(78.1-IP, 103-SO) for Wilmington and logged 

double-digit strikeouts in 4 of his 15 starts, including 

13 SO over 6 scoreless innings of onehit 

ball on May 10 vs. Salem (Red Sox). 


America as the No. 4 prospect in the Royals 

system. 

Ê Named the 2010 Minor League Pitcher of the 

Year for the Brewers system in his first year 

of full-season ball…spent the entire campaign 

with Class-A Wisconsin and was named to the 

Midwest League All-Star Team. 

Ê With 135 SO in 120.2 IP, led the Midwest 

League with 10.1 SO/9 IP. 

Ê Following the season was traded to the Royals 

on Dec 19 as part of a six-player trade sending 

2009 AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke to 

the Brewers. 

Ê Following the season, was ranked by MLB.com 

as the No. 37 prospect in baseball and would 

have been the Brewers top prospect according 

to Baseball America prior to the trade. 

Ê Spent the 2009 campaign with Rookie-level 

Helena…made his professional debut in 2008 

with the AZL Brewers, after being selected in 

the supplemental first round of the June Draft. 


Ê Is the only child of Mike and Juli Odorizzi…Mike 

works as an electrical lineman and Juli as a 

teacher. 

Ê Graduated from Highland (Ill.) High School in 

2008…went 14-0 with a 0.10 ERA during his senior 

year, allowing just 1 earned run in 89.2 IP… 

recorded 146 strikeouts against 6 walks while 

leading the Bulldogs to the Class 3A state title. 

Ê Named Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year in 

2008…named a Louisville Slugger Preseason 

All-American, a Rawlings/Perfect Game All- 

American and a member of USA Today’s All- 

USA team…also played basketball and football 

as a wide receiver and safety. 

Ê Bypassed an opportunity to pitch at the 

University of Louisville to sign with the 

Brewers in 2008. 

CAREER HIGHS 


5.1, 9/23/12 vs. CLE 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 9/23/12 vs. CLE 

WALKS 

3, 9/29/12 at CLE 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 9/23/12 vs. CLE 

RUNS ALLOWED 

3, 9/23/12 vs. CLE 



2008 AZL Brewers 1 2 3.48 11 4 0 0 0 20.2 18 10 8 2 1 9-0 19 0 1 

2009 Helena 1 4 4.40 12 10 0 0 0 47.0 55 27 23 3 2 9-0 43 5 0 

2010 Wisconsin 7 3 3.43 23 20 0 0 1 120.2 99 52 46 7 9 40-0 135 5 0 

2011 Wilmington 5 4 2.87 15 15 0 0 0 78.1 68 30 25 4 2 22-0 103 6 0 

NW Arkansas 5 3 4.72 12 12 0 0 0 68.2 66 38 36 13 1 22-0 54 1 0 

2012 NW Arkansas 4 2 3.32 7 7 0 0 0 38.0 27 15 14 2 0 10-0 47 4 0 

Omaha 11 3 2.93 19 18 0 0 0 107.1 105 41 35 12 2 40-0 88 3 0 

Kansas City 0 1 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 1 0 4-0 4 0 0 



1: Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fi rst round (32nd overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Harvey Kuenn Jr. 2: Acquired by the 

Kansas City Royals along with OF Lorenzo Cain, SS Alcides Escobar and RH Jeremy Jeffress from Milwaukee in exchange for SS Yuniesky 

Betancourt, RH Zack Greinke and cash considerations, December 19, 2010. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with OF Wil Myers, 

LH Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard from Kansas City in exchange for RH James Shields, RH Wade Davis and a player to be named (INF 

Elliot Johnson), December 9, 2012. 



2012 Pitcher 1.000 2 2 1 0 3 0 



vs. Left .280 25 7 1 .280 25 7 1 

vs. Right .200 5 1 0 .200 5 1 0


40-MAN ROSTER › JOEL PERALTA 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Named to the provisional roster for the 

Dominican Republic in the World Baseball 

Classic alongside teammate Fernando Rodney… 

is a first-time WBC participant. 

Ê Joel carries the nickname “El Campeón” (the 

Champion), coined by Joe Maddon during their 

time together with the Angels. 

Ê He and 2011 teammate Juan Cruz are both natives 

of Bonao, Dominican Republic…they embarked 

on a project together to build homes for 

25 impoverished families there. 

Ê Joel is the youngest of five children and did not 

have his own mitt until the age of 14…his father 

drove a tractor in the sugar cane fields and his 

mother worked as a school janitor to support 

the family…idolized Pedro Martinez as a kid. 

Ê Considered quitting baseball in 2002, following 

a demotion from Double-A Arkansas to Class-A 

Cedar Rapids as a member of the Angels system…his 

older brother, Frank, convinced him to 

stick with it, and Joel responded by going 5-0 

with 21 saves and a 0.95 ERA for the Kernels. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Finished his eighth major league season with 

a career-high 76 appearances, tied with teammate 

Fernando Rodney for 2nd in the AL…together 

they trailed only LH Randy Choate (85 

games in 2010) for 2nd in club history, and they 

ranked 1st among righthanders. 

Ê Became the first Ray to have two seasons of 

70-plus appearances…leads all AL relievers 

with 147 apps over the past 2 seasons. 


JOEL 

PERALTA 62 

Joel Peralta (jole puh-RALL-tah) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

5'11" 

WEIGHT 

205 



BORN 3/23/76 in Bonao, DR 

RESIDES Bonao, DR 

CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2014 plus 

three one-year club options for 2015, 2016 

and 2017 


SIGNING SCOUT Luis Coronado (Athletics) 

149 

Ê Led the majors with 37 holds, the most by an 

AL reliever since 1952, as far back as Stats Inc. 

has researched, and 11 more than any Rays 

pitcher has ever recorded. 

Ê Entered the game in the 8th inning in 64 of 

his 76 apps…completed the 8th inning in 33 of 

Fernando Rodney’s 48 saves…also recorded 2 

saves: May 2 vs. SEA and May 11 vs. OAK. 

MOST APPEARANCES, A.L., 2012 

Boone Logan, NYY 80 

Joel Peralta, TB 76 

Fernando Rodney, TB 76 

Kelvin Herrera, KC 76 

Grant Balfour, OAK 75 

MOST APPEARANCES, A.L., 2011-12 

Joel Peralta, TB 147 

Jose Valverde, DET 146 

Boone Logan, NYY 144 

Joe Smith, CLE 143 

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ AVG., MLB 

RELIEVERS, 2010-12 (Min. 150 apps) 

Craig Kimbrel, ATL .151 

Ernesto Frieri, SD/LAA .182 

Carlos Marmol, CHC .182 

Daniel Bard, BOS .185 

Joel Peralta, WAS/TB .188 

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ OBP, MLB 

RELIEVERS, 2010-12 (Min. 150 apps) 

Sergio Romo, SF .235 

Craig Kimbrel, ATL .239 

Joel Peralta, WAS/TB .240 


Joel Peralta

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Ê His career-high 84 SO tied for 6th most among 

AL relievers…struck out a career-high 11.28 batters 

per 9 IP, 10th highest in the AL. 

Ê Had a .200 opp avg. (49-for-245)…his .254 opp 

OBP was the 5th-lowest mark among AL relievers…over 

the last 3 seasons (2010-12) has held 

opponents to a .188 avg. and .240 OBP, which 

rank 5th and 3rd among major league relievers 

during that time, respectively (min. 150 apps). 

Ê Allowed 9 HR in 67 IP, tied for 5th most among 

AL relievers…permitted 16 over the last 2 seasons, 

also 5th highest among AL relievers. 

Ê Had a 2.88 ERA (34.1-IP, 11-ER) in 39 apps at 

home compared to a 4.41 ERA (32.2-IP, 16-ER) 

in 37 apps on the road. 

Ê From July 16–Aug 13, allowed only 1 run in 15 

appearances (14.2-IP, 0.61 ERA) and struck out 

25 of his 51 batters faced in that span. 

Ê Served an 8-game suspension from June 22-29, 

stemming from his ejection June 19 at WAS… 

was ejected before throwing a pitch when— 

at the urging of Nationals Manager Davey 

Johnson—umpires found a foreign substance on 

his glove…it was the first ejection of his career. 

Ê In his first 4 apps of the season (April 6-13), 

threw 64 pitches over 1.2 IP, allowing 7 runs on 

5 hits and 4 BB in that span…after that, pitched 

to a 2.76 ERA (65.1-IP, 20-ER) with 81 SO and 

13 BB over his final 73 outings. 

Ê Made his third Opening Day roster (also 2007 

with KC, 2011 with Rays). 

Ê Pitched briefly with Gigantes del Cibao in the 

2012 Dominican Winter League. 


Ê Recorded 71 apps and 6 saves in 2011, 

his first saves since 2007…only one pitcher— 

major league save leader DET Jose Valverde— 

had more appearances in the AL. 

Ê Seventeen of his final 18 apps (beginning 

Aug 7) were scoreless…had a 0.47 ERA (19-IP, 

1-ER) in that span, only allowing 10 base runners 

(8-H, 2-BB) while striking out 20. 

Ê During the final 24-game run in which the Rays 

made up 9 games in the AL Wild Card race in 

September, he made 7 apps, all scoreless (7- 

IP, 3-H) and the Rays won all 7 games while 

he saved 4…entered September with only 4 

saves in his entire career…was filling in for closer 

Kyle Farnsworth who was out with elbow 

tenderness. 

Ê Earned saves in back-to-back apps, Sep 17- 

18 at BOS, giving the Rays 3 wins in a crucial 

4-game series that brought them to within 2 

games of Boston in the AL Wild Card race. 

Ê Held first batters faced to a .072 (5-for-69) average, 

the best mark in the majors…per Stats 

Inc., since records first became available in 

1974 through 2012, only one ML reliever (min. 

60 AB) finished a season with a better number: 

NYY Mariano Rivera in 1999 (.048, 3-for-62). 

Ê Lefthanders hit .155 (17-for-110) against him, 

the 2nd-lowest mark among major league relievers 

(min. 100 AB) in 2011 behind BAL/TEX 

Koji Uehara (.130)…also remains the lowest season 

mark in Rays history (min. 100 AB)…overall 

opponents hit .188 (44-for-234), 8th lowest 

among AL relievers. 

Ê Allowed 8.25 base runners per 9 IP, 2nd lowest 

among AL relievers behind Uehara (6.51) and 

just ahead of Rivera (8.36). 

Ê Held opposing batters to a .185 (10-for-54) avg. 

with RISP and .120 (3-for-25) avg. with RISP 

and 2 outs…in 36 home apps, held opponents 

to a .118 (13-for-110) avg. and posted a 1.34 ERA 

(33.2-IP, 5-ER). 

Ê Two of the 7 home runs he surrendered were 

hit by SEA Miguel Olivo in back-to-back plate 

apps June 3-4. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 3 games of the 

ALDS vs. TEX and did not allow a run…pitched 

in Games 2, 3 and 4. 

Ê Emerged as a key member of the 2010 

Nationals bullpen after signing with 

Washington as a minor league free agent in 

December 2009…compiled a 2.02 ERA (49- 

IP, 11-ER) over 39 relief apps after his contract 

was selected from Triple-A Syracuse on 

June 21. 

Ê From the time of his first game (June 22) 

through season’s end, ranked 3rd among NL 

relievers with 49 IP, trailing only ATL Jonny 

Venters (52) and COL Matt Belisle (49.2)…also 

ranked among NL relief leaders (min. 30 apps) 

during that stretch with a .214 opponents’ OBP 

(2nd), 7.35 base runners per 9 innings (2nd), 1.7 

BB/9 IP (6th), 5.4 SO/BB ratio (7th), 5.5 H/9 IP 

(8th) and a .170 opp avg. (8th)—all career bests. 

Ê Converted all 20 save opportunities for 

Syracuse…ranked 4th in the minors in saves at 

the time of his call-up…led the Nationals system 

in saves over the full season. 

Ê Following the season, pitched for Gigantes del 

Cibao of the Dominican Winter League…recorded 

10 saves and a 1.59 ERA (17-IP, 10-H, 3-ER, 

2-BB, 25-SO) in 17 apps. 

Ê Split the 2009 season between Colorado and 

Triple-A Colorado Springs after being released 

by the Royals at the conclusion of spring training…signed 

with Rockies as a minor league free 

agent on April 8…made a total of 27 appearances 

over two stints in the majors…made 11

consecutive scoreless apps, May 25–June 23… 

was not included on the Rockies NLDS roster 

against the Phillies. 

Ê In 2008 divided the season between Kansas 

City and Triple-A Omaha, with three stints in 

the majors. 

Ê Allowed 15 HR in 52.2 IP, tied with NYY/DET 

Kyle Farnsworth and LAA Justin Speier for 

most among major league relievers…did not allow 

a run in 10 games (18.2-IP) for Omaha, allowing 

only 9 hits and posting 2 saves. 

Ê Spent the entire 2007 season with the Royals 

where he led the bullpen in innings for a second 

straight season…compiled a 3.80 ERA 

(87.2-IP, 37-ER) over 62 relief apps. 

Ê His 87.2 IP marked a career high, ranked 2nd 

among AL relievers and 5th in the majors… 

trailed AL leader MIN Matt Guerrier (88-IP) by 

only 0.1 inning…was the most innings thrown 

by a Royals reliever in 15 years, since Rusty 

Meacham (101.2 in 1992). 

Ê Opened the 2006 season in Omaha and was 

recalled by Kansas City on April 17…spent the 

remainder of the season in the majors, with the 

exception of a nine-day stint with Omaha in 

late July…made 64 apps and led the Royals bullpen 

with 73.2 innings. 

Ê Earned his first major league save on Sep 29 at 

DET for Zack Greinke. 

Ê Broke into the majors in 2005 with the Angels, 

making 28 relief apps…was recalled from 

Triple-A Salt Lake on May 23 and made his major 

league debut May 25 vs. CWS, tossing 2.1 

perfect frames with 4 strikeouts. 

Ê Over his first 11 apps (May 25–June 22) compiled 

a 0.66 ERA (13.2-IP, 1-ER)…earned his first 

Prior to every Sunday home 

game at Tropicana Field, two 

Rays players sign autographs 

for kids ages 14 and under 

along the right-fi eld line. 




151 

win July 6 vs. MIN…was optioned to Salt Lake 

on Aug 30 and recalled Sep 12, but did not pitch 

after that. 

Ê In 2004 with Salt Lake, fanned 68 batters 

in 56 IP…spent June and part of July on the 

DL with a right bicep strain…in 2003 with 

Double-A Arkansas recorded 20 saves for a 

third straight season…began the 2002 season 

with Arkansas…sent down to Class-A Cedar 

Rapids on May 20 after 12 apps…remained with 

the Kernels the rest of the season, going 5-0 

with 21 saves and a 0.95 ERA. 

Ê In 2001 posted a career-high 25 saves between 

Cedar Rapids and Arkansas…posted a 

2.13 ERA and a 10.6 SO/BB ratio (53-SO, 5-BB) 

in 41 games for Cedar Rapids, earning an Aug 2 

promotion to Arkansas…in 2000, his first season 

in the U.S., made 14 apps between Rookielevel 

Butte and Short-A Boise. 

Ê Converted to pitching in 1999 as he signed 

with the Angels and converted 12 saves in the 

Dominican Summer League…missed the entire 

1998 season due to injury…released by 

Oakland on June 4…in 1997 batted .247 for the 

DSL Athletics with 5 2B, 11 RBI and 4 SB in 52 

games. 

CAREER HIGHS 


3.1, 8/8/08 vs. MIN 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 8x-last 8/11/10 vs. FLA 

WALKS 

3, 6/30/05 at TEX 

HR ALLOWED 

3, 8/14/08 at CWS 

RUNS ALLOWED 

5, 3x-last 7/4/09 vs. ARI 

WIN STREAK 

2G, 2x-last 10/3/10 – 

4/30/11 

LOSS STREAK 

5G, 7/8/06 – 4/21/07 


Joel Peralta

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1999 DSL Angels 2 3 2.50 24 0 0 0 12 36.0 27 14 10 0 3 16-1 35 5 1 

2000 Butte 2 1 6.63 10 1 0 0 1 19.0 24 15 14 2 2 10-1 17 2 1 

Boise 0 0 6.48 4 0 0 0 0 8.1 12 6 6 0 1 5-0 9 0 0 

2001 Cedar Rapids 0 0 2.13 41 0 0 0 23 42.1 27 13 10 3 4 5-0 53 0 0 

Arkansas 0 1 6.30 9 0 0 0 2 10.0 15 10 7 2 2 5-0 14 0 1 

2002 Arkansas 0 0 6.62 12 0 0 0 0 17.2 25 15 13 5 1 10-0 11 2 0 

Cedar Rapids 5 0 0.95 41 0 0 0 21 47.1 28 7 5 2 2 11-3 53 6 1 

2003 Arkansas 5 4 2.24 47 0 0 0 20 52.1 39 13 13 3 5 12-2 48 3 0 

Salt Lake 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 

2004 Salt Lake 4 2 4.98 39 0 0 0 1 56.0 64 33 31 6 2 18-0 68 5 0 

AZL Angels 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 1 1 0 0 0-0 9 0 0 

R. Cucamonga 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 0 1-0 1 0 0 

2005 Salt Lake 3 1 2.84 18 0 0 0 10 19.0 11 6 6 0 3 6-0 18 0 0 

Los Angeles-AL 1 0 3.89 28 0 0 0 0 34.2 28 15 15 6 0 14-2 30 2 0 

2006 Omaha 1 0 2.35 6 0 0 0 2 7.2 8 2 2 1 2 3-0 8 1 0 

Kansas City 1 3 4.40 64 0 0 0 1 73.2 74 37 36 10 2 17-2 57 5 0 

2007 Kansas City 1 3 3.80 62 0 0 0 1 87.2 93 39 37 9 2 19-5 66 2 0 

2008 Omaha 1 0 0.00 10 0 0 0 2 18.2 9 0 0 0 0 6-0 19 0 0 

Kansas City 1 2 5.98 40 0 0 0 0 52.2 56 37 35 15 2 14-0 38 1 0 

2009 Colorado Springs 6 0 2.45 31 0 0 0 4 36.2 31 11 10 3 0 11-1 32 3 0 

Colorado 0 3 6.20 27 0 0 0 0 24.2 27 17 17 3 3 12-2 22 0 0 

2010 Syracuse 2 0 1.08 28 0 0 0 20 33.1 24 5 4 1 1 7-1 38 1 0 

Washington 1 0 2.02 39 0 0 0 0 49.0 30 12 11 5 1 9-4 49 0 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 3 4 2.93 71 0 0 0 6 67.2 44 23 22 7 0 18-3 61 3 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 2 6 3.63 76 0 0 0 2 67.0 49 28 27 9 1 17-2 84 5 0 


Rays Totals 5 10 3.27 147 0 0 0 8 134.2 93 51 49 16 1 35-5 145 8 0 

Major League Totals 10 21 3.94 407 0 0 0 10 457.0 401 208 200 64 11 120-20 407 18 0 

1: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as a free agent, July 4, 1996…signed by Luis Coronado. 2: Signed by the Anaheim Angels as a minor league 

free agent, February 25, 1999. 3: Claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Angels, November 21, 2005. 4: Signed by the Colorado 

Rockies as a minor league free agent, April 8, 2009. 5: Signed by the Washington Nationals as a minor league free agent, December 15, 2009. 

6: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, December 17, 2010. 



2007 Kansas City 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 

2010 Washington .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 




2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 



2005 Pitcher 1.000 28 1 6 0 7 0 

2006 Pitcher 1.000 64 6 4 0 10 2 

2007 Pitcher 1.000 62 4 7 0 11 1 

2008 Pitcher 1.000 40 3 2 0 5 0 

2009 Pitcher .833 27 1 4 1 6 0 

2010 Pitcher 1.000 39 1 4 0 5 0 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 71 7 2 0 9 1 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 76 6 2 0 8 1 

Totals .984 407 29 31 1 61 5 



vs. Left .173 127 22 4 .235 694 163 29 

vs. Right .229 118 27 5 .236 1010 238 35

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê David has over 130,000 followers on Twitter 

and has tweeted more than 9,000 times. 


40-MAN ROSTER › DAVID PRICE 

BATS 

LEFT 

Ê Has a French bulldog named Astro…in conjunction 

with “Bark in the Park” day at Tropicana 

Field on April 21, the team will give away Astro 

bobbleheads…on Aug 21, 2011, the team gave 

away 10,000 David Price Superhero Action 

Figures along with his superhero sidekick, 

Astro…that was believed to be the first time 

a sports team has ever fashioned a giveaway 

around a player’s pet…David has been known to 

occasionally place the Astro figurine atop the 

dugout for good luck during games. 

Ê David received his 2012 AL Cy Young Award at 

the New York Baseball Writers’ Association of 

America dinner in January…he has since decided 

to name the trophy “Clarence.” 

Ê On Dec 11, he and Astro each received the key 

to the city from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn. 

Ê Price is featured on the cover of the MLB 2K13 

video game becoming the second Ray to be 

featured (also Evan Longoria on MLB 2K10). 

Ê David was the Rays 2012 nominee for the 

Roberto Clemente Award…his foundation, 

Project One Four, supports youth programs 

that provide opportunities to learn life skills in 

a safe and supportive environment…he hosts 

an annual golf outing, bowling event and banquet 

to raise funds. 

Ê As part of the Rays South St. Petersburg 

Neighborhood initiative, Price helped create 

the Dugout Club program in 2010 and has since 

recruited other players to expand the pro- 


DAVID 

PRICE 14 

David Taylor Price 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'6" 

WEIGHT 

220 



BORN 8/26/85 in Murfreesboro, TN 

RESIDES Nashville, TN 


ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (first overall) 

of the 2007 June Draft 

SIGNING SCOUT Brad Matthews (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @DAVIDprice14 

153 

gram…he sponsors two recreation centers in 

South St. Petersburg each summer and serves 

as a role model, teaching the kids about staying 

healthy, positive, involved and smart. 

Ê On March 29, David will sponsor a bowl-a-thon 

to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters for the second 

consecutive year…in 2012, the event raised 

$27,000…through his Twitter account David recruits 

bowlers and he personally met with all of 

the bowlers at the tournament. 

Ê For the past two years he partnered with the 

Ted Williams Museum to host “An Evening 

with David Price” at Tropicana Field…the 

events have raised more than $40,000 for local 

charities. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Named the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner by 

the BBWAA…edged DET Justin Verlander 153- 

149 in the 7-4-3-2-1 scoring system…the fourpoint 

differential was the closest of any election 

since BBWAA permitted voting for more 

than one pitcher in 1970. 

2012 A.L. CY YOUNG AWARD 

VOTING LEADERS 

PTS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 

David Price, TB 153 14 13 1 0 0 

Justin Verlander, DET 149 13 13 2 0 0 

Jered Weaver, LAA 70 0 2 14 9 2 

Felix Hernandez, SEA 41 0 0 5 10 6 

Fernando Rodney, TB 38 1 0 5 4 8 

Chris Sale, CWS 17 0 0 1 4 6 

Jim Johnson, BAL 5 0 0 0 1 3 

Matt Harrison, TEX 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Yu Darvish, TEX 1 0 0 0 0 1 


David Price

154 



Ê Is the first No. 1 pick to win the Cy Young…only 

five pitchers have won the AL Cy Young and appeared 

in fewer career games than Price (125) 

at the time of their award: Barry Zito (2002, 84 

career apps), Roger Clemens (1986, 69), Ron 

Guidry (1978, 83), Vida Blue (1971, 57) and Jim 

Lonborg (1967, 116). 

Ê For the second time in three years was named 

the Players Choice AL Outstanding Pitcher, voted 

on exclusively by the players…he also won 

in 2010. 

Ê In just his third full season, became the Rays 

first 20-game winner and the first Ray to lead 

the AL in wins (tied with LAA Jered Weaver) or 

ERA (club record 2.56)…ranked 2nd in the majors 

in ERA to LAD Clayton Kershaw (2.53)…became 

the first AL East pitcher since BOS Pedro 

Martinez in 2003 to lead the league in ERA. 

Ê Reached 200 innings for the 3rd straight year 

and 200 strikeouts for the 2nd straight year. 

Ê According to a metric developed by SABR 

President Vince Gennaro, Price had the most 

difficult “Quality of Opponents” of any starting 

pitcher in the majors…taking his opponents in 

all 31 of his starts into consideration, he faced 

teams with the equivalent of a .742 OPS, compared 

to the major league average of .724. 

Ê Had 12 wins against teams who finished the 

season with a record of .500 or better, 2nd in 

the majors to LAA Jered Weaver (13)…no other 

pitcher in baseball had more than 9 such wins. 

Ê Only four AL pitchers since 1980 have matched 

his numbers in wins (20), strikeouts (205) and 

ERA (2.56): Roger Clemens (1986, 1990, 1997), 

Pedro Martinez (1999, 2002), Justin Verlander 

(2011) and Randy Johnson (1997)…only 2 AL 

lefties have matched those totals in the last 40 

years: Ron Guidry (1978) and Johnson (1997). 

Ê Turned 27 on Aug 26…in major league history 

only 6 other left-handed pitchers Price’s age 

or younger have matched his combination of 

wins, strikeouts and ERA in a season—and only 

one other in the last 40 years: LAD Clayton 

Kershaw (2011), OAK Vida Blue (1971), CLE 

Herb Score (1956), DET Hal Newhouser (1945- 

46), NYG Rube Marquard (1911) and PHA Rube 

Waddell (1902-03). 

Ê Since joining the rotation on May 29, 2009, his 

61 wins are 4th most in the majors behind DET 

Justin Verlander (73), NYY CC Sabathia (70) and 

LAA Jered Weaver (63). 

Ê His .800 winning pct. (20-5) tied LAA Jered 

Weaver (also 20-5) for the AL lead and set a 

club record, breaking his own .760 mark (19-6) 

in 2010…among all active pitchers with at least 

100 starts, his career .663 winning pct. (61- 

31) ranks 2nd to Roy Halladay (.666, 199-100)… 

Rays are 77-43 (.642) in his 110 career starts. 

Ê Made 16 starts vs. the AL East, tied for the major 

league lead, and went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA… 

allowed a combined 7 HR in 399 AB to the 

Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox, who 

ranked 1st, 2nd, 6th and tied for 14th in the majors 

in home runs, respectively. 

ERA LEADERS, MLB, 2012 

Clayton Kershaw, LAD 2.53 

David Price, TB 2.56 

Justin Verlander, DET 2.64 

R.A. Dickey, NYM 2.73 

Jered Weaver, LAA 2.78 

WIN LEADERS, MLB, 2012 

Gio Gonzalez, WAS 21 

David Price, TB 20 

R.A. Dickey, NYM 20 

Jered Weaver, LAA 20 

Johnny Cueto, CIN 19 

20 WINS, 200 SO, 2.56 ERA OR 

LOWER, A.L., SINCE 1980 

PITCHER, TEAM YEAR W SO ERA 

David Price, TB 2012 20 205 2.56 

Justin Verlander, DET 2011 24 250 2.40 

Pedro Martinez, BOS 2002 20 239 2.26 

Pedro Martinez, BOS 1999 23 313 2.07 

Roger Clemens, TOR 1997 21 292 2.05 

Randy Johnson, SEA 1997 20 291 2.28 

Roger Clemens, BOS 1990 21 209 1.93 

Roger Clemens, BOS 1986 24 238 2.48 

Ê His 33-11 (.750) lifetime record vs. the AL East 

currently ranks first since divisional play began 

in 1969 (min. 25 wins), just ahead of NYY 

Andy Pettitte (86-38, .694)…has a 2.89 career 

ERA vs. the AL East…is 17-3 lifetime in 29 starts 

in AL East road parks. 

Ê Won a major-league-high 13 games on the 

road, 7 fewer than the Houston Astros…in the 

last 40 years, only three AL pitchers have won 

more road games in a season: BAL Jim Palmer 

(14 in 1973), BAL Scott McGregor (14 in 1983) 

and DET Justin Verlander (14 in 2011)…is 25-7 

on the road since July 24, 2010…his career road 

mark of 33-18 (.688) is the best among active 

pitchers (min. 25 wins). 

Ê In his final 18 starts he went 12-1 with a 

2.26 ERA (127.1-IP, 95-H, 32-ER, 29-BB, 127-SO)… 

after the All-Star break, he went 9-1 with an ALbest 

2.27 ERA. 

Ê The Rays won all 5 of his September starts and 

he went 4-0…was also 4-0 in September 2010… 

he is 11-3 lifetime after Sep 1. 

Ê Finished the season with 205 SO, 6th most in 

the AL…joined James Shields (also 2011-12) as

the only Rays pitchers ever to record 200 SO 

in consecutive seasons…they became only 

the 7th set of teammates to do it in consecutive 

years. 

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, averaged 95.5 mph 

on his fastball, highest of any qualifying starter 

in the majors. 

Ê Led the majors with 84 called strikeouts, 41 

percent of his total strikeouts…PHI Cliff Lee finished 

2nd with 79. 

Ê His 23 starts of 7 IP or more led the majors…totaled 

7 IP or more in 22 of his final 26 starts. 

Ê Allowed 2 ER or less in 23 starts, most in the 

AL…has allowed 2 ER or less in 30 of his last 

41 starts…allowed 1 ER or less in 11 of his final 

23 starts. 

Ê Compiled a 1.62 ERA (44.1-IP, 8-ER) in his 6 nodecisions…the 

Rays were shut out in 3 of his 

starts…he went 20-5 despite being one of only 

5 pitchers since 1918 to have two no-decisions 

in games he pitched 8 scoreless innings and allowed 

3 hits or less. 

Ê Limited opponents to a .318 slugging pct., lowest 

in the AL. 

Ê Stranded 81.1 pct. of his base runners, 2ndhighest 

pct. in the majors behind teammate 

Jeremy Hellickson (82.7). 

Ê Held left-handed hitters to a .205 average…during 

his career has held lefties to a .200 avg., 

5th best among active pitchers (min. 500 AB) 

behind Carlos Marmol (.182), George Sherrill 

(.186), Clayton Kershaw (.191) and Jonathan 

Papelbon (.195). 

Ê Defeated CC Sabathia twice in 2012…the two 

have faced each other 8 times and the Rays 

have won 7 while Price is 5-1 with a 2.35 ERA 

(53.2-IP, 14-ER) in those games…8 of his 17 career 

starts vs. the Yankees have come against 

Sabathia. 

Ê Over a 12-start span from June 19–Aug 21, set 

club-record streaks for wins (8), quality starts 

(12) and outings of 7 IP or more (12). 

Ê In a 5-2 win on Sep 25 at BOS, he struck out 13 

to become just the 2nd visiting pitcher since 

1918 to pitch a CG at Fenway Park with at least 

13 SO and no walks…the only other pitcher to 

do it was NYY Mike Mussina on Sep 2, 2001, a 

1-hit, 1-0 win with 13 SO and 0 BB. 

Ê Set a new club record with 29.1 consecutive 

scoreless innings at Tropicana Field from 

July 14–Sep 20…in his final 4 starts at 

Tropicana Field, pitched to a 0.89 ERA (30.1- 

IP, 3-ER) but only went 1-0 in that stretch…the 

Rays only scored 1 run with him on the mound 

in his final 23.1 IP at home. 



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Ê Recorded 5 wins in June, tied for the major 

league lead…set new club record for June and 

matched Scott Kazmir (May 2008) for the club 

record for any month. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Threw a scoreless 3rd inning 

on just 7 pitches in the 83rd All-Star Game in 

Kansas City on July 10…named to his third consecutive 

All-Star Team, joining Evan Longoria 

(2008-10) as the only Rays to be so honored in 

three straight seasons. 


Ê Made a career-high 34 starts in 2011, tied with 

7 others for most in the majors…included was 

his first Opening Day start. 

LEADERS AMONG ACTIVE 

PITCHERS (Min. 100 Starts) 

WINNING PCT. 

Roy Halladay 100-100 .666 

David Price 61-31 .663 

Jered Weaver 103-52 .662 

Justin Verlander 124-65 .656 

Chien-Ming Wang 

ERA 

61-32 .656 

Clayton Kershaw 2.79 

Josh Johnson 3.15 

Adam Wainwright 3.15 


Johan Santana 

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVG. 

3.20 

Clayton Kershaw .215 

Chris Young .225 

Matt Cain .227 

David Price .227 

Mat Latos .227 

MLB LEADERS, 2010-12 

(Min. 600 IP) 

EARNED RUN AVERAGE 

Clayton Kershaw 2.56 665.1 189 

Jered Weaver 2.73 648.2 197 

Justin Verlander 2.79 713.2 221 

Cliff Lee 2.89 656.0 211 

Roy Halladay 2.91 640.2 207 

Felix Hernandez 2.92 715.1 232 

David Price 2.93 644.0 210 

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVERAGE 

Clayton Kershaw .210 

Justin Verlander .212 

Jered Weaver .216 

Matt Cain .220 

Gio Gonzalez .222 

David Price 

WINS 

.226 

Justin Verlander 59 

CC Sabathia 55 

Gio Gonzalez 52 

David Price 51 

Roy Halladay 51 

Jered Weaver 51 


David Price

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Ê Selected by AL Manager Ron Washington to 

his 2nd All-Star Game but did not pitch due to a 

turf toe injury. 

Ê Established career highs in innings pitched 

(224.1) and strikeouts (218)…his 218 SO ranked 

4th among major league lefties behind LAD 

Clayton Kershaw (248), PHI Cliff Lee (238) and 

NYY CC Sabathia (230). 

Ê Held lefties to a .171 (36-for-210) avg., lowest 

among ML starters. 

Ê Became one of only 10 pitchers in AL history to 

record 200 SO, 200 IP and a sub-3.50 ERA and 

finish with a losing record…the list includes Hall 

of Famers Nolan Ryan (1978), Cy Young (1905), 

Jim Bunning (1960), Ed Walsh (1910) and Bert 

Blyleven (1976)…only one other AL pitcher has 

done that in the last 30 years: NYY Melido 

Perez in 1992. 

Ê Pitched 8 or more innings 9 times but was 

the only Rays regular starter without a complete 

game…only one pitcher in AL history has 

thrown as many innings and not had a complete 

game: OAK Barry Zito (228.1) in 2005. 

Ê Was one of 12 AL starters in 2011 to receive 

less than 4 runs per game of run support…Price 

(3.93 runs per game) and teammate James 

Shields (3.75) had the lowest run support 

among AL East starters…the Rays scored one 

run or less in 9 of his starts. 

Ê On Aug 28 at TOR, set a career high and thenclub 

record with 14 SO in a 12-0 win. 

Ê Had 6 double-digit strikeout games, tied with 

TEX C.J. Wilson for 2nd most in the AL after 

SEA Felix Hernandez (7). 

Price, the fi rst Cy 

Young Award winner in 

Rays history, accepted 

his trophy along with 

National League winner 

R.A. Dickey at the 

New York Baseball 

Writers’ Association 

of America on Jan 19. 

Price and Dickey are 

both Nashville, Tenn., 

natives and share an 

agent in Bo McKinnis. 

PHOTO COURTESY 

OF THE BBWAA 

Ê Permitted Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit on July 9 

at NYY, a solo home run in the 3rd inning of a 

5-4 loss. 

Ê Became the 13th pitcher in major league history 

to make an Opening Day start, All-Star 

Game start and postseason start all by the age 

of 25…he was the first to do so since ATL Tom 

Glavine, 20 years prior…the others: NYM Dwight 

Gooden, KC Bret Saberhagen, BOS Roger 

Clemens, LAD Fernando Valenzuela, OAK Vida 

Blue, NYM Tom Seaver, DET Denny McLain, 

LAD Don Drysdale, NYY Whitey Ford, PHI Robin 

Roberts and NYY Lefty Gomez. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started Game 3 of the ALDS vs. 

Texas and lost 4-3 to Colby Lewis…his line: 

6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO…took a 1-0 lead 

into the 7th inning but permitted a 2-run homer 

to Mike Napoli…fell to 0-3 in 3 postseason 

starts vs. Texas, with all 3 losses coming at 

Tropicana Field…Rays have scored 5 runs total 

in those games…he has struck out 17 and 

walked one in the 3 games. 

Ê Began 2010 as the Rays No. 4 starter and went 

on to finish 2nd in the AL Cy Young voting while 

winning 19 games (2nd-highest total in club 

history to his 20 wins in 2012), the most by a 

ML pitcher in his first full season since 2002 

when HOU Roy Oswalt won 19 games. 

Ê Led the majors with a .760 winning pct. (min. 

162 IP)…was the only pitcher to rank in the top 

five in the AL in wins, winning pct., ERA, opp 

avg. and quality starts. 

Ê Only seven lefthanders all-time matched his 

numbers for wins, ERA and strikeouts in one

season at his age or younger: LAD Clayton 

Kershaw (2011), DET Frank Tanana (1976), OAK 

Vida Blue (1971), CLE Herb Score (1956), DET 

Hal Newhouser (1945), NYG Rube Marquard 

(1911) and CIN Noodles Hahn (1901). 

Ê Became the youngest AL lefty to win 19 games 

since 2002, when OAK Barry Zito (age 24) won 

23 and CWS Mark Buehrle (age 23) won 19. 

Ê His 2.72 ERA was the lowest among AL lefties 

and 2nd among ML southpaws behind STL 

Jaime Garcia (2.70). 

Ê The Rays were 23-8 (.742) in games he started…went 

8-1 in 13 starts following a Rays loss. 

Ê Was 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in September (2nd in 

AL), setting September club records in wins 

and ERA…became the second Ray to earn 

a Pitcher of the Month honor, joining Scott 

Kazmir (May 2008)…capped the month with a 

5-0 win Sep 28 vs. BAL, pitching 8 scoreless innings 

as the Rays clinched their second postseason 

appearance. 

Ê Received the Warren Spahn Award as the best 

left-handed pitcher in baseball, based on a 

combination of wins, strikeouts and ERA… 

accepted the award at a ceremony in 

Oklahoma City in January 2011. 

Ê Made his 50th career start on Sep 1 vs. TOR… 

since 1952, only seven other pitchers reached 

his totals in wins (26), ERA (3.53) and strikeouts 

(266) through 50 starts: Roy Oswalt 

(2001-02), Roger Clemens (1984-86), Dwight 

Gooden (1984-85), Fernando Valenzuela (1981- 

82), Ron Guidry (1975-78), Vida Blue (1969-72) 

and Gary Peters (1963-64). 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Started for the American 

League at Angel Stadium and worked 2 scoreless 

innings…at age 24, became the youngest 

lefthander to start for the AL since NYY Lefty 

Gomez (age 24) in 1933, the very first All-Star 

Game…was the youngest pitcher to start an All- 

Star Game since 23-year-old NYM Doc Gooden 

in 1988 and youngest in the AL since KC Bret 

Saberhagen, 23, in 1987…received the most 

votes among AL starting pitchers by his peers. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Was 0-2 in the ALDS vs. TEX, 

losing both starts at home to Cliff Lee in 

Game 1 and Game 5…Lee (21-SO, 0-BB) and 

Price (14-SO, 0-BB) ranked 1st and tied for 2nd 

respectively for most strikeouts without allowing 

a walk in a postseason series in major 

league history…the previous high was ATL 

Kevin Millwood (14-SO, 0-BB) in the 2002 NLDS. 

Ê In his rookie season of 2009 made 23 starts 

after his promotion from Triple-A Durham on 

May 25. 

Ê His 7 wins after the All-Star break led the Rays 

staff…starting July 31, he went 7-3 with a 3.58 



157 

ERA (75.1-IP, 61-H, 30-ER) over his final 12 

starts of the season…held opponents to a .217 

avg., 5th best in the AL over that span. 

Ê He and Jeff Niemann became just the third set 

of AL rookie teammates since 1985 to finish 

over .500 with 10-plus wins…they joined SEA 

Freddy Garcia and John Halama in 1999, TOR 

Mike Timlin and Juan Guzman in 1991…OAK 

Jarrod Parker and Tommy Milone joined the 

group in 2012…he and Niemann also became 

the only rookies ever to beat Roy Halladay 

twice in one season. 

Ê Finished 2nd among ML rookies (min. 20 

starts) with a .241 opp avg., trailing ATL Tommy 

Hanson (.225)…would have ranked 5th overall 

in the AL, but lacked enough innings to qualify. 

Ê In 3 starts vs. the Yankees he held them to a 

.113 avg., lowest by a pitcher (min. 50 batters 

faced) since CLE Tom Candiotti in 1990 and the 

lowest by a rookie in 50 years…went 1-0 with a 

1.93 ERA (18.2-IP, 4-ER) against the Yankees, 

lowest in the majors. 

Ê On May 30 vs. MIN he struck out 11 in 5.2 IP 

earning a 5-2 win, his first career regularseason 

victory…came in his first career start 

at Tropicana Field. 

Ê Singled off Aaron Cook on June 17 at COL for his 

first major league hit. 

Ê Ascended from Class-A to the majors in 2008, 

his first professional season…made his big 

league debut less than 4 months after his first 

outing as a pro…spent time with Class-A Vero 

Beach, Double-A Montgomery and Durham before 

his recall on Sep 13. 

Ê Made 1 start and 4 relief appearances for the 

Rays after his call-up, then excelled in the 

postseason. 

Ê Made his major league debut Sep 14, 2008 in 

relief at Yankee Stadium…totaled 5.1 IP, 3 H, 

2 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 87 pitches, 55 strikes… 

among his 4 SO were Alex Rodriguez and Jason 

Giambi…retired the side in order on 7 pitches in 

his first inning of work…retired his first 6 batters 

faced until Derek Jeter’s 5th-inning homer, 

which tied Lou Gehrig (1,269 hits) for most hits 

all-time at Yankee Stadium. 

Ê Made his first major league start on Sep 22 

at BAL (5.1-IP, 4-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 3-BB, 3-SO)…did 

not allow a hit until the 5th inning, but was 

matched by O’s starter Brian Bass, who was 

pulled after 4.2 hitless innings. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 5 relief apps and was 

on the mound when the Rays captured the AL 

pennant with a 3-1 win over Boston in Game 7 

of the ALCS…combined to go 1-0 with 1 save, a 

1.59 ERA (5.2-IP, 2-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 4-BB, 8-SO) and 


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a .100 opp avg. …finished each of the 5 games 

in which he appeared. 

Ê Became the quickest top overall June Draft 

selection (No. 1 in 2007) to play in the World 

Series…surpassed ATL Chipper Jones (drafted 

in 1990, Series in 1995) and LAD Tim Belcher 

(drafted in 1983, Series in 1988)…had appeared 

in only 5 major league games prior to 

the postseason. 

Ê Became the first pitcher ever to earn his first 

major league win and save in the postseason… 

also the third rookie to record a win and a save 

in the same postseason, joining STL Adam 

Wainwright (2006 World Series) and CIN Rawly 

Eastwick (1975 NLCS and World Series). 

Ê During the ALCS, recorded the win in Game 2 

and the save in Game 7 when he got the final 

four outs (three via strikeout)…in Game 7, entered 

in the 8th inning with two outs and bases 

loaded and struck out J.D. Drew to protect the 

3-1 lead…was the first rookie to record a postseason 

save after entering the game in a bases-loaded 

situation…Jed Lowrie bounced into 

an unassisted fielder’s choice forceout at second 

base for the final out in the 9th. 

Ê After the season, was named the Rays No. 1 

prospect by Baseball America, the No. 1 prospect 

in all of baseball by MiLB.com, and the 

No. 2 prospect in the game by ESPN.com. 

Ê Named 2008 Minor League Player of the Year 

by USA Today and was selected as the Rays 

Minor League Pitcher of the Year…combined to 

go 12-1 with a 2.30 ERA (109.2-IP, 92-H, 7-HR, 

32-BB, 109-SO) in 19 starts across three minor 

league levels. 

Ê Went 11-0 in his first 15 pro starts over his first 

two stops before losing his first start with 

Durham Aug 13 vs. Norfolk (Orioles)…made first 

start on May 22 for Vero Beach, and began his 

pro career with 20 consecutive scoreless IP… 

did not allow a run over his first 3 starts. 

Ê Beat Pedro Martinez (on rehab assignment for 

the Mets) at Port St. Lucie in his second pro 

start, May 28 (6-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 9-SO). 

Ê Went 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA (11-IP, 10-H, 4-R/ER, 

4-BB, 15-SO) for Durham in the IL playoffs…won 

Game 1 of the Gov. Cup semis, 3-0, on Sep 3 at 

Louisville (5-IP, 3-H, 0-R, 3-BB, 6-SO). 

Ê Came to big league camp with the Rays and 

made 2 relief apps, totaling 2 scoreless, hitless 

innings…made his debut March 8 at Legends 

Field against the Yankees…hit the first batter 

and struck out the next three in order, earning 

a standing ovation…on March 20, left a spring 

start at the Blue Jays minor league complex in 

Dunedin with what was later diagnosed as a 

mild strain of his left elbow, forcing him to the 

DL…was sidelined until May. 

Ê Signed with the Rays on Aug 15, 2007 but did 

not pitch in a minor league game that season…attended 

the Rays instructional league 

camp in St. Petersburg for a week and a half in 

September while taking a break from classes 

at Vanderbilt. 


Ê A consensus All-America selection in 2007 at 

Vanderbilt…earned a virtual clean sweep of college 

baseball’s most prestigious awards…won 

the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur 

baseball player in the country, the Dick Howser 

Award as college baseball’s most outstanding 

player and Baseball America’s College Player of 

the Year…named Collegiate Baseball’s National 

co-Player of the Year, won the Brooks Wallace 

Award as the College Baseball Foundation’s 

Player of the Year, the Roger Clemens Award 

as the Nation’s Top College Pitcher and the 

SEC’s Pitcher of the Year and Male Athlete of 

the Year. 

Ê Finished the 2007 season 11-1 with a 2.63 ERA 

and 194 SO in 133.1 IP…194 SO led the nation 

and shattered his own school single-season record 

of 155 set in 2006, when he finished 3rd 

in the nation…also the 2nd most in a single season 

in SEC history behind Ben McDonald (202 

with LSU, 1989)…11 wins were 2nd most in 

school history and tops in the SEC. 

Ê Helped lead Vanderbilt to a school-record 54- 

13 mark and the school’s first-ever SEC regular 

season and tournament championships… 

Commodores were ranked No. 1 in the nation 

nine consecutive weeks heading into the regional 

tournament…their season ended in a 4-3, 

10-inning loss to Michigan in the regional final. 

Ê Is the school’s all-time leader in strikeouts with 

441…broke the mark of 350 by former Toronto 

Blue Jay Mike Willis who pitched at Vandy from 

1969-72. 

Ê In his last college start on June 1 against Austin 

Peay in the first round of the NCAA Regional 

Tournament, he tied his career single-game 

high in strikeouts with 17…worked 9 innings 

that game and left with the scored tied, 1-1… 

Commodores won, 2-1. 

Ê Was the ace of the USA Baseball National 

Team’s gold medal-winning squad that competed 

at the FISU World University Championships 

in Cuba over the summer of 2006…named the 

top prospect on the USA squad. 

Ê Owned a 0.43 ERA with 151 SO at Blackman 

(Tenn.) High School…two-time Rutherford 

County MVP Pitcher…Co-District 7A Pitcher

of the Year…Rutherford County Male Athlete 

of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)…played in 

the 2004 High School All-America Game 

(Albuquerque, N.M.)…selected to all-area, alldistrict 

and all-region baseball teams…also 

earned numerous honors in basketball. 

Ê Was selected by the Dodgers in the 19th round 

of the 2004 June Draft, but did not sign. 


Ê Majored in sociology at Vanderbilt. 

Ê As an 8-year-old was already pitching against 

kids four years his senior. 

Ê Has two dates sewn into his glove, the dates 

that two of his closest high school friends 

passed away…Tyler Morrissey was 21 when he 

was killed in an automobile accident on 

April 24, 2008 and Nathan Stephens died suddenly 

of a heart attack eight months earlier on 

Aug 17, 2007 at the age of 22. 



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Ê He volunteers and has donated approximately 

$10,000 to the Miracle League of St. 

Petersburg…the Miracle League provides kids 

with disabilities the opportunity to play outdoors 

in a safe, fun-filled environment. 

CAREER HIGHS 


SHUTOUTS (2) 

9/25/12 at BOS – 7-hit CG; 

4/24/12 vs. LAA – 5-hit SHO; 

7/2/10 at MIN – 4-hit CG; 

4/25/10 vs. TOR – 4-hit SHO 


9.0, 3x-last 9/25/12 at BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

14, 8/28/11 at TOR 

WALKS 

6, 6/11/09 vs. LAA 

HR ALLOWED 

3, 2x-last 7/15/11 vs. BOS 

RUNS ALLOWED 

10, 6/23/09 vs. PHI 

WIN STREAK 

8G, 6/19/12 – 8/16/12 

LOSS STREAK 

3G, 7/20/11 – 8/2/11 



2008 Vero Beach 4 0 1.82 6 6 0 0 0 34.2 28 7 7 0 0 7-0 37 1 0 

Montgomery 7 0 1.89 9 9 1 0 0 57.0 42 13 12 7 4 16-1 55 1 0 

Durham 1 1 4.50 4 4 0 0 0 18.0 22 10 9 0 0 9-0 17 1 0 

Tampa Bay 0 0 1.93 5 1 0 0 0 14.0 9 4 3 1 1 4-0 12 0 0 

2009 Durham 1 4 3.93 8 8 0 0 0 34.1 28 20 15 5 1 18-0 35 0 0 

Tampa Bay 10 7 4.42 23 23 0 0 0 128.1 119 72 63 17 4 54-0 102 2 0 

2010 Tampa Bay 19 6 2.72 32 31 2 1 0 208.2 170 71 63 15 5 79-1 188 5 3 

2011 Tampa Bay 12 13 3.49 34 34 0 0 0 224.1 192 93 87 22 9 63-5 218 2 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 20 5 2.56 31 31 2 1 0 211.0 173 63 60 16 5 59-2 205 8 1 



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (fi rst overall) of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Brad Matthews. 



2009 Tampa Bay .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 

2010 Tampa Bay .143 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .143 .143 

2011 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 

2012 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 




2008 ALCS TB vs. BOS 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 0 

WS TB vs. PHI 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 1 1 0 2-0 4 0 0 

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 2 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 17 8 7 2 0 0-0 14 0 0 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 1 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 0 1-0 3 1 0 

DS Totals 0 3 4.66 3 3 0 0 0 19.1 24 11 10 3 0 1-0 17 1 0 



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2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 

2011 AL, Arizona Selected—Did Not Play 

2012 AL, Kansas City 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 

Totals 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 



2008 Pitcher 1.000 5 0 1 0 1 0 

2009 Pitcher .957 23 5 17 1 23 0 

2010 Pitcher 1.000 32 8 22 0 30 2 

2011 Pitcher .900 34 13 23 4 40 2 

2012 Pitcher .919 31 6 28 3 37 4 

Totals .939 125 32 91 8 131 8 



vs. Left .205 176 36 3 .200 690 138 9 

vs. Right .232 591 137 13 .236 2227 525 62 

Vice President Joe Biden chats with David Price before 

introducing a PSA on Violence Against Women at the 

White House on June 21, 2012. David was pinch-hitting 

for injured Evan Longoria, who was featured in the PSA. 

PHOTO BY DAVID LIENEMANN

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê An avid golfer in his free time, Cesar dropped 

his handicap from 10 to 8 during the offseason…he 

golfs at least twice a week in the 

winter. 


40-MAN ROSTER › CESAR RAMOS 

BATS 

LEFT 

Ê Cesar’s parents, Ramon and Maria, immigrated 

from Chihuahua, Mexico, 33 years ago seeking 

better opportunities for their future family…they 

both work in the garment district of 

Los Angeles; Ramon is nearing retirement and 

his mother works quality control for Nygard… 

they are now American citizens but still speak 

Spanish to this day…young Cesar learned 

English at his bilingual preschool. 

Ê Both his parents, like many of their peers, were 

taken out of school around the fourth grade to 

support their large families…Maria was the oldest 

of 10 and helped raise her siblings…Ramon, 

who was 10 when his father passed away, was 

the second of eight children and came to the 

U.S. for many years as a migrant worker, often 

picking crops in the fields…within a few years 

of immigrating, Ramon and Maria had two kids 

(Elena and Cesar) and bought a two-bedroom 

house they still live in today. 

Ê Cesar is engaged to marry Melanie McCauley 

next January…they met while students at Long 

Beach State University. 

Ê As a junior at LBSU, he shared an apartment 

with teammates Evan Longoria and Troy 

Tulowitzki, who comprised the left side of the 

Dirtbags infield. 


CESAR 

RAMOS 27 

Cesar Ramos (SEE-zer RAH-mos) 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'2" 

WEIGHT 

205 



BORN 6/22/84 in Los Angeles, CA 

RESIDES Pico Rivera, CA 


ACQUIRED From the San Diego Padres along with 

INF Cole Figueroa, RHP Brandon Gomes and 

RHP Adam Russell in exchange for SS Jason 

Bartlett and cash considerations, 12/17/10 

SIGNING SCOUT Brendan Hause (Padres) 

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2012 SEASON 

Ê Had 3 tours with the Rays, including a 

September call-up, and appeared in a total of 

17 games while spending the rest of the season 

with Triple-A Durham…was with the Rays from 

May 6–June 30 and for one day on July 21…his 

ERA never rose above 2.40 with the Rays…had 

a 1.46 ERA before allowing runs in his first 2 

outings in September. 

Ê Held opponents to a .176 avg. (19-for-108) and 

allowed only 2 extra-base hits in his 17 appearances…right-handed 

hitters batted only .130 (7for-54) 

against him after hitting .329 (46-for- 

140) with a .417 OBP prior to 2012. 

Ê On July 21 vs. SEA, had a career-high 6 SO in 4 

scoreless innings (2-H, 0-BB) in relief of Alex 

Cobb…both marks were season highs among 

Rays relief pitchers…his 6 SO were the most by 

a Rays reliever since Shawn Camp struck out 7 

in 2.2 IP on June 25, 2007 vs. CWS…threw only 

42 pitches but the Rays fell, 2-1. 

Ê Earned a 7-1 win on May 14 at TOR when he 

came on in the 2nd inning and worked 3 IP in 

relief of injured starter Jeff Niemann. 

Ê Made his 3rd career start, first with the Rays, 

on June 24 at PHI in the second game of a doubleheader…worked 

2.2 hitless innings (3-BB, 

2-SO) in the Rays 7-3 win over Cliff Lee in a 

game pitched entirely by 4 Rays relievers. 

Ê Held lefties to a .125 (8-for-64) avg. in 25 appearances 

for Durham. 


Cesar Ramos

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Ê As a rookie in 2011 spent his first season in 

the Rays organization and made his second 

Opening Day roster…led Rays lefthanders with 

59 apps over two stints in the majors, and 

pitched in 4 games for Durham. 

Ê His 59 apps ranked 4th among AL rookies… 

ranked tied for 5th with Brian Stokes (2007) 

among rookies in club history and first among 

lefties…only Esteban Yan (64 in 1998), Ruddy 

Lugo (64 in 2006) and Lance Carter (62 in 

2003) had more. 

Ê At the time he was optioned to Durham on 

July 26, led all AL rookies with 46 apps…spent 

two weeks in Durham and was recalled Aug 7 

when Alex Cobb was placed on the DL…after 

his return, pitched in only 11 of the Rays final 

50 games…9 of his last 10 apps (Aug 28 

through season’s end) were scoreless. 

Ê Allowed 35.4 percent (17 of 48) of his inherited 

runners to score, 5th-highest rate in the AL and 

highest on the team. 

Ê Did not allow an extra-base hit until May 15 vs. 

BAL, his 16th outing, when he entered with the 

bases loaded in the 6th inning and allowed a 

grand slam to BAL J.J. Hardy…yielded only 1 HR 

over his final 29 outings, beginning June 13…included 

was a span of 24 apps without a homer. 

Ê In 2010 made his first Opening Day roster… 

made 14 relief apps over three stints with the 

Padres (Opening Day–April 21, May 11-21, Sep 5– 

season’s end)…spent the remainder of the season 

with Triple-A Portland (Padres). 

Ê During his second stint made 3 apps, allowing 

12 hits and 10 R/ER over 2.1 innings 

(38.57 ERA)…on May 21 at SEA allowed a 

career-high 7 ER over 1 IP, the most ER allowed 

by a Padres reliever since Matt Whiteside on 

Aug 24, 1999 at PHI (1.2-IP, 9-ER). 

Ê After his final call-up, worked 3.2 scoreless innings 

over 5 outings to close out the year. 

Ê Pitched for Hermosillo of the Mexican Winter 

League following the regular season. 

Ê Broke into the majors in 2009 with the Padres, 

appearing in 5 games (2 starts)…recalled by 

the Padres on Sep 8 and made his debut on 

Sep 16 vs. ARI, tossing a scoreless inning from 

the bullpen. 

Ê Allowed 1 run over 5.1 innings in his first 3 

games, all in relief…finished the season with 2 

starts…made his first major league start Sep 29 

vs. LAD (5-IP, 4-H, 1-R/ER), earning no decision 

in a 3-1 win…started the final game of the season, 

Oct 4 vs. SF. 

Ê Invited to major league camp and opened the 

year with Portland…missed all of June and most 

SKIP MILOS 

of July with a left shoulder impingement and 

did not return to Portland until Aug 17. 

Ê In 2008 spent the entire season at Portland, 

making 27 starts and 1 relief app…tied for 3rd in 

the Pacific Coast League in starts. 


San Antonio…entered season rated as Padres 

No. 10 prospect by Baseball America…made 27 

starts…tied for the Texas League lead with 2 

CG SHO, coming April 30 and June 22, both vs. 

Midland (A’s)…finished among league leaders 

with a 3.41 ERA (3rd), 13 wins (tied for 3rd), 27 

starts (tied for 3rd) and 163.2 IP (3rd). 

Ê Went 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA (11-IP, 4-ER) and 10 SO 

in 2 playoff starts, helping the Missions to the 

Texas League title. 

Ê In 2006 his 3.70 ERA for Lake Elsinore ranked 

2nd in the California League and 7th in the 

Padres system…named to the league’s midseason 

All-Star Team…led the Storm with 141 IP… 

was placed on the disabled list on Aug 20 with 

a season-ending left elbow strain. 

Ê In 2005 started his pro career at Short-A 

Eugene and finished the year with Class-A 

Fort Wayne…made his pro debut on June 29 at 

Boise, tossing a perfect inning. 


Ê Attended Long Beach State University…finished 

his collegiate career ranked 2nd on the 

LBSU career starts list (51), 3rd all-time in wins 

(28) and 4th in innings pitched (348)…was a 

two-time All-Conference honoree as a sopho-

more and junior…went 12-4 with a 2.29 ERA as 

a sophomore. 

Ê As a sophomore, he was part of a rotation that 

included future big leaguers Jered Weaver and 

Jason Vargas. 

Ê Member of the 2004 U.S. National Team that 

won a gold medal at the World University 

Baseball Championship in Taiwan. 

Ê Originally drafted by the Rays in the sixth 

round of the 2002 June Draft out of El Rancho 

(Calif.) High School but did not sign. 



CAREER HIGHS 


5.0, 9/29/09 vs. LAD 


4.0, 7/21/12 vs. SEA 

STRIKEOUTS 

6, 7/21/12 vs. SEA 

WALKS 

3, 3x-last 6/24/12 at PHI (G2) 

HR ALLOWED 

1, 7x-last 9/2/12 at TOR 

RUNS ALLOWED 

7, 5/21/10 at SEA 

LOSS STREAK 

3G, 9/22/09 – 5/24/11 



2005 Eugene 0 1 6.53 6 4 0 0 0 20.2 27 21 15 3 3 7-0 13 2 0 

Fort Wayne 3 2 4.19 7 7 1 0 0 38.2 42 19 18 0 1 7-0 32 2 0 

2006 Lake Elsinore 7 8 3.70 26 24 0 0 0 141.0 161 72 58 9 8 44-0 70 4 0 

2007 San Antonio 13 9 3.41 27 27 2 2 0 163.2 153 69 62 15 6 43-0 90 5 0 

2008 Portland 9 11 5.29 28 27 0 0 0 149.2 183 108 88 17 5 57-0 105 2 0 

2009 Portland 5 6 3.99 15 15 1 0 0 76.2 84 42 34 7 0 31-2 45 5 0 

AZL Padres 0 1 2.25 4 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 2 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 

Lake Elsinore 1 0 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 9 1 1 0 0 5-0 6 0 0 

San Diego 0 1 3.07 5 2 0 0 0 14.2 19 5 5 0 0 4-0 10 0 0 

2010 San Diego 0 1 11.88 14 0 0 0 0 8.1 18 11 11 1 0 4-0 9 1 1 

Portland 6 7 3.28 30 15 1 0 0 96.0 90 37 35 7 2 43-1 63 3 0 

2011 Tampa Bay 0 1 3.92 59 0 0 0 0 43.2 36 22 19 4 3 25-8 31 1 0 

Durham 2 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 0 2-0 1 0 0 

2012 Durham 5 5 3.77 25 7 0 0 1 62.0 58 30 26 10 0 16-0 46 0 0 

Tampa Bay 1 0 2.10 17 1 0 0 0 30.0 19 7 7 2 2 10-0 29 0 0 

Minor League Totals 51 50 3.99 174 129 5 2 1 769.1 820 404 341 69 25 255-3 479 23 0 

Rays Totals 1 1 3.18 76 1 0 0 0 73.2 55 29 26 6 5 35-8 60 1 0 


1: Selected by the San Diego Padres in the fi rst round (35th overall) of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Brendan Hause. 2: Acquired by the Tampa 

Bay Rays along with INF Cole Figueroa, RH Brandon Gomes and RH Adam Russell from San Diego in exchange for SS Jason Bartlett and cash 

considerations, December 17, 2010. 



2009 San Diego .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 

2012 Tampa Bay .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 




2009 Pitcher 1.000 5 2 2 0 4 0 

2010 Pitcher 1.000 14 1 0 0 1 0 

2011 Pitcher 1.000 59 3 9 0 12 1 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 17 5 4 0 9 1 

Totals 1.000 95 11 15 0 26 2 



vs. Left .222 54 12 0 .222 176 39 2 

vs. Right .130 54 7 2 .273 194 53 5 

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40-MAN ROSTER › FELIPE RIVERO 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Felipe was a Supercross BMX racer when he 

was 10 years old in the Dominican…he gave up 

the sport to focus on baseball. 

Ê Has a tattoo on his forearm of the name of his 

two-year-old daughter, Tavianny. 

Ê Participated in the Rays Winter Development 

Program at Tropicana Field in January. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Spent the entire year with Class-A Bowling 

Green and went 8-8 with a 3.41 ERA (113.1-IP, 

43-ER). 

Ê Made 21 starts and 6 relief apps…went 6-3 with 

a 2.86 ERA (94.1-IP, 30-ER) as a starter compared 

to 2-3 with a 6.16 ERA (19-IP, 13-ER) out 

of the bullpen. 

Ê Named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the 

month for April…he went 2-1 with a 0.67 ERA 

(26.9-IP, 2-ER) in 5 starts, with 26 SO and 7 BB. 


FELIPE 

RIVERO 51 

Felipe Javier Rivero 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 



BORN 7/5/91 in San Felipe, VEN 

RESIDES San Felipe, VEN 



SIGNING SCOUT Ronnie Blanco (Rays) 

WEIGHT 

150 

FOLLOW HIM @Rivero43 

Ê Pitched one inning for the World team in the 

Futures Game on July 8 at Kauffman Stadium. 

Ê Allowed 20 ER in 23 IP over his final 8 apps (4 

starts) of the season, raising his ERA from 2.29 

on July 21 to 3.41 at season’s end. 


Ê In 2011, went 3-3 with a 4.62 ERA (60.1-IP, 31- 

ER) for Rookie-level Princeton, his first full season 

playing in the U.S. 

Ê Spent his second season with the VSL Rays in 

2010, going 3-3 with a career-low 2.09 ERA 

(51.2-IP, 12-ER) in 14 apps (9 starts). 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2009 with the VSL 

Rays…pitched the entire season out of the bullpen, 

going 6-4 with a 3.74 ERA (33.2-IP, 14-ER) 

in 16 apps. 



2009 VSL Rays 6 4 3.74 16 0 0 0 1 33.2 38 24 14 0 3 12-0 25 2 1 

2010 VSL Rays 3 3 2.09 14 9 0 0 2 51.2 46 20 12 1 4 10-0 44 1 0 

2011 Princeton 3 3 4.62 14 12 0 0 0 60.1 64 36 31 7 6 13-0 57 0 1 

2012 Bowling Green 8 8 3.41 27 21 0 0 0 113.1 115 56 43 5 6 29-1 98 7 2 


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, July 30, 2008…signed by Ronnie Blanco.


40-MAN ROSTER › RYAN ROBERTS 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Has more than 30 tattoos…did not make any 

major additions this offseason, though he did 

get some fill-in and re-coloring work done…his 

wife, Kim, bought him a tattoo machine for his 

birthday, although most of his body ink has 

been done by professionals…he drew tattoos 

on his thumb and foot but doesn’t plan to do 

anymore himself. 

Ê His nickname “Tatman” began in 2011 when 

a D-backs fan held up a sign with the name, 

which Kim saw on TV and thought was perfect. 

Ê Instead of simply writing a check, Ryan wanted 

to be more creative in helping a charity…in 

2012, he started selling T-shirts with 

a “Tatman” logo to benefit Ryan’s House in 

Arizona, which gives terminally ill children a 

fun, casual place to hang out while their parents 

get a rare chance to spend time together 

alone…Ryan decided to give the “Tatman” proceeds 

to Ryan’s House after soliciting suggestions 

for charities on Twitter. 

Ê During a stint with the Reno Aces (Arizona’s 

Triple-A affiliate) in 2010, he lived in the home 

clubhouse for several weeks to save money… 

this offseason, Ryan and Kim purchased their 

first home. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Split the season between the Rays and the 

Diamondbacks, combining to hit .235 (103for-439) 

with 12 HR, 52 RBI and 10 SB…his 143 

games played tied his career high (2011). 

INFIELDER 

RYAN 

ROBERTS 19 

Ryan Alan Roberts 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

5'11" 

WEIGHT 

185 



BORN 9/19/80 in Fort Worth, TX 

RESIDES Irving, TX 


ACQUIRED From the Arizona Diamondbacks in 

exchange for 2B Tyler Bortnick, 7/24/12 

SIGNING SCOUT Andy Beene (Blue Jays) 

FOLLOW HIM @RRoberts19 

165 

Ê Acquired by the Rays on July 24 from Arizona 

in exchange for minor league second baseman 

Tyler Bortnick. 

Ê Started 51 of 65 games (40-2B, 11-3B) after 

joining the Rays on July 25, and hit .218 (40-for- 

187) with 6 HR, 10 2B and 18 RBI as a Ray…went 

2-for-32 (.063) in his first 10 games with the 

Rays and then hit .239 (37-for-155) with 

5 HR, 10 2B and 15 RBI in 50 games after 

Evan Longoria’s return from the DL on Aug 7. 

Ê In a combined 54 games at second base, did 

not commit an error in 225 total chances… 

had 9 errors in 78 games (197 total chances) 

at third base…hit .258 (42-for-163) with 5 HR 

when playing second base compared to .217 

(55-for-253) with 7 HR when playing third base. 

Ê Hit a home run in his first at-bat with the Rays 

on July 25 at BAL, a 2-run shot off Miguel 

Gonzalez in the 3rd inning of the Rays 10-1 win… 

became the 2nd Rays player in 2012 to hit a 

home run in his first at-bat with the team (also 

Brandon Allen on April 26 vs. LAA). 

Ê Before the trade, hit .250/.306/.357 (63-for- 

252) with 6 HR, 34 RBI and 6 SB in 83 games 

(63 starts) for the Diamondbacks. 


Ê Spent 2011 with Arizona and set career highs 

in several offensive categories, including doubles 

(25), home runs (19), RBI (65), slugging 

pct. (.427) and stolen bases (18)…played in a career-high 

143 games (104 starts, 102-3B, 2-LF) 

and appeared in 1 game at SS. 


Ryan Roberts

166 



Ê Ranked 4th among NL third basemen in homers, 

trailing CHC Aramis Ramirez (26), SF Pablo 

Sandoval (21) and ATL Chipper Jones (18)…his 

.354 OBP was the third-highest mark ever by a 

D-backs third baseman. 

Ê On Sep 27 vs. LAD with Arizona trailing 6-3 in 

the 10th inning, hit his first career grand slam 

and first walk-off home run…according to the 

Elias Sports Bureau, he became the fourth 

player in major league history to hit an extrainning 

grand slam with his team trailing by 3 

runs…joined NYY Babe Ruth (1925), STL Roger 

Freed (1979) and NYY Jason Giambi (2002). 

Ê Batted .462 (6-for-13) with 15 RBI with the bases 

loaded, 10th best in the NL. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Hit .350 (7-for-20) with 2 HR 

and 6 RBI in the NLDS vs. MIL, starting all 5 

games at 3B…hit the 2nd playoff grand slam 

ever by a D-backs player in Game 4, a 1st-inning 

blast off Randy Wolf…also homered in Game 1 

off Yovani Gallardo. 

Ê Split the 2010 season between Triple-A Reno 

(94 games) and the D-backs (36 games)…recalled 

from Reno on May 25, optioned June 21 

and recalled for a second time on Aug 24. 

Ê Delivered a walk-off, pinch-hit single on 

June 4 vs. COL. 

Ê Appeared at 6 different positions between the 

majors and minors, with the exception of CF, 1B 

and pitcher. 

Ê In 2009 made his first Opening Day roster 

to begin his first season with Arizona, after 

signing a minor league deal the previous 

November…spent the entire season in the majors 

except for a 10-game stint in Reno, 

July 4-19…played in 110 games for the D-backs, 

including 72 starts (45-2B, 15-3B, 12-LF). 

Ê Hit .279 (85-for-305) with 17 doubles, 7 HR and 

40 RBI with 7 SB. 

Ê Reached base via hit or walk in 15 consecutive 

games from Aug 22—Sep 7, batting .327 

(18-for-55). 

Ê Appeared in one major league game for Texas 

in 2008 after signing as a free agent the previous 

November…played the remainder of the 

season for Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he hit 

.300 (136-for-453) with 10 HR, 66 RBI, 15 SB 

and 28 doubles…tied for 6th in the PCL with 

8 triples. 

Ê Struck out in his only big league at-bat, on 

July 29 vs. SEA, part of a 3-day stint with the 

Rangers. 


Triple-A Syracuse (Blue Jays)…had two stints 

with Toronto, totaling 8 games, in April and 

May. 

Ê In 2006 was recalled by Toronto on July 30 

and made his major league debut that day in 

Oakland as a defensive replacement at 2B… 

went 0-for-1…collected his first hit on Aug 3 at 

NYY, a solo homer off Cory Lidle…appeared in 

9 games for the Blue Jays and was optioned on 

Aug 27…spent the remainder of the season with 

Syracuse, where he was named Toronto’s Minor 

League Star of the Month in July. 

Ê Opened the 2005 season with Class-A Dunedin 

and was promoted to Double-A New Hampshire 

in May…combined to hit 24 HR with 79 RBI… 

named an Eastern League midseason All-Star 

and Toronto’s Minor League Star of the Month 

for July and August. 

Ê In 2004 was named a South Atlantic League 

midseason All-Star for Class-A Charleston 

(W.V.) and was promoted to Dunedin June 22… 

named Toronto’s organizational Player of the 

Month for April…hit a combined 20 HR and collected 

a career-high 91 BB. 


Ê He and his wife, Kim, have a daughter, Hudsyn. 

Ê Played with Hunter Pence at the University 

of Texas at Arlington…named Southland 

Conference Player of the Year and Hitter of the 

Year in 2003…finished two classes short of a 

degree in biology. 

Ê Played football and baseball at L.D. Bell High 

School in Hurst, Texas. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 2x-last 8/23/09 at HOU 


8G, 4/12/11 – 4/21/11 

RBI 

4, 9/27/11 vs. LAD 

RUNS 

3, 3x-last 7/25/12 at BAL 


WALKS 

3, 2x-last 9/8/11 vs. SD 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 5x-last 8/29/12 at TEX 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 4x-last 7/21/12 vs. HOU 


9/27/11 vs. LAD (Javy Guerra) 


2 – 4/19/11 at CIN; 8/4/09 at PIT 

WALK-OFF (2) 

6/8/12 vs. OAK (9th inn., Brian Fuentes); 9/27/11 vs. LAD 

(10th inn., Javy Guerra) 

LEADOFF (3) 

8/29/11 vs. COL (Alex White); 6/11/11 at FLA (Javier 

Vazquez); 8/26/09 at SF (Jonathan Sanchez)





2003 Auburn .278 66 248 52 69 10 3 8 36 0 2 4 35-0 63 7 3 10 .440 .374 10 

2004 Charleston .283 64 226 38 64 9 0 13 39 0 1 9 55-1 50 0 0 6 .496 .440 9 

Dunedin .239 59 205 29 49 1 1 7 25 0 4 1 36-2 51 0 3 8 .356 .350 12 

2005 Dunedin .287 42 164 33 47 9 0 9 35 0 2 2 24-0 27 6 1 5 .506 .380 11 

New Hampshire .272 92 338 54 92 19 3 15 44 1 1 4 55-5 94 5 1 6 .479 .379 5 

2006 Syracuse .273 98 362 44 99 28 1 10 49 6 3 2 30-0 86 5 3 5 .439 .330 11 

Toronto .077 9 13 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 1 .308 .143 0 

2007 Syracuse .249 100 337 46 84 16 1 12 47 2 3 2 55-0 85 1 2 13 .409 .355 17 

Toronto .077 8 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 7 0 0 0 .077 .250 1 

2008 Oklahoma .300 130 453 71 136 28 8 10 66 1 6 2 67-0 78 15 3 19 .464 .388 20 

Texas .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 

2009 Arizona .279 110 305 41 85 17 2 7 25 2 1 3 40-1 55 7 3 2 .416 .367 6 

Reno .310 10 42 10 13 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 6-0 6 7 0 1 .452 .396 2 

2010 Reno .265 94 347 62 92 25 2 11 55 1 6 2 56-3 73 16 6 14 .444 .365 13 

Arizona .197 36 66 8 13 4 0 2 9 1 1 0 3-1 17 0 0 0 .348 .229 0 

2011 Arizona .249 143 482 86 120 25 2 19 65 3 2 2 66-2 98 18 9 6 .427 .341 14 

2012 Arizona .250 83 252 28 63 9 0 6 34 2 4 0 22-1 45 6 3 10 .357 .306 7 

Tampa Bay .214 60 187 23 40 10 0 6 18 1 2 1 18-0 47 4 3 3 .364 .284 2 

Minor League Totals .274 755 2722 439 745 146 20 96 406 11 28 28 419-11 613 62 22 87 .448 .373 110 


1: Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 18th round of the 2003 June Draft…signed by Andy Beene. 2: Signed by the Texas Rangers as a free 

agent, November 21, 2007. 3: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as a free agent, November 6, 2008. 4: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from 

Arizona in exchange for INF Tyler Bortnick, July 24, 2012. 



2011 NLDS ARI vs. MIL .350 5 20 2 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 0 .700 .350 0 



2006 Second Base 1.000 8 8 11 0 19 3 

2007 Third Base .667 3 0 2 1 3 0 

Second Base 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0 

Left Field 1.000 1 3 0 0 3 0 

2009 Second Base .991 57 99 117 2 218 18 

Third Base .927 19 14 24 3 41 3 

Left Field .957 16 22 0 1 23 0 

2010 Left Field 1.000 14 16 1 0 17 0 

Second Base 1.000 1 3 4 0 7 2 

Third Base 1.000 1 1 1 0 2 0 

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2011 Third Base .964 107 74 197 10 281 15 

Second Base .968 28 48 73 4 125 17 

Left Field 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 0 

Shortstop - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2012 Third Base .954 78 40 148 9 197 8 

Second Base 1.000 54 90 135 0 225 34 

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 

Totals Third Base .956 208 129 372 23 524 26 

Second Base .990 149 248 341 6 595 74 

Left Field .979 35 46 1 1 48 0 

Shortstop - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 



vs. Left .231 156 36 4 12 .259 452 117 17 44 

vs. Right .237 283 67 8 40 .238 867 206 24 108 

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40-MAN ROSTER › FERNANDO RODNEY 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Fernando was named to the provisional roster 

for the Dominican Republic alongside Joel 

Peralta in the World Baseball Classic…pitched 

in the 2006 WBC, making 4 scoreless outings. 

Ê Has been an avid fisherman all of his life and 

has a necklace with the teeth of some of his 

catches…also enjoys a steady diet of fish and 

finds the eyes a particular delicacy. 

Ê Last season he debuted his “bow and arrow” 

celebration after every save…Rodney says that 

he used to do a variation of the move while 

playing baseball in his younger days in the 

Dominican Republic…he had grown up in Santo 

Domingo and loved to spearfish as a child, 

though he has never gone bow hunting…he had 

never shot a bow until last season as part of a 

photo shoot for the cover of the the Rays game 

program…he says the Rays close-knit, fun atmosphere 

inspired him to get in on the festivities, 

thus the celebration. 

Ê At the 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City, he 

wore his father’s name (Ulise) on the back of 

his BP jersey…his dad passed away on April 28, 

2002, six days before Fernando’s major league 

debut…he also wears his cap tilted to the left, 

the same way Ulise did. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Ten-year veteran had a historic season as the 

Rays closer after signing as a free agent on 

Jan 4…his 0.60 ERA (74.2-IP, 5-ER) set a major 

league record for a relief pitcher (min. 50 

IP), breaking OAK Dennis Eckersley’s record of 

0.61 in 1990. 


FERNANDO 

RODNEY 56 

Fernando Rodney 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

5'11" 



BORN 3/18/77 in Samana, DR 

RESIDES Santo Domingo, DR 



SIGNING SCOUT Ramon Peña (Tigers) 

WEIGHT 

220 

Ê Allowed only 1 ER in 45 IP over his final 45 apps 

(HR to TOR David Cooper on Aug 8), beginning 

June 16 (0.20 ERA). 

Ê Earned a club-record and career-high 48 saves 

(prev. 45, by Rafael Soriano in 2010)…joined 

Eckersley (48 saves, 0.61 ERA) in 1990 as the 

only pitchers in major league history to post 

40 saves and a sub-1.00 ERA. 

Ê Finished 5th in the BBWAA AL Cy Young voting…received 

38 points (one 1st-place vote) in 

the 7-4-3-2-1 point system…since 1995 only one 

AL reliever has received more Cy Young voting 

points: NYY Mariano Rivera with 68 points 

in 2005…also became just the 4th Ray to receive 

votes for the Cy Young joining David Price 

(2010 and 2012), James Shields (2011) and 

Rafael Soriano (2010). 

2012 A.L. CY YOUNG AWARD 

VOTING LEADERS 

PTS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 

David Price, TB 153 14 13 1 0 0 

Justin Verlander, DET 149 13 13 2 0 0 

Jered Weaver, LAA 70 0 2 14 9 2 

Felix Hernandez, SEA 41 0 0 5 10 6 

Fernando Rodney, TB 38 1 0 5 4 8 

Chris Sale, CWS 17 0 0 1 4 6 

Jim Johnson, BAL 5 0 0 0 1 3 

Matt Harrison, TEX 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Yu Darvish, TEX 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Ê Named the AL Comeback Player of the Year, 

chosen by the 30 club beat reporters for 

MLB.com…he was the second Ray to earn the 

honor, joining Carlos Peña (2007). 

Ê Also finished 13th (2 points behind David Price) 

in the AL MVP balloting.

Ê His 0.60 ERA was 0.98 better than the next 

closest AL reliever (BOS Scott Atchison, 1.58)… 

this was the largest lead by an AL relief pitcher 

since 1950, when BOS Mickey McDermott 

(1.67) led CLE Sam Zoldak (3.04) by 1.37 runs. 

Ê Ranked 2nd in the majors in saves behind BAL 

Jim Johnson (51). 

Ê Led the majors with a 96.0 save pct. (48-for- 

50), breaking Rafael Soriano’s club record of 

93.8 (45-for-48) in 2010. 

Ê Appeared in a career-high 76 games (prev. 73 

in 2009), tied with teammate Joel Peralta for 

2nd most in the AL…finished 65 games, 2nd 

most in the majors…his 76 SO were a career 

high. 

Ê Four of the 9 runs he allowed were unearned. 

Ê Averaged 1.81 BB/9 IP and 5.06 SO/BB (74.2-IP, 

76-SO, 15-BB) after entering the season with 

career ratios of 4.88 BB/9 IP and 1.65 SO/BB… 

in fact, in 2011 his 7.88 BB/9 IP ratio (32-IP, 28- 

LOWEST RELIEF ERA, 

MLB HISTORY (Min. 0.3 IP / team game) 

Fernando Rodney, TB, 2012 0.60 

Dennis Eckersley, OAK, 1990 0.61 

Al Benton, CLE, 1949 0.62 

MOST SAVES, RAYS HISTORY 

Fernando Rodney, 2012 48 

Rafael Soriano, 2010 45 

Roberto Hernandez, 1999 43 

MLB RELIEVERS, 2012 

SAVES 

Jim Johnson, BAL 51 

Fernando Rodney, TB 48 

Craig Kimbrel, ATL 42 

Jason Motte, STL 42 

Rafael Soriano, NYY 

EARNED RUN AVERAGE 

42 

Fernando Rodney, TB 0.60 

Craig Kimbrel, ATL 1.01 

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 1.51 

A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012 

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVG. 

Ernesto Frieri, LAA .140 


Ryan Cook, OAK .166 


Jake McGee, TB 

OPPONENTS’ ON-BASE PCT. 

.168 



Casey Janssen, TOR 

OPPONENTS’ SLUGGING PCT. 

.241 






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BB) was highest in the majors among pitchers 

with at least 25 innings. 

Ê Of the Rays 10 victories over the Yankees, he 

recorded 2 wins and 7 saves, tying the major 

league record for most saves vs. the Yankees in 

one season (also TB Danys Baez in 2005, CWS 

Bobby Thigpen in 1990). 

Ê Opponents hit only .167/.219/.198 (43-for-258)… 

ranked 4th among AL relievers in opp avg., 2nd 

in opp OBP and 1st in opp SLG…yielded only 

2 HR, and has allowed only 3 HR in his last 143 

apps. 

Ê Had a 22-inning scoreless streak from June 14– 

Aug 7, longest ever by a Rays reliever at the 

time, but was surpassed days later by J.P. 

Howell (27.1)…broke Joe Borowski’s club-record 

streak of 21 innings set in 2005…the streak 

ended when he allowed a solo homer to David 

Cooper in the 9th inning on Aug 9 vs. TOR. 

Ê Allowed only 2 ER at Tropicana Field, posting a 

0.44 ERA (41-IP, 3-R, 2-ER) in 42 apps at home, 

best among major league relievers. 

Ê Earned his 100th career save on May 19 vs. 

ATL…following the game, he gave the game ball 

to Nathan Johnson, a man celebrating his 100th 

birthday at Tropicana Field that day. 

Ê Converted his first 15 save chances, one shy of 

the club record to start the season…blew his 

first save on May 26 at BOS on a 2-run, pinchhit 

walk-off homer by Jarrod Saltalamacchia 

in the 9th inning…it was only the second walkoff 

homer allowed in Rodney’s career, the first 

coming in his second major league game with 

Detroit on May 8, 2002 at ANA (Troy Glaus). 

Ê After his first blown save, converted his next 

22 consecutive save opportunities to set a 

club record…the prev. record of 19 was held by 

Rafael Soriano (2010) and Roberto Hernandez 

(1999)…the streak ended on Aug 14 at SEA, 

when he lost on 2 unearned runs following an 

error by Carlos Peña in the 9th. 

Ê His only 2 saves of longer than 1 inning both 

came in September…on Sep 1 at TOR worked 

1.2 IP for his 40th save as the Rays won on a 

game-ending outfield assist by B.J. Upton…on 

Sep 14 at NYY pitched 1.2 innings for his 43rd 

save. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: At age 35, became the oldest 

first-time All-Star in Rays history…only four 

active players have made their first All-Star 

Team at an older age: SEA Jamie Moyer (40) 

in 2003, NYM R.A. Dickey (37) in 2012, LAD 

Takashi Saito (37) in 2007 and PHI Raul Ibañez 

(37) in 2009…was the 20th different Ray to 

make the All-Star Team…pitched a perfect 9th 

inning for the AL in the 8-0 loss, retiring PIT 

Andrew McCutchen, CIN Jay Bruce and CHC 


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Bryan LaHair all on groundouts…had a 

0.93 ERA and 25 saves at the All-Star break, 

becoming the 7th pitcher to earn 25 saves with 

a sub-1.00 ERA in the first half since the save 

became an official statistic in 1969. 

Ê Pitched for Escogido in the Dominican Winter 

League playoffs. 

CAREER HIGHLGIHTS 

Ê In the 8 seasons following his rookie campaign 

(2003), has held right-handed hitters to a .212 

avg. (194-for-915). 

Ê His 32 innings pitched in 2011 were his fewest 

since 2003…began the season as the Angels 

closer and saved their Opening Day win at KC… 

yielded that role to rookie Jordan Walden in 

April…was 3 of 7 in save chances, earning his 

last save on May 30 at KC. 

Ê Ranked 2nd on the staff in appearances 

through May with 25 while holding opponents 

to a .195 avg., but appeared in only 14 games 

the rest of the season including only 2 of the final 

29 games…missed 35 games while on the 

disabled list with a strained upper back, 

June 9–July 21. 

Ê Held right-handed hitters to a .180 (11-for-61) 

clip. 

Ê Averaged 7.88 BB/9 innings (32-IP, 28-BB), 

highest in the majors among pitchers with 25 

or more innings…all but one of his apps were 

less than 2 innings…5 times he entered the 

game before the 8th inning, something he had 

not done since 2008. 

Ê In his first season with the Angels in 2010, his 

72 apps and 68 relief innings led the staff and 

his 14 saves were 2nd…converted all 5 save opportunities 

in April when closer Brian Fuentes 

was on the disabled list and then saved 9 of 

the Angels final 17 wins when Fuentes was 

traded to Minnesota on Aug 27. 

Ê In 2009 converted a 37 of 38 save opportunities 

for Detroit…his 97.4 percent success rate 

led the majors and remains the 7th best for one 

season in AL history…finished with an AL-high 

65 games finished. 

Ê Converted his first 22 save chances before 

failing on Aug 1 at CLE. 

Ê Suffered the 12-inning, 6-5 walk-off loss in 

Game 163 (Oct 6 at MIN) to decide the AL 

Central crown…worked 3 innings, tying his career 

high before allowing a game-winning single 

to Alexi Casilla. 

Ê Recorded the win on July 25 vs. CWS, his first 

victory in nearly two years (since Aug 14, 2007 

at CLE). 

Ê Missed the first 11 weeks of the 2008 season 

for the Tigers with right shoulder tendinitis… 

took over closer role for the final 2 months of 

the season when Todd Jones went on the DL. 

Ê Made his season debut on June 16 and allowed 

5 ER in 0.1 innings over his first 2 apps… 

pitched to a 3.83 ERA (40-IP, 17-ER) the rest of 

the season. 

Ê For the first time in his career he saved 

games in 3 consecutive days, Sep 25-27, all 

vs. the Rays, who still clinched the AL East 

title during that span…did it again for the Rays 

Aug 11-13, 2012. 

Ê Two stints on the Tigers disabled list limited 

him to 48 apps in 2007…worked to a 2.63 ERA 

(24-IP, 7-ER) over his final 23 games and didn’t 

allow a run in 12 August apps…was on DL from 

May 21–June 4 with biceps tendinitis and again, 

June 24–Aug 3 with shoulder tendinitis. 

“ 

He has this delivery where he looks like the Tasmanian Devil. 

Then he throws the ball, and it’s like Bugs Bunny.” 

— Joe Maddon 

Ê In his first full season in the majors in 2006 he 

led the AL champions with 63 apps and won 

7 games, most by a Tigers reliever since Joe 

Boever (1994)…also had 7 saves, 5 of which 

came in April when closer Todd Jones opened 

the season on the disabled list…his first 13 

apps were scoreless while he was 5-for-5 in 

save chances…also pitched in 7 of the Tigers 13 

postseason games, compiling a 2.35 ERA (7.2- 

IP, 2-ER). 

Ê Missed the first two months of the 2005 season 

with right shoulder inflammation…assumed 

the closer role over the last 2 months of the 

season and wound up with 9, tied for the club 

lead with Ugueth Urbina…saved both games of 

a doubleheader on Aug 14 at KC, a pair of onerun 

games, the first Tiger to do that since Mike 

Henneman on Aug 5, 1988. 

Ê Missed the entire 2004 season after undergoing 

ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction 

surgery on his right elbow on April 29, 2004… 

surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews. 

Ê Began the 2003 season at Triple-A Toledo 

(Tigers), but had 2 stints with the Tigers who

lost an AL-record 119 games…was up June 22– 

July 25, then came up for good starting Aug 24. 

Ê Assumed the closer role the final month and 

earned his first major league save on Sep 2 vs. 

CLE…retired all 6 batters he faced, striking out 

4…did not allow a run in his final 25 apps with 

Toledo and was named the Best Reliever in the 

International League by Baseball America. 

Ê Made his major league debut on May 4, 2002 

at MIN…worked 1.1 innings and lost on an unearned 

run…had 4 separate stints with Tigers… 

began the 2001 season in the starting rotation 

at Class-A Lakeland, but after 2 stints on the DL 

that season never started again. 



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Ê He and his wife, Helen, have four children ranging 

from 8 months to 12 years. 

CAREER HIGHS 


3.0, 6x-last 10/6/09 at MIN 

STRIKEOUTS 

7, 7/15/05 vs. KC 

WALKS 

3, 10x-last 9/2/11 vs. MIN 

HR ALLOWED 

2, 2x-last 5/9/06 at BAL 

RUNS ALLOWED 

6, 6/25/03 at BOS 

WIN STREAK 

4G, 4/10/10 – 5/30/10 

LOSS STREAK 

9G, 9/29/07 – 7/6/09 



1998 DSL Tigers 1 3 3.38 11 5 0 0 1 32.0 25 16 12 4 1 19-2 37 2 3 

1999 GCL Tigers 3 3 2.40 22 0 0 0 9 30.0 20 8 8 1 3 21-0 39 1 1 

Lakeland 1 0 1.42 4 0 0 0 2 6.1 7 1 1 0 1 1-0 5 0 0 

2000 West Michigan 6 4 2.94 22 10 0 0 0 82.2 74 34 27 2 2 35-0 56 3 0 

2001 Lakeland 4 2 3.42 16 9 0 0 0 55.1 53 26 21 2 1 19-1 44 1 1 

GCL Tigers 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 

Erie 0 0 4.26 4 0 0 0 1 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 3-0 8 0 0 

2002 Erie 1 0 1.33 21 0 0 0 11 20.1 14 4 3 0 0 5-0 18 3 0 

Detroit 1 3 6.00 20 0 0 0 0 18.0 25 15 12 2 0 10-2 10 0 1 

Toledo 1 1 0.81 20 0 0 0 4 22.1 13 4 2 1 1 9-0 25 2 2 

2003 Toledo 1 1 1.33 38 0 0 0 23 40.2 22 6 6 0 4 13-0 58 3 0 

Detroit 1 3 6.07 27 0 0 0 3 29.2 35 20 20 2 1 17-1 33 0 0 

2004 Detroit Injured – Did Not Play 

2005 Toledo 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1-0 4 0 0 

Detroit 2 3 2.86 39 0 0 0 9 44.0 39 14 14 5 2 17-3 42 2 0 

2006 Detroit 7 4 3.52 63 0 0 0 7 71.2 51 36 28 6 8 34-4 65 3 0 

2007 Detroit 2 6 4.26 48 0 0 0 1 50.2 46 27 24 5 3 21-0 54 4 0 

Toledo 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 0 

2008 Toledo 1 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 4 4 1 1 5-0 8 1 0 

Detroit 0 6 4.91 38 0 0 0 13 40.1 34 22 22 3 3 30-5 49 3 0 

2009 Detroit 2 5 4.40 73 0 0 0 37 75.2 70 38 37 8 2 41-4 61 5 0 

2010 Los Angeles-AL 4 3 4.24 72 0 0 0 14 68.0 70 33 32 4 5 35-1 53 4 0 

2011 Los Angeles-AL 3 5 4.50 39 0 0 0 3 32.0 26 18 16 1 3 28-0 26 2 0 

Inland Empire 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 1-0 3 0 0 

2012 Tampa Bay 2 2 0.60 76 0 0 0 48 74.2 43 9 5 2 3 15-1 76 4 0 


Major League Totals 24 40 3.75 495 0 0 0 135 504.2 439 232 210 38 30 248-21 469 27 1 

1: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as a free agent, November 1, 1997…signed by Ramon Peña. 2: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a 

free agent, December 24, 2009. 3: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 4, 2012. 



2006 Detroit .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 



2006 ALCS DET vs. OAK 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 

WS DET vs. STL 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 2 0 0 4-1 5 0 0 



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2012 AL, Kansas City 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC PITCHING 


2006 Dominican Republic 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 1 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 3-1 7 0 0 



2002 Pitcher 1.000 20 1 1 0 2 0 

2003 Pitcher 1.000 27 0 3 0 3 0 

2005 Pitcher .857 39 3 3 1 7 0 

2006 Pitcher .933 63 5 9 1 15 0 

2007 Pitcher .933 48 2 12 1 15 0 

2008 Pitcher 1.000 38 4 2 0 6 0 

2009 Pitcher 1.000 73 6 10 0 16 0 

2010 Pitcher 1.000 72 7 10 0 17 0 

2011 Pitcher .833 39 2 3 1 6 1 

2012 Pitcher 1.000 76 13 13 0 26 1 

Totals .965 495 43 66 4 113 2 



vs. Left .166 145 24 2 .246 923 227 19 

vs. Right .168 113 19 0 .220 962 212 19 

SKIP MILOS


40-MAN ROSTER › SEAN RODRIGUEZ 

BATS 

RIGHT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Sean and his wife, Giselle, are passionate about 

autism awareness and research…their 3-yearold 

son, Sean Jr., is a high-functioning autistic 

child…in April 2012, Sean and Giselle led a Rays 

contingent in Walk Now for Autism Speaks at 

Raymond James Stadium. 

Ê Sean’s older brother, Robert, was a catcher 

in the Nationals minor league system for 

five years (2002-06)…he is entering his first 

season of coaching baseball at Shorecrest 

Preparatory School in St. Petersburg…he previously 

coached at Westwood Christian High 

School in Miami. 

Ê His father, Johnny Rodriguez, is a longtime 

baseball man and begins his second season as 

manager of the Class-A Palm Beach Cardinals 

of the Florida State League…Johnny has 

coached, managed and scouted in eight different 

organizations. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Played 112 games, including 87 starts (42-SS, 

27-3B, 17-2B, 1-DH)…was the Opening Day shortstop 

and began the year in a platoon at SS with 

Reid Brignac but played third base, second 

base and shortstop after Evan Longoria’s injury 

on April 30. 

Ê Hit .248 (33-for-133) with 4 HR and 14 RBI in 

his first 42 games (through May 22) but only 

.185/.266/.292 (31-for-168) with 2 HR and 

18 RBI in 70 games after that. 

INFIELDER 

SEAN 

RODRIGUEZ 1 

Sean John Rodriguez 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 

WEIGHT 

200 



BORN 4/26/85 in Miami, FL 

RESIDES Miami, FL 


ACQUIRED From the Los Angeles Angels as the 

player to be named (9/1/09) along with LHP Alex 

Torres and INF Matthew Sweeney in exchange 

for LHP Scott Kazmir, 8/28/09 

SIGNING SCOUT Mike Silvestri (Angels) 

FOLLOW HIM @SeanJRodriguez1 

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Ê When Longoria went down, Rodriguez hit 

.300/.329/.486 with 3 HR and 9 RBI over his 

first 21 games in May, including 11 starts at 3B… 

from May 23 until Longoria’s return on Aug 7, 

Rodriguez hit only .164/.236/.276 with 35 SO in 

53 games…from Aug 7-20, hit .300/.364/.400 in 

11 games but was optioned to Triple-A Durham 

on Aug 20 when Luke Scott was activated from 

the 15-day DL. 

Ê Sustained a right hand fracture in an off-thefield 

injury on Aug 26, after playing 2 games 

for Durham…went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 2 2B for 

the Bulls…recalled on Aug 31 when the rosters 

expanded and was placed on the 15-day DL…reinstated 

on Sep 15 after spending 12 games on 

the major league DL…appeared in 6 games (2 

starts, 1-3B, 1-DH) after his activation. 

Ê Batted only .228 (23-for-101) with no homers 

against left-handed pitchers, after entering 

the season with a career .260 avg. (82-for-315) 

with 7 HR vs. lefties. 

Ê Committed 2 errors in consecutive games on 

Sep 17-18, the first AL player with multiple errors 

in consecutive team games since DET 

Carlos Guillen, April 18-19, 2006 at OAK. 

Ê Compiled a 10-game hitting streak May 2-12, 

the 2nd longest of his career…hit .324 (11-for- 

34) in that span. 


Ê In 2011 was one of six major leaguers to start 

at all four infield positions joining OAK Adam 

Rosales, OAK Andy LaRoche, HOU Matt Downs, 


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PIT Brandon Wood and SD Alberto Gonzalez…it 

was the 2nd straight year he started at all 4 positions…he 

and Aaron Ledesma (1998-99) are 

the only two Rays to do it twice…Ben Zobrist 

(2009), Willy Aybar (2008) and Tomas Perez 

(2006) are the only other Rays to do it. 

Ê Appeared in a career-high 129 games with 108 

starts (49-SS, 41-2B, 16-3B, 3-1B)…started 64 of 

the final 78 games after only starting 44 of the 

first 83 games. 

Ê For the second consecutive year, batted everywhere 

in the lineup except cleanup. 

Ê Set a club record with 18 HBP, eclipsing the 

mark set by Jonny Gomes (14) in 2004…ranked 

2nd in the AL behind CWS Carlos Quentin (23)… 

was his second straight season leading the 

team in HBP (8 in 2010). 

Ê Became the first player since STL Gregg 

Jefferies in 1993 to hit into a triple play and 

participate in one defensively in the same season…both 

were “around the horn” 5-4-3 triple 

plays…was at first base when the Rays pulled 

the 3rd triple play in club history on Sep 27 vs. 

NYY…became the first Ray to ground into one 

on Aug 16 at BOS. 

Ê Set career highs with 20 doubles, 38 walks and 

a .323 OBP. 

Ê His .223 avg. was the 6th-lowest in the majors 

among players with at least 400 PA…his .179 

(15-for-84) avg. with RISP ranked 6th lowest in 

the majors. 

Ê Batted .273 (38-for-139) against left-handed 

pitchers but just .192 (45-for-234) vs. RHP. 

Ê Committed 3 errors at shortstop May 30 vs. 

TEX, matching the club record. 

Ê Went 2-for-4 with a HR and 2B and tied a career 

high with 4 RBI in the Rays 5-1 win on 

June 17 vs. FLA…his .319 (15-for-47) career avg. 

against the Marlins is the Miami native’s best 

vs. an opponent (min. 10 games). 

Ê Led the Rays to a 3-2 walk-off win on Aug 24 

vs. DET when he hustled from first base to beat 

3B Brandon Inge’s throw to second with the 

bases loaded and 2 out in the 10th. 

Ê He and Desmond Jennings hit back-to-back 

homers in the 2nd inning in the Rays 12-0 win 

on Aug 28 at TOR…was the first time in franchise 

history the 9th and 1st hitters in the lineup 

went back-to-back…that HR off Brandon 

Morrow, the ball clocked in at 118.4 mph off the 

bat according to the ESPN Home Run Tracker 

website…this was the fastest speed recorded 

for any home run hit in the major leagues 

in 2011. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started Games 1, 2 and 4 at 

shortstop in the ALDS vs. TEX…had a single, 2 

walks and scored all 3 runs in the Rays 4-3 loss 

in Game 4…scored the first run in a jarring collision 

with Rangers catcher Mike Napoli that dislodged 

the ball. 

Ê In 2010, played in 118 games, making 93 

starts…started at seven different positions (78- 

2B, 4-CF, 3-RF, 3-3B, 2-1B, 1-SS, 1-LF), joining 

teammate Ben Zobrist (2009) as the only players 

to start at seven positions in Rays history… 

at 25, Sean was the youngest to do this since 

STL Jose Oquendo did it at age 23 in 1987…also 

served as the Rays emergency catcher until 

September call-ups arrived, but was never 

needed to play. 

Ê Made his first Opening Day roster and spent his 

first full season in the majors after setting club 

spring training records in batting avg. (.460), 

hits (29) and runs (20)…also hit 6 HR…was the 

Opening Day starter at second base. 

Ê Hit 63 points better against left-handed pitching 

(.292 to .229). 

Ê On May 29 entered the game for injured SS 

Jason Bartlett, who was placed on the DL… 

started a career-high 15-game hitting streak 

that night…batted .407 (22-for-54) during the 

streak. 

Ê On June 1 at TOR he delivered a 2-out, 3-run 

double off closer Kevin Gregg to cap a 4-run 

9th and give the Rays a 7-6 win. 

Ê On Sep 1 vs. TOR went 3-for-3, a double short 

of the cycle, and stole his 11th base…all 3 of his 

hits came off Shaun Marcum, giving him 6 consecutive 

hits vs. Marcum, 5 for extra bases… 

missed a chance to complete the cycle when 

he was intentionally walked in his final plate 

app. 

Ê Hit .513 (20-for-39) on the first pitch, 4th best 

in the AL and the 4th highest in club history. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 4 apps (all at 2B) in the 

ALDS vs. TEX, including starts in Games 1, 2 

and 5. 

Ê On Sep 1, 2009 was acquired by the Rays from 

the Angels as the player to be named in the 

Scott Kazmir trade on Aug 28…spent the majority 

of the season in Triple-A (Salt Lake and 

Durham) and played in 12 major league games 

over two stints with the Angels. 

Ê Combined to hit .294 (113-for-385) in the minors 

with 30 HR, 98 RBI, 87 R, 9 SB, 55 BB, 

.397 OBP and .608 SLG in 108 games…tied for 

7th among all minor leaguers in home runs… 

ranked 3rd among full-season minor leaguers 

in slugging…including the majors, hit 32 homers 

with 102 RBI, both career highs. 

Ê Among all Triple-A players ranked 2nd in slugging 

pct., tied for 2nd in HR, tied for 4th in RBI

and 5th in runs scored…in the Pacific Coast 

League, finished 2nd in HR (29), 4th in RBI (93), 

5th in OBP (.400), 2nd in SLG (.616) and 2nd in 

AB/HR ratio (12.59)…led the Angels system in 

HR and RBI. 

Ê Made his major league debut with Los Angeles 

in 2008 but spent the majority of the season in 

Salt Lake…received significant playing time in 

the majors following multiple injuries to Angels 

infielders. 

Ê The Angels went 33-14 in the 47 games he 

started…played in 59 games overall: 51-2B, 

4-SS, 1-3B…made only 2 errors (both at 2B) for a 

.992 fielding pct. 

Ê Made his major league debut on April 19 

vs. SEA…singled in the 6th inning off Jarrod 

Washburn for his first major league hit…collected 

his first career home run on June 1 vs. TOR 

off A.J. Burnett. 

Ê Entered the season ranked by Baseball 

America as the No. 7 prospect in the Angels 

system…also rated the Best Infield Arm in the 

organization. 

Ê Entered 2007 as a non-roster invite and 

ranked as the No. 8 prospect in the Angels 

system by BA…spent the entire season with 

Double-A Arkansas and earned a selection to 

the Texas League All-Star Game, his fifth All- 

Star selection in the minors. 

Ê Led the Travelers with 17 HR, 73 RBI, 84 R, 

73 RBI and 19 HBP…his 132 SO led the Texas 

League. 

Ê Played 125 of his 136 games at shortstop, committing 

19 errors. 

Ê In 2006 was named the Angels Minor League 

Player of the Year after splitting the season between 

Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, Arkansas 

and Salt Lake…hit a combined .308 (160-for- 

520) with 29 HR, 86 RBI, 34 2B and 94 R in 135 

games, 132 of which came at shortstop…led all 

Angels minor leaguers in home runs. 

Ê Spent the majority of the season at Rancho 

Cucamonga, where he was named to the 

California League’s All-Star Game and postseason 

All-Star Team…was named a Class-A All- 

Star by BA and Topps. 



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Cedar Rapids of the Midwest League, appearing 

in 124 games (85 at shortstop)…stole 27 

bases…led the Kernels with 78 BB. 

Ê In 2004 was named Pioneer League Player 

of the Year after being sent down to Rookielevel 

Provo from Cedar Rapids…for Provo, hit 

.338 with 10 HR and 55 RBI and ranked among 

league leaders in batting, slugging (.569), runs 

and RBI…named a Pioneer League postseason 

All-Star. 


Ê Sean and his wife, Giselle, reside in Miami 

with their three kids: daughter Sofia (5), son 

Sean Jr. (3) and newborn daughter Vanelope 

Grace…Vanelope was born in January and 

named by her sister, who heard the name in 

the movie Wreck-It Ralph. 

Ê Sean has countless friends and family members 

in Miami…each season when the Rays 

visit the Marlins, he typically has a cheering 

section of about 50 friends and family…the 

Rodriguez family also hosts a barbecue at their 

home when the Rays come to town. 

Ê Earned 13 All-America honors as a high schooler 

in Miami…began his career as the center 

fielder for Miami Coral Park High School (Jose 

Canseco’s alma mater) and transferred to G. 

Holmes Braddock High School after his sophomore 

year to play shortstop. 

Ê In 2002, his junior year at Coral Park, Sean participated 

in the Perfect Game Showcase at 

Tropicana Field. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

3, 10x-last 8/17/12 at LAA 


15G, 5/29/10 – 6/15/10 

HOME RUNS 

1, 28x-last 7/3/12 vs. NYY 

RBI 

4, 2x-last 6/17/11 vs. FLA 

RUNS 

2, 18x-last 8/20/12 vs. KC 

WALKS 

2, 12x-last 7/28/12 at LAA 

STRIKEOUTS 

4, 4/17/10 at BOS 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 6/13/10 vs. FLA 


Sean Rodriguez

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2003 AZL Angels .269 54 216 30 58 8 5 2 25 1 1 7 14-0 37 11 4 6 .380 .332 21 

2004 Cedar Rapids .250 57 196 35 49 8 4 4 17 2 1 7 18-0 54 14 4 2 .393 .333 7 

Provo Angels .338 64 225 64 76 14 4 10 55 0 1 15 51-0 62 9 3 2 .569 .486 27 

2005 Cedar Rapids .250 124 448 86 112 29 3 14 45 9 2 9 78-0 85 27 11 8 .422 .371 22 

2006 R. Cucamonga .301 116 455 78 137 29 5 24 77 3 6 12 47-0 124 15 3 9 .545 .377 29 

Arkansas .354 18 65 16 23 5 0 5 9 1 0 2 11-0 18 0 3 1 .662 .462 6 

Salt Lake .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 

2007 Arkansas .254 136 508 84 129 31 2 17 73 2 4 19 54-0 132 15 8 5 .423 .345 19 

2008 Salt Lake .306 66 248 68 76 19 1 21 52 2 1 9 29-0 45 4 1 4 .645 .397 4 

Los Angeles-AL .204 59 167 18 34 8 1 3 10 2 1 3 14-0 55 3 1 3 .317 .276 2 

2009 Salt Lake .299 103 365 81 109 17 6 29 93 3 3 13 51-0 119 9 2 5 .616 .400 15 

Los Angeles-AL .200 12 25 4 5 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 3-0 7 0 0 2 .440 .276 0 

Durham .200 5 20 6 4 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 4-0 3 0 0 1 .450 .333 0 

2010 Tampa Bay .251 118 343 53 86 19 2 9 40 5 1 8 21-1 97 13 3 10 .397 .308 6 

2011 Tampa Bay .223 131 373 45 83 20 3 8 36 5 2 18 38-2 87 11 7 8 .357 .323 11 

2012 Tampa Bay .213 112 301 36 64 14 1 6 32 8 3 3 27-1 75 5 0 7 .326 .281 18 

Durham .500 2 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 1.333 .571 0 


Rays Totals .229 361 1017 134 233 53 6 23 108 18 6 29 86-4 259 29 10 25 .361 .306 35 


1: Selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the third round of the 2003 June Draft…signed by Mike Silvestri. 2: Acquired by the Tampa 

Bay Rays from the Angels as the player to be named (September 1) along with LH Alex Torres and INF Matt Sweeney in exchange for LH Scott 

Kazmir, August 28, 2009. 



2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .200 .200 1 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .167 4 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .250 .286 0 

DS Totals .182 8 22 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 0 .227 .250 1 

DID YOU KNOW? 

2013 TROPICANA FIELD GROUND RULES 

BULLPEN AREA 

Ê Ball lodging on, under or in the bullpen seating area: out of play. A ball is deemed to be 

lodged when it goes in or behind equipment or seating or, in the umpire’s judgment, is 

deemed otherwise unplayable. 

Ê Ball enters the bullpen seating area and rebounds out of the seating area: in play. 

CATWALKS, LIGHTS AND SUSPENDED OBJECTS 

Ê Batted ball strikes catwalk, light or suspended object over fair territory: 

¡ Batted ball that strikes either of the lower two catwalks, lights or suspended objects in 

fair territory: home run. 

¡ Batted ball that is not judged a home run and remains on a catwalk, light or suspended 

object: two bases. 

¡ Batted ball that is not judged a home run and strikes a catwalk, light or suspended 

object in fair territory shall be judged fair or foul in relation to where it strikes the 

ground or is touched by a fi elder. If caught by fi elder, batter is out and runners 

advance at own risk. 

Ê Batted ball strikes catwalk, light or suspended object over foul territory: dead ball.





2008 Second Base .991 51 97 127 2 226 36 

Shortstop 1.000 4 5 12 0 17 2 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2009 Second Base 1.000 5 5 6 0 11 4 

Left Field 1.000 3 2 0 0 2 0 

Center Field 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 0 

Right Field - 2 0 0 0 0 0 

2010 Second Base .984 92 138 222 6 366 56 

Center Field 1.000 9 8 0 0 8 0 

Right Field 1.000 8 6 0 0 6 0 

Third Base 1.000 7 7 5 0 12 2 

Shortstop 1.000 5 0 3 0 3 0 

Left Field 1.000 5 8 0 0 8 0 

First Base 1.000 3 23 1 0 24 2 

2011 Shortstop .947 60 55 105 9 169 22 

Second Base .989 48 66 112 2 180 25 

Third Base 1.000 30 15 45 0 60 6 

First Base 1.000 5 24 1 0 25 1 

Left Field 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 0 

2012 Third Base .894 49 23 70 11 104 8 

Shortstop .959 47 50 115 7 172 18 

Second Base 1.000 37 40 63 0 103 15 

Totals Second Base .989 233 346 530 10 886 136 

Shortstop .956 116 110 235 16 361 42 

Third Base .938 87 45 120 11 176 16 

Center Field 1.000 11 9 0 0 9 0 

Left Field 1.000 10 11 0 0 11 0 

Right Field 1.000 10 6 0 0 6 0 

First Base 1.000 8 47 2 0 49 3 



vs. Left .228 101 23 0 10 .252 416 105 7 48 

vs. Right .205 200 41 6 22 .211 793 167 21 74 

Sean plays with 

a young girl at All 

Children’s Hospital 

in St. Petersburg 

in May 2012. Sean 

and teammate Chris 

Gimenez visited All 

Children’s as part of 

“Rays Kids Spirit Day” 

presented by Sagicor 

Life Insurance. 

The program was 

created in 2010. 

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ALL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 


Sean Rodriguez

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40-MAN ROSTER › ENNY ROMERO 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Enny and his wife, Miguelina, welcomed their 

first child, a baby boy named Enny Manuel, on 

Nov 10. 

Ê Loves to play dominoes…his dad, Modesto, is 

his most frequent playing partner. 

Ê His stepfather, Narciso Medina, helped teach 

Enny baseball growing up…now Enny helps 

Narcisco with youth baseball camps in the 

Dominican during the offseason. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê In his fifth pro season, spent the year with 

Class-A Charlotte and went 5-7 with a 3.93 ERA 

(126-IP, 55-ER) in 25 apps (23 starts). 

Ê Ranked 2nd among Florida State League starters 

with a .208 (84-for-403) opponents’ average 

and 5th with 7.8 SO/9 IP. 

Ê Held RH hitters to a .189 avg. (58-for-307). 

Ê Pitched a scoreless 5th inning for the World 

team in the Futures Game at Kansas City’s 

Kauffman Stadium during All-Star Week. 

Ê Entering the 2013 season, was ranked by 

Baseball America as the Rays No. 8 prospect. 


ENNY 

ROMERO 45 

Enny Manuel Hernandez Romero 

BATS 

LEFT 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 




RESIDES Santo Domingo, DR 



SIGNING SCOUT Eddy Toledo (Rays) 

WEIGHT 

165 

FOLLOW HIM @EnnyRomeroTB 


Ê In his minor league career, has allowed only 

18 HR in 370 IP (21-IP per HR) and has averaged 

9.15 SO/9 IP. 

Ê In 2011, went 5-5 with a 4.26 ERA (114-IP, 

54-ER) and 140 SO in 26 starts with Class-A 

Bowling Green. 

Ê Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 8 prospect 

in the Rays system entering 2012. 


Rookie-level Princeton but made 1 start with 

Short-A Hudson Valley after a late-season promotion…was 

named team MVP for Princeton, 

where he went 4-1 with a 1.95 ERA (69.1-IP, 15- 

ER) in 13 starts. 

Ê Led the Appalachian League with a 1.95 ERA 

and ranked 3rd with 72 SO. 

Ê In 2009, went 2-4 with a 4.81 ERA (39.1-IP, 21- 

ER) in 11 apps (4 starts) with the Rookie-level 

GCL Rays. 

Ê Made his pro debut in 2008 with the DSL Rays, 

going 1-0 with a 2.76 ERA (16.1-IP, 5-ER) in 10 relief 

apps. 



2008 DSL Rays 1 0 2.76 10 0 0 0 0 16.1 11 9 5 0 3 8-0 20 1 0 

2009 GCL Rays 2 4 4.81 11 4 0 0 0 39.1 38 25 21 2 3 21-0 33 6 1 

2010 Princeton 4 1 1.95 13 13 0 0 0 69.1 51 15 15 2 6 14-0 72 4 3 

Hudson Valley 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 1 1 0 1 5-0 4 0 0 

2011 Bowling Green 5 5 4.26 26 26 0 0 0 114.0 104 67 54 9 4 68-0 140 14 3 

2012 Charlotte 5 7 3.93 25 23 1 1 0 126.0 89 67 55 5 7 76-0 107 12 0 


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, June 2, 2008…signed by Eddy Toledo.

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê An avid hunter, Luke and his brother, Noah, 

made several trips this offseason all over the 

country…he took down two bucks at Legends 

Ranch in Michigan from 320 and 325 yards… 

this offseason he received some tactical 

training and learned to hunt using the “sniper 

crawl”…on one expedition he crawled 500 

yards. 


40-MAN ROSTER › LUKE SCOTT 

BATS 

LEFT 

Ê Luke, who is fluent in Spanish, spent over two 

weeks in Valencia, Venezuela, in December, the 

fourth straight offseason he’s traveled there… 

this time he did street evangelism and visited 

the Deporte Ahora television show, where he 

talked about his life and career and shared the 

Christmas story. 

Ê Scott is from De Leon Springs, Fla., located 

120 miles northeast of St. Petersburg and just 

north of Orlando. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Eight-year veteran spent his first season with 

the Rays and hit .229 (72-for-314) with 14 HR, 

55 RBI and 22 2B in 96 games (84 starts, 

78-DH, 6-1B)…missed 45 games over two stints 

on the disabled list. 

Ê Had a strong start and finish to the season but 

struggled in between, surrounding his two DL 

stints…in his last 15 games (Sep 15 to season’s 

end) hit .343/.429/.571 (12-for-35) with 1 HR, 

8 RBI and 5 2B…from May 5–Sep 13, batted 

.193/.243/.361 (39-for-202) with 7 HR and 

22 RBI…over his first 23 games (through May 4) 

hit .273/.321/.585 (21-for-77) with 6 HR and 21 

RBI…during that stretch, led the team in RBI 

(6th in AL) and tied for the team lead in HR. 

DESIGINATED HITTER 

LUKE 

SCOTT 30 

Luke Brandon Scott 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 



BORN 6/25/78 in Deland, FL 

RESIDES De Leon Springs, FL 



SIGNING SCOUT Chad MacDonald (Indians) 

WEIGHT 

220 

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Ê Averaged 1 RBI every 5.71 AB (314-AB, 55-RBI)… 

led the AL with 14 RBI through April 19, in only 

10 games played. 

Ê Stole a career-high 5 bases…prev. high was 

3 SB in 2007 with Houston. 

Ê Went 5-for-12 (.417) with 1 HR as a pinch-hitter… 

his 5 pinch-hits were tied for 3rd most in the AL 

and matched Jeff Keppinger for the team lead. 

Ê Hit .260/.313/.507 (59-for-227) with 12 HR, 

45 RBI and 18 2B vs. RHP…hit .149/.211/.264 

(13-for-87) with 2 HR and 10 RBI against LHP. 

Ê Went hitless in a club-record 41 straight at bats 

from June 2–July 6…snapped the streak with a 

2-run homer off Justin Masterson in the 5th inning 

of a 10-3 win on July 6 at CLE…his streak 

came 5 at-bats shy of the major league record 

of 46, an active streak held by SF/LAD Eugenio 

Velez, spanning July 20, 2010 through the end 

of the 2011 season (did not play in 2012)…the 

previous club record of 37 was held by Jose 

Cruz Jr. in 2004. 

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Scott became 

the first player to end a streak of 0-for- 

41 (or longer) with a home run since KC Chuck 

Harrison, who snapped an 0-for-41 skid on July 

27, 1971 at DET with a blast off Mickey Lolich. 

Ê His hitless streak surrounded a 17-game stay 

on the DL with back stiffness, with 26 of the 

41 AB coming after his June 28 return…placed 

on the DL on June 15, retroactive to June 9, and 

reinstated June 28 after a 2-game rehab stint 

with Triple-A Durham…missed a month (28 

games, July 21–Aug 20) due to a mild strain of 

his right external oblique…was hitting .385 (15for-39) 

in the 10 games leading up to the injury…played 

8 games on rehab assignment for 

Class-A Charlotte prior to returning. 


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Ê Went 4-for-4 on July 18 vs. CLE to become the 

first major league player since Hall of Famer 

BOS Luis Aparicio in 1971 to have a 4-for-4 (or 

better) game in the same year that he endured 

a hitless streak of at least 40 at-bats, according 

to the Elias Sports Bureau…Scott tied career 

highs with 4 hits and 5 times on base. 

Ê Half of his 14 HR were either game-tying (3) or 

go-ahead (4) blasts…on Sep 27 at CWS, his solo 

shot off Jake Peavy in the 5th gave the Rays a 

2-1 lead in an eventual 3-2 win as the Rays ran 

their winning streak to a season-long 8 games. 

Ê Hit a grand slam in the 9th inning off Carlos 

Villanueva on April 18 at TOR, capping a 6-run 

inning…it was his 3rd career slam, first since 

May 13, 2010 vs. SEA (Brandon League) with 

the Orioles…marked the 3rd time a Ray hit a 

slam in the 9th inning or later—all of them coming 

at the Rogers Centre: Carl Crawford on 

June 2, 2010 off Scott Downs (9th inning) and 

Dioner Navarro on May 8, 2008 off Shawn 

Camp (13th inning). 

Ê Hit .424/.441/.879 (14-for-33) with 3 HR, 9 RBI, 

4 2B, 1 3B in 8 games vs. Cleveland. 


Ê Underwent season-ending surgery in 2011 to 

repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder on 

July 26 and appeared in only 64 games…started 

57 games (43-LF, 10-1B, 4-DH). 

Ê The shoulder bothered him all season and he 

further aggravated it making a home-runrobbing 

catch in left field on June 28 vs. STL on 

a ball hit by Matt Holliday…placed on the DL on 

July 5…went on a 3-game rehab assignment at 

Double-A Bowie, July 19-21, and went 5-for-10 

with 3 HR…returned to the Orioles on July 22, 

and after going 0-for-3 vs. the Angels that night, 

went back on the DL…3 days later had surgery 

performed by Dr. James Andrews. 

Ê Hit 6 HR in his first 71 AB, then as the shoulder 

worsened hit only 3 HR the rest of the season 

in 138 AB. 

Ê His home run on June 7 vs. OAK was his 6th career 

home run to land on Eutaw Street in right 

field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, most in 

park history. 

Ê Hit his 2nd career pinch-hit HR, April 18 vs. MIN 

off Matt Capps. 

Ê In 4 seasons (2008-11) with Baltimore, hit .291 

(230-for-791, 53-HR) in 239 games at Camden 

Yards and .229 (181-for-789, 31-HR) in 232 

games on the road. 

Ê Over his first 3 seasons with the Orioles (2008- 

10), batted .266 with a combined 84 2B and 

75 HR…only four AL players—and no other 

left-handed hitters—matched those numbers 

over that span: TB Evan Longoria, DET Miguel 

Cabrera, BOS Kevin Youkilis and NYY Mark 

Teixeira. 

Ê Named 2010 Most Valuable Oriole by the members 

of the local media who cover the club on a 

regular basis…led team with 27 HR, 5th among 

AL left-handed hitters…finished 7th in the AL 

with a team-high .902 OPS and was 2nd on the 

club in RBI (72) and extra-base hits (57). 

Ê After Buck Showalter took over as manager on 

Aug 2, batted .288 and led the team in HR (9), 

RBI (29), extra-base hits (18), SLG (.500) and 

OBP (.397) in helping the O’s to a 34-23 run. 

Ê Was the team’s primary DH with 89 starts, 

same number as 2009…also had 19 starts at 1B 

and 13 in LF…hit 23 HR as the DH, 4th in the AL. 

Ê Named AL Player of the Week, July 19-25, his 

3rd career Player of the Week award (also 

May 25-31, 2009 and July 15-21, 2008). 

Ê Hit the 100th home run of his career Aug 22 vs. 

TEX off Tommy Hunter. 

Ê Had 2-homer games off KC Zack Greinke on 

May 18 and TB Matt Garza on July 20. 

Ê Hit his first career pinch-hit homer on April 13 

off TB Randy Choate…homered five times in 17 

games against the Rays, matching his most 

against an opponent in one season (also 5 vs. 

Detroit in 2008 and 2009). 

Ê Was on the disabled list July 1-19 with a 

strained hamstring, suffered while running the 

bases on a home run June 30 vs. OAK. 

Ê In 107 games from May 8 through the end of 

the season, batted .307 with 24 2B, 24 HR and 

64 RBI. 

Ê Served as the team’s primary DH in 2009 with 

89 starts…also started 8 games at 1B (for the 

first time in his major league career) and 24 in 

LF…his 20 HR were 5th among DHs and his 

.505 SLG mark was 4th. 

Ê Set a career high with 7 RBI in a 10-4 win July 7 

at SEA…in a span of 14 AB from May 27-30 hit 

6 HR with 14 RBI. 

Ê Started 100 games in LF and 25 as the DH in 

2008…hit 23 HR, tied with Melvin Mora for 2nd 

most on the Orioles…hit only 1 HR in his first 

109 AB as an Oriole, then hit 22 the rest of the 

season in 366 AB beginning with a 3-run homer 

off BOS Josh Beckett in a 5-4 win on May 13. 

Ê Collected the 75,000th hit in O’s franchise 

history with a HR on May 24 at TB off Edwin 

Jackson…became the 5th player with a multi- 

HR game against TOR Roy Halladay when he 

did it on June 8 at TOR…batted .142 (17-for-120) 

vs. the Rays and Yankees and .296 (105-for- 

355) against the rest of the majors.

Ê In 2007 started at least one game at all 3 outfield 

positions for the Astros (90-RF, 1-LF, 1-CF). 

Ê Had a .503 SLG and combined with Carlos Lee 

(LF) and Hunter Pence (CF) to make the Astros 

the only team in 2007 to have a starting outfield 

all slugging .500 or better…only one other 

Astros outfield has done it: 2000 (Moises Alou, 

Richard Hidalgo and Lance Berkman). 

Ê Made his second Opening Day start, going 

2-for-4 with a HR and double vs. Pittsburgh 

while starting in right field. 

Ê Was recalled by Houston from Triple-A Round 

Rock on July 13, 2006 and batted .336 over 

the second half, the 9th-highest avg. for an NL 

rookie after the break since 1957…was the 2ndhighest 

avg. for an Astros rookie in the second 

half in franchise history (Cesar Cedeño, 

.342, 1970). 

Ê Hit for the cycle on July 28 vs. ARI, going 4-for- 

6 with 5 RBI and his 1st career home run…singled 

with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th of the 

Astros 8-7 loss to complete the feat…was the 

7th cycle in Houston franchise history and first 

by a rookie. 

Ê Homered and tripled in the same game four 

times, the most in the majors since PIT Brian 

Giles did it 4 times in 2001. 

Ê Hit .366 (60-for-164) with 9 HR and 31 RBI vs. 

righthanders…led the NL with a .481 OBP in 

August. 

Ê Began and ended the 2005 season with 

Houston but spent the bulk of the season at 

Triple-A Round Rock…led the Pacific Coast 

League with 31 HR in 103 games. 

Ê Made Houston’s club out of spring training after 

batting .368 with 7 HR and 20 RBI in 25 

spring training games and was the Opening 

Day starter in LF on April 5 vs. STL…was the 

first Astros rookie to start Opening Day in LF 

since Luis Gonzalez in 1991. 

Ê Tripled for his first big league hit off Ramon 

Ortiz on April 8 vs. CIN…batted just .154 (6-for- 

39) in 16 games in April before being optioned 

to Round Rock on May 3…recalled on 

Aug 29 and batted .225 (9-for-40) with 3 RBI in 

the final month with Houston…overall started 

18 games in LF and two in RF for the Astros. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 0-for-2 with a walk and a 

run scored in the 2005 NLDS vs. ATL. 

Ê Was traded by Cleveland to Houston on 

March 31, 2004 along with the rights to Rule 5 

OF Willy Taveras in exchange for LHP Jeriome 



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Robertson…split the season between Class-A 

Salem and Double-A Round Rock…led the 

Houston system with a combined 97 RBI and 

ranked 3rd with 27 HR…promoted to Round 

Rock on June 25 and finished with a team-leading 

19 HR. 

Ê In 2003, led the Cleveland organization with 

81 RBI and tied for 3rd with 20 HR…selected to 

the Carolina League All-Star Team and played 

in the Carolina League/California League All- 

Star Game, representing Class-A Kinston, 

and won the home run derby in Rancho 

Cucamonga, Calif. …promoted to Double-A 

Akron midseason and homered in his first 

game. 

Ê In 2001, spent his first professional season on 

the disabled list after undergoing Tommy John 

surgery on his right elbow. 


Ê Attended Oklahoma State University, where 

he led the Cowboys in home runs in his two 

seasons…hit 12 homers and batted .312 with 

59 RBI in 2000…belted 20 HR and batted .323 

with a club-high 62 RBI in 2001 while helping 

OSU to a 42-22 record and a berth in the NCAA 

Regionals. 

Ê Also played baseball at DeLand High School 

and Indian River (Fla.) Junior College. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 3x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE 


11G, 2x-last 6/27/10 – 

7/26/10 

RBI 

7, 7/7/09 at SEA 

RUNS 

3, 5x-last 6/30/10 vs. OAK 


WALKS 

4, 5/16/11 at BOS 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 27x-last 7/4/12 vs. NYY 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 9/3/06 vs. NYM 


4/18/12 at TOR (Carlos Villanueva); 5/13/10 vs. SEA (Brandon 

League); 5/29/09 vs. DET (Dontrelle Willis) 


2 – 9x-last 7/20/10 vs. TB 

WALK-OFF (2) 

7/19/08 vs. DET (10th inn., Freddy Dolsi); 9/23/06 vs. STL 

(9th inn., Tyler Johnson) 

PINCH-HIT (3) 

4/27/12 at TEX (Mark Lowe); 4/18/11 vs. MIN (Matt Capps); 

4/13/10 vs. TB (Randy Choate) 


Luke Scott

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2001 Injured – Did Not Play 

2002 Columbus .257 49 171 28 44 15 4 7 32 1 2 3 21-0 58 9 1 3 .515 .345 1 

Kinston .239 48 163 22 39 7 1 8 30 2 0 5 16-0 47 2 1 2 .442 .326 2 

2003 Kinston .278 67 241 37 67 12 1 13 44 0 0 4 27-0 62 6 3 0 .498 .360 1 

Akron .273 50 183 21 50 13 1 7 37 3 3 2 11-0 37 0 1 2 .470 .317 2 

2004 Salem .278 66 241 45 67 20 1 8 35 0 5 0 41-4 58 6 1 5 .469 .376 1 

Round Rock .298 63 208 45 62 17 0 19 62 1 5 6 33-1 43 0 2 4 .654 .401 1 

2005 Houston .188 34 80 6 15 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 9-1 23 1 1 0 .288 .270 1 

Round Rock .286 103 398 69 114 25 4 31 87 0 2 6 43-1 96 2 2 4 .603 .363 1 

2006 Round Rock .299 87 318 63 95 15 1 20 63 1 5 5 52-6 66 6 1 3 .541 .400 1 

Houston .336 65 214 31 72 19 6 10 37 0 1 4 30-4 43 2 1 2 .621 .426 0 

2007 Houston .255 132 369 49 94 28 5 18 64 0 1 2 53-4 95 3 1 8 .504 .351 3 

2008 Baltimore .257 148 475 67 122 29 2 23 65 0 3 5 53-10 102 2 2 7 .472 .336 2 

2009 Baltimore .258 128 449 61 116 26 1 25 77 0 1 1 55-5 104 0 0 4 .488 .340 1 

Delmarva .750 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 1.500 .833 0 

2010 Baltimore .284 131 447 70 127 29 1 27 72 0 7 4 59-4 98 2 0 9 .535 .368 3 

GCL Orioles .222 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 .222 .364 0 

2011 Baltimore .220 64 209 24 46 11 0 9 22 0 2 1 24-1 54 1 1 2 .402 .301 1 

Bowie .500 3 10 5 5 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 1.500 .583 0 

2012 Tampa Bay .229 96 314 35 72 22 1 14 55 0 4 5 21-3 80 5 0 9 .439 .285 0 

Durham .375 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1.125 .400 0 

Charlotte .308 8 26 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 6-2 7 0 0 2 .577 .438 0 



1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the ninth round of the 2001 June Draft…signed by Chad MacDonald. 2: Acquired by the Houston Astros 

from Cleveland with the rights for Rule 5 OF Willy Taveras in exchange for LH Jeriome Robertson, March 31, 2004. 3: Acquired by the Baltimore 

Orioles along with RH Dennis Sarfate, RH Matt Albers, LH Troy Patton and INF Mike Costanzo in exchange for SS Miguel Tejada, December 12, 

2007. 4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 23, 2012. 



2005 NLDS HOU vs. ATL .000 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 



2005 Left Field .960 21 22 2 1 25 0 

Right Field 1.000 4 2 0 0 2 0 


2006 Left Field 1.000 50 81 1 0 82 1 

Right Field 1.000 13 15 1 0 16 0 


2007 Right Field .986 101 196 8 3 207 2 

Left Field 1.000 5 4 0 0 4 0 

Center Field 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 0 

2008 Left Field .990 106 200 3 2 205 1 

2009 Left Field 1.000 26 53 0 0 53 0 

First Base .983 10 54 3 1 58 4 

2010 First Base .982 19 153 11 3 167 17 

Left Field 1.000 14 22 0 0 22 0 

2011 Left Field .988 45 82 0 1 83 0 

First Base 1.000 12 84 6 0 90 8 

2012 First Base 1.000 6 28 2 0 30 3 


Right Field .987 118 213 9 3 225 2 

First Base .988 47 319 22 4 345 32 

Center Field 1.000 5 4 0 0 4 0 



vs. Left .149 87 13 2 10 .226 592 134 32 95 

vs. Right .260 227 59 12 45 .270 1965 530 94 301


40-MAN ROSTER › ALEX TORRES 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê For the last several years Alex has hosted clinics 

near his hometown of Valencia during the 

offseason for Little Leaguers between the ages 

of four and 13. 

Ê The youngest of eight children, Alex has five 

sisters and two brothers…his brother, Freddy, 

was a catcher on the Cleveland Indians 

Venezuelan League team from 2001-03. 

Ê Is ambidextrous when it comes to throwing a 

baseball…a natural lefty, he began throwing 

right-handed at age 13 as a way to preserve 

his left arm and throw more BP…today he can 

throw in the 80s right-handed, or at a distance 

of up to 120 feet. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Spent the year with Triple-A Durham, where he 

went 3-7 with a 7.30 ERA (69-IP, 56-ER)…had 

91 SO in 69 IP but allowed 63 BB and 70 hits. 

Ê Spent one day on the Rays active roster as 

the 26th man for the June 24 doubleheader at 

Philadelphia…did not pitch. 

Ê Threw 4.1 shutout innings in his season-opening 

start on April 6 vs. Gwinnett (Barves)…allowed 

20 ER in 13 IP over his next 4 starts and 

was moved to the bullpen at the beginning of 

May…pitched to a 4.95 ERA (20-IP, 11-ER) in 11 

relief apps before returning to the rotation on 

June 19…had a 9.00 ERA (24-IP, 24-ER) over his 

next 8 starts and was placed on the disabled 

list on Aug 2. 


ALEX 

TORRES 54 

Alexander Jesus Torres (TOR-rehs) 

THROWS 

LEFT 

HEIGHT 

5'10" 

WEIGHT 

175 



BORN 12/8/87 in Valencia, VEN 

RESIDES Valencia, VEN 


ACQUIRED From the Los Angeles Angels along 

with INF Sean Rodriguez and INF Matt Sweeney 

in exchange for LHP Scott Kazmir, 8/28/09 

SIGNING SCOUT Carlos Porte (Angels) 

FOLLOW HIM @Alex21Torres 

183 

Ê Made 4 rehab starts with the GCL Rays…reinstated 

to Durham on Aug 28 and made a relief 

appearance on Aug 29 at Norfolk (Orioles)… 

made his final start of the season on Sep 1 vs. 

Charlotte (White Sox), tossing 5.2 shutout innings 

with 10 SO and only 1 BB. 


Ê In his minor league career, has allowed only 

30 HR in 657.2 IP (22-IP per HR) and has averaged 

9.7 SO/9 IP. 

Ê In 2011, made 4 relief apps over two stints 

with the Rays, his first experience in the majors, 

and spent the remainder of the season 

with Durham. 

Ê Recalled on July 18 and made his major league 

debut that night vs. NYY…entered in the 9th inning 

and yielded a single and 3 walks (1-IBB) to 

plate the winning run and suffer the loss, 5-4… 

was optioned to Durham the next day. 

Ê Recalled on Sep 13 and remained in the majors 

through season’s end…made 3 relief apps during 

his final stay, going 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA (7- 

IP, 2-ER)…prior to his call-up had not pitched 

in relief since 2009 with Class-A Rancho 

Cucamonga (Angels). 

Ê On Sep 24 vs. TOR earned his first major league 

win to bring the Rays within 1.5 games of 

Boston in the AL Wild Card race…pitched a career-high 

5 innings, scoreless, in relief of Jeff 

Niemann, who exited after the 1st inning…tallied 

3 H, 1 BB and 5 SO…it was the most scoreless 

innings thrown by a Rays reliever since 

Doug Waechter threw 5 scoreless innings on 


Alex Torres

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40-MAN ROSTER › ALEX TORRES 

June 3, 2005 at SEA…it was the most scoreless 

innings of relief thrown by a Rays rookie since 

Delvin James’ 5 IP on Sep 24, 2002 at NYY. 

Ê Led all Triple-A pitchers in with 156 SO and 

83 BB…led all minor leaguers in walks…finished 

his second straight season winning the strikeout 

title at his respective league. 

Ê In 27 starts for Durham, went 9-7 with a 3.08 

ERA (146.1-IP, 50-ER)…won 5 of his last 6 decisions 

and 7 of his last 9. 

Ê Entered the 2012 season ranked by Baseball 

America as the No. 6 prospect in the Rays org. 


Montgomery and was named to the Southern 

League midseason All-Star Team…led the 

Southern League with 150 SO, three shy of 

the Biscuits record held by Andy Sonnanstine 

(153 in 2006)…ranked 2nd in the Rays system 

in strikeouts behind minor league leader Matt 

Moore (208)…also ranked among league leaders 

in SO/9 IP ratio (9.46, 3rd), starts (27, tied 

for 3rd) and ERA (3.47, 7th)…issued a leaguehigh 

70 walks…selected to the World team in 

the Futures Game at Angel Stadium…pitched a 

scoreless 3rd inning, allowing 1 hit. 

Ê Following the season was rated the No. 6 prospect 

in the Rays system by Baseball America 

as well as Best Slider in the org. 

Ê Acquired by the Rays from the Angels on 

Aug 28, 2009 as part of the Scott Kazmir 

trade…split the season between Class-A 

(Rancho Cucamonga) and Double-A (Arkansas, 

Montgomery)…combining all three stops, went 

13-6 with a 2.77 ERA (156-IP, 48-ER)…ranked 

11th in the minors with 156 SO. 

Ê Named a midseason and postseason California 

League All-Star…after the season, was rated 

as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays organization 

by BA. 

Ê In 2008 made 10 starts for Rancho 

Cucamonga, his first experience beyond 

Rookie ball…began the year in the Rookie-level 

AZL Angels…allowed only 4 runs in 4 starts 

there before making the jump to Rancho on 

July 13…allowed only 1 HR in 53 IP for Rancho. 

Ê In 2007 pitched in 4 games for the AZL 

Angels…made his stateside debut in 2006 with 

the AZL Angels…spent the 2005 season with 

the DSL Angels, where he compiled a 1.52 ERA 

(52.1-IP, 9-ER) over 9 starts. 


Ê Attended Universidad Educativa Privado Bello 

Monte in Venezuela, where he studied science. 



2005 DSL Angels 4 2 1.52 9 9 1 1 0 53.1 23 20 9 2 4 23-0 87 5 0 

2006 AZL Angels 2 5 4.29 14 9 0 0 1 50.1 42 28 24 1 2 36-0 47 6 0 

2007 AZL Angels 1 0 4.76 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 6 3 0 1 8-0 3 7 2 

2008 AZL Angels 4 0 1.54 4 4 0 0 0 23.1 11 4 4 1 1 10-0 24 2 0 

R. Cucamonga 3 2 3.91 10 10 0 0 0 53.0 52 26 23 1 3 29-0 62 8 1 

2009 R. Cucamonga 10 3 2.74 21 19 0 0 0 121.1 93 43 37 4 6 63-0 124 9 1 

Arkansas 3 1 2.77 5 5 0 0 0 26.0 23 10 8 0 1 17-0 25 1 0 

Montgomery 0 2 3.12 2 2 0 0 0 8.2 7 6 3 1 0 5-0 7 1 0 

2010 Montgomery 11 6 3.47 27 27 0 0 0 142.2 136 63 55 9 4 70-2 150 12 1 

2011 Durham 9 7 3.08 27 27 1 0 0 146.1 134 61 50 7 6 83-0 156 10 3 

Tampa Bay 1 1 3.38 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 0 1 7-2 9 0 0 

2012 Durham 3 7 7.30 26 14 0 0 0 69.0 70 58 56 6 3 63-1 91 5 1 

Tampa Bay Did Not Pitch 

GCL Rays 0 1 3.18 4 4 0 0 0 11.1 7 4 4 0 0 4-0 17 0 0 



1: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a free agent, January 12, 2005…signed by Carlos Porte. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays 

from the Angles along with INF Sean Rodriguez and INF Matt Sweeney in exchange for LH Scott Kazmir, August 28, 2009. 



2011 Pitcher - 4 0 0 0 0 0 



vs. Left - - - - .200 15 3 0 

vs. Right - - - - .313 16 5 0


40-MAN ROSTER › STEPHEN VOGT 

BATS 

LEFT 

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Stephen and his wife, Alyssa, bought their first 

home this past offseason in Tumwater, Wash., 

near Olympia. 

Ê Stephen and Alyssa have a daughter, Payton… 

on Sep 27, 2011—with Alyssa due in mid- 

October—Stephen flew to St. Petersburg to accept 

his Rays Minor League Player of the Year 

Award in person at Tropicana Field…Alyssa 

went into labor that day and had the baby before 

he returned—less than 36 hours from when 

he originally left…Alyssa coached basketball 

for the Evergreen State College Geoducks before 

having Payton. 

Ê Well known for his impressions, Stephen won 

the Rays Spring Training Talent Show in both 

2009 and 2010 and even hosted in 2011…he 

lists Rays director of minor league operations 

Mitch Lukevics and minor league field coordinator 

Bill Evers as his two favorite impressions. 

Ê While sidelined with a shoulder injury at 

Class-A Charlotte in 2009, Stephen served as 

a fill-in umpire during a doubleheader for the 

Stone Crabs at Charlotte Sports Park…the home 

plate umpire was forced from the game after 

being hit in the arm by a fastball, and Stephen 

volunteered to be the base umpire and the two 

managers agreed. 

2012 SEASON 

Ê Saw his first major league action over three 

stints with the Rays and made the Opening 

Day roster…appeared in 18 games including 4 

starts (3-DH, 1-C)…also appeared in 2 games 

CATCHER 

STEPHEN 

VOGT 26 

Stephen Guy Vogt (VOTE) 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'0" 

WEIGHT 

215 



BORN 11/1/84 in Visalia, CA 

RESIDES Tumwater, WA 


ACQUIRED Selected in the 12th round of the 


SIGNING SCOUT Jake Wilson (Rays) 

FOLLOW HIM @SVogt1229 

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in LF…spent the remainder of the season with 

Triple-A Durham. 

Ê Went hitless in 25 at-bats, the longest hitless 

streak to start a major league career in franchise 

history…is one of two players since 1990 

to go hitless through his first 25 career at-bats, 

joining OAK Chris Carter in 2010 (0-for-33)… 

since 1900, the longest hitless streak to begin 

a career by a position player is 0-for-43 by SS 

Chub Aubrey of the Boston Beaneaters in 1903. 

Ê Optioned to Durham on April 20 as B.J. Upton 

was activated from the disabled list…joined the 

Rays again on May 14 when Desmond Jennings 

went on the DL, but was returned to Durham on 

May 29 when Hideki Matsui was added to the 

roster…promoted again on Sep 5. 

Ê Threw out the only base runner who attempted 

to steal, Jacoby Ellsbury on Sep 17 vs. BOS. 

Ê Drew a pair of walks, both as a pinch-hitter in 

the 9th inning in September…on Sep 15 at NYY 

received a free pass from RH Rafael Soriano… 

on Sep 20 vs. BOS, walked against RH Andrew 

Bailey to load the bases during a 6-run rally en 

route to a 7-4 walk-off victory, capped by B.J. 

Upton’s walk-off, 3-run homer. 

Ê Named the winner of the 2012 Al Lopez Award 

as the Rays most outstanding rookie in spring… 

hit .323 (10-for-31) while appearing at 4 positions: 

C, 1B, LF and RF as well as DH. 

Ê Hit .272/.350/.424 (95-for-349) with 9 HR and 

43 RBI in 94 games for Durham…split time between 

C (37 games), LF (23), 1B (16), RF (12) and 

DH (12)…batted .303 (71-for-234) with 5 HR vs. 

RHP compared to .209 (24-for-115) vs. LHP. 


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40-MAN ROSTER › STEPHEN VOGT 

Ê Named Rays Minor League Hitter of the Month 

in June after hitting .364 (39-for-107) with 

5 HR, 19 RBI, 6 doubles and 24 runs scored. 


Ê In 2011 was named Rays Minor League Player 

of the Year…split the season between Double-A 

Montgomery and Durham with a July 27 promotion…combined 

to bat .298 (152-for-510) with 

17 HR, 35 2B and 105 RBI. 

Ê Over 128 games, made appearances at catcher 

(50), left field (48), designated hitter (20), first 

base (13) and right field (2). 

Ê His 105 RBI led the Rays organization and 

ranked as the 11th-highest total in the minors…it 

was the 4th-highest total in Rays minor 

league history. 

Ê Finished 6th in the Rays system with a .298 

avg. …had career highs in hits (152), triples (7) 

and doubles…hit 17 HR after entering the season 

with 18 HR over four minor league seasons. 

Ê Opened the season with Montgomery and batted 

.301 (116-for-386) with 13 HR and 85 RBI in 

97 games…was named Montgomery’s MVP and 

a mid- and postseason All-Star in the Southern 

League…despite his call-up, ranked 6th in the 

SL in RBI and 9th in batting avg. and SLG (.487). 

Ê Hit .368 (43-for-117) with RISP and .462 (18-for- 

39) with RISP and 2 outs…hit .253 (43-for-170) 

as a catcher and .337 (73-for-216) elsewhere. 

Ê Won the Florida State League batting crown in 

2010 with a .345 (127-for-368) avg. at Class-A 

Charlotte…it was the 3rd-highest avg. all-time 

by a Rays farmhand…also led the FSL with a 

.511 SLG and .910 OPS, ranked 2nd in OBP (.399) 

and tied for 6th with 31 doubles…named a FSL 

midseason and postseason All-Star. 

Ê Only played in 25 games over the first two 

months of the season (April–May) but forced 

his way into the everyday lineup after batting 

.371 (29-for-78) during that span. 

Ê Was named the Erik Walker Community 

Champion Award winner after the season. 

Ê Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in 

2009 after playing just 10 games with the 

Stone Crabs…in 2008, played outfield (67 

games), catcher (17) and first base (16) for 

Class-A Columbus…hit .356 (67-for-188) over 

the final 50 games of the season…in 2007 with 

Short-A Hudson Valley, ranked 5th in the New 

York-Penn League with 48 RBI. 


Ê Named a First Team NAIA All-American (twice) 

and GSAC Player of the Year at Azusa Pacific 

University (Calif.)…hit .476 in his senior year 

and finished his college career with a .448 career 

mark. 

Ê Between Stephen’s generation and his dad’s, 

there are six Vogts who have played college 

baseball…he played against his brother, Danny, 

who was a senior at Westmont College when 

Stephen was a freshman at Azusa Pacific…their 

father, Randy, played at Fresno State…his two 

uncles played at UC-Davis…his cousin played at 

Cal State-Stanislaus. 



2007 Hudson Valley .300 70 240 40 72 8 0 4 48 1 7 0 31-1 31 6 1 3 .383 .371 1 

2008 Columbus .291 113 392 57 114 22 3 6 54 2 4 3 47-0 48 6 1 4 .408 .368 3 

2009 Charlotte .171 10 35 0 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 1 2 .229 .216 0 

2010 Charlotte .345 106 368 56 127 31 3 8 47 3 6 6 31-4 46 3 1 5 .511 .399 7 

2011 Montgomery .301 97 386 52 116 21 6 13 85 0 10 1 30-3 51 4 2 9 .487 .344 1 

Durham .290 31 124 15 36 14 1 4 20 0 3 0 4-0 29 0 0 4 .516 .305 1 

2012 Tampa Bay .000 18 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .074 0 

Durham .272 94 349 48 95 18 4 9 43 2 2 1 42-2 61 1 0 3 .424 .350 1 



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Jake Wilson. 



2012 Catcher 1.000 7 19 2 0 21 0 0 

Left Field 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 0 - 



vs. Left .000 2 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 

vs. Right .000 23 0 0 0 .000 23 0 0 0

X-RAY REPORT 

Ê Ben will play for Team USA in the 2013 World 

Baseball Classic…he described playing in the 

WBC as one his “career dreams.” 


40-MAN ROSTER › BEN ZOBRIST 

BATS 

SWITCH 

Ê Ben is now the longest-tenured Rays player, 

and following the winter departures of James 

Shields, B.J. Upton, Carlos Peña and J.P. Howell, 

is and the only Rays player remaining who suited 

up for the Devil Rays. 

Ê Ben’s wife, Julianna, is a Christian alternative 

recording artist who is soon releasing her second 

studio album, Say It Now…she spent much 

of the offseason writing and recording new material…her 

single “Behind Me,” which Ben has 

used as walk-up music, has received radio airtime…Julianna 

was a featured artist on the 

Christian page of iTunes last season…for more 

information visit thezobrists.com. 

Ê The Zobrists have begun to rent out Trinity 

View Farm, the farm at their home in Franklin, 

Tenn., for weddings and corporate events as a 

small-business venture. 

Ê For the last several years, Ben has visited the 

school of one lucky student as part of the 

Take Zobrist to School contest, sponsored by 

MetroPCS…last year he visited the 4th-grade 

classroom of Ryan Cole at Ponce de Leon 

Elementary in Clearwater, did a Q-and-A with 

the student body and hung out with kids during 

lunch. 

INFIELDER I OUFIELDER 

BEN 

ZOBRIST 18 

Benjamin Thomas Zobrist 

THROWS 

RIGHT 

HEIGHT 

6'3" 

WEIGHT 

210 



BORN 5/26/81 in Eureka, IL 

RESIDES Franklin, TN 

CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013 plus two 

one-year club options for 2014 and 2015 

ACQUIRED From the Houston Astros along with 

RHP Mitch Talbot in exchange for 3B Aubrey 

Huff and cash considerations, 7/12/06 

SIGNING SCOUT Rusty Pendergrass (Astros) 

FOLLOW HIM @TheZobrists 

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2012 SEASON 

Ê Played in a career-high 157 games (156 starts, 

59-RF, 47-SS, 46-2B, 4-DH)…according to Stats 

Inc., became the first player since records are 

available (1921) to start at least 45 games at 

three different positions in the field…the closest 

any other player came was Hall of Famer 

Stan Musial in 1948 (63-CF, 51-RF, 41-LF). 

A.L. WALK LEADERS, 2009-12 

Ben Zobrist 357 

Jose Bautista 347 


Nick Swisher 327 

Mark Teixeira 304 

MOST RBI ON THE ROAD, 

MLB, 2010-12 


Adrian Gonzalez 172 

Albert Pujols 166 

Ben Zobrist 160 

Hunter Pence 159 

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT, 

MLB, 2009-12 (Per Baseball-Reference.com) 

Ben Zobrist 26.6 

Albert Pujols 26.4 

Ryan Braun 25.9 

Robinson Cano 25.1 

Miguel Cabrera 25.0 

Evan Longoria 24.0 


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Ê Is only the second Ray to play in 150-plus 

games in 4 consecutive seasons, joining Carl 

Crawford (2003-06). 

Ê Led the Rays in games started, hits (151), runs 

scored (88), doubles (39), triples (7, tied), extrabase 

hits (66), walks (97), OBP (.377) and multihit 

games (42)…ranked 2nd on the club to B.J. 

Upton in home runs (20) and RBI (74)…finished 

tied for 6th in the AL in triples and tied for 8th 

in the AL in doubles and 9th in OBP. 

Ê Led all major league switch-hitters in doubles 

and extra-base hits for a second straight season, 

the first player to do this since CIN Pete 

Rose (1975-76)…also leads all switch-hitters 

with 141 doubles since the start of 2009…during 

that same span, no other player in baseball 

can match his combination of doubles and triples 

(22). 

Ê Had a .200 batting avg. as late as June 7…after 

that date, hit .307/.402/.523 (112-for-365) over 

his final 102 games. 

Ê Moved to shortstop on Aug 9 vs. TOR and started 

there 47 of the remaining 52 games (including 

each of the final 27 games)…prior to that, 

had not appeared at shortstop since June 23, 

2009 or started there since May 30, 2009. 

Ê Committed only 4 errors in 47 games (189 total 

chances) at shortstop…his .979 fielding pct. at 

shortstop would have ranked 7th in the majors 

if he had enough games to qualify and exceeded 

the major league average of .973 for shortstops…entered 

the season with a career .953 

fielding pct. at shortstop in 130 games. 

Zobrist’s donations to the Rays Baseball Foundation 

help make possible programs like the Community 

Fund Grant, which annually awards grants to 

Tampa Bay-area nonprofi ts. In May 2012, Zobrist 

joined James Shields, Evan Longoria and Andrew 

Friedman in presenting a check to each of the 15 

organizations during a luncheon at Tropicana Field. 

PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEVEN KOVICH 

Ê His 97 walks were 2nd most in the majors 

to CWS Adam Dunn (105) as well as a career 

high…tied for the 2nd-highest total in club history, 

trailing Carlos Peña (103 in 2007) and tying 

B.J. Upton (2008)…swung at 37.0 percent of 

pitches seen, tied with BOS/CWS Kevin Youkilis 

for 2nd-lowest rate in the AL behind MIN Joe 

Mauer (34.8). 

Ê Over the last four seasons (2009-12), his 357 

walks lead the AL and rank 5th in the majors… 

the last middle infielder to draw this many 

walks over a 4-season span was Joe Morgan, 

who totaled 382 BB from 1977-80 (min. half of 

total games played at 2B and/or SS). 

Ê According to Baseball Reference, leads the 

majors since the start of 2009 with a combined 

26.6 wins above replacement (WAR), just 

ahead of Albert Pujols (26.4)…WAR counts offensive 

and defensive contributions relative to 

a player’s position(s). 

Ê Following the season was rated by MLB 

Network as the No. 6 right fielder in the game 

and the No. 2 right fielder by Bill James. 

Ê Owns a career .415 avg. (22-for-53) with the 

bases loaded, 2nd highest among active players 

(min. 50 AB) behind DET Miguel Cabrera 

(.416).

Ê Hit .297/.395/.520 (88-for-296) on the road with 

12 HR, 46 RBI and 24 2B…ranked 4th in the majors 

with a .916 OPS on the road…by contrast, hit 

.239/.356/.417 (63-for-264) at home with 8 HR, 

28 RBI and 15 2B…over the last three seasons 

has 30 HR and 160 RBI on the road, compared 

to 20 HR and 80 RBI at home. 

Ê Led the Rays with 28 game-tying and go-ahead 

RBI. 

Ê Ranks 3rd on the Rays all-time list in triples 

(26), runs scored (405) and walks (395)…his 5 

grand slams are tied with Carlos Peña for the 

club record…ranks 4th on the Rays career list 

in games played (761), hits (693) and stolen 

bases (81)…his 34 sacrifice flies are one shy of 

Carl Crawford’s club record. 

Ê Recorded multiple hits in 5 consecutive games 

from June 8-15, matching his career high 

and the longest by a Ray since Evan Longoria 

went 6 games (Aug 31–Sep 5, 2009)…this 

raised his season avg. from .200 to .235. 

Ê On June 9 at MIA, became the 4th Ray to reach 

base safely 5 times and hit 2 home runs in the 

same game, joining Jose Canseco (June 14, 

1999 vs. CWS), Carlos Peña (Aug 31, 2007 vs. 

NYY) and Desmond Jennings (Aug 28, 2011 vs. 

TOR). 

Ê Had two walk-off hits, both coming in extra innings…on 

July 20 vs. SEA, broke a 3-3 tie in the 

14th inning with an RBI triple scoring Carlos 

Peña…on Sep 7 vs. TEX, hit a 2-run homer off 

Mark Lowe in the 11th inning for a 3-1 win, his 

first career walk-off home run. 

Ê His .996 career fielding pct. in the outfield 

ranks 2nd among active players (min. 300 

games), just percentage points behind BOS 

Jacoby Ellsbury (.996)…has 2 errors in 544 

chances…went 270 errorless games before 

committing his first error in the outfield, a 

throwing error on May 22 vs. TOR…according 

to the Elias Sports Bureau, this was the most 

errorless games in the outfield to start a major 

league career since OAK/SF Darren Lewis 

played 392 errorless games from 1990-94… 

Zobrist went 479 total chances in the outfield 

before his first error. 

Ê With B.J. Upton on the DL, started the first 13 

games of the year in right field…drew an ALhigh 

19 walks in April, 2nd most in club history 

after Jonny Gomes (22 in April 2006)…his 

.443 OBP in June ranked 4th in the AL and 2nd 

in club history for June behind Fred McGriff 

(.500 in June 2001). 


Ê In 2011 led the team with 156 games played, 

153 starts (118-2B, 33-RF, 2-DH)…also led the 



189 

Rays in runs (99), hits (158), doubles (46) and 

extra-base hits (72)—all career highs. 

Ê Led all major league switch-hitters in extrabase 

hits and doubles…overall was 6th in the 

AL in extra-base hits and tied for 3rd in doubles…had 

43 extra-base hits by the All-Star 

break…only one switch-hitter in AL history 

has had more doubles in a season: BAL Brian 

Roberts (2004, 2008-09). 

Ê Batted .311 on the road—8th in the AL, and 90 

points better than his average at home (.221, 

6th-lowest in AL)…this was the greatest disparity 

in the majors in 2011…the last player with a 

greater margin in road average over home was 

SD Chase Headley in 2009 (.305 to .208). 

Ê His 60 RBI on the road were 4th in the majors 

behind PHI Ryan Howard (63), LAD Matt Kemp 

(63) and BOS Adrian Gonzalez (62). 

Ê The Rays were 88-68 with Zobrist in the lineup…in 

the 88 wins, he batted .333 (113-for- 342) 

with 16 HR and 77 RBI…in the 68 losses, he batted 

.179 (44-for-246) with 4 HR and 14 RBI. 

Ê Hit 7 HR in his first 25 games and 5 HR in his 

last 11 games…only hit 8 in 120 games between. 

Ê Hit his first career inside-the-park home run on 

Sep 25 vs. TOR off Brett Cecil, the 10th in Rays 

history. 

Ê Selected as one of the five AL players for the 

MLB All-Star Game Final Vote…was the 4th Ray 

to make the Final Vote fan ballot, joining Carl 

Crawford (2005), Evan Longoria (2008) and 

Carlos Peña (2009)…Longoria is the lone Ray 

to win. 

Ê Named AL Player of the Week (April 24–May 1) 

after batting .440 (11-for-25) with 2 HR, 5 2B 

and 13 RBI in 6 games…combined for 10 RBI 

in a doubleheader on April 28 at MIN…the 

last player with 10-plus RBI in a doubleheader 

was STL Mark Whiten (13) on Sep 7, 1993 at 

CIN (1 in Game 1, 12 in Game 2)…the last player 

with 10 RBI in a day (single game) was LAA 

Garret Anderson on Aug 21, 2007 vs. NYY (10)… 

in Game 1, collected a career-high 4 hits and a 

club-record 8 RBI…his 8 RBI tied TEX Nelson 

Cruz for most in one game in 2011. 

Ê Had 18 RBI in 5 games from April 21-25…the last 

AL player to do that was Reggie Jackson (18) 

from June 14-18, 1969…the last ML player to do 

it was CHC Sammy Sosa (18) from Aug 10-14, 

2002. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started at second base all 4 

games of the ALDS vs. Texas and was one 

of two Rays to hit safely in all 4 games (also 

Desmond Jennings)…has a current 7-game 

postseason hitting streak, 2 shy of the Rays 

club record of 9 held by B.J. Upton. 


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Ê On April 23, 2010 signed a three-year contract 

extension with club options for 2014 and 

2015…if both options are exercised, he would 

earn just under $30 million over the life of the 

contract…he will donate up to $450,000 during 

the life of the contract to the Rays Baseball 

Foundation, the team’s charitable foundation 

that supports youth and education programs in 

the Tampa Bay region. 

Ê Started 144 games at five different positions 

(79-RF, 46-2B, 9-CF, 9-1B, 1-3B)…collected 92 

walks, a career high at the time and 4th most 

in the AL. 

Ê Stole a career-high 24 bases and was caught 

only 3 times…his 88.9 percent success rate 

ranked 3rd in the AL (min. 20 attempts). 

Ê Tied NYM David Wright for the major league 

lead with 12 sacrifice flies…set a club record, 

passing John Flaherty (10 in 1999)…recorded 

7 bunt singles, tied with teammate Sean 

Rodriguez and six others for the AL lead. 

Ê Did not hit a home run until May 20 at NYY off 

LH Andy Pettitte…went 38 games and 146 AB 

before his first homer. 

Ê His batting avg. fell nearly 60 points from 2009 

(.297 to .238), despite reaching .315 on June 9… 

hit .177 (50-for-283) in 84 games from June 22 

through season’s end, but drew 64 BB in that 

span…in September went through separate 

0-for-23 and 0-for-18 skids…hit safely in a clubrecord 

23 straight road games, May 10–July 1. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Started all 5 games of the ALDS 

vs. TEX (2-RF, 2-2B, 1-1B), batting .300 (6-for- 

20)…in the Game 1 loss at home, doubled and 

hit his first career postseason home run, both 

off LH Cliff Lee, the Rays only two extra-base 

hits in the game…it was the first career postseason 

homer allowed by Lee, coming in his 

sixth start. 

Ê In 2009, was selected team MVP by the 

Tampa Bay chapter of the BBWAA…finished 

8th in the AL MVP balloting, one of five top-10 

finishes in club history (Longoria, 6th in 2010 

and 10th in 2011; Crawford, 7th in 2010; Peña, 

8th in 2008). 

Ê Started 110 of the final 113 games and made 

135 starts total: 81-2B, 37-RF, 6-SS, 5-CF, 2-1B, 

2-LF, 1-3B, 1-DH…became the first player to start 

SKIP MILOS

at seven different defensive positions in one 

season since NYM Joe McEwing did the same 

in 2002…was also the first Rays player to do so 

(joined by Sean Rodriguez in 2010). 

Ê Ranked 4th in home runs (27) and RBI (91) 

among major league switch-hitters…both 

marks are club records for a switch-hitter…his 

.948 OPS tied for 3rd in the AL with NYY Mark 

Teixeira…it remains the 3rd-highest figure in 

Rays history…led Rays in BB (91), SLG (.543) 

and OBP (.405), finishing 6th, 7th and 9th in the 

AL respectively. 

Ê Tied MIN Jason Kubel for the AL lead with 3 

pinch-hit home runs, matching Bubba Trammell 

(2000) for the club record…included was a 

pinch-hit grand slam off LH Matt Thornton in 

the 6th inning April 17 vs. CWS, taking the Rays 

from a 5-2 deficit to a 6-5 win. 

Ê Hit 2 grand slams, tied for the AL lead…added 6 

three-run homers, tied for 3rd in the AL. 

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Named to his first All-Star 

Team, becoming the first player to be selected 

after starting at six different positions…played 

the last two innings at second base, catching 

the final out of the game on a pop fly to shallow 

right field…selected by Manager Joe Maddon. 

Ê Had four stops with the Rays in 2008 and was 

recalled for good on Aug 5…played in 62 games 

(49 starts)…played six different positions (2B, 

3B, SS, LF, CF, RF), starting at five (33-SS, 8-LF, 

4-2B, 3-CF, 1-RF)…was on course to make the 

Opening Day roster before suffering a left 

thumb fracture in the spring…spent the first 38 

games on the big league DL…activated May 13 

and optioned to Triple-A Durham May 30. 

Ê Led all ML middle infielders with a 16.5 AB-per- 

HR ratio (min. 10 HR)…finished ahead of FLA 

Dan Uggla (16.6), FLA Hanley Ramirez (17.9) and 

PHI Chase Utley (18.4)…prior to 2008 had only 

3 HR in 280 major league at-bats (93.3-AB/HR) 

and 19 HR in 1,251 AB in the minors (65.8). 

Ê Hit 4 HR in the final 4 games of the season at 

Detroit…named co-AL Player of the Week with 

TEX Hank Blalock. 

Ê Was the last visiting player to hit a grand slam 

at Yankee Stadium, connecting off RH Sidney 

Ponson in the 4th inning on Sep 13…homered 

June 25-26 at FLA but optioned back to 

Durham on June 27…in his first game back after 

being recalled on July 5 vs. KC, homered off LH 

Horacio Ramirez. 

Ê In his final stint with Durham, went 20-for-37 

(.541) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI in 11 games, earning 

International League Player of the Week 

from July 28–Aug 3. 

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 7 games (2 starts) 

batting .091 (1-for-11)…started in right field in 



191 

Games 1 and 4 of the World Series vs. PHI…singled 

to left off LH Cole Hamels in Game 1 for his 

lone hit of the postseason…pinch-hit four times 

(0-for-4)…drew a pivotal pinch-hit walk in 

Game 2 of the ALCS vs. BOS in the 11th inning… 

was on 2B when the winning run scored on a 

sacrifice fly to win it, 9-8. 

Ê Played in 31 games over a pair of tours with the 

Rays in 2007 until a right oblique strain sidelined 

him the final six weeks of the season… 

Opening Day shortstop started 13 of the first 17 

games, then just two of the next 17…optioned 

to Durham on May 11 when Josh Wilson was 

claimed off waivers from Washington. 

Ê Recalled July 29 from Durham after Ty 

Wigginton was dealt to the Astros…was 5-for- 

32 (.156) his second tour. 

Ê Made his major league debut in 2006 after 

only 18 games at the Triple-A level…acquired 

from Houston on July 12 along with RH Mitch 

Talbot for 3B Aubrey Huff and cash considerations…recalled 

along with B.J. Upton on Aug 1 

from Durham, taking over regular shortstop duties 

when Julio Lugo was traded to the Dodgers 

on July 31…started 50 of the final 56 games, all 

at shortstop. 

Ê Singled off RH Curt Schilling on Aug 4 vs. BOS 

for his first major league hit…on Aug 6 vs. BOS 

collected his first home run (Jason Johnson), 

double and 3 RBI. 

Ê On Sep 2 vs. SEA he combined with C Dioner 

Navarro on the first 2-6-2 triple play in ML 

history. 

Ê Began the season with Double-A Corpus Christi 

(Astros)…batted .328 in 82 games and led the 

league with 6 3B and 55 BB…named a Texas 

League All-Star…following the season played in 

the Arizona Fall League where he was named 

to the All- Prospect Team. 

Ê Batted a combined .314 (122-for-388) with 

29 doubles and 18 SB at Class-A Salem and 

Class-A Lexington in 2005…named a South 

Atlantic League All-Star…was the starting 

shortstop for Team USA at the 2005 World Cup 

in the Netherlands…began his professional career 

in 2004 at Short-A Tri-City…named to the 

New York-Penn League All-Star Team as well 

as team MVP and NYPL Rookie of the Year…led 

the NYPL in batting (.339) and OBP (.438) and 

2nd in hits (49)…earned Topps Player of the 

Month honors for August. 


Ê He and his wife, Julianna, have a son, Zion (4), 

and daughter, Kruse (1)…Julianna and Ben’s fathers 

are both ministers. 


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Ê Of the 1,284 players to appear in a major league 

game in 2012, “Zobrist” was dead last in the alphabet…Yankees 

RH David Aardsma was first… 

Ben is one of three Rays all-time whose last 

name begins with the letter “Z,” along with RH 

Victor Zambrano and C Gregg Zaun. 

Ê For the last several offseasons has given motivational 

speeches to Nashville-area youth 

and families…spoke at his church’s 4th annual 

Wiffle ball tournament in January…in December 

he instructed Little Leaguers at Christian 

Center in Peoria, Ill., where he played ball as 

a kid. 

Ê Grew up in Eureka, Ill., about two and a half 

hours from Chicago, but was a fan of Cardinals 

Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith…was undrafted out of 

Eureka (Ill.) High School. 

Ê Attended Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) and 

transferred to Dallas Baptist University…selected 

out of DBU by the Astros in the sixth round 

of the 2004 June Draft. 

CAREER HIGHS 

HITS 

4, 3x-last 6/11/11 at BAL 


16G, 9/27/09 – 4/13/10 

RBI 

8, 4/28/11 at MIN (G1) 

RUNS 

4, 4x-last 6/9/12 at MIA 


WALKS 

3, 12x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE 

STRIKEOUTS 

3, 13x-last 4/15/12 at BOS 

STOLEN BASES 

2, 7x-last 8/16/11 at 

BOS (G2) 


7/15/11 vs. BOS (Andrew Miller); 6/3/09 vs. KC (Brian 

Bannister); 4/17/09 vs. CWS (Matt Thornton); 9/13/08 at NYY 

(G2) (Sidney Ponson); 8/29/08 vs. BAL (Fernando Cabrera) 


2 – 6/9/12 at MIA; 9/25/08 at DET 

WALKOFF (1) 

9/7/12 vs. TEX (11th inn., Mark Lowe) 

PINCH-HIT (3) 

5/21/09 vs. OAK (Andrew Bailey); 4/28/09 at MIN (Joe 

Nathan); 4/17/09 vs. CWS (Matt Thornton) 

INSIDE-THE-PARK (1) 

9/25/11 vs. TOR (Brett Cecil) 



2004 Tri-City .339 68 257 50 87 14 3 4 45 4 2 4 43-0 31 15 4 5 .463 .438 14 

2005 Lexington .304 68 247 45 75 17 2 2 32 4 7 5 47-2 35 16 5 2 .413 .415 12 

Salem .333 42 141 25 47 12 1 3 13 1 0 1 37-1 17 2 1 3 .496 .475 3 

2006 Corpus Christi .327 83 315 57 103 25 6 3 30 5 1 5 55-1 46 9 5 7 .473 .434 16 

Durham .304 18 69 12 21 3 1 0 6 2 0 1 10-0 9 4 1 0 .377 .400 2 

Tampa Bay .224 52 183 10 41 6 2 2 18 2 3 0 10-1 26 2 3 2 .311 .260 9 

2007 Tampa Bay .155 31 97 8 15 2 0 1 9 2 2 1 3-0 21 2 0 1 .206 .184 6 

Durham .279 61 222 42 62 14 2 7 22 3 3 5 43-0 38 8 3 4 .455 .403 11 

2008 Vero Beach .286 4 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .357 .267 1 

Tampa Bay .253 62 198 32 50 10 2 12 30 0 2 2 25-1 37 3 0 4 .505 .339 7 

Durham .366 20 71 15 26 3 0 4 13 1 1 0 15-0 16 4 1 0 .577 .471 1 

2009 Tampa Bay .297 152 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 1 4 2 91-4 104 17 6 7 .543 .405 7 

2010 Tampa Bay .238 151 541 77 129 28 2 10 75 7 12 3 92-1 107 24 3 10 .353 .346 4 

2011 Tampa Bay .269 156 588 99 158 46 6 20 91 2 5 2 77-1 128 19 6 9 .469 .353 6 

2012 Tampa Bay .270 157 560 88 151 39 7 20 74 2 6 3 97-7 103 14 9 13 .471 .377 12 


Major League Totals .260 761 2668 405 693 159 26 92 388 16 34 13 395-15 526 81 27 46 .442 .354 51 

1: Selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Rusty Pendergrass. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays 

along with RH Mitch Talbot from Houston in exchange for INF Aubrey Huff and cash considerations, July 12, 2006. 



2009 AL, St. Louis .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 



2008 ALCS TB vs. BOS .000 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 0 

WS TB vs. PHI .143 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 0 

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .300 5 20 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2-0 6 0 0 0 .550 .364 0 

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .235 4 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 4 0 0 0 .235 .278 0 

DS Totals .270 9 37 4 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2-0 10 0 0 0 .405 .325 0 

Postseason Totals .229 16 48 4 11 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 4-0 10 0 0 0 .333 .302 0





2006 Shortstop .963 52 86 148 9 243 31 

2007 Shortstop .943 30 37 63 6 106 17 

2008 Shortstop .949 35 51 78 7 136 22 

Left Field 1.000 14 21 1 0 22 0 

Second Base 1.000 8 11 11 0 22 3 

Center Field 1.000 5 8 0 0 8 0 

Right Field - 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Third Base 1.000 1 0 2 0 2 0 

2009 Second Base .989 91 143 225 4 372 44 

Right Field 1.000 59 89 5 0 94 4 

Shortstop .926 13 9 16 2 27 5 

Left Field 1.000 9 8 0 0 8 0 

Center Field 1.000 7 15 0 0 15 0 

First Base .875 3 6 1 1 8 2 

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2010 Right Field 1.000 103 182 6 0 188 3 

Second Base .984 55 74 116 3 193 27 

First Base 1.000 14 77 8 0 85 6 

Center Field 1.000 14 22 0 0 22 0 

Third Base .500 2 1 0 1 2 0 

Left Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 

2011 Second Base .989 131 213 316 6 535 68 

Right Field 1.000 38 65 1 0 66 0 

2012 Right Field .983 71 113 6 2 121 1 

Second Base .968 58 73 107 6 186 27 

Shortstop .979 47 46 139 4 189 27 

Totals Second Base .985 343 514 775 19 1308 169 

Right Field .996 273 449 18 2 469 8 

Shortstop .960 177 229 444 28 701 102 

Center Field 1.000 26 45 0 0 45 0 

Left Field 1.000 24 29 1 0 30 0 

First Base .989 17 83 9 1 93 8 

Third Base .750 4 1 2 1 4 0 



vs. Left .308 169 52 4 28 .284 835 237 26 137 

vs. Right .253 391 99 16 46 .249 1833 456 66 251 

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2013 SPRING TRAINING 40-MAN ROSTER 

NO. PITCHERS (21) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS W-L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO M.L. SER 

22 Archer, Chris R R 6-3 200 9/26/88 Raleigh, NC Clayton, NC Durham (AAA) 7-9 3.66 25 25 0 0 128.0 99 54 52 62 139 0.035 

Tampa Bay 1-3 4.60 6 4 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 13 36 

53 Cobb, Alex R R 6-3 190 10/7/87 Boston, MA Gulfport, FL Durham (AAA) 1-4 4.14 8 8 0 0 41.1 44 21 19 18 44 1.061 

Tampa Bay 11-9 4.03 23 23 2 0 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 

37 Colome, Alex R R 6-2 185 12/31/88 Santo Domingo, DR San Pedro de Macoris, DR Montgomery (AA) 8-3 3.48 14 14 1 0 75.0 69 30 29 34 75 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 0-1 3.24 3 3 0 0 16.2 12 6 6 9 15 

41 De Los Santos, Frank L L 6-0 165 11/17/87 Samana, DR Los Corales, DR Montgomery (AA) 4-1 2.06 24 2 0 4 48.0 45 11 11 15 26 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 3-1 2.18 27 0 0 1 33.0 32 12 8 10 25 

43 Farnsworth, Kyle R R 6-4 230 4/14/76 Wichita, KS Celebration, FL Charlotte (A) 0-0 2.25 4 4 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 2 13.100 

Durham (AAA) 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 

Tampa Bay 1-6 4.00 34 0 0 0 27.0 22 13 12 14 25 

47 Gomes, Brandon R R 5-11 185 7/15/84 Fall River, MA Houston, TX Durham (AAA) 5-4 3.09 40 0 0 9 55.1 44 19 19 14 73 1.003 

Tampa Bay 2-2 5.09 15 0 0 0 17.2 16 12 10 12 15 

58 Hellickson, Jeremy R R 6-1 190 4/8/87 Des Moines, IA Des Moines, IA Tampa Bay 10-11 3.10 31 31 0 0 177.0 163 68 61 59 124 2.045 

40 Hernandez, Roberto R R 6-4 230 8/30/80 Santo Domingo, DR Yamasa, DR Lake County (A) 1-1 3.65 2 2 0 0 12.1 12 7 5 1 13 6.004 

Columbus (AAA) 1-0 4.50 2 2 0 0 12.0 13 6 6 3 7 

Cleveland 0-3 7.53 3 3 0 0 14.1 17 15 12 3 2 

52 Lueke, Josh R R 6-5 220 12/5/84 Covington, KY Tampa, FL Tampa Bay 0-0 18.90 3 0 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 3 2 0.109 

Durham (AAA) 2-6 5.59 42 0 0 2 67.2 85 45 42 17 71 

57 McGee, Jake L L 6-3 230 8/6/86 San Jose, CA Reno, NV Tampa Bay 5-2 1.95 69 0 0 0 55.1 33 13 12 11 73 1.127 

31 Montgomery, Mike L L 6-4 200 7/1/89 Mission Hills, CA Surprise, AZ Omaha (AAA) 3-6 5.69 17 17 1 0 91.2 110 74 58 43 67 0.000 

NW Arkansas (AA) 2-6 6.67 10 10 0 0 58.0 69 44 43 21 44 

55 Moore, Matt L L 6-3 210 6/18/89 Fort Walton Beach, FL Edgewood, NM Tampa Bay 11-11 3.81 31 31 0 0 177.1 158 85 75 81 175 1.017 

34 Niemann, Jeff R R 6-9 285 2/28/83 Houston, TX Houston, TX Tampa Bay 2-3 3.08 8 8 0 0 38.0 30 17 13 12 34 4.022 

Charlotte (A) 0-0 6.00 2 2 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 3 6 

Durham (AAA) 0-0 7.56 2 2 0 0 8.1 17 7 7 2 4 

23 Odorizzi, Jake R R 6-2 185 3/27/90 Breese, IL Delray Beach, FL NW Arkansas (AA) 4-2 3.32 7 7 0 0 38.0 27 15 14 10 47 0.000 

Omaha (AAA) 11-3 2.93 19 18 0 0 107.1 105 41 35 40 88 

Kansas City 0-1 4.91 2 2 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 4 4 

62 Peralta, Joel R R 5-11 205 3/23/76 Bonao, DR Bonao, DR Tampa Bay 2-6 3.63 76 0 0 2 67.0 49 28 27 17 84 6.132 

14 Price, David L L 6-6 220 8/26/85 Murfreesboro, TN Nashville, TN Tampa Bay 20-5 2.56 31 31 2 0 211.0 173 63 60 59 205 3.164 

27 Ramos, Cesar L L 6-2 205 6/22/84 Los Angeles, CA Pico Rivera, CA Durham (AAA) 5-5 3.77 25 7 0 1 62.0 58 30 26 16 46 2.003 

Tampa Bay 1-0 2.10 17 1 0 0 30.0 19 7 7 10 29 

51 Rivero, Felipe L L 6-0 150 7/5/91 San Felipe, VEN San Felipe, VEN Bowling Green (A) 8-8 3.41 27 21 0 0 113.1 115 56 43 29 98 0.000 

56 Rodney, Fernando R R 5-11 220 3/18/77 Samana, DR Santo Domingo, DR Tampa Bay 2-2 0.60 76 0 0 48 74.2 43 9 5 15 76 9.137 

45 Romero, Enny L L 6-3 165 1/24/91 Santo Domingo, DR Santo Domingo, DR Charlotte (A) 5-7 3.93 25 23 1 0 126.0 89 67 55 76 107 0.000 

54 Torres, Alex L L 5-10 175 12/8/87 Valencia, VEN Valencia, VEN Durham (AAA) 3-7 7.30 26 14 0 0 69.0 70 58 56 63 91 0.017 

GCL Rays (R) 0-1 3.18 4 4 0 0 11.1 7 4 4 4 17

NO. CATCHERS (5) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

38 Chirinos, Robinson R R 6-1 205 6/5/84 Punto Fijo, VEN Punto Fijo, VEN Tampa Bay Injured—Did Not Play 1.032 

16 Gimenez, Chris R R 6-2 220 12/27/82 Gilroy, CA Reno, NV Durham (AAA) .310 71 261 39 81 15 0 10 49 33 57 0 2.117 

Tampa Bay .260 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 9 8 24 0 

59 Lobaton, Jose S R 6-0 210 10/21/84 Acarigua, VEN Acarigua, VEN Tampa Bay .222 69 167 16 37 10 0 2 20 24 46 0 1.138 

Charlotte (A) .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 

Montgomery (AA) .154 4 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 

Durham (AAA) .067 4 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 

28 Molina, Jose R R 6-0 250 6/3/75 Bayamon, PR Dorado, PR Tampa Bay .223 102 251 27 56 9 0 8 32 20 60 3 11.026 

26 Vogt, Stephen L R 6-0 215 11/1/84 Visalia, CA Tumwater, WA Tampa Bay .000 18 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.060 

Durham (AAA) .272 94 349 48 95 18 4 9 43 42 61 1 

NO. INFIELDERS (10) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

29 Beckham, Tim R R 6-0 190 1/27/90 Griffi n, GA Atlanta, GA Durham (AAA) .256 72 285 40 73 10 1 6 28 29 71 6 0.000 

11 Escobar, Yunel R R 6-2 210 11/2/82 Havana, CUB Miami, FL Toronto .253 145 558 58 141 22 1 9 51 35 70 5 5.121 

2 Johnson, Kelly L R 6-1 200 2/22/82 Austin, TX Roswell, GA Toronto .225 142 507 61 114 19 2 16 55 62 159 14 7.127 

36 Lee, Hak-Ju L R 6-2 170 11/4/90 Jeonju, SKO Kyonggi-Do, SKO Montgomery (AA) .261 116 475 68 124 15 10 4 37 51 102 37 0.000 

21 Loney, James L L 6-3 220 5/7/84 Houston, TX Missouri City, TX Los Angeles-NL .254 114 334 32 85 18 0 4 33 23 39 0 6.012 

Boston .230 30 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 5 12 0 

3 Longoria, Evan R R 6-2 210 10/7/85 Downey, CA Scottsdale, AZ Tampa Bay .289 74 273 39 79 14 0 17 55 33 61 2 4.170 

Durham (AAA) .200 10 30 0 6 0 0 0 3 7 9 0 

19 Roberts, Ryan R R 5-11 195 9/19/80 Fort Worth, TX Irving, TX Arizona .250 83 252 28 63 9 0 6 34 22 45 6 3.150 

Tampa Bay .214 60 187 23 40 10 0 6 18 18 47 4 

1 Rodriguez, Sean R R 6-0 200 4/26/85 Miami, FL Miami, FL Tampa Bay .213 112 301 36 64 14 1 6 32 27 75 5 3.133 

Durham (AAA) .500 2 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 0 

30 Scott, Luke L R 6-0 220 6/25/78 Deland, FL Deleon Springs, FL Charlotte (A) .308 8 26 6 8 1 0 2 6 6 7 0 6.144 

Durham (AAA) .375 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 

Tampa Bay .229 96 314 35 72 22 1 14 55 21 80 5 

18 Zobrist, Ben S R 6-3 210 5/26/81 Eureka, IL Franklin, TN Tampa Bay .270 157 560 88 151 39 7 20 74 97 103 14 5.134 

NO. OUTFIELDERS (4) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

5 Fuld, Sam L L 5-10 175 11/20/81 Durham, NH Jupiter, FL Charlotte (A) .154 5 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.140 

Durham (AAA) .167 5 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 

Tampa Bay .255 44 98 14 25 3 2 0 5 8 14 7 

10 Guyer, Brandon R R 6-2 210 1/28/86 West Chester, PA Gaithersburg, MD Durham (AAA) .294 22 85 9 25 3 1 3 13 7 15 2 1.007 

Tampa Bay .143 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 

8 Jennings, Desmond R R 6-2 200 10/30/86 Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Tampa Bay .246 132 505 85 124 19 7 13 47 46 120 31 1.101 

Charlotte (A) .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Durham (AAA) .167 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

20 Joyce, Matt L R 6-2 205 8/3/84 Tampa, FL Tampa, FL Tampa Bay .241 124 399 55 96 18 3 17 59 55 102 4 3.123 

Durham (AAA) .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

Charlotte (A) .250 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 

MANAGER: Joe Maddon #70 COACHES: Stan Boroski (Bullpen) #46, Tom Foley (3B) #6, George Hendrick (1B) #25, Jim Hickey (Pitching) #48, Dave Martinez (Bench) #4, Jamie Nelson (Coach) #44, Derek Shelton (Hitting) #17, Don Zimmer #65


196 

2013 SPRING TRAINING NON-ROSTER INVITES 

NO. PITCHERS (13) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS W-L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO M.L. SER 

76 Buschmann, Matt R R 6-3 195 2/13/84 St. Louis, MO Leawood, KS Montgomery (AA) 7-8 3.89 24 22 1 0 141.0 136 69 61 48 111 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 0-0 5.23 2 2 0 0 10.1 13 6 6 5 9 

71 Fleming, Marquis R R 6-1 180 9/11/86 Oakland, CA Oakland, CA Montgomery (AA) 4-5 3.55 41 0 0 0 63.1 49 28 25 34 72 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 0-0 9.00 7 0 0 0 13.0 17 13 13 10 6 

72 Inman, Will R R 5-11 220 2/6/87 Danville, VA Danville, VA Pawtucket (AAA) 1-3 2.23 35 0 0 6 48.1 35 14 12 34 60 0.000 

74 Liberatore, Adam L L 6-3 225 5/12/87 Bellfl ower, CA Monaca, PA Montgomery (AA) 3-4 2.94 33 0 0 8 52.0 53 18 17 20 27 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 1-1 1.29 16 0 0 1 21.0 18 3 3 8 21 

73 Martin, J.D. R R 6-4 220 1/2/83 Ridgecrest, CA North Las Vegas, NV New Orleans (AAA) 6-9 5.95 29 21 1 0 130.0 168 91 86 17 89 1.033 

81 Nevarez, Matt R R 6-5 265 2/26/87 Mission Hills, CA Goodyear, AZ Wichita (IND) 3-2 3.08 25 0 0 7 26.1 17 9 9 11 45 0.000 

Charlotte (A) 1-1 0.57 9 0 0 1 15.2 3 1 1 3 18 

Montgomery (AA) 0-0 3.38 3 0 0 1 2.2 2 1 1 1 5 

61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos R R 6-2 190 3/15/82 Bonao, DR Santo Domingo, DR Jupiter (A) 0-1 3.38 2 2 0 0 2.2 1 1 1 1 2 6.009 

New Orleans (AAA) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 

80 Paduch, Jim R R 6-3 200 11/2/82 Chicago, IL Elmwood Park, IL Montgomery (AA) 0-2 4.05 6 1 0 2 13.1 11 6 6 4 11 0.000 

Durham (AAA) 6-10 5.65 23 21 1 0 106.2 128 76 67 39 63 

79 Patterson, Jimmy R L 6-0 190 2/9/89 Chandler, AZ Tempe, AZ Charlotte (A) 8-4 2.82 37 1 0 2 73.1 56 26 23 17 48 0.000 

Montgomery (AA) 0-0 2.70 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 2 1 1 0 

Durham (AAA) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 4 

85 Sandoval, Juan R R 6-2 170 1/12/81 Santo Domingo, DR Bonao, DR Mexico (MEX) 6-3 3.77 48 0 0 1 45.1 46 19 19 15 36 0.000 

Oaxaca (MEX) 1-0 1.48 19 0 0 1 24.1 23 5 4 7 21 

78 Schenk, Neil L L 6-4 220 6/17/86 New Orleans, LA Memphis, TN Montgomery (AA) 3-1 2.97 42 0 0 1 60.2 61 21 20 20 42 0.000 

35 Wright, Jamey R R 6-6 235 12/24/74 Oklahoma City, OK Dallas, TX Los Angeles-NL 5-3 3.72 66 0 0 0 67.2 72 35 28 30 54 14.086 

75 Yates, Kirby R R 5-10 170 3/25/87 Lihue, HI Koloa, HI Montgomery (AA) 4-2 2.65 50 0 0 16 68.0 48 21 20 39 94 0.000 

NO. CATCHERS (2) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

63 Albernaz, Craig R R 5-8 185 10/30/82 Fall River, MA Somerset, MA Montgomery (AA) .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000 

Durham (AAA) .156 23 64 2 10 3 0 0 3 5 23 1 

67 Thomas, Mark R R 6-1 180 5/5/88 Atlanta, GA Big Canoe, GA Montgomery (AA) .254 93 311 37 79 19 3 5 42 29 78 4 0.000 

NO. INFIELDERS (5) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

86 Anderson, Leslie L L 6-2 205 3/30/82 Guantanamo, CUB Wesley Chapel, FL Durham (AAA) .309 116 444 63 137 21 0 14 56 26 56 0 0.000 

87 Figueroa, Cole L R 5-10 185 6/30/87 Tallahassee, FL Tampa, FL Durham (AAA) .286 88 311 32 89 17 4 2 42 26 22 3 0.000 

7 Fontenot, Mike L R 5-8 171 6/9/80 Slidell, LA Baton Rouge, LA Lehigh Valley (AAA) .308 16 52 5 16 6 0 1 7 5 11 0 5.053 

Philadelphia .289 47 97 13 28 2 0 1 5 7 23 0 

68 O’Malley, Shawn S R 5-11 160 12/28/87 Richland, WA Kennewick, WA Durham (AAA) .245 67 216 32 53 4 2 2 18 17 49 11 0.000 

Montgomery (AA) .231 35 121 22 28 3 3 0 5 17 24 7 

69 Weglarz, Nick L L 6-3 215 12/16/87 Stevensville, ONT Fort Erie, ONT Akron (AA) .239 109 368 47 88 22 0 14 58 58 140 3 0.000 

NO. OUTFIELDERS (4) B T HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 2012 CLUBS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB M.L. SER 

66 Bourgeois, Jason R R 5-9 190 1/4/82 Houston, TX Houston, TX Kansas City .258 30 62 10 16 2 1 0 5 4 4 5 2.074 

Omaha (AAA) .243 60 222 41 54 7 1 3 8 21 24 7 

64 Duncan, Shelley R R 6-5 225 9/29/79 Tucson, AZ Kimberling City, MO Cleveland .203 81 232 29 47 10 0 11 31 28 59 1 3.077 

60 Myers, Wil R R 6-3 190 12/10/90 Thomasville, NC Thomasville, NC NW Arkansas (AA) .343 35 134 32 46 11 1 13 30 16 42 4 0.000 

Omaha (AAA) .304 99 388 66 118 15 5 24 79 45 98 2 

24 Thompson, Rich L R 6-2 190 4/23/79 Reading, PA Tampa, FL Lehigh Valley (AAA) .307 30 88 6 27 4 2 0 11 9 18 7 0.083 

Tampa Bay .091 23 22 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 

Durham (AAA) .311 63 251 41 78 13 5 2 19 20 35 22

MANAGER 

70 Maddon, Joe 

COACHES 

46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen) 

6 Foley, Tom (3B) 

25 Hendrick, George (1B) 

48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching) 

4 Martinez, Dave (Bench) 

44 Nelson, Jaime (Coach) 

17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting) 

65 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor) 

PITCHERS (34) 

22 Archer, Chris (R) 

76 Buschmann, Matt (R)* 

53 Cobb, Alex (R) 

37 Colome, Alex (R) 

41 De Los Santos, Frank (L) 

43 Farnsworth, Kyle (R) 

71 Fleming, Marquis (R)* 

47 Gomes, Brandon (R) 

58 Hellickson, Jeremy (R) 

40 Hernandez, Roberto (R) 

72 Inman, Will (R)* 

74 Liberatore, Adam (L)* 

52 Lueke, Josh (R) 

73 Martin, J.D. (R)* 

57 McGee, Jake (L) 

31 Montgomery, Mike (L) 

55 Moore, Matt (L) 

81 Nevarez, Matt (R)* 

34 Niemann, Jeff (R) 

23 Odorizzi, Jake (R) 

61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (R)* 

80 Paduch, Jim (R)* 

79 Patterson, Jimmy (L)* 

62 Peralta, Joel (R) 

14 Price, David (L) 

27 Ramos, Cesar (L) 

51 Rivero, Felipe (L) 

56 Rodney, Fernando (R) 

45 Romero, Enny (L) 

78 Schenk, Neil (L)* 

85 Sandoval, Juan (R)* 

54 Torres, Alex (L) 

35 Wright, Jamey (R)* 

75 Yates, Kirby (R)* 

CATCHERS (7) 

63 Albernaz, Craig* 

38 Chirinos, Robinson 

16 Gimenez, Chris 

59 Lobaton, Jose 

28 Molina, Jose 

67 Thomas, Mark* 

26 Vogt, Stephen 

INFIELDERS (15) 

86 Anderson, Leslie* 

29 Beckham, Tim 

11 Escobar, Yunel 

87 Figueroa, Cole* 

7 Fontenot, Mike* 

2 Johnson, Kelly 

36 Lee, Hak-Ju 

3 Longoria, Evan 

21 Loney, James 

68 O’Malley, Shawn* 

19 Roberts, Ryan 

1 Rodriguez, Sean 

69 Weglarz, Nick* 

30 Scott, Luke 

18 Zobrist, Ben 

OUTFIELDERS (8) 

66 Bourgeois, Jason* 

64 Duncan, Shelley* 

5 Fuld, Sam 

10 Guyer, Brandon 

8 Jennings, Desmond 

20 Joyce, Matt 

60 Myers, Wil* 

24 Thompson, Rich* 

BULLPEN CATCHER 

77 Cursi, Scott 

2013 SPRING 

TRAINING ROSTER 

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NUMERICAL 

1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 

2 Johnson, Kelly (INF/OF) 

3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 

4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 

5 Fuld, Sam (OF) 

6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 

7 Fontenot, Mike (INF)* 

8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 

10 Guyer, Brandon (OF) 

11 Escobar, Yunel (SS) 

14 Price, David (LHP) 

16 Gimenez, Chris (C) 

17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach) 

18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL) 

19 Roberts, Ryan (INF) 

20 Joyce, Matt (OF) 

21 Loney, James (1B) 

22 Archer, Chris (RHP) 

23 Odorizzi, Jake (RHP) 

24 Thompson, Rich (OF)* 

25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach) 

26 Vogt, Stephen (C) 

27 Ramos, Cesar (LHP) 

28 Molina, Jose (C) 

29 Beckham, Tim (INF) 

30 Scott, Luke (DH) 

31 Montgomery, Mike (LHP) 

34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 

35 Wright, Jamey (RHP)* 

36 Lee, Hak-Ju (SS) 

37 Colome, Alex (RHP) 

38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 

40 Hernandez, Roberto (RHP) 

41 De Los Santos, Frank (LHP) 

43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 


45 Romero, Enny (LHP) 

46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen Coach) 

47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 

48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach) 

51 Rivero, Felipe (LHP) 

52 Lueke, Josh (RHP) 

53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 

54 Torres, Alex (LHP) 

55 Moore, Matt (LHP) 

56 Rodney, Fernando (RHP) 

57 McGee, Jake (LHP) 

58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP) 

59 Lobaton, Jose (C) 

60 Myers, Wil (OF)* 

61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (RHP)* 

62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 

63 Albernaz, Craig (C)* 

64 Duncan, Shelley (1B/OF)* 


66 Bourgeois, Jason (OF)* 

67 Thomas, Mark (C)* 

68 O’Malley, Shawn (INF)* 

69 Weglarz, Nick (1B/OF)* 

70 Maddon, Joe (Manager) 

71 Fleming, Marquis (RHP)* 

72 Inman, Will (RHP)* 

73 Martin, J.D. (RHP)* 

74 Liberatore, Adam (LHP)* 

75 Yates, Kirby (RHP)* 

76 Buschmann, Matt (RHP)* 

78 Schenk, Neil (LHP)* 

79 Patterson, Jimmy (LHP)* 

80 Paduch, Jim (RHP)* 

81 Nevarez, Matt (RHP)* 

85 Sandoval, Juan (RHP)* 

86 Anderson, Leslie (1B/OF)* 

87 Figueroa, Cole (INF)* 

TRAINING STAFF 

Porterfield, Ron (Head Athletic Trainer) 

Harker, Paul (Assistant Athletic Trainer) 

Vinson, Mark (Assistant Athletic Trainer) 

Barr, Kevin (Strength & Conditioning Coach) 

EQUIPMENT MANAGER 

Westmoreland, Chris 

VIDEO COORDINATOR 

Fernandez, Chris 

ALPHABETICAL 

63 Albernaz, Craig (C)* 

86 Anderson, Leslie (1B/OF)* 

22 Archer, Chris (RHP) 

29 Beckham, Tim (INF)* 

46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen Coach) 

66 Bourgeois, Jason (OF)* 

76 Buschmann, Matt (RHP)* 

38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 

53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 

37 Colome, Alex (RHP) 

41 De Los Santos, Frank (LHP) 

64 Duncan, Shelley (1B/OF)* 

11 Escobar, Yunel (SS) 

43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 

87 Figueroa, Cole (INF)* 

71 Fleming, Marquis (RHP)* 

6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 

7 Fontenot, Mike (INF)* 

5 Fuld, Sam (OF) 

16 Gimenez, Chris (C) 

47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 

10 Guyer, Brandon (OF) 

58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP) 

25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach) 

40 Hernandez, Roberto (RHP) 

48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach) 

72 Inman, Will (RHP)* 

8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 

2 Johnson, Kelly (INF/OF) 

20 Joyce, Matt (OF) 

36 Lee, Hak-Ju (SS)* 

74 Liberatore, Adam (LHP)* 

59 Lobaton, Jose (C) 

3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 

21 Loney, James (1B) 

52 Lueke, Josh (RHP) 

70 Maddon, Joe (Manager) 

51 Martin, J.D. (RHP)* 

4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 

57 McGee, Jake (LHP) 

28 Molina, Jose (C) 

31 Montgomery, Mike (LHP) 

55 Moore, Matt (LHP) 

60 Myers, Wil (OF)* 


81 Nevarez, Matt (RHP)* 

34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 

68 O’Malley, Shawn (INF)* 

23 Odorizzi, Jake (RHP) 

61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (RHP)* 

80 Paduch, Jim (RHP)* 

79 Patterson, Jimmy (LHP)* 

62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 

14 Price, David (LHP) 

27 Ramos, Cesar (LHP) 

51 Rivero, Felipe (LHP) 

19 Roberts, Ryan (INF) 

56 Rodney, Fernando (RHP) 

1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 

45 Romero, Enny (LHP) 

85 Sandoval, Juan (RHP)* 

78 Schenk, Neil (LHP)* 

30 Scott, Luke (DH) 

17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach) 

67 Thomas, Mark (C)* 

24 Thompson, Rich (OF)* 

54 Torres, Alex (LHP) 

26 Vogt, Stephen (C) 

69 Weglarz, Nick (1B/OF)* 

35 Wright, Jamey (RHP)* 

75 Yates, Kirby (RHP)* 


18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL) 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS 

94 Allen, Neil 

91 Barnes, Skeeter 

90 Bosman, Dick 

88 Hoff, Jim 

95 Hoover, Paul 

89 Livesey, Steve 

92 Montoyo, Charlie 

93 Myers, Dave 

97 Quatraro, Matt 

96 Robinson, Dewey 

* Non-roster invite 

ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN ROSTER NON-ROSTER INVITES RECORDS & HISTORY YEARLY SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC.

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HOW THE RAYS 

WERE BUILT 

ACQUIRED IN TRADE (16) 

DATE PLAYER HOW ACQUIRED 

July 12, 2006 Ben Zobrist From the Houston Astros along with RHP Mitch Talbot for INF Aubrey Huff 

and cash 

Dec 10, 2008 Matt Joyce From the Detroit Tigers for RHP Edwin Jackson 

Aug 28, 2009 Sean Rodriguez From the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim along with 3B Matt Sweeney for 

Alex Torres LHP Scott Kazmir 

Dec 17, 2010 Brandon Gomes From the San Diego Padres along with INF Cole Figueroa and RHP Adam 

Cesar Ramos Russell for SS Jason Bartlett and cash 

Jan 8, 2011 Chris Archer From the Chicago Cubs for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP 

Robinson Chirinos 

Sam Fuld 

Brandon Guyer 

Hak-Ju Lee 

Zach Rosscup 

Nov 27, 2011 Josh Lueke From the Seattle Mariners along with cash considerations for C John Jaso 

July 24, 2012 Ryan Roberts From the Arizona Diamondbacks for INF Tyler Bortnick 

Dec 4, 2012 Yunel Escobar From the Miami Marlins in exchange for INF Derek Dietrich 

Dec 9, 2012 Mike Montgomery From the Kansas City Royals along with OF Wil Myers and 3B Patrick 

Jake Odorizzi 

Leonard for RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named 

(INF Elliot Johnson) 

SIGNED AS FREE AGENT (8) 

DATE PLAYER PRIOR CLUB 

Dec 17, 2010 Joel Peralta Washington Nationals 

Jan 16, 2011 Kyle Farnsworth Atlanta Braves 

Nov 28, 2011 Jose Molina Toronto Blue Jays 

Jan 4, 2012 Fernando Rodney Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 

Jan 23, 2012 Luke Scott Baltimore Orioles 

Dec 6, 2012 James Loney Boston Red Sox 

Dec 18, 2012 Roberto Hernandez Cleveland Indians 

Feb 5, 2013 Kelly Johnson Toronto Blue Jays 

CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS (1) 

DATE PLAYER PRIOR CLUB 

July 30, 2009 Jose Lobaton San Diego Padres 

JUNE DRAFT (10) 

DATE PLAYER ROUND 

2004 Jeff Niemann 1st 

Jake McGee 5th 

2005 Jeremy Hellickson 4th 

2006 Evan Longoria 1st 

Alex Cobb 4th 

Desmond Jennings 10th 

2007 David Price 1st 

Matt Moore 8th 

Stephen Vogt 12th 

2008 Tim Beckham 1st 

MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT (5) 

DATE PLAYERS 

Feb 6, 2006 Frank De Los Santos 

March 20, 2007 Alex Colome 

June 2, 2008 Enny Romero 

July 30, 2008 Felipe Rivero 

Feb 16, 2012 Chris Gimenez

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