2012 Tampa Bay Rays season

The Tampa Bay Rays 2012 season was the team's 15th season of baseball, and the fifth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The Rays hoped to improve on their 91–71 record from 2011 and make the postseason for a franchise record third straight season. They finished the season 90–72, third place in the American League East, and third place in the American League Wild Card, missing the postseason for the first time since 2009.

2012 Tampa Bay Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Stuart Sternberg
General managers	Andrew Friedman (de facto)
Managers	Joe Maddon
Television	Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
Seasons

Offseason

On November 27, 2011, the Rays traded catcher John Jaso to the Seattle Mariners for relief pitcher Josh Lueke, as well as a player to be named later or cash.

The Rays signed catcher José Molina on November 28, 2011 to a one-year, $1.5 million contract with a $1.5 million club option for 2013, with a $300,000 buyout.

On December 13, 2011, the Rays acquired relief pitcher Burke Badenhop from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league catcher Jake Jefferies. At midnight that night, Badenhop was one of six arbitration eligible players that were tendered by the Rays, along with outfielder B. J. Upton, starting pitchers Jeff Niemann and David Price, and relief pitchers J. P. Howell and Joel Peralta. Not tendered was relief pitcher and former starting pitcher for the Rays, Andy Sonnanstine.

Relief pitcher Fernando Rodney was signed on January 5 to a one-year contract worth $1.75 million. The deal included a team option for 2013 worth $2.5 million or a $250,000 buyout. In 2009, while playing for the Detroit Tigers, Rodney made news at Tropicana Field when he threw a baseball into the stadium's press box from the field after converting a save. He was suspended for three games following the incident. After being signed by the Rays, he apologized for his actions.

On January 11, the Rays signed Luke Scott to a one-year contract with an option for 2013. He is expected to be the team's designated hitter primarily, though he could also be used at first base.

On January 20, the Rays signed Carlos Peña, bringing him back to the Rays for the 2012 season after just one season away with the Cubs. The contract is worth a year at $7.25 million. He is expected to be the everyday first baseman, as he was in his previous stint from 2007–2010. Outfielder Justin Ruggiano was designated for assignment on January 24 to make room on the 40-man roster.

The Rays announced on February 15 that manager Joe Maddon was given a 3-year contract extension worth $6 million, which would last through the 2015 season.

Season standings

American League East

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	.574	2	47‍–‍34	46‍–‍35
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	5	46‍–‍35	44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	22	41‍–‍40	32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	69	93	.426	26	34‍–‍47	35‍–‍46

American League Wild Card

Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	.586
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580
Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Texas Rangers	93	69	.574	—
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	27

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	13–5	6–2	4–4	3–3	5–4	2–7	5–2	9–9	4–5	8–1	10–8	2–5	11–7	11–7
Boston	5–13	–	6–2	5–3	5–5	4–3	0–6	4–3	5–13	1–8	5–4	9–9	2–6	7–11	11–7
Chicago	2–6	2–6	–	11–7	6–12	6–12	3–5	14–4	5–2	3–3	8–1	4–3	6–3	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	4–4	3–5	7–11	–	10–8	8–10	5–4	6–12	1–5	2–8	4–4	4–4	4–5	2–4	8–10
Detroit	3–3	5–5	12–6	8–10	–	13–5	5–5	10–8	4–6	4–3	1–5	5–2	3–7	4–2	11–7
Kansas City	4–5	3–4	12–6	10–8	5–13	–	4–5	7–11	3–4	5–4	1–7	4–2	4–5	2–6	8–10
Los Angeles	7–2	6–0	5–3	4–5	5–5	5–4	–	6–3	4–5	9–10	11–8	1–9	10–9	4–4	12–6
Minnesota	2–5	3–4	4–14	12–6	8–10	11–7	3–6	–	3–4	4–5	2–8	1–5	2–8	2–5	9–9
New York	9–9	13–5	2–5	5–1	6–4	4–3	5–4	4–3	–	5–5	6–3	8–10	4–3	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	8–1	3–3	8–2	3–4	4–5	10–9	5–4	5–5	–	12–7	5–4	11–8	5–4	10–8
Seattle	1–8	4–5	1–8	4–4	5–1	7–1	8–11	8–2	3–6	7–12	–	4–6	9–10	6–3	8–10
Tampa Bay	8–10	9–9	3–4	4–4	2–5	2–4	9–1	5–1	10–8	4–5	6–4	–	5–4	14–4	9–9
Texas	5–2	6–2	3–6	5–4	7–3	5–4	9–10	8–2	3–4	8–11	10–9	4–5	–	6–3	14–4
Toronto	7–11	11–7	4–6	4–2	2–4	6–2	4–4	5–2	7–11	4–5	3–6	4–14	3–6	–	9–9

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012

Regular season

2012 Game Log
April (15–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 1 April 6 Yankees 7–6 Rodney (1–0) Rivera (0–1) 34,078 1–0 [1] 2 April 7 Yankees 8–6 Price (1–0) Kuroda (0–1) Rodney (1) 34,078 2–0 [2] 3 April 8 Yankees 3–0 Hellickson (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Rodney (2) 30,413 3–0 [3] 4 April 10 @ Tigers 2–5 Coke (1–0) McGee (0–1) Valverde (1) 22,574 3–1 [4] 5 April 11 @ Tigers 4–2 Shields (1–0) Verlander (0–1) Rodney (3) 28,180 4–1 [5] 6 April 12 @ Tigers 2–7 Balester (1–0) Niemann (0–1) 30,288 4–2 [6] 7 April 13 @ Red Sox 2–12 Beckett (1–1) Price (1–1) 37,032 4–3 [7] 8 April 14 @ Red Sox 5–13 Buchholz (1–0) Badenhop (0–1) 38,024 4–4 [8] 9 April 15 @ Red Sox 4–6 Padilla (1–0) Moore (0–1) Aceves (2) 38,024 4–5 [9] 10 April 16 @ Red Sox 1–0 Shields (2–0) Bard (0–2) Rodney (4) 38,108 5–5 [10] 11 April 17 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Romero (2–0) Niemann (0–2) 15,331 5–6 [11] 12 April 18 @ Blue Jays 12–2 Price (2–1) Morrow (0–1) 15,828 6–6 [12] 13 April 19 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Hellickson (2–0) Álvarez (0–1) 18,976 7–6 [13] 14 April 20 Twins 4–5 Maloney (1–0) Gomes (0–1) Capps (4) 18,763 7–7 [14] 15 April 21 Twins 4–1 Shields (3–0) Pavano (1–2) Rodney (5) 31,774 8–7 [15] 16 April 22 Twins 6–2 Niemann (1–2) Liriano (0–3) 26,507 9–7 [16] 17 April 24 Angels 5–0 Price (3–1) Santana (0–4) 14,933 10–7 [17] 18 April 25 Angels 3–2 Hellickson (3–0) Wilson (2–2) Rodney (6) 14,638 11–7 [18] 19 April 26 Angels 4–3 Gomes (1–1) Walden (0–1) 15,417 12–7 [19] 20 April 27 @ Rangers 8–4 Shields (4–0) Harrison (3–1) 47,496 13–7 [20] 21 April 28 @ Rangers 2–7 Lewis (3–0) Niemann (1–3) 49,197 13–8 [21] 22 April 29 @ Rangers 5–2 Price (4–1) Holland (2–2) Rodney (7) 43,475 14–8 [22] 23 April 30 Mariners 3–2 (12) Howell (1–0) League (0–2) 9,458 15–8 [23]
May (14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 24 May 1 Mariners 3–1 Moore (1–1) Noesí (1–3) Rodney (8) 9,972 16–8 [24] 25 May 2 Mariners 5–4 Shields (5–0) Beavan (1–3) Peralta (1) 9,837 17–8 [25] 26 May 3 Mariners 4–3 Niemann (2–3) Millwood (0–3) Rodney (9) 11,575 18–8 [26] 27 May 4 Athletics 7–2 Price (5–1) Ross (1–2) Peralta (2) 18,799 19–8 [27] 28 May 5 Athletics 3–4 (12) Fuentes (2–0) Peralta (0–1) Balfour (7) 23,890 19–9 [28] 29 May 6 Athletics 5–9 Milone (4–2) Moore (1–2) 23,873 19–10 [29] 30 May 8 @ Yankees 3–5 Nova (4–1) Shields (5–1) Robertson (1) 37,086 19–11 [30] 31 May 9 @ Yankees 4–1 Rodney (2–0) Robertson (0–1) 38,024 20–11 [31] 32 May 10 @ Yankees 3–5 Sabathia (5–0) Price (5–2) Soriano (1) 37,720 20–12 [32] 33 May 11 @ Orioles 3–4 O'Day (3–0) Peralta (0–2) Johnson (10) 26,669 20–13 [33] 34 May 12 @ Orioles 3–5 Matusz (2–4) Moore (1–3) Johnson (11) 32,862 20–14 [34] 35 May 13 @ Orioles 9–8 Shields (6–1) Arrieta (2–4) Rodney (10) 29,552 21–14 [35] 36 May 14 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Ramos (1–0) Morrow (4–2) 15,289 22–14 [36] 37 May 15 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Price (6–2) Álvarez (3–3) Rodney (11) 15,612 23–14 [37] 38 May 16 Red Sox 2–1 Hellickson (4–0) Buchholz (4–2) Rodney (12) 20,843 24–14 [38] 39 May 17 Red Sox 3–5 Doubront (4–1) Moore (1–4) Aceves (8) 19,842 24–15 [39] 40 May 18 Braves 3–5 Hanson (5–3) Shields (6–2) Kimbrel (12) 19,693 24–16 [40] 41 May 19 Braves 5–2 Cobb (1–0) Delgado (2–4) Rodney (13) 27,433 25–16 [41] 42 May 20 Braves 0–2 Hudson (3–1) Price (6–3) Kimbrel (13) 24,759 25–17 [42] 43 May 21 Blue Jays 2–6 Drabek (4–4) Hellickson (4–1) 10,844 25–18 [43] 44 May 22 Blue Jays 8–5 Davis (1–0) Hutchison (3–2) Rodney (14) 12,307 26–18 [44] 45 May 23 Blue Jays 5–4 (11) McGee (1–1) Oliver (0–2) 11,471 27–18 [45] 46 May 25 @ Red Sox 7–4 Cobb (2–0) Lester (3–4) Rodney (15) 37,594 28–18 [46] 47 May 26 @ Red Sox 2–3 Hill (1–0) Rodney (2–1) 38,099 28–19 [47] 48 May 27 @ Red Sox 4–3 McGee (2–1) Aceves (0–2) Rodney (16) 37,844 29–19 [48] 49 May 28 White Sox 1–2 Sale (6–2) Moore (1–5) Reed (5) 22,227 29–20 [49] 50 May 29 White Sox 2–7 Humber (2–2) Shields (6–3) 13,735 29–21 [50] 51 May 30 White Sox 3–4 Jones (3–0) Cobb (2–1) Reed (6) 13,369 29–22 [51]
June (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 52 June 1 Orioles 5–0 Price (7–3) Chen (4–2) Rodney (17) 17,224 30–22 [52] 53 June 2 Orioles 1–2 Matusz (5–5) Hellickson (4–2) Johnson (17) 21,693 30–23 [53] 54 June 3 Orioles 8–4 Moore (2–5) Arrieta (2–7) 21,693 31–23 [54] 55 June 5 @ Yankees 0–7 Pettitte (3–2) Shields (6–4) 40,537 31–24 [55] 56 June 6 @ Yankees 1–4 Nova (7–2) Cobb (2–2) Soriano (8) 38,370 31–25 [56] 57 June 7 @ Yankees 7–3 Price (8–3) Sabathia (7–3) 39,891 32–25 [57] 58 June 8 @ Marlins 5–1 Badenhop (1–1) Nolasco (6–4) 29,628 33–25 [58] 59 June 9 @ Marlins 13–4 Moore (3–5) Zambrano (4–4) 30,963 34–25 [59] 60 June 10 @ Marlins 4–2 Shields (7–4) Sánchez (3–5) Rodney (18) 31,111 35–25 [60] 61 June 12 Mets 2–11 Young (1–0) Cobb (2–3) 17,334 35–26 [61] 62 June 13 Mets 1–9 Dickey (10–1) Price (8–4) 18,496 35–27 [62] 63 June 14 Mets 6–9 Santana (4–3) Hellickson (4–3) Francisco (16) 21,947 35–28 [63] 64 June 15 Marlins 11–0 Moore (4–5) Zambrano (4–5) 18,369 36–28 [64] 65 June 16 Marlins 3–4 (15) Webb (3–1) Gomes (1–2) Bell (14) 22,332 36–29 [65] 66 June 17 Marlins 3–0 Cobb (3–3) Johnson (4–5) Rodney (19) 33,810 37–29 [66] 67 June 19 @ Nationals 5–4 Price (9–4) Wang (2–3) Rodney (20) 27,835 38–29 [67] 68 June 20 @ Nationals 2–3 Strasburg (9–1) Archer (0–1) Clippard (10) 27,485 38–30 [68] 69 June 21 @ Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (9–3) Peralta (0–3) Clippard (11) 29,551 38–31 [69] — June 22 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 24 70 June 23 @ Phillies 6–7 Papelbon (2–2) McGee (2–2) 44,878 38–32 [70] 71 June 24 (1) @ Phillies 3–2 Price (10–4) Bastardo (2–2) Rodney (21) 44,785 39–32 [71] 72 June 24 (2) @ Phillies 7–3 Gomes (2–2) Lee (0–4) 44,088 40–32 [72] 73 June 25 @ Royals 0–8 Hochevar (5–7) Cobb (3–4) 20,200 40–33 [73] 74 June 26 @ Royals 2–8 Chen (7–6) Archer (0–2) 25,982 40–34 [74] 75 June 27 @ Royals 4–5 Crow (1–1) Badenhop (1–2) Broxton (19) 19,228 40–35 [75] 76 June 28 Tigers 2–5 Scherzer (7–5) Shields (7–5) Valverde (14) 20,532 40–36 [76] 77 June 29 Tigers 4–2 Price (11–4) Verlander (8–5) Rodney (22) 19,557 41–36 [77] 78 June 30 Tigers 2–6 Porcello (6–5) Hellickson (4–4) 29,443 41–37 [78]
July (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 79 July 1 Tigers 3–5 Smyly (3–3) Cobb (3–5) Valverde (15) 21,874 41–38 [79] 80 July 2 Yankees 4–3 Moore (5–5) Robertson (0–3) Rodney (23) 21,742 42–38 [80] 81 July 3 Yankees 7–4 Shields (8–5) Nova (9–3) Rodney (24) 26,453 43–38 [81] 82 July 4 Yankees 3–4 Logan (3–0) Farnsworth (0–1) Soriano (19) 28,033 43–39 [82] 83 July 5 @ Indians 1–3 Tomlin (5–5) Hellickson (4–5) Perez (24) 26,577 43–40 [83] 84 July 6 @ Indians 10–3 Cobb (4–5) Masterson (5–8) 28,734 44–40 [84] 85 July 7 @ Indians 3–7 Jiménez (8–7) Moore (5–6) 20,658 44–41 [85] 86 July 8 @ Indians 7–6 Peralta (1–3) Perez (0–2) Rodney (25) 19,163 45–41 [86] All-Star Break 87 July 13 Red Sox 1–3 Morales (2–2) Hellickson (4–6) Aceves (20) 29,089 45–42 [87] 88 July 14 Red Sox 5–3 Price (12–4) Buchholz (8–3) Rodney (26) 27,311 46–42 [88] 89 July 15 Red Sox 3–7 Beckett (5–7) Shields (8–6) 26,131 46–43 [89] 90 July 16 Indians 2–3 McAllister (4–1) Cobb (4–6) Perez (26) 14,337 46–44 [90] 91 July 17 Indians 4–2 Moore (6–6) Tomlin (5–6) Rodney (27) 15,712 47–44 [91] 92 July 18 Indians 6–10 Rogers (1–2) Farnsworth (0–2) 15,143 47–45 [92] 93 July 19 Indians 6–0 Price (13–4) Jiménez (8–9) 27,856 48–45 [93] 94 July 20 Mariners 4–3 (14) McGee (3–2) Wilhelmsen (3–2) 14,143 49–45 [94] 95 July 21 Mariners 1–2 Vargas (10–7) Cobb (4–7) Wilhelmsen (9) 18,800 49–46 [95] 96 July 22 Mariners 1–2 Beavan (5–6) Moore (6–7) Wilhelmsen (10) 20,908 49–47 [96] 97 July 24 @ Orioles 3–1 Hellickson (5–6) Chen (8–6) Rodney (28) 17,592 50–47 [97] 98 July 25 @ Orioles 10–1 Price (14–4) González (2–2) 19,582 51–47 [98] 99 July 26 @ Orioles 2–6 Tillman (3–1) Shields (8–7) 21,301 51–48 [99] 100 July 27 @ Angels 1–3 Haren (8–8) Cobb (4–8) Frieri (12) 40,136 51–49 [100] 101 July 28 @ Angels 3–0 Moore (7–7) Wilson (9–7) Rodney (29) 41,232 52–49 [101] 102 July 29 @ Angels 2–0 Hellickson (6–6) Greinke (9–4) Rodney (30) 35,477 53–49 [102] 103 July 30 @ Athletics 3–4 (15) Norberto (3–1) Farnsworth (0–3) 12,564 53–50 [103] 104 July 31 @ Athletics 8–0 Shields (9–7) Milone (9–8) 15,836 54–50 [104]
August (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 105 August 1 @ Athletics 4–1 Cobb (5–8) Parker (7–5) Rodney (31) 18,161 55–50 [105] 106 August 3 Orioles 2–0 Moore (8–7) Hunter (4–7) Rodney (32) 18,410 56–50 [106] 107 August 4 Orioles 0–4 Chen (10–6) Hellickson (6–7) 20,612 56–51 [107] 108 August 5 Orioles 0–1 (10) Ayala (3–3) Peralta (1–4) Johnson (32) 29,530 56–52 [108] 109 August 7 Blue Jays 4–1 Shields (10–7) Happ (7–10) Rodney (33) 13,823 57–52 [109] 110 August 8 Blue Jays 3–2 Cobb (6–8) Villanueva (6–2) Rodney (34) 13,441 58–52 [110] 111 August 9 Blue Jays 7–1 Moore (9–7) Álvarez (7–9) 23,462 59–52 [111] 112 August 10 @ Twins 12–6 Hellickson (7–7) De Vries (2–3) 38,108 60–52 [112] 113 August 11 @ Twins 4–2 Price (15–4) Blackburn (4–8) Rodney (35) 39,512 61–52 [113] 114 August 12 @ Twins 7–3 (10) Farnsworth (1–3) Burnett (4–4) Rodney (36) 35,327 62–52 [114] 115 August 13 @ Mariners 4–1 Cobb (7–8) Beavan (7–7) Rodney (37) 16,205 63–52 [115] 116 August 14 @ Mariners 2–3 Pryor (2–0) Rodney (2–2) 17,065 63–53 [116] 117 August 15 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (11–5) Hellickson (7–8) 21,889 63–54 [117] 118 August 16 @ Angels 7–0 Price (16–4) Haren (8–10) 38,591 64–54 [118] 119 August 17 @ Angels 12–3 Shields (11–7) Weaver (15–3) 37,298 65–54 [119] 120 August 18 @ Angels 10–8 McGee (4–2) Jepsen (2–2) Rodney (38) 41,086 66–54 [120] 121 August 19 @ Angels 8–3 Moore (10–7) Greinke (10–5) 36,789 67–54 [121] 122 August 20 Royals 5–1 Hellickson (8–8) Smith (4–5) 9,913 68–54 [122] 123 August 21 Royals 0–1 (10) Herrera (1–1) Peralta (1–5) Holland (6) 10,877 68–55 [123] 124 August 22 Royals 5–3 Shields (12–7) Mendoza (7–9) Rodney (39) 11,892 69–55 [124] 125 August 23 Athletics 5–0 Cobb (8–8) Ross (2–9) 11,613 70–55 [125] 126 August 24 Athletics 4–5 Cook (6–2) Peralta (1–6) Balfour (13) 18,913 70–56 [126] 127 August 25 Athletics 2–4 McCarthy (7–5) Hellickson (8–9) Balfour (14) 18,187 70–57 [127] 128 August 27 @ Rangers 5–6 Holland (9–6) Price (16–5) Nathan (26) 29,453 70–58 [128] 129 August 28 @ Rangers 0–1 Darvish (13–9) Shields (12–8) Nathan (27) 30,700 70–59 [129] 130 August 29 @ Rangers 8–4 McGee (5–2) Harrison (15–8) 36,176 71–59 [130] 131 August 30 @ Blue Jays 0–2 Villanueva (7–4) Moore (10–8) Janssen (18) 22,711 71–60 [131] 132 August 31 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Morrow (8–5) Hellickson (8–10) Janssen (19) 20,158 71–61 [132]
September/October (19–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 133 September 1 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Davis (2–0) Álvarez (7–12) Rodney (40) 20,478 72–61 [133] 134 September 2 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Price (17–5) Romero (8–13) 18,568 73–61 [134] 135 September 3 Yankees 4–3 Shields (13–8) Robertson (1–5) Rodney (41) 28,585 74–61 [135] 136 September 4 Yankees 5–2 Cobb (9–8) García (7–6) Rodney (42) 17,652 75–61 [136] 137 September 5 Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (13–10) Moore (10–9) Soriano (36) 16,711 75–62 [137] 138 September 7 Rangers 3–1 (11) Davis (3–0) Lowe (0–1) 19,545 76–62 [138] 139 September 8 Rangers 2–4 (10) Adams (5–3) Farnsworth (1–4) Nathan (31) 18,702 76–63 [139] 140 September 9 Rangers 6–0 Shields (14–8) Oswalt (4–3) 20,522 77–63 [140] 141 September 11 @ Orioles 2–9 Johnson (3–0) Moore (10–10) 23,828 77–64 [141] 142 September 12 @ Orioles 2–3 Johnson (2–1) Farnsworth (1–5) 26,076 77–65 [142] 143 September 13 @ Orioles 2–3 (14) Wolf (5–10) Archer (0–3) 25,130 77–66 [143] 144 September 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Price (18–5) Sabathia (13–6) Rodney (43) 45,200 78–66 [144] 145 September 15 @ Yankees 3–5 Nova (12–7) Shields (14–9) Soriano (39) 46,856 78–67 [145] 146 September 16 @ Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (14–10) Moore (10–11) Soriano (40) 43,489 78–68 [146] 147 September 17 Red Sox 2–5 Cook (4–10) Cobb (9–9) 11,722 78–69 [147] 148 September 18 Red Sox 5–7 Doubront (11–9) Farnsworth (1–6) Bailey (5) 11,502 78–70 [148] 149 September 19 Red Sox 13–3 Archer (1–3) Matsuzaka (1–6) 12,708 79–70 [149] 150 September 20 Red Sox 7–4 Badenhop (2–2) Bailey (1–1) 12,963 80–70 [150] 151 September 21 Blue Jays 12–1 Shields (15–9) Villanueva (7–6) 14,187 81–70 [151] 152 September 22 Blue Jays 11–5 Badenhop (3–2) Morrow (8–7) 15,699 82–70 [152] 153 September 23 Blue Jays 3–0 Hellickson (9–10) Jenkins (0–2) Rodney (44) 18,985 83–70 [153] 154 September 25 @ Red Sox 5–2 Price (19–5) Buchholz (11–7) 37,045 84–70 [154] 155 September 26 @ Red Sox 4–2 Cobb (10–9) Lester (9–14) Rodney (45) 37,247 85–70 [155] 156 September 27 @ White Sox 3–2 Peralta (2–6) Myers (3–8) Rodney (46) 18,630 86–70 [156] 157 September 28 @ White Sox 1–3 Floyd (11–11) Hellickson (9–11) Reed (29) 25,264 86–71 [157] 158 September 29 @ White Sox 10–4 Moore (11–11) Sale (17–8) 26,559 87–71 [158] 159 September 30 @ White Sox 6–2 Price (20–5) Quintana (6–6) 26,831 88–71 [159] 160 October 1 Orioles 5–3 Cobb (11–9) Chen (12–11) Rodney (47) 13,666 89–71 [160] 161 October 2 Orioles 0–1 González (9–4) Shields (15–10) Johnson (51) 13,460 89–72 [161] 162 October 3 Orioles 4–1 Hellickson (10–11) Tillman (9–3) Rodney (48) 17,909 90–72 [162]

Roster

2012 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers 22 Chris Archer 31 Burke Badenhop 53 Alex Cobb 40 Wade Davis 49 Dane De La Rosa 43 Kyle Farnsworth 47 Brandon Gomes 58 Jeremy Hellickson 39 J. P. Howell 52 Josh Lueke 57 Jake McGee 55 Matt Moore 34 Jeff Niemann 62 Joel Peralta 14 David Price 27 Cesar Ramos 56 Fernando Rodney 33 James Shields		Catchers 63,16 Chris Gimenez 21 José Lobatón 28 José Molina 26 Stephen Vogt Infielders 15 Reid Brignac 36 Brooks Conrad  9 Elliot Johnson  7 Jeff Keppinger  3 Evan Longoria 23 Carlos Peña 10 Will Rhymes 19 Ryan Roberts  1 Sean Rodriguez 30 Luke Scott 44 Drew Sutton 18 Ben Zobrist		Outfielders 19 Brandon Allen  5 Sam Fuld 13 Ben Francisco 47,11 Brandon Guyer  8 Desmond Jennings 20 Matthew Joyce 35 Hideki Matsui 24 Rich Thompson  2 B. J. Upton		Manager 70 Joe Maddon Coaches 46 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 77 Scott Cursi (bullpen catcher)  6 Tom Foley (third base) 25 George Hendrick (first base) 48 Jim Hickey (pitching)  4 Dave Martinez (bench) 17 Derek Shelton (hitting) 64 Don Zimmer (coach)

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
José Molina	102	251	27	56	9	0	8	32	.223	3
Carlos Peña	160	497	72	98	17	2	19	61	.197	2
Ben Zobrist	157	560	88	151	39	7	20	74	.270	14
Elliott Johnson	123	297	32	72	10	2	6	33	.242	18
Evan Longoria	74	273	39	79	14	0	17	55	.289	2
Desmond Jennings	132	505	85	124	19	7	13	47	.246	31
B. J. Upton	146	573	79	141	29	3	28	78	.246	31
Matt Joyce	124	399	55	96	18	3	17	59	.241	4
Luke Scott	96	314	35	72	22	1	14	55	.229	5
Jeff Keppinger	115	385	46	125	15	1	9	40	.325	1
Sean Rodriguez	112	301	36	64	14	1	6	32	.213	5
Ryan Roberts	60	187	23	40	10	0	6	18	.214	4
José Lobatón	69	167	16	37	10	0	2	20	.222	0
Will Rhymes	47	123	11	28	2	1	1	8	.228	1
Chris Gimenez	42	100	10	26	4	0	1	9	.260	0
Sam Fuld	44	98	14	25	3	2	0	5	.255	7
Hideki Matsui	34	95	7	14	1	0	2	7	.147	0
Brooks Conrad	24	58	4	10	5	0	2	9	.172	0
Ben Francisco	24	57	4	13	5	0	2	8	.228	0
Drew Sutton	18	48	2	13	4	0	0	6	.271	0
Steven Vogt	18	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Rich Thompson	23	22	5	2	0	0	0	1	.091	6
Reid Brignac	16	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	.095	0
Brandon Allen	7	13	3	2	0	0	1	3	.154	0
Brandon Guyer	3	7	2	1	0	0	1	1	.143	0
Pitcher Totals	162	22	1	2	0	0	0	3	.091	0
Team Totals	162	5398	697	1293	250	30	175	665	.240	134

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
James Shields	15	10	3.52	33	33	0	227.2	208	103	89	58	223
David Price	20	5	2.56	31	31	0	211.0	173	63	60	59	205
Matt Moore	11	11	3.81	31	31	0	177.1	158	85	75	81	175
Jeremy Hellickson	10	11	3.10	31	31	0	177.0	163	68	61	59	124
Alex Cobb	11	9	4.03	23	23	0	136.1	130	67	61	40	106
Fernando Rodney	2	2	0.60	76	0	48	74.2	43	9	5	15	76
Wade Davis	3	0	2.43	54	0	0	70.1	48	20	19	29	87
Joel Peralta	2	6	3.63	76	0	2	67.0	49	28	27	17	84
Burke Badenhop	3	2	3.03	66	0	0	62.1	63	24	21	12	42
Jake McGee	5	2	1.95	69	0	0	55.1	33	13	12	11	73
J.P. Howell	1	0	3.04	55	0	0	50.1	39	17	17	22	42
Jeff Niemann	2	3	3.08	8	8	0	38.0	30	17	13	12	34
Cesar Ramos	1	0	2.10	17	1	0	30.0	19	7	7	10	29
Chris Archer	1	3	4.60	6	4	0	29.1	23	17	15	13	36
Kyle Farnsworth	1	6	4.00	34	0	0	27.0	22	13	12	14	25
Brandon Gomes	2	2	5.09	15	0	0	17.2	16	12	10	12	15
Dane De La Rosa	0	0	12.60	5	0	0	5.0	7	7	2	2	5
Josh Lueke	0	0	18.90	3	0	0	3.1	9	7	7	3	2
Team Totals	90	72	3.19	162	162	50	1459.2	1233	577	518	469	1383

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Charlie Montoyo
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Billy Gardner Jr.
A	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Florida State League	Jim Morrison
A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Midwest League	Brady Williams
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Jared Sandberg
Rookie	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	Mike Johns
Rookie	GCL Rays	Gulf Coast League	Paul Hoover

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hudson Valley

External links

• 2012 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site Archived September 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
• 2012 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
• 2012 Tampa Bay Rays season schedule at Baseball Reference
• 2012 Tampa Bay Rays season statistics at Baseball Reference