1987 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 90-70
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 800
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,228,440
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 10th in the American League
AA: 80-57, 3rd in the American League
A: 50-87, 12th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
3B *Tom O'Malley 26 155 588 104 178 35 2 17 85 3 3 85 48 .303 .389 .456 .845 101.3 21.6 3.3
RF #R.J. Reynolds 28 152 608 95 188 35 4 9 77 13 9 48 79 .309 .359 .424 .783 84.9 15.9 2.9
DH *Keith Hernandez 33 156 595 98 180 45 3 15 82 0 0 62 104 .303 .367 .464 .831 93.0 18.9 2.7
RF  Mike Marshall 27 138 547 76 182 38 4 18 108 0 0 34 78 .333 .372 .516 .888 90.4 19.5 0.0
SS  Brian Giles 27 148 529 63 143 25 3 9 68 3 2 47 77 .270 .329 .380 .709 65.0 9.8 6.2
C  Lance Parrish 31 137 506 70 124 20 2 20 70 2 2 40 117 .245 .300 .411 .711 59.4 7.6 8.0
RF *Randy Bush 28 145 457 63 128 22 4 16 64 1 1 57 71 .280 .367 .451 .818 72.5 14.4 1.8
2B  Tim Teufel 28 148 458 60 104 31 2 8 48 0 2 39 95 .227 .286 .356 .642 46.6 3.8 6.7
SS  Hubie Brooks 30 128 453 62 125 21 3 8 54 6 5 49 76 .276 .349 .389 .738 60.5 10.6 1.5
LF  Pete Incaviglia 23 120 304 34 70 15 0 8 38 0 0 37 83 .230 .320 .359 .679 34.3 3.3 1.0
1B *Roy Howell 33 95 179 23 47 13 4 2 26 0 0 6 52 .263 .288 .413 .701 20.6 2.6 1.6
C  Dave Engle 30 50 157 12 31 5 0 1 17 0 1 6 13 .197 .223 .248 .471 7.6 0.0 2.3
LF *Mel Hall 26 75 145 16 42 7 0 2 15 1 0 10 11 .290 .338 .379 .717 18.3 3.0 0.5
SS  Mike Fischlin 31 68 76 15 20 6 2 1 19 0 1 6 8 .263 .345 .434 .779 11.4 2.1 0.7
CF  Bob Dernier 30 17 27 7 8 2 0 0 6 1 1 3 2 .296 .355 .370 .725 4.0 0.7 0.1
LF #John Moses 29 8 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1740 5638 800 1572 320 33 134 777 30 27 529 914 .279 .342 .419 .760 769.2 133.6 39.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 3 2 3 8 7 3 11 3 4 9 2 2 4 3 3  
* - 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
 John Denny 34 20 6 .769 37 37 0 244.3 232 76 2 81 167 2.80 23.9
 Mike Griffin 30 15 9 .625 33 33 0 201.0 207 87 10 34 76 3.90 13.7
 Mark Eichhorn 26 12 7 .632 31 31 0 182.7 196 91 15 63 88 4.48 9.5
 Pascual Perez 30 12 6 .667 28 28 0 165.0 191 83 14 44 104 4.53 7.6
 La Marr Hoyt 32 8 9 .471 25 25 0 156.7 183 81 14 32 80 4.65 6.8
 Chuck Porter 31 3 11 .214 71 1 4 141.3 150 77 21 49 83 4.90 5.0
*Jimmy Key 26 2 7 .222 59 0 2 99.3 142 90 8 40 31 8.15 0.0
 Randy O'Neal 26 10 8 .556 71 5 3 98.3 108 43 8 38 61 3.94 7.4
*Dave Rucker 29 6 6 .500 58 0 34 63.3 57 19 1 23 32 2.70 12.6
 John Habyan 23 1 0 1.000 24 0 2 46.0 41 13 4 13 24 2.54 4.5
 Joe Kerrigan 32 1 1 .500 18 0 6 38.0 26 10 4 13 34 2.37 5.5
*Joe Magrane 22 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 28.4 90 70 .563 456 160 51 1438.0 1534 670 101 430 780 4.19 96.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 3 2 3 10 2 6 2 10 6  
* - 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 34.1
L.Parrish 1125.0 125 131 642 69 9 0 .988 39.1
D.Engle 313.0 35 39 172 19 1 0 .995 45.2
Team Total 1438.0 160 170 814 88 10 0 .989 40.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
K.Hernandez 1302.3 146 156 1596 145 16 135 .991 12.03
R.Howell 131.0 14 22 177 14 1 15 .995 13.12
M.Marshall 4.7 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 11.59
Team Total 1438.0 160 179 1779 159 17 150 .991 12.13
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
T.Teufel 1225.0 147 148 247 604 14 111 .984 6.25
R.Howell 122.3 8 37 30 49 2 8 .975 5.81
M.Fischlin 87.7 5 27 11 33 2 5 .957 4.52
B.Giles 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 214 288 688 18 124 .982 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
T.O'Malley 1310.3 147 153 93 295 14 34 .965 2.66
R.Howell 113.7 13 19 7 22 2 3 .935 2.30
H.Brooks 9.0 0 2 0 2 1 1 .667 2.00
L.Parrish 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
M.Fischlin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Dernier 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 177 101 320 17 39 .961 2.63
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
B.Giles 1228.3 141 146 190 535 11 89 .985 5.31
R.Howell 105.7 10 23 10 50 2 10 .968 5.11
M.Fischlin 99.0 9 20 18 38 2 5 .966 5.09
H.Brooks 5.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1438.0 160 193 219 626 15 104 .983 5.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
H.Brooks 1069.0 123 123 219 3 19 1 .921 1.87
M.Hall 157.0 18 24 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
P.Incaviglia 139.7 14 25 30 3 1 2 .971 2.13
R.Bush 58.0 4 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.Moses 10.3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
M.Marshall 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1438.0 160 191 285 6 20 3 .936 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
R.Reynolds 1300.0 147 151 346 4 4 1 .989 2.42
M.Hall 117.7 12 21 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Dernier 11.3 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Moses 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Howell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 177 383 5 4 1 .990 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
R.Bush 981.7 110 122 196 12 3 0 .986 1.91
P.Incaviglia 358.0 42 49 82 6 2 2 .978 2.21
B.Dernier 51.0 6 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
M.Hall 33.3 2 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.78
D.Engle 10.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
M.Marshall 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1438.0 160 195 307 18 5 2 .985 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
J.Denny 244.3 37 37 28 35 2 0 .969 2.32
M.Griffin 201.0 33 33 22 29 0 2 1.000 2.28
M.Eichhorn 182.7 31 31 14 21 0 2 1.000 1.72
P.Perez 165.0 28 28 12 24 2 1 .947 1.96
L.Hoyt 156.7 25 25 18 28 0 1 1.000 2.64
C.Porter 141.3 1 71 15 11 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Key 99.3 0 59 5 17 0 3 1.000 1.99
R.O'Neal 98.3 5 71 9 13 1 0 .957 2.01
D.Rucker 63.3 0 58 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.85
J.Habyan 46.0 0 24 5 3 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Kerrigan 38.0 0 18 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.37
J.Magrane 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 456 132 200 5 10 .985 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Marshall .333
On-Base Pct O'Malley .389
Slugging Pct Marshall .516
OPS Marshall .888
XR O'Malley 101.3
Games Hernandez 156
At-Bats Reynolds 608
Runs O'Malley 104
Hits Reynolds 188
Total Bases Marshall 282
Singles Reynolds 140
Doubles Hernandez 45
Triples Bush, Howell, Marshall, Reynolds 4
Homeruns Parrish 20
RBIs Marshall 108
Stolen Bases Reynolds 13
Caught Stealing Reynolds 9
Walks O'Malley 85
Strikeouts Parrish 117
ERA Denny 2.80
Wins Denny 20
Losses Porter 11
Winning Pct Denny .769
Saves Rucker 34
Games Pitched O'Neal, Porter 71
Games Started Denny 37
Complete Games Hoyt 2
Shutouts Hoyt 2
Innings Pitched Denny 244.3
Hits Allowed Denny 232
Homeruns Allowed Porter 21
Strikeouts Denny 167
Walks Allowed Denny 81
Walks per 9IP Griffin 1.5
Hits per 9IP Denny 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Denny 6.2
WHiP Griffin 1.20
OAVG Denny .252
OOBP Griffin .294
OSLG Denny .311
OOPS Denny .623
Team All-Stars
John Denny
Mike Griffin
Mike Marshall
Tom O'Malley
R.J. Reynolds
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 12,000,010
Mike Griffin $ 8,250,000
La Marr Hoyt $ 5,750,000
Keith Hernandez $ 5,500,000
Mark Eichhorn $ 4,957,143
Mike Marshall $ 4,028,571
Randy Bush $ 3,300,000
Pascual Perez $ 3,250,000
Brian Giles $ 3,178,571
R.J. Reynolds $ 2,928,571
Hubie Brooks $ 2,807,143
Lance Parrish $ 2,564,286
Dave Rucker $ 2,325,714
Chuck Porter $ 2,285,714
Tom O'Malley $ 1,450,000
Tim Teufel $ 1,207,143
Mel Hall $ 385,714
Atlee Hammaker $ 350,000
Mike Fischlin $ 350,000
Bob Dernier $ 350,000
Joe Kerrigan $ 350,000
Glenn Hubbard $ 350,000
Paul Moskau $ 350,000
Steve Nicosia $ 350,000
Dave Engle $ 300,000
John Habyan $ 300,000
Roy Howell $ 300,000
Pete Incaviglia $ 300,000
Jimmy Key $ 300,000
Joe Magrane $ 300,000
John Moses $ 300,000
Randy O'Neal $ 300,000
Charles Hudson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Balor Moore
Wes Gardner
Jay Tibbs
Craig Shipley
Minnesota John Denny
4/3 Signed     Roy Howell