1968 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 54-108
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 589
Runs Allowed: 843
Exp W-L: 55-107
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,536,076
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
AA: 82-55, 2nd in the American League
A: 103-34, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
SS *Ty Cline 29 154 551 65 158 17 3 9 52 29 19 53 72 .287 .351 .377 .728 70.6 14.7 2.7
LF *George Altman 35 148 444 60 109 16 5 12 53 26 4 37 106 .245 .301 .385 .686 54.1 10.1 1.0
C  Johnny Romano 33 137 404 44 76 10 2 16 60 0 0 63 123 .188 .299 .342 .641 45.1 5.8 4.0
3B  Joe Foy 25 105 347 60 109 22 1 14 48 22 7 53 44 .314 .406 .504 .911 66.5 18.2 2.0
SS #Maury Wills 35 98 368 33 75 9 1 0 9 33 16 21 56 .204 .249 .234 .482 16.7 0.0 1.9
3B *Eddie Mathews 36 130 339 42 73 6 1 11 43 10 4 50 99 .215 .315 .336 .652 39.7 6.5 1.4
C  Gene Oliver 33 123 311 37 81 13 2 8 41 1 1 31 77 .260 .327 .392 .719 39.8 8.1 1.8
LF *Johnny Callison 29 79 284 38 83 24 3 14 48 5 8 33 55 .292 .371 .546 .916 49.7 12.7 0.5
2B *Tony Oliva 27 75 268 23 66 18 1 6 35 3 1 16 17 .246 .286 .388 .674 29.2 5.0 0.6
RF *Lee Maye 33 88 243 24 47 5 1 7 20 3 0 9 42 .193 .222 .309 .531 14.5 0.0 1.0
LF *Ray Webster 25 66 224 20 39 10 0 4 23 3 2 13 41 .174 .219 .272 .492 9.9 0.0 0.4
1B #Richie Scheinblum 25 63 180 24 47 6 0 2 13 1 3 34 20 .261 .381 .328 .709 23.1 4.7 0.4
SS  Dick Smith 29 53 195 32 56 12 2 3 21 11 5 15 22 .287 .344 .415 .760 27.4 6.6 1.2
2B  Jim Davenport 34 61 190 13 43 8 1 4 23 0 0 13 47 .226 .273 .342 .615 16.2 1.5 1.5
LF *Norm Miller 22 49 149 10 25 1 2 2 7 1 2 15 31 .168 .257 .242 .499 8.8 0.0 0.6
LF *Bob Skinner 36 81 144 21 30 4 1 3 17 1 3 16 30 .208 .284 .313 .596 11.2 0.3 0.2
P  Jack Fisher 29 43 112 5 8 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 37 .071 .080 .143 .223 -4.0 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Perry 32 40 93 0 9 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 19 .097 .113 .108 .221 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Foytack 37 39 87 7 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 .138 .157 .172 .330 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Tex Nelson 31 41 77 5 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 26 .182 .267 .247 .514 4.7 0.0 0.4
1B *Ron Stone 25 20 55 5 9 1 0 1 2 3 2 7 15 .164 .258 .236 .494 2.2 0.0 0.1
P  Dave Morehead 25 24 48 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .125 .143 .146 .289 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Earl Averill 36 39 37 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 14 .216 .341 .216 .557 3.7 0.5 0.0
CF  Larry Hisle 21 8 32 3 6 0 1 2 8 0 2 1 17 .188 .212 .438 .650 2.6 0.3 0.1
CF *Al Pilarcik 37 17 27 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .222 .323 .222 .545 2.5 0.4 0.1
CF #Reggie Smith 23 8 27 5 7 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 .259 .310 .481 .792 4.3 1.1 0.1
P  Don Larsen 38 14 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .192 .192 .192 .385 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Reggie Jackson 22 7 23 1 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 10 .261 .346 .478 .824 3.7 0.9 0.0
C  Jim Pagliaroni 30 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 -1.2 0.0 0.1
SS  Ernie Fazio 26 6 9 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 5 .222 .300 .778 1.078 1.8 0.4 0.0
P  Earl Wilson 33 10 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Rollie Fingers 21 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Reno Bertoia 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0.1 0.0 0.1
C  Earl Battey 33 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.1
P *Sammy Ellis 27 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Lee Walls 35 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Jack Aker 27 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
P *Dallas Green 33 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Hall 37 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Cimino 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Lee 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Meyer 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1995 5347 589 1223 195 31 123 558 154 81 513 1102 .229 .297 .346 .643 543.8 98.6 22.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 9 8 9 10 5 6 8 2 9 4 8 9 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Jack Fisher 29 14 20 .412 43 43 0 320.7 352 158 36 106 187 4.43 10.0
 Jim Perry 32 10 23 .303 40 36 0 295.3 311 131 26 95 108 3.99 11.3
 Paul Foytack 37 8 24 .250 39 39 0 265.7 316 163 34 106 164 5.52 0.0
 Dave Morehead 25 6 10 .375 24 24 0 148.0 101 57 13 75 175 3.47 9.9
 Don Larsen 38 0 9 .000 14 11 0 85.0 83 40 9 37 49 4.24 1.7
 Dick Hall 37 3 6 .333 68 0 3 74.7 90 40 13 19 29 4.82 2.3
 Claude Raymond 31 4 6 .400 52 0 5 57.7 73 35 5 29 32 5.46 0.5
 Jack Aker 27 3 2 .600 32 0 9 37.0 52 26 3 15 22 6.32 0.0
 Earl Wilson 33 0 3 .000 10 4 0 33.0 51 33 2 19 14 9.00 0.0
 Pete Cimino 25 1 1 .500 20 0 2 24.3 25 14 7 9 14 5.18 0.8
 Russ Kemmerer 36 2 3 .400 17 0 0 22.0 30 19 3 8 8 7.77 0.0
 Jim Coates 35 1 0 1.000 14 0 2 20.3 26 13 3 13 10 5.76 0.0
 Rollie Fingers 21 0 0 .000 3 3 0 18.3 16 5 1 8 20 2.45 1.8
 Sammy Ellis 27 0 1 .000 2 2 0 15.7 15 3 1 6 5 1.72 1.8
 Dallas Green 33 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 9.7 10 10 1 9 2 9.32 0.0
 Jack Meyer 36 1 0 1.000 6 0 2 5.3 5 3 1 2 2 5.07 0.8
 Bob Lee 30 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 31.3 54 108 .333 397 162 24 1433.6 1558 750 158 556 841 4.71 41.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 7 10 9 10 8 10 6 10 10  
* - 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 .991 36.5
J.Romano 965.0 107 123 577 52 6 3 .991 46.9
G.Oliver 419.7 50 51 258 18 4 1 .986 41.4
E.Averill 31.0 3 6 12 1 1 0 .929 33.3
J.Pagliaroni 12.0 1 1 11 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
E.Battey 9.5 2 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1437.2 163 183 865 74 11 4 .988 44.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
J.Callison 558.6 50 57 690 57 10 66 .987 12.04
R.Webster 500.0 62 62 622 56 4 59 .994 12.20
G.Oliver 121.0 13 19 124 16 1 13 .993 10.41
E.Mathews 83.3 7 22 111 6 0 9 1.000 12.64
N.Miller 42.0 5 6 37 2 0 4 1.000 8.36
T.Cline 10.0 0 5 10 2 0 1 1.000 10.80
R.Scheinblum 7.0 1 2 11 0 0 2 1.000 14.14
B.Skinner 5.0 0 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 16.20
R.Stone 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Pagliaroni 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Maye 1.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27
D.Smith 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Fazio 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Walls 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1334.7 138 181 1621 140 15 155 .992 11.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
D.Smith 445.0 51 51 118 189 3 48 .990 6.21
M.Wills 441.3 47 49 100 200 9 36 .971 6.12
L.Maye 239.0 27 33 44 95 2 15 .986 5.23
J.Davenport 195.0 23 25 52 91 2 23 .986 6.60
T.Nelson 48.7 5 6 11 24 1 5 .972 6.47
E.Mathews 17.0 2 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71
T.Cline 17.0 2 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.71
L.Walls 5.7 4 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.74
N.Miller 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Fazio 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67
Team Total 1414.4 161 175 333 610 17 130 .982 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
J.Foy 793.7 92 93 50 205 8 15 .970 2.89
E.Mathews 563.3 63 66 37 140 9 17 .952 2.83
T.Nelson 48.0 5 5 3 10 2 2 .867 2.44
M.Wills 19.4 2 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.86
E.Fazio 10.8 2 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Pagliaroni 9.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Stone 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00
E.Battey 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Walls 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.1 165 173 94 365 19 36 .960 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
T.Cline 577.0 66 68 102 263 4 54 .989 5.69
M.Wills 331.6 37 38 59 133 13 32 .937 5.21
J.Davenport 291.7 34 34 53 126 5 21 .973 5.52
G.Oliver 52.0 6 6 8 10 1 5 .947 3.12
T.Nelson 44.0 4 7 13 17 2 5 .938 6.14
L.Maye 40.0 4 7 4 15 0 4 1.000 4.28
J.Romano 30.0 3 4 2 9 1 1 .917 3.30
J.Foy 20.7 2 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.92
R.Bertoia 15.0 1 3 4 11 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Altman 9.0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Callison 5.7 1 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.32
N.Miller 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Fazio 3.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.86
D.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.3 159 178 250 601 26 125 .970 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
G.Altman 885.0 99 109 172 5 2 2 .989 1.80
R.Scheinblum 326.7 41 41 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
G.Oliver 113.0 12 18 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
R.Jackson 50.0 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
J.Callison 34.4 2 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.05
B.Skinner 19.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
E.Mathews 14.0 1 5 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.86
R.Webster 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Foy 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
T.Nelson 6.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
A.Pilarcik 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Fazio 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Walls 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.5 164 202 281 6 2 3 .993 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
T.Cline 626.0 72 73 150 3 7 2 .956 2.20
N.Miller 348.7 42 42 89 8 1 2 .990 2.50
L.Maye 124.7 14 20 32 0 3 0 .914 2.31
T.Oliva 115.3 14 16 29 1 4 0 .882 2.34
R.Smith 65.0 8 8 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.91
A.Pilarcik 51.7 5 8 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.09
G.Altman 49.0 3 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
T.Nelson 22.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
E.Fazio 3.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
R.Stone 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1407.2 160 189 349 15 15 5 .960 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
T.Oliva 503.7 59 60 98 4 2 1 .981 1.82
B.Skinner 267.0 29 43 42 1 1 0 .977 1.45
L.Maye 204.0 26 26 39 2 0 1 1.000 1.81
R.Stone 143.0 17 17 23 0 1 0 .958 1.45
R.Scheinblum 124.3 14 19 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
L.Hisle 72.0 8 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
E.Mathews 45.7 5 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
J.Callison 45.3 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
G.Altman 40.0 3 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
T.Nelson 14.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
A.Pilarcik 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Cline 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Foy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Bertoia 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Fazio 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.9 166 210 274 8 4 2 .986 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
J.Fisher 320.7 43 43 16 66 8 3 .911 2.30
J.Perry 295.3 36 40 14 52 1 4 .985 2.01
P.Foytack 265.7 39 39 17 54 1 3 .986 2.41
D.Morehead 148.0 24 24 15 20 3 0 .921 2.13
D.Larsen 85.0 11 14 5 11 3 0 .842 1.69
D.Hall 74.7 0 68 3 17 0 1 1.000 2.41
C.Raymond 57.7 0 52 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.03
J.Aker 37.0 0 32 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.92
E.Wilson 33.0 4 10 5 7 0 1 1.000 3.27
P.Cimino 24.3 0 20 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.85
R.Kemmerer 22.0 0 17 1 4 1 0 .833 2.05
J.Coates 20.3 0 14 3 2 1 0 .833 2.21
R.Fingers 18.3 3 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.45
S.Ellis 15.7 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72
D.Green 9.7 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Meyer 5.3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Lee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.6 162 397 92 262 18 14 .952 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cline .287
On-Base Pct Cline .351
Slugging Pct Foy .391
OPS Cline .728
XR Cline 70.6
Games Cline 154
At-Bats Cline 551
Runs Cline 65
Hits Cline 158
Total Bases Cline 208
Singles Cline 129
Doubles Callison 24
Triples Altman 5
Homeruns Romano 16
RBIs Romano 60
Stolen Bases Wills 33
Caught Stealing Cline 19
Walks Romano 63
Strikeouts Romano 123
ERA Perry 3.99
Wins Fisher 14
Losses Foytack 24
Winning Pct Fisher .412
Saves Aker 9
Games Pitched Hall 68
Games Started Fisher 43
Complete Games Perry 16
Shutouts Perry 3
Innings Pitched Fisher 320.7
Hits Allowed Fisher 352
Homeruns Allowed Fisher 36
Strikeouts Fisher 187
Walks Allowed Fisher, Foytack 106
Walks per 9IP Perry 2.9
Hits per 9IP Perry 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Foytack 5.6
WHiP Perry 1.37
OAVG Perry .275
OOBP Perry .330
OSLG Perry .384
OOPS Perry .713
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Romano $ 5,500,000
Gene Oliver $ 4,500,000
Lee Walls $ 4,250,000
Dick Hall $ 4,000,000
Jim Perry $ 3,500,000
Earl Battey $ 3,300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 3,000,000
Jack Fisher $ 3,000,000
George Altman $ 2,500,000
Jack Meyer $ 2,090,000
Jim Davenport $ 2,000,000
Bob Skinner $ 2,000,000
Paul Foytack $ 1,700,000
Don Larsen $ 1,500,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 1,100,000
Al Pilarcik $ 1,100,000
Ty Cline $ 1,000,000
Bob Bruce $ 999,999
Claude Raymond $ 999,999
Lee Maye $ 850,000
Tex Nelson $ 600,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 450,000
Earl Averill $ 450,000
Dallas Green $ 350,000
Sammy Ellis $ 300,000
Ernie Fazio $ 300,000
Pete Cimino $ 300,000
Reggie Smith $ 300,000
Ron Stone $ 300,000
Dick Smith $ 300,000
Rollie Fingers $ 300,000
Joe Foy $ 300,000
Larry Hisle $ 300,000
Reggie Jackson $ 300,000
Jack Aker $ 300,000
Ray Webster $ 300,000
Tony Oliva $ 300,000
Norm Miller $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Jim Davenport
2/4 Signed     Johnny Romano
2/6 Signed     Johnny Callison
2/6 Signed     Eddie Mathews
2/17 Signed     Maury Wills
2/21 Traded Ernie Bowman Washington Ray Webster
3/3 Traded Red Swanson Kansas City Kevin Collins
7/1 Traded Reno Bertoia
Johnny Callison
$2,000,000
New York (A) Ernie Fazio
Jack Meyer
7/7 Released Stan Palys    
7/31 Traded Maury Wills Boston (N) Jerry Nyman
7/31 Traded Jim Coates Boston (N) Lee Walls
7/31 Traded Rob Gardner
Bob Lee
Oakland Dave Mcnally
7/31 Traded John Donaldson Los Angeles Sammy Ellis
7/31 Traded Earl Wilson New York (A) Earl Battey
Remy Hermoso
Danny Lazar