# 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 50‍–‍32 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 6 | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 91 | .438 | 30 | 40‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 38 | 36‍–‍45 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2003 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–12 | 8–11 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 11–7 |
| Baltimore | 8–1 | — | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–13–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–2 | 8–11 | 5–13 |
| Boston | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Cleveland | 3–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–11 | — | 12–7 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 8–11 | 7–12 | — | 5–14 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–14 |
| Kansas City | 3–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | — | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 15–4 | 8–11 | — | 0–7 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
| New York | 6–3 | 13–6–1 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 12–8 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–3 | — | 7–12 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–2 | 9–9 |
| Seattle | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 12–7 | — | 4–5 | 10–10 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 3–6 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 5–14 | 3–6 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 11–8 | 3–15 |
| Texas | 10–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 10–10 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–14 |
| Toronto | 7–2 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 10–8 |

### 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
## 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Bill Evers |
| AA | Orlando Rays | Southern League | Charlie Montoyo |
| A | Bakersfield Blaze | California League | Omer Muñoz |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Mako Oliveras |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Dave Howard |
| Rookie | Princeton Devil Rays | Appalachian League | Jamie Nelson |
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