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1954 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 96-66
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 919
Runs Allowed: 706
Exp W-L: 100-62
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,428,013
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 8th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 7th in the AL
A: 60-77, 7th 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  Pee Wee Reese 35 154 619 130 201 23 4 14 67 36 17 118 48 .325 .434 .443 .876 119.9 26.2 8.4
LF *Gene Woodling 31 151 575 96 150 24 3 29 114 0 0 110 49 .261 .378 .464 .843 104.3 20.2 2.1
2B  Bobby Avila 30 149 596 118 194 27 2 19 99 0 0 77 59 .326 .401 .473 .874 105.6 22.0 8.1
DH  Pat Seerey 31 154 543 87 141 12 1 29 98 0 0 121 132 .260 .393 .446 .838 99.2 18.5 2.1
LF  Monte Irvin 35 151 555 115 170 19 5 23 104 40 5 89 59 .306 .405 .483 .888 107.9 22.1 4.4
2B  Billy Johnson 35 153 556 69 164 29 5 7 97 1 0 58 11 .295 .359 .403 .762 77.1 13.2 3.3
RF *Dick Wakefield 33 113 423 72 118 22 5 15 83 0 0 64 34 .279 .372 .461 .833 68.5 13.0 2.3
C *Butch Nieman 36 129 408 71 115 11 3 12 56 0 1 46 53 .282 .354 .412 .766 56.2 9.2 1.4
C  Johnny Pramesa 28 95 251 32 66 9 3 6 38 0 0 26 13 .263 .331 .394 .725 32.6 4.5 1.0
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 34 114 225 30 74 13 6 1 37 0 0 22 21 .329 .386 .453 .840 36.0 7.2 0.9
1B *Ed Stevens 29 100 221 43 79 13 2 5 49 0 1 18 16 .357 .398 .502 .900 40.9 8.9 1.0
1B  Ralph Lapointe 32 50 142 12 34 6 1 1 13 0 0 13 10 .239 .308 .317 .625 12.0 0.7 1.7
P *Don Newcombe 28 40 105 13 24 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 14 .229 .250 .257 .507 5.8 0.0 0.0
P *Leo Kiely 24 44 99 8 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 29 .111 .137 .121 .258 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 27 41 86 3 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 9 .093 .111 .093 .204 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Ferriss 32 23 71 8 20 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .282 .288 .310 .598 6.4 0.6 0.0
C  Sherm Lollar 29 62 68 6 16 2 0 2 11 0 0 5 6 .235 .284 .353 .637 5.9 0.2 0.1
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 31 72 21 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 .190 .227 .333 .561 1.6 0.1 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 37 48 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Cary 31 44 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Kellner 29 63 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 28 86 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 2036 5603 919 1593 217 41 163 895 77 25 777 580 .284 .371 .425 .795 873.2 166.4 36.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 3 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
*Leo Kiely 24 19 12 .613 44 44 0 302.3 317 131 25 72 159 3.90 15.3
 Don Newcombe 28 24 12 .667 40 40 0 274.7 236 130 32 127 225 4.26 14.7
*Jackie Collum 27 15 15 .500 41 41 0 271.0 309 131 13 92 108 4.35 9.0
 Dave Ferriss 32 14 7 .667 23 23 0 179.0 175 76 21 42 107 3.82 12.0
 Hoyt Wilhelm 31 8 4 .667 72 5 13 115.3 86 28 9 39 60 2.19 16.2
*Alex Kellner 29 5 4 .556 63 0 7 85.3 88 47 8 41 36 4.96 4.0
*Bobby Shantz 28 8 7 .533 86 5 2 78.3 71 38 14 29 32 4.37 4.8
 Joe Dobson 37 2 2 .500 48 4 4 74.7 84 31 7 30 29 3.74 3.9
*Scott Cary 31 1 3 .250 44 0 4 68.7 59 26 6 32 21 3.41 5.0
Team Totals 29.7 96 66 .593 461 162 30 1449.3 1425 638 135 504 777 3.96 84.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 2 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 .991 32.3
B.Nieman 880.0 98 102 471 21 7 0 .986 15.2
J.Pramesa 522.3 59 59 304 21 0 0 1.000 35.7
S.Lollar 46.0 5 7 19 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 169 794 44 7 0 .992 19.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
M.Irvin 1215.7 135 138 1582 129 20 137 .988 12.67
E.Stevens 168.7 20 21 225 15 1 17 .996 12.81
J.Wyrostek 65.0 7 9 94 3 1 7 .990 13.43
Team Total 1449.3 162 168 1901 147 22 161 .989 12.72
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
P.Reese 1349.3 150 152 310 609 14 117 .985 6.13
R.Lapointe 85.3 11 11 18 35 1 9 .981 5.59
J.Wyrostek 14.7 1 2 1 7 0 2 1.000 4.91
Team Total 1449.3 162 165 329 651 15 128 .985 6.09
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
B.Johnson 1321.3 149 151 77 351 32 25 .930 2.92
R.Lapointe 85.0 9 14 6 24 0 1 1.000 3.18
J.Wyrostek 37.0 4 4 1 3 1 0 .800 0.97
S.Lollar 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Avila 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 173 85 378 33 26 .933 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
B.Avila 1282.0 145 146 193 585 14 106 .982 5.46
R.Lapointe 153.3 15 20 18 67 3 14 .966 4.99
J.Wyrostek 13.0 2 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 4.85
P.Reese 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 169 213 657 17 122 .981 5.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
P.Seerey 1130.0 132 132 207 5 11 2 .951 1.69
E.Stevens 170.0 16 28 30 2 2 0 .941 1.69
M.Irvin 97.7 11 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Wyrostek 33.0 3 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Nieman 16.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
G.Woodling 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pramesa 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 188 263 7 14 2 .951 1.68
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
D.Wakefield 973.7 111 112 248 1 2 0 .992 2.30
J.Wyrostek 234.7 26 30 52 0 1 0 .981 1.99
P.Seerey 166.3 19 22 47 0 2 0 .959 2.54
B.Nieman 50.7 4 8 13 0 1 0 .929 2.31
E.Stevens 24.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1449.3 162 176 363 1 6 0 .984 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
G.Woodling 1333.7 149 150 246 0 1 0 .996 1.66
E.Stevens 70.0 8 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
J.Wyrostek 43.7 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
B.Nieman 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 164 264 0 1 0 .996 1.64
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
L.Kiely 302.3 44 44 23 48 3 2 .959 2.11
D.Newcombe 274.7 40 40 25 54 1 6 .988 2.59
J.Collum 271.0 41 41 17 62 2 5 .975 2.62
D.Ferriss 179.0 23 23 19 33 1 0 .981 2.61
H.Wilhelm 115.3 5 72 10 31 0 2 1.000 3.20
A.Kellner 85.3 0 63 7 22 1 0 .967 3.06
B.Shantz 78.3 5 86 7 15 0 2 1.000 2.53
J.Dobson 74.7 4 48 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.29
S.Cary 68.7 0 44 2 19 0 3 1.000 2.75
Team Total 1449.3 162 461 117 296 8 20 .981 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Avila .326
On-Base Pct Reese .434
Slugging Pct Irvin .483
OPS Irvin .888
XR Reese 119.9
Games Reese, Seerey 154
At-Bats Reese 619
Runs Reese 130
Hits Reese 201
Total Bases Avila 282
Singles Reese 160
Doubles Johnson 29
Triples Wyrostek 6
Homeruns Seerey, Woodling 29
RBIs Woodling 114
Stolen Bases Irvin 40
Caught Stealing Reese 17
Walks Seerey 121
Strikeouts Seerey 132
ERA Ferriss 3.82
Wins Newcombe 24
Losses Collum 15
Winning Pct Ferriss, Newcombe .667
Saves Wilhelm 13
Games Pitched Shantz 86
Games Started Kiely 44
Complete Games Ferriss 7
Shutouts Ferriss, Kiely 3
Innings Pitched Kiely 302.3
Hits Allowed Kiely 317
Homeruns Allowed Newcombe 32
Strikeouts Newcombe 225
Walks Allowed Newcombe 127
Walks per 9IP Ferriss 2.1
Hits per 9IP Newcombe 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 7.4
WHiP Ferriss 1.21
OAVG Newcombe .230
OOBP Ferriss .300
OSLG Collum .377
OOPS Ferriss .682
Team All-Stars
Bobby Avila
Billy Johnson
Leo Kiely
Don Newcombe
Pee Wee Reese
Pat Seerey
Hoyt Wilhelm
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 15,500,000
Monte Irvin $ 8,300,000
Pat Seerey $ 8,000,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 6,650,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,400,000
Butch Nieman $ 3,990,000
Bobby Shantz $ 3,500,000
Bobby Avila $ 3,300,000
Don Newcombe $ 3,114,286
Dave Ferriss $ 3,000,000
Joe Dobson $ 2,500,000
Ed Stevens $ 2,500,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,400,000
Jackie Collum $ 2,178,571
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,350,000
Alex Kellner $ 775,714
Phil Masi $ 700,000
Russ Sullivan $ 394,286
Monte Kennedy $ 340,000
Leo Kiely $ 300,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 300,000
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 300,000
Scott Cary $ 300,000
Sherm Lollar $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Pierce Montreal Dick Wakefield
Monte Kennedy
Sherm Lollar
3/3 Traded Pete Reiser Montreal Monte Irvin
Pee Wee Reese
Bobby Shantz
$5,000,000
 
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