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2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WAMA (AM)
(Enrique Oliu)
← 2002
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The 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their sixth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East with a record of 63–99. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his first season with the Devil Rays.

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 61 .623 50‍–‍32 51‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 95 67 .586 6 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 .531 15 41‍–‍40 45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 71 91 .438 30 40‍–‍40 31‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 63 99 .389 38 36‍–‍45 27‍–‍54


Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 1–8 3–6 3–4 6–3 6–1 6–3 5–4 3–6 8–12 8–11 6–3 9–10 2–7 11–7
Baltimore 8–1 9–10 2–4 3–3 3–3 3–4 3–4 6–13–1 2–7 4–5 8–11 7–2 8–11 5–13
Boston 6–3 10–9 5–4 4–2 8–1 5–1 2–4 9–10 3–4 5–2 12–7 5–4 10–9 11–7
Chicago 4–3 4–2 4–5 11–8 11–8 11–8 9–10 4–2 4–5 2–7 3–3 3–4 6–3 10–8
Cleveland 3–6 3–3 2–4 8–11 12–7 6–13 9–10 2–5 3–6 3–6 5–2 4–5 2–4 6–12
Detroit 1–6 3–3 1–8 8–11 7–12 5–14 4–15 1–5 3–6 1–8 2–4 1–6 2–7 4–14
Kansas City 3–6 4–3 1–5 8–11 13–6 14–5 11–8 2–4 2–7 4–5 4–3 7–2 1–5 9–9
Minnesota 4–5 4–3 4–2 10–9 10–9 15–4 8–11 0–7 8–1 3–6 6–0 5–4 3–3 10–8
New York 6–3 13–6–1 10–9 2–4 5–2 5–1 4–2 7–0 3–6 5–4 14–5 4–5 10–9 13–5
Oakland 12–8 7–2 4–3 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–2 1–8 6–3 7–12 6–3 15–4 5–2 9–9
Seattle 11–8 5–4 2–5 7–2 6–3 8–1 5–4 6–3 4–5 12–7 4–5 10–10 3–4 10–8
Tampa Bay 3–6 11–8 7–12 3–3 2–5 4–2 3–4 0–6 5–14 3–6 5–4 3–6 11–8 3–15
Texas 10–9 2–7 4–5 4–3 5–4 6–1 2–7 4–5 5–4 4–15 10–10 6–3 5–4 4–14
Toronto 7–2 11–8 9–10 3–6 4–2 7–2 5–1 3–3 9–10 2–5 4–3 8–11 4–5 10–8


Transactions

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  • February 14, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • March 10, 2003: Wayne Gomes was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • March 29, 2003: Al Martin was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
  • April 10, 2003: John Rocker signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]
  • June 27, 2003: John Rocker was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]

Draft picks

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  • June 3, 2003: Delmon Young was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed September 8, 2003.[4]
  • June 3, 2003: Josh Geer was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign.[5]

Roster

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2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Toby Hall 130 463 117 .253 12 47
1B Travis Lee 145 542 149 .275 19 70
2B Marlon Anderson 145 482 130 .270 6 67
SS Julio Lugo 117 433 119 .275 15 53
3B Damian Rolls 107 373 95 .255 7 46
LF Carl Crawford 151 630 177 .281 5 54
CF Rocco Baldelli 156 637 184 .289 11 78
RF Aubrey Huff 162 636 198 .311 34 107
DH Al Martin 100 238 60 .252 3 26

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ben Grieve 55 165 38 .230 4 17
Jared Sandberg 55 136 29 .213 6 23
Javier Valentín 49 135 30 .222 3 15
Antonio Pérez 48 125 31 .248 2 12
Rey Ordóñez 34 117 37 .316 3 22
Damion Easley 36 107 20 .187 1 7
Jason Tyner 46 90 25 .278 0 6
Terry Shumpert 59 84 16 .190 2 7
Pete Laforest 19 48 8 .167 0 6
Chris Truby 13 43 12 .279 0 3
George Lombard 13 37 8 .216 1 4
Adam Piatt 14 32 6 .188 2 3
Félix Escalona 10 27 5 .185 0 2
Jeff Liefer 9 25 3 .120 1 3
Jonny Gomes 8 15 2 .133 0 0
Matt Diaz 4 9 1 .111 0 0
Brent Abernathy 2 7 0 .000 0 0
Jason Smith 1 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Victor Zambrano 34 188.1 12 10 4.21 132
Geremi González 25 156.1 6 11 3.91 97
Rob Bell 19 101.0 5 4 5.52 44
Dewon Brazelton 10 48.1 1 6 6.89 24
Jason Standridge 8 35.1 0 5 6.37 20
Doug Waechter 6 35.1 3 2 3.31 29
Jim Parque 5 17.1 1 1 11.94 8

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Kennedy 32 133.2 3 12 6.13 77
Jorge Sosa 29 128.2 5 12 4.62 72
Steve Parris 10 43.2 0 3 6.18 14
Chad Gaudin 15 40.0 2 0 3.60 23
Carlos Reyes 10 39.2 0 3 5.22 13
Seth McClung 12 38.2 4 1 5.35 25
Nick Bierbrodt 13 35.1 0 2 9.68 20

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lance Carter 62 7 5 26 4.33 47
Travis Harper 61 4 8 1 3.77 64
Jesús Colomé 54 3 7 2 4.50 69
Al Levine 36 3 5 0 2.90 25
Brandon Backe 28 1 1 0 5.44 36
Mike Venafro 24 1 0 0 4.74 9
Mark Malaska 22 2 1 0 2.81 17
Bobby Seay 12 0 0 0 3.00 5
Jon Switzer 5 0 0 0 7.45 7
John Rocker 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Charlie Montoyo
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Omer Muñoz
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Mako Oliveras
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Howard
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Jamie Nelson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wayne Gomes Stats".
  2. ^ Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b John Rocker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Delmon Young Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Josh Geer Stats".
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007