Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey was charged with driving under the influence, hit-and-run with damage and resisting arrest after rear-ending a car near Tropicana Field on Sunday night shortly after the team arrived home from its season finale in Toronto.

"I made a horrible mistake," Hickey, 45, told the St. Petersburg Times on Monday after posting $900 bail on the misdemeanor charges. "It was a total lack of judgment. I apologize for that. It's inexcusable. I certainly put my job in jeopardy. They have every right to go in any direction they want to."

Hickey just completed his first season as the Rays' pitching coach, but Sunday night's incident cast a shadow on whether he would be back.

"Jim was very apologetic and ashamed for the lack of discretion leading to this situation," Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman told the Times.

"The Devil Rays organization is very disappointed in the poor personal behavior which precipitated this incident. We expect Jim will face this incident honestly and appropriately."

The Rays have a policy of not providing alcohol on home-bound flights, but team personnel is not prohibited from bringing on board their own alcohol.