1948 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 64-98
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 787
Runs Allowed: 907
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,906,141
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 2nd in the AL
AA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
A: 68-69, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Pete Reiser 29 154 588 103 177 27 5 14 88 28 20 93 90 .301 .396 .435 .831 102.0 16.9 3.5
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 29 158 582 90 159 25 6 4 48 59 15 85 64 .273 .367 .357 .725 84.2 12.2 6.2
1B *Johnny Mize 35 155 546 92 147 35 8 18 104 0 0 118 51 .269 .397 .462 .859 98.8 16.5 3.6
LF *Babe Young 32 142 447 59 120 26 1 7 74 0 0 48 33 .268 .338 .378 .716 57.3 7.6 0.7
C *Aaron Robinson 33 132 418 61 89 9 2 15 55 0 1 71 46 .213 .329 .352 .680 52.1 5.3 5.9
SS  Dario Lodigiani 32 127 354 37 82 11 1 5 43 1 0 55 37 .232 .337 .311 .647 43.1 4.3 2.1
CF  Clyde Vollmer 26 100 348 49 91 16 2 7 55 0 0 44 62 .261 .344 .379 .724 46.0 5.9 1.1
LF  Joe Vosmik 38 114 290 37 71 9 1 11 39 0 3 20 35 .245 .289 .397 .685 34.6 3.5 0.6
RF *Les Fleming 32 53 206 45 68 9 1 9 35 7 3 40 32 .330 .436 .515 .951 45.4 8.7 0.8
3B  Jackie Robinson 29 53 208 42 61 5 1 6 24 4 2 31 13 .293 .386 .413 .799 31.7 4.7 1.5
1B  Merv Connors 34 52 189 29 50 10 1 8 44 0 0 37 33 .265 .382 .455 .837 33.9 5.5 1.6
RF *Dick Kokos 20 55 183 30 44 5 0 4 18 1 1 24 31 .240 .329 .333 .662 18.4 1.5 0.4
CF  Guy Curtright 35 83 156 25 39 4 0 1 22 6 2 20 21 .250 .335 .295 .630 16.4 1.6 0.2
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 35 57 151 11 37 3 2 1 9 0 3 12 20 .245 .301 .311 .612 12.1 0.4 0.7
RF  Bobby Estalella 37 54 121 14 26 3 2 3 13 1 2 9 23 .215 .280 .347 .627 10.6 0.4 0.6
C  Buddy Rosar 33 39 107 12 24 3 0 0 13 0 0 18 5 .224 .336 .252 .588 9.8 0.7 1.6
P #Early Wynn 28 41 111 11 24 4 0 0 14 1 0 3 17 .216 .235 .252 .487 5.7 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 21 29 71 6 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 14 .211 .219 .225 .445 3.9 0.0 0.0
2B *Babe Barna 33 29 77 9 16 5 1 1 13 0 0 9 13 .208 .291 .338 .628 7.0 0.5 0.3
C  Walker Cooper 33 22 79 9 14 3 1 3 11 0 0 7 6 .177 .241 .354 .596 6.8 0.2 1.0
P  Preacher Roe 33 22 52 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .077 .111 .077 .188 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 30 15 36 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .194 .189 .250 .439 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 33 27 33 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .152 .176 .152 .328 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 31 25 27 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .250 .222 .472 1.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Dom Dimaggio 31 10 19 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .316 .364 .474 .837 3.4 0.4 0.0
P  Jack Hallett 33 23 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .056 .053 .056 .108 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Schott 34 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 32 73 10 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .100 .091 .400 .491 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jake Mooty 35 48 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 31 22 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Krist 32 98 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 31 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 2060 5476 787 1387 215 35 119 750 108 52 752 704 .253 .343 .371 .714 723.0 96.6 32.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 5 6 8 5 5 5 1 8 3 7 6 3 6 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
 Early Wynn 28 14 17 .452 41 41 0 294.3 367 175 28 110 79 5.35 12.9
*Billy Pierce 21 11 14 .440 29 23 0 227.7 205 106 22 87 91 4.19 15.8
*Preacher Roe 33 4 14 .222 22 12 0 161.3 189 98 18 53 60 5.47 4.6
 Newt Kimball 33 4 9 .308 27 10 0 114.3 126 73 12 58 43 5.75 3.1
 Allie Reynolds 31 4 6 .400 25 8 0 99.7 94 46 12 54 56 4.15 7.0
 Ray Scarborough 30 4 6 .400 15 14 0 93.7 115 60 13 54 58 5.76 2.8
 Howie Krist 32 8 8 .500 98 0 4 93.0 106 62 8 51 36 6.00 4.0
 Ted Wilks 32 3 6 .333 73 0 6 85.0 109 48 17 31 32 5.08 4.7
 Jake Mooty 35 4 2 .667 48 0 2 76.0 72 41 4 56 24 4.86 4.4
 Jack Hallett 33 0 6 .000 23 23 0 58.3 67 46 4 31 18 7.10 0.0
 Bob Harris 31 2 4 .333 22 2 0 47.7 61 27 9 17 17 5.10 1.4
 Gene Schott 34 3 4 .429 29 0 5 46.7 62 38 7 41 14 7.33 0.0
 Hal Manders 31 1 1 .500 19 0 0 23.0 23 10 2 7 8 3.91 1.5
 Claude Passeau 39 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 4.0 11 2 0 0 2 4.50 0.4
 Guy Curtright 35 1 0 1.000 2 0 1 2.0 3 1 0 3 0 4.50 0.2
 Buddy Rosar 33 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 31.9 64 98 .395 480 133 18 1428.7 1613 834 156 655 538 5.25 63.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 7 5 6 7 6 6 3 6 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 .991 31.3
A.Robinson 1009.7 113 124 389 42 2 1 .995 31.6
B.Rosar 243.3 29 29 100 15 1 0 .991 35.3
W.Cooper 178.9 19 20 76 7 2 1 .976 40.0
Team Total 1431.9 161 173 565 64 5 2 .992 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
J.Mize 1285.7 146 151 1679 121 17 173 .991 12.60
L.Fleming 201.1 21 21 254 24 1 22 .996 12.44
B.Estalella 97.0 11 12 136 8 2 16 .986 13.36
D.Lodigiani 43.0 5 5 58 5 0 4 1.000 13.19
B.Young 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
G.Curtright 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Robinson 0.4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 22.50
Team Total 1630.2 183 191 2134 158 20 215 .991 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
D.Lodigiani 781.0 92 95 200 390 13 105 .978 6.80
B.Barna 194.0 20 24 35 86 4 11 .968 5.61
J.Robinson 161.4 17 18 40 69 2 11 .982 6.08
S.Stirnweiss 3.7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 7.38
B.Young 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1142.1 129 139 276 548 20 128 .976 6.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
S.Stirnweiss 1292.0 145 155 95 387 16 31 .968 3.36
M.Connors 303.6 33 33 17 76 6 5 .939 2.76
J.Robinson 296.8 33 33 22 78 4 5 .962 3.03
B.Estalella 47.7 6 8 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.40
J.Outlaw 33.6 3 5 2 10 1 2 .923 3.21
D.Lodigiani 29.0 3 4 5 6 0 0 1.000 3.41
J.Vosmik 28.0 4 4 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.21
Team Total 2030.7 227 242 147 579 27 43 .964 3.22
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
P.Reiser 805.7 92 93 161 371 4 87 .993 5.94
M.Connors 164.9 17 19 31 75 3 13 .972 5.79
J.Outlaw 137.2 14 16 20 62 0 15 1.000 5.38
D.Lodigiani 30.0 4 4 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.90
Team Total 1137.8 127 132 216 517 7 117 .991 5.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
B.Young 905.7 105 116 183 4 5 0 .974 1.86
J.Vosmik 314.0 35 40 56 1 2 0 .966 1.63
J.Outlaw 63.6 6 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
P.Reiser 48.0 5 7 9 2 0 1 1.000 2.06
B.Estalella 25.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
G.Curtright 22.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Dimaggio 13.6 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66
C.Vollmer 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.Kokos 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Robinson 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1414.6 160 188 274 7 7 1 .976 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
C.Vollmer 811.0 97 98 247 10 1 3 .996 2.85
P.Reiser 457.0 51 52 130 5 2 1 .985 2.66
J.Outlaw 49.6 4 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.08
B.Estalella 41.0 3 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.41
G.Curtright 29.0 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
D.Dimaggio 23.5 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
B.Young 20.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Vosmik 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1442.1 163 191 423 15 4 4 .991 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
D.Kokos 432.3 49 53 105 4 1 1 .991 2.27
L.Fleming 277.2 28 31 62 2 0 1 1.000 2.08
G.Curtright 234.0 29 29 57 0 6 0 .905 2.19
J.Vosmik 231.7 26 33 53 1 0 0 1.000 2.10
B.Young 39.7 4 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.04
B.Estalella 28.0 3 4 8 0 2 0 .800 2.57
J.Outlaw 16.3 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55
B.Rosar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Barna 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1260.8 140 164 294 8 9 3 .971 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
E.Wynn 294.3 41 41 19 60 4 7 .952 2.42
B.Pierce 227.7 23 29 15 34 0 6 1.000 1.94
P.Roe 161.3 12 22 11 28 1 1 .975 2.18
N.Kimball 114.3 10 27 9 22 0 4 1.000 2.44
A.Reynolds 99.7 8 25 5 25 1 4 .968 2.71
R.Scarborough 93.7 14 15 7 18 1 2 .962 2.40
H.Krist 93.0 0 98 9 23 0 2 1.000 3.10
T.Wilks 85.0 0 73 2 21 0 2 1.000 2.44
J.Mooty 76.0 0 48 1 17 0 2 1.000 2.13
J.Hallett 58.3 23 23 2 12 1 0 .933 2.16
B.Harris 47.7 2 22 2 14 1 2 .941 3.02
G.Schott 46.7 0 29 2 4 2 0 .750 1.16
H.Manders 23.0 0 19 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.56
C.Passeau 4.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Curtright 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Rosar 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.7 133 480 85 285 11 32 .971 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reiser .301
On-Base Pct Mize .397
Slugging Pct Mize .462
OPS Mize .859
XR Reiser 102.0
Games Stirnweiss 158
At-Bats Reiser 588
Runs Reiser 103
Hits Reiser 177
Total Bases Reiser 256
Singles Reiser 131
Doubles Mize 35
Triples Mize 8
Homeruns Mize 18
RBIs Mize 104
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 59
Caught Stealing Reiser 20
Walks Mize 118
Strikeouts Reiser 90
ERA Pierce 4.19
Wins Wynn 14
Losses Wynn 17
Winning Pct Krist .500
Saves Wilks 6
Games Pitched Krist 98
Games Started Wynn 41
Complete Games Pierce 12
Shutouts Pierce 2
Innings Pitched Wynn 294.3
Hits Allowed Wynn 367
Homeruns Allowed Wynn 28
Strikeouts Pierce 91
Walks Allowed Wynn 110
Walks per 9IP Wynn 3.4
Hits per 9IP Pierce 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 3.6
WHiP Pierce 1.28
OAVG Pierce .243
OOBP Pierce .313
OSLG Pierce .379
OOPS Pierce .691
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Pete Reiser $ 10,910,000
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Jack Hallett $ 4,500,000
Newt Kimball $ 4,100,000
Early Wynn $ 4,000,000
Ralph Winegarner $ 3,697,594
Joe Vosmik $ 2,600,000
Babe Young $ 2,500,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 2,435,714
Aaron Robinson $ 1,800,000
Guy Curtright $ 1,790,000
Bobby Estalella $ 1,180,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,000,000
Ted Wilks $ 900,000
Jake Mooty $ 845,714
Howie Krist $ 650,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 500,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 350,000
John Mihalic $ 300,000
Babe Barna $ 300,000
Dick Kokos $ 300,000
Buddy Rosar $ 300,000
Gene Schott $ 300,000
Forrest Thompson $ 300,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 300,000
Billy Pierce $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Phil Masi
Elbie Fletcher
San Diego Ray Scarborough
2/1 Released Mike Sandlock    
5/1 Traded Claude Passeau Pittsburgh Walker Cooper
6/1 Traded Merv Connors
Ray Scarborough
$550,000
New York (N) Jake Mooty
Jimmy Outlaw
Bobby Estalella
6/1 Traded Jackie Robinson
Les Fleming
Walker Cooper
Dom Dimaggio
$2,750,000
Boston (A) Billy Pierce
Clyde Vollmer
Dick Kokos
Nellie Fox
Newt Kimball
7/1 Traded Bob Harris Cincinnati Hal Spindel
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Preacher Roe
Allie Reynolds
Hal Manders
$5,000,000
Detroit Joe Krakauskas
John Mihalic
Forrest Thompson
7/1 Signed     Gene Schott