2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record55–106 (.342)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersHal McRae
TelevisionFSN Florida
WMOR-TV
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WLCC
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
Tropicana Field on Opening Day in 2002

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.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Opening Day starters

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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • September 22, 2002: Released Toe Nash, the day after he was released from jail.[4]

Roster

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 14Devil RaysMarlins4-3 (14 innings)[5]Pro Player Stadium
June 15MarlinsDevil Rays3-0[6]Pro Player Stadium
June 16Devil RaysMarlins4-1[7]Pro Player Stadium
June 28Devil RaysMarlins4-0[8]Tropicana Field
June 29MarlinsDevil Rays3-2 [9]Tropicana Field
June 30Devil RaysMarlins6-5 (12 innings)[10]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
CToby Hall8533085.258642
1BSteve Cox148560142.2541672
2BBrent Abernathy117463112.242240
SSChris Gomez130461122.2651046
3BJared Sandberg10235882.2291854
LFCarl Crawford6325967.259230
CFRandy Winn152607181.2981475
RFBen Grieve136482121.2511964
DHAubrey Huff113454142.3132359

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 Flaherty7628173.260433
Greg Vaughn6925141.163829
Jason Conti7822257.257321
Jason Tyner4416836.21409
Félix Escalona5915734.21709
Andy Sheets4114937.248422
Russ Johnson4511124.216112
Damian Rolls218926.29206
Jason Smith266513.20016
Bob Smith186311.17516
Dave McCarty12346.17612
Paul Hoover5173.17602

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 Sturtze33224.04185.18137
Joe Kennedy30196.28114.53109
Paul Wilson30193.26124.83111
Ryan Rupe1590.05105.6067
Luis de los Santos314.00311.577
Dewon Brazelton213.0014.855

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 Zambrano42114.0885.5373
Jorge Sosa3199.1275.5348
Travis Harper3785.2595.4660
Wilson Álvarez2375.0235.2856
Delvin James834.1036.5517

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 Yan5578194.3053
Steve Kent340215.6541
Jesús Colomé322708.2733
Doug Creek292106.2737
Travis Phelps261204.7836
Lee Gardner121104.058
Brandon Backe90006.926
Lance Carter82021.3314
Jason Jiménez50005.405
Tom Martin200016.201
Jason Standridge10009.001

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

Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Mako Oliveras
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Freel Stats".
  2. ↑ B.J. Upton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Elijah Dukes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Devil Rays release troubled Toe Nash". Gainesville Sun. Gainesville, Florida: New York Times Management Services. September 22, 2002. p. 8C.
  5. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  6. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  7. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  8. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  9. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  10. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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