the major league baseball most valuable player award has never been presented to a spanish member of the tampa bay rays
the rays first alternate jersey also features the name rays and a yellow sunburst on chest but is a dark blue material with columbia blue piping white characters for the player name and player numbers that are simply a white outline
 wards contribution was recognized by major league baseball in 1962 with the creation of the arch ward trophy given to the allstar games most valuable player each year