2016 Tampa Bay Rays season

The 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season was the Rays' 19th season of Major League Baseball and the ninth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). After starting the season 31–32, the Rays went 37–62 across their final 100 games, including a dismal 3–24 stretch before the All-Star Break, to finish at 68–94, their worst record since the 2007 season.

2016 Tampa Bay Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Stuart Sternberg
Managers	Kevin Cash
Television	Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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In March 2016, the Rays traveled to Cuba to play an exhibition game against the Cuba national baseball team to accompany Barack Obama's visit to Cuba, the first United States presidential visit to Cuba in 88 years. It was a landmark in Cuba–United States relations. With Obama and Raúl Castro in attendance, the Rays beat Cuba 4–1.^[1]

Season standings

American League East

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	—	47‍–‍34	46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	4	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	4	50‍–‍31	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	9	48‍–‍33	36‍–‍45
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	—
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	2½
Seattle Mariners	86	76	.531	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	5
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	5
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	8
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	11
Los Angeles Angels	74	88	.457	15
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	20
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	21
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	30

Record against opponents

2016 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2016 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–11	4–3	5–1	5–2	1–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	10–9	3–4	1–6	13–6	3–4	9–10	14–6
Boston	11–8	—	3–4	4–2	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–3	4–3	11–8	5–1	4–3	12–7	3–3	9–10	14–6
Chicago	3–4	4–3	—	8–11	7–12	3–3	5–14	2–5	12–7	3–3	5–2	4–3	4–3	4–2	5–1	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	2–4	11–8	—	14–4	3–4	14–5	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–2	3–4	5–1	2–5	4–3	13–7
Detroit	2–5	5–2	12–7	4–14	—	4–2	7–12	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–1	2–4	3–4	13–7
Houston	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	—	3–4	13–6	5–2	2–4	13–6	11–8	3–3	4–15	2–5	11–9
Kansas City	2–4	4–2	14–5	5–14	12–7	4–3	—	1–5	15–4	2–5	1–6	3–4	5–2	1–6	2–4	10–10
Los Angeles	2–4	3–4	5–2	1–6	4–2	6–13	5–1	—	2–4	1–6	12–7	8–11	3–4	9–10	4–3	9–11
Minnesota	1–5	3–4	7–12	9–10	4–15	2–5	4–15	4–2	—	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	5–2	1–6	8–12
New York	9–10	8–11	3–3	5–2	3–3	4–2	5–2	6–1	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	7–12	8–12
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	2–4	3–4	6–13	6–1	7–12	4–2	3–4	—	7–12	5–2	9–10	3–3	7–13
Seattle	6–1	3–4	3–4	4–3	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–8	2–4	3–3	12–7	—	4–2	7–12	3–3	13–7
Tampa Bay	6–13	7–12	3–4	1–5	1–6	3–3	2–5	4–3	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	4–2	11–8	10–10
Texas	4–3	3–3	2–4	5–2	4–2	15–4	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–4	—	3–4	13–7
Toronto	10–9	10–9	1–5	3–4	4–3	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	8–11	4–3	—	13–7

Regular season summary

Game log

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

2016 Game Log (68–94)
April: 11–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 Blue Jays 3–5 Stroman (1–0) Archer (0–1) Osuna (1) 31,042 0–1 L1 2 April 4 Blue Jays 3–5 Dickey (1–0) Smyly (0–1) Osuna (2) 15,116 0–2 L2 3 April 5 Blue Jays 3–2 Colomé (1–0) Cecil (0–1) — 12,757 1–2 W1 4 April 6 Blue Jays 5–3 Ramírez (1–0) Floyd (0–1) — 14,257 2–2 W2 5 April 8 @ Orioles 1–6 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–2) — 17,304 2–3 L1 — April 9 @ Orioles Postponed (snow); Makeup: June 25 6 April 10 @ Orioles 3–5 Brach (1–0) Odorizzi (0–1) Britton (2) 23,101 2–4 L2 7 April 12 Indians 5–1 Cedeño (1–0) Kluber (0–2) — 10,283 3–4 W1 8 April 13 Indians 1–4 Carrasco (1–0) Smyly (0–2) Allen (2) 10,117 3–5 L1 9 April 14 Indians 0–6 Salazar (2–0) Archer (0–3) — 10,715 3–6 L2 10 April 15 White Sox 0–1 Sale (3–0) Colomé (1–1) — 16,801 3–7 L3 11 April 16 White Sox 7–2 Ramírez (2–0) Danks (0–2) — 30,451 4–7 W1 12 April 17 White Sox 3–2 Moore (1–0) Quintana (1–1) Colomé (1) 21,810 5–7 W2 13 April 19 @ Red Sox 3–0 (10) Ramírez (3–0) Barnes (1–1) Colomé (2) 32,061 6–7 W3 14 April 20 @ Red Sox 3–7 Porcello (3–0) Archer (0–4) — 31,689 6–8 L1 15 April 21 @ Red Sox 12–8 Ramírez (4–0) Cuevas (0–1) Colomé (3) 37,954 7–8 W1 16 April 22 @ Yankees 3–6 Nova (1–0) Moore (1–1) Miller (4) 31,843 7–9 L1 17 April 23 @ Yankees 2–3 Miller (1–0) Ramírez (4–1) — 40,714 7–10 L2 18 April 24 @ Yankees 8–1 Smyly (1–2) Pineda (1–2) — 40,981 8–10 W1 19 April 25 Orioles 2–0 Archer (1–4) Gausman (0–1) Colomé (4) 12,996 9–10 W2 20 April 26 Orioles 3–1 Romero (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) Colomé (5) 10,988 10–10 W3 21 April 27 Orioles 1–3 Tillman (2–1) Moore (1–2) Britton (5) 11,850 10–11 L1 22 April 29 Blue Jays 1–6 Sanchez (2–1) Smyly (1–3) — 13,679 10–12 L2 23 April 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Cedeño (2–0) Cecil (0–5) — 14,948 11–12 W1
May: 11–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 Blue Jays 1–5 Stroman (4–0) Cedeño (2–1) — 27,217 11–13 L1 25 May 3 Dodgers 5–10 Kazmir (2–2) Moore (1–3) Jansen (10) 14,116 11–14 L2 26 May 4 Dodgers 8–5 Ramírez (5–1) Wood (1–3) Colomé (6) 13,226 12–14 W1 27 May 6 @ Angels 5–2 Archer (2–4) Rasmus (0–2) Colomé (7) 41,253 13–14 W2 28 May 7 @ Angels 4–2 Ramírez (6–1) Smith (0–2) Colomé (8) 40,142 14–14 W3 29 May 8 @ Angels 3–1 Andriese (1–0) Tropeano (1–2) Colomé (9) 41,086 15–14 W4 30 May 9 @ Mariners 2–5 Hernandez (3–2) Eveland (0–1) Cishek (10) 15,230 15–15 L1 31 May 10 @ Mariners 4–6 Miley (3–2) Smyly (1–4) Cishek (11) 16,013 15–16 L2 32 May 11 @ Mariners 5–6 (11) Johnson (1–0) Geltz (0–1) — 23,000 15–17 L3 33 May 13 Athletics 3–6 Hill (5–3) Odorizzi (0–2) Madson (9) 14,604 15–18 L4 34 May 14 Athletics 6–0 Andriese (2–0) Graveman (1–5) — 28,158 16–18 W1 35 May 15 Athletics 6–7 Axford (3–1) Geltz (0–2) Madson (10) 19,545 16–19 L1 36 May 16 @ Blue Jays 13–2 Smyly (2–4) Happ (5–1) — 26,516 17–19 W1 37 May 17 @ Blue Jays 12–2 Archer (3–4) Stroman (4–1) — 27,521 18–19 W2 38 May 18 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Odorizzi (1–2) Dickey (2–5) Colomé (10) 29,078 19–19 W3 39 May 20 @ Tigers 7–5 Andriese (3–0) Sánchez (3–5) Colomé (11) 30,304 20–19 W4 40 May 21 @ Tigers 4–5 Fulmer (3–1) Smyly (2–5) Rodríguez (12) 32,316 20–20 L1 41 May 22 @ Tigers 4–9 Zimmermann (7–2) Archer (3–5) — 34,758 20–21 L2 42 May 23 @ Marlins 6–7 Phelps (3–2) Ramírez (6–2) Ramos (14) 17,969 20–22 L3 43 May 24 @ Marlins 4–3 Odorizzi (2–2) Koehler (2–5) Colomé (12) 23,709 21–22 W1 44 May 25 Marlins 3–4 Barraclough (3–1) Sturdevant (0–1) Ramos (15) 13,554 21–23 L1 45 May 26 Marlins 1–9 Fernández (7–2) Smyly (2–6) — 11,399 21–24 L2 46 May 27 Yankees 4–1 Tanaka (3–0) Archer (3–6) — 14,697 21–25 L3 47 May 28 Yankees 9–5 Moore (2–3) Pineda (2–6) — 20,188 22–25 W1 48 May 29 Yankees 1–2 Eovaldi (6–2) Odorizzi (2–3) Chapman (7) 19,748 22–26 L1 49 May 30 @ Royals 2–6 Herrera (1–1) Ramírez (6–3) — 32,018 22–27 L2 50 May 31 @ Royals 5–10 Gee (2–2) Smyly (2–7) Davis (15) 26,006 22–28 L3
June: 11–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 51 June 1 @ Royals 3–6 Duffy (1–0) Archer (3–7) Davis (16) 30,554 22–29 L4 52 June 2 @ Twins 4–6 Rogers (1–0) Ramírez (6–4) Jepsen (7) 20,193 22–30 L5 53 June 3 @ Twins 4–2 Ramírez (7–4) Nolasco (2–4) Colomé (13) 21,134 23–30 W1 54 June 4 @ Twins 7–4 Andriese (4–0) Santana (1–5) Colomé (14) 26,613 24–30 W2 55 June 5 @ Twins 7–5 Cedeño (3–1) Jepsen (2–5) Colomé (15) 25,510 25–30 W3 56 June 6 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Archer (4–7) Ray (2–5) Colomé (16) 17,176 26–30 W4 57 June 7 @ Diamondbacks 0–5 Greinke (8–3) Moore (2–4) — 17,964 26–31 L1 58 June 8 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Odorizzi (3–3) Bradley (2–2) Colomé (17) 16,954 27–31 W1 59 June 10 Astros 4–3 Andriese (5–0) McCullers Jr. (3–2) Colomé (18) 13,075 28–31 W2 60 June 11 Astros 3–4 Fiers (4–3) Archer (4–8) Harris (3) 19,658 28–32 L1 61 June 12 Astros 5–0 Moore (3–4) Keuchel (3–9) — 11,168 29–32 W1 62 June 14 Mariners 8–7 Garton (1–0) Montgomery (2–2) Colomé (19) 11,455 30–32 W2 63 June 15 Mariners 3–2 (13) Andriese (6–0) Montgomery (2–3) — 12,239 31–32 W3 64 June 16 Mariners 4–6 Paxton (1–2) Snell (0–1) Cishek (15) 11,331 31–33 L1 65 June 17 Giants 1–5 Samardzija (8–4) Archer (4–9) — 40,135 31–34 L2 66 June 18 Giants 4–6 Strickland (3–0) Colomé (1–2) Gearrin (2) 23,948 31–35 L3 67 June 19 Giants 1–5 Law (2–1) Cedeño (3–2) — 17,361 31–36 L4 68 June 20 @ Indians 4–7 Shaw (1–3) Ramírez (7–5) Allen (14) 13,811 31–37 L5 69 June 21 @ Indians 0–6 Kluber (7–7) Snell (0–2) — 15,629 31–38 L6 70 June 22 @ Indians 1–6 Bauer (5–2) Archer (4–10) — 21,216 31–39 L7 71 June 24 @ Orioles 3–6 Tolliver (1–0) Moore (3–5) Britton (22) 44,956 31–40 L8 72 June 25 (1) @ Orioles 0–5 Gausman (1–5) Andriese (6–1) — 18,229 31–41 L9 73 June 25 (2) @ Orioles 6–8 McFarland (2–2) Ramírez (7–6) Britton (23) 33,040 31–42 L10 74 June 26 @ Orioles 5–12 Wilson (4–5) Smyly (2–8) — 38,611 31–43 L11 75 June 27 Red Sox 13–7 Snell (1–2) Rodríguez (1–3) — 18,024 32–43 W1 76 June 28 Red Sox 2–8 Porcello (9–2) Archer (4–11) — 16,986 32–44 L1 77 June 29 Red Sox 4–0 Moore (4–5) Price (8–5) — 24,110 33–44 W1 78 June 30 Tigers 7–10 Sánchez (5–8) Ramírez (7–7) Rodríguez (22) 10,729 33–45 L1
July: 9–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 79 July 1 Tigers 2–10 Fulmer (8–2) Smyly (2–9) — 13,537 33–46 L2 80 July 2 Tigers 2–3 Verlander (8–6) Snell (1–3) Rodriguez (23) 17,861 33–47 L3 81 July 3 Tigers 1–5 Rondón (2–0) Andriese (6–2) — 13,126 33–48 L4 82 July 4 Angels 4–2 Moore (5–5) Salas (3–6) Garton (1) 14,532 34–48 W1 83 July 5 Angels 5–13 Guerra (2–0) Odorizzi (3–4) — 14,896 34–49 L1 84 July 6 Angels 2–7 Weaver (7–7) Smyly (2–10) — 11,267 34–50 L2 85 July 7 Angels 1–5 Santiago (6–4) Snell (1–4) — 14,576 34–51 L3 86 July 8 @ Red Sox 5–6 Ross Jr. (1–1) Archer (4–12) Uehara (3) 37,739 34–52 L4 87 July 9 @ Red Sox 1–4 Porcello (11–2) Moore (5–6) Uehara (4) 36,900 34–53 L5 88 July 10 @ Red Sox 0–4 Price (9–6) Odorizzi (3–5) — 36,669 34–54 L6 87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California 89 July 15 Orioles 3–4 Givens (7–1) Archer (4–13) Britton (28) 17,672 34–55 L7 90 July 16 Orioles 1–2 Tillman (13–2) Moore (5–7) Britton (29) 18,638 34–56 L8 91 July 17 Orioles 5–2 Odorizzi (4–5) Bundy (2–2) Colomé (20) 16,161 35–56 W1 92 July 18 @ Rockies 4–7 Anderson (2–3) Smyly (2–11) Estévez 30,601 35–57 L1 93 July 19 @ Rockies 10–1 Snell (2–4) Chatwood (8–6) Andriese (1) 33,061 36–57 W1 94 July 20 @ Rockies 11–3 Archer (5–13) de la Rosa (6–7) — 31,456 37–57 W2 95 July 21 @ Athletics 7–3 Moore (6–7) Gray (4–9) Colomé (21) 14,412 38–57 W3 96 July 22 @ Athletics 0–1 (13) Axford (4–3) Floro (0–1) — 15,250 38–58 L1 97 July 23 @ Athletics 3–4 Graveman (7–6) Colomé (1–3) — 30,436 38–59 L2 98 July 24 @ Athletics 2–3 Dull (4–2) Ramírez (7–8) Madson (21) 17,642 38–60 L3 99 July 26 @ Dodgers 2–3 Norris (6–9) Archer (5–14) Jansen (30) 46,960 38–61 L4 100 July 27 @ Dodgers 3–1 Moore (7–7) McCarthy (2–1) Colomé (22) 43,576 39–61 W1 101 July 29 Yankees 5–1 Odorizzi (5–5) Nova (7–6) Colomé (23) 17,856 40–61 W2 102 July 30 Yankees 6–3 Smyly (3–11) Eovaldi (9–7) Colomé (24) 25,883 41–61 W3 103 July 31 Yankees 5–3 Snell (3–4) Pineda (5–10) Colomé (25) 18,109 42–61 W4
August: 14–15 (Home: 10–7; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 104 August 1 Royals 0–3 Duffy (7–1) Archer (5–15) Herrera (2) 13,976 42–62 L1 105 August 2 Royals 2–3 Young (3–8) Cedeño (3–3) Herrera (3) 12,625 42–63 L2 106 August 3 Royals 12–0 Odorizzi (6–5) Vólquez (8–10) — 11,149 43–63 W1 107 August 4 Royals 3–2 Boxberger (1–0) Soria (4–5) Colomé (26) 13,120 44–63 W2 108 August 5 Twins 2–6 Santana (5–9) Ramírez (7–9) — 12,161 44–64 L1 109 August 6 Twins 7–3 Archer (6–15) Berríos (2–2) Colomé (27) 15,603 45–64 W1 110 August 7 Twins 3–6 Gibson (4–6) Andriese (6–3) Kintzler (9) 12,649 45–65 L1 111 August 8 @ Blue Jays 5–7 Benoit (2–1) Cedeño (3–4) Osuna (25) 43,812 45–66 L2 112 August 9 @ Blue Jays 9–2 Smyly (4–11) Estrada (7–5) Ramírez (1) 43,134 46–66 W1 113 August 10 @ Blue Jays 0–7 Happ (16–3) Snell (3–5) — 45,501 46–67 L1 114 August 12 @ Yankees 3–6 Sabathia (7–9) Archer (6–16) Betances (4) 46,459 46–68 L2 115 August 13 @ Yankees 4–8 Tanaka (9–4) Andriese (6–4) — 41,682 46–69 L3 116 August 14 @ Yankees 12–3 Odorizzi (7–5) Severino (1–8) — 41,473 47–69 W1 117 August 15 Padres 8–2 Smyly (5–11) Perdomo (5–7) — 10,417 48–69 W2 118 August 16 Padres 15–1 Snell (4–5) Jackson (3–3) — 10,793 49–69 W3 119 August 17 Padres 2–0 Archer (7–16) Friedrich (4–9) Colomé (28) 10,251 50–69 W4 120 August 19 Rangers 2–6 Hamels (13–4) Andriese (6–5) — 15,109 50–70 L1 121 August 20 Rangers 8–2 Odorizzi (8–5) Griffin (5–3) — 16,505 51–70 W1 122 August 21 Rangers 8–4 Smyly (6–11) Pérez (8–9) — 17,685 52–70 W2 123 August 22 Red Sox 2–6 Price (12–8) Snell (4–6) — 13,576 52–71 L1 124 August 23 Red Sox 1–2 Buchholz (5–9) Archer (7–17) Kimbrel (23) 11,249 52–72 L2 125 August 24 Red Sox 4–3 (11) Boxberger (2–0) Hembree (4–1) — 11,896 53–72 W1 126 August 25 Red Sox 2–1 Odorizzi (9–5) Pomeranz (10–10) Romero (1) 12,059 54–72 W2 127 August 26 @ Astros 4–5 Giles (2–3) Colomé (1–4) — 25,852 54–73 L1 128 August 27 @ Astros 2–6 Keuchel (9–12) Snell (4–7) — 36,544 54–74 L2 129 August 28 @ Astros 10–4 Archer (8–17) Fister (12–9) — 37,484 55–74 W1 130 August 29 @ Red Sox 4–9 Porcello (18–3) Andriese (6–6) — 36,948 55–75 L1 131 August 30 @ Red Sox 4–3 Romero (2–0) Buchholz (5–10) Colomé (29) 37,083 56–75 W1 132 August 31 @ Red Sox 6–8 Tazawa (3–2) Ramírez (7–10) Kimbrel (24) 36,786 56–76 L1
September: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 133 September 2 Blue Jays 8–3 Farquhar (1–0) Stroman (9–6) — 12,602 57–76 W1 134 September 3 Blue Jays 7–5 Snell (5–7) Estrada (8–7) Colomé (30) 14,353 58–76 W2 135 September 4 Blue Jays 3–5 Benoit (3–1) Jepsen (2–6) Osuna (30) 13,884 58–77 L1 136 September 5 Orioles 3–7 Jiménez (6–11) Andriese (6–7) — 12,256 58–78 L2 137 September 6 Orioles 2–11 Gallardo (5–7) Odorizzi (9–6) — 12,207 58–79 L3 138 September 7 Orioles 7–6 Boxberger (3–0) Givens (8–2) Colomé (31) 10,537 59–79 W1 139 September 8 @ Yankees 4–5 Layne (2–1) Ramírez (7–11) — 27,631 59–80 L1 140 September 9 @ Yankees 5–7 Warren (5–3) Snell (5–8) Betances (10) 30,194 59–81 L2 141 September 10 @ Yankees 1–5 Tanaka (13–4) Archer (8–18) — 33,460 59–82 L3 142 September 11 @ Yankees 4–2 Andriese (7–7) Cessa (4–1) Colomé (32) 33,087 60–82 W1 143 September 12 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Grilli (6–5) Boxberger (3–1) Osuna (32) 35,333 60–83 L1 144 September 13 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Smyly (7–11) Stroman (9–8) — 38,338 61–83 W1 145 September 14 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Cobb (1–0) Estrada (8–9) — 41,001 62–83 W2 146 September 15 @ Orioles 7–6 Boxberger (4–1) Gallardo (5–8) Colomé (33) 19,233 63–83 W3 147 September 16 @ Orioles 4–5 Brach (9–3) Boxberger (4–2) Britton (44) 30,094 63–84 L1 148 September 17 @ Orioles 5–2 Andriese (8–7) Tillman (16–6) Colomé (34) 27,823 64–84 W1 149 September 18 @ Orioles 1–2 Brach (10–3) Garton (1–1) Britton (45) 28,427 64–85 L1 150 September 20 Yankees 3–5 Severino (3–8) Boxberger (4–3) Betances (12) 12,732 64–86 L2 151 September 21 Yankees 5–11 Tanaka (14–4) Cobb (1–1) — 12,192 64–87 L3 152 September 22 Yankees 2–0 Snell (6–8) Cessa (4–3) Colomé (35) 13,355 65–87 W1 153 September 23 Red Sox 1–2 Pomeranz (11–12) Archer (8–19) Ziegler (22) 20,543 65–88 L1 154 September 24 Red Sox 4–6 Porcello (22–4) Garton (1–2) Kimbrel (30) 25,641 65–89 L2 155 September 25 Red Sox 2–3 (10) Kelly (4–0) Gamboa (0–1) — 26,443 65–90 L3 156 September 26 @ White Sox 1–7 Shields (6–18) Smyly (7–12) — 13,655 65–91 L4 157 September 27 @ White Sox 6–13 Sale (17–9) Cobb (1–2) — 14,798 65–92 L5 158 September 28 @ White Sox 0–1 González (5–8) Gamboa (0–2) Robertson (37) 12,976 65–93 L6 159 September 29 @ White Sox 5–3 Archer (9–19) Quintana (13–12) Colomé (36) 14,792 66–93 W1 160 September 30 @ Rangers 1–3 Darvish (7–5) Andriese (8–8) Dyson (38) 35,968 66–94 L1
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 161 October 1 @ Rangers 4–1 Odorizzi (10–6) Lewis (6–5) Colomé (37) 42,093 67–94 W1 162 October 2 @ Rangers 6–4 (10) Colomé (2–4) Scheppers (1–1) Ramírez (2) 37,015 68–94 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rays team member

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2016 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers 35 Matt Andriese 22 Chris Archer 26 Brad Boxberger 31 Xavier Cedeño 53 Alex Cobb 37 Álex Colomé 51,56 Dana Eveland 43 Danny Farquhar 49 Dylan Floro 59 Eddie Gamboa 52 Ryan Garton 54 Steve Geltz 40 Kevin Jepsen 50 Jhan Mariñez 58 Justin Marks 55 Matt Moore 23 Jake Odorizzi 30 Erasmo Ramírez 45 Enny Romero 33 Drew Smyly  4 Blake Snell 50 Tyler Sturdevant 58 Ryan Webb 47 Chase Whitley		Catchers 19 Curt Casali 24 Hank Conger 46 Luke Maile 21 Bobby Wilson Infielders  1 Tim Beckham  5 Matt Duffy 11 Logan Forsythe  3 Evan Longoria 13 Brad Miller  7 Logan Morrison  9 Juniel Querecuto 24 Alexei Ramírez 36 Richie Shaffer		Outfielders  9 Oswaldo Arcia 14 Jaff Decker 10 Corey Dickerson  2 Nick Franklin  5 Brandon Guyer  8 Desmond Jennings 39 Kevin Kiermaier 27 Mikie Mahtook 38 Taylor Motter 28 Steve Pearce 20 Steven Souza		Manager 16 Kevin Cash Coaches 15 Rocco Baldelli (first base) 41 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 77 Scott Cursi (bullpen catcher) 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher)  6 Tom Foley (bench) 48 Jim Hickey (pitching) 25 Charlie Montoyo (third base) 51 Chad Mottola (hitting) (September 6-end of season) 4,44 Jamie Nelson (assistant hitting) 17 Derek Shelton (hitting) (beginning of season-September 5)

Player stats

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Evan Longoria	160	633	81	173	41	4	36	98	0	42	.273	.521
Brad Miller	152	548	73	133	29	6	30	81	6	47	.243	.482
Logan Forsythe	127	511	76	135	24	4	20	52	6	46	.264	.444
Corey Dickerson	148	510	57	125	36	3	24	70	0	33	.245	.469
Steven Souza Jr.	120	430	58	106	17	1	17	49	7	31	.247	.409
Kevin Kiermaier	105	366	55	90	20	2	12	37	21	40	.246	.410
Logan Morrison	107	353	45	84	18	1	14	43	4	37	.238	.414
Curt Casali	84	226	23	42	10	0	8	25	0	25	.186	.336
Brandon Guyer	63	212	27	51	12	1	7	18	2	12	.241	.406
Steve Pearce	60	204	26	63	11	1	10	29	0	26	.309	.520
Desmond Jennings	65	200	22	40	7	1	7	20	2	21	.200	.350
Tim Beckham	64	198	25	49	12	5	5	16	2	14	.247	.434
Mikie Mahtook	65	185	16	36	9	0	3	11	0	7	.195	.292
Nick Franklin	60	174	18	47	10	1	6	26	6	12	.270	.443
Hank Conger	49	124	6	24	5	0	3	10	0	12	.194	.306
Luke Maile	42	119	10	27	7	0	3	15	0	4	.227	.361
Bobby Wilson	28	87	14	20	2	0	4	9	0	5	.230	.391
Taylor Motter	33	80	11	15	3	0	2	9	0	11	.188	.300
Matt Duffy	21	76	9	21	3	0	1	7	0	3	.276	.355
Alexei Ramírez	17	57	5	14	3	0	1	7	2	4	.246	.351
Oswaldo Arcia	21	54	7	14	2	1	2	7	1	6	.259	.444
Jaff Decker	19	52	1	8	1	0	0	1	1	4	.154	.173
Richie Shaffer	20	48	5	12	6	0	1	4	0	5	.250	.438
Juniel Querecuto	4	11	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.091	.273
Pitcher Totals	162	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.130	.130
Team Totals	162	5481	672	1333	288	32	216	647	60	449	.243	.426

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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; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Chris Archer	9	19	4.02	33	33	0	201.1	183	100	90	67	233
Jake Odorizzi	10	6	3.69	33	33	0	187.2	170	80	77	54	166
Drew Smyly	7	12	4.88	30	30	0	175.1	174	103	95	49	167
Matt Moore	7	7	4.08	21	21	0	130.0	125	62	59	40	109
Matt Andriese	8	8	4.37	29	19	1	127.2	131	64	62	25	109
Erasmo Ramírez	7	11	3.77	64	1	2	90.2	90	39	38	26	63
Blake Snell	6	8	3.54	19	19	0	89.0	93	44	35	51	98
Alex Colomé	2	4	1.91	57	0	37	56.2	43	12	12	15	71
Enny Romero	2	0	5.91	52	0	1	45.2	42	31	30	28	50
Xavier Cedeño	3	4	3.70	54	0	0	41.1	36	17	17	13	43
Ryan Garton	1	2	4.35	37	0	1	39.1	44	20	19	11	33
Danny Farquhar	1	0	3.06	35	0	0	35.1	33	14	12	15	46
Steve Geltz	0	2	5.74	27	0	0	26.2	24	17	17	9	23
Brad Boxberger	4	3	4.81	27	0	0	24.1	23	13	13	19	22
Dana Eveland	0	1	9.00	33	0	0	23.0	32	23	23	19	21
Alex Cobb	1	2	8.59	5	5	0	22.0	32	22	21	7	16
Kevin Jepsen	0	1	5.68	25	0	0	19.0	20	13	12	9	13
Tyler Sturdevant	0	1	3.93	16	0	0	18.1	18	8	8	6	14
Ryan Webb	0	0	5.19	18	0	0	17.1	27	11	10	3	11
Dylan Floro	0	1	4.20	12	0	0	15.0	23	8	7	5	14
Chase Whitley	0	0	2.51	5	1	0	14.1	13	7	4	3	15
Eddie Gamboa	0	2	1.35	7	0	0	13.1	9	3	2	8	11
Justin Marks	0	0	1.00	4	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	6
Jhan Mariñez	0	0	2.45	3	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	3
Taylor Motter	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	68	94	4.20	162	162	42	1426.1	1395	713	665	491	1357

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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Jared Sandberg
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Brady Williams
A-Advanced	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Florida State League	Michael Johns
A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Midwest League	Reinaldo Ruiz
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Tim Parenton
Rookie	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	Danny Sheaffer
Rookie	GCL Rays	Gulf Coast League	Jim Morrison
Rookie	DSL Rays	Dominican Summer League	Julio Zorrilla