1971 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 82-80
Finish: 3rd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 720
Runs Allowed: 745
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,773,356
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 94-43, 2nd in the American League
AA: 64-73, 6th in the American League
A: 87-50, 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
DH  Ken Harrelson 29 156 552 59 125 23 2 20 79 3 3 65 121 .226 .304 .384 .688 66.3 8.0 2.1
CF  Hank Aaron 37 154 596 62 174 11 3 7 64 11 6 28 122 .292 .323 .356 .679 63.8 9.5 4.6
RF *Roger Repoz 30 154 510 76 129 17 4 18 72 12 14 89 128 .253 .362 .408 .770 77.6 14.3 4.1
2B *Gary Geiger 34 148 536 69 139 21 2 12 64 41 6 47 88 .259 .319 .373 .692 68.3 10.8 3.8
SS  Phil Linz 32 155 512 64 145 18 2 4 40 2 2 39 53 .283 .333 .350 .683 56.7 8.4 5.6
CF #Reggie Smith 26 101 366 42 94 19 3 20 69 6 2 43 74 .257 .333 .489 .822 60.5 12.3 2.7
C  Gene Tenace 24 97 320 48 79 10 1 9 33 7 2 60 91 .247 .379 .369 .747 50.5 9.9 4.4
3B  Joe Foy 28 94 277 47 75 12 3 6 34 14 8 61 27 .271 .398 .401 .799 49.6 10.6 1.2
LF  Ike Brown 29 98 275 41 65 8 0 12 42 2 2 47 75 .236 .349 .396 .745 41.3 7.1 3.8
2B *Ken Boswell 25 83 275 34 65 14 0 3 23 6 5 32 14 .236 .316 .320 .636 28.1 3.0 3.1
SS *Ty Cline 32 97 270 31 79 7 1 1 31 19 16 25 20 .293 .349 .337 .686 33.9 5.0 0.9
RF *Reggie Jackson 25 74 264 34 58 8 2 15 45 5 1 34 70 .220 .308 .436 .744 38.1 6.3 0.0
1B *Ron Stone 28 53 161 14 31 5 2 0 13 6 3 17 30 .193 .276 .248 .525 11.7 0.0 2.1
3B  Bob Robertson 24 40 139 18 24 7 0 5 21 0 0 17 39 .173 .263 .331 .594 12.1 0.5 1.1
2B *Tony Oliva 30 44 137 18 23 5 3 1 16 0 1 12 21 .168 .233 .270 .503 7.4 0.0 0.9
C *Jay Johnstone 25 52 127 23 31 7 1 6 24 0 0 13 18 .244 .314 .457 .771 17.8 3.4 1.5
3B  Bobby Etheridge 28 31 91 9 18 3 1 0 6 0 2 14 14 .198 .308 .253 .561 6.1 0.0 0.3
SS  Dick Smith 32 51 86 13 22 4 1 0 10 11 7 7 14 .256 .309 .326 .634 7.9 0.4 0.3
SS *Clarence Jones 29 25 61 9 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 11 .311 .354 .328 .682 7.0 1.3 0.5
SS  Ernie Fazio 29 27 13 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 .231 .286 .308 .593 1.5 0.4 0.4
  Team Totals 28.8 1734 5568 720 1398 201 31 139 694 147 80 655 1033 .251 .330 .373 .703 706.2 111.1 43.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 5 9 5 6 6 2 9 3 7 6 4 8 7 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
 Howie Nunn 35 6 14 .300 34 34 0 241.3 219 122 21 108 174 4.55 9.9
 Rollie Fingers 24 9 3 .750 24 24 0 178.0 116 44 11 54 147 2.22 20.0
 Denny McLain 27 8 9 .471 22 22 0 163.7 186 76 16 13 83 4.18 8.7
*Dan Schneider 28 10 6 .625 22 22 0 158.3 147 65 19 29 128 3.69 11.3
 Dave Giusti 31 15 9 .625 72 0 8 122.3 132 59 15 41 68 4.34 9.7
 Dick Drott 34 5 8 .385 17 6 0 120.3 116 55 16 54 103 4.11 7.0
 Steve Kealey 24 3 6 .333 12 12 0 84.7 77 39 10 30 45 4.15 4.6
 Bucky Brandon 30 2 6 .250 13 13 0 80.3 94 53 9 39 44 5.94 0.1
 Jack Fisher 32 1 8 .111 11 11 0 72.7 97 53 7 36 29 6.56 0.0
 Sammy Ellis 30 12 0 1.000 37 0 2 69.3 60 22 11 23 33 2.86 9.2
 Eddie Fisher 34 3 2 .600 33 0 0 59.7 59 28 9 18 32 4.22 3.1
 Jim Hardin 27 6 0 1.000 7 7 0 51.3 51 21 8 15 28 3.68 4.6
 Dave Morehead 28 1 3 .250 16 0 0 32.0 31 23 8 24 34 6.47 0.0
 Ron Taylor 33 1 6 .143 27 0 14 22.3 26 9 1 3 14 3.63 3.2
 Jack Aker 30 0 0 .000 12 0 1 13.0 17 9 1 10 8 6.23 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 82 80 .506 359 151 25 1469.3 1428 678 162 497 970 4.15 91.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 8 5 1 8 8 6 3 6 6  
* - 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
G.Tenace 799.7 86 90 526 51 5 0 .991 34.5
R.Stone 412.7 48 48 272 20 4 0 .986 26.5
J.Johnstone 177.3 20 23 141 9 0 0 1.000 18.8
C.Jones 74.0 8 10 55 2 1 0 .983 14.3
E.Fazio 5.7 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.3 162 174 1001 82 10 0 .991 29.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
K.Harrelson 1289.0 147 150 1510 124 18 143 .989 11.41
T.Cline 73.7 7 11 89 11 1 8 .990 12.22
D.Smith 22.0 1 7 21 1 0 2 1.000 9.00
B.Robertson 22.0 3 3 23 3 0 2 1.000 10.64
C.Jones 17.0 2 3 24 2 0 0 1.000 13.76
G.Geiger 14.0 1 4 23 2 0 1 1.000 16.07
I.Brown 13.0 1 3 12 3 0 2 1.000 10.38
P.Linz 6.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
R.Repoz 5.0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
E.Fazio 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
T.Oliva 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Tenace 1.7 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 21.69
R.Stone 1.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 189 1725 147 19 158 .990 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
I.Brown 677.3 76 84 142 306 4 56 .991 5.95
K.Boswell 591.7 67 69 127 239 8 53 .979 5.57
G.Geiger 118.0 12 15 29 60 3 13 .967 6.79
T.Oliva 19.0 3 4 6 11 0 1 1.000 8.05
B.Robertson 18.0 2 2 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.50
B.Etheridge 12.0 2 2 4 6 1 1 .909 7.50
E.Fazio 11.0 0 5 1 9 1 1 .909 8.18
R.Stone 11.0 0 2 1 6 0 2 1.000 5.73
D.Smith 6.0 0 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 12.00
K.Harrelson 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1469.0 162 188 320 651 17 131 .983 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
G.Geiger 967.0 109 113 62 202 12 16 .957 2.46
J.Foy 386.7 41 46 17 92 16 3 .872 2.54
B.Robertson 35.0 4 4 1 11 0 1 1.000 3.09
B.Etheridge 26.0 3 3 1 6 0 2 1.000 2.42
C.Jones 25.0 3 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.16
J.Johnstone 18.0 2 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.50
T.Oliva 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Fazio 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Smith 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Stone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Linz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 178 85 322 29 24 .933 2.49
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
P.Linz 1250.3 151 152 201 521 29 104 .961 5.20
T.Cline 48.0 3 14 6 16 0 4 1.000 4.13
J.Foy 47.0 2 15 7 14 2 4 .913 4.02
C.Jones 40.0 4 7 7 8 0 1 1.000 3.38
G.Geiger 19.0 1 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.32
J.Johnstone 14.7 0 10 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.91
D.Smith 14.3 0 7 2 9 1 2 .917 6.91
K.Boswell 13.0 0 8 1 9 0 3 1.000 6.92
T.Oliva 12.0 1 2 3 8 0 3 1.000 8.25
E.Fazio 8.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Etheridge 3.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 225 231 599 33 122 .962 5.08
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
R.Smith 813.0 92 93 172 7 2 0 .989 1.98
T.Oliva 280.3 33 35 42 2 0 1 1.000 1.41
B.Robertson 167.3 20 20 30 2 0 1 1.000 1.72
T.Cline 67.0 6 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Johnstone 32.0 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Foy 29.0 3 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.17
G.Geiger 25.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.Etheridge 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
D.Smith 16.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
I.Brown 10.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
E.Fazio 8.0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88
H.Aaron 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Stone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
K.Boswell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 192 285 12 2 2 .993 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
H.Aaron 1281.7 151 151 314 4 7 1 .978 2.23
T.Cline 77.0 6 14 19 0 1 0 .950 2.22
B.Robertson 25.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
R.Smith 18.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Johnstone 17.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
K.Boswell 14.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
E.Fazio 9.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Oliva 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
G.Geiger 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Jackson 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Smith 3.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
R.Repoz 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Linz 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1469.3 162 200 359 5 8 1 .978 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
R.Repoz 1299.0 147 148 265 8 0 2 1.000 1.89
J.Foy 39.7 4 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.13
T.Cline 39.0 4 7 7 1 1 0 .889 1.85
B.Robertson 36.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Johnstone 25.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
B.Etheridge 10.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
K.Harrelson 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Jones 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Jackson 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Smith 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Aaron 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Fazio 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 181 297 9 2 2 .994 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
H.Nunn 241.3 34 34 15 34 3 2 .942 1.83
R.Fingers 178.0 24 24 11 32 0 1 1.000 2.17
D.McLain 163.7 22 22 9 23 0 1 1.000 1.76
D.Schneider 158.3 22 22 8 34 1 1 .977 2.39
D.Giusti 122.3 0 72 8 21 1 0 .967 2.13
D.Drott 120.3 6 17 8 12 0 1 1.000 1.50
S.Kealey 84.7 12 12 6 20 0 0 1.000 2.76
B.Brandon 80.3 13 13 6 20 0 2 1.000 2.91
J.Fisher 72.7 11 11 9 19 0 3 1.000 3.47
S.Ellis 69.3 0 37 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.56
E.Fisher 59.7 0 33 7 8 1 0 .938 2.26
J.Hardin 51.3 7 7 6 5 1 0 .917 1.93
D.Morehead 32.0 0 16 1 1 1 0 .667 0.56
R.Taylor 22.3 0 27 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.42
J.Aker 13.0 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1469.3 151 359 103 241 8 12 .977 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Aaron .292
On-Base Pct Repoz .362
Slugging Pct Repoz .408
OPS Repoz .770
XR Repoz 77.6
Games Harrelson 156
At-Bats Aaron 596
Runs Repoz 76
Hits Aaron 174
Total Bases Aaron, Harrelson 212
Singles Aaron 153
Doubles Harrelson 23
Triples Repoz 4
Homeruns Harrelson, Smith 20
RBIs Harrelson 79
Stolen Bases Geiger 41
Caught Stealing Cline 16
Walks Repoz 89
Strikeouts Repoz 128
ERA Fingers 2.22
Wins Giusti 15
Losses Nunn 14
Winning Pct Giusti, Schneider .625
Saves Taylor 14
Games Pitched Giusti 72
Games Started Nunn 34
Complete Games McLain 7
Shutouts Brandon, McLain 1
Innings Pitched Nunn 241.3
Hits Allowed Nunn 219
Homeruns Allowed Nunn 21
Strikeouts Nunn 174
Walks Allowed Nunn 108
Walks per 9IP McLain 0.7
Hits per 9IP Fingers 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Fingers 7.4
WHiP Fingers 0.96
OAVG Fingers .184
OOBP Fingers .246
OSLG Fingers .296
OOPS Fingers .542
Team All-Stars
Ron Taylor
Player Salaries
Howie Nunn $ 6,430,000
Ken Harrelson $ 6,000,000
Hank Aaron $ 5,000,000
Denny McLain $ 4,128,571
Dave Giusti $ 3,750,000
Gary Geiger $ 3,000,000
Roger Repoz $ 3,000,000
Dick Drott $ 2,508,000
Phil Linz $ 2,270,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,857,890
Ty Cline $ 1,750,000
Jack Aker $ 1,348,571
Sammy Ellis $ 1,250,000
Eddie Fisher $ 1,100,000
Dick Smith $ 685,714
Ike Brown $ 300,000
Bucky Brandon $ 300,000
Jack Fisher $ 300,000
Bobby Etheridge $ 300,000
Ernie Fazio $ 300,000
Rollie Fingers $ 300,000
Ken Boswell $ 300,000
Joe Foy $ 300,000
Reggie Jackson $ 300,000
Gene Tenace $ 300,000
Jay Johnstone $ 300,000
Clarence Jones $ 300,000
Steve Kealey $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Tony Oliva $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
Dan Schneider $ 300,000
Reggie Smith $ 300,000
Ron Stone $ 300,000
Jim Hardin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Ken Harrelson
2/7 Traded Chuck Schilling Kansas City Ike Brown
2/11 Signed     Roger Repoz
2/13 Traded Milt May
Wayne Schurr
Steve Hamilton
New York (N) Hank Aaron
Eddie Fisher
2/15 Signed     Gary Geiger
3/3 Traded Harry Parker Colorado Ron Taylor
$1,857,890
6/1 Traded Doug Rader Colorado Lee Richard
7/1 Traded Bob Gebhard New York (A) Dick Drott
$1,254,000