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1956 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 812
Runs Allowed: 588
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,421,013
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 7th in the AL
AA: 49-88, 8th in the AL
A: 62-75, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to New York (N) Giants
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Minnesota Twins
 
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
LF *Irv Noren 31 152 654 108 191 34 5 13 67 0 0 70 85 .292 .361 .419 .780 97.9 17.0 3.5
RF  Jackie Jensen 29 153 595 114 194 34 4 36 114 0 1 84 70 .326 .406 .578 .984 127.5 26.3 4.3
CF  Roy Sievers 29 155 587 92 158 34 4 17 101 0 0 83 95 .269 .358 .428 .785 89.7 13.8 3.3
CF *Whitey Lockman 29 154 595 88 189 23 4 12 94 2 0 64 23 .318 .380 .430 .810 96.4 17.0 5.6
1B  Eddie Yost 29 150 488 99 137 36 5 22 80 1 1 166 114 .281 .462 .510 .972 119.2 25.1 9.7
2B  Bobby Avila 32 145 498 66 128 14 2 13 62 3 1 76 70 .257 .355 .371 .726 65.9 8.8 9.3
C  Johnny Pramesa 30 140 521 53 155 15 1 10 62 0 0 35 49 .298 .337 .388 .725 67.3 9.0 7.6
3B  Al Rosen 32 122 449 53 95 22 0 19 76 1 1 55 88 .212 .298 .388 .685 50.2 4.4 3.7
SS  Rocky Krsnich 28 105 207 21 53 11 1 4 27 0 0 22 15 .256 .328 .377 .704 25.0 3.4 2.2
CF *Gus Bell 27 107 208 25 54 10 3 6 30 0 0 14 24 .260 .308 .423 .731 27.0 3.6 0.9
C *Faye Throneberry 25 68 162 22 39 14 1 4 24 0 0 8 38 .241 .277 .414 .691 18.3 1.9 2.1
P *Leo Kiely 26 44 118 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 45 .051 .058 .051 .109 -6.5 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 30 42 118 16 27 5 0 0 13 0 0 1 19 .229 .242 .271 .513 6.5 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 28 43 106 9 14 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 19 .132 .148 .160 .309 0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Lee Walls 23 26 90 8 19 3 1 1 16 0 0 10 13 .211 .287 .300 .587 7.4 0.1 0.9
P *Jackie Collum 29 33 81 14 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 .198 .198 .222 .420 2.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 33 87 64 17 12 3 0 1 8 9 2 11 6 .188 .307 .281 .588 6.9 0.6 0.4
C  Andy Seminick 35 33 33 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 9 .030 .256 .030 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.3
3B  Dick Groat 25 14 32 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .281 .343 .313 .655 3.0 0.2 0.6
P *Dave Ferriss 34 72 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P *Bill Henry 28 86 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Face 28 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 36 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2030 5611 812 1499 261 31 159 797 16 8 714 794 .267 .349 .410 .758 804.3 131.3 54.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 2 1 5 5 5 2 6 3 1 1 1 1 3 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
*Leo Kiely 26 23 9 .719 44 44 0 329.7 292 104 27 62 174 2.84 28.0
 Don Newcombe 30 22 10 .688 42 42 0 320.0 282 131 51 125 253 3.68 24.0
 Stu Miller 28 22 7 .759 43 43 0 305.0 252 81 10 77 149 2.39 32.0
*Jackie Collum 29 14 11 .560 33 33 0 229.7 215 92 14 75 101 3.61 16.0
*Bill Henry 28 8 9 .471 86 0 7 97.0 93 48 12 29 58 4.45 7.3
 Dave Ferriss 34 7 5 .583 72 0 14 86.3 91 37 11 13 62 3.86 9.9
 Walt Masterson 36 3 4 .429 49 0 4 56.7 69 26 10 12 35 4.13 3.9
 Roy Face 28 4 2 .667 50 0 4 49.3 49 30 11 17 26 5.47 2.2
*Scott Cary 33 0 2 .000 7 0 2 4.3 7 2 0 1 2 4.16 0.1
Team Totals 30.2 103 59 .636 426 162 31 1478.0 1350 551 146 411 860 3.36 123.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 1  
* - 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 .995 34.1
J.Pramesa 1244.0 137 139 714 49 4 0 .995 41.0
F.Throneberry 189.3 21 24 122 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Seminick 41.7 4 7 33 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
G.Bell 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1478.0 162 171 870 54 4 0 .996 36.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
R.Sievers 1346.0 149 153 1685 116 15 152 .992 12.04
F.Throneberry 96.0 10 18 107 13 3 14 .976 11.25
R.Krsnich 20.0 2 4 21 2 0 1 1.000 10.35
A.Rosen 6.0 1 1 5 4 0 1 1.000 13.50
A.Seminick 5.0 0 2 4 0 0 3 1.000 7.20
I.Noren 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
D.Groat 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1478.0 162 181 1829 135 18 171 .991 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
B.Avila 1304.0 144 144 295 520 13 118 .984 5.63
R.Krsnich 114.0 12 13 21 48 1 7 .986 5.45
D.Groat 33.0 3 5 9 21 0 5 1.000 8.18
F.Throneberry 27.0 3 3 4 10 0 2 1.000 4.67
Team Total 1478.0 162 165 329 599 14 132 .985 5.65
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
A.Rosen 1052.3 117 121 64 272 15 27 .957 2.87
L.Walls 225.0 26 26 18 57 1 4 .987 3.00
R.Krsnich 165.7 15 25 13 50 5 9 .926 3.42
F.Throneberry 21.0 3 4 0 7 1 1 .875 3.00
D.Groat 12.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Yost 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.0 162 179 96 387 22 41 .956 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
E.Yost 1263.0 144 145 191 543 14 96 .981 5.23
R.Krsnich 120.0 12 16 21 39 3 8 .952 4.50
F.Throneberry 58.3 3 13 7 25 0 5 1.000 4.94
D.Groat 33.0 3 5 2 9 1 2 .917 3.00
W.Lockman 3.7 0 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 12.30
Team Total 1478.0 162 180 223 619 18 112 .979 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
I.Noren 1351.3 148 150 251 5 5 2 .981 1.70
G.Bell 103.0 12 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.49
R.Sullivan 17.0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
R.Sievers 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Lockman 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.0 162 167 275 6 5 2 .983 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
W.Lockman 1355.7 149 151 346 10 3 1 .992 2.36
G.Bell 94.0 10 11 20 0 1 0 .952 1.91
R.Sullivan 28.3 3 4 12 0 1 0 .923 3.81
Team Total 1478.0 162 166 378 10 5 1 .987 2.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
J.Jensen 1316.3 148 152 293 8 7 0 .977 2.06
G.Bell 127.7 12 17 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
R.Sullivan 29.0 2 9 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.55
F.Throneberry 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1478.0 162 181 327 9 7 1 .980 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
L.Kiely 329.7 44 44 21 62 2 4 .976 2.27
D.Newcombe 320.0 42 42 16 75 1 10 .989 2.56
S.Miller 305.0 43 43 23 60 1 2 .988 2.45
J.Collum 229.7 33 33 11 56 1 4 .985 2.63
B.Henry 97.0 0 86 6 18 0 1 1.000 2.23
D.Ferriss 86.3 0 72 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.29
W.Masterson 56.7 0 49 3 13 1 0 .941 2.54
R.Face 49.3 0 50 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.09
S.Cary 4.3 0 7 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1478.0 162 426 88 305 6 23 .985 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jensen .326
On-Base Pct Yost .462
Slugging Pct Jensen .578
OPS Jensen .984
XR Jensen 127.5
Games Sievers 155
At-Bats Noren 654
Runs Jensen 114
Hits Jensen 194
Total Bases Jensen 344
Singles Lockman 150
Doubles Yost 36
Triples Noren, Yost 5
Homeruns Jensen 36
RBIs Jensen 114
Stolen Bases Sullivan 9
Caught Stealing Sullivan 2
Walks Yost 166
Strikeouts Yost 114
ERA Miller 2.39
Wins Kiely 23
Losses Collum 11
Winning Pct Miller .759
Saves Ferriss 14
Games Pitched Henry 86
Games Started Kiely 44
Complete Games Kiely, Newcombe 8
Shutouts Kiely, Miller 1
Innings Pitched Kiely 329.7
Hits Allowed Kiely 292
Homeruns Allowed Newcombe 51
Strikeouts Newcombe 253
Walks Allowed Newcombe 125
Walks per 9IP Kiely 1.7
Hits per 9IP Miller 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 7.1
WHiP Kiely 1.07
OAVG Miller .227
OOBP Kiely .272
OSLG Miller .313
OOPS Miller .590
Team All-Stars
Jackie Jensen
Stu Miller
Don Newcombe
Roy Sievers
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Don Newcombe $ 6,250,000
Al Rosen $ 6,150,000
Roy Sievers $ 5,410,000
Whitey Lockman $ 4,940,000
Bobby Avila $ 4,940,000
Stu Miller $ 4,921,429
Jackie Jensen $ 4,620,000
Leo Kiely $ 3,885,714
Irv Noren $ 3,000,000
Jackie Collum $ 2,800,000
Dave Ferriss $ 2,550,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 2,485,714
Walt Masterson $ 1,750,000
Karl Drews $ 910,000
Gus Bell $ 750,000
Roy Face $ 450,000
Andy Seminick $ 400,000
Russ Sullivan $ 394,286
Bill Henry $ 350,000
Scott Cary $ 350,000
Monte Kennedy $ 340,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 320,000
Lee Walls $ 300,000
Faye Throneberry $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Hoeft
Billy Johnson		 Pittsburgh Roy Sievers
Eddie Yost
Karl Drews
2/6 Signed     Andy Seminick
3/3 Traded Monte Irvin Detroit Irv Noren
Al Rosen
Walt Masterson
 
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