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1950 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 80-82
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 850
Runs Allowed: 885
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,763,973
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 5th in the AL
AA: 70-67, 2nd in the AL
A: 66-71, 4th 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
2B *Grady Hatton 27 156 582 117 184 32 4 24 107 27 10 119 56 .316 .429 .509 .937 125.4 25.5 6.6
CF *Pete Reiser 31 153 603 117 176 40 9 24 106 33 18 86 78 .292 .381 .507 .889 112.4 21.0 2.0
2B  Lou Stringer 33 154 578 81 174 37 4 9 102 0 0 79 68 .301 .383 .426 .809 88.3 14.7 9.3
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 30 146 516 53 147 21 6 2 67 1 1 71 35 .285 .371 .360 .732 69.1 9.9 2.5
C  Steve Souchock 31 127 454 53 105 14 7 18 62 1 0 32 60 .231 .281 .412 .693 54.1 4.9 2.0
DH  Pat Seerey 27 100 367 71 94 7 3 29 79 0 0 90 98 .256 .400 .529 .929 78.2 14.2 2.5
LF *Jeff Heath 35 100 390 78 131 25 4 14 71 1 2 49 40 .336 .407 .528 .935 76.5 15.9 1.3
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 31 88 368 58 94 17 5 3 38 33 17 47 40 .255 .341 .353 .694 43.5 4.0 5.0
CF  Clyde Vollmer 28 100 228 38 59 7 1 7 36 0 0 30 34 .259 .345 .390 .735 31.0 3.8 0.7
LF  George Case 34 53 223 37 62 12 2 3 24 9 5 18 40 .278 .332 .390 .722 26.7 3.2 0.6
C  Clyde McCullough 33 110 203 28 37 7 0 2 19 0 0 31 21 .182 .287 .246 .533 15.3 0.0 0.8
1B  Merv Connors 36 53 194 22 44 7 1 6 31 0 0 24 50 .227 .308 .366 .674 24.4 2.3 1.4
3B  Ellis Clary 33 53 174 27 44 8 2 0 16 0 0 31 23 .253 .364 .322 .686 22.1 2.5 2.4
SS  Dario Lodigiani 34 60 168 26 37 2 1 2 17 0 0 28 15 .220 .332 .280 .611 16.8 0.3 2.5
P *Billy Pierce 23 44 115 8 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 16 .157 .192 .183 .374 2.9 0.0 0.0
LF  Walt Dropo 27 68 93 11 26 0 0 3 21 0 1 6 10 .280 .317 .376 .693 11.8 1.3 0.3
P *Harry Brecheen 35 36 59 7 15 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .254 .267 .288 .555 4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 26 15 42 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 24 15 42 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .190 .190 .214 .405 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 34 18 37 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .216 .216 .216 .432 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Salveson 36 17 39 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .256 .275 .308 .583 2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 29 59 38 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .053 .077 .053 .130 -1.9 0.0 0.2
P  Alex Kellner 25 11 33 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .182 .206 .212 .418 1.3 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 30 76 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .235 .278 .235 .513 1.3 0.0 0.0
P #Fred Sanford 30 62 17 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jake Mooty 37 55 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 34 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Moe Burtschy 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1968 5596 850 1491 246 49 146 823 105 54 753 749 .266 .352 .406 .758 805.8 123.4 40.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 7 1 6 6 1 8 3 7 6 5 6 6 6  
* - 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 23 16 16 .500 44 44 0 326.7 323 160 41 121 223 4.41 19.5
*Harry Brecheen 35 13 9 .591 36 27 1 198.7 215 104 21 77 61 4.71 12.4
 Early Wynn 30 9 6 .600 76 7 3 125.0 143 65 14 46 53 4.68 8.5
 Bob Porterfield 26 5 8 .385 15 4 0 114.0 123 57 10 51 41 4.50 4.8
*Max Lanier 34 3 8 .273 18 18 0 111.0 122 69 11 68 66 5.59 3.1
 Ralph Branca 24 6 7 .462 15 15 0 109.7 113 53 15 58 50 4.35 6.7
 Jack Salveson 36 9 5 .643 17 17 0 109.0 107 57 10 46 55 4.71 7.1
 Fred Sanford 30 7 10 .412 62 7 10 106.3 139 87 16 66 39 7.36 0.0
*Alex Kellner 25 5 3 .625 11 11 0 83.7 88 32 7 32 27 3.44 7.4
 Jake Mooty 37 2 3 .400 55 0 5 63.0 88 36 7 28 24 5.14 2.1
 Ed Hanyzewski 29 3 5 .375 50 0 3 58.3 66 47 8 42 31 7.25 0.0
 Ted Wilks 34 2 1 .667 34 1 3 37.3 33 11 4 13 14 2.65 4.6
 Moe Burtschy 28 0 1 .000 5 0 0 10.7 16 5 0 9 4 4.22 0.4
Team Totals 30.1 80 82 .494 438 151 25 1453.3 1576 783 164 657 688 4.85 76.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 3 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 .992 32.3
S.Souchock 1052.7 120 120 538 36 7 3 .988 20.0
C.McCullough 400.7 42 45 187 16 1 1 .995 25.0
Team Total 1453.3 162 165 725 52 8 4 .990 21.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
P.Seerey 890.8 99 99 1083 82 21 120 .982 11.77
M.Connors 435.0 40 41 548 37 6 55 .990 12.10
W.Dropo 98.7 10 13 116 6 1 19 .992 11.13
S.Souchock 6.0 0 2 11 1 0 3 1.000 18.00
L.Stringer 5.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
J.Wyrostek 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.McCullough 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
G.Case 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.9 149 160 1767 126 28 198 .985 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
L.Stringer 1334.0 150 150 333 569 20 151 .978 6.09
D.Lodigiani 116.0 12 14 29 63 0 16 1.000 7.14
G.Hatton 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Stirnweiss 2.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
M.Connors 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Clary 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 168 363 632 20 167 .980 6.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
G.Hatton 1338.3 150 151 87 310 21 38 .950 2.67
S.Stirnweiss 292.1 32 32 24 79 1 7 .990 3.17
E.Clary 276.9 34 34 16 71 5 4 .946 2.83
D.Lodigiani 107.0 12 12 6 20 3 6 .897 2.19
M.Connors 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 2014.6 228 229 133 480 30 55 .953 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
S.Stirnweiss 471.5 54 56 81 210 4 49 .986 5.55
D.Lodigiani 155.7 15 21 27 71 2 15 .980 5.67
E.Clary 149.3 18 18 23 71 2 13 .979 5.67
E.Hanyzewski 77.0 9 9 11 19 1 4 .968 3.51
M.Connors 13.9 0 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.18
Team Total 867.4 96 109 144 377 9 82 .983 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
J.Heath 578.5 65 65 145 3 5 1 .967 2.30
G.Case 219.3 21 21 48 0 2 0 .960 1.97
C.Vollmer 113.0 13 14 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
J.Wyrostek 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Reiser 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Souchock 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 922.8 99 103 226 3 7 1 .970 2.23
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
J.Wyrostek 1250.0 143 143 359 3 9 2 .976 2.61
C.Vollmer 141.0 13 21 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
P.Reiser 57.0 6 7 22 1 2 0 .920 3.63
G.Case 19.7 2 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.83
J.Heath 4.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Souchock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lodigiani 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Dropo 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1475.3 164 178 424 4 12 2 .973 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
P.Reiser 1260.3 141 143 276 9 7 5 .976 2.04
J.Heath 290.3 32 33 60 1 3 0 .953 1.89
G.Case 213.4 22 23 47 0 1 0 .979 1.98
C.Vollmer 191.0 21 22 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
S.Souchock 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Seerey 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1957.9 216 223 416 11 11 5 .975 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
B.Pierce 326.7 44 44 23 59 0 5 1.000 2.26
H.Brecheen 198.7 27 36 13 39 2 1 .963 2.36
E.Wynn 125.0 7 76 7 20 2 2 .931 1.94
B.Porterfield 114.0 4 15 6 22 1 3 .966 2.21
M.Lanier 111.0 18 18 10 20 2 6 .938 2.43
R.Branca 109.7 15 15 8 24 0 2 1.000 2.63
J.Salveson 109.0 17 17 9 19 1 1 .966 2.31
F.Sanford 106.3 7 62 5 16 1 2 .955 1.78
A.Kellner 83.7 11 11 3 24 0 3 1.000 2.90
J.Mooty 63.0 0 55 1 8 1 1 .900 1.29
E.Hanyzewski 58.3 0 50 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.16
T.Wilks 37.3 1 34 1 9 1 1 .909 2.41
M.Burtschy 10.7 0 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1453.3 151 438 92 272 11 29 .971 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hatton .316
On-Base Pct Hatton .429
Slugging Pct Hatton .509
OPS Hatton .937
XR Hatton 125.4
Games Hatton 156
At-Bats Reiser 603
Runs Reiser, Hatton 117
Hits Hatton 184
Total Bases Reiser 306
Singles Hatton, Stringer 124
Doubles Reiser 40
Triples Reiser 9
Homeruns Seerey 29
RBIs Hatton 107
Stolen Bases Reiser, Stirnweiss 33
Caught Stealing Reiser 18
Walks Hatton 119
Strikeouts Seerey 98
ERA Pierce 4.41
Wins Pierce 16
Losses Pierce 16
Winning Pct Brecheen .591
Saves Sanford 10
Games Pitched Wynn 76
Games Started Pierce 44
Complete Games Pierce 7
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Pierce 326.7
Hits Allowed Pierce 323
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 41
Strikeouts Pierce 223
Walks Allowed Pierce 121
Walks per 9IP Pierce 3.3
Hits per 9IP Pierce 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 6.1
WHiP Pierce 1.36
OAVG Pierce .255
OOBP Pierce .319
OSLG Brecheen .413
OOPS Pierce .738
Team All-Stars
Grady Hatton
Jeff Heath
Lou Stringer
Player Salaries
Pete Reiser $ 10,910,000
Harry Brecheen $ 6,250,000
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Johnny Hopp $ 5,350,000
Merv Connors $ 4,500,000
Grady Hatton $ 4,428,571
Early Wynn $ 4,000,000
Lou Stringer $ 3,500,000
Ralph Branca $ 3,228,571
Clyde McCullough $ 2,750,000
George Case $ 2,500,000
Fred Sanford $ 2,170,000
Ellis Clary $ 2,000,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,800,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 1,500,000
Creepy Crespi $ 1,500,000
Ted Wilks $ 900,000
Jake Mooty $ 450,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 370,000
Johnny Beazley $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 300,000
Billy Pierce $ 300,000
Bob Porterfield $ 300,000
Moe Burtschy $ 300,000
Steve Souchock $ 300,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 300,000
Alex Kellner $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Johnny Mize Boston (N) Spec Shea
2/7 Signed     Ed Hanyzewski
2/9 Signed     Jack Salveson
4/2 Signed     Bud Stewart
7/1 Traded Jack Salveson Minnesota Jack Sanford
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Signed     Moe Burtschy
7/31 Traded Jeff Heath Minnesota Alex Kellner
Creepy Crespi
George Case
7/31 Traded Bob Hooper
Pat Seerey		 New York (N) Ralph Branca
Sheldon Jones
Merv Connors
7/31 Traded Snuffy Stirnweiss Detroit Bob Porterfield
Scott Cary
Ellis Clary
Johnny Hopp
 
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