1937 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 88-74
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 772
Runs Allowed: 706
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,408,186
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the AL
AA: 66-71, 7th in the AL
A: 65-72, 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
1B #Buzz Arlett 38 156 617 84 179 32 3 14 86 0 0 62 62 .290 .357 .420 .777 87.6 14.3 3.4
SS  Joe Cronin 30 154 641 88 165 34 10 11 65 0 0 41 61 .257 .300 .393 .693 72.2 9.0 7.0
CF  Ben Chapman 28 152 603 87 173 43 15 11 106 0 0 48 60 .287 .339 .463 .802 87.2 16.2 5.4
RF  Carl Reynolds 34 152 607 105 196 50 5 8 74 0 0 34 28 .323 .360 .461 .821 87.3 17.0 5.3
2B  Johnny Hodapp 31 155 572 79 181 41 4 10 98 1 0 40 80 .316 .359 .455 .814 86.0 16.9 5.1
C *Estel Crabtree 33 134 539 65 155 21 2 4 53 1 0 41 25 .288 .338 .356 .694 62.1 8.8 0.5
3B *Randy Moore 31 152 524 61 127 26 2 6 64 0 0 47 30 .242 .304 .334 .638 49.4 3.3 9.9
CF *Heinie Manush 35 139 528 70 158 42 12 6 76 2 0 38 38 .299 .346 .458 .804 78.1 14.8 6.9
LF  Dib Williams 27 45 149 15 39 10 4 3 16 0 0 16 17 .262 .333 .443 .776 20.7 3.4 1.9
C  Ernie Vick 36 47 145 20 42 11 2 2 27 0 0 14 26 .290 .350 .434 .784 20.8 3.8 0.2
RF *Eddie Wilson 27 68 129 21 34 7 0 3 20 1 0 21 14 .264 .368 .388 .756 18.0 2.8 1.0
P  Dizzy Dean 27 44 119 19 29 2 1 0 12 0 0 2 17 .244 .256 .277 .534 8.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Len Koenecke 33 55 114 16 36 6 0 3 15 0 0 13 18 .316 .382 .447 .829 19.8 3.7 1.2
P *Pat Malone 34 37 98 8 19 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 .194 .208 .235 .443 3.9 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 28 33 86 4 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .163 .182 .174 .356 1.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Frank Demaree 27 33 94 14 28 2 1 2 12 0 0 4 2 .298 .330 .404 .734 11.2 1.6 0.9
P *Lefty Grove 37 22 61 6 10 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 22 .164 .177 .213 .391 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Van Mungo 26 22 59 8 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .288 .288 .288 .576 5.0 0.1 0.0
P *Lynn Nelson 32 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Nub Kleinke 26 40 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Art Shires 29 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Tising 33 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 33 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 1725 5704 772 1607 333 62 83 741 5 1 426 557 .282 .332 .406 .737 720.9 116.0 48.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 5 3 1 1 6 6 8 1 7 4 4 5 3 4 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
 Dizzy Dean 27 24 15 .615 44 44 0 362.0 361 168 31 87 201 4.18 22.8
 Pat Malone 34 14 15 .483 37 37 0 289.7 259 126 24 108 218 3.91 18.3
*Lefty Gomez 28 15 12 .556 33 33 0 265.7 229 101 17 96 158 3.42 19.5
 Van Mungo 26 11 10 .524 22 22 0 173.7 159 73 7 60 90 3.78 12.8
*Lefty Grove 37 11 8 .579 22 22 0 167.0 189 77 13 41 68 4.15 8.1
 Guy Cantrell 33 5 3 .625 58 0 19 62.7 57 20 3 31 36 2.87 10.6
 Nub Kleinke 26 1 5 .167 40 1 3 52.7 65 31 6 21 16 5.30 0.5
 Bucky Jacobs 24 5 1 .833 42 0 1 45.3 38 12 2 20 9 2.38 6.3
 Lynn Nelson 32 1 1 .500 7 3 0 19.3 21 12 3 10 6 5.59 0.2
 Jack Tising 33 1 3 .250 14 0 2 16.3 18 12 3 11 12 6.61 0.0
 Al Yeargin 35 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3
 Estel Crabtree 33 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.7 88 74 .543 323 162 25 1457.3 1399 632 109 485 816 3.90 99.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 4 1 1 7 1 4 1 1  
* - 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 32.0
E.Crabtree 1157.3 128 132 661 31 12 1 .983 24.1
E.Vick 300.0 34 34 175 9 2 0 .989 16.7
Team Total 1457.3 162 166 836 40 14 1 .984 22.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.33
B.Arlett 1374.0 153 154 1697 109 23 149 .987 11.83
E.Wilson 83.0 9 10 98 10 2 10 .982 11.71
A.Shires 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 165 1795 119 25 159 .987 11.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.35
J.Hodapp 1338.3 148 153 296 529 25 115 .971 5.55
D.Williams 119.0 14 14 34 62 2 13 .980 7.26
Team Total 1457.3 162 167 330 591 27 128 .972 5.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.04
R.Moore 1321.3 147 149 96 370 14 35 .971 3.17
D.Williams 87.0 10 11 5 19 0 0 1.000 2.48
E.Wilson 45.0 5 6 5 6 1 1 .917 2.20
E.Vick 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1457.3 162 167 106 396 15 36 .971 3.10
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
J.Cronin 1304.7 146 151 188 559 35 93 .955 5.15
D.Williams 140.7 16 17 22 52 5 12 .937 4.73
H.Manush 6.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Hodapp 6.0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1457.3 162 170 213 617 40 107 .954 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.01
B.Chapman 1158.3 129 129 224 10 5 3 .979 1.82
L.Koenecke 109.0 12 14 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.49
F.Demaree 48.7 6 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
H.Manush 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1316.7 147 150 252 11 5 4 .981 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.69
H.Manush 1132.3 128 130 312 10 8 5 .976 2.56
B.Chapman 183.0 20 21 39 1 2 0 .952 1.97
L.Koenecke 71.0 8 8 22 0 1 0 .957 2.79
E.Wilson 64.7 6 8 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.20
F.Demaree 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Reynolds 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.9 162 169 396 11 11 5 .974 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.08
C.Reynolds 1310.0 146 146 277 5 11 1 .962 1.94
F.Demaree 162.5 22 23 37 0 1 0 .974 2.05
E.Wilson 72.0 8 8 13 0 3 0 .813 1.63
L.Koenecke 70.7 8 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
B.Chapman 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1616.2 184 186 347 5 15 1 .959 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.39
D.Dean 362.0 44 44 21 67 1 3 .989 2.19
P.Malone 289.7 37 37 18 45 4 1 .940 1.96
L.Gomez 265.7 33 33 13 68 3 7 .964 2.74
V.Mungo 173.7 22 22 13 30 2 4 .956 2.23
L.Grove 167.0 22 22 8 31 1 1 .975 2.10
G.Cantrell 62.7 0 58 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.30
N.Kleinke 52.7 1 40 4 17 0 3 1.000 3.59
B.Jacobs 45.3 0 42 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.18
L.Nelson 19.3 3 7 1 2 1 0 .750 1.40
J.Tising 16.3 0 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20
A.Yeargin 1.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Crabtree 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 323 83 286 12 21 .969 2.28
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reynolds .323
On-Base Pct Reynolds .360
Slugging Pct Chapman .463
OPS Reynolds .821
XR Arlett 87.6
Games Arlett 156
At-Bats Cronin 641
Runs Reynolds 105
Hits Reynolds 196
Total Bases Reynolds 280
Singles Reynolds 133
Doubles Reynolds 50
Triples Chapman 15
Homeruns Arlett 14
RBIs Chapman 106
Stolen Bases Manush 2
Caught Stealing Grove 1
Walks Arlett 62
Strikeouts Hodapp 80
ERA Gomez 3.42
Wins Dean 24
Losses Dean, Malone 15
Winning Pct Dean .615
Saves Cantrell 19
Games Pitched Cantrell 58
Games Started Dean 44
Complete Games Dean 23
Shutouts Dean, Malone 3
Innings Pitched Dean 362.0
Hits Allowed Dean 361
Homeruns Allowed Dean 31
Strikeouts Malone 218
Walks Allowed Malone 108
Walks per 9IP Dean 2.2
Hits per 9IP Gomez 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone 6.8
WHiP Gomez 1.22
OAVG Gomez .231
OOBP Gomez .298
OSLG Gomez .335
OOPS Gomez .633
Team All-Stars
Dizzy Dean
Johnny Hodapp
Bucky Jacobs
Player Salaries
Lefty Gomez $ 10,000,000
Joe Cronin $ 6,640,000
Heinie Manush $ 6,500,000
Carl Reynolds $ 6,300,000
Dizzy Dean $ 6,250,000
Randy Moore $ 5,500,000
Pat Malone $ 5,500,000
Van Mungo $ 5,285,714
Ben Chapman $ 4,500,000
Johnny Hodapp $ 3,230,000
Buzz Arlett $ 2,392,857
Estel Crabtree $ 2,380,000
Frank Demaree $ 2,307,857
Guy Cantrell $ 1,500,000
Art Shires $ 500,000
Ernie Vick $ 500,000
Lynn Nelson $ 484,286
Bob Brown $ 400,000
Len Koenecke $ 350,000
Allyn Stout $ 350,000
Dib Williams $ 350,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 300,000
Eddie Wilson $ 300,000
Jack Tising $ 300,000
Nub Kleinke $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Lefty Grove
Vic Keen
Boom-Boom Beck
Al Yeargin
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
St. Louis (C) Frank Demaree
Van Mungo
$5,000,000