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, 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.

2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record62–100 (.383)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)Larry Rothschild, Hal McRae
Local televisionFSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
WTVT
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWFLA
(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.
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9565 0.594 — 51–28 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8279 0.509 13½ 41–40 41–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 16 40–42 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 6398 0.391 32½ 30–50 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 62100 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 —4–54–36–35–45–45–43–64–36–144–157–27–125–410–8
Baltimore 5–4—9–103–41–54–25–23–35–132–71–810–92–77–126–12
Boston 3–410–9—3–33–64–53–33–35–134–53–614–55–212–710–8
Chicago 3–64–33–3—10–913–614–55–141–51–82–75–27–23–312–6
Cleveland 4–55–16–39–10—13–611–814–54–54–32–55–15–42–47–11
Detroit 4–52–45–46–136–13—8–114–154–51–62–54–28–12–410–8
Kansas City 4–52–53–35–148–1111–8—6–130–63–63–64–24–54–38–10
Minnesota 6–33–33–314–55–1415–413–6—4–25–41–81–64–52–59–9
New York 3–413–513–55–15–45–46–02–4—3–63–613–63–411–810–8
Oakland 14–67–25–48–13–46–16–34–56–3—9–107–29–106–312–6
Seattle 15–48–16–37–25–25–26–38–16–310–9—7–215–56–312–6
Tampa Bay 2–79–105–142–51–52–42–46–16–132–72–7—4–59–1010–8
Texas 12–77–22–52–74–51–85–45–44–310–95–155–4—3–68–10
Toronto 4–512–77–123–34–24–23–45–28–113–63–610–96–3—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 Catchers

Infielders

  • 16 Félix Martínez
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
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. https://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
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