1946 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 971
Runs Allowed: 762
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,419,799
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 1st in the AL
AA: 56-81, 6th in the AL
A: 65-72, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
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 33 151 616 115 170 38 7 9 62 11 1 89 59 .276 .370 .404 .774 94.6 17.2 7.5
3B  Jackie Robinson 27 147 603 109 183 36 0 16 81 10 1 79 34 .303 .387 .443 .829 101.0 19.6 4.5
1B *Johnny Mize 33 152 602 122 206 44 7 22 110 0 1 82 38 .342 .417 .548 .965 127.5 28.5 3.5
LF  Joe Vosmik 36 153 597 84 167 25 2 18 113 1 2 46 44 .280 .329 .419 .748 77.7 10.2 3.3
RF *Les Fleming 30 152 530 114 161 28 5 12 97 22 5 118 63 .304 .433 .443 .876 105.2 22.3 1.5
CF *Pete Reiser 27 141 536 110 165 30 11 17 110 22 8 79 51 .308 .390 .500 .890 101.9 20.2 2.0
LF *Babe Young 30 134 470 97 157 31 4 9 102 2 1 69 23 .334 .415 .474 .890 88.7 18.6 0.9
C *Aaron Robinson 31 132 432 63 111 14 6 19 95 0 0 75 28 .257 .363 .449 .812 75.0 13.2 8.7
3B  Dee Moore 32 79 156 22 37 5 1 4 29 0 1 23 13 .237 .332 .359 .690 20.7 2.5 2.5
1B *Elbie Fletcher 30 54 145 24 42 10 2 6 21 0 0 34 21 .290 .420 .510 .930 30.8 6.6 1.0
SS  Dario Lodigiani 30 43 135 25 24 6 0 1 10 0 0 22 7 .178 .302 .244 .546 11.7 0.4 1.6
LF  Dom Dimaggio 29 47 124 15 20 8 1 2 22 0 0 14 18 .161 .239 .290 .530 9.4 0.0 0.4
P  Preacher Roe 31 43 119 5 12 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 45 .101 .108 .118 .226 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Hallett 31 42 107 8 21 1 0 0 14 0 1 3 22 .196 .214 .206 .420 5.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Sam Chapman 30 46 110 15 30 4 0 7 21 0 0 13 18 .273 .347 .500 .847 19.2 3.7 0.3
P  Ralph Winegarner 36 43 112 14 24 2 0 0 14 0 0 3 27 .214 .233 .232 .465 4.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Mickey Rocco 30 48 90 11 24 5 2 2 13 0 0 12 4 .267 .353 .433 .786 12.7 2.1 0.5
P #Early Wynn 26 17 57 5 12 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 .211 .211 .246 .456 1.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Guy Curtright 33 35 26 8 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .385 .448 .385 .833 4.2 0.9 0.1
P  Jesse Flores 31 30 21 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .048 .045 .048 .093 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 37 44 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 33 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Rosar 31 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Bob Harris 29 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 32 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Krist 30 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Phil Masi 30 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Nick Strincevich 31 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 35 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 29 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Sam Nahem 30 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 1921 5626 971 1583 289 49 144 937 69 21 769 535 .281 .366 .427 .793 889.7 166.7 38.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 5 2 3 2 2 2 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 31 20 16 .556 43 43 0 336.0 336 136 36 92 137 3.64 20.8
 Jack Hallett 31 22 11 .667 42 42 0 314.3 325 142 30 117 107 4.07 19.0
 Ralph Winegarner 36 21 10 .677 43 43 0 286.0 278 120 23 108 136 3.78 18.8
 Early Wynn 26 12 3 .800 17 17 0 129.0 137 61 11 41 46 4.26 7.4
 Claude Passeau 37 5 6 .455 44 6 9 71.7 76 31 7 33 25 3.89 5.3
 Jesse Flores 31 5 4 .556 30 7 0 70.3 81 37 8 27 23 4.73 2.3
 Bucky Jacobs 33 2 4 .333 22 4 3 46.7 65 28 6 16 23 5.40 0.7
 Sam Nahem 30 3 1 .750 40 0 7 39.7 42 38 5 34 16 8.62 0.0
 Allie Reynolds 29 2 8 .200 47 0 6 38.7 48 31 3 24 23 7.22 0.0
*Pretzel Pezzullo 35 0 2 .000 33 0 2 28.3 37 24 3 14 3 7.62 0.0
 Hal Manders 29 1 1 .500 15 6 0 17.7 20 12 2 7 7 6.12 0.2
 Ted Wilks 30 0 0 .000 14 6 0 16.7 17 8 2 6 4 4.32 0.8
 Howie Krist 30 1 0 1.000 18 0 2 16.3 19 8 2 10 9 4.41 0.6
 Bob Harris 29 0 1 .000 13 6 0 14.7 22 8 2 3 6 4.91 0.2
 Nick Strincevich 31 0 1 .000 12 0 1 10.3 20 11 0 8 3 9.58 0.0
 Ralph Buxton 32 0 0 .000 7 0 0 8.7 4 2 1 2 3 2.08 0.8
Team Totals 31.3 94 68 .580 440 180 30 1444.9 1527 697 141 542 571 4.34 76.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 3 2 3 6 6 3 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 .991 31.7
A.Robinson 1097.7 126 127 447 57 4 0 .992 50.0
D.Moore 339.7 36 52 133 18 4 1 .974 35.3
M.Rocco 10.4 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Rosar 6.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
P.Masi 1.9 4 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.0 168 187 587 75 8 1 .988 45.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.12
J.Mize 1311.3 146 151 1694 133 11 168 .994 12.54
E.Fletcher 222.6 28 28 305 20 4 27 .988 13.14
M.Rocco 141.1 19 23 187 11 1 14 .995 12.63
S.Chapman 41.9 7 7 58 4 1 6 .984 13.32
Team Total 1716.9 200 209 2244 168 17 215 .993 12.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.20
J.Robinson 1293.3 146 146 342 599 21 128 .978 6.55
D.Lodigiani 59.0 7 8 16 21 1 5 .974 5.64
M.Rocco 27.5 3 7 7 12 1 3 .950 6.22
E.Fletcher 17.6 2 2 6 9 0 2 1.000 7.67
C.Lavagetto 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1397.8 158 164 371 641 23 138 .978 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.99
J.Vosmik 1121.3 127 128 87 282 9 21 .976 2.96
E.Fletcher 103.5 12 20 7 31 1 2 .974 3.30
D.Lodigiani 60.0 7 9 2 21 2 1 .920 3.45
C.Lavagetto 7.3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
D.Moore 7.0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1299.2 146 163 98 337 12 24 .973 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.53
C.Lavagetto 1268.0 143 146 205 584 20 117 .975 5.60
D.Lodigiani 175.7 19 20 21 92 1 23 .991 5.79
P.Reiser 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1445.7 162 167 227 678 21 140 .977 5.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
B.Young 1057.0 118 121 199 4 4 1 .981 1.73
J.Vosmik 216.3 24 26 41 2 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Dimaggio 122.0 15 15 35 1 1 0 .973 2.66
S.Chapman 11.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Moore 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Buxton 5.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Curtright 2.8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Rocco 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.9 160 169 279 7 5 1 .983 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.70
P.Reiser 1190.0 133 137 366 8 11 3 .971 2.83
D.Dimaggio 81.0 9 9 22 2 1 0 .960 2.67
G.Curtright 44.7 14 15 13 0 1 0 .929 2.62
S.Chapman 41.5 7 7 11 0 1 0 .917 2.39
M.Rocco 9.3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
J.Vosmik 8.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1374.5 164 170 417 10 14 3 .968 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.22
L.Fleming 1307.0 147 150 284 7 1 2 .997 2.00
S.Chapman 155.6 24 25 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
D.Dimaggio 77.7 8 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
J.Vosmik 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1544.3 179 187 340 8 1 2 .997 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.37
P.Roe 336.0 43 43 22 51 3 4 .961 1.96
J.Hallett 314.3 42 42 23 71 2 3 .979 2.69
R.Winegarner 286.0 43 43 20 57 3 5 .963 2.42
E.Wynn 129.0 17 17 8 20 1 1 .966 1.95
C.Passeau 71.7 6 44 2 18 1 1 .952 2.51
J.Flores 70.3 7 30 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.56
B.Jacobs 46.7 4 22 1 9 1 0 .909 1.93
S.Nahem 39.7 0 40 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.36
A.Reynolds 38.7 0 47 2 5 1 1 .875 1.63
P.Pezzullo 28.3 0 33 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.59
H.Manders 17.7 6 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.06
T.Wilks 16.7 6 14 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.86
H.Krist 16.3 0 18 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31
B.Harris 14.7 6 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.46
N.Strincevich 10.3 0 12 2 2 1 0 .800 3.48
R.Buxton 8.7 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1444.9 180 440 96 275 13 15 .966 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mize .342
On-Base Pct Fleming .433
Slugging Pct Mize .548
OPS Mize .965
XR Mize 127.5
Games Vosmik 153
At-Bats Lavagetto 616
Runs Mize 122
Hits Mize 206
Total Bases Mize 330
Singles Mize 133
Doubles Mize 44
Triples Reiser 11
Homeruns Mize 22
RBIs Vosmik 113
Stolen Bases Fleming, Reiser 22
Caught Stealing Reiser 8
Walks Fleming 118
Strikeouts Fleming 63
ERA Roe 3.64
Wins Hallett 22
Losses Roe 16
Winning Pct Winegarner .677
Saves Passeau 9
Games Pitched Reynolds 47
Games Started Roe, Winegarner 43
Complete Games Roe 11
Shutouts Hallett 2
Innings Pitched Roe 336.0
Hits Allowed Roe 336
Homeruns Allowed Roe 36
Strikeouts Roe 137
Walks Allowed Hallett 117
Walks per 9IP Roe 2.5
Hits per 9IP Winegarner 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Winegarner 4.3
WHiP Roe 1.27
OAVG Winegarner .254
OOBP Roe .311
OSLG Winegarner .370
OOPS Winegarner .690
Team All-Stars
Jack Hallett
Cookie Lavagetto
Johnny Mize
Jackie Robinson
Preacher Roe
Ralph Winegarner
Babe Young
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Joe Vosmik $ 5,000,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 5,000,000
Pete Reiser $ 4,871,429
Les Fleming $ 4,500,000
Jack Hallett $ 4,500,000
Elbie Fletcher $ 4,000,000
Sam Nahem $ 3,750,000
Sam Chapman $ 3,664,286
Ralph Winegarner $ 3,120,000
Babe Young $ 2,685,714
Allie Reynolds $ 2,564,286
Claude Passeau $ 2,500,000
Dee Moore $ 2,350,000
Guy Curtright $ 2,321,429
Early Wynn $ 2,107,143
Nick Strincevich $ 1,908,571
Dom Dimaggio $ 1,365,714
Preacher Roe $ 1,250,000
Phil Masi $ 855,000
Ralph Buxton $ 750,000
Howie Krist $ 502,857
Buddy Rosar $ 500,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 350,000
Ted Wilks $ 300,000
Bob Harris $ 300,000
Jackie Robinson $ 300,000
Aaron Robinson $ 300,000
Hal Manders $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Pretzel Pezzullo
7/1 Traded Bucky Jacobs
Pretzel Pezzullo
Seattle Early Wynn
Howie Krist
Hal Manders
7/1 Traded Fats Dantonio
Joe Gantenbein
Seattle Bob Harris
Ted Wilks
Phil Masi
7/1 Traded Jesse Flores New York (N) Allie Reynolds
7/1 Traded Mickey Rocco San Diego Elbie Fletcher
Sam Chapman
Guy Curtright
7/1 Signed     Frank Demaree
7/31 Signed     Ken Burkhart
7/31 Signed     Vern Olsen
7/31 Signed     Roger Wolff
10/19 Released Ken Burkhart    
10/19 Released Roger Wolff    
10/19 Released Vern Olsen