2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fourth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, 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.

2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
American League Eastern Division
Location
Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
Results
Record	62–100 (.383)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owners	Vince Naimoli
General managers	Chuck LaMar
Managers	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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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.

v t e 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 record v t e 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

• 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

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
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

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

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
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

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

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

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

1. 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

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