The 2006

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season was their ninth since the franchise was created. They finished last in the

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division, posting a league-worst record of 61–101. Their

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was

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, who entered his first season with the Devil Rays. The Devil Rays' offense had the fewest runs (689), hits (1,395) and RBI (650) in Major League Baseball, as well as the joint-lowest

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(.255) and lowest on-base percentage (.314).

Offseason

*December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. *December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs. *January 18, 2006: Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. *January 31, 2006: Russell Branyan was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Russell Branyan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

*Carl Crawford *Jonny Gomes *Nick Green *Toby Hall *Damon Hollins *Aubrey Huff *Travis Lee *Seth McClung *Tomás Pérez *Ty Wigginton

Transactions

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was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round of the June amateur draft. *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). *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

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: MontgomeryJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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