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1972 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 830
Runs Allowed: 690
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,070,240
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the American League
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 88-49, 1st in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
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
3B  Joe Foy 29 158 567 93 161 27 5 10 70 32 6 83 61 .284 .374 .402 .777 90.6 18.1 4.8
RF *Reggie Jackson 26 154 569 85 134 22 1 35 110 6 4 72 180 .236 .322 .462 .785 84.5 14.0 0.0
CF #Reggie Smith 27 152 577 77 144 35 6 14 79 9 4 56 103 .250 .313 .404 .716 70.9 9.7 4.7
LF *Al Oliver 25 149 532 69 163 43 1 9 68 5 4 34 24 .306 .347 .442 .788 71.7 13.6 3.6
C  Gene Tenace 25 142 463 78 105 11 1 11 42 2 1 91 105 .227 .357 .326 .683 60.7 8.3 8.8
2B *Gary Geiger 35 141 478 85 134 9 1 14 56 38 20 52 76 .280 .349 .391 .741 68.5 10.7 4.3
1B *Willie McCovey 34 130 399 60 99 9 2 24 63 3 1 65 99 .248 .354 .461 .815 69.6 13.6 1.4
SS  Phil Linz 33 135 437 49 127 20 1 1 40 1 2 27 59 .291 .330 .348 .678 44.3 5.4 6.1
RF  Tony Conigliaro 27 100 376 45 110 19 1 17 73 3 1 27 57 .293 .337 .484 .821 59.6 11.9 2.3
DH  Ken Harrelson 30 116 297 46 82 12 1 14 64 3 1 39 57 .276 .357 .465 .822 48.5 9.2 1.2
RF *Roger Repoz 31 98 252 45 65 14 2 12 51 5 4 50 58 .258 .384 .472 .856 45.8 9.5 1.7
C *Jay Johnstone 26 79 189 19 45 6 1 3 23 2 0 15 18 .238 .293 .328 .621 19.3 2.0 2.6
LF  Ike Brown 30 68 163 33 44 5 0 9 28 3 0 27 50 .270 .375 .466 .841 30.6 6.7 1.6
LF  Cliff Cook 35 34 100 12 27 4 2 3 14 0 1 8 24 .270 .321 .440 .761 13.6 2.2 0.7
SS *Ty Cline 33 57 92 15 25 3 1 1 17 6 4 6 7 .272 .323 .359 .682 10.5 1.3 1.1
SS  Dick Smith 33 65 51 19 15 2 0 1 5 13 5 5 10 .294 .357 .392 .749 8.0 1.4 0.9
  Team Totals 29.9 1778 5542 830 1480 241 26 178 803 131 58 657 988 .267 .344 .416 .760 796.7 137.5 45.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 4 6 7 7 2 4 3 8 2 7 5 5 3 3 3  
* - 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 25 20 11 .645 38 38 0 280.3 230 87 16 73 248 2.79 26.0
*Jim Brewer 34 18 10 .643 37 37 0 248.3 197 93 30 91 285 3.37 19.1
 Sammy Ellis 31 16 12 .571 34 34 0 235.3 250 99 23 91 109 3.79 15.5
 Denny McLain 28 11 13 .458 30 30 0 219.7 254 108 35 26 130 4.43 10.2
 Howie Nunn 36 11 6 .647 22 22 0 147.3 160 65 15 64 106 3.97 9.3
 Dave Giusti 32 13 7 .650 83 0 18 144.3 144 61 18 45 85 3.80 13.6
 Jim Hardin 28 2 3 .400 37 0 1 68.3 82 39 12 25 37 5.14 1.7
 Bucky Brandon 31 1 2 .333 30 0 7 39.0 53 24 2 22 21 5.54 0.8
 Rickey Clark 26 2 2 .500 24 0 4 33.0 39 19 5 12 13 5.18 1.4
 Red Swanson 35 0 1 .000 14 0 1 11.7 19 13 4 7 5 10.03 0.0
 Jack Aker 31 0 0 .000 10 0 3 10.0 20 11 3 4 5 9.90 0.0
*Dan Schneider 29 0 0 .000 1 1 0 5.3 2 0 0 1 4 0.00 0.8
 Ron Taylor 34 0 1 .000 2 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 1 1 2.99 0.2
Team Totals 30.8 94 68 .580 362 162 34 1445.6 1454 620 163 462 1049 3.86 98.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 2 3 6 4 8 2 2 1 3  
* - 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 .989 34.8
G.Tenace 1201.7 134 138 926 57 8 5 .992 38.9
J.Johnstone 225.0 26 26 152 15 0 0 1.000 45.8
D.Smith 18.0 2 2 19 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1444.7 162 166 1097 72 8 5 .993 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
W.McCovey 941.3 113 116 993 85 6 82 .994 10.31
K.Harrelson 390.3 40 64 432 34 7 48 .985 10.74
A.Oliver 52.0 6 8 58 7 0 5 1.000 11.25
R.Repoz 20.0 2 4 20 3 0 4 1.000 10.35
T.Cline 12.0 0 6 16 3 0 4 1.000 14.25
D.Smith 10.0 0 6 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90
J.Johnstone 10.0 1 2 9 1 1 0 .909 9.00
R.Smith 5.0 0 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80
I.Brown 4.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1444.7 162 213 1550 133 14 145 .992 10.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
G.Geiger 993.0 114 117 191 357 7 74 .987 4.97
I.Brown 393.7 44 54 82 144 7 40 .970 5.17
J.Johnstone 47.0 3 13 8 24 1 4 .970 6.13
D.Smith 11.0 1 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 6.55
Team Total 1444.7 162 188 283 531 15 118 .982 5.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
J.Foy 1281.0 149 150 77 297 22 26 .944 2.63
J.Johnstone 75.0 6 14 7 16 1 0 .958 2.76
D.Smith 30.7 2 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.17
G.Geiger 30.0 3 4 1 8 2 1 .818 2.70
C.Cook 12.1 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.23
R.Jackson 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cline 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1434.8 161 181 87 327 25 27 .943 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
P.Linz 1096.7 135 135 166 449 21 76 .967 5.05
T.Cline 161.0 16 29 23 62 4 16 .955 4.75
J.Johnstone 71.7 5 18 8 22 2 6 .938 3.77
D.Smith 66.3 3 27 10 30 0 6 1.000 5.43
G.Geiger 41.3 3 11 7 14 0 3 1.000 4.57
J.Foy 7.7 0 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.87
Team Total 1444.6 162 223 214 582 27 107 .967 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
A.Oliver 1095.7 128 131 236 14 6 4 .977 2.05
K.Harrelson 103.3 11 19 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
C.Cook 69.8 8 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
W.McCovey 26.0 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
R.Repoz 24.7 3 3 9 1 1 1 .909 3.65
D.Smith 19.0 0 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
I.Brown 14.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
T.Cline 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Foy 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Johnstone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1368.5 153 193 299 16 7 5 .978 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
R.Smith 1292.0 150 151 336 8 10 3 .972 2.40
R.Repoz 71.0 7 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
T.Cline 34.7 3 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
J.Johnstone 15.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Smith 12.0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
A.Oliver 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Jackson 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Geiger 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 189 375 10 10 4 .975 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
T.Conigliaro 853.4 98 99 169 5 1 1 .994 1.84
R.Repoz 485.7 55 59 83 7 0 2 1.000 1.67
C.Cook 133.4 16 19 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.96
K.Harrelson 61.0 6 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
T.Cline 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Johnstone 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Smith 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Geiger 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Foy 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Oliver 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1565.1 176 204 305 13 1 4 .997 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
R.Fingers 280.3 38 38 19 37 0 4 1.000 1.80
J.Brewer 248.3 37 37 19 31 1 3 .980 1.81
S.Ellis 235.3 34 34 11 29 2 2 .952 1.53
D.McLain 219.7 30 30 18 17 2 1 .946 1.43
H.Nunn 147.3 22 22 11 20 0 3 1.000 1.89
D.Giusti 144.3 0 83 10 27 2 4 .949 2.31
J.Hardin 68.3 0 37 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.90
B.Brandon 39.0 0 30 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.15
R.Clark 33.0 0 24 5 4 0 0 1.000 2.45
R.Swanson 11.7 0 14 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.32
J.Aker 10.0 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Schneider 5.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Taylor 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.99
Team Total 1445.6 162 362 106 186 7 19 .977 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oliver .306
On-Base Pct Foy .374
Slugging Pct Jackson .462
OPS Oliver .788
XR Foy 90.6
Games Foy 158
At-Bats Smith 577
Runs Foy 93
Hits Oliver 163
Total Bases Jackson 263
Singles Foy 119
Doubles Oliver 43
Triples Smith 6
Homeruns Jackson 35
RBIs Jackson 110
Stolen Bases Geiger 38
Caught Stealing Geiger 20
Walks Tenace 91
Strikeouts Jackson 180
ERA Fingers 2.79
Wins Fingers 20
Losses McLain 13
Winning Pct Giusti .650
Saves Giusti 18
Games Pitched Giusti 83
Games Started Fingers 38
Complete Games Fingers 6
Shutouts Ellis, Fingers 1
Innings Pitched Fingers 280.3
Hits Allowed McLain 254
Homeruns Allowed McLain 35
Strikeouts Brewer 285
Walks Allowed Brewer, Ellis 91
Walks per 9IP McLain 1.1
Hits per 9IP Brewer 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 10.3
WHiP Fingers 1.08
OAVG Brewer .213
OOBP Fingers .270
OSLG Fingers .316
OOPS Fingers .587
Team All-Stars
Jim Brewer
Rollie Fingers
Player Salaries
Tony Conigliaro $ 7,830,000
Jim Brewer $ 7,000,000
Ken Harrelson $ 6,000,000
Denny McLain $ 4,128,571
Dave Giusti $ 3,750,000
Howie Nunn $ 3,750,000
Gary Geiger $ 3,500,000
Willie McCovey $ 3,500,000
Roger Repoz $ 3,500,000
Joe Foy $ 2,417,143
Ty Cline $ 1,750,000
Phil Linz $ 1,400,000
Sammy Ellis $ 1,250,000
Red Swanson $ 1,000,000
Dick Smith $ 700,000
Bill Champion $ 300,000
Rickey Clark $ 300,000
Ike Brown $ 300,000
Rollie Fingers $ 300,000
Bucky Brandon $ 300,000
Reggie Jackson $ 300,000
Gene Tenace $ 300,000
Jay Johnstone $ 300,000
Al Oliver $ 300,000
Dan Schneider $ 300,000
Reggie Smith $ 300,000
Jim Hardin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Cliff Cook
2/14 Signed     Jim Brewer
2/21 Traded George Hendrick
Eddie Fisher		 Boston (A) Al Oliver
Willie Mccovey
$5,800,000
2/24 Signed     Red Swanson
3/2 Signed     Cam Carreon
3/2 Signed     Johnny Edwards
3/3 Traded Leroy Stanton Colorado Joe Gilbert
4/2 Released Jerry Crider    
4/2 Released Sam Bowens    
4/2 Released John O'Donoghue    
4/2 Released Larry Jaster    
4/2 Released Bill Davis    
4/2 Released Sal Campisi    
4/2 Released Ron Locke    
4/2 Released Jim Campanis    
4/2 Released Jerry Nyman    
4/2 Signed     Doc Edwards
4/2 Signed     George Williams
5/1 Traded Ron Taylor
$3,406,132		 Detroit Bill Champion
Rickey Clark
6/1 Released Leon Mcfadden    
6/1 Traded Jack Aker
Cliff Cook
Bob Robertson
Tom Walker
Joe Lis		 Kansas City Tony Conigliaro
6/1 Traded Gene Lamont Kansas City Dave Adlesh
7/1 Released Dave Mcnally    
7/1 Released Dave Adlesh    
7/1 Released Jorge Rubio    
7/31 Released Doc Edwards    
7/31 Released George Williams    
7/31 Released Johnny Edwards    
7/31 Traded Lee Richard Toronto Jim Fairey
7/31 Traded Bobby Cox Oakland Rick Auerbach
9/22 Released Jack Fisher    
9/22 Released Cam Carreon    
 
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