2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1998)
Eastern Division (since 1998)
Location
Tropicana Field (since 1998)
St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998)
Results
Record	63–99 (.389)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)	Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	WFLA (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WAMA (AM) (Enrique Oliu)
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The 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 6th 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 1st season with the Devil Rays.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	0.623	—	50–32	51–29
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	6	53–28	42–39
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	15	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	71	91	0.438	30	40–40	31–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	0.389	38	36–45	27–54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
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

• 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 37 Brandon Backe 41 Rob Bell 32 Nick Bierbrodt 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 49 Jesús Colomé 50 Chad Gaudin 54 Geremi González 58 Travis Harper 17 Joe Kennedy 40 Al Levine 46 Mark Malaska 37 Seth McClung 28,40 Jim Parque 39 Steve Parris 57 Carlos Reyes 48 John Rocker 27 Bobby Seay 59 Jorge Sosa 53 Jason Standridge 43 Jon Switzer 43 Mike Venafro 40 Doug Waechter 47 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers 44 Toby Hall 39 Pete Laforest 20 Javier Valentín Infielders  3,14 Brent Abernathy  8 Marlon Anderson 25 Damion Easley  3 Félix Escalona 16 Travis Lee 36 Jeff Liefer 23 Julio Lugo 10 Rey Ordóñez  1 Antonio Pérez 33 Damian Rolls 26 Jared Sandberg 22 Terry Shumpert  3 Jason Smith 35 Chris Truby		Outfielders  5 Rocco Baldelli 13 Carl Crawford 25 Matt Diaz 18 Ben Grieve 19 Aubrey Huff 24 George Lombard  9 Al Martin 32 Adam Piatt 11 Jason Tyner Other batters 60 Jonny Gomes		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 29 Chris Bosio (pitching)  4 Lee Elia (hitting) 16 Tom Foley (third base)  2 Billy Hatcher (first base)  7 John McLaren (bench) 15 Matt Sinatro (bullpen)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Player stats

Batting

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

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

Pitching

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

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

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

Farm system

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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml
2. Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. John Rocker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Delmon Young Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/geerjo01.shtml
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

• 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com