2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

2001 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)
Other information
Owner(s)	Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)	Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)	Larry Rothschild, Hal McRae
Local television	FSN Florida WMOR-TV WTSP WTVT (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio	WFLA (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WLCC (Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 4th 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 62-100. Their manager were Larry Rothschild and Hal McRae, the latter whom replaced Rothschild shortly after the season began.

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	95	65	0.594	—	51–28	44–37
Boston Red Sox	82	79	0.509	13½	41–40	41–39
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	0.494	16	40–42	40–40
Baltimore Orioles	63	98	0.391	32½	30–50	33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	62	100	0.383	34	37–44	25–56

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–5	4–3	6–3	5–4	5–4	5–4	3–6	4–3	6–14	4–15	7–2	7–12	5–4	10–8
Baltimore	5–4	—	9–10	3–4	1–5	4–2	5–2	3–3	5–13	2–7	1–8	10–9	2–7	7–12	6–12
Boston	3–4	10–9	—	3–3	3–6	4–5	3–3	3–3	5–13	4–5	3–6	14–5	5–2	12–7	10–8
Chicago	3–6	4–3	3–3	—	10–9	13–6	14–5	5–14	1–5	1–8	2–7	5–2	7–2	3–3	12–6
Cleveland	4–5	5–1	6–3	9–10	—	13–6	11–8	14–5	4–5	4–3	2–5	5–1	5–4	2–4	7–11
Detroit	4–5	2–4	5–4	6–13	6–13	—	8–11	4–15	4–5	1–6	2–5	4–2	8–1	2–4	10–8
Kansas City	4–5	2–5	3–3	5–14	8–11	11–8	—	6–13	0–6	3–6	3–6	4–2	4–5	4–3	8–10
Minnesota	6–3	3–3	3–3	14–5	5–14	15–4	13–6	—	4–2	5–4	1–8	1–6	4–5	2–5	9–9
New York	3–4	13–5	13–5	5–1	5–4	5–4	6–0	2–4	—	3–6	3–6	13–6	3–4	11–8	10–8
Oakland	14–6	7–2	5–4	8–1	3–4	6–1	6–3	4–5	6–3	—	9–10	7–2	9–10	6–3	12–6
Seattle	15–4	8–1	6–3	7–2	5–2	5–2	6–3	8–1	6–3	10–9	—	7–2	15–5	6–3	12–6
Tampa Bay	2–7	9–10	5–14	2–5	1–5	2–4	2–4	6–1	6–13	2–7	2–7	—	4–5	9–10	10–8
Texas	12–7	7–2	2–5	2–7	4–5	1–8	5–4	5–4	4–3	10–9	5–15	5–4	—	3–6	8–10
Toronto	4–5	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	3–6	3–6	10–9	6–3	—	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 32 Nick Bierbrodt 59 Mickey Callaway 46 Jesús Colomé 38 Doug Creek 36 Tony Fiore 58 Travis Harper 44 Ken Hill 50 Mike Judd 50 Joe Kennedy 32 Albie Lopez 37 Rusty Meacham 61 Travis Phelps 48 Ariel Prieto 35 Bryan Rekar 52 Brian Rose 24 Ryan Rupe 27 Bobby Seay 53 Jason Standridge 49 Tanyon Sturtze 51 Jeff Wallace 34 Dan Wheeler 41 Paul Wilson 43 Esteban Yan 60 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers  8 Mike DiFelice  6 John Flaherty 44 Toby Hall 15 Paul Hoover Infielders  3 Brent Abernathy  9 Vinny Castilla 28 Steve Cox  9 Chris Gomez 19 Aubrey Huff 25 Russ Johnson 16 Félix Martínez 29 Fred McGriff 33 Damian Rolls 10 Jared Sandberg 26 Andy Sheets 20 Bob Smith		Outfielders 18 Ben Grieve 30 José Guillén 14 Jason Tyner 23 Greg Vaughn  4 Gerald Williams  2 Randy Winn		Manager 56 Hal McRae 11 Larry Rothschild Coaches 12 Wade Boggs (hitting)  7 José Cardenal (first base)  5 Terry Collins (bullpen, third base) 10 Darren Daulton (catching, bullpen) 55 Glenn Ezell (bullpen) 54 Bill Fischer (pitching) 22 Billy Hatcher (third Base, bench) 47 Lee May (first base) 56 Hal McRae (bench)

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

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	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

^[15]

References

1. Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morrija03.shtml
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. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106150FLO
10. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106160FLO
11. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106170FLO
12. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200107060TBA
13. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200107070TBA
14. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200107080TBA
15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

• 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com