2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their third since the franchise was created. They finished last in the AL East division with a record of 69-92. Their manager was Larry Rothschild, who entered his 3rd year with the club. This season is sometimes referred to as the "Hit Show" because the club signed several big-name sluggers in hopes of the team putting up better offensive numbers.

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–92 (.429)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)Larry Rothschild
Local televisionFSN Florida
WMOR
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WBDN
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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Offseason

  • December 13, 1999: Scott McClain was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • March 31, 2000: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]

Regular season

On September 28, 2000, the Yankees played the Devil Rays at Tampa Bay. In the top of the 2nd inning, Jose Canseco was walked. Tino Martinez then hit a double to center field. The ball was fielded by Gerald Williams and relayed to Mike DiFelice. He tagged Jose Canseco at the plate and proceeded to tag out Tino Martinez who was running right behind Canseco. Mike DiFelice tagged both runners out at the plate.[3]

Opening Day starters

4Gerald WilliamsCF
14Dave MartinezRF
33Jose CansecoDH
29Fred McGriff1B
23Greg VaughnLF
35Herbert Perry3B
6John FlahertyC
19Kevin StockerSS
13Miguel Cairo2B
46Steve TrachselP
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Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 8774 0.540 44–36 43–38
Boston Red Sox 8577 0.525 42–39 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 45–36 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 13½ 44–37 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6992 0.429 18 36–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore5–75–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston4–57–57–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago6–46–45–78–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland6–34–56–65–86–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit5–54–65–73–97–65–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City6–67–36–47–57–57–57–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota3–73–62–85–78–56–75–75–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–56–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–69–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–99–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–95–75–79–9
Texas5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–54–67–11
Toronto7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–49–9

Notable transactions

  • April 13, 2000: Dwight Gooden was purchased by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Houston Astros.
  • May 25, 2000: Dwight Gooden was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
  • June 5, 2000: Rocco Baldelli was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2000.[5]

Citrus Series

The 2000 Citrus Series between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins ended in a 3–3 tie. Florida had won the series during the prior two seasons.

  • June 9 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 6 – 4
  • June 10 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 1 – 5
  • June 11 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 7 – 6
  • July 7 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 8 – 3
  • July 8 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 5 – 6
  • July 9 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 9 – 10

Roster

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 16 Félix Martínez
Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB H HR RBI avg SB
CJohn Flaherty1093941031039.2610
1BFred McGriff15856615727106.2772
2BMiguel Cairo11937598134.26128
3BVinny Castilla8533173642.2211
SSFelix Martinez10629964217.2149
LFGreg Vaughn1274611172874.2548
CFGerald Williams1466321732189.27412
RFJose Guillen10531680.2531041 3
DHBubba Trammell6618952733.2753

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
Steve Cox116318901135.2831
Jose Canseco6121856930.2572
Mike DiFelice6020449619.2400
Russ Johnson7418547217.2544
Bob Smith4917541626.2342
Randy Winn5115940116.2526
Aubrey Huff3912235414.2870
Kevin Stocker401143028.2631
Ozzie Guillén6310726212.2431
Dave Martinez2910427112.2601
Jason Tyner37832008.2416
Ozzie Timmons124114413.3410
Quinton McCracken1531402.1290

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Albie Lopez45185.111134.1396
Bryan Rekar30173.17104.4195
Steve Trachsel23137.26104.5878
Ryan Rupe1891.0566.9261

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO Sv
Dave Eiland1754.2237.24170
Dwight Gooden836.2236.63230
Juan Guzman11.20143.2030
Travis Harper632.0124.78140
Cory Lidle3196.2465.03620
Paul Wilson1151.0143.35400
Esteban Yan43137.2786.211110

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO Sv
Doug Creek4560.2134.60731
Mike Duvall22.1007.7100
Trevor Enders99.10110.6150
Tony Fiore1115.0118.4080
Mark Guthrie3432.0114.50260
Roberto Hernandez6873.1473.196132
Jim Mecir3849.2723.08331
Jim Morris1610.1004.35100
Jeff Sparks1520.1013.54240
Tanyon Sturtze1952.2402.56380
Billy Taylor1713.2138.56130
Dan Wheeler1123.0115.48170
Rick White4471.1363.41472

Game log

Game Log

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Mike Ramsey
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Julio Garcia
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Charlie Montoyo
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Silvestri
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Edwin Rodríguez

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References

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