1952 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 90-72
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 817
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,314,197
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 7th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 5th in the AL
A: 61-76, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Pete Reiser 33 150 611 120 175 27 9 19 78 34 25 78 59 .286 .367 .453 .820 99.7 16.5 4.6
2B *Grady Hatton 29 155 582 105 183 26 2 26 107 21 13 98 51 .314 .410 .500 .910 115.1 22.4 8.2
LF *Gene Woodling 29 156 557 96 160 21 3 30 94 1 1 122 32 .287 .416 .497 .914 114.7 22.3 3.4
3B  Sid Gordon 34 155 577 73 153 18 4 16 87 0 0 58 52 .265 .332 .393 .726 73.3 9.7 3.1
LF *Hank Edwards 33 134 508 74 145 18 2 23 90 0 0 38 59 .285 .333 .465 .797 76.1 11.7 3.1
C  Andy Seminick 31 140 466 58 109 15 1 16 53 0 1 72 134 .234 .337 .373 .710 61.0 6.8 5.2
2B  Bobby Avila 28 138 452 64 143 22 1 6 51 0 0 66 34 .316 .403 .409 .812 74.0 14.0 5.2
1B *Ed Stevens 27 129 426 52 117 27 4 13 70 0 0 33 38 .275 .325 .448 .773 56.8 8.1 2.5
C  Steve Souchock 33 124 290 39 81 18 5 10 48 0 0 15 37 .279 .312 .479 .791 41.2 6.0 2.6
RF *Russ Sullivan 29 107 166 34 45 12 0 2 14 17 4 18 12 .271 .344 .380 .724 22.8 3.4 0.7
1B  Ralph Lapointe 30 61 159 23 40 1 1 3 22 0 0 13 6 .252 .305 .327 .632 15.2 0.7 1.7
CF  Clyde Vollmer 30 67 148 25 44 7 0 3 26 1 0 20 18 .297 .374 .405 .780 23.2 3.6 0.8
C  Johnny Pramesa 26 97 154 20 42 8 1 6 25 0 0 13 6 .273 .329 .455 .784 21.1 3.1 1.1
P *Billy Pierce 25 44 117 9 20 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 22 .171 .185 .171 .356 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 35 42 102 7 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 29 .167 .189 .186 .375 2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Leo Kiely 22 44 102 5 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35 .127 .136 .127 .263 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 29 32 68 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 26 .059 .086 .103 .189 -2.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Ken Keltner 35 31 68 10 17 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 .250 .282 .324 .605 5.7 0.3 0.8
P  Alex Kellner 27 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 25 71 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 26 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1976 5558 817 1509 227 33 174 795 74 44 656 657 .272 .347 .418 .765 802.2 128.6 43.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 4 5 8 6 3 4 1 8 2 6 4 3 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Billy Pierce 25 21 10 .677 44 44 0 320.0 281 130 32 128 211 3.66 27.1
 Joe Dobson 35 22 15 .595 42 42 0 304.0 323 143 25 103 126 4.23 21.2
*Leo Kiely 22 10 17 .370 44 44 0 301.0 314 130 24 86 91 3.89 19.0
 Hoyt Wilhelm 29 7 15 .318 32 32 0 200.3 212 106 19 112 101 4.76 6.5
 Bob Porterfield 28 10 9 .526 79 0 12 92.3 101 45 10 28 22 4.39 9.7
*Jackie Collum 25 10 4 .714 71 0 9 85.0 112 59 12 33 30 6.25 2.8
 Ralph Branca 26 8 1 .889 50 0 10 60.0 76 32 7 33 21 4.80 4.9
*Alex Kellner 27 2 1 .667 49 0 9 54.7 55 24 3 29 12 3.95 4.9
*Scott Cary 29 0 0 .000 10 0 0 12.7 7 1 1 1 4 0.71 2.1
 Fred Sanford 32 0 0 .000 7 0 0 9.0 15 7 2 4 6 7.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 90 72 .556 428 162 40 1439.0 1496 677 135 557 624 4.23 98.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 1 4 7 4 2 3 3 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 30.3
A.Seminick 753.0 87 89 359 26 3 1 .992 28.2
S.Souchock 512.3 55 67 210 13 0 1 1.000 9.5
J.Pramesa 173.7 20 20 86 8 1 0 .989 40.0
Team Total 1439.0 162 176 655 47 4 2 .994 24.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
E.Stevens 952.3 107 118 1189 85 7 106 .995 12.04
A.Seminick 399.0 49 50 490 41 6 47 .989 11.98
J.Pramesa 50.0 6 8 57 4 0 4 1.000 10.98
S.Souchock 33.0 0 19 47 1 0 1 1.000 13.09
B.Avila 3.7 0 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.84
R.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 199 1787 132 13 158 .993 12.00
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
G.Hatton 1335.7 150 152 283 606 10 114 .989 5.99
R.Lapointe 53.3 6 6 15 30 2 4 .957 7.59
K.Keltner 50.0 6 6 13 17 1 3 .968 5.40
Team Total 1439.0 162 164 311 653 13 121 .987 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
S.Gordon 1312.3 151 154 94 338 19 28 .958 2.96
R.Lapointe 104.7 9 20 9 31 2 2 .952 3.44
K.Keltner 21.0 2 4 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.86
G.Hatton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 179 103 378 21 31 .958 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
B.Avila 1129.7 131 133 197 472 19 79 .972 5.33
R.Lapointe 213.7 23 28 42 80 5 24 .961 5.14
K.Keltner 88.7 8 20 14 37 0 14 1.000 5.18
P.Reiser 7.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1439.0 162 184 255 591 24 118 .972 5.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
G.Woodling 1300.0 146 147 307 2 1 0 .997 2.14
R.Sullivan 104.0 12 12 19 1 3 0 .870 1.73
C.Vollmer 31.0 4 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.74
S.Souchock 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.0 162 165 332 4 4 1 .988 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
P.Reiser 1230.3 139 141 368 6 4 2 .989 2.74
C.Vollmer 116.7 13 15 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.47
R.Sullivan 83.0 10 10 26 0 3 0 .897 2.82
S.Souchock 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 171 427 7 7 2 .984 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
H.Edwards 1077.0 123 130 269 3 3 2 .989 2.27
C.Vollmer 167.3 21 22 39 0 2 0 .951 2.10
R.Sullivan 93.7 7 25 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.31
P.Reiser 59.0 7 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
S.Souchock 22.0 2 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.41
G.Woodling 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 194 349 5 5 2 .986 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
B.Pierce 320.0 44 44 24 59 0 5 1.000 2.33
J.Dobson 304.0 42 42 24 55 2 2 .975 2.34
L.Kiely 301.0 44 44 15 50 4 5 .942 1.94
H.Wilhelm 200.3 32 32 10 49 2 4 .967 2.65
B.Porterfield 92.3 0 79 2 19 0 2 1.000 2.05
J.Collum 85.0 0 71 2 20 0 1 1.000 2.33
R.Branca 60.0 0 50 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.35
A.Kellner 54.7 0 49 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.63
S.Cary 12.7 0 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.55
F.Sanford 9.0 0 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 428 83 280 8 19 .978 2.27
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Avila .316
On-Base Pct Woodling .416
Slugging Pct Hatton .500
OPS Woodling .914
XR Hatton 115.1
Games Woodling 156
At-Bats Reiser 611
Runs Reiser 120
Hits Hatton 183
Total Bases Hatton 291
Singles Hatton 129
Doubles Reiser, Stevens 27
Triples Reiser 9
Homeruns Woodling 30
RBIs Hatton 107
Stolen Bases Reiser 34
Caught Stealing Reiser 25
Walks Woodling 122
Strikeouts Seminick 134
ERA Pierce 3.66
Wins Dobson 22
Losses Kiely 17
Winning Pct Pierce .677
Saves Porterfield 12
Games Pitched Porterfield 79
Games Started Kiely, Pierce 44
Complete Games Kiely 5
Shutouts Kiely 1
Innings Pitched Pierce 320.0
Hits Allowed Dobson 323
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 32
Strikeouts Pierce 211
Walks Allowed Pierce 128
Walks per 9IP Kiely 2.6
Hits per 9IP Pierce 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 5.9
WHiP Pierce 1.28
OAVG Pierce .235
OOBP Pierce .308
OSLG Pierce .372
OOPS Pierce .680
Team All-Stars
Joe Dobson
Grady Hatton
Bob Porterfield
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 15,500,000
Pete Reiser $ 11,000,000
Grady Hatton $ 8,000,000
Sid Gordon $ 6,000,000
Hank Edwards $ 5,000,000
Joe Dobson $ 4,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 3,307,143
Ed Stevens $ 2,685,714
Andy Seminick $ 2,300,000
Ralph Branca $ 2,100,000
Steve Souchock $ 1,500,000
Johnny Mize $ 1,140,000
Bob Porterfield $ 870,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 600,000
Max Lanier $ 600,000
Jake Mooty $ 450,000
Fred Sanford $ 360,000
Bobby Avila $ 300,000
Leo Kiely $ 300,000
Ken Keltner $ 300,000
Alex Kellner $ 300,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 300,000
Russ Sullivan $ 300,000
Jackie Collum $ 300,000
Scott Cary $ 300,000
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 300,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bill Voiselle
Early Wynn
Phil Rizzuto
Boston (N) Johnny Pramesa
Johnny Mize
Ken Keltner
$7,000,000
2/3 Traded Andy Anderson Pittsburgh Bobby Avila
Jackie Collum
2/7 Traded Moe Burtschy New York (N) Clyde Mccullough
2/12 Signed     Max Lanier
2/21 Traded Walt Dropo Boston (N) Don Wheeler
2/21 Traded Spec Shea Cincinnati Hoyt Wilhelm
$3,000,000
2/21 Traded Paul Lapalme Boston (A) Joe Dobson
4/2 Traded Willard Marshall
Sheldon Jones
Oakland Ed Stevens