1977 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 83-77
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 739
Runs Allowed: 691
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,112,141
Manager: Chris Kelsey II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 11th in the American League
AA: 57-80, 12th in the American League
A: 58-79, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
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
RF *Reggie Jackson 31 154 580 95 149 24 5 29 103 1 0 70 127 .257 .341 .466 .807 90.8 16.7 0.1
CF #Reggie Smith 32 155 594 82 148 30 4 24 92 2 3 55 94 .249 .312 .434 .746 77.0 12.0 5.6
CF  Larry Hisle 30 156 581 69 152 18 1 15 69 4 4 34 82 .262 .307 .373 .681 64.8 9.1 4.4
LF *Carlos May 29 153 523 67 143 29 4 14 77 8 0 66 72 .273 .360 .424 .784 78.6 15.5 2.1
3B  Joe Foy 34 153 500 63 119 25 1 5 41 4 2 71 94 .238 .334 .322 .656 51.9 5.7 6.3
2B *Ken Boswell 31 144 473 55 141 15 1 6 60 6 3 46 31 .298 .359 .372 .731 62.3 10.8 6.0
2B #Bump Wills 24 134 451 60 124 26 3 5 42 26 18 50 62 .275 .347 .379 .726 56.5 8.7 5.2
LF *Gene Locklear 27 115 353 48 101 17 5 4 42 8 2 28 37 .286 .337 .397 .733 44.7 7.6 2.5
C *Jay Johnstone 31 101 309 38 94 18 0 3 46 1 2 21 30 .304 .347 .392 .739 38.8 6.7 2.2
SS  Dick Smith 38 99 236 34 72 9 1 1 23 11 5 12 29 .305 .348 .364 .712 27.5 4.3 1.0
LF  Ike Brown 35 90 217 31 45 4 1 3 27 2 4 38 52 .207 .324 .276 .601 19.3 0.9 2.3
SS  Rick Auerbach 27 72 210 23 62 12 0 2 18 0 1 17 16 .295 .343 .381 .724 25.0 3.9 2.5
C  Duffy Dyer 31 70 199 27 42 11 0 5 28 1 2 23 23 .211 .295 .342 .636 19.7 1.7 1.3
CF  Ken Berry 36 57 165 21 54 9 1 0 15 0 1 14 11 .327 .380 .394 .774 23.2 4.9 1.6
SS *Clarence Jones 35 46 100 14 35 6 0 1 23 0 1 6 18 .350 .393 .440 .833 15.6 3.6 0.9
3B #Sandy Alomar Sr. 33 41 45 12 11 1 0 1 5 4 5 0 8 .244 .244 .333 .578 2.3 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 31.5 1740 5536 739 1492 254 27 118 711 78 53 551 786 .270 .337 .389 .726 698.0 112.1 44.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 6 6 8 10 4 6 10 5 4 8 5 5 7 6 6  
* - 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
 Denny McLain 33 16 12 .571 34 34 0 260.0 272 108 29 33 115 3.74 17.7
 Dave Goltz 28 15 10 .600 30 30 0 238.7 222 90 19 77 105 3.39 19.0
 Rollie Fingers 30 14 16 .467 35 35 0 229.3 212 97 18 103 181 3.81 15.0
 Aurelio Lopez 28 10 13 .435 28 28 0 197.3 198 92 10 68 98 4.20 9.3
 Dick Selma 33 9 11 .450 28 28 0 169.0 181 99 21 70 98 5.27 4.4
 Rawly Eastwick 26 8 5 .615 70 0 15 127.0 127 52 10 33 42 3.69 12.0
 Lew Krausse 34 6 4 .600 59 0 10 112.0 113 51 9 54 44 4.10 8.4
*Dan Schneider 34 4 2 .667 54 1 5 43.3 42 15 4 16 23 3.12 5.1
 Tom Bradley 30 0 2 .000 19 0 0 27.3 41 15 3 14 15 4.94 0.7
*Jim Brewer 39 1 2 .333 4 4 0 23.7 22 12 3 16 16 4.56 0.9
Team Totals 31.5 83 77 .519 361 160 30 1427.6 1430 631 126 484 737 3.98 92.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 3 4 9 3 7 3 3 9 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 .989 33.0
J.Johnstone 796.3 90 93 432 29 7 0 .985 24.1
D.Dyer 479.0 54 57 262 22 8 1 .973 29.3
C.Jones 152.3 16 20 95 6 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1427.7 160 170 789 57 15 1 .983 26.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
C.May 1237.0 144 145 1444 101 10 133 .994 11.24
D.Smith 108.0 10 19 111 5 0 8 1.000 9.67
I.Brown 41.0 3 10 47 5 0 7 1.000 11.41
C.Jones 28.0 3 5 31 0 0 4 1.000 9.96
R.Auerbach 5.0 0 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 16.20
L.Hisle 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Dyer 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
K.Boswell 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Smith 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
J.Johnstone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
S.Alomar Sr. 0.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1427.7 160 187 1655 112 10 154 .994 11.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
B.Wills 978.7 109 130 221 397 11 98 .983 5.68
I.Brown 396.0 49 53 88 155 3 31 .988 5.52
K.Boswell 22.0 0 12 2 13 0 2 1.000 6.14
S.Alomar Sr. 19.0 2 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.32
D.Smith 8.0 0 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63
C.Jones 4.0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 206 315 577 14 133 .985 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
J.Foy 906.3 104 110 75 224 23 27 .929 2.97
R.Auerbach 423.3 51 57 31 114 4 11 .973 3.08
D.Smith 42.3 3 13 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.28
S.Alomar Sr. 20.0 2 6 2 3 1 1 .833 2.25
C.Jones 13.7 0 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.29
L.Hisle 7.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
K.Boswell 6.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Jackson 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Dyer 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Johnstone 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 205 112 357 29 39 .942 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
K.Boswell 948.7 107 115 151 371 12 70 .978 4.95
J.Foy 359.3 43 43 61 151 4 24 .981 5.31
S.Alomar Sr. 61.0 8 9 7 17 2 5 .923 3.54
R.Auerbach 26.0 2 5 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.15
D.Smith 11.7 0 7 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.63
L.Hisle 11.0 0 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.91
C.Jones 8.0 0 3 1 5 1 3 .857 6.75
J.Johnstone 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1427.7 160 188 224 565 19 106 .976 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
G.Locklear 859.3 100 104 192 8 8 3 .962 2.09
R.Smith 374.3 43 43 97 2 2 1 .980 2.38
I.Brown 84.0 8 17 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.61
D.Smith 65.0 7 11 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Jones 14.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Jackson 11.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
K.Berry 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Dyer 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boswell 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Foy 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Auerbach 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Johnstone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 190 325 12 10 5 .971 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
R.Smith 945.0 106 109 290 8 4 1 .987 2.84
K.Berry 413.0 50 51 106 4 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Smith 39.7 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
C.Jones 11.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
J.Johnstone 9.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Boswell 7.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Hisle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 186 413 12 4 1 .991 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
L.Hisle 1256.0 148 149 317 5 4 2 .988 2.31
D.Smith 124.7 11 16 28 0 1 0 .966 2.02
C.May 16.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Jones 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
K.Boswell 6.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Dyer 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Berry 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Alomar Sr. 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Smith 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Auerbach 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 188 351 5 5 2 .986 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
D.McLain 260.0 34 34 20 35 1 1 .982 1.90
D.Goltz 238.7 30 30 18 40 1 5 .983 2.19
R.Fingers 229.3 35 35 10 31 1 2 .976 1.61
A.Lopez 197.3 28 28 17 29 0 1 1.000 2.10
D.Selma 169.0 28 28 6 21 1 1 .964 1.44
R.Eastwick 127.0 0 70 7 29 1 3 .973 2.55
L.Krausse 112.0 0 59 7 22 1 1 .967 2.33
D.Schneider 43.3 1 54 4 14 0 1 1.000 3.74
T.Bradley 27.3 0 19 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.65
J.Brewer 23.7 4 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.04
Team Total 1427.6 160 361 92 231 6 16 .982 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boswell .298
On-Base Pct May .360
Slugging Pct Jackson .466
OPS Jackson .807
XR Jackson 90.8
Games Hisle 156
At-Bats Smith 594
Runs Jackson 95
Hits Hisle 152
Total Bases Jackson 270
Singles Boswell 119
Doubles Smith 30
Triples Jackson, Locklear 5
Homeruns Jackson 29
RBIs Jackson 103
Stolen Bases Wills 26
Caught Stealing Wills 18
Walks Foy 71
Strikeouts Jackson 127
ERA Goltz 3.39
Wins McLain 16
Losses Fingers 16
Winning Pct Goltz .600
Saves Eastwick 15
Games Pitched Eastwick 70
Games Started Fingers 35
Complete Games Goltz 14
Shutouts Goltz, McLain 2
Innings Pitched McLain 260.0
Hits Allowed McLain 272
Homeruns Allowed McLain 29
Strikeouts Fingers 181
Walks Allowed Fingers 103
Walks per 9IP McLain 1.1
Hits per 9IP Fingers 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Fingers 7.1
WHiP McLain 1.17
OAVG Fingers .245
OOBP McLain .289
OSLG Goltz .352
OOPS Goltz .656
Team All-Stars
Reggie Jackson
Denny McLain
Player Salaries
Rollie Fingers $ 8,500,000
Reggie Jackson $ 7,500,000
Reggie Smith $ 5,400,000
Larry Hisle $ 3,760,000
Ike Brown $ 3,500,000
Dick Selma $ 3,450,000
Joe Foy $ 3,000,000
Jim Brewer $ 2,800,000
Carlos May $ 2,700,000
Dan Schneider $ 2,500,000
Ken Boswell $ 1,971,429
Jay Johnstone $ 1,800,000
Lew Krausse $ 1,750,000
Tom Bradley $ 1,600,000
Denny McLain $ 1,600,000
Dick Smith $ 1,500,000
Jim Derrington $ 999,999
Duffy Dyer $ 810,000
Ken Berry $ 300,000
Rick Auerbach $ 300,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 300,000
Sandy Alomar Sr. $ 300,000
Wayne Gross $ 300,000
Bump Wills $ 300,000
Clarence Jones $ 300,000
Gene Locklear $ 300,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 300,000
Dave Goltz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Signed     Ken Berry
4/3 Signed     Sandy Alomar Sr.