GCL Rays

• Location: Port Charlotte, FL
• League: Gulf Coast League 2009-
• Affiliation: Tampa Bay Rays 2009-
• Ballpark:

Team History

The GCL Rays made their Gulf Coast League debut in 2009 (the Tampa Bay club had fielded the GCL Devil Rays from 1996-1998 prior to their name change). Under manager Joe Alvarez, they were only 19-36, last in the South and ahead of only the GCL Astros in the 16-team league. Outscored 247-165, they hit only .211/.274/.275 as a team with 6 home runs in 55 games for the league's most anemic offense. They had no All-Stars or league leaders.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting Coach	Pitching Coach	Coach
2009	19-36	15th	Joe Alvarez		Ben Oglivie, Reinaldo Ruiz	Darwin Peguero
2010	34-26	3rd	Joe Alvarez	Lost League Finals	Dan DeMent	Darwin Peguero	Hector Torres
2011	24-36	13th	Joe Alvarez		Dan DeMent	Darwin Peguero	Hector Torres
2012	28-32	10th	Paul Hoover		Wuarnner Rincones	Marty DeMerritt	Hector Torres
2013	27-33	11th (t)	Jim Morrison		Wuarnner Rincones	Marty DeMerritt	Hector Torres
2014	32-28	8th	Jim Morrison		Wuarnner Rincones	Marty DeMerritt	Hector Torres
2015	16-44	16th	Jim Morrison		Wuarnner Rincones	Marty DeMerritt	Hector Torres
2016	28-31	9th	Jim Morrison		Tomas Francisco	Marty DeMerritt	Hector Torres & Rafael Valenzuela
2017	28-32	12th (t)	Jim Morrison		Tomas Francisco	Marty DeMerritt & Jim Paduch	Rafael Valenzuela
2018	33-23	4th	Tomas Francisco			Alberto Bastardo, Marty DeMerritt	Rafael Guerrero, Jim Morrison
2019	25-28	11th	Rafael Valenzuela		Brady North	Alberto Bastardo, Marty DeMerritt	Jim Morrison
2020	Season cancelled