1931 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 84-76
Finish: 1st in AL AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 879
Runs Allowed: 863
Exp W-L: 81-79
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,887,514
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 2nd in the AL
AA: 57-80, 12th in the AL
A: 83-54, 1st in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Oakland Athletics
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over California Angels
 
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
1B #Buzz Arlett 32 154 636 142 217 46 7 22 94 0 0 68 35 .341 .408 .539 .947 121.2 28.4 1.2
1B *Lou Gehrig 28 155 581 127 173 42 10 34 130 0 0 101 65 .298 .399 .580 .979 124.0 28.5 4.0
CF *Tripp Sigman 32 154 599 96 183 19 2 21 97 0 1 42 32 .306 .351 .449 .800 83.3 15.0 1.3
LF  Al Simmons 29 134 541 77 180 38 5 15 129 0 0 33 18 .333 .370 .505 .875 88.4 18.7 1.0
3B  Tommy Thevenow 27 152 524 50 146 16 2 8 69 0 0 48 42 .279 .338 .363 .701 61.3 9.1 6.8
SS  Mike McNally 38 149 517 55 129 8 6 3 47 0 2 33 36 .250 .293 .306 .599 41.0 1.8 9.7
C *Jo-Jo Moore 22 120 426 64 135 29 2 4 46 0 0 21 28 .317 .347 .423 .769 58.8 11.1 2.8
2B  Johnny Hodapp 25 122 257 58 68 21 2 6 41 0 0 27 39 .265 .332 .432 .764 36.4 6.4 2.0
2B *George Grantham 31 64 260 47 87 14 3 7 41 1 3 26 13 .335 .396 .492 .888 44.8 9.8 1.4
C  Ernie Vick 30 67 199 37 52 18 0 2 22 0 0 24 22 .261 .341 .382 .723 24.5 4.1 2.0
LF  Dib Williams 21 85 199 27 56 3 1 5 25 0 0 15 11 .281 .329 .382 .711 25.0 3.7 2.6
2B  Cotton Tierney 37 61 168 20 50 12 2 2 28 0 0 6 18 .298 .320 .429 .749 20.2 3.4 1.0
1B *Bill Terry 32 67 144 19 41 7 0 0 18 0 0 9 7 .285 .325 .333 .658 14.9 2.0 0.7
CF *Johnny Watwood 25 84 142 15 33 5 1 0 11 0 0 10 11 .232 .288 .282 .569 8.7 0.0 0.4
C *Estel Crabtree 27 74 137 24 40 5 0 2 15 0 0 6 7 .292 .319 .372 .692 14.5 1.8 0.5
P  Vic Keen 32 44 123 6 17 4 0 0 12 0 0 1 29 .138 .145 .171 .316 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  George Earnshaw 31 45 112 7 23 5 0 0 12 0 0 1 15 .205 .209 .250 .459 5.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Weaver 27 42 105 3 12 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 27 .114 .114 .162 .276 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Sherid 24 37 45 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .089 .163 .111 .274 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Phelps 27 18 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .087 .125 .087 .212 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  George Dumont 35 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Boom-Boom Beck 26 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
CF *Red Barnes 26 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Joe Bush 38 18 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lynn Nelson 26 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 27 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1991 5771 879 1650 295 43 132 851 1 6 477 479 .286 .340 .421 .760 767.1 143.9 37.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 1 1 5 11 1 1 12 3 5 7 3 3 1 2 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
 Vic Keen 32 22 13 .629 44 44 0 337.0 416 184 28 107 114 4.91 13.7
 George Earnshaw 31 19 11 .633 45 40 0 319.7 327 126 13 122 87 3.55 23.4
 Jim Weaver 27 13 22 .371 42 42 0 312.7 373 186 27 137 117 5.35 6.2
 Roy Sherid 24 12 8 .600 37 16 0 162.7 176 76 15 50 62 4.21 9.7
 Guy Cantrell 27 8 6 .571 81 0 22 80.0 83 39 8 35 34 4.39 10.1
 Ray Phelps 27 2 6 .250 18 9 0 70.0 103 45 3 24 15 5.79 0.0
 George Dumont 35 1 4 .200 13 6 0 53.7 46 27 1 26 19 4.53 2.2
 Lynn Nelson 26 4 4 .500 30 0 3 43.0 54 20 3 12 8 4.19 3.4
 Boom-Boom Beck 26 2 2 .500 15 1 0 33.3 46 21 3 16 9 5.67 0.5
 Joe Bush 38 1 0 1.000 18 0 0 28.3 32 15 2 18 18 4.77 1.2
Team Totals 29.3 84 76 .525 343 158 25 1440.3 1656 739 103 547 483 4.62 70.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 8 4 4 9 12 12 10 4 12  
* - 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 .986 33.8
J.Moore 833.0 96 97 277 26 10 0 .968 33.3
E.Vick 407.0 43 52 163 17 0 0 1.000 50.0
E.Crabtree 200.3 21 32 71 11 7 0 .921 18.2
Team Total 1440.3 160 181 511 54 17 0 .971 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 12.80
L.Gehrig 1327.3 146 152 1721 121 23 177 .988 12.49
G.Grantham 325.0 36 36 435 31 3 40 .994 12.90
B.Terry 196.1 30 30 274 22 3 31 .990 13.58
J.Watwood 53.0 6 6 74 9 1 6 .988 14.09
Team Total 1901.4 218 224 2504 183 30 254 .989 12.72
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.64
J.Hodapp 412.3 42 61 104 197 9 43 .971 6.57
C.Tierney 385.7 44 50 114 195 6 53 .981 7.21
G.Grantham 171.5 19 19 49 74 6 18 .953 6.45
T.Thevenow 134.0 16 16 39 71 0 18 1.000 7.39
D.Williams 80.0 9 10 24 42 4 12 .943 7.43
M.McNally 27.0 3 3 1 11 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Watwood 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Barnes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1212.5 133 161 331 590 25 144 .974 6.84
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.14
T.Thevenow 1110.7 132 135 71 285 19 31 .949 2.88
D.Williams 234.3 25 38 14 66 10 6 .889 3.07
J.Hodapp 67.0 3 21 8 21 0 3 1.000 3.90
M.McNally 13.3 0 3 1 4 1 2 .833 3.38
C.Tierney 11.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Barnes 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Watwood 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Terry 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.8 160 207 96 378 30 42 .940 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 5.85
M.McNally 1196.7 139 141 195 568 20 119 .974 5.74
D.Williams 180.3 16 35 29 77 4 12 .964 5.29
J.Hodapp 52.0 5 6 6 31 5 2 .881 6.40
L.Gehrig 5.3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Tierney 4.0 0 3 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75
J.Moore 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.3 160 187 234 678 30 133 .968 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.09
A.Simmons 1156.3 128 131 277 8 6 1 .979 2.22
G.Grantham 71.2 8 8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
J.Watwood 43.0 5 5 6 1 1 0 .875 1.47
J.Hodapp 22.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
B.Terry 21.6 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.83
T.Sigman 13.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
E.Crabtree 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1332.1 148 155 310 10 7 1 .979 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.65
T.Sigman 1298.7 146 151 385 9 25 7 .940 2.73
J.Watwood 64.7 6 9 26 1 3 1 .900 3.76
B.Terry 32.9 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
A.Simmons 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1403.2 157 167 417 10 28 8 .938 2.74
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.20
B.Arlett 1349.3 149 153 341 9 12 1 .967 2.33
J.Watwood 32.0 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
B.Terry 27.7 4 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.32
Team Total 1409.0 157 161 352 9 13 1 .965 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.48
V.Keen 337.0 44 44 22 58 3 5 .964 2.14
G.Earnshaw 319.7 40 45 26 62 3 0 .967 2.48
J.Weaver 312.7 42 42 20 60 2 3 .976 2.30
R.Sherid 162.7 16 37 8 20 1 0 .966 1.55
G.Cantrell 80.0 0 81 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.03
R.Phelps 70.0 9 18 4 21 2 0 .926 3.21
G.Dumont 53.7 6 13 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.84
L.Nelson 43.0 0 30 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.26
B.Beck 33.3 1 15 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.62
J.Bush 28.3 0 18 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.54
Team Total 1440.3 158 343 92 258 11 10 .970 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Arlett .341
On-Base Pct Arlett .408
Slugging Pct Gehrig .580
OPS Gehrig .979
XR Gehrig 124.0
Games Gehrig 155
At-Bats Arlett 636
Runs Arlett 142
Hits Arlett 217
Total Bases Arlett 343
Singles Arlett 142
Doubles Arlett 46
Triples Gehrig 10
Homeruns Gehrig 34
RBIs Gehrig 130
Stolen Bases Grantham 1
Caught Stealing Grantham 3
Walks Gehrig 101
Strikeouts Gehrig 65
ERA Earnshaw 3.55
Wins Keen 22
Losses Weaver 22
Winning Pct Earnshaw .633
Saves Cantrell 22
Games Pitched Cantrell 81
Games Started Keen 44
Complete Games Keen 19
Shutouts Sherid, Weaver 1
Innings Pitched Keen 337.0
Hits Allowed Keen 416
Homeruns Allowed Keen 28
Strikeouts Weaver 117
Walks Allowed Weaver 137
Walks per 9IP Sherid 2.8
Hits per 9IP Earnshaw 9.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Sherid 3.4
WHiP Sherid 1.39
OAVG Earnshaw .263
OOBP Sherid .324
OSLG Earnshaw .361
OOPS Earnshaw .688
Team All-Stars
Buzz Arlett
Vic Keen
Al Simmons
Player Salaries
George Grantham $ 11,577,600
Lou Gehrig $ 11,010,100
Al Simmons $ 5,462,800
Vic Keen $ 3,500,000
Jim Weaver $ 3,057,143
Bill Terry $ 2,295,300
Tommy Thevenow $ 1,642,857
Ernie Vick $ 1,540,000
Guy Cantrell $ 1,500,000
Johnny Hodapp $ 1,100,000
Joe Bush $ 1,000,000
Bernie Neis $ 755,600
Erv Kantlehner $ 750,000
Mike McNally $ 750,000
Allen Sothoron $ 750,000
Boom-Boom Beck $ 685,999
Jackie Tavener $ 500,000
Leo Mangum $ 500,000
Bill Bayne $ 500,000
George Dumont $ 477,300
Cotton Tierney $ 460,000
George Murray $ 360,000
Red Barnes $ 350,000
Buzz Arlett $ 300,000
Dib Williams $ 300,000
George Earnshaw $ 300,000
Lynn Nelson $ 300,000
Estel Crabtree $ 300,000
Ray Phelps $ 300,000
Roy Sherid $ 300,000
Tripp Sigman $ 300,000
Johnny Watwood $ 300,000
Jo-Jo Moore $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Allen Sothoron
2/4 Signed     Erv Kantlehner
2/4 Signed     Bill Bayne
2/6 Signed     Leo Mangum
4/1 Traded Otto Vogel
Round Draft Pick.
Seattle (M) Mike Mcnally
Cotton Tierney
Joe Bush
5/16 Traded Irv Jeffries
Leo Durocher
Boston (A) Bill Terry
7/16 Traded Tony Piet
Cliff Bolton
Bill Norman
San Diego George Grantham
Boom-Boom Beck
$4,500,000
7/31 Traded Fred Hofmann
$4,000,000
Boston (A) Jim Bishop
Round Draft Pick.