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1938 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 96-66
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 846
Runs Allowed: 693
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,422,017
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 1-4 to Seattle (M) 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
CF  Ben Chapman 29 154 651 106 190 48 13 14 89 2 0 50 52 .292 .342 .470 .812 98.3 19.1 5.5
SS  Joe Cronin 31 153 642 107 179 34 9 14 78 0 0 44 67 .279 .327 .425 .752 80.6 12.7 6.8
RF *Eddie Wilson 28 152 572 102 200 33 3 13 89 0 0 86 81 .350 .436 .486 .922 111.4 26.1 4.4
2B  Johnny Hodapp 32 155 592 101 199 46 6 10 123 0 0 57 74 .336 .391 .485 .876 99.6 21.3 5.3
LF *Earl Browne 27 145 538 85 162 36 4 4 52 0 2 41 57 .301 .351 .405 .756 70.2 12.0 3.5
3B *Randy Moore 32 138 520 54 133 30 5 10 72 0 0 37 35 .256 .304 .390 .694 55.3 6.1 8.5
C  Willard Hershberger 28 118 442 42 138 19 8 0 55 0 0 14 11 .312 .333 .391 .724 47.8 6.4 5.5
RF  Frank Demaree 28 128 381 60 127 14 1 6 46 0 0 22 16 .333 .370 .423 .792 51.9 9.7 2.9
RF  Carl Reynolds 35 69 268 34 80 16 3 5 60 2 0 17 16 .299 .338 .437 .774 35.5 5.6 1.7
1B #Ripper Collins 34 53 216 27 63 10 0 11 55 0 0 8 38 .292 .319 .491 .809 31.1 5.4 1.2
C *Estel Crabtree 34 59 161 27 46 4 1 0 12 0 0 14 8 .286 .341 .323 .664 15.9 1.6 2.0
2B  Irv Jeffries 32 88 148 21 50 8 0 1 24 0 0 12 1 .338 .391 .412 .803 20.6 3.7 0.9
1B *Art Shires 30 52 141 24 44 8 0 3 16 0 0 8 10 .312 .351 .433 .784 20.8 4.1 0.8
P  Dizzy Dean 28 44 125 12 35 3 2 0 12 0 0 3 17 .280 .295 .336 .631 13.0 1.2 0.0
P *Pat Malone 35 42 111 8 24 3 1 0 11 0 1 2 18 .216 .226 .261 .487 5.8 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 29 43 110 8 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 25 .145 .152 .209 .361 2.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Len Koenecke 34 59 94 16 27 3 1 1 11 0 0 11 8 .287 .362 .372 .734 13.4 2.3 0.8
P  Ralph Buxton 24 33 68 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .103 .103 .103 .206 -1.6 0.0 0.0
C  Rollie Hemsley 31 11 31 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .290 .290 .323 .613 2.0 0.0 0.3
2B  Bill Cissell 34 20 13 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .308 .400 .538 .938 2.5 0.6 0.1
P #Garland Braxton 38 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Stew Bolen 35 55 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Turner 34 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 25 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 1912 5833 846 1734 319 59 93 822 4 3 429 554 .297 .345 .420 .765 776.1 138.1 50.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 3 1 2 3 5 3 8 1 7 4 1 5 3 3 2  
* - 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
 Dizzy Dean 28 25 15 .625 44 44 0 364.7 367 145 31 72 229 3.58 26.9
 Pat Malone 35 24 10 .706 42 42 0 335.0 262 121 24 110 264 3.25 27.0
*Lefty Gomez 29 16 15 .516 43 43 0 331.7 332 145 29 132 180 3.93 18.3
 Ralph Buxton 24 13 12 .520 32 32 0 212.7 205 108 20 68 121 4.57 9.0
 Bucky Jacobs 25 6 5 .545 70 0 2 76.3 88 35 4 31 25 4.13 5.0
*Garland Braxton 38 6 4 .600 57 0 16 67.7 67 19 3 27 33 2.53 11.3
*Stew Bolen 35 5 5 .500 55 1 2 65.0 69 43 8 32 32 5.95 1.5
 Jim Turner 34 1 0 1.000 14 0 2 16.7 26 10 2 0 2 5.40 0.6
Team Totals 31.0 96 66 .593 357 162 22 1469.6 1416 626 121 472 886 3.83 99.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 4 2 2 1 8 1 3 1 1  
* - 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 39.9
W.Hershberger 1018.3 114 117 629 37 7 1 .990 50.0
E.Crabtree 393.7 42 54 251 13 5 0 .981 45.5
R.Hemsley 71.7 10 10 35 3 1 1 .974 25.0
Team Total 1483.7 166 181 915 53 13 2 .987 46.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.24
E.Browne 679.0 73 83 838 67 4 76 .996 12.00
R.Collins 364.3 36 40 441 37 3 33 .994 11.81
A.Shires 276.0 33 34 304 28 2 22 .994 10.83
C.Reynolds 94.3 8 8 135 6 3 11 .979 13.46
B.Cissell 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Hemsley 1.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1416.8 150 167 1722 139 12 142 .994 11.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.39
J.Hodapp 1344.0 149 150 319 531 23 109 .974 5.69
I.Jeffries 103.7 11 12 26 40 1 7 .985 5.73
B.Cissell 22.0 2 5 4 9 0 3 1.000 5.32
Team Total 1469.7 162 167 349 580 24 119 .975 5.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.05
R.Moore 1216.3 134 135 81 358 7 30 .984 3.25
E.Wilson 215.7 24 24 13 30 0 1 1.000 1.79
I.Jeffries 35.7 4 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.02
L.Koenecke 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Hodapp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 166 96 395 7 32 .986 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 5.59
J.Cronin 1354.7 149 151 187 568 32 89 .959 5.02
I.Jeffries 114.0 13 13 17 38 6 8 .902 4.34
B.Cissell 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 166 204 606 38 97 .955 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.00
F.Demaree 490.0 57 62 95 1 0 1 1.000 1.76
C.Reynolds 361.9 31 33 70 0 3 0 .959 1.74
E.Browne 308.7 33 38 69 1 1 0 .986 2.04
B.Chapman 225.7 25 26 43 3 1 2 .979 1.83
L.Koenecke 34.0 2 12 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
E.Crabtree 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
J.Hodapp 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Shires 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.9 148 174 281 5 5 3 .983 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.63
B.Chapman 1120.0 123 125 277 7 8 3 .973 2.28
F.Demaree 233.0 28 29 70 1 1 0 .986 2.74
L.Koenecke 85.7 8 14 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.05
E.Browne 26.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
C.Reynolds 21.3 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
R.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1487.0 162 179 389 8 9 3 .978 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
E.Wilson 1145.3 128 128 229 6 9 3 .963 1.85
E.Browne 79.0 8 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
C.Reynolds 78.0 6 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
R.Collins 71.6 7 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
F.Demaree 52.0 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
L.Koenecke 31.7 2 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.56
E.Crabtree 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Chapman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.6 157 173 286 7 9 3 .970 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.31
D.Dean 364.7 44 44 25 56 3 2 .964 2.00
P.Malone 335.0 42 42 26 47 3 4 .961 1.96
L.Gomez 331.7 43 43 23 73 1 7 .990 2.61
R.Buxton 212.7 32 32 8 34 0 4 1.000 1.78
B.Jacobs 76.3 0 70 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.24
G.Braxton 67.7 0 57 5 13 1 1 .947 2.39
S.Bolen 65.0 1 55 2 19 0 3 1.000 2.91
J.Turner 16.7 0 14 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1469.6 162 357 96 256 8 21 .978 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wilson .350
On-Base Pct Wilson .436
Slugging Pct Wilson .486
OPS Wilson .922
XR Wilson 111.4
Games Hodapp 155
At-Bats Chapman 651
Runs Cronin 107
Hits Wilson 200
Total Bases Chapman 306
Singles Wilson 151
Doubles Chapman 48
Triples Chapman 13
Homeruns Chapman, Cronin 14
RBIs Hodapp 123
Stolen Bases Chapman, Reynolds 2
Caught Stealing Browne 2
Walks Wilson 86
Strikeouts Wilson 81
ERA Malone 3.25
Wins Dean 25
Losses Dean, Gomez 15
Winning Pct Malone .706
Saves Braxton 16
Games Pitched Jacobs 70
Games Started Dean 44
Complete Games Dean 23
Shutouts Malone 3
Innings Pitched Dean 364.7
Hits Allowed Dean 367
Homeruns Allowed Dean 31
Strikeouts Malone 264
Walks Allowed Gomez 132
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.8
Hits per 9IP Malone 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone 7.1
WHiP Malone 1.11
OAVG Malone .213
OOBP Malone .276
OSLG Malone .347
OOPS Malone .623
Team All-Stars
Ben Chapman
Joe Cronin
Dizzy Dean
Johnny Hodapp
Pat Malone
Eddie Wilson
Player Salaries
Chuck Klein $ 13,000,000
Lefty Gomez $ 10,000,000
Ripper Collins $ 6,250,000
Dizzy Dean $ 6,250,000
Joe Cronin $ 6,000,000
Pat Malone $ 6,000,000
Ben Chapman $ 4,500,000
Johnny Hodapp $ 3,230,000
Stew Bolen $ 2,999,999
Garland Braxton $ 2,500,000
Estel Crabtree $ 2,380,000
Randy Moore $ 1,990,000
Frank Demaree $ 1,500,000
Irv Jeffries $ 1,400,000
Bill Cissell $ 500,000
Lynn Nelson $ 484,286
Bob Brown $ 400,000
Dib Williams $ 350,000
Allyn Stout $ 350,000
Len Koenecke $ 350,000
Willard Hershberger $ 300,000
Jim Turner $ 300,000
Ralph Buxton $ 300,000
Earl Browne $ 300,000
Eddie Wilson $ 300,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 300,000
Art Shires $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Roxie Lawson St. Louis (C) Red Phillips
2/3 Traded Guy Cantrell Boston (N) Earl Browne
2/4 Signed     Stew Bolen
2/7 Traded Nub Kleinke St. Louis (C) Pat Mclaughlin
2/20 Signed     Irv Jeffries
3/3 Traded Frank Gabler Detroit Jim Turner
Garland Braxton
Rollie Hemsley
Bill Cissell
Greg Mulleavy
3/3 Traded Ben Huffman Detroit Mike Ryba
7/31 Traded Otto Bluege
$2,000,000		 Boston (N) Ripper Collins
7/31 Traded Carl Reynolds
Greg Mulleavy
Beau Bell
Rollie Hemsley		 Detroit Chuck Klein
 
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