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40-MANROSTEROn September 7, 2012, Ben Zobrist delivered a two-run, walk-off home run in the 11th inning off Rangers reliever Mark Lowe for a 3-1 victory. It was Zobrist’s first career walk-off blast. The Rays bullpen scattered one hit over five scoreless innings, with no walks and eight strikeouts.

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2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE40-MAN ROSTER › CHRIS ARCHER

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200MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 35 daysOPENING DAY AGE 24BORN 9/26/88 in Raleigh, NCRESIDES Clayton, NCCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Chicago Cubs along with C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zach Rosscup, 1/8/11SIGNING SCOUT Bob Mayer (Indians)

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CHRIS ARCHER 22Christopher Alan Archer

X-RAY REPORT Ê If given a chance to invite any three people to dinner, Chris would choose Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X and his mentor, Ron Walker.

Ê An avid reader, Chris completed Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho during the offseason.

Ê Chris experienced two “firsts” this past offsea-son…he completed his first speaking engage-ment, at Young Men’s Leadership Academy of Wake County (Raleigh, N.C.)…he also sat in on his first college classes—psychology and lead-ership—while visiting a friend at UC-Berkeley…in order to attend the freshman classes, the professor required him to participate in the discussions.

Ê In January, Chris teamed up with nation-al nonprofit Good Sports to donate $58,000 worth of sports equipment to Raleigh Boys and Girls Clubs…he also visited 40 kids at the club and treated them to a special pitching demonstration.

Ê Employed as a pinch-runner twice last season by Joe Maddon…on June 24 at PHI, he nearly be-came the first Rays pitcher to steal a base but overslid the bag and was tagged out…during the offseason Chris trains for speed and explo-siveness, which he believes helps his velocity on the mound.

2012 SEASON Ê Served two separate stints with the Rays, his first major league action…spent the remainder of the season with Triple-A Durham…in 6 ap-pearances (4 starts) with the Rays, went 1-3 with a 4.60 ERA (29.1-IP, 15-ER), 36 SO and only 23 hits and 13 BB allowed.

Ê Named the 2012 Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Year…in 25 starts for Durham, he went 7-9 with a 3.66 ERA (128-IP, 52-ER) and led the International League and Rays minor league system with 139 SO…his .216 opp avg. was 3rd best among Triple-A pitchers.

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became only the second pitcher in the last 25 years to have 25 SO or more in his first 3 career starts, along with WAS Stephen Strasburg (32 in 2010), and the first to do it in the AL since NYY Al Leiter (25 in 1987)…it was also a Rays club record for a pitcher in his first 3 starts.

Ê Was first recalled on June 20 to take the ros-ter spot of Jeremy Hellickson, who was placed on the DL due to right shoulder inflammation…made his major league debut against Strasburg that night at Nationals Park and sustained a 3-2 loss…totaled 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 82 pitches, 49 strikes…allowed 3 hits and 3 runs in the 1st inning but didn’t allow a hit in his final 5 innings…his 7 SO were the 2nd most by a Ray in his major league debut behind Wade Davis’ 9 SO on Sep 6, 2009 vs. DET.

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Ê His debut snapped the Rays streak of consecu-tive games started by a pitcher they drafted at 232 games, a major league record.

Ê Made his second start on June 26 at KC, losing 8-2 to Bruce Chen…yielded 4 R/ER in 5.2 IP, with 7 SO and 1 BB.

Ê Optioned back to Durham on June 28, and went 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA (51.1-IP, 11-ER) in 11 starts for the Bulls after his return…recalled for a sec-ond time on Sep 7 to make a spot start in place of David Price who had shoulder fatigue.

Ê On Sep 8 vs. TEX, struck out 11 and allowed 2 runs in 7 IP but did not factor in the decision in a 4-2, 10-inning loss…his 11 SO were one shy of the club rookie record set by Dan Wheeler on Sep 12, 1999 vs. OAK (12)…became just the 3rd AL pitcher since 2005 to record 11 or more strikeouts in one of his first 3 career starts…joined teammate Matt Moore on Sep 22, 2011 at NYY (11-SO) and SEA Felix Hernandez on Aug 15, 2005 vs. KC (11-SO).

Ê Earned his first major league win on Sep 19 vs. BOS in a 13-3 victory over Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Ê On Sep 13 at BAL, threw 3.2 innings in relief and took the loss as he allowed a walk-off, RBI single to Manny Machado in the 14th inning…it was his first relief appearance since April 16, 2010 with Class-A Daytona…escaped a bas-es-loaded, no-out jam in the 13th, capped by strikeouts of Matt Wieters and Nate McLouth to end the inning.

Ê Entered his relief app on Sep 13 at BAL as a pinch-hitter, when Ryan Roberts left the game after fouling a ball off his foot in the 11th in-ning…he eventually struck out…became the first pitcher to enter an AL game (excluding interleague play) as a pinch-hitter and remain in the game to pitch since BOS Joel Finch on July 25, 1979 vs. OAK, in a 16-4 Boston victory.

Ê Was used twice as a pinch-runner, June 23-24 at PHI…scored the game-tying run in the Rays 9th-inning rally against Jonathan Papelbon in his first pinch-running appearance on June 23.

Ê In 14 starts at Durham before his first recall, posted a 4-8 record with a 4.81 ERA (76.2-IP, 41-ER) and 90 SO…led all Triple-A pitchers in strikeouts as well as SO/9 IP (10.57) at the time of his recall.

Ê Named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Month in May…went 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA (34.2-IP, 13-ER) and 49 SO against 14 BB in 6 starts.

Ê Enters the 2013 season rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Rays or-ganization behind OF Wil Myers…the publica-tion also rated him the No. 3 prospect in the International League, as well as Best Slider in the farm system for a second straight season.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Spent the majority of the 2011 season with Double-A Montgomery, making 25 starts in his first season in the Rays system…went 8-7 with a 4.42 ERA (134.1-IP, 66-ER) and on Aug 26 was promoted to Durham, where he made two quali-ty starts to end the season.

Ê Through his first 11 starts (June 1) was 1-3 with a 5.98 ERA (52.2-IP, 35-ER)…after that, went 8-4 with a 3.04 ERA (94.2-IP, 32-ER) over his final 16 starts between Montgomery and Durham…overall was 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA (147.1-IP, 67-ER) in 27 starts.

Ê Named a Southern League midseason All-Star…named SL Pitcher of the Week during his fi-nal week with the Biscuits…led the Southern League with 18 wild pitches…his 80 BB were 3rd most in the league.

Ê Started one playoff game for Durham, suffer-ing a loss vs. Columbus (Indians) despite a ca-reer-high 11 SO.

Ê Following the season was rated by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect in the Rays or-ganization, after LH Matt Moore and SS Hak-Ju Lee.

Ê Traded from the Cubs to the Rays on Jan 8 in an eight-player deal involving Matt Garza…in-vited to major league camp and appeared in 4 games for the Rays during spring training, compiling a 0.00 ERA (4.1-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-ER, 5-BB, 5-SO).

Ê In 2010 was named Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year…compiled a 15-3 record with a 2.34 ERA (142.1-IP, 37-ER) and 149 SO in 28 games (27 starts) between Class-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee.

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Ê Ranked 3rd among all minor league pitchers in victories, 7th in ERA and 3rd in opp avg. (.200, 102-for-509).

Ê Won his final 7 decisions (May 8–June 27) be-fore his promotion to Tennessee…did not al-low an earned run in his first 31.1 innings of Double-A ball.

Ê Following the season was named the No. 1 prospect and Best Slider in the Cubs organiza-tion by Baseball America…the publication also named him to its Minor League All-Star Team.

Ê Pitched for Team USA’s Pan American Qualifying Team in October…on Oct 11 earned a second-round win over top-seeded Cuba with 6 shutout innings (2-H, 0-BB, 10-SO).

Ê Did not allow a home run all season in 109 in-nings at Class-A Peoria (Cubs) in 2009…totaled 119 SO and averaged 9.8 SO/9 IP.

Ê In 2008 with Class-A Lake County (Indians) he held opponents to a .050 avg. (3-for-60) with 2 outs and RISP…allowed 3 hits or less in 16 of his 27 starts and 1 ER or less 14 times, but won only 4 games.

Ê Was winless (0-7) in his first 12 profession-al starts before he defeated the GCL Braves, 8-2, on July 27, 2007 as a member of the GCL Indians.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê His hometown of Clayton, N.C., is only a 40-min-ute drive from Durham…his family and closest friends took advantage of this by attending his home starts for the Bulls last season as well as his major league debut at Nationals Park.

Ê Named Conference Player of the Year as a se-nior quarterback at Clayton High School.

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LONGEST OUTING

7.0, 9/8/12 vs. TEX

LONGEST RELIEF OUTING

3.2, 9/13/12 at BAL

STRIKEOUTS

11, 9/8/12 vs. TEX

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1, 3x-last 9/29/12 at CWS

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3G, 6/20/12 – 9/13/12

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK

2006 GCL Indians 0 3 7.45 7 6 0 0 0 19.1 17 22 16 1 3 17-0 21 6 1

Burlington 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 1-0 1 1 0

2007 GCL Indians 1 7 5.64 12 11 0 0 0 52.2 56 36 33 4 8 21-0 48 9 0

Lake County 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 0 1 3-0 5 1 0

2008 Lake County 4 8 4.29 27 27 0 0 0 115.1 92 64 55 8 11 84-0 106 18 0

2009 Peoria 6 4 2.81 27 26 0 0 0 109.0 78 41 34 0 7 66-0 119 10 1

2010 Daytona 7 1 2.86 15 14 0 0 0 72.1 54 27 23 4 3 26-1 82 1 0

Tennessee 8 2 1.80 13 13 0 0 0 70.0 48 19 14 2 2 39-1 67 5 0

2011 Montgomery 8 7 4.42 25 25 0 0 0 134.1 136 76 66 11 10 80-1 118 18 0

Durham 1 0 0.69 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 1 1 0 0 6-0 12 0 0

2012 Durham 7 9 3.66 25 25 0 0 0 128.0 99 54 52 6 7 62-0 139 12 1

Tampa Bay 1 3 4.60 6 4 0 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 3 1 13-0 36 2 0

Minor League Totals 42 41 3.75 155 149 0 0 0 719.2 598 346 300 37 53 405-3 718 81 3

Major League Totals 1 3 4.60 6 4 0 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 3 1 13-0 36 2 0

1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fi fth round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Bob Mayer. 2: Acquired by the Chicago Cubs along with

RH Jeff Stevens and LH John Gaub from Cleveland in exchange for OF Mark DeRosa, December 31, 2008. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays

along with C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando

Perez and LH Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP

2012 Tampa Bay .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000

CAREER FIELDINGYEAR POSITION PCT G PO A E TC DP

2012 Pitcher .833 6 1 4 1 6 0

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vs. Left .300 40 12 2 .300 40 12 2

vs. Right .164 67 11 1 .164 67 11 1

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190MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE NoneOPENING DAY AGE 23BORN 1/27/90 in Griffin, GARESIDES Atlanta, GACONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (first over-all) of the 2008 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Milt Hill (Rays)

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TIM BECKHAM 29Timothy Lamar Beckham

X-RAY REPORT Ê Tim played baseball, basketball and foot-ball growing up…he credits his older brother, Jeremy, for pushing him to focus on baseball as a teenager…Jeremy, who played two seasons in the Rays minor league system, would bring Tim to his high school field to help him practice…when Jeremy’s JV team needed an extra play-er for a summer game, Tim, only a fifth grad-er at the time, played the outfield and even col-lected a hit…Jeremy was selected by the Rays out of Georgia Southern in the 17th round of the same draft as Tim and played alongside him at Princeton, Hudson Valley and Bowling Green.

Ê Along with teammates Wil Myers and Frank De Los Santos, attended MLB’s Rookie Career Development Program in Washington, D.C. in January…the program aims to help prospects learn how to be a major leaguer on and off the field and includes classes on finances and me-dia relations.

Ê During his suspension last season, Tim volun-teered at the Port Charlotte Boys and Girls Club twice a week…he helped teachers and spent time mentoring the kids.

2012 SEASON Ê Hit .256 (73-for-285) with 6 HR and 28 RBI in 72 games at Triple-A Durham…played the first two weeks of the season with the Bulls but missed the next 50 games while serv-ing a suspension for a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse…returned on June 23.

Ê Played primarily at shortstop (47 starts) but also appeared at second base (24 starts)…it marked the first time in his career that he played a position other than shortstop.

Ê In April before the suspension, hit .204 (11-for-54) with 0 HR, 4 RBI and 6 BB in 13 games…af-ter returning from the suspension on June 23, hit .268 (62-for-231) with 6 HR and 23 BB in 59 games through season’s end.

Ê Enters the 2013 season ranked as the Rays No. 10 prospect and Best Infield Arm by Baseball America.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Split the 2011 season between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham with an Aug 10 promotion…combined to hit .271 (142-for-524) with 28 2B, 12 HR, 70 RBI and 17 SB…had totaled 12 HR over his previous three seasons.

Ê Combined to hit .354 (51-for-144) against lefties but only .239 (91-for-380) against righties.

Ê Opened the season with Montgomery and fin-ished 5th in the Southern League with 82 runs.

Ê Played for the U.S. team in the Futures Game in July at Chase Field.

Ê Entered 2012 ranked by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect and Best Infield Arm in the Rays organization.

Ê In 2010, spent the season with Class-A Charlotte and started 121 games at SS…led the team with 57 RBI, 68 runs, 62 BB and 119 SO…hit all 5 of his HR before the All-Star break but batted 73 points higher after.

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Ê Played for Class-A Bowling Green in 2009, his first full minor league season…hit .291 (114-for-392) with all 5 HR against RHP, but only .212 (21-for-99) against LHP…in 117 games at SS committed 43 errors, most among South Atlantic League shortstops…was ranked by BA as the No. 6 prospect in the Rays system and No. 5 prospect in the SAL after the season.

Ê Made his pro debut in 2008 at Rookie-level Princeton after being selected No. 1 over-all in the June Draft…was called up to Short-A Hudson Valley on Aug 27 for 2 games.

Ê On June 19 signed for $6.15 million, the larg-est bonus ever awarded to a player drafted by the Rays.

Ê Following the season, BA ranked him the No. 1 prospect in the Appalachian League, and the No. 2 prospect (behind David Price) and Best Hitter for Average in the Rays system.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Became the first No. 1 overall selection to be drafted out of Georgia since Mike Ivie (Padres)

in 1970…was rated the No. 1 high school pros-pect entering the draft by BA and No. 1 over-all prospect by ESPN.com and Baseball Prospectus.

Ê Hit .482 his senior year as he led Griffin (Ga.) High School to the Region 4A Championship…as a junior was named BA Youth Player of the Year, MVP of the Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic (San Diego) and Best Batting Prospect at the 2007 Area Code Games (Long Beach, Calif.)…also played football and basketball at Griffin.

Ê During the summer of his junior year in high school, Tim played a summer showcase tour-nament in Port Charlotte, Fla., where the Rays now hold spring training…he went 18-for-21 with 4 HR and helped his team win the tourna-ment…he remembers hitting a go-ahead home run on what is now known as Field 5 of the Rays spring complex.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E

2008 Princeton .243 46 177 30 43 12 0 2 14 2 3 2 13-0 43 5 1 3 .345 .297 13

Hudson Valley .333 2 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 1 1 0 0 .500 .556 0

2009 Bowling Green .275 125 491 58 135 33 4 5 63 0 5 7 34-0 116 13 10 10 .389 .328 43

2010 Charlotte .256 123 465 68 119 23 5 5 57 7 4 4 62-2 119 22 14 14 .359 .346 25

2011 Montgomery .275 107 418 82 115 25 2 7 57 5 3 3 39-0 91 15 4 7 .395 .339 20

Durham .255 24 106 12 27 3 2 5 13 1 0 1 3-0 29 2 1 0 .462 .282 2

2012 Durham .256 72 285 40 73 10 1 6 28 3 4 2 29-2 71 6 0 8 .361 .325 15

Minor League Totals .264 499 1948 295 514 107 14 30 232 18 19 20 182-4 470 64 30 42 .379 .330 118

1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (fi rst overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Milt Hill.

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QUALIFYING NUMBERS Ê To qualify for the batting championship, a player must have a minimum of 502

plate appearances or 3.1 plate appearances per number of his team’s games.

Ê To qualify for the ERA title, a pitcher must have at least 162 innings pitched.

Ê To qualify for the fi elding championship:

[ 1 ] a catcher must have played in at least 81 games.

[ 2 ] an infi elder or outfi elder must have played in at least 108 games.

[ 3 ] a pitcher must have at least 162 innings pitched.

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205MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 32 daysOPENING DAY AGE 28BORN 6/5/84 in Punto Fijo, VENRESIDES Punto Fijo, VENCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Chicago Cubs along with RHP Chris Archer, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zach Rosscup, 1/8/11 SIGNING SCOUT Hector Ortega (Cubs)

CATCHER

ROBINSON CHIRINOS 38Robinson David Chirinos (cher-REE-nos)

FOLLOW HIM @robinson28ch

X-RAY REPORT Ê Started the Robinson Chirinos Foundation this offseason, which operates out of his hometown of Punto Fijo, Venezuela…this past December he hosted a clinic and gave baseball equipment including gloves, helmets and catching gear to 300 kids…on Christmas Eve, he delivered more than 800 toys to local kids and patients at a nearby children’s hospital…he plans to open a health clinic this year that will provide free ex-ams to the local community.

Ê Enjoys cooking, particularly traditional food from his native Venezuela…his favorite dish to cook is rice, black beans, plantains and beef.

2012 SEASON Ê Missed the entire 2012 season due to a con-cussion he suffered during spring training when a foul tip struck his mask…spent the year at the Rays spring training complex in Port Charlotte, Fla., rehabbing and undergoing dai-ly vision therapy.

Ê Played for Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League…went 3-for-19 (.158)with 4 BB in 6 games.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Although a veteran of 11 minor league seasons, he has only played three of those at catcher…the former infielder first caught in the low mi-nors in 2008, and the Cubs committed to him as a full-time backstop entering the 2009 cam-

paign…adjusted quickly, earning All-Star hon-ors and was named Best Defensive Catcher in the Cubs system by Baseball America in 2009 and 2010.

Ê Split the 2011 season between the Rays and Triple-A Durham…appeared in 20 games for the Rays, including 15 starts at catcher, his first major league experience…recalled on July 18 to replace Jose Lobaton who was placed on the 15-day DL…optioned to Durham on Aug 19 when John Jaso was activated from the DL.

Ê Started at catcher in his major league debut on July 18 vs. NYY and doubled off A.J. Burnett in his first at-bat…was the 6th in Rays histo-ry to record an extra-base hit in his first plate appearance.

Ê Hit his first career home run in a 9-1 win on Aug 3 vs. TOR, a 3-run blast off Carlos Villanueva, for his first career RBI…collected a career-high 4 RBI and reached base a career-high 4 times, going 2-for-2 with 2 walks…6 of his 7 RBI came in a span of 2 games, Aug 3-4 vs. TOR.

Ê On Aug 4 vs. TOR, hit a game-tying RBI single in the 11th inning and a walk-off RBI single in the 12th off Shawn Camp…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first rookie with separate game-tying and game-winning RBI, both in extra innings, since ATL Nick Green on July 2, 2004 vs. BOS.


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Ê Recorded his first career multi-hit game on July 27 at OAK in his only game at 1B since 2009 with Double-A Tennessee (Cubs).

Ê Caught only 2 of 23 attempted base stealers (8.7 percent)…on Aug 6 vs. OAK allowed 7 SB in 7 attempts, the most steals allowed in Rays history…the previous high was 5 (6 times, last on June 1 vs. TEX)…it was the most steals in a game for the A’s since they had 8 on July 29, 1989 vs. SEA, including 5 by Rickey Henderson.

Ê Hit .259 (73-for-282) in 78 games for Durham…batted .312 (24-for- 77) vs. LHP, compared to .239 (49-for-205) vs. RHP.

Ê Caught 17 of 63 attempted base stealers (26.9 percent) for Durham, his lowest mark since converting to catcher in 2009.

Ê In spring training hit .429 (9-for-21) with 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 doubles and a triple in 9 games. Ê Completed his 10th and final season in the Cubs organization in 2010…spent the majority of the season at Double-A Tennessee and ad-vanced to Triple-A Iowa for the first time.

Ê Set career highs in nearly every offensive cat-egory, batting a combined .326 (104-for-319) with 18 HR, 74 RBI, 28 doubles, .416 OBP, .583 SLG and .999 OPS in 92 games.

Ê His .999 OPS ranked 8th among all minor leaguers and led all minor league catchers…ranked 3rd in the Cubs system in batting avg.

Ê Started at catcher in the Southern League All-Star Game for the North Division…also named to the league’s postseason All-Star Team.

Ê Combining both stops, hit .438 (46-for-105) with 9 HR against left-handed pitching…hit .388 (33-for-85) with 8 HR in Double-A and .650 (13-for-20) with 1 HR in Triple-A…hit .271 (58-for-214) with 9 HR vs. righthanders.

Ê Drew more walks (44) than strikeouts (33).

Ê Named the Best Defensive Catcher in the Cubs system by Baseball America prior to the trade…threw out 28 of 88 base runners attempting to steal (31.8 percent).

Ê Was a non-roster invite to Cubs spring train-ing…placed on the DL from May 25–June 3 due to a concussion…promoted to Iowa on Sep 7 before returning to Tennessee for its postsea-son run.

Ê In 2009 converted to catching full-time with Class-A Daytona and earned an Aug 4 promo-tion to Tennessee.

Ê In his first full season behind the dish, was named Best Defensive Catcher in the Cubs sys-tem by BA and a Florida State League postsea-son All-Star…caught 27.9 percent (24 of 86) of attempted base stealers between Daytona and Tennessee.

Ê Established several offensive career highs at the time, totaling a .294 avg., 11 HR, 52 RBI, .396 OBP and .519 SLG…he surpassed all those numbers in 2010.

Ê Hit two grand slams in one game on May 31 vs. Sarasota (Reds)…the next day he hit 2 more home runs vs. Sarasota…only one other play-er in Florida State League history hit two slams in one game: Charles Reidell on June 15, 1959 (50 years prior) for the St. Petersburg Saints, a Yankees affiliate at the time.

Ê Began the 2008 season with Tennessee…played 38 games for the Smokies at third, shortstop and second base…in May reported to Mesa, Ariz., to learn how to catch…once the Arizona League season began, he appeared in 4 games for the AZL Cubs (2 at catcher)…joined Daytona on June 29 and appeared in 37 games (18 at catcher) while also serving as a utility infielder.

Ê On May 15 at Montgomery (Rays), his last game with Tennessee before reporting to Arizona for catching instruction, tied a Southern League record with 3 triples.

Ê Declared a minor league free agent on Nov 3,and re-signed with the Cubs the following January.

Ê Started the 2007 season at Daytona and earned a July 17 promotion to Tennessee…this marked his first action above Class-A ball in his seventh professional season…in 2006 with Class-A Peoria set a career high with 19 stolen bases…signed with the Cubs as a 16-year-old on July 2, 2000.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

2, 4x-last 8/6/11 vs. OAK

HITTING STREAK

4G, 8/3/11 – 8/6/11

HOME RUNS

1, 8/3/11 vs. TOR

RBI

4, 8/3/11 vs. TOR

RUNS

1, 4x-last 8/3/11 vs. TOR

WALKS

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STRIKEOUTS

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vs. Left - - - - - .333 3 1 0 0

vs. Right - - - - - .212 52 11 1 7


2001 AZL Cubs .234 47 154 15 36 12 0 2 15 6 3 4 10-0 42 4 3 0 .351 .292 21

2002 Boise .247 62 231 35 57 15 2 8 38 1 1 6 16-0 66 5 2 2 .433 .311 13

2003 Lansing .232 108 362 51 84 27 1 7 39 4 2 7 28-0 82 10 2 11 .370 .298 19

2004 Lansing .241 84 319 56 77 18 6 7 39 3 0 8 25-1 70 7 2 4 .401 .313 16

2005 Daytona .273 74 231 30 63 6 0 7 27 1 2 3 16-0 42 3 4 5 .390 .325 12

2006 Peoria .242 126 433 74 105 30 2 9 47 7 6 14 69-0 79 19 10 7 .383 .360 15

2007 Daytona .259 79 239 35 62 14 2 3 20 5 0 12 37-0 48 8 5 5 .372 .385 12

Tennessee .220 42 127 11 28 4 2 2 16 5 0 1 13-2 31 1 1 1 .331 .298 9

2008 Tennessee .243 38 103 12 25 7 3 0 8 2 2 0 10-0 18 0 0 2 .369 .304 4

AZL Cubs .462 4 13 5 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 6-0 2 1 0 0 .692 .632 0

Daytona .283 37 120 22 34 4 2 5 18 3 1 6 26-0 21 3 1 2 .475 .431 5

2009 Daytona .300 69 227 40 68 13 5 11 47 0 3 5 35-0 40 2 2 4 .546 .400 6

Tennessee .257 12 35 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 7-0 4 0 1 1 .343 .372 0

2010 Tennessee .318 77 264 53 84 24 0 15 64 0 7 5 42-4 35 1 5 6 .580 .412 7

Iowa .364 15 55 10 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 5 2-0 8 0 0 3 .600 .435 1

2011 Durham .259 78 282 24 73 13 1 6 24 1 0 7 29-0 69 1 1 9 .376 .343 4

Tampa Bay .218 20 55 4 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5-0 13 0 0 0 .309 .283 0

2012 Tampa Bay Injured – Did Not Play


Major League Totals .218 20 55 4 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5-0 13 0 0 0 .309 .283 0

1: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as a free agent, July 2, 2000…signed by Hector Ortega. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with RH Chris

Archer, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach

Rosscup, January 8, 2011.

CAREER FIELDINGYEAR POS PCT G PO A E TC DP PB

2011 Catcher 1.000 19 115 8 0 123 1 0

First Base 1.000 1 2 1 0 3 1 -


ROOKIE QUALIFICATIONSA player shall be considered a

rookie unless, during a previ-

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NAME POS

Chris Archer RHP

Tim Beckham INF

Robinson Chirinos C

Alexander Colome RHP

Frank De Los Santos LHP

Brandon Guyer OF

Hak-Ju Lee INF

Mike Montgomery LHP

Jake Odorizzi RHP

Felipe Rivero LHP

Enny Romero LHP

Alex Torres LHP

Stephen Vogt C

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190MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 61 daysOPENING DAY AGE 25BORN 10/7/87 in Boston, MARESIDES Gulfport, FL CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the fourth round of the 2006 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Kevin Elfering (Rays)


ALEX COBB 53Alexander Miller Cobb

FOLLOW HIM @Acobb53

X-RAY REPORT Ê Alex bought a 17-foot Sea Raider boat during the offseason, and often took friends and his American bulldog, Axel, for rides near his home in South Pasadena…in January, while out with Matt Moore and other friends, the boat broke down…in an impressive feat of strength, Axel jumped in with a rope and towed the boat (and its passengers) the final 30 yards to shore.

Ê His older brother, R.J., is a commander 4th Brigade 101st Airborne in the U.S. Army and won a Purple Heart after his Humvee was blown up in Iraq, lodging shrapnel in his hands…he made a full recovery and is now stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky…R.J. was stationed in Germany for three years, served 16 months in Iraq and will soon be deployed to Afghanistan for several months.

Ê Visited MacDill Air Force Base last August to sign autographs for military personnel and their families…it was the day after he threw his first career shutout, a 4-hitter vs. Oakland.

Ê Alex likes throwing a Frisbee and football in the outfield with Matt Moore, Jeremy Hell-ickson and David Price to help stay in shape.

Ê Served as a Dodgers bat boy during spring training in Vero Beach for three years in high school.

2012 SEASON Ê Started the year at Triple-A Durham but spent the final four and a half months with the Rays…went 11-9 with a 4.03 ERA (136.1-IP, 61-ER) in 23 starts for the Rays…recalled on May 19 to fill the rotation spot of the injured Jeff Niemann…

made his season debut that day in a 5-2 win over Atlanta.

Ê Went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12-IP, 3-ER) in his first 2 starts…from May 30–July 27 went 2-8 with a 5.49 ERA (57.1-IP, 35-ER) in 10 starts…from Aug 1 through the end of the season, tied TEX Ryan Dempster and SEA Hisashi Iwakuma for the AL lead in victories as he went 7-1 with a 3.09 ERA (67-IP, 23-ER) over 11 starts…also tied for the AL lead with 4 wins in August.

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 14 of his final 15 starts (beginning July 6).

Ê Had a 2.66 groundball-to-flyball ratio, which led the majors after his May 19 season debut…al-lowed only 4 HR over his first 15 starts (90.1-IP) but yielded 7 HR over his final 8 starts (46-IP).

Ê Combined to pitch 177.2 innings between Durham and the majors, his most ever during the regular season (prev. 139.2 IP for Class-A Columbus in 2008)…exceeded his 2011 total by 57.2 IP.

Ê Limited opponents to a .171 average (43-for-252) in his 11 wins, compared to a .336 opp avg. (87-for-259) in his 12 losses/no-decisions.

Ê Threw his changeup 33.8 percent of the time, which would have led all major league start-ers if he had enough innings to qualify…James Shields led all qualifiers with a 28.9 mark.

Ê Had a 3.24 ERA (72.1-IP, 26-ER) at home com-pared to a 4.92 ERA (64-IP, 35-ER) on the road.

Ê Opponents hit .292 (78-for-267) in innings 1-through-3…after that (innings 4-through-9), they hit .213 (52-for-244).


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Ê The Rays won 7 consecutive games he started from Aug 1–Sep 4, tying a club record (7th time, last James Shields Sep 26, 2011–May 2, 2012).

Ê Received a decision in a club-record 18 consec-utive starts from July 24, 2011–Aug 13, 2012…passed Seth McClung (17 in 2005-06).

Ê On Aug 23 vs. OAK, threw the first shutout of his pro career, a 4-hitter, in a 5-0 win opposite Tyson Ross…had 8 SO and 2 BB.

Ê On June 17 vs. MIA, recorded a career-high 10 SO (7-IP, 2-H, 1-BB) and teamed with Joel Peralta and Fernando Rodney for a 3-0 shutout over Josh Johnson…it was the 7th time a Rays pitcher recorded 10 or more strikeouts and al-lowed 2 hits or less in a start.

Ê The first complete game of his pro career was the first of its kind in more than 16 years…on June 25 at KC, allowed a career-high 13 hits and 8 runs (later tied, Aug 18 at LAA) while the Rays were shut out, 8-0…the last CG with 13 or more hits and 8 or more runs was thrown by BOS Tim Wakefield in 1996…Wakefield’s CG was the only other one like it in the last 27 years.

Ê Recalled on April 15 and flew to Boston to join the big league club as a member of the team’s bullpen…James Shields pitched 8.1 innings on April 16 and Cobb was optioned back to Durham the next day.

Ê Has only allowed 14 HR in 189 career innings, including only 3 to right-handed batters…did not yield a homer to a righty batter until his 22nd career start, Aug 1 at OAK (Brandon Inge)—his 220th right-handed batter faced.

Ê Allowed 2 runs or less in 6 of his 8 starts at Durham.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Broke into the majors in 2011 by making 9 starts over three stints with the Rays…was unbeaten (3-0) over his first 7 major league starts, the first Ray ever to do so and the first AL pitcher since MIN Kevin Slowey in 2007 (8 starts)…suffered his first loss July 30 at SEA as the Rays managed just 1 hit in a 3-2 loss to Michael Pineda.

Ê Underwent season-ending surgery Aug 18 to remove a blood clot and blockage in the area of his first right rib…the surgery was performed by Dr. Gregory Pearl at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

Ê Made his final start on Aug 6 vs. OAK and was removed after 4.1 IP with discomfort in his right hand, later found to be thoracic outlet syn-drome…allowed 5 R/ER in that start and saw his season ERA go from 2.79 to season-end-ing 3.42.

Ê Promoted from Durham on May 1 and made his major league debut that day in a spot start at home vs. the Angels…earned no decision in the 6-5 loss…totaled 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R/ER, 4 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR…was handed a 5-run lead by the Rays in the 1st inning but allowed 4 runs in the 5th in-ning and left with the game tied…optioned to Durham on May 3.

Ê Recalled on May 30 and made 4 starts until he was optioned again on June 18…recalled a third and final time on July 18…had a stretch of 5 starts from June 7–July 24 in which he went 3-0 with a 1.44 ERA (31.1-IP, 5-ER).

Ê Earned his first major league win on June 7 at LAA, defeating 16-game winner Dan Haren, 4-1.

Ê Allowed only 3 HR in 52.2 IP, including a stretch of 40 IP without a HR, after allowing his first homer to LAA Hank Conger in the 2nd inning of his debut.

Ê Went 5-1 with a 1.87 ERA (67.1-IP, 14-ER) for Durham, with 70 SO and only 16 BB…combined to go 8-3 with a 2.55 ERA (120-IP, 34-ER) in 21 starts between Durham and Tampa Bay…didn’t lose a game at either level until July 2 vs. Gwinnett (Braves), his 15th start of the season.

Ê Lowered his ERA in each of his first six mi-nor league seasons (2006-11), with every promotion.

Ê Spent the entire 2010 season with Double-A Montgomery and was named the club’s Most Valuable Player despite missing the first month of the season with an oblique injury…made 23 apps (22 starts).

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Ê His 2.71 ERA ranked 4th in the Southern League and in the Rays system…recorded 128 SO, 3rd most in the SL and tied for 4th in the Rays or-ganization…as a starter, his 9.51 SO/9 IP ratio (117.1-IP, 124-SO) led the league.

Ê Struck out 10 or more batters in 3 of his final 6 starts, the first double-digit strikeout games of his career…included was a career-high 13 on Aug 25 at Huntsville (Brewers).

Ê Made 7 starts for the Peoria Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League following the season.

Ê Participated in the Rays Winter Development Program held in January at Tropicana Field.

Ê In 2009 with Class-A Charlotte finished 6th in the Florida State League with a 3.03 ERA…held right-handed hitters to a .210 (51-for-243) avg. compared to .291 (65-for-223) vs. lefties.

Ê Threw the first pitch in Stone Crabs history in the team’s first game on April 9 vs. Fort Myers (Twins).

Ê Named to the 2008 South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star Team…led Class-A Columbus in starts (25) and innings (139.2)…his 3.29 ERA ranked 7th in the Rays system and 8th in the SAL.

Ê In 2007 was named the Short-A Hudson Valley Pitcher of the Year after pacing the staff in starts (16), innings pitched (81.1) and strikeouts (62)…ranked 3rd in the NYPL in innings…made

his professional debut in 2006 with Rookie-level Princeton.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê His mother, Lindsay Miller-Cobb, was a nurse practitioner who passed away from a stroke at the age of 49, while Alex was a senior in high school…his father, Rick, is an accountant.

Ê While pitching for Vero Beach (Fla.) High School, set the school strikeout record (139) his junior season and matched the total as a senior…also played quarterback in high school…committed to Clemson University be-fore signing with the Rays.

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (2),

SHUTOUTS (1)

8/23/12 vs. OAK – 4-hit SHO;

6/25/12 at KC – 13-hit CG

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 8/23/12 vs. OAK

STRIKEOUTS

10, 6/17/12 vs. MIA

WALKS

5, 7/16/12 vs. CLE

HR ALLOWED

2, 3x-last 8/29/12 at TEX

RUNS ALLOWED

8, 2x-last 8/18/12 at LAA

WIN STREAK

5G, 8/1/12 – 9/4/12

LOSS STREAK

3G, 2x-last 7/16/12 –

7/27/12


2006 Princeton 0 0 5.19 6 1 0 0 0 8.2 9 7 5 3 0 3-0 8 1 0

2007 Hudson Valley 5 6 3.54 16 16 0 0 0 81.1 78 36 32 4 4 31-0 62 2 1

2008 Columbus 9 7 3.29 25 25 0 0 0 139.2 113 59 51 16 16 35-0 97 3 2

2009 Charlotte 8 5 3.03 24 23 0 0 0 124.2 116 49 42 6 9 31-1 107 8 2

2010 Montgomery 7 5 2.71 23 22 0 0 0 119.2 120 47 36 7 4 35-1 128 5 0

2011 Durham 5 1 1.87 12 12 0 0 0 67.1 61 19 14 4 2 16-0 70 1 0

Tampa Bay 3 2 3.42 9 9 0 0 0 52.2 49 21 20 3 1 21-1 37 2 0

2012 Durham 1 4 4.14 8 8 0 0 0 41.1 44 21 19 1 2 18-0 44 2 0

Tampa Bay 11 9 4.03 23 23 2 1 0 136.1 130 67 61 11 9 40-2 106 8 1



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Kevin Elfering.


2011 Pitcher .917 9 5 6 1 12 0

2012 Pitcher .978 23 18 27 1 46 3

Totals .966 32 23 33 2 58 3



vs. Left .256 285 73 8 .257 401 103 11

vs. Right .252 226 57 3 .244 311 76 3

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185MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE NoneOPENING DAY AGE 24BORN 12/31/88 in Santo Domingo, DRRESIDES San Pedro de Macoris, DRCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Signed as a free agent, 3/20/07SIGNING SCOUT Eddy Toledo (Rays)


ALEX COLOME 37Alexander Manuel Colome (CALL-uh-may)

X-RAY REPORT Ê Is the nephew of former Rays relief pitcher Jesus Colome (2001–06).

Ê Alex has a 1-year-old daughter named Melanny.

2012 SEASON Ê Split the year between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham, combining to go 8-4 with a 3.44 ERA (91.2-IP, 35-ER) in 17 starts…earned an Aug 3 promotion to Durham, where he went 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2-IP, 6-ER) in 3 starts.

Ê After his Aug 13 start with Durham missed the remainder of the season with right shoulder tightness.

Ê Named MVP with Montgomery, where he went 8-3 with a 3.48 ERA (75-IP, 29-ER) and 75 SO in 14 starts…was on the DL from April 12-May 26 with a left oblique injury.

Ê Named Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July after going 5-1 with a 2.23 ERA (40.1-IP, 10-ER) in 6 starts…over his final 5 starts with the Biscuits, went 5-0 with a 1.27 ERA (35.1-IP, 5-ER)…threw the first 9-inning complete game of his career in his final start before his promotion, allowing just 2 runs in a 5-2 victory vs. Mississippi (Braves).

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 15 of his 17 total starts.

Ê In spring training, spent his first time in ma-jor league camp…made 3 appearances, allow-ing 1 run in 4 IP…was optioned to Triple-A on March 15.

Ê Enters the 2013 season ranked as the Rays No. 6 prospect by Baseball America.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Split the 2011 season between Class-A Charlotte and Double-A Montgomery…com-bined to go 12-9 with a 3.82 ERA (157.2-IP, 67-ER)…his 12 wins tied for 2nd most among Rays minor leaguers…157.2 IP ranked 2nd.

Ê Began the season with Charlotte…held oppos-ing batters to a .214 (78-for-365) avg. over his 19 starts…won 8 of his last 9 starts with the Stone Crabs, boasting a 1.82 ERA (54.1-IP, 11-ER)…named a FSL midseason All-Star.

Ê Promoted to Montgomery on July 23 and made 9 starts there to finish the year…held left-hand-ed batters to a .143 (11-for-77) avg. …recorded a 1-hit shutout (7 innings) on Aug 9 vs. Mobile.

Ê Ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Rays farm system by Baseball America entering 2012. Ê Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Class-A Bowling Green and made 1 start with Charlotte to end the season…on the year, went 6-6 with a 3.89 ERA (118-IP, 51-ER) and 126 SO.

Ê Had the 2nd-highest SO/9 IP ratio in the Midwest League (9.32) and was named to the MWL midseason All-Star Team…ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays system by Baseball America after the season.

Ê In 2009, led the Rays organization and ranked 2nd in the New York-Penn League in ERA as he went 7-4 with a 1.66 ERA (76-IP, 14-ER)…led the NYPL with 94 SO.

Ê Entered the season ranked as the No. 24 prospect in the org by BA and climbed to No. 8 on the list after the season…was named the No. 2 prospect (and top pitching prospect) in the NYPL by BA.

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2007 DSL Rays 1 6 2.97 14 11 0 0 0 39.1 30 18 13 1 5 31-0 50 16 0

2008 Princeton 0 5 6.80 12 11 0 0 0 46.1 50 45 35 5 7 26-0 52 6 3

2009 Hudson Valley 7 4 1.66 15 15 2 1 0 76.0 46 22 14 0 5 32-0 94 5 0

2010 Bowling Green 6 6 3.95 22 22 1 0 0 114.0 98 59 50 14 4 45-0 118 4 2

Charlotte 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 0 1 0-0 8 0 0

2011 Charlotte 9 5 3.66 19 19 1 0 0 105.2 78 45 43 8 6 44-0 92 9 2

Montgomery 3 4 4.15 9 9 1 1 0 52.0 41 25 24 5 6 28-1 31 8 0

2012 Montgomery 8 3 3.48 14 14 1 0 0 75.0 69 30 29 2 0 34-0 75 5 3

Durham 0 1 3.24 3 3 0 0 0 16.2 12 6 6 1 1 9-0 15 2 0


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, March 20, 2007…signed by Eddy Toledo.


RAYS AND THE RULE 5 DRAFTMinor league players who have played three seasons (if they were signed when they were 20 or

older) or four seasons (if they were signed when they were 19 or younger) and are not on a 40-man

major league roster, are eligible to be drafted by other major league clubs in the Rule 5 Draft held

each year at baseball’s Winter Meetings. When a player is drafted, he must remain on the 40-man

roster of the team that selects him until the season ends and must spend at last 90 days on the 25-

man roster before he can be optioned to the minors without going through waivers. The team from

which he was drafted can reclaim him for half of the draft price ($50,000) if he is placed on waivers.

A total of fi ve Rule 5 Draft picks have appeared in a game for the Rays: David Lamb (1999),

Damian Rolls (2000-04), Steve Kent (2002), Felix Escalona (2002-03) and Jorge Sosa (2002-04).

In 2002, the Rays became the fi rst team since the 1968 Chicago Cubs to have three Rule 5

players on their Opening Day roster and the fi rst team since the 1981 Minnesota Twins to have

three Rule 5 players on their roster at any given time during the season. Below are the Rays Rule 5

selections:

ACQUIRED STATUS WITH

YEAR PLAYER FROM THE RAYS

1998 David Lamb, INF BAL Claimed by NYM on waivers, Feb 7, 2000

1999 Chad Ogea, RHP DET Released in spring training, March 29, 2000

Chris Reitsma, RHP BOS Offered back to BOS (accepted March 28, 2000)

Damian Rolls, INF/OF LAD Released Nov 19, 2004

2001 Kevin McGlinchy, RHP ATL DL’d all of 2002 and 2003; released

Steve Kent, LHP [1] SEA Active all of 2002; released; re-signed with SEA

Felix Escalona, INF [2] HOU Claimed by BAL on waivers, May 19, 2003

Jorge Sosa, RHP [3] SEA Traded to ATL, March 31, 2005

2002 Hector Luna, 2B CLE Offered back to CLE (accepted March 29, 2003)

2003 Alec Zumwalt, RHP ATL Offered back to ATL (accepted March 17, 2003)

2004 Angel Garcia, RHP [4] MIN Offered back to MIN (accepted March 30, 2005)

2005 Steve Andrade, RHP TOR Traded to SD, Dec 7, 2005

2006 Ryan Goleski, OF CLE Traded to OAK, Dec 7, 2006

2007 Tim Lahey, RHP MIN Traded to CHC, Dec 6, 2007

2008 Derek Rodriguez, RHP CWS Offered back to CWS (accepted March 23, 2009)

2009 Armando Zerpa, LHP BOS Traded to LAD, Dec 10, 2009

2010 Cesar Cabral, LHP BOS Offered back to BOS (accepted March 28, 2011)

[1] ACQUIRED FROM ANAHEIM FOR CASH; [2] CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO;

[3] CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM MILWAUKEE; [4] VIA TRADE FROM ARIZONA

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LEFT-HANDED PITCHER

FRANK DE LOS SANTOS 41Frank Manuel Cortorreal De Los Santos

X-RAY REPORT Ê Frank raced motorcycles as a young teenag-er and did not start playing baseball until he was 16…started the sport after he was first discovered by a baseball scout on the streets of his hometown of Samana, D.R., throwing a rock at a mango tree to knock down a piece of fruit…the lefthander began playing first base but moved to center field and eventually the mound, where he felt the most comfortable.

Ê After originally meeting Rays reliever Joel Peralta during spring training in 2011, Frank now counts the veteran set-up man as a men-tor and wants to follow in his footsteps as a major league reliever…Frank says Joel gave him advice on how to be a good teammate and keep a professional attitude.

Ê During the offseason, Frank travels to Campos Las Palmas for a 2-3 week training period at the Rays Dominican Academy, which opened in 2009.

2012 SEASON Ê Began the year with Double-A Montgomery and earned a June 18 promotion to Triple-A Durham…combined to go 7-2 with a 2.11 ERA (81-IP, 19-ER) and 5 saves in a career-high 51 apps (2 starts).

Ê Held left-handed batters to a .250 avg. (27-for-108)…for his career, has held lefties to a .244 avg. (125-for-513).

Ê Recorded 4 or more outs in 28 of his 49 re-lief apps…38 of his 49 relief apps were score-less…10 of his final 11 apps were scoreless.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Started the 2011 season with Class-A Charlotte and was promoted to Montgomery on April 21…combined to go 3-7 with a 4.98 ERA (86.2-IP, 48-ER)…made 30 relief apps and 6 starts in his first year pitching out of the bullpen.

Ê Had a 2.88 ERA (59.1-IP, 19-ER) out of the bull-pen and held lefties to a .228 avg. (21-for-92)with Montgomery.

Ê Over the last three months of the season (June-August), allowed just 4 ER in 38 IP (0.95 ERA) over 21 relief appearances.

Ê His 1.67 BB/9 IP with the Biscuits was 2nd low-est among Southern League relievers.

Ê In 2010 went 10-9 with a 4.33 ERA (149.2-IP, 72-ER) in 25 apps (24 starts) with Charlotte…finished 4th in the Florida State League with 149.2 IP.

Ê Went 4-10 with Class-A Bowling Green in 2009, despite a 3.65 ERA (135.2-IP, 55-ER) in a ca-reer-high 27 starts…led the Hot Rods in IP.

Ê Spent 2008 with Short-A Hudson Valley, going 4-5 with a 5.40 ERA (56.2-IP, 34-ER) in 11 starts.

Ê Made his pro debut in 2007 with Rookie-level Princeton…tied for the Appalachian League lead with 13 starts.

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2007 Princeton 4 5 3.64 13 13 0 0 0 64.1 64 30 26 5 4 16-0 43 6 2

2008 Hudson Valley 4 5 5.40 11 11 0 0 0 56.2 73 40 34 2 5 16-0 44 2 1

2009 Bowling Green 4 10 3.65 27 27 1 0 0 135.2 136 69 55 7 9 45-0 81 14 2

2010 Charlotte 10 9 4.33 25 24 1 1 0 149.2 181 90 72 8 6 37-0 105 6 3

2011 Charlotte 0 1 19.13 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 25 17 17 3 1 2-0 8 1 0

Montgomery 3 6 3.55 33 5 0 0 3 78.2 81 43 31 3 1 23-2 48 2 1

2012 Montgomery 4 1 2.06 24 2 0 0 4 48.0 45 11 11 1 2 15-1 26 0 1

Durham 3 1 2.18 27 0 0 0 1 33.0 32 12 8 2 3 10-3 25 1 0


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, February 7, 2006…signed by Junior Ramirez.


HOMEGROWN RAYSThere have been 56 “homegrown Rays” who were drafted by the Rays or signed their

fi rst professional contract with the club, and worked their way through the minor league

system to make their major league debut with Tampa Bay.

RHP Brandon Backe

OF Rocco Baldelli

RHP Dewon Brazelton

INF Jace Brewer

INF Reid Brignac

RHP Mickey Callaway

INF Jorge Cantu

RHP Alex Cobb

INF Fernando Cortez

OF Carl Crawford

OF Matt Diaz

RHP Wade Davis

LHP Trevor Enders

RHP Bartolome Fortunato

RHP Lee Gardner

OF Joey Gathright

RHP Chad Gaudin

OF Jonny Gomes

C Toby Hall

RHP Jason Hammel

RHP Travis Harper

RHP Jeremy Hellickson

C Paul Hoover

INF Aubrey Huff

RHP Delvin James

C John Jaso

OF Desmond Jennings

LHP Jason Jimenez

INF Elliot Johnson

OF Kenny Kelly

LHP Joe Kennedy

3B Evan Longoria

LHP Mark Malaska

RHP Seth McClung

LHP Jake McGee

LHP Matt Moore

RHP Jeff Niemann

RHP Chad Orvella

OF Fernando Perez

RHP Travis Phelps

LHP David Price

C Shawn Riggans

RHP Ryan Rupe

RHP Juan Salas

3B Jared Sandberg

LHP Bobby Seay

RHP James Shields

RHP Andy Sonnanstine

RHP Jason Standridge

RHP Brian Stokes

LHP Jon Switzer

OF B.J. Upton

C Stephen Vogt

RHP Doug Waechter

RHP Dan Wheeler

OF Delmon Young

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210MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 5 years, 121 daysOPENING DAY AGE 30BORN 11/2/82 in Havana, CUBRESIDES Miami, FLCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Miami Marlins in exchange for INF Derek Dietrich, 12/4/12SIGNING SCOUT Gregg Kilby (Braves)

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YUNEL ESCOBAR 11Yunel (yoo-NEL) Almenares Escobar

X-RAY REPORT Ê Yunel will become the eighth Cuban-born play-er in Rays history and the first since C Michel Hernandez (2008-09)…the others: RH Rolando Arrojo (1998-99), RH Danys Baez (2004-05), DH Jose Canseco (1999–2000), SS Rey Ordoñez (2003), RH Ariel Prieto (2001) and OF Alex Sanchez (2005).

Ê The Rays are likely to become the third differ-ent team to feature a double play combination of Kelly Johnson at second base and Yunel at shortstop…the combo started 191 games to-gether for the Braves from mid-2007 through 2009…the Blue Jays used the middle infield tandem to start 131 games from mid-2011 to 2012…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last duo to start together at second base and shortstop for three different teams was 2B Jeff Kent and SS Jose Vizcaino who did it for four teams: the Mets, Indians, Giants and Astros.

2012 SEASON Ê Played in a career-high 145 games for Toronto, including 140 starts at shortstop, in his 6th ma-jor league season…at the plate, recorded ca-reer-lows with a .253 avg. (141-for-558) and .300 OBP.

Ê Compiled a .982 fielding percentage, 4th best among major league shortstops, and commit-ted only 12 errors…only BAL J.J. Hardy (.992), DET Jhonny Peralta (.988) and SEA Brendan Ryan (.985) fared better…also ranked 4th among major league shortstops in putouts (240) and assists (431)…ranked 3rd with 683 total chances.

Ê According to Stats Inc., his .868 zone rating led all major league shortstops…zone rating mea-sures the percentage of outs made on ground-balls hit into his defensive “zone.”

Ê Hit .290 (58-for-200) with 5 HR in 52 day games, compared to .232 (83-for-358) with 4 HR in 93 night games.

Ê Hit .320 (33-for-103) when batting in the No. 2 hole, compared to .237 (108-for-455) every-where else.

Ê Had three 4-hit games, each tying his career high, on April 18 vs. TB, May 10 at MIN and Aug 29 at NYY…on Aug 29 at NYY had 4 ex-tra-base hits (3-2B, 1-HR), tying the Blue Jays record, and his 5 RBI that day tied his career high…this also tied for the most extra-base hits ever against the Yankees (16th time, last LAA Garret Anderson, Aug 21, 2007).

Ê Grounded into 21 double plays, tied for 7th most in the AL.

Ê In September served a 3-game suspension is-sued by the team due to an unacceptable mes-sage displayed on his eyeblack during a game.

Ê Following the season was traded twice in a span of 2 weeks…acquired by Miami on Nov 19 in a 12-player trade with Toronto involving SS Jose Reyes, RH Josh Johnson and LH Mark Buehrle…acquired by the Rays on Dec 4 in ex-change for minor league INF Derek Dietrich.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Owns a career .282 batting avg. and .353 OBP…since 2007 his .350 OBP as a shortstop ranks 6th in the majors.


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Ê In 2011 hit .290/.369/.413 (149-for-513) with 11 HR and 48 RBI in 133 games, his first full season with Toronto…missed the final 16 games due to a swollen left elbow, which he sustained on Sep 10 vs. BAL when he was hit by a pitch from RH Rick van den Hurk.

Ê His .367 OBP as a shortstop led the AL and ranked 3rd in the majors behind NYM Jose Reyes (.383) and COL Troy Tulowitzki (.374)…drew 60 walks while playing shortstop, most in the AL, despite playing only 132 games.

Ê Reached base safely in 59 of his last 67 games and 109 of 133 games overall…reached base safely in a career-high 25 straight games from June 18–July 21.

Ê Ranked 6th in the AL with a .330 avg. (38-for-115) against left-handed pitching…batted .279 (111-for-398) against righthanders.

Ê Hit .321/.416/.480 (81-for-252) with 8 HR and 29 RBI at the Rogers Centre…on the road, bat-ted .261/.322/.349 with 3 HR and 19 RBI.

Ê Hit his 2nd career walk-off home run April 5 vs. OAK in the 10th inning off Grant Balfour…named Blue Jays Player of the Month for July after posting a .367 avg. and .462 OBP…on Aug 31 and Sep 1 vs. BAL, became only the 5th Blue Jay to record back-to-back 4-hit games.

Ê On June 19 signed a two-year contract exten-sion with club options for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Ê On July 14, 2010 was traded from Atlanta to Toronto along with LH Jo-Jo Reyes for SS Alex Gonzalez, LH Tim Collins and INF Tyler Pastornicky…hit a combined .256/.337/.318 (127-for-497) with 4 HR and 35 RBI in 135 games.

Ê Failed to homer in 75 games and 261 AB with the Braves…on July 18 at BAL hit a grand slam off LH Brian Matusz in his second game for the Jays and matched his career high with 5 RBI…it was the first grand slam by a Toronto short-stop since John McDonald on July 25, 2006 at SEA.

Ê Began his career with Toronto with a 10-game hitting streak from July 16-27, the 3rd-longest streak to begin a Blue Jays career behind Dave Martinez (21 games in 2000) and Roy Howell (15 in 1977).

Ê On Opening Day, April 5 vs. CHC, collected 5 RBI on a 2-run single and bases-clearing double…this tied the Braves club record for Opening Day (Fred McGriff, 1995 vs. SF)…5 RBI also tied a major league record for a shortstop on Opening Day (FLA Hanley Ramirez, 2009 vs. WAS; PHI Don Money, 1969 at CHC).

Ê Spent 13 games on the disabled list from April 30–May 14 with a left adductor strain.

Ê In 2009 batted .299/.377/.436 (158-for-528) in 141 games for Atlanta…established career highs with 14 HR, 76 RBI, 26 doubles, 89 runs scored and 158 hits.

Ê Batted .373 avg. (50-for-134) with RISP, 3rd best in the majors and 2nd best in the NL (min. 100 AB) behind CHC Aramis Ramirez (.425) and TB Jason Bartlett (.386).

Ê His .327 avg. (122-for-373) vs. right-handed pitchers ranked 4th in the NL and 7th in the majors.

Ê Led the Braves with 46 multi-hit games and ranked 2nd in multi-RBI games (20), two-out RBI (38) and game-winning RBI (9).

Ê Batted .356 (26-for-73) in July, 5th best in the NL (min. 50 AB)…named NL Player of the Week for July 13-19, his first career weekly award.

Ê Had a career-best 46-game errorless streak from Aug 4–Sep 27…made ony 2 errors in his fi-nal 77 games in the field, beginning July 2.

Ê Received a 5th-place vote in the NL Most Valuable Player balloting.

Ê In 2008 spent his first full season in the ma-jors with Atlanta, batting .288/.366/.401 (148-for-514) in 136 games including 125 starts at shortstop…was the Braves Opening Day short-stop, his first Opening Day start…suffered a strained right hamstring on Sep 13 at NYM (Game 1) and did not start a game or play in the field after that…made 3 pinch-hit appearances the remainder of the season.

Ê Ranked 7th among major league shortstops in batting avg. (.290) and 3rd in OBP (.367).

Ê Hit his first career walk-off home run in the 10th inning on June 2 vs. FLA off Logan Kensing.

Ê Hit .350 (14-for-40) in interleague play.

Ê Tied the Atlanta club record with 24 GIDP, join-ing Dale Murphy (1988) and Andruw Jones (2004).

Ê Began the 2007 season with Triple-A Richmond and was called up to the majors on June 2, playing in 94 games (75 starts: 36-SS, 20-2B, 19-3B) for the Braves through sea-son’s end.

Ê Batted .326/.385/.451 (104-for-319) and fin-ished 6th in the NL Rookie of the Year ballot-ing…among major league rookies with at least 300 AB, his .326 avg. ranked 3rd behind LAD James Loney (.331) and CIN Norris Hopper (.329).

Ê His .326 avg. was the highest by a Braves rook-ie (min. 300 AB) since Milwaukee’s Rico Carty


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batted .330 in 1964…ranked 5th in franchise history among rookies, also trailing Boston’s Chick Stahl (.354 in 1897), John O’Rourke (.341 in 1879) and Jimmy Bannon (.336 in 1894).

Ê His 104 hits after his June 2 debut ranked 9th among major league rookies during that span…his .336 batting avg. after the All-Star break ranked 4th among major league rookies (2nd in NL)…led all ML rookies with a .352 avg. (37-for-105) in August.

Ê Made his major league debut on June 2 at CHC, earning the start at third base…in his first at-bat worked an 8-pitch single off LH Rich Hill…went 2-for-4 and delivered the game-winning RBI with a double off LH Will Ohman in the 8th inning.

Ê Went 4-for-4 in his third major league game, June 4 vs. FLA, with his first career home run—a solo blast off RH Wes Obermueller.

Ê Named as the Best Infield Arm and Best Defensive Shortstop in the International League by Baseball America…the publica-tion also named him the No. 8 prospect in the International League.

Ê Spent the entire 2006 season with Double-A Mississippi (Braves), where he was named Mississippi Player of the Year by the organiza-tion…named by Baseball America as the Braves No. 10 prospect following the season and one of the top five prospects by Sports Weekly.

Ê Selected to the World Team for the 2006 All-Star Futures Game on July 9 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh…played third base and went 0-for-1 with a walk.

Ê Won the 2006 Arizona Fall League batting title, hitting .407 (35-for-86) for the Peoria Javelinas.

Ê In 2005 was rated by Baseball America as the No. 3 overall prospect in the Braves orga-nization…hit a combined .325/.375/.504 (74-for-250) between Rookie-level Danville and Class-A Rome in his pro debut after being se-lected by the Braves in the second round of the 2005 June Draft…ranked 4th in the Braves or-ganization with a .912 OPS.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Is a childhood friend of Tigers catcher Brayan Peña…Yunel and Brayan were teammates in Atlanta.

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HITS

4, 11x-last 8/29/12 at NYY

HITTING STREAK

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5, 3x-last 8/29/12 at NYY

RUNS

4, 6/27/07 vs. WAS

WALKS

3, 6x-last 5/31/11 vs. CLE

STRIKEOUTS

3, 7x-last 4/25/12 at BAL

STOLEN BASES

1, 26x-last 9/14/12 vs. BOS

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

LEADOFF (4)

6/15/11 vs. BAL (Jake Arrieta); 8/21/08 at NYM (Pedro

Martinez); 5/14/08 at PHI (Brett Myers); 8/29/07 at FLA

(Dontrelle Willis)

WALK-OFF (2)

4/5/11 vs. OAK (10th inn., Grant Balfour); 6/2/08 vs. FLA

(10th inn., Logan Kensing)


2005 Danville .400 8 30 9 12 2 1 2 8 0 1 0 5-0 4 0 0 1 .733 .472 4

Rome .313 48 198 30 62 13 3 4 19 2 0 0 14-0 30 0 2 6 .470 .358 6

2006 Mississippi .264 121 428 55 113 21 4 2 45 2 4 8 59-1 77 7 9 20 .346 .361 26

2007 Richmond .333 46 180 20 60 10 3 2 29 0 1 0 14-1 27 7 3 10 .456 .379 7

Atlanta .326 94 319 54 104 25 0 5 28 2 2 5 27-1 44 5 3 6 .451 .385 11

2008 Atlanta .288 136 514 71 148 24 2 10 60 7 2 5 59-4 62 2 5 24 .401 .366 16

2009 Atlanta .299 141 528 89 158 26 2 14 76 7 2 10 57-3 62 5 4 21 .436 .377 13

2010 Atlanta .238 75 261 28 62 12 0 0 19 2 0 1 37-1 31 5 1 9 .284 .334 9

Gwinnett .667 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 0 .667 .750 1

Toronto .275 60 236 32 65 7 0 4 16 7 0 4 19-0 26 1 1 9 .356 .340 9

2011 Toronto .290 133 513 77 149 24 3 11 48 5 5 6 61-1 70 3 3 14 .413 .369 14

2012 Toronto .253 145 558 58 141 22 1 9 51 7 4 4 35-1 70 5 1 21 .344 .300 12



1: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Gregg Kilby. 2: Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays along

with LH Jo-Jo Reyes from Atlanta in exchange for LH Tim Collins, SS Alex Gonzalez and INF Tyler Pastornicky, July 14, 2010. 3: Acquired by the

Miami Marlins along with RH Henderson Alvarez, RH Anthony Desclafani, SS Adeiny Hechavarria, OF Jake Marisnick, C Jeff Mathis and LH Justin

Nicolino from Toronto in exchange for UTL Emilio Bonifacio, C John Buck, LH Mark Buehrle, RH Josh Johnson, SS Jose Reyes and cash consider-

ations, November 19, 2012. 4: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for INF Derek Dietrich, December 4, 2012.


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2007 Shortstop .977 53 59 113 4 176 22

Third Base .923 22 20 28 4 52 4

Second Base .963 21 28 49 3 80 10

2008 Shortstop .974 126 193 396 16 605 78

2009 Shortstop .979 139 191 409 13 613 83

2010 Shortstop .972 134 204 423 18 645 110

2011 Shortstop .974 132 182 343 14 539 73

2012 Shortstop .982 143 240 431 12 683 100

Totals Shortstop .976 727 1069 2115 77 3261 466

Third Base .923 22 20 28 4 52 4

Second Base .963 21 28 49 3 80 10



vs. Left .258 151 39 2 16 .283 817 231 14 80

vs. Right .251 407 102 7 35 .282 2112 596 39 218


TRIPLE PLAYSThe Rays have pulled off three triple plays in club history and Ben Zobrist has been involved

in two of them. The most recent came Sep 27, 2011 vs. NYY when C Russell Martin

grounded into a 5-4-3 triple play (Evan Longoria to Zobrist to Sean Rodriguez). Rodriguez

became the fi rst player since STL Gregg Jefferies in 1993 to hit into a triple play and

participate in one defensively in the same season as he bounced into a 5-4-3 triple killing on

Aug 16 at BOS, the second ever pulled against the Rays.

On Sep 13, 2002 at TOR, the Rays executed the fi rst triple play in club history (L-4-6-3)

with Dewon Brazelton on the mound in his major league debut. It was only the fourth time

in major league history that a pitcher was backed by a triple play in his major league debut

and the fi rst time since Aug 31, 1919 (St. Louis Browns pitcher Rolla “Lefty” Mapel in the

2nd inning vs. Detroit). The others: Sep 18, 1917 (2nd game of a doubleheader), Pittsburgh’s

Elmer Ponder vs. the Boston Braves; and April 23, 1895, when Boston Braves pitcher Zeke

Wilson started a triple play against the Washington Nationals.

On Sep 2, 2006 vs. SEA, the Rays pulled off their second triple play, the fi rst at Tropicana

Field, in the top of the 1st inning. With runners on fi rst and third, LHP J.P. Howell threw a

strike on a 3-2 count to Raul Ibañez for the fi rst out. C Dioner Navarro threw the ball to SS

Ben Zobrist to get Adrian Beltre, who was running from fi rst on the pitch. Zobrist then threw

back to Navarro to nail Jose Lopez as he tried to score from third to complete the triple play.

It was the fi rst 2-6-2 triple play in major league history.

The Rays hit into one other triple play, June 11, 2006 at KC. It went 8-1-6-5 when Russell

Branyan’s apparent sacrifi ce fl y was nullifi ed upon appeal when it was ruled that Aubrey

Huff had left third base early on the tag-up. Rocco Baldelli was also caught on the play

trying to advance from fi rst to second base.

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KYLE FARNSWORTH 43Kyle Lynn Farnsworth

X-RAY REPORT Ê Kyle enjoys paintball and plays often during the offseason with his sons…he has several friends who are members of the pro paintball team the Tampa Bay Damage…one of his paint-ball outings with the Damage was the subject of an “Inside the Rays” episode on Sun Sports in 2011.

Ê Last season he began wearing a pair of camou-flage-style Oakley glasses when he pitches…he plans to keep wearing them this year.

Ê His father, Lynn, was a fighter pilot in Vietnam.

Ê An avid hunter, Kyle made offseason trips to his 2,500-acre plot of land in Georgia, as well as his uncle’s farm in Missouri and a friend’s property in Kentucky.

Ê Kyle achieved a black belt in taekwondo as a teenager, but no longer practices.

2012 SEASON Ê Spent his second season with the Rays and 14th in the majors…began the season on the DL with a right elbow strain suffered in spring training and missed nearly half the season (77 games) before his activation on June 30…pitched in 34 games after his return, going 1-6 with a 4.00 ERA (27-IP, 12-ER).

Ê Ranks 3rd among active pitchers with 810 ca-reer appearances, trailing Mariano Rivera (1,051) and LaTroy Hawkins (871)…this ranks 43rd all-time, just ahead of Nolan Ryan (807)…ranks 37th all-time with 784 relief apps.

Ê Allowed 5 ER over his first 6 games (through July 18) and 6 ER over his final 10 outings (beginning Sep 8), but in between crafted a 0.54 ERA (16.2-IP, 1-ER) with only 5 hits allowed

over a span of 18 apps…did not allow a run in the month of August (11 games, 10.1 IP), yield-ing only 3 hits…had a stretch of 13 consecutive scoreless apps from Aug 3–Sep 7.

Ê Limited opponents to a .216 avg. (22-for-102) and allowed only 1 home run…issued 14 BB in 27 IP—8 coming in his first 11 apps—compared to 12 BB in 57.2 IP in 2011.

Ê Allowed runs in only 8 of his 34 appearances, but suffered the loss in 6 of those 8 games…absorbed 3 losses in the month of September (Sep 8 vs. TEX, Sep 12 at BAL, Sep 18 vs. BOS).

Ê In June made 6 apps on rehab assignments with Class-A Charlotte and Triple-A Durham.

Ê Has a career 2.63 ERA (68.1-IP, 20-ER) at Tropicana Field…NYY Mariano Rivera (1.07), Fernando Rodney (1.57) and Joel Peralta (2.17) are the only relievers with a lower career ERA at the Trop (min. 50 IP).

Ê After filing for free agency, re-signed to a one-year contract with the Rays on Feb 5, 2013.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 spent his first season with the Rays and earned a career-high 25 saves in 31 chanc-es over 63 apps…posted a career-best 2.18 ERA, 2nd among AL closers…it was his 9th season of 60 or more apps…among active

MOST GAMES PITCHED, ACTIVE PITCHERS

Mariano Rivera 1,051

LaTroy Hawkins 871

Kyle Farnsworth 810

Francisco Cordero 800

Octavio Dotel 752


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pitchers only Mariano Rivera (14) has had more seasons of 60 or more apps.

Ê His first 25-save campaign came in his 13th major league season…only four pitchers all-time have gone as deep into their career be-fore doing this: CIN David Weathers in 2007 (17th season), ATL John Smoltz in 2002 (14th), CLE Mike Jackson in 1998 (13th) and CWS Hoyt Wilhelm in 1964 (13th).

Ê Was one of three pitchers in the majors age 35 or over with 20 saves, along with NYY Mariano Rivera (44) and CIN Francisco Cordero (34)…25 saves ranked 10th in the AL.

Ê Had 5 saves of 4 or more outs, most in the ma-jors in 2011, but none after July 15 vs. BOS.

Ê Averaged 1.87 BB/9 IP, lowest of his career…fin-ished in the top 3 among AL closers in oppo-nents’ OBP (.261, 3rd), base runners per 9 IP (9.36, 3rd) and SO/BB ratio (4.25, 3rd).

Ê His 5 wins tied a career high (1999 as a starter) and tied for 10th among AL relievers…all 5 wins came at home.

Ê Retired a career-high 26 consecutive batters over 9 apps from July 28–Aug 23, breaking Roberto Hernandez’s club record of 25 in 1998.

Ê Did not allow a home run until the 95th batter he faced, a solo homer to Adrian Gonzalez on June 16 vs. BOS.

Ê Went 2 weeks between apps, Sep 10 vs. BOS and Sep 24 vs. TOR, due to right elbow tenderness.

Ê Entered the season with 27 career saves, 16 of them coming in 2005 with the Tigers (6) and Braves (10)…before 2011, his last save was June 13, 2008 with New York.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made his sixth career trip to the postseason but did not appear in a game…the Rays did not have any save opportunities in the ALDS vs. Texas.

Ê Split the 2010 season between the Royals and Braves, his second stint with Atlanta…combined to go 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA (64.2-IP, 24-ER).

Ê Went 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA for Kansas City…was dealt to the Braves at the July 31 trade dead-line along with OF Rick Ankiel in exchange for OF Gregor Blanco, RH Jesse Chavez and LH Tim Collins.

Ê Walked only 2 batters in his last 16 apps of the season.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 2 scoreless apps in the NLDS vs. San Francisco…earned the victory in Game 2 at SF, the only game won by the Braves, 5-4 in 11 innings…it was Bobby Cox’s last win as a manager.

Ê Prior to the 2009 season, signed a two-year free agent contract with the Royals on Dec 29…threw a then-career-low 37.1 innings for the Royals due to a right groin strain that cost him nearly two months…his 41 apps were his fewest since his rookie season of 1999 when he was used primarily as a starter.

Ê After allowing 7 ER over his first 5 outings, re-corded 17 consecutive scoreless apps from April 21–June 10 (17.2-IP)…had a 1.35 ERA (26.2-IP, 4-ER) in 28 night games, but a 12.66 ERA (10.2-IP, 15-ER) in 13 day games.

Ê Left the game on June 24 at HOU with a right groin strain…placed on the 15-day DL on June 26…reinstated from the DL on Aug 18 after a 5-game rehab assignment.

Ê On July 30, 2008 was traded from the Yankees to the Tigers in exchange for C Ivan Rodriguez…appeared in a total of 61 games with a 4.48 ERA (60.1-IP, 30-ER)…yielded 15 HR, tied with KC Joel Peralta and LAA Justin Speier for most among ML relievers.

Ê In 2007 appeared in 64 games for the Yankees, his fifth straight season of 60-plus apps.

Ê Joined the Yankees in 2006 after signing a three-year free agent contract the previous December…made 72 apps and went 6-for-10 in save opportunities.

Ê POSTSEASON: Did not allow a run in 2 apps in the ALDS vs. Detroit.

Ê Traded from the Cubs to the Tigers on Feb 9, 2005 in a five-player deal…split the season be-tween Detroit and Atlanta and combined for a 2.19 ERA (70-IP, 17-ER) and 16 saves in 18 opportunities (88.9 percent)…was 6-for-8 in save opps for the Tigers and 10-for-10 with the Braves.

Ê Ejected on July 17 vs. KC following a bench-clearing brawl…traded to Atlanta on July 31 for pitchers Roman Colon and Zach Miner…served a 5-game suspension for the July 17 brawl after joining the Braves, Aug 9-13…posted a 1.98 ERA (27.1-IP, 6-ER) for Atlanta.

Ê POSTSEASON: Pitched in 2 games in the NLDS vs. Houston…charged with a blown save in Game 4 at HOU by allowing a grand slam to Lance Berkman in the 8th inning and a game-tying solo homer to Brad Ausmus in the 9th…the Braves went on to lose in 18 innings.

Ê In 2004, his final season with the Cubs, ranked 7th among NL relievers with 10.53 SO/9 IP (66.2-IP, 78-SO)…spent two weeks (Aug 28–Sep 12) on the DL with a right knee contusion.

Ê Finished his Cubs career with 317 relief apps, currently 4th most in franchise history behind


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Lee Smith (452), Carlos Marmol (439) and Don Elton (434).

Ê Worked in a career-high 77 games for the Cubs in 2003…averaged 10.8 SO/9 IP (76.1-IP, 92-SO), 6th among NL relievers…held opponents to a .196 avg. (53-for-271)…ejected on June 19 at CIN after a bench-clearing brawl involving for-mer Devil Ray Paul Wilson and served a 2-game suspension June 26-27.

Ê POSTSEASON: Pitched in 8 postseason games as the Cubs advanced to the NLCS…made 3 scoreless apps in the NLDS vs. Atlanta, but yielded a 10.13 ERA (5.1-IP, 6-ER) in 5 games in the NLCS vs. Florida.

Ê In 2002 recorded a career-worst 7.33 ERA (46.2-IP, 38-ER) in 45 apps for the Cubs…missed nearly two months with a stress frac-ture in his right foot suffered April 10 while warming up in the bullpen.

Ê In 2001, his first full season with the Cubs, went 4-6 with a 2.74 ERA and 2 saves in 76 apps (82-IP)…ranked 3rd among NL relievers with 107 SO (a career high) and 4th with 11.74 SO/9 IP…was the first Cubs reliever to reach 100 SO since Paul Assenmacher (117) in 1991…struck out 8 consecutive batters over a span of 3 apps, May 23–June 1.

Ê Split the 2000 campaign between the Cubs and Triple-A Iowa…made his first Opening Day roster as a member of the starting rotation, and started their second game of the season March 30 vs. NYM in Tokyo (no decision, 5.2-IP, 1-ER)…after making 5 starts and going 1-3 with an 8.23 ERA he was moved to the bullpen in late April and has not made a start since.

Ê Optioned to Iowa on May 25…recalled July 21 and posted a 3.15 ERA (34.1-IP, 12-ER) in 26 apps over the remainder of the season…earned his first major league save July 29 vs. SF with 3 scoreless innings.

Ê Saw his first major league action in 1999, mak-ing 21 starts over three stints with the Cubs…

opened with Iowa and was recalled to start April 29 at FLA in his major league debut, earn-ing the win (6-IP, 6-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)…fired his first and only major league shutout Aug 29 at LAD, a 2-hitter.

Ê In 1998 rose from Double-A West Tennessee to Iowa, making 31 starts combined…started 27 games for Class-A Daytona in 1997…in 1996 went 9-6 in 20 starts for the Class-A Rockford Cubbies as he transitioned to a starting role…was named the No. 10 prospect in the Cubs system by Baseball America following the sea-son…made his professional debut in 1995 with the GCL Cubs in Fort Myers…recorded a 0.87 ERA (31-IP, 3-ER) in 16 relief apps.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Kyle and his wife, Shayla, reside in Celebration, Fla., with their three children: daughter Taylor (18) and sons Hunter (13) and Stone (10)…they have an American bulldog named Rambo.

Ê Drafted in 1994 out of Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga., where he played baseball, basketball and football…attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga. and pitched there in 1994 and 1995…elected to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in March 2011.

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (1),

SHUTOUTS (1)

8/29/99 at LAD – 2-hit SHO

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 8/29/99 at LAD


6.0, 7/17/99 vs. MIN

STRIKEOUTS

7, 2x-last 4/12/00 vs. ATL

WALKS

5, 9/29/00 at PIT

HR ALLOWED

3, 4x-last 5/24/00 at COL

RUNS ALLOWED

8, 2x-last 4/6/00 at STL

WIN STREAK

4G, 3x-last 6/15/04 –

8/4/04

LOSS STREAK

8G, 4/17/00 – 9/20/00


RENEWALS OF NATIONAL MEDIA RIGHTS DEALSMajor League Baseball renewed its national broadcasting contracts with FOX, Turner Sports and

ESPN in 2012. The eight-year agreements run through the 2021 season and maintain continuity

with the game’s longtime rightsholders. Combined, the three contracts will deliver more than a

100 percent increase in annual rights fees to Major League Baseball over the existing deals.


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1995 GCL Cubs 3 2 0.87 16 0 0 0 1 31.0 22 8 3 0 1 11-0 18 1 1

1996 Rockford 9 6 3.70 20 20 1 0 0 112.0 122 62 46 7 9 35-0 82 8 1

1997 Daytona 10 10 4.09 27 27 2 0 0 156.1 178 91 71 13 6 47-1 105 5 1

1998 West Tenn 8 2 2.77 13 13 0 0 0 81.1 70 32 25 6 1 21-0 73 2 2

Iowa 5 9 6.93 18 18 0 0 0 102.2 129 88 79 18 2 36-0 79 4 1

1999 Iowa 2 2 3.20 6 6 0 0 0 39.1 38 16 14 5 0 9-0 29 1 0

Chicago-NL 5 9 5.05 27 21 1 1 0 130.0 140 80 73 28 3 52-1 70 7 1

2000 Chicago-NL 2 9 6.43 46 5 0 0 1 77.0 90 58 55 14 4 50-8 74 3 0

Iowa 0 2 3.20 22 0 0 0 9 25.1 24 10 9 1 0 18-2 22 4 1

2001 Chicago-NL 4 6 2.74 76 0 0 0 2 82.0 65 26 25 8 1 29-2 107 2 2

2002 Chicago-NL 4 6 7.33 45 0 0 0 1 46.2 53 47 38 9 1 24-7 46 1 0

Iowa 0 1 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 0-0 2 0 0

2003 Chicago-NL 3 2 3.30 77 0 0 0 0 76.1 53 31 28 6 0 36-1 92 6 0

2004 Chicago-NL 4 5 4.73 72 0 0 0 0 66.2 67 39 35 10 2 33-1 78 1 0

2005 Detroit 1 1 2.32 46 0 0 0 6 42.2 29 12 11 1 1 20-0 55 2 0

Atlanta 0 0 1.98 26 0 0 0 10 27.1 15 6 6 4 2 7-0 32 1 1

2006 New York-AL 3 6 4.36 72 0 0 0 6 66.0 62 34 32 8 1 28-3 75 5 1

2007 New York-AL 2 1 4.80 64 0 0 0 0 60.0 60 35 32 9 2 27-2 48 4 2

2008 New York-AL 1 2 3.65 45 0 0 0 1 44.1 43 18 18 11 1 17-3 43 1 1

Detroit 1 1 6.75 16 0 0 0 0 16.0 27 14 12 4 0 5-1 18 0 0

2009 Kansas City 1 5 4.58 41 0 0 0 0 37.1 43 22 19 3 1 14-2 42 2 1

Omaha 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0

NW Arkansas 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 3 0 0

2010 Kansas City 3 0 2.42 37 0 0 0 0 44.2 40 13 12 2 4 12-0 36 2 0

Atlanta 0 2 5.40 23 0 0 0 0 20.0 15 12 12 2 0 7-1 25 1 0

2011 Tampa Bay 5 1 2.18 63 0 0 0 25 57.2 45 15 14 5 3 12-1 51 2 0

2012 Charlotte 0 0 2.25 4 4 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 1 0

Durham 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 0

Tampa Bay 1 6 4.00 34 0 0 0 0 27.0 22 13 12 1 1 14-2 25 2 0


Rays Totals 6 7 2.76 97 0 0 0 52 84.2 67 28 26 6 4 26-3 76 4 0


1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1994 June Draft…signed by Preston Douglas. 2: Acquired by the Detroit Tigers from

Chicago in exchange for OF Bo Flowers, INF Scott Moore and RH Roberto Novoa, February 9, 2005. 3: Acquired by the Atlanta Braves from Detroit

in exchange for RH Roman Colon and RH Zach Miner, July 31, 2005. 4: Signed by the New York Yankees as a free agent, December 2, 2005.

5: Acquired by the Detroit Tigers from New York in exchange for C Ivan Rodriguez, July 30, 2008. 6: Signed by the Kansas City Royals as a free

agent, December 29, 2008. 7: Acquired by the Atlanta Braves along with OF Rick Ankiel and cash considerations from Kansas City in exchange for

OF Gregor Blanco, RH Jesse Chavez and LH Tim Collins, July 31, 2010. 8: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 16, 2011.


1999 Chicago-NL .086 35 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 10 0 0 0 .086 .158

2000 Chicago-NL .071 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 0 .143 .071

2001 Chicago-NL .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000

2002 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

2003 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

2004 Chicago-NL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

Major League Totals .074 54 3 4 1 0 0 3 8 1 1 2-0 18 0 0 0 .093 .121

POSTSEASON PITCHINGYEAR SERIES CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK

2003 NLDS CHC vs. ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0

NLCS CHC vs. FLA 0 0 10.13 5 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 6 6 0 0 2-2 7 0 0

2005 NLDS ATL vs. HOU 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 2 0 1-0 4 0 0

2006 ALDS NYY vs. DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0

2007 ALDS NYY vs. CLE 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0

2010 NLDS ATL vs. SFG 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1-0 1 0 0

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX Did Not Pitch

DS Totals 1 0 2.53 10 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 3 3 2 1 4-0 10 0 0

Postseason Totals 1 0 5.06 15 0 0 0 0 16.0 12 9 9 2 1 6-2 17 0 0


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1999 Pitcher .846 27 9 13 4 26 1

2000 Pitcher .833 46 4 6 2 12 1

2001 Pitcher 1.000 76 3 4 0 7 0

2002 Pitcher 1.000 45 0 5 0 5 0

2003 Pitcher 1.000 77 5 12 0 17 0

2004 Pitcher .944 72 7 10 1 18 0

2005 Pitcher .917 72 4 7 1 12 1

2006 Pitcher 1.000 72 3 7 0 10 0

2007 Pitcher .769 64 3 7 3 13 0

2008 Pitcher 1.000 61 4 5 0 9 0

2009 Pitcher .750 41 0 3 1 4 0

2010 Pitcher .857 60 6 6 2 14 0

2011 Pitcher .933 63 7 7 1 15 1

2012 Pitcher 1.000 34 1 4 0 5 0

Totals .910 810 56 96 15 167 4



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175MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 2 years, 140 daysOPENING DAY AGE 31BORN 11/20/81 in Durham, NH RESIDES Jupiter, FL CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Chicago Cubs along with RHP Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee in exchange for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zach Rosscup, 1/8/11 SIGNING SCOUTS Steve Hinton and Steve Fuller (Cubs)

OUTFIELDER

SAM FULD 5Samuel Babson Fuld

FOLLOW HIM @SamFuld5

X-RAY REPORT Ê Sam, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes since he was 10, decided to convert to an insu-lin pump during the winter and plans to use it throughout the season…he finds the pump more convenient, since it eliminates the 6-7 daily insulin shots he’d given himself since childhood…former Devil Ray Jason Johnson also wore an insulin pump when he pitched.

Ê In February he hosted the second annual Sam Fuld Diabetes Camp for 115 young diabetes pa-tients in conjunction with the University of South Florida Diabetes Center…Sam and 10 oth-er counselors—all Type 1 diabetics from the col-legiate or professional level—provide instruc-tion in baseball/softball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, golf and cheerleading…new in-structors this year included former 20-game winner Bill Gullickson and seven-time LPGA Tour winner Michelle McGann.

Ê Sam and his wife, Sarah, spent part of the off-season learning how to surf…Sam is a “goofy-footer” (surfs with his right foot in front).

Ê He interned with Stats Inc. in the fall of 2005 after playing for Peoria in the Midwest League.

Ê A sore shoulder in 2007 inspired him to learn to throw right-handed as a backup, although his left shoulder recovered and he has never had to rely on it…he borrowed a friend’s glove and practiced throwing right-handed by toss-ing baseballs against the wall of a Phoenix el-

ementary school after his morning workouts with the Cubs…later that year he made his ma-jor league debut—left-handed.

2012 SEASON Ê Missed the first 96 games of the season while recovering from surgery to repair ligaments in his right wrist, an injury he incurred during spring training…underwent surgery on April 3 and was reinstated on July 24, beating the ex-pected recovery time of 4-5 months.

Ê After rejoining the club, played in 44 of the team’s last 66 games (23 starts, 11-RF, 9-LF, 3-CF)…batted .255/.318/.327 (25-for-98) with 7 SB and 14 runs scored…went 2-for-24 from Sep 7 through season’s end, dropping his aver-age from .311 to .255.

Ê Hit .300/.364/.400 (18-for-60) in 27 games on the road, compared to .184/.244/.211 (7-for-38) in 17 games at Tropicana Field.

Ê Hit .372 (16-for-43) when playing right field, compared to .164 (9-for-55) everywhere else…went 5-for-16 (.313) with RISP.

Ê Was sidelined early in spring training with in-flammation in his right wrist…appeared in 9 spring training games before exiting the game March 23 vs. TOR when he injured the wrist on a swing…on April 3 in Cleveland, Dr. Thomas Graham performed surgery to repair the ligaments.


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Ê On Aug 28 at TEX became the second player in Rays history to record 3 hits in a game he didn’t start, joining Aaron Ledesma who went 3-for-4 on Aug 29, 1998 at DET (Game 1)…en-tered for RF Matt Joyce, who suffered a left forearm strain.

Ê Sustained a mild right hamstring strain on Sep 16 at NYY, causing him to miss 9 games.

Ê Appeared in 10 games on rehab assignment between Class-A Charlotte (5) and Triple-A Durham (5), beginning July 7.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with the Rays, his first full year in the majors…was one of 3 fi-nalists among AL left fielders for a Gold Glove despite making only 76 outfield starts (68-LF, 4-CF, 4-RF).

Ê Finished 2nd among all major league players in ESPN “Web Gem” points…had 11 different plays nominated as Web Gems, most of any ML out-fielder and tied with KC Alcides Escobar for 3rd most in the majors behind CLE Asdrubal Cabrera (13).

Ê Was expected to open the season as Johnny Damon’s backup in LF, but when Manny Ramirez retired on April 6, he started 37 of the next 38 games…started 66 of the Rays first 99 games through July 22, but only 11 of the last 63 after Desmond Jennings was re-called from Durham…started only once in the Rays last 31 games.

Ê Led the AL with 6 pinch-hits…also led all AL pinch-hitters with 6 BB, 6 R and a .571 OBP, all club records…his 21 plate apps as a pinch-hit-ter were 2nd in the AL behind TOR/CWS Mark Teahen (27).

Ê Stole 20 bases in 28 attempts, tied for 2nd most on the team after B.J. Upton (36)…his 10 SB in April tied SEA Ichiro Suzuki for the AL lead and fell 1 shy of Carl Crawford’s club record in April 2004.

Ê Was leading the AL in batting avg. on April 22, when he was tied with NYY Alex Rodriguez at .366 and topped the AL with 9 SB…was the first to lead the AL in both categories on that date since BAL Luis Aparicio in 1963.

Ê On April 9 at CWS made a diving catch on the warning track to end a 4th-inning, bases-load-ed threat and rob Juan Pierre of extra bases.

Ê On April 11 at BOS made his Fenway Park de-but…established career highs with 4 hits (all for extra bases), 3 RBI, 3 runs and 11 total bas-es…fell a single short of the cycle, and logged a second double in his last at-bat…the HR was his first since Oct 4, 2009 vs. ARI (Doug Davis).

Ê His 4 extra-base hits tied the Rays franchise record…the 4 extra-base hits and 11 total bas-es set an all-time record for a Fenway Park de-but (visiting or Red Sox player)…became the third leadoff hitter ever to record 4 extra-base hits at Fenway Park, joining BOS Wade Boggs (July 25, 1989 vs. KC) and DET Lou Whitaker (June 8, 1983).

Ê Became the first New Hampshire-born play-er to hit a home run at Fenway Park since BOS Phil Plantier on Oct 3, 1992 vs. NYY…was the fourth overall joining Plantier (11-HR), Kevin Romine (4) and Red Rolfe (2).

Ê On Aug 10 vs. KC, capped a 5-run rally in the 9th inning with a walk-off RBI triple off Joakim Soria…Elliot Johnson scored as the tying run, and Fuld came around to score the winning run on the same play on an error by 2B Johnny Giovatella…marked the first-ever Rays win on a walk-off triple…it was Fuld’s first career walk-off hit.

Ê On June 20 at MIL, pinch-hit and then took the mound after the inning but had not yet thrown a pitch when Cesar Ramos replaced him…did not count as an official appearance.

Ê Spent the majority of the 2010 season at Triple-A Iowa (Cubs) where he led the club with 9 triples and was 2nd in walks (66) and steals (21)…joined the parent club briefly in August and again in September, making a total of 5 starts for the Cubs.

Ê Recalled on Aug 19 by the Cubs when 1B Derrek Lee was traded to the Braves, three days be-

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fore Lou Piniella retired as manager…appeared in 3 games without a start and was optioned back Aug 22, just as Mike Quade was named manager.

Ê Made 88 starts for Iowa, all in CF…hit leadoff in all but two of those games…his ratio of 66 BB to 37 SO was the 2nd best in all of Triple-A…batted .302 (49-for-162) in the final 47 games of the season with Iowa.

Ê Had three tours with the Cubs in 2009, joining them for good on July 31…made 22 starts (18-CF, 4-LF).

Ê Finished 4th in batting (.299) and 1st in OBP (.409) among NL rookies with 100 or more plate apps…batted .355 with a .459 OBP in September.

Ê Recorded his first major league hit on July 1 at PIT, a 1st-inning double off RH Virgil Vasquez.

Ê Went 101 big league at-bats without an RBI be-fore homering in the season finale, Oct 4 vs. ARI off Doug Davis.

Ê With Iowa, struck out only once every 15.42 plate apps, 7th best in minor league baseball.

Ê Began the 2008 season at Iowa, but was hit-ting just .188 on May 1 and two weeks later was assigned to Double-A Tennessee…went 1-for-26 his first week with Tennessee, then went on to hit .291 (91-for-313) the rest of the season.

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 5, 2007 vs. LAD as a defensive replacement in CF, one day after he was recalled from Tennessee by the Cubs…appeared in 8 games, 6 as a pinch-runner, before he finally got a plate appear-ance…was 0-for-3 in his only start, Sep 29 vs. CIN, and finished with only 9 PA…7 of his 14 ap-pearances were as a pinch-runner.

Ê Named Arizona Fall League MVP after bat-ting .402 (43-for-107) in 29 games for the Mesa Solar Sox…led the league in hits (43), doubles (11), total bases (67), OBP (.492), SLG (.626) and OPS (1.118)…also named the winner of the Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award, pre-sented annually to the AFL player who best exemplifies unselfishness, hard work and leadership.

Ê Hit an even .300 in 2005 and 2006, his first two seasons of pro ball…in 2005, hit .179 his first month, then batted .322 the rest of the season.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê At Exeter Academy (N.H.), hit .613 as a fresh-man and followed with seasons of .489, .600 and .550…listed 19th among the 100 Top High School Prospects of 2000 by Baseball America

and selected as the New Hampshire 2000 Gatorade High School Player of the Year.

Ê Was a two-time All-American and a three-time All-Pac-10 center fielder at Stanford…graduated with a degree in economics…was also the first player in school history to make the All-College World Series team twice.

Ê His 1,071 career at-bats and 268 runs are still a Stanford record…ranks 2nd in school history in hits (356) and games played (260) and tied for third in triples (16)…his 110 hits as a soph-omore in 2002 led the Pac-10 and remain the school record for most hits in a season…also scored 83 runs as a junior, tying Dustin Pedroia (Arizona State) for the conference lead and Jeffrey Hammonds (1990) for the school record.

Ê For six years, he held the all-time career record for most College World Series hits with 24…that mark was broken in 2009 by North Carolina’s Dustin Ackley (Mariners).

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê He and his wife, Sarah, have a 3-year-old son, Charles, and a 1-year-old daughter, Jane.

Ê His mother, Amanda Merrill, served as a New Hampshire State Senator but has decided not to seek re-election…his father, Kenneth Fuld, is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire.

Ê After only 8 weeks with the Rays in 2011, the team fashioned a giveaway after him: a Super Sam Fuld Cape to kids 14 and under.

Ê Invited as a guest analyst to ESPN’s Baseball Tonight set for the 2011 Home Run Derby at Chase Field.

Ê His high school alma mater, Exeter Academy (N.H.), counts many other notables among its graduates including Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States; the sons of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant; Peter Coors of the Coors Brewing Company; Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook; and Peter Benchley, author of Jaws.

Ê Although he was the shortest Ray in 2012, Sam weighed 10 pounds at birth.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 2x-last 4/18/11 vs. CWS

HITTING STREAK

6G, 4/9/11 – 4/15/11

HOME RUNS

1, 4x-last 5/27/11 vs. CLE

RBI

3, 4/11/11 at BOS

RUNS

3, 3x-last 4/22/11 at TOR

WALKS

3, 2x-last 8/10/11 vs. KC

STRIKEOUTS

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STOLEN BASES

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POSTSEASON BATTINGYEAR SERIES CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0


2007 Right Field 1.000 6 9 1 0 10 1

Left Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0

Center Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2009 Left Field .962 29 24 1 1 26 0

Center Field 1.000 26 39 0 0 39 0

Right Field 1.000 2 2 0 0 2 0

2010 Left Field 1.000 8 1 0 0 1 0

Center Field 1.000 7 22 0 0 22 0

2011 Left Field .982 75 162 5 3 170 0

Right Field 1.000 9 14 0 0 14 0

Center Field 1.000 7 14 0 0 14 0

2012 Right Field .957 15 21 1 1 23 0

Left Field 1.000 14 19 1 0 20 0

Center Field 1.000 6 11 0 0 11 0

Totals Left Field .982 127 206 7 4 217 0

Center Field 1.000 47 86 0 0 86 0

Right Field .980 32 46 2 1 49 1


2005 Peoria .300 125 443 82 133 32 6 5 37 4 4 7 50-0 44 18 11 16 .433 .377 6

2006 Daytona .300 89 353 63 106 19 6 4 40 6 1 5 40-5 54 22 3 6 .422 .378 2

2007 Tennessee .290 90 335 56 97 23 2 2 27 8 3 5 41-1 38 10 3 2 .388 .372 3

Iowa .269 14 52 13 14 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 9-0 5 2 0 1 .442 .397 1

Chicago-NL .000 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 0 0 .000 .333 0

2008 Iowa .222 20 63 11 14 3 0 1 4 5 0 0 8-0 12 3 2 3 .317 .310 0

Tennessee .271 85 339 48 92 16 3 5 48 1 4 3 50-2 40 7 8 9 .381 .366 4

2009 Iowa .284 84 328 62 93 17 10 2 33 1 2 1 38-1 24 23 5 4 .415 .358 4

Chicago-NL .299 65 97 17 29 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 17-1 10 2 1 1 .412 .409 1

2010 Iowa .272 112 368 69 100 15 9 4 27 1 3 2 66-2 37 21 9 4 .394 .383 1

Chicago-NL .143 19 28 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3-0 5 0 0 2 .179 .226 0

2011 Tampa Bay .240 105 308 41 74 18 5 3 27 4 1 1 32-0 49 20 8 3 .360 .313 3

2012 Charlotte .154 5 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 3 0 1 0 .154 .267 0

Durham .167 5 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 1 1 .222 .286 0

Tampa Bay .255 44 98 14 25 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 8-0 14 7 2 0 .327 .318 1


Rays Totals .244 149 406 55 99 21 7 3 32 4 1 2 40-0 63 27 10 3 .352 .314 4


1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Steve Hinton and Steve Fuller. 2: Acquired by the Tampa

Bay Rays along with RH Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Brandon Guyer and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza,

OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011.



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CHRIS GIMENEZ 16Christopher Paul Gimenez (GYM-en-ez)

X-RAY REPORT Ê From the ages of 8 to 14, Chris spent his sum-mers working on his grandparents’ cattle ranch in Pomeroy, Wash. …his grandfather, Dale, owned 125 head of cattle and Chris even owned 10 himself before selling them at age 14…his job duties on the ranch included herding cattle and driving trucks and combines…at age 8, Chris even helped deliver a baby calf.

Ê Chris hails from Gilroy, Calif., the “garlic cap-ital of the world”…the city hosts the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival every July, which boasts more than 100,000 attendees and delicacies like garlic ice cream and garlic cotton can-dy…the smell of garlic can be picked up miles away from Gilroy, and Chris says the aroma re-minds him of home…on occasion, he even eats a spoonful of minced garlic out of the jar as a snack.

Ê An avid hunter, Chris went goose hunting for the first time this offseason with his cousin in Oroville, Calif. …in his spare time, Chris enjoys hunting and golfing with his wife, Kellie, who he describes as a better athlete than him…they met while in college at University of Nevada-Reno, where she played volleyball.

2012 SEASON Ê The backstop completed his fourth major league season…split the year between Triple-A Durham and the Rays…played in 42 games (31 starts at catcher) over two stints in the majors: April 15–May 28 and Sep 1 through season’s end…hit .221 (19-for-86) with 6 RBI in 35 games at the major league level.

Ê Appeared in 11 games (10 starts) after his sec-ond recall on Sep 1 and hit .406 (13-for-32) with 1 HR, 5 RBI and 3 doubles…started the final 5 games of the season and hit .500 (7-for-14) with at least 1 hit in each game.

Ê In his first stint with the Rays, appeared in 24 games (21 starts, all at catcher) from April 15–May 28…hit .191/.236/.206 (13-for-68) during that stretch…was selected from Durham on April 15 to replace injured C Jose Lobaton and made his Rays debut that day in Boston, going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles.

Ê Drove in the go-ahead run on a 2-out, RBI single in the 8th inning in a 4-3 victory on Sep 3 vs. NYY bringing the Rays to within 2.5 games of the first-place Yankees…it was his 2nd career go-ahead hit and his first since July 27, 2009 with Cleveland.

Ê On Oct 1 vs. BAL delivered a 2-run double in the 7th inning to give the Rays a 4-1 lead in the eventual 5-3 win, helping the Rays stay alive in the postseason race…they were eliminated lat-er that night with Oakland’s victory.

Ê Lone home run came on Sep 29 at CWS, a solo shot off RH Deunte Heath.

Ê Also appeared in one game each at 1B, 3B and LF, the only Rays catcher ever to play 3 oth-er positions.

Ê Caught 5 of 25 attempted base stealers(20 pct.) and 21 of 82 (25.6 pct.) for his career.

Ê Was called for catcher’s interference a club-record 3 times, the most in the majors since LAA Mike Napoli in 2006…became the first AL catcher to be called for catcher’s interference

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in back-to-back appearances (April 29-30) since DET Javier Cardona on Aug 14-16, 2001 and the first in Rays history to do so.

Ê At Triple-A, hit .310/.389/.483 (81-for-261) in 71 games for the Bulls, including .375 (36-for-96) against left-handed pitchers and .351 (26-for-74) with runners in scoring position…appeared at several positions for Durham: C (47 games), LF (11), RF (11), 3B (2) and 1B (1).

Ê Signed a minor league contract on Feb 16 with an invite to spring training…appeared in 24 spring games, spending time at catcher (33 in-nings), 1B (14), 3B (36), LF (16), DH (3).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Spent the 2011 season with the Mariners but spent more than two months on the DL…played a 13-game rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma.

Ê Reassigned to Tacoma at the end of spring training but did not appear in any games before being selected by the Mariners on April 10 after C Adam Moore was placed on the 60-day DL.

Ê Hit .203 (12-for-59) in 24 games…played 20 games at catcher (17 starts), 3 in left field (1 start) and 2 at first base (2 starts).

Ê Threw out 6 of 20 attempted base stealers (30 percent) and did not have a passed ball in 152 in-nings behind the plate.

Ê Was on the disabled list from June 29—Sep 1 with a strained left oblique…appeared in 13 games on a rehab assignment with Tacoma from Aug 12-31…designated for assignment on Feb 7, 2012 and signed with the Rays on Feb 16.

Ê Split the 2010 season between Cleveland and Triple-A Columbus…was with the Indians from July 10 through the end of the season as a backup catcher and utility player…promoted to Cleveland on July 10 when Mark Redmond was designated for assignment…made 19 starts at catcher and played 2 games in the outfield.

Ê Spent the first three months of the season with Columbus, making appearances in the outfield (34), catcher (18), first base (3) and third base (1)…signed with the Mariners as a minor league free agent after the season.

Ê Began the 2009 season at Columbus and spent the last four months of the season with the Indians after his recall on May 31 when

Grady Sizemore went on the DL…made his ML debut June 3 at MIN and collected his first ML hit and home run June 4 at MIN off Scott Baker…appeared in 18 games at first base (13 starts), 14 games in left field (9 starts), 8 games at catcher (6 starts) and 7 games in right field (4 starts).

Ê Split 2008 between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Buffalo (Indians), combining to bat .304 (113-for-372) with 24 2B, 9 HR and 45 RBI in 109 games…his .304 avg. was the 2nd-highest in the Indians system…hit .339 (60-for-177) in 55 games with Akron and was promoted to Buffalo on June 19.

Ê Spent most of the 2007 season at Class-A Kinston (Indians) where his team-high 20 HR ranked tied for 3rd in the Carolina League…ranked 2nd in the Indians farm system with 26 HR and a .526 SLG…was named a CL midsea-son All-Star and won the home run derby.

Ê In 2006, spent his second year at Class-A Lake County (Indians)…appeared at catcher for the first time (62 games at catcher, 3 at 3B and 1 at 1B).

Ê Made his pro debut in 2004 at Short-A Mahoning Valley…led the New York-Penn League in total bases (137), SLG (.527), 2B (23) XBH (36) and ranked 2nd in OBP (.419), 4th in HR (10) and 5th in hits (78)…named a NYPL postseason All-Star.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Resides in Reno, Nev., with his wife, Kellie, and 1-year-old son, Jace, whose first words were “Dada” and “ball.”

Ê Played three years of baseball at the University of Nevada-Reno…named first-team All- WAC in 2003 as a sophomore and 2nd-team All- WAC in 2004 as a junior.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

2, 17x-last 10/1/12 vs. BAL

HITTING STREAK

6G, 9/22/11 – 4/17/12

HOME RUNS


RBI

4, 8/27/10 vs. KC

RUNS


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2, 4x-last 5/19/11 vs. LAA

STRIKEOUTS

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vs. Left .357 56 20 0 6 .292 113 33 1 13

vs. Right .136 44 6 1 3 .149 215 32 5 17


2004 Mahoning Valley .300 71 260 40 78 23 3 10 38 1 1 24 30-1 62 2 2 3 .527 .419 11

2005 Lake County .234 112 384 54 90 24 1 13 66 2 4 25 48-0 90 4 3 4 .404 .354 12

2006 Lake County .255 91 329 55 84 25 1 11 40 1 5 26 33-1 72 6 8 8 .438 .364 7

2007 Kinston .283 83 269 56 76 14 1 20 54 2 3 8 50-0 55 3 2 3 .565 .406 3

Akron .221 30 113 20 25 6 0 6 12 0 0 1 9-0 31 1 0 1 .434 .285 3

2008 Akron .339 55 177 46 60 15 1 6 26 1 2 1 52-3 33 0 1 7 .537 .487 4

Buffalo .272 54 195 23 53 9 1 3 19 3 4 4 23-1 60 2 1 4 .374 .354 8

2009 Columbus .235 39 136 20 32 8 0 6 15 2 1 3 15-1 40 0 0 4 .426 .323 1

Cleveland .144 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 1 0 17-0 36 1 1 3 .243 .256 1

2010 Columbus .276 55 196 32 54 10 0 9 32 2 1 0 20-0 38 1 1 5 .464 .341 1

Cleveland .190 28 58 6 11 5 0 1 8 1 0 0 8-0 22 0 0 1 .328 .288 1

2011 Seattle .203 24 59 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 10-0 13 0 1 1 .271 .314 0

Tacoma .265 13 49 8 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7-0 13 0 1 2 .347 .357 1

2012 Durham .310 71 261 39 81 15 0 10 49 0 4 3 33-3 57 0 3 7 .483 .389 2

Tampa Bay .260 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 9 1 0 0 8-0 24 0 0 4 .330 .315 3



1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 19th round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Don Lyle. 2: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free

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2009 First Base .993 18 133 4 1 138 6 -

Left Field 1.000 14 20 0 0 20 0 -

Catcher 1.000 8 36 4 0 40 0 0

Right Field 1.000 7 8 0 0 8 0 -

2010 Catcher .992 24 109 14 1 124 2 1

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 -

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

2011 Catcher 1.000 20 111 9 0 120 2 0

Left Field - 3 0 0 0 0 0 -

First Base 1.000 2 15 1 0 16 5 -

2012 Catcher .989 39 262 12 3 277 2 0

First Base 1.000 1 2 0 0 2 1 -

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0 -

Totals Catcher .993 91 518 39 4 561 6 1

First Base .994 21 150 5 1 156 12 -

Left Field 1.000 19 22 0 0 22 0 -

Right Field 1.000 8 8 0 0 8 0 -

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

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BRANDON GOMES 47Brandon Paul Gomes (GOHMZ)

X-RAY REPORT Ê In January he and his wife, Blair, joined sever-al Rays employees to help build a garden at Campbell Park Elementary School, only a few blocks from Tropicana Field…the garden was conceived by the Edible Peace Patch Project, which develops innovative community-orient-ed food system and nutrition educational pro-grams in South St. Petersburg.

Ê A fan of alternative music, Brandon enjoys Incubus, Father John Misty and The Black Keys.

Ê His father, Paul, has been playing for 37 years in a band called The Crowd in their hometown of Fall River, Mass. …The Crowd plays togeth-er often and actively records original music…Paul has built two electric guitars for Brandon, the first of which was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina during his college days at Tulane.

Ê Took the LSAT after graduating from Tulane…if he were not playing baseball, he would have at-tended law school and pursued a career in law or finance.

2012 SEASON Ê Had five different tours with the Rays for a to-tal of 61 days including 31 after his Sep 2 recall from Triple-A Durham…in the final month, al-lowed only 4 hits and 1 ER in 5 games (6-IP).

Ê Held right-handed hitters to a .171 avg. (7-for-41) and has held them to a .202 (25-for-124) mark during his career while opposing lefties have hit .305 (25-for-82) during his career.

Ê Earned one of his 2 wins in the 2nd game of a doubleheader on June 24 at PHI…beat Cliff Lee, 7-3, with 2 scoreless innings in a game pitched entirely by the Rays bullpen…that same game, he drew a bases-loaded walk off LH Jake Diekman, becoming the third AL pitcher to draw a bases-loaded walk since the DH rule came into effect in 1973…joined NYY Mariano Rivera (June 28, 2009 at NYM) and ANA Jarrod Washburn (June 10, 2000 at ARI).

Ê In 40 relief appearances for Durham he led all International League relievers (min. 50 IP) with 11.9 SO/9 IP and a 1.05 WHIP (walks plus hits per IP)…was tied for 1st in the IL with a 5.21 SO/BB ratio…earned 5 wins and saved 9 games for the Bulls.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Owns a career 2.87 ERA and a 3.94 strike-out-to-walk ratio (437-SO, 111-BB) in the mi-nors…over his last four seasons in the minors (2009-12) has averaged 12.24 SO/9 IP (225-IP, 306-SO)…since the 2009 All-Star break has compiled a 1.92 ERA (187.2-IP, 40-ER) in the mi-nors…lowered his ERA in each of his first five minor league seasons (2007–11).

Ê Saw his first action in the majors in 2011, mak-ing 40 relief appearances over two stints in his first season in the Rays system…opened the season with Triple-A Durham and pitched in 20 games.

Ê Led the team with 29 apps after the All-Star break, tied for 2nd among AL rookies…finished the season with 11 straight scoreless apps


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(8-IP, 3-H, 1-BB, 10-SO) beginning Sep 7…posted a 1.13 ERA (8-IP, 1-ER) in 10 September outings.

Ê In 19 apps at Tropicana Field, crafted a 1.69 ERA (23.1-IP, 4-ER) and went 2-0 with 4 BB, 20 SO and a .202 opp avg. …in 21 road games, went 0-1 with a 5.27 ERA (13.2-IP, 8-ER), 12 BB, 12 SO and a .315 opp avg.

Ê Held right-handed batters to a .217 (18-for-83) avg. while lefties batted .292 (16-for-55).

Ê Recalled on May 3 and made his major league debut on May 4 vs. TOR, tossing 2 hitless in-nings in relief of Wade Davis…optioned on May 30 after 10 appearances…recalled again on July 7 and remained with the club through season’s end.

Ê Tossed a career-high 3 innings (13th, 14th, 15th) in the Rays 16-inning, 1-0 loss on July 17 vs. BOS (0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 3-SO).

Ê Notched his first career win on Aug 4 vs. TOR…after he worked a scoreless 12th inning, the Rays won on an RBI single by Robinson Chirinos.

Ê Served as Durham’s closer prior to his first call-up, collecting 6 saves in April…overall with Durham crafted a 1.07 ERA (25.1-IP, 3-ER) and went 7-for-7 in save opps…had 40 SO and 7 BB in 25.1 IP with a .187 opp avg.

Ê In 2010 went 7-2 with a 1.87 ERA (72.1-IP, 15-ER) for Double-A San Antonio (Padres), his sec-ond straight year with the Missions…led all Texas League relievers in strikeouts (93) and SO/9 IP (11.57), while allowing only 25 BB, 52 hits and 2 HR.

Ê Added to the Padres 40-man roster on Nov 18…traded to the Rays in a five-player deal involv-ing SS Jason Bartlett on Dec 17.

Ê During his two seasons with San Antonio (2009-10), went 11-3 with 4 saves and a 2.24 ERA (144.1-IP, 36-ER)…tallied 193 SO while allowing 53 walks, 106 hits and 6 HR.

Ê Spent the 2009 season in the San Antonio bullpen…led all minor league relievers with 65 apps and 100 SO.

Ê His 12.5 SO/9 IP (72-IP, 100-SO) led all Texas League relievers and ranked 11th overall in the minors…led TL relievers with a .206 (54-for-262) opp avg.

Ê Recorded a 4.34 ERA (37.1-IP, 18-ER) before the All-Star break and a 0.78 ERA (34.2-IP, 3-ER) in the second half…23 of his final 24 outings were scoreless.

Ê In 2008 transitioned to the bullpen with Class-A Fort Wayne and earned a July 11 promo-tion to Class-A Lake Elsinore…combined to go 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA (84.2-IP, 31-ER) in 51 apps (2 starts) and reached a career high in innings pitched…his only 2 starts came in his first 3 apps of the season.

Ê Made his professional debut in 2007 with Rookie-level Eugene after being selected in the 17th round of the June Draft…made 4 score-less relief apps for the Emeralds, allowing 1 hit, before earning a June 30 promotion to Fort Wayne.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Graduated from Tulane University, where he was a four-year letterman for the Green Wave…underwent Tommy John surgery his sophomore year (2004) and sat out as a medical redshirt…was a Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll student with a double major in finance and business law.

Ê Pitched for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League in 2003 and 2006.

Ê Attended Durfee (Mass.) High School, where he pitched and played shortstop…earned Big Three MVP honors and was named to the all-state team as a junior and senior…was Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior, after posting a 0.97 ERA with 112 strikeouts in 65 innings while hitting .506 with 5 HR and 33 RBI.

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2007 Eugene 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 6 0 0

Fort Wayne 1 4 4.68 14 11 0 0 0 59.2 65 41 31 3 6 11-0 44 6 2

2008 Fort Wayne 4 2 3.49 29 2 0 0 0 56.2 63 24 22 5 3 19-1 45 1 0

Lake Elsinore 2 1 2.89 22 0 0 0 0 28.0 27 13 9 3 1 6-0 36 0 0

2009 San Antonio 4 1 2.63 65 0 0 0 3 72.0 54 27 21 4 2 28-2 100 5 0

2010 San Antonio 7 2 1.87 51 0 0 0 1 72.1 52 19 15 2 1 25-1 93 8 0

2011 Durham 0 1 1.07 20 0 0 0 7 25.1 17 4 3 1 1 7-0 40 3 0

Tampa Bay 2 1 2.92 40 0 0 0 0 37.0 34 15 12 3 1 16-0 32 1 0

2012 Durham 5 4 3.09 40 0 0 0 9 55.1 44 19 19 5 3 14-1 73 5 0

Tampa Bay 2 2 5.09 15 0 0 0 0 17.2 16 12 10 2 2 12-3 15 1 0



1: Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 17th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Bob Filotei. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along

with INF Cole Figueroa, LH Cesar Ramos and RH Adam Russell from San Diego in exchange for SS Jason Bartlett and cash considerations,

December 17, 2010.


2012 Tampa Bay .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500


2011 Pitcher 1.000 40 3 3 0 6 0

2012 Pitcher .750 15 2 1 1 4 0

Totals .900 55 5 4 1 10 0



vs. Left .333 27 9 1 .305 82 25 3

vs. Right .171 41 7 1 .202 124 25 2


2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 2 2 1 0 2-0 3 0 0

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

3.0, 7/17/11 vs. BOS

STRIKEOUTS

3, 3x-last 6/15/12 vs. MIA

WALKS

2, 7x-last 6/26/12 at KC

HR ALLOWED

1, 5x-last 6/26/12 at KC

RUNS ALLOWED

4, 6/26/12 at KC

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Brandon met his wife, the former Blair Trickey, in college at Tulane, where she played soc-cer…they married near San Diego in November 2011…in her medical career, Blair sells devices used in labrum and ACL surgeries.

Ê Brandon and Blair have a Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix named Dalton.

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OUTFIELDER

BRANDON GUYER 10Brandon Eric Guyer (GUY-er)

FOLLOW HIM @BrandonGuyer

X-RAY REPORT Ê Brandon is married to Lindsay Murphy, a sports anchor for Fox 5 in Washington, D.C. …they met when she came to interview him after his 26-game hitting streak at the University of Virginia was snapped…after the interview, he won a bet with his teammates over whether he would ask her on a date.

Ê He spent most of the offseason rehabbing his left shoulder, although he escaped for a couple UFC fights in January…saw Rampage Jackson’s last fight in Chicago…he took Lindsay to see several fights in Las Vegas during Super Bowl Weekend.

Ê Brandon, born near Philly, grew up an Eagles fan in the heart of Redskins country.

Ê Two of his three career home runs have been hit at Camden Yards—roughly an hour away from the Guyer home—but Lindsay has missed both of them…on May 6, 2011 she drove an hour to Camden Yards following her shift on the 6:00 news, and had just pulled into the park-ing lot when she heard his homer on the radio…on May 12, 2012, she was in New York covering Game 7 of the Rangers-Capitals NHL playoffs.

Ê His father, Ray, is a former semi-pro tennis player who now works for Exxon Mobil.

2012 SEASON Ê Missed the last 4 months of the season af-ter undergoing surgery to repair a torn la-

brum in his left shoulder on May 31…the sur-gery was performed by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala.

Ê Recalled from Triple-A Durham on May 9 and played in 3 games (2 starts, both in LF) before going on the DL on May 16.

Ê His lone hit was a home run in his last game, May 12 at BAL, a solo shot off LH Brian Matusz in a 5-3 loss…has hit 2 of his 3 career home runs at Camden Yards…all 3 of his homers have come against left-handed pitchers.

Ê Opened the season with Durham and played in 22 games, primarily in RF and CF…also ap-peared in LF and at DH…batted .294 (25-for-85) for Durham, including a .421 (16-for-38) mark over his last 10 games beginning April 18, rais-ing his avg. from .191.

Ê On April 19 at Pawtucket (Red Sox) went 5-for-6 with 3 RBI and fell a double short of the cycle.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 saw three stints in the majors, his first big league experience, and spent the remainder of the season in Durham…his first two stints lasted one day each, May 6 at BAL and July 10 at NYY…was recalled on Sep 1 and remained with the Rays for the duration of the regular season…was not on the postsea-son roster.


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Ê Started 12 games for the Rays (9-RF, 2-LF, 1-DH) including 10 of 24 after his September call-up…9 of the 12 starts came against left-hand-ed starters.

Ê Made his major league debut on May 6 at BAL before he was optioned to Durham the next day…in his first ML plate app hit a 2-run homer off LH Zach Britton, joining pitcher Esteban Yan (June 4, 2000 at NYM) as the only Rays to hom-er in their first ML plate app.

Ê Became the first player ever to homer in his first at-bat at Camden Yards…in fact, since the ballpark opened in 1992, no other player (visi-tors or Orioles) had ever homered there in his major league debut…was the 108th in major league history to homer in his first ML at-bat.

Ê Hit his second home run on Sep 7 vs. TEX off LH Derek Holland.

Ê Named to the International League midsea-son All-Star Team…batted .312 (121-for-388) in 107 games for Durham, finishing 5th in the IL batting race and 3rd among Rays minor leagu-ers…played all 3 outfield positions (55-RF, 36-CF, 17-LF).

Ê Ranked 4th in the IL in OBP (.384), 5th in SLG (.521), 6th in OPS (.905) and tied teammate Russ Canzler for 2nd in the IL with 78 runs scored.

Ê Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 11 pros-pect in the Rays system entering 2012.

Ê Named the Cubs 2010 Minor League Player of the Year after spending the entire season at Double-A Tennessee…hit .344 (127-for-369) with 13 HR and 30 SB…played all three outfield positions, seeing the most action in right and left field.

Ê Led the Southern League in slugging pct. (.588) and ranked 2nd in batting avg., 3rd in doubles (39), 4th in extra-base hits (58) and 5th in OBP (.398).

Ê Following the season was named the No. 10 prospect and Best Defensive Outfielder in the Cubs organization by Baseball America, a Topps Double-A All-Star and a Southern League All-Star.

Ê After the All-Star break led the Southern League with a .424 avg. (72-for-170), 26 2B and a .724 SLG.

Ê Had two stints on the 7-day DL with a left shoulder subluxation: April 29–May 10 and May 15-29.

Ê In 2009 compiled a .282 avg. (128-for-454) with 62 R, 28 2B, 46 RBI and 30 SB in 130 games between Tennessee and Class-A Daytona…played mostly RF for Daytona and CF for Tennessee.

Ê Began the year with Tennessee and was sent down to Daytona on June 13…returned to the Smokies on Sep 1…in his first stint hit .173 (29-for-168) with 1 HR and 11 RBI…hit .333 (7-for- 21) in the second stint.

Ê Spent the entire 2008 season with Class-A Peoria…was limited to 88 games after miss-ing the first month and a half due to a right el-bow injury.

Ê Began his professional career in 2007 with the Rookie-level AZL Cubs…was shelved July 2-21 with a dislocated left shoulder…promoted to Short-A Boise on Aug 17.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Drafted out of the University of Virginia after playing three seasons for the Cavaliers…played with WAS Ryan Zimmerman as a freshman…im-proved his average each season batting .282 as a freshman, .333 as a sophomore and .370 as a junior…majored in sociology.

Ê Was a three-time letterman in both baseball and football at Herndon (Va.) High School…as a third baseman was first team all-metro and second team all-state…as a running back and linebacker was a second team all-state pick as a senior…scored 7 touchdowns in one game on homecoming night his senior year.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS


HITTING STREAK

6G, 9/4/11 – 9/17/11

HOME RUNS


RBI

2, 5/6/11 at BAL

RUNS


WALKS

1, 9/22/11 at NYY

STRIKEOUTS

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2011 Right Field 1.000 11 13 0 0 13 0

Left Field 1.000 3 7 0 0 7 0

2012 Left Field .667 3 2 0 1 3 0

Totals Right Field 1.000 11 13 0 0 13 0

Left Field .900 6 9 0 1 10 0



vs. Left .143 7 1 1 1 .194 36 7 3 4

vs. Right - - - - - .167 12 2 0 0


2007 AZL Cubs .222 17 72 10 16 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 5-0 16 6 2 0 .347 .309 1

Boise .268 19 71 9 19 1 0 0 14 7 1 3 6-0 9 5 0 0 .282 .346 2

2008 Peoria .269 88 327 55 88 27 3 14 38 1 3 13 19-0 63 22 7 8 .498 .331 4

2009 Tennessee .190 57 189 22 36 12 2 1 14 2 2 2 10-1 33 7 5 3 .291 .236 2

Daytona .347 73 265 40 92 16 3 2 32 0 8 8 24-1 34 23 2 3 .453 .407 2

2010 Tennessee .344 102 369 76 127 39 6 13 58 5 2 7 27-1 51 30 3 6 .588 .398 3

2011 Durham .312 107 388 78 121 29 5 14 61 6 2 12 35-1 79 16 6 8 .521 .384 2

Tampa Bay .195 15 41 7 8 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1-0 9 0 0 1 .366 .214 0

2012 Durham .294 22 85 9 25 3 1 3 13 1 1 3 7-0 15 2 0 2 .459 .365 0

Tampa Bay .143 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .571 .143 1



1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fi fth round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Billy Swoope. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with

RH Chris Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld and INF Hak-Ju Lee from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH

Zach Rosscup, January 8, 2011.


PLAYERS TO HOMER IN THEIR FIRST AT-BAT WITH THE RAYSPLAYER DATE PITCH COUNT

Ryan Roberts July 25, 2012 at BAL fi rst pitch off Miguel Gonzalez

Brandon Allen April 26, 2012 vs. LAA 2-2 pitch off Jordan Walden

Brandon Guyer * May 6, 2011 at BAL 3-1 pitch off Zach Britton

Brendan Harris April 7, 2007 vs. TOR 1-2 pitch off Tomo Ohka

Elijah Dukes April 2, 2007 at NYY 1-1 pitch off Carl Pavano

Kevin Cash June 15, 2005 vs. MIL fi rst pitch off Victor Santos

George Lombard April 19, 2003 at BAL 1-0 pitch off Rodrigo Lopez

Terry Shumpert March 31, 2003 vs. BOS 1-0 pitch off Alan Embree

Gerald Williams April 3, 2000 at MIN fi rst pitch off Brad Radke

Esteban Yan * June 5, 2000 at NYM fi rst pitch off Bobby Jones

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JEREMY HELLICKSON 58Jeremy Robert Hellickson

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jeremy is the only Iowa-born player in Rays history.

Ê In January, Jeremy visited Blank Children’s Oncology Clinic in Des Moines and gave kids and their families “Brave Baskets,” which in-cluded stuffed animals, toys, hand sanitizer, pill organizers and other practical items…the gift baskets were the idea of 9-year-old Carson Cooper, a patient at Blank who goes to school with Jeremy’s cousins…hosted a youth baseball clinic in Urbandale, Iowa, to benefit Kids Living Brave, a charity aimed at helping pediatric can-cer patients and their families.

Ê Has two Yorkies named Jeter and Marley…Marley was a gift he received Christmas 2011…Jeter is 7 years old and was named after one of his favorite players growing up.

2012 SEASON Ê The 2011 AL Rookie of the Year, Hellickson be-came the second pitcher in major league histo-ry to win both a Rookie of the Year Award and a Gold Glove Award, joining Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers (1982 NL Rookie of the Year, 1986 NL Gold Glove)…is the 4th Ray to win a Gold Glove, first pitcher.

Ê Named co-winner with CWS Jake Peavy, mark-ing the first time two pitchers had tied for a Gold Glove Award…at 25, became the young-est pitcher to win a Gold Glove since KC Bret Saberhagen (25) in 1989…since the Gold Glove was first awarded in 1957, he became the first pitcher in the majors to win the Gold Glove within his first three seasons…three pitchers

previously won the award in their fourth sea-son: MIN Jim Kaat (1962), SEA Mark Langston (1987) and LAD Clayton Kershaw (2011).

Ê Finished 6th in the AL with a 3.10 ERA, but was the only member of the rotation with a losing record (10-11)…in the last 25 years, only four AL starters have finished with a losing record with an ERA that low: CAL Jim Abbott, 1982 (7-15, 2.77); SEA/DET Doug Fister, 2011 (11-13, 2.83); CLE Kevin Millwood, 2005 (9-11, 2.86); and NYY Melido Perez, 1992 (13-16, 2.87)…his ERA was

LOWEST CAREER ERA AS A STARTER, ACTIVE PITCHERS

(Min. 50 starts)

Clayton Kershaw 2.80

Jeremy Hellickson 2.96

Adam Wainwright 3.14

Johan Santana 3.14

Josh Johnson 3.14

David Price 3.18

LOWEST ERA, A.L., 2011-12 (Min. 300 IP)

Justin Verlander 2.52

Jered Weaver 2.59

Jeremy Hellickson 3.02

David Price 3.04

Doug Fister 3.10

STARTS WITH 3 ER OR LESS, MLB, 2011-12

Jered Weaver 53

Clayton Kershaw 52

Jeremy Hellickson 50

Justin Verlander 50

David Price 49

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the lowest in Rays history by a starter with a losing record.

Ê Became the first in Rays history to finish in the AL’s top 10 in ERA in back-to-back years, after finishing 8th in 2011…joined DET Justin Verlander, LAA Jered Weaver and NYY CC Sabathia as the only pitchers to finish in the AL’s top 10 in each of the last two seasons.

Ê The last time a Rookie of the Year (AL or NL) matched Hellickson’s totals for wins (10) and ERA (3.10) the season after winning the award was NL winner NYM Dwight Gooden in 1985.

Ê Has a career 2.96 ERA (392.1-IP, 129-ER) as a starter, the 2nd-lowest mark of any active pitcher (min. 50 starts)…only Clayton Kershaw is lower (2.80)…is the Rays all-time leader (min. 300 IP) with a career 3.06 ERA overall.

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 27 of his 31 starts…the only AL pitchers who had more were TEX/LAA C.J. Wilson (29) and David Price (28)…has 50 such starts over the last 2 seasons, match-ing DET Justin Verlander…for his career, has al-lowed 3 ER or less in 57 of his 64 starts.

Ê Has allowed 5 hits or less in 36 of his starts over the last 2 seasons, 2nd most in the AL be-hind TEX/LAA C.J. Wilson (38).

Ê Began the season 4-0 over his first 8 starts (through May 16)…after that, went 6-11 over 23 starts despite a 3.23 ERA during that span…pitched to a 2.81 ERA (96-IP, 30-ER) over his fi-nal 17 starts but went only 6-7.

Ê Became the first Rookie of the Year to open a season 4-0 as a starter the year after winning the award…SD Butch Metzger (1976 NL ROY) went 4-0 as a reliever in 1977, the only other pitcher to do so…through 2012, there have been 23 starting pitchers and 34 pitchers overall to win the award.

Ê Received the 3rd-lowest run support in the AL, at 3.86 R/9 IP (76-R, 177-IP)…only CLE Justin Masterson (3.40) and SEA Felix Hernandez (3.65) received less…the Rays scored 2 runs or less of support with him on the mound in 10 of his 11 losses.

Ê Lost three games by a 3-1 score, two by 2-1 and on Aug 15 at SEA he became the 8th pitcher in major league history to be on the losing end of a 1-0 perfect game when Felix Hernandez threw baseball’s 23rd perfect game…has been shut out 7 times in his last 49 starts…for compari-son’s sake, DET Justin Verlander hasn’t been shut out in his last 47 starts.

Ê Opponents hit .265 on balls in play (BABIP), 5th lowest in the majors…only LAA Jered Weaver (.242), LAA Ervin Santana (.243), SEA Jason Vargas (.258) and ATL Mike Minor (.260) were lower…led the majors with a .224 BABIP in 2011.

Ê Worked 7 innings or more in only 6 of his 31 starts, compared to 14 of his 29 starts in 2011…averaged 16.9 pitches per inning, 6th highest in the AL and up from his 15.6 mark in 2011.

Ê Stranded 82.7 percent of his base runners, best in the majors, ahead of David Price’s 81.1.

Ê Threw his changeup 28.3 percent of the time, 2nd highest among qualifying starters in the majors, behind only James Shields (28.9).

Ê Led the AL with a 1.71 ERA (31.2-IP, 6-ER) in September and October combined, followed by DET Max Scherzer (1.91) and DET Justin Verlander (1.93)…has a 2.20 ERA in September-October over the last 2 seasons, 2nd best in the AL behind DET Doug Fister (1.73).

Ê Went winless over 9 straight starts (May 21– July 18) while losing 6 games, the longest los-ing streak of his career…had 6 quality starts over that span.

Ê Missed 2 starts after being placed on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation from June 20-29 (retroactive to June 15)…returned on June 30 vs. DET and was removed in the 3rd inning with a bruised right shin after be-ing struck by a Prince Fielder line drive…X-rays came back negative.

Ê In his first start of the year, fell 1 out shy of a shutout on April 8 vs. NYY, beating Phil Hughes, 3-0, on his 25th birthday…fell 1 out shy of be-coming the first pitcher to throw a CG shutout on his birthday since HOU Doug Drabek on July 25, 1995 vs. LAD (Drabek turned 33).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Named the 2011 AL winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award as voted on by the BBWAA…was listed first on 17 of the 28 ballots submitted.

Ê Remains one of two starting pitchers to win the AL award in the past 31 seasons, joining DET Justin Verlander in 2006…was the 2nd Ray to win the award in a span of 4 years, join-ing Evan Longoria (2008)…is just the 2nd Iowa-born player to win the AL or NL award joining 1968 AL winner Stan Bahnsen…also named Baseball America’s Major League Rookie of the Year and named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team.

Ê Led all major league rookies in ERA (2.95), in-nings pitched (189), opp avg. (.210), games started (29) and quality starts (20)…was 2nd in wins with 13, tied with Jeff Niemann (2009) for the 2nd most ever by a Rays rookie…fell one shy of Rolando Arrojo (1998).

Ê His 2.95 ERA ranked 8th overall in the AL…the last AL rookie to finish with a lower ERA (min. 162 IP) was KC Kevin Appier in 1990 (2.76).


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Ê His .210 opp avg. was 3rd lowest in the ma-jors behind 2011 Cy Young winners DET Justin Verlander (.192) and LAD Clayton Kershaw (.207)…it was the lowest by a rookie since CHC Kerry Wood (.196) in 1998 and lowest by an AL rookie since KC Tom Gordon (.210) in 1989.

Ê Since 1900, only five AL rookies who quali-fied for the ERA title finished with an ERA and opp avg. as low as Hellickson’s: NYY Russ Ford (1910), WAS Mickey Haefner (1943), CLE Herb Score (1955), NYY Al Downing (1963) and BAL Wally Bunker (1964).

Ê The Rays scored a total of 9 runs in his 10 loss-es and were shut out 5 times…only one major league starter was shut out more in 2011: LAA Tyler Chatwood (6).

Ê Went undefeated in September (2-0) with a 2.67 ERA (33.2-IP, 10-ER) in 5 starts vs. AL East opponents…Rays were 4-1 in those starts.

Ê Allowed 3 ER or less in 26 of 29 starts.

Ê Pitched 7 or more innings 14 times, tops among all major league rookies…had 2 of the 3 com-plete games by AL rookies in 2011, both 4-hit-ters at home against BAL Jeremy Guthrie…on May 13 tossed his first career shutout and on Sep 4 he won 8-1.

Ê Averaged 19.6 outs per start…the last AL rook-ie to finish a season with a higher average (min. 25 starts) was MIL Steve Sparks in 1995 (20.3)…his 189 IP were most by an AL rookie in three years.

Ê In May was named the AL Pitcher of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month after going 4-1 with a 1.36 ERA (33-IP, 5-ER) in 5 starts…since the Rookie of the Month awards began in 2001, he became the third player (first in AL) to win dual awards for the same month, along with MIL Ryan Braun (July 2007) and FLA Dontrelle Willis (June 2003)…was the second Rays pitch-er to be named AL Rookie of the Month, joining Wade Davis (July 2010).

Ê Beat the Red Sox twice at Fenway Park, on April 11 and Sep 15…is one of only three rook-ies in the last 36 years (through 2012) to do so along with BAL Rodrigo Lopez (3 in 2002) and OAK Brett Anderson (2 in 2009).

Ê POSTSEASON: Started and lost Game 4 of the ALDS vs. TEX, 4-3…worked 4 innings and al-lowed 4 hits and 3 runs, all coming on solo home runs to Ian Kinsler and Adrian Beltre (2).

Ê In 2010 saw his first major league action, mak-ing 4 starts over two stints for the Rays in August, and joined the bullpen on Sep 1 dur-ing his third stint…spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Durham.

Ê Earned a virtual clean sweep of minor league awards…was named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America and USA Today, Minor League Pitcher of the Year by Sporting News and International League Most Valuable Pitcher…after the season, was named a post-season International League All-Star, BA Minor

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League All-Star and a Topps Triple-A All-Star…also named Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Rays system for a second straight year, the first pitcher to win the honor twice.

Ê Made his major league debut on Aug 2 vs. MIN and beat Carl Pavano, 4-2, to become the sixth Rays starter to win his big league debut…to-taled 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 6 SO…tied the club record for fewest hits allowed and most IP by a starting pitcher in his ML debut…was optioned to Durham after the game.

Ê Retired the first 10 batters he faced, the first in Rays history to do so…ended Minnesota’s 8-game winning streak, the first pitcher to do this in his debut since 1974, when Montreal’s 8-gamer was snapped by NYM Randy Sterling—the only victory of his 3-game career.

Ê Became the first pitcher since 1920 to pitch 6-plus innings allowing 3 hits or fewer in each of his first 3 major league apps…in those 3 starts, totaled 20 IP, 9 H, 3 R/ER, 3 BB and 18 SO, with a .136 (9-for-66) opp avg.

Ê Won his first 3 starts, the first in Rays histo-ry to do so…earned a win in relief on Sep 22 at NYY, replacing Wade Davis after a rain delay of more than two hours…became the third Ray to begin his major league career 4-0, joining James Shields and Tim Corcoran, both in 2006.

Ê Made 21 starts for Durham, going 12-3 with an IL-best 2.45 ERA (117.2-IP, 32-ER) and a strike-out-to-walk ratio of 3.51…at the time of his first call-up, also led the IL in wins and strike-outs (123).

Ê In 30 total starts for Durham over 2009-10, went 18-4 with a 2.47 ERA (175-IP, 134-H, 54-R, 48-ER, 50-BB, 193-SO, .213 opp avg.).

Ê Started for the U.S. team in the Futures Game on July 11 at Angel Stadium during the All-Star break…pitched 2 innings and picked up the win (2-H, 1-R/ER).

Ê In 2009 was named Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Rays organization…went a com-bined 9-2 with a 2.45 ERA (114-IP, 72-H, 35-R, 31-ER, 29-BB, 132-SO) in 20 starts for Double-A Montgomery and Durham…earned a promotion to Durham on July 22.

Ê Started Game 1 in both rounds of the IL play-offs, with Durham winning both games…went 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA (12.1-IP, 8-H, 4-ER, 4-BB, 18-SO) in the postseason…struck out 12 in Game 1 of the first round, Sep 9 vs. Louisville (Reds)…also started for Durham in the Triple-A nation-al championship on Sep 22 vs. Memphis in Oklahoma City, and allowed only 2 hits over 5 scoreless innings to earn MVP honors.

Ê In 2008 was named Class-A Vero Beach Pitcher of the Year despite a late-June promo-tion to Montgomery…overall went 11-5 with a 2.96 ERA (152-IP, 50-ER) in 27 starts, with 162 SO, 20 BB and 148 hits.

Ê Compiled a 16.6 SO/BB ratio (83 to 5) for Vero Beach…his 162 combined strikeouts led the Rays organization…his 2.96 ERA led all full-season Rays minor leaguers…named a Florida State League midseason All-Star.

Ê Made his full-season debut in 2007 for Class-A Columbus in the South Atlantic League…went 13-3 with a 2.67 ERA, and went 9-1 over 12 starts after the All-Star break…held opponents to a .214 avg.

Ê In 2006 was named Short-A Hudson Valley’s Pitcher of the Year after leading the Rays org. with a 2.43 ERA…was named to the New York-Penn League All-Star Team after leading the league in strikeouts…held opponents to a .193 average.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Drafted out of Iowa’s Hoover High School, where he was named preseason First-Team All-American by Baseball America in 2005…also was a four-year letterman and three-year start-er in basketball as a shooting guard, earning all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior…averaged 17 points per game as a junior and senior…was recruited as a two-sport athlete by the University of Iowa.

Ê Before signing with the Rays, he received a scholarship offer to pitch for Louisiana State.

Ê Was the staff ace on the gold medal-win-ning USA Baseball Team at the World Youth Championship in Taiwan in 2004…went 2-0 with 17 SO and 1 BB in 14 IP…gave his gold med-al to his great grandmother, Louise Abbas, a loyal Braves fan and a competitive bowler who passed away in 2009 at the age of 97.

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (2),

SHUTOUTS (1)

9/4/11 vs. BAL – 4-hit CG;

5/13/11 vs. BAL – 4-hit SHO

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 2x-last 9/4/11 vs. BAL


3.1, 9/22/10 at NYY

STRIKEOUTS

10, 4/6/11 vs. LAA

WALKS

7, 6/8/12 at MIA

HR ALLOWED

3, 2x-last 6/14/12 vs. NYM

RUNS ALLOWED

8, 6/14/12 vs. NYM

WIN STREAK

6G, 9/4/11 – 5/16/12

LOSS STREAK

6G, 5/21/12 – 7/13/12


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2011 Pitcher 1.000 29 15 16 0 31 0

2012 Pitcher .950 31 17 21 2 40 2

Totals .973 70 33 40 2 75 2



vs. Left .241 374 90 13 .241 812 196 28

vs. Right .247 295 73 12 .210 690 145 23


2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 3 0 1-0 1 0 0


2005 Princeton 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 1 1 1-0 11 0 0

2006 Hudson Valley 4 3 2.43 15 14 0 0 0 77.2 55 24 21 3 6 16-0 96 4 0

2007 Columbus 13 3 2.67 21 21 1 0 0 111.1 87 36 33 7 3 34-0 106 4 0

2008 Vero Beach 7 1 2.00 14 14 0 0 0 76.2 64 19 17 7 4 5-0 83 3 1

Montgomery 4 4 3.94 13 13 0 0 0 75.1 84 36 33 15 2 15-1 79 1 0

2009 Montgomery 3 1 2.38 11 11 0 0 0 56.2 41 16 15 4 4 14-0 62 1 0

Durham 6 1 2.51 9 9 0 0 0 57.1 31 19 16 4 4 15-0 70 2 0

2010 Durham 12 3 2.45 21 21 0 0 0 117.2 103 35 32 5 7 35-0 123 0 0

Tampa Bay 4 0 3.47 10 4 0 0 0 36.1 32 14 14 5 2 8-2 33 2 0

Charlotte 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 0 0 2-0 4 0 0

2011 Tampa Bay 13 10 2.95 29 29 2 1 0 189.0 146 64 62 21 4 72-8 117 8 1

2012 Tampa Bay 10 11 3.10 31 31 0 0 0 177.0 163 68 61 25 4 59-3 124 5 0



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RAYS ARE SMARTESTBloomberg Businessweek’s second annual ranking of the smartest spenders in sports listed the

Rays No. 1 in 2012. The ranking determines how well the 122 franchises in the NFL, NBA, NHL

and MLB spend their money. Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Ira Boudway compiled the list

using regular and postseason records, and publicly available payroll data, to calculate how much

teams spent per win over the last fi ve seasons. Every team was then compared against league

average to see how well they turn wages into wins, producing a total score called the “effi ciency

index.” The lower the index the better.

The Rays scored an effi ciency index of -1.82, followed by No. 2 MLB’s Texas Rangers; No. 3

NHL’s Detroit Red Wings; No. 4 NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers; No. 5 NBA’s Boston Celtics; No. 6

NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins; No. 7 NFL’s New England Patriots; No. 8 NFL’s Green Bay Packers;

No. 9 NFL’s New York Giants; and No. 10 NHL’s Boston Bruins.

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X-RAY REPORT Ê Roberto’s parents are farmers and he has three brothers and three sisters…when not working out this past offseason, Roberto was working with the cattle at his family’s farm in Yamasa, Dominican Republic, and helping his father, Beato, with the farming.

Ê He donates baseball equipment to the young-sters in his hometown in the Dominican.

Ê Pedro Martinez has been very helpful and in-spirational to Roberto.

Ê Pitched with former Devil Ray Roberto Hernandez (1998–2000) with the 2007 Indians.

2012 SEASON Ê Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, his sea-son did not start until August due to visa is-sues stemming from an offseason false-identi-ty arrest in the Dominican Republic…placed on the MLB Restricted List on Jan 26…secured U.S. visa, returned to the U.S. on July 21 and served a 3-week suspension imposed by MLB…activat-ed on Aug 13.

Ê Made 4 minor league starts during his suspen-sion to build up his arm strength and return to upper-level competition after keeping in shape (and pitching every 5 days) in the offseason at the Indians academy in the Dominican…made 2 starts at Class-A Lake County and 2 with Triple-A Columbus…went a combined 2-1 with a 4.07 ERA (24.1-IP, 25-H, 11-ER).

Ê Lost all 3 of his starts with the Indians…made his 2012 debut on Aug 15 at LAA (6-IP, 10-H, 8-R, 5-ER, 0-BB, 0-SO) and dropped an 8-4 deci-sion…pitched into the 7th inning in his 2nd start on Aug 21 at SEA…allowed 1 hit through the first

6 innings and left trailing 1-0 in an eventual 5-1 loss to Felix Hernandez…lost 3-0 on Aug 27 vs. OAK and left the game in the 3rd inning with a sprained right ankle, an injury which sidelined him for the remainder of the season.

Ê Nine of his 17 hits allowed went for extra bases.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Owns a career 2.47 groundball-to-flyball ratio, 4th highest in the majors since his debut sea-son of 2006…trails only Derek Lowe (2.85), Jake Westbrook (2.67) and Aaron Cook (2.63).

Ê Was the Indians Opening Day starter in 2011, but went on to allow a major-league-high 125 runs…only once in 32 starts did he win consec-utive decisions…his 15 losses tied for 3rd most in the AL…his run support of 3.53 R/9 IP was 3rd lowest among AL starters…his 5.25 ERA was 2nd highest among major league qualifi-ers, better than only DET Brad Penny (5.30).

Ê In his Opening Day start on April 1 vs. CWS he allowed a career-high 10 R/ER in 3 IP in a 15-10 loss…tied for the most ER allowed by a ML pitcher in a season-opening start since 1919 and the most since 1949…followed that up with 7 shutout innings on April 7 vs. BOS (2-H, 2-BB, 4-SO), becoming the first pitcher since 1905 to allow 0 runs in his 2nd start of the season after allowing 10 runs in his opening start.

Ê Opened the 2010 season as the Indians No. 2 starter behind Jake Westbrook…led the team in virtually every pitching category while reach-ing 200 innings and double-digit wins for the 2nd time in his career and first time since his 19-win 2007 season…had the same number of quality starts as DET Justin Verlander (23), 6th most in the AL…he and BAL Jeremy Guthrie


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were the only two major leaguers to lose 14 or more games with an ERA under 4.00.

Ê Defeated the Rays, 3-1, in a rain-shortened game on July 23 in Cleveland in which he al-lowed only 1 hit in 5 innings (Reid Brignac’s in-field hit)…it was the final win of Cleveland’s 18-game home winning streak over the Rays…it also remains his most recent game vs. the Rays…his 4-1 record in 8 games, 7 starts vs. TB is his best record against an opponent…in 36 career IP has never allowed a HR to the Rays.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Served as Cleveland’s lone All-Star representative at Angel Stadium…did not pitch.

Ê Lost 12 of his 24 starts after beginning the 2009 season as the Tribe’s No. 2 starter be-hind Cliff Lee…through June 5 was 2-6 with a 7.42 ERA (highest in the majors, min. 10 starts) and was optioned to the Rookie-level AZL Indians the next day to work on his mechan-ics…allowed 19 R (16-ER) in 7.1 IP over his last 3 starts before being optioned.

Ê Made one June start at both Class-A Lake County and Double-A Akron and spent July with Triple-A Columbus…recalled by Indians on July 31 and made 12 starts…went 1-6 in his first 10 starts after recall, but won his last two: 4-2 on Sep 25 vs. BAL and 5-1 on Sep 30 vs. CWS.

Ê Began the 2008 season as Cleveland’s No. 2 starter behind CC Sabathia in a rotation that included Cliff Lee…was 4-1 in his first 9 starts with a 2.25 ERA, 3rd lowest in the AL, with only 1 HR allowed in 56 IP.

Ê Left his 10th start of the season on May 23 vs. TEX after just 2 IP with a left hip strain that landed him on the DL…returned to the Indians on July 26 but went 4-5 with a 7.61 ERA in 12 starts the rest of the season.

Ê Finished the 2007 season with 19 wins, which remains the most by an Indians righthand-er since Bert Blyleven in 1984 (19)…finished 4th in the AL Cy Young voting as teammate CC Sabathia took the honors.

Ê Helped lead the Indians to a 96-66 record and the AL Central title, their only postseason ap-pearance in the last 11 years…he and Sabathia were the first Indians teammates to win 19-plus games in the same season since Bob Lemon, Herb Score and Early Wynn in 1956 and the first major league teammates since 2002…finished 2nd in the AL in ERA (3.06) and tied for 2nd in wins.

Ê Went 9-4 after the All-Star break with a ML-best 2.26 ERA (107.1-IP, 27-ER) in 15 starts.

Ê Won 5 consecutive starts three times during the season including all five of his September

starts when he won AL Pitcher of the Month…earned his first win in his 3rd start on April 24 at MIN, a 5-3 win over Johan Santana, breaking his personal 11-game losing streak…it matched the 3rd-longest losing streak in club history.

Ê Led the AL with a 3.31 groundball-to-flyball ra-tio…induced 32 GIDP, tied with NYY Chien-Ming Wang for most in the majors.

Ê With his 4-3 win on Sep 21 vs. OAK, he became just the 2nd player in MLB history to go 1-10 or worse in his first season and recover to reach a .500 or better career winning pct. at any point in his career…CLE Guy Morton went 1-13 in 1914 and finished his career at 98-88.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 3 postseason starts…in Game 2 of the ALDS vs. NYY—the game when Joba Chamberlain endured a swarm of insects in the 8th inning—Hernandez totaled 9 IP, 3 H, 1 R in the 2-1, 11-inning Indians win…started Game 2 and Game 6 in the ALCS vs. BOS…lost Game 6, 12-2, to Curt Schilling.

Ê Started 2006 in Triple-A Buffalo but was recalled on April 15 and made his major league debut that night at DET…beat Jeremy Bonderman, 7-2…didn’t win again the rest of the season going 0-4 in 7 starts and 0-6 in 31 relief appearances.

Ê Lost his 2nd and 3rd starts and was optioned to Buffalo on April 30…returned to the Indians two weeks later and moved to bullpen when Steve Karsay was traded to Oakland…optioned to Buffalo on Aug 26 to convert back to a start-er…recalled again on Sep 5 after two Triple-A starts and assumed spot in rotation for the fi-nal month.

Ê In 2005 made two stints with the Indians, but did not pitch…was called up for one day on July 17 when injuries depleted the Tribe bull-pen…returned on Sep 12…after the season was named the 5th-best prospect in the Indians or-ganization by Baseball America.

Ê Won the Tribe’s 2003 Minor League Pitcher of the Year (Bob Feller Award) when he went 17-4 at Lake County…yielded only 14 BB in 148 IP.

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (7),

SHUTOUTS (3)

Low-hit SHO: 9/10/10 vs.

MIN (3-hit)

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 4x-last 9/10/10 vs. MIN


3.2, 5/20/06 vs. PIT

STRIKEOUTS

10, 8/15/07 vs. DET

WALKS

8, 4/12/08 vs. OAK

HR ALLOWED

2, 21x-last 8/15/12 at LAA

RUNS ALLOWED

10, 4/1/11 vs. CWS

WIN STREAK

7G, 4/24/07 – 6/7/07

LOSS STREAK

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2001 DSL Indians 4 2 3.11 14 13 0 0 0 75.1 69 36 26 0 6 12-0 47 4 0

2002 Burlington 2 4 3.30 13 11 0 0 1 76.1 89 36 28 4 6 10-0 42 1 3

Mahoning Valley 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0

2003 Lake County 17 4 2.06 24 24 1 0 0 148.1 117 48 34 10 3 14-0 83 3 0

Akron 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 0-0 3 0 0

2004 Kinston 5 2 2.83 12 12 0 0 0 70.0 68 28 22 6 3 20-0 57 4 0

Akron 4 8 4.97 15 15 0 0 0 87.0 114 52 48 3 2 21-0 63 4 1

Buffalo 1 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 0 3-0 2 0 0

2005 Akron 6 5 4.07 14 14 0 0 0 90.2 100 46 41 7 8 20-1 57 2 0

Buffalo 7 4 3.25 13 12 1 0 0 83.0 76 32 30 10 3 15-0 49 2 0

2006 Buffalo 1 3 5.53 6 5 0 0 0 27.2 28 21 17 2 1 8-0 28 3 0

Cleveland 1 10 5.42 38 7 0 0 0 74.2 88 46 45 9 7 31-3 58 3 1

2007 Cleveland 19 8 3.06 32 32 2 1 0 215.0 199 78 73 16 11 61-2 137 5 1

2008 Cleveland 8 7 5.44 22 22 1 1 0 120.2 126 80 73 7 9 70-0 58 8 1

Lake County 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0

Akron 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 9 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0

2009 Cleveland 5 12 6.32 24 24 0 0 0 125.1 151 97 88 16 8 70-0 79 5 1

Lake County 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 7 0 0

Akron 1 0 1.29 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0-0 5 0 0

Columbus 1 3 3.55 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 32 13 13 5 3 6-0 27 1 0

2010 Cleveland 13 14 3.77 33 33 4 1 0 210.1 203 98 88 17 9 72-0 124 3 0

2011 Cleveland 7 15 5.25 32 32 0 0 0 188.2 205 125 110 22 14 60-3 109 3 1

2012 Lake County 1 1 3.65 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 12 7 5 5 0 1-0 13 0 0

Columbus 1 0 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 13 6 6 0 0 3-0 7 1 0

Cleveland 0 3 7.53 3 3 0 0 0 14.1 17 15 12 4 1 3-0 2 1 0



1: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, December 28, 2000…signed by Josue Herrera. 2: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free

agent, December 18, 2012.


2007 ALDS CLE vs. NYY 0 0 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 1 0 2-0 5 0 0

ALCS CLE vs. BOS 0 1 16.50 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 11 11 1 0 9-0 7 0 0


ALL-STAR GAME PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK

2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL Selected—Did Not Play


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2006 Pitcher 1.000 38 9 15 0 24 1

2007 Pitcher .969 32 23 39 2 64 5

2008 Pitcher .938 22 14 16 2 32 4

2009 Pitcher 1.000 24 10 19 0 29 2

2010 Pitcher .968 33 22 39 2 63 6

2011 Pitcher 1.000 32 9 29 0 38 2

2012 Pitcher 1.000 3 1 1 0 2 0

Totals .976 184 88 158 6 252 20



vs. Left .364 33 12 2 .293 1997 585 47

vs. Right .217 23 5 2 .243 1662 404 44


TAMPA BAY RAYS EXPANSION DRAFT SELECTIONS NOVEMBER 18, 1997

ROUND 1

1. Tony Saunders, LHP

Florida

2. Quinton McCracken, OF

Colorado

3. Bobby Abreu, OF

Houston

4. Miguel Cairo, 2B

Chicago-NL

5. Rich Butler, OF

Toronto

6. Bobby Smith, 3B

Atlanta

7. Jason Johnson, RHP

Pittsburgh

8. Dmitri Young, OF/1B

Cincinnati

9. Esteban Yan, RHP

Baltimore

10. Mike DiFelice, C

St. Louis

11. Bubba Trammell, OF

Detroit

12. Andy Sheets, SS

Seattle

13. Dennis Springer, RHP

Anaheim

ROUND 2

14. Dan Carlson, RHP

San Francisco

15. Brian Boehringer, RHP

New York-AL

16. Mike Duvall, LHP

Florida

17. John LeRoy, RHP

Atlanta

18. Jim Mecir, RHP

Boston

19. Bryan Rekar, RHP

Colorado

20. Rick Gorecki, RHP

Los Angeles

21. Ramon Tatis, LHP

Chicago-NL

22. Kerry Robinson, OF

St. Louis

23. Steve Cox, 1B

Oakland

24. Albie Lopez, RHP

Cleveland

25. Jose Paniagua, RHP

Montreal

26. Carlos Mendoza, OF

New York-NL

ROUND 3

27. Ryan Karp, LHP

Philadelphia

28. Santos Hernandez, RHP

San Francisco

29. Randy Winn, OF

Florida

30. Terrell Wade, LHP

Atlanta

31. Aaron Ledesma, SS

Baltimore

32. Brooks Kieschnick, 1B

Chicago-NL

33. Luke Wilcox, OF

New York-AL

34. Herbert Perry, 1B

Cleveland

35. Vaughn Eshelman, LHP

Oakland

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200MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 101 daysOPENING DAY AGE 26BORN 10/30/86 in Birmingham, ALRESIDES Birmingham, AL CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the 10th round of the 2006 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Rickey Drexler (Rays)

OUTFIELDER

DESMOND JENNINGS 8Desmond Delane Jennings

FOLLOW HIM @d_jennings8

X-RAY REPORT Ê Desmond is a diehard fan of the back-to-back BCS Champions, the University of Albama Crimson Tide…invited Matt Moore and Sean Rodriguez over to watch this year’s champion-ship game.

Ê His cousin, Cincinnati Bengals right offensive tackle Andre Smith, was the 6th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and played for the Crimson Tide…he traveled to Cincinnati to watch the Bengals-Steelers game on Oct 21, a 24-17 loss for his cousin’s squad…Desmond himself was heavily recruited as a receiver and finished 2nd for Alabama’s Mr. Football honor in 2004.

Ê This offseason Desmond honed his fishing, bowling and Xbox 360 skills…caught several bass and redfish in Tampa…bowled a few times over the holidays at home in Alabama, with a high score of 203…enjoys “FIFA 2013” and “NBA 2K13” video games.

2012 SEASON Ê Played in 132 games including 124 starts (105-LF, 18-CF, 1-RF)…107 of those starts were at the leadoff spot in the batting order…missed 21 games (May 12–June 4) with a left knee sprain.

Ê Stole a career-high 31 bases, tied with B.J. Upton for the team lead and tied for 6th in the AL…his 93.9 stolen base pct. (31-for-33) ranked 3rd in the majors and led all major leaguers with at least 30 attempts…it also set a club re-cord (min. 20 attempts), breaking Ben Zobrist’s mark of 88.9 pct. (24-for-27) in 2010.

Ê Since he was recalled from Triple-A Durham on July 23, 2011, he has 51 steals…only 5 other ma-jor leaguers have as many during that span: Michael Bourn (66), Coco Crisp (61), Ben Revere (61), Mike Trout (52) and Rajai Davis (51).

Ê Named a finalist for the AL Rawlings Gold Glove Award for left field, but lost out to KC Alex Gordon…led major league leftfielders with a 1.000 fielding pct. …had 224 total chances in the outfield without an error…only 4 other qual-ifying outfielders did not commit an error in 2012: NYY Curtis Granderson, TEX Craig Gentry, STL Jon Jay and MIN Ben Revere…has only 1 error in 364 career total chances, coming on his first play in his 2011 season debut, July 23 at KC…since then has gone 346 consecutive chances and 188 games without an error.

Ê Since his major league debut (Sep 1, 2010), leads all major league outfielders with a .997 fielding pct. (min. 150 games).

Ê After Evan Longoria was activated from the DL on Aug 7, he scored 40 runs in his final 47 games, tying TEX Josh Hamilton for 2nd in the AL during this span, trailing only LAA Mike Trout (43).

STOLEN BASE PCT., MLB, 2012 (Min. 20 attempts)

Quintin Berry, DET 100.0 21-for-21

Alexi Casilla, MIN 95.5 21-for-22

Desmond Jennings, TB 93.9 31-for-33

Everth Cabrera, SD 91.7 44-for-48

Emilio Bonifacio, MIA 90.9 30-for-33

Tony Campana, CHC 90.9 30-for-33


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Ê On July 3 vs. NYY, stole home on the back end of a double steal in the 7th inning, with B.J. Upton stealing 2B…became the 8th player in Rays history to steal home (10th time).

Ê In a 4-2 win on June 29 vs. DET became only the 4th player to hit 2 HR in a game off RH Justin Verlander…joined CLE Shelley Duncan (Sep 7, 2011), CWS Carlos Quentin (April 22, 2011) and OAK Nick Swisher (April 18, 2006)…SF Pablo Sandoval joined this group in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series.

Ê Tied his career high with 4 RBI on June 15 vs. MIA (also July 28, 2011 at OAK while bat-ting leadoff)…only 2 others in Rays history had 2 games with 4 RBI from the leadoff spot: Quinton McCracken (both in 1998) and Gerald Williams (both in 2000).

Ê Placed on the 15-day DL on May 14, retroac-tive to May 12, with a left knee sprain…removed from the game May 6 vs. OAK after he injured the knee on a slide into home on a sacrifice fly…pinch-hit twice over the next 4 games be-fore being placed on the DL…reinstated June 5 at NYY after rehab assignments with Class-A Charlotte (1 game) and Triple-A Durham (3).

Ê Had a career-high 11-game hitting streak from April 18-29, longest by a Rays leadoff hitter since Aki Iwamura had a 12-game streak from July 25–Aug 6, 2007.

Ê Has 8 HR in 25 career games vs. Toronto, 4 coming off Brandon Morrow, and hit 3 HR in 2012…has 15 HR in 187 games against all oth-er teams.

Ê On Opening Day (April 6) vs. NYY led off the 9th inning with a single off Mariano Rivera and scored the tying run on Ben Zobrist’s triple…the Rays later scored on Carlos Peña’s walk-off RBI single.

Ê Made his first Opening Day roster and start-ed the first 13 games in center field in place of B.J. Upton (lower back soreness) who was in-jured as the result of an outfield collision with Jennings in spring training, March 14 vs. MIA…the collision also sidelined Jennings for 10 days in spring training.

Ê On April 1 at BAL, became the first in Rays his-tory with 3 HR in a spring game and his 6 RBI tied a Rays spring record (Jon Weber, March 7, 2009 vs. BOS)…was the first player with 3 HR in a spring game since PIT Craig Monroe on March 12, 2009 vs. MIN.

Desmond launched “Jennings’ Juniors” in 2012

as part of the Rays Dugout Club, the signature

program of the team’s South St. Petersburg

Initiative. He plans to continue the program in 2013.

Last season he visited the James B. Sanderlin,

Lake Vista and Frank Pierce rec centers.

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CAREER HIGHLGIHTS Ê In 2011 emerged as the Rays leadoff hitter and left fielder after being recalled from Durham on July 23…appeared in 63 of the Rays final 64 games (61 starts, 53-LF, 7-CF, 1-DH).

Ê From the date of his call-up through the end of the season, he led the Rays in runs (44), hits (64), steals (20) and was 2nd in home runs (10)…his 20 steals over that span were sur-passed by only two AL players: OAK Coco Crisp (22) and MIN Ben Revere (21)…he was also the only major leaguer to hit 10 home runs and steal 20 bases after July 23…added 2 more home runs in the postseason, both in Game 3 of the ALDS vs. TEX (see “Postseason”).

Ê Named to the Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team along with Jeremy Hellickson.

Ê Despite not joining the Rays until their 99th game, became the first AL rookie with at least 10 HR and 20 SB since TB Rocco Baldelli and KC Angel Berroa in 2003.

Ê The Rays were 52-46 (.530) and averaged 4.15 runs per game before his arrival…with him in the lineup they went 38-23 (.623) and aver-aged 4.76 runs per game.

Ê All 61 of his starts were from the leadoff spot…his .356 OBP was considerably higher than Rays leadoff hitters before his arrival (.323).

Ê His final .259 batting avg. was the lowest it had been all season…in his first 5 weeks with the Rays he had 15 multi-hit games in 34 starts and was batting .354 (46-for-130)…reached base 66 times during that span, tops in the AL…bat-ted .333 (47-for-141) over July and August (37 games) but hit .160 (17-for-106) in September in 26 games.

Ê Hit his first career homer on July 28 at OAK off Rich Harden…on Aug 4 vs. TOR hit a game-tying solo home run to lead off the 10th inning off Jon Rauch in a game the Rays came from behind 3 times to win, 7-6 in 12 innings…hit a walk-off homer on Sep 7 vs. TEX off Mark Lowe—his first career walk-off hit—to give the Rays their 1,000th win in franchise history.

Ê Five of his 10 home runs came vs. Toronto…went 4-for-5 with 2 HR on Aug 28 at TOR.

Ê In his season debut (July 23 at KC) went 2-for-3 with a double, triple, 2 walks, 2 runs and a sto-len base…reached base 4 times the next day…became the 2nd rookie in club history to reach base 4 times in consecutive games (also Brent Abernathy, Aug 4-5, 2001 at CWS).

Ê Stole a career-high and Rays rookie record-ty-ing 3 bases on Aug 20 vs. SEA in an 8-0 win.

Ê Named an International League midseason All-Star…IL managers voted him the Most Exciting

Player in the league for a second straight season.

Ê Spent most of his time in Durham playing CF but also appeared in RF and LF…at the time of his recall led the IL with 68 runs scored and had already set a career high with 12 HR.

Ê POSTSEASON: Batted leadoff in all 4 of the Rays ALDS games vs. Texas and joined Ben Zobrist as one of two Rays to hit safely in all 4 games.

Ê In the Rays 4-3 loss in Game 3, hit solo homers off Colby Lewis and Mike Adams to become the 7th rookie in major league history to hit 2 HRin a postseason game and the first to do it from the leadoff spot…became the 4th Ray to hit multiple HR in a postseason game, following Evan Longoria (ALDS Game 1 on Oct 2, 2008 vs. CWS), B.J. Upton (ALDS Game 4 on Oct 6, 2008 at CWS) and Kelly Shoppach (ALDS Game 1 on Sep 30, 2011 at TEX).

Ê Saw his first action in the majors with a Sep 1, 2010 recall and appeared in 17 games down the stretch, including 5 starts (2-RF, 2-LF, 1-CF).

Ê His first major league hit came on Sep 11 at TOR, a pinch-hit double off Rommie Lewis…the next day against the Jays he went 2-for-4 (his first multi-hit game) and stole his first base.

Ê Played in 109 games for Triple-A Durham and batted .278 (111-for-399)…at the time of his re-call, led the International League with 37 SB and ranked 3rd with 82 runs scored…finished the year 2nd in the IL in steals.

Ê Named an IL postseason All-Star despite open-ing the season on the DL with a left wrist sprain suffered during big league camp…was activated on April 18.

Ê Started in LF and hit leadoff for the U.S. team in the Futures Game on July 11 at Angel Stadium, his second straight selection to the team…stole a base, after swiping three in the 2009 game at Busch Stadium.

Ê Following the season, Baseball America rat-ed him the No. 3 prospect in the Rays org. and top position player in the system…also recog-nized as the organization’s Best Strike Zone Discipline, Fastest Baserunner, Best Athlete and Best Defensive Outfielder…in Baseball America’s Best Tools survey, IL managers rat-ed him the Best Base Runner, Best Defensive Outfielder and Most Exciting Player in the league.

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 2 games in the ALDS vs. TEX, including 1 start…went 0-for-2 in his start in Game 2.

Ê In 2009 was named Rays Minor League Player of the Year and MVP of both Double-A


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Montgomery and the Southern League, despite spending the final month with Durham…after the season was named the Rays No. 1 prospect and No. 6 prospect in the game by Baseball America.

Ê Was the only player in the minor leagues with at least 50 extra-base hits (52) and 50 stolen bases (52).

Ê Finished 2nd in the SL in batting (.316), 3rd in steals (37, a Biscuits record), 4th in OBP (.395) and 5th in slugging (.486)…at the time of his Aug 1 promotion to Durham led the SL in hits, SB and 3B.

Ê Made history on Sep 3 at Charlotte (White Sox), going 7-for-7 with 6 singles and a double in a 9-inning game…became the first IL player in 10 years to collect 7 hits…on June 4, 1999, Michael Coleman of the Pawtucket Red Sox had 7 hits, including a cycle and 3 HR in a 25-2 win over Norfolk…set a Bulls Triple-A record for hits in a game of any length, breaking Fernando Perez’s 6-for-7 effort in a 13-inning game in 2008.

Ê After the season, was graded by Baseball America as the SL’s No. 3 prospect, Best Base Runner, Fastest Base Runner, Best Defensive Outfielder and Most Exciting Player…Baseball America ranked him the Best Hitter for Average, Best Strike-Zone Discipline, Best Athlete and Best Defensive Outfielder in the Rays system.

Ê Played in the SL All-Star Game and was named a SL postseason All-Star…was named a Double-A All-Star and Southern League Player of the Year by Topps.

Ê Remained with Durham through their postsea-son run as they won the Governor’s Cup and the Triple-A championship game.

Ê Sidelined the first two months of 2008 with a back injury, and lasted only 24 games with Class-A Vero Beach before his left shoulder re-quired season-ending surgery…despite this, Baseball America named him the Best Athlete and the No. 5 prospect in the Rays org. …re-turned to action with Peoria of the Arizona Fall League, playing in 12 games.

Ê Had a breakout season in 2007 in his full sea-son debut as the center fielder for Class-A Columbus…was named Catfish Player of the Year and a South Atlantic League midseason and postseason All-Star.

Ê Led all Rays minor leaguers with 45 SB (4th in the Sally League, 13th overall in the minors)…

hit .315 (4th in org., 6th in SAL)…his .401 OBP ranked 5th in the SAL.

Ê Named the Best Athlete in the Rays system af-ter the season by Baseball America, which also named him to the Minor League All-Star Team (Second Team), Low Class-A All-Star Team and tabbed him as the No. 1 prospect in the SAL.

Ê Made his pro debut in 2006 with Rookie-level Princeton, and led the Appalachian League with 32 SB (3rd in Rays org.) and 48 runs.

Ê Named by Baseball America as the No. 7 pros-pect in the Appy League, the third-best athlete from the 2006 June Draft, and the third-best late-round pick in the draft.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Was a three-sport star (baseball, football, basketball) at Pinson Valley High School in Birmingham.

Ê Drafted by the Indians in the 18th round of the 2005 June Draft, but did not sign…instead en-rolled at Itawamba (Miss.) Community College, where he studied criminal justice and sport management…was a freshman standout both in baseball and football…was a junior college All-American receiver…led the nation with 54 re-ceptions in 8 games while tallying 848 yards and 6 touchdowns…hit .378 with 29 steals on the diamond.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 8/28/11 at TOR

HITTING STREAK

11G, 4/18/12 – 4/29/12

RBI

4, 2x-last 6/15/12 vs. MIA

RUNS

4, 9/22/12 vs. TOR

WALKS

3, 9/18/12 vs. BOS

STRIKEOUTS

4, 9/29/12 at CWS

STOLEN BASES

3, 8/20/11 vs. SEA

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

MULTI-HR GAMES (2)

2 – 6/29/12 vs. DET; 8/28/11 at TOR

LEADOFF (4)

8/12/12 at MIN (Scott Diamond); 7/25/12 at BAL (Miguel

Gonzalez); 4/24/12 vs. LAA (Ervin Santana); 8/28/11 at TOR

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WALK-OFF (1)

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2006 Princeton .277 56 213 48 59 10 1 4 20 4 1 6 22-0 39 32 5 3 .390 .360 2

2007 Columbus .315 99 387 75 122 21 5 9 37 2 2 12 45-1 53 45 15 1 .465 .401 2

2008 Vero Beach .259 24 85 17 22 5 1 2 6 2 1 0 14-0 16 5 2 0 .412 .360 1

2009 Montgomery .316 100 383 69 121 25 8 8 45 0 4 5 48-2 52 37 5 4 .486 .395 1

Durham .325 32 114 23 37 6 2 3 17 1 2 1 19-0 15 15 2 3 .491 .419 2

2010 Durham .278 109 399 82 111 25 6 3 36 5 1 6 47-1 67 37 4 8 .393 .362 3

Tampa Bay .190 17 21 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2-0 4 2 2 0 .333 .292 0

2011 Durham .275 89 338 68 93 19 3 12 39 4 1 9 45-3 78 17 1 4 .456 .374 0

Tampa Bay .259 63 247 44 64 9 4 10 25 3 0 6 31-1 59 20 6 1 .449 .356 1

2012 Tampa Bay .246 132 505 85 124 19 7 13 47 6 1 5 46-1 120 31 2 7 .388 .314 0

Charlotte .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 0

Durham .167 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 0



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 10th round of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Rickey Drexler.


2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .000 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .333 4 15 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 .800 .444 0

Postseason Totals .294 6 17 4 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3-0 2 0 0 0 .706 .400 0


2010 Right Field 1.000 5 3 0 0 3 0

Center Field 1.000 4 10 0 0 10 0

Left Field 1.000 2 5 0 0 5 0

2011 Left Field .990 53 100 3 1 104 0

Center Field 1.000 8 18 0 0 18 0

Right Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2012 Left Field 1.000 111 174 4 0 178 0

Center Field 1.000 21 45 0 0 45 0

Right Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0


Center Field 1.000 33 73 0 0 73 0

Right Field 1.000 7 4 0 0 4 0



vs. Left .246 126 31 2 10 .251 215 54 4 16

vs. Right .245 379 93 11 37 .247 558 138 19 58


VOLUNTEERS MADE A MILLION IN 2012Sixty-eight nonprofi t groups raised $1,059,813 in 2012 for their organizations

by volunteering as concession stand workers at Rays games at Tropicana

Field during the 2012 season. The program is operated by Centerplate, the

offi cial concessionaire of Tropicana Field, and the Rays. The program, which

is entering its 16th year, allows nonprofi t group volunteers to play a major role

in the success of the concession and vending operations at Rays games and

as a result earn money to put back into the community. Nonprofi ts interested

in participating in the program in 2013 should call (727) 825-3384.

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INFIELDER I OUTFIELDER

KELLY JOHNSON 2Kelly Andrew Johnson

X-RAY REPORT Ê The Rays are likely to become the third differ-ent team to feature a double play combination of Kelly at second base and Yunel Escobar at shortstop…the combo started 191 games to-gether for the Braves from mid-2007 through 2009…the Blue Jays used the middle infield tandem to start 131 games from mid-2011 to 2012…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last duo to start together at second base and shortstop for three different teams was 2B Jeff Kent and SS Jose Vizcaino, who did it for four teams: the Mets, Indians, Giants and Astros.

Ê Kelly was drafted by the Braves as a shortstop and played his first four professional seasons at short…transitioned to the outfield in 2004 with Double-A Greenville and reached the ma-jors as an outfielder…when Braves 2B Marcus Giles left as a free agent following the 2006 season, Atlanta had him work with 1B coach Glenn Hubbard to learn how to play second as he recovered from Tommy John surgery…has played second base exclusively since then.

2012 SEASON Ê Spent his first full season in the American League with Toronto…appeared in more than 140 games for the third time in his career…ap-peared in 136 at 2B, including 133 starts, and the balance at DH or as a PH.

Ê His 59 BB as a second baseman ranked 2nd in the AL to CLE Jason Kipnis (66), while his 15 HR tied BOS Dustin Pedroia for 4th be-hind NYY Robinson Cano (30), CWS Gordon Beckham (16) and TEX Ian Kinsler (16).

Ê Struck out 159 times, tying the Blue Jays sin-gle-season record…joined Jose Canseco (1998).

Ê Through May batted .256 with 9 HR, 26 RBI and a .784 OPS in 46 games…reached base in 20 consecutive games from May 5-28…from June through season’s end batted .208 with 7 HR, 29 RBI and a .619 OPS in 96 games…after the All-Star break batted just .195 (41-for-210) with 6 HR, 18 RBI and a .617 OPS.

Ê Was involved in 100 double plays at 2B, tied with BOS Dustin Pedroia for 3rd most among all major league second basemen…only CWS Gordon Beckham (110) and ATL Dan Uggla (103) were involved in more.

Ê Lefty hitter batted a career-low .201 (28-for-139) against left-handed pitching and has now batted .213 (62-for-291) with a .341 SLG vs. LHP over the last two seasons…in his career, has actually fared better against southpaws (.274) than right-handed pitching (.247)…entered 2011 with a career .302 (195-for-646) avg. and .488 SLG vs. lefties.

Ê Made his 6th consecutive Opening Day start, all at 2B.

MOST HOME RUNS AS SECOND BASEMAN, MLB, 2010-12

Dan Uggla, FLA/ATL 87

Robinson Cano, NYY 86

Rickie Weeks, MIL 68

Kelly Johnson, ARI/TOR 62

Aaron Hill, TOR/ARI 60

MOST WALKS AS SECOND BASEMAN, MLB, 2010-12

Dan Uggla, FLA/ATL 234

Rickie Weeks, MIL 198

Kelly Johnson, ARI/TOR 195

Ian Kinsler, TEX 191

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Ê Is a career .352/.371/.704 (19-for-54) hitter with the bases loaded…has 4 grand slams, 7 doubles and 55 RBI with the bases juiced.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Over the last three seasons (2010-12), has aver-aged 21 HR, 61 RBI, 76 R, 67 BB, 14 SB and 148 games played…during that stretch has 62 HR and 195 BB while playing second base, 4th and 3rd most in the majors, respectively.

Ê In 2011 was acquired by Toronto from Arizona on Aug 23 in exchange for 2B Aaron Hill and SS John McDonald…appeared in 147 games between Arizona and Toronto including 138 starts at 2B, batting a combined .222 with 21 HR and 58 RBI.

Ê Among major league second basemen, ranked tied for 3rd in triples (7), tied for 4th in home runs (21) and 4th in walks (59).

Ê Stole a career-high 16 bases.

Ê Batted only .209 in his 114 games for Arizona…following the trade rebounded to hit .270 (31-for-115) with a .364 OBP in 33 games for Toronto.

Ê Went 4-for-8 with the bases loaded with a double and 2 grand slams, both coming with Arizona…on May 21 vs. MIN his slam off Matt Capps in the 8th inning erased a 6-5 deficit for a 9-6 win…on July 7 at STL, tagged Kyle Lohse in the 7th inning to snap a 3-3 tie in Arizona’s 7-6 victory.

Ê On May 30 vs. FLA went 4-for-6 with 4 extra-base hits (2-HR, 1-3B, 1-2B) in a 15-4 win…tied the D-backs club record for most extra-base hits in a game (8th time).

Ê In 22 games as the leadoff hitter, all with Arizona, hit .292/.364/.719 (26-for-89) with 8 HR, 2 3B, 8 2B and 17 RBI…totaled 19 extra-base hits in 89 AB.

Ê In 2010, his first season with Arizona, estab-lished career highs in games played (154), home runs (26), RBI (71), runs scored (93), slug-ging pct. (.496), OPS (.865) and tied his career high in walks (79)…added 36 2B and 13 SB.

Ê Named NL Player of the Month for April after leading the Senior Circuit with 9 HR, 17 extra-base hits and a .750 SLG…hit 7 HR in his first 18 games of the season.

Ê Led the D-backs with 45 multi-hit games, in-cluding 12 games with at least 3 hits and 4 games with 4 hits.

Ê Led all NL second basemen in doubles and walks…ranked 2nd in OPS and 3rd in HR and RBI.

Ê Ranked 9th in the NL with 79 BB…finished 10th with 67 extra-base hits…his .976 OPS at home ranked 5th among all NL batters.

Ê Hit .310 (57-for-184) against left-handed pitch-ers…among all NL lefty hitters, this ranked 3rd behind SD Adrian Gonzalez (.337) and COL Carlos Gonzalez (.320).

Ê Compiled a career-high .988 fielding pct. at second base, committing only 8 errors…this ranked 5th among NL second basemen.

Ê On July 23 vs. SF hit for the cycle for the first time of his career and the 4th occurrence in D-backs history…homered off LH Jonathan Sanchez in his first AB, followed by a double, triple and single.

Ê On Aug 20 vs. COL delivered a walk-off single in the 10th inning off LH Joe Beimel, scoring Justin Upton for a 4-3 victory.

Ê Played his final season with the Braves in 2009…played in 106 games and spent the ma-jority of July on the disabled list with right wrist tendinitis, which required a 13-game rehab stint wtih Triple-A Gwinnett.

Ê Hit .325 (26-for-80) against LHP and .188 (42-for-223) against RHP.

Ê Batted .368 (7-for-19) as a pinch-hitter with 6 BB and a .520 OBP.

Ê On April 10 vs. WAS, lined a walk-off single in the 10th inning off LH Joe Beimel to score Jordan Schafer, capping a 6-5 win…on April 22 at WAS drew a bases-loaded walk in the 9th in-ning to give the Braves a 1-0 win…on Aug 8 at LAD, hit a go-ahead, 2-run homer in the 10th in-ning of a 2-1 win.

Ê Non-tendered by Atlanta following the sea-son…signed a one-year contract with Arizona in December.

Ê In 2008 hit a career-high .287 (157-for-547) in 150 games played…hit .333 (50-for-150) against left-handed pitching, which led all NL lefty batters and ranked 2nd in the majors af-ter MIN Joe Mauer (.361).

Ê Recorded a career-high 39 doubles, which ranked 2nd on the Braves to Brian McCann (42) and 2nd among NL second basemen behind PHI Chase Utley (41).

Ê His 44 multi-hit games tied for the team lead.

Ê Compiled a career-high 22-game hitting streak Sep 1-24, batting .402 (35-for-87) with 3 HR, 3 3B, 9 2B and 18 RBI…had his third career 2-homer game on Sep 10 vs. COL.

Ê Delivered a pinch-hit grand slam on April 5 vs. NYM off Jorge Sosa.

Ê In 2007 spent his first full season in the ma-jors, playing 147 games for the Braves while


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also making the transition to second base…started 127 games at 2B, and batted leadoff in 76 of those 127 starts…hit .276/.375/.457 with 16 HR, 68 RBI, 10 3B and 79 BB.

Ê His .375 OBP and 10 triples remain career highs…ranked 3rd in the NL in triples…his 79 BB led all NL second basemen and are tied for his career high (also 2010).

Ê In 133 games at 2B carried a .978 fielding pct., with 14 errors in 624 total chances.

Ê On July 31 vs. HOU went 4-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in a 12-4 rout.

Ê Missed the entire 2006 major league season due to right elbow problems that led to Tommy John surgery, performed by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., on June 1.

Ê First experienced pain in his elbow during spring training and started the season on the DL with a right elbow sprain…went on a rehab assignment to Class-A Rome on May 13 and transferred to Triple-A Richmond on May 19, but continued to feel discomfort making throws from the outfield…was trans-ferred to the 60-day DL on May 30 before un-dergoing surgery.

Ê Made his major league debut in 2005 and played 87 games for the Braves following his May 29 recall from Richmond…started 74 games (73-LF, 1-DH).

Ê Debuted on May 29 vs. PHI, starting in left field and batting third…went 0-for-3 with a walk, RBI and a run scored…collected his first hit on June 3 at PIT, an infield single off Kip Wells, to snap an 0-for-15 start to his career.

Ê Hit his first big league homer on June 14 at TEX, a 2-run blast off Pedro Astacio…on June 17 at CIN recorded his first career 2-homer game and collected a career-high 6 RBI, with a 2-run shot off Ramon Ortiz and his first career grand slam off Randy Keisler…named NL Player of the Week for June 13-19, just his third week in the majors, after hitting .417 (10-for-24) with 4 HR and 11 RBI.

Ê POSTSEASON: Served as a pinch-hitter in all 4 games of the NLDS vs. HOU, as the Braves fell 3 games to 1…went 0-for-2 with a walk.

Ê Hit .310/.438/.581 for Richmond in 44 games prior to the call-up.

Ê Transitioned to the outfield in 2004 after spending his first four professional seasons as

a shortstop…led Double-A Greenville with 70 runs scored, 135 hits and 35 2B…ranked 2nd on the club with 16 HR…tied for the Southern League lead in doubles and ranked 2nd with 54 extra-base hits.

Ê Following the season was rated by Baseball America as the No. 8 prospect in the Braves system.

Ê Spent the 2003 season at Greenville…missed a month (July 10–Aug 10) with a sore right el-bow…named Atlanta’s No. 11 prospect in 2002 after spending the year with Class-A Myrtle Beach…hit a team-high 23 HR and stole 25 bas-es for Class-A Macon in 2001…named the No. 3 prospect in the Braves system and No. 5 pros-pect in the South Atlantic League by Baseball America following the season…in 2000 made his pro debut with the Rookie-level GCL Braves and was named their Player of the Year.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Kelly and his wife, Lauren, reside in Roswell, Ga., with their two sons, Cole (3) and Grant (1).

Ê Attended Westwood high School in Austin, Texas…was named 1999 Central Texas Player of the Year as a junior.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 9x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA

HITTING STREAK

22G, 9/1/08 – 9/24/08

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6, 6/17/05 at CIN

RUNS

3, 15x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA

WALKS

4, 6/4/10 vs. COL

STRIKEOUTS

4, 11x-last 5/29/12 vs. BAL

STOLEN BASES

2, 6x-last 9/13/12 vs. SEA

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (4)

7/8/11 at STL (Kyle Lohse); 5/21/11 vs. MIN (Matt Capps);

4/5/08 vs. NYM (Jorge Sosa); 6/17/05 at CIN (Randy Keisler)

MULTI-HR GAMES (7)

2 – 7x-last 5/30/11 vs. FLA

LEADOFF (9)

7/6/11 at MIL (Yovani Gallardo); 6/8/10 vs. ATL (Kris Medlen);

5/6/10 at HOU (Wandy Rodriguez); 4/7/10 vs. SD (Kevin

Correia); 5/24/09 vs. TOR (Scott Richmond); 4/7/09 at PHI

(Jamie Moyer); 4/25/07 at FLA (Scott Olsen); 4/22/07 at

NYM (Tom Glavine); 4/8/07 vs. NYM (Orlando Hernandez)

PINCH-HIT (1)

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2005 NLDS ATL vs. HOU .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0


2005 Left Field 1.000 79 166 6 0 172 1

2007 Second Base .978 133 227 383 14 624 83

2008 Second Base .980 144 262 425 14 701 89

2009 Second Base .973 84 135 222 10 367 56

2010 Second Base .988 149 267 402 8 677 106

2011 Second Base .984 141 268 349 10 627 86

2012 Second Base .983 136 247 386 11 644 100

Totals Second Base .982 787 1406 2167 67 3640 520

Left Field 1.000 79 166 6 0 172 1


2000 GCL Braves .269 53 193 27 52 12 3 4 29 1 1 0 24-0 45 6 1 4 .425 .349 17

2001 Macon .289 124 415 75 120 22 1 23 66 1 1 10 71-7 111 25 6 0 .513 .404 45

2002 Myrtle Beach .255 126 482 62 123 21 5 12 49 2 4 1 51-0 105 12 15 5 .394 .325 24

2003 Greenville .275 98 334 46 92 22 5 6 45 3 5 0 35-3 81 10 3 4 .425 .340 16

GCL Braves .385 6 26 10 10 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 3-1 4 1 1 2 .615 .467 0

2004 Greenville .282 135 479 70 135 35 3 16 50 0 3 3 49-2 102 9 9 5 .468 .350 11

2005 Richmond .310 44 155 35 48 12 3 8 22 0 1 2 34-7 22 7 1 3 .581 .438 3

Atlanta .241 87 290 46 70 12 3 9 40 2 1 1 40-1 75 2 1 11 .397 .334 0

2006 Rome .474 5 19 5 9 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 4-0 3 2 2 0 .842 .583 0

Richmond .333 10 39 3 13 4 0 1 7 0 1 1 6-1 6 1 0 0 .513 .426 0

2007 Atlanta .276 147 521 91 144 26 10 16 68 2 2 4 79-3 117 9 5 8 .457 .375 14

2008 Atlanta .287 150 547 86 157 39 6 12 69 9 4 2 52-2 113 11 6 3 .446 .349 14

2009 Atlanta .224 106 303 47 68 20 3 8 29 6 2 3 32-1 54 7 2 4 .389 .303 10

Gwinnett .308 13 52 9 16 2 2 3 16 0 3 0 4-0 8 1 0 0 .596 .339 0

2010 Arizona .284 154 585 93 166 36 5 26 71 3 2 2 79-1 148 13 7 12 .496 .370 8

2011 Arizona .209 114 430 59 90 23 5 18 49 4 0 3 44-2 132 13 3 3 .412 .287 6

Toronto .270 33 115 16 31 4 2 3 9 0 0 1 16-0 31 3 3 0 .417 .364 4

2012 Toronto .225 142 507 61 114 19 2 16 55 2 4 5 62-4 159 14 2 8 .365 .313 11



1: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fi rst round (38th overall) of the 2000 June Draft…signed by Charlie Smith. 2: Signed by the Arizona

Diamondbacks as a free agent, December 30, 2009. 3: Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for 2B Aaron Hill and INF John McDonald,

August 23, 2011. 4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, February 5, 2013.



vs. Left .201 139 28 4 14 .274 937 257 30 121

vs. Right .234 368 86 12 41 .247 2361 583 78 269


INTERLEAGUE PLAY Baseball begins its 17th season of interleague play in 2013. The American League leads the

all-time series, 2,081-1,883 (.525), and has won 12 of the 16 season series including the last nine

beginning with 2004. The AL won the series 142-110 in 2012 while the Rays went 9-9. The Rays

are 127-141 (.474) all-time but are 16 games over .500 under Manager Joe Maddon (71-55), 8th-

best mark in the majors during that span. The Rays are 60-74 (.448) all-time in NL parks, but 12-4

since May 22, 2011, 27-18 in the last fi ve years and 35-28 under Maddon.

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MATT JOYCE 20Matthew Ryan Joyce

FOLLOW HIM @sweetswingin20

X-RAY REPORT Ê Matt grew up in the Brandon area and is ac-tive in the Tampa Bay community year-round…in January he hosted the Third Annual Sweet Swingin’ Baseball Camp at North Brandon Little League, where he played as a youth, giving tips to 100 kids ages 7 to 14…this year’s camp raised over $12,000 for the league as well as a travel ball team.

Ê Matt has a black Labrador Retriever puppy named Eli.

Ê In December, Matt traveled to Joe Maddon’s hometown of Hazleton, Pa., to attend the man-ager’s Hazleton Integration Project fundraiser…got to know Tino Martinez over the weekend.

Ê Made offseason trips to St. Lucia, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Connecticut and Miami.

Ê He is a natural righthander and does every-thing that way—eat, write, throw, play golf—except hit.

2012 SEASON Ê The Tampa native made 115 starts in his 2nd full season…started 78 games in RF, 33 in LF and 4 at DH…his 239 starts in RF are the most in club history.

Ê Missed 23 games, June 20–July 16, with a left external oblique strain, while the Rays went 8-15…before the injury, hit .279/.387/.512 (56-for-201) with 11 HR, 34 RBI and 31 BB in 62 games…after the injury, hit just .202/.291/.343 (40-for-198) with only 6 HR, 25 RBI and 24 BB in his final 62 games.

Ê Batted 77 points higher in the first half than in the 2nd (.279 to .202)…in his two full seasons, has batted .285 (134-for-470) with 23 HR in the first half and .230 (90-for-391) with 13 HR in the 2nd half…during his career has batted a combined .310 in April and May with 25 HR in 122 games and .231 the rest of the season with 36 HR in 323 games.

Ê As late as June 15, ranked 3rd in the AL with a .399 OBP while batting .293…saw his OBP drop 58 points and his average 52 points from that day until the end of the season.

Ê Hit just .121 (4-for-33) vs. LHP after being acti-vated from the DL…was hitting .259/.368/.397 (15-for-58) vs. lefties prior to his DL stint…all told hit 3 homers off lefties, same number as 2011.

Ê Hit .287 (74-for-258) against starting pitchers but only .156 (22-for-141) against relievers.

Ê Posted a .219 (61-for-279) avg. when hitting in the 3rd, 4th or 5th spots in the order…hit .337 (33-for-98) when batting 6th, 7th or 8th.

Ê Had a career-long 12-game hitting streak from July 29–Aug 13…hit .302/.375/.581 (13-for-43) during the streak.

Ê In a 10-4 win on Sep 29 at CWS entered as a pinch-hitter and later hit a solo home run and 3-run homer…became the first Rays player to hit 2 HR in a game he didn’t start and the first AL player with 2 HR and 4 RBI as a sub since MIN Matt LeCroy on Sep 13, 2002 at CLE…in 2012, only one other player hit 2 HR in a game he didn’t start: NYY Raul Ibañez on Sep 22 vs. OAK.


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Ê Hit 2 grand slams in a span of 6 days (May 19 vs. ATL, May 25 at BOS)…earlier that month—on May 9 at NYY—hit a 3-run, 9th-inning HR off David Robertson breaking a 1-1 tie and giving the Rays a 4-1 win…they had trailed 1-0 entering the 9th…win pushed the Rays past Baltimore and into first place in the AL East.

Ê Made his third Opening Day roster (2009, 2011-12) and his third start at three different posi-tions…started in CF in 2009 in place of the in-jured B.J. Upton, in RF in 2011 and in LF in 2012.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê The Rays 2011 Opening Day right fielder was named an American League All-Star in his first full season in the majors…led the majors in hit-ting as late as June 2, with a highwater mark of .377 on May 27, and finished the season with a .277 (128-for-462) avg. …appeared in 141 games (121 starts, 112-RF, 8-LF, 1-DH).

Ê Hit .290 (108-for-370) against right-handed pitching with 16 HR, 60 RBI, 27 2B, .361 OBP and .505 SLG…batted .217 (20-for-92) vs. LHP with 3 HR, 15 RBI, .287 OBP and .370 SLG…his 3 HR off lefties came in a span of 13 AB in May and June.

Ê Led the AL in hitting for 19 days and led the ma-jors for 13 days, including 12 straight (May 22–June 2)…his lead (AL or major league) was the latest into a season in Rays history.

Ê In April–May batted .370/.430/.636 with 9 HR, 30 RBI and 13 doubles…in June–July hit .179/.234/.358 with 6 HR, 19 RBI…in Aug–Sep hit .274/.367/.425 with 4 HR and 26 RBI.

Ê Finished May with a .414 (36-for-87) avg. and .759 SLG, both setting club records for the month of May…his .414 avg. was the 2nd

highest of any month in club history, behind McGriff’s .422 in July 1999.

Ê Belted a career-high 19 HR, but had only 2 HR in his final 31 games beginning Aug 23…on Sep 27 vs. NYY, the penultimate game of the season, hit a 3-run homer in the 7th inning off Rafael Soriano to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 victory.

Ê Batted leadoff twice (Aug 10 vs. KC, Aug 22 vs. DET), his only career apps at leadoff, and went a combined 5-for-8 with 2 HR including a lead-off home run off Justin Verlander.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Elected by the players to his first All-Star Team, placing fourth among AL outfielders behind only TOR Jose Bautista, NYY Curtis Granderson and BOS Jacoby Ellsbury…went 1-for-2 with a single in the 9th inning off PIT Joel Hanrahan.

Ê POSTSEASON: Started in right field for all 4 games of the ALDS vs. Texas…in Game 2 in Arlington slugged a 2-run homer off lefty Derek Holland in the 4th inning to give the Rays a 3-0 lead…his 4 RBI in the series ranked 2nd on the club after Kelly Shoppach (6).

Ê In 2010 joined the Rays from Triple-A Durham on June 25 and was 3rd on the team in RBI over the last three months of the season with 40, in-cluding 12 game-tying or go-ahead…made 63 starts (46-RF, 10-DH, 7-LF).

Ê Had 5 two-out, game-winning RBI…only six players in the AL had more…28 of his 40 RBI came with two outs…his .644 SLG with two outs led the AL (min. 50 AB) and was 2nd in the ma-jors behind NL MVP Joey Votto (.655).

Ê In his first full month, July, he hit 2 grand slams and a 3-run homer, all two-out, game-winning

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blasts…became the second Ray to hit 2 grand slams in the same month, joining Aubrey Huff in July 2005…belted a game-winning two-out, pinch-hit grand slam July 3 at MIN (Matt Guerrier) that capped a 7-run 8th in the Rays 8-6 win…was the first slam of his career, the fifth pinch-hit slam in club history and the first grand slam in Target Field history.

Ê On July 26 vs. DET—his first time facing his for-mer team—ended Max Scherzer’s bid for a no-hitter with a two-out grand slam in the 6th in-ning…snapped a scoreless tie for Matt Garza, who completed his own no-hitter that same night…it was the first time a potential no-hit-ter was broken up by a grand slam in the 6th inning or later since July 23, 1990 when PHI Dickie Thon did it against NYM Frank Viola in the 6th inning.

Ê Placed on the 15-day DL near the end of spring training (April 1) with a right elbow strain.

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 4 games in the ALDS vs. TEX…made 2 starts in Games 3 and 4 and went a combined 2-for-7…went 0-for-2 in 2 pinch-hit apps over Games 1 and 2.

Ê Appeared in 11 games over two stints with the Rays in 2009…started 9 games (4-CF, 4-RF, 1-DH)…made his first Opening Day roster and was the starting center fielder April 7 at BOS with B.J. Upton injured…made 3 starts for the Rays during that first tour and was optioned to Durham on April 13 when Upton returned from the DL.

Ê Returned to the Rays for a two-week stay May 30…homered his first 2 games back—May 31 vs. MIN (Nick Blackburn) and June 2 vs. KC (Roman Colon)—going a combined 5-for-7 with 5 RBI.

Ê Went hitless (0-for-15) in his next 6 games and was sent to Durham for the remainder of the season when Pat Burrell was activated from the DL.

Ê Led the Triple-A champion Bulls with 73 R and 67 BB.

Ê Spent two stints in the majors in 2008 with Detroit, his first action at the major league lev-el…ranked 3rd among AL rookies with a .492 slugging pct. behind TEX Chris Davis (.549) and Evan Longoria (.531).

Ê Had his contract purchased by the Tigers on May 5…made his major league debut that night vs. Boston, starting in right field…collected his first major league hit on May 7 vs. BOS, a single in the 5th inning off Julian Tavarez…connected for his first major league home run on May 10 vs. NYY, a solo shot in the 1st inning off Darrell Rasner, with his father in the stands.

Ê Earned AL Player of the Week honors for July 7-13, the first Tigers rookie position play-er to win the award since Tony Clark in 1996…hit .409 (9-for-22) with 4 2B, 4 HR and 6 RBI in 6 games during the week.

Ê In 2007 with Double-A Erie he topped all Eastern League outfielders with 20 assists…named the Best Defensive Outfielder in the EL by Baseball America…the publication also ranked him the No. 7 prospect and Best Defensive Outfielder in the Tigers system af-ter the season.

Ê In 2006 his 86 RBI for Class-A West Michigan tied for 3rd in the Midwest League.

Ê Selected by the Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 June Draft…finished 4th in the New York-Penn League with a .332 avg. as he made his professional debut with Short-A Oneonta.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê In 1996, at the age of 12, Matt hit his first home run at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex playing for the Brandon Crush during an AAU tournament.

Ê Graduated from Armwood High School in Seffner, Fla., located just east of downtown Tampa…attended many Rays games as a kid, and his favorite player was Fred McGriff…he is one of 10 Tampa Bay-area natives to play for the Rays.

Ê Played collegiately at Florida Southern College…earned All-Sunshine State Conference honors in 2004 as a sophomore, with 11 HR and 39 RBI in 58 games.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 2x-last 7/21/08 at KC

HITTING STREAK

12G, 7/29/12 – 8/13/12

RBI

5, 7/21/08 at KC

RUNS

3, 3x-last 6/8/12 at MIA

WALKS


STRIKEOUTS

4, 3x-last 4/6/12 vs. NYY

STOLEN BASES

2, 2x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (4)

5/25/12 at BOS (Jon Lester); 5/19/12 vs. ATL (Randall

Delgado); 7/26/10 vs. DET (Max Scherzer); 7/3/10 at MIN

(Matt Guerrier)

MULTI-HR GAMES (2)

2 – 9/29/12 at CWS; 8/19/08 at TEX

LEADOFF (1)

8/22/11 vs. DET (Justin Verlander)

PINCH-HIT (1)

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2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .222 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 1 0 0 .222 .222 0

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 4 15 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1-0 5 0 0 0 .467 .250 0



2008 Left Field .970 60 94 2 3 99 0

Right Field .977 25 42 0 1 43 0

2009 Right Field 1.000 5 6 0 0 6 0

Center Field 1.000 4 9 0 0 9 0

2010 Right Field .972 52 99 4 3 106 0

Left Field 1.000 13 16 0 0 16 0

2011 Right Field .986 126 211 8 3 222 3

Left Field 1.000 15 20 0 0 20 0

2012 Right Field .985 89 133 0 2 135 0

Left Field 1.000 33 48 2 0 50 0

Totals Right Field .982 297 491 12 9 512 3

Left Field .984 121 178 4 3 185 0

Center Field 1.000 4 9 0 0 9 0


2005 Oneonta .332 65 247 51 82 10 4 4 46 1 6 1 28-0 29 9 5 4 .453 .394 1

2006 West Michigan .258 122 465 75 120 30 5 11 86 1 5 3 56-2 70 5 4 7 .415 .338 6

2007 Erie .257 130 456 61 117 33 3 17 70 1 3 3 51-1 127 4 6 7 .454 .333 3

2008 Toledo .270 56 200 36 54 13 2 13 41 0 1 2 24-1 62 2 3 1 .550 .352 0

Detroit .252 92 242 40 61 16 3 12 33 0 2 2 31-0 65 0 2 3 .492 .339 4

2009 Tampa Bay .188 11 32 3 6 1 0 3 7 0 1 1 3-0 7 1 0 0 .500 .270 0

Durham .273 111 417 73 114 35 2 16 66 0 6 3 67-3 98 14 5 5 .482 .373 5

2010 Durham .293 25 92 18 27 8 0 3 12 0 0 1 22-3 21 1 3 0 .478 .435 0

Charlotte .379 10 29 6 11 5 0 2 8 0 1 0 10-1 8 1 0 0 .759 .525 0

Tampa Bay .241 77 216 30 52 15 3 10 40 0 3 2 40-2 55 2 2 2 .477 .360 3

2011 Tampa Bay .277 141 462 69 128 32 2 19 75 0 7 4 49-9 106 13 1 7 .478 .347 3

2012 Tampa Bay .241 124 399 55 96 18 3 17 59 1 1 6 55-4 102 4 3 10 .429 .341 2

Durham .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 0

Charlotte .250 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .375 .333 0


Rays Totals .254 353 1109 157 282 66 8 49 181 1 12 13 147-15 270 20 6 19 .461 .345 8


1: Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Steve Nichols. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from

Detroit in exchange for RHP Edwin Jackson, December 10, 2008.

ALL-STAR GAME BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E

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HAK-JU LEE 36Hak-Ju Lee

X-RAY REPORT Ê Hak-Ju is attempting to become the third Korean-born player to play in the majors for the Rays, joining pitchers Jae Kuk Ryu (2007) and Jae Seo (2006-07).

Ê He also has a chance to become only the third Korean-born position player in major league history…OF Shin-Soo Choo (2005–present) and 1B Hee-Seop Choi (2002-05) are the only two to reach the big leagues thus far…meanwhile, 11 Korean-born pitchers have spent time in the majors.

Ê Teammates describe him as possessing ad-vanced karate skills.

Ê Is a gifted singer, as evidenced by the YouTube video “Hak-Ju Lee Serenade,” filmed in Boise in 2009…also known for his pregame dance ritual in minor league dugouts.

Ê Hak-Ju began playing baseball when he was 11 years old…a coach at his school noticed his athleticism on the soccer field and invited him to try his hand on the diamond.

2012 SEASON Ê Spent the duration of the season with Double-A Montgomery, where he hit .261 (124-for-475) with 4 HR, 37 RBI, 10 3B and 37 SB…despite suffering a season-ending oblique strain on Aug 11, he was named to the Southern League postseason All-Star Team.

Ê Stole 37 bases, tied for 4th most in the Southern League, in 46 attempts…ranked 2nd in the Rays organization in steals behind Ryan Brett (48) and was named Best Base Runner in the Rays system by the Baseball Operations staff following the season.

Ê Set Biscuits franchise records with a 21-game hitting streak (June 17–July 11) and a 46-game on-base streak (June 13–Aug 3)…the on-base streak broke the previous mark of 37 by Evan Longoria in 2007…during the on-base streak he hit .308 (60-for-195) with a .387 OBP.

Ê Recorded 10 triples, tied for 3rd most in the Southern League.

Ê Led all Southern League shortstops in fielding pct. (.954)…committed 24 errors in 115 games at shortstop.

Ê Batted .278/.360/.405 (85-for-306) vs. right-handed pitchers, compared to .231/.290/.278 against lefties.

Ê Played for Phoenix of the Arizona Fall League, appearing in 20 games (16-SS, 4-DH)…start-ed at shortstop for the West team in the AFL Rising Stars Game and went 1-for-3 with an RBI single.

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 pros-pect in the Rays organization entering the 2013 season as well as their 2nd-best position player prospect after OF Wil Myers…also rated by the publication as the No. 8 prospect in the Southern League in 2012.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Owns a career .298 batting avg., 31 triples and 127 SB over four minor league seasons.

Ê In 2011, his first season in the Rays organiza-tion, split the year between Class-A Charlotte and Montgomery, earning a promotion on Aug 11…combined to hit .292 (146-for-500) with 17 2B, 15 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI and 33 SB.

Ê Named a midseason and postseason Florida State League All-Star and Charlotte’s team MVP.

Ê His 15 triples were 6th among all minor leagu-ers and most ever by a Rays farmhand.

Ê Started at shortstop for the World team in the Futures Game in June at Chase Field in Arizona, his second straight Futures Game selection.

Ê Ranked tied for 2nd in the FSL in triples (11), 3rd in avg. (.318) and 8th in SB (28)…named the Most Exciting Player, Best Batting Prospect, Fastest Base Runner and Best Defensive Shortstop in the FSL by Baseball America.

Ê Following the season was rated the No. 2 pros-pect in the Rays system by Baseball America, trailing LH Matt Moore, as well as the organiza-tion’s Fastest Base Runner and Best Defensive Infielder.

Ê Acquired by the Rays in an eight-player trade on Jan 8…was one of five players dealt by the Cubs in exchange for RH Matt Garza and others.

Ê Spent the entire 2010 season with Class-A Peoria (Cubs)…selected to the Midwest League All-Star Team.

Ê Played for the World team in the Futures Game at Angel Stadium during the All-Star break.

Ê Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the Cubs sys-tem by Baseball America entering 2011 and the Best Hitter for Average in the system in Baseball America Best Tools Survey.

Ê Spent the 2009 season with Short-A Boise and was named a Topps Short-Season/Rookie All-Star and a Northwest League postseason All-Star…named the top prospect in the NWL by Baseball America following the season.


2009 Boise .330 68 264 56 87 14 2 2 33 6 2 1 31-1 50 25 8 3 .420 .399 27

2010 Peoria .282 122 485 85 137 22 4 1 40 11 1 5 49-0 86 32 7 7 .351 .354 34

2011 Charlotte .318 97 400 82 127 16 11 4 23 7 0 5 42-3 72 28 14 3 .443 .389 16

Montgomery .190 24 100 16 19 1 4 1 7 0 2 1 11-0 22 5 2 0 .310 .272 2

2012 Montgomery .261 116 475 68 124 15 10 4 37 4 1 3 51-1 102 37 9 9 .360 .336 24


1: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as a free agent, May 29, 2008…signed by Steve Wilson. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with RH Chris

Archer, C Robinson Chirinos, OF Sam Fuld and OF Brandon Guyer from Chicago in exchange for RH Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LH Zach

Rosscup, January 8, 2011.

MARVIN GENTRY

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210MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 138 days OPENING DAY AGE 28BORN 10/21/84 in Acarigua, VENRESIDES Acarigua, VENCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Claimed off waivers from the San Diego Padres, 7/30/09SIGNING SCOUTS Bill Clark and Ricardo Petit (Padres)

CATCHER

JOSE LOBATON 59Jose Manuel Lobaton (LO-bah-TONE)

FOLLOW HIM @JLobaton21

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jose and his wife, Nina, exchanged wedding vows last July 2 in a morning ceremony at home plate at Tropicana Field…Carlos Peña and his wife, Pamela, were among those in atten-dance…he caught that night in the Rays 4-3 win over the Yankees.

Ê Jose and Nina had planned a honeymoon to Aruba after the 2012 season, but had to cancel their plans when they found out they were ex-pecting their first child together…the couple is due in May.

Ê He is the youngest of four kids…his father was a taxi driver and his mother a full-time mom who is now studying to become a lawyer…his oldest brother and sister both work in the medical field…his older brother, Jose Tomas Lobaton, was an infielder who played eight years in the minors, mostly with the Yankees.

2012 SEASON Ê Made his first career Opening Day roster and completed his first full season in the majors…still qualified as a rookie after spending parts of 3 previous seasons in the majors.

Ê Was one of 15 switch-hitting catchers in the majors in 2012.

Ê Started 51 games (50-C, 1-DH)…batted .222 (37-for-167) but had a .323 OBP…drew 24 BB in 197 PA.

Ê Spent 41 games on the DL with right shoulder soreness…placed on the DL on April 15, retro-active to April 13…activated May 28 after play-ing 10 games on rehab assignment between

Class-A Charlotte (2), Double-A Montgomery (4) and Triple-A Durham (4).

Ê Threw out 7 of 49 attempted base stealers (14.3 percent)…the major league average was 21.3 percent.

Ê Switch-hitter batted .300 (18-for-60) as a right-handed batter compared to .178 (19-for-107) as a lefty…hit both of his homers as a lefty.

Ê Belted his first career home run off RH Matt Lindstrom on July 25 at BAL in a 10-1 win…also set single-game career-highs with 3 hits and 4 RBI…became the first Rays catcher since Dioner Navarro on June 9, 2008 to record at least 3 hits and 4 RBI in a single game.

Ê Had 7 RBI over a 7-game span, Aug 9-25, and drove in a run in 4 straight games Aug 18-25.

Ê Collected his first career RBI in his 27th career game on May 28 vs. CWS, with an RBI single off LH Chris Sale in his only career start at DH.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Split the 2011 season between Durham and the majors…appeared in 15 games for the Rays, in-cluding 9 starts at catcher…recalled on July 15 when C John Jaso was placed on the DL with a right oblique strain, and spent the rest of the season in the majors…however, suffered a left knee sprain in his third game (July 17 vs. BOS) and was placed on the DL the next day…missed 43 games and was activated Sep 2, following a rehab assignment with Charlotte.

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July 25, 2009 at WAS with the Padres…on Sep 2 vs. BAL, doubled off LH Zach Britton for his first hit as a Ray and first career extra-base hit.

Ê Was on the Rays active roster for the ALDS vs. Texas but did not play.

Ê Caught 2 of 9 attempted base stealers (22.2 percent).

Ê For Durham hit .293 (54-for-184) with 8 HR in 54 games…established minor league career highs in avg., OBP (.410) and SLG (.489)…caught 12 of 39 attempted base stealers (30.8 per-cent)…hit .391 (18-for-46) in the month of April.

Ê Played winter ball for Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League.

Ê In 2010 did not appear in a game for the Rays, but had a brief stint on the active roster April 27-28 as C Dioner Navarro served a two-game suspension…recalled on Aug 31 and im-mediately transferred to the 15-day disabled list, where he spent the rest of the season…was initially placed on Durham’s DL with a right foot contusion on Aug 26.

Ê Caught 20 of 63 attempted base stealers (31.7 percent) in the minors at Durham and Montgomery combined…led Durham with 62 games at catcher…in Montgomery, caught 7 of 12 runners (58.3 percent)…assigned to Montgomery out of camp and played 7 games there before an April 16 promotion to Durham.

Ê In 2009 appeared in 7 games (5 starts) for the Padres, his first stint in the majors…Rays claimed him off waivers from San Diego on July 30 and assigned him to Montgomery.

Ê Promoted from Triple-A Portland on July 5 when Henry Blanco was placed on the DL…made his major league debut that night vs. the Dodgers in the 13th inning at second base af-ter David Eckstein left with a right hamstring strain…had never appeared at any position oth-er than catcher at any level…designated for as-signment on July 28 when Blanco returned.

Ê Collected his first major league hit July 19 vs. COL, an 8th-inning single off RH Jason Marquis.

Ê Tabbed by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Catcher in the Padres system enter-ing 2009.

Ê Spent the entire 2008 season at Double-A San Antonio…appeared in a 92 games, including 86 behind the plate…was a non-roster invite to ma-jor league spring training.

Ê Appeared in 90 games at Class-A Lake Elsinore in 2007, all at catcher…logged a career-high 10 HR and 47 RBI…threw out 42 base runners in 142 stolen base attempts (29.6 percent).

Ê Split the 2006 season between Class-A Fort Wayne and Lake Elsinore, hitting a combined .235 (43-for-183) in 62 games.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Has a 6-year-old daughter.

Ê Was a swimmer as a youth in Venezuela, and at age 14 was given the chance to join a traveling water polo team, but his father encouraged him to commit to either water polo or baseball…still swims often to keep in shape.

Ê Enjoys watching NBA games…was a Chicago Bulls fanatic when Michael Jordan played.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

3, 7/25/12 at BAL

HITTING STREAK

3, 3x-last 7/29/12 – 7/31/12

HOME RUNS

1, 2x-last 8/22/12 vs. KC

RBI

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vs. Left .310 58 18 0 4 .269 78 21 0 4

vs. Right .174 109 19 2 16 .164 140 23 2 16


2002 DSL Padres .129 10 31 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 3-1 9 1 0 2 .226 .206 -

2003 Idaho Falls .272 56 191 22 52 15 0 1 32 1 1 2 22-2 50 0 1 4 .366 .352 2

2004 Eugene .219 44 151 13 33 12 0 7 23 1 0 0 17-0 35 0 0 3 .437 .298 3

2005 AZL Padres .357 5 14 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6-0 4 1 0 0 .500 .550 1

Fort Wayne .176 9 34 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 2 .206 .222 1

Eugene .281 11 32 4 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 6-0 8 0 0 0 .344 .410 0

2006 Lake Elsinore .213 42 122 12 26 7 0 4 15 1 1 1 20-0 42 0 2 3 .369 .326 10

Fort Wayne .279 20 61 15 17 3 1 1 11 1 1 2 12-0 12 0 0 2 .410 .408 2

2007 Lake Elsinore .260 90 304 50 79 15 3 10 47 2 7 3 41-1 79 0 0 4 .428 .346 13

2008 San Antonio .259 92 294 35 76 21 0 9 45 2 7 0 39-1 75 1 1 8 .422 .338 4

2009 Portland .241 39 133 14 32 6 0 3 8 4 1 0 10-0 35 0 0 0 .353 .292 6

San Diego .176 7 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1 .176 .176 1

Montgomery .262 26 84 13 22 7 0 3 11 1 1 1 15-1 19 0 0 2 .452 .376 3

2010 Montgomery .250 7 24 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4-0 5 0 0 1 .292 .357 1

Durham .261 72 241 26 63 11 0 7 33 1 1 1 27-1 52 1 0 10 .394 .337 2

2011 Durham .293 54 184 24 54 10 1 8 31 2 1 0 37-2 50 0 0 5 .489 .410 3

Tampa Bay .118 15 34 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-0 8 0 0 2 .147 .231 1

Charlotte .444 6 18 0 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 0 .667 .500 0

2012 Tampa Bay .222 69 167 16 37 10 0 2 20 2 2 2 24-1 46 0 1 6 .317 .323 4

Charlotte .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 0

Montgomery .154 4 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3-0 3 0 0 0 .231 .313 0

Durham .067 4 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .133 .067 1


Rays Totals .204 84 201 18 41 11 0 2 20 2 2 3 28-1 54 0 1 8 .289 .308 5


1: Signed by the San Diego Padres as a free agent, May 13, 2002…signed by Bill Clark and Ricardo Petit. 2: Claimed by the Tampa Bay Rays off

waivers from San Diego, July 30, 2009.


2009 Catcher .982 6 52 2 1 55 0 0

Second Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

2011 Catcher .989 14 90 3 1 94 0 0

2012 Catcher .992 66 448 28 4 480 3 0

Totals Catcher .990 86 590 33 6 629 3 0

Second Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -


RAYS SWITCH-HITTERSThe Rays have had 21 switch-hitters in the club’s history:

Willy Aybar

Geoff Blum

Raul Casanova

Brooks Conrad

Jose Cruz Jr.

Elliot Johnson

David Lamb

Jose Lobaton

Felipe Lopez

Felix Martinez

Quinton McCracken

Dioner Navarro

Greg Norton

Fernando Perez

Tomas Perez

Kevin Stocker

Drew Sutton

Javier Valentin

Randy Winn

Gregg Zaun

Ben Zobrist

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220MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 6 years, 12 daysOPENING DAY AGE 28BORN 5/7/84 in Houston, TXRESIDES Missouri City, TXCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Signed as a free agent, 12/6/12SIGNING SCOUT Chris Smith (Dodgers)

FIRST BASEMAN

JAMES LONEY 21James Anthony Loney

FOLLOW HIM @jamesloney_7

X-RAY REPORT Ê Was the Dodgers nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award in 2008 and 2010…the award recognizes players who best represent the game of baseball through sportsmanship, com-munity involvement and positive contributions to their club.

Ê Hosted the Dodgers Dream Foundation Bowling Extravaganza for the past three years, and he still isn’t the best bowler in the family…his younger brother, Anthony, 19, has rolled a per-fect game…in addition, Loney donated $7,500 to dedicate two bowling lanes to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, so youngsters battling cancer could spend a night having fun with the Dodgers and their families.

Ê Loney is a graduate of the Houston RBI pro-gram and continually gave back when he was with the Dodgers by hosting kids from the Los Angeles RBI program at several home games throughout the season.

Ê Loney’s parents were basketball players at the State University of New York at Oswego…his mother, Ann, became a teacher who special-ized in bilingual Spanish-speaking students in Houston…his father, Marion, is a computer programmer.

2012 SEASON Ê Played in 144 games combined with the Dodgers and Red Sox, his fewest since 2007…acquired by the Red Sox on Aug 25 in 9-player trade with the Dodgers that sent Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez from the Red Sox to the Dodgers…made a combined 107 starts, all at first base.

Ê Appeared in 114 and started 81 of 126 games with the Dodgers…platooned with Juan Rivera his last two months with the Dodgers…after the trade appeared in 30 of Boston’s final 35 games including 26 starts.

Ê Entering 2012 had missed only 10 combined games in the four previous seasons with the Dodgers…over the last 5 seasons has played in 782 games, 7th most in the majors over that span…has never been on the major league dis-abled list.

Ê Was errorless in his last 40 games, including all of his games with Boston (231 total chanc-es)…his last error was Aug 7 vs. COL…has made only 15 errors over the last 3 seasons…only

LAST 5 YEARS, MLB (2008-12)

MOST GAMES PLAYED

Prince Fielder 806

Robinson Cano 800

Adrian Gonzalez 800

Ichiro Suzuki 793

Miguel Cabrera 792

Hunter Pence 786

James Loney 782

HIGHEST FIELDING PCT., FIRST BASEMEN

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Mark Teixeira .997 6,444 17

Adrian Gonzalez .996 7,023 28

Adam LaRoche .995 5,234 28

James Loney .995 6,320 35

MOST TOTAL CHANCES, FIRST BASEMEN

Prince Fielder 7,079

Albert Pujols 7,275

Adrian Gonzalez 7,023

Mark Teixeira 6,444

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NYY Mark Teixeira (8) has made fewer errors at first base over that span while playing in 400 or more games…over the last five seasons his .995 fielding pct. ranks 4th among first base-men with 600 or more starts…in LA Dodgers history, ranks 3rd all-time in fielding among first basemen (see charts).

Ê Brought a .288 career average into 2012, but his .249 average with the Red Sox and Dodgers was 39 points below that figure…after averag-ing 12 HR and 80 RBI in his previous five sea-sons, he combined for 6 HR and 41 RBI in 2012…collected 41 doubles in 2010, but has had only 50 since.

Ê Had a slow start for the 2nd straight year go-ing 0-for-16 before his first hit, a single off PIT Jeff Karstens on April 12…batting avg. never got above .264 all year…was batting .198 on May 7, but hit .278 in his final 86 games with Dodgers before the trade…then went 8-for-21 (.381) in his first 6 games with the Red Sox, but hit only .190 (15-79) in his final 24 games.

Ê Had only 7 games with multiple strikeouts…over the last five seasons has struck out only once every 8.27 plate appearances…among first basemen with 2,500 plate appearanc-es over that span, only Albert Pujols has been harder to strike out (10.47 PA per SO).

Ê All 6 of his home runs came off righthanders on the road…during his career has hit almost twice as many home runs on the road than at home (48 to 25)…his home runs as a Red Sox came off LAA Zack Greinke on Aug 30 and NYY Rafael Soriano on Oct 2.

Ê Has hit .256 (in 2012) and .264 (in 2011) with runners in scoring position the last two years, but his .306 career average is 12th among active players with 1,000 or more plate appearances.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011, rebounded with a strong second half to rank among the Dodgers team leaders in runs (56, 3rd), hits (153, 2nd), doubles (30, tied for 2nd), home runs (12, 3rd) and RBI (65, 2nd)

Ê Batted just .170 (16-for-94) in his first 24 games through April 25 before hitting .314 (137-for-437) over his final 134 games…his batting aver-age from April 26 through the end of the sea-son was the fourth highest in the NL.

Ê Led the NL and ranked second in the majors with a .357 batting avg. (61-for-171) in 52 games from Aug 1 through the end of the season.

Ê Batted .312 against right-handed pitchers (126-for-404), which was the 7th-highest mark in the NL…slugged 10 of his 12 HR against right-ies…hit just .213 against LHP (27-for-127).

Ê Hit .373 (22-for-59) in 15 interleague games, the 6th-best mark by an NL player.

Ê Set a career high with 5 hits on Sep 18 vs. PIT, going 5-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and 3 RBI.

Ê Posted a .996 fielding pct. and committed only 5 errors in 1,203.2 innings in the field over 151 games (134 starts) at 1B.

Ê Led the Dodgers with 157 hits in 2010…was 2nd in RBI (88).

Ê Ranked 5th in the National League with a career-high 41 doubles…became the fifth Dodger since 1990 to reach 40 doubles in a season along with Shawn Green (2002-03), Raul Mondesi (1996-97), Eric Karros (1999) and Andre Ethier (2009).

Ê Hit .327 (56-for-171) with RISP, the 10th-best mark in the NL, and batted .316 (89-for-282) with runners on base…went 7-for-16 (.438) with the bases loaded, the 10th-highest average in the NL.

Ê Committed just 4 errors in 1,411 innings, tying for second among NL first basemen with a .997 fielding percentage.

Ê In 2009 finished his second full season with the Dodgers and just like the first, he drove in exactly 90 runs…joined Matt Kemp (101) and Andre Ethier (106) as the first Dodger trio to collect at least 90 RBI in a season since 2001, when Shawn Green (125), Gary Sheffield (100) and Paul Lo Duca (90) accomplished the feat.

Ê Helped lead the Dodgers to a 95-67 record and for the 2nd straight year a first place finish in the NL West.

Ê Batted .274 vs. lefties—still his best full season vs. southpaws.

Ê Belted 12 of his 13 HR on the road…nearly be-came the first major league player since Jose Cruz in 1984 to finish a season in double digits in homers, all of which came on the road.

Ê Appeared in 158 of the team’s 162 games, in-cluding 147 starts, all at first base…made just

L.A. DODGERS HISTORY

MOST GAMES PLAYED AT FIRST BASE

Eric Karros 1,579

Steve Garvey 1,470

Wes Parker 1,108

James Loney 860

HIGHEST FIELDING PCT. AT FIRST BASE

(Min. 750 Games) PCT. TC E

Steve Garvey, 1972-82 .996 14,781 63

Wes Parker, 1964-72 .996 10,380 45

James Loney, 2006-12 .994 7,222 45


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7 errors in 1,361 total chances, good for a .995 fielding pct. which tied for 4th best in the NL.

Ê POSTSEASON: Hit 2 HR off PHI Cole Hamels in the NLCS, but the Dodgers fell 4 games to 1…homered in an 8-6 loss in Game 1 and a 10-4 loss in Game 5…his career .349 avg. (22-for-63) in the postseason currently ranks 4th among active players with 50 or more at-bats.

Ê Was voted the 2008 winner of the Roy Campanella Award as the “Most Inspirational Dodger,” by his teammates and coaches…helped the Dodgers to a first-place finish in the NL West.

Ê Ranked 1st on the club with 90 RBI, 3rd with a .289 avg. and 3rd with 44 multi-hit games.

Ê Was the Dodgers Player of the Month in June, hitting .362 (34-for-94) with 12 runs scored and a .425 OBP in 27 games…batted .330 in August, his 2nd-highest average in any month.

Ê His 15-game hitting streak to start the season was the third-longest streak to open the sea-son in LA Dodgers history, behind Steve Garvey (21 games, April 7–May 2, 1978) and Ron Cey (17 games, April 7-27, 1977).

Ê Was second on the club with a .304 (55-for-181) batting avg. with RISP.

Ê Hit .300 with runners on base, .367 with the bases loaded and .304 from the 7th inning on.

Ê POSTSEASON: Thumped a grand slam off Ryan Dempster in Game 1 of the NLDS vs. CHC, pro-pelling the Dodgers to a 3-game sweep and their first playoff series victory in 20 years…in 8 playoff games in the NLDS and NLCS, hit .333 (10-for-30) with 1 HR, 3 2B and 8 RBI.

Ê Promoted to the Dodgers from Triple-A Las Vegas on June 10, 2007…his .331 avg. (114-for-344) that season remains the 9th highest in LA Dodgers history (min. 300 PA).

Ê Tied for 6th in the National League Rookie of the Year voting with ATL Yunel Escobar.

Ê Was among the Dodger leaders in batting avg. (2nd), home runs (15, tied for 3rd) and RBI (67, 4th) despite playing in just 96 games (85 starts)…led the team with 22.93 AB/HR (min. 300 AB).

Ê Among NL rookies, ranked 1st in batting avg. (.331), 2nd in OBP (.381) and 4th in SLG (.538).

Ê Hit .336 (84-for-250) against righthanders and .319 (30-for-94) against lefties…hit .370 (61-for-165) on the road.

Ê Batted .419 (39-for-93) with runners in scoring position, the 2nd-best mark in the majors (min. 100 PA), behind DET Magglio Ordoñez (.429).

Ê Belted a three-run homer off Brian Moehler in his first professional game in his hometown

of Houston on July 23 in a 10-2 win over the Astros…hammered a two-run homer in the 9th inning on Aug 10 at STL off Adam Wainwright, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 victory.

Ê Named NL Rookie of the Month for September, hitting .382 with 9 HR and a major-league-lead-ing 32 RBI…became just the fourth LA Dodger to collect at least 32 RBI in a month, joining Frank Howard (41 in Aug 1962), Mike Marshall (37 in Sep/Oct 1985) and Tommy Davis (33 in June 1962).

Ê Had 5 HR in 6 games from Sep 6-12, the most by a Dodger since Hee-Seop Choi blasted 7 in 4 games from June 10-14, 2005.

Ê Rated as the Best Defensive First Baseman in the Pacific Coast League by Baseball America.

Ê Called up three separate times during the 2006 season by the Dodgers, who won the NL Wild Card.

Ê Led all of minor league baseball with a .380 batting avg., topping Kevin Kouzmanoff of Buffalo (Indians) who hit .379…led the PCL by 43 points over Alberto Callaspo of Tucson (D-backs).

Ê Named the Dodgers organization’s Minor League Player of the Year.

Ê Set the NL rookie record and tied the Dodger franchise record with a career-high 9 RBI to go along with 4 hits and 2 HR on Sep 28 at COL, slugging his first career grand slam off Byung-Hyun Kim…the 9 RBI tied Gil Hodges’ franchise record and surpassed Ron Cey’s LA Dodger mark of 8, set on July 31, 1974…became the first rookie to drive in 9 runs in a game since BOS Fred Lynn had 10 RBI on June 18, 1975 at DET…it was the most RBI in an NL game since CHC Sammy Sosa had 9 on Aug 10, 2002 vs. COL and the most in baseball since NYY Alex Rodriguez had 9 on April 26, 2005 vs. LAA.

Ê Made his major league debut on April 4 when Nomar Garciaparra was placed on the 15-day disabled list and singled off ATL John Smoltz in his second major league at-bat.

Ê Hit his first major league home run on Sep 2 vs. COL (Manny Corpas).

Ê Committed just 1 error in 228 total chances at first base, finishing the season with a .996 fielding pct.

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 3-for-4 with a walk and 3 RBI in his first postseason appearance dur-ing Game 3 of the NLDS vs. the Mets who swept the Dodgers in 3 games.

Ê Led all Dodgers minor leaguers in games played (138) in 2005…led the Double-A Southern League champion Jacksonville Suns


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Ê Rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best prospect in the Dodgers organization entering the season.

Ê Tabbed as the 4th-best prospect in the 2004 Arizona Fall League by Baseball America and made the All-Prospect Team, as voted on by league managers and coaches following the 2004 season.

Ê Was invited to spring training with the big league club for a second consecutive year and played in 20 Grapefruit League contests, bat-ting .343 with a homer and 7 RBI…for his per-formance, was awarded the Jim and Dearie Mulvey Award as the Dodgers top rookie in camp.

Ê Was on Jacksonville’s disabled list from April 23–May 13 after suffering a broken mid-dle fingertip.

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 pros-pect in the Dodgers organization entering the season.

Ê Named the top prospect in the 2002 Pioneer League by Baseball America, batting .371 with 22 2B and 30 RBI in 47 games for the Rookie-level Pioneer League champion Great Falls Dodgers.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Is engaged to Nadia.

Ê Was a standout as a pitcher and first baseman for Lawrence E. Elkins High School in Missouri

City, Texas…listed as a pitcher, was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 46 prospect en-tering the 2002 June Draft…in its draft recap, Baseball America tabbed him as the Best Pure Hitter in the draft.

Ê As a prep senior, hit .509 with 8 HR and 56 RBI…while on the mound, he was 9-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 106 SO in 54 IP…earned utility spot on Baseball America’s High School All-America first team…his Elkins team was 30-1 and ranked No. 1 in the nation…was slotted to attend Baylor had he not signed with Los Angeles.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

5, 9/18/11 vs. PIT

HITTING STREAK

15G, 3/31/08 – 4/16/08

RBI

9, 9/28/06 at COL

RUNS

3, 3x-last 9/19/09 vs. SF

WALKS

3, 7x-last 6/5/11 at CIN

STRIKEOUTS

4, 5/29/09 at CHC

STOLEN BASES

1, 29x-last 9/24/11 at SD

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (2)

6/12/11 at COL (Ubaldo Jimenez); 9/28/06 at COL (Byung-

Hyun Kim)

MULTI-HR GAMES (2)

2 – 9/7/07 at SF; 9/28/06 at COL

WALK-OFF (1)

7/24/10 vs. NYM (13th inn., Oliver Perez)

PINCH-HIT (1)

9/16/11 vs. PIT (Chris Resop)


BASEBALL IS THE BEST BUYMLB remains the most affordable of the

major North American professional sports:

AVERAGE

LEAGUE TICKET

National Football League $78.38

National Hockey League $57.39

National Basketball Association $50.99

Major League Baseball $26.98


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2006 NLDS LAD vs. NYM .750 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 1 .750 .800 1

2008 NLDS LAD vs. CHC .214 3 14 2 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .500 .214 0

NLCS LAD vs. PHI .438 5 16 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3-1 5 0 0 0 .563 .526 0

2009 NLDS LAD vs. STL .250 3 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .250 .308 0

NLCS LAD vs. PHI .353 5 17 3 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 1 .706 .421 0

DS Totals .300 7 30 2 9 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 2-0 3 0 0 1 .433 .344 1

LCS Totals .394 10 33 3 13 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 5-1 7 0 0 1 .636 .474 0



2006 First Base .996 39 212 15 1 228 17


2007 First Base .989 93 725 61 9 795 87


2008 First Base .991 158 1364 121 13 1498 123

2009 First Base .995 155 1269 85 7 1361 110

2010 First Base .997 160 1286 78 4 1368 103

2011 First Base .996 150 1129 74 5 1208 90

2012 First Base .994 133 915 74 6 995 85

Totals First Base .994 888 6900 508 45 7453 615



2002 Great Falls .371 47 170 33 63 22 3 5 30 0 0 2 25-1 18 5 4 4 .624 .457 5

Vero Beach .299 17 67 6 20 6 0 0 5 1 0 0 6-0 10 0 0 2 .388 .356 0

2003 Vero Beach .276 125 468 64 129 31 3 7 46 3 1 1 43-5 80 9 4 13 .400 .337 7

2004 Jacksonville .238 104 395 39 94 19 2 4 35 0 2 3 42-6 75 5 5 7 .327 .314 11

2005 Jacksonville .284 138 504 74 143 31 2 11 65 1 6 2 59-8 87 1 4 13 .419 .357 7

2006 Los Angeles-NL .284 48 102 20 29 6 5 4 18 0 0 1 8-1 10 1 0 8 .559 .342 1

Las Vegas .380 98 366 64 139 33 2 8 67 0 6 2 32-7 34 9 5 11 .546 .426 12

2007 Las Vegas .279 58 233 28 65 19 1 1 32 0 3 0 25-3 48 2 1 8 .382 .345 1

Los Angeles-NL .331 96 344 41 114 18 4 15 67 0 2 1 28-5 48 0 1 6 .538 .381 9

2008 Los Angeles-NL .289 161 595 66 172 35 6 13 90 1 7 3 45-6 85 7 4 25 .434 .338 13

2009 Los Angeles-NL .281 158 576 73 162 25 2 13 90 1 4 0 70-10 68 7 3 16 .399 .357 7

2010 Los Angeles-NL .267 161 588 67 157 41 2 10 88 0 4 4 52-9 95 10 5 14 .395 .329 4

2011 Los Angeles-NL .288 158 531 56 153 30 1 12 65 3 5 1 42-7 67 4 0 8 .416 .339 5

2012 Los Angeles-NL .254 114 334 32 85 18 0 4 33 1 1 0 23-7 39 0 3 16 .344 .302 6

Boston .230 30 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 0 1 0 5-0 12 0 0 5 .310 .264 0



1: Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fi rst round (19th overall) of the 2002 June Draft…signed by Chris Smith. 2: Acquired by the

Boston Red Sox along with INF Ivan DeJesus Jr., RH Allen Webster and two players to be named (RH Rubby De La Rosa and OF Jerry Sands) from

the Dodgers in exchange for RH Josh Beckett, OF Carl Crawford, 1B Adrian Gonzalez, INF Nick Punto and cash considerations, August 25, 2012.

4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, December 7, 2012.



vs. Left .217 92 20 0 10 .248 802 199 14 121

vs. Right .257 342 88 6 31 .294 2368 696 59 338

2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE40-MAN ROSTER › EVAN LONGORIA

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210MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 4 years, 170 daysOPENING DAY AGE 27BORN 10/7/85 in Downey, CARESIDES Scottsdale, AZCONTRACT STATUS First year of a 10-year contract through 2022 plus one club option for 2023ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2006 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Fred Repke (Rays)

THIRD BASEMAN

EVAN LONGORIA 3Evan Michael Longoria

FOLLOW HIM @Evan3Longoria

X-RAY REPORT Ê Evan and his girlfriend, Jaime Edmondson, are expecting their first child, a daughter, around Opening Day.

Ê Considers food and cooking his first passion outside of baseball, and is planning to open his first restaurant early this season…Ducky’s, located near University of Tampa on West Kennedy Blvd., is a boutique sports lounge con-cept that will feature two duckpin (mini) bowl-ing lanes and plenty of TVs…Evan, who cooks three or four times a week in the offseason, has been heavily involved in creating a healthy menu with the help of a couple chef friends in Las Vegas and New York.

Ê Evan has become a classic car enthusiast…as a kid, he would watch his grandfather, a mechan-ic, work on cars at the gas station he owned…Evan recently bought a second-generation ’71 Camaro that should be restored by midseason…also has an undriven silver ’71 Mustang Mach 1 with black stripes and 800 horsepower, as well as a silver and black two-tone ’69 Camaro SS.

Ê Bought his parents, Mike and Ellie, a house this past offseason in Scottsdale, Ariz., where they will retire…their home is only a mile away from his own place…Mike will work two more years as a maintenance worker in the Long Beach school district before retiring.

Ê He will donate more than $1 million during the life of his new contract to the Rays Baseball Foundation, which supports youth and educa-tion programs in the region…Longoria works closely with the Moffitt Cancer Center, the

Tampa Sports Commission’s “Tampa’s Got Wings” program and the Pet Pal Animal Shelter in St. Petersburg.

Ê Evan has been featured in national commer-cials for Gillette, Pepsi, New Era, MLB 2K10 and MLB 2K11.

2012 SEASON Ê Last Nov 26, the 3-time AL All-Star, 2-time Rawlings AL Gold Glove winner and 2008 AL Rookie of the Year signed a contract extension that could keep him a Ray through the 2023 season…this new contract incorporates the sal-aries for 2013 through 2016 from his original contract and extends six more years through 2022, plus a club option for 2023.

Ê Is one of seven major league players signed through 2020 joining CIN Joey Votto (2023), LAA Albert Pujols (2021), COL Troy Tulowitzki (2020), MIL Ryan Braun (2020), CHC Jorge Soler (2020) and DET Prince Fielder (2020).

Ê Missed 85 games due to a partially torn left hamstring, which he sustained on April 30 vs. SEA…placed on the DL the following day and was not activated until Aug 7.

BEST TEAM RECORDS WITH INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STARTING, 2012 (Min. 70 starts)

Todd Frazier, CIN 70-39 (.642)

Yoenis Cespedes, OAK 82-46 (.641)

Michael Morse, WAS 65-37 (.637)

Evan Longoria, TB 47-27 (.635)

Jayson Werth, WAS 50-29 (.633)


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Ê Underwent a minor procedure on his left ham-string on Nov 20 and is expected to be fully re-covered for spring training.

Ê The Rays went 41-44 in his absence, but went 47-27 (.635) with Evan in the lineup…in the AL, only OAK Yoenis Cespedes had a better record in games he started (82-46, .641).

Ê Despite his missed time, hit .289/.369/.527 (79-for-273) with 17 HR and 55 RBI in only 74 games…his numbers project to 37 HR and 120 RBI over 162 games played…during the course of his career, his numbers project out to a 162-game season translate to 33 HR, 116 RBI, 41 2B and 97 runs.

Ê Although he has spent a combined 143 games on the DL in 2008, 2011 and 2012, he is one of 11 active players to average at least 25 HR and 90 RBI over his first 5 seasons.

Ê Despite his time on the DL, his 456 RBI and 299 extra-base hits both rank 5th all-time among third basemen in their first 5 seasons.

Ê Started 49 games at 3B and 25 games at DH…had played every inning at 3B prior to the inju-ry on April 30…after being reinstated from the DL on Aug 7, Longoria started 51 of the team’s remaining 54 games (26 at third base, 25 at designated hitter)…started the team’s final 14 games at 3B, beginning Sep 19.

Ê The Rays scored nearly a run more per game when he was active (4.79 R/G) than when he was on the DL (3.86 R/G).

Ê Averaged 1 RBI per 4.96 AB and 1 HR per 16.06 AB (273-AB, 17-HR, 55-RBI) which would have ranked 5th and 9th in the majors, respectively, but he was nearly 200 plate appearances shy of qualifying…during his time on the DL, Rays 3rd- and 4th-hitters hit a combined .227 (146-for-643) and averaged 1 RBI every 11.7 AB (643-AB, 55-RBI).

Ê The Rays used 8 different third basemen dur-ing his time on the DL: Sean Rodriguez, Jeff Keppinger, Will Rhymes, Brooks Conrad, Drew Sutton, Ryan Roberts, Chris Gimenez and Elliot Johnson…overall, the Rays used 10 third base-men over the course of the season (and Reid Brignac)—most of any team since 2003 when the Reds and Devil Rays both used 10.

Ê Was hitting .329/.433/.561 (27-for-82) with 4 HR, 19 RBI and 7 2B in 23 games at the time of his injury…from June 11, 2011 until he was in-jured, he led the majors with 105 RBI and led the AL with 31 HR in 121 games.

Ê Batted .272 (52-for-191) with 13 HR and 36 RBI in 51 games (all starts, 26-3B, 25-DH) af-ter being activated from the DL on Aug 7.

Ê In the Rays season finale Oct 3 vs. BAL hit 3 home runs to tie the club record and his ca-reer high (also Sep 18, 2008 vs. MIN)…also B.J. Upton (Sep 9, 2012 vs. TEX) and Jonny Gomes (July 30, 2005 vs. KC)…improved to 8-for-15 (.533) with 6 HR, 9 RBI and 7 runs scored in four career Game 162s…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, his 6 HR tie Stan Musial for most all-time in the final game of the season.

Ê Became one of four players to hit 3 HR in his team’s final game of the season: CWS Gus Zernial (1950), PHI Dick Allen (1968) and CWS Dan Johnson (2012).

Ê Five of his 8 HR in September and October gave the Rays the lead, including a solo shot in the 9th inning on Sep 27 at CWS off Brett Myers for a 3-2 win.

Ê Batted .358 (24-for-67) with RISP, which would have ranked 4th in the AL if he had enough at-bats to qualify…in his final 70 PA with RISP, went 21-for-56 (.375) with 5 2B, 5 HR, 10 BB, 3 SF and 33 RBI.

Ê Turned 27 after the season (Oct 7) and already ranks 2nd on the Rays all-time list in home runs (130) behind Carlos Peña (163) and 3rd in RBI (456) behind Carl Crawford (592) and Peña (468)…ranks 4th with 161 doubles.

Ê Has averaged 1 RBI every 5.18 AB in his career, 7th best in the majors during that span (2008-12) behind Ryan Howard, Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.

Ê Has 11 career multi-homer games, tied with Carlos Peña for the club record…in addition to his 3 HR on Oct 3 vs. BAL, hit 2 HR on Aug 29 at TEX…on that day he became the 12th play-er since 1918 to record 2 HR and 2 GIDP in a game…the last was ARI Luis Gonzalez on May 19, 2004, and the last in the AL was OAK Mark McGwire on Sep 22, 1996 at SEA.

“ Evan doesn’t even have to play well for us to be better with him.

The other team knows where he is all the time. They even know

where he is when he’s going to get water in the dugout.”

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Ê Played in 10 games over two rehab assign-ments for Triple-A Durham, all at DH…began a rehab assignment and played 2 games (June 16 and June 18) but suffered a setback on June 18 and did not return to his rehab assignment until July 26.

Ê Made a career-high 3 errors on April 17 at TOR (2 fielding, 1 throwing), tying the club record (7th time, last Sean Rodriguez on May 30, 2011 vs. TEX).

Ê Hit a solo home run on Opening Day (April 6) vs. NYY CC Sabathia, his 2nd career Opening Day homer…has 5 career homers off Sabathia, his most vs. one pitcher.

Ê In spring training, did not play until March 11 after being hit by a pitch on the right hand 10 days earlier in an intrasquad game.

Ê In his seven seasons in the Rays organization, has never played for a losing team and has reached the postseason 5 times: three with the Rays, one with Durham and one with Double-A Montgomery…overall his teams are a combined 142 games over .500 (585-443, .569).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Despite missing 26 games within the first month of the season, led the 2011 Rays in home runs (31), RBI (99) and walks with a ca-reer-high 80 including a major-league-best 27 in September…in the second game of the sea-son (April 2 at BAL) strained his left oblique and was removed from the game just 14 in-nings into the season…placed on the 15-day DL the following day…activated on May 3…did not record his first HR and RBI until May 7 at BAL, the Rays 33rd game.

Ê Finished 10th in the AL MVP voting, the 4th consecutive year he received votes and 2nd consecutive year he finished in the top 10 (6th in 2010).

Ê Led the majors with 86 RBI from June 11 through season’s end (98 games)…his 27 HR during that span tied for the AL lead and tied for 2nd most in the majors…hit 20 HR after the All-Star break (72 games), one shy of BOS Jacoby Ellsbury and ATL Dan Uggla for the ML lead…hit 13 HR in his final 41 games while the Rays went 26-15.

Ê Only five other players in the last 11 years had no home runs in April yet finished with 30 or more home runs: PIT Andrew McCutchen (31 in 2012), CHC Alfonso Soriano (32 in 2012 and 33 in 2007), BAL J.J. Hardy (30 in 2011), NYY Alex Rodriguez (30 in 2009) and MIL Ryan Braun (34 in 2007).

Ê On Sep 28 vs. NYY, the final day of the regu-lar season, hit a walk-off home run off Scott

Proctor in the 12th inning to clinch the AL Wild Card…the Rays had trailed 7-0 in the 8th inning before Longoria’s HR won it, 8-7…it was his sec-ond home run of the game…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Longoria was only the 6th player in major league history to hit a walk-off home run to clinch a postseason berth and just the second player to do it in his team’s final game of the regular season…the other was NYG Bobby Thomson with his “Shot Heard ’Round the World” against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951…was the 4th walk-off home run of his ca-reer, a new club record.

Ê The day before—Sep 27 vs. the Yankees—he started a 5-4-3 triple play, the third triple play in club history and the first around the horn…it came in the 6th inning with the bases loaded and the Rays trailing, 3-2…they won it 5-3, their 90th win of the season.

Ê During the final 24-game run—in which the Rays made up 9 games in the AL Wild Card race in September—he reached base 49 times, 2nd most in the majors during that span behind DET Miguel Cabrera (54).

Ê The Rays went 72-59 with Longoria in the starting lineup…in the 72 wins, he bat-ted .308/.415/.637 (83-for-271) with 24 HR,

ACTIVE PLAYERS TO AVERAGE 25 HR & 90 RBI OVER FIRST 5 SEASONS

PLAYER, TEAM YEARS HR RBI GAMES

Albert Pujols, STL 2001-05 201 621 790

Ryan Howard, PHI 2004-08 177 499 572

Mark Teixeira, TEX/ATL 2003-07 170 555 747

Ryan Braun, MIL 2007-11 161 531 729

Prince Fielder, MIL 2005-09 160 453 675

Todd Helton, COL 1997-2001 156 514 665

Dan Uggla, FLA 2006-10 154 465 776

Miguel Cabrera, FLA 2003-07 138 523 720

Evan Longoria, TB 2008-12 130 456 637

David Wright, NYM 2004-08 130 489 703

Matt Holliday, COL 2004-08 128 483 698

100 HR, 400 RBI, FIRST FOUR MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS

PLAYER, TEAM YEAR HR RBI

Ralph Kiner, PIT 1946-49 168 458

Albert Pujols, STL 2001-04 160 504

Mark Teixeira, TEX 2003-06 140 450

Joe DiMaggio, NYY 1936-39 137 558

Ryan Braun, MIL 2007-10 128 420

Ted Williams, BOS 1939-42 127 515

Chuck Klein, PHI 1928-31 125 470

Miguel Cabrera, FLA 2003-06 122 439

Orlando Cepeda, SF 1958-61 122 439

Evan Longoria, TB 2008-11 113 401

Bob Johnson, PHA 1933-36 108 415

Hal Trosky, CLE 1933-36 104 425

Earl Averill, CLE 1929-32 101 482


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18 doubles and 76 RBI…in the 59 losses hit .162/.275/.310 (34-for-210) with 7 HR, 8 2B and 23 RBI.

Ê Averaged an RBI every 4.88 at-bats, 5th best in the majors behind TEX Adrian Beltre (4.64), MIL Prince Fielder (4.74), LAD Matt Kemp (4.78) and PHI Ryan Howard (4.80)…averaged an RBI every 4.22 at-bats on the road, tops in the ma-jors…had 7 games with at least 4 RBI, tied for 2nd most in the majors…had major league 18 RBI in interleague play, tying the club re-cord held by Fred McGriff (2001) and Gerald Williams (2000).

Ê Batted leadoff in 3 straight games from May 28-30 for the first time of his career…went 5-for-11 with a HR, 2B, 4 BB and 3 R…went 2-for-4 with a HR on May 28 vs. CLE, becom-ing the first player in Rays history to homer in his first career game batting leadoff…was bat-ting .133 (6-for-45) in his previous 12 games be-fore May 28.

Ê On June 12 at BAL hit the first inside-the-park of his career off Jeremy Accardo in the Rays 9-6 win.

Ê Went 4-for-6 with 2 HR and 5 RBI on June 26 at HOU…went 8-for-14 with 3 HR, 3 2B and 10 RBI in that series.

Ê On July 25 at OAK, drew a career-high and fran-chise record-tying 4 BB…the previous day he fanned 4 times at KC…according to Stats Inc., it was just the 4th time since 1946 a player fol-lowed a 4-plus strikeout game with a 4-plus walk game.

Ê POSTSEASON: Longoria and B.J. Upton are the only Rays to play in all 25 of the team’s post-season games…his 8 postseason home runs re-main 4th most all-time by a player before his 26th birthday…only 6 active players played in as many postseason games before the age of 26: Andruw Jones (56), Derek Jeter (45), Albert Pujols (37), Elvis Andrus (33), Edgar Renteria, Yadier Molina (28) and Dustin Pedroia (25).

Ê In the ALDS, went 3-for-8 in Games 1 and 2 at Texas and 0-for-7 with 5 strikeouts in Games 3 and 4 at home…in Game 2 hit a 3-run home run off Koji Uehara in the 7th inning to trim the Rays deficit to 7-6 in the eventual 8-6 loss.

Ê In 2010, at age 24, became the first third base-man (AL or NL) to make the All-Star Team in each of his first three seasons.

Ê Averaged 40 doubles, 27 HR and 101 RBI in his first three seasons…only two other players in major league history averaged at least 40 dou-bles, 25 HR and 100 RBI in their first three sea-sons: BOS Ted Williams and STL Albert Pujols.

Ê Became the fifth player all-time with at least 20 HR and 30 doubles in each of his first three major league seasons, joining STL Albert Pujols (first 10 seasons), NYY Joe DiMaggio (four), BOS Ted Williams (four) and SF Orlando Cepeda (three).

Ê Won his second consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove award…only two major league third base-men have won two Gold Gloves at a younger age since the awards began in 1957: BAL Brooks Robinson (1960-61) and OAK Eric Chavez (2001-02).

Ê Finished 6th in the AL MVP voting, the highest finish of any Ray in club history…Ben Zobrist (8th, 2009), Carl Crawford (7th, 2010) and Evan again in 2011 (10th) are the only other Rays to finish in the top 10.

Ê Played in 151 of the first 152 games before missing the final 10 games with a left quadri-cep strain suffered on a defensive play Sep 23 at NYY…prior to that, had played in 102 straight games, and 233 of the Rays last 234 games dating back to 2009, with the lone exception May 23 at HOU (day off).

Ê Tied for 2nd in the majors with 46 doubles, three shy of leader BOS Adrian Beltre (49) and one shy of Aubrey Huff’s club record (47 in 2003)…became the first Ray with a pair of 40-double seasons (also 44 in 2009)…his 121 doubles through his first three seasons have been topped by only five players in ma-jor league history…since World War II, only two others have collected as many doubles in their first three seasons: STL Albert Pujols (138) and NYY Hideki Matsui (121).

Ê On Opening Day hit what remains the 3rd-longest HR in Tropicana Field history, a 473-ft. solo shot off BAL Kevin Millwood…it landed in the first row of the tbt* Party Deck in LF, the

WALK-OFF HOME RUNS TO CLINCH A POSTSEASON BERTH

PLAYER DATE GAME PITCHER SCORE

Freddie Freeman, ATL Sep 25, 2012 154 Michael Dunn, MIA 4-3

*Evan Longoria, TB Sep 28, 2011 162 Scott Proctor, NYY 8-7 (12)

Jay Bruce, CIN Sep 28, 2010 157 Tim Byrdak, HOU 3-2

Steve Finley, LAD Oct 2, 2004 160 Wayne Franklin, SF 7-3

Alfonso Soriano, NYY Sep 24, 1999 153 Norm Charlton, TB 4-3 (11)

Hank Aaron, MIL-NL Sep 23, 1957 150 Billy Muffett, STL 4-2 (11)

*Bobby Thomson, NYG Oct 3, 1951 157 Ralph Branca, BRK 5-4

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second homer ever to land in that section on the fly…the first was Vinny Castilla on April 4, 2001 vs. BOS, a 478-ft. blast that re-mains the longest ever hit in the building.

Ê On Aug 8 at TOR, singled off Brandon Morrow with 2 outs in the 9th inning to end his no-hit bid…became the third Ray to break up a no-hit-ter in the 9th inning, first with 2 outs…was the 10th player in the last 20 years to do it with 2 outs in the 9th.

Ê Named AL Player of the Week for Aug 16-22, af-ter hitting .393 (11-for-26) with 3 HR, 12 RBI, 4 2B and 1 3B with a .929 SLG…was the fifth weekly honor of his career, currently the most in club history.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: At the All-Star Game—held July 13 at Angel Stadium, just minutes away from his hometown of Downey, Calif.—doubled off COL Ubaldo Jimenez in his first at-bat, and walked and scored the lone run for the AL in his second trip to the plate.

Ê Elected by fans as the starting AL third base-man—the second time he was voted to start, but his first start (did not play in 2009 due to injury)…Longoria, Carl Crawford and David Price together became the first Rays to start the Midsummer Classic.

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and a 2-run home run the Rays 5-2 win in Game 4 at Texas…his 3 extra-base hits tied a LDS record…was 1-for-16 in the other 4 games of the ALDS.

Ê In 2009 totaled 33 homers, 44 doubles and 113 RBI…only three others in major league his-tory reached those numbers in one season be-fore the age of 24…joined STL Albert Pujols (2001, ’03), SEA Alex Rodriguez (1996) and CLE Hal Trosky (1934, ’36).

Ê Became one of seven players in major league history to reach the 30-HR/40-2B/100-RBI/100-R milestones in one season before age 24, joining CLE Hal Trosky (1934, ’36), BOS Ted Williams (1939), SEA Alex Rodriguez (1996), STL Albert Pujols (2001-03) and FLA Miguel Cabrera (2005)…is the only player in Rays his-tory to reach those numbers in any season.

Ê Ranked among AL leaders with 113 RBI (4th), 44 2B (7th), 33 HR (tied for 8th), 77 extra-base hits (4th), 307 total bases (tied for 7th) and 10 IBB (tied for 5th).

Ê Earned the Rawlings AL Gold Glove Award for third base…was the youngest to win an AL Gold Glove at any position since OAK Eric Chavez in 2001.

Ê Earned the AL Silver Slugger Award for third base, the youngest in either league to win the award in 2009…is one of 3 Rays to win the

award: Carlos Peña in 2007 and Carl Crawford in 2010.

Ê Was the youngest 3B in either league to win both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger in the same season since the Silver Slugger Award began in 1980…only three players have won both awards in the same season at a younger age: TEX Ivan Rodriguez at 22 in 1994; SEA Ken Griffey Jr. at 21 in 1991; and SD Benito Santiago at 23 in 1988.

Ê He and Carlos Peña combined for 72 HR, most of any two teammates in the AL…he and Peña became the first Rays teammates to collect 100 RBI.

Ê Remains the only AL player since 1954 to total at least 10 HR, 20 doubles and 50 RBI through his team’s first 50 games.

Ê Named AL Player of the Month for April, be-coming the first Rookie of the Year from either league to earn Player (or Pitcher) of the Month honors in April of the following year…hit .369 with 6 HR, 24 RBI, 11 2B and a .714 SLG…led AL in doubles, extra-base hits and total bases and tied for 1st in slugging and RBI…set club record for April in batting avg. and tied club RBI mark.

FIRST FIVE MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS, THIRD BASEMEN, ALL-TIME

MOST DOUBLES

Pinky Whitney 1928-32 188

David Wright 2004-08 183

Miguel Cabrera 2003-07 183

Wade Boggs 1982-86 178

Shea Hillenbrand 2001-05 170

Evan Longoria 2008-12 161

Ryan Zimmerman 2005-09 161

MOST HOME RUNS

Eddie Mathews 1952-56 190

Mark Reynolds 2007-11 158

Troy Glaus 1998-2002 148


Bob Horner 1978-82 138

Mike Schmidt 1972-76 131



MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS




Harlond Clift 1934-38 304


MOST RBI

Pinky Whitney 1928-32 533






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Ê Named AL Player of the Week three times (April 5-12, April 27–May 3, Aug 31–Sep 6), most of any player in the majors.

Ê Had a stretch of 10 games (April 30–May 9) in which he totaled 24 RBI.

Ê Hit 2 HR on Aug 4 vs. BOS, including a 13th-inning walk-off against Takashi Saito…also struck out 4 times, becoming the only play-er since 1954 to record 2 HR and 4 SO in the same game.

Ê Had a 12-game hitting streak Aug 29–Sep 8 (.417; 20-for-48, 6-2B, 5-HR, 15-RBI)…this in-cluded streaks of 8 straight games with an RBI, tying a club record, and 8 straight games with an extra-base hit, setting a club record…the streaks all ended Sep 9 at NYY.

Ê Led the AL with 27 GIDP on the year, a club re-cord (Jorge Cantu had 24 in 2005).

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Was elected by the fans as the starting AL third baseman but was unable to play due to an infection on the ring finger of his right hand…finished with the third-most votes among AL players behind NYY Derek Jeter and MIN Joe Mauer…at 23, would have been the youngest player in 11 years to start for the AL (SEA Alex Rodriguez was 22 in 1998).

Ê Unseated NYY Alex Rodriguez as the leading AL third base vote-getter, after A-Rod had been voted in by fans for all five years (2004-08) since he converted from shortstop.

Ê WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Added to Team USA, replacing Chipper Jones…struck out as a pinch-hitter in his only plate app in USA’s 9-4 loss to Japan in the elimination game.

Ê Named 2008 AL Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA…received all 28 first-place votes…was the seventh AL rookie to win the award unan-imously (LAA Mike Trout became the eighth in 2012) and first since Nomar Garciaparra in 1997…the others: NYY Derek Jeter (1996), CAL Tim Salmon (1993), CLE Sandy Alomar Jr. (1990), OAK Mark McGwire (1987) and BOS Carlton Fisk (1972)…became first Ray to win a national BBWAA award.

Ê After 6 games in the majors, signed a contract on April 18 worth a guaranteed $17.5 million over six years and potentially $44 million over nine years.

Ê Received the Sporting News Rookie of the Year and was named to the Rookie All-Star Team.

Ê Despite missing 30 games with a fractured right wrist, led all major league rookies in HR, RBI, slugging pct., extra-base hits (60) and to-tal bases (238)…ranked 2nd among AL rookies in doubles, 3rd in walks and 4th in runs scored.

Ê His 27 HR were the most by an AL rookie since BOS Nomar Garciaparra (30) in 1997…ranked 4th all-time among rookie third basemen in homers behind CLE Al Rosen (37, 1950), MIL Ryan Braun (34, 2007) and SF Jim Ray Hart (31, 1964).

Ê His team-high .531 slugging pct. ranked 8th in the AL…matched Lou Gehrig’s SLG as a rook-ie in 1925…it was the 3rd highest by any rook-ie 3B in major league history, behind MIL Ryan Braun (.634 in 2007) and CLE Al Rosen (.543 in 1950).

Ê Selected from Triple-A Durham on April 12 and joined the Rays in their 11th game…played in

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all 104 games (103 starts), hitting mostly fifth and cleanup, until he was hit by a pitch from J.J. Putz on Aug 10 at SEA and suffered a fractured right wrist…was placed on the DL on Aug 11, ret-roactive to Aug 8, and activated on Sep 6, but did not return to the lineup until Sep 13 at NYY.

Ê His .963 fielding pct. has been topped by only one other AL rookie third basemen in the last four decades: Akinori Iwamura (.975) with the Rays in 2007…also played one game at short-stop for the first time in his professional ca-reer June 29 vs. CHC after Jason Bartlett was a late scratch.

Ê Named the team’s Outstanding Rookie by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA…set Rays rookie records in HR, extra-base hits and slug-ging while placing 2nd in RBI (Delmon Young 93 in 2007) and 3rd in doubles.

Ê Named AL Rookie of the Month in June after hitting .300 with 11 2B, 8 HR, 19 RBI and a .650 SLG for the month.

Ê Hit 3 home runs on Sep 18 vs. MIN, becoming the second Ray ever to hit 3 in one game (also Jonny Gomes, July 30, 2005 vs. KC)…was the first rookie 3B to hit 3 HR in a game since Sep 27, 1952, when BOS-NL Eddie Mathews did it against the Dodgers in Brooklyn.

Ê On May 25 vs. BAL he tallied a Rays rookie-re-cord 6 RBI in an 11-4 win…hit 2 HR in the first two innings, his first career multi-HR game.

Ê Made his major league debut April 12 vs. BAL, starting at 3B and batting sixth…went 1-for-3 with a BB and RBI, his first hit and RBI coming on his 6th-inning groundball single to left off Daniel Cabrera.

Ê Hit his first career home run on April 14 vs. NYY off Brian Bruney to tie the game, 7-7, and drew a curtain call as the back end of back-to-back homers with B.J. Upton.

Ê Became one of six major leaguers to get an at-bat in a World Series and an All-Star Game as a rookie: NYY Joe DiMaggio (1936), NYY Tom Tresh (1962), BOS Fred Lynn (1975), LAD Steve Sax (1981-82) and NYY Hideki Matsui (2003).

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Named to the AL All-Star Team after winning the “Final Vote” fan bal-lot with a record 9 million votes…became the youngest Rays position player ever to make the club…was the third rookie 3B ever to make the AL squad, joining KC Kevin Seitzer (1987) and MIN Rich Rollins (1962)…was the first rook-ie 3B in 20 years (CIN Chris Sabo, 1988) in ei-ther league to make it.

Ê Went 1-for-4 with a ground-rule RBI double as he entered the game as a pinch-hitter…plated CLE Grady Sizemore, tying the game at three and forcing extra innings, as the AL went on to

win 4-3 in 15…became the first rookie to collect an RBI in the Midsummer Classic since NYY Tom Tresh in 1962 (double off STL Bob Gibson).

Ê Became the sixth rookie to participate in the Home Run Derby since it began in 1985, and the first Ray…at 22 years, 283 days old, be-came the youngest participant since SEA Ken Griffey Jr. in 1992 (22 years, 234 days) and the third-youngest participant ever (also OAK Jose Canseco, 22 in 1986).

Ê POSTSEASON: Slugged 6 home runs to set what remains a major league record for a rook-ie in a single postseason (prev. 4, FLA Miguel Cabrera in 2003)…was the youngest player in major league history to hit 6 or more homers in a single postseason…turned 23 on Oct 7, be-tween the ALDS and ALCS…4 of his 6 homers came in the ALCS vs. Boston, tying the all-time LCS record at the time…TEX Nelson Cruz broke the record in 2011 with 6 HR.

Ê Only six players have hit more HR in a single postseason: SF Barry Bonds (8 in 2002), HOU Carlos Beltran (8 in 2004), TEX Nelson Cruz (8 in 2011), ANA Troy Glaus (7 in 2002), PHI Jayson Werth (7 in 2009) and TB B.J. Upton (7 in 2008).

Ê Homered on his first two swings of the post-season, both coming in Game 1 of the ALDS at Tropicana Field…became the second player in MLB history to homer in his first two postsea-son at-bats, joining MIN Gary Gaetti in 1987…Gaetti was Evan’s former hitting coach at Durham…at age 22, became the 3rd-youngest player to homer twice in a postseason game, behind ATL Andruw Jones in 1996 (19) and NYY Tony Kubek in 1957 (20).

Ê Combined with B.J. Upton to hit 13 HR in the postseason, tied for 2nd most of any pair of teammates in major league history (SF Barry Bonds and Rich Aurilia hit 14 in 2002; TEX Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre hit 13 in 2011)…8 of the 13 came in the ALCS, most by any duo in a single series in postseason play…he and Upton were also the first teammates under 25 to have multi-homer games in one postseason.

Ê His 4 HR in the ALCS came in four consecutive games (Games 2-5), tying an LCS record…went back-to-back with Carlos Peña in Game 4 and Game 5, the first time teammates had done it twice in a postseason series.

Ê Totaled 13 RBI in the postseason…8 of them came in the ALCS, tying CIN Pat Duncan (1919) for most RBI by a rookie in a single postseason series…9 of his 12 postseason hits went for ex-tra bases.

Ê Played in a total of 171 games in 2007 combin-ing Double-A Montgomery (105), Durham regu-


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lar season (31) and postseason (8), Arizona Fall League (12) and Team USA (15)…batted .298 (188-for-630) with 42 doubles, 33 home runs and 115 RBI.

Ê Named Southern League MVP despite a promo-tion to Durham on Aug 1…at the time of his pro-motion was tied for the league lead in home runs (21), a Montgomery single-season record…led the league in slugging (.518).

Ê Hit .375 (12-for-32) for Durham during the postseason.

Ê In November helped Team USA win their first IBAF World Cup since 1974 as the U.S. ended Cuba’s 33-year dominance with a 6-3 win over the Cubans in the gold medal game in Taiwan.

Ê Selected by the Rays with the third overall pick in the 2006 June Draft and signed a contract within 20 minutes of his selection…entered draft day ranked as the top position player and best pure college hitter in the draft by Baseball America.

Ê Made three stops in his first professional sea-son spending time at Short-A Hudson Valley, Class-A Visalia and Montgomery…combined at all stops to bat .315 with 14 doubles, 18 HR and 58 RBI in 62 games…ranked 4th among Rays farmhands in homers despite the short season.

Ê Made his pro debut with Hudson Valley hit-ting .424 (14-for-33)…joined Montgomery on Aug 4, helping the Biscuits down the stretch and through their Southern League champion-ship run.

Ê Appeared in all seven Montgomery playoff games batting .345 with 3 HR, 6 RBI and 8 runs scored…belted a 2-run, 2-out, walk-off home run in the 9th inning Sep 9 vs. Jacksonville (Dodgers) to give the Biscuits a 2-0 win and clinch the first-round series sweep.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Went from being undrafted in high school, to Rio Hondo Junior College to becoming the high-est-drafted player ever out of Long Beach State University (third overall in 2006).

Ê Named the Big West Conference’s 2006 co-Player of the Year, third team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award given to the top player in college baseball after batting .353 (71-for-201) with 11 HR and 43 RBI in his junior year for LBSU…led the conference with a .603 SLG and .468 OBP.

Ê In his two-year career at LBSU, batted .336 with 16 HR and 73 RBI…played primarily third base, but as a sophomore in 2005, he filled in at shortstop for the injured Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies first-round selection in 2005 (sev-enth overall).

Ê Played his freshman season at Rio Hondo Junior College (Calif.) where he batted .430 with 8 HR and 64 RBI to earn All-Foothill and first team All-State honors…ranked second in the Foothill Conference in batting and led the league in RBI and runs.

Ê Named the Cape Cod League MVP in 2005 af-ter leading the wood-bat league in homers (8), RBI (35), slugging (.500) and extra-base hits (16)…Baseball America named him a first-team summer All-America selection…played with the Chatham A’s on a team that featured five of the first 39 picks in the 2006 June Draft.

Ê Attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif., where he played four years of varsity ball for the Braves…St. John Bosco is the alma mater of Nomar Garciaparra (Class of 1991)…batted .400 with 6 HR as a senior, earn-ing first-team All-Sierra League honors.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê His father, Mike, is of Mexican descent and his mother Ellie’s family is from Ukraine.

Ê Evan has three dogs: Molly, an 11-year-old dachsund; Tatum, a 120-pound, 4-year-old Boerboel Mastiff rescue who was born in South Africa; and Jango, an 8-year-old bull terrier.

Ê Evan plays the drums and can often be heard practicing before games at Tropicana Field.

Ê He studied criminology at LBSU.

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HITS

4, 3x-last 6/26/11 at HOU

HITTING STREAK

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6, 5/24/08 vs. BAL

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WALKS

4, 7/25/11 at OAK

STRIKEOUTS

4, 2x-last 7/24/11 at KC

STOLEN BASES

2, 5/19/10 at NYY

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (2)

5/1/09 vs. BOS (Justin Masterson); 7/19/08 vs. TOR (Roy

Halladay)

MULTI-HR GAMES (11)

3 – 2x-last 10/3/12 vs. BAL; 2 – 9x-last 8/29/12 at TEX

WALK-OFF (4)

9/28/11 vs. NYY (12th inn., Scott Proctor); 6/28/11 vs.

CIN (9th inn., Logan Ondrusek); 8/4/09 vs. BOS (13th inn.,

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2008 ALDS TB vs. CWS .267 4 15 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2-0 6 1 0 0 .667 .353 0

ALCS TB vs. BOS .259 7 27 8 7 3 0 4 8 0 0 0 3-0 5 0 0 1 .815 .333 3

WS TB vs. PHI .050 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 9 0 0 0 .050 .050 1

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 5 20 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 0 .450 .238 2

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .188 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2-0 8 0 0 0 .375 .278 0

DS Totals .216 13 51 6 11 2 0 4 8 0 0 0 5-0 18 1 0 0 .490 .286 2



2008 Third Base .963 119 86 230 12 328 26

Shortstop 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0

2009 Third Base .970 151 112 302 13 427 43

2010 Third Base .966 151 127 276 14 417 46

2011 Third Base .962 130 124 229 14 367 35

2012 Third Base .937 50 37 81 8 126 7

Totals Third Base .963 601 486 1118 61 1665 157

Shortstop 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0


2008 AL, New York-AL .250 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .500 .250 0

2009 AL, St. Louis Elected—Did Not Play (Injured)

2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL 1.000 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 0

Totals .400 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .800 .500 0

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E

2009 United States .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0



vs. Left .318 66 21 6 17 .287 655 188 38 128

vs. Right .280 207 58 11 38 .272 1707 464 92 328


2006 Hudson Valley .424 8 33 5 14 1 1 4 11 0 1 0 5-0 5 1 0 0 .879 .487 1

Visalia .327 28 110 22 36 8 0 8 28 1 2 2 13-4 19 1 1 2 .618 .402 1

Montgomery .267 26 105 14 28 5 0 6 19 0 3 0 1-0 20 2 1 1 .486 .266 4

2007 Montgomery .307 105 381 78 117 21 0 21 76 0 3 12 51-5 81 4 0 7 .528 .403 11

Durham .269 31 104 19 28 8 0 5 19 0 1 1 22-0 29 0 0 1 .490 .398 2

2008 Durham .200 7 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4-1 5 0 0 1 .200 .333 0

Tampa Bay .272 122 448 67 122 31 2 27 85 0 8 6 46-4 122 7 0 8 .531 .343 12

2009 Tampa Bay .281 157 584 100 164 44 0 33 113 0 7 8 72-11 140 9 0 27 .526 .364 13

2010 Tampa Bay .294 151 574 96 169 46 5 22 104 0 10 5 72-12 124 15 5 15 .507 .372 14

2011 Tampa Bay .244 133 483 78 118 26 1 31 99 0 5 6 80-6 93 3 2 11 .495 .355 14

Montgomery .267 4 15 5 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1-0 2 0 0 0 .867 .353 0

2012 Tampa Bay .289 74 273 39 79 14 0 17 55 0 3 3 33-6 61 2 3 14 .527 .369 8

Durham .200 10 30 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 7-0 9 0 0 0 .200 .359 0



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (third overall) of the 2006 June Draft…signed by Fred Repke.

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JOSH LUEKE 52Joshua William LUEKE (LOO-kee)

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X-RAY REPORT Ê Josh began growing a full beard the day af-ter the 2012 season ended, and hasn’t shaved since…he plans to continue growing it as ex-tra motivation to make the major league roster out of spring training—otherwise he will have to shave due to the facial hair policy in the Rays minor league system.

Ê Josh enjoys hunting, fishing, poker, fantasy football and the Cincinnati Bengals…he hunts and fishes often on a 900-acre plot of land in Kentucky, owned by a friend, and hopes to take a trip to Idaho, Wyoming or Montana someday.

2012 SEASON Ê Made 3 appearances for the Rays over 3 stints…made his first Opening Day roster with RH Kyle Farnsworth on the disabled list…spent the remainder of the season with Triple-A Durham, where he went 2-6 with 2 saves and a 5.59 ERA (67.2-IP, 42-ER) in 42 apps.

Ê Optioned to Durham on April 14 after making 2 apps…made his Rays debut on April 7 vs. NYY, entering an 8-3 game in the 8th inning…surren-dered 3 R/ER in 1.1 IP…recalled May 15 and op-tioned May 19 after working a perfect 9th in-ning May 18 vs. ATL (1-IP, 2-SO) in a 5-3 loss…recalled July 31 and optioned Aug 2 without making an appearance.

Ê Recorded 71 SO against 17 BB for Durham in 67.2 IP…beginning June 26, he totaled 42 SO and only 4 BB…in July he went 1-0 with a 0.55 ERA (16.1-IP, 1-ER) over 8 games.

Ê Five of his 6 HR allowed for Durham were hit by right-handed hitters.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Over six minor league seasons has compiled 40 saves and averaged 10.39 SO/9 IP (287.2-IP, 332-SO).

Ê In 2011 saw his first action in the major leagues…appeared in 25 games over two stints with Seattle.

Ê Made the Mariners Opening Day roster…op-tioned to Triple-A Tacoma on April 24…made 8 apps in his first stint, going 1-1 with 17.05 ERA (6.1-IP, 12-ER)…recalled from Tacoma on July 21 and remained in the majors through season’s end, compiling a 3.42 ERA (26.1-IP, 10-ER) in 17 apps with 21 SO and 7 BB.

Ê Worked at least 2 innings in 7 of his final 10 apps, beginning Aug 16…posted a 2.12 ERA (17-IP, 4-ER) when tossing at least 2 innings…did not allow a run over his last 7.2 innings (4 games) and did not allow a run in 7 of his last 8 apps.

Ê Made his major league debut on April 3 at OAK…struck out his first batter faced (Cliff Pennington) but totaled 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R/ER.

Ê Recorded his first major league win April 11 vs. TOR with a perfect 9th inning in the Mariners 8-7 comeback win after trailing 7-0.

Ê Held opposing left-handed hitters to a .220 avg. (13-for-59) with 0 HR…righties hit .313 (21-for-67) with 2 HR.

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Ê Compiled a 3.72 ERA (19.1-IP, 8-ER) in 14 games at Safeco Field…on the road had a 9.45 ERA (13.1-IP, 14-ER) in 11 games.

Ê Pitched in 30 games for Tacoma and went 11-for-13 in save opps…was named to the Pacific Coast League midseason All-Star Team.

Ê In 2010 combined to go 5-2 with 17 saves and a 1.86 ERA (63-IP, 13-ER) in four stops split be-tween the Rangers and Mariners organiza-tions…amassed 94 SO and only 15 BB in 63 in-nings…his average of 13.43 SO/9 IP ranked 7th among minor league relievers.

Ê Opened the season at Class-A Hickory (Rangers) and posted 10 saves and a 0.46 ERA (19.2-IP, 1-ER) before a May 21 promotion to Double-A Frisco…acquired by the Mariners on July 9 in a six-player trade involving Cliff Lee…reported to Double-A West Tenn after the deal…made 6 scoreless apps (7.1-IP, 4-H, 0-BB, 14-SO) and was promoted to Triple-A Tacoma on July 31…made 3 scoreless postseason apps for the Rainiers and collected 2 saves.

Ê Pitched in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Javelinas…made 10 apps, going 0-1 with 2 saves and a 0.79 ERA (11.1-IP, 1-ER).

Ê Spent the 2009 campaign with Class-A Bakersfield (Rangers)…placed on restricted list May 28 for the remainder of the season…be-gan the 2008 season with Class-A Clinton and was promoted to Bakersfield on April 28…made his pro debut in 2007 with Short-A Spokane (Rangers) in the Northwest League and moved to Clinton after 2 scoreless apps.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê He and his fiancée, Taylor, met in Tucson, Ariz., during his time with the Mariners…they are planning a Nov 16 wedding at Disney World.

Ê Began his collegiate career at St. Catharine College (Ky.)…transferred to Northern Kentucky University where he was used primarily as a starter…majored in computer science.

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

3.0, 2x-last 8/30/11 vs. LAA

STRIKEOUTS

4, 8/28/11 vs. CWS

WALKS

2, 4x-last 4/7/12 vs. NYY

HR ALLOWED


RUNS ALLOWED

4, 4x-last 4/13/12 at BOS


2007 Spokane 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 6 0 0

Clinton 0 3 3.34 20 0 0 0 6 35.0 29 19 13 4 3 10-0 31 3 0

2008 Clinton 1 1 2.61 8 0 0 0 2 10.1 10 3 3 0 1 2-0 12 1 0

Bakersfi eld 2 6 5.03 35 0 0 0 1 59.0 65 39 33 6 4 16-0 72 3 0

2009 Bakersfi eld 0 1 1.17 4 0 0 0 1 7.2 5 2 1 0 0 1-0 11 1 0

2010 Hickory 2 1 0.46 17 0 0 0 10 19.2 12 4 1 0 2 5-1 36 3 1

Frisco 1 1 3.86 15 0 0 0 2 18.2 18 9 8 2 0 5-0 26 2 0

West Tenn 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 3 7.1 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 0 0

Tacoma 1 0 2.08 12 0 0 0 2 17.1 14 5 4 0 0 5-0 18 1 0

2011 Seattle 1 1 6.06 25 0 0 0 0 32.2 34 22 22 2 0 13-1 29 5 0

Tacoma 2 4 2.76 30 0 0 0 11 42.1 34 17 13 1 5 12-1 35 1 0

2012 Tampa Bay 0 0 18.90 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 0 0 3-0 2 0 0

Durham 2 6 5.59 42 0 0 0 2 67.2 85 45 42 6 0 17-0 71 4 2



1: Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Mark Gigler. 2: Acquired by the Seattle Mariners along with

RH Blake Beavan, INF Matt Lawson and 1B Justin Smoak from Texas in exchange for LH Cliff Lee, RH Mark Lowe and cash considerations, July 9,

2010. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with cash considerations from Seattle in exchange for C John Jaso, November 27, 2011.


2011 Pitcher 1.000 25 0 3 0 3 0

2012 Pitcher - 3 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 1.000 28 0 3 0 3 0



vs. Left .667 9 6 0 .279 68 19 0

vs. Right .429 7 3 0 .324 74 24 2

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LEFT-HANDED PITCHER

JAKE MCGEE 57Jacob Daniel McGee

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jake and his wife, Morgan McNally, visited Ireland for Christmas and New Year’s and trav-eled all over the island including Dublin and Northern Ireland…they visited the two regions of their ancestors, both in Northern Ireland: the province of Ulster (Jake’s side) and Antrim County (Morgan’s).

Ê Huge fans of the Atlanta Falcons, Jake and Morgan attended their first game at the Georgia Dome in January for the 2013 NFC Championship against the 49ers…the Falcons suffered a 28-24 loss.

Ê For the past two winters, Jake and Morgan have visited two large foster families near their home in Reno, Nev., and provided the kids with Christmas gifts.

Ê Jake has a Bull Terrier named Levi.

2012 SEASON Ê Emerged as one of the AL’s best relief pitchers in his first full major league season and second full season as a reliever…went 5-2 with a 1.95 ERA (55.1-IP, 12-ER) over 69 relief apps, 60 of which were scoreless.

Ê His 1.95 ERA ranked 3rd among AL relievers and 7th in the majors…among lefty relievers, he ranked 1st in the AL, 3rd in the majors and set a Rays club record (prev. 2.22 by J.P. Howell in 2008).

Ê Held opposing right-handed hitters to .098/.157/.134 (11-for-112) with 1 HR, including only 2 hits in 44 AB (.045) from Aug 1 through season’s end…the .098 opp avg. against right-

ies was the lowest by any left-handed pitcher (min. 100 AB) dating back to 1974 (see chart).

Ê Ranked among AL relief leaders in opp avg. (.168, 5th), opp OBP (.213, 1st), opp SLG (.239, 2nd) and opp OPS (.452, 2nd)…among major league lefty relievers, ranked 1st in opp OBP and ranked 2nd behind CIN Aroldis Chapman in opp avg., opp SLG and opp OPS.

HIGHEST AVG. FASTBALL VELOCITY, LH RELIEF PITCHERS, 2012 (Source: PITCHf/x data)

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 97.7 mph

Jake McGee, TB 95.7 mph

Rex Brothers, COL 95.3 mph

LOWEST OPP AVG. vs. RIGHT-HANDED HITTERS BY LHP, MLB, SINCE 1974 (Min. 100 AB)

Jake McGee, TB 2012 .098 (11-112)

Billy Wagner, HOU 1999 .128 (27-211)

Antonio Bastardo, PHI 2011 .143 (18-126)

Billy Wagner, HOU 2003 .154 (36-234)

Neal Cotts, CWS 2005 .155 (17-110)

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 2012 .155 (37-174)

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ ON-BASE PCT., A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012

Jake McGee, TB .213

Fernando Rodney, TB .219

Casey Janssen, TOR .241

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ SLUGGING PCT., A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012


Jake McGee, TB .239

Grant Balfour, OAK .253


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Ê Struck out 73, with only 11 BB, in 55.1 IP…his 11.87 SO/9 IP ranked 6th among AL relievers…among left-handed relievers, it ranked 2nd in the AL and 4th in the majors…his 6.64 strike-out-to-walk ratio ranked 2nd among AL reliev-ers, 4th in the majors and 1st among all ML lefty relievers.

Ê From Aug 1 through season’s end, compiled a 0.86 ERA (21-IP, 7-H, 2-ER, 1-BB, 29-SO) in 23 apps…from July 1 through season’s end, record-ed 13.81 SO/9 IP (29.1-IP, 45-SO).

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, his average fast-ball velocity of 95.7 mph ranked 2nd among all lefty relievers (min. 50 IP) after CIN Aroldis Chapman (97.7).

Ê Allowed only 3 HR all season, but none after July 18 vs. CLE…did not allow a homer in his fi-nal 27 apps…retired 22 consecutive batters be-tween Aug 28–Sep 15.

Ê Inherited 54 base runners, tied for 4th most in the AL…14 of them scored (25.9 percent), com-pared to the AL average of 29.4 percent.

Ê When he was ahead in the count, held oppo-nents to a .101 avg. (8-for-79).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê As a rookie in 2011 made his first Opening Day roster and served two stints with the Rays: Opening Day through April 30 and July 15 through season’s end…it was his first full sea-son as a relief pitcher…spent the remainder of the campaign with Triple-A Durham.

Ê Held lefties to a .164 avg. (10-for-61) but right-ies hit .400 (20-for-50).

Ê Earned 5 wins out of the bullpen, 4 coming in September, tops among major league rook-ies…tied the club record for wins in September, joining David Price (2010)…earned the win in the final 2 games of the season (Sep 27-28 vs. NYY)…his other 2 wins in September came over Boston and Texas…the last AL rookie to get 4 relief wins in September was TOR David Wells in 1987.

Ê During his first stint with the Rays made 11 apps and compiled a 5.14 ERA (7-IP, 4-ER) with 3 BB and only 2 SO…opponents batted .367 (11-for-30)…during his second stint went 5-2 with a

4.29 ERA (21-IP, 10-ER) in 26 apps…had 25 SO and posted a .235 (19-for-81) opp avg.

Ê Inherited three bases-loaded situations with the Rays and struck out his only batter faced in each instance: Adrian Gonzalez on July 16 vs. BOS, Alex Avila on Aug 22 vs. DET and Jorge Posada on Sep 22 at NYY.

Ê Recorded his first major league win on Aug 10 vs. KC…allowed a 3-run HR to Melky Cabrera in the top of the 9th but was credited with the victory after the Rays scored 5 runs in the bot-tom of the 9th off Joakim Soria.

Ê Posted a 2.70 ERA (33.1-IP, 10-ER) in 24 apps with Durham after being optioned…went 9-for-10 in save opps.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made his postseason debut in Game 2 of the ALDS at Rangers Ballpark, reliev-ing James Shields in the 6th inning…retired his first batter, Craig Gentry, on a bunt attempt…hit Mitch Moreland with a pitch and was removed.

Ê Entered the 2011 season rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect in the Rays system.

Ê Saw his first major league action down the stretch in 2010 after transitioning to the bull-pen with the Bulls…made 8 apps after his Sep 14 call-up, 7 of them scoreless, and did not allow a hit over his first 6 outings.

Ê Was one of only two lefthanders to pitch out of the Rays bullpen in 2010, with Randy Choate.

Ê Became one of only eight pitchers in history to not allow a hit over his first 6 major league apps…was the first since SF Jonathan Sanchez in 2006 (8 games) and first in the AL since SEA Brian Fuentes in 2001 (6)…Sanchez and MIN Garry Roggenburk (1963) share the major league record with 8 consecutive games with-out a hit to begin a career.

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 14 vs. NYY, entering in relief with two on and two out in the 5th…walked his first two batters, forcing in a run before striking out Derek Jeter to end the threat.

Ê Began the year with Double-A Montgomery, where he made 19 starts before his Aug 7 pro-motion to Durham…went 3-7 with a 3.57 ERA (88.1-IP, 35-ER) and tallied 100 strikeouts (10.19 SO/9 IP).

“ The defi nition of a dominant pitch is when a hitter and everybody

else in the ballpark knows what’s coming and he’s still unable to

do anything with it. And that’s what Jake has with his fastball.”

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Ê For Durham went 1-1 with 1 save and a 0.52 ERA (17.1-IP, 9-H, 1-R/ER, 3-BB, 27-SO) in 11 games (1 start)…held opponents to a .148 avg. (9-for-61) with 0 HR, including .097 (3-for-31) vs. LHP…also pitched in 2 games for the Bulls in the playoffs vs. Louisville (Reds), tossing 3 score-less innings of relief (0-H, 1-BB, 5-SO).

Ê Spent the first three months of the 2009 sea-son recovering from Tommy John surgery…re-turned in late June and made 16 starts for the Gulf Coast League Rays and Class-A Charlotte over the remainder of the season, working a to-tal of 30 innings…struck out 40.

Ê Moved to Charlotte after the All-Star break and made 11 starts over the season’s final 6 weeks.

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the No. 8 pros-pect (No. 5 pitcher) in the Rays system follow-ing the season.

Ê Made 15 starts for Montgomery in 2008 be-fore tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow on June 22 vs. Mississippi (Braves)…Dr. James Andrews performed season-ending Tommy John surgery on July 8.

Ê Selected to the Southern League midseason All-Star Team, but was unable to pitch due to injury…marked his sixth career All-Star selection.

Ê Following the season, was rated by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays organization.

Ê In 2007 led the Rays organization with 175 SO, 4th most among all minor leaguers, while pitch-ing for Class-A Vero Beach and Montgomery…averaged 11.25 SO/9 IP, 6th best in the mi-nors…despite an early-August promotion to Montgomery, led the Florida State League with 145 SO including 74 in his last 50.2 innings at Vero Beach…it was his second league strike-out crown.

Ê Made a combined 26 starts with a 3.15 ERA (140.1-IP, 105-H, 47-ER, 52-BB, 175-SO)…allowed 3 ER or less in 22 of 26 starts and 3 hits or less 10 times…opponents batted .207.

Ê Had four double-digit strikeout games…struck out a career-high 13 on July 2 at Daytona (Cubs).

Ê Went 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA in two postseason starts for Montgomery as the Biscuits won the SL championship.

Ê Led the Midwest League and the Rays org. in 2006 with 171 SO for Class-A Southwest Michigan…his 11.49 SO/9 IP ranked 4th among all minor league starters.

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2004 Princeton 4 1 3.97 12 12 0 0 0 56.2 49 30 25 5 0 25-1 53 5 0

2005 Hudson Valley 5 4 3.64 15 14 0 0 0 76.2 64 32 31 4 1 23-0 89 5 0

2006 Great Lakes 7 9 2.96 26 26 0 0 0 134.0 103 54 44 7 3 65-0 171 13 0

2007 Vero Beach 5 4 2.93 21 21 0 0 0 116.2 86 45 38 8 3 39-0 145 5 0

Montgomery 3 2 4.24 5 5 0 0 0 23.1 19 11 11 2 0 13-0 30 1 0

2008 Montgomery 6 4 3.94 15 15 0 0 0 77.2 65 38 34 6 1 37-0 65 3 0

2009 GCL Rays 0 2 3.52 5 5 0 0 0 7.2 5 4 3 0 0 3-0 14 2 0

Charlotte 0 2 6.45 11 11 0 0 0 22.1 26 16 16 2 0 9-0 26 4 0

2010 Montgomery 3 7 3.57 19 19 0 0 0 88.1 81 42 35 3 1 33-0 100 7 0

Durham 1 1 0.52 11 1 0 0 1 17.1 9 1 1 0 0 3-0 27 2 0

Tampa Bay 0 0 1.80 8 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 3-0 6 0 0

2011 Tampa Bay 5 2 4.50 37 0 0 0 0 28.0 30 14 14 5 0 12-1 27 0 0

Durham 4 2 2.70 24 0 0 0 9 33.1 30 10 10 4 1 8-0 38 2 0

2012 Tampa Bay 5 2 1.95 69 0 0 0 0 55.1 33 13 12 3 1 11-4 73 3 0



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi fth round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Fred Repke.


2010 Pitcher 1.000 8 0 1 0 1 0

2011 Pitcher 1.000 37 0 3 0 3 0

2012 Pitcher 1.000 69 2 7 0 9 1

Totals 1.000 114 2 11 0 13 1



vs. Left .259 85 22 2 .219 155 34 4

vs. Right .098 112 11 1 .182 170 31 4


2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0

Ê Credited with the win in the MWL All-Star Game after throwing a scoreless inning (1-H, 2-SO).

Ê Baseball America named him the No. 15 pros-pect in the game after the season…its Best Tools survey tabbed him as having the Best Fastball in the MWL.

Ê In 2005 finished 2nd in the New York-Penn League with 89 strikeouts for Short-A Hudson Valley, trailing only teammate Wade Davis (97).

Ê Named Pitcher of the Year in 2004 for Rookie-level Princeton as he made his pro debut…led staff with 5 wins and tied for the team lead with 53 strikeouts…did not turn 18 until Aug 6 of that year.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Baseball America listed him as the No. 2 pros-pect in the state of Nevada out of Edward C. Reed High School before the Rays selected him in the 5th round of the 2004 June Draft.

Ê Was offered a baseball scholarship to UNLV be-fore signing with the Rays.

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

2.2, 9/18/11 at BOS

STRIKEOUTS

4, 9/12/12 at BAL

WALKS

3, 9/14/10 vs. NYY

HR ALLOWED

1, 8x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE

RUNS ALLOWED

3, 7/18/12 vs. CLE

WIN STREAK

3G, 2x-last 7/20/12 –

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250MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 11 years, 26 days OPENING DAY AGE 37BORN 6/3/75 in Bayamon, PR RESIDES Dorado, PRCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Signed as a free agent, 11/28/11SIGNING SCOUT Jose Trujillo (Cubs)

CATCHER

JOSE MOLINA 28Jose Benjamin Molina Matta

FOLLOW HIM @Joeycatch8

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jose was named to the provisional roster for Puerto Rico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, giving him a chance to play alongside his younger brother Yadier.

Ê Jose and brothers Bengie and Yadier make up one of only 18 trios of brothers to play in the major leagues…they are the only set to each have a World Series ring and they have won two apiece: Jose with the 2002 Angels and 2009 Yankees, Bengie with the 2002 Angels and 2010 Giants, and Yadier with the 2006 and 2011 Cardinals…a Molina has played in eight of the last 11 postseasons.

Ê Their father, Benjamin Sr., was a factory work-er who would rush home from a 10-hour shift, grab his glove and take the brothers to Rivera Park directly across the street from their home on the northern coast of Puerto Rico…Benjamin played infield and outfield for 15 years in Puerto Rico’s Superior League and is in its Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame as a second baseman…he passed away on Oct 11, 2008.

2012 SEASON Ê Completed his 13th major league season and set career highs with 8 HR and 32 RBI.

Ê Appeared in a career-high 102 games and his 80 starts at catcher were one shy of his career high (81 starts for the 2008 Yankees)…aver-aged 55 games played over his previous 3 sea-sons (2009-11).

Ê Threw out 27.8 pct. (15 of 54) of attempted base stealers…the major league average for catchers in 2012 was 21.3 pct. …has thrown

out 36.2 pct. (168-for-464) of attempted base stealers for his career, 3rd best among active catchers (min. 500 games) after Henry Blanco (40.9) and his brother, Yadier Molina (40.3).

Ê The Rays staff pitched to a 3.22 ERA with him behind the plate, 2nd lowest in the majors be-hind CIN Ryan Hanigan (3.04)…during his ca-reer, pitchers have combined for a 3.85 ERA when throwing to him, the 5th best among ac-tive catchers (min. 500 games).

Ê Batted .263 (30-for-114) in the second half compared to .190 (26-for-137) in the first half…hit only .170 (8-for-47) vs. LHP for the year.

Ê Hit .325/.372/.600 (13-for-40) with 3 HR and 10 RBI in 22 games in September…suffered a right quad strain on Sep 25 at BOS that limit-ed him to 3 appearances (no starts) over the team’s final 8 games…had played in 17 straight games prior to the injury, the longest such streak of his career…hit .353 (12-for-34) with 3 HR and 8 RBI in that time.

MOST CAREER PICKOFFS,ACTIVE CATCHERS

Yadier Molina 39

Jose Molina 23

Miguel Olivo 23

HIGHEST CAUGHT STEALING PCT., CAREER, ACTIVE CATCHERS(Min. 500 Games)

PCT CS ATT

Henry Blanco 40.9 240 587

Yadier Molina 40.3 181 449

Jose Molina 36.2 168 464

David Ross 35.9 121 345

Gerald Laird 33.3 170 511


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Ê Recorded the 100th double of his career off Daisuke Matsuzaka on Sep 19 vs. BOS.

Ê Hit safely in 9 straight games from Aug 4-19, the 2nd-longest streak of his career…hit .355/.429/.452 (11-for-31) during the streak, which was the longest by a Rays catcher since Dioner Navarro had a 10-game streak in 2008.

Ê Celebrated his 37th birthday on June 3 vs. BAL and became the 2nd-oldest player in franchise history to record an RBI on his birthday (Wade Boggs, June 15, 1998, 40th birthday).

Ê Selected as the Rays recipient of the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award, in conjunc-tion with MLB Network.

Ê Made his 10th Opening Day roster and his third start (also 2004 and 2006 with the Angels).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Started 44 games for Toronto in 2011 as a backup to rookie J.P. Arencibia…batted a ca-reer-high .281 (48-for-171) with 3 HR and 15 RBI.

Ê Threw out 12 of 36 attempted base stealers (33.3 percent), 6th best in the majors (min. 40 games) and well above the major league aver-age of 23.2 percent.

Ê The Jays were 28-20 with him in the lineup, compared to 53-61 without.

Ê Homered in his first at-bat of the season on April 2 vs. MIN off Francisco Liriano in a 6-1 win…caught a one-hitter that day as well.

Ê Tripled off Juan Cruz at Tropicana Field on Aug 4, his only triple since May 9, 2004.

Ê Was batting .310 as late as Aug 17, but went 9-for-45 (.200) in his last 17 games.

Ê Signed with the Rays as a free agent on Nov 28.

Ê In 2010 started 42 games for the Jays as a backup to John Buck…threw out 13 of 32 at-tempted base stealers (40.6 percent), best mark in the AL (min. 30 games)…Jays pitchers pitched to a half run better ERA with him be-hind the plate.

Ê Was behind the plate for Brandon Morrow’s 17 strikeout, 1-hit performance on Aug 8 vs. TB.

Ê Threw out four Rays attempting to steal (Carl Crawford twice, B.J. Upton and Sean Rodriguez)

in the first 4 innings of a 6-0 loss on April 25 at TB…was the first major league catcher to do that since FLA Charles Johnson on Sep 18, 2002 vs. MTL…the last AL catcher to do it was OAK Terry Steinbach on July 31, 1992 at KC…no one else has done it since.

Ê Backed up Jorge Posada for the Yankees in 2009, appearing in 52 games, including 47 starts at catcher…placed on the 15-day DL on May 8 with a strained left quadriceps muscle and missed 55 games before returning July 8…ranked 4th among major league catchers (min. 40 games) with a 3.37 catcher’s ERA.

Ê POSTSEASON: Was a member of the Yankees postseason roster in all three rounds…started 5 postseason games, including two World Series games vs. Philadelphia.

Ê Started a career-high 81 games for the Yankees in 2008 after Posada missed much of the sea-son with a shoulder injury…led the majors with a 43.2 caught stealing pct. (32 of 74)…Yankee pitchers posted a 3.71 ERA when Molina was behind the plate, 5th best in the majors.

Ê Hit the last home run at old Yankee Stadium, Sep 21 vs. BAL (Chris Waters).

Ê Threw out 12 consecutive attempted base stealers, June 3–July 6, the longest stretch by a catcher since CWS Mike Lavalliere in 1993 (12)…the streak was broken by B.J. Upton.

Ê Began the 2007 season as Mike Napoli’s back-up, starting 37 games for the Angels…on July 21 was traded to New York where he start-ed 16 games for the Yankees…was on the Yankees postseason roster but did not play in the ALDS vs. Cleveland…on May 17 at SEA he threw out Ichiro Suzuki, ending Ichiro’s streak of 45 consecutive stolen bases.

Ê In 2006 split catching duties with Napoli…made 71 starts…threw out 41.3 percent (19 of 46) of potential base stealers, 3rd best in the majors…tied for 4th in the majors for pickoffs.

Ê Backed up older brother Bengie Molina for the Angels from 2003-05 while Joe Maddon was the Angels bench coach…started 53 games in 2005 and for the second consecutive year led AL catchers in caught stealing pct. (48.6; 18 of 37)…on July 31 at NYY, he and Bengie homered in the same game off Randy Johnson…made 57 starts in 2004 and led AL catchers with a 45.2 caught stealing pct. (19 of 42)…was a mem-ber of the Angels roster for their ALDS loss to Boston…started 39 games behind Bengie’s 109 starts in 2003, his first full season in the majors.

Ê In 2002 was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake City when his brother went on the DL on July 21 and remained with the Angels the rest of the

LOWEST CAREERCATCHER’S ERA, ACTIVES

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Russell Martin 3.78 7,588.2

Yadier Molina 3.79 8,830.0

Carlos Ruiz 3.79 5,681.0

Brian McCann 3.84 8,014.1

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season…started 24 games and appeared in 6 postseason games.

Ê POSTSEASON: He and Bengie became just the sixth set of brothers to play on a World Series team together and just the third to play on a series champion joining Paul and Dizzy Dean (1934 Cardinals) and Mort and Walker Cooper (1942 and 1944 Cardinals).

Ê In 2001 was recalled May 5 when Bengie went down with a right hamstring injury…it was believed to be the only the 2nd time a ros-ter move has involved brothers (also CIN Bret Boone and Aaron Boone in 1997)…hit his first major league home run on May 10 at CWS off Rocky Biddle…landed on DL on May 21 with a fractured right thumb…returned in September making a total of 12 starts.

Ê Made his major league debut with the Cubs in 1999…was 2-for-3 with a double in his first game on Sep 6 vs. CIN…first hit was a single off former Ray Juan Guzman…for 5 consecu-tive minor league seasons (1994-98) he threw out more than 40 percent of attempted base

stealers each season for a total of 45.4 percent overall (250 of 550).

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Graduated from Maestro Ladi High School in Vega Alta, P.R. …attended Ladislao Martinez University, also in Puerto Rico.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 2x-last 8/16/10 at OAK

RBI

4, 2x-last 4/28/09 at DET

RUNS

3, 4x-last 8/2/08 vs. LAA

WALKS

2, 16x-last 8/23/12 vs. OAK

HITTING STREAK

12G, 7/22/06 – 8/15/06

STRIKEOUTS

3, 15x-last 4/19/12 at TOR

STOLEN BASES

1, 15x-last 8/19/12 at LAA

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (2)

4/28/09 at DET (Brandon Lyon); 8/25/04 vs. KC (Scott

Sullivan)


1993 GCL Cubs .218 33 78 5 17 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 12-0 12 3 2 2 .244 .322 7

Daytona .143 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 1 0 .143 .333 0

1994 Peoria .229 78 253 31 58 13 1 1 33 5 4 4 24-1 61 4 3 5 .300 .302 13

1995 Daytona .236 82 233 27 55 9 1 1 19 2 2 7 29-0 53 1 0 7 .296 .336 8

1996 Rockford .226 96 305 35 69 10 1 2 27 7 4 3 36-0 71 2 4 8 .285 .310 11

1997 Daytona .251 55 179 17 45 9 1 0 23 5 2 1 14-0 25 4 0 5 .313 .306 8

Iowa .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 1 .333 .500 0

Orlando .172 37 99 10 17 3 0 1 15 1 3 2 12-5 28 0 1 4 .232 .267 2

1998 West Tenn .222 109 320 33 71 10 1 2 28 10 3 3 32-1 74 1 5 10 .278 .296 9

1999 West Tenn .171 14 35 2 6 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 2-0 14 0 0 1 .257 .211 2

Chicago-NL .263 10 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-1 4 0 0 0 .316 .333 0

Iowa .263 74 240 24 63 11 1 4 26 2 2 4 20-5 54 0 1 3 .367 .327 7

2000 Iowa .234 76 248 22 58 9 0 1 17 1 3 0 23-1 61 1 4 6 .282 .296 11

2001 Salt Lake .300 61 213 29 64 11 1 5 31 6 0 2 14-0 49 1 2 7 .432 .349 2

Anaheim .270 15 37 8 10 3 0 2 4 2 0 0 3-0 8 0 0 2 .514 .325 0

2002 Salt Lake .307 79 290 30 89 14 2 4 43 7 2 4 12-1 60 0 3 4 .410 .341 4

Anaheim .271 29 70 5 19 3 0 0 5 4 2 0 5-0 15 0 2 2 .314 .312 3

2003 Anaheim .184 53 114 12 21 4 0 0 6 4 1 3 1-0 26 0 0 1 .219 .210 1

2004 Anaheim .261 73 203 26 53 10 2 3 25 5 0 0 10-0 52 4 1 6 .374 .296 3

2005 Los Angeles-AL .228 75 184 14 42 4 0 6 25 4 0 2 13-0 41 2 0 5 .348 .286 3

2006 Los Angeles-AL .240 78 225 18 54 17 0 4 22 7 2 2 9-0 49 1 0 6 .369 .273 8

2007 Los Angeles-AL .224 40 125 9 28 8 0 0 10 3 0 0 3-0 30 2 1 3 .288 .242 4

New York-AL .318 29 66 9 21 5 0 1 9 2 1 0 2-0 13 0 0 1 .439 .333 0

2008 New York-AL .216 100 268 32 58 17 0 3 18 8 3 6 12-0 52 0 0 9 .313 .263 3

2009 New York-AL .217 52 138 15 30 4 0 1 11 1 1 1 14-0 28 0 0 6 .268 .292 1

Scranton/W-B .250 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .500 .400 0

Trenton .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 4 0 0 0 .000 .300 0

2010 Toronto .246 57 167 13 41 4 0 6 12 2 0 5 9-1 36 1 0 7 .377 .304 2

2011 Toronto .281 55 171 19 48 12 1 3 15 4 0 1 15-0 44 2 1 2 .415 .342 1

2012 Tampa Bay .223 102 251 27 56 9 0 8 32 1 0 2 20-0 60 3 1 9 .355 .286 4



1: Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 June Draft…signed by Jose Trujillo. 2: Signed by the Anaheim Angels as a free

agent, January 15, 2001. 3: Acquired by the New York Yankees from the Angels in exchange for RH Jeff Kennard, July 21, 2007. 4: Signed by the

Toronto Blue Jays as a free agent, March 11, 2010. 5: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, November 28, 2011.


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2002 ALCS ANA vs. MIN .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

WS ANA vs. SFG - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 - - 0

2004 ALDS ANA vs. BOS .333 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 0

2005 ALDS LAA vs. NYY 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0

ALCS LAA vs. CWS .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 0

2009 ALDS NYY vs. MIN .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

ALCS NYY vs. LAA .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 0

WS NYY vs. PHI .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0

DS Totals .400 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .400 .571 0

LCS Totals .286 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 0

WS Totals .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0




vs. Left .170 47 8 0 3 .248 622 154 14 57

vs. Right .235 204 48 8 29 .234 1416 332 23 138


1999 Catcher 1.000 10 44 5 0 49 1 1

2001 Catcher 1.000 15 78 6 0 84 1 2

2002 Catcher .983 29 154 16 3 173 3 1

2003 Catcher .996 53 221 17 1 239 0 3

2004 Catcher .994 70 441 37 3 481 4 3

First Base 1.000 2 5 1 0 6 2 -

2005 Catcher .993 65 408 41 3 452 6 3

First Base 1.000 4 10 0 0 10 2 -

2006 Catcher .986 76 502 50 8 560 4 5

First Base 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 2 -

2007 Catcher .991 69 436 30 4 470 3 4

2008 Catcher .996 97 634 52 3 689 6 7

First Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

2009 Catcher .997 49 366 21 1 388 1 3

First Base 1.000 3 4 2 0 6 1 -

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

2010 Catcher .996 56 417 37 2 456 3 5

2011 Catcher .997 48 342 24 1 367 3 8

2012 Catcher .994 102 657 41 4 702 8 6

Totals Catcher .994 739 4700 377 33 5110 43 51

First Base 1.000 13 23 3 0 26 7 -

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

In August 2012, Jose visited

Sweetbay Supermarket in

Tampa in the third annual

Shop with a Player event,

where he helped lucky fans

try and fi ll their basket with

$1,000 worth of Sweetbay

groceries in only 20 minutes.

Molina also presented a

$1,000 gift card, donated

by Pepsi, to Feeding

America Tampa Bay.

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MIKE MONTGOMERY 31Michael Paul Montgomery

X-RAY REPORT Ê Mike’s dad, David, is an algebra teacher and women’s golf coach at Hart High School in Newhall, Calif. …when Mike was in middle school, he and his dad would go to baseball games at Hart to watch a promising pitcher who was one of David’s students…the pitcher’s name was James Shields…this past Dec 9, Mike was part of the package of four prospects the Rays acquired from the Royals in exchange for Shields and Wade Davis.

Ê Mike and James ran into each other a week af-ter the trade was completed at a Hart High School ceremony retiring Shields’ No. 33.

Ê Mike’s mother, Jeannette, comes from a long line of dairy farmers who fled Holland during World War II and arrived at the U.S. via Ellis Island…Mike’s grandfather, Ed Tjaarda, was six years old when the family left Holland…Mike’s great-grandfather helped Jews hide from the Nazis at his farm…the Tjaarda family now owns an 800-acre dairy farm in Bakersfield, Calif., with 6,000 cattle.

Ê Both his parents played college basketball: his father at Tennessee Temple, his mother Jeannette at Cal Poly Pomona.

2012 SEASON Ê Opened the year with Triple-A Omaha (Royals) but was transferred to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on July 13…made 17 starts for Omaha and 10 for Northwest Arkansas, going a com-bined 5-12 with a 6.07 ERA (149.2-IP, 101-ER).

Ê Compiled a 4.38 ERA (51.1-IP, 25-ER) over his first 9 starts, through May 21…after that had a 6.96 ERA (98.1-IP, 76-ER) in 18 starts.

Ê Opposing right-handed batters hit .276, while left-handed hitters batted .342.

Ê Following the season and before the trade, was rated by MLB.com as the No. 6 prospect in the Royals organization…selected as Best Changeup in the Royals system by Baseball America for a second straight season…had en-tered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in the Royals system and No. 23 prospect in baseball.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Over the last two seasons (2011-12), has gone 10-23 with a 5.69 ERA (300.1-IP, 190-ER) and 133 walks…in three seasons prior to that (2008-10) he combined to go 15-10 with a 2.27 ERA (245.2-IP, 62-ER), 220 SO and only 79 walks.

Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with Omaha ranked 3rd in the Pacific Coast League with 129 strikeouts…went 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA (33-IP, 9-ER) over his first 6 starts (through May 4), but went 3-10 with a 6.12 ERA (117.2-IP, 80-ER) after that.

Ê Rated as the No. 1 prospect in the Royals chain by Baseball America and the No. 7 prospect in the PCL after the season.

Ê Began 2010 with Class-A Wilmington and was promoted on April 26 to Northwest Arkansas after 4 starts, allowing just 3 ER in 24.2 IP…in

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a combined 17 starts, went 7-4 with a 2.77 ERA (84.1-IP, 26-ER)…missed a month due to left forearm strain and made 3 rehab starts with the AZL Royals in late July.

Ê Named a Texas League midseason All-Star and was ranked the league’s No. 3 prospect by Baseball America.

Ê Represented Team USA at the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament…was 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (10-IP, 8-H, 2-ER, 4-BB, 14- SO) in 2 starts as Team USA finished tied for third and qualified for the 2011 Pan Am Games as well as the 2011 World Cup.

Ê Capped 2010 playing for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League…was the starting pitch-er in the AFL’s Rising Stars Game…rated by Baseball America as the AFL’s 5th-best prospect.

Ê In 2009 compiled a 2.21 ERA (110-IP, 27-ER) in 21 starts between Class-A Burlington and Wilmington, earning a July 22 promotion…honored with the Paul Splittorff Award as the Royals organization’s pitcher of the year…also named Burlington Pitcher of the Year.

Ê Yielded only 1 HR all season in 21 starts, a solo shot on July 15 vs. Beloit (Twins).

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Royals system and the No. 5 prospect in the Midwest League after the season.

Ê Made his professional debut in 2008 with the AZL Royals, posting a 1.69 ERA in 12 appear-ances (9 starts)…named the top prospect in the Arizona League by Baseball America.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê During Mike’s senior year, the Hart High School starting rotation consisted of him and RH Trevor Bauer…Bauer was traded from the D-backs to the Indians only two days after the Rays-Royals blockbuster.

Ê Committed to Cal State Fullerton before sign-ing with the Royals…attended one of the MLB Urban Youth Academy’s Southern California Showcases.

Ê His older sister, Shayna, is a court reporter in Los Angeles.


2008 AZL Royals 2 1 1.69 12 9 0 0 0 42.2 31 12 8 2 1 12-0 34 4 0

2009 Burlington 2 3 2.17 12 12 0 0 0 58.0 42 19 14 1 2 24-1 52 4 1

Wilmington 4 1 2.25 9 9 0 0 0 52.0 38 15 13 0 3 12-0 46 5 0

2010 Wilmington 2 0 1.09 4 4 0 0 0 24.2 14 5 3 0 0 4-0 33 2 0

NW Arkansas 5 4 3.47 13 13 0 0 0 59.2 56 31 23 4 4 26-0 48 9 1

AZL Royals 0 1 1.04 3 3 0 0 0 8.2 6 1 1 0 2 1-0 7 0 0

2011 Omaha 5 11 5.32 28 27 0 0 0 150.2 157 95 89 15 7 69-0 129 14 1

2012 Omaha 3 6 5.69 17 17 1 0 0 91.2 110 74 58 12 3 43-0 67 4 1

NW Arkansas 2 6 6.67 10 10 0 0 0 58.0 69 44 43 12 3 21-0 44 5 0


1: Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the fi rst round (36th overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Dan Ontiveros. 2: Acquired by the Tampa

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210MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 1 year, 17 daysOPENING DAY AGE 23BORN 6/18/89 in Fort Walton Beach, FLRESIDES Edgewood, NMCONTRACT STATUS Second year of a five-year contract through 2016 plus three one-year club options from 2017 through 2019ACQUIRED Selected in the eighth round of the2007 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Jack Powell (Rays)

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MATT MOORE 55Matthew Cody Moore

X-RAY REPORT Ê Last fall Matt adopted a chocolate golden doo-dle puppy named Griffin.

Ê Matt regularly tosses Frisbees and footballs in the outfield with David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Cobb as a fun way to stay in shape.

Ê His musical taste includes rock (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses) as well as metal (Killswitch Engage, Eye Empire, Sevendust).

Ê Last November, Matt and third base coach Tom Foley delivered supplies for complete Thanksgiving meals to families in South St. Petersburg…the “Turkey Drop” event was a joint effort by the Rays, Sweetbay Supermarket and the United Way.

Ê Does everything left-handed, except play golf.

2012 SEASON Ê Finished his first full season in the majors with a 3.81 ERA (177.1-IP, 75-ER) in 31 starts…was one of three AL rookies to make at least 30 starts, along with BAL Wei-Yin Chen (32) and OAK Tommy Milone (31).

Ê Chosen by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA as the the club’s Outstanding Rookie.

Ê His 175 SO set a club rookie record, surpassing Scott Kazmir (174) in 2005…ranked 2nd among major league rookies to TEX Yu Darvish (221) and 10th overall in the AL…marked the most strikeouts by an AL rookie southpaw since SEA Mark Langston (204) in 1984.

Ê His 8.88 SO/9 IP was 3rd highest in major league history by a rookie lefthander…ranked 5th in the AL overall.

Ê His 11 wins ranked 5th in club history by a rookie, after Rolando Arrojo (14 in 1998), Jeff Niemann (13 in 2009), Jeremy Hellickson (13 in 2011) and Wade Davis (12 in 2010), and were most by a rookie lefthander.

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, averaged 94.4 mph on his fastball, 3rd highest among qualify-ing ML starters behind teammate David Price (95.5) and CHC Jeff Samardzija (95.0)…threw fastballs 65.9 percent of the time, 5th-highest mark in the AL.

Ê Went 7-5 with a 3.55 ERA (99-IP, 39-ER) in 17 starts at home, with 98 SO and 38 BB…in 14

HIGHEST SO/9 IP, ROOKIE LHP,MLB HISTORY

Rick Ankiel, STL 2000 9.98

Herb Score, CLE 1955 9.70

Matt Moore, TB 2012 8.88

Al Downing, NYY 1963 8.76

CC Sabathia, CLE 2001 8.53

Fernando Valenzuela, LAD 1981 8.42

Scott Kazmir, TB 2005 8.42

SWING-AND-MISS PCT., A.L., 2012

Max Scherzer, DET 12.2

Matt Moore, TB 11.8

Yu Darvish, TEX 11.8

Justin Verlander, DET 11.7

CC Sabathia, NYY 11.5

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road starts, went 4-6 with a 4.14 ERA (78.1-IP, 36-ER) with 77 SO and 43 BB.

Ê Held lefties to a .243 avg. (37-for-152), but limit-ed them to a .188 avg. (22-for-117) from May 17 through season’s end…prior to that, they hit .429 (15-for-35).

Ê Generated a swing-and-miss on 11.8 percent of his total pitches, 2nd-highest rate in the AL behind DET Max Scherzer (12.2)…ranked just ahead of TEX Yu Darvish (11.8), DET Justin Verlander (11.7) and NYY CC Sabathia (11.5).

Ê Averaged 17.0 pitches per IP, 3rd most in the AL…allowed 4.11 BB/9 IP, 4th highest in the AL.

Ê From June 3–Aug 19, went 9-2 with a 2.79 ERA (87-IP, 27-ER)…his 9 wins in that span led ma-jor league rookies and tied David Price and LAA Jered Weaver for most in the AL…did not allow a home run over a stretch of 8 starts and 56.2 in-nings from June 27–Aug 19.

Ê On June 15 vs. MIA, threw 7 shutout innings and allowed only 1 hit in a victory over Carlos Zambrano, an 11-0 win.

Ê On May 28 vs. CWS lost a 2-1 decision to Chris Sale but combined for 25 SO (Moore-10, Sale-15)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time opposing starters age 23 or young-er combined for 25 SO was July 31, 1901, when CHC Tom Hughes had 15 and CIN Noodles Hahn had 11 (14-inning game)…it was the first time opposing lefthanders each had 10 SO or more since Sep 16, 1992, when SEA Randy Johnson had 15 (9-IP) and CAL Mark Langston had 12 (10-IP)…Moore and Sale’s combined 25 SO were the most in an AL game since May 6, 2000 when BOS Pedro Martinez (17) and TB Steve Trachsel (11) combined for 28 at Fenway Park.

Ê Entered the season rated the No. 2 prospect (and top pitching prospect) in the game by Baseball America (trailing OF Bryce Harper), and No. 1 prospect overall by MLB Network and Baseball Prospectus…Baseball America also rated him as the Best Fastball, Best Curveball and Best Control in the Rays organization.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Began the 2011 season at Double-A Montgomery, ascended to the majors by September and made history for the Rays in the postseason…made his major league debut on Sep 14 but was eligible for the postseason due to RH Alex Cobb’s injury.

Ê On Dec 9, signed a contract extension worth a guaranteed $14 million over five seasons (through 2016) with a maximum value of $39.75 million over eight years if club options are exercised for 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Ê Named the Spink Award winner as the Topps Minor League Player of the Year, the second in Rays history to do so (OF Delmon Young in 2005)…also named Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Year, Southern League Pitcher of the Year and a Southern League All-Star.

Ê Appeared in 5 games (2 starts) for the Rays in-cluding postseason and was 2-0 with a 1.86 ERA (19.1-IP, 12-H, 4-R/ER, 6-BB, 23-SO) and a .171 (12-for-70) opp avg. …actually pitched more postseason innings (10-IP, 1-ER) than the regular season (9.1-IP, 3-ER).

Ê Promoted from Montgomery to Triple-A Durham on July 22 and to the Rays on Sep 12…debuted on Sep 14 at BAL in relief of Wade Davis (1.1-IP, 3-H, 2-R/ER, 0-BB, 2-SO)…struck out the first 2 batters (J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis), then yielded a single to Vladimir Guerrero and a home run to Matt Wieters.

Ê Made his first major league start on Sep 22 at NYY, earning a 15-8 win with 5 shutout innings and helping the Rays avoid a 4-game sweep…left after 5 innings with a 13-0 lead…his 11 strikeouts set a club record for a pitcher’s first major league start and were the most by an AL pitcher in his first big league start since OAK Tim Hudson (11) on June 8, 1999…since 2000, only Moore, WAS Stephen Strasburg (14-SO) and NYM Matt Harvey (11-SO) have had 11 SO or more in their first major league start.

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became the first pitcher (rookie or not) to strike out 11 Yankees in 5 innings or less…at 22 years, 96 days, became the youngest to fan 10 or more Yankees in New York since DET Hal Newhouser (22 years, 7 days) on May 27, 1943 (14-SO).

Ê POSTSEASON: On Sep 30 at TEX defeated C.J. Wilson, 9-0, in Game 1 of the ALDS…at 22 years, 104 days, became the youngest starting pitch-er ever to win his team’s postseason open-er…previously that mark was held by CIN Gary Nolan (22 years, 129 days) in the 1970 NLCS…totaled 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 98 pitches.

Ê Became the 5th rookie starter to win his team’s first game of the postseason and first since NYY Jim Beattie in Game 1 of the 1978 ALCS at KC…also became the first rookie in major league history to pitch at least 7 innings and

ROOKIES TO WIN THEIR TEAM’S POSTSEASON OPENER

PITCHER SERIES OUTCOME

Matt Moore, TB 2011 ALDS at TEX 9-0 (7-IP, 0-R)

Jim Beattie, NYY 1978 ALCS at KC 7-1 (5.1-IP, 1-R)

Joe Black, LAD 1952 WS vs. NYY 4-2 (9-IP, 2-R)

Spec Shea, NYY 1947 WS vs. BRK 5-3 (5-IP, 1-R)

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allow no runs and 2 hits or fewer in a postsea-son game and the 2nd youngest to do it behind NYY Waite Hoyt (22 years, 27 days) in the 1921 World Series (Game 2 vs. NYG).

Ê His .090 opp avg. (3-for-33) was 2nd lowest ever by a rookie in the postseason (min. 10 IP), topped only by PIT Bruce Kison in 1971 (.088)…became only the 12th rookie to post a sub-1.00 ERA in the postseason (min. 10 IP), first since NYY Orlando Hernandez in 1998 (0.64).

Ê Fanned 236 batters in 190.1 innings at the mi-nor and major league level, including postsea-son…his 210 SO in the minors set the Rays or-ganizational record, breaking his own mark of 208 in 2010…went 12-3 with a 1.92 ERA (155-IP, 33-ER) in a combined 27 starts for Montgomery and Durham…ranked 2nd in the minor leagues in ERA, strikeouts and opp avg. (.184), and led the minors with 12.2 SO/9 IP.

Ê Finished 2nd among all minor leaguers in strikeouts after leading the minors in 2010 (208) and 2009 (176)…became the first minor leaguer to record 200 SO or more in consecu-tive seasons in 40 years, since John D’Acquisto (in the Giants system, 1971-72)…in his minor league career, recorded more than twice as many strikeouts (700) as hits (338) in 497.1 in-nings—an average of 12.7 SO/9 IP and 6.1 H/9 IP…recorded more strikeouts than hits in 78 of his 94 starts.

Ê Threw a 9-inning no-hitter for Montgomery on June 16 at Mobile (Diamondbacks), the 9th all-time in Rays history (majors or minors).

Ê Baseball America named him to their Minor League All-Star Team…chosen by minor league managers as the Best Pitching Prospect and Best Fastball in the Southern League.

Ê Threw one perfect inning for the U.S. team in the Futures Game at Chase Field on July 10.

Ê In 2010, led all minor leaguers in strikeouts (208) for a second straight season, in only 144.2 IP for Class-A Charlotte…became the first minor leaguer to eclipse 200 SO since Francisco Liriano in 2005, and the first Florida State League pitcher to do so since 1971 (Mike Cosgrove, Cocoa Astros)…fanned 10-plus bat-ters in 11 of his last 15 starts.

Ê Named to the Baseball America Minor League and Topps Class-A All-Star teams…ranked the No. 1 prospect in the Florida State League and named the Best Breaking Pitch after the season…selected as the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Month twice (July and August)…named to the FSL postseason All-Star Team.

Ê Following the season was rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Rays sys-

tem behind Jeremy Hellickson and the No. 15 prospect in the game.

Ê Led all minor leaguers in 2009 with 176 SO in just 123 IP and led all full-season minor leagu-ers with a 12.88 SO/9 IP and a .195 opp avg…named MVP for Class-A Bowling Green.

Ê Threw a 7-inning no-hitter on June 6 at Asheville (Rockies), with 12 SO.

Ê After the season, was named the No. 4 pros-pect and Best Curveball in the Rays system by Baseball America, as well as the No. 3 prospect in the South Atlantic League.

Ê Led all minor league pitchers in 2008 with a 12.75 SO/9 IP ratio and .154 opp avg. …named Pitcher of the Year for Rookie-level Princeton, where he spent a second straight season…led the Rays org. in ERA and ranked 6th among all minor league pitchers…topped the Appalachian League in strikeouts.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Is one of 30 Rays all-time born in Florida, but his family moved from Fort Walton Beach to Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, in 2000 when he was 11 years old…four years lat-er they moved to Edgewood, N.M., located about 7,000 feet above sea level and about 30 minutes east of Albuquerque.

Ê Was Gatorade’s 2007 New Mexico Player of the Year at Moriarty High School, which finished as state runners-up…also played basketball and golf…played first base and outfield when he wasn’t pitching…agreed to attend University of New Mexico before signing with the Rays.

Ê Matt’s older brother, Bobby, pitched and played outfield for the University of New Mexico Lobos from 2005-09…he was twice named to the Mountain West Conference’s All-Academic Team…also a lefty, Bobby was 4-2 with a 4.38 ERA his senior season.

Ê For 25 years, Matt’s father, Marty, worked on special operations H53 helicopters for the Air Force…he currently works for the Department of Defense.

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

8.0, 7/22/12 vs. SEA


3.0, 9/17/11 at BOS

STRIKEOUTS

11, 9/22/11 at NYY

WALKS

5, 3x-last 7/17/12 vs. CLE

HR ALLOWED

2, 4x-last 8/19/12 at LAA

RUNS ALLOWED

8, 5/6/12 vs. OAK

WIN STREAK

4G, 2x-last 7/28/12 –

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LOSS STREAK

4G, 2x-last 8/30/12 –

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2007 Princeton 0 0 2.66 8 3 0 0 0 20.1 12 6 6 1 2 16-0 29 2 0

2008 Princeton 2 2 1.66 12 12 0 0 0 54.1 30 22 10 0 4 19-0 77 4 0

2009 Bowling Green 8 5 3.15 26 26 0 0 0 123.0 86 51 43 6 6 70-0 176 13 0

2010 Charlotte 6 11 3.36 26 26 0 0 0 144.2 109 62 54 7 8 61-0 208 10 2

2011 Montgomery 8 3 2.20 18 18 1 1 0 102.1 68 31 25 8 5 28-0 131 3 1

Durham 4 0 1.37 9 9 0 0 0 52.2 33 8 8 3 1 18-0 79 4 0

Tampa Bay 1 0 2.89 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 9 3 3 1 0 3-0 15 2 0

2012 Tampa Bay 11 11 3.81 31 31 0 0 0 177.1 158 85 75 18 7 81-5 175 8 1



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Jack Powell.


2012 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000


2011 Pitcher 1.000 3 1 1 0 2 0

2012 Pitcher .929 31 6 20 2 28 3

Totals .933 34 7 21 2 30 3



vs. Left .243 152 37 3 .242 161 39 3

vs. Right .237 511 121 15 .237 539 128 16


2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 1 0 0.90 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 3 1 1 1 1 3-0 8 1 0

Matt walks the runway with

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on the Runway event was

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190MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE NoneOPENING DAY AGE 22BORN 12/10/90 in Thomasville, NCRESIDES Thomasville, NCCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Kansas City Royals along with RHP Jake Odorizzi, LHP Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard in exchange for RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), 12/9/12SIGNING SCOUT Steve Connelly (Royals)

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WIL MYERS 60William Bradford Myers

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2012 SEASON Ê Acquired from the Kansas City Royals on Dec 9 as part of a seven-player trade that sent pitch-ers James Shields, Wade Davis and a player to be named later (INF Elliot Johnson) to the Royals for Myers and three other prospects.

Ê Became the third player ever to win the Baseball America, USA Today and Topps Minor League Player of the Year awards in the same season, joining Andruw Jones (1996) and Josh Beckett (2001).

Ê Enters 2013 rated by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect, Best Power Hitter and Best Hitter for Average in the Rays system…also ranked the No. 4 prospect in the minor leagues by MLB.com.

Ê The Triple-A Durham Bulls have offered a “Wil He, Won’t He?” ticket promotion, a ticket pack-age including three Bulls games—Opening Day on April 8, Fourth of July and Fan Appreciation

Day on Aug 24—with a voucher for an addition-al game of their choice should Myers not start the season with the Bulls.

Ê His 37 home runs between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha were the sec-ond-most in minor league baseball, one shy of 26-year-old Darin Ruf who hit 38 for Double-A Reading (Phillies)…his 313 total bases led all minor leaguers and his 109 RBI ranked 4th…his .987 OPS was 5th among full-season minor leaguers…he was one of 6 minor leaguers with a .600 or better slugging pct.

Ê According to Baseball America, became one of 10 minor leaguers in the past 50 years to hit 35 or more home runs above Class-A be-fore turning 22…only two others matched or ex-ceeded his 37 HR: Arlo Engel (41 for Double-A El Paso in 1963) and Paul Konerko (37 for Triple-A Albuquerque in 1997)…his 37 HR were 29 more than he hit in 2011 and 23 more than he had ever hit in any of his previous three minor league seasons.

Ê Made a total of 83 starts in CF, 18 in RF and 15 at 3B.

Ê Was the second-youngest regular in the Pacific Coast League, trailing only Seattle shortstop prospect Nick Franklin (who was transferred from Double-A Jackson to Triple-A Tacoma on June 20).

Ê Is one of five players to play in the Futures Game in both 2011 and 2012, along with COL

BASEBALL AMERICA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR SINCE 2005

2012 Wil Myers, KC

2011 Mike Trout, LAA

2010 Jeremy Hellickson, TB

2009 Jason Heyward, ATL

2008 Matt Wieters, BAL

2007 Jay Bruce, CIN

2006 Alex Gordon, KC

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Nolan Arenado, PIT Chase d’Arnaud, BAL Manny Machado and TEX Jurickson Profar.

Ê Collected two hits and drove in three runs for the U.S. squad at the 2012 Futures Game in Kansas City on July 8 and then three days later was selected the “Star of Stars” for the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star Game af-ter recording two hits, including a double, with an RBI and a run scored.

Ê Through July, he had amassed 33 home runs and 91 RBI in only 102 games.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Spent the entire 2011 season with Northwest Arkansas where he converted from catcher to outfield…missed almost a month beginning May 11 with a serious laceration on his knee and a subsequent infection…suffered the inju-ry when he slipped running from his car in the rain…was hitting .284 with 2 HR and 9 RBI in 20 games before the injury, but hit only .246 with 6 HR and 40 RBI in 79 games after his return.

Ê Named to the Texas League All-Star Game and the Futures Game at Chase Field…convert-ed from catcher to the outfield, spending the majority of season in RF but also playing LF and CF.

Ê Following the season, he rebounded in the Arizona Fall League, batting .360 (31-for-86) with 5 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 18 RBI and 24 runs scored in 23 games for Surprise…finished sec-ond in the league in on-base pct. (.481), third in slugging (.674) and third in OPS (1.156)…his 20 walks tied for the league lead.

Ê Batted a combined .316 in the Midwest and Carolina Leagues in 2010, his final season as a catcher…was rated as Baseball America’s No. 2 prospect in the Royals system, No. 3 prospect in the Midwest League and No. 4 prospect in the Carolina League following the season…named a Baseball America Minor League All-Star (first team) and a finalist for their Minor League Player of the Year award.

Ê Named Class-A Burlington (Royals) Player of the Year and a Midwest League All-Star despite a July 1 promotion to Class-A Wilmington.

Ê Rated by Baseball America as the top pros-pect in the Pioneer League following the 2009 season…had a minor-league-high 21 hits in September that season.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Graduated from Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, N.C., in 2009…helped Wesleyan win the 2008 state championship…batted .532 with 14 home runs and 41 RBI as a senior…list-ed as the number two Best Pure Hitter among high school players by Baseball America enter-ing the draft.


2009 Burlington .125 4 16 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 2 .438 .125 0

Idaho Falls .426 18 68 18 29 7 1 4 14 0 2 1 9-1 15 2 0 3 .735 .488 1

2010 Burlington .289 68 242 42 70 19 1 10 45 0 2 2 48-0 55 10 3 4 .500 .408 4

Wilmington .346 58 205 28 71 18 2 4 38 0 1 4 37-1 39 2 3 5 .512 .453 1

2011 NW Arkansas .254 99 354 50 90 23 1 8 49 2 4 4 52-1 87 9 2 16 .393 .353 7

2012 NW Arkansas .343 35 134 32 46 11 1 13 30 0 1 1 16-0 42 4 1 4 .731 .414 0

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1: Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 2009 June Draft…signed by Steve Connelly. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays

along with RH Jake Odorizzi, LH Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard from Kansas City in exchange for RH James Shields, RH Wade Davis

and a player to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), December 9, 2012.

JOHN OWEN

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285MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 4 years, 22 daysOPENING DAY AGE 30BORN 2/28/83 in Houston, TXRESIDES Houston, TXCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2004 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Jonathan Bonifay (Rays)


JEFF NIEMANN 34Jeffrey Warren Niemann (NEE-men)

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jeff is a dog lover and has a Belgian Tervuren Shepherd named Sadie…she was featured in the 2012-13 Players & Pooches calendar, show-ing off Rays players and their dogs to ben-efit the Pet Pal Animal Shelter…his German Shepherd mix named Ginger passed away in January…Jeff visited the Pet Pal shelter in St. Pete with Ginger last season.

Ê He remains involved with the baseball pro-grams at his high school and college alma ma-ters, Lamar High School and Rice University, both located in Houston…he visited both teams during the offseason.

Ê At 6'9", Jeff was the third-tallest player in the majors in 2012 behind Mets pitchers Jon Rauch (6'11") and Chris Young (6'10")…matches south-paw Mark Hendrickson as the tallest player in Rays history.

Ê Jeff’s basketball career ended abruptly when he was cut from the Lanier Middle School team in favor of Emeka Okafor, now a 6'10" center for the Washington Wizards.

2012 SEASON Ê Opened the season as the Rays 5th starter, but spent three and a half months (May 16–Sep 1) on the disabled list with a fractured right fib-ula…limited to just 8 starts, 3 of which were against Toronto.

Ê Suffered the injury on May 14 at TOR when a liner from Adam Lind struck him in the ankle in the 1st inning…placed on the DL the next day.

Ê Returned to make only one more start on Sep 1 at TOR, but pitched only 3.1 innings due to

tightness in his right arm…later diagnosed with slight inflammation in his rotator cuff.

Ê His best start came May 9 at NYY (7-IP, 6-H, 1-R/ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)…left trailing 1-0, but the Rays scored 4 runs in the 9th off RH David Robertson to win.

Ê Despite winning only 2 of 8 starts, his career winning pct. of .606 (40-26) is the 2nd highest in club history (min. 25 decisions) behind David Price (.663).

Ê Although winless in 4 starts vs. the AL East, his career winning pct. of .640 is 7th best among active pitchers (min. 25 decisions).

Ê Gave up 3 ER or less in each of his 8 starts but failed to get through the 6th inning in 7 of them.

Ê Opposing batters hit only .180 (20-for-111) through their first 2 plate apps against him…in their 3rd PA, that avg. jumped to .345 (10-for-29).

Ê Held right-handed batters to a .119 avg. (7-for-59)…lefties hit .280 (23-for-82).

HIGHEST CAREER WINNING PCT. vs. A.L. EAST, ACTIVE PITCHERS (Min. 25 decisions)

W-L PCT.

David Price 33-11 .750

Andy Pettitte 86-38 .694

Jon Lester 44-20 .689

Jered Weaver 26-14 .650

Tim Hudson 34-19 .642

Roy Halladay 66-37 .641

Jeff Niemann 16-9 .640

Justin Verlander 23-13 .639


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Ê In his 4-3 win on May 3 at SEA, he faced an all left-handed hitting lineup (7 lefties, 2 switch-hitters)…according to Baseball Reference, it was the first time in Rays franchise history that an opposing lineup featured all left-hand-ed hitters.

Ê Is 13-2 in his last 16 starts when the Rays have scored at least 3 runs while he was in the game.

Ê Made 4 starts on a rehab assignment from Aug 8-25…started with Class-A Charlotte where he made 2 starts before moving to Triple-A Durham where he made 2 more starts, his last coming on Aug 25 vs. Norfolk…posted a 6.91 ERA (14.1-IP, 11-ER) with 10 SO, 5 BB and 26 hits allowed over the 4 starts.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011, enjoyed his 3rd consecutive season of 10-plus wins and a winning record…Scott Kazmir (2005-08) is the only other Ray to achieve such a streak…went 11-7 in 23 starts, despite opening the season 0-3 in his first 4 starts…went 11-4 with a 3.52 ERA (115-IP, 45-ER) in 19 starts the rest of the season sand-wiched around a stay on the DL, May 5–June 19, with a lower back strain.

Ê Went 8-2 (.800) with a 3.27 ERA (71.2-IP, 26-ER) in 12 road starts, the 2nd-best road record in the AL, winning 8 of his last 9 decisions.

Ê Was 2-0 in 3 starts vs. the Red Sox while hold-ing them to a .127 (9-for-71) average…only four pitchers with a minimum of 20 innings have held the Sox to a lower average in one season over the past 65 years.

Ê In 6 starts prior to the DL stint, went 2-4 with a 5.74 ERA (31.1-IP, 20-ER)…in his first 10 starts after returning from the DL (June 20–Aug 16), went 7-0 with a 2.15 ERA (67-IP, 16-ER)…in his last 7 starts (Aug 22–end) went 3-3 with a 6.08 ERA (37-IP, 25-ER)…overall after returning from the DL went 10-3 with a 3.55 ERA (104-IP, 41-ER) and 88 strikeouts in 17 starts.

Ê Went 3-0 with a 1.06 ERA (34-IP, 4-ER) in 5 starts in the month of July…his ERA set a club record for any month (min. 25 IP) and ranked 2nd in the majors…went 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA (37.2-IP, 14-ER) in 5 starts in August…4 wins tied a club record for August.

Ê Threw a complete-game 3-hitter on Aug 16 at BOS in the second game of a doublehead-er, winning 6-2…followed James Shields, who threw a complete game in losing the first game, 3-1…it was the first time teammates turned in complete games on the same day since MIL Angel Miranda and Ricky Bones on Aug 13, 1993 vs. DET and first against the Red

Sox at Fenway since CLE Luis Tiant and Sonny Siebert on June 29, 1969.

Ê Recorded 3 double-digit strikeout games in July after never having done so in his career prior to that…included was a career-high 11 SO on July 29 at SEA…on July 17 vs. BOS matched Josh Beckett with 8 shutout innings in a game the Rays lost 1-0 in 16 innings…allowed 2 hits and 2 walks with 10 strikeouts.

Ê In 2010, had one of the best first halves in club history before he went on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain on Aug 9…was his first trip to the DL as a major leaguer…at the time ranked 2nd in the AL in winning pct. (10-3, .769) and 8th in ERA (3.12) through 22 starts.

Ê Returned from the DL on Aug 25 and in 8 games (7 starts) went 2-5 with a 9.82 ERA in-cluding a win in relief with a scoreless inning (1-IP, 3-SO) on Oct 3 at KC, the regular season finale…in his first 3 starts back from the DL al-lowed 23 ER in 10 IP, raising his ERA from 3.12 to 4.28.

Ê In his previous 47 starts before going on the DL between May 13, 2009 and Aug 3, 2010, he was 21-6…over the span of one calendar year—from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010—his .875 win-ning pct. (14-2) was best in the majors…went more than a year (and 16 starts) without losing at home, from May 2, 2009 to June 13, 2011…was 7-0.

Ê Was undefeated (6-0) in his first 12 starts…first loss was June 13 vs. FLA ending his 7-game win streak that dated back to 2009.

Ê The Rays won the first 9 road games he start-ed through July 17…the last major league team to win its first 9 road games of a season start-ed by one pitcher was the 2005 Cardinals, who won Chris Carpenter’s first 13 road games.

Ê On June 25 vs. ARI suffered a 1-0 loss to Edwin Jackson, who pitched the third no-hitter against the Rays in less than 12 months…lone run allowed was Adam LaRoche’s solo homer…his line: 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 8 SO.

Ê POSTSEASON: Was on the Rays postseason roster in the ALDS vs. TEX and made one relief app…in Game 2 at home, tossed the final 3 in-nings without yielding a run in the 6-0 loss, a game in which James Shields lasted only 4.1 IP.

Ê In 2009 led all major league rookies in innings pitched (180.2) and AL rookies in winning pct. (.684), ERA (3.94), complete games (2) and shutouts (2).

Ê His .684 (13-6) winning pct. remains 5th best all-time among AL rookies with 30 or more starts…led the Rays in wins and ERA, becoming the first rookie to lead a defending AL cham-


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Ê Allowed only 0.85 HR/9 IP (180.2-IP, 17-HR), best among AL rookies and 6th best overall in the AL…at one point, threw 57 straight innings without allowing a homer.

Ê Held opponents leading off an inning to a .240 OBP, lowest in the majors…walked only 6 leadoff batters all season out of 192 batters faced…opponents batted only .215 off him in those situations, lowest in the AL.

Ê Became the first rookie ever to beat Roy Halladay twice: June 29 and Aug 24, both in Toronto…was joined by teammate David Price later in the season with that distinction.

Ê Stopped the Rockies 11-game win streak June 16 at COL winning 12-4…became the first rookie to snap a winning streak of 11 or more games since MIL Ben Sheets stopped a Cubs 12-game streak in 2001.

Ê On Sep 28 vs. BAL he faced Mark Hendrickson (6'9")…at a combined 162 inches of pitcher it equaled the second-tallest matchup in ma-jor league history, just short of May 11, 2009 at AT&T Park, when SF Randy Johnson (6'10") faced ARI Daniel Cabrera (6'9"), a total height of 163 inches.

Ê Was Triple-A Durham’s 2008 Opening Day starter and spent the bulk of the season there, but had two stints in the majors…made 2 starts for the Rays in April and was recalled Sep 13 af-ter the Bulls completed their postseason run.

Ê Promoted April 9 to take the place of start-er Matt Garza, who was placed on the DL with right nerve irritation…won his ML debut on April 13 vs. BAL (6-IP, 6-H, 1-ER, 1-BB, 5-SO)…only run allowed came on a Nick Markakis homer in the 6th.

Ê Started the Futures Game in 2007 at AT&T Park in San Francisco during the All-Star break…was also elected to play in the Triple-A All-Star Game…finished 2nd on the Durham staff with 12 wins, tied for 3rd in the IL…missed the first three weeks of August with shoulder fatigue.

Ê Was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (13-IP, 3-ER) in 2 post-season starts for the Bulls with wins over Toledo (Tigers) and Richmond (Braves).

Ê Opened the 2006 season on the disabled list recovering from October 2005 right shoul-der surgery to shave the joint between his col-larbone and shoulder…returned June 19 with Double-A Montgomery…went 5-1 with a 1.75 ERA over his last 8 starts and was 1-0 in 2 post-season starts.

Ê Named Tampa Bay’s top pitching prospect for the second straight season by Baseball America.

Ê Made his professional debut in 2005 appear-ing in 11 games between Class-A Visalia and Montgomery…sidelined with right shoulder in-flammation June 21–Aug 2…joined Montgomery upon his return from the disabled list.

Ê Signed with the Rays on Jan 20, 2005, some 204 days after he was drafted…did not pitch in between…spent the latter part of 2004 as a volunteer at Rice head coach Wayne Graham’s youth baseball camp.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê In three years at Rice University, went 28-4 with a 2.41 ERA and 303 strikeouts in 284.1 in-nings…3 of those losses came in his junior sea-son in 2004 as he came back from offseason arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.

Ê As a sophomore in 2003, he was 17-0, tying the NCAA record for most wins in an undefeated season…the First Team All-American led Rice to the NCAA championship…the Owls were 22-0 in games when he pitched…pitched to a 1.70 ERA with 156 SO in 137.1 IP.

Ê Was invited to try out for the USA Baseball National Team following his sophomore season but opted to play in the Cape Cod League…went

When the gates opened on Opening Day 2012

prior to the Rays-Yankees game, Jeff and a few

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schedule magnets presented by Re/Max.

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2005 Visalia 0 1 3.98 5 5 0 0 0 20.1 12 10 9 3 2 10-0 28 1 0

Montgomery 0 1 4.35 6 3 0 0 0 10.1 7 7 5 0 0 5-0 14 0 0

2006 Montgomery 5 5 2.68 14 14 0 0 0 77.1 56 24 23 6 7 29-0 84 3 0

2007 Durham 12 6 3.98 25 25 0 0 0 131.0 144 69 58 13 9 46-1 123 8 0

2008 Durham 9 5 3.59 24 24 3 1 0 133.0 101 60 53 15 5 50-0 128 2 0

Tampa Bay 2 2 5.06 5 2 0 0 0 16.0 18 12 9 3 1 8-0 14 0 0

2009 Tampa Bay 13 6 3.94 31 30 2 2 0 180.2 185 84 79 17 9 59-1 125 6 0

2010 Tampa Bay 12 8 4.39 30 29 1 1 0 174.1 159 86 85 25 7 61-6 131 4 0

2011 Tampa Bay 11 7 4.06 23 23 1 0 0 135.1 131 65 61 18 5 37-1 105 7 0

Charlotte 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0

Durham 1 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 4 4 0 0 3-0 8 2 0

2012 Tampa Bay 2 3 3.08 8 8 0 0 0 38.0 30 17 13 2 2 12-0 34 2 0

Charlotte 0 0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 0 1 3-0 6 0 0

Durham 0 0 7.56 2 2 0 0 0 8.1 17 7 7 1 0 2-0 4 0 0



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fi rst round (fourth overall) of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Jonathan Bonifay.


2009 Tampa Bay .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000

2010 Tampa Bay .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000

2011 Tampa Bay .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333



2008 Pitcher 1.000 5 0 1 0 1 0

2009 Pitcher 1.000 31 9 12 0 21 4

2010 Pitcher .957 30 8 14 1 23 1

2011 Pitcher 1.000 23 10 21 0 31 1

2012 Pitcher 1.000 8 2 6 0 8 2

Totals .988 97 29 54 1 84 8



vs. Left .280 82 23 1 .258 1089 281 35

vs. Right .119 59 7 1 .243 994 242 30


2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (4),

SHUTOUTS (3)

8/16/11 at BOS – 3-hit CG;

6/8/10 vs. TOR – 2-hit SHO;

7/10/09 vs. OAK – 7-hit SHO;

6/3/09 vs. KC – 2-hit SHO

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 4x-last 8/16/11 at BOS


3.0, 2x-last 7/4/09 at TEX

STRIKEOUTS

11, 7/29/11 at SEA

WALKS


HR ALLOWED

2, 17x-last 4/17/12 at TOR

RUNS ALLOWED

10, 8/25/10 at LAA

WIN STREAK

7G, 2x-last 6/20/11 –

8/16/11

LOSS STREAK

4G, 8/25/10 – 9/19/10

2-0 with the Harwich Mariners and didn’t allow an earned run in 19.1 IP.

Ê He and fellow Rice pitchers Phil Humber and Wade Townsend made history when the three were drafted within the first eight selections of the 2004 June Draft…Humber was taken third overall by the Mets and Townsend eighth by the Orioles.

Ê Was a kinesiology major at Rice…both of his parents are University of Texas graduates, but his uncle and grandmother on his mother’s side are Rice grads.

Ê Possessed a 94-mph fastball and was 9-1 as a senior at Lamar High School.

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185MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 18 daysOPENING DAY AGE 22BORN 3/27/90 in Breese, ILRESIDES Delray Beach, FLCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Kansas City Royals along with OF Wil Myers, LHP Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard in exchange for RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named (INF Elliot Johnson), 12/9/12SIGNING SCOUT Harvey Kuenn Jr. (Brewers)


JAKE ODORIZZI 23Jacob Todd Odorizzi

FOLLOW HIM @JakeOdorizzi

X-RAY REPORT Ê Jake and his wife, Carissa, were married in November in Tulum, Mexico…the high school sweethearts had a cermony of about 65 fami-ly members and stayed a week there for their honeymoon.

Ê He and Carissa adopted a Shih Tzu named Miley two years ago.

Ê Enjoys video games, particularly “Call of Duty.”

2012 SEASON Ê Saw his first action in the big leagues after being selected to the major league roster on Sep 16…made two starts for the Royals, both against the Indians.

Ê Made his major league debut on Sep 23 vs. CLE…suffered the loss, totaling 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 87 pitches, 55 strikes…held Cleveland scoreless until the 6th inning, when-Asdrubal Cabrera delivered an RBI single and Carlos Santana followed with a 2-run homer…left the game trailing 3-1, and the Royals went on to lose 15-4.

Ê On Sep 29 at CLE, earned no decision in a 7-6 victory…lasted only 2 IP and 65 pitches (2-H, 1-R/ER, 3-BB, 1-SO).

Ê Named Pitcher of the Year for Triple-A Omaha despite opening the season with Double-A Northwest Arkansas…his 15 combined wins tied for 3rd most in minor league baseball, and fell one shy of the overall lead…went a com-

bined 15-5 in the minors with a 3.03 ERA (145.1-IP, 49-ER) in 26 games, 25 starts.

Ê In 7 starts for Northwest Arkansas, tallied 47 SO and 10 BB in 38 IP until a May 18 promo-tion to Omaha…won 8 straight decisions from May 5–July 14, earning 6 of those victories for Omaha.

Ê On June 7 vs. Round Rock (Rangers), struck out 10 batters out of the bullpen to defeat ma-jor league veteran RH Roy Oswalt, 7-2…threw 6.2 IP in relief of starter Everett Teaford, who lasted 2 IP.

Ê Earned the starting assignment for the U.S. team in the Futures Game on July 8 at Kauffman Stadium…allowed a solo homer to Rangers prospect SS Jurickson Profar in one inning of work…earned no decision in the 17-5 U.S. victory.

Ê Entering the 2013 season was rated the No. 5 prospect in the Royals farm system by Baseball America…MLB.com ranked him the Rays No. 2 prospect behind Wil Myers.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 opened the year with Class-A Wilmington, making 15 starts before a July 1 promotion to Northwest Arkansas, where he made 12 starts to finish the season…named Wilmington’s Pitcher of the Year as well as a Carolina League midseason All-Star.

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Ê Led the Carolina League with 103 SO at the time of his promotion…averaged 11.83 SO/9 IP (78.1-IP, 103-SO) for Wilmington and logged double-digit strikeouts in 4 of his 15 starts, in-cluding 13 SO over 6 scoreless innings of one-hit ball on May 10 vs. Salem (Red Sox).

Ê Following the season was rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect in the Royals system.

Ê Named the 2010 Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Brewers system in his first year of full-season ball…spent the entire campaign with Class-A Wisconsin and was named to the Midwest League All-Star Team.

Ê With 135 SO in 120.2 IP, led the Midwest League with 10.1 SO/9 IP.

Ê Following the season was traded to the Royals on Dec 19 as part of a six-player trade send-ing 2009 AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke to the Brewers.

Ê Following the season, was ranked by MLB.com as the No. 37 prospect in baseball and would have been the Brewers top prospect according to Baseball America prior to the trade.

Ê Spent the 2009 campaign with Rookie-level Helena…made his professional debut in 2008 with the AZL Brewers, after being selected in the supplemental first round of the June Draft.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Is the only child of Mike and Juli Odorizzi…Mike works as an electrical lineman and Juli as a teacher.

Ê Graduated from Highland (Ill.) High School in 2008…went 14-0 with a 0.10 ERA during his se-nior year, allowing just 1 earned run in 89.2 IP…recorded 146 strikeouts against 6 walks while leading the Bulldogs to the Class 3A state title.

Ê Named Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year in 2008…named a Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American, a Rawlings/Perfect Game All-American and a member of USA Today’s All-USA team…also played basketball and football as a wide receiver and safety.

Ê Bypassed an opportunity to pitch at the University of Louisville to sign with the Brewers in 2008.

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

5.1, 9/23/12 vs. CLE

STRIKEOUTS

3, 9/23/12 vs. CLE

WALKS

3, 9/29/12 at CLE

HR ALLOWED

1, 9/23/12 vs. CLE

RUNS ALLOWED

3, 9/23/12 vs. CLE


2008 AZL Brewers 1 2 3.48 11 4 0 0 0 20.2 18 10 8 2 1 9-0 19 0 1

2009 Helena 1 4 4.40 12 10 0 0 0 47.0 55 27 23 3 2 9-0 43 5 0

2010 Wisconsin 7 3 3.43 23 20 0 0 1 120.2 99 52 46 7 9 40-0 135 5 0

2011 Wilmington 5 4 2.87 15 15 0 0 0 78.1 68 30 25 4 2 22-0 103 6 0

NW Arkansas 5 3 4.72 12 12 0 0 0 68.2 66 38 36 13 1 22-0 54 1 0

2012 NW Arkansas 4 2 3.32 7 7 0 0 0 38.0 27 15 14 2 0 10-0 47 4 0

Omaha 11 3 2.93 19 18 0 0 0 107.1 105 41 35 12 2 40-0 88 3 0

Kansas City 0 1 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 1 0 4-0 4 0 0



1: Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fi rst round (32nd overall) of the 2008 June Draft…signed by Harvey Kuenn Jr. 2: Acquired by the

Kansas City Royals along with OF Lorenzo Cain, SS Alcides Escobar and RH Jeremy Jeffress from Milwaukee in exchange for SS Yuniesky

Betancourt, RH Zack Greinke and cash considerations, December 19, 2010. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along with OF Wil Myers,

LH Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard from Kansas City in exchange for RH James Shields, RH Wade Davis and a player to be named (INF

Elliot Johnson), December 9, 2012.


2012 Pitcher 1.000 2 2 1 0 3 0



vs. Left .280 25 7 1 .280 25 7 1

vs. Right .200 5 1 0 .200 5 1 0

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JOEL PERALTA 62Joel Peralta (jole puh-RALL-tah)

X-RAY REPORT Ê Named to the provisional roster for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic alongside teammate Fernando Rodney…is a first-time WBC participant.

Ê Joel carries the nickname “El Campeón” (the Champion), coined by Joe Maddon during their time together with the Angels.

Ê He and 2011 teammate Juan Cruz are both na-tives of Bonao, Dominican Republic…they em-barked on a project together to build homes for 25 impoverished families there.

Ê Joel is the youngest of five children and did not have his own mitt until the age of 14…his father drove a tractor in the sugar cane fields and his mother worked as a school janitor to support the family…idolized Pedro Martinez as a kid.

Ê Considered quitting baseball in 2002, following a demotion from Double-A Arkansas to Class-A Cedar Rapids as a member of the Angels sys-tem…his older brother, Frank, convinced him to stick with it, and Joel responded by going 5-0 with 21 saves and a 0.95 ERA for the Kernels.

2012 SEASON Ê Finished his eighth major league season with a career-high 76 appearances, tied with team-mate Fernando Rodney for 2nd in the AL…to-gether they trailed only LH Randy Choate (85 games in 2010) for 2nd in club history, and they ranked 1st among righthanders.

Ê Became the first Ray to have two seasons of 70-plus appearances…leads all AL relievers with 147 apps over the past 2 seasons.

Ê Led the majors with 37 holds, the most by an AL reliever since 1952, as far back as Stats Inc. has researched, and 11 more than any Rays pitcher has ever recorded.

Ê Entered the game in the 8th inning in 64 of his 76 apps…completed the 8th inning in 33 of Fernando Rodney’s 48 saves…also recorded 2 saves: May 2 vs. SEA and May 11 vs. OAK.

MOST APPEARANCES, A.L., 2012

Boone Logan, NYY 80

Joel Peralta, TB 76

Fernando Rodney, TB 76

Kelvin Herrera, KC 76

Grant Balfour, OAK 75

MOST APPEARANCES, A.L., 2011-12

Joel Peralta, TB 147

Jose Valverde, DET 146

Boone Logan, NYY 144

Joe Smith, CLE 143

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ AVG., MLB RELIEVERS, 2010-12 (Min. 150 apps)

Craig Kimbrel, ATL .151

Ernesto Frieri, SD/LAA .182

Carlos Marmol, CHC .182

Daniel Bard, BOS .185

Joel Peralta, WAS/TB .188

LOWEST OPPONENTS’ OBP, MLB RELIEVERS, 2010-12 (Min. 150 apps)

Sergio Romo, SF .235

Craig Kimbrel, ATL .239

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Ê His career-high 84 SO tied for 6th most among AL relievers…struck out a career-high 11.28 bat-ters per 9 IP, 10th highest in the AL.

Ê Had a .200 opp avg. (49-for-245)…his .254 opp OBP was the 5th-lowest mark among AL reliev-ers…over the last 3 seasons (2010-12) has held opponents to a .188 avg. and .240 OBP, which rank 5th and 3rd among major league relievers during that time, respectively (min. 150 apps).

Ê Allowed 9 HR in 67 IP, tied for 5th most among AL relievers…permitted 16 over the last 2 sea-sons, also 5th highest among AL relievers.

Ê Had a 2.88 ERA (34.1-IP, 11-ER) in 39 apps at home compared to a 4.41 ERA (32.2-IP, 16-ER) in 37 apps on the road.

Ê From July 16–Aug 13, allowed only 1 run in 15 appearances (14.2-IP, 0.61 ERA) and struck out 25 of his 51 batters faced in that span.

Ê Served an 8-game suspension from June 22-29, stemming from his ejection June 19 at WAS…was ejected before throwing a pitch when—at the urging of Nationals Manager Davey Johnson—umpires found a foreign substance on his glove…it was the first ejection of his career.

Ê In his first 4 apps of the season (April 6-13), threw 64 pitches over 1.2 IP, allowing 7 runs on 5 hits and 4 BB in that span…after that, pitched to a 2.76 ERA (65.1-IP, 20-ER) with 81 SO and 13 BB over his final 73 outings.

Ê Made his third Opening Day roster (also 2007 with KC, 2011 with Rays).

Ê Pitched briefly with Gigantes del Cibao in the 2012 Dominican Winter League.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Recorded 71 apps and 6 saves in 2011, his first saves since 2007…only one pitcher—major league save leader DET Jose Valverde—had more appearances in the AL.

Ê Seventeen of his final 18 apps (beginning Aug 7) were scoreless…had a 0.47 ERA (19-IP, 1-ER) in that span, only allowing 10 base run-ners (8-H, 2-BB) while striking out 20.

Ê During the final 24-game run in which the Rays made up 9 games in the AL Wild Card race in September, he made 7 apps, all scoreless (7-IP, 3-H) and the Rays won all 7 games while he saved 4…entered September with only 4 saves in his entire career…was filling in for clos-er Kyle Farnsworth who was out with elbow tenderness.

Ê Earned saves in back-to-back apps, Sep 17-18 at BOS, giving the Rays 3 wins in a crucial 4-game series that brought them to within 2 games of Boston in the AL Wild Card race.

Ê Held first batters faced to a .072 (5-for-69) av-erage, the best mark in the majors…per Stats Inc., since records first became available in 1974 through 2012, only one ML reliever (min. 60 AB) finished a season with a better number: NYY Mariano Rivera in 1999 (.048, 3-for-62).

Ê Lefthanders hit .155 (17-for-110) against him, the 2nd-lowest mark among major league re-lievers (min. 100 AB) in 2011 behind BAL/TEX Koji Uehara (.130)…also remains the lowest sea-son mark in Rays history (min. 100 AB)…over-all opponents hit .188 (44-for-234), 8th lowest among AL relievers.

Ê Allowed 8.25 base runners per 9 IP, 2nd lowest among AL relievers behind Uehara (6.51) and just ahead of Rivera (8.36).

Ê Held opposing batters to a .185 (10-for-54) avg. with RISP and .120 (3-for-25) avg. with RISP and 2 outs…in 36 home apps, held opponents to a .118 (13-for-110) avg. and posted a 1.34 ERA (33.2-IP, 5-ER).

Ê Two of the 7 home runs he surrendered were hit by SEA Miguel Olivo in back-to-back plate apps June 3-4.

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 3 games of the ALDS vs. TEX and did not allow a run…pitched in Games 2, 3 and 4.

Ê Emerged as a key member of the 2010 Nationals bullpen after signing with Washington as a minor league free agent in December 2009…compiled a 2.02 ERA (49-IP, 11-ER) over 39 relief apps after his con-tract was selected from Triple-A Syracuse on June 21.

Ê From the time of his first game (June 22) through season’s end, ranked 3rd among NL relievers with 49 IP, trailing only ATL Jonny Venters (52) and COL Matt Belisle (49.2)…also ranked among NL relief leaders (min. 30 apps) during that stretch with a .214 opponents’ OBP (2nd), 7.35 base runners per 9 innings (2nd), 1.7 BB/9 IP (6th), 5.4 SO/BB ratio (7th), 5.5 H/9 IP (8th) and a .170 opp avg. (8th)—all career bests.

Ê Converted all 20 save opportunities for Syracuse…ranked 4th in the minors in saves at the time of his call-up…led the Nationals sys-tem in saves over the full season.

Ê Following the season, pitched for Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League…record-ed 10 saves and a 1.59 ERA (17-IP, 10-H, 3-ER, 2-BB, 25-SO) in 17 apps.

Ê Split the 2009 season between Colorado and Triple-A Colorado Springs after being released by the Royals at the conclusion of spring train-ing…signed with Rockies as a minor league free agent on April 8…made a total of 27 appear-ances over two stints in the majors…made 11


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consecutive scoreless apps, May 25–June 23…was not included on the Rockies NLDS roster against the Phillies.

Ê In 2008 divided the season between Kansas City and Triple-A Omaha, with three stints in the majors.

Ê Allowed 15 HR in 52.2 IP, tied with NYY/DET Kyle Farnsworth and LAA Justin Speier for most among major league relievers…did not al-low a run in 10 games (18.2-IP) for Omaha, al-lowing only 9 hits and posting 2 saves.

Ê Spent the entire 2007 season with the Royals where he led the bullpen in innings for a sec-ond straight season…compiled a 3.80 ERA (87.2-IP, 37-ER) over 62 relief apps.

Ê His 87.2 IP marked a career high, ranked 2nd among AL relievers and 5th in the majors…trailed AL leader MIN Matt Guerrier (88-IP) by only 0.1 inning…was the most innings thrown by a Royals reliever in 15 years, since Rusty Meacham (101.2 in 1992).

Ê Opened the 2006 season in Omaha and was recalled by Kansas City on April 17…spent the remainder of the season in the majors, with the exception of a nine-day stint with Omaha in late July…made 64 apps and led the Royals bull-pen with 73.2 innings.

Ê Earned his first major league save on Sep 29 at DET for Zack Greinke.

Ê Broke into the majors in 2005 with the Angels, making 28 relief apps…was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on May 23 and made his ma-jor league debut May 25 vs. CWS, tossing 2.1 perfect frames with 4 strikeouts.

Ê Over his first 11 apps (May 25–June 22) com-piled a 0.66 ERA (13.2-IP, 1-ER)…earned his first

win July 6 vs. MIN…was optioned to Salt Lake on Aug 30 and recalled Sep 12, but did not pitch after that.

Ê In 2004 with Salt Lake, fanned 68 batters in 56 IP…spent June and part of July on the DL with a right bicep strain…in 2003 with Double-A Arkansas recorded 20 saves for a third straight season…began the 2002 sea-son with Arkansas…sent down to Class-A Cedar Rapids on May 20 after 12 apps…remained with the Kernels the rest of the season, going 5-0 with 21 saves and a 0.95 ERA.

Ê In 2001 posted a career-high 25 saves be-tween Cedar Rapids and Arkansas…posted a 2.13 ERA and a 10.6 SO/BB ratio (53-SO, 5-BB) in 41 games for Cedar Rapids, earning an Aug 2 promotion to Arkansas…in 2000, his first sea-son in the U.S., made 14 apps between Rookie-level Butte and Short-A Boise.

Ê Converted to pitching in 1999 as he signed with the Angels and converted 12 saves in the Dominican Summer League…missed the en-tire 1998 season due to injury…released by Oakland on June 4…in 1997 batted .247 for the DSL Athletics with 5 2B, 11 RBI and 4 SB in 52 games.

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1999 DSL Angels 2 3 2.50 24 0 0 0 12 36.0 27 14 10 0 3 16-1 35 5 1

2000 Butte 2 1 6.63 10 1 0 0 1 19.0 24 15 14 2 2 10-1 17 2 1

Boise 0 0 6.48 4 0 0 0 0 8.1 12 6 6 0 1 5-0 9 0 0

2001 Cedar Rapids 0 0 2.13 41 0 0 0 23 42.1 27 13 10 3 4 5-0 53 0 0

Arkansas 0 1 6.30 9 0 0 0 2 10.0 15 10 7 2 2 5-0 14 0 1

2002 Arkansas 0 0 6.62 12 0 0 0 0 17.2 25 15 13 5 1 10-0 11 2 0

Cedar Rapids 5 0 0.95 41 0 0 0 21 47.1 28 7 5 2 2 11-3 53 6 1

2003 Arkansas 5 4 2.24 47 0 0 0 20 52.1 39 13 13 3 5 12-2 48 3 0

Salt Lake 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0

2004 Salt Lake 4 2 4.98 39 0 0 0 1 56.0 64 33 31 6 2 18-0 68 5 0

AZL Angels 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 1 1 0 0 0-0 9 0 0

R. Cucamonga 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 0 1-0 1 0 0

2005 Salt Lake 3 1 2.84 18 0 0 0 10 19.0 11 6 6 0 3 6-0 18 0 0

Los Angeles-AL 1 0 3.89 28 0 0 0 0 34.2 28 15 15 6 0 14-2 30 2 0

2006 Omaha 1 0 2.35 6 0 0 0 2 7.2 8 2 2 1 2 3-0 8 1 0

Kansas City 1 3 4.40 64 0 0 0 1 73.2 74 37 36 10 2 17-2 57 5 0

2007 Kansas City 1 3 3.80 62 0 0 0 1 87.2 93 39 37 9 2 19-5 66 2 0

2008 Omaha 1 0 0.00 10 0 0 0 2 18.2 9 0 0 0 0 6-0 19 0 0

Kansas City 1 2 5.98 40 0 0 0 0 52.2 56 37 35 15 2 14-0 38 1 0

2009 Colorado Springs 6 0 2.45 31 0 0 0 4 36.2 31 11 10 3 0 11-1 32 3 0

Colorado 0 3 6.20 27 0 0 0 0 24.2 27 17 17 3 3 12-2 22 0 0

2010 Syracuse 2 0 1.08 28 0 0 0 20 33.1 24 5 4 1 1 7-1 38 1 0

Washington 1 0 2.02 39 0 0 0 0 49.0 30 12 11 5 1 9-4 49 0 0

2011 Tampa Bay 3 4 2.93 71 0 0 0 6 67.2 44 23 22 7 0 18-3 61 3 0

2012 Tampa Bay 2 6 3.63 76 0 0 0 2 67.0 49 28 27 9 1 17-2 84 5 0


Rays Totals 5 10 3.27 147 0 0 0 8 134.2 93 51 49 16 1 35-5 145 8 0


1: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as a free agent, July 4, 1996…signed by Luis Coronado. 2: Signed by the Anaheim Angels as a minor league

free agent, February 25, 1999. 3: Claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Angels, November 21, 2005. 4: Signed by the Colorado

Rockies as a minor league free agent, April 8, 2009. 5: Signed by the Washington Nationals as a minor league free agent, December 15, 2009.

6: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, December 17, 2010.


2007 Kansas City 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000

2010 Washington .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000



2005 Pitcher 1.000 28 1 6 0 7 0

2006 Pitcher 1.000 64 6 4 0 10 2

2007 Pitcher 1.000 62 4 7 0 11 1

2008 Pitcher 1.000 40 3 2 0 5 0

2009 Pitcher .833 27 1 4 1 6 0

2010 Pitcher 1.000 39 1 4 0 5 0

2011 Pitcher 1.000 71 7 2 0 9 1

2012 Pitcher 1.000 76 6 2 0 8 1

Totals .984 407 29 31 1 61 5


2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0



vs. Left .173 127 22 4 .235 694 163 29

vs. Right .229 118 27 5 .236 1010 238 35

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220MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 3 years, 164 daysOPENING DAY AGE 27BORN 8/26/85 in Murfreesboro, TNRESIDES Nashville, TNCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the first round (first over-all) of the 2007 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Brad Matthews (Rays)

LEFT-HANDED PITCHER

DAVID PRICE 14David Taylor Price

FOLLOW HIM @DAVIDprice14

X-RAY REPORT Ê David has over 130,000 followers on Twitter and has tweeted more than 9,000 times.

Ê Has a French bulldog named Astro…in conjunc-tion with “Bark in the Park” day at Tropicana Field on April 21, the team will give away Astro bobbleheads…on Aug 21, 2011, the team gave away 10,000 David Price Superhero Action Figures along with his superhero sidekick, Astro…that was believed to be the first time a sports team has ever fashioned a giveaway around a player’s pet…David has been known to occasionally place the Astro figurine atop the dugout for good luck during games.

Ê David received his 2012 AL Cy Young Award at the New York Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner in January…he has since decid-ed to name the trophy “Clarence.”

Ê On Dec 11, he and Astro each received the key to the city from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.

Ê Price is featured on the cover of the MLB 2K13 video game becoming the second Ray to be featured (also Evan Longoria on MLB 2K10).

Ê David was the Rays 2012 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award…his foundation, Project One Four, supports youth programs that provide opportunities to learn life skills in a safe and supportive environment…he hosts an annual golf outing, bowling event and ban-quet to raise funds.

Ê As part of the Rays South St. Petersburg Neighborhood initiative, Price helped create the Dugout Club program in 2010 and has since recruited other players to expand the pro-

gram…he sponsors two recreation centers in South St. Petersburg each summer and serves as a role model, teaching the kids about stay-ing healthy, positive, involved and smart.

Ê On March 29, David will sponsor a bowl-a-thon to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters for the sec-ond consecutive year…in 2012, the event raised $27,000…through his Twitter account David re-cruits bowlers and he personally met with all of the bowlers at the tournament.

Ê For the past two years he partnered with the Ted Williams Museum to host “An Evening with David Price” at Tropicana Field…the events have raised more than $40,000 for lo-cal charities.

2012 SEASON Ê Named the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner by the BBWAA…edged DET Justin Verlander 153-149 in the 7-4-3-2-1 scoring system…the four-point differential was the closest of any elec-tion since BBWAA permitted voting for more than one pitcher in 1970.

2012 A.L. CY YOUNG AWARDVOTING LEADERS

PTS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH

David Price, TB 153 14 13 1 0 0

Justin Verlander, DET 149 13 13 2 0 0

Jered Weaver, LAA 70 0 2 14 9 2

Felix Hernandez, SEA 41 0 0 5 10 6

Fernando Rodney, TB 38 1 0 5 4 8

Chris Sale, CWS 17 0 0 1 4 6

Jim Johnson, BAL 5 0 0 0 1 3

Matt Harrison, TEX 2 0 0 0 0 2

Yu Darvish, TEX 1 0 0 0 0 1


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Ê Is the first No. 1 pick to win the Cy Young…only five pitchers have won the AL Cy Young and ap-peared in fewer career games than Price (125) at the time of their award: Barry Zito (2002, 84 career apps), Roger Clemens (1986, 69), Ron Guidry (1978, 83), Vida Blue (1971, 57) and Jim Lonborg (1967, 116).

Ê For the second time in three years was named the Players Choice AL Outstanding Pitcher, vot-ed on exclusively by the players…he also won in 2010.

Ê In just his third full season, became the Rays first 20-game winner and the first Ray to lead the AL in wins (tied with LAA Jered Weaver) or ERA (club record 2.56)…ranked 2nd in the ma-jors in ERA to LAD Clayton Kershaw (2.53)…be-came the first AL East pitcher since BOS Pedro Martinez in 2003 to lead the league in ERA.

Ê Reached 200 innings for the 3rd straight year and 200 strikeouts for the 2nd straight year.

Ê According to a metric developed by SABR President Vince Gennaro, Price had the most difficult “Quality of Opponents” of any starting pitcher in the majors…taking his opponents in all 31 of his starts into consideration, he faced teams with the equivalent of a .742 OPS, com-pared to the major league average of .724.

Ê Had 12 wins against teams who finished the season with a record of .500 or better, 2nd in the majors to LAA Jered Weaver (13)…no other pitcher in baseball had more than 9 such wins.

Ê Only four AL pitchers since 1980 have matched his numbers in wins (20), strikeouts (205) and ERA (2.56): Roger Clemens (1986, 1990, 1997), Pedro Martinez (1999, 2002), Justin Verlander (2011) and Randy Johnson (1997)…only 2 AL lefties have matched those totals in the last 40 years: Ron Guidry (1978) and Johnson (1997).

Ê Turned 27 on Aug 26…in major league histo-ry only 6 other left-handed pitchers Price’s age or younger have matched his combination of wins, strikeouts and ERA in a season—and only one other in the last 40 years: LAD Clayton Kershaw (2011), OAK Vida Blue (1971), CLE Herb Score (1956), DET Hal Newhouser (1945-46), NYG Rube Marquard (1911) and PHA Rube Waddell (1902-03).

Ê Since joining the rotation on May 29, 2009, his 61 wins are 4th most in the majors behind DET Justin Verlander (73), NYY CC Sabathia (70) and LAA Jered Weaver (63).

Ê His .800 winning pct. (20-5) tied LAA Jered Weaver (also 20-5) for the AL lead and set a club record, breaking his own .760 mark (19-6) in 2010…among all active pitchers with at least 100 starts, his career .663 winning pct. (61-

31) ranks 2nd to Roy Halladay (.666, 199-100)…Rays are 77-43 (.642) in his 110 career starts.

Ê Made 16 starts vs. the AL East, tied for the ma-jor league lead, and went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA…allowed a combined 7 HR in 399 AB to the Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox, who ranked 1st, 2nd, 6th and tied for 14th in the ma-jors in home runs, respectively.

Ê His 33-11 (.750) lifetime record vs. the AL East currently ranks first since divisional play be-gan in 1969 (min. 25 wins), just ahead of NYY Andy Pettitte (86-38, .694)…has a 2.89 career ERA vs. the AL East…is 17-3 lifetime in 29 starts in AL East road parks.

Ê Won a major-league-high 13 games on the road, 7 fewer than the Houston Astros…in the last 40 years, only three AL pitchers have won more road games in a season: BAL Jim Palmer (14 in 1973), BAL Scott McGregor (14 in 1983) and DET Justin Verlander (14 in 2011)…is 25-7 on the road since July 24, 2010…his career road mark of 33-18 (.688) is the best among active pitchers (min. 25 wins).

Ê In his final 18 starts he went 12-1 with a 2.26 ERA (127.1-IP, 95-H, 32-ER, 29-BB, 127-SO)…after the All-Star break, he went 9-1 with an AL-best 2.27 ERA.

Ê The Rays won all 5 of his September starts and he went 4-0…was also 4-0 in September 2010…he is 11-3 lifetime after Sep 1.

Ê Finished the season with 205 SO, 6th most in the AL…joined James Shields (also 2011-12) as

ERA LEADERS, MLB, 2012

Clayton Kershaw, LAD 2.53

David Price, TB 2.56

Justin Verlander, DET 2.64

R.A. Dickey, NYM 2.73

Jered Weaver, LAA 2.78

WIN LEADERS, MLB, 2012

Gio Gonzalez, WAS 21

David Price, TB 20

R.A. Dickey, NYM 20

Jered Weaver, LAA 20

Johnny Cueto, CIN 19

20 WINS, 200 SO, 2.56 ERA OR LOWER, A.L., SINCE 1980

PITCHER, TEAM YEAR W SO ERA

David Price, TB 2012 20 205 2.56

Justin Verlander, DET 2011 24 250 2.40

Pedro Martinez, BOS 2002 20 239 2.26

Pedro Martinez, BOS 1999 23 313 2.07

Roger Clemens, TOR 1997 21 292 2.05

Randy Johnson, SEA 1997 20 291 2.28

Roger Clemens, BOS 1990 21 209 1.93

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the only Rays pitchers ever to record 200 SO in consecutive seasons…they became only the 7th set of teammates to do it in consecu-tive years.

Ê According to PITCHf/x data, averaged 95.5 mph on his fastball, highest of any qualifying start-er in the majors.

Ê Led the majors with 84 called strikeouts, 41 percent of his total strikeouts…PHI Cliff Lee fin-ished 2nd with 79.

Ê His 23 starts of 7 IP or more led the majors…to-taled 7 IP or more in 22 of his final 26 starts.

Ê Allowed 2 ER or less in 23 starts, most in the AL…has allowed 2 ER or less in 30 of his last 41 starts…allowed 1 ER or less in 11 of his final 23 starts.

Ê Compiled a 1.62 ERA (44.1-IP, 8-ER) in his 6 no-decisions…the Rays were shut out in 3 of his starts…he went 20-5 despite being one of only 5 pitchers since 1918 to have two no-decisions in games he pitched 8 scoreless innings and al-lowed 3 hits or less.

Ê Limited opponents to a .318 slugging pct., low-est in the AL.

Ê Stranded 81.1 pct. of his base runners, 2nd-highest pct. in the majors behind teammate Jeremy Hellickson (82.7).

Ê Held left-handed hitters to a .205 average…dur-ing his career has held lefties to a .200 avg., 5th best among active pitchers (min. 500 AB) behind Carlos Marmol (.182), George Sherrill (.186), Clayton Kershaw (.191) and Jonathan Papelbon (.195).

Ê Defeated CC Sabathia twice in 2012…the two have faced each other 8 times and the Rays have won 7 while Price is 5-1 with a 2.35 ERA (53.2-IP, 14-ER) in those games…8 of his 17 ca-reer starts vs. the Yankees have come against Sabathia.

Ê Over a 12-start span from June 19–Aug 21, set club-record streaks for wins (8), quality starts (12) and outings of 7 IP or more (12).

Ê In a 5-2 win on Sep 25 at BOS, he struck out 13 to become just the 2nd visiting pitcher since 1918 to pitch a CG at Fenway Park with at least 13 SO and no walks…the only other pitcher to do it was NYY Mike Mussina on Sep 2, 2001, a 1-hit, 1-0 win with 13 SO and 0 BB.

Ê Set a new club record with 29.1 consecutive scoreless innings at Tropicana Field from July 14–Sep 20…in his final 4 starts at Tropicana Field, pitched to a 0.89 ERA (30.1-IP, 3-ER) but only went 1-0 in that stretch…the Rays only scored 1 run with him on the mound in his final 23.1 IP at home.

Ê Recorded 5 wins in June, tied for the major league lead…set new club record for June and matched Scott Kazmir (May 2008) for the club record for any month.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Threw a scoreless 3rd inning on just 7 pitches in the 83rd All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10…named to his third con-secutive All-Star Team, joining Evan Longoria (2008-10) as the only Rays to be so honored in three straight seasons.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Made a career-high 34 starts in 2011, tied with 7 others for most in the majors…included was his first Opening Day start.

LEADERS AMONG ACTIVE PITCHERS (Min. 100 Starts)

WINNING PCT.

Roy Halladay 100-100 .666

David Price 61-31 .663

Jered Weaver 103-52 .662

Justin Verlander 124-65 .656

Chien-Ming Wang 61-32 .656

ERA

Clayton Kershaw 2.79

Josh Johnson 3.15

Adam Wainwright 3.15

David Price 3.16

Johan Santana 3.20

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVG.

Clayton Kershaw .215

Chris Young .225

Matt Cain .227

David Price .227

Mat Latos .227

MLB LEADERS, 2010-12 (Min. 600 IP)

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Clayton Kershaw 2.56 665.1 189

Jered Weaver 2.73 648.2 197

Justin Verlander 2.79 713.2 221

Cliff Lee 2.89 656.0 211

Roy Halladay 2.91 640.2 207

Felix Hernandez 2.92 715.1 232

David Price 2.93 644.0 210

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVERAGE

Clayton Kershaw .210

Justin Verlander .212

Jered Weaver .216

Matt Cain .220

Gio Gonzalez .222

David Price .226

WINS

Justin Verlander 59

CC Sabathia 55

Gio Gonzalez 52

David Price 51

Roy Halladay 51

Jered Weaver 51


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Ê Selected by AL Manager Ron Washington to his 2nd All-Star Game but did not pitch due to a turf toe injury.

Ê Established career highs in innings pitched (224.1) and strikeouts (218)…his 218 SO ranked 4th among major league lefties behind LAD Clayton Kershaw (248), PHI Cliff Lee (238) and NYY CC Sabathia (230).

Ê Held lefties to a .171 (36-for-210) avg., lowest among ML starters.

Ê Became one of only 10 pitchers in AL history to record 200 SO, 200 IP and a sub-3.50 ERA and finish with a losing record…the list includes Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan (1978), Cy Young (1905), Jim Bunning (1960), Ed Walsh (1910) and Bert Blyleven (1976)…only one other AL pitcher has done that in the last 30 years: NYY Melido Perez in 1992.

Ê Pitched 8 or more innings 9 times but was the only Rays regular starter without a com-plete game…only one pitcher in AL history has thrown as many innings and not had a com-plete game: OAK Barry Zito (228.1) in 2005.

Ê Was one of 12 AL starters in 2011 to receive less than 4 runs per game of run support…Price (3.93 runs per game) and teammate James Shields (3.75) had the lowest run support among AL East starters…the Rays scored one run or less in 9 of his starts.

Ê On Aug 28 at TOR, set a career high and then-club record with 14 SO in a 12-0 win.

Ê Had 6 double-digit strikeout games, tied with TEX C.J. Wilson for 2nd most in the AL after SEA Felix Hernandez (7).

Ê Permitted Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit on July 9 at NYY, a solo home run in the 3rd inning of a 5-4 loss.

Ê Became the 13th pitcher in major league his-tory to make an Opening Day start, All-Star Game start and postseason start all by the age of 25…he was the first to do so since ATL Tom Glavine, 20 years prior…the others: NYM Dwight Gooden, KC Bret Saberhagen, BOS Roger Clemens, LAD Fernando Valenzuela, OAK Vida Blue, NYM Tom Seaver, DET Denny McLain, LAD Don Drysdale, NYY Whitey Ford, PHI Robin Roberts and NYY Lefty Gomez.

Ê POSTSEASON: Started Game 3 of the ALDS vs. Texas and lost 4-3 to Colby Lewis…his line: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO…took a 1-0 lead into the 7th inning but permitted a 2-run hom-er to Mike Napoli…fell to 0-3 in 3 postseason starts vs. Texas, with all 3 losses coming at Tropicana Field…Rays have scored 5 runs to-tal in those games…he has struck out 17 and walked one in the 3 games.

Ê Began 2010 as the Rays No. 4 starter and went on to finish 2nd in the AL Cy Young voting while winning 19 games (2nd-highest total in club history to his 20 wins in 2012), the most by a ML pitcher in his first full season since 2002 when HOU Roy Oswalt won 19 games.

Ê Led the majors with a .760 winning pct. (min. 162 IP)…was the only pitcher to rank in the top five in the AL in wins, winning pct., ERA, opp avg. and quality starts.

Ê Only seven lefthanders all-time matched his numbers for wins, ERA and strikeouts in one

Price, the fi rst Cy

Young Award winner in

Rays history, accepted

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National League winner

R.A. Dickey at the

New York Baseball

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Price and Dickey are

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natives and share an

agent in Bo McKinnis.

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season at his age or younger: LAD Clayton Kershaw (2011), DET Frank Tanana (1976), OAK Vida Blue (1971), CLE Herb Score (1956), DET Hal Newhouser (1945), NYG Rube Marquard (1911) and CIN Noodles Hahn (1901).

Ê Became the youngest AL lefty to win 19 games since 2002, when OAK Barry Zito (age 24) won 23 and CWS Mark Buehrle (age 23) won 19.

Ê His 2.72 ERA was the lowest among AL left-ies and 2nd among ML southpaws behind STL Jaime Garcia (2.70).

Ê The Rays were 23-8 (.742) in games he start-ed…went 8-1 in 13 starts following a Rays loss.

Ê Was 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in September (2nd in AL), setting September club records in wins and ERA…became the second Ray to earn a Pitcher of the Month honor, joining Scott Kazmir (May 2008)…capped the month with a 5-0 win Sep 28 vs. BAL, pitching 8 scoreless in-nings as the Rays clinched their second post-season appearance.

Ê Received the Warren Spahn Award as the best left-handed pitcher in baseball, based on a combination of wins, strikeouts and ERA…accepted the award at a ceremony in Oklahoma City in January 2011.

Ê Made his 50th career start on Sep 1 vs. TOR…since 1952, only seven other pitchers reached his totals in wins (26), ERA (3.53) and strike-outs (266) through 50 starts: Roy Oswalt (2001-02), Roger Clemens (1984-86), Dwight Gooden (1984-85), Fernando Valenzuela (1981-82), Ron Guidry (1975-78), Vida Blue (1969-72) and Gary Peters (1963-64).

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Started for the American League at Angel Stadium and worked 2 score-less innings…at age 24, became the youngest lefthander to start for the AL since NYY Lefty Gomez (age 24) in 1933, the very first All-Star Game…was the youngest pitcher to start an All-Star Game since 23-year-old NYM Doc Gooden in 1988 and youngest in the AL since KC Bret Saberhagen, 23, in 1987…received the most votes among AL starting pitchers by his peers.

Ê POSTSEASON: Was 0-2 in the ALDS vs. TEX, losing both starts at home to Cliff Lee in Game 1 and Game 5…Lee (21-SO, 0-BB) and Price (14-SO, 0-BB) ranked 1st and tied for 2nd respectively for most strikeouts without al-lowing a walk in a postseason series in ma-jor league history…the previous high was ATL Kevin Millwood (14-SO, 0-BB) in the 2002 NLDS.

Ê In his rookie season of 2009 made 23 starts after his promotion from Triple-A Durham on May 25.

Ê His 7 wins after the All-Star break led the Rays staff…starting July 31, he went 7-3 with a 3.58

ERA (75.1-IP, 61-H, 30-ER) over his final 12 starts of the season…held opponents to a .217 avg., 5th best in the AL over that span.

Ê He and Jeff Niemann became just the third set of AL rookie teammates since 1985 to finish over .500 with 10-plus wins…they joined SEA Freddy Garcia and John Halama in 1999, TOR Mike Timlin and Juan Guzman in 1991…OAK Jarrod Parker and Tommy Milone joined the group in 2012…he and Niemann also became the only rookies ever to beat Roy Halladay twice in one season.

Ê Finished 2nd among ML rookies (min. 20 starts) with a .241 opp avg., trailing ATL Tommy Hanson (.225)…would have ranked 5th overall in the AL, but lacked enough innings to qualify.

Ê In 3 starts vs. the Yankees he held them to a .113 avg., lowest by a pitcher (min. 50 batters faced) since CLE Tom Candiotti in 1990 and the lowest by a rookie in 50 years…went 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA (18.2-IP, 4-ER) against the Yankees, lowest in the majors.

Ê On May 30 vs. MIN he struck out 11 in 5.2 IP earning a 5-2 win, his first career regular-season victory…came in his first career start at Tropicana Field.

Ê Singled off Aaron Cook on June 17 at COL for his first major league hit.

Ê Ascended from Class-A to the majors in 2008, his first professional season…made his big league debut less than 4 months after his first outing as a pro…spent time with Class-A Vero Beach, Double-A Montgomery and Durham be-fore his recall on Sep 13.

Ê Made 1 start and 4 relief appearances for the Rays after his call-up, then excelled in the postseason.

Ê Made his major league debut Sep 14, 2008 in relief at Yankee Stadium…totaled 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 87 pitches, 55 strikes…among his 4 SO were Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi…retired the side in order on 7 pitches in his first inning of work…retired his first 6 bat-ters faced until Derek Jeter’s 5th-inning homer, which tied Lou Gehrig (1,269 hits) for most hits all-time at Yankee Stadium.

Ê Made his first major league start on Sep 22 at BAL (5.1-IP, 4-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 3-BB, 3-SO)…did not allow a hit until the 5th inning, but was matched by O’s starter Brian Bass, who was pulled after 4.2 hitless innings.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 5 relief apps and was on the mound when the Rays captured the AL pennant with a 3-1 win over Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS…combined to go 1-0 with 1 save, a 1.59 ERA (5.2-IP, 2-H, 2-R, 1-ER, 4-BB, 8-SO) and


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a .100 opp avg. …finished each of the 5 games in which he appeared.

Ê Became the quickest top overall June Draft selection (No. 1 in 2007) to play in the World Series…surpassed ATL Chipper Jones (drafted in 1990, Series in 1995) and LAD Tim Belcher (drafted in 1983, Series in 1988)…had ap-peared in only 5 major league games prior to the postseason.

Ê Became the first pitcher ever to earn his first major league win and save in the postseason…also the third rookie to record a win and a save in the same postseason, joining STL Adam Wainwright (2006 World Series) and CIN Rawly Eastwick (1975 NLCS and World Series).

Ê During the ALCS, recorded the win in Game 2 and the save in Game 7 when he got the final four outs (three via strikeout)…in Game 7, en-tered in the 8th inning with two outs and bases loaded and struck out J.D. Drew to protect the 3-1 lead…was the first rookie to record a post-season save after entering the game in a bas-es-loaded situation…Jed Lowrie bounced into an unassisted fielder’s choice forceout at sec-ond base for the final out in the 9th.

Ê After the season, was named the Rays No. 1 prospect by Baseball America, the No. 1 pros-pect in all of baseball by MiLB.com, and the No. 2 prospect in the game by ESPN.com.

Ê Named 2008 Minor League Player of the Year by USA Today and was selected as the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Year…combined to go 12-1 with a 2.30 ERA (109.2-IP, 92-H, 7-HR, 32-BB, 109-SO) in 19 starts across three minor league levels.

Ê Went 11-0 in his first 15 pro starts over his first two stops before losing his first start with Durham Aug 13 vs. Norfolk (Orioles)…made first start on May 22 for Vero Beach, and began his pro career with 20 consecutive scoreless IP…did not allow a run over his first 3 starts.

Ê Beat Pedro Martinez (on rehab assignment for the Mets) at Port St. Lucie in his second pro start, May 28 (6-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 9-SO).

Ê Went 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA (11-IP, 10-H, 4-R/ER, 4-BB, 15-SO) for Durham in the IL playoffs…won Game 1 of the Gov. Cup semis, 3-0, on Sep 3 at Louisville (5-IP, 3-H, 0-R, 3-BB, 6-SO).

Ê Came to big league camp with the Rays and made 2 relief apps, totaling 2 scoreless, hitless innings…made his debut March 8 at Legends Field against the Yankees…hit the first batter and struck out the next three in order, earning a standing ovation…on March 20, left a spring start at the Blue Jays minor league complex in Dunedin with what was later diagnosed as a

mild strain of his left elbow, forcing him to the DL…was sidelined until May.

Ê Signed with the Rays on Aug 15, 2007 but did not pitch in a minor league game that sea-son…attended the Rays instructional league camp in St. Petersburg for a week and a half in September while taking a break from classes at Vanderbilt.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê A consensus All-America selection in 2007 at Vanderbilt…earned a virtual clean sweep of col-lege baseball’s most prestigious awards…won the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur baseball player in the country, the Dick Howser Award as college baseball’s most outstanding player and Baseball America’s College Player of the Year…named Collegiate Baseball’s National co-Player of the Year, won the Brooks Wallace Award as the College Baseball Foundation’s Player of the Year, the Roger Clemens Award as the Nation’s Top College Pitcher and the SEC’s Pitcher of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year.

Ê Finished the 2007 season 11-1 with a 2.63 ERA and 194 SO in 133.1 IP…194 SO led the nation and shattered his own school single-season re-cord of 155 set in 2006, when he finished 3rd in the nation…also the 2nd most in a single sea-son in SEC history behind Ben McDonald (202 with LSU, 1989)…11 wins were 2nd most in school history and tops in the SEC.

Ê Helped lead Vanderbilt to a school-record 54-13 mark and the school’s first-ever SEC regu-lar season and tournament championships…Commodores were ranked No. 1 in the nation nine consecutive weeks heading into the re-gional tournament…their season ended in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to Michigan in the regional final.

Ê Is the school’s all-time leader in strikeouts with 441…broke the mark of 350 by former Toronto Blue Jay Mike Willis who pitched at Vandy from 1969-72.

Ê In his last college start on June 1 against Austin Peay in the first round of the NCAA Regional Tournament, he tied his career single-game high in strikeouts with 17…worked 9 innings that game and left with the scored tied, 1-1…Commodores won, 2-1.

Ê Was the ace of the USA Baseball National Team’s gold medal-winning squad that compet-ed at the FISU World University Championships in Cuba over the summer of 2006…named the top prospect on the USA squad.

Ê Owned a 0.43 ERA with 151 SO at Blackman (Tenn.) High School…two-time Rutherford County MVP Pitcher…Co-District 7A Pitcher


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of the Year…Rutherford County Male Athlete of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)…played in the 2004 High School All-America Game (Albuquerque, N.M.)…selected to all-area, all-district and all-region baseball teams…also earned numerous honors in basketball.

Ê Was selected by the Dodgers in the 19th round of the 2004 June Draft, but did not sign.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Majored in sociology at Vanderbilt.

Ê As an 8-year-old was already pitching against kids four years his senior.

Ê Has two dates sewn into his glove, the dates that two of his closest high school friends passed away…Tyler Morrissey was 21 when he was killed in an automobile accident on April 24, 2008 and Nathan Stephens died sud-denly of a heart attack eight months earlier on Aug 17, 2007 at the age of 22.

Ê He volunteers and has donated approxi-mately $10,000 to the Miracle League of St. Petersburg…the Miracle League provides kids with disabilities the opportunity to play out-doors in a safe, fun-filled environment.

CAREER HIGHS

COMPLETE GAMES (4),

SHUTOUTS (2)

9/25/12 at BOS – 7-hit CG;

4/24/12 vs. LAA – 5-hit SHO;

7/2/10 at MIN – 4-hit CG;

4/25/10 vs. TOR – 4-hit SHO

LONGEST OUTING

9.0, 3x-last 9/25/12 at BOS

STRIKEOUTS

14, 8/28/11 at TOR

WALKS

6, 6/11/09 vs. LAA

HR ALLOWED

3, 2x-last 7/15/11 vs. BOS

RUNS ALLOWED

10, 6/23/09 vs. PHI

WIN STREAK

8G, 6/19/12 – 8/16/12

LOSS STREAK

3G, 7/20/11 – 8/2/11


2008 Vero Beach 4 0 1.82 6 6 0 0 0 34.2 28 7 7 0 0 7-0 37 1 0

Montgomery 7 0 1.89 9 9 1 0 0 57.0 42 13 12 7 4 16-1 55 1 0

Durham 1 1 4.50 4 4 0 0 0 18.0 22 10 9 0 0 9-0 17 1 0

Tampa Bay 0 0 1.93 5 1 0 0 0 14.0 9 4 3 1 1 4-0 12 0 0

2009 Durham 1 4 3.93 8 8 0 0 0 34.1 28 20 15 5 1 18-0 35 0 0

Tampa Bay 10 7 4.42 23 23 0 0 0 128.1 119 72 63 17 4 54-0 102 2 0

2010 Tampa Bay 19 6 2.72 32 31 2 1 0 208.2 170 71 63 15 5 79-1 188 5 3

2011 Tampa Bay 12 13 3.49 34 34 0 0 0 224.1 192 93 87 22 9 63-5 218 2 0

2012 Tampa Bay 20 5 2.56 31 31 2 1 0 211.0 173 63 60 16 5 59-2 205 8 1



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2009 Tampa Bay .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333

2010 Tampa Bay .143 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .143 .143

2011 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .200

2012 Tampa Bay .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .200



2008 ALCS TB vs. BOS 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 0

WS TB vs. PHI 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 1 1 0 2-0 4 0 0

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 2 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 17 8 7 2 0 0-0 14 0 0

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX 0 1 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 0 1-0 3 1 0

DS Totals 0 3 4.66 3 3 0 0 0 19.1 24 11 10 3 0 1-0 17 1 0



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2008 Pitcher 1.000 5 0 1 0 1 0

2009 Pitcher .957 23 5 17 1 23 0

2010 Pitcher 1.000 32 8 22 0 30 2

2011 Pitcher .900 34 13 23 4 40 2

2012 Pitcher .919 31 6 28 3 37 4

Totals .939 125 32 91 8 131 8


2010 AL, Los Angeles-AL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0

2011 AL, Arizona Selected—Did Not Play

2012 AL, Kansas City 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0

Totals 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0



vs. Left .205 176 36 3 .200 690 138 9

vs. Right .232 591 137 13 .236 2227 525 62

Vice President Joe Biden chats with David Price before

introducing a PSA on Violence Against Women at the

White House on June 21, 2012. David was pinch-hitting

for injured Evan Longoria, who was featured in the PSA.

PHOTO BY DAVID LIENEMANN

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205MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 2 years, 3 daysOPENING DAY AGE 28BORN 6/22/84 in Los Angeles, CARESIDES Pico Rivera, CACONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the San Diego Padres along with INF Cole Figueroa, RHP Brandon Gomes and RHP Adam Russell in exchange for SS Jason Bartlett and cash considerations, 12/17/10SIGNING SCOUT Brendan Hause (Padres)

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CESAR RAMOS 27Cesar Ramos (SEE-zer RAH-mos)

X-RAY REPORT Ê An avid golfer in his free time, Cesar dropped his handicap from 10 to 8 during the offsea-son…he golfs at least twice a week in the winter.

Ê Cesar’s parents, Ramon and Maria, immigrat-ed from Chihuahua, Mexico, 33 years ago seek-ing better opportunities for their future fam-ily…they both work in the garment district of Los Angeles; Ramon is nearing retirement and his mother works quality control for Nygard…they are now American citizens but still speak Spanish to this day…young Cesar learned English at his bilingual preschool.

Ê Both his parents, like many of their peers, were taken out of school around the fourth grade to support their large families…Maria was the old-est of 10 and helped raise her siblings…Ramon, who was 10 when his father passed away, was the second of eight children and came to the U.S. for many years as a migrant worker, often picking crops in the fields…within a few years of immigrating, Ramon and Maria had two kids (Elena and Cesar) and bought a two-bedroom house they still live in today.

Ê Cesar is engaged to marry Melanie McCauley next January…they met while students at Long Beach State University.

Ê As a junior at LBSU, he shared an apartment with teammates Evan Longoria and Troy Tulowitzki, who comprised the left side of the Dirtbags infield.

2012 SEASON Ê Had 3 tours with the Rays, including a September call-up, and appeared in a total of 17 games while spending the rest of the season with Triple-A Durham…was with the Rays from May 6–June 30 and for one day on July 21…his ERA never rose above 2.40 with the Rays…had a 1.46 ERA before allowing runs in his first 2 outings in September.

Ê Held opponents to a .176 avg. (19-for-108) and allowed only 2 extra-base hits in his 17 appear-ances…right-handed hitters batted only .130 (7-for-54) against him after hitting .329 (46-for-140) with a .417 OBP prior to 2012.

Ê On July 21 vs. SEA, had a career-high 6 SO in 4 scoreless innings (2-H, 0-BB) in relief of Alex Cobb…both marks were season highs among Rays relief pitchers…his 6 SO were the most by a Rays reliever since Shawn Camp struck out 7 in 2.2 IP on June 25, 2007 vs. CWS…threw only 42 pitches but the Rays fell, 2-1.

Ê Earned a 7-1 win on May 14 at TOR when he came on in the 2nd inning and worked 3 IP in relief of injured starter Jeff Niemann.

Ê Made his 3rd career start, first with the Rays, on June 24 at PHI in the second game of a dou-bleheader…worked 2.2 hitless innings (3-BB, 2-SO) in the Rays 7-3 win over Cliff Lee in a game pitched entirely by 4 Rays relievers.

Ê Held lefties to a .125 (8-for-64) avg. in 25 ap-pearances for Durham.


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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê As a rookie in 2011 spent his first season in the Rays organization and made his second Opening Day roster…led Rays lefthanders with 59 apps over two stints in the majors, and pitched in 4 games for Durham.

Ê His 59 apps ranked 4th among AL rookies…ranked tied for 5th with Brian Stokes (2007) among rookies in club history and first among lefties…only Esteban Yan (64 in 1998), Ruddy Lugo (64 in 2006) and Lance Carter (62 in 2003) had more.

Ê At the time he was optioned to Durham on July 26, led all AL rookies with 46 apps…spent two weeks in Durham and was recalled Aug 7 when Alex Cobb was placed on the DL…af-ter his return, pitched in only 11 of the Rays fi-nal 50 games…9 of his last 10 apps (Aug 28 through season’s end) were scoreless.

Ê Allowed 35.4 percent (17 of 48) of his inherited runners to score, 5th-highest rate in the AL and highest on the team.

Ê Did not allow an extra-base hit until May 15 vs. BAL, his 16th outing, when he entered with the bases loaded in the 6th inning and allowed a grand slam to BAL J.J. Hardy…yielded only 1 HR over his final 29 outings, beginning June 13…in-cluded was a span of 24 apps without a homer.

Ê In 2010 made his first Opening Day roster…made 14 relief apps over three stints with the Padres (Opening Day–April 21, May 11-21, Sep 5–season’s end)…spent the remainder of the sea-son with Triple-A Portland (Padres).

Ê During his second stint made 3 apps, allowing 12 hits and 10 R/ER over 2.1 innings (38.57 ERA)…on May 21 at SEA allowed a career-high 7 ER over 1 IP, the most ER allowed by a Padres reliever since Matt Whiteside on Aug 24, 1999 at PHI (1.2-IP, 9-ER).

Ê After his final call-up, worked 3.2 scoreless in-nings over 5 outings to close out the year.

Ê Pitched for Hermosillo of the Mexican Winter League following the regular season.

Ê Broke into the majors in 2009 with the Padres, appearing in 5 games (2 starts)…recalled by the Padres on Sep 8 and made his debut on Sep 16 vs. ARI, tossing a scoreless inning from the bullpen.

Ê Allowed 1 run over 5.1 innings in his first 3 games, all in relief…finished the season with 2 starts…made his first major league start Sep 29 vs. LAD (5-IP, 4-H, 1-R/ER), earning no decision in a 3-1 win…started the final game of the sea-son, Oct 4 vs. SF.

Ê Invited to major league camp and opened the year with Portland…missed all of June and most

of July with a left shoulder impingement and did not return to Portland until Aug 17.

Ê In 2008 spent the entire season at Portland, making 27 starts and 1 relief app…tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast League in starts.

Ê Spent the entire 2007 season with Double-A San Antonio…entered season rated as Padres No. 10 prospect by Baseball America…made 27 starts…tied for the Texas League lead with 2 CG SHO, coming April 30 and June 22, both vs. Midland (A’s)…finished among league leaders with a 3.41 ERA (3rd), 13 wins (tied for 3rd), 27 starts (tied for 3rd) and 163.2 IP (3rd).

Ê Went 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA (11-IP, 4-ER) and 10 SO in 2 playoff starts, helping the Missions to the Texas League title.

Ê In 2006 his 3.70 ERA for Lake Elsinore ranked 2nd in the California League and 7th in the Padres system…named to the league’s midsea-son All-Star Team…led the Storm with 141 IP…was placed on the disabled list on Aug 20 with a season-ending left elbow strain.

Ê In 2005 started his pro career at Short-A Eugene and finished the year with Class-A Fort Wayne…made his pro debut on June 29 at Boise, tossing a perfect inning.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Attended Long Beach State University…fin-ished his collegiate career ranked 2nd on the LBSU career starts list (51), 3rd all-time in wins (28) and 4th in innings pitched (348)…was a two-time All-Conference honoree as a sopho-

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LONGEST OUTING

5.0, 9/29/09 vs. LAD


4.0, 7/21/12 vs. SEA

STRIKEOUTS

6, 7/21/12 vs. SEA

WALKS

3, 3x-last 6/24/12 at PHI (G2)

HR ALLOWED


RUNS ALLOWED

7, 5/21/10 at SEA

LOSS STREAK

3G, 9/22/09 – 5/24/11


2005 Eugene 0 1 6.53 6 4 0 0 0 20.2 27 21 15 3 3 7-0 13 2 0

Fort Wayne 3 2 4.19 7 7 1 0 0 38.2 42 19 18 0 1 7-0 32 2 0

2006 Lake Elsinore 7 8 3.70 26 24 0 0 0 141.0 161 72 58 9 8 44-0 70 4 0

2007 San Antonio 13 9 3.41 27 27 2 2 0 163.2 153 69 62 15 6 43-0 90 5 0

2008 Portland 9 11 5.29 28 27 0 0 0 149.2 183 108 88 17 5 57-0 105 2 0

2009 Portland 5 6 3.99 15 15 1 0 0 76.2 84 42 34 7 0 31-2 45 5 0

AZL Padres 0 1 2.25 4 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 2 0 0 0-0 8 0 0

Lake Elsinore 1 0 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 9 1 1 0 0 5-0 6 0 0

San Diego 0 1 3.07 5 2 0 0 0 14.2 19 5 5 0 0 4-0 10 0 0

2010 San Diego 0 1 11.88 14 0 0 0 0 8.1 18 11 11 1 0 4-0 9 1 1

Portland 6 7 3.28 30 15 1 0 0 96.0 90 37 35 7 2 43-1 63 3 0

2011 Tampa Bay 0 1 3.92 59 0 0 0 0 43.2 36 22 19 4 3 25-8 31 1 0

Durham 2 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 0 2-0 1 0 0

2012 Durham 5 5 3.77 25 7 0 0 1 62.0 58 30 26 10 0 16-0 46 0 0

Tampa Bay 1 0 2.10 17 1 0 0 0 30.0 19 7 7 2 2 10-0 29 0 0


Rays Totals 1 1 3.18 76 1 0 0 0 73.2 55 29 26 6 5 35-8 60 1 0


1: Selected by the San Diego Padres in the fi rst round (35th overall) of the 2005 June Draft…signed by Brendan Hause. 2: Acquired by the Tampa

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considerations, December 17, 2010.


2009 San Diego .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000

2012 Tampa Bay .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000



2009 Pitcher 1.000 5 2 2 0 4 0

2010 Pitcher 1.000 14 1 0 0 1 0

2011 Pitcher 1.000 59 3 9 0 12 1

2012 Pitcher 1.000 17 5 4 0 9 1

Totals 1.000 95 11 15 0 26 2



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more and junior…went 12-4 with a 2.29 ERA as a sophomore.

Ê As a sophomore, he was part of a rotation that included future big leaguers Jered Weaver and Jason Vargas.

Ê Member of the 2004 U.S. National Team that won a gold medal at the World University Baseball Championship in Taiwan.

Ê Originally drafted by the Rays in the sixth round of the 2002 June Draft out of El Rancho (Calif.) High School but did not sign.

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150MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE NoneOPENING DAY AGE 21BORN 7/5/91 in San Felipe, VENRESIDES San Felipe, VENCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Signed as a free agent, 7/30/08SIGNING SCOUT Ronnie Blanco (Rays)

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FELIPE RIVERO 51Felipe Javier Rivero


2009 VSL Rays 6 4 3.74 16 0 0 0 1 33.2 38 24 14 0 3 12-0 25 2 1

2010 VSL Rays 3 3 2.09 14 9 0 0 2 51.2 46 20 12 1 4 10-0 44 1 0

2011 Princeton 3 3 4.62 14 12 0 0 0 60.1 64 36 31 7 6 13-0 57 0 1

2012 Bowling Green 8 8 3.41 27 21 0 0 0 113.1 115 56 43 5 6 29-1 98 7 2


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, July 30, 2008…signed by Ronnie Blanco.

X-RAY REPORT Ê Felipe was a Supercross BMX racer when he was 10 years old in the Dominican…he gave up the sport to focus on baseball.

Ê Has a tattoo on his forearm of the name of his two-year-old daughter, Tavianny.

Ê Participated in the Rays Winter Development Program at Tropicana Field in January.

2012 SEASON Ê Spent the entire year with Class-A Bowling Green and went 8-8 with a 3.41 ERA (113.1-IP, 43-ER).

Ê Made 21 starts and 6 relief apps…went 6-3 with a 2.86 ERA (94.1-IP, 30-ER) as a starter com-pared to 2-3 with a 6.16 ERA (19-IP, 13-ER) out of the bullpen.

Ê Named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the month for April…he went 2-1 with a 0.67 ERA (26.9-IP, 2-ER) in 5 starts, with 26 SO and 7 BB.

Ê Pitched one inning for the World team in the Futures Game on July 8 at Kauffman Stadium.

Ê Allowed 20 ER in 23 IP over his final 8 apps (4 starts) of the season, raising his ERA from 2.29 on July 21 to 3.41 at season’s end.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011, went 3-3 with a 4.62 ERA (60.1-IP, 31-ER) for Rookie-level Princeton, his first full sea-son playing in the U.S.

Ê Spent his second season with the VSL Rays in 2010, going 3-3 with a career-low 2.09 ERA (51.2-IP, 12-ER) in 14 apps (9 starts).

Ê Made his pro debut in 2009 with the VSL Rays…pitched the entire season out of the bull-pen, going 6-4 with a 3.74 ERA (33.2-IP, 14-ER) in 16 apps.

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185MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 3 years, 150 daysOPENING DAY AGE 32BORN 9/19/80 in Fort Worth, TXRESIDES Irving, TXCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for 2B Tyler Bortnick, 7/24/12SIGNING SCOUT Andy Beene (Blue Jays)

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RYAN ROBERTS 19Ryan Alan Roberts

FOLLOW HIM @RRoberts19

X-RAY REPORT Ê Has more than 30 tattoos…did not make any major additions this offseason, though he did get some fill-in and re-coloring work done…his wife, Kim, bought him a tattoo machine for his birthday, although most of his body ink has been done by professionals…he drew tattoos on his thumb and foot but doesn’t plan to do anymore himself.

Ê His nickname “Tatman” began in 2011 when a D-backs fan held up a sign with the name, which Kim saw on TV and thought was perfect.

Ê Instead of simply writing a check, Ryan want-ed to be more creative in helping a chari-ty…in 2012, he started selling T-shirts with a “Tatman” logo to benefit Ryan’s House in Arizona, which gives terminally ill children a fun, casual place to hang out while their par-ents get a rare chance to spend time together alone…Ryan decided to give the “Tatman” pro-ceeds to Ryan’s House after soliciting sugges-tions for charities on Twitter.

Ê During a stint with the Reno Aces (Arizona’s Triple-A affiliate) in 2010, he lived in the home clubhouse for several weeks to save money…this offseason, Ryan and Kim purchased their first home.

2012 SEASON Ê Split the season between the Rays and the Diamondbacks, combining to hit .235 (103-for-439) with 12 HR, 52 RBI and 10 SB…his 143 games played tied his career high (2011).

Ê Acquired by the Rays on July 24 from Arizona in exchange for minor league second baseman Tyler Bortnick.

Ê Started 51 of 65 games (40-2B, 11-3B) after joining the Rays on July 25, and hit .218 (40-for-187) with 6 HR, 10 2B and 18 RBI as a Ray…went 2-for-32 (.063) in his first 10 games with the Rays and then hit .239 (37-for-155) with 5 HR, 10 2B and 15 RBI in 50 games after Evan Longoria’s return from the DL on Aug 7.

Ê In a combined 54 games at second base, did not commit an error in 225 total chances…had 9 errors in 78 games (197 total chances) at third base…hit .258 (42-for-163) with 5 HR when playing second base compared to .217 (55-for-253) with 7 HR when playing third base.

Ê Hit a home run in his first at-bat with the Rays on July 25 at BAL, a 2-run shot off Miguel Gonzalez in the 3rd inning of the Rays 10-1 win…became the 2nd Rays player in 2012 to hit a home run in his first at-bat with the team (also Brandon Allen on April 26 vs. LAA).

Ê Before the trade, hit .250/.306/.357 (63-for-252) with 6 HR, 34 RBI and 6 SB in 83 games (63 starts) for the Diamondbacks.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Spent 2011 with Arizona and set career highs in several offensive categories, including dou-bles (25), home runs (19), RBI (65), slugging pct. (.427) and stolen bases (18)…played in a ca-reer-high 143 games (104 starts, 102-3B, 2-LF) and appeared in 1 game at SS.


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Ê Ranked 4th among NL third basemen in hom-ers, trailing CHC Aramis Ramirez (26), SF Pablo Sandoval (21) and ATL Chipper Jones (18)…his .354 OBP was the third-highest mark ever by a D-backs third baseman.

Ê On Sep 27 vs. LAD with Arizona trailing 6-3 in the 10th inning, hit his first career grand slam and first walk-off home run…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the fourth player in major league history to hit an extra-inning grand slam with his team trailing by 3 runs…joined NYY Babe Ruth (1925), STL Roger Freed (1979) and NYY Jason Giambi (2002).

Ê Batted .462 (6-for-13) with 15 RBI with the bas-es loaded, 10th best in the NL.

Ê POSTSEASON: Hit .350 (7-for-20) with 2 HR and 6 RBI in the NLDS vs. MIL, starting all 5 games at 3B…hit the 2nd playoff grand slam ever by a D-backs player in Game 4, a 1st-inning blast off Randy Wolf…also homered in Game 1 off Yovani Gallardo.

Ê Split the 2010 season between Triple-A Reno (94 games) and the D-backs (36 games)…re-called from Reno on May 25, optioned June 21 and recalled for a second time on Aug 24.

Ê Delivered a walk-off, pinch-hit single on June 4 vs. COL.

Ê Appeared at 6 different positions between the majors and minors, with the exception of CF, 1B and pitcher.

Ê In 2009 made his first Opening Day ros-ter to begin his first season with Arizona, af-ter signing a minor league deal the previous November…spent the entire season in the ma-jors except for a 10-game stint in Reno, July 4-19…played in 110 games for the D-backs, including 72 starts (45-2B, 15-3B, 12-LF).

Ê Hit .279 (85-for-305) with 17 doubles, 7 HR and 40 RBI with 7 SB.

Ê Reached base via hit or walk in 15 consecu-tive games from Aug 22—Sep 7, batting .327 (18-for-55).

Ê Appeared in one major league game for Texas in 2008 after signing as a free agent the pre-vious November…played the remainder of the season for Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he hit .300 (136-for-453) with 10 HR, 66 RBI, 15 SB and 28 doubles…tied for 6th in the PCL with 8 triples.

Ê Struck out in his only big league at-bat, on July 29 vs. SEA, part of a 3-day stint with the Rangers.

Ê Spent the majority of the 2007 season with Triple-A Syracuse (Blue Jays)…had two stints

with Toronto, totaling 8 games, in April and May.

Ê In 2006 was recalled by Toronto on July 30 and made his major league debut that day in Oakland as a defensive replacement at 2B…went 0-for-1…collected his first hit on Aug 3 at NYY, a solo homer off Cory Lidle…appeared in 9 games for the Blue Jays and was optioned on Aug 27…spent the remainder of the season with Syracuse, where he was named Toronto’s Minor League Star of the Month in July.

Ê Opened the 2005 season with Class-A Dunedin and was promoted to Double-A New Hampshire in May…combined to hit 24 HR with 79 RBI…named an Eastern League midseason All-Star and Toronto’s Minor League Star of the Month for July and August.

Ê In 2004 was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star for Class-A Charleston (W.V.) and was promoted to Dunedin June 22…named Toronto’s organizational Player of the Month for April…hit a combined 20 HR and col-lected a career-high 91 BB.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê He and his wife, Kim, have a daughter, Hudsyn.

Ê Played with Hunter Pence at the University of Texas at Arlington…named Southland Conference Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year in 2003…finished two classes short of a degree in biology.

Ê Played football and baseball at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 2x-last 8/23/09 at HOU

HITTING STREAK

8G, 4/12/11 – 4/21/11

RBI

4, 9/27/11 vs. LAD

RUNS


WALKS

3, 2x-last 9/8/11 vs. SD

STRIKEOUTS


STOLEN BASES

2, 4x-last 7/21/12 vs. HOU

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (1)

9/27/11 vs. LAD (Javy Guerra)

MULTI-HR GAMES (2)

2 – 4/19/11 at CIN; 8/4/09 at PIT

WALK-OFF (2)

6/8/12 vs. OAK (9th inn., Brian Fuentes); 9/27/11 vs. LAD

(10th inn., Javy Guerra)

LEADOFF (3)

8/29/11 vs. COL (Alex White); 6/11/11 at FLA (Javier

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2011 NLDS ARI vs. MIL .350 5 20 2 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 0 .700 .350 0


2006 Second Base 1.000 8 8 11 0 19 3

2007 Third Base .667 3 0 2 1 3 0

Second Base 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0

Left Field 1.000 1 3 0 0 3 0

2009 Second Base .991 57 99 117 2 218 18

Third Base .927 19 14 24 3 41 3

Left Field .957 16 22 0 1 23 0

2010 Left Field 1.000 14 16 1 0 17 0

Second Base 1.000 1 3 4 0 7 2

Third Base 1.000 1 1 1 0 2 0


2011 Third Base .964 107 74 197 10 281 15

Second Base .968 28 48 73 4 125 17

Left Field 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 0

Shortstop - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2012 Third Base .954 78 40 148 9 197 8

Second Base 1.000 54 90 135 0 225 34

Left Field 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 0

Totals Third Base .956 208 129 372 23 524 26

Second Base .990 149 248 341 6 595 74

Left Field .979 35 46 1 1 48 0

Shortstop - 1 0 0 0 0 0



2003 Auburn .278 66 248 52 69 10 3 8 36 0 2 4 35-0 63 7 3 10 .440 .374 10

2004 Charleston .283 64 226 38 64 9 0 13 39 0 1 9 55-1 50 0 0 6 .496 .440 9

Dunedin .239 59 205 29 49 1 1 7 25 0 4 1 36-2 51 0 3 8 .356 .350 12

2005 Dunedin .287 42 164 33 47 9 0 9 35 0 2 2 24-0 27 6 1 5 .506 .380 11

New Hampshire .272 92 338 54 92 19 3 15 44 1 1 4 55-5 94 5 1 6 .479 .379 5

2006 Syracuse .273 98 362 44 99 28 1 10 49 6 3 2 30-0 86 5 3 5 .439 .330 11

Toronto .077 9 13 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 1 .308 .143 0

2007 Syracuse .249 100 337 46 84 16 1 12 47 2 3 2 55-0 85 1 2 13 .409 .355 17

Toronto .077 8 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 7 0 0 0 .077 .250 1

2008 Oklahoma .300 130 453 71 136 28 8 10 66 1 6 2 67-0 78 15 3 19 .464 .388 20

Texas .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

2009 Arizona .279 110 305 41 85 17 2 7 25 2 1 3 40-1 55 7 3 2 .416 .367 6

Reno .310 10 42 10 13 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 6-0 6 7 0 1 .452 .396 2

2010 Reno .265 94 347 62 92 25 2 11 55 1 6 2 56-3 73 16 6 14 .444 .365 13

Arizona .197 36 66 8 13 4 0 2 9 1 1 0 3-1 17 0 0 0 .348 .229 0

2011 Arizona .249 143 482 86 120 25 2 19 65 3 2 2 66-2 98 18 9 6 .427 .341 14

2012 Arizona .250 83 252 28 63 9 0 6 34 2 4 0 22-1 45 6 3 10 .357 .306 7

Tampa Bay .214 60 187 23 40 10 0 6 18 1 2 1 18-0 47 4 3 3 .364 .284 2



1: Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 18th round of the 2003 June Draft…signed by Andy Beene. 2: Signed by the Texas Rangers as a free

agent, November 21, 2007. 3: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as a free agent, November 6, 2008. 4: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from

Arizona in exchange for INF Tyler Bortnick, July 24, 2012.



vs. Left .231 156 36 4 12 .259 452 117 17 44

vs. Right .237 283 67 8 40 .238 867 206 24 108

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FERNANDO RODNEY 56Fernando Rodney

X-RAY REPORT Ê Fernando was named to the provisional ros-ter for the Dominican Republic alongside Joel Peralta in the World Baseball Classic…pitched in the 2006 WBC, making 4 scoreless outings.

Ê Has been an avid fisherman all of his life and has a necklace with the teeth of some of his catches…also enjoys a steady diet of fish and finds the eyes a particular delicacy.

Ê Last season he debuted his “bow and arrow” celebration after every save…Rodney says that he used to do a variation of the move while playing baseball in his younger days in the Dominican Republic…he had grown up in Santo Domingo and loved to spearfish as a child, though he has never gone bow hunting…he had never shot a bow until last season as part of a photo shoot for the cover of the the Rays game program…he says the Rays close-knit, fun at-mosphere inspired him to get in on the festivi-ties, thus the celebration.

Ê At the 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City, he wore his father’s name (Ulise) on the back of his BP jersey…his dad passed away on April 28, 2002, six days before Fernando’s major league debut…he also wears his cap tilted to the left, the same way Ulise did.

2012 SEASON Ê Ten-year veteran had a historic season as the Rays closer after signing as a free agent on Jan 4…his 0.60 ERA (74.2-IP, 5-ER) set a ma-jor league record for a relief pitcher (min. 50 IP), breaking OAK Dennis Eckersley’s record of 0.61 in 1990.

Ê Allowed only 1 ER in 45 IP over his final 45 apps (HR to TOR David Cooper on Aug 8), beginning June 16 (0.20 ERA).

Ê Earned a club-record and career-high 48 saves (prev. 45, by Rafael Soriano in 2010)…joined Eckersley (48 saves, 0.61 ERA) in 1990 as the only pitchers in major league history to post 40 saves and a sub-1.00 ERA.

Ê Finished 5th in the BBWAA AL Cy Young vot-ing…received 38 points (one 1st-place vote) in the 7-4-3-2-1 point system…since 1995 only one AL reliever has received more Cy Young vot-ing points: NYY Mariano Rivera with 68 points in 2005…also became just the 4th Ray to re-ceive votes for the Cy Young joining David Price (2010 and 2012), James Shields (2011) and Rafael Soriano (2010).

Ê Named the AL Comeback Player of the Year, chosen by the 30 club beat reporters for MLB.com…he was the second Ray to earn the honor, joining Carlos Peña (2007).

Ê Also finished 13th (2 points behind David Price) in the AL MVP balloting.

2012 A.L. CY YOUNG AWARDVOTING LEADERS

PTS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH

David Price, TB 153 14 13 1 0 0

Justin Verlander, DET 149 13 13 2 0 0

Jered Weaver, LAA 70 0 2 14 9 2

Felix Hernandez, SEA 41 0 0 5 10 6

Fernando Rodney, TB 38 1 0 5 4 8

Chris Sale, CWS 17 0 0 1 4 6

Jim Johnson, BAL 5 0 0 0 1 3

Matt Harrison, TEX 2 0 0 0 0 2

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Ê His 0.60 ERA was 0.98 better than the next closest AL reliever (BOS Scott Atchison, 1.58)…this was the largest lead by an AL relief pitch-er since 1950, when BOS Mickey McDermott (1.67) led CLE Sam Zoldak (3.04) by 1.37 runs.

Ê Ranked 2nd in the majors in saves behind BAL Jim Johnson (51).

Ê Led the majors with a 96.0 save pct. (48-for-50), breaking Rafael Soriano’s club record of 93.8 (45-for-48) in 2010.

Ê Appeared in a career-high 76 games (prev. 73 in 2009), tied with teammate Joel Peralta for 2nd most in the AL…finished 65 games, 2nd most in the majors…his 76 SO were a career high.

Ê Four of the 9 runs he allowed were unearned.

Ê Averaged 1.81 BB/9 IP and 5.06 SO/BB (74.2-IP, 76-SO, 15-BB) after entering the season with career ratios of 4.88 BB/9 IP and 1.65 SO/BB…in fact, in 2011 his 7.88 BB/9 IP ratio (32-IP, 28-

BB) was highest in the majors among pitchers with at least 25 innings.

Ê Of the Rays 10 victories over the Yankees, he recorded 2 wins and 7 saves, tying the major league record for most saves vs. the Yankees in one season (also TB Danys Baez in 2005, CWS Bobby Thigpen in 1990).

Ê Opponents hit only .167/.219/.198 (43-for-258)…ranked 4th among AL relievers in opp avg., 2nd in opp OBP and 1st in opp SLG…yielded only 2 HR, and has allowed only 3 HR in his last 143 apps.

Ê Had a 22-inning scoreless streak from June 14–Aug 7, longest ever by a Rays reliever at the time, but was surpassed days later by J.P. Howell (27.1)…broke Joe Borowski’s club-record streak of 21 innings set in 2005…the streak ended when he allowed a solo homer to David Cooper in the 9th inning on Aug 9 vs. TOR.

Ê Allowed only 2 ER at Tropicana Field, posting a 0.44 ERA (41-IP, 3-R, 2-ER) in 42 apps at home, best among major league relievers.

Ê Earned his 100th career save on May 19 vs. ATL…following the game, he gave the game ball to Nathan Johnson, a man celebrating his 100th birthday at Tropicana Field that day.

Ê Converted his first 15 save chances, one shy of the club record to start the season…blew his first save on May 26 at BOS on a 2-run, pinch-hit walk-off homer by Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the 9th inning…it was only the second walk-off homer allowed in Rodney’s career, the first coming in his second major league game with Detroit on May 8, 2002 at ANA (Troy Glaus).

Ê After his first blown save, converted his next 22 consecutive save opportunities to set a club record…the prev. record of 19 was held by Rafael Soriano (2010) and Roberto Hernandez (1999)…the streak ended on Aug 14 at SEA, when he lost on 2 unearned runs following an error by Carlos Peña in the 9th.

Ê His only 2 saves of longer than 1 inning both came in September…on Sep 1 at TOR worked 1.2 IP for his 40th save as the Rays won on a game-ending outfield assist by B.J. Upton…on Sep 14 at NYY pitched 1.2 innings for his 43rd save.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: At age 35, became the old-est first-time All-Star in Rays history…only four active players have made their first All-Star Team at an older age: SEA Jamie Moyer (40) in 2003, NYM R.A. Dickey (37) in 2012, LAD Takashi Saito (37) in 2007 and PHI Raul Ibañez (37) in 2009…was the 20th different Ray to make the All-Star Team…pitched a perfect 9th inning for the AL in the 8-0 loss, retiring PIT Andrew McCutchen, CIN Jay Bruce and CHC

LOWEST RELIEF ERA, MLB HISTORY (Min. 0.3 IP / team game)

Fernando Rodney, TB, 2012 0.60

Dennis Eckersley, OAK, 1990 0.61

Al Benton, CLE, 1949 0.62

MOST SAVES, RAYS HISTORY

Fernando Rodney, 2012 48

Rafael Soriano, 2010 45

Roberto Hernandez, 1999 43

MLB RELIEVERS, 2012

SAVES

Jim Johnson, BAL 51

Fernando Rodney, TB 48

Craig Kimbrel, ATL 42

Jason Motte, STL 42

Rafael Soriano, NYY 42

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Fernando Rodney, TB 0.60

Craig Kimbrel, ATL 1.01

Aroldis Chapman, CIN 1.51

A.L. RELIEVERS, 2012

OPPONENTS’ BATTING AVG.

Ernesto Frieri, LAA .140


Ryan Cook, OAK .166


Jake McGee, TB .168

OPPONENTS’ ON-BASE PCT.

Jake McGee, TB .213


Casey Janssen, TOR .241

OPPONENTS’ SLUGGING PCT.


Jake McGee, TB .239



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Bryan LaHair all on groundouts…had a 0.93 ERA and 25 saves at the All-Star break, becoming the 7th pitcher to earn 25 saves with a sub-1.00 ERA in the first half since the save became an official statistic in 1969.

Ê Pitched for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League playoffs.

CAREER HIGHLGIHTS Ê In the 8 seasons following his rookie campaign (2003), has held right-handed hitters to a .212 avg. (194-for-915).

Ê His 32 innings pitched in 2011 were his fewest since 2003…began the season as the Angels closer and saved their Opening Day win at KC…yielded that role to rookie Jordan Walden in April…was 3 of 7 in save chances, earning his last save on May 30 at KC.

Ê Ranked 2nd on the staff in appearances through May with 25 while holding opponents to a .195 avg., but appeared in only 14 games the rest of the season including only 2 of the fi-nal 29 games…missed 35 games while on the disabled list with a strained upper back, June 9–July 21.

Ê Held right-handed hitters to a .180 (11-for-61) clip.

Ê Averaged 7.88 BB/9 innings (32-IP, 28-BB), highest in the majors among pitchers with 25 or more innings…all but one of his apps were less than 2 innings…5 times he entered the game before the 8th inning, something he had not done since 2008.

Ê In his first season with the Angels in 2010, his 72 apps and 68 relief innings led the staff and his 14 saves were 2nd…converted all 5 save op-portunities in April when closer Brian Fuentes was on the disabled list and then saved 9 of the Angels final 17 wins when Fuentes was traded to Minnesota on Aug 27.

Ê In 2009 converted a 37 of 38 save opportuni-ties for Detroit…his 97.4 percent success rate led the majors and remains the 7th best for one season in AL history…finished with an AL-high 65 games finished.

Ê Converted his first 22 save chances before failing on Aug 1 at CLE.

Ê Suffered the 12-inning, 6-5 walk-off loss in Game 163 (Oct 6 at MIN) to decide the AL

Central crown…worked 3 innings, tying his ca-reer high before allowing a game-winning sin-gle to Alexi Casilla.

Ê Recorded the win on July 25 vs. CWS, his first victory in nearly two years (since Aug 14, 2007 at CLE).

Ê Missed the first 11 weeks of the 2008 season for the Tigers with right shoulder tendinitis…took over closer role for the final 2 months of the season when Todd Jones went on the DL.

Ê Made his season debut on June 16 and al-lowed 5 ER in 0.1 innings over his first 2 apps…pitched to a 3.83 ERA (40-IP, 17-ER) the rest of the season.

Ê For the first time in his career he saved games in 3 consecutive days, Sep 25-27, all vs. the Rays, who still clinched the AL East title during that span…did it again for the Rays Aug 11-13, 2012.

Ê Two stints on the Tigers disabled list limited him to 48 apps in 2007…worked to a 2.63 ERA (24-IP, 7-ER) over his final 23 games and didn’t allow a run in 12 August apps…was on DL from May 21–June 4 with biceps tendinitis and again, June 24–Aug 3 with shoulder tendinitis.

Ê In his first full season in the majors in 2006 he led the AL champions with 63 apps and won 7 games, most by a Tigers reliever since Joe Boever (1994)…also had 7 saves, 5 of which came in April when closer Todd Jones opened the season on the disabled list…his first 13 apps were scoreless while he was 5-for-5 in save chances…also pitched in 7 of the Tigers 13 postseason games, compiling a 2.35 ERA (7.2-IP, 2-ER).

Ê Missed the first two months of the 2005 sea-son with right shoulder inflammation…assumed the closer role over the last 2 months of the season and wound up with 9, tied for the club lead with Ugueth Urbina…saved both games of a doubleheader on Aug 14 at KC, a pair of one-run games, the first Tiger to do that since Mike Henneman on Aug 5, 1988.

Ê Missed the entire 2004 season after under-going ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow on April 29, 2004…surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews.

Ê Began the 2003 season at Triple-A Toledo (Tigers), but had 2 stints with the Tigers who

“ He has this delivery where he looks like the Tasmanian Devil.

Then he throws the ball, and it’s like Bugs Bunny.”

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lost an AL-record 119 games…was up June 22–July 25, then came up for good starting Aug 24.

Ê Assumed the closer role the final month and earned his first major league save on Sep 2 vs. CLE…retired all 6 batters he faced, striking out 4…did not allow a run in his final 25 apps with Toledo and was named the Best Reliever in the International League by Baseball America.

Ê Made his major league debut on May 4, 2002 at MIN…worked 1.1 innings and lost on an un-earned run…had 4 separate stints with Tigers…began the 2001 season in the starting rotation at Class-A Lakeland, but after 2 stints on the DL that season never started again.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê He and his wife, Helen, have four children rang-ing from 8 months to 12 years.

CAREER HIGHS

LONGEST OUTING

3.0, 6x-last 10/6/09 at MIN

STRIKEOUTS

7, 7/15/05 vs. KC

WALKS

3, 10x-last 9/2/11 vs. MIN

HR ALLOWED


RUNS ALLOWED

6, 6/25/03 at BOS

WIN STREAK

4G, 4/10/10 – 5/30/10

LOSS STREAK

9G, 9/29/07 – 7/6/09


1998 DSL Tigers 1 3 3.38 11 5 0 0 1 32.0 25 16 12 4 1 19-2 37 2 3

1999 GCL Tigers 3 3 2.40 22 0 0 0 9 30.0 20 8 8 1 3 21-0 39 1 1

Lakeland 1 0 1.42 4 0 0 0 2 6.1 7 1 1 0 1 1-0 5 0 0

2000 West Michigan 6 4 2.94 22 10 0 0 0 82.2 74 34 27 2 2 35-0 56 3 0

2001 Lakeland 4 2 3.42 16 9 0 0 0 55.1 53 26 21 2 1 19-1 44 1 1

GCL Tigers 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0

Erie 0 0 4.26 4 0 0 0 1 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 3-0 8 0 0

2002 Erie 1 0 1.33 21 0 0 0 11 20.1 14 4 3 0 0 5-0 18 3 0

Detroit 1 3 6.00 20 0 0 0 0 18.0 25 15 12 2 0 10-2 10 0 1

Toledo 1 1 0.81 20 0 0 0 4 22.1 13 4 2 1 1 9-0 25 2 2

2003 Toledo 1 1 1.33 38 0 0 0 23 40.2 22 6 6 0 4 13-0 58 3 0

Detroit 1 3 6.07 27 0 0 0 3 29.2 35 20 20 2 1 17-1 33 0 0

2004 Detroit Injured – Did Not Play

2005 Toledo 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1-0 4 0 0

Detroit 2 3 2.86 39 0 0 0 9 44.0 39 14 14 5 2 17-3 42 2 0

2006 Detroit 7 4 3.52 63 0 0 0 7 71.2 51 36 28 6 8 34-4 65 3 0

2007 Detroit 2 6 4.26 48 0 0 0 1 50.2 46 27 24 5 3 21-0 54 4 0

Toledo 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 0

2008 Toledo 1 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 4 4 1 1 5-0 8 1 0

Detroit 0 6 4.91 38 0 0 0 13 40.1 34 22 22 3 3 30-5 49 3 0

2009 Detroit 2 5 4.40 73 0 0 0 37 75.2 70 38 37 8 2 41-4 61 5 0

2010 Los Angeles-AL 4 3 4.24 72 0 0 0 14 68.0 70 33 32 4 5 35-1 53 4 0

2011 Los Angeles-AL 3 5 4.50 39 0 0 0 3 32.0 26 18 16 1 3 28-0 26 2 0

Inland Empire 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 1-0 3 0 0

2012 Tampa Bay 2 2 0.60 76 0 0 0 48 74.2 43 9 5 2 3 15-1 76 4 0



1: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as a free agent, November 1, 1997…signed by Ramon Peña. 2: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a

free agent, December 24, 2009. 3: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 4, 2012.


2006 Detroit .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000


2006 ALCS DET vs. OAK 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0

WS DET vs. STL 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 2 0 0 4-1 5 0 0



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2006 Dominican Republic 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 1 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 3-1 7 0 0


2012 AL, Kansas City 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0


2002 Pitcher 1.000 20 1 1 0 2 0

2003 Pitcher 1.000 27 0 3 0 3 0

2005 Pitcher .857 39 3 3 1 7 0

2006 Pitcher .933 63 5 9 1 15 0

2007 Pitcher .933 48 2 12 1 15 0

2008 Pitcher 1.000 38 4 2 0 6 0

2009 Pitcher 1.000 73 6 10 0 16 0

2010 Pitcher 1.000 72 7 10 0 17 0

2011 Pitcher .833 39 2 3 1 6 1

2012 Pitcher 1.000 76 13 13 0 26 1

Totals .965 495 43 66 4 113 2



vs. Left .166 145 24 2 .246 923 227 19

vs. Right .168 113 19 0 .220 962 212 19

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200MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 3 years, 133 days OPENING DAY AGE 27BORN 4/26/85 in Miami, FLRESIDES Miami, FLCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Los Angeles Angels as the player to be named (9/1/09) along with LHP Alex Torres and INF Matthew Sweeney in exchange for LHP Scott Kazmir, 8/28/09SIGNING SCOUT Mike Silvestri (Angels)

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SEAN RODRIGUEZ 1Sean John Rodriguez

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X-RAY REPORT Ê Sean and his wife, Giselle, are passionate about autism awareness and research…their 3-year-old son, Sean Jr., is a high-functioning autistic child…in April 2012, Sean and Giselle led a Rays contingent in Walk Now for Autism Speaks at Raymond James Stadium.

Ê Sean’s older brother, Robert, was a catch-er in the Nationals minor league system for five years (2002-06)…he is entering his first season of coaching baseball at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg…he pre-viously coached at Westwood Christian High School in Miami.

Ê His father, Johnny Rodriguez, is a longtime baseball man and begins his second season as manager of the Class-A Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League…Johnny has coached, managed and scouted in eight differ-ent organizations.

2012 SEASON Ê Played 112 games, including 87 starts (42-SS, 27-3B, 17-2B, 1-DH)…was the Opening Day short-stop and began the year in a platoon at SS with Reid Brignac but played third base, second base and shortstop after Evan Longoria’s inju-ry on April 30.

Ê Hit .248 (33-for-133) with 4 HR and 14 RBI in his first 42 games (through May 22) but only .185/.266/.292 (31-for-168) with 2 HR and 18 RBI in 70 games after that.

Ê When Longoria went down, Rodriguez hit .300/.329/.486 with 3 HR and 9 RBI over his first 21 games in May, including 11 starts at 3B…from May 23 until Longoria’s return on Aug 7, Rodriguez hit only .164/.236/.276 with 35 SO in 53 games…from Aug 7-20, hit .300/.364/.400 in 11 games but was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Aug 20 when Luke Scott was activated from the 15-day DL.

Ê Sustained a right hand fracture in an off-the-field injury on Aug 26, after playing 2 games for Durham…went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 2 2B for the Bulls…recalled on Aug 31 when the rosters expanded and was placed on the 15-day DL…re-instated on Sep 15 after spending 12 games on the major league DL…appeared in 6 games (2 starts, 1-3B, 1-DH) after his activation.

Ê Batted only .228 (23-for-101) with no homers against left-handed pitchers, after entering the season with a career .260 avg. (82-for-315) with 7 HR vs. lefties.

Ê Committed 2 errors in consecutive games on Sep 17-18, the first AL player with multiple er-rors in consecutive team games since DET Carlos Guillen, April 18-19, 2006 at OAK.

Ê Compiled a 10-game hitting streak May 2-12, the 2nd longest of his career…hit .324 (11-for-34) in that span.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 was one of six major leaguers to start at all four infield positions joining OAK Adam Rosales, OAK Andy LaRoche, HOU Matt Downs,


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PIT Brandon Wood and SD Alberto Gonzalez…it was the 2nd straight year he started at all 4 po-sitions…he and Aaron Ledesma (1998-99) are the only two Rays to do it twice…Ben Zobrist (2009), Willy Aybar (2008) and Tomas Perez (2006) are the only other Rays to do it.

Ê Appeared in a career-high 129 games with 108 starts (49-SS, 41-2B, 16-3B, 3-1B)…started 64 of the final 78 games after only starting 44 of the first 83 games.

Ê For the second consecutive year, batted every-where in the lineup except cleanup.

Ê Set a club record with 18 HBP, eclipsing the mark set by Jonny Gomes (14) in 2004…ranked 2nd in the AL behind CWS Carlos Quentin (23)…was his second straight season leading the team in HBP (8 in 2010).

Ê Became the first player since STL Gregg Jefferies in 1993 to hit into a triple play and participate in one defensively in the same sea-son…both were “around the horn” 5-4-3 triple plays…was at first base when the Rays pulled the 3rd triple play in club history on Sep 27 vs. NYY…became the first Ray to ground into one on Aug 16 at BOS.

Ê Set career highs with 20 doubles, 38 walks and a .323 OBP.

Ê His .223 avg. was the 6th-lowest in the majors among players with at least 400 PA…his .179 (15-for-84) avg. with RISP ranked 6th lowest in the majors.

Ê Batted .273 (38-for-139) against left-handed pitchers but just .192 (45-for-234) vs. RHP.

Ê Committed 3 errors at shortstop May 30 vs. TEX, matching the club record.

Ê Went 2-for-4 with a HR and 2B and tied a ca-reer high with 4 RBI in the Rays 5-1 win on June 17 vs. FLA…his .319 (15-for-47) career avg. against the Marlins is the Miami native’s best vs. an opponent (min. 10 games).

Ê Led the Rays to a 3-2 walk-off win on Aug 24 vs. DET when he hustled from first base to beat 3B Brandon Inge’s throw to second with the bases loaded and 2 out in the 10th.

Ê He and Desmond Jennings hit back-to-back homers in the 2nd inning in the Rays 12-0 win on Aug 28 at TOR…was the first time in fran-chise history the 9th and 1st hitters in the line-up went back-to-back…that HR off Brandon Morrow, the ball clocked in at 118.4 mph off the bat according to the ESPN Home Run Tracker website…this was the fastest speed record-ed for any home run hit in the major leagues in 2011.

Ê POSTSEASON: Started Games 1, 2 and 4 at shortstop in the ALDS vs. TEX…had a single, 2

walks and scored all 3 runs in the Rays 4-3 loss in Game 4…scored the first run in a jarring colli-sion with Rangers catcher Mike Napoli that dis-lodged the ball.

Ê In 2010, played in 118 games, making 93 starts…started at seven different positions (78-2B, 4-CF, 3-RF, 3-3B, 2-1B, 1-SS, 1-LF), joining teammate Ben Zobrist (2009) as the only play-ers to start at seven positions in Rays history…at 25, Sean was the youngest to do this since STL Jose Oquendo did it at age 23 in 1987…also served as the Rays emergency catcher un-til September call-ups arrived, but was never needed to play.

Ê Made his first Opening Day roster and spent his first full season in the majors after setting club spring training records in batting avg. (.460), hits (29) and runs (20)…also hit 6 HR…was the Opening Day starter at second base.

Ê Hit 63 points better against left-handed pitch-ing (.292 to .229).

Ê On May 29 entered the game for injured SS Jason Bartlett, who was placed on the DL…started a career-high 15-game hitting streak that night…batted .407 (22-for-54) during the streak.

Ê On June 1 at TOR he delivered a 2-out, 3-run double off closer Kevin Gregg to cap a 4-run 9th and give the Rays a 7-6 win.

Ê On Sep 1 vs. TOR went 3-for-3, a double short of the cycle, and stole his 11th base…all 3 of his hits came off Shaun Marcum, giving him 6 con-secutive hits vs. Marcum, 5 for extra bases…missed a chance to complete the cycle when he was intentionally walked in his final plate app.

Ê Hit .513 (20-for-39) on the first pitch, 4th best in the AL and the 4th highest in club history.

Ê POSTSEASON: Made 4 apps (all at 2B) in the ALDS vs. TEX, including starts in Games 1, 2 and 5.

Ê On Sep 1, 2009 was acquired by the Rays from the Angels as the player to be named in the Scott Kazmir trade on Aug 28…spent the ma-jority of the season in Triple-A (Salt Lake and Durham) and played in 12 major league games over two stints with the Angels.

Ê Combined to hit .294 (113-for-385) in the mi-nors with 30 HR, 98 RBI, 87 R, 9 SB, 55 BB, .397 OBP and .608 SLG in 108 games…tied for 7th among all minor leaguers in home runs…ranked 3rd among full-season minor leaguers in slugging…including the majors, hit 32 hom-ers with 102 RBI, both career highs.

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and 5th in runs scored…in the Pacific Coast League, finished 2nd in HR (29), 4th in RBI (93), 5th in OBP (.400), 2nd in SLG (.616) and 2nd in AB/HR ratio (12.59)…led the Angels system in HR and RBI.

Ê Made his major league debut with Los Angeles in 2008 but spent the majority of the season in Salt Lake…received significant playing time in the majors following multiple injuries to Angels infielders.

Ê The Angels went 33-14 in the 47 games he started…played in 59 games overall: 51-2B, 4-SS, 1-3B…made only 2 errors (both at 2B) for a .992 fielding pct.

Ê Made his major league debut on April 19 vs. SEA…singled in the 6th inning off Jarrod Washburn for his first major league hit…collect-ed his first career home run on June 1 vs. TOR off A.J. Burnett.

Ê Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect in the Angels system…also rated the Best Infield Arm in the organization.

Ê Entered 2007 as a non-roster invite and ranked as the No. 8 prospect in the Angels system by BA…spent the entire season with Double-A Arkansas and earned a selection to the Texas League All-Star Game, his fifth All-Star selection in the minors.

Ê Led the Travelers with 17 HR, 73 RBI, 84 R, 73 RBI and 19 HBP…his 132 SO led the Texas League.

Ê Played 125 of his 136 games at shortstop, com-mitting 19 errors.

Ê In 2006 was named the Angels Minor League Player of the Year after splitting the season be-tween Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, Arkansas and Salt Lake…hit a combined .308 (160-for-520) with 29 HR, 86 RBI, 34 2B and 94 R in 135 games, 132 of which came at shortstop…led all Angels minor leaguers in home runs.

Ê Spent the majority of the season at Rancho Cucamonga, where he was named to the California League’s All-Star Game and postsea-son All-Star Team…was named a Class-A All-Star by BA and Topps.

Ê Spent the entire 2005 season with Class-A Cedar Rapids of the Midwest League, appear-ing in 124 games (85 at shortstop)…stole 27 bases…led the Kernels with 78 BB.

Ê In 2004 was named Pioneer League Player of the Year after being sent down to Rookie-level Provo from Cedar Rapids…for Provo, hit .338 with 10 HR and 55 RBI and ranked among league leaders in batting, slugging (.569), runs and RBI…named a Pioneer League postsea-son All-Star.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Sean and his wife, Giselle, reside in Miami with their three kids: daughter Sofia (5), son Sean Jr. (3) and newborn daughter Vanelope Grace…Vanelope was born in January and named by her sister, who heard the name in the movie Wreck-It Ralph.

Ê Sean has countless friends and family mem-bers in Miami…each season when the Rays visit the Marlins, he typically has a cheering section of about 50 friends and family…the Rodriguez family also hosts a barbecue at their home when the Rays come to town.

Ê Earned 13 All-America honors as a high school-er in Miami…began his career as the center fielder for Miami Coral Park High School (Jose Canseco’s alma mater) and transferred to G. Holmes Braddock High School after his sopho-more year to play shortstop.

Ê In 2002, his junior year at Coral Park, Sean par-ticipated in the Perfect Game Showcase at Tropicana Field.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

3, 10x-last 8/17/12 at LAA

HITTING STREAK

15G, 5/29/10 – 6/15/10

HOME RUNS

1, 28x-last 7/3/12 vs. NYY

RBI

4, 2x-last 6/17/11 vs. FLA

RUNS

2, 18x-last 8/20/12 vs. KC

WALKS

2, 12x-last 7/28/12 at LAA

STRIKEOUTS

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STOLEN BASES

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2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .200 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 .200 .200 1

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .167 4 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .250 .286 0

DS Totals .182 8 22 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 0 .227 .250 1


2003 AZL Angels .269 54 216 30 58 8 5 2 25 1 1 7 14-0 37 11 4 6 .380 .332 21

2004 Cedar Rapids .250 57 196 35 49 8 4 4 17 2 1 7 18-0 54 14 4 2 .393 .333 7

Provo Angels .338 64 225 64 76 14 4 10 55 0 1 15 51-0 62 9 3 2 .569 .486 27

2005 Cedar Rapids .250 124 448 86 112 29 3 14 45 9 2 9 78-0 85 27 11 8 .422 .371 22

2006 R. Cucamonga .301 116 455 78 137 29 5 24 77 3 6 12 47-0 124 15 3 9 .545 .377 29

Arkansas .354 18 65 16 23 5 0 5 9 1 0 2 11-0 18 0 3 1 .662 .462 6

Salt Lake .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

2007 Arkansas .254 136 508 84 129 31 2 17 73 2 4 19 54-0 132 15 8 5 .423 .345 19

2008 Salt Lake .306 66 248 68 76 19 1 21 52 2 1 9 29-0 45 4 1 4 .645 .397 4

Los Angeles-AL .204 59 167 18 34 8 1 3 10 2 1 3 14-0 55 3 1 3 .317 .276 2

2009 Salt Lake .299 103 365 81 109 17 6 29 93 3 3 13 51-0 119 9 2 5 .616 .400 15

Los Angeles-AL .200 12 25 4 5 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 3-0 7 0 0 2 .440 .276 0

Durham .200 5 20 6 4 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 4-0 3 0 0 1 .450 .333 0

2010 Tampa Bay .251 118 343 53 86 19 2 9 40 5 1 8 21-1 97 13 3 10 .397 .308 6

2011 Tampa Bay .223 131 373 45 83 20 3 8 36 5 2 18 38-2 87 11 7 8 .357 .323 11

2012 Tampa Bay .213 112 301 36 64 14 1 6 32 8 3 3 27-1 75 5 0 7 .326 .281 18

Durham .500 2 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 1.333 .571 0


Rays Totals .229 361 1017 134 233 53 6 23 108 18 6 29 86-4 259 29 10 25 .361 .306 35


1: Selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the third round of the 2003 June Draft…signed by Mike Silvestri. 2: Acquired by the Tampa

Bay Rays from the Angels as the player to be named (September 1) along with LH Alex Torres and INF Matt Sweeney in exchange for LH Scott

Kazmir, August 28, 2009.


2013 TROPICANA FIELD GROUND RULESBULLPEN AREA

Ê Ball lodging on, under or in the bullpen seating area: out of play. A ball is deemed to be

lodged when it goes in or behind equipment or seating or, in the umpire’s judgment, is

deemed otherwise unplayable.

Ê Ball enters the bullpen seating area and rebounds out of the seating area: in play.

CATWALKS, LIGHTS AND SUSPENDED OBJECTS

Ê Batted ball strikes catwalk, light or suspended object over fair territory:

¡ Batted ball that strikes either of the lower two catwalks, lights or suspended objects in

fair territory: home run.

¡ Batted ball that is not judged a home run and remains on a catwalk, light or sus-

pended object: two bases.

¡ Batted ball that is not judged a home run and strikes a catwalk, light or suspended

object in fair territory shall be judged fair or foul in relation to where it strikes the

ground or is touched by a fi elder. If caught by fi elder, batter is out and runners

advance at own risk.

Ê Batted ball strikes catwalk, light or suspended object over foul territory: dead ball.


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2008 Second Base .991 51 97 127 2 226 36

Shortstop 1.000 4 5 12 0 17 2

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2009 Second Base 1.000 5 5 6 0 11 4

Left Field 1.000 3 2 0 0 2 0

Center Field 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 0


2010 Second Base .984 92 138 222 6 366 56

Center Field 1.000 9 8 0 0 8 0

Right Field 1.000 8 6 0 0 6 0

Third Base 1.000 7 7 5 0 12 2

Shortstop 1.000 5 0 3 0 3 0

Left Field 1.000 5 8 0 0 8 0

First Base 1.000 3 23 1 0 24 2

2011 Shortstop .947 60 55 105 9 169 22

Second Base .989 48 66 112 2 180 25

Third Base 1.000 30 15 45 0 60 6

First Base 1.000 5 24 1 0 25 1

Left Field 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 0

2012 Third Base .894 49 23 70 11 104 8

Shortstop .959 47 50 115 7 172 18

Second Base 1.000 37 40 63 0 103 15


Shortstop .956 116 110 235 16 361 42

Third Base .938 87 45 120 11 176 16

Center Field 1.000 11 9 0 0 9 0

Left Field 1.000 10 11 0 0 11 0

Right Field 1.000 10 6 0 0 6 0

First Base 1.000 8 47 2 0 49 3



vs. Left .228 101 23 0 10 .252 416 105 7 48

vs. Right .205 200 41 6 22 .211 793 167 21 74

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X-RAY REPORT Ê Enny and his wife, Miguelina, welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Enny Manuel, on Nov 10.

Ê Loves to play dominoes…his dad, Modesto, is his most frequent playing partner.

Ê His stepfather, Narciso Medina, helped teach Enny baseball growing up…now Enny helps Narcisco with youth baseball camps in the Dominican during the offseason.

2012 SEASON Ê In his fifth pro season, spent the year with Class-A Charlotte and went 5-7 with a 3.93 ERA (126-IP, 55-ER) in 25 apps (23 starts).

Ê Ranked 2nd among Florida State League start-ers with a .208 (84-for-403) opponents’ aver-age and 5th with 7.8 SO/9 IP.

Ê Held RH hitters to a .189 avg. (58-for-307).

Ê Pitched a scoreless 5th inning for the World team in the Futures Game at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium during All-Star Week.

Ê Entering the 2013 season, was ranked by Baseball America as the Rays No. 8 prospect.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In his minor league career, has allowed only 18 HR in 370 IP (21-IP per HR) and has averaged 9.15 SO/9 IP.

Ê In 2011, went 5-5 with a 4.26 ERA (114-IP, 54-ER) and 140 SO in 26 starts with Class-A Bowling Green.

Ê Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 8 pros-pect in the Rays system entering 2012.

Ê Spent the majority of the 2010 season with Rookie-level Princeton but made 1 start with Short-A Hudson Valley after a late-season pro-motion…was named team MVP for Princeton, where he went 4-1 with a 1.95 ERA (69.1-IP, 15-ER) in 13 starts.

Ê Led the Appalachian League with a 1.95 ERA and ranked 3rd with 72 SO.

Ê In 2009, went 2-4 with a 4.81 ERA (39.1-IP, 21-ER) in 11 apps (4 starts) with the Rookie-level GCL Rays.

Ê Made his pro debut in 2008 with the DSL Rays, going 1-0 with a 2.76 ERA (16.1-IP, 5-ER) in 10 re-lief apps.

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LEFT-HANDED PITCHER

ENNY ROMERO 45Enny Manuel Hernandez Romero


2008 DSL Rays 1 0 2.76 10 0 0 0 0 16.1 11 9 5 0 3 8-0 20 1 0

2009 GCL Rays 2 4 4.81 11 4 0 0 0 39.1 38 25 21 2 3 21-0 33 6 1

2010 Princeton 4 1 1.95 13 13 0 0 0 69.1 51 15 15 2 6 14-0 72 4 3

Hudson Valley 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 1 1 0 1 5-0 4 0 0

2011 Bowling Green 5 5 4.26 26 26 0 0 0 114.0 104 67 54 9 4 68-0 140 14 3

2012 Charlotte 5 7 3.93 25 23 1 1 0 126.0 89 67 55 5 7 76-0 107 12 0


1: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, June 2, 2008…signed by Eddy Toledo.

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2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE40-MAN ROSTER › LUKE SCOTT

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DESIGINATED HITTER

LUKE SCOTT 30Luke Brandon Scott

X-RAY REPORT Ê An avid hunter, Luke and his brother, Noah, made several trips this offseason all over the country…he took down two bucks at Legends Ranch in Michigan from 320 and 325 yards…this offseason he received some tactical training and learned to hunt using the “snip-er crawl”…on one expedition he crawled 500 yards.

Ê Luke, who is fluent in Spanish, spent over two weeks in Valencia, Venezuela, in December, the fourth straight offseason he’s traveled there…this time he did street evangelism and visited the Deporte Ahora television show, where he talked about his life and career and shared the Christmas story.

Ê Scott is from De Leon Springs, Fla., located 120 miles northeast of St. Petersburg and just north of Orlando.

2012 SEASON Ê Eight-year veteran spent his first season with the Rays and hit .229 (72-for-314) with 14 HR, 55 RBI and 22 2B in 96 games (84 starts, 78-DH, 6-1B)…missed 45 games over two stints on the disabled list.

Ê Had a strong start and finish to the season but struggled in between, surrounding his two DL stints…in his last 15 games (Sep 15 to season’s end) hit .343/.429/.571 (12-for-35) with 1 HR, 8 RBI and 5 2B…from May 5–Sep 13, batted .193/.243/.361 (39-for-202) with 7 HR and 22 RBI…over his first 23 games (through May 4) hit .273/.321/.585 (21-for-77) with 6 HR and 21 RBI…during that stretch, led the team in RBI (6th in AL) and tied for the team lead in HR.

Ê Averaged 1 RBI every 5.71 AB (314-AB, 55-RBI)…led the AL with 14 RBI through April 19, in only 10 games played.

Ê Stole a career-high 5 bases…prev. high was 3 SB in 2007 with Houston.

Ê Went 5-for-12 (.417) with 1 HR as a pinch-hitter…his 5 pinch-hits were tied for 3rd most in the AL and matched Jeff Keppinger for the team lead.

Ê Hit .260/.313/.507 (59-for-227) with 12 HR, 45 RBI and 18 2B vs. RHP…hit .149/.211/.264 (13-for-87) with 2 HR and 10 RBI against LHP.

Ê Went hitless in a club-record 41 straight at bats from June 2–July 6…snapped the streak with a 2-run homer off Justin Masterson in the 5th in-ning of a 10-3 win on July 6 at CLE…his streak came 5 at-bats shy of the major league record of 46, an active streak held by SF/LAD Eugenio Velez, spanning July 20, 2010 through the end of the 2011 season (did not play in 2012)…the previous club record of 37 was held by Jose Cruz Jr. in 2004.

Ê According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Scott be-came the first player to end a streak of 0-for-41 (or longer) with a home run since KC Chuck Harrison, who snapped an 0-for-41 skid on July 27, 1971 at DET with a blast off Mickey Lolich.

Ê His hitless streak surrounded a 17-game stay on the DL with back stiffness, with 26 of the 41 AB coming after his June 28 return…placed on the DL on June 15, retroactive to June 9, and reinstated June 28 after a 2-game rehab stint with Triple-A Durham…missed a month (28 games, July 21–Aug 20) due to a mild strain of his right external oblique…was hitting .385 (15-for-39) in the 10 games leading up to the inju-ry…played 8 games on rehab assignment for Class-A Charlotte prior to returning.


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Ê Went 4-for-4 on July 18 vs. CLE to become the first major league player since Hall of Famer BOS Luis Aparicio in 1971 to have a 4-for-4 (or better) game in the same year that he endured a hitless streak of at least 40 at-bats, accord-ing to the Elias Sports Bureau…Scott tied ca-reer highs with 4 hits and 5 times on base.

Ê Half of his 14 HR were either game-tying (3) or go-ahead (4) blasts…on Sep 27 at CWS, his solo shot off Jake Peavy in the 5th gave the Rays a 2-1 lead in an eventual 3-2 win as the Rays ran their winning streak to a season-long 8 games.

Ê Hit a grand slam in the 9th inning off Carlos Villanueva on April 18 at TOR, capping a 6-run inning…it was his 3rd career slam, first since May 13, 2010 vs. SEA (Brandon League) with the Orioles…marked the 3rd time a Ray hit a slam in the 9th inning or later—all of them com-ing at the Rogers Centre: Carl Crawford on June 2, 2010 off Scott Downs (9th inning) and Dioner Navarro on May 8, 2008 off Shawn Camp (13th inning).

Ê Hit .424/.441/.879 (14-for-33) with 3 HR, 9 RBI, 4 2B, 1 3B in 8 games vs. Cleveland.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê Underwent season-ending surgery in 2011 to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder on July 26 and appeared in only 64 games…start-ed 57 games (43-LF, 10-1B, 4-DH).

Ê The shoulder bothered him all season and he further aggravated it making a home-run-robbing catch in left field on June 28 vs. STL on a ball hit by Matt Holliday…placed on the DL on July 5…went on a 3-game rehab assignment at Double-A Bowie, July 19-21, and went 5-for-10 with 3 HR…returned to the Orioles on July 22, and after going 0-for-3 vs. the Angels that night, went back on the DL…3 days later had surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews.

Ê Hit 6 HR in his first 71 AB, then as the shoul-der worsened hit only 3 HR the rest of the sea-son in 138 AB.

Ê His home run on June 7 vs. OAK was his 6th ca-reer home run to land on Eutaw Street in right field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, most in park history.

Ê Hit his 2nd career pinch-hit HR, April 18 vs. MIN off Matt Capps.

Ê In 4 seasons (2008-11) with Baltimore, hit .291 (230-for-791, 53-HR) in 239 games at Camden Yards and .229 (181-for-789, 31-HR) in 232 games on the road.

Ê Over his first 3 seasons with the Orioles (2008-10), batted .266 with a combined 84 2B and 75 HR…only four AL players—and no other left-handed hitters—matched those numbers

over that span: TB Evan Longoria, DET Miguel Cabrera, BOS Kevin Youkilis and NYY Mark Teixeira.

Ê Named 2010 Most Valuable Oriole by the mem-bers of the local media who cover the club on a regular basis…led team with 27 HR, 5th among AL left-handed hitters…finished 7th in the AL with a team-high .902 OPS and was 2nd on the club in RBI (72) and extra-base hits (57).

Ê After Buck Showalter took over as manager on Aug 2, batted .288 and led the team in HR (9), RBI (29), extra-base hits (18), SLG (.500) and OBP (.397) in helping the O’s to a 34-23 run.

Ê Was the team’s primary DH with 89 starts, same number as 2009…also had 19 starts at 1B and 13 in LF…hit 23 HR as the DH, 4th in the AL.

Ê Named AL Player of the Week, July 19-25, his 3rd career Player of the Week award (also May 25-31, 2009 and July 15-21, 2008).

Ê Hit the 100th home run of his career Aug 22 vs. TEX off Tommy Hunter.

Ê Had 2-homer games off KC Zack Greinke on May 18 and TB Matt Garza on July 20.

Ê Hit his first career pinch-hit homer on April 13 off TB Randy Choate…homered five times in 17 games against the Rays, matching his most against an opponent in one season (also 5 vs. Detroit in 2008 and 2009).

Ê Was on the disabled list July 1-19 with a strained hamstring, suffered while running the bases on a home run June 30 vs. OAK.

Ê In 107 games from May 8 through the end of the season, batted .307 with 24 2B, 24 HR and 64 RBI.

Ê Served as the team’s primary DH in 2009 with 89 starts…also started 8 games at 1B (for the first time in his major league career) and 24 in LF…his 20 HR were 5th among DHs and his .505 SLG mark was 4th.

Ê Set a career high with 7 RBI in a 10-4 win July 7 at SEA…in a span of 14 AB from May 27-30 hit 6 HR with 14 RBI.

Ê Started 100 games in LF and 25 as the DH in 2008…hit 23 HR, tied with Melvin Mora for 2nd most on the Orioles…hit only 1 HR in his first 109 AB as an Oriole, then hit 22 the rest of the season in 366 AB beginning with a 3-run hom-er off BOS Josh Beckett in a 5-4 win on May 13.

Ê Collected the 75,000th hit in O’s franchise history with a HR on May 24 at TB off Edwin Jackson…became the 5th player with a multi-HR game against TOR Roy Halladay when he did it on June 8 at TOR…batted .142 (17-for-120) vs. the Rays and Yankees and .296 (105-for-355) against the rest of the majors.


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Ê In 2007 started at least one game at all 3 out-field positions for the Astros (90-RF, 1-LF, 1-CF).

Ê Had a .503 SLG and combined with Carlos Lee (LF) and Hunter Pence (CF) to make the Astros the only team in 2007 to have a starting out-field all slugging .500 or better…only one other Astros outfield has done it: 2000 (Moises Alou, Richard Hidalgo and Lance Berkman).

Ê Made his second Opening Day start, going 2-for-4 with a HR and double vs. Pittsburgh while starting in right field.

Ê Was recalled by Houston from Triple-A Round Rock on July 13, 2006 and batted .336 over the second half, the 9th-highest avg. for an NL rookie after the break since 1957…was the 2nd-highest avg. for an Astros rookie in the sec-ond half in franchise history (Cesar Cedeño, .342, 1970).

Ê Hit for the cycle on July 28 vs. ARI, going 4-for-6 with 5 RBI and his 1st career home run…sin-gled with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th of the Astros 8-7 loss to complete the feat…was the 7th cycle in Houston franchise history and first by a rookie.

Ê Homered and tripled in the same game four times, the most in the majors since PIT Brian Giles did it 4 times in 2001.

Ê Hit .366 (60-for-164) with 9 HR and 31 RBI vs. righthanders…led the NL with a .481 OBP in August.

Ê Began and ended the 2005 season with Houston but spent the bulk of the season at Triple-A Round Rock…led the Pacific Coast League with 31 HR in 103 games.

Ê Made Houston’s club out of spring training af-ter batting .368 with 7 HR and 20 RBI in 25 spring training games and was the Opening Day starter in LF on April 5 vs. STL…was the first Astros rookie to start Opening Day in LF since Luis Gonzalez in 1991.

Ê Tripled for his first big league hit off Ramon Ortiz on April 8 vs. CIN…batted just .154 (6-for-39) in 16 games in April before being optioned to Round Rock on May 3…recalled on Aug 29 and batted .225 (9-for-40) with 3 RBI in the final month with Houston…overall started 18 games in LF and two in RF for the Astros.

Ê POSTSEASON: Went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in the 2005 NLDS vs. ATL.

Ê Was traded by Cleveland to Houston on March 31, 2004 along with the rights to Rule 5 OF Willy Taveras in exchange for LHP Jeriome

Robertson…split the season between Class-A Salem and Double-A Round Rock…led the Houston system with a combined 97 RBI and ranked 3rd with 27 HR…promoted to Round Rock on June 25 and finished with a team-lead-ing 19 HR.

Ê In 2003, led the Cleveland organization with 81 RBI and tied for 3rd with 20 HR…selected to the Carolina League All-Star Team and played in the Carolina League/California League All-Star Game, representing Class-A Kinston, and won the home run derby in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. …promoted to Double-A Akron midseason and homered in his first game.

Ê In 2001, spent his first professional season on the disabled list after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.

AMATEUR CAREER Ê Attended Oklahoma State University, where he led the Cowboys in home runs in his two seasons…hit 12 homers and batted .312 with 59 RBI in 2000…belted 20 HR and batted .323 with a club-high 62 RBI in 2001 while helping OSU to a 42-22 record and a berth in the NCAA Regionals.

Ê Also played baseball at DeLand High School and Indian River (Fla.) Junior College.

CAREER HIGHS

HITS

4, 3x-last 7/18/12 vs. CLE

HITTING STREAK

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7/26/10

RBI

7, 7/7/09 at SEA

RUNS

3, 5x-last 6/30/10 vs. OAK

WALKS

4, 5/16/11 at BOS

STRIKEOUTS

3, 27x-last 7/4/12 vs. NYY

STOLEN BASES

2, 9/3/06 vs. NYM

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (3)

4/18/12 at TOR (Carlos Villanueva); 5/13/10 vs. SEA (Bran-

don League); 5/29/09 vs. DET (Dontrelle Willis)

MULTI-HR GAMES (9)

2 – 9x-last 7/20/10 vs. TB

WALK-OFF (2)

7/19/08 vs. DET (10th inn., Freddy Dolsi); 9/23/06 vs. STL

(9th inn., Tyler Johnson)

PINCH-HIT (3)

4/27/12 at TEX (Mark Lowe); 4/18/11 vs. MIN (Matt Capps);

4/13/10 vs. TB (Randy Choate)


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2005 Left Field .960 21 22 2 1 25 0

Right Field 1.000 4 2 0 0 2 0


2006 Left Field 1.000 50 81 1 0 82 1

Right Field 1.000 13 15 1 0 16 0


2007 Right Field .986 101 196 8 3 207 2

Left Field 1.000 5 4 0 0 4 0

Center Field 1.000 3 4 0 0 4 0

2008 Left Field .990 106 200 3 2 205 1

2009 Left Field 1.000 26 53 0 0 53 0

First Base .983 10 54 3 1 58 4

2010 First Base .982 19 153 11 3 167 17

Left Field 1.000 14 22 0 0 22 0

2011 Left Field .988 45 82 0 1 83 0

First Base 1.000 12 84 6 0 90 8

2012 First Base 1.000 6 28 2 0 30 3


Right Field .987 118 213 9 3 225 2

First Base .988 47 319 22 4 345 32

Center Field 1.000 5 4 0 0 4 0


2001 Injured – Did Not Play

2002 Columbus .257 49 171 28 44 15 4 7 32 1 2 3 21-0 58 9 1 3 .515 .345 1

Kinston .239 48 163 22 39 7 1 8 30 2 0 5 16-0 47 2 1 2 .442 .326 2

2003 Kinston .278 67 241 37 67 12 1 13 44 0 0 4 27-0 62 6 3 0 .498 .360 1

Akron .273 50 183 21 50 13 1 7 37 3 3 2 11-0 37 0 1 2 .470 .317 2

2004 Salem .278 66 241 45 67 20 1 8 35 0 5 0 41-4 58 6 1 5 .469 .376 1

Round Rock .298 63 208 45 62 17 0 19 62 1 5 6 33-1 43 0 2 4 .654 .401 1

2005 Houston .188 34 80 6 15 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 9-1 23 1 1 0 .288 .270 1

Round Rock .286 103 398 69 114 25 4 31 87 0 2 6 43-1 96 2 2 4 .603 .363 1

2006 Round Rock .299 87 318 63 95 15 1 20 63 1 5 5 52-6 66 6 1 3 .541 .400 1

Houston .336 65 214 31 72 19 6 10 37 0 1 4 30-4 43 2 1 2 .621 .426 0

2007 Houston .255 132 369 49 94 28 5 18 64 0 1 2 53-4 95 3 1 8 .504 .351 3

2008 Baltimore .257 148 475 67 122 29 2 23 65 0 3 5 53-10 102 2 2 7 .472 .336 2

2009 Baltimore .258 128 449 61 116 26 1 25 77 0 1 1 55-5 104 0 0 4 .488 .340 1

Delmarva .750 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 1.500 .833 0

2010 Baltimore .284 131 447 70 127 29 1 27 72 0 7 4 59-4 98 2 0 9 .535 .368 3

GCL Orioles .222 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 .222 .364 0

2011 Baltimore .220 64 209 24 46 11 0 9 22 0 2 1 24-1 54 1 1 2 .402 .301 1

Bowie .500 3 10 5 5 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 1.500 .583 0

2012 Tampa Bay .229 96 314 35 72 22 1 14 55 0 4 5 21-3 80 5 0 9 .439 .285 0

Durham .375 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1.125 .400 0

Charlotte .308 8 26 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 6-2 7 0 0 2 .577 .438 0



1: Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the ninth round of the 2001 June Draft…signed by Chad MacDonald. 2: Acquired by the Houston Astros

from Cleveland with the rights for Rule 5 OF Willy Taveras in exchange for LH Jeriome Robertson, March 31, 2004. 3: Acquired by the Baltimore

Orioles along with RH Dennis Sarfate, RH Matt Albers, LH Troy Patton and INF Mike Costanzo in exchange for SS Miguel Tejada, December 12,

2007. 4: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent, January 23, 2012.



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175MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 17 daysOPENING DAY AGE 25BORN 12/8/87 in Valencia, VENRESIDES Valencia, VENCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED From the Los Angeles Angels along with INF Sean Rodriguez and INF Matt Sweeney in exchange for LHP Scott Kazmir, 8/28/09SIGNING SCOUT Carlos Porte (Angels)

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ALEX TORRES 54Alexander Jesus Torres (TOR-rehs)

FOLLOW HIM @Alex21Torres

X-RAY REPORT Ê For the last several years Alex has hosted clin-ics near his hometown of Valencia during the offseason for Little Leaguers between the ages of four and 13.

Ê The youngest of eight children, Alex has five sisters and two brothers…his brother, Freddy, was a catcher on the Cleveland Indians Venezuelan League team from 2001-03.

Ê Is ambidextrous when it comes to throwing a baseball…a natural lefty, he began throwing right-handed at age 13 as a way to preserve his left arm and throw more BP…today he can throw in the 80s right-handed, or at a distance of up to 120 feet.

2012 SEASON Ê Spent the year with Triple-A Durham, where he went 3-7 with a 7.30 ERA (69-IP, 56-ER)…had 91 SO in 69 IP but allowed 63 BB and 70 hits.

Ê Spent one day on the Rays active roster as the 26th man for the June 24 doubleheader at Philadelphia…did not pitch.

Ê Threw 4.1 shutout innings in his season-open-ing start on April 6 vs. Gwinnett (Barves)…al-lowed 20 ER in 13 IP over his next 4 starts and was moved to the bullpen at the beginning of May…pitched to a 4.95 ERA (20-IP, 11-ER) in 11 relief apps before returning to the rotation on June 19…had a 9.00 ERA (24-IP, 24-ER) over his next 8 starts and was placed on the disabled list on Aug 2.

Ê Made 4 rehab starts with the GCL Rays…rein-stated to Durham on Aug 28 and made a re-lief appearance on Aug 29 at Norfolk (Orioles)…made his final start of the season on Sep 1 vs. Charlotte (White Sox), tossing 5.2 shutout in-nings with 10 SO and only 1 BB.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In his minor league career, has allowed only 30 HR in 657.2 IP (22-IP per HR) and has aver-aged 9.7 SO/9 IP.

Ê In 2011, made 4 relief apps over two stints with the Rays, his first experience in the ma-jors, and spent the remainder of the season with Durham.

Ê Recalled on July 18 and made his major league debut that night vs. NYY…entered in the 9th in-ning and yielded a single and 3 walks (1-IBB) to plate the winning run and suffer the loss, 5-4…was optioned to Durham the next day.

Ê Recalled on Sep 13 and remained in the majors through season’s end…made 3 relief apps dur-ing his final stay, going 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA (7-IP, 2-ER)…prior to his call-up had not pitched in relief since 2009 with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga (Angels).

Ê On Sep 24 vs. TOR earned his first major league win to bring the Rays within 1.5 games of Boston in the AL Wild Card race…pitched a ca-reer-high 5 innings, scoreless, in relief of Jeff Niemann, who exited after the 1st inning…tal-lied 3 H, 1 BB and 5 SO…it was the most score-less innings thrown by a Rays reliever since Doug Waechter threw 5 scoreless innings on

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June 3, 2005 at SEA…it was the most scoreless innings of relief thrown by a Rays rookie since Delvin James’ 5 IP on Sep 24, 2002 at NYY.

Ê Led all Triple-A pitchers in with 156 SO and 83 BB…led all minor leaguers in walks…finished his second straight season winning the strike-out title at his respective league.

Ê In 27 starts for Durham, went 9-7 with a 3.08 ERA (146.1-IP, 50-ER)…won 5 of his last 6 deci-sions and 7 of his last 9.

Ê Entered the 2012 season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 6 prospect in the Rays org.

Ê Spent the entire 2010 season with Double-A Montgomery and was named to the Southern League midseason All-Star Team…led the Southern League with 150 SO, three shy of the Biscuits record held by Andy Sonnanstine (153 in 2006)…ranked 2nd in the Rays system in strikeouts behind minor league leader Matt Moore (208)…also ranked among league lead-ers in SO/9 IP ratio (9.46, 3rd), starts (27, tied for 3rd) and ERA (3.47, 7th)…issued a league-high 70 walks…selected to the World team in the Futures Game at Angel Stadium…pitched a scoreless 3rd inning, allowing 1 hit.

Ê Following the season was rated the No. 6 pros-pect in the Rays system by Baseball America as well as Best Slider in the org.

Ê Acquired by the Rays from the Angels on Aug 28, 2009 as part of the Scott Kazmir trade…split the season between Class-A (Rancho Cucamonga) and Double-A (Arkansas, Montgomery)…combining all three stops, went 13-6 with a 2.77 ERA (156-IP, 48-ER)…ranked 11th in the minors with 156 SO.

Ê Named a midseason and postseason California League All-Star…after the season, was rat-ed as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays organiza-tion by BA.

Ê In 2008 made 10 starts for Rancho Cucamonga, his first experience beyond Rookie ball…began the year in the Rookie-level AZL Angels…allowed only 4 runs in 4 starts there before making the jump to Rancho on July 13…allowed only 1 HR in 53 IP for Rancho.

Ê In 2007 pitched in 4 games for the AZL Angels…made his stateside debut in 2006 with the AZL Angels…spent the 2005 season with the DSL Angels, where he compiled a 1.52 ERA (52.1-IP, 9-ER) over 9 starts.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Attended Universidad Educativa Privado Bello Monte in Venezuela, where he studied science.


2005 DSL Angels 4 2 1.52 9 9 1 1 0 53.1 23 20 9 2 4 23-0 87 5 0

2006 AZL Angels 2 5 4.29 14 9 0 0 1 50.1 42 28 24 1 2 36-0 47 6 0

2007 AZL Angels 1 0 4.76 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 6 3 0 1 8-0 3 7 2

2008 AZL Angels 4 0 1.54 4 4 0 0 0 23.1 11 4 4 1 1 10-0 24 2 0

R. Cucamonga 3 2 3.91 10 10 0 0 0 53.0 52 26 23 1 3 29-0 62 8 1

2009 R. Cucamonga 10 3 2.74 21 19 0 0 0 121.1 93 43 37 4 6 63-0 124 9 1

Arkansas 3 1 2.77 5 5 0 0 0 26.0 23 10 8 0 1 17-0 25 1 0

Montgomery 0 2 3.12 2 2 0 0 0 8.2 7 6 3 1 0 5-0 7 1 0

2010 Montgomery 11 6 3.47 27 27 0 0 0 142.2 136 63 55 9 4 70-2 150 12 1

2011 Durham 9 7 3.08 27 27 1 0 0 146.1 134 61 50 7 6 83-0 156 10 3

Tampa Bay 1 1 3.38 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 0 1 7-2 9 0 0

2012 Durham 3 7 7.30 26 14 0 0 0 69.0 70 58 56 6 3 63-1 91 5 1

Tampa Bay Did Not Pitch

GCL Rays 0 1 3.18 4 4 0 0 0 11.1 7 4 4 0 0 4-0 17 0 0



1: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a free agent, January 12, 2005…signed by Carlos Porte. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays

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2011 Pitcher - 4 0 0 0 0 0



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215MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 60 daysOPENING DAY AGE 28BORN 11/1/84 in Visalia, CARESIDES Tumwater, WACONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013ACQUIRED Selected in the 12th round of the 2007 June DraftSIGNING SCOUT Jake Wilson (Rays)

CATCHER

STEPHEN VOGT 26Stephen Guy Vogt (VOTE)

FOLLOW HIM @SVogt1229

X-RAY REPORT Ê Stephen and his wife, Alyssa, bought their first home this past offseason in Tumwater, Wash., near Olympia.

Ê Stephen and Alyssa have a daughter, Payton…on Sep 27, 2011—with Alyssa due in mid-October—Stephen flew to St. Petersburg to ac-cept his Rays Minor League Player of the Year Award in person at Tropicana Field…Alyssa went into labor that day and had the baby be-fore he returned—less than 36 hours from when he originally left…Alyssa coached basketball for the Evergreen State College Geoducks be-fore having Payton.

Ê Well known for his impressions, Stephen won the Rays Spring Training Talent Show in both 2009 and 2010 and even hosted in 2011…he lists Rays director of minor league operations Mitch Lukevics and minor league field coordi-nator Bill Evers as his two favorite impressions.

Ê While sidelined with a shoulder injury at Class-A Charlotte in 2009, Stephen served as a fill-in umpire during a doubleheader for the Stone Crabs at Charlotte Sports Park…the home plate umpire was forced from the game after being hit in the arm by a fastball, and Stephen volunteered to be the base umpire and the two managers agreed.

2012 SEASON Ê Saw his first major league action over three stints with the Rays and made the Opening Day roster…appeared in 18 games including 4 starts (3-DH, 1-C)…also appeared in 2 games

in LF…spent the remainder of the season with Triple-A Durham.

Ê Went hitless in 25 at-bats, the longest hitless streak to start a major league career in fran-chise history…is one of two players since 1990 to go hitless through his first 25 career at-bats, joining OAK Chris Carter in 2010 (0-for-33)…since 1900, the longest hitless streak to begin a career by a position player is 0-for-43 by SS Chub Aubrey of the Boston Beaneaters in 1903.

Ê Optioned to Durham on April 20 as B.J. Upton was activated from the disabled list…joined the Rays again on May 14 when Desmond Jennings went on the DL, but was returned to Durham on May 29 when Hideki Matsui was added to the roster…promoted again on Sep 5.

Ê Threw out the only base runner who attemptedto steal, Jacoby Ellsbury on Sep 17 vs. BOS.

Ê Drew a pair of walks, both as a pinch-hitter in the 9th inning in September…on Sep 15 at NYY received a free pass from RH Rafael Soriano…on Sep 20 vs. BOS, walked against RH Andrew Bailey to load the bases during a 6-run rally en route to a 7-4 walk-off victory, capped by B.J. Upton’s walk-off, 3-run homer.

Ê Named the winner of the 2012 Al Lopez Award as the Rays most outstanding rookie in spring…hit .323 (10-for-31) while appearing at 4 posi-tions: C, 1B, LF and RF as well as DH.

Ê Hit .272/.350/.424 (95-for-349) with 9 HR and 43 RBI in 94 games for Durham…split time be-tween C (37 games), LF (23), 1B (16), RF (12) and DH (12)…batted .303 (71-for-234) with 5 HR vs. RHP compared to .209 (24-for-115) vs. LHP.

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Ê Named Rays Minor League Hitter of the Month in June after hitting .364 (39-for-107) with 5 HR, 19 RBI, 6 doubles and 24 runs scored.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 was named Rays Minor League Player of the Year…split the season between Double-A Montgomery and Durham with a July 27 promo-tion…combined to bat .298 (152-for-510) with 17 HR, 35 2B and 105 RBI.

Ê Over 128 games, made appearances at catcher (50), left field (48), designated hitter (20), first base (13) and right field (2).

Ê His 105 RBI led the Rays organization and ranked as the 11th-highest total in the mi-nors…it was the 4th-highest total in Rays minor league history.

Ê Finished 6th in the Rays system with a .298 avg. …had career highs in hits (152), triples (7) and doubles…hit 17 HR after entering the sea-son with 18 HR over four minor league seasons.

Ê Opened the season with Montgomery and bat-ted .301 (116-for-386) with 13 HR and 85 RBI in 97 games…was named Montgomery’s MVP and a mid- and postseason All-Star in the Southern League…despite his call-up, ranked 6th in the SL in RBI and 9th in batting avg. and SLG (.487).

Ê Hit .368 (43-for-117) with RISP and .462 (18-for-39) with RISP and 2 outs…hit .253 (43-for-170) as a catcher and .337 (73-for-216) elsewhere.

Ê Won the Florida State League batting crown in 2010 with a .345 (127-for-368) avg. at Class-A Charlotte…it was the 3rd-highest avg. all-time

by a Rays farmhand…also led the FSL with a .511 SLG and .910 OPS, ranked 2nd in OBP (.399) and tied for 6th with 31 doubles…named a FSL midseason and postseason All-Star.

Ê Only played in 25 games over the first two months of the season (April–May) but forced his way into the everyday lineup after batting .371 (29-for-78) during that span.

Ê Was named the Erik Walker Community Champion Award winner after the season.

Ê Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in 2009 after playing just 10 games with the Stone Crabs…in 2008, played outfield (67 games), catcher (17) and first base (16) for Class-A Columbus…hit .356 (67-for-188) over the final 50 games of the season…in 2007 with Short-A Hudson Valley, ranked 5th in the New York-Penn League with 48 RBI.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê Named a First Team NAIA All-American (twice) and GSAC Player of the Year at Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)…hit .476 in his senior year and finished his college career with a .448 ca-reer mark.

Ê Between Stephen’s generation and his dad’s, there are six Vogts who have played college baseball…he played against his brother, Danny, who was a senior at Westmont College when Stephen was a freshman at Azusa Pacific…their father, Randy, played at Fresno State…his two uncles played at UC-Davis…his cousin played at Cal State-Stanislaus.



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2007 Hudson Valley .300 70 240 40 72 8 0 4 48 1 7 0 31-1 31 6 1 3 .383 .371 1

2008 Columbus .291 113 392 57 114 22 3 6 54 2 4 3 47-0 48 6 1 4 .408 .368 3

2009 Charlotte .171 10 35 0 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 1 2 .229 .216 0

2010 Charlotte .345 106 368 56 127 31 3 8 47 3 6 6 31-4 46 3 1 5 .511 .399 7

2011 Montgomery .301 97 386 52 116 21 6 13 85 0 10 1 30-3 51 4 2 9 .487 .344 1

Durham .290 31 124 15 36 14 1 4 20 0 3 0 4-0 29 0 0 4 .516 .305 1

2012 Tampa Bay .000 18 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 .000 .074 0

Durham .272 94 349 48 95 18 4 9 43 2 2 1 42-2 61 1 0 3 .424 .350 1



1: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round of the 2007 June Draft…signed by Jake Wilson.


2012 Catcher 1.000 7 19 2 0 21 0 0

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210MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 5 years, 134 days OPENING DAY AGE 31BORN 5/26/81 in Eureka, ILRESIDES Franklin, TNCONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013 plus two one-year club options for 2014 and 2015ACQUIRED From the Houston Astros along with RHP Mitch Talbot in exchange for 3B Aubrey Huff and cash considerations, 7/12/06SIGNING SCOUT Rusty Pendergrass (Astros)

INFIELDER I OUFIELDER

BEN ZOBRIST 18Benjamin Thomas Zobrist

FOLLOW HIM @TheZobrists

X-RAY REPORT Ê Ben will play for Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic…he described playing in the WBC as one his “career dreams.”

Ê Ben is now the longest-tenured Rays player, and following the winter departures of James Shields, B.J. Upton, Carlos Peña and J.P. Howell, is and the only Rays player remaining who suit-ed up for the Devil Rays.

Ê Ben’s wife, Julianna, is a Christian alternative recording artist who is soon releasing her sec-ond studio album, Say It Now…she spent much of the offseason writing and recording new ma-terial…her single “Behind Me,” which Ben has used as walk-up music, has received radio air-time…Julianna was a featured artist on the Christian page of iTunes last season…for more information visit thezobrists.com.

Ê The Zobrists have begun to rent out Trinity View Farm, the farm at their home in Franklin, Tenn., for weddings and corporate events as a small-business venture.

Ê For the last several years, Ben has visited the school of one lucky student as part of the Take Zobrist to School contest, sponsored by MetroPCS…last year he visited the 4th-grade classroom of Ryan Cole at Ponce de Leon Elementary in Clearwater, did a Q-and-A with the student body and hung out with kids dur-ing lunch.

2012 SEASON Ê Played in a career-high 157 games (156 starts, 59-RF, 47-SS, 46-2B, 4-DH)…according to Stats Inc., became the first player since records are available (1921) to start at least 45 games at three different positions in the field…the clos-est any other player came was Hall of Famer Stan Musial in 1948 (63-CF, 51-RF, 41-LF).

A.L. WALK LEADERS, 2009-12

Ben Zobrist 357

Jose Bautista 347

Miguel Cabrera 331

Nick Swisher 327

Mark Teixeira 304

MOST RBI ON THE ROAD, MLB, 2010-12

Miguel Cabrera 177

Adrian Gonzalez 172

Albert Pujols 166

Ben Zobrist 160

Hunter Pence 159

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT, MLB, 2009-12 (Per Baseball-Reference.com)

Ben Zobrist 26.6

Albert Pujols 26.4

Ryan Braun 25.9

Robinson Cano 25.1

Miguel Cabrera 25.0

Evan Longoria 24.0


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Ê Is only the second Ray to play in 150-plus games in 4 consecutive seasons, joining Carl Crawford (2003-06).

Ê Led the Rays in games started, hits (151), runs scored (88), doubles (39), triples (7, tied), extra-base hits (66), walks (97), OBP (.377) and multi-hit games (42)…ranked 2nd on the club to B.J. Upton in home runs (20) and RBI (74)…finished tied for 6th in the AL in triples and tied for 8th in the AL in doubles and 9th in OBP.

Ê Led all major league switch-hitters in doubles and extra-base hits for a second straight sea-son, the first player to do this since CIN Pete Rose (1975-76)…also leads all switch-hitters with 141 doubles since the start of 2009…dur-ing that same span, no other player in baseball can match his combination of doubles and tri-ples (22).

Ê Had a .200 batting avg. as late as June 7…after that date, hit .307/.402/.523 (112-for-365) over his final 102 games.

Ê Moved to shortstop on Aug 9 vs. TOR and start-ed there 47 of the remaining 52 games (includ-ing each of the final 27 games)…prior to that, had not appeared at shortstop since June 23, 2009 or started there since May 30, 2009.

Ê Committed only 4 errors in 47 games (189 total chances) at shortstop…his .979 fielding pct. at shortstop would have ranked 7th in the majors if he had enough games to qualify and exceed-ed the major league average of .973 for short-stops…entered the season with a career .953 fielding pct. at shortstop in 130 games.

Ê His 97 walks were 2nd most in the majors to CWS Adam Dunn (105) as well as a career high…tied for the 2nd-highest total in club his-tory, trailing Carlos Peña (103 in 2007) and ty-ing B.J. Upton (2008)…swung at 37.0 percent of pitches seen, tied with BOS/CWS Kevin Youkilis for 2nd-lowest rate in the AL behind MIN Joe Mauer (34.8).

Ê Over the last four seasons (2009-12), his 357 walks lead the AL and rank 5th in the majors…the last middle infielder to draw this many walks over a 4-season span was Joe Morgan, who totaled 382 BB from 1977-80 (min. half of total games played at 2B and/or SS).

Ê According to Baseball Reference, leads the majors since the start of 2009 with a com-bined 26.6 wins above replacement (WAR), just ahead of Albert Pujols (26.4)…WAR counts of-fensive and defensive contributions relative to a player’s position(s).

Ê Following the season was rated by MLB Network as the No. 6 right fielder in the game and the No. 2 right fielder by Bill James.

Ê Owns a career .415 avg. (22-for-53) with the bases loaded, 2nd highest among active play-ers (min. 50 AB) behind DET Miguel Cabrera (.416).

Zobrist’s donations to the Rays Baseball Foundation

help make possible programs like the Community

Fund Grant, which annually awards grants to

Tampa Bay-area nonprofi ts. In May 2012, Zobrist

joined James Shields, Evan Longoria and Andrew

Friedman in presenting a check to each of the 15

organizations during a luncheon at Tropicana Field.

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Ê Hit .297/.395/.520 (88-for-296) on the road with 12 HR, 46 RBI and 24 2B…ranked 4th in the ma-jors with a .916 OPS on the road…by contrast, hit .239/.356/.417 (63-for-264) at home with 8 HR, 28 RBI and 15 2B…over the last three seasons has 30 HR and 160 RBI on the road, compared to 20 HR and 80 RBI at home.

Ê Led the Rays with 28 game-tying and go-ahead RBI.

Ê Ranks 3rd on the Rays all-time list in triples (26), runs scored (405) and walks (395)…his 5 grand slams are tied with Carlos Peña for the club record…ranks 4th on the Rays career list in games played (761), hits (693) and stolen bases (81)…his 34 sacrifice flies are one shy of Carl Crawford’s club record.

Ê Recorded multiple hits in 5 consecutive games from June 8-15, matching his career high and the longest by a Ray since Evan Longoria went 6 games (Aug 31–Sep 5, 2009)…this raised his season avg. from .200 to .235.

Ê On June 9 at MIA, became the 4th Ray to reach base safely 5 times and hit 2 home runs in the same game, joining Jose Canseco (June 14, 1999 vs. CWS), Carlos Peña (Aug 31, 2007 vs. NYY) and Desmond Jennings (Aug 28, 2011 vs. TOR).

Ê Had two walk-off hits, both coming in extra in-nings…on July 20 vs. SEA, broke a 3-3 tie in the 14th inning with an RBI triple scoring Carlos Peña…on Sep 7 vs. TEX, hit a 2-run homer off Mark Lowe in the 11th inning for a 3-1 win, his first career walk-off home run.

Ê His .996 career fielding pct. in the outfield ranks 2nd among active players (min. 300 games), just percentage points behind BOS Jacoby Ellsbury (.996)…has 2 errors in 544 chances…went 270 errorless games before committing his first error in the outfield, a throwing error on May 22 vs. TOR…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, this was the most errorless games in the outfield to start a ma-jor league career since OAK/SF Darren Lewis played 392 errorless games from 1990-94…Zobrist went 479 total chances in the outfield before his first error.

Ê With B.J. Upton on the DL, started the first 13 games of the year in right field…drew an AL-high 19 walks in April, 2nd most in club history after Jonny Gomes (22 in April 2006)…his .443 OBP in June ranked 4th in the AL and 2nd in club history for June behind Fred McGriff (.500 in June 2001).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ê In 2011 led the team with 156 games played, 153 starts (118-2B, 33-RF, 2-DH)…also led the

Rays in runs (99), hits (158), doubles (46) and extra-base hits (72)—all career highs.

Ê Led all major league switch-hitters in extra-base hits and doubles…overall was 6th in the AL in extra-base hits and tied for 3rd in dou-bles…had 43 extra-base hits by the All-Star break…only one switch-hitter in AL history has had more doubles in a season: BAL Brian Roberts (2004, 2008-09).

Ê Batted .311 on the road—8th in the AL, and 90 points better than his average at home (.221, 6th-lowest in AL)…this was the greatest dispar-ity in the majors in 2011…the last player with a greater margin in road average over home was SD Chase Headley in 2009 (.305 to .208).

Ê His 60 RBI on the road were 4th in the majors behind PHI Ryan Howard (63), LAD Matt Kemp (63) and BOS Adrian Gonzalez (62).

Ê The Rays were 88-68 with Zobrist in the line-up…in the 88 wins, he batted .333 (113-for- 342) with 16 HR and 77 RBI…in the 68 losses, he bat-ted .179 (44-for-246) with 4 HR and 14 RBI.

Ê Hit 7 HR in his first 25 games and 5 HR in his last 11 games…only hit 8 in 120 games between.

Ê Hit his first career inside-the-park home run on Sep 25 vs. TOR off Brett Cecil, the 10th in Rays history.

Ê Selected as one of the five AL players for the MLB All-Star Game Final Vote…was the 4th Ray to make the Final Vote fan ballot, joining Carl Crawford (2005), Evan Longoria (2008) and Carlos Peña (2009)…Longoria is the lone Ray to win.

Ê Named AL Player of the Week (April 24–May 1) after batting .440 (11-for-25) with 2 HR, 5 2B and 13 RBI in 6 games…combined for 10 RBI in a doubleheader on April 28 at MIN…the last player with 10-plus RBI in a doublehead-er was STL Mark Whiten (13) on Sep 7, 1993 at CIN (1 in Game 1, 12 in Game 2)…the last play-er with 10 RBI in a day (single game) was LAA Garret Anderson on Aug 21, 2007 vs. NYY (10)…in Game 1, collected a career-high 4 hits and a club-record 8 RBI…his 8 RBI tied TEX Nelson Cruz for most in one game in 2011.

Ê Had 18 RBI in 5 games from April 21-25…the last AL player to do that was Reggie Jackson (18) from June 14-18, 1969…the last ML player to do it was CHC Sammy Sosa (18) from Aug 10-14, 2002.

Ê POSTSEASON: Started at second base all 4 games of the ALDS vs. Texas and was one of two Rays to hit safely in all 4 games (also Desmond Jennings)…has a current 7-game postseason hitting streak, 2 shy of the Rays club record of 9 held by B.J. Upton.


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Ê On April 23, 2010 signed a three-year con-tract extension with club options for 2014 and 2015…if both options are exercised, he would earn just under $30 million over the life of the contract…he will donate up to $450,000 dur-ing the life of the contract to the Rays Baseball Foundation, the team’s charitable foundation that supports youth and education programs in the Tampa Bay region.

Ê Started 144 games at five different positions (79-RF, 46-2B, 9-CF, 9-1B, 1-3B)…collected 92 walks, a career high at the time and 4th most in the AL.

Ê Stole a career-high 24 bases and was caught only 3 times…his 88.9 percent success rate ranked 3rd in the AL (min. 20 attempts).

Ê Tied NYM David Wright for the major league lead with 12 sacrifice flies…set a club record, passing John Flaherty (10 in 1999)…record-ed 7 bunt singles, tied with teammate Sean Rodriguez and six others for the AL lead.

Ê Did not hit a home run until May 20 at NYY off LH Andy Pettitte…went 38 games and 146 AB before his first homer.

Ê His batting avg. fell nearly 60 points from 2009 (.297 to .238), despite reaching .315 on June 9…hit .177 (50-for-283) in 84 games from June 22 through season’s end, but drew 64 BB in that span…in September went through separate 0-for-23 and 0-for-18 skids…hit safely in a club-record 23 straight road games, May 10–July 1.

Ê POSTSEASON: Started all 5 games of the ALDS vs. TEX (2-RF, 2-2B, 1-1B), batting .300 (6-for-20)…in the Game 1 loss at home, doubled and hit his first career postseason home run, both off LH Cliff Lee, the Rays only two extra-base hits in the game…it was the first career post-season homer allowed by Lee, coming in his sixth start.

Ê In 2009, was selected team MVP by the Tampa Bay chapter of the BBWAA…finished 8th in the AL MVP balloting, one of five top-10 finishes in club history (Longoria, 6th in 2010 and 10th in 2011; Crawford, 7th in 2010; Peña, 8th in 2008).

Ê Started 110 of the final 113 games and made 135 starts total: 81-2B, 37-RF, 6-SS, 5-CF, 2-1B, 2-LF, 1-3B, 1-DH…became the first player to start

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at seven different defensive positions in one season since NYM Joe McEwing did the same in 2002…was also the first Rays player to do so (joined by Sean Rodriguez in 2010).

Ê Ranked 4th in home runs (27) and RBI (91) among major league switch-hitters…both marks are club records for a switch-hitter…his .948 OPS tied for 3rd in the AL with NYY Mark Teixeira…it remains the 3rd-highest figure in Rays history…led Rays in BB (91), SLG (.543) and OBP (.405), finishing 6th, 7th and 9th in the AL respectively.

Ê Tied MIN Jason Kubel for the AL lead with 3 pinch-hit home runs, matching Bubba Trammell (2000) for the club record…included was a pinch-hit grand slam off LH Matt Thornton in the 6th inning April 17 vs. CWS, taking the Rays from a 5-2 deficit to a 6-5 win.

Ê Hit 2 grand slams, tied for the AL lead…added 6 three-run homers, tied for 3rd in the AL.

Ê ALL-STAR GAME: Named to his first All-Star Team, becoming the first player to be selected after starting at six different positions…played the last two innings at second base, catching the final out of the game on a pop fly to shallow right field…selected by Manager Joe Maddon.

Ê Had four stops with the Rays in 2008 and was recalled for good on Aug 5…played in 62 games (49 starts)…played six different positions (2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF), starting at five (33-SS, 8-LF, 4-2B, 3-CF, 1-RF)…was on course to make the Opening Day roster before suffering a left thumb fracture in the spring…spent the first 38 games on the big league DL…activated May 13 and optioned to Triple-A Durham May 30.

Ê Led all ML middle infielders with a 16.5 AB-per-HR ratio (min. 10 HR)…finished ahead of FLA Dan Uggla (16.6), FLA Hanley Ramirez (17.9) and PHI Chase Utley (18.4)…prior to 2008 had only 3 HR in 280 major league at-bats (93.3-AB/HR) and 19 HR in 1,251 AB in the minors (65.8).

Ê Hit 4 HR in the final 4 games of the season at Detroit…named co-AL Player of the Week with TEX Hank Blalock.

Ê Was the last visiting player to hit a grand slam at Yankee Stadium, connecting off RH Sidney Ponson in the 4th inning on Sep 13…hom-ered June 25-26 at FLA but optioned back to Durham on June 27…in his first game back after being recalled on July 5 vs. KC, homered off LH Horacio Ramirez.

Ê In his final stint with Durham, went 20-for-37 (.541) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI in 11 games, earn-ing International League Player of the Week from July 28–Aug 3.

Ê POSTSEASON: Appeared in 7 games (2 starts) batting .091 (1-for-11)…started in right field in

Games 1 and 4 of the World Series vs. PHI…sin-gled to left off LH Cole Hamels in Game 1 for his lone hit of the postseason…pinch-hit four times (0-for-4)…drew a pivotal pinch-hit walk in Game 2 of the ALCS vs. BOS in the 11th inning…was on 2B when the winning run scored on a sacrifice fly to win it, 9-8.

Ê Played in 31 games over a pair of tours with the Rays in 2007 until a right oblique strain side-lined him the final six weeks of the season…Opening Day shortstop started 13 of the first 17 games, then just two of the next 17…optioned to Durham on May 11 when Josh Wilson was claimed off waivers from Washington.

Ê Recalled July 29 from Durham after Ty Wigginton was dealt to the Astros…was 5-for-32 (.156) his second tour.

Ê Made his major league debut in 2006 after only 18 games at the Triple-A level…acquired from Houston on July 12 along with RH Mitch Talbot for 3B Aubrey Huff and cash consider-ations…recalled along with B.J. Upton on Aug 1 from Durham, taking over regular shortstop du-ties when Julio Lugo was traded to the Dodgers on July 31…started 50 of the final 56 games, all at shortstop.

Ê Singled off RH Curt Schilling on Aug 4 vs. BOS for his first major league hit…on Aug 6 vs. BOS collected his first home run (Jason Johnson), double and 3 RBI.

Ê On Sep 2 vs. SEA he combined with C Dioner Navarro on the first 2-6-2 triple play in ML history.

Ê Began the season with Double-A Corpus Christi (Astros)…batted .328 in 82 games and led the league with 6 3B and 55 BB…named a Texas League All-Star…following the season played in the Arizona Fall League where he was named to the All- Prospect Team.

Ê Batted a combined .314 (122-for-388) with 29 doubles and 18 SB at Class-A Salem and Class-A Lexington in 2005…named a South Atlantic League All-Star…was the starting shortstop for Team USA at the 2005 World Cup in the Netherlands…began his professional ca-reer in 2004 at Short-A Tri-City…named to the New York-Penn League All-Star Team as well as team MVP and NYPL Rookie of the Year…led the NYPL in batting (.339) and OBP (.438) and 2nd in hits (49)…earned Topps Player of the Month honors for August.

PERSONAL & MISC. Ê He and his wife, Julianna, have a son, Zion (4), and daughter, Kruse (1)…Julianna and Ben’s fa-thers are both ministers.


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2008 ALCS TB vs. BOS .000 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 0

WS TB vs. PHI .143 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 0

2010 ALDS TB vs. TEX .300 5 20 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2-0 6 0 0 0 .550 .364 0

2011 ALDS TB vs. TEX .235 4 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 4 0 0 0 .235 .278 0

DS Totals .270 9 37 4 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2-0 10 0 0 0 .405 .325 0



2004 Tri-City .339 68 257 50 87 14 3 4 45 4 2 4 43-0 31 15 4 5 .463 .438 14

2005 Lexington .304 68 247 45 75 17 2 2 32 4 7 5 47-2 35 16 5 2 .413 .415 12

Salem .333 42 141 25 47 12 1 3 13 1 0 1 37-1 17 2 1 3 .496 .475 3

2006 Corpus Christi .327 83 315 57 103 25 6 3 30 5 1 5 55-1 46 9 5 7 .473 .434 16

Durham .304 18 69 12 21 3 1 0 6 2 0 1 10-0 9 4 1 0 .377 .400 2

Tampa Bay .224 52 183 10 41 6 2 2 18 2 3 0 10-1 26 2 3 2 .311 .260 9

2007 Tampa Bay .155 31 97 8 15 2 0 1 9 2 2 1 3-0 21 2 0 1 .206 .184 6

Durham .279 61 222 42 62 14 2 7 22 3 3 5 43-0 38 8 3 4 .455 .403 11

2008 Vero Beach .286 4 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 .357 .267 1

Tampa Bay .253 62 198 32 50 10 2 12 30 0 2 2 25-1 37 3 0 4 .505 .339 7

Durham .366 20 71 15 26 3 0 4 13 1 1 0 15-0 16 4 1 0 .577 .471 1

2009 Tampa Bay .297 152 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 1 4 2 91-4 104 17 6 7 .543 .405 7

2010 Tampa Bay .238 151 541 77 129 28 2 10 75 7 12 3 92-1 107 24 3 10 .353 .346 4

2011 Tampa Bay .269 156 588 99 158 46 6 20 91 2 5 2 77-1 128 19 6 9 .469 .353 6

2012 Tampa Bay .270 157 560 88 151 39 7 20 74 2 6 3 97-7 103 14 9 13 .471 .377 12



1: Selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2004 June Draft…signed by Rusty Pendergrass. 2: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays

along with RH Mitch Talbot from Houston in exchange for INF Aubrey Huff and cash considerations, July 12, 2006.


2009 AL, St. Louis .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

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HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

GRAND SLAMS (5)

7/15/11 vs. BOS (Andrew Miller); 6/3/09 vs. KC (Brian

Bannister); 4/17/09 vs. CWS (Matt Thornton); 9/13/08 at NYY

(G2) (Sidney Ponson); 8/29/08 vs. BAL (Fernando Cabrera)

MULTI-HR GAMES (2)

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WALKOFF (1)

9/7/12 vs. TEX (11th inn., Mark Lowe)

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5/21/09 vs. OAK (Andrew Bailey); 4/28/09 at MIN (Joe

Nathan); 4/17/09 vs. CWS (Matt Thornton)

INSIDE-THE-PARK (1)

9/25/11 vs. TOR (Brett Cecil)

Ê Of the 1,284 players to appear in a major league game in 2012, “Zobrist” was dead last in the al-phabet…Yankees RH David Aardsma was first…Ben is one of three Rays all-time whose last name begins with the letter “Z,” along with RH Victor Zambrano and C Gregg Zaun.

Ê For the last several offseasons has given mo-tivational speeches to Nashville-area youth and families…spoke at his church’s 4th annual Wiffle ball tournament in January…in December he instructed Little Leaguers at Christian Center in Peoria, Ill., where he played ball as a kid.

Ê Grew up in Eureka, Ill., about two and a half hours from Chicago, but was a fan of Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith…was undrafted out of Eureka (Ill.) High School.

Ê Attended Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) and transferred to Dallas Baptist University…select-ed out of DBU by the Astros in the sixth round of the 2004 June Draft.


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2007 Shortstop .943 30 37 63 6 106 17

2008 Shortstop .949 35 51 78 7 136 22

Left Field 1.000 14 21 1 0 22 0

Second Base 1.000 8 11 11 0 22 3

Center Field 1.000 5 8 0 0 8 0


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2009 Second Base .989 91 143 225 4 372 44

Right Field 1.000 59 89 5 0 94 4

Shortstop .926 13 9 16 2 27 5

Left Field 1.000 9 8 0 0 8 0

Center Field 1.000 7 15 0 0 15 0

First Base .875 3 6 1 1 8 2

Third Base - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2010 Right Field 1.000 103 182 6 0 188 3

Second Base .984 55 74 116 3 193 27

First Base 1.000 14 77 8 0 85 6

Center Field 1.000 14 22 0 0 22 0

Third Base .500 2 1 0 1 2 0

Left Field - 1 0 0 0 0 0

2011 Second Base .989 131 213 316 6 535 68

Right Field 1.000 38 65 1 0 66 0

2012 Right Field .983 71 113 6 2 121 1

Second Base .968 58 73 107 6 186 27

Shortstop .979 47 46 139 4 189 27


Right Field .996 273 449 18 2 469 8

Shortstop .960 177 229 444 28 701 102

Center Field 1.000 26 45 0 0 45 0

Left Field 1.000 24 29 1 0 30 0

First Base .989 17 83 9 1 93 8

Third Base .750 4 1 2 1 4 0



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IZATIONCO

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NON-ROSTER IN

VITESRECORDS & H

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SBRO

ADCAST INFORMATION

TROPICANA FIELD & M

ISC.

2013 SPRING TRAINING ROSTER

MANAGER

70 Maddon, Joe

COACHES

46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen) 6 Foley, Tom (3B)25 Hendrick, George (1B)48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench)44 Nelson, Jaime (Coach)17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting)65 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)

PITCHERS (34)

22 Archer, Chris (R) 76 Buschmann, Matt (R)*53 Cobb, Alex (R) 37 Colome, Alex (R) 41 De Los Santos, Frank (L)43 Farnsworth, Kyle (R) 71 Fleming, Marquis (R)*47 Gomes, Brandon (R) 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (R)40 Hernandez, Roberto (R)72 Inman, Will (R)*74 Liberatore, Adam (L)*52 Lueke, Josh (R) 73 Martin, J.D. (R)*57 McGee, Jake (L)31 Montgomery, Mike (L)55 Moore, Matt (L)81 Nevarez, Matt (R)*34 Niemann, Jeff (R) 23 Odorizzi, Jake (R)61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (R)*80 Paduch, Jim (R)*79 Patterson, Jimmy (L)*62 Peralta, Joel (R) 14 Price, David (L)27 Ramos, Cesar (L)51 Rivero, Felipe (L)56 Rodney, Fernando (R) 45 Romero, Enny (L)78 Schenk, Neil (L)*85 Sandoval, Juan (R)*54 Torres, Alex (L)35 Wright, Jamey (R)*75 Yates, Kirby (R)*

CATCHERS (7)

63 Albernaz, Craig*38 Chirinos, Robinson16 Gimenez, Chris59 Lobaton, Jose28 Molina, Jose67 Thomas, Mark*26 Vogt, Stephen

INFIELDERS (15)

86 Anderson, Leslie*29 Beckham, Tim11 Escobar, Yunel87 Figueroa, Cole* 7 Fontenot, Mike* 2 Johnson, Kelly36 Lee, Hak-Ju 3 Longoria, Evan21 Loney, James68 O’Malley, Shawn*19 Roberts, Ryan 1 Rodriguez, Sean69 Weglarz, Nick*30 Scott, Luke18 Zobrist, Ben

OUTFIELDERS (8)

66 Bourgeois, Jason*64 Duncan, Shelley* 5 Fuld, Sam10 Guyer, Brandon 8 Jennings, Desmond20 Joyce, Matt60 Myers, Wil*24 Thompson, Rich* BULLPEN CATCHER

77 Cursi, Scott

NUMERICAL

1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 2 Johnson, Kelly (INF/OF) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 5 Fuld, Sam (OF) 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 7 Fontenot, Mike (INF)* 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF)10 Guyer, Brandon (OF)11 Escobar, Yunel (SS)14 Price, David (LHP)16 Gimenez, Chris (C) 17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach)18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL)19 Roberts, Ryan (INF)20 Joyce, Matt (OF)21 Loney, James (1B)22 Archer, Chris (RHP) 23 Odorizzi, Jake (RHP)24 Thompson, Rich (OF)*25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach)26 Vogt, Stephen (C)27 Ramos, Cesar (LHP)28 Molina, Jose (C)29 Beckham, Tim (INF)30 Scott, Luke (DH)31 Montgomery, Mike (LHP)34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 35 Wright, Jamey (RHP)*36 Lee, Hak-Ju (SS)37 Colome, Alex (RHP) 38 Chirinos, Robinson (C)40 Hernandez, Roberto (RHP)41 De Los Santos, Frank (LHP)43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 44 Nelson, Jaime (Coach)45 Romero, Enny (LHP)46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen Coach)47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach)51 Rivero, Felipe (LHP)52 Lueke, Josh (RHP) 53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 54 Torres, Alex (LHP)55 Moore, Matt (LHP)56 Rodney, Fernando (RHP) 57 McGee, Jake (LHP)58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP)59 Lobaton, Jose (C) 60 Myers, Wil (OF)*61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (RHP)*62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 63 Albernaz, Craig (C)*64 Duncan, Shelley (1B/OF)*65 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)66 Bourgeois, Jason (OF)*67 Thomas, Mark (C)*68 O’Malley, Shawn (INF)*69 Weglarz, Nick (1B/OF)*70 Maddon, Joe (Manager)71 Fleming, Marquis (RHP)*72 Inman, Will (RHP)*73 Martin, J.D. (RHP)*74 Liberatore, Adam (LHP)*75 Yates, Kirby (RHP)*76 Buschmann, Matt (RHP)*78 Schenk, Neil (LHP)*79 Patterson, Jimmy (LHP)*80 Paduch, Jim (RHP)*81 Nevarez, Matt (RHP)*85 Sandoval, Juan (RHP)*86 Anderson, Leslie (1B/OF)*87 Figueroa, Cole (INF)* TRAINING STAFF

Porterfield, Ron (Head Athletic Trainer)Harker, Paul (Assistant Athletic Trainer)Vinson, Mark (Assistant Athletic Trainer)Barr, Kevin (Strength & Conditioning Coach) EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Westmoreland, Chris VIDEO COORDINATOR

Fernandez, Chris

ALPHABETICAL

63 Albernaz, Craig (C)*86 Anderson, Leslie (1B/OF)*22 Archer, Chris (RHP) 29 Beckham, Tim (INF)*46 Boroski, Stan (Bullpen Coach)66 Bourgeois, Jason (OF)*76 Buschmann, Matt (RHP)*38 Chirinos, Robinson (C)53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 37 Colome, Alex (RHP) 41 De Los Santos, Frank (LHP)64 Duncan, Shelley (1B/OF)*11 Escobar, Yunel (SS)43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 87 Figueroa, Cole (INF)*71 Fleming, Marquis (RHP)* 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 7 Fontenot, Mike (INF)* 5 Fuld, Sam (OF)16 Gimenez, Chris (C) 47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 10 Guyer, Brandon (OF)58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP)25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach)40 Hernandez, Roberto (RHP)48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach)72 Inman, Will (RHP)* 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 2 Johnson, Kelly (INF/OF)20 Joyce, Matt (OF)36 Lee, Hak-Ju (SS)*74 Liberatore, Adam (LHP)*59 Lobaton, Jose (C) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B)21 Loney, James (1B)52 Lueke, Josh (RHP) 70 Maddon, Joe (Manager)51 Martin, J.D. (RHP)* 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach)57 McGee, Jake (LHP)28 Molina, Jose (C)31 Montgomery, Mike (LHP)55 Moore, Matt (LHP)60 Myers, Wil (OF)*44 Nelson, Jaime (Coach)81 Nevarez, Matt (RHP)*34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 68 O’Malley, Shawn (INF)*23 Odorizzi, Jake (RHP)61 Oviedo, Juan Carlos (RHP)*80 Paduch, Jim (RHP)*79 Patterson, Jimmy (LHP)*62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 14 Price, David (LHP)27 Ramos, Cesar (LHP)51 Rivero, Felipe (LHP)19 Roberts, Ryan (INF)56 Rodney, Fernando (RHP) 1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF)45 Romero, Enny (LHP)85 Sandoval, Juan (RHP)*78 Schenk, Neil (LHP)*30 Scott, Luke (DH)17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach)67 Thomas, Mark (C)*24 Thompson, Rich (OF)*54 Torres, Alex (LHP)26 Vogt, Stephen (C)69 Weglarz, Nick (1B/OF)*35 Wright, Jamey (RHP)*75 Yates, Kirby (RHP)*65 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL) SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS

94 Allen, Neil91 Barnes, Skeeter90 Bosman, Dick88 Hoff, Jim95 Hoover, Paul89 Livesey, Steve92 Montoyo, Charlie93 Myers, Dave97 Quatraro, Matt96 Robinson, Dewey

* Non-roster invite

2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE198

HOW THE RAYS WERE BUILT

DATE PLAYER HOW ACQUIRED

July 12, 2006 Ben Zobrist From the Houston Astros along with RHP Mitch Talbot for INF Aubrey Huff

and cash

Dec 10, 2008 Matt Joyce From the Detroit Tigers for RHP Edwin Jackson

Aug 28, 2009 Sean Rodriguez From the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim along with 3B Matt Sweeney for

LHP Scott KazmirAlex Torres

Dec 17, 2010 Brandon Gomes From the San Diego Padres along with INF Cole Figueroa and RHP Adam

Russell for SS Jason Bartlett and cashCesar Ramos

Jan 8, 2011 Chris Archer From the Chicago Cubs for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP

Zach RosscupRobinson Chirinos

Sam Fuld

Brandon Guyer

Hak-Ju Lee

Nov 27, 2011 Josh Lueke From the Seattle Mariners along with cash considerations for C John Jaso

July 24, 2012 Ryan Roberts From the Arizona Diamondbacks for INF Tyler Bortnick

Dec 4, 2012 Yunel Escobar From the Miami Marlins in exchange for INF Derek Dietrich

Dec 9, 2012 Mike Montgomery From the Kansas City Royals along with OF Wil Myers and 3B Patrick

Leonard for RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named

(INF Elliot Johnson)Jake Odorizzi

DATE PLAYERS

Feb 6, 2006 Frank De Los Santos

March 20, 2007 Alex Colome

June 2, 2008 Enny Romero

July 30, 2008 Felipe Rivero

Feb 16, 2012 Chris Gimenez

DATE PLAYER PRIOR CLUB

Dec 17, 2010 Joel Peralta Washington Nationals

Jan 16, 2011 Kyle Farnsworth Atlanta Braves

Nov 28, 2011 Jose Molina Toronto Blue Jays

Jan 4, 2012 Fernando Rodney Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Jan 23, 2012 Luke Scott Baltimore Orioles

Dec 6, 2012 James Loney Boston Red Sox

Dec 18, 2012 Roberto Hernandez Cleveland Indians

Feb 5, 2013 Kelly Johnson Toronto Blue Jays

DATE PLAYER PRIOR CLUB

July 30, 2009 Jose Lobaton San Diego Padres

DATE PLAYER ROUND

2004 Jeff Niemann 1st

Jake McGee 5th

2005 Jeremy Hellickson 4th

2006 Evan Longoria 1st

Alex Cobb 4th

Desmond Jennings 10th

2007 David Price 1st

Matt Moore 8th

Stephen Vogt 12th

2008 Tim Beckham 1st

ACQUIRED IN TRADE (16)

CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS (1)

MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT (5)

SIGNED AS FREE AGENT (8)

JUNE DRAFT (10)

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