2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their sixth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division with a record of 63–99. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his first season with the Devil Rays.

2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
Local televisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
Local radioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WAMA (AM)
(Enrique Oliu)
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Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161 0.623 — 50–32 51–29
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 6 53–28 42–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 15 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 7191 0.438 30 40–40 31–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 38 36–45 27–54

Record vs. opponents
2003 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Transactions
  • 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
  • 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
2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CToby Hall130463117.2531247
1BTravis Lee145542149.2751970
2BMarlon Anderson145482130.270667
SSJulio Lugo117433119.2751553
3BDamian Rolls10737395.255746
LFCarl Crawford151630177.281554
CFRocco Baldelli156637184.2891178
RFAubrey Huff162636198.31134107
DHAl Martin10023860.252326

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
Ben Grieve5516538.230417
Jared Sandberg5513629.213623
Javier Valentín4913530.222315
Antonio Pérez4812531.248212
Rey Ordóñez3411737.316322
Damion Easley3610720.18717
Jason Tyner469025.27806
Terry Shumpert598416.19027
Pete Laforest19488.16706
Chris Truby134312.27903
George Lombard13378.21614
Adam Piatt14326.18823
Félix Escalona10275.18502
Jeff Liefer9253.12013
Jonny Gomes8152.13300
Matt Diaz491.11100
Brent Abernathy270.00000
Jason Smith141.25000

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
Victor Zambrano34188.112104.21132
Geremi González25156.16113.9197
Rob Bell19101.0545.5244
Dewon Brazelton1048.1166.8924
Jason Standridge835.1056.3720
Doug Waechter635.1323.3129
Jim Parque517.11111.948

Other 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
Joe Kennedy32133.23126.1377
Jorge Sosa29128.25124.6272
Steve Parris1043.2036.1814
Chad Gaudin1540.0203.6023
Carlos Reyes1039.2035.2213
Seth McClung1238.2415.3525
Nick Bierbrodt1335.1029.6820

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
Lance Carter6275264.3347
Travis Harper614813.7764
Jesús Colomé543724.5069
Al Levine363502.9025
Brandon Backe281105.4436
Mike Venafro241004.749
Mark Malaska222102.8117
Bobby Seay120003.005
Jon Switzer50007.457
John Rocker20009.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. "Wayne Gomes Stats".
  2. Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 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
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