All-Time Greatest Devil Rays Advent Calendar 2009: #25 The Devil Ray Baby Jesus

Posted on | December 25, 2009 | 8641 Comment2009-12-25+11%3A25%3A20David+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)….

Christmas is here, and so is the final piece of the Top 25 Greatest Devil Rays Of All-Time*, as on Christmas Morning, we unveil the Greatest Devil Ray Of All — The Devil Ray Baby Jesus….

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Carl Demonte Crawford (2002-present)

(Last year’s rank: The Devil Ray Christ Child)

•   Devil Rays Career Leader in AVG (.295), RBI (502); Hits (1296); Steals (362); Extra-Base Hits (362); Total Bases (1920); Doubles (185); Triples (92); Runs (655); Games (1081); AB (4392); PA (4726)
•   Tied All-Time Major League Postseason Record for hits in a game (went 5-for-5 in Game 4 of the 2008 ALCS at Fenway)
•   First Devil Ray to homer in a World Series Game (2008, Game One)
•   First Devil Ray to be named MVP of the All-Star Game (2009)
•   First Devil Ray to homer in an All-Star Game (2007)
•   First Devil Ray to appear in three All-Star Games (2004, 2007, 2009)
•   Led the AL in Steals four times (2003-2004, 2006-2007) and in Triples three times (2004-2006)
•   First Devil Ray to have two .300 seasons
•   Holds Devil Rays Single-Season Record for Stolen Bases (62 in 2009); also has the 2nd through 6th highest totals
•   Holds Devil Rays Single-Season Record for Runs (104 in 2004); also has the 2nd, 5th and 6th highest totals
•   Holds Devil Rays Single-Season Record for Triples (19 in 2004); also has 6 of the top 7 seasons in club history
•   In a 10-8 win at Toronto May 24 2006, set Devil Rays single-game records for Steals and Run Scored (4 SB, 5 R) and tied record for hits (5)
•   Set Devil Rays record for hits in any month (50, August 2007)
•   Set Devil Rays record for consecutive multi-hit games (7, June 19-26 2004)
•   Ranks in The Top 10 Devil Rays career leaders in SLG (.435, 3rd); HR (85, 4th); OPS (.765, 4th); BB (247, tied-3rd); OBP (.330, 5th)
•   Ranks In The Top 10 Devil Rays single-season leaders in Hits (194 in 2005, 2nd) AVG (315, 2007, 4th) and Doubles (37 in 2007, tied 7th)
•   Co-Winner of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum James “Cool Papa” Bell Legacy Award in 2003 and 2004
•   Named Devil Rays Team MVP in 2004 and 2006
•   Batted a team-high .388 during the Devil Rays’ record 12-game winning streak in 2004

Happy Holidays Devil Ray Town!

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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