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2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

Field	Value
name	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
season	2003
image_size	300
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Tropicana Field
city	St. Petersburg, Florida
record	63–99 (.389)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Vince Naimoli
general_managers	Chuck LaMar
managers	Lou Piniella
television	FSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
radio	WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WAMA (AM)
(Enrique Oliu)

WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas) (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WAMA (AM) (Enrique Oliu) |}} The 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their sixth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East with a record of 63–99. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his first season with the Devil Rays.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

February 14, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
March 10, 2003: Wayne Gomes was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
March 29, 2003: Al Martin was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
April 10, 2003: John Rocker signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
June 27, 2003: John Rocker was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Draft picks

June 3, 2003: Delmon Young was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed September 8, 2003.
June 3, 2003: Josh Geer was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign.

Roster

2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	130	463	117	.253	12	47
1B	Travis Lee	145	542	149	.275	19	70
2B	Marlon Anderson	145	482	130	.270	6	67
SS	Julio Lugo	117	433	119	.275	15	53
3B	Damian Rolls	107	373	95	.255	7	46
LF	Carl Crawford	151	630	177	.281	5	54
CF	Rocco Baldelli	156	637	184	.289	11	78
RF	Aubrey Huff	162	636	198	.311	34	107
DH	Al Martin	100	238	60	.252	3	26

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
Ben Grieve	55	165	38	.230	4	17
Jared Sandberg	55	136	29	.213	6	23
Javier Valentín	49	135	30	.222	3	15
Antonio Pérez	48	125	31	.248	2	12
Rey Ordóñez	34	117	37	.316	3	22
Damion Easley	36	107	20	.187	1	7
Jason Tyner	46	90	25	.278	0	6
Terry Shumpert	59	84	16	.190	2	7
Pete Laforest	19	48	8	.167	0	6
Chris Truby	13	43	12	.279	0	3
George Lombard	13	37	8	.216	1	4
Adam Piatt	14	32	6	.188	2	3
Félix Escalona	10	27	5	.185	0	2
Jeff Liefer	9	25	3	.120	1	3
Jonny Gomes	8	15	2	.133	0	0
Matt Diaz	4	9	1	.111	0	0
Brent Abernathy	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Jason Smith	1	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
Victor Zambrano	34	188.1	12	10	4.21	132
Geremi González	25	156.1	6	11	3.91	97
Rob Bell	19	101.0	5	4	5.52	44
Dewon Brazelton	10	48.1	1	6	6.89	24
Jason Standridge	8	35.1	0	5	6.37	20
Doug Waechter	6	35.1	3	2	3.31	29
Jim Parque	5	17.1	1	1	11.94	8

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
Joe Kennedy	32	133.2	3	12	6.13	77
Jorge Sosa	29	128.2	5	12	4.62	72
Steve Parris	10	43.2	0	3	6.18	14
Chad Gaudin	15	40.0	2	0	3.60	23
Carlos Reyes	10	39.2	0	3	5.22	13
Seth McClung	12	38.2	4	1	5.35	25
Nick Bierbrodt	13	35.1	0	2	9.68	20

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
Lance Carter	62	7	5	26	4.33	47
Travis Harper	61	4	8	1	3.77	64
Jesús Colomé	54	3	7	2	4.50	69
Al Levine	36	3	5	0	2.90	25
Brandon Backe	28	1	1	0	5.44	36
Mike Venafro	24	1	0	0	4.74	9
Mark Malaska	22	2	1	0	2.81	17
Bobby Seay	12	0	0	0	3.00	5
Jon Switzer	5	0	0	0	7.45	7
John Rocker	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

References

"Wayne Gomes Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martial03.shtml Al Martin Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rockejo01.shtml John Rocker Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngde03.shtml Delmon Young Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Josh Geer Stats".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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