American expert ball club situated in St. Petersburg, Florida, plays in the American League (AL). The Rays started to play in 1998 and were known as the Devil Rays until the finish of the 2007 season.

Following almost thirty years of ineffectively attempting to acquire a development establishment or tempting existing groups to migrate to the Tampa Bay region, a possession bunch drove by Vince Naimoli was supported on March 9, 1995. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays started to play in the 1998 Major League Baseball season.

Who Is Tampa Bay Rays Announcer?

Dewayne Staats is the Tampa Bay Rays’ announcer.

Other announcers or broadcasters for Television and Radio include Brian Anderson, Orestes Destrade, Rich Hollenberg, Tricia Whitaker, Doug Waechter, Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Neil Solondz, Enrique Olu, and Ricardo Taveras.

This year marks Dewayne’s 46th season broadcasting major league baseball and his 24th with the Rays, as he anchors the Emmy Award-winning Bally Sports Sun telecast. Dewayne has also worked as a play-by-play announcer for FOX Sports’ national baseball coverage. In his career, he has broadcast over 6,000 MLB games, including nine no-hitters.

Prior to joining the Rays, he worked as a play-by-play announcer for three years for a variety of ESPN sports broadcasts. From 1977 to 1984, he was the Astros’ radio and TV play-by-play announcer, and from 1985 to 1989, he was the Cubs’. From 1990 to 1994, he was the Yankees’ lead play-by-play announcer, and in 1994 and 1995, he worked for The Baseball Network (ABC/NBC).

Dewayne began his baseball career as the Oklahoma City 89ers’ radio announcer (1973-74). In 1975-76, he was the sports director at KPLR TV in St. Louis, where he was nominated for an Emmy. In 2018, Dewayne was inducted into the Tampa Bay Sports Club Hall of Fame.

Through their 501(c)(3) charity W.A.R., he and his wife Carla support a variety of causes, including military combat veterans (Warriors at Rest). He has two daughters, Stephanie Wheeler and Alexandra, as well as three grandchildren, Gabriel (age 16), Zachary (age 13), and Evie (age 10).