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20 years of the Rays, and players you forgot ever played for them

ST. PETERSBURG — With the Rays planning a year-long celebration of their 20th anniversary, the Times is taking a look back – with 20 lists of 20 things about those first 20 seasons. Here are the 20 players you may have forgotten were once Rays:

Tampa Bay Devil Rays second baseman Miguel Cairo, left, jokes with teammates as he shares second base with Julio Franco during drills at the team’s spring training facility in St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 28, 1999. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

1 . Julio Franco, first base

YEARS: 1999

Games: 1

In a sentence: One at-bat after spending season in Mexico.