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1978 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 83-77
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 798
Runs Allowed: 723
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,251,456
Manager: Chris Kelsey II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 9th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 6th in the American League
A: 49-88, 12th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Reggie Jackson 32 154 570 92 149 32 3 19 102 2 0 94 124 .261 .366 .428 .794 90.9 18.9 0.3
2B #Bump Wills 25 148 557 106 158 32 6 17 53 49 23 53 63 .284 .345 .454 .799 86.5 17.7 4.8
2B *Ken Boswell 32 152 550 86 161 24 5 11 70 6 1 55 37 .293 .359 .415 .774 78.4 16.3 5.6
CF  Larry Hisle 31 151 540 70 165 14 3 9 83 3 1 47 69 .306 .359 .393 .751 73.3 14.9 4.0
CF #Reggie Smith 33 136 485 68 132 23 1 20 90 4 2 70 85 .272 .362 .447 .809 77.4 16.0 4.4
LF *Carlos May 30 137 443 83 130 22 4 14 77 6 0 67 50 .293 .380 .456 .836 78.5 17.1 2.3
SS *Clarence Jones 36 110 340 35 88 12 0 3 32 2 1 28 58 .259 .315 .321 .636 31.6 3.8 2.3
1B *Dave Revering 25 103 325 42 84 13 2 9 54 1 2 20 29 .258 .297 .394 .691 38.1 5.7 1.0
3B *Wayne Gross 26 98 309 43 61 19 2 4 40 0 0 35 50 .197 .278 .311 .589 22.8 0.5 2.8
3B  Tony Perez 36 99 306 27 75 13 4 11 55 1 3 19 78 .245 .294 .422 .716 35.2 5.1 2.3
C *Jay Johnstone 32 91 267 29 67 10 0 6 32 0 2 22 35 .251 .309 .356 .665 26.7 3.3 1.7
C  Duffy Dyer 32 86 256 39 76 7 2 11 38 3 2 26 24 .297 .367 .469 .836 42.1 9.4 1.4
SS  Dick Smith 39 76 175 31 48 9 2 0 14 13 2 8 40 .274 .304 .349 .653 19.1 3.0 1.9
SS  Rick Auerbach 28 60 159 12 35 0 1 1 14 2 1 6 8 .220 .247 .252 .499 8.4 0.0 0.6
LF  Ike Brown 36 58 109 16 27 4 0 3 15 0 0 21 18 .248 .369 .367 .736 15.8 3.0 0.8
3B #Sandy Alomar Sr. 34 59 101 16 26 2 0 0 7 13 6 7 17 .257 .306 .277 .583 8.7 0.5 1.7
LF *Gene Locklear 28 24 73 3 12 1 0 0 5 1 0 7 11 .164 .235 .178 .413 3.6 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 31.5 1742 5565 798 1494 237 35 138 781 106 46 585 796 .268 .338 .398 .736 737.0 135.1 38.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 4 7 8 8 4 3 5 4 2 9 5 4 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Dave Goltz 29 17 13 .567 34 34 0 269.3 282 124 17 95 89 4.14 13.9
 Rollie Fingers 31 12 12 .500 35 35 0 241.7 218 105 29 112 155 3.91 12.1
 Aurelio Lopez 29 9 13 .409 31 31 0 221.0 215 101 22 81 115 4.11 10.0
 Denny McLain 34 14 7 .667 27 27 0 210.3 233 75 21 16 83 3.21 15.3
 Dick Selma 34 14 9 .609 37 28 1 206.3 187 74 21 67 121 3.23 15.6
 Rickey Clark 32 7 10 .412 58 0 10 90.3 113 55 11 41 34 5.48 1.7
 Jim Todd 30 6 2 .750 39 0 4 67.0 65 30 7 27 32 4.03 4.7
 Rawly Eastwick 27 2 7 .222 43 0 8 61.0 65 32 10 28 27 4.72 1.8
 Tom Seaver 33 2 3 .400 5 5 0 40.7 51 26 2 16 17 5.76 0.5
 Tom Bradley 31 0 0 .000 14 0 0 21.0 31 19 6 8 6 8.14 0.0
 Lew Krausse 35 0 1 .000 4 0 1 9.0 16 9 5 3 4 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.4 83 77 .519 327 160 24 1437.6 1476 650 151 494 683 4.07 75.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 7 4 8 8 11 7 4 9 7  
* - 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 .987 32.1
J.Johnstone 558.0 62 65 287 21 3 1 .990 20.3
C.Jones 469.3 52 56 240 16 5 0 .981 16.7
D.Dyer 410.3 46 49 187 17 1 0 .995 26.9
Team Total 1437.7 160 170 714 54 9 1 .988 20.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
D.Revering 760.3 88 96 890 70 10 79 .990 11.36
R.Auerbach 313.0 38 38 378 37 3 36 .993 11.93
C.May 141.0 16 16 156 16 0 17 1.000 10.98
K.Boswell 79.0 9 11 91 6 1 8 .990 11.05
T.Perez 32.0 3 9 38 3 0 1 1.000 11.53
D.Dyer 28.0 3 5 34 0 0 3 1.000 10.93
D.Smith 20.0 1 9 23 2 0 3 1.000 11.25
I.Brown 16.0 0 10 21 0 0 2 1.000 11.81
C.Jones 16.0 2 3 21 0 0 4 1.000 11.81
R.Smith 14.0 0 4 19 1 0 4 1.000 12.86
S.Alomar Sr. 12.0 0 6 13 1 0 3 1.000 10.50
L.Hisle 2.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59
J.Johnstone 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
W.Gross 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1437.7 160 211 1693 136 14 160 .992 11.45
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
B.Wills 1158.7 129 137 250 484 15 108 .980 5.70
K.Boswell 168.0 19 19 40 74 0 20 1.000 6.11
C.Jones 53.0 6 7 12 17 1 5 .967 4.92
J.Johnstone 30.0 3 5 5 10 1 1 .938 4.50
D.Smith 18.0 2 4 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.00
I.Brown 8.0 1 3 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.75
S.Alomar Sr. 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 177 310 598 17 136 .982 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
W.Gross 748.3 88 91 70 180 15 14 .943 3.01
T.Perez 548.7 63 70 52 140 12 11 .941 3.15
D.Dyer 39.0 3 7 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.54
C.Jones 23.7 2 6 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.66
D.Smith 23.0 1 8 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.30
K.Boswell 18.0 1 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Johnstone 18.0 2 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.00
L.Hisle 14.0 0 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Jackson 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Auerbach 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 203 132 353 27 28 .947 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
K.Boswell 793.3 89 94 118 319 8 63 .982 4.96
S.Alomar Sr. 253.0 32 33 47 108 3 22 .981 5.51
C.Jones 190.0 19 29 33 65 4 15 .961 4.64
D.Smith 156.0 17 23 29 71 4 17 .962 5.77
R.Auerbach 39.3 3 14 5 13 3 2 .857 4.12
J.Johnstone 5.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
L.Hisle 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 197 233 579 22 119 .974 5.08
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
C.May 785.0 88 100 167 2 1 0 .994 1.94
I.Brown 203.0 25 28 56 1 1 1 .983 2.53
G.Locklear 155.0 18 18 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Smith 87.0 10 16 20 0 1 0 .952 2.07
R.Smith 85.0 8 12 25 1 1 0 .963 2.75
D.Dyer 57.0 4 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
K.Boswell 30.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
C.Jones 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
R.Jackson 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Auerbach 3.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11
J.Johnstone 2.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1437.7 160 197 322 5 4 1 .988 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
R.Smith 1034.0 119 119 320 10 9 4 .973 2.87
D.Smith 88.3 8 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
R.Jackson 79.3 9 10 22 0 1 0 .957 2.50
L.Hisle 68.0 7 7 14 0 1 0 .933 1.85
J.Johnstone 66.0 6 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
K.Boswell 66.0 7 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
C.Jones 36.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1437.7 160 173 426 10 11 4 .975 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
L.Hisle 1168.0 136 138 306 8 3 4 .991 2.42
C.May 88.7 8 13 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
D.Dyer 79.0 9 11 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.62
R.Auerbach 26.0 2 8 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38
C.Jones 19.0 1 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.26
G.Locklear 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
D.Smith 13.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
S.Alomar Sr. 10.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
K.Boswell 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Smith 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Jackson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 190 371 9 4 5 .990 2.38
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
D.Goltz 269.3 34 34 20 59 2 3 .975 2.64
R.Fingers 241.7 35 35 12 32 0 3 1.000 1.64
A.Lopez 221.0 31 31 16 31 4 1 .922 1.91
D.McLain 210.3 27 27 22 33 2 4 .965 2.35
D.Selma 206.3 28 37 10 29 0 1 1.000 1.70
R.Clark 90.3 0 58 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.49
J.Todd 67.0 0 39 6 9 2 0 .882 2.01
R.Eastwick 61.0 0 43 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.95
T.Seaver 40.7 5 5 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.88
T.Bradley 21.0 0 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.57
L.Krausse 9.0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1437.6 160 327 103 243 10 15 .972 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hisle .306
On-Base Pct May .380
Slugging Pct May .456
OPS May .836
XR Jackson 90.9
Games Jackson 154
At-Bats Jackson 570
Runs Wills 106
Hits Hisle 165
Total Bases Wills 253
Singles Hisle 139
Doubles Wills, Jackson 32
Triples Wills 6
Homeruns Smith 20
RBIs Jackson 102
Stolen Bases Wills 49
Caught Stealing Wills 23
Walks Jackson 94
Strikeouts Jackson 124
ERA McLain 3.21
Wins Goltz 17
Losses Goltz, Lopez 13
Winning Pct McLain .667
Saves Clark 10
Games Pitched Clark 58
Games Started Fingers 35
Complete Games Goltz 16
Shutouts Goltz 2
Innings Pitched Goltz 269.3
Hits Allowed Goltz 282
Homeruns Allowed Fingers 29
Strikeouts Fingers 155
Walks Allowed Fingers 112
Walks per 9IP McLain 0.7
Hits per 9IP Fingers 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Fingers 5.8
WHiP McLain 1.18
OAVG Fingers .240
OOBP McLain .289
OSLG Selma .365
OOPS Selma .670
Team All-Stars
Ken Boswell
Dave Goltz
Bump Wills
Player Salaries
Rollie Fingers $ 8,500,000
Reggie Jackson $ 7,500,000
Reggie Smith $ 5,400,000
Larry Hisle $ 3,760,000
Dave Goltz $ 3,664,286
Ike Brown $ 3,500,000
Dick Selma $ 3,450,000
Carlos May $ 2,700,000
Ken Boswell $ 2,321,429
Denny McLain $ 1,600,000
Tom Bradley $ 1,600,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 1,478,571
Jay Johnstone $ 1,300,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 914,286
Duffy Dyer $ 810,000
Sandy Alomar Sr. $ 350,000
Wayne Gross $ 300,000
Dave Revering $ 300,000
Rickey Clark $ 300,000
Bump Wills $ 300,000
Clarence Jones $ 300,000
Gene Locklear $ 300,000
Rick Auerbach $ 300,000
Jim Todd $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Tony Perez
2/14 Signed     Tom Seaver
5/1 Released Luis Gomez    
5/1 Released Joe Cannon    
5/1 Released Mark Lemongello    
5/1 Released Joe Gilbert    
5/1 Released Brad Gulden    
5/1 Released Rick Kreuger    
5/1 Released Mark Wiley    
5/1 Released Bill Champion    
5/1 Released Rich Mckinney    
10/29 Released Tony Perez    
10/29 Released Lew Krausse    
10/29 Released Tom Seaver    
10/29 Released Dick Smith    
 
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