To paraphrase from a famous movie, the one constant through all the years has been baseball.  As we head into 2026, we continue our look at the all-time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. Today, we take a deeper dive into the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays began life in 1998 as the Devil Rays, dropping the Devil portion of their name in 2008.  I’ve seen 204 players wearing the Tampa Bay uniform in the 31 of their games that I’ve attended live, five as the Devil Rays and the remaining 26 as the Rays, including the 2008 ALDS and two games at their horrible home dome in 2021.

Home Runs

Name	Total
B.J. Upton	5
Matthew Joyce	3
Ben Zobrist	2
Luke Raley	2
Isaac Paredes	2

Hits

Name	Total
B.J. Upton	18
Ben Zobrist	16
Carlos Pena	9
Evan Longoria	9

Runs

Name	Total
Ben Zobrist	11
B.J. Upton	9
Matthew Joyce	7

RBI

Name	Total
B.J. Upton	11
Carlos Pena	8
Ben Zobrist	7
Evan Longoria	7

Doubles

Name	Total
Wander Franco	4
Ben Zobrist	3
Evan Longoria	3
Jason Bartlett	3
Manuel Margot	3
Brandon Lowe	3

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