2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fourth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, finished the season with a record of 62–100. Their managers were Larry Rothschild and Hal McRae, the latter of whom replaced Rothschild shortly after the season began.

2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record62–100 (.383)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLarry Rothschild, Hal McRae
Local televisionFSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
WTVT
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WLCC
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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Offseason
  • November 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • November 27, 2000: Quinton McCracken was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
  • November 27, 2000: Jim Morris was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]
  • January 8, 2001: Johnny Damon was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Ángel Berroa and A. J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals.[4]
  • March 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters
  • Vinny Castilla
  • Steve Cox
  • John Flaherty
  • Ben Grieve
  • Albie Lopez
  • Felix Martinez
  • Fred McGriff
  • Bob Smith
  • Greg Vaughn
  • Gerald Williams[5]

Season standings
Wade Boggs's number 12 was retired by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2001.
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9565 0.594 — 51–28 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8279 0.509 13½ 41–40 41–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 16 40–42 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 6398 0.391 32½ 30–50 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 62100 0.383 34 37–44 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2001 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —4–54–36–35–45–45–43–64–36–144–157–27–125–410–8
Baltimore 5–4—9–103–41–54–25–23–35–132–71–810–92–77–126–12
Boston 3–410–9—3–33–64–53–33–35–134–53–614–55–212–710–8
Chicago 3–64–33–3—10–913–614–55–141–51–82–75–27–23–312–6
Cleveland 4–55–16–39–10—13–611–814–54–54–32–55–15–42–47–11
Detroit 4–52–45–46–136–13—8–114–154–51–62–54–28–12–410–8
Kansas City 4–52–53–35–148–1111–8—6–130–63–63–64–24–54–38–10
Minnesota 6–33–33–314–55–1415–413–6—4–25–41–81–64–52–59–9
New York 3–413–513–55–15–45–46–02–4—3–63–613–63–411–810–8
Oakland 14–67–25–48–13–46–16–34–56–3—9–107–29–106–312–6
Seattle 15–48–16–37–25–25–26–38–16–310–9—7–215–56–312–6
Tampa Bay 2–79–105–142–51–52–42–46–16–132–72–7—4–59–1010–8
Texas 12–77–22–52–74–51–85–45–44–310–95–155–4—3–68–10
Toronto 4–512–77–123–34–24–23–45–28–113–63–610–96–3—8–10

Transactions
  • April 4, 2001: Kenny Kely was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[6]
  • June 5, 2001: Dewon Brazelton was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 25, 2001.[7]
  • June 5, 2001: Jon Switzer was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2001.[8]

Citrus Series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the series 4-2.

  • June 15- @ Marlins 7- Devil Rays 4 [9]
  • June 16- @ Marlins 11- Devil Rays 0 [10]
  • June 17- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 4 [11]
  • July 6- @ Devil Rays 5- Marlins 4 (11 innings) [12]
  • July 7- @ Devil Rays 4- Marlins 3 [13]
  • July 8- Marlins 6- @ Devil Rays 1 [14]

Roster
2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CJohn Flaherty7824859.238429
1BSteve Cox10834288.2571251
2BBrent Abernathy7930482.270533
SSFélix Martínez7721954.247114
3BAubrey Huff111411102.248845
LFJason Tyner105396111.280021
CFGerald Williams6223248.207417
RFBen Grieve154542143.2641172
DHGreg Vaughn136485113.2332482

Other batters

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
Randy Winn128429117.273650
Fred McGriff97343109.3181961
Russ Johnson8524873.294433
Damian Rolls8123762.262212
Chris Gomez5818957.302836
Toby Hall4918856.298430
Andy Sheets4915330.196114
Mike DiFelice4814931.20829
Jared Sandberg3913628.206115
José Guillén4113537.274311
Vinny Castilla249320.21529
Bob Smith6192.10501
Paul Hoover341.25000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tanyon Sturtze39195.111124.42110
Ryan Rupe28143.15126.59123
Bryan Rekar25140.23135.8987
Albie Lopez20124.25125.3467
Joe Kennedy20117.2784.4478
Nick Bierbrodt1161.1344.5556
Travis Harper27.0027.712

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Paul Wilson37151.1894.88119
Brian Rose720.1028.8511
Mike Judd820.0104.0511
Jason Standridge919.1004.669
Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Esteban Yan5446223.9064
Doug Creek662504.3166
Travis Phelps492253.4854
Victor Zambrano366223.1658
Jesús Colomé302303.3331
Jeff Wallace290303.4038
Rusty Meacham241305.6013
Dan Wheeler131008.6612
Bobby Seay121106.2312
Ken Hill501012.272
Ariel Prieto30002.452
Tony Fiore30005.403
Mickey Calloway20007.202

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Mike Ramsey
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Charlie Montoyo
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Buddy Biancalana
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Howard
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Edwin Rodríguez

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References
  1. Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Jim Morris Stats".
  4. Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac
  6. Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Dewon Brazelton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Jon Switzer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 15, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  10. "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 16, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  11. "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 17, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  12. "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 6, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  13. "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, July 7, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  14. "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, July 8, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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