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1953 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 869
Runs Allowed: 689
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,391,815
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 7th in the AL
AA: 67-70, 6th in the AL
A: 53-84, 7th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  Bobby Avila 29 154 582 102 175 28 5 20 96 0 1 97 56 .301 .397 .469 .866 108.6 23.0 6.3
2B *Grady Hatton 30 151 586 101 161 30 2 25 101 14 6 92 50 .275 .371 .461 .832 102.6 20.0 10.2
LF *Gene Woodling 30 159 555 109 166 27 2 25 115 0 0 120 38 .299 .418 .490 .908 114.7 24.7 2.5
DH  Pat Seerey 30 154 538 70 141 21 0 28 88 0 1 109 145 .262 .383 .457 .841 98.4 19.2 2.6
CF *Pete Reiser 34 146 552 92 151 31 11 11 73 21 13 72 76 .274 .357 .429 .786 81.8 14.4 2.8
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 34 128 480 80 124 20 5 5 54 45 15 55 67 .258 .330 .352 .682 65.0 9.5 5.8
1B *Ed Stevens 28 143 437 76 134 24 4 7 61 0 0 51 35 .307 .379 .428 .807 64.3 12.7 3.9
C  Johnny Pramesa 27 112 339 42 96 14 1 9 54 1 1 19 19 .283 .318 .410 .728 42.9 6.2 2.6
C *Butch Nieman 35 70 225 43 74 10 1 17 54 2 4 22 20 .329 .386 .609 .995 47.2 10.5 1.6
1B  Ralph Lapointe 31 57 173 20 40 3 0 2 18 0 0 9 23 .231 .273 .283 .556 11.0 0.0 2.2
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 33 60 159 21 40 7 1 2 22 2 2 24 12 .252 .350 .346 .696 19.6 2.9 1.1
2B  Billy Johnson 34 59 135 12 32 7 0 1 22 0 0 9 5 .237 .283 .311 .594 10.8 0.4 1.9
C  Andy Seminick 32 40 124 19 32 3 0 4 16 0 0 15 27 .258 .336 .379 .715 16.0 2.2 0.9
P *Don Newcombe 27 44 119 10 36 0 0 0 14 0 1 3 15 .303 .315 .303 .617 12.0 1.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 26 42 112 8 20 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 26 .179 .179 .196 .375 2.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 30 70 111 29 26 6 2 5 15 16 2 6 5 .234 .271 .459 .731 16.4 2.7 0.4
P *Leo Kiely 23 40 103 6 14 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 37 .136 .144 .184 .329 0.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Bill Howerton 31 53 87 14 24 6 1 3 16 0 0 15 16 .276 .382 .471 .854 15.3 3.3 0.5
P *Dave Ferriss 31 30 84 5 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .155 .174 .167 .341 0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Phil Masi 37 60 52 7 9 2 0 0 9 0 0 7 7 .173 .271 .212 .483 1.6 0.0 0.1
P *Jackie Collum 26 46 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Kellner 28 38 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .300 .664 1.3 0.1 0.0
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 30 89 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 36 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Cary 30 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2010 5589 869 1513 245 36 164 845 101 46 729 697 .271 .353 .415 .768 830.2 152.8 45.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 2 7 4 3 2 2 7 1 4 2 1 3 3 1  
* - 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
 Don Newcombe 27 26 7 .788 44 44 0 325.0 296 148 36 132 245 4.10 23.1
*Billy Pierce 26 21 11 .656 42 42 0 304.0 247 123 23 109 236 3.64 20.9
*Leo Kiely 23 20 8 .714 40 40 0 292.0 289 101 24 65 114 3.11 24.2
 Dave Ferriss 31 8 12 .400 30 27 1 224.7 230 91 21 52 148 3.65 14.1
 Hoyt Wilhelm 30 6 5 .545 89 0 27 99.7 124 57 8 52 56 5.15 5.3
*Jackie Collum 26 12 6 .667 46 5 3 87.7 90 33 7 30 29 3.39 7.8
*Alex Kellner 28 3 6 .333 38 4 1 61.0 62 28 4 20 25 4.13 3.8
 Joe Dobson 36 4 3 .571 39 0 6 46.7 45 21 4 18 19 4.05 4.6
*Scott Cary 30 1 3 .250 20 0 1 22.3 31 14 4 9 9 5.64 0.0
 Bob Porterfield 29 0 0 .000 6 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 3 0 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 28.6 101 61 .623 394 163 39 1469.0 1415 616 131 490 881 3.77 104.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2  
* - 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 .990 32.9
J.Pramesa 726.7 83 84 452 33 4 1 .992 40.6
B.Nieman 451.1 51 56 277 14 3 1 .990 11.1
A.Seminick 263.8 28 31 159 11 2 0 .988 10.0
P.Masi 10.0 0 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.6 162 177 895 59 9 2 .991 26.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
E.Stevens 993.7 110 120 1228 90 8 92 .994 11.94
P.Seerey 353.3 41 45 439 27 10 53 .979 11.87
J.Wyrostek 231.1 34 35 284 21 4 27 .987 11.88
B.Howerton 140.6 24 24 162 12 4 16 .978 11.14
A.Seminick 17.7 2 2 21 3 0 0 1.000 12.20
B.Johnson 15.0 2 4 20 3 0 2 1.000 13.80
P.Masi 10.0 0 6 13 0 0 1 1.000 11.70
J.Pramesa 10.0 1 2 10 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1771.4 214 238 2177 156 26 193 .989 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
G.Hatton 1277.7 141 142 264 584 14 124 .984 5.97
B.Johnson 139.1 21 22 26 70 1 14 .990 6.21
R.Lapointe 131.3 14 16 28 50 4 10 .951 5.35
R.Sullivan 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
S.Stirnweiss 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1553.1 176 182 319 708 19 148 .982 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
S.Stirnweiss 1100.7 123 125 76 284 2 22 .994 2.94
R.Lapointe 177.7 18 24 7 54 1 3 .984 3.09
B.Johnson 121.6 18 20 7 29 2 5 .947 2.66
G.Hatton 68.0 7 8 4 10 3 0 .824 1.85
Team Total 1467.9 166 177 94 377 8 30 .983 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
B.Avila 1358.0 149 152 215 535 18 101 .977 4.97
R.Lapointe 61.0 7 9 9 27 1 5 .973 5.31
B.Johnson 17.2 3 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.76
Team Total 1436.2 159 165 227 570 19 107 .977 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
P.Seerey 955.3 111 111 167 8 6 4 .967 1.65
G.Woodling 119.0 13 18 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Wyrostek 74.3 11 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.33
R.Sullivan 62.7 2 20 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
B.Howerton 23.5 4 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.68
B.Nieman 9.2 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
E.Stevens 8.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
P.Masi 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1258.0 141 176 213 9 7 5 .969 1.59
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
P.Reiser 1248.7 141 142 317 11 12 2 .965 2.36
J.Wyrostek 38.8 5 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.02
B.Nieman 34.7 4 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.07
R.Sullivan 21.0 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Howerton 17.1 3 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.05
J.Pramesa 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Woodling 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Johnson 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1369.6 155 168 348 12 13 2 .965 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
G.Woodling 1225.3 135 137 280 1 1 1 .996 2.06
R.Sullivan 173.0 21 23 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Wyrostek 10.1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
B.Howerton 8.7 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
E.Stevens 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Masi 2.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00
P.Seerey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.1 158 170 309 1 3 1 .990 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
D.Newcombe 325.0 44 44 27 57 3 4 .966 2.33
B.Pierce 304.0 42 42 14 57 3 1 .959 2.10
L.Kiely 292.0 40 40 23 62 2 2 .977 2.62
D.Ferriss 224.7 27 30 9 53 1 5 .984 2.48
H.Wilhelm 99.7 0 89 5 19 1 1 .960 2.17
J.Collum 87.7 5 46 5 25 0 2 1.000 3.08
A.Kellner 61.0 4 38 9 13 1 1 .957 3.25
J.Dobson 46.7 0 39 3 10 1 0 .929 2.51
S.Cary 22.3 0 20 0 7 0 3 1.000 2.82
B.Porterfield 6.0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1469.0 163 394 95 304 12 19 .971 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Avila .301
On-Base Pct Woodling .418
Slugging Pct Woodling .490
OPS Woodling .908
XR Woodling 114.7
Games Woodling 159
At-Bats Hatton 586
Runs Woodling 109
Hits Avila 175
Total Bases Avila 273
Singles Avila 122
Doubles Reiser 31
Triples Reiser 11
Homeruns Seerey 28
RBIs Woodling 115
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 45
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss 15
Walks Woodling 120
Strikeouts Seerey 145
ERA Kiely 3.11
Wins Newcombe 26
Losses Ferriss 12
Winning Pct Newcombe .788
Saves Wilhelm 27
Games Pitched Wilhelm 89
Games Started Newcombe 44
Complete Games Ferriss 13
Shutouts Newcombe 2
Innings Pitched Newcombe 325.0
Hits Allowed Newcombe 296
Homeruns Allowed Newcombe 36
Strikeouts Newcombe 245
Walks Allowed Newcombe 132
Walks per 9IP Kiely 2.0
Hits per 9IP Pierce 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 7.0
WHiP Pierce 1.17
OAVG Pierce .220
OOBP Pierce .287
OSLG Pierce .343
OOPS Pierce .630
Team All-Stars
Bobby Avila
Leo Kiely
Don Newcombe
Billy Pierce
Pete Reiser
Hoyt Wilhelm
Gene Woodling
Johnny Wyrostek
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 15,500,000
Pete Reiser $ 11,000,000
Grady Hatton $ 8,000,000
Pat Seerey $ 8,000,000
Billy Pierce $ 7,100,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,490,000
Dave Ferriss $ 3,000,000
Don Newcombe $ 2,950,000
Joe Dobson $ 2,500,000
Butch Nieman $ 2,500,000
Ed Stevens $ 2,500,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,400,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,350,000
Phil Masi $ 700,000
Fred Sanford $ 330,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 300,000
Bobby Avila $ 300,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
Leo Kiely $ 300,000
Alex Kellner $ 300,000
Russ Sullivan $ 300,000
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 300,000
Jackie Collum $ 300,000
Scott Cary $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Hank Edwards
Clyde Vollmer
Steve Souchock		 San Diego Dave Ferriss
Phil Masi
2/1 Traded Clint Hartung Detroit Snuffy Stirnweiss
2/12 Signed     Joe Dobson
3/3 Traded Ralph Branca
Sid Gordon
Jerry Snyder		 New York (A) Pat Seerey
Don Newcombe
Bill Howerton
7/1 Traded Andy Seminick
Bob Porterfield
Bill Howerton		 Detroit Butch Nieman
Billy Johnson
Johnny Wyrostek
$2,000,000
 
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