1969 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 86-76
Finish: 3rd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 725
Runs Allowed: 675
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,552,701
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the American League
AA: 80-57, 2nd in the American League
A: 95-42, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
RF *Reggie Jackson 23 153 548 87 135 19 4 30 87 7 2 80 157 .246 .344 .460 .804 88.2 21.2 0.0
3B  Joe Foy 26 150 536 68 134 28 5 12 74 23 12 91 65 .250 .355 .388 .744 72.4 14.5 3.6
CF #Reggie Smith 24 154 568 75 144 21 3 27 96 9 5 56 121 .254 .319 .444 .762 80.5 17.3 4.3
CF  Larry Hisle 22 148 527 60 122 16 4 7 47 9 6 36 121 .231 .281 .317 .598 45.7 5.3 2.7
CF *Bill White 35 134 484 74 143 16 3 21 84 12 10 51 99 .295 .357 .471 .828 81.5 20.7 1.7
SS  Dick Smith 30 138 441 65 111 16 2 6 49 32 11 31 72 .252 .307 .338 .645 48.1 8.4 3.7
2B *Bernie Allen 30 120 399 40 89 11 3 8 48 0 4 33 70 .223 .282 .326 .608 32.2 2.6 4.1
SS *Ty Cline 30 109 376 48 94 7 2 1 29 21 15 46 40 .250 .334 .287 .621 38.1 5.5 4.0
C  Gene Oliver 34 111 356 38 75 13 3 5 39 1 1 28 101 .211 .270 .306 .576 28.8 2.1 5.0
1B #Richie Scheinblum 26 104 314 47 80 12 0 5 35 2 4 49 37 .255 .352 .341 .693 41.5 8.5 1.8
3B  Bob Robertson 22 113 311 39 55 19 1 12 30 0 1 44 88 .177 .278 .360 .638 32.7 4.5 1.8
C  Gene Tenace 22 68 233 31 54 7 1 14 35 2 1 38 59 .232 .341 .451 .791 37.1 8.5 4.0
2B *Tony Oliva 28 56 136 10 35 4 0 4 29 1 0 4 22 .257 .280 .375 .655 14.1 2.1 0.7
1B  Luis Aparicio 35 47 125 14 23 3 2 0 9 5 3 3 25 .184 .202 .240 .442 3.7 0.0 1.3
LF  Doug Rader 24 39 112 18 30 6 1 5 11 2 3 8 28 .268 .320 .473 .793 16.9 4.1 1.6
C  Earl Averill 37 21 51 11 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 10 14 .176 .311 .294 .606 5.5 0.7 0.9
  Team Totals 28.0 1665 5517 725 1333 199 35 158 707 126 78 608 1119 .242 .317 .376 .693 667.0 126.0 41.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 5 8 10 2 3 5 2 9 4 8 8 6 5 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
 Rollie Fingers 22 18 11 .621 36 36 0 266.0 217 72 14 69 189 2.44 23.7
 Sammy Ellis 28 14 10 .583 32 32 0 237.0 237 94 21 86 122 3.57 14.2
 Dave Giusti 29 11 15 .423 33 33 0 233.3 248 125 27 70 146 4.82 6.1
*Jim O'Toole 32 10 4 .714 22 22 0 170.7 156 56 8 50 113 2.95 12.5
 Denny McLain 25 7 9 .438 57 4 12 150.7 153 58 13 19 88 3.46 12.2
*Steve Hamilton 33 4 7 .364 43 12 9 80.7 71 36 10 31 60 4.02 4.6
*Dan Schneider 26 4 5 .444 10 10 0 60.3 68 39 7 21 59 5.82 0.2
 Wayne Schurr 31 5 3 .625 34 0 0 54.7 62 31 9 15 21 5.10 1.8
 Jack Aker 28 2 1 .667 33 0 8 51.3 38 10 3 26 27 1.75 7.5
 Dave Morehead 26 2 4 .333 11 9 0 50.3 59 45 12 38 55 8.05 0.0
 Bob Anderson 33 2 5 .286 28 0 6 50.3 47 22 4 24 24 3.93 3.3
 Pete Cimino 26 4 1 .800 14 0 1 37.7 29 16 3 21 26 3.82 2.8
 Bucky Brandon 28 3 1 .750 4 4 0 30.7 30 13 1 11 18 3.82 2.0
Team Totals 28.2 86 76 .531 357 162 36 1473.6 1415 617 132 481 948 3.77 90.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 2 4 2 7 5 6 2 7 4  
* - 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 36.3
G.Oliver 723.0 80 85 484 40 2 1 .996 51.7
G.Tenace 600.7 66 67 408 36 6 1 .987 41.1
E.Averill 150.0 16 20 97 6 1 0 .990 16.7
Team Total 1473.7 162 172 989 82 9 2 .992 42.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
B.White 1072.3 118 122 1194 103 7 105 .995 10.89
D.Smith 86.7 9 13 109 9 0 8 1.000 12.25
B.Robertson 82.3 10 12 89 5 0 5 1.000 10.28
G.Oliver 75.0 9 10 88 7 2 7 .979 11.40
L.Hisle 73.3 8 8 86 4 0 11 1.000 11.05
R.Scheinblum 26.0 2 5 37 3 0 2 1.000 13.85
T.Cline 21.0 2 3 23 3 0 4 1.000 11.14
D.Rader 20.0 2 3 19 3 1 1 .957 9.90
L.Aparicio 17.0 2 3 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.59
Team Total 1473.7 162 179 1662 140 10 146 .994 11.01
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
B.Allen 863.3 97 106 206 382 15 73 .975 6.13
D.Smith 573.3 63 70 114 224 8 48 .977 5.31
L.Aparicio 27.0 2 7 7 13 0 1 1.000 6.67
B.Robertson 6.3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.69
E.Averill 3.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
Team Total 1473.7 162 185 330 622 23 123 .976 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
J.Foy 1240.7 137 139 61 273 23 21 .936 2.42
B.Allen 96.0 11 11 2 28 3 4 .909 2.81
T.Oliva 69.3 7 9 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.47
D.Smith 41.0 5 5 3 12 1 0 .938 3.29
L.Aparicio 25.7 2 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.81
R.Scheinblum 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.7 162 168 71 335 27 26 .938 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
T.Cline 798.7 86 96 97 322 9 47 .979 4.72
D.Rader 285.0 33 35 53 114 6 24 .965 5.27
L.Aparicio 194.3 23 24 30 81 4 18 .965 5.14
D.Smith 144.0 15 19 26 63 3 13 .967 5.56
J.Foy 42.7 4 7 10 13 1 3 .958 4.85
B.Allen 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1473.7 162 182 218 595 23 106 .972 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
B.Robertson 784.3 95 97 156 2 0 0 1.000 1.81
R.Scheinblum 408.0 48 53 73 3 0 2 1.000 1.68
T.Oliva 119.0 9 25 18 0 1 0 .947 1.36
G.Oliver 45.0 4 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
D.Smith 36.3 3 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
L.Hisle 35.0 1 14 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.54
R.Smith 11.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
L.Aparicio 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.White 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Jackson 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Rader 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Foy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cline 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.7 162 219 276 7 1 3 .996 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
R.Smith 1326.0 148 149 376 10 12 3 .970 2.62
D.Smith 40.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
L.Hisle 40.0 4 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Oliva 32.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Robertson 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
T.Cline 11.3 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
B.White 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Scheinblum 1.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1473.7 162 172 417 11 12 3 .973 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
L.Hisle 937.0 104 113 214 6 3 0 .987 2.11
R.Scheinblum 392.0 46 48 87 4 4 2 .958 2.09
D.Smith 68.0 8 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Oliva 36.0 3 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.White 11.7 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
T.Cline 11.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Foy 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Aparicio 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Robertson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.7 162 196 337 10 7 2 .980 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
R.Fingers 266.0 36 36 17 38 1 1 .982 1.86
S.Ellis 237.0 32 32 17 30 1 5 .979 1.78
D.Giusti 233.3 33 33 22 28 1 1 .980 1.93
J.O'Toole 170.7 22 22 10 36 3 4 .939 2.43
D.McLain 150.7 4 57 9 20 1 2 .967 1.73
S.Hamilton 80.7 12 43 5 15 1 0 .952 2.23
D.Schneider 60.3 10 10 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.39
W.Schurr 54.7 0 34 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.81
J.Aker 51.3 0 33 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.58
B.Anderson 50.3 0 28 9 6 0 0 1.000 2.68
D.Morehead 50.3 9 11 7 6 0 2 1.000 2.32
P.Cimino 37.7 0 14 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.87
B.Brandon 30.7 4 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.47
Team Total 1473.6 162 357 114 214 8 17 .976 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .295
On-Base Pct White .357
Slugging Pct White .471
OPS White .828
XR Jackson 88.2
Games Smith 154
At-Bats Smith 568
Runs Jackson 87
Hits Smith 144
Total Bases Smith, Jackson 252
Singles White 103
Doubles Foy 28
Triples Foy 5
Homeruns Jackson 30
RBIs Smith 96
Stolen Bases Smith 32
Caught Stealing Cline 15
Walks Foy 91
Strikeouts Jackson 157
ERA Fingers 2.44
Wins Fingers 18
Losses Giusti 15
Winning Pct Fingers .621
Saves McLain 12
Games Pitched McLain 57
Games Started Fingers 36
Complete Games O'Toole 7
Shutouts Fingers 3
Innings Pitched Fingers 266.0
Hits Allowed Giusti 248
Homeruns Allowed Giusti 27
Strikeouts Fingers 189
Walks Allowed Ellis 86
Walks per 9IP Fingers 2.3
Hits per 9IP Fingers 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Fingers 6.4
WHiP Fingers 1.08
OAVG Fingers .221
OOBP Fingers .275
OSLG Fingers .314
OOPS Fingers .589
Team All-Stars
Rollie Fingers
Player Salaries
Jim O'Toole $ 9,260,000
Steve Hamilton $ 7,500,000
Bill White $ 6,000,000
Gene Oliver $ 4,500,000
Dave Giusti $ 3,750,000
Jim Perry $ 3,500,000
Jack Fisher $ 3,000,000
Bernie Allen $ 2,000,000
Bob Anderson $ 1,200,000
Ty Cline $ 1,000,000
Claude Raymond $ 600,000
Tex Nelson $ 600,000
Wayne Schurr $ 460,000
Dick Hall $ 370,000
Pete Cimino $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Bucky Brandon $ 300,000
Rollie Fingers $ 300,000
Earl Averill $ 300,000
Joe Foy $ 300,000
Sammy Ellis $ 300,000
Larry Hisle $ 300,000
Jack Aker $ 300,000
Denny McLain $ 300,000
Tony Oliva $ 300,000
Doug Rader $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 300,000
Dan Schneider $ 300,000
Dick Smith $ 300,000
Reggie Smith $ 300,000
Gene Tenace $ 300,000
Reggie Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Johnny Romano
Paul Foytack
Billy Wynne
Luis Alcaraz
John Kennedy
New York (A) Steve Hamilton
2/3 Signed     Bernie Allen
2/4 Signed     Bill White
2/6 Signed     Luis Aparicio
2/21 Traded Jim Davenport
Bill Lee
Mike Kilkenny
San Diego Wayne Schurr
2/22 Signed     Dave Giusti
3/2 Signed     Albie Pearson
3/2 Signed     Woodie Held
3/2 Signed     Duke Carmel
3/2 Signed     Pumpsie Green
4/2 Released Dallas Green    
4/2 Released Dick Kenworthy    
4/2 Released Costen Shockley    
4/2 Released Frank Quilici    
4/2 Released Chris Krug    
4/2 Released Ray Washburn    
4/2 Released Bob Sadowski    
4/2 Released Dave Debusschere    
4/2 Released Jim Pagliaroni    
4/2 Released Lee Maye    
4/2 Released Duke Carmel    
4/2 Released Pumpsie Green    
4/2 Signed     Bob Anderson
5/1 Released Albie Pearson    
6/1 Traded Wayne Comer
Mike Garman
Eddie Leon
Bob Didier
New York (A) Jim O'Toole
6/1 Traded Earl Battey
Lee Walls
George Altman
New York (A) Jerry Crider
10/31 Released Luis Aparicio