2012 Tampa Bay Rays season

2012 Tampa Bay Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersStuart Sternberg
General managersAndrew Friedman (de facto)
ManagersJoe Maddon
TelevisionSun Sports
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
RadioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2012 season was the team's 15th season of baseball, and the fifth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The Rays hoped to improve on their 91–71 record from 2011 and make the postseason for a franchise record third straight season. They finished the season 90–72, third place in the American League East, and third place in the American League Wild Card, missing the postseason for the first time since 2009.

Offseason

On November 27, 2011, the Rays traded catcher John Jaso to the Seattle Mariners for relief pitcher Josh Lueke, as well as a player to be named later or cash.[1]

The Rays signed catcher José Molina on November 28, 2011 to a one-year, $1.5 million contract with a $1.5 million club option for 2013, with a $300,000 buyout.[2]

On December 13, 2011, the Rays acquired relief pitcher Burke Badenhop from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league catcher Jake Jefferies. At midnight that night, Badenhop was one of six arbitration eligible players that were tendered by the Rays, along with outfielder B. J. Upton, starting pitchers Jeff Niemann and David Price, and relief pitchers J. P. Howell and Joel Peralta. Not tendered was relief pitcher and former starting pitcher for the Rays, Andy Sonnanstine.[3]

Relief pitcher Fernando Rodney was signed on January 5 to a one-year contract worth $1.75 million. The deal included a team option for 2013 worth $2.5 million or a $250,000 buyout. In 2009, while playing for the Detroit Tigers, Rodney made news at Tropicana Field when he threw a baseball into the stadium's press box from the field after converting a save. He was suspended for three games following the incident. After being signed by the Rays, he apologized for his actions.[4]

On January 11, the Rays signed Luke Scott to a one-year contract with an option for 2013. He is expected to be the team's designated hitter primarily, though he could also be used at first base.[5]

On January 20, the Rays signed Carlos Peña, bringing him back to the Rays for the 2012 season after just one season away with the Cubs. The contract is worth a year at $7.25 million. He is expected to be the everyday first baseman, as he was in his previous stint from 2007–2010.[6] Outfielder Justin Ruggiano was designated for assignment on January 24 to make room on the 40-man roster.[7]

The Rays announced on February 15 that manager Joe Maddon was given a 3-year contract extension worth $6 million, which would last through the 2015 season.[8]

Season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 67 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles 93 69 .574 2 47‍–‍34 46‍–‍35
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72 .556 5 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays 73 89 .451 22 41‍–‍40 32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox 69 93 .426 26 34‍–‍47 35‍–‍46


American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 95 67 .586
Oakland Athletics 94 68 .580
Detroit Tigers 88 74 .543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Texas Rangers 93 69 .574 —
Baltimore Orioles 93 69 .574 —
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72 .556 3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 89 73 .549 4
Chicago White Sox 85 77 .525 8
Seattle Mariners 75 87 .463 18
Toronto Blue Jays 73 89 .451 20
Kansas City Royals 72 90 .444 21
Boston Red Sox 69 93 .426 24
Cleveland Indians 68 94 .420 25
Minnesota Twins 66 96 .407 27

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore – 13–5 6–2 4–4 3–3 5–4 2–7 5–2 9–9 4–5 8–1 10–8 2–5 11–7 11–7
Boston 5–13 – 6–2 5–3 5–5 4–3 0–6 4–3 5–13 1–8 5–4 9–9 2–6 7–11 11–7
Chicago 2–6 2–6 – 11–7 6–12 6–12 3–5 14–4 5–2 3–3 8–1 4–3 6–3 6–4 9–9
Cleveland 4–4 3–5 7–11 – 10–8 8–10 5–4 6–12 1–5 2–8 4–4 4–4 4–5 2–4 8–10
Detroit 3–3 5–5 12–6 8–10 – 13–5 5–5 10–8 4–6 4–3 1–5 5–2 3–7 4–2 11–7
Kansas City 4–5 3–4 12–6 10–8 5–13 – 4–5 7–11 3–4 5–4 1–7 4–2 4–5 2–6 8–10
Los Angeles 7–2 6–0 5–3 4–5 5–5 5–4 – 6–3 4–5 9–10 11–8 1–9 10–9 4–4 12–6
Minnesota 2–5 3–4 4–14 12–6 8–10 11–7 3–6 – 3–4 4–5 2–8 1–5 2–8 2–5 9–9
New York 9–9 13–5 2–5 5–1 6–4 4–3 5–4 4–3 – 5–5 6–3 8–10 4–3 11–7 13–5
Oakland 5–4 8–1 3–3 8–2 3–4 4–5 10–9 5–4 5–5 – 12–7 5–4 11–8 5–4 10–8
Seattle 1–8 4–5 1–8 4–4 5–1 7–1 8–11 8–2 3–6 7–12 – 4–6 9–10 6–3 8–10
Tampa Bay 8–10 9–9 3–4 4–4 2–5 2–4 9–1 5–1 10–8 4–5 6–4 – 5–4 14–4 9–9
Texas 5–2 6–2 3–6 5–4 7–3 5–4 9–10 8–2 3–4 8–11 10–9 4–5 – 6–3 14–4
Toronto 7–11 11–7 4–6 4–2 2–4 6–2 4–4 5–2 7–11 4–5 3–6 4–14 3–6 – 9–9
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Regular season

2012 Game Log
April (15–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
1 April 6 Yankees 7–6 Rodney (1–0) Rivera (0–1) 34,078 1–0 [1]
2 April 7 Yankees 8–6 Price (1–0) Kuroda (0–1) Rodney (1) 34,078 2–0 [2]
3 April 8 Yankees 3–0 Hellickson (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Rodney (2) 30,413 3–0 [3]
4 April 10 @ Tigers 2–5 Coke (1–0) McGee (0–1) Valverde (1) 22,574 3–1 [4]
5 April 11 @ Tigers 4–2 Shields (1–0) Verlander (0–1) Rodney (3) 28,180 4–1 [5]
6 April 12 @ Tigers 2–7 Balester (1–0) Niemann (0–1) 30,288 4–2 [6]
7 April 13 @ Red Sox 2–12 Beckett (1–1) Price (1–1) 37,032 4–3 [7]
8 April 14 @ Red Sox 5–13 Buchholz (1–0) Badenhop (0–1) 38,024 4–4 [8]
9 April 15 @ Red Sox 4–6 Padilla (1–0) Moore (0–1) Aceves (2) 38,024 4–5 [9]
10 April 16 @ Red Sox 1–0 Shields (2–0) Bard (0–2) Rodney (4) 38,108 5–5 [10]
11 April 17 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Romero (2–0) Niemann (0–2) 15,331 5–6 [11]
12 April 18 @ Blue Jays 12–2 Price (2–1) Morrow (0–1) 15,828 6–6 [12]
13 April 19 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Hellickson (2–0) Álvarez (0–1) 18,976 7–6 [13]
14 April 20 Twins 4–5 Maloney (1–0) Gomes (0–1) Capps (4) 18,763 7–7 [14]
15 April 21 Twins 4–1 Shields (3–0) Pavano (1–2) Rodney (5) 31,774 8–7 [15]
16 April 22 Twins 6–2 Niemann (1–2) Liriano (0–3) 26,507 9–7 [16]
17 April 24 Angels 5–0 Price (3–1) Santana (0–4) 14,933 10–7 [17]
18 April 25 Angels 3–2 Hellickson (3–0) Wilson (2–2) Rodney (6) 14,638 11–7 [18]
19 April 26 Angels 4–3 Gomes (1–1) Walden (0–1) 15,417 12–7 [19]
20 April 27 @ Rangers 8–4 Shields (4–0) Harrison (3–1) 47,496 13–7 [20]
21 April 28 @ Rangers 2–7 Lewis (3–0) Niemann (1–3) 49,197 13–8 [21]
22 April 29 @ Rangers 5–2 Price (4–1) Holland (2–2) Rodney (7) 43,475 14–8 [22]
23 April 30 Mariners 3–2 (12) Howell (1–0) League (0–2) 9,458 15–8 [23]
May (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
24 May 1 Mariners 3–1 Moore (1–1) Noesí (1–3) Rodney (8) 9,972 16–8 [24]
25 May 2 Mariners 5–4 Shields (5–0) Beavan (1–3) Peralta (1) 9,837 17–8 [25]
26 May 3 Mariners 4–3 Niemann (2–3) Millwood (0–3) Rodney (9) 11,575 18–8 [26]
27 May 4 Athletics 7–2 Price (5–1) Ross (1–2) Peralta (2) 18,799 19–8 [27]
28 May 5 Athletics 3–4 (12) Fuentes (2–0) Peralta (0–1) Balfour (7) 23,890 19–9 [28]
29 May 6 Athletics 5–9 Milone (4–2) Moore (1–2) 23,873 19–10 [29]
30 May 8 @ Yankees 3–5 Nova (4–1) Shields (5–1) Robertson (1) 37,086 19–11 [30]
31 May 9 @ Yankees 4–1 Rodney (2–0) Robertson (0–1) 38,024 20–11 [31]
32 May 10 @ Yankees 3–5 Sabathia (5–0) Price (5–2) Soriano (1) 37,720 20–12 [32]
33 May 11 @ Orioles 3–4 O'Day (3–0) Peralta (0–2) Johnson (10) 26,669 20–13 [33]
34 May 12 @ Orioles 3–5 Matusz (2–4) Moore (1–3) Johnson (11) 32,862 20–14 [34]
35 May 13 @ Orioles 9–8 Shields (6–1) Arrieta (2–4) Rodney (10) 29,552 21–14 [35]
36 May 14 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Ramos (1–0) Morrow (4–2) 15,289 22–14 [36]
37 May 15 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Price (6–2) Álvarez (3–3) Rodney (11) 15,612 23–14 [37]
38 May 16 Red Sox 2–1 Hellickson (4–0) Buchholz (4–2) Rodney (12) 20,843 24–14 [38]
39 May 17 Red Sox 3–5 Doubront (4–1) Moore (1–4) Aceves (8) 19,842 24–15 [39]
40 May 18 Braves 3–5 Hanson (5–3) Shields (6–2) Kimbrel (12) 19,693 24–16 [40]
41 May 19 Braves 5–2 Cobb (1–0) Delgado (2–4) Rodney (13) 27,433 25–16 [41]
42 May 20 Braves 0–2 Hudson (3–1) Price (6–3) Kimbrel (13) 24,759 25–17 [42]
43 May 21 Blue Jays 2–6 Drabek (4–4) Hellickson (4–1) 10,844 25–18 [43]
44 May 22 Blue Jays 8–5 Davis (1–0) Hutchison (3–2) Rodney (14) 12,307 26–18 [44]
45 May 23 Blue Jays 5–4 (11) McGee (1–1) Oliver (0–2) 11,471 27–18 [45]
46 May 25 @ Red Sox 7–4 Cobb (2–0) Lester (3–4) Rodney (15) 37,594 28–18 [46]
47 May 26 @ Red Sox 2–3 Hill (1–0) Rodney (2–1) 38,099 28–19 [47]
48 May 27 @ Red Sox 4–3 McGee (2–1) Aceves (0–2) Rodney (16) 37,844 29–19 [48]
49 May 28 White Sox 1–2 Sale (6–2) Moore (1–5) Reed (5) 22,227 29–20 [49]
50 May 29 White Sox 2–7 Humber (2–2) Shields (6–3) 13,735 29–21 [50]
51 May 30 White Sox 3–4 Jones (3–0) Cobb (2–1) Reed (6) 13,369 29–22 [51]
June (12–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
52 June 1 Orioles 5–0 Price (7–3) Chen (4–2) Rodney (17) 17,224 30–22 [52]
53 June 2 Orioles 1–2 Matusz (5–5) Hellickson (4–2) Johnson (17) 21,693 30–23 [53]
54 June 3 Orioles 8–4 Moore (2–5) Arrieta (2–7) 21,693 31–23 [54]
55 June 5 @ Yankees 0–7 Pettitte (3–2) Shields (6–4) 40,537 31–24 [55]
56 June 6 @ Yankees 1–4 Nova (7–2) Cobb (2–2) Soriano (8) 38,370 31–25 [56]
57 June 7 @ Yankees 7–3 Price (8–3) Sabathia (7–3) 39,891 32–25 [57]
58 June 8 @ Marlins 5–1 Badenhop (1–1) Nolasco (6–4) 29,628 33–25 [58]
59 June 9 @ Marlins 13–4 Moore (3–5) Zambrano (4–4) 30,963 34–25 [59]
60 June 10 @ Marlins 4–2 Shields (7–4) Sánchez (3–5) Rodney (18) 31,111 35–25 [60]
61 June 12 Mets 2–11 Young (1–0) Cobb (2–3) 17,334 35–26 [61]
62 June 13 Mets 1–9 Dickey (10–1) Price (8–4) 18,496 35–27 [62]
63 June 14 Mets 6–9 Santana (4–3) Hellickson (4–3) Francisco (16) 21,947 35–28 [63]
64 June 15 Marlins 11–0 Moore (4–5) Zambrano (4–5) 18,369 36–28 [64]
65 June 16 Marlins 3–4 (15) Webb (3–1) Gomes (1–2) Bell (14) 22,332 36–29 [65]
66 June 17 Marlins 3–0 Cobb (3–3) Johnson (4–5) Rodney (19) 33,810 37–29 [66]
67 June 19 @ Nationals 5–4 Price (9–4) Wang (2–3) Rodney (20) 27,835 38–29 [67]
68 June 20 @ Nationals 2–3 Strasburg (9–1) Archer (0–1) Clippard (10) 27,485 38–30 [68]
69 June 21 @ Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (9–3) Peralta (0–3) Clippard (11) 29,551 38–31 [69]
— June 22 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 24
70 June 23 @ Phillies 6–7 Papelbon (2–2) McGee (2–2) 44,878 38–32 [70]
71 June 24 (1) @ Phillies 3–2 Price (10–4) Bastardo (2–2) Rodney (21) 44,785 39–32 [71]
72 June 24 (2) @ Phillies 7–3 Gomes (2–2) Lee (0–4) 44,088 40–32 [72]
73 June 25 @ Royals 0–8 Hochevar (5–7) Cobb (3–4) 20,200 40–33 [73]
74 June 26 @ Royals 2–8 Chen (7–6) Archer (0–2) 25,982 40–34 [74]
75 June 27 @ Royals 4–5 Crow (1–1) Badenhop (1–2) Broxton (19) 19,228 40–35 [75]
76 June 28 Tigers 2–5 Scherzer (7–5) Shields (7–5) Valverde (14) 20,532 40–36 [76]
77 June 29 Tigers 4–2 Price (11–4) Verlander (8–5) Rodney (22) 19,557 41–36 [77]
78 June 30 Tigers 2–6 Porcello (6–5) Hellickson (4–4) 29,443 41–37 [78]
July (13–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
79 July 1 Tigers 3–5 Smyly (3–3) Cobb (3–5) Valverde (15) 21,874 41–38 [79]
80 July 2 Yankees 4–3 Moore (5–5) Robertson (0–3) Rodney (23) 21,742 42–38 [80]
81 July 3 Yankees 7–4 Shields (8–5) Nova (9–3) Rodney (24) 26,453 43–38 [81]
82 July 4 Yankees 3–4 Logan (3–0) Farnsworth (0–1) Soriano (19) 28,033 43–39 [82]
83 July 5 @ Indians 1–3 Tomlin (5–5) Hellickson (4–5) Perez (24) 26,577 43–40 [83]
84 July 6 @ Indians 10–3 Cobb (4–5) Masterson (5–8) 28,734 44–40 [84]
85 July 7 @ Indians 3–7 Jiménez (8–7) Moore (5–6) 20,658 44–41 [85]
86 July 8 @ Indians 7–6 Peralta (1–3) Perez (0–2) Rodney (25) 19,163 45–41 [86]
All-Star Break
87 July 13 Red Sox 1–3 Morales (2–2) Hellickson (4–6) Aceves (20) 29,089 45–42 [87]
88 July 14 Red Sox 5–3 Price (12–4) Buchholz (8–3) Rodney (26) 27,311 46–42 [88]
89 July 15 Red Sox 3–7 Beckett (5–7) Shields (8–6) 26,131 46–43 [89]
90 July 16 Indians 2–3 McAllister (4–1) Cobb (4–6) Perez (26) 14,337 46–44 [90]
91 July 17 Indians 4–2 Moore (6–6) Tomlin (5–6) Rodney (27) 15,712 47–44 [91]
92 July 18 Indians 6–10 Rogers (1–2) Farnsworth (0–2) 15,143 47–45 [92]
93 July 19 Indians 6–0 Price (13–4) Jiménez (8–9) 27,856 48–45 [93]
94 July 20 Mariners 4–3 (14) McGee (3–2) Wilhelmsen (3–2) 14,143 49–45 [94]
95 July 21 Mariners 1–2 Vargas (10–7) Cobb (4–7) Wilhelmsen (9) 18,800 49–46 [95]
96 July 22 Mariners 1–2 Beavan (5–6) Moore (6–7) Wilhelmsen (10) 20,908 49–47 [96]
97 July 24 @ Orioles 3–1 Hellickson (5–6) Chen (8–6) Rodney (28) 17,592 50–47 [97]
98 July 25 @ Orioles 10–1 Price (14–4) González (2–2) 19,582 51–47 [98]
99 July 26 @ Orioles 2–6 Tillman (3–1) Shields (8–7) 21,301 51–48 [99]
100 July 27 @ Angels 1–3 Haren (8–8) Cobb (4–8) Frieri (12) 40,136 51–49 [100]
101 July 28 @ Angels 3–0 Moore (7–7) Wilson (9–7) Rodney (29) 41,232 52–49 [101]
102 July 29 @ Angels 2–0 Hellickson (6–6) Greinke (9–4) Rodney (30) 35,477 53–49 [102]
103 July 30 @ Athletics 3–4 (15) Norberto (3–1) Farnsworth (0–3) 12,564 53–50 [103]
104 July 31 @ Athletics 8–0 Shields (9–7) Milone (9–8) 15,836 54–50 [104]
August (17–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
105 August 1 @ Athletics 4–1 Cobb (5–8) Parker (7–5) Rodney (31) 18,161 55–50 [105]
106 August 3 Orioles 2–0 Moore (8–7) Hunter (4–7) Rodney (32) 18,410 56–50 [106]
107 August 4 Orioles 0–4 Chen (10–6) Hellickson (6–7) 20,612 56–51 [107]
108 August 5 Orioles 0–1 (10) Ayala (3–3) Peralta (1–4) Johnson (32) 29,530 56–52 [108]
109 August 7 Blue Jays 4–1 Shields (10–7) Happ (7–10) Rodney (33) 13,823 57–52 [109]
110 August 8 Blue Jays 3–2 Cobb (6–8) Villanueva (6–2) Rodney (34) 13,441 58–52 [110]
111 August 9 Blue Jays 7–1 Moore (9–7) Álvarez (7–9) 23,462 59–52 [111]
112 August 10 @ Twins 12–6 Hellickson (7–7) De Vries (2–3) 38,108 60–52 [112]
113 August 11 @ Twins 4–2 Price (15–4) Blackburn (4–8) Rodney (35) 39,512 61–52 [113]
114 August 12 @ Twins 7–3 (10) Farnsworth (1–3) Burnett (4–4) Rodney (36) 35,327 62–52 [114]
115 August 13 @ Mariners 4–1 Cobb (7–8) Beavan (7–7) Rodney (37) 16,205 63–52 [115]
116 August 14 @ Mariners 2–3 Pryor (2–0) Rodney (2–2) 17,065 63–53 [116]
117 August 15 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (11–5) Hellickson (7–8) 21,889 63–54 [117]
118 August 16 @ Angels 7–0 Price (16–4) Haren (8–10) 38,591 64–54 [118]
119 August 17 @ Angels 12–3 Shields (11–7) Weaver (15–3) 37,298 65–54 [119]
120 August 18 @ Angels 10–8 McGee (4–2) Jepsen (2–2) Rodney (38) 41,086 66–54 [120]
121 August 19 @ Angels 8–3 Moore (10–7) Greinke (10–5) 36,789 67–54 [121]
122 August 20 Royals 5–1 Hellickson (8–8) Smith (4–5) 9,913 68–54 [122]
123 August 21 Royals 0–1 (10) Herrera (1–1) Peralta (1–5) Holland (6) 10,877 68–55 [123]
124 August 22 Royals 5–3 Shields (12–7) Mendoza (7–9) Rodney (39) 11,892 69–55 [124]
125 August 23 Athletics 5–0 Cobb (8–8) Ross (2–9) 11,613 70–55 [125]
126 August 24 Athletics 4–5 Cook (6–2) Peralta (1–6) Balfour (13) 18,913 70–56 [126]
127 August 25 Athletics 2–4 McCarthy (7–5) Hellickson (8–9) Balfour (14) 18,187 70–57 [127]
128 August 27 @ Rangers 5–6 Holland (9–6) Price (16–5) Nathan (26) 29,453 70–58 [128]
129 August 28 @ Rangers 0–1 Darvish (13–9) Shields (12–8) Nathan (27) 30,700 70–59 [129]
130 August 29 @ Rangers 8–4 McGee (5–2) Harrison (15–8) 36,176 71–59 [130]
131 August 30 @ Blue Jays 0–2 Villanueva (7–4) Moore (10–8) Janssen (18) 22,711 71–60 [131]
132 August 31 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Morrow (8–5) Hellickson (8–10) Janssen (19) 20,158 71–61 [132]
September/October (19–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
133 September 1 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Davis (2–0) Álvarez (7–12) Rodney (40) 20,478 72–61 [133]
134 September 2 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Price (17–5) Romero (8–13) 18,568 73–61 [134]
135 September 3 Yankees 4–3 Shields (13–8) Robertson (1–5) Rodney (41) 28,585 74–61 [135]
136 September 4 Yankees 5–2 Cobb (9–8) García (7–6) Rodney (42) 17,652 75–61 [136]
137 September 5 Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (13–10) Moore (10–9) Soriano (36) 16,711 75–62 [137]
138 September 7 Rangers 3–1 (11) Davis (3–0) Lowe (0–1) 19,545 76–62 [138]
139 September 8 Rangers 2–4 (10) Adams (5–3) Farnsworth (1–4) Nathan (31) 18,702 76–63 [139]
140 September 9 Rangers 6–0 Shields (14–8) Oswalt (4–3) 20,522 77–63 [140]
141 September 11 @ Orioles 2–9 Johnson (3–0) Moore (10–10) 23,828 77–64 [141]
142 September 12 @ Orioles 2–3 Johnson (2–1) Farnsworth (1–5) 26,076 77–65 [142]
143 September 13 @ Orioles 2–3 (14) Wolf (5–10) Archer (0–3) 25,130 77–66 [143]
144 September 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Price (18–5) Sabathia (13–6) Rodney (43) 45,200 78–66 [144]
145 September 15 @ Yankees 3–5 Nova (12–7) Shields (14–9) Soriano (39) 46,856 78–67 [145]
146 September 16 @ Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (14–10) Moore (10–11) Soriano (40) 43,489 78–68 [146]
147 September 17 Red Sox 2–5 Cook (4–10) Cobb (9–9) 11,722 78–69 [147]
148 September 18 Red Sox 5–7 Doubront (11–9) Farnsworth (1–6) Bailey (5) 11,502 78–70 [148]
149 September 19 Red Sox 13–3 Archer (1–3) Matsuzaka (1–6) 12,708 79–70 [149]
150 September 20 Red Sox 7–4 Badenhop (2–2) Bailey (1–1) 12,963 80–70 [150]
151 September 21 Blue Jays 12–1 Shields (15–9) Villanueva (7–6) 14,187 81–70 [151]
152 September 22 Blue Jays 11–5 Badenhop (3–2) Morrow (8–7) 15,699 82–70 [152]
153 September 23 Blue Jays 3–0 Hellickson (9–10) Jenkins (0–2) Rodney (44) 18,985 83–70 [153]
154 September 25 @ Red Sox 5–2 Price (19–5) Buchholz (11–7) 37,045 84–70 [154]
155 September 26 @ Red Sox 4–2 Cobb (10–9) Lester (9–14) Rodney (45) 37,247 85–70 [155]
156 September 27 @ White Sox 3–2 Peralta (2–6) Myers (3–8) Rodney (46) 18,630 86–70 [156]
157 September 28 @ White Sox 1–3 Floyd (11–11) Hellickson (9–11) Reed (29) 25,264 86–71 [157]
158 September 29 @ White Sox 10–4 Moore (11–11) Sale (17–8) 26,559 87–71 [158]
159 September 30 @ White Sox 6–2 Price (20–5) Quintana (6–6) 26,831 88–71 [159]
160 October 1 Orioles 5–3 Cobb (11–9) Chen (12–11) Rodney (47) 13,666 89–71 [160]
161 October 2 Orioles 0–1 González (9–4) Shields (15–10) Johnson (51) 13,460 89–72 [161]
162 October 3 Orioles 4–1 Hellickson (10–11) Tillman (9–3) Rodney (48) 17,909 90–72 [162]

Roster

2012 Tampa Bay Rays
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
José Molina 102 251 27 56 9 0 8 32 .223 3
Carlos Peña 160 497 72 98 17 2 19 61 .197 2
Ben Zobrist 157 560 88 151 39 7 20 74 .270 14
Elliott Johnson 123 297 32 72 10 2 6 33 .242 18
Evan Longoria 74 273 39 79 14 0 17 55 .289 2
Desmond Jennings 132 505 85 124 19 7 13 47 .246 31
B. J. Upton 146 573 79 141 29 3 28 78 .246 31
Matt Joyce 124 399 55 96 18 3 17 59 .241 4
Luke Scott 96 314 35 72 22 1 14 55 .229 5
Jeff Keppinger 115 385 46 125 15 1 9 40 .325 1
Sean Rodriguez 112 301 36 64 14 1 6 32 .213 5
Ryan Roberts 60 187 23 40 10 0 6 18 .214 4
José Lobatón 69 167 16 37 10 0 2 20 .222 0
Will Rhymes 47 123 11 28 2 1 1 8 .228 1
Chris Gimenez 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 9 .260 0
Sam Fuld 44 98 14 25 3 2 0 5 .255 7
Hideki Matsui 34 95 7 14 1 0 2 7 .147 0
Brooks Conrad 24 58 4 10 5 0 2 9 .172 0
Ben Francisco 24 57 4 13 5 0 2 8 .228 0
Drew Sutton 18 48 2 13 4 0 0 6 .271 0
Steven Vogt 18 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Rich Thompson 23 22 5 2 0 0 0 1 .091 6
Reid Brignac 16 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 .095 0
Brandon Allen 7 13 3 2 0 0 1 3 .154 0
Brandon Guyer 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 .143 0
Pitcher Totals 162 22 1 2 0 0 0 3 .091 0
Team Totals 162 5398 697 1293 250 30 175 665 .240 134

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
James Shields 15 10 3.52 33 33 0 227.2 208 103 89 58 223
David Price 20 5 2.56 31 31 0 211.0 173 63 60 59 205
Matt Moore 11 11 3.81 31 31 0 177.1 158 85 75 81 175
Jeremy Hellickson 10 11 3.10 31 31 0 177.0 163 68 61 59 124
Alex Cobb 11 9 4.03 23 23 0 136.1 130 67 61 40 106
Fernando Rodney 2 2 0.60 76 0 48 74.2 43 9 5 15 76
Wade Davis 3 0 2.43 54 0 0 70.1 48 20 19 29 87
Joel Peralta 2 6 3.63 76 0 2 67.0 49 28 27 17 84
Burke Badenhop 3 2 3.03 66 0 0 62.1 63 24 21 12 42
Jake McGee 5 2 1.95 69 0 0 55.1 33 13 12 11 73
J.P. Howell 1 0 3.04 55 0 0 50.1 39 17 17 22 42
Jeff Niemann 2 3 3.08 8 8 0 38.0 30 17 13 12 34
Cesar Ramos 1 0 2.10 17 1 0 30.0 19 7 7 10 29
Chris Archer 1 3 4.60 6 4 0 29.1 23 17 15 13 36
Kyle Farnsworth 1 6 4.00 34 0 0 27.0 22 13 12 14 25
Brandon Gomes 2 2 5.09 15 0 0 17.2 16 12 10 12 15
Dane De La Rosa 0 0 12.60 5 0 0 5.0 7 7 2 2 5
Josh Lueke 0 0 18.90 3 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 3 2
Team Totals 90 72 3.19 162 162 50 1459.2 1233 577 518 469 1383

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Charlie Montoyo
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Billy Gardner Jr.
A Charlotte Stone Crabs Florida State League Jim Morrison
A Bowling Green Hot Rods Midwest League Brady Williams
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Jared Sandberg
Rookie Princeton Rays Appalachian League Mike Johns
Rookie GCL Rays Gulf Coast League Paul Hoover

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hudson Valley

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