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2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record62–100 (.383)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLarry Rothschild, Hal McRae
TelevisionFSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
WTVT
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WLCC
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fourth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East, 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.

Offseason

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  • 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

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Opening Day starters

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

Season standings

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Wade Boggs's number 12 was retired by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2001.
AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 65 .594 — 51‍–‍28 44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 82 79 .509 13½ 41‍–‍40 41‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 80 82 .494 16 40‍–‍42 40‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles 63 98 .391 32½ 30‍–‍50 33‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 62 100 .383 34 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍56


Record vs. opponents

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2001 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

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  • 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

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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

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2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C John Flaherty 78 248 59 .238 4 29
1B Steve Cox 108 342 88 .257 12 51
2B Brent Abernathy 79 304 82 .270 5 33
SS Félix Martínez 77 219 54 .247 1 14
3B Aubrey Huff 111 411 102 .248 8 45
LF Jason Tyner 105 396 111 .280 0 21
CF Gerald Williams 62 232 48 .207 4 17
RF Ben Grieve 154 542 143 .264 11 72
DH Greg Vaughn 136 485 113 .233 24 82

Other batters

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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 Winn 128 429 117 .273 6 50
Fred McGriff 97 343 109 .318 19 61
Russ Johnson 85 248 73 .294 4 33
Damian Rolls 81 237 62 .262 2 12
Chris Gomez 58 189 57 .302 8 36
Toby Hall 49 188 56 .298 4 30
Andy Sheets 49 153 30 .196 1 14
Mike DiFelice 48 149 31 .208 2 9
Jared Sandberg 39 136 28 .206 1 15
José Guillén 41 135 37 .274 3 11
Vinny Castilla 24 93 20 .215 2 9
Bob Smith 6 19 2 .105 0 1
Paul Hoover 3 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Sturtze 39 195.1 11 12 4.42 110
Ryan Rupe 28 143.1 5 12 6.59 123
Bryan Rekar 25 140.2 3 13 5.89 87
Albie Lopez 20 124.2 5 12 5.34 67
Joe Kennedy 20 117.2 7 8 4.44 78
Nick Bierbrodt 11 61.1 3 4 4.55 56
Travis Harper 2 7.0 0 2 7.71 2

Other pitchers

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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 Wilson 37 151.1 8 9 4.88 119
Brian Rose 7 20.1 0 2 8.85 11
Mike Judd 8 20.0 1 0 4.05 11
Jason Standridge 9 19.1 0 0 4.66 9
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Esteban Yan 54 4 6 22 3.90 64
Doug Creek 66 2 5 0 4.31 66
Travis Phelps 49 2 2 5 3.48 54
Victor Zambrano 36 6 2 2 3.16 58
Jesús Colomé 30 2 3 0 3.33 31
Jeff Wallace 29 0 3 0 3.40 38
Rusty Meacham 24 1 3 0 5.60 13
Dan Wheeler 13 1 0 0 8.66 12
Bobby Seay 12 1 1 0 6.23 12
Ken Hill 5 0 1 0 12.27 2
Ariel Prieto 3 0 0 0 2.45 2
Tony Fiore 3 0 0 0 5.40 3
Mickey Calloway 2 0 0 0 7.20 2

Farm system

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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