2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Tampa Bay Devil Rays
season = 2006
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1998
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1998
Uniform
ballpark = Tropicana Field
y4 = 1998
city = St. Petersburg, Florida
y5 = 1998
owners = Stuart Sternberg
managers = Joe Maddon
television = FSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
radio = WHNZ
(Dave Wills, Andy Freed] )
WMGG
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)|The 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their ninth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with a league-worst record of 61-101. Their manager was Joe Maddon who entered his 1st season with the Devil Rays.

Offseason

*December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brazede01.shtml Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/branyru01.shtml Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Opening Day starters

*Carl Crawford
*Jonny Gomes
*Nick Green
*Toby Hall
*Damon Hollins
*Aubrey Huff
*Travis Lee
*Seth McClung
*Tomas Perez
*Ty Wigginton [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2006&t=TBA 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

Transactions

* Evan Longoria was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?franch_ID=TBD&round=1&draft_type=junreg Baseball Draft: Rays 1st Round Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huffau01.shtml Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 24, 2006: Russell Branyan was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Evan Meek (minors). The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (minors) (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2006&t=TBA 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]