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1959 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 720
Runs Allowed: 576
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,420,647
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 7th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the AL
A: 55-82, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Oakland Athletics
 
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
1B  Eddie Yost 32 153 531 101 123 14 3 27 67 1 0 136 151 .232 .392 .422 .814 100.4 21.2 10.1
1B  Steve Bilko 30 158 547 82 139 19 3 34 106 1 1 92 159 .254 .359 .486 .845 96.2 19.7 3.5
2B  Lee Walls 26 151 571 72 157 22 7 16 59 1 1 50 99 .275 .334 .422 .756 76.1 13.4 6.6
CF  Roy Sievers 32 157 514 79 129 24 1 21 74 1 0 83 111 .251 .354 .424 .778 76.9 14.3 4.2
LF *Irv Noren 34 145 534 80 162 29 6 15 75 0 0 44 81 .303 .359 .464 .823 84.0 18.1 3.3
C  Stan Lopata 33 146 498 79 103 24 4 31 75 0 0 85 162 .207 .321 .458 .779 75.5 13.3 2.8
3B  Dick Groat 28 150 511 41 141 27 2 4 59 1 0 26 28 .276 .311 .360 .671 55.5 8.5 9.5
CF *Gus Bell 30 123 342 32 97 19 2 10 62 0 0 13 58 .284 .307 .439 .746 43.2 7.6 2.1
LF  Dino Restelli 34 118 270 31 49 4 1 14 35 0 0 25 62 .181 .258 .359 .618 27.8 2.1 2.0
1B *Ferris Fain 38 54 202 34 66 10 3 9 28 1 1 24 24 .327 .399 .540 .939 39.4 9.6 1.2
SS  Bob Stephenson 30 62 151 8 28 1 1 0 8 0 0 4 18 .185 .206 .205 .412 4.4 0.0 2.7
2B  Bobby Avila 35 57 129 17 29 2 2 4 21 0 1 18 26 .225 .318 .364 .682 15.0 1.8 1.5
P  Humberto Robinson 29 42 116 4 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 52 .095 .110 .103 .214 -3.8 0.0 0.0
C  Hal Smith 28 55 110 10 24 9 0 3 15 1 0 7 20 .218 .265 .382 .647 10.4 1.1 0.4
P *Leo Kiely 29 40 100 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 39 .050 .059 .070 .129 -4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 27 38 82 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 40 .061 .094 .073 .167 -3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 31 31 77 7 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .143 .165 .143 .307 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Bill Bruton 33 46 70 7 12 4 1 0 9 1 1 3 11 .171 .213 .257 .470 3.0 0.0 0.3
P  Raul Sanchez 28 59 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Barry Shetrone 20 67 10 19 1 0 0 0 0 24 4 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 2.7 0.3 0.2
P  Frank Lary 29 28 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 33 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 36 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 39 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Garcia 35 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 32 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 2111 5415 720 1296 210 37 188 706 39 10 619 1176 .239 .318 .396 .714 697.2 131.0 50.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 6 6 7 5 3 6 2 4 2 7 6 5 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
 Humberto Robinson 29 23 7 .767 42 42 0 300.0 259 102 17 70 274 3.06 27.8
*Leo Kiely 29 23 7 .767 40 40 0 293.3 289 101 22 40 194 3.10 27.0
 Russ Kemmerer 27 15 17 .469 38 38 0 265.0 247 108 21 64 157 3.67 16.5
 Stu Miller 31 13 8 .619 31 31 0 202.3 184 65 15 76 135 2.89 19.0
 Raul Sanchez 28 6 3 .667 59 8 7 116.3 112 55 10 35 75 4.26 7.9
 Mike Garcia 35 10 6 .625 80 0 10 91.7 85 29 9 23 55 2.85 14.9
*Jackie Collum 32 6 1 .857 63 0 9 68.0 61 19 4 16 39 2.51 12.5
 Don Newcombe 33 5 9 .357 57 9 21 66.0 75 41 12 35 56 5.59 0.1
 Frank Lary 29 1 1 .500 28 2 5 45.7 57 27 5 15 20 5.32 0.6
 Walt Masterson 39 1 0 1.000 2 1 0 9.7 8 2 2 5 5 1.86 1.2
Team Totals 31.2 103 59 .636 440 171 52 1458.0 1377 549 117 379 1010 3.39 127.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 6 2  
* - 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 .994 30.6
S.Lopata 1254.3 139 144 907 31 5 0 .995 15.9
H.Smith 203.7 23 24 131 4 1 0 .993 33.3
Team Total 1458.0 162 168 1038 35 6 0 .994 17.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
S.Bilko 717.7 80 82 789 67 6 67 .993 10.73
F.Fain 453.8 50 53 494 38 5 43 .991 10.55
R.Sievers 156.0 19 19 187 16 0 15 1.000 11.71
B.Avila 65.3 6 9 81 0 3 6 .964 11.16
B.Stephenson 54.0 6 6 61 6 0 8 1.000 11.17
E.Yost 8.3 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.48
L.Walls 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Restelli 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1457.1 161 172 1621 128 14 140 .992 10.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
D.Groat 1259.7 148 148 246 523 9 101 .988 5.49
B.Stephenson 132.3 11 24 27 66 1 13 .989 6.33
B.Avila 55.0 3 10 12 16 0 4 1.000 4.58
F.Fain 2.8 0 0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.64
L.Walls 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
R.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.8 162 184 287 607 11 119 .988 5.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
L.Walls 1268.7 143 146 75 297 7 22 .982 2.64
B.Avila 84.3 9 10 7 18 2 0 .926 2.67
B.Stephenson 64.0 7 10 5 17 0 3 1.000 3.09
E.Yost 31.0 3 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.87
H.Smith 10.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1458.0 162 175 87 337 9 26 .979 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
E.Yost 1249.3 145 148 201 506 15 84 .979 5.09
B.Stephenson 116.0 8 20 15 38 1 8 .981 4.11
B.Avila 83.0 9 12 13 32 0 4 1.000 4.88
D.Groat 5.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Shetrone 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 182 229 577 16 96 .981 4.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
I.Noren 1205.0 135 141 247 2 2 2 .992 1.86
D.Restelli 168.0 20 21 34 4 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Bruton 60.0 7 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.35
G.Bell 16.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Sullivan 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Bilko 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Shetrone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 179 296 6 3 2 .990 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
R.Sievers 832.7 96 98 210 4 10 0 .955 2.31
D.Restelli 327.3 38 43 83 2 5 0 .944 2.34
G.Bell 222.7 24 38 59 2 3 1 .953 2.47
B.Bruton 48.3 4 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
B.Shetrone 27.0 0 14 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
Team Total 1458.0 162 204 376 8 18 1 .955 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
S.Bilko 593.0 68 70 118 4 0 2 1.000 1.85
G.Bell 487.0 54 61 92 2 1 0 .989 1.74
R.Sievers 278.7 31 36 69 1 2 0 .972 2.26
D.Restelli 79.0 9 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Sullivan 9.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Walls 7.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
I.Noren 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Smith 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 191 301 7 3 2 .990 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
H.Robinson 300.0 42 42 9 43 0 1 1.000 1.56
L.Kiely 293.3 40 40 13 37 0 7 1.000 1.53
R.Kemmerer 265.0 38 38 24 31 1 3 .982 1.87
S.Miller 202.3 31 31 19 31 1 3 .980 2.22
R.Sanchez 116.3 8 59 10 18 1 5 .966 2.17
M.Garcia 91.7 0 80 2 17 0 1 1.000 1.87
J.Collum 68.0 0 63 8 15 0 1 1.000 3.04
D.Newcombe 66.0 9 57 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.45
F.Lary 45.7 2 28 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.97
W.Masterson 9.7 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.80
Team Total 1458.0 171 440 91 217 3 24 .990 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Noren .303
On-Base Pct Yost .392
Slugging Pct Bilko .486
OPS Bilko .845
XR Yost 100.4
Games Bilko 158
At-Bats Walls 571
Runs Yost 101
Hits Noren 162
Total Bases Bilko 266
Singles Walls, Noren 112
Doubles Noren 29
Triples Walls 7
Homeruns Bilko 34
RBIs Bilko 106
Stolen Bases Shetrone 24
Caught Stealing Shetrone 4
Walks Yost 136
Strikeouts Lopata 162
ERA Miller 2.89
Wins Kiely, Robinson 23
Losses Kemmerer 17
Winning Pct Kiely, Robinson .767
Saves Newcombe 21
Games Pitched Garcia 80
Games Started Robinson 42
Complete Games Robinson 6
Shutouts Robinson 2
Innings Pitched Robinson 300.0
Hits Allowed Kiely 289
Homeruns Allowed Kiely 22
Strikeouts Robinson 274
Walks Allowed Miller 76
Walks per 9IP Kiely 1.2
Hits per 9IP Robinson 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Robinson 8.2
WHiP Robinson 1.10
OAVG Robinson .231
OOBP Robinson .276
OSLG Robinson .334
OOPS Robinson .609
Team All-Stars
Steve Bilko
Leo Kiely
Stan Lopata
Irv Noren
Humberto Robinson
Lee Walls
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Ferris Fain $ 11,500,000
Roy Sievers $ 6,250,000
Stu Miller $ 6,100,000
Leo Kiely $ 6,000,000
Humberto Robinson $ 5,007,143
Irv Noren $ 3,650,000
Steve Bilko $ 3,200,000
Stan Lopata $ 3,000,000
Jackie Collum $ 2,800,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 2,325,714
Mike Garcia $ 1,700,000
Dick Groat $ 1,500,000
Bobby Avila $ 1,300,000
Dino Restelli $ 1,150,000
Hal Smith $ 964,286
Gus Bell $ 750,000
Alex Grammas $ 642,857
Russ Sullivan $ 400,000
Frank Lary $ 350,000
Raul Sanchez $ 300,000
Barry Shetrone $ 300,000
Bob Stephenson $ 300,000
Lee Walls $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Whitey Lockman
Jackie Jensen		 Oakland Humberto Robinson
Bill Bruton
2/3 Traded Curt Roberts New York (N) Raul Sanchez
3/3 Traded Whammy Douglas Seattle Steve Bilko
Frank Lary
3/3 Traded Jim Bronstad Seattle Dino Restelli
4/2 Signed     Don Lenhardt
7/31 Traded Walt Masterson
Dave Ferriss
Bill Bruton
Don Newcombe		 Cincinnati Ferris Fain
Alex Grammas
 
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