Tampa Bay Devil Rays Managers

This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization. Win / loss statistics, winning percentage, position in division and games behind the leader are also shown for each manager. Links include a year; which leads to the American League season in review; the manager(s) name, which leads to his career statistics; and a roster, which leads to a list of every player on the team during the year.

"These jobs don't come along very often. You don't get the opportunity to build from the ground up in very many situations." - Tampa Bay Devil Rays Manager (1998-2001) Larry Rothschild
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Managers
1998 - 2008

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Managers & Finishes in Chronological Order

Year Uniform # Manager Wins Losses WP Finish GB Roster
1998

11

Larry Rothschild

63 99 .389 5th 51

1998

1999

11

Larry Rothschild

69 93 .426 5th 29

1999

2000

11

Larry Rothschild

69 92 .429 5th 18

2000

2001

11

Larry Rothschild

4 10 .286 5th 34

2001

56

Hal McRae

58 90 .392
2002

11

Hal McRae

55

106

.342

5th

48

2002

2003

14

Lou Piniella

63

99

.389

5th

38

2003

2004

14

Lou Piniella

70

91

.435

4th 30½

2004

2005

14

Lou Piniella

67 95 .414 5th 28 2005
2006

70

Joe Maddon

61 101

.377

5th

36

2006
2007 70

Joe Maddon

66 96 .407 5th 30 2007

2008

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Joe Maddon

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2008

Year Uniform # Manager Wins Losses WP Finish GB Roster

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Managers & Finishes



Did you know that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished fifty-one games behind the leader in 1998, yet still drew one of the largest attendance figures in baseball?

During the 1998 season, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays had their largest attendance when 2,506,023 fans attended home games at Tropicana Field.

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