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 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 by rays' fans as the "Hit Show" because the club signed several big-name sluggers in hopes of the team putting up better offensive numbers.^[1][2]

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	69–92 (.429)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Vince Naimoli
General managers	Chuck LaMar
Managers	Larry Rothschild
Television	FSN Florida WMOR (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Radio	WFLA (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WBDN (Ricardo Tavares, Enrique Oliu)
← 1999 2001 →

Offseason

• December 13, 1999: Scott McClain was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[3]
• March 31, 2000: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[4]

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.^[5]

Opening Day starters

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
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Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	87	74	.540	—	44‍–‍36	43‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	2½	42‍–‍39	43‍–‍38
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	4½	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	13½	44‍–‍37	30‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	92	.429	18	36‍–‍44	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record v t e 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

• 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.^[7]

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 38 Doug Creek 47 Mike Duvall 48 Dave Eiland 45 Trevor Enders 36 Tony Fiore 16 Dwight Gooden 36 Mark Guthrie 57 Juan Guzmán 58 Travis Harper 39 Roberto Hernández 27 Cory Lidle 32 Albie Lopez 45 Jim Mecir 63 Jim Morris 56 Bryan Rekar 24 Ryan Rupe 62 Jeff Sparks 49 Tanyon Sturtze 37 Billy Taylor 46 Steve Trachsel 34 Dan Wheeler 51 Rick White 41 Paul Wilson 43 Esteban Yan		Catchers  8 Mike DiFelice  6 John Flaherty 55 Toby Hall Infielders 13 Miguel Cairo 9,20 Vinny Castilla 26 Tony Graffanino 13 Ozzie Guillén 19 Aubrey Huff 10 Russ Johnson 16 Félix Martínez 29 Fred McGriff 34 Herbert Perry 71 Damian Rolls  9 Bob Smith 19 Kevin Stocker		Outfielders 28 Steve Cox 30 José Guillén 14 Dave Martinez  3 Quinton McCracken 44 Ozzie Timmons 21 Bubba Trammell 14 Jason Tyner 23 Greg Vaughn  4 Gerald Williams  2 Randy Winn Other batters 33 Jose Canseco 15 Kenny Kelly		Manager 11 Larry Rothschild Coaches  7 José Cardenal (First Base) 54 Bill Fischer (Pitching) 25 Orlando Gómez (Bullpen) 22 Billy Hatcher (Third Base)  5 Leon Roberts (Hitting) 18 Bill Russell (Bench) 38 Rick Williams (Pitching)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

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Other batters

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

Starting pitchers

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

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

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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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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2. Sanford, Adam (October 30, 2017). "20 Years of Rays Baseball: 2000, the Hit Show". DRaysBay. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
3. "Scott McClain Stats".
4. "Billy Taylor Stats".
5. "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
6. "2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
7. Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. "2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics".
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

• 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com