2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

55-106 • .342 Win% • 5th in AL E

The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays went 55-106 (.342) finishing 5th in the AL E division. The club scored 673 runs, allowed 918, and played home games at Tropicana Field. Team leaders included Aubrey Huff (23 HR, 59 RBI) and Joe Kennedy (8-11, 4.53 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
106 Losses
.342 Win %
5th Rank
673 R 918 RA
Diff -245

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⚡ Quick Stats

673 Runs Scored
918 Runs Allowed
-245 Run Diff
1,065K Attendance

📈 vs. 2002 AL Average

Batting Avg .253 4% below the 2002 league average (.263)
OBP .313 5% below the 2002 league average (.331)
SLG .389 8% below the 2002 league average (.424)
Team ERA 5.29 19% worse than the 2002 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 673 13% below the 2002 league average (778 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTropicana Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,065,742
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Avg per Game 13,157

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2002

Batting Avg

1 Aubrey Huff 0.313 2 Randy Winn 0.298 3 Damian Rolls 0.292 4 Chris Gomez 0.265 5 John Flaherty 0.260

Home Runs

1 Aubrey Huff 23 2 Ben Grieve 19 3 Jared Sandberg 18 4 Steve Cox 16 5 Randy Winn 14

RBI

1 Randy Winn 75 2 Steve Cox 72 3 Ben Grieve 64 4 Aubrey Huff 59 5 Jared Sandberg 54
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Randy Winn 152 607 87 181 39 9 14 75 55 109 27 0.298
Steve Cox 148 560 65 142 30 1 16 72 60 116 5 0.254
Ben Grieve 136 482 62 121 30 0 19 64 69 121 8 0.251
Brent Abernathy 117 463 46 112 18 4 2 40 25 46 10 0.242
Chris Gomez 130 461 51 122 31 3 10 46 21 58 1 0.265
Aubrey Huff 113 454 67 142 25 0 23 59 37 55 4 0.313
Jared Sandberg 102 358 55 82 21 1 18 54 39 139 3 0.229
Toby Hall 85 330 37 85 19 1 6 42 17 27 0 0.258
John Flaherty 76 281 27 73 20 0 4 33 15 50 2 0.260
Carl Crawford 63 259 23 67 11 6 2 30 9 41 9 0.259
Greg Vaughn 69 251 28 41 10 2 8 29 41 82 3 0.163
Jason Conti 78 222 26 57 15 2 3 21 18 55 4 0.257
Jason Tyner 44 168 17 36 2 1 0 9 7 19 7 0.214
Felix Escalona 59 157 17 34 8 2 0 9 3 44 7 0.217
Andy Sheets 41 149 18 37 4 0 4 22 12 41 2 0.248
Russ Johnson 45 111 15 24 5 0 1 12 16 22 5 0.216
Damian Rolls 21 89 15 26 6 1 0 6 3 16 2 0.292
Jason Smith 26 65 9 13 1 2 1 6 2 24 3 0.200
Bob Smith 18 63 4 11 2 0 1 6 3 25 0 0.175
Dave McCarty 12 34 2 6 0 0 1 2 4 9 0 0.176
Paul Hoover 5 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.176
Joe Kennedy 30 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.429
Paul Wilson 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Wilson Alvarez 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tanyon Sturtze 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doug Creek 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ryan Rupe 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Victor Zambrano 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brandon Backe 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dewon Brazelton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lance Carter 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesus Colome 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis de los Santos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Gardner 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Travis Harper 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Delvin James 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jimenez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Kent 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Travis Phelps 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Sosa 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Standridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Esteban Yan 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2002

ERA

1 Esteban Yan 4.30 2 Joe Kennedy 4.53 3 Travis Phelps 4.78 4 Paul Wilson 4.83 5 Tanyon Sturtze 5.18

Wins

1 Joe Kennedy 8 2 Victor Zambrano 8 3 Esteban Yan 7 4 Paul Wilson 6 5 Travis Harper 5

Strikeouts

1 Tanyon Sturtze 137 2 Paul Wilson 111 3 Joe Kennedy 109 4 Victor Zambrano 73 5 Ryan Rupe 67
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tanyon Sturtze 4 18 5.18 33 33 0 224.0 271 129 89 137
Joe Kennedy 8 11 4.53 30 30 0 196.2 204 99 55 109
Paul Wilson 6 12 4.83 30 30 0 193.2 219 104 67 111
Victor Zambrano 8 8 5.53 42 11 1 114.0 120 70 68 73
Jorge Sosa 2 7 5.53 31 14 0 99.1 88 61 54 48
Ryan Rupe 5 10 5.60 15 15 0 90.0 83 56 25 67
Travis Harper 5 9 5.46 37 7 1 85.2 101 52 27 60
Wilson Alvarez 2 3 5.28 23 10 1 75.0 80 44 36 56
Esteban Yan 7 8 4.30 55 0 19 69.0 70 33 29 53
Steve Kent 0 2 5.65 34 0 1 57.1 67 36 38 41
Jesus Colome 2 7 8.27 32 0 0 41.1 56 38 33 33
Travis Phelps 1 2 4.78 26 0 0 37.2 30 20 27 36
Doug Creek 2 1 6.27 29 0 0 37.1 39 26 21 37
Delvin James 0 3 6.55 8 6 0 34.1 40 25 15 17
Lance Carter 2 0 1.33 8 0 2 20.1 15 3 5 14
Luis de los Santos 0 3 11.57 3 3 0 14.0 24 18 4 7
Lee Gardner 1 1 4.05 12 0 0 13.1 12 6 8 8
Brandon Backe 0 0 6.92 9 0 0 13.0 15 10 7 6
Dewon Brazelton 0 1 4.85 2 2 0 13.0 12 7 6 5
Jason Jimenez 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 6.2 9 4 1 5
Jason Standridge 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 3.0 7 3 4 1
Tom Martin 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 1.2 5 3 1 1

👥 Roster (43)

Brent Abernathy Wilson Alvarez Brandon Backe Dewon Brazelton Lance Carter Jesus Colome Jason Conti Steve Cox Carl Crawford Doug Creek Felix Escalona John Flaherty +31 more

43 players

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The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays in brief

The record for the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays reads 55 wins and 106 losses, good for 5th in the AL East. The run column shows 673 for and 918 against. Against a league average of .263, the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays batted .253. The staff ERA of 5.29 was 19% worse than the league average of 4.46. League clubs averaged 778 runs that year, so the Tampa Bay Devil Rays scored 13% fewer.

Attendance at Tropicana Field totaled 1,065,742 for the year. For power, Aubrey Huff led the way with 23 homers. Randy Winn led in RBI with 75. Victor Zambrano led the pitchers with 8 wins. Tanyon Sturtze struck out 137, the most on the club. Esteban Yan saved 19 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

What was the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays record?
The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished 55-106 (.342 win pct).
Who led the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays in home runs?
Aubrey Huff led the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays with 23 home runs.
What was the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team ERA?
The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays posted a team ERA of 5.29.
Did the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays win the World Series?
No. The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays play?
The 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays played home games at Tropicana Field.
Who led the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Aubrey Huff (23 HR, 59 RBI) and Joe Kennedy (8-11, 4.53 ERA).
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