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1945 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 934
Runs Allowed: 717
Exp W-L: 100-62
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,427,027
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
A: 63-74, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 0-4 to Brooklyn Dodgers
Won AL League Series 4-2 over New York (A) Yankees
 
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
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 32 150 652 114 185 33 3 14 82 11 9 76 62 .284 .357 .408 .765 95.9 16.8 8.1
CF *Pete Reiser 26 155 619 134 181 39 11 23 110 29 6 81 82 .292 .373 .502 .875 114.6 24.6 4.9
1B *Johnny Mize 32 154 597 124 227 53 8 28 150 2 0 88 43 .380 .456 .637 1.093 149.9 39.2 3.6
3B *Arky Vaughan 33 150 585 126 189 34 10 17 112 22 16 81 27 .323 .404 .503 .906 108.8 23.0 6.5
RF *Les Fleming 29 152 533 86 154 28 1 8 85 19 9 114 55 .289 .414 .390 .804 91.8 18.0 4.0
3B  Jackie Robinson 26 144 526 69 155 25 1 9 74 8 3 69 28 .295 .378 .397 .776 80.0 14.3 5.7
LF *Babe Young 29 103 391 64 112 25 1 11 87 0 0 50 21 .286 .365 .440 .805 57.6 9.6 2.0
3B  Dee Moore 31 112 315 56 88 15 1 5 51 0 1 54 45 .279 .385 .381 .766 47.7 8.4 4.2
C *Aaron Robinson 30 112 292 35 59 9 0 3 44 0 0 59 28 .202 .330 .264 .593 32.9 2.3 4.2
LF  Dom Dimaggio 28 100 249 36 62 18 3 2 29 0 0 25 29 .249 .316 .369 .686 29.1 4.0 1.5
1B *Mickey Rocco 29 90 145 20 38 4 2 2 18 0 0 17 14 .262 .340 .359 .698 17.3 2.1 0.7
P  Preacher Roe 30 41 104 5 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 34 .106 .130 .173 .303 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 32 43 103 10 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 36 .146 .178 .175 .352 1.8 0.0 0.0
LF  Joe Vosmik 35 31 113 12 31 3 3 3 17 0 1 9 13 .274 .320 .434 .754 15.6 2.3 0.7
RF *Joe Gantenbein 28 32 104 7 18 4 0 0 12 0 0 9 2 .173 .237 .212 .448 4.4 0.0 1.3
P  Jack Hallett 30 43 88 11 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .182 .191 .193 .384 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Winegarner 35 34 94 8 27 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 20 .287 .299 .298 .597 8.4 0.6 0.0
SS  Dario Lodigiani 29 28 84 14 24 2 1 1 9 0 0 11 4 .286 .371 .369 .740 12.2 2.1 1.2
C  Buddy Rosar 30 13 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 31 20 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jesse Flores 30 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Nick Strincevich 30 45 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 36 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Ferrick 30 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Birkofer 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1871 5620 934 1596 300 46 127 907 91 45 755 564 .284 .367 .422 .789 872.4 167.6 48.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 7 2 3 1 1 1 1 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
*Preacher Roe 30 25 8 .758 41 40 0 314.0 291 109 31 73 133 3.12 25.9
 Bucky Jacobs 32 20 15 .571 43 43 0 310.0 337 169 33 110 118 4.91 10.5
 Jack Hallett 30 17 11 .607 43 37 1 274.7 258 137 26 121 103 4.49 11.7
 Ralph Winegarner 35 21 6 .778 34 33 0 243.0 197 76 18 80 109 2.81 23.7
 Claude Passeau 36 3 7 .300 75 0 1 85.0 109 50 12 33 36 5.29 1.9
 Sam Nahem 29 7 4 .636 69 0 12 80.7 67 32 4 49 39 3.57 9.3
 Nick Strincevich 30 5 4 .556 45 1 6 50.7 62 29 7 18 18 5.15 2.7
 Tom Ferrick 30 1 1 .500 25 0 12 33.7 29 12 2 16 5 3.21 5.4
 Ralph Buxton 31 1 1 .500 13 4 2 32.7 47 27 5 17 18 7.44 0.0
 Jesse Flores 30 3 2 .600 18 2 0 32.0 28 16 1 18 10 4.50 1.8
*Ralph Birkofer 36 0 0 .000 1 1 0 2.3 2 1 0 1 3 3.86 0.1
Team Totals 31.7 103 59 .636 407 161 34 1458.6 1427 658 139 536 592 4.06 92.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 3 1 2 5 7 2 1 6 3  
* - 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 33.9
D.Moore 769.3 86 95 304 27 3 0 .991 36.4
A.Robinson 687.0 76 80 308 24 2 0 .994 29.6
B.Rosar 2.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.7 162 178 613 51 5 0 .993 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.89
J.Mize 1357.7 150 153 1772 125 7 170 .996 12.58
M.Rocco 95.0 11 11 111 8 1 9 .992 11.27
B.Young 7.9 1 1 12 3 0 2 1.000 17.09
J.Gantenbein 6.0 1 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.6 163 166 1900 137 8 182 .996 12.50
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.17
J.Robinson 1238.3 138 140 318 549 19 126 .979 6.30
M.Rocco 95.7 10 15 22 45 3 8 .957 6.30
D.Lodigiani 68.0 7 9 18 30 2 4 .960 6.35
J.Gantenbein 54.0 7 7 8 25 0 5 1.000 5.50
C.Lavagetto 2.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1458.7 162 172 366 651 24 143 .977 6.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.89
A.Vaughan 1260.7 140 142 76 338 12 28 .972 2.96
J.Gantenbein 114.0 13 14 7 24 1 3 .969 2.45
D.Lodigiani 60.0 7 7 7 19 2 1 .929 3.90
M.Rocco 9.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00
J.Robinson 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Moore 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Vosmik 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 168 92 386 16 32 .968 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.53
C.Lavagetto 1324.0 148 149 214 600 17 115 .980 5.53
D.Lodigiani 61.7 7 7 10 29 0 4 1.000 5.69
J.Gantenbein 53.0 6 6 11 31 0 6 1.000 7.13
M.Rocco 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Vaughan 6.3 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.11
P.Reiser 2.7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 10.15
D.Dimaggio 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.7 162 168 239 666 17 126 .982 5.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
B.Young 814.3 79 80 164 1 4 1 .976 1.82
J.Vosmik 263.0 30 30 56 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
P.Reiser 163.0 18 20 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
D.Dimaggio 89.0 10 14 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.92
A.Vaughan 22.3 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
J.Robinson 11.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Gantenbein 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Moore 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1370.3 140 155 278 2 4 1 .986 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.71
P.Reiser 1150.3 128 131 336 4 4 0 .988 2.66
D.Dimaggio 296.3 33 34 82 0 4 0 .953 2.49
B.Young 21.9 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
M.Rocco 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Gantenbein 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Lodigiani 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1480.6 164 171 427 5 8 1 .982 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.17
L.Fleming 1327.3 147 149 319 4 4 2 .988 2.19
D.Dimaggio 87.0 10 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
M.Rocco 27.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Young 22.7 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
P.Reiser 17.3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.52
Team Total 1481.4 164 166 349 4 4 2 .989 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
P.Roe 314.0 40 41 19 70 2 7 .978 2.55
B.Jacobs 310.0 43 43 19 63 5 4 .943 2.38
J.Hallett 274.7 37 43 15 57 3 5 .960 2.36
R.Winegarner 243.0 33 34 22 39 1 3 .984 2.26
C.Passeau 85.0 0 75 6 26 0 2 1.000 3.39
S.Nahem 80.7 0 69 9 18 1 0 .964 3.01
N.Strincevich 50.7 1 45 1 12 1 1 .929 2.31
T.Ferrick 33.7 0 25 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.14
R.Buxton 32.7 4 13 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Flores 32.0 2 18 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.09
R.Birkofer 2.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73
Team Total 1458.6 161 407 98 306 13 22 .969 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mize .380
On-Base Pct Mize .456
Slugging Pct Mize .637
OPS Mize 1.093
XR Mize 149.9
Games Reiser 155
At-Bats Lavagetto 652
Runs Reiser 134
Hits Mize 227
Total Bases Mize 380
Singles Mize 138
Doubles Mize 53
Triples Reiser 11
Homeruns Mize 28
RBIs Mize 150
Stolen Bases Reiser 29
Caught Stealing Vaughan 16
Walks Fleming 114
Strikeouts Reiser 82
ERA Winegarner 2.81
Wins Roe 25
Losses Jacobs 15
Winning Pct Winegarner .778
Saves Ferrick, Nahem 12
Games Pitched Passeau 75
Games Started Jacobs 43
Complete Games Jacobs, Roe 10
Shutouts Roe 3
Innings Pitched Roe 314.0
Hits Allowed Jacobs 337
Homeruns Allowed Jacobs 33
Strikeouts Roe 133
Walks Allowed Hallett 121
Walks per 9IP Roe 2.1
Hits per 9IP Winegarner 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Winegarner 4.0
WHiP Winegarner 1.14
OAVG Winegarner .222
OOBP Winegarner .284
OSLG Winegarner .330
OOPS Winegarner .614
Team All-Stars
Cookie Lavagetto
Johnny Mize
Pete Reiser
Preacher Roe
Arky Vaughan
Ralph Winegarner
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Ralph Birkofer $ 9,500,000
Arky Vaughan $ 8,770,000
Joe Vosmik $ 5,000,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 5,000,000
Pete Reiser $ 4,871,429
Les Fleming $ 4,500,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 4,020,000
Ralph Winegarner $ 3,120,000
Babe Young $ 2,685,714
Sam Nahem $ 2,600,000
Claude Passeau $ 2,500,000
Dee Moore $ 2,350,000
Jack Hallett $ 2,285,714
Nick Strincevich $ 1,908,571
Dom Dimaggio $ 1,365,714
Preacher Roe $ 1,250,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 1,200,000
Ralph Buxton $ 750,000
Buddy Rosar $ 500,000
Jesse Flores $ 435,000
Aaron Robinson $ 300,000
Jackie Robinson $ 300,000
Mickey Rocco $ 300,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Johnny Pesky Boston (N) Dave Odom
2/1 Traded Paul Dean
Don Ross		 New York (A) Arky Vaughan
Dom Dimaggio
Whitey Wilshere
2/1 Traded George Archie Pittsburgh Linc Blakely
3/3 Traded Hal Trosky
Frankie Crosetti
Hi Bithorn		 Cleveland Johnny Mize
4/2 Traded Frankie Gustine
Bobby Bragan
Jess Dobernic		 Minnesota Jack Hallett
$3,000,000
4/2 Traded Ed Klieman
Whitey Wilshere
Chet Laabs		 Minnesota Nick Strincevich
6/1 Traded Tom Ferrick New York (N) Babe Young
 
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