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.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.
Roster 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (first base) (bench) (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
LEAGUE 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