Tampa Bay Rays
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The Tampa Bay Rays were an expansion team that began play in the American League in 1998. They were originally known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before changing it prior to the 2008 season, which coincidentally was their first and only playoff and World Series appearance. They were the team the Cubs were playing during the infamous Sammy Sosa corked bat incident in 2004. Their only other meeting was a three game sweep by the Rays in Tampa in 2008.
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[edit] The Cubs' Record versus Franchise
Regular Season: 2-4(.333)
2000's: 2-4(.333)
Playoffs: Have never met
At Wrigley Field: 2-1
At Tropicana Field: 0-3
[edit] Transactions Involving the Chicago Cubs
(Format is players sent to Cubs followed by players received by this franchise in reverse chronological order)
[edit] 2011
January 8th: Traded RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zachary Rosscup (minors) for OF Sam Fuld, SS Hak-Ju Lee (minors), OF Brandon Guyer (minors), RHP Chris Archer (minors) and C Robinson Chirinos (minors).
[edit] 2009
December 10: Drafted RHP Miguel Serra from Chicago Cubs in Triple-A phase of Rule 5 draft.
[edit] 2008
July: Traded a player to be named later for LHP Darin Downs(minors). No future deal was announced and the Cubs either received cash or future considerations.
[edit] 2007
December 6th: Cubs traded for RHP Tim Lahey during the Rule 5 draft for cash considerations. The Rays had the top pick in that year's draft and selected Lahey from the Minnesota Twins.
February 13th: Traded RHP Greg Reinhard and OF Andrew Lopez for RHP Jae Kuk Ryu
[edit] 2006
December 7th: Lost OF Josh Hamilton in Rule 5 draft to the Chicago Cubs. Hamilton was immediately dealt to the Cincinnati Reds in a pre-arranged deal.
[edit] 2004
February 24th: Selected RHP John Webb off waivers from the Cubs.
[edit] 2001
July 27th: Traded 1b Fred McGriff for RHP Manuel Aybar and a player to be named later. On August 6th the Cubs sent INF Jason Smith to Tampa Bay to complete the deal.
[edit] 2000
May 12th: Traded OF Dave Martinez for LHP Mark Guthrie and cash.
[edit] 1997
November 18th: Drafted INF Miguel Cairo from Cubs in the expansion draft.
November 18th: Drafted LHP Ramon Tatis from Cubs in the expansion draft.
November 18th: Drafted OF/P Brooks Kieschnick from Cubs in the expansion draft.
[edit] Rumored Deals Involving Chicago Cubs
Fred McGriff was eventually traded to the Cubs in 2001, but the deal was on again, off again a few times before it was finally completed.
After the 2009 season, Cubs discussed a Milton Bradley for Pat Burrell swap.
[edit] Players that Played for Both Major League Franchises
(From Baseball Reference Multi-Franchise Tool)
28 players including 9 pitchers have played[1] for both the Cubs and Tampa Bay major league franchises through the 2009 season.
[edit] External Links
Baseball Reference Team History [2]
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Baltimore Orioles | Boston Red Sox | New York Yankees | Tampa Bay Rays | Toronto Blue Jays
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | Oakland Athletics | Seattle Mariners | Texas Rangers
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Atlanta Braves | Florida Marlins | New York Mets | Philadelphia Phillies | Washington Nationals
Arizona Diamondbacks | Colorado Rockies | Los Angeles Dodgers | San Diego Padres | San Francisco Giants
