Gone but not Forgotten

Southwest Michigan Devil Rays (2005-2006)

Battle Creek, Michigan
Last Part of the Midwest League

The Southwest Michigan Devil Rays were an affiliated minor league baseball team. Based in Battle Creek, Michigan, they were last a member of the Midwest League. The team played from 2005 to 2006.

For more information, including yearly records and statistics, view the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays on StatsCrew.com.

Southwest Michigan Devil Rays News from OSC's Archives

The Perfect Ending (September 1, 2006)
Jake McGee becomes strikeout king of BC Franchise (August 30, 2006)
Devil Rays fall in twelve inning marathon (August 27, 2006)
Devil Rays and Dragons Split Double-Header (August 25, 2006)
Devil Rays shutout by Peoria (August 21, 2006)
Devil Rays take down Chiefs (August 20, 2006)
Wlodarczyk tosses no-hitter against Chiefs (August 18, 2006)
Single A Mascot gets called up to "The Show" (August 14, 2006)
Kamrath strikes out ten in loss (August 8, 2006)
The Devil Rays get uptoned (August 7, 2006)
Rhyne Hughes to Disabled List (August 7, 2006)
Devil Rays explode for 13 runs in win (August 6, 2006)
Devil Rays Fall to Silver Hawks 8-3 (August 5, 2006)
Devil Rays Sweep the West's Best (August 4, 2006)
Devil Rays Game Postponed (August 3, 2006)
Devil Rays defeat Best in the West Again (August 2, 2006)
Devil Rays outlast Cougars (August 1, 2006)
Devil Rays shutout Wizards (July 23, 2006)
Devil Rays Beat Up Wizards (July 22, 2006)
Devil Rays Give Valiant Effort on Medieval Night (July 21, 2006)
Wizards freeze the Devil Rays (July 20, 2006)
Devil Rays get Whitewashed (July 14, 2006)
Devil Rays home winning streak ends (July 13, 2006)
Devil Rays Honor State Champs (July 12, 2006)
Devil Rays Rally in the Ninth to Win (July 12, 2006)
Devil Rays sweep Timber Rattlers (July 6, 2006)
The Rays rally to make it five in a row (July 5, 2006)
Rays defeat Rattlers 10-4 (July 4, 2006)
Cunningham Returns from D.L. (July 4, 2006)
Devil Rays top Rattlers 5-4 (July 3, 2006)
Devil Rays cast magic on Wizards (July 2, 2006)
Eddie DeLaCruz Added to Active Roster (July 2, 2006)
Devil Rays Beat Wizards In 13 Innings (July 2, 2006)
The Rays Continue to Struggle (June 30, 2006)
The Devil Rays hand the Wizards a win (June 29, 2006)
Cunningham Placed on Disabled Lis (June 27, 2006)
Jason St. Clair Activated (June 22, 2006)
Matt Walker Joins Devil Rays (June 15, 2006)
J.T. Hall dominates Quad Cities (June 13, 2006)
David Cardona moves up to Visalia, Matt Devins Rejoins Team (June 13, 2006)
New kid helps Devil Rays win second consecutive (June 11, 2006)
Matt Spring and John Matulia Placed on Hudson Valley Roster (June 11, 2006)
Devil Rays are Victorious (June 10, 2006)
Devil Rays Pitch Their Way to Davenport (June 6, 2006)
Matt Devins Placed on Hudson Valley Roster (May 30, 2006)
Devil Rays get shut out (May 29, 2006)
Hot day, hotter hitting (May 28, 2006)
Cardona Added to Active Roster (May 28, 2006)
Devil Rays Lose Second Consecutive to Whitecaps (May 27, 2006)
Whitecaps Long Ball too Much for Devil Rays (May 26, 2006)
Devil Rays Win and Gain Ground on First Place (May 25, 2006)
Devil Rays Shuffle Roster (May 24, 2006)
Devil Rays Win in Exciting Fashion (May 23, 2006)
Devil Rays Fail to Score in Extra Innings (May 22, 2006)
Dayton's Bullpen Shuts Out Devil Rays (May 21, 2006)
Devil Rays Take Down Dragons (May 20, 2006)
Mike Wlodarczyk Throws Flames on Fireworks Night (May 19, 2006)
Devil Rays Lose a Rain Soaked Game (May 18, 2006)
Devil Rays get Schooled on Education Day (May 17, 2006)
Rays win a Pitchers Duel (May 16, 2006)
Devil Rays play 14 games in 15 Days - Part I (May 15, 2006)
Disciples Peak to play post-game concert at C.O. Brown on May 21st (May 12, 2006)
Tonight's Game Against Clinton Cancelled (May 11, 2006)
LumberKings Hand Devil Rays Sixth Straight Win (May 10, 2006)
Devil Rays Show No Signs of Slowing Down (May 9, 2006)
Devil Rays make first roster move of the year (April 28, 2006)
Jake McGee Sensational Against Bees (April 28, 2006)
Rays Swat the Bees 4-2 (April 27, 2006)
Devil Rays Stung by Bees (April 26, 2006)
Rays Lose A Pitchers' Duel in 10 (April 25, 2006)
Wade Davis Lead Devil Rays past Kernels (April 24, 2006)
Devil Rays Walk Kernels to a Victory (April 23, 2006)
Southwest Michigan Wins in 12 Wild Innings (April 22, 2006)
The Kernels Pop the Devil Rays 12-6 (April 21, 2006)
Logo Camouflage Bucket Hat by US Army and Rally Performs (April 21, 2006)
Devil Rays take down Timber Rattlers in ten (April 17, 2006)
Devil Rays Blanked by Whitecaps (April 15, 2006)
Devil Rays End Up All Wet (April 12, 2006)
Devil Rays crush Wizards for the second straight night (April 11, 2006)
Devil Rays strong start too much for Wizards (April 11, 2006)
Cereal City Classic Highlights Special Events at C.O. Brown (April 10, 2006)
Devil Rays Fall to Lugnuts (April 9, 2006)
Devil Rays win home opener (April 8, 2006)
Rays Season at C. O. Brown opens in Royal Fashion (April 7, 2006)
Devil Rays Announce Opening Day Roster (April 2, 2006)
Devil Rays and Dow Team Up For Area Kids (March 28, 2006)
All Hail The King (March 22, 2006)
Devil Rays Single-Game Tickets On Sale (March 15, 2006)
Devil Rays to Hold Job Fair Thursday (March 11, 2006)
29 Days Until Opening Day (March 10, 2006)
Rays Tab Brady Williams as Hitting Coach (March 9, 2006)
Battle Creek Franchise Alumni to Play in World Baseball Classic (March 6, 2006)
Former Detroit Tiger Skeeter Barnes Named New Manager (March 2, 2006)
Plenty of Ways to "Catch Some Rays" at C.O. Brown Stadium (February 27, 2006)
Devil Rays Introduce Community Organization of the Night (February 24, 2006)
Devil Rays to Hold National Anthem Auditions (February 1, 2006)
Devil Rays Announce 2006 Coaching Staff (January 24, 2006)
Devil Rays Hit The Books (January 18, 2006)
Devil Rays Announce Mini-Plan Packages (November 15, 2005)
Devil Rays announce season ticket drive (October 26, 2005)
One day to the big announcement (October 24, 2005)
Four days until the big announcement (October 21, 2005)
Five days until the big announcement (October 20, 2005)
Six Days until The Big Announcement (October 19, 2005)
Devil Rays to have big announcement at big event (October 19, 2005)
Devil Rays announce 2006 season schedule (October 11, 2005)
Devil Rays raise money for hurricane relief fund (September 27, 2005)
Devil Rays 40th franchise alumni makes majors (September 15, 2005)
Devil Rays draw 107,405 fans in 2005 (September 13, 2005)
Devil Rays drop first playoff game 3-2 (September 7, 2005)
Rays head into playoffs as second half wild-card (September 5, 2005)
Perez steals way into record books (September 5, 2005)
Rays move to within game of first place (September 4, 2005)
Mann earns 10th win in Rays 9-1 victory (September 3, 2005)
Devil Rays beat last year's attendance in 5-4 win (September 2, 2005)
Houser pitches Devil Rays into playoffs (September 1, 2005)
Devil Rays set to host a jersey auction (September 1, 2005)
Devil Rays inch closer to playoff berth (August 31, 2005)
Home win streak reaches five for Rays (August 29, 2005)
Back to school celebration with Staples and Devil Rays (August 29, 2005)
Soap Opera Star Night, Fireworks and Used Car Night (August 26, 2005)
John Jaso named MWL Postseason All-Star (August 24, 2005)
Devil Rays sweep away Bees 6-2 (August 22, 2005)
Perez, Houser lead Rays to 4th straight win (August 21, 2005)
Frias' dash in 16th gives Rays 1-0 win (August 19, 2005)
HBC to present "Clear the Fence for Cancer" donation (August 19, 2005)
Congressman will not appear at C.O. Brown Stadium (August 19, 2005)
Devil Rays Rundown: Mascot Olympics, Friday Fireworks and Team Photo Day (August 18, 2005)
Mascot Olympics precursor to Devil Rays Friday Fireworks (August 17, 2005)
Devil Rays allow four home runs in loss (August 9, 2005)
Devil Rays have plenty to see and do before season ends (August 8, 2005)
Southwest Michigan suffers 12-7 loss (August 7, 2005)
Devil Rays back on winning track (August 6, 2005)
Devil Rays fall to Kernels in series finale (August 5, 2005)
Rays offense comes alive in 10-2 victory (August 4, 2005)
Devil Rays Club House Store to host players, deals on Saturday (August 4, 2005)
Frias ties league record (August 3, 2005)
Devil Rays take advantage of errors in win (August 3, 2005)
Rays make the most of two hits in 2-1 win (August 2, 2005)
Discounted tickets for Jam 4 Life Concert available now (August 1, 2005)
Tampa Bay's second round pick comes to SWM (July 30, 2005)
Devil Rays Used Car Night turns magical for one lucky fan (July 27, 2005)
Devil Rays rained out in Quad Cities (July 26, 2005)
Devil Rays to honor Public Service Personnel (July 26, 2005)
Devil Rays fall 11-2 in finale with 'Caps (July 24, 2005)
Devil Rays sweep their way into first place (July 22, 2005)
Devil Rays-Whitecaps washed out (July 21, 2005)
Devil Rays Rundown (July 20, 2005)
Devil Rays escape Lugnuts comeback in 5-4 win (July 15, 2005)
Devil Rays split soaked doubleheader with Lugnuts (July 14, 2005)
Rays and Lugnuts suspend game after rain delay (July 13, 2005)
Southwest Michigan Devil Rays notebook (July 11, 2005)
Rays hammer LumberKings down with 3 homers (July 8, 2005)
Devil Rays downed, 12-2 (July 6, 2005)
Perez hit streak extended to 17 in double dip split (July 5, 2005)
Independence Day rain washes out Rays-LumberKings (July 5, 2005)
Devil Rays return home Monday (June 30, 2005)
Southwest Michigan's weekend ends with third loss (June 26, 2005)
Brignac's big night not enough in loss to South Bend (June 25, 2005)
Southwest Michigan wins before crowd of 5,107 at C.O. Brown (June 24, 2005)
Four home runs allowed spells doom for Devil Rays (June 23, 2005)
Devil Rays Kickoff Second Half with Fireworks, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Youth Clinic (June 21, 2005)
Martie Revealed! Rays GM goes under razor for fans (June 13, 2005)
Devil Rays top West Michigan in series finale 4-3 (June 12, 2005)
Rays delight crowd of 6,003 with come-from-behind win (June 11, 2005)
Devil Rays lose battle of big innings against 'Caps (June 10, 2005)
Devil Rays turn the power on with three homers in win (June 9, 2005)
The Rundown: Homestand ‘Peaks’ with Sellout (June 8, 2005)
Six Devil Rays named to all-star team; Brignac, Leandro will start (June 8, 2005)
It's a Sell Out! Devil Rays announce first in multiple seasons (June 7, 2005)
Devil Rays to have three home games televised in 2005 (June 7, 2005)
Sonnanstine masterful in 3-0 win over Peoria (June 3, 2005)
Disciples Peak to play post-game concert at C.O. Brown on June 12 (June 3, 2005)
Southwest Michigan drops second straight to Chiefs (June 2, 2005)
Devil Rays strand 10 men in 3-1 loss to Peoria (June 1, 2005)
Sean Gallagher versus the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays (June 1, 2005)
Houser and Devil Rays cruise to 5-1 win over Chiefs (May 31, 2005)
Rays hit into five twin-killings against Minnesota affiliate (May 30, 2005)
Southwest Michigan tosses no-hitter (May 28, 2005)
Devil Rays suffer 14-7 defeat to Beloit (May 27, 2005)
Devil Rays Rundown: Gas Giveaway, US Army Camo Caps, Penny Dogs and Rally (May 26, 2005)
Rays to honor Detective Brann on Memorial Day (May 26, 2005)
June 11 could be first sellout of season (May 25, 2005)
Devil Rays-Lugnuts postponed (May 22, 2005)
Devil Rays pick up second straight win (May 21, 2005)
Rays salvage split in double-header (May 20, 2005)
Rays staff and players to meet fans Saturday night (May 20, 2005)
Meet the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays (December 20, 2004)
MWL approves sale of Battle Creek franchise (October 29, 2004)
Battle Creek, Tampa Bay Devil Rays sign 2-year PDC (September 22, 2004)
C.O. Brown Stadium to host Bush campaign appearance (September 10, 2004)
BC Yankees post 8th straight winning season (September 6, 2004)
Yankees end season with extra-inning loss (September 6, 2004)
Yanks win, stay alive in playoff race (September 5, 2004)
Yanks blank Dragons 3-0 (September 4, 2004)
Yanks fall to Dragons, 8-2 (September 3, 2004)
Yankees lose lead, finale in Dayton (September 2, 2004)
Yanks still rolling in Dayton (September 1, 2004)
Yankees crush Dragons (August 31, 2004)
Moore dominant in Yankee victory (August 30, 2004)