2016 Tampa Bay Rays season

Major League Baseball team 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)
| <- 2015 | Seasons | 2017 ->

|
|

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.

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

[edit]

### American League East

[edit]

* v
* t
* e

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

[edit]

* v
* t
* e

Division leaders  Team  | W | L | Pct.

|
|
|

Texas Rangers | 95 | 67  | .586
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67  | .584
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69  | .574

* v
* t
* e

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

### Game log

[edit]

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

## Roster

[edit]

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

[edit]

### Batting

[edit]

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

Source:[1]

### Pitching

[edit]

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

Source:[2]

## Farm system

[edit]

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

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Rays beat Cuban National Team 4-1 in Havana". Orlando Sentinel. Associated Press. March 22, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season.

* 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site Archived September 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
* 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
* 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

* v
* t
* e

2016 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

|

AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Houston
* Los Angeles
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Miami
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Washington

|

NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 2016 MLB draft
* 2016 All-Star Game
* Postseason
* 2016 World Series

* Fort Bragg Game

* v
* t
* e

Tampa Bay Rays

* Established in 1998
* Formerly the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* Based in St. Petersburg, Florida (Tampa Bay)

Franchise|

* Players
* Managers
* Owners and executives
* Broadcasters
* Radio Network
* Awards
* Records
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* First-round draft picks

* History
* Baseball in the Tampa Bay area
* Seasons
* Expansion
* Expansion draft
* All articles

Ballparks|

* Tropicana Field (damaged)
* George M. Steinbrenner Field (temporary; 2025)
* Gas Plant Stadium (proposed; abandoned)
* Ybor Stadium (proposed; abandoned)
* Rays Ballpark (proposed; abandoned)

Spring training
Al Lang Stadium
Charlotte Sports Park

Culture|

* Raymond
* The Rookie
* Dick Crippen
* The Happy Heckler
* Defenders of the Game
* Cowbell
* Opening pitcher

Lore|

* 9=8
* 2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase
* 2013 AL Wild Card tie-breaker game

Rivalries|

* Boston Red Sox

Key personnel|

* Owner: Stuart Sternberg
* President: Matthew Silverman & Brian Auld
* President of Baseball Operations: Erik Neander
* General Manager: Peter Bendix
* Manager: Kevin Cash

American League pennants (2)|

* 2008
* 2020

Division titles (4)|

* 2008
* 2010
* 2020
* 2021

Wild-Card berths (5)|

* 2011
* 2013
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023

Retired numbers|

* 12
* 42
* 66

Minor league
affiliates|

* Durham Bulls (Triple-A)
* Montgomery Biscuits (Double-A)
* Bowling Green Hot Rods (High-A)
* Charleston RiverDogs (Single-A)
* FCL Rays (Rookie)
* DSL Rays 1 (Rookie)
* DSL Rays 2 (Rookie)

Seasons (28)

1990s|

* 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 ·  1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template