1958 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 690
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,427,869
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 8th in the AL
AA: 71-66, 4th in the AL
A: 66-71, 3rd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
1B  Eddie Yost 31 154 544 102 118 19 5 17 63 1 3 148 132 .217 .388 .364 .752 91.1 16.6 8.2
RF  Jackie Jensen 31 153 603 100 174 36 5 24 130 0 0 73 73 .289 .362 .484 .846 98.4 19.2 3.2
LF *Irv Noren 33 154 615 90 170 31 6 19 72 0 0 54 93 .276 .332 .439 .771 86.5 15.6 2.7
CF *Whitey Lockman 31 153 586 75 186 19 6 17 110 0 0 59 36 .317 .379 .457 .837 94.4 19.9 4.1
CF  Roy Sievers 31 152 582 83 167 34 6 26 102 0 2 54 83 .287 .348 .500 .848 95.7 19.3 3.5
2B  Lee Walls 25 137 526 61 155 24 5 13 60 1 1 45 95 .295 .347 .433 .781 76.6 14.7 4.0
C  Stan Lopata 32 135 460 71 89 29 1 16 66 1 0 72 140 .193 .303 .365 .668 54.0 6.3 1.7
3B  Dick Groat 27 150 491 67 147 30 2 3 52 0 0 30 19 .299 .339 .387 .726 60.2 11.0 7.7
3B *Joe Garagiola 32 107 247 42 68 14 1 6 39 0 1 32 47 .275 .355 .413 .768 35.1 6.2 1.5
CF *Gus Bell 29 109 202 33 56 14 4 4 37 1 0 10 31 .277 .313 .446 .759 26.8 4.7 0.6
2B  Bobby Avila 34 68 133 18 37 6 0 2 11 0 0 17 24 .278 .358 .368 .726 18.4 3.4 1.8
P *Leo Kiely 28 49 110 4 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 41 .136 .165 .136 .302 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 30 41 108 6 11 5 0 1 5 0 0 4 32 .102 .133 .176 .309 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Hal Smith 27 38 100 9 32 7 1 2 18 1 0 3 12 .320 .340 .470 .810 13.8 3.0 0.3
P *Don Newcombe 32 36 86 10 23 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 .267 .319 .267 .587 8.0 0.6 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 31 36 89 6 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .202 .211 .236 .447 3.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Bob Stephenson 29 47 69 6 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .174 .174 .188 .362 1.1 0.0 1.3
P  Russ Kemmerer 26 45 29 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .069 .100 .103 .203 -1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 35 66 24 24 5 1 0 0 0 18 3 2 4 .208 .269 .250 .519 3.9 0.6 0.2
P  Mike Garcia 34 49 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 38 100 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Face 30 21 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Ferriss 36 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2057 5631 809 1488 274 42 150 785 23 10 615 914 .264 .336 .408 .744 766.7 141.1 40.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 2 3 3 1 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 3  
* - 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
 Stu Miller 30 17 12 .586 41 41 0 280.0 238 83 7 85 178 2.67 24.8
*Leo Kiely 28 14 13 .519 49 37 5 277.3 316 145 41 59 170 4.71 9.6
 Don Newcombe 32 14 11 .560 36 35 0 250.7 231 111 28 95 197 3.99 15.7
*Jackie Collum 31 13 7 .650 36 36 0 244.0 261 106 14 75 101 3.91 13.8
 Walt Masterson 38 14 10 .583 100 1 16 126.3 139 66 20 33 51 4.70 8.7
 Russ Kemmerer 26 8 4 .667 45 10 3 118.3 103 40 10 30 42 3.04 10.5
 Mike Garcia 34 4 2 .667 49 2 5 72.0 80 39 10 36 38 4.88 2.3
 Dave Ferriss 36 6 6 .500 57 0 11 61.3 75 25 5 18 41 3.67 5.8
 Roy Face 30 1 5 .167 21 0 2 30.3 44 24 5 14 23 7.12 0.0
 Hal Smith 27 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 2 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.2 91 71 .562 435 162 42 1462.3 1490 641 140 447 841 3.95 91.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 4 5 2 3 1 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 .994 30.3
S.Lopata 1082.3 118 131 630 26 4 0 .994 16.7
J.Garagiola 195.3 22 24 133 6 1 0 .993 0.0
H.Smith 184.7 22 23 110 10 1 0 .992 66.7
Team Total 1462.3 162 178 873 42 6 0 .993 17.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
R.Sievers 1323.0 149 150 1618 134 13 156 .993 11.92
J.Garagiola 69.0 6 12 103 4 2 10 .982 13.96
B.Avila 48.3 5 6 62 2 0 3 1.000 11.92
G.Bell 21.0 2 3 16 4 0 1 1.000 8.57
W.Lockman 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 172 1800 144 15 170 .992 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.75
D.Groat 1240.0 147 149 275 531 13 116 .984 5.85
B.Avila 134.0 11 28 29 67 2 13 .980 6.45
B.Stephenson 88.3 4 24 24 34 0 12 1.000 5.91
Team Total 1462.3 162 201 328 632 15 141 .985 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
L.Walls 1194.3 132 134 69 285 10 27 .973 2.67
J.Garagiola 227.0 25 25 15 58 0 4 1.000 2.89
B.Stephenson 24.0 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Avila 16.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
H.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 166 86 348 10 31 .977 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.11
E.Yost 1295.3 147 152 215 554 20 107 .975 5.34
B.Avila 91.0 11 12 10 47 1 8 .983 5.64
B.Stephenson 73.0 4 19 14 37 1 6 .981 6.29
D.Groat 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 184 240 639 22 121 .976 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.84
I.Noren 1335.0 149 153 263 6 12 3 .957 1.81
G.Bell 111.0 12 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
R.Sullivan 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Lockman 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Sievers 3.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
H.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 170 281 6 12 3 .960 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.38
W.Lockman 1338.0 149 150 340 9 2 6 .994 2.35
G.Bell 112.3 12 13 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.76
R.Sullivan 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Jensen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 166 364 10 2 7 .995 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.83
J.Jensen 1332.3 150 151 277 11 5 3 .983 1.95
G.Bell 89.0 10 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
R.Sullivan 40.0 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
L.Walls 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 175 302 11 5 3 .984 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.09
S.Miller 280.0 41 41 19 45 2 0 .970 2.06
L.Kiely 277.3 37 49 11 45 0 3 1.000 1.82
D.Newcombe 250.7 35 36 16 42 1 3 .983 2.08
J.Collum 244.0 36 36 18 54 3 3 .960 2.66
W.Masterson 126.3 1 100 7 20 2 3 .931 1.92
R.Kemmerer 118.3 10 45 5 23 2 2 .933 2.13
M.Garcia 72.0 2 49 7 17 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Ferriss 61.3 0 57 6 16 0 4 1.000 3.23
R.Face 30.3 0 21 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.48
H.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 435 90 267 10 19 .973 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .317
On-Base Pct Yost .388
Slugging Pct Sievers .500
OPS Sievers .848
XR Jensen 98.4
Games Yost, Noren 154
At-Bats Noren 615
Runs Yost 102
Hits Lockman 186
Total Bases Jensen 292
Singles Lockman 144
Doubles Jensen 36
Triples Lockman, Noren, Sievers 6
Homeruns Sievers 26
RBIs Jensen 130
Stolen Bases Sullivan 18
Caught Stealing Sullivan, Yost 3
Walks Yost 148
Strikeouts Lopata 140
ERA Miller 2.67
Wins Miller 17
Losses Kiely 13
Winning Pct Collum .650
Saves Masterson 16
Games Pitched Masterson 100
Games Started Miller 41
Complete Games Newcombe 4
Shutouts Collum 1
Innings Pitched Miller 280.0
Hits Allowed Kiely 316
Homeruns Allowed Kiely 41
Strikeouts Newcombe 197
Walks Allowed Newcombe 95
Walks per 9IP Kiely 1.9
Hits per 9IP Miller 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 7.1
WHiP Miller 1.15
OAVG Miller .229
OOBP Miller .288
OSLG Miller .307
OOPS Miller .595
Team All-Stars
Jackie Collum
Dick Groat
Jackie Jensen
Whitey Lockman
Stu Miller
Roy Sievers
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Don Newcombe $ 6,250,000
Stu Miller $ 6,100,000
Leo Kiely $ 6,000,000
Roy Sievers $ 5,410,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,350,000
Bobby Avila $ 4,940,000
Jackie Jensen $ 4,620,000
Irv Noren $ 3,650,000
Stan Lopata $ 3,250,000
Jackie Collum $ 2,800,000
Dave Ferriss $ 2,550,000
Joe Garagiola $ 2,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 1,750,000
Mike Garcia $ 1,700,000
Hal Smith $ 964,286
Gus Bell $ 750,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 646,429
Roy Face $ 450,000
Russ Sullivan $ 400,000
Lee Walls $ 300,000
Bob Stephenson $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Bill Henry Pittsburgh Mike Garcia
2/21 Traded Rocky Krsnich San Diego Sonny Senerchia
$5,310,000
2/21 Traded Joe Lonnett Oakland Russ Kemmerer
4/2 Traded Johnny Pramesa
Al Schroll
New York (N) Hal Smith
Rudy Minarcin