1975 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 902
Runs Allowed: 746
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,975,691
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 4th in the American League
A: 72-65, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over New York (A) Yankees
 
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
RF *Reggie Jackson 29 153 598 109 150 25 4 33 101 7 0 79 135 .251 .340 .472 .811 95.6 17.7 0.3
2B *Ken Boswell 29 149 553 90 168 17 4 14 86 27 13 60 44 .304 .372 .425 .797 88.3 18.0 5.9
CF  Larry Hisle 28 152 555 80 160 21 3 12 87 7 1 46 83 .288 .345 .402 .747 75.7 14.2 4.2
3B  Joe Foy 32 150 517 86 141 26 5 14 96 16 14 85 61 .273 .376 .424 .800 78.4 14.7 5.6
SS  Dick Smith 36 156 547 70 148 26 3 1 67 26 15 41 71 .271 .323 .335 .658 54.3 6.0 6.3
C  Gene Tenace 28 144 471 93 129 19 1 8 58 5 5 92 95 .274 .401 .369 .771 73.5 13.8 6.2
LF *Al Oliver 28 130 538 67 156 28 3 2 57 4 6 17 25 .290 .314 .364 .679 51.4 6.5 3.1
LF *Carlos May 27 143 474 67 125 27 5 7 64 10 5 68 85 .264 .357 .386 .743 66.4 11.3 2.1
CF #Reggie Smith 30 124 472 76 145 35 3 17 92 7 7 63 70 .307 .384 .502 .887 87.8 20.1 4.2
C *Jay Johnstone 29 128 457 64 118 26 2 5 57 1 1 29 55 .258 .301 .357 .658 42.7 3.9 3.9
C  Duffy Dyer 29 87 249 44 74 14 1 7 49 3 0 27 21 .297 .368 .446 .814 39.8 8.4 2.1
LF  Ike Brown 33 91 187 43 48 4 1 11 40 3 3 32 44 .257 .364 .465 .829 31.7 6.0 2.4
2B  Felix Millan 31 41 63 6 14 1 0 1 12 1 0 3 6 .222 .261 .286 .547 4.9 0.0 0.3
1B #Richie Scheinblum 32 15 23 6 11 1 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 .478 .478 1.000 1.478 8.0 2.6 0.2
SS *Clarence Jones 33 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Ron Stone 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1669 5708 902 1588 271 36 135 875 117 72 642 795 .278 .353 .409 .762 797.9 143.3 46.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 2 4 6 6 4 2 4 8 4 5 4 2 5 5 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
*Dan Schneider 32 13 11 .542 37 37 0 256.7 287 122 22 55 180 4.28 15.3
 Dave Goltz 26 11 11 .500 34 34 0 254.3 290 142 25 93 131 5.02 9.9
*Jim Brewer 37 15 6 .714 34 34 0 223.0 152 62 14 97 208 2.50 23.6
 Rollie Fingers 28 12 7 .632 33 33 0 213.0 197 114 21 98 183 4.82 10.6
 Dick Selma 31 20 11 .645 73 0 11 162.7 124 60 26 46 130 3.32 19.2
 Rawly Eastwick 24 8 9 .471 21 21 0 158.3 176 77 11 50 67 4.38 8.2
 Lew Krausse 32 7 4 .636 36 2 4 85.3 88 37 8 33 39 3.90 7.1
 Denny McLain 31 5 5 .500 46 0 6 64.7 93 44 10 13 33 6.12 1.4
 Jay Ritchie 38 3 2 .600 26 0 0 33.0 35 21 2 14 22 5.73 1.3
 Aurelio Lopez 26 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 25.7 33 17 4 15 15 5.96 0.8
 Tom Bradley 28 0 0 .000 1 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 30.3 96 66 .593 359 162 21 1479.6 1476 696 143 514 1009 4.23 97.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 9 3 1 4 5 4 3 1 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 .988 31.7
G.Tenace 1162.0 127 129 781 64 10 2 .988 35.5
J.Johnstone 165.0 19 19 130 9 1 0 .993 36.4
D.Dyer 152.7 16 19 124 7 1 1 .992 22.2
Team Total 1479.7 162 167 1035 80 12 3 .989 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.53
C.May 1041.3 121 125 1171 88 10 102 .992 10.88
D.Dyer 314.7 33 40 392 23 0 38 1.000 11.87
I.Brown 54.3 4 15 75 1 0 4 1.000 12.59
J.Johnstone 36.0 4 6 49 2 1 6 .981 12.75
G.Tenace 19.0 0 9 19 1 1 2 .952 9.47
A.Oliver 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Smith 3.7 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 12.30
K.Boswell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Stone 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Smith 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Scheinblum 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.6 162 202 1721 116 12 154 .994 11.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
K.Boswell 996.7 111 119 223 419 12 84 .982 5.80
I.Brown 310.3 34 39 70 151 4 34 .982 6.41
J.Johnstone 111.0 13 15 25 48 0 13 1.000 5.92
F.Millan 60.7 4 17 14 22 0 2 1.000 5.34
R.Stone 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1479.7 162 191 332 641 16 133 .984 5.92
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.78
J.Foy 1276.0 142 142 80 329 15 33 .965 2.88
D.Dyer 95.7 11 12 6 21 1 0 .964 2.54
J.Johnstone 60.7 7 9 5 16 2 1 .913 3.12
R.Scheinblum 19.0 1 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.37
K.Boswell 14.7 1 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.46
D.Smith 6.0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50
L.Hisle 5.7 0 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 9.54
F.Millan 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 1479.6 162 180 99 378 18 35 .964 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.29
D.Smith 1256.0 142 144 200 507 15 93 .979 5.07
J.Johnstone 177.3 19 22 19 76 2 13 .979 4.82
L.Hisle 26.0 0 7 6 15 0 4 1.000 7.27
J.Foy 8.3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
C.Jones 8.0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63
F.Millan 2.0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1479.7 162 180 228 604 17 111 .980 5.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.87
A.Oliver 1060.0 120 121 196 10 5 2 .976 1.75
I.Brown 77.0 8 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
J.Johnstone 75.0 9 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
R.Jackson 74.7 8 9 11 0 1 0 .917 1.33
R.Smith 60.7 6 8 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.May 51.7 5 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
K.Boswell 40.0 4 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Dyer 19.7 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
D.Smith 13.0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Scheinblum 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
L.Hisle 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Foy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.6 162 185 273 13 6 2 .979 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.42
R.Smith 1003.3 112 112 253 6 5 0 .981 2.32
J.Johnstone 167.7 18 20 44 2 2 1 .958 2.47
K.Boswell 131.0 14 15 23 0 1 0 .958 1.58
R.Jackson 42.3 4 7 11 1 1 0 .923 2.55
D.Smith 35.0 4 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
A.Oliver 33.0 3 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.73
J.Foy 25.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Tenace 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Hisle 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
F.Millan 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Brown 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Stone 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.6 162 174 362 9 10 1 .974 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.00
L.Hisle 1228.7 141 143 259 4 5 2 .981 1.93
J.Johnstone 86.0 9 11 18 0 1 0 .947 1.88
C.May 52.7 4 11 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
D.Dyer 44.0 4 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Scheinblum 32.0 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
K.Boswell 17.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Foy 7.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
A.Oliver 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Smith 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Stone 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.7 162 192 309 5 6 2 .981 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.95
D.Schneider 256.7 37 37 15 48 0 4 1.000 2.21
D.Goltz 254.3 34 34 10 40 0 3 1.000 1.77
J.Brewer 223.0 34 34 16 47 1 4 .984 2.54
R.Fingers 213.0 33 33 13 29 0 4 1.000 1.77
D.Selma 162.7 0 73 5 18 0 3 1.000 1.27
R.Eastwick 158.3 21 21 7 29 0 3 1.000 2.05
L.Krausse 85.3 2 36 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.McLain 64.7 0 46 3 5 1 1 .889 1.11
J.Ritchie 33.0 0 26 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.36
A.Lopez 25.7 0 18 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.10
T.Bradley 3.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1479.6 162 359 78 236 2 22 .994 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Smith .307
On-Base Pct Tenace .401
Slugging Pct Smith .502
OPS Smith .887
XR Jackson 95.6
Games Smith 156
At-Bats Jackson 598
Runs Jackson 109
Hits Boswell 168
Total Bases Jackson 282
Singles Boswell 133
Doubles Smith 35
Triples Foy, May 5
Homeruns Jackson 33
RBIs Jackson 101
Stolen Bases Boswell 27
Caught Stealing Smith 15
Walks Tenace 92
Strikeouts Jackson 135
ERA Brewer 2.50
Wins Selma 20
Losses Goltz, Schneider, Selma 11
Winning Pct Brewer .714
Saves Selma 11
Games Pitched Selma 73
Games Started Schneider 37
Complete Games Goltz 12
Shutouts Brewer 2
Innings Pitched Schneider 256.7
Hits Allowed Goltz 290
Homeruns Allowed Selma 26
Strikeouts Brewer 208
Walks Allowed Fingers 98
Walks per 9IP Schneider 1.9
Hits per 9IP Brewer 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 8.4
WHiP Selma 1.05
OAVG Brewer .191
OOBP Selma .269
OSLG Brewer .281
OOPS Brewer .559
Team All-Stars
Ken Boswell
Jim Brewer
Reggie Smith
Player Salaries
Rollie Fingers $ 8,500,000
Reggie Jackson $ 5,021,429
Al Oliver $ 4,200,000
Reggie Smith $ 4,000,000
Ike Brown $ 3,500,000
Dick Selma $ 3,450,000
Felix Millan $ 3,250,000
Jim Brewer $ 3,220,000
Gene Tenace $ 3,135,714
Joe Foy $ 3,000,000
Denny McLain $ 2,900,000
Carlos May $ 2,700,000
Dan Schneider $ 2,500,000
Jay Johnstone $ 1,800,000
Tom Bradley $ 1,600,000
Sammy Ellis $ 1,500,000
Lew Krausse $ 1,068,571
Dick Smith $ 700,000
Jay Ritchie $ 600,000
Gates Brown $ 370,000
Dave Morehead $ 350,000
Bobby Knoop $ 344,000
Clarence Jones $ 300,000
Steve Kealey $ 300,000
Larry Hisle $ 300,000
Dave Goltz $ 300,000
Ken Boswell $ 300,000
Ray Webster $ 300,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 300,000
Duffy Dyer $ 300,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 300,000
Dave Rader $ 300,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 300,000
Ron Stone $ 300,000
Gene Locklear $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Felix Millan
2/9 Signed     Dick Selma
2/21 Traded Pete Cimino Seattle Lew Krausse
$8,000,000
4/2 Signed     Bobby Knoop