1966 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 47-115
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 490
Runs Allowed: 828
Exp W-L: 45-117
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,850,388
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 69-68, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B *Gene Stephens 33 156 555 64 122 17 5 7 46 13 1 68 92 .220 .308 .306 .614 56.1 6.2 3.6
RF  Stan Palys 36 156 565 48 130 23 0 10 45 0 0 38 128 .230 .278 .324 .602 51.0 5.1 2.3
LF *George Altman 33 154 511 65 125 28 4 13 62 17 5 62 132 .245 .326 .391 .718 67.5 10.1 1.3
SS  Reno Bertoia 31 157 530 37 103 14 1 4 22 3 2 20 147 .194 .227 .247 .475 24.9 0.0 9.4
LF *Bob Skinner 34 156 488 63 126 14 8 4 53 22 8 54 71 .258 .330 .344 .675 54.8 6.8 1.5
3B  Dick Williams 37 151 426 20 62 9 2 3 24 0 1 32 105 .146 .214 .197 .411 11.3 0.0 7.1
C *Johnny Blanchard 33 145 358 40 75 9 0 18 54 0 0 53 89 .209 .308 .385 .694 46.9 5.9 4.1
C  Del Crandall 36 139 380 35 94 6 0 10 44 2 1 23 66 .247 .288 .342 .630 36.1 3.6 3.6
RF  Wally Post 36 123 246 24 51 3 1 5 32 0 0 18 81 .207 .260 .289 .549 19.0 1.2 0.8
3B  Milt Bolling 35 82 193 15 31 7 0 4 15 1 0 5 40 .161 .185 .259 .444 7.5 0.0 1.8
LF  Tom Umphlett 36 88 153 12 35 4 2 0 14 2 1 14 12 .229 .293 .281 .574 11.0 0.7 0.5
1B *Wayne Belardi 35 115 137 11 28 4 0 1 13 1 0 16 46 .204 .306 .255 .561 11.4 0.9 0.3
2B  Ernie Bowman 30 96 140 14 20 3 1 0 4 7 7 1 13 .143 .155 .179 .334 -1.4 0.0 1.0
P  Bob Bruce 33 45 99 6 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 26 .152 .175 .152 .326 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Wilson 31 44 97 4 21 4 0 0 6 1 0 0 37 .216 .216 .258 .474 4.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dallas Green 31 42 88 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 37 .114 .124 .125 .249 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Blackburn 31 21 39 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .154 .175 .179 .354 0.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Mel Roach 33 32 19 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .263 .300 .368 .668 2.0 0.3 0.3
P  Curt Barclay 34 33 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .111 .158 .111 .269 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Rod Kanehl 32 22 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Jim Coates 33 72 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.6 0.1 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 34 52 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Sisler 34 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Don Lee 32 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Bauta 31 56 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 33.4 2228 5075 464 1065 150 24 79 446 69 26 409 1154 .210 .271 .296 .566 401.4 40.9 37.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 2 7 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Bob Bruce 33 8 24 .250 45 45 0 321.7 321 156 34 108 209 4.36 14.5
 Earl Wilson 31 10 20 .333 44 44 0 318.0 306 126 31 95 146 3.57 26.2
 Dallas Green 31 9 24 .273 42 42 0 270.0 304 149 24 106 108 4.97 6.6
 Ron Blackburn 31 2 10 .167 21 21 0 131.3 153 85 21 56 44 5.83 0.2
 Jim Coates 33 5 6 .455 72 0 3 102.7 127 64 15 42 54 5.61 2.7
 Curt Barclay 34 0 9 .000 33 10 0 87.0 130 69 13 41 25 7.14 0.0
 Dave Sisler 34 2 8 .200 59 0 8 63.0 52 27 7 27 34 3.86 6.4
 Russ Kemmerer 34 6 6 .500 52 0 9 57.7 67 34 3 21 18 5.31 4.2
 Ed Bauta 31 2 3 .400 56 0 0 51.0 75 41 6 33 24 7.24 0.0
 Don Lee 32 3 5 .375 32 0 0 43.0 51 24 3 15 22 5.02 1.7
Team Totals 32.4 47 115 .290 456 162 20 1445.3 1586 775 157 544 684 4.83 62.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 10 9  
* - 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 .988 33.9
J.Blanchard 813.7 84 116 429 48 8 0 .984 30.6
D.Crandall 631.7 78 79 291 34 4 1 .988 42.3
Team Total 1445.3 162 195 720 82 12 1 .985 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 11.16
G.Stephens 1308.3 146 150 1628 144 17 169 .990 12.19
W.Post 67.0 8 10 84 11 0 6 1.000 12.76
W.Belardi 39.0 5 5 54 4 0 4 1.000 13.38
B.Skinner 29.0 3 5 31 4 0 1 1.000 10.86
T.Umphlett 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1445.3 162 171 1799 164 17 180 .991 12.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.65
M.Bolling 298.0 34 45 70 127 3 27 .985 5.95
E.Bowman 283.3 27 57 69 128 9 25 .956 6.26
M.Roach 12.0 0 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Williams 8.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Kanehl 6.7 0 4 3 6 1 2 .900 12.16
G.Stephens 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 609.0 61 120 144 269 13 54 .969 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
D.Williams 1169.7 148 148 105 321 14 25 .968 3.28
D.Crandall 132.3 4 51 7 31 1 6 .974 2.58
M.Bolling 53.0 6 12 5 12 1 2 .944 2.89
E.Bowman 40.7 3 12 3 11 1 1 .933 3.10
W.Belardi 39.7 1 18 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.59
M.Roach 6.0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
R.Kanehl 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Bertoia 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.3 162 248 120 385 17 36 .967 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.92
R.Bertoia 1240.3 150 152 227 494 10 109 .986 5.23
M.Bolling 122.3 11 21 23 53 0 8 1.000 5.59
E.Bowman 38.0 1 18 13 14 1 2 .964 6.39
M.Roach 23.3 0 11 7 8 0 4 1.000 5.79
D.Williams 12.0 0 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Kanehl 4.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
W.Belardi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 212 273 576 11 123 .987 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
G.Altman 1110.7 125 126 214 4 6 0 .973 1.77
B.Skinner 222.0 25 26 40 2 2 0 .955 1.70
W.Post 54.0 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.Belardi 48.0 6 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.94
M.Roach 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Palys 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Umphlett 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 167 271 6 8 0 .972 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.39
S.Palys 986.3 113 125 266 14 2 3 .993 2.55
T.Umphlett 270.7 33 40 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.33
W.Post 118.3 13 29 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.98
G.Altman 51.7 3 14 15 0 1 0 .938 2.61
R.Kanehl 13.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Stephens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 216 376 17 3 4 .992 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
B.Skinner 904.0 99 114 190 8 1 4 .995 1.97
S.Palys 239.0 30 32 57 4 0 1 1.000 2.30
W.Post 220.0 28 29 52 2 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Altman 30.0 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
W.Belardi 28.0 2 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Blanchard 17.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
T.Umphlett 4.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Stephens 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 198 314 14 1 5 .997 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.05
B.Bruce 321.7 45 45 31 51 0 5 1.000 2.29
E.Wilson 318.0 44 44 21 45 4 4 .943 1.87
D.Green 270.0 42 42 20 64 1 4 .988 2.80
R.Blackburn 131.3 21 21 11 18 1 1 .967 1.99
J.Coates 102.7 0 72 10 18 1 3 .966 2.45
C.Barclay 87.0 10 33 5 19 0 3 1.000 2.48
D.Sisler 63.0 0 59 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.86
R.Kemmerer 57.7 0 52 2 14 1 2 .941 2.50
E.Bauta 51.0 0 56 8 12 3 1 .870 3.53
D.Lee 43.0 0 32 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.09
Team Total 1445.3 162 456 111 261 11 23 .971 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Skinner .258
On-Base Pct Skinner .330
Slugging Pct Altman .391
OPS Altman .718
XR Altman 67.5
Games Bertoia 157
At-Bats Palys 565
Runs Altman 65
Hits Palys 130
Total Bases Altman 200
Singles Skinner 100
Doubles Altman 28
Triples Skinner 8
Homeruns Blanchard 18
RBIs Altman 62
Stolen Bases Skinner 22
Caught Stealing Skinner 8
Walks Stephens 68
Strikeouts Bertoia 147
ERA Wilson 3.57
Wins Wilson 10
Losses Bruce, Green 24
Winning Pct Wilson .333
Saves Kemmerer 9
Games Pitched Coates 72
Games Started Bruce 45
Complete Games Bruce 8
Shutouts Wilson 2
Innings Pitched Bruce 321.7
Hits Allowed Bruce 321
Homeruns Allowed Bruce 34
Strikeouts Bruce 209
Walks Allowed Bruce 108
Walks per 9IP Wilson 2.7
Hits per 9IP Wilson 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Bruce 5.8
WHiP Wilson 1.26
OAVG Wilson .255
OOBP Wilson .310
OSLG Wilson .374
OOPS Wilson .684
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Fisher $ 4,107,143
George Altman $ 2,500,000
Bob Skinner $ 2,000,000
Ty Cline $ 1,000,000
Claude Raymond $ 999,999
Bob Bruce $ 999,999
Wayne Belardi $ 800,000
Tom Umphlett $ 750,000
Reno Bertoia $ 650,000
Milt Bolling $ 650,000
Del Crandall $ 624,000
Stan Palys $ 567,000
Wally Post $ 500,000
Earl Wilson $ 450,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 450,000
Dick Williams $ 450,000
Dallas Green $ 350,000
Jim Coates $ 350,000
Rod Kanehl $ 300,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 300,000
Ernie Bowman $ 300,000
Ron Blackburn $ 300,000
Mel Roach $ 300,000
Ed Bauta $ 300,000
Curt Barclay $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Gene Freese
2/2 Signed     Bob Bruce
2/8 Signed     Johnny Blanchard
2/8 Signed     Claude Raymond
2/9 Signed     Dave Sisler
2/10 Signed     Wayne Belardi
2/10 Signed     Milt Bolling
2/11 Signed     Bob Skinner
2/12 Signed     Earl Wilson
2/12 Signed     Dick Williams
2/14 Signed     Tom Umphlett
2/15 Signed     George Altman
2/15 Signed     Reno Bertoia
2/16 Signed     Gene Stephens
2/16 Signed     Wally Post
2/16 Signed     Joe Demaestri
2/20 Signed     Red Wilson
2/23 Signed     Jim Pagliaroni
2/23 Signed     Mel Roach
2/25 Signed     Don Lee
2/26 Signed     Del Crandall
3/1 Signed     Stan Palys
3/3 Traded Gene Freese
$2,000,000
San Diego Bob Lee
3/3 Traded Hal Naragon
Red Wilson
Detroit Ron Locke
6/1 Traded Don Lee Boston (N) John Kennedy
8/4 Released Joe Demaestri    
10/22 Released Russ Kemmerer    
10/22 Released Dave Sisler    
10/22 Released Gene Stephens