2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record69–92 (.429)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLarry Rothschild
TelevisionFSN Florida
WMOR
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
WBDN
(Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their third since the franchise was created. They finished last in the American League East with a record of 69–92. Their manager was Larry Rothschild, who entered his third 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.[citation needed]

Offseason[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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[edit]

4 Gerald Williams CF
14 Dave Martinez RF
33 Jose Canseco DH
29 Fred McGriff 1B
23 Greg Vaughn LF
35 Herbert Perry 3B
6 John Flaherty C
19 Kevin Stocker SS
13 Miguel Cairo 2B
46 Steve Trachsel P
[4]

Season standings[edit]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 87 74 0.540 44–36 43–38
Boston Red Sox 85 77 0.525 42–39 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 0.512 45–36 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 74 88 0.457 13½ 44–37 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69 92 0.429 18 36–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents[edit]


Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 7–5 5–4 4–6 3–6 5–5 6–6 7–3 5–5 5–8 5–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 12–6
Baltimore 5–7 5–7 4–6 5–4 6–4 3–7 6–3 5–7 4–8 3–7 8–5 6–6 7–6 7–11
Boston 4–5 7–5 7–5 6–6 7–5 4–6 8–2 6–7 5–5 5–5 6–6 7–3 4–8 9–9
Chicago 6–4 6–4 5–7 8–5 9–3 5–7 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–5 6–4 5–5 5–5 12–6
Cleveland 6–3 4–5 6–6 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 5–5 6–6 7–2 8–2 6–4 8–4 13–5
Detroit 5–5 4–6 5–7 3–9 7–6 5–7 7–6 8–4 6–4 7–2 4–5 5–5 3–9 10–8
Kansas City 6–6 7–3 6–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 7–5 2–8 4–8 4–8 5–5 3–7 4–6 8–10
Minnesota 3–7 3–6 2–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 5–7 5–5 5–7 3–9 4–6 8–4 5–4 7–11
New York 5–5 7–5 7–6 4–8 5–5 4–8 8–2 5–5 6–3 4–6 6–6 10–2 5–7 11–6
Oakland 8–5 8–4 5–5 3–6 6–6 4–6 8–4 7–5 3–6 9–4 7–2 5–7 7–3 11–7
Seattle 8–5 7–3 5–5 5–7 2–7 2–7 8–4 9–3 6–4 4–9 9–3 7–5 8–2 11–7
Tampa Bay 6–6 5–8 6–6 4–6 2–8 5–4 5–5 6–4 6–6 2–7 3–9 5–7 5–7 9–9
Texas 5–7 6–6 3–7 5–5 4–6 5–5 7–3 4–8 2–10 7–5 5–7 7–5 4–6 7–11
Toronto 7–5 6–7 8–4 5–5 4–8 9–3 6–4 4–5 7–5 3–7 2–8 7–5 6–4 9–9

Notable transactions[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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[edit]

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

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

[6]

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
Steve Cox 116 318 90 11 35 .283 1
Jose Canseco 61 218 56 9 30 .257 2
Mike DiFelice 60 204 49 6 19 .240 0
Russ Johnson 74 185 47 2 17 .254 4
Bob Smith 49 175 41 6 26 .234 2
Randy Winn 51 159 40 1 16 .252 6
Aubrey Huff 39 122 35 4 14 .287 0
Kevin Stocker 40 114 30 2 8 .263 1
Ozzie Guillén 63 107 26 2 12 .243 1
Dave Martinez 29 104 27 1 12 .260 1
Jason Tyner 37 83 20 0 8 .241 6
Ozzie Timmons 12 41 14 4 13 .341 0
Quinton McCracken 15 31 4 0 2 .129 0
Herbert Perry 7 28 6 0 1 .214 0
Tony Graffanino 13 20 6 0 1 .300 0
Toby Hall 4 12 2 1 1 .167 0
Damian Rolls 4 3 1 0 0 .333 0
Kenny Kelly 2 1 0 0 0 .000 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Albie Lopez 45 185.1 11 13 4.13 96
Bryan Rekar 30 173.1 7 10 4.41 95
Steve Trachsel 23 137.2 6 10 4.58 78
Ryan Rupe 18 91.0 5 6 6.92 61

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Dave Eiland 17 54.2 2 3 7.24 17 0
Dwight Gooden 8 36.2 2 3 6.63 23 0
Juan Guzman 1 1.2 0 1 43.20 3 0
Travis Harper 6 32.0 1 2 4.78 14 0
Cory Lidle 31 96.2 4 6 5.03 62 0
Paul Wilson 11 51.0 1 4 3.35 40 0
Esteban Yan 43 137.2 7 8 6.21 111 0

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Doug Creek 45 60.2 1 3 4.60 73 1
Mike Duvall 2 2.1 0 0 7.71 0 0
Trevor Enders 9 9.1 0 1 10.61 5 0
Tony Fiore 11 15.0 1 1 8.40 8 0
Mark Guthrie 34 32.0 1 1 4.50 26 0
Roberto Hernández 68 73.1 4 7 3.19 61 32
Jim Mecir 38 49.2 7 2 3.08 33 1
Jim Morris 16 10.1 0 0 4.35 10 0
Jeff Sparks 15 20.1 0 1 3.54 24 0
Tanyon Sturtze 19 52.2 4 0 2.56 38 0
Billy Taylor 17 13.2 1 3 8.56 13 0
Dan Wheeler 11 23.0 1 1 5.48 17 0
Rick White 44 71.1 3 6 3.41 47 2

Game log[edit]

Game Log
April (9-15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @ Twins 7 – 0 Trachsel (1–0) Radke (0–1) 43,830 1-0
2 April 4 @ Twins 6 – 5 Carrasco (1–0) Hernandez (0–1) 7,020 1-1
3 April 5 @ Twins 10 –7 Guardado (1–0) White (0–1) 7,089 1-2
4 April 6 @ Twins 7 – 6 Mecir (1–0) Carrasco (1–1) Hernandez (1) 8,763 2-2
5 April 7 Indians 14 – 5 Wright (1–0) Guzmán (0–1) 40,329 2-3
6 April 8 Indians 6 – 4 Burba (1–0) Trachsel (1–1) Karsay (2) 30,177 2-4
7 April 9 Indians 17 – 4 Colón (2–0) Rupe (0–1) 21,357 2-5
8 April 11 White Sox 13 – 6 Parque (1–0) Yan (0–1) 13,639 2-6
9 April 12 White Sox 7 – 1 Baldwin (2–0) Wheeler (0–1) 14,034 2-7
10 April 13 White Sox 6 – 5 (12) Mecir (2–0) Sturtze (0–1) 15,464 3-7
11 April 14 @ Tigers 10 – 5 Nitkowski (1–2) Rupe (0–2) 25,043 3-8
12 April 15 @ Tigers 7 – 0 Gooden (1–0) Weaver (0–1) 25,969 4-8
13 April 16 @ Tigers 7 – 6 Hernandez (1–1) Jones (0–1) 24,686 5-8
April 17 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 20
14 April 19 @ Orioles 3 – 2 Trombley (1–1) Mecir (2–1) 40,077 5-9
15 April 20 @ Orioles 8 – 4 Rapp (2–0) Rupe (0–3) 34,536 5-10
16 April 21 Angels 9 – 6 Petkovsek (1–2) Hernandez (1–2) Percival (5) 22,221 5-11
17 April 22 Angels 11 – 9 (10) Lopez (1–0) Mercker (0–1) 22,042 6-11
18 April 23 Angels 1 – 0 Eiland (1–0) Dickson (2–1) Hernandez (2) 15,601 7-11
19 April 25 @ Royals 7 – 6 Reichert (1–0) Lopez (1–1) 14,677 7-12
20 April 26 @ Royals 7 – 6 Bottalico (3–1) Lopez (1–2) 14,209 7-13
21 April 27 @ Angels 7 – 3 Gooden (2–0) Ortiz (1–2) 16,144 8-13
22 April 28 @ Angels 11 – 2 Yan (1–1) Dickson (2–2) 31,888 9-13
23 April 29 @ Angels 7 – 6 (13) Levine (1–0) Sparks (0–1) 26,827 9-14
24 April 30 @ Angels 5 – 2 Bottenfield (2–3) Trachsel (1–2) Percival (6) 25,613 9-15
May (8-19)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 2 Rangers 8 – 1 Helling (3–1) Rupe (0–4) 15,067 9-16
26 May 3 Rangers 5 – 1 Clark (3–2) Gooden (2–1) Wetteland (3) 14,064 9-17
27 May 4 Rangers 8 –7 (11) Lopez (2–2) Zimmerman (0–4) 14,107 10-17
28 May 5 @ Red Sox 5 – 3 Martínez (2–2) Eiland (1–1) Lowe (6) 32,479 10-18
29 May 6 @ Red Sox 1 – 0 Trachsel (2–2) Martínez (5–1) 32,497 11-18
30 May 7 @ Red Sox 9 – 7 Fassero (4–1) Rekar (0–1) Lowe (7) 32,336 11-19
31 May 8 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Pettitte (2–1) Gooden (2–2) Rivera (12) 25,361 11-20
32 May 9 @ Yankees 4 – 3 (10) Nelson (6–0) White (0–2) 23,097 11-21
33 May 11 @ Yankees 1 – 0 Trachsel (3–2) Hernández (4–2) Lopez (1) 14,292 12-21
34 May 12 Blue Jays 4 – 3 White (1–2) Carpenter (3–4) Lopez (2) 17,532 13-21
35 May 13 Blue Jays 8 – 4 Escobar (4–4) Lidle (0–1) 20,054 13-22
36 May 14 Blue Jays 3 – 2 Wells (7–1) Lopez (2–3) 15,788 13-23
37 May 15 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Oliver (1–2) White (1–3) Wetteland (6) 26,683 13-24
38 May 16 @ Rangers 9 – 7 Zimmerman (1–4) Lopez (2–4) Wetteland (7) 31,033 13-25
39 May 17 @ Rangers 11 – 6 Crabtree (1–1) Rekar (0–2) 27,342 13-26
40 May 19 @ Mariners 7 – 6 Mesa (2–2) Taylor (0–1) Sasaki (5) 34,067 13-27
41 May 20 @ Mariners 4 – 3 Yan (2–1) Ramsay (0–1) Hernandez (3) 40,665 14-27
42 May 21 @ Mariners 8 – 4 Sele (4–2) Trachsel (3–3) 45,264 14-28
43 May 23 Athletics 6 – 4 Rekar (1–2) Olivares (3–5) Hernandez (4) 13,555 15-28
44 May 24 Athletics 9 – 2 Appier (4–3) Gooden (2–3) Tam (1) 13,039 15-29
45 May 25 Athletics 6 – 3 Heredia (6–3) Yan (2–2) Isringhausen (9) 13,251 15-30
46 May 26 Mariners 11 – 4 Sele (5–2) Trachsel (3–4) 14,627 15-31
47 May 27 Mariners 6 – 3 Tomko (3–2) Rekar (1–3) Sasaki (6) 24,373 15-32
48 May 28 Mariners 14 – 4 Mecir (3–1) Mesa (2–4) 16,194 16-32
49 May 29 Orioles 5 – 1 Rapp (4–2) Trachsel (3–5) 24,209 16-33
50 May 30 Orioles 8 – 7 Ponson (3–2) Yan (2–3) Timlin (4) 13,113 16-34
51 May 31 Orioles 4 – 3 Mecir (4–1) Groom (3–3 Hernandez (5) 13,870 17-34
June (15-11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 Orioles 2 – 1 Rekar (2–3) Erickson (2–2) Hernandez (6) 14,108 18-34
53 June 2 @ Mets 5 – 3 Rusch (3–4) White (1–4) Benítez (14) 24,123 18-35
54 June 3 @ Mets 1 – 0 Leiter (6–1) Trachsel (3–6) Benítez (15) 33,694 18-36
55 June 4 @ Mets 15 – 5 Yan (3–3) Jones (1–2) 43,610 19-36
56 June 5 @ Phillies 5 – 3 (12) Guthrie (3–3) Boyd (0–1) White (1) 13,237 20-36
57 June 6 @ Phillies 5 – 3 (10) Hernandez (2–2) Brantley (1–1) White (2) 13,415 21-36
58 June 7 @ Phillies 5 – 4 Brock (1–4) Guthrie (3–4) Brantley (5) 20,514 21-37
59 June 9 Marlins 6 – 4 Trachsel (4–6) Dempster (6–4) Hernandez (7) 16,035 22-37
60 June 10 Marlins 5 – 1 Cornelius (1–1) Yan (3–4) Alfonseca (18) 42,823 22-38
61 June 11 Marlins 7 – 6 Mecir (5–1) Bones (1–2) Hernandez (8) 20,647 23-38
62 June 13 Angels 5 – 3 Etherton (1–1) Rekar (2–4) Percival (16) 13,483 23-39
63 June 14 Angels 3 – 2 Lopez (3–4) Percival (4–3) 13,362 24-39
64 June 15 Angels 2 – 1 Trachsel (5–6) Hasegawa (5–2) 13,210 25-39
65 June 16 Rangers 9 – 2 Yan (4–4) Oliver (2–4) 16,834 26-39
66 June 17 Rangers 5 – 0 Perisho (2–0) Lidle (0–2) 22,813 26-40
67 June 18 Rangers 6 – 1 White (2–4) Helling (7–6) 20,197 27-40
68 June 19 Mariners 10 – 3 Lopez (4–4) Halama (6–3) 38,331 28-40
69 June 20 Mariners 4 – 3 Abbott (4–2) Trachsel (5–7) 29,349 28-41
70 June 21 Mariners 8 – 5 Sele (8–3) Yan (4–5) Sasaki (12) 27,555 28-42
71 June 23 @ Rangers 7 – 4 Lidle (1–2) Helling (7–7) Hernandez (9) 42,336 29-42
72 June 24 @ Rangers 9 – 7 White (3–4) Crabtree (1–5) Hernandez (10) 48,256 30-42
73 June 25 @ Rangers 9 – 5 Rogers (7–5) Lopez (4–5) Loaiza (1) 37,107 30-43
74 June 27 Blue Jays 11 – 1 Trachsel (6–7) Escobar (6–9) 14,657 31-43
75 June 28 Blue Jays 5 – 2 Wells (13–2) Yan (4–6) 15,308 31-44
76 June 29 Blue Jays 12 – 3 Castillo (5–5) Lidle (1–3) 21,666 31-45
77 June 30 Yankees 6 – 4 Mecir (6–1) Nelson (6–2) Hernandez (11) 30,323 32-45
July (12-14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
78 July 1 Yankees 6 – 1 Hernández (7–6) Lopez (4–6) 37,990 32-46
79 July 2 Yankees 5 – 2 Clemens (5–6) Trachsel (6–8) Rivera (18) 31,118 32-47
80 July 3 Tigers 5 – 4 (10) Patterson (3–1) Hernandez (2–3) Jones (24) 15,709 32-48
81 July 4 Tigers 11 – 0 Mlicki (3–9) Lidle (1–4) 18,011 32-49
82 July 5 Tigers 4 – 1 Rekar (3–4) Weaver (5–7) Hernandez (12) 14,934 33-49
83 July 7 @ Marlins 8 – 3 Lopez (5–6) Dempster (9–5) Mecir (1) 13,067 34-49
84 July 8 @ Marlins 6 – 5 Looper (3–1) White (3–5) Alfonseca (27) 21,157 34-50
85 July 9 @ Marlins 10 – 9 Sanchez (5–7) Creek (0–1) Alfonseca (28) 11,907 34-51
86 July 13 Expos 6 – 4 Mecir (7–1) Lira (2–1) Hernandez (13) 14,924 35-51
87 July 14 Expos 8 – 5 Lopez (6–6) Armas (6–6) Hernandez (14) 15,870 36-51
88 July 15 Expos 4 – 1 Hermanson (7–7) Trachsel (6–9) Kline (12) 19,366 36-52
89 July 16 Braves 6 – 4 Kamieniecki (2–3) Mecir (7–2) 41,066 36-53
90 July 17 Braves 8 – 6 Rupe (1–4) Mulholland (9–9) Hernandez (15) 28,538 37-53
91 July 18 Braves 8 – 2 Maddux (12–3) Rekar (3–5) 31,354 37-54
92 July 19 @ Blue Jays 5 – 2 Escobar (7–9) Lopez (6–7) Koch (22) 18,751 37-55
93 July 20 @ Blue Jays 6 – 5 Quantrill (1–5) White (3–6) Koch (23) 18,951 37-56
94 July 21 @ Yankees 11 – 1 Gooden (4–3) Yan (4–7) 39,518 37-57
95 July 22 @ Yankees 12 – 4 Rupe (2–4) Cone (1–9) 47,375 38-57
96 July 23 @ Yankees 5 – 1 Neagle (10–2) Rekar (3–6) 45,528 38-58
97 July 24 @ Tigers 4 – 2 Lopez (7–7) Nomo (3–10) Hernandez (16) 28,102 39-58
98 July 25 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Blair (7–2) Trachsel (6–10) Jones (28) 26,271 39-59
99 July 26 @ Tigers 6 – 2 Yan (5–7) Weaver (5–7) Hernandez (17) 32,884 40-59
100 July 27 @ Royals 8 – 5 Rupe (3–4) Durbin (2–5) Hernandez (18) 20,898 41-59
101 July 28 @ Royals 10 – 3 Rekar (4–6) Stein (1–3) 17,511 42-59
102 July 29 @ Royals 2 – 1 Lopez (8–7) Suzuki (5–6) Hernandez (19) 29,162 43-59
103 July 30 @ Royals 7 – 6 (10) Sturtze (2–2) Spradlin (4–3) Hernandez (20) 16,612 44-59
August (15-15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 Indians 6 – 5 Creek (1–1) Wickman (2–3) 24,481 45-59
105 August 2 Indians 5 – 3 Karsay (3–5) Creek (1–2) Wickman (17) 16,909 45-60
106 August 3 Indians 5 – 1 Bere (8–7) Lopez (8–8) 21,703 45-61
107 August 4 Orioles 10 – 9 (15) Johnson (1–8) Yan (5–8) 15,590 45-62
108 August 5 Orioles 5 – 4 (10) Hernandez (3–3) Trombley (4–3) 18,471 46-62
109 August 6 Orioles 7 – 4 Rupe (4–4) Mussina (7–11) Hernandez (21) 18,864 47-62
110 August 7 Twins 4 – 2 Redman (10–5) Rekar (4–7) Eddie Guardado 47-63
111 August 8 Twins 5 – 0 Lopez (9–8) Radke (8–12) 13,155 48-63
112 August 9 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Taylor (1–1) Hawkins (2–3) 13,916 49-63
113 August 10 Twins 10 – 4 Sturtze (3–2) Mays (6–14) 14,935 50-63
114 August 11 White Sox 6 – 5 Buehrle (2–1) Wilson (0–1) Foulke (20) 18,370 50-64
115 August 12 White Sox 5 – 4 (10) Buehrle (3–1) Hernandez (3–4) Foulke (21) 27,538 50-65
116 August 13 White Sox 5 – 3 Lopez (10–8) Howry (2–3) 19,685 51-65
117 August 14 @ Red Sox 7 – 3 Lowe (3–4) Taylor (1–2) 32,174 51-66
118 August 15 @ Red Sox 3 – 1 Sturtze (4–2) Fassero (8–6) Hernandez (22) 33,015 52-66
119 August 16 @ Red Sox 4 – 3 Wilson (0–2) Wilson (0–2) Lowe (27) 31,467 52-67
120 August 18 @ White Sox 5 – 2 Garland (3–4) Rekar (4–8) Foulke (22) 25,160 52-68
121 August 19 @ White Sox 7 – 0 Sirotka (11–10) Lopez (10–9) 38,926 52-69
122 August 20 @ White Sox 12 – 11 Yan (6–8) Foulke (3–1) Hernandez (23) 27,744 53-69
123 August 21 @ White Sox 11 – 4 Sturtze (5–2) Parque (10–5) 31,744 54-69
124 August 22 @ Twins 3 – 2 Rupe (5–4) Romero (2–3) Hernandez (24) 7,793 55-69
125 August 23 @ Twins 8 – 2 Redman (12–6) Rekar (4–9) Hawkins (9) 7,278 55-70
126 August 25 @ Orioles 4 – 3 Ryan (2–3) Taylor (1–3) Kohlmeier (6) 24,503 55-71
127 August 26 @ Orioles 4 – 1 Eiland (2–1) Ponson (7–9) Hernandez (25) 40,441 56-71
128 August 26 @ Orioles 2 – 0 Groom (6–3) Lidle (1–5) Trombley (4) 38,783 56-72
129 August 27 @ Orioles 3 – 2 Spurgeon (1–0) Rupe (5–5) Kohlmeier (7) 36,078 56-73
130 August 28 Red Sox 5 – 2 Rekar (5–9) Pichardo (5–3) Hernandez (26) 17,721 57-73
131 August 29 Red Sox 8 – 0 Martínez (15–4) Eiland (2–2) 17,450 57-74
132 August 30 Red Sox 3 – 1 Lopez (11–9) Fassero (8–8) Hernandez (27) 15,043 58-74
133 August 31 Royals 2 – 1 Fiore (1–0) Suppan (7–8) Hernandez (28) 13,608 59-74
September (9-18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 Royals 9 – 5 Meadows (10–10) Rupe (5–6) 18,460 59-75
135 September 2 Royals 7 – 5 Santiago (7–4) Hernandez (3–5) Bottalico (15) 23,129 59-76
136 September 3 Royals 8 – 2 Stein (6–3) Eiland (2–3) 16,998 59-77
137 September 4 @ Indians 5 – 1 Burba (13–6) Lopez (11–10) 42,628 59-78
138 September 5 @ Indians 7 – 4 Bere (11–9) Fiore (1–1) Wickman (26) 42,660 59-79
139 September 6 @ Indians 6 – 2 Finley (12–10) Harper (0–1) 42,742 59-80
140 September 7 @ Indians 4 – 3 Rekar (6–9) Karsay (4–8) Hernandez (29) 42,709 60-80
141 September 8 @ Athletics 4 – 0 Lidle (2–5) Heredia (14–10) Creek (1) 12,085 61-80
142 September 9 @ Athletics 10 – 0 Hudson (16–6) Lopez (11–11) 30,841 61-81
143 September 10 @ Athletics 11 – 0 Zito (4–3) Wilson (0–3) 20,957 61-82
144 September 11 @ Athletics 5 – 1 Appier (13–11) Creek (1–3) 9,109 61-83
145 September 12 @ Angels 5 – 2 Belcher (4–2) Rekar (6–10) Percival (29) 15,689 61-84
146 September 13 @ Angels 8 – 4 Ortiz (6–5) Lidle (2–6) 16,686 61-85
147 September 15 Athletics 17 – 3 Zito (5–3) Lopez (11–12) 14,087 61-86
148 September 16 Athletics 5 – 2 Hudson (17–6) Wilson (0–4) Isringhausen (28) 17,154 61-87
149 September 18 Mariners 4 – 3 Paniagua (3–0) Hernandez (3–6) 13,129 61-88
150 September 19 Mariners 5 – 2 Halama (12–9) Harper (0–2) Paniagua (5) 16,726 61-89
151 September 20 Mariners 5 – 4 Sele (16–10) Lopez (11–13) Sasaki (34) 17,192 61-90
152 September 22 @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 Lidle (3–6) Frascatore (2–4) Hernandez (30) 18,063 62-90
153 September 23 @ Blue Jays 7 – 6 Koch (9–3) Enders (0–1) 24,473 62-91
154 September 24 @ Blue Jays 6 – 0 Harper (1–2) Trachsel (8–14) 28,172 63-91
155 September 25 @ Blue Jays 5 – 1 Wilson (1–4) Loaiza (10–12) Hernandez (31) 20,715 64-91
156 September 26 Yankees 2 – 1 Hernandez (4–6) Nelson (8–4) 19,469 65-91
157 September 27 Yankees 11 – 1 Lidle (4–6) Neagle (15–9) 18,863 66-91
158 September 28 Yankees 11 – 3 Rekar (7–10) Clemens (13–8) 20,961 67-91
159 September 29 Red Sox 8 – 6 Yan (7–8) Carrasco (5–4) Hernandez (32) 18,290 68-91
160 September 30 Red Sox 4 – 2 Cormier (3–3) Hernandez (4–7) Lowe (42) 23,477 68-92
October (1-0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
161 October 1 Red Sox 3 – 2 (10) Wheeler (1–1) Croushore (2–1) 28,043 69-92

Farm system[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Scott McClain Stats".
  2. ^ "Billy Taylor Stats".
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
  4. ^ "2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007