2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1998) Eastern Division (since 1998)
Location
Tropicana Field (since 1998) St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998)
2002 information
Owner(s)	Vince Naimoli
Manager(s)	Hal McRae
Local television	FSN Florida WMOR-TV WTSP (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	WFLA (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WLCC (Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)

The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 5th since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, and managed to finish the season with a record of 55-106. Their manager was Hal McRae who entered his 1st full season and last season with the Devil Rays.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day starters 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Roster 2.4 Citrus series 2.5 Notable transactions 2.6 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 ESPN25 Worst Team of All-Time 5 Farm system 6 References

[edit] Offseason

• November 8, 2001: Ryan Freel was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day starters

• Brent Abernathy
• Steve Cox
• Chris Gomez
• Ben Grieve
• Toby Hall
• Bobby Smith
• Tanyon Sturtze
• Jason Tyner
• Greg Vaughn
• Randy Winn

[edit] Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	103	58	.640	--
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	10.5
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	25.5
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	36.5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	48.0

[edit] Roster

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers 40 Wilson Alvarez 37 Brandon Backe 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 46 Jesus Colome 38 Doug Creek 36 Luis de los Santos 39 Lee Gardner 58 Travis Harper 48 Delvin James 54 Jason Jimenez 17 Joe Kennedy 51 Steve Kent 52 Tom Martin 61 Travis Phelps 24 Ryan Rupe 59 Jorge Sosa 53 Jason Standridge 49 Tanyon Sturtze 41 Paul Wilson 43 Esteban Yan 60 Victor Zambrano		Catchers  6 John Flaherty 44 Toby Hall 15 Paul Hoover Infielders  3 Brent Abernathy 28 Steve Cox  5 Félix Escalona  9 Chris Gomez 19 Aubrey Huff 25 Russ Johnson 20 David McCarty 10 Jared Sandberg 26 Andy Sheets 20 Bobby Smith 29 Jason Smith		Outfielders  4 Jason Conti  8 Carl Crawford 18 Ben Grieve 33 Damian Rolls 14 Jason Tyner 23 Greg Vaughn  2 Randy Winn		Manager 11 Hal McRae Coaches 50 Jackie Brown 55 Glenn Ezell  5 Tom Foley 22 Billy Hatcher 47 Lee May 35 Milt May

[edit] 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 14	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-3 (14 innings)[2]	Pro Player Stadium
June 15	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-0[3]	Pro Player Stadium
June 16	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-1[4]	Pro Player Stadium
June 28	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-0[5]	Tropicana Field
June 29	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-2 [6]	Tropicana Field
June 30	Devil Rays	Marlins	6-5 (12 innings)[7]	Tropicana Field

[edit] Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: B.J. Upton was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 16, 2002.^[8]
• June 4, 2002: Elijah Dukes was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 21, 2002.^[9]
• June 4, 2002: Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[10]

[edit] Roster

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
Short-Season A	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York-Penn League	Dave Howard
Rookie	Princeton Devil Rays	Appalachian League	Edwin Rodríguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham^[11]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freelry01.shtml
2. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206140FLO
3. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206150FLO
4. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206160FLO
5. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206280TBA
6. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206290TBA
7. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206300TBA
8. ^ B.J. Upton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
9. ^ Elijah Dukes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
10. ^ Jacoby Ellsbury Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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