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2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

Field	Value
name	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
image_size	300
season	2002
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Tropicana Field
city	St. Petersburg, Florida
record	55–106 (.342)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Vince Naimoli
general_managers	Chuck LaMar
managers	Hal McRae
television	FSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
radio	WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WLCC
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)

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

The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fifth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with a record of 55–106. Their manager was Hal McRae who entered his first full season and last season with the Devil Rays.

Offseason

November 8, 2001: Ryan Freel was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Regular season

Season standings

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Brent Abernathy
Steve Cox
Chris Gomez
Ben Grieve
Toby Hall
Bob Smith
Tanyon Sturtze
Jason Tyner
Greg Vaughn
Randy Winn

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: B. J. Upton drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 16, 2002.
June 4, 2002: Elijah Dukes drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 21, 2002.
September 22, 2002: Released Toe Nash, the day after he was released from jail.

Roster

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers

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 Devil Rays won the series 4–2.

Date	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Venue
June 14	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-3 (14 innings)	Pro Player Stadium
June 15	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-0	Pro Player Stadium
June 16	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-1	Pro Player Stadium
June 28	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-0	Tropicana Field
June 29	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-2	Tropicana Field
June 30	Devil Rays	Marlins	6-5 (12 innings)	Tropicana Field

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	Toby Hall	85	330	85	.258	6	42
1B	Steve Cox	148	560	142	.254	16	72
2B	Brent Abernathy	117	463	112	.242	2	40
SS	Chris Gomez	130	461	122	.265	10	46
3B	Jared Sandberg	102	358	82	.229	18	54
LF	Carl Crawford	63	259	67	.259	2	30
CF	Randy Winn	152	607	181	.298	14	75
RF	Ben Grieve	136	482	121	.251	19	64
DH	Aubrey Huff	113	454	142	.313	23	59

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
John Flaherty	76	281	73	.260	4	33
Greg Vaughn	69	251	41	.163	8	29
Jason Conti	78	222	57	.257	3	21
Jason Tyner	44	168	36	.214	0	9
Félix Escalona	59	157	34	.217	0	9
Andy Sheets	41	149	37	.248	4	22
Russ Johnson	45	111	24	.216	1	12
Damian Rolls	21	89	26	.292	0	6
Jason Smith	26	65	13	.200	1	6
Bob Smith	18	63	11	.175	1	6
Dave McCarty	12	34	6	.176	1	2
Paul Hoover	5	17	3	.176	0	2

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	33	224.0	4	18	5.18	137
Joe Kennedy	30	196.2	8	11	4.53	109
Paul Wilson	30	193.2	6	12	4.83	111
Ryan Rupe	15	90.0	5	10	5.60	67
Luis de los Santos	3	14.0	0	3	11.57	7
Dewon Brazelton	2	13.0	0	1	4.85	5

Other 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
Victor Zambrano	42	114.0	8	8	5.53	73
Jorge Sosa	31	99.1	2	7	5.53	48
Travis Harper	37	85.2	5	9	5.46	60
Wilson Álvarez	23	75.0	2	3	5.28	56
Delvin James	8	34.1	0	3	6.55	17

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	55	7	8	19	4.30	53
Steve Kent	34	0	2	1	5.65	41
Jesús Colomé	32	2	7	0	8.27	33
Doug Creek	29	2	1	0	6.27	37
Travis Phelps	26	1	2	0	4.78	36
Lee Gardner	12	1	1	0	4.05	8
Brandon Backe	9	0	0	0	6.92	6
Lance Carter	8	2	0	2	1.33	14
Jason Jiménez	5	0	0	0	5.40	5
Tom Martin	2	0	0	0	16.20	1
Jason Standridge	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

ESPN25 Worst Team of All-Time

In 2004, ESPN was celebrating 25 years of the network since its founding in 1979. The network decided to honor the first 25 years from the best to the worst and everything else in between. The Rays were ranked 16th in the actual ESPN Worst Team Result of the first 25 years conducted by ESPN and its users. The users put them higher at 13th than the original airing as the worst team by only 3 spots.

Farm system

References

"Ryan Freel Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/uptonbj01.shtml B.J. Upton Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dukesel01.shtml Elijah Dukes Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
(September 22, 2002). "Devil Rays release troubled Toe Nash". New York Times Management Services.
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 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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