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2001 Season Review -- 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

February 19, 2002

This article takes a look at how the 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:

2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March 22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone

Capsule Summary

                   Projected  Actual
Runs for               640      672
Runs allowed           855      887
Run Margin            -215     -215
Wins                    62       62
Pythagorean wins        60       59
Placement              5th      5th

 

Position Players

 

John Flaherty, c , bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   466 117 18  0 11  44  54  2  24  1  67  0  1 .251 .287 .361  .648  46
Prorated  Tam   247  62 10  0  6  23  29  1  13  1  36  0  1                       24
Actual    Tam   248  59 17  1  4  20  29  1  10  1  33  1  0 .238 .269 .363  .632  22

 

Toby Hall, c , bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    73  19  4  0  2   8  11  0   1  0   5  0  0 .260 .267 .397  .664   7
Prorated  Tam   191  50 10  0  5  21  29  0   3  0  13  0  0                       18
Actual    Tam   188  56 16  0  4  28  30  3   4  0  16  2  2 .298 .321 .447  .768  25

 

Mike DiFelice, c , bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   121  30  7  0  3  12  13  1   7  0  22  0  0 .248 .292 .380  .672  13
Prorated  Tam   150  37  9  0  4  15  16  1   9  0  27  0  0                       16
Actual    Tam   149  31  5  1  2  13   9  3   8  0  39  1  1 .208 .259 .295  .555  11

Prorated  Ari    21   5  1  0  1   2   2  0   1  0   4  0  0                        2
Actual    Ari    21   1  0  0  0   1   1  1   0  0  10  0  0 .048 .091 .048  .139   0

Prorated  Tot   171  43 10  0  4  17  18  1  10  0  31  0  0                       18
Actual    Tot   170  32  5  1  2  14  10  4   8  0  49  1  1 .188 .239 .265  .504  11

 

Paul Hoover, c , bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Tam     4   1  0  0  0   1   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .250 .250 .250  .500   0

 

Fred McGriff, 1b, bats left, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   576 163 25  0 28  82 104  0  91 11 117  1  0 .283 .378 .472  .850 105
Prorated  Tam   330  93 14  0 16  47  60  0  52  6  67  1  0                       60
Actual    Tam   343 109 18  0 19  40  61  0  40  9  69  1  1 .318 .387 .536  .923  71

Prorated  ChN   172  49  7  0  8  25  31  0  27  3  35  0  0                       31
Actual    ChN   170  48  7  2 12  27  41  3  26  4  37  0  1 .282 .383 .559  .942  36

Prorated  Tot   502 142 22  0 24  72  91  0  79 10 102  1  0                       91
Actual    Tot   513 157 25  2 31  67 102  3  66 13 106  1  2 .306 .386 .544  .930 107

 

Steve Cox, 1b/lf, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   485 138 33  2 18  77  77  5  59  6  72  2  3 .285 .365 .472  .837  83
Prorated  Tam   332  94 23  1 12  53  53  3  40  4  49  1  2                       56
Actual    Tam   342  88 22  0 12  37  51 10  24  0  75  2  2 .257 .323 .427  .750  45

 

Brent Abernathy, 2b, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    69  18  4  0  1   9   6  0   4  0   6  3  2 .261 .297 .362  .660   7
Prorated  Tam   308  80 18  0  4  40  27  0  18  0  27 13  9                       32
Actual    Tam   304  82 17  1  5  43  33  0  27  1  35  8  3 .270 .328 .382  .710  40

 

Damian Rolls, 2b/cf/lf, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    70  16  4  0  1   9   8  0   5  0  12  0  0 .229 .280 .329  .609   6
Prorated  Tam   232  53 13  0  3  30  27  0  17  0  40  0  0                       20
Actual    Tam   237  62 11  1  2  33  12  0  10  0  47 12  4 .262 .291 .342  .633  23

 

Bobby Smith, 2b, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   555 136 27  2 22  80  90  5  49  2 157 16  8 .245 .309 .420  .729  70
Prorated  Tam    20   5  1  0  1   3   3  0   2  0   6  1  0                        3
Actual    Tam    19   2  0  0  0   1   1  0   3  0  10  0  0 .105 .227 .105  .333   1

 

Aubrey Huff, 3b/1b, bats left, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    68  19  5  0  3  10  10  0   7  1  11  0  0 .279 .347 .485  .832  11
Prorated  Tam   393 110 29  0 17  58  58  0  41  6  64  0  0                       61
Actual    Tam   411 102 25  1  8  42  45  0  23  2  72  1  3 .248 .288 .372  .660  38

 

Russ Johnson, 3b/2b/ss, bats right, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    69  18  3  0  1  11   7  0  10  0  11  1  1 .261 .350 .348  .698   9
Prorated  Tam   245  64 11  0  4  39  25  0  36  0  39  4  4                       32
Actual    Tam   248  73 19  2  4  32  33  1  34  0  57  2  2 .294 .380 .435  .816  44

 

Jared Sandberg, 3b, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Tam   136  28  7  0  1  13  15  1  10  0  45  1  0 .206 .265 .279  .545  11

 

Vinny Castilla, 3b, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   555 131 19  0 22  56  82  3  35  6  73  2  3 .236 .282 .389  .671  57
Prorated  Tam    90  21  3  0  4   9  13  0   6  1  12  0  0                        9
Actual    Tam    93  20  6  0  2   7   9  1   3  0  22  0  0 .215 .247 .344  .592   7

Prorated  Hou   448 106 15  0 18  45  66  2  28  5  59  2  2                       46
Actual    Hou   445 120 28  1 23  62  82  3  32  3  86  1  4 .270 .320 .492  .812  63

Prorated  Tot   537 127 18  0 21  54  79  3  34  6  71  2  3                       55
Actual    Tot   538 140 34  1 25  69  91  4  35  3 108  1  4 .260 .308 .467  .775  69

 

Felix Martinez, ss/2b, bats switch, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   523 112 23  5  5  71  40 10  45  0 104 16  9 .214 .287 .306  .593  48
Prorated  Tam   207  44  9  2  2  28  16  4  18  0  41  6  4                       19
Actual    Tam   219  54 13  1  1  24  14  5  10  0  46  6  5 .247 .294 .329  .622  19

 

Chris Gomez, ss, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SD    484 123 22  2  4  49  36  4  58  5  89  1  2 .254 .336 .333  .669  56
Prorated  SD    109  28  5  0  1  11   8  1  13  1  20  0  0                       13
Actual    SD    112  21  3  0  0   6   7  0   9  0  14  1  0 .188 .244 .214  .458   6

Prorated  Tam   179  46  8  1  1  18  13  1  21  2  33  0  1                       20
Actual    Tam   189  57 16  0  8  31  36  2   8  0  24  3  0 .302 .332 .513  .845  32

Prorated  Tot   288  73 13  1  2  29  21  2  35  3  53  1  1                       33
Actual    Tot   301  78 19  0  8  37  43  2  17  0  38  4  0 .259 .298 .402  .700  36

 

Andy Sheets, ss, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    67  13  2  0  1   8   8  0   6  0  14  1  0 .194 .257 .269  .525   5
Prorated  Tam   155  30  5  0  2  19  19  0  14  0  32  2  0                       11
Actual    Tam   153  30  8  0  1  10  14  0  12  0  35  2  0 .196 .251 .268  .519  12

 

Jason Tyner, lf/cf, bats left, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    67  17  1  0  0  10   5  0   5  0   6  5  2 .254 .301 .269  .570   6
Prorated  Tam   375  95  6  0  0  56  28  0  28  0  34 28 11                       33
Actual    Tam   396 111  8  5  0  51  21  3  15  0  42 31  6 .280 .311 .326  .637  43

 

Gerald Williams, cf, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   625 167 32  1 21  92  90  4  36  1 102 12 11 .267 .310 .422  .732  79
Prorated  Tam   233  62 12  0  8  34  34  1  13  0  38  4  4                       29
Actual    Tam   232  48 17  0  4  30  17  4  13  0  42 10  4 .207 .261 .332  .593  19

Prorated  NYA    50  13  3  0  2   7   7  0   3  0   8  1  1                        6
Actual    NYA    47   8  1  0  0  12   2  1   5  0  13  3  1 .170 .264 .191  .456   3

Prorated  Tot   283  76 14  0 10  42  41  2  16  0  46  5  5                       36
Actual    Tot   279  56 18  0  4  42  19  5  18  0  55 13  5 .201 .262 .308  .570  21

 

Ben Grieve, rf/lf, bats left, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   576 164 35  1 32 100 106  5  79  2 124  3  1 .285 .374 .516  .890 108
Prorated  Tam   555 158 34  1 31  96 102  5  76  2 120  3  1                      104
Actual    Tam   542 143 30  2 11  72  72  8  87  2 159  7  1 .264 .372 .387  .760  84

 

Randy Winn, rf/cf/lf, bats switch, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    67  19  4  1  1  12   7  0   7  0  11  3  2 .284 .351 .418  .769  10
Prorated  Tam   429 122 26  6  6  77  45  0  45  0  70 19 13                       62
Actual    Tam   429 117 25  6  6  54  50  6  38  0  81 12 10 .273 .339 .401  .740  57

 

Jose Guillen, rf, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   230  62 13  2  7  34  36  6  14  1  41  1  1 .270 .327 .435  .761  31
Prorated  Tam   132  36  7  1  4  20  21  3   8  1  24  1  1                       18
Actual    Tam   135  37  5  0  3  14  11  3   6  2  26  2  3 .274 .317 .378  .695  15

 

Greg Vaughn, dh/lf, bats right, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   561 140 28  1 40 103 105  3  87  4 140 11  2 .250 .352 .517  .869 106
Prorated  Tam   482 120 24  1 34  89  90  3  75  3 120  9  2                       91
Actual    Tam   485 113 25  0 24  74  82  3  71  7 130 11  5 .233 .333 .433  .766  72

 

Pitchers

 

Tanyon Sturtze, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  4.47  70  0   4  6  2   97  96 11  42  73  .260  .750
Prorated  Tam       140  0   8 12  4  193 191 22  84 145            
Actual    Tam  4.42  39 27  11 12  1  195 200 23  79 110  .271  .764

 

Paul Wilson, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  4.51  32 32   9 11  0  178 187 22  60 122  .272  .772
Prorated  Tam        28 28   8 10  0  156 164 19  53 107            
Actual    Tam  4.88  37 24   8  9  0  151 165 21  52 119  .278  .772

 

Ryan Rupe, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.51   6  6   1  3  0   33  36  5  11  22  .281  .826
Prorated  Tam        26 26   4 13  0  144 159 22  49  97            
Actual    Tam  6.59  28 26   5 12  0  143 161 30  48 123  .283  .857

 

Bryan Rekar, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.01  32 32   8 14  0  192 222 27  54 111  .292  .811
Prorated  Tam        24 24   6 11  0  146 168 20  41  84            
Actual    Tam  5.89  25 25   3 13  0  141 167 21  45  87  .294  .845

 

Albie Lopez, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  4.39  32 32  10 13  0  209 222 27  75 115  .275  .766
Prorated  Tam        20 20   6  8  0  132 140 17  47  73            
Actual    Tam  5.34  20 20   5 12  0  125 152 16  51  67  .302  .841

Prorated  Ari        12 12   4  5  0   77  82 10  28  42            
Actual    Ari  4.00  13 13   4  7  0   81  74 10  24  69  .247  .694

Prorated  Tot        32 32  10 13  0  209 222 27  75 115            
Actual    Tot  4.81  33 33   9 19  0  206 226 26  75 136  .281  .786

 

Joe Kennedy, starter, throws left, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Tam  4.44  20 20   7  8  0  118 122 16  34  78  .269  .772

 

Nick Bierbrodt, starter, throws left, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  8.22   5  5   2  2  0   23  29  6  12  17  .305  .938
Actual    Tam  4.55  11 11   3  4  0   61  71 11  27  56  .285  .845
Actual    Tot  5.55  16 16   5  6  0   84 100 17  39  73  .291  .871

 

Travis Harper, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.87   4  4   1  2  0   23  26  4   9  11  .286  .854
Prorated  Tam         1  1   0  1  0    8   9  1   3   4            
Actual    Tam  7.71   2  2   0  2  0    7  15  5   3   2  .455 1.530

 

Doug Creek, reliever, throws left, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.48  70  0   3  6  1   89  88 19  63 100  .257  .859
Prorated  Tam        47  0   2  4  1   59  58 13  42  66            
Actual    Tam  4.31  66  0   2  5  0   63  51  7  49  66  .230  .748

 

Travis Phelps, reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Tam  3.48  49  0   2  2  5   62  53  6  24  54  .226  .650

 

Jeff Wallace, reliever/starter, throws left, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.06  13  0   1  1  0   16  17  2  14  13  .279  .842
Prorated  Tam        38  0   3  3  0   46  49  6  40  38            
Actual    Tam  3.40  29  1   0  3  0   50  43  4  37  38  .232  .725

 

Victor Zambrano, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Tam  3.16  36  0   6  2  2   51  38  6  18  58  .201  .641

 

Jesus Colome, reliever, throws right, age 21

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  6.35  13  0   1  1  0   17  19  3   9  11  .288  .861
Prorated  Tam        35  0   3  3  0   46  51  8  24  29            
Actual    Tam  3.33  30  0   2  3  0   49  37  8  25  31  .208  .702

 

Rusty Meacham, reliever, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  6.48  13  0   1  1  0   17  22  4   7  14  .324  .978
Prorated  Tam        26  0   2  2  0   34  45  8  14  28            
Actual    Tam  5.60  24  0   1  3  0   35  39  3  10  13  .277  .793

 

Brian Rose, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected NYN  6.05   4  4   1  1  0   19  23  4   7  11  .295  .882
Prorated  NYN         2  2   0  0  0    8  10  2   3   5            
Actual    NYN  4.15   3  0   0  1  0    9  10  3   2   4  .286  .896

Prorated  Tam         5  5   1  1  0   22  26  5   8  13            
Actual    Tam  8.85   7  3   0  2  0   20  31  4  12  11  .356 1.046

Prorated  Tot         6  6   2  2  0   30  36  6  11  17            
Actual    Tot  7.45  10  3   0  3  0   29  41  7  14  15  .336 1.005

 

Mike Judd, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  6.67  23  0   1  2  0   30  34  6  15  24  .288  .883
Prorated  Tam        15  0   1  1  0   19  22  4  10  16            
Actual    Tam  4.05   8  2   1  0  0   20  19  2  10  11  .250  .715

Prorated  Tex         8  0   0  1  0   10  12  2   5   8            
Actual    Tex  8.00   4  1   0  1  0    9  15  2   5   5  .357  .973

Prorated  Tot        23  0   1  2  0   29  34  6  15  24            
Actual    Tot  5.28  12  3   1  1  0   29  34  4  15  16  .288  .806

 

Dan Wheeler, reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.90  30  0   1  4  0   50  60  9  18  31  .297  .872
Prorated  Tam        12  0   0  2  0   19  23  3   7  12            
Actual    Tam  8.66  13  0   1  0  0   18  30  3   5  12  .375  .990

 

Jason Standridge, reliever/starter, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Tam  4.66   9  1   0  0  0   19  19  5  14   9  .260  .872

 

Bobby Seay, reliever, throws left, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  7.16  13  0   0  1  0   16  21  3   9  12  .318  .948
Prorated  Tam        10  0   0  1  0   12  16  2   7   9            
Actual    Tam  6.23  12  0   1  1  0   13  13  3   5  12  .260  .839

 

Ken Hill, reliever, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.53  53  0   3  6  0   72  75 10  36  42  .273  .801
Prorated  Tam         6  0   0  1  0    9   9  1   4   5            
Actual    Tam 12.27   5  0   0  1  0    7  10  4   5   2  .333 1.311

 

Mickey Callaway, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Tam  7.20   2  0   0  0  0    5   3  2   2   2  .167  .750

 

Ariel Prieto, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  6.44  40  0   3  5  0   66  87 10  25  41  .321  .885
Prorated  Tam         3  0   0  0  0    4   6  1   2   3            
Actual    Tam  2.45   3  0   0  0  0    4   6  0   2   2  .375  .911

 

Tony Fiore, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.51  11  0   1  1  0   16  19  2  10   9  .297  .863
Prorated  Tam         2  0   0  0  0    3   4  0   2   2            
Actual    Tam  5.40   3  0   0  0  0    3   4  0   1   3  .308  .708

Prorated  Min         4  0   0  0  0    6   6  1   3   3            
Actual    Min  5.68   4  0   0  1  0    6   5  0   2   5  .208  .603

Prorated  Tot         6  0   1  1  0    9  10  1   5   5            
Actual    Tot  5.59   7  0   0  1  0   10   9  0   3   8  .243  .641

 

Esteban Yan, closer, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  5.48  70  0   3  5 24   71  80 12  25  57  .287  .842
Prorated  Tam        59  0   3  4 20   59  67 10  21  48            
Actual    Tam  3.90  54  0   4  6 22   62  64  7  11  64  .262  .712

 

 

 

 

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