Hell of a debut, throwing a CGSO at home in his first start after appearing in relief once, too bad that was the high point. He did provide a cool story and some excitement though during the bad years

That 2003 Devil Rays pitching staff looks like it was hit by the mummy's curse. Of the three pitchers who made more than 20 starts, two are now dead and the other one is Victor Zambrano. Other 2003 Rays not overly laden with good luck include Jim "Sudden career-ending injury" Parque, Jorge "amphetamine suspension" Sosa, Nick "Victim of random gun crime" Bierbrodt, and Dewon Brazelton. Also John Rocker.

Only one 2003 Devil Ray has pitched in the majors in 2011. (name him! -- not that hard)
The only others to pitch in the majors past 2007 are Waechter, Sosa, Jesus Colome, Bobby Seay, Brandon Backe, Seth McClung, and Jon Switzer.

That 2003 Devil Rays pitching staff looks like it was hit by the mummy's curse.

That '03 team was also the last big league stop of one Chris Truby...

Only one 2003 Devil Ray has pitched in the majors in 2011. (name him! -- not that hard)

I don't think this is as rare as you imply.

Here's a complete list of 2003 Braves pitchers still active in 2011:
Jason Marquis


Complete list of 2004 Braves pitchers still active in 2011:
Juan Cruz
(Dan Meyer still bouncing around in the minors)

Cubs do a bit better
Complete list of 2003 Cubs pitchers still active in 2011:
Zambrano
Wood
Sergio Mitre
Kyle Farnsworth
Juan Cruz

And lets not forget the comeback of Mark Prior... any day now

Only one 2003 Devil Ray has pitched in the majors in 2011. (name him! -- not that hard)

Actually, it's not that easy either.

2003 Giants pitchers who have faced a major league batter in '11:

Joe Nathan
Kevin Correia

Earned $1,295,900, according to BB-Ref, and 6 MLB seasons probably gets a pension better than most folks, but probably not set for life.

I think it's two 2003 Mets (Heilman and Wheeler), though Mike Stanton has come back as a power hitting outfielder.

Anybody interested in doing a study on this? Taking it ten years earlier, the Braves do very well. They only used 13 pitchers throughout the entire 1993 season, and six of them pitched in 2001: Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Wohlers, Stanton, and Borbon. Two more didn't pitch in the majors in 2001, but did in later seasons: Avery and Mercker. I will grant that the 1993 Braves featured a highly unusual pitching staff and aren't really much use as a general barometer.

2003 Yankees:

Rivera (Obviously)
Jose Contreras
Randy Choate

The 1993 Yankees, for those active in 2001:

Sterling Hitchcock
Bob Wickman

The 1996 Tigers (in 2004):

Jose Lima
Mike Myers

plus Brian Moehler would come back in 2005.

But after a third arm surgery,

Impressive. Did he ever pitch with that third arm?

Only one 2003 Devil Ray has pitched in the majors in 2011. (name him! -- not that hard)

Couldn't come up with it, even forgot that Gaudin was first up in 2003. I still insist that the trade sending him away was the dumbest of Lamar's many dumb moves.

From the way the question was phrased I assumed the answer was Scott Kazmir. Then, looking at the 2003 Rays staff, it still took me four guesses to come up with the right answer (I didn't read past the question, so I guessed Colome, Sosa, Backe, then the right answer. I had no idea Gaudin was still in the majors. I also had no idea of the current team he was on.)

2003 A's:
Hudson
Zito
Lilly
Harang

Duchscherer and Harden may pitch again.

2003 Red Sox:
Wakefield (who was already 36 in 2003)
Lowe
Lyon
Arroyo
Bruce Chen (who I didn't even remember as ever being on the Red Sox)

2003 Expos
Livan Hernandez
Javier Vazquez
Luis Ayala
Scott Downs

Claudio Vargas and Chad Cordero just retired last week.

2003 Orioles:
Rodrigo Lopez

1993 Orioles had a lot of young arms and some serious longevity; those who pitched in 2001:
Mussina
Moyer
Rhodes
Olson
Mills
Telford

Artie Rhodes has pitched more effectively than Rodrigo Lopez in 2011...

Using PI for the 2003 Cardinals I got
Tomko(he's pitching for the Rangers)
Isringhausen
Haren
and Esteban Yan(who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, but is still in the minors)

PI says that there are 150 such pitchers from 2003,(which averages out to 5 per team of course) but of course as Esteban Yan shows, that includes people still pitching in the minors.

2003 Blue Jays:

Halladay
Doug Davis (totally forgot he was ever a Jay, much less had 11 starts)
Trever Miller

Mark Hendrickson and Vinnie Chulk might get out of AAA.

I don't know if Kelvim Escobar is still rehabbing his shoulder, or if he just retired.

To me, it's more fun to see where the fringe players went. Pete Walker is pitching coach for Toronto's AA team. Rule 5 pick turned closer Aquilino Lopez was pitching in Korea. Never-weres Corey Thurman and Jason Kershner were playing in the independent leagues, and Josh Towers is currently getting lit up (7.94 ERA) while pitching for Oaxaca of the Mexican League.

Couldn't come up with it, even forgot that Gaudin was first up in 2003. I still insist that the trade sending him away was the dumbest of Lamar's many dumb moves.

What amazes me is that as dumb as the Gaudin-for-Cash trade was (and trading anything more than a stick of prechewed bubble gum for Kevin Cash is very very dumb), since leaving Tampa Gaudin has produced (by bb-ref), a grand total of 0 WAR. He's had some bouts of usefulness, but the damage that trade did is remarkably limited.

and Esteban Yan (who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, but is still in the minors)

The Laguna Vaqueros released Yan in late April.

Josh Towers is currently getting lit up (7.94 ERA) while pitching for Oaxaca of the Mexican League.

The Guerreros released him in early April.

The Laguna Vaqueros released Yan in late April.

Missed that press release, wonder how come it wasn't front page news. Of course that did remind me to check on Hiram Bocachica who looks like he's still playing....I didn't know bb-reference had records to the Japanese leagues..how did I miss that?

Esteban Yan (who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, but is still in the minors)

If Yan Can Pitch, So Can You!

The Guerreros released him in early April.

Thanks. I thought that was what had happened, but baseball reference doesn't carry international transaction info yet.

Four members of the 2003 Rockies pitching staff are still hanging around:

Aaron Cook
Brian Fuentes
Darren Oliver
Javier Lopez

Plus Nelson Cruz, who is now a power-hitting outfielder for the Texas Rangers.

2003 Pirates:

Joe Beimel
Nelson Figueroa
Ryan Vogelsong
Dennys Reyes
Mike Gonzalez
John Grabow

Also a couple of guys active in the minors, of whom Oliver Perez is probably the most likely to make it back to the Show at some point.

2003 White Sox:

Bartolo Colon
Mark Buehrle
Jon Garland
Damaso Marte

Although Marte probably won't pitch this year, it seems.

The even-worse 2003 Tigers had recent retirees Bonderman and Nate Robertson, but I think Fernando Rodney is the only one still active in the majors.

Seth McClung is still kicking around the high minors--considering he's in the Rangers org, the chances he gets called up in September are probably minimal. He did start in AAA today, in fact.

Brett Tomko is actually now on that same AAA squad. The Rangers decided to go with Dave Bush as their Dodgy Long Relief Solution and called up Michael Kirkman and sent Tomko down.

and for the 2003 Brewers, still active:
Doug Davis

(Both Braden Looper and Todd Wellemeyer indirectly retired due to this guy. Which ex-Card's career will DD claim next?)

Your 2003 World Champion Marlins
Josh Beckett
Carl Pavano
AJ Burnett
Brad Penny

In Minors
Dontrelle Willis (had no idea he was with Cincy now)
Nate Bump

In Jail for attempted double homicide
Ugueth Urbina

I was just thinking about something along these lines after watching the ESPN 30/30 doc on the 2004 Red Sox for life-affirming purposes. From the playoff rosters, active pitchers.

Derek Lowe
Tim Wakefield
Bronson Arroyo

What amazes me is that as dumb as the Gaudin-for-Cash trade was (and trading anything more than a stick of prechewed bubble gum for Kevin Cash is very very dumb), since leaving Tampa Gaudin has produced (by bb-ref), a grand total of 0 WAR. He's had some bouts of usefulness, but the damage that trade did is remarkably limited.

Yeah, other than the presence of Kevin Cash on the team the Rays didn't really suffer for it but it's still a trade that pisses me off to this day. Gaudin was a solid pitching prospect who to begin with was poorly handled by the team, getting promoted to the majors at 20 without any time in AAA and then jerked around by Lamar and Piniella, going up and down and switching between starter and reliever. He did struggle some, not surprising considering his age, inexperience, and the team's inability to decide what they wanted to do with him, but he was still the kind of guy the Rays needed to keep and try to use in the development of a decent team. Instead he was traded away for a completely useless piece of junk. It boggles the mind how any GM, however incompetent, could think a trade like that would help the team.