2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season
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2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major league affiliations
Location
2000 Information
Owner(s) Vince Naimoli
Manager(s) Larry Rothschild
Local television FSN Florida
WMOR
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WBDN
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)

The 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 3rd 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 69-92. Their manager were 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.

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Offseason

  • December 13, 1999: Scott McClain was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. [1]

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.[2]

Season standings

American League East
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st New York Yankees   98   64 .605    --
2nd Boston Red Sox   94   68 .580   4.0
3rd Toronto Blue Jays   84   78 .519 14.0
4th Baltimore Orioles   78   84 .481 20.0
5th Tampa Bay Devil Rays   69   93 .426 29.0

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. [3]

Opening Day starters

  • Miguel Cairo
  • Jose Canseco
  • John Flaherty
  • Juan Guzmán
  • Dave Martinez
  • Fred McGriff
  • Herbert Perry
  • Kevin Stocker
  • Greg Vaughn
  • Gerald Williams[4]

Citrus Series

2000 Series split 3-3

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

Roster

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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 R H HR RBI Avg. SB
C John Flaherty 109 394 36 103 10 39 .261 0
1B Fred McGriff 158 566 82 157 27 106 .277 2
2B Miguel Cairo 119 375 49 98 1 34 .261 28
3B Vinny Castilla 85 331 22 73 6 42 .221 1
SS Felix Martinez 106 299 42 64 2 17 .214 9
LF Greg Vaughn 127 461 83 117 28 74 .254 8
CF Gerald Williams 146 632 87 173 21 89 .274 12
RF Jose Guillen 105 316 40 80 10 41 .253 3
DH Bubba Trammell 66 189 19 52 7 33 .275 3

[5]

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 R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Steve Cox 116 318 44 90 11 35 .283 1
Jose Canseco 61 218 31 56 9 30 .257 2
Mike DiFelice 60 204 23 49 6 19 .240 0
Russ Johnson 74 185 28 47 2 17 .254 4
Bobby Smith 49 175 21 41 6 26 .234 2
Randy Winn 51 159 28 40 1 16 .252 6
Aubrey Huff 39 122 12 35 4 14 .287 0
Kevin Stocker 40 114 20 30 2 8 .263 1
Ozzie Guillen 63 107 22 26 2 12 .243 1
Dave Martinez 29 104 12 27 1 12 .260 1
Jason Tyner 37 83 6 20 0 8 .241 6
Ozzie Timmons 12 41 9 14 4 13 .341 0
Quinton McCracken 15 31 5 4 0 2 .129 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO

References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  2. ^ http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
  3. ^ Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2000&t=TBA
  5. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/2000.shtml
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2000 MLB season by team
AL East
Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto
AL Central
AL West
NL East
NL Central
NL West
2000 Major League Baseball Draft • 2000 All-Star Game • 2000 World Series
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Tampa Bay Rays
Formerly the Tampa Bay Devil Rays • Based in St. Petersburg, Florida (Tampa Bay)
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