2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

March 2026 November 2013 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2003 300 American League East Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 63–99 (.389) 5th Vince Naimoli Chuck LaMar Lou Piniella FSN FloridaWXPX(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas) WFLA(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 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Record vs. opponents TB Transactions February 14, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml Wayne Gomes Stats 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.Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 10, 2003: John Rocker signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.John Rocker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.Delmon Young Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/geerjo01.shtml Josh Geer Stats Roster 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers 37 Brandon Backe 41 Rob Bell 32 Nick Bierbrodt 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 49 Jesús Colomé 50 Chad Gaudin 54 Geremi González 58 Travis Harper 17 Joe Kennedy 40 Al Levine 46 Mark Malaska 37 Seth McClung 28,40 Jim Parque 39 Steve Parris 57 Carlos Reyes 48 John Rocker 27 Bobby Seay 59 Jorge Sosa 53 Jason Standridge 43 Jon Switzer 43 Mike Venafro 40 Doug Waechter 47 Víctor Zambrano Catchers 44 Toby Hall 39 Pete Laforest 20 Javier Valentín Infielders  3,14 Brent Abernathy  8 Marlon Anderson 25 Damion Easley  3 Félix Escalona 16 Travis Lee 36 Jeff Liefer 23 Julio Lugo 10 Rey Ordóñez  1 Antonio Pérez 33 Damian Rolls 26 Jared Sandberg 22 Terry Shumpert  3 Jason Smith 35 Chris Truby Outfielders  5 Rocco Baldelli 13 Carl Crawford 25 Matt Diaz 18 Ben Grieve 19 Aubrey Huff 24 George Lombard  9 Al Martin 32 Adam Piatt 11 Jason Tyner Other batters 60 Jonny Gomes Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 29 Chris Bosio (pitching)  4 Lee Elia (hitting)  6 Tom Foley (third base)  2 Billy Hatcher (first base)  7 John McLaren (bench) 15 Matt Sinatro (bullpen) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 NelsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DurhamJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Tampa Bay Rays seasons Tampa Bay Devil Rays season Tampa Bay Devil Rays