Bright Spots: All-Time (Devil) Rays Team... Shortstop

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All-Time (Devil) Rays Team as voted by the bloggers of Draysbay:

Catcher: Toby Hall (50% of the votes)

First Base: Carlos Pena (71 % of the votes)

Second Base: Akinori Iwamura (72% of the votes)

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What are the rules? A player HAS to have AT LEAST played 100 games for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays or Rays. If you feel that a player has been left off of the poll unjustly, then make a case for him. All players who have taken the field for the (Devil) Rays will be mention, just not voted on.

Is this poll all about defense? No, not really. This poll is just about voting for your favorite catcher, shortstop, rightfielder...

Today, we'll talk about a midget* crossing guard's favorite position: shortstop.  Here is a list off all who have played for the Greats off of Gandy.:

* I apologize if I have offended any little person.

Kevin Stocker  226 games

Aaron Ledesma  108 games

Bobby Smith 7 games

Dave Silvestri 1 game

David Lamb 35 games

Tony Graffanino 18 games,

Russ Johnson 19 games

Ozzie Guillen 42 games

Felix Martinez 173 games

Chris Gomez  188 games

Andy Sheets 60 games

Felix Escalona 34 games  

Jason Smith 9 games

Rey Ordonez 34 games

Antonio Perez 6 games

Terry Shumpert 1 game

Jared Sandberg 1 game

Julio Lugo 489 games

B.J. Upton 16 games

Rey Sanchez 4 games

Jorge Cantu 1 game

Charles Gipson 2 games

Geoff Blum 1 game

Alex Gonzalez 12 games

Fernando Cortez 2 games

Ben Zobrist 180 games

Tomas Perez 36 games

Nick Green 10 games

Luis Ordaz 1 game

Brendan Harris 87 games

Josh Wilson 50 games

Jorge Velandia 4 games

Joel Guzman 3 games

Jason Bartlett 259 games

Reid Brignac 32 games

Willy Aybar 2 games

Elliot Johnson 2 games

Evan Longoria 1 game

Andy Cannizaro 1 game

The Candidates for the (Devil) Rays All-Time Team:

Kevin Stocker had a batting average of .251 with 9 home runs and 60 RBIs over his 704 at-bats for the D-Rays.

Aaron Ledesma batted .295 with 175 hits, 3 triples, and 31 doubles over his two season with the Devil Rays.  

Felix Martinez had 3 homeruns, 5 triples, 24 doubles, and batted .228.

Chris Gomez had 179 hits, 47 doubles, and batted .275.

Julio Lugo had 283 runs (4th all-time in Rays history), 550 hits (4th all-time in Rays history), 107 doubles (5th all-time in Rays history), 15 triples (5th all-time in Rays history), 212 RBI (8th all-time in Rays history), 177 BBs (8th all-time in Rays history), 88 stolen bases (3rd all-time in Rays history), and batted .287 (tied for 6th all-time in Rays history).

Ben Zobrist had 255 hits, 46 doubles, 11 triples, 42 homeruns, 148 RBIs, and batted .260.

Jason Bartlett had 290 hits, 54 doubles, 10 triples, 15 homeruns, 103 RBIs, and batted .304 (1st all-time in Rays history).

So, Draysbay, I turn to you..