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2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

Field	Value
name	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
season	2001
image_size	300
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Tropicana Field
city	St. Petersburg, Florida
record	62–100 (.383)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Vince Naimoli
general_managers	Chuck LaMar
managers	Larry Rothschild, Hal McRae
television	FSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
WTVT
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
radio	WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WLCC
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)

WMOR-TV WTSP WTVT (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats) (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WLCC (Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)

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

November 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
November 27, 2000: Quinton McCracken was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
November 27, 2000: Jim Morris was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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.
March 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

Transactions

April 4, 2001: Kenny Kely was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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.
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.
July 25, 2001: Mike DiFelice and Albie Lopez traded to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Jason Conti and Nick Bierbrodt.
July 27, 2001: Fred McGriff traded to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Manny Aybar and Player to be named later (Jason Smith).

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
June 16- @ Marlins 11- Devil Rays 0
June 17- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 4
July 6- @ Devil Rays 5- Marlins 4 (11 innings)
July 7- @ Devil Rays 4- Marlins 3
July 8- Marlins 6- @ Devil Rays 1

Roster

2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pulsibi01.shtml Bill Pulsipher Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccraqu01.shtml Quinton McCracken Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Jim Morris Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/damonjo01.shtml Johnny Damon Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=TBA 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml Kenny Kelly Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brazede01.shtml Dewon Brazelton Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/switzjo01.shtml Jon Switzer Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=difelmi01] Baseball-almanac.com
[https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/2001/0727/1231915.html] ESPN.com
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 15, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 16, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 17, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 6, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, July 7, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, July 8, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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