2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Vince Naimoli
General manager(s) Chuck LaMar
Manager(s) Larry Rothschild
Local television FSN Florida
WMOR
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WBDN
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 3rd since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with a record of 69-92. Their manager were Larry Rothschild, who entered his 3rd year with the club. This season is sometimes referred to as the "Hit Show" because the club signed several big-name sluggers in hopes of the team putting up better offensive numbers.

Offseason

Regular season

On September 28, 2000, the Yankees played the Devil Rays at Tampa Bay. In the top of the 2nd inning, Jose Canseco was walked. Tino Martinez then hit a double to center field. The ball was fielded by Gerald Williams and relayed to Mike DiFelice. He tagged Jose Canseco at the plate and proceeded to tag out Tino Martinez who was running right behind Canseco. Mike DiFelice tagged both runners out at the plate.[3]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 87 74 0.540 — 44–36 43–38
Boston Red Sox 85 77 0.525 2½ 42–39 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 0.512 4½ 45–36 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 74 88 0.457 13½ 44–37 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69 92 0.429 18 36–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–5 5–4 4–6 3–6 5–5 6–6 7–3 5–5 5–8 5–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 12–6
Baltimore 5–7 — 5–7 4–6 5–4 6–4 3–7 6–3 5–7 4–8 3–7 8–5 6–6 7–6 7–11
Boston 4–5 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 7–5 4–6 8–2 6–7 5–5 5–5 6–6 7–3 4–8 9–9
Chicago 6–4 6–4 5–7 — 8–5 9–3 5–7 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–5 6–4 5–5 5–5 12–6
Cleveland 6–3 4–5 6–6 5–8 — 6–7 5–7 5–8 5–5 6–6 7–2 8–2 6–4 8–4 13–5
Detroit 5–5 4–6 5–7 3–9 7–6 — 5–7 7–6 8–4 6–4 7–2 4–5 5–5 3–9 10–8
Kansas City 6–6 7–3 6–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 — 7–5 2–8 4–8 4–8 5–5 3–7 4–6 8–10
Minnesota 3–7 3–6 2–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 5–7 — 5–5 5–7 3–9 4–6 8–4 5–4 7–11
New York 5–5 7–5 7–6 4–8 5–5 4–8 8–2 5–5 — 6–3 4–6 6–6 10–2 5–7 11–6
Oakland 8–5 8–4 5–5 3–6 6–6 4–6 8–4 7–5 3–6 — 9–4 7–2 5–7 7–3 11–7
Seattle 8–5 7–3 5–5 5–7 2–7 2–7 8–4 9–3 6–4 4–9 — 9–3 7–5 8–2 11–7
Tampa Bay 6–6 5–8 6–6 4–6 2–8 5–4 5–5 6–4 6–6 2–7 3–9 — 5–7 5–7 9–9
Texas 5–7 6–6 3–7 5–5 4–6 5–5 7–3 4–8 2–10 7–5 5–7 7–5 — 4–6 7–11
Toronto 7–5 6–7 8–4 5–5 4–8 9–3 6–4 4–5 7–5 3–7 2–8 7–5 6–4 — 9–9

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters

Citrus Series

2000 Series split 3-3

Roster

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
C John Flaherty 109 394 36 103 10 39 .261 0
1B Fred McGriff 158 566 82 157 27 106.277 2
2B Miguel Cairo 119 375 49 98 1 34 .261 28
3B Vinny Castilla 85 331 22 73 6 42 .221 1
SS Felix Martinez 106 299 42 64 2 17 .214 9
LF Greg Vaughn 127 461 83 117 28 74 .254 8
CF Gerald Williams 146 632 87 173 21 89 .274 12
0 41 .253 3
DH Bubba Trammell 66 189 19 52 7 33 .275 3

[6]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Steve Cox 116 318 44 90 11 35 .283 1
Jose Canseco 61 218 31 56 9 30 .257 2
Mike DiFelice 60 204 23 49 6 19 .240 0
Russ Johnson 74 185 28 47 2 17 .254 4
Bob Smith 49 175 21 41 6 26 .234 2
Randy Winn 51 159 28 40 1 16 .252 6
Aubrey Huff 39 122 12 35 4 14 .287 0
Kevin Stocker 40 114 20 30 2 8 .263 1
Ozzie Guillén 63 107 22 26 2 12 .243 1
Dave Martinez 29 104 12 27 1 12 .260 1
Jason Tyner 37 83 6 20 0 8 .241 6
Ozzie Timmons 12 41 9 14 4 13 .341 0
Quinton McCracken 15 31 5 4 0 2 .129 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Mike Ramsey
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Julio Garcia
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Charlie Montoyo
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Silvestri
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Edwin Rodríguez

[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml
  3. ↑ http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
  4. ↑ Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2000&t=TBA
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/2000.shtml
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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