All-Time Greatest Devil Rays Advent Calendar 2009 #16

Posted on | December 16, 2009 | 600No Comments2009-12-16+12%3A16%3A33David+Chalk

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 10th Greatest Devil Ray Ever is….

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Carlos Pena (2007-present)

(Last year’s rank: 11th)

First Devil Ray To Win a Silver Slugger (2007)
First Devil Ray To Win a Gold Glove (2008)
Won 2007 AL Comeback Player Of The Year
Homered in all three 2008 ALCS games at Fenway Park
Finished 9th in the AL MVP voting in 2007 and 2008
Named Devil Rays Team MVP in 2007
Shattered the Devil Rays single-season HR record with 46 in 2007 (previous record was 34 by Jose Canseco and Aubrey Huff); was also 2nd in the AL;
His 39 HR in 2009 is also second-most by a Devil Ray; 31 HR ranks 7th
Led the AL in AB/HR ratio in 2007 (10.7) and 2009 (12.1), and was 5th in 2008 (15.8)
Also broke the Devil Rays single-season RBI record in 2007 with 121; followed that up with 102 RBI in 2008, which ranks 7th on Devil Rays single-season list
His .627 slugging percentage in 2007 is another Devil Rays single-season record
Owns the Devil Rays single-season OBP record (.411 in 2007), and followed that with .377 in 2008, ranking 5th
Owns the Devil Rays single-season walk record (103 in 2007), and the third-highest single-season total (96 in 2008)
Broke the longest-standing Devil Rays record by driving in 7 runs in a 17-2 win over the Orioles at historic Tropicana Field on September 5, 2007 (Paul Sorrento had driven in 6 on May 3, 1998)
Also one of only 3 Devil Rays to have a 6 RBI game, vs. the O’s April 11 2008 at The Trop
In 2007, was in the top 10 in the AL in SLG (2nd), OPS+ (2nd, 172), OPS (3rd, 1.037), BB, RBI (4th) OBP (5th), XBH (5th, 76), and Total Bases (8th)
In 2008, was in the top 10 in the AL in BB (5th, 96), HBP (5th, 12), OBP (9th), and RBI (10th)
Tied the club record (Jorge Cantu in 2005) for most multi-HR games in a single season (4)
Is the Devil Rays Career Leader in OBP (.382), SLG (.553), OPS (.935), Adjusted OPS+ (144), AB/HR (12.5)
Among the Devil Rays Career Leaders in Home Runs (2nd, 116), Walks (2nd, 286), HBP (2nd, 31), RBI (4th, 353), Extra-Base Hits (4th, 199), and Runs (6th, 266)
His 99 runs in 2007 rank 4th on the Devil Rays single-season list
His 29 RBI in September 2007 set a Devil Rays record for RBI in any month
Struck a catwalk 5 times (3-C, 2-B) in 2007, most by any player in any season

There have only been 9 Devil Rays greater than Carlos Pena. There are only 9 more days until Christmas. Tune in tomorrow as we reveal the 9th Greatest Devil Ray Ever.

Previously on All-Time Greatest Devil Rays Advent Calendar 2009….

(Click on thumbnail to see larger pics and previous posts)

*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.

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