2009 Tampa Bay Rays Roster

The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2009 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starters list, a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays salary list, a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays uniform number breakdown and a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"We (the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays) had some high hopes for this season. To end our season the way we did, it's not us. We have got to get better. We've got to reassess what we did this season and try to get better next year." - James Shields on MLB.com (10/05/09, Bill Chastain, 'Slow start, tough finish frame Rays' 2009')
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2009 Tampa Bay Rays



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Complete Roster  
 

49 Winston Abreu 6-02 170 Right Right 1977-04-05
50 Grant Balfour 6-02 175 Right Right 1977-12-30
47 Jeff Bennett 6-03 205 Right Right 1980-06-10
53 Chad Bradford 6-05 205 Right Right 1974-09-14
36, 37 Randy Choate 6-03 180 Left Left 1975-09-05
31 Lance Cormier 6-01 190 Right Right 1980-08-19
58 Wade Davis 6-05 220 Right Right 1985-09-07
22 Matt Garza 6-04 185 Right Right 1983-11-11
39 J.P. Howell 6-00 175 Left Left 1983-04-25
44 Jason Isringhausen 6-03 195 Right Right 1972-09-07
19 Scott Kazmir 6-00 170 Left Left 1984-01-24
46 Joe Nelson 6-01 210 Right Right 1974-10-25
34 Jeff Niemann 6-09 280 Right Right 1983-02-28
40 Troy Percival 6-03 200 Right Right 1969-08-09
14 David Price 6-06 225 Left Left 1985-08-26
33 James Shields 6-04 215 Right Right 1981-12-20
52 Brian Shouse 5-11 180 Left Left 1968-09-26
21 Andy Sonnanstine 6-03 185 Right Left 1983-03-18
36 Russ Springer 6-04 195 Right Right 1968-11-07
59 Dale Thayer 6-00 195 Right Right 1980-12-17
35 Dan Wheeler 6-03 222 Right Right 1977-12-10
41 Michel Hernandez 6-00 215 Right Right 1978-08-12
30 Dioner Navarro 5-10 190 Right Both 1984-02-09
9, 11 Shawn Riggans 6-02 190 Right Right 1980-07-25
9 Gregg Zaun 5-10 170 Right Both 1971-04-14
16 Willy Aybar 6-00 175 Right Both 1983-03-09
8 Jason Bartlett 6-00 180 Right Right 1979-10-30
15 Reid Brignac 6-03 180 Right Left 1986-01-16
11 Joe Dillon 6-02 200 Right Right 1975-08-02
1 Akinori Iwamura 5-09 175 Right Left 1979-02-09
3 Evan Longoria 6-02 210 Right Right 1985-10-07
23 Carlos Pena 6-02 210 Left Left 1978-05-17
32 Chris Richard 6-02 210 Left Left 1974-06-07
18 Ben Zobrist 6-03 200 Right Both 1981-05-26
5 Pat Burrell 6-04 225 Right Right 1976-10-10
13 Carl Crawford 6-02 195 Left Left 1981-08-05
26 Gabe Gross 6-03 210 Right Left 1979-10-21
20 Matt Joyce 6-02 185 Right Left 1984-08-03
27 Gabe Kapler 6-02 208 Right Right 1975-08-31
38 Fernando Perez 6-01 195 Right Both 1983-04-23
2 B.J. Upton 6-03 180 Right Right 1984-08-21
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The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays played 162 games during the regular season, won 84 games, lost 78 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Tropicana Field (Park Factors: 93/95) where 1,874,962 fans witnessed their 2009 Rays finish the season with a .519 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starters list, a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays salary list, a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays uniform number breakdown and a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays primary starters list:

2009 Tampa Bay Rays
Opening Day Starters


Jason Bartlett
Pat Burrell
Carl Crawford
Gabe Gross
Akinori Iwamura
Scott Kazmir
Evan Longoria
Dioner Navarro
Carlos Pena
B.J. Upton

2009 Tampa Bay Rays
Most Games by Position

C Dioner Navarro (113)
1B Carlos Pena (133)
2B Ben Zobrist (91)
3B Evan Longoria (151)
SS Jason Bartlett (134)
LF Carl Crawford (154)
CF B.J. Upton (144)
RF Gabe Gross (100)
  
SP Matt Garza
SP Scott Kazmir
SP Jeff Niemann
SP David Price
SP James Shields
SP Andy Sonnanstine
  
RP Grant Balfour
RP Chad Bradford
RP Randy Choate
RP Lance Cormier
RP Joe Nelson
RP Brian Shouse
RP Russ Springer
RP Dan Wheeler
CL J.P. Howell


2009 Tampa Bay Rays
Salaries

Carl Crawford $8,250,000.00
Carlos Pena $8,000,000.00
Pat Burrell $7,000,000.00
Troy Percival $4,445,000.00
Scott Kazmir $4,000,000.00
Chad Bradford $3,666,666.00
Akinori Iwamura $3,250,000.00
Dan Wheeler $3,200,000.00
Dioner Navarro $2,100,000.00
Jason Bartlett $1,981,250.00
James Shields $1,500,000.00
Grant Balfour $1,400,000.00
Brian Shouse $1,350,000.00
Joe Nelson $1,300,000.00
Jeff Niemann $1,290,000.00
Gabe Gross $1,255,000.00
Gabe Kapler $1,000,018.00
Willy Aybar $975,000.00
Jason Isringhausen $750,000.00
Lance Cormier $675,000.00
Evan Longoria $550,000.00
Randy Choate $500,000.00
B.J. Upton $435,000.00
J.P. Howell $433,700.00
Matt Garza $433,300.00
Andy Sonnanstine $430,100.00
Ben Zobrist $415,900.00
Shawn Riggans $413,900.00
Matt Joyce $410,400.00
Joe Dillon $410,000.00
Fernando Perez $402,800.00
Reid Brignac $400,400.00
Wade Davis $400,000.00
Dale Thayer $400,000.00


2009 Tampa Bay Rays
Uniform Numbers

#1 Akinori Iwamura
#2 B.J. Upton
#3 Evan Longoria
#5 Pat Burrell
#8 Jason Bartlett
#9 Shawn Riggans
#9 Gregg Zaun
#11 Joe Dillon
#11 Shawn Riggans
#13 Carl Crawford
#14 David Price
#15 Reid Brignac
#16 Willy Aybar
#18 Ben Zobrist
#19 Scott Kazmir
#20 Matt Joyce
#21 Andy Sonnanstine
#22 Matt Garza
#23 Carlos Pena
#26 Gabe Gross
#27 Gabe Kapler
#30 Dioner Navarro
#31 Lance Cormier
#32 Chris Richard
#33 James Shields
#34 Jeff Niemann
#35 Dan Wheeler
#36 Randy Choate
#36 Russ Springer
#37 Randy Choate
#38 Fernando Perez
#39 J.P. Howell
#40 Troy Percival
#41 Michel Hernandez
#44 Jason Isringhausen
#46 Joe Nelson
#47 Jeff Bennett
#49 Winston Abreu
#50 Grant Balfour
#52 Brian Shouse
#53 Chad Bradford
#58 Wade Davis
#59 Dale Thayer

Did you know that a 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?