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2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	55–106 (.342)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Vince Naimoli
General managers	Chuck LaMar
Managers	Hal McRae
Television	FSN Florida; WMOR-TV; WTSP; (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas)
Radio	WFLA; (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes); WLCC; (Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
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2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

Major League Baseball team season

The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fifth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with a record of 55–106. Their manager was Hal McRae who entered his first full season and last season with the Devil Rays.

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v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	58	0.640	—	52–28	51–30
Boston Red Sox	93	69	0.574	10½	42–39	51–30
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	0.481	25½	42–39	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	0.414	36½	34–47	33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	0.342	48	30–51	25–55

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	0.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	0.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Anaheim Angels	99	63	0.611	—
Boston Red Sox	93	69	0.574	6
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	6
Chicago White Sox	81	81	0.500	18
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	0.481	21
Cleveland Indians	74	88	0.457	25
Texas Rangers	72	90	0.444	27
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	0.414	32
Kansas City Royals	62	100	0.383	37
Detroit Tigers	55	106	0.342	43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	0.342	43½

2002 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Toby Hall	85	330	85	.258	6	42
1B	Steve Cox	148	560	142	.254	16	72
2B	Brent Abernathy	117	463	112	.242	2	40
SS	Chris Gomez	130	461	122	.265	10	46
3B	Jared Sandberg	102	358	82	.229	18	54
LF	Carl Crawford	63	259	67	.259	2	30
CF	Randy Winn	152	607	181	.298	14	75
RF	Ben Grieve	136	482	121	.251	19	64
DH	Aubrey Huff	113	454	142	.313	23	59

2002_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

Citrus series

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ESPN25 Worst Team of All-Time

Farm system

References

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Date	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Venue
June 14	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-3 (14 innings)^[5]	Pro Player Stadium
June 15	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-0^[6]	Pro Player Stadium
June 16	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-1^[7]	Pro Player Stadium
June 28	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-0^[8]	Tropicana Field
June 29	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-2 ^[9]	Tropicana Field
June 30	Devil Rays	Marlins	6-5 (12 innings)^[10]	Tropicana Field

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Flaherty	76	281	73	.260	4	33
Greg Vaughn	69	251	41	.163	8	29
Jason Conti	78	222	57	.257	3	21
Jason Tyner	44	168	36	.214	0	9
Félix Escalona	59	157	34	.217	0	9
Andy Sheets	41	149	37	.248	4	22
Russ Johnson	45	111	24	.216	1	12
Damian Rolls	21	89	26	.292	0	6
Jason Smith	26	65	13	.200	1	6
Bob Smith	18	63	11	.175	1	6
Dave McCarty	12	34	6	.176	1	2
Paul Hoover	5	17	3	.176	0	2

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	33	224.0	4	18	5.18	137
Joe Kennedy	30	196.2	8	11	4.53	109
Paul Wilson	30	193.2	6	12	4.83	111
Ryan Rupe	15	90.0	5	10	5.60	67
Luis de los Santos	3	14.0	0	3	11.57	7
Dewon Brazelton	2	13.0	0	1	4.85	5

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Victor Zambrano	42	114.0	8	8	5.53	73
Jorge Sosa	31	99.1	2	7	5.53	48
Travis Harper	37	85.2	5	9	5.46	60
Wilson Álvarez	23	75.0	2	3	5.28	56
Delvin James	8	34.1	0	3	6.55	17

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Esteban Yan	55	7	8	19	4.30	53
Steve Kent	34	0	2	1	5.65	41
Jesús Colomé	32	2	7	0	8.27	33
Doug Creek	29	2	1	0	6.27	37
Travis Phelps	26	1	2	0	4.78	36
Lee Gardner	12	1	1	0	4.05	8
Brandon Backe	9	0	0	0	6.92	6
Lance Carter	8	2	0	2	1.33	14
Jason Jiménez	5	0	0	0	5.40	5
Tom Martin	2	0	0	0	16.20	1
Jason Standridge	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

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