1951 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 83-79
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 893
Runs Allowed: 824
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,303,878
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 8th in the AL
AA: 54-83, 8th in the AL
A: 64-73, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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 *Pete Reiser 32 156 649 113 176 37 10 20 91 24 11 79 80 .271 .352 .451 .803 100.5 13.7 7.7
2B *Grady Hatton 28 154 594 105 180 30 6 21 80 24 8 101 41 .303 .404 .480 .884 111.2 17.9 7.1
LF *Gene Woodling 28 155 577 115 174 24 6 42 142 2 1 110 38 .302 .411 .582 .993 129.5 22.6 3.1
C  Steve Souchock 32 143 530 74 143 18 7 24 83 2 0 51 73 .270 .334 .466 .801 81.6 10.6 4.3
LF *Hank Edwards 32 128 510 88 165 27 5 17 72 0 0 57 60 .324 .389 .496 .885 92.3 15.3 2.2
3B  Sid Gordon 33 131 471 72 142 23 1 18 86 0 0 78 38 .301 .400 .469 .869 83.6 13.0 4.5
CF *Willard Marshall 30 126 484 81 120 22 0 28 91 1 1 60 34 .248 .330 .467 .797 73.9 9.1 3.2
1B *Ray Sanders 34 123 385 52 114 19 5 4 51 0 0 59 32 .296 .385 .403 .788 61.3 8.6 2.3
C  Andy Seminick 30 94 250 32 63 8 3 13 34 0 1 31 61 .252 .340 .464 .804 39.3 4.9 1.8
SS  Phil Rizzuto 33 65 159 19 47 5 2 3 24 8 4 6 11 .296 .319 .409 .728 19.8 2.1 1.9
RF *Russ Sullivan 28 97 138 34 29 5 2 3 13 17 4 18 10 .210 .306 .341 .647 17.5 1.1 0.6
P *Billy Pierce 24 44 110 12 25 1 0 0 13 0 0 2 23 .227 .246 .236 .482 6.8 0.0 0.0
CF  Clyde Vollmer 29 49 109 15 30 2 0 1 16 0 0 14 19 .275 .355 .321 .676 12.8 1.0 0.6
2B  Lou Stringer 34 26 104 17 24 3 0 0 8 1 0 13 17 .231 .316 .260 .576 8.9 0.2 1.2
P *Leo Kiely 21 42 103 5 15 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 35 .146 .154 .175 .329 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Kellner 26 45 85 11 15 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 11 .176 .205 .247 .452 3.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Johnny Hopp 34 20 72 12 29 3 0 0 9 4 3 13 3 .403 .494 .444 .939 15.1 3.0 0.5
LF  Walt Dropo 28 85 77 10 23 3 1 3 16 0 0 4 16 .299 .329 .481 .810 11.2 1.3 0.1
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 31 21 63 8 14 3 1 1 7 0 0 13 3 .222 .351 .349 .700 8.8 0.7 0.3
P  Bill Voiselle 32 24 53 4 11 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 10 .208 .222 .264 .486 2.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Merv Connors 37 25 45 4 12 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .267 .327 .356 .682 5.1 0.4 0.4
3B  Ellis Clary 34 15 40 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 9 .200 .347 .200 .547 3.4 0.0 0.5
P  Ralph Branca 25 11 26 0 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .269 .269 .308 .577 2.1 0.0 0.0
C  Clyde McCullough 34 14 22 2 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 .318 .423 .500 .923 4.0 0.6 0.2
P #Fred Sanford 31 45 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 27 81 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 31 103 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.3 0.1 0.0
1B  Ralph Lapointe 29 7 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.5 0.4 0.1
P  Jake Mooty 38 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Cary 28 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2094 5699 893 1584 243 50 201 872 84 33 731 649 .278 .360 .444 .804 899.4 126.8 42.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 8 2 4 3 3 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Billy Pierce 24 19 18 .514 44 44 0 320.0 329 165 51 111 209 4.64 16.3
*Leo Kiely 21 16 12 .571 42 42 0 292.0 297 123 28 93 90 3.79 20.5
*Alex Kellner 26 17 8 .680 45 34 0 259.7 285 135 31 107 89 4.68 13.8
 Bill Voiselle 32 9 5 .643 24 24 0 156.7 135 82 19 99 100 4.71 8.4
 Early Wynn 31 6 9 .400 103 1 23 133.7 160 71 13 62 55 4.78 9.7
 Bob Porterfield 27 4 10 .286 81 2 7 101.3 123 64 9 58 47 5.68 2.6
 Ralph Branca 25 3 4 .429 11 11 0 76.3 83 41 5 30 44 4.83 3.9
 Fred Sanford 31 3 6 .333 45 1 1 58.7 75 39 8 40 25 5.98 1.2
 Jake Mooty 38 2 4 .333 33 0 0 38.0 42 30 6 21 11 7.11 0.0
*Paul Lapalme 27 2 1 .667 31 0 1 18.0 14 5 1 8 9 2.50 2.6
*Scott Cary 28 1 2 .333 27 3 0 11.3 17 5 1 5 4 3.97 0.7
 Ed Hanyzewski 30 1 0 1.000 5 4 0 4.0 7 5 1 5 4 11.25 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 83 79 .512 491 166 32 1469.6 1567 765 173 639 687 4.68 79.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 2 5 1 7 5 4 4 4 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 .990 31.3
S.Souchock 1248.0 138 139 612 41 5 0 .992 18.0
A.Seminick 234.8 27 28 123 9 2 1 .985 20.0
R.Sullivan 63.7 7 7 28 3 0 0 1.000 100.0
C.McCullough 55.4 13 13 27 2 0 0 1.000 33.3
L.Stringer 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1602.1 185 187 790 55 7 1 .992 21.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.31
R.Sanders 909.3 100 113 1088 88 10 118 .992 11.64
A.Seminick 354.5 42 42 446 30 2 43 .996 12.08
M.Connors 73.0 9 15 102 7 0 10 1.000 13.44
J.Wyrostek 48.0 7 7 59 5 0 5 1.000 12.00
J.Hopp 31.7 4 4 42 3 0 4 1.000 12.78
W.Dropo 23.7 1 10 34 1 1 3 .972 13.31
S.Souchock 6.7 0 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.46
L.Stringer 4.8 0 2 7 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1451.7 163 195 1784 136 13 184 .993 11.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.28
G.Hatton 1113.0 122 124 277 486 6 107 .992 6.17
L.Stringer 224.6 25 25 53 98 4 24 .974 6.05
P.Rizzuto 75.9 10 10 21 41 3 9 .954 7.35
R.Lapointe 8.0 1 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.75
E.Clary 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.8 158 160 352 630 13 141 .987 6.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.95
S.Gordon 1092.4 123 128 79 298 17 39 .957 3.11
G.Hatton 231.7 25 28 21 62 3 7 .965 3.22
E.Clary 90.5 13 13 6 25 1 2 .969 3.08
P.Rizzuto 63.3 7 12 6 13 1 1 .950 2.70
M.Connors 39.3 3 10 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.75
R.Lapointe 7.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1524.5 171 195 115 409 22 49 .960 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.53
P.Reiser 1284.3 140 145 221 551 15 114 .981 5.41
P.Rizzuto 187.2 26 27 34 85 4 14 .967 5.72
E.Clary 7.8 1 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.92
R.Lapointe 4.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1484.0 167 175 258 641 19 129 .979 5.45
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.93
G.Woodling 1196.7 133 135 268 4 2 2 .993 2.05
H.Edwards 169.3 19 19 23 2 0 2 1.000 1.33
J.Hopp 112.8 13 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.23
J.Wyrostek 95.6 13 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
R.Sullivan 57.0 7 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
C.Vollmer 52.0 5 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
S.Gordon 5.9 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.58
W.Dropo 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1693.9 190 200 370 7 2 4 .995 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.55
W.Marshall 1114.9 123 125 291 6 2 2 .993 2.40
C.Vollmer 139.0 16 19 39 2 1 0 .976 2.65
R.Sullivan 51.0 6 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Hopp 22.8 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.16
J.Wyrostek 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Rizzuto 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Stringer 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1331.7 147 155 353 8 3 2 .992 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.92
H.Edwards 910.8 106 109 191 5 4 1 .980 1.94
G.Woodling 156.0 16 20 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
R.Sullivan 99.0 8 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
P.Reiser 74.0 9 9 14 1 1 0 .938 1.82
C.Vollmer 55.3 5 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
S.Souchock 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Sanders 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hopp 2.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
W.Marshall 2.5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wyrostek 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1311.3 144 172 265 7 5 1 .982 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.33
B.Pierce 320.0 44 44 18 67 1 3 .988 2.39
L.Kiely 292.0 42 42 11 55 3 4 .957 2.03
A.Kellner 259.7 34 45 18 52 4 8 .946 2.43
B.Voiselle 156.7 24 24 11 28 2 3 .951 2.24
E.Wynn 133.7 1 103 8 20 0 1 1.000 1.89
B.Porterfield 101.3 2 81 8 16 2 0 .923 2.13
R.Branca 76.3 11 11 6 13 1 2 .950 2.24
F.Sanford 58.7 1 45 3 14 0 3 1.000 2.61
J.Mooty 38.0 0 33 0 6 0 2 1.000 1.42
P.Lapalme 18.0 0 31 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50
S.Cary 11.3 3 27 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
E.Hanyzewski 4.0 4 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1469.6 166 491 85 279 14 26 .963 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Edwards .324
On-Base Pct Woodling .411
Slugging Pct Woodling .582
OPS Woodling .993
XR Woodling 129.5
Games Reiser 156
At-Bats Reiser 649
Runs Woodling 115
Hits Hatton 180
Total Bases Woodling 336
Singles Hatton 123
Doubles Reiser 37
Triples Reiser 10
Homeruns Woodling 42
RBIs Woodling 142
Stolen Bases Hatton, Reiser 24
Caught Stealing Reiser 11
Walks Woodling 110
Strikeouts Reiser 80
ERA Kiely 3.79
Wins Pierce 19
Losses Pierce 18
Winning Pct Kellner .680
Saves Wynn 23
Games Pitched Wynn 103
Games Started Pierce 44
Complete Games Pierce 5
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Pierce 320.0
Hits Allowed Pierce 329
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 51
Strikeouts Pierce 209
Walks Allowed Pierce 111
Walks per 9IP Kiely 2.9
Hits per 9IP Kiely 9.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 5.9
WHiP Kiely 1.34
OAVG Pierce .261
OOBP Kiely .321
OSLG Kiely .391
OOPS Kiely .712
Team All-Stars
Sid Gordon
Leo Kiely
Gene Woodling
Early Wynn
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 15,500,000
Pete Reiser $ 10,910,000
Sid Gordon $ 6,000,000
Hank Edwards $ 5,000,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Grady Hatton $ 4,428,571
Ralph Branca $ 3,228,571
Early Wynn $ 3,100,000
Andy Seminick $ 2,300,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,250,000
Willard Marshall $ 2,000,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 1,300,000
Steve Souchock $ 1,042,857
Clyde Vollmer $ 600,000
Merv Connors $ 500,000
Jake Mooty $ 450,000
Fred Sanford $ 360,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
Paul Lapalme $ 300,000
Leo Kiely $ 300,000
Alex Kellner $ 300,000
Bob Porterfield $ 300,000
Walt Dropo $ 300,000
Russ Sullivan $ 300,000
Scott Cary $ 300,000
Billy Pierce $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Del Crandall
Creepy Crespi
Dario Lodigiani
George Case
Cincinnati Ray Sanders
2/1 Traded Johnny Beazley
Harry Brecheen
Max Lanier
Cincinnati Ralph Lapointe
$13,500,000
2/5 Signed     Gene Woodling
4/2 Traded Mickey Grasso Detroit Joe Demaestri
4/2 Signed     Sam Chapman
5/1 Traded Joe Demaestri
Johnny Hopp
Ellis Clary
Lou Stringer
New York (N) Sid Gordon
Hank Edwards
Willard Marshall
Andy Seminick
$3,866,156
5/1 Traded Johnny Wyrostek
Clyde Mccullough
Ed Hanyzewski
New York (N) Bill Voiselle
Elmer Singleton
Phil Rizzuto