Major League Baseball franchise in St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa Bay Rays
2024 Tampa Bay Rays season
Established in 1998
Team logo
Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
American League (1998–present)
East Division (1998–present)
Current uniform
Retired numbers
12
66
42
Colors
Navy blue, Columbia blue, yellow, white[1][2][3]
Name
Tampa Bay Rays (2008–present)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2007)
Ballpark
Tropicana Field (1998–present)
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)
None
AL Pennants (2)
2008
2020
AL East Division titles (4)
2008
2010
2020
2021
Wild card berths (5)
2011
2013
2019
2022
2023
Front office
Principal owner(s)
Stuart Sternberg
President
Brian Auld Matt Silverman
President of baseball operations
Erik Neander
General manager
Vacant
Manager
Kevin Cash
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in Florida, alongside the National League (NL)’s Miami Marlins. Since its inception, the team's home ballpark has been Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Following nearly three decades of unsuccessfully trying to gain an expansion franchise or enticing existing teams to relocate to the Tampa Bay area, an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March 9, 1995. The team began play as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1998 Major League Baseball season.
The team's first decade of play was marked by futility; they finished in last place in the AL East in all but the 2004 season, when they finished second to last.[4] Following the 2007 season, Stuart Sternberg, who had purchased controlling interest in the team from Vince Naimoli two years earlier,[5] changed the team's name from "Devil Rays" to "Rays", now meaning both manta rays and rays of sunshine;[1][6] a manta ray logo appears on the uniform sleeves while a sunburst appears on the uniform front. The 2008 season saw the Rays post their first winning season, their first AL East championship, and their first American League pennant (defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS), though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. Since then, the Rays have played in the postseason eight more times, winning the American League pennant again in 2020 and losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in that year's World Series.
The Tampa Bay Rays' chief rivals are the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, which also play in the AL East. Regarding the former, there have been several notable on-field incidents.[7] The Rays also have an in-state interleague rivalry with the National League (NL)'s Miami Marlins (originally the Florida Marlins).
Through 2023, the Rays' all-time record is 2,011–2,097 (.490).[8]
^ ab"Time to shine: Rays introduce new name, new icon, new team colors and new uniforms". RaysBaseball.com (Press release). MLB Advanced Media. November 8, 2007. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
^Chastain, Bill (February 7, 2018). "Rays set to celebrate 20th anniversary in '18". RaysBaseball.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved February 8, 2018. Prominent among those items was the 20th anniversary logo that will appear on the left sleeve of all Rays 2018 regular-season jerseys and caps. The home-plate shaped patch features the number 20, a sunburst and a variation of the original fish – all in the Rays' modern colors.
^"Rays All-Time Uniforms and Logos". RaysBaseball.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^"Tampa Bay Rays Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
^"Devil Rays' ownership transfer approved". ESPN. Associated Press. November 17, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
^Toribio, Juan (December 1, 2021). "Here's the history of the Rays' team name". RaysBaseball.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
^Reuter, Joel (June 11, 2013). "Is Red Sox-Rays the Most Underrated Heated Rivalry in Baseball?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
^"Tampa Bay Rays Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
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