1955 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 86-76
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 771
Runs Allowed: 707
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,414,719
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 7th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
A: 62-75, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Billy Johnson 36 153 623 71 154 22 4 7 68 2 1 43 23 .247 .299 .329 .628 62.5 7.7 5.3
2B  Bobby Avila 31 152 577 90 156 21 0 13 63 0 0 89 58 .270 .366 .374 .741 81.3 14.4 5.8
LF  Monte Irvin 36 148 546 88 147 17 3 21 89 28 6 78 68 .269 .364 .427 .791 87.1 16.2 3.6
CF *Gus Bell 26 153 534 78 154 33 4 23 94 0 0 36 72 .288 .333 .494 .827 84.3 17.0 2.7
RF  Jackie Jensen 28 128 470 82 138 24 1 20 64 0 0 63 54 .294 .377 .477 .854 76.5 15.3 2.3
C  Johnny Pramesa 29 138 491 69 154 14 1 22 89 0 1 35 35 .314 .359 .481 .839 76.8 15.7 6.1
CF *Whitey Lockman 28 128 461 85 151 20 4 13 77 1 1 48 12 .328 .385 .473 .858 78.2 16.5 3.1
2B  Lee Walls 22 99 330 42 75 12 3 9 44 0 2 29 63 .227 .289 .364 .653 33.6 3.5 4.8
C *Faye Throneberry 24 119 272 30 64 14 3 2 39 1 0 28 47 .235 .307 .331 .638 27.1 2.9 2.3
3B  Dick Groat 24 89 247 23 60 14 4 2 30 0 0 8 11 .243 .267 .356 .624 20.8 1.7 2.9
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 35 91 197 26 62 4 1 2 18 0 0 24 28 .315 .387 .376 .763 28.4 5.5 0.8
SS  Rocky Krsnich 27 92 136 14 30 8 1 0 17 0 0 9 14 .221 .267 .294 .561 8.6 0.0 0.8
P *Don Newcombe 29 44 113 7 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 21 .168 .165 .168 .333 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 32 70 92 24 21 4 0 1 10 15 4 15 7 .228 .339 .304 .644 12.4 1.8 0.3
LF *Bob Skinner 23 25 97 20 26 2 0 2 9 1 1 13 6 .268 .355 .351 .705 12.4 2.2 0.6
P *Leo Kiely 25 39 79 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .089 .099 .089 .187 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 27 35 78 7 14 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 16 .179 .207 .205 .412 3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 28 35 75 5 22 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .293 .303 .320 .623 6.5 0.5 0.0
C  Harry Chiti 22 20 48 8 10 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 3 .208 .296 .333 .630 4.7 0.5 0.4
P *Billy Hoeft 23 63 17 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .353 .353 .353 .706 2.0 0.3 0.0
P *Dave Ferriss 33 101 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .235 .294 .529 1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 27 60 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Face 27 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Cary 32 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Turley 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 2027 5523 771 1476 214 29 139 744 48 16 529 588 .267 .331 .392 .723 705.7 121.6 41.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 7 6 6 4 3 5 5 1 3 3 5 5 4  
* - 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
 Don Newcombe 29 21 13 .618 44 44 0 322.3 305 148 44 115 255 4.13 19.7
*Leo Kiely 25 13 12 .520 39 39 0 264.0 262 108 22 59 144 3.68 16.9
 Stu Miller 27 15 7 .682 35 35 0 231.7 209 79 16 79 124 3.07 22.1
*Jackie Collum 28 11 13 .458 35 35 0 221.0 222 89 17 82 94 3.62 16.9
 Dave Ferriss 33 6 13 .316 101 0 14 139.7 160 82 20 38 100 5.28 6.6
*Bill Henry 27 7 10 .412 60 8 7 98.0 103 55 16 53 56 5.05 3.6
*Billy Hoeft 23 8 7 .533 63 2 4 93.3 103 54 11 55 48 5.21 3.9
 Roy Face 27 4 1 .800 27 2 3 47.3 55 23 5 11 25 4.37 3.6
*Scott Cary 32 0 0 .000 11 0 3 13.7 13 7 1 5 5 4.61 1.4
 Gus Bell 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 6.0 5 4 0 8 0 6.00 0.0
 Bob Turley 24 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 4.3 7 4 1 1 5 8.29 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 86 76 .531 423 165 31 1441.3 1444 653 153 506 856 4.08 94.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 2 4 6 3 4 3 2 2 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 .992 32.3
J.Pramesa 1097.7 121 130 666 41 5 0 .993 38.9
F.Throneberry 210.0 25 27 134 12 2 0 .986 50.0
R.Sullivan 27.0 3 4 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
H.Chiti 12.9 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1347.6 151 163 828 53 7 0 .992 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.09
M.Irvin 1272.7 144 146 1596 134 13 149 .993 12.23
F.Throneberry 120.0 14 14 140 13 1 16 .994 11.48
R.Krsnich 34.0 4 4 44 6 0 1 1.000 13.24
J.Wyrostek 15.0 0 3 23 1 0 5 1.000 14.40
B.Skinner 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.9 162 167 1803 154 14 171 .993 12.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.12
L.Walls 840.0 99 99 208 368 10 87 .983 6.17
D.Groat 557.0 58 82 111 245 8 47 .978 5.75
R.Krsnich 43.7 5 5 13 20 0 5 1.000 6.80
B.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 187 332 634 18 139 .982 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.93
B.Johnson 1339.7 152 152 93 371 25 37 .949 3.12
H.Chiti 107.2 16 17 7 25 1 2 .970 2.69
R.Krsnich 93.0 9 14 3 29 5 1 .865 3.10
D.Groat 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1548.9 178 184 103 426 31 40 .945 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.32
B.Avila 1302.7 150 152 199 573 15 104 .981 5.33
J.Wyrostek 103.0 12 12 13 27 2 7 .952 3.50
R.Krsnich 19.0 0 7 2 9 1 2 .917 5.21
F.Throneberry 6.0 0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 6.00
G.Bell 6.0 0 1 1 3 1 0 .800 6.00
D.Groat 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 179 217 614 19 115 .978 5.19
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.92
G.Bell 1026.7 125 125 199 5 1 2 .995 1.79
J.Wyrostek 256.0 25 46 43 1 2 1 .957 1.55
W.Lockman 192.9 21 23 46 0 1 0 .979 2.15
R.Sullivan 142.7 12 28 31 0 3 0 .912 1.96
F.Throneberry 8.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Irvin 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Skinner 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1629.8 183 229 320 6 7 3 .979 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.40
W.Lockman 901.1 103 104 222 6 2 0 .991 2.28
G.Bell 218.7 25 25 44 1 1 1 .978 1.85
J.Jensen 182.2 20 21 52 2 3 0 .947 2.67
F.Throneberry 107.7 12 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.34
R.Sullivan 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1427.6 162 165 349 10 6 1 .984 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
J.Jensen 893.3 102 106 168 5 8 1 .956 1.74
B.Skinner 224.7 24 25 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
F.Throneberry 123.0 15 17 23 3 0 0 1.000 1.90
R.Sullivan 21.3 0 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42
J.Wyrostek 14.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
H.Chiti 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1277.2 141 164 247 9 8 1 .970 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.32
D.Newcombe 322.3 44 44 31 56 2 2 .978 2.43
L.Kiely 264.0 39 39 18 38 2 6 .966 1.91
S.Miller 231.7 35 35 10 40 1 2 .980 1.94
J.Collum 221.0 35 35 10 51 0 4 1.000 2.48
D.Ferriss 139.7 0 101 5 29 2 2 .944 2.19
B.Henry 98.0 8 60 8 14 0 1 1.000 2.02
B.Hoeft 93.3 2 63 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.12
R.Face 47.3 2 27 3 11 1 1 .933 2.66
S.Cary 13.7 0 11 3 2 0 1 1.000 3.29
G.Bell 6.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Turley 4.3 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.07
Team Total 1441.3 165 423 93 260 8 21 .978 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .328
On-Base Pct Lockman .385
Slugging Pct Bell .494
OPS Lockman .858
XR Irvin 87.1
Games Bell, Johnson 153
At-Bats Johnson 623
Runs Avila 90
Hits Avila 156
Total Bases Bell 264
Singles Avila 122
Doubles Bell 33
Triples Bell, Groat, Johnson, Lockman 4
Homeruns Bell 23
RBIs Bell 94
Stolen Bases Irvin 28
Caught Stealing Irvin 6
Walks Avila 89
Strikeouts Bell 72
ERA Miller 3.07
Wins Newcombe 21
Losses Collum, Ferriss, Newcombe 13
Winning Pct Miller .682
Saves Ferriss 14
Games Pitched Ferriss 101
Games Started Newcombe 44
Complete Games Newcombe 6
Shutouts Newcombe 2
Innings Pitched Newcombe 322.3
Hits Allowed Newcombe 305
Homeruns Allowed Newcombe 44
Strikeouts Newcombe 255
Walks Allowed Newcombe 115
Walks per 9IP Kiely 2.0
Hits per 9IP Miller 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 7.1
WHiP Kiely 1.22
OAVG Miller .244
OOBP Kiely .297
OSLG Miller .352
OOPS Miller .659
Team All-Stars
Dave Ferriss
Jackie Jensen
Whitey Lockman
Don Newcombe
Johnny Pramesa
Player Salaries
Monte Irvin $ 11,000,000
Whitey Lockman $ 4,940,000
Bobby Avila $ 3,992,857
Leo Kiely $ 3,885,714
Stu Miller $ 3,464,286
Don Newcombe $ 3,114,286
Dave Ferriss $ 3,000,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,750,000
Jackie Jensen $ 2,385,714
Jackie Collum $ 2,178,571
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,350,000
Gus Bell $ 591,429
Russ Sullivan $ 394,286
Scott Cary $ 350,000
Monte Kennedy $ 340,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 300,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 300,000
Faye Throneberry $ 300,000
Billy Hoeft $ 300,000
Bill Henry $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
Lee Walls $ 300,000
Roy Face $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Gene Woodling Brooklyn Don Lenhardt
$3,000,000
2/7 Traded Butch Nieman Detroit Clint Hartung
3/3 Traded Pat Seerey Oakland Sonny Dixon
3/3 Traded Joe Dobson
George Freese
George Susce
Montreal George Schmees
$10,000,000
3/3 Traded Hoyt Wilhelm Pittsburgh Rocky Krsnich
Lee Walls
3/3 Traded Dick Wakefield St. Louis Stu Miller
3/3 Traded Pee Wee Reese Cincinnati Gus Bell
Dick Groat
Faye Throneberry
Bob Skinner
Harry Chiti
3/3 Traded Ralph Lapointe Cincinnati Bob Turley
Red Embree
Snuffy Stirnweiss
4/2 Traded Don Lenhardt
Ed Stevens
Sherm Lollar
$2,000,000
San Diego Roy Face
4/2 Traded Snuffy Stirnweiss
Bobby Shantz
Alex Kellner
San Diego Billy Hoeft
5/1 Traded Red Embree
Bob Skinner
Harry Chiti
Bob Turley
Cleveland Bill Henry
Jackie Jensen
Whitey Lockman
6/1 Traded Sonny Dixon Cincinnati Bob Stephenson