| 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
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| League | American League |
| Division | East |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Record | 63–99 (.389) |
| Divisional place | 5th |
| Owners | Vince Naimoli |
| General managers | Chuck LaMar |
| Managers | Lou Piniella |
| Television | FSN Florida WXPX (Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats, Todd Kalas) |
| Radio | WFLA (Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes) WAMA (AM) (Enrique Oliu) |
← 2002
2004 →
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The 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their sixth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the American League East with a record of 63–99. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his first season with the Devil Rays.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 50–32 | 51–29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 6 | 53–28 | 42–39 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 41–40 | 45–36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 91 | .438 | 30 | 40–40 | 31–51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 38 | 36–45 | 27–54 |
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| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–12 | 8–11 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 11–7 |
| Baltimore | 8–1 | — | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–13–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–2 | 8–11 | 5–13 |
| Boston | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Cleveland | 3–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–11 | — | 12–7 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 8–11 | 7–12 | — | 5–14 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–14 |
| Kansas City | 3–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | — | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 15–4 | 8–11 | — | 0–7 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
| New York | 6–3 | 13–6–1 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 12–8 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–3 | — | 7–12 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–2 | 9–9 |
| Seattle | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 12–7 | — | 4–5 | 10–10 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 3–6 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 5–14 | 3–6 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 11–8 | 3–15 |
| Texas | 10–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 10–10 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–14 |
| Toronto | 7–2 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 10–8 |
| = Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Toby Hall | 130 | 463 | 117 | .253 | 12 | 47 |
| 1B | Travis Lee | 145 | 542 | 149 | .275 | 19 | 70 |
| 2B | Marlon Anderson | 145 | 482 | 130 | .270 | 6 | 67 |
| SS | Julio Lugo | 117 | 433 | 119 | .275 | 15 | 53 |
| 3B | Damian Rolls | 107 | 373 | 95 | .255 | 7 | 46 |
| LF | Carl Crawford | 151 | 630 | 177 | .281 | 5 | 54 |
| CF | Rocco Baldelli | 156 | 637 | 184 | .289 | 11 | 78 |
| RF | Aubrey Huff | 162 | 636 | 198 | .311 | 34 | 107 |
| DH | Al Martin | 100 | 238 | 60 | .252 | 3 | 26 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Ben Grieve | 55 | 165 | 38 | .230 | 4 | 17 |
| Jared Sandberg | 55 | 136 | 29 | .213 | 6 | 23 |
| Javier Valentín | 49 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 3 | 15 |
| Antonio Pérez | 48 | 125 | 31 | .248 | 2 | 12 |
| Rey Ordóñez | 34 | 117 | 37 | .316 | 3 | 22 |
| Damion Easley | 36 | 107 | 20 | .187 | 1 | 7 |
| Jason Tyner | 46 | 90 | 25 | .278 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry Shumpert | 59 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 2 | 7 |
| Pete Laforest | 19 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Truby | 13 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 3 |
| George Lombard | 13 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 1 | 4 |
| Adam Piatt | 14 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 2 | 3 |
| Félix Escalona | 10 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Liefer | 9 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 3 |
| Jonny Gomes | 8 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Diaz | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Abernathy | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Smith | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Victor Zambrano | 34 | 188.1 | 12 | 10 | 4.21 | 132 |
| Geremi González | 25 | 156.1 | 6 | 11 | 3.91 | 97 |
| Rob Bell | 19 | 101.0 | 5 | 4 | 5.52 | 44 |
| Dewon Brazelton | 10 | 48.1 | 1 | 6 | 6.89 | 24 |
| Jason Standridge | 8 | 35.1 | 0 | 5 | 6.37 | 20 |
| Doug Waechter | 6 | 35.1 | 3 | 2 | 3.31 | 29 |
| Jim Parque | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 11.94 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Joe Kennedy | 32 | 133.2 | 3 | 12 | 6.13 | 77 |
| Jorge Sosa | 29 | 128.2 | 5 | 12 | 4.62 | 72 |
| Steve Parris | 10 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 | 6.18 | 14 |
| Chad Gaudin | 15 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 23 |
| Carlos Reyes | 10 | 39.2 | 0 | 3 | 5.22 | 13 |
| Seth McClung | 12 | 38.2 | 4 | 1 | 5.35 | 25 |
| Nick Bierbrodt | 13 | 35.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.68 | 20 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Lance Carter | 62 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 4.33 | 47 |
| Travis Harper | 61 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3.77 | 64 |
| Jesús Colomé | 54 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4.50 | 69 |
| Al Levine | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.90 | 25 |
| Brandon Backe | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.44 | 36 |
| Mike Venafro | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 9 |
| Mark Malaska | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 17 |
| Bobby Seay | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Jon Switzer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.45 | 7 |
| John Rocker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham[6]
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