1974 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 97-65
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 972
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,853,158
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 4th in the American League
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 80-57, 1st in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
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 #Reggie Smith 29 154 599 101 170 35 2 31 119 17 3 75 97 .284 .362 .504 .866 105.9 20.3 3.6
SS  Dick Smith 35 153 623 101 203 27 9 12 91 51 10 35 84 .326 .364 .456 .820 96.3 17.7 7.1
LF *Al Oliver 27 153 590 96 194 40 2 11 99 9 0 34 21 .329 .368 .459 .827 89.5 17.1 2.4
RF *Reggie Jackson 28 137 519 108 153 27 1 33 108 7 2 98 115 .295 .408 .541 .949 110.0 23.2 0.0
3B  Joe Foy 31 145 507 83 138 22 0 11 79 18 3 90 51 .272 .383 .381 .763 76.6 12.0 4.2
C  Gene Tenace 27 133 458 82 108 15 0 11 60 4 4 97 90 .236 .374 .341 .715 66.0 8.9 8.9
CF  Larry Hisle 27 141 506 92 156 27 5 13 78 9 2 37 69 .308 .356 .458 .814 77.3 13.7 2.2
2B *Ken Boswell 28 131 485 82 149 16 5 10 60 30 6 44 39 .307 .363 .423 .785 76.2 13.8 4.9
DH  Ken Harrelson 32 134 434 65 116 15 1 26 104 0 1 52 83 .267 .343 .486 .829 70.2 11.6 1.2
C *Jay Johnstone 28 86 270 38 86 22 2 9 47 2 0 15 23 .319 .353 .515 .868 45.0 9.1 3.3
1B *Willie McCovey 36 75 221 25 44 6 1 2 24 1 2 34 53 .199 .309 .262 .571 19.0 0.0 0.9
LF  Ike Brown 32 90 217 40 48 3 1 9 34 1 5 37 54 .221 .340 .369 .709 27.3 2.7 2.0
C  Duffy Dyer 28 46 133 28 38 6 0 2 27 1 1 24 11 .286 .398 .376 .773 22.0 3.7 1.4
LF *Carlos May 26 37 97 16 29 5 0 4 13 1 0 14 13 .299 .393 .474 .867 17.8 3.5 0.4
CF *Gates Brown 35 26 47 7 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 10 .149 .216 .149 .365 1.4 0.0 0.1
1B #Richie Scheinblum 31 8 26 8 8 1 0 2 5 0 1 7 2 .308 .455 .577 1.031 6.2 1.5 0.0
LF *Ray Webster 31 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 30.1 1651 5735 972 1648 268 29 186 952 154 40 697 816 .287 .366 .441 .807 907.3 159.0 42.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 1 2 6 7 2 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 1 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
*Dan Schneider 31 19 9 .679 34 34 0 239.3 229 105 36 64 188 3.95 18.8
 Dave Goltz 25 16 13 .552 31 31 0 238.7 282 123 30 108 109 4.64 13.1
 Denny McLain 30 15 11 .577 32 32 0 238.3 287 112 31 26 129 4.23 16.3
 Rollie Fingers 27 17 6 .739 35 35 0 225.7 234 112 25 91 184 4.47 15.0
 Rawly Eastwick 23 6 9 .400 18 18 0 108.0 144 78 9 39 54 6.50 0.9
 Sammy Ellis 33 3 7 .300 59 0 18 76.7 91 55 7 31 29 6.46 3.5
*Jim Brewer 36 5 2 .714 12 12 0 68.0 80 48 9 39 70 6.35 1.6
 Jay Ritchie 37 4 2 .667 65 0 8 63.0 64 34 3 48 53 4.86 4.9
 Rickey Clark 28 4 2 .667 32 0 1 53.7 58 25 7 19 33 4.19 4.1
 Cecil Butler 36 1 1 .500 21 0 2 53.0 57 30 8 13 33 5.09 2.4
 Tom Bradley 27 7 3 .700 25 2 6 45.3 43 18 3 13 32 3.57 6.3
 Steve Kealey 27 0 0 .000 21 0 2 31.3 34 15 2 6 13 4.31 2.3
Team Totals 30.0 97 65 .599 385 164 37 1441.0 1603 755 170 497 927 4.72 89.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 8 9 9 5 2 2 5  
* - 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 .987 30.3
G.Tenace 1132.3 126 131 755 64 10 1 .988 42.2
J.Johnstone 170.7 19 19 113 8 0 0 1.000 38.5
D.Dyer 135.0 16 16 91 5 3 1 .970 18.8
R.Webster 4.7 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1442.7 162 168 961 78 13 2 .988 39.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
K.Harrelson 592.3 67 76 655 45 8 60 .989 10.64
W.McCovey 562.7 69 71 643 49 4 72 .994 11.07
C.May 102.9 13 14 112 8 1 8 .992 10.50
I.Brown 42.7 3 11 53 4 0 5 1.000 12.03
D.Dyer 18.0 2 3 20 2 0 4 1.000 11.00
A.Oliver 14.0 1 4 17 2 0 0 1.000 12.21
L.Hisle 13.0 0 6 18 1 0 1 1.000 13.15
J.Johnstone 9.0 1 1 8 1 0 3 1.000 9.00
K.Boswell 7.0 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29
D.Smith 6.0 0 3 7 2 0 2 1.000 13.50
G.Tenace 6.0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Smith 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Repoz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1378.6 156 195 1553 115 13 156 .992 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
K.Boswell 915.3 107 113 229 396 12 98 .981 6.15
I.Brown 448.7 48 65 92 176 7 35 .975 5.38
J.Johnstone 76.0 7 13 16 29 2 5 .957 5.33
D.Smith 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 193 337 601 21 138 .978 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
J.Foy 1247.0 142 142 100 299 30 32 .930 2.88
D.Dyer 94.0 10 12 10 22 0 3 1.000 3.06
J.Johnstone 88.7 10 10 4 19 0 1 1.000 2.33
K.Boswell 12.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 169 115 341 30 36 .938 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
D.Smith 1241.0 146 146 188 503 16 103 .977 5.01
J.Johnstone 165.0 15 28 25 65 2 15 .978 4.91
K.Boswell 21.7 0 11 7 10 0 2 1.000 7.06
J.Foy 6.0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
E.Fazio 5.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
L.Hisle 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1442.7 162 191 220 583 19 120 .977 5.01
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
A.Oliver 1229.0 141 144 245 10 4 3 .985 1.87
K.Harrelson 95.7 10 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
C.May 62.1 8 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
I.Brown 43.0 4 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
D.Dyer 14.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
R.Jackson 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Scheinblum 8.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Smith 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Johnstone 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Boswell 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Smith 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Foy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1484.8 168 191 301 12 4 3 .987 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
R.Smith 1289.7 149 151 364 7 6 0 .984 2.59
G.Brown 79.0 8 11 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.14
J.Johnstone 49.0 5 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.Boswell 12.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Oliver 8.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63
R.Jackson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Hisle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 180 396 9 6 0 .985 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
L.Hisle 1172.3 137 139 230 9 6 5 .976 1.83
K.Harrelson 98.0 10 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Johnstone 42.0 4 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.21
D.Dyer 42.0 4 8 4 0 1 0 .800 0.86
C.May 37.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
G.Brown 37.0 4 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97
K.Boswell 11.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Scheinblum 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Oliver 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Smith 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.7 164 192 284 10 7 5 .977 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
D.Schneider 239.3 34 34 14 41 2 5 .965 2.07
D.Goltz 238.7 31 31 17 31 0 3 1.000 1.81
D.McLain 238.3 32 32 12 28 0 2 1.000 1.51
R.Fingers 225.7 35 35 15 28 1 2 .977 1.71
R.Eastwick 108.0 18 18 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.00
S.Ellis 76.7 0 59 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.00
J.Brewer 68.0 12 12 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Ritchie 63.0 0 65 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.86
R.Clark 53.7 0 32 5 7 1 2 .923 2.01
C.Butler 53.0 0 21 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.87
T.Bradley 45.3 2 25 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Kealey 31.3 0 21 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.45
Team Total 1441.0 164 385 96 204 4 19 .987 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oliver .329
On-Base Pct Jackson .408
Slugging Pct Jackson .541
OPS Jackson .949
XR Jackson 110.0
Games Smith 154
At-Bats Smith 623
Runs Jackson 108
Hits Smith 203
Total Bases Smith 302
Singles Smith 155
Doubles Oliver 40
Triples Smith 9
Homeruns Jackson 33
RBIs Smith 119
Stolen Bases Smith 51
Caught Stealing Smith 10
Walks Jackson 98
Strikeouts Jackson 115
ERA Schneider 3.95
Wins Schneider 19
Losses Goltz 13
Winning Pct Fingers .739
Saves Ellis 18
Games Pitched Ritchie 65
Games Started Fingers 35
Complete Games Goltz 10
Shutouts Brewer 1
Innings Pitched Schneider 239.3
Hits Allowed McLain 287
Homeruns Allowed Schneider 36
Strikeouts Schneider 188
Walks Allowed Goltz 108
Walks per 9IP McLain 1.0
Hits per 9IP Schneider 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Fingers 7.3
WHiP Schneider 1.22
OAVG Schneider .251
OOBP Schneider .302
OSLG Schneider .417
OOPS Schneider .719
Team All-Stars
Ken Boswell
Dave Goltz
Reggie Jackson
Al Oliver
Dan Schneider
Dick Smith
Player Salaries
Ken Harrelson $ 6,000,000
Rollie Fingers $ 5,642,857
Al Oliver $ 4,200,000
Reggie Smith $ 4,000,000
Reggie Jackson $ 3,578,571
Roger Repoz $ 3,500,000
Jim Brewer $ 3,220,000
Gene Tenace $ 3,135,714
Jay Ritchie $ 3,000,000
Joe Foy $ 3,000,000
Denny McLain $ 2,900,000
Dan Schneider $ 2,500,000
Cecil Butler $ 2,500,000
Carlos May $ 1,805,714
Ike Brown $ 1,795,000
Gates Brown $ 1,500,000
Phil Linz $ 1,400,000
Sammy Ellis $ 1,250,000
Tom Bradley $ 1,240,000
Larry Elliot $ 908,000
Dick Smith $ 700,000
Bucky Brandon $ 300,000
Rickey Clark $ 300,000
Duffy Dyer $ 300,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 300,000
Ernie Fazio $ 300,000
Larry Hisle $ 300,000
Ken Boswell $ 300,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 300,000
Ray Webster $ 300,000
Jay Johnstone $ 300,000
Clarence Jones $ 300,000
Steve Kealey $ 300,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Dave Goltz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Jay Ritchie
2/13 Signed     Cecil Butler
2/17 Signed     Gates Brown
4/2 Signed     Larry Elliot
7/31 Traded Duane Kuiper
Dick Sharon
Boston (N) Jim Brewer
7/31 Traded Willie Mccovey Colorado Tom Bradley
7/31 Traded Mike Phillips Montreal Carlos May
9/1 Released Norm Miller    
9/1 Released Jim Fairey    
9/1 Released Skip Jutze    
9/1 Released Bobby Etheridge    
9/1 Released Ted Kubiak    
9/1 Released Remy Hermoso