2002 Season Review -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the 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 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 696 673
Runs allowed 902 918
Run Margin -206 -245
Wins 61 55
Pythagorean wins 62 56
Placement 5th 5th
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .255 .285
Difference -.015 +.015
Position Players
Toby Hall, c , bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 530 158 38 0 19 76 92 6 22 5 38 2 3 .298 .330 .477 .807 77
Prorated Tam 332 99 24 0 12 48 58 4 14 3 24 1 2 49
Actual Tam 330 85 19 1 6 37 42 1 17 3 27 0 1 .258 .293 .376 .669 33
John Flaherty, c , bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 99 24 5 0 2 8 11 1 3 0 14 0 0 .242 .269 .354 .623 9
Prorated Tam 286 69 14 0 6 23 32 3 9 0 40 0 0 25
Actual Tam 281 73 20 0 4 27 33 1 15 0 50 2 2 .260 .296 .374 .669 30
Paul Hoover, c , bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 68 14 4 1 0 9 6 2 4 0 14 1 1 .206 .270 .294 .564 5
Prorated Tam 15 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Tam 17 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 1
Steve Cox, 1b, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 606 162 40 1 22 76 90 13 57 3 114 3 3 .267 .342 .446 .787 90
Prorated Tam 565 151 37 1 21 71 84 12 53 3 106 3 3 84
Actual Tam 560 142 30 1 16 65 72 7 60 5 116 5 0 .254 .330 .396 .727 75
Brent Abernathy, 2b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 522 139 32 1 7 77 50 3 36 1 54 19 8 .266 .314 .372 .686 63
Prorated Tam 460 122 28 1 6 68 44 3 32 1 48 17 7 55
Actual Tam 463 112 18 4 2 46 40 6 25 0 46 10 4 .242 .288 .311 .599 42
Felix Escalona, 2b/ss, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 68 15 4 0 1 9 6 2 3 0 15 2 1 .221 .270 .324 .594 6
Prorated Tam 155 34 9 0 2 21 14 5 7 0 34 5 2 14
Actual Tam 157 34 8 2 0 17 9 7 3 0 44 7 2 .217 .262 .293 .555 13
Andy Sheets, 2b/ss, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 67 14 3 0 1 6 6 0 6 0 14 1 0 .209 .270 .299 .569 6
Prorated Tam 147 31 7 0 2 13 13 0 13 0 31 2 0 13
Actual Tam 149 37 4 0 4 18 22 0 12 0 41 2 3 .248 .301 .356 .656 16
Jared Sandberg, 3b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 67 14 3 0 2 8 9 1 7 0 18 0 0 .209 .293 .343 .637 7
Prorated Tam 358 75 16 0 11 43 48 5 37 0 96 0 0 36
Actual Tam 358 82 21 1 18 55 54 1 39 3 139 3 2 .229 .305 .444 .749 48
Russ Johnson, 3b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 508 139 31 1 8 64 58 3 65 0 106 6 5 .274 .358 .386 .743 73
Prorated Tam 112 31 7 0 2 14 13 1 14 0 23 1 1 17
Actual Tam 111 24 5 0 1 15 12 1 16 1 22 5 2 .216 .320 .288 .609 11
Jason Smith, 3b/ss, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 73 15 2 1 1 8 6 0 2 1 20 1 1 .205 .227 .301 .528 5
Prorated Tam 67 14 2 1 1 7 6 0 2 1 18 1 1 4
Actual Tam 65 13 1 2 1 9 6 0 2 0 24 3 0 .200 .224 .323 .547 5
Bobby Smith, 3b/1b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 67 17 4 0 3 10 11 1 6 0 18 2 1 .254 .320 .448 .768 10
Prorated Tam 59 15 4 0 3 9 10 1 5 0 16 2 1 9
Actual Tam 63 11 2 0 1 4 6 0 3 0 25 0 0 .175 .212 .254 .466 4
Chris Gomez, ss, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 522 135 30 1 12 61 65 3 37 1 60 5 1 .259 .308 .389 .697 61
Prorated Tam 452 117 26 1 10 53 56 3 32 1 52 4 1 53
Actual Tam 461 122 31 3 10 51 46 7 21 0 58 1 3 .265 .305 .410 .715 56
Carl Crawford, lf, bats left, age 20
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 72 18 3 0 1 8 6 0 2 0 12 4 2 .250 .270 .333 .604 7
Prorated Tam 267 67 11 0 4 30 22 0 7 0 44 15 7 25
Actual Tam 259 67 11 6 2 23 30 3 9 0 41 9 5 .259 .290 .371 .661 29
Jason Tyner, 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 662 184 12 6 0 89 42 6 36 1 67 50 15 .278 .318 .314 .633 71
Prorated Tam 165 46 3 1 0 22 10 1 9 0 17 12 4 17
Actual Tam 168 36 2 1 0 17 9 1 7 0 19 7 1 .214 .249 .238 .487 11
Dave McCarty, lf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 183 46 9 1 7 23 26 1 19 1 43 0 0 .251 .320 .426 .747 25
Prorated KC 30 8 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 4
Actual KC 32 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 .094 .147 .219 .366 1
Prorated Tam 36 9 2 0 1 4 5 0 4 0 8 0 0 5
Actual Tam 34 6 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 9 0 0 .176 .300 .265 .565 3
Prorated Tot 66 17 3 0 3 8 9 0 7 0 15 0 0 9
Actual Tot 66 9 1 0 2 5 4 2 6 0 19 0 0 .136 .230 .242 .472 4
Randy Winn, cf/rf, bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 606 166 35 7 8 86 65 8 60 0 112 16 12 .274 .346 .394 .741 83
Prorated Tam 598 164 35 7 8 85 64 8 59 0 111 16 12 83
Actual Tam 607 181 39 9 14 87 75 6 55 3 109 27 8 .298 .360 .461 .821 104
Ben Grieve, rf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 558 149 32 1 19 80 85 8 80 2 148 4 1 .267 .365 .430 .795 89
Prorated Tam 482 129 28 1 16 69 73 7 69 2 128 3 1 77
Actual Tam 482 121 30 0 19 62 64 8 69 5 121 8 2 .251 .353 .432 .784 75
Jason Conti, rf/cf/lf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 70 17 3 1 1 11 8 1 4 0 13 1 1 .243 .293 .357 .650 7
Prorated Tam 229 56 10 3 3 36 26 3 13 0 42 3 3 23
Actual Tam 222 57 15 2 3 26 21 1 18 1 55 4 2 .257 .315 .383 .698 26
Damian Rolls, rf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 110 29 5 0 2 15 6 0 5 0 21 5 2 .264 .296 .364 .659 11
Prorated Tam 90 24 4 0 2 12 5 0 4 0 17 4 2 10
Actual Tam 89 26 6 1 0 15 6 2 3 0 16 2 5 .292 .330 .382 .712 10
Aubrey Huff, dh/1b/3b, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 92 24 6 0 3 12 12 0 6 0 16 0 0 .261 .306 .424 .730 11
Prorated Tam 464 121 30 0 15 60 60 0 30 0 81 0 0 54
Actual Tam 454 142 25 0 23 67 59 1 37 7 55 4 1 .313 .364 .520 .884 81
Greg Vaughn, dh/lf, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 560 133 27 0 30 88 93 4 81 6 151 12 3 .237 .336 .446 .783 88
Prorated Tam 257 61 12 0 14 40 43 2 37 3 69 6 1 41
Actual Tam 251 41 10 2 8 28 29 3 41 1 82 3 2 .163 .286 .315 .601 24
Pitchers
Tanyon Sturtze, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.30 32 32 10 13 0 207 207 24 84 126 .262 .745
Prorated Tam 36 36 11 15 0 233 233 27 95 142
Actual Tam 5.18 33 33 4 18 0 224 271 33 89 137 .302 .849
Paul Wilson, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.34 32 32 10 12 0 193 198 25 62 146 .266 .746
Prorated Tam 33 33 10 12 0 197 203 26 63 149
Actual Tam 4.83 30 30 6 12 0 194 219 29 67 111 .287 .831
Joe Kennedy, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 3.85 32 32 11 11 0 199 191 22 57 143 .253 .717
Prorated Tam 32 32 11 11 0 201 193 22 58 144
Actual Tam 4.53 30 30 8 11 0 197 204 23 55 109 .269 .756
Ryan Rupe, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 5.32 32 32 8 13 0 176 190 32 55 144 .276 .828
Prorated Tam 16 16 4 6 0 88 95 16 27 72
Actual Tam 5.60 15 15 5 10 0 90 83 11 25 67 .243 .736
Delvin James, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 6.55 8 6 0 3 0 34 40 5 15 17 .301 .907
Luis de los Santos, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 11.57 3 3 0 3 0 14 24 5 4 7 .387 1.162
Dewon Brazelton, starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 4.85 2 2 0 1 0 13 12 3 6 5 .279 .927
Victor Zambrano, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.48 40 0 3 3 0 60 58 8 25 59 .254 .772
Prorated Tam 80 0 6 6 0 120 116 16 50 118
Actual Tam 5.53 42 11 8 8 1 114 120 15 68 73 .278 .833
Jorge Sosa, reliever/starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.02 30 0 2 2 0 31 31 2 12 20 .261 .707
Prorated Tam 96 0 6 6 0 101 100 6 39 64
Actual Tam 5.53 31 14 2 7 0 99 88 16 54 48 .236 .747
Travis Harper, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 5.95 4 4 1 2 0 20 22 4 6 11 .282 .858
Prorated Tam 18 18 4 9 0 88 99 18 27 49
Actual Tam 5.46 37 7 5 9 1 86 101 14 27 60 .289 .814
Wilson Alvarez, reliever/starter, throws left, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 5.19 22 22 6 9 0 130 139 18 55 100 .276 .807
Prorated Tam 13 13 4 5 0 77 82 11 33 59
Actual Tam 5.28 23 10 2 3 1 75 80 13 36 56 .272 .839
Steve Kent, reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.24 53 0 2 3 0 51 52 4 38 40 .267 .782
Prorated Tam 60 0 2 3 0 58 59 5 43 46
Actual Tam 5.65 34 0 0 2 1 57 67 6 38 41 .294 .820
Jesus Colome, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.58 53 0 2 3 0 55 52 9 25 37 .251 .782
Prorated Tam 45 0 2 3 0 47 44 8 21 32
Actual Tam 8.27 32 0 2 7 0 41 56 6 33 33 .341 .979
Doug Creek, reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.80 70 0 3 4 1 69 60 10 47 77 .233 .758
Prorated Tam 38 0 2 2 1 38 33 5 26 42
Actual Tam 6.27 29 0 2 1 0 37 39 8 21 37 .264 .853
Prorated Sea 20 0 1 1 0 20 17 3 13 22
Actual Sea 4.91 23 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 14 19 .257 .833
Prorated Tot 58 0 2 3 1 58 50 8 39 64
Actual Tot 5.82 52 0 3 2 0 56 57 10 35 56 .261 .847
Travis Phelps, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 3.77 70 0 4 4 2 74 66 8 29 60 .239 .700
Prorated Tam 38 0 2 2 1 40 35 4 16 32
Actual Tam 4.78 26 0 1 2 0 38 30 7 27 36 .222 .789
Lance Carter, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 1.33 8 0 2 0 2 20 15 2 5 14 .203 .591
Lee Gardner, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 4.05 12 0 1 1 0 13 12 3 8 8 .235 .771
Brandon Backe, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tam 6.92 9 0 0 0 0 13 15 3 7 6 .288 .893
Jason Jimenez, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Det 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .500 1.071
Actual Tam 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 7 9 2 1 5 .333 1.049
Actual Tot 7.36 6 0 0 0 0 7 12 2 2 5 .364 1.056
Jason Standridge, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 7.71 10 0 0 1 0 16 22 3 10 6 .328 .970
Prorated Tam 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 2 1
Actual Tam 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 4 1 .500 1.397
Tom Martin, reliever, throws left, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 7.16 13 0 0 1 0 16 22 3 7 12 .324 .963
Prorated Tam 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
Actual Tam 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 1 .500 1.545
Esteban Yan, closer, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 4.54 70 0 2 7 24 73 79 10 16 67 .275 .782
Prorated Tam 68 0 2 7 23 71 76 10 15 65
Actual Tam 4.30 55 0 7 8 19 69 70 10 29 53 .259 .766
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