As my gift to our readers and to all the children of the world, I proudly offer the All-Time Greatest Devil Rays Virtual Advent Calendar (completely updated for 2009)….
Every day up till Christmas we will reveal another of the Top 25 Greatest Devil Rays Of All-Time*, and on Christmas Morning, we will unveil the Greatest Devil Ray Of All — The Devil Ray Baby Jesus….
The 25th Greatest Devil Ray Ever is….
Mark Hendrickson (2004-2006)
(Last year’s rank: 21st)
- Set a Devil Rays record with a 7-game win streak
- Led the Devil Rays staff in 2004 with 10 wins, becoming the first Devil Rays’ lefty ever to post double-digit wins in a season
- In 2005, led the Devil Rays in wins for the second straight season with 11 wins, which is tied for the 8th best single-season win total in team history
- In 2005, was 3-0 in 4 starts against the Yankees, defeating rookie Chien-Ming Wang each time, also tying the record for most victories by a Devil Ray vs. the NYY in a season
- His 25 wins rank 6th on the Devil Rays career list
- His 4 complete games are tied for 4th on the Devil Rays career list
- His 74 starts rank 5th on the Devil Rays career list
- The Devil Rays won all 5 of his starts in June 2004 and he was 3-0 with a 2.56 ERA while the Devil Rays posted their best month ever (20-6)
- In 2006, was traded with Toby Hall to the Dodgers for The Fat Catcher Dioner Navarro and two others
There have only been 24 Devil Rays greater than Mark Hendrickson. There are only 24 more days until Christmas. Tune in tomorrow as we reveal the 24th Greatest Devil Ray Ever.
*Rankings based on player’s entire Devil Ray careers through 2009 and regardless of position. Special thanks to Robotto Clemente for tweaking last year’s formula and crunching the numbers.
