1957 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 95-67
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 833
Runs Allowed: 658
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,425,912
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 7th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 6th in the AL
A: 68-69, 3rd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over New York (N) Giants
Won AL League Series 4-1 over 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
RF  Jackie Jensen 30 152 629 102 166 25 3 38 109 0 0 69 80 .264 .336 .494 .831 97.7 17.5 3.6
1B  Eddie Yost 30 151 540 105 153 30 5 27 83 0 1 139 131 .283 .433 .507 .940 121.1 27.4 7.6
LF *Irv Noren 32 151 612 94 182 34 9 19 112 0 0 49 93 .297 .347 .475 .823 92.5 17.3 3.3
CF *Whitey Lockman 30 153 605 95 185 29 4 15 100 0 1 56 28 .306 .365 .441 .806 90.5 17.4 4.9
CF  Roy Sievers 30 152 567 75 151 35 4 16 71 0 0 82 97 .266 .359 .427 .786 84.6 15.2 3.5
2B  Lee Walls 24 151 558 84 178 23 4 16 82 0 1 61 87 .319 .385 .461 .845 92.2 19.0 6.1
2B  Bobby Avila 33 156 505 75 122 12 7 14 61 1 0 83 55 .242 .347 .376 .724 70.2 11.3 6.4
C  Johnny Pramesa 31 92 332 37 91 7 1 9 44 0 0 33 31 .274 .335 .383 .718 43.1 6.3 1.4
C  Stan Lopata 31 51 176 29 45 13 2 4 26 1 0 37 45 .256 .383 .420 .804 29.3 5.6 0.7
3B  Dick Groat 26 83 190 21 52 7 2 1 25 0 1 11 8 .274 .310 .347 .658 19.1 2.3 2.0
CF *Gus Bell 28 100 184 26 50 7 0 6 31 0 0 16 24 .272 .328 .408 .736 21.5 2.9 0.9
P  Stu Miller 29 44 110 7 15 4 1 0 8 0 0 2 29 .136 .150 .191 .341 1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Leo Kiely 27 44 121 2 10 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 47 .083 .083 .091 .174 -5.3 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 31 40 119 12 35 5 0 1 15 0 0 0 14 .294 .298 .361 .659 11.7 1.5 0.0
C *Faye Throneberry 26 40 90 15 20 4 1 0 8 0 0 13 14 .222 .314 .289 .603 8.7 0.5 0.4
SS  Rocky Krsnich 29 86 94 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .149 .200 .170 .370 0.8 0.0 0.4
P *Jackie Collum 30 33 77 9 17 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 7 .221 .241 .273 .513 4.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Russ Sullivan 34 84 56 25 13 1 0 3 12 16 2 5 10 .232 .290 .411 .701 9.6 1.5 0.3
3B *Joe Garagiola 31 25 53 7 15 5 0 0 11 0 0 2 6 .283 .309 .377 .686 4.7 0.5 0.4
C  Andy Seminick 36 11 19 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .053 .143 .105 .248 -0.6 0.0 0.1
P *Bill Henry 29 48 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Face 29 53 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Cary 34 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 37 104 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2009 5666 833 1519 247 44 169 815 19 6 667 825 .268 .345 .417 .761 796.4 146.2 42.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 2 5 1 4 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 1  
* - 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
*Leo Kiely 27 16 19 .457 44 44 0 305.3 319 143 34 79 167 4.22 10.0
 Don Newcombe 31 19 10 .655 40 40 0 299.7 248 109 39 94 244 3.27 21.9
 Stu Miller 29 22 12 .647 44 44 0 295.7 294 118 10 110 188 3.59 18.7
*Jackie Collum 30 17 4 .810 33 30 1 204.7 188 63 13 62 88 2.77 19.2
 Walt Masterson 37 11 6 .647 104 0 17 112.7 121 53 15 26 55 4.23 9.9
 Dave Ferriss 35 3 8 .273 84 0 19 99.3 94 30 12 16 52 2.72 13.0
*Bill Henry 29 3 4 .429 48 3 2 74.0 92 47 9 36 47 5.72 0.1
 Roy Face 29 3 4 .429 53 0 4 65.7 76 36 6 22 48 4.93 2.3
*Scott Cary 34 1 0 1.000 5 1 0 13.7 10 3 0 5 2 1.98 1.5
Team Totals 31.2 95 67 .586 455 162 43 1470.6 1442 602 138 450 891 3.68 96.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 4 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 .993 38.0
J.Pramesa 765.7 86 86 463 29 3 1 .994 42.9
S.Lopata 431.5 46 50 234 15 1 1 .996 25.0
F.Throneberry 214.7 30 32 125 7 0 0 1.000 16.7
A.Seminick 35.0 3 5 15 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Garagiola 16.9 3 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.8 168 176 846 55 4 2 .996 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.32
R.Sievers 1293.3 146 149 1538 131 4 142 .998 11.61
D.Groat 133.0 14 20 154 16 6 15 .966 11.50
A.Seminick 8.7 0 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.35
R.Krsnich 7.0 1 2 11 0 1 0 .917 14.14
F.Throneberry 5.6 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.64
J.Garagiola 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
B.Avila 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1451.3 161 177 1723 148 11 158 .994 11.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.67
B.Avila 1343.0 151 152 307 527 23 115 .973 5.59
D.Groat 97.3 8 16 19 48 2 9 .971 6.20
R.Krsnich 29.3 3 4 6 11 0 2 1.000 5.22
L.Walls 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.7 162 173 332 586 25 126 .973 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.77
L.Walls 1309.7 149 150 80 358 14 28 .969 3.01
J.Garagiola 87.6 14 18 5 23 1 1 .966 2.88
D.Groat 86.3 7 21 6 19 0 2 1.000 2.61
R.Krsnich 36.7 3 10 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.95
E.Yost 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Bell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Throneberry 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1524.1 173 202 93 410 15 32 .971 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.97
E.Yost 1278.7 146 149 202 529 13 103 .983 5.15
D.Groat 148.7 15 24 20 62 6 12 .932 4.96
R.Krsnich 23.0 1 4 1 6 1 0 .875 2.74
B.Avila 9.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
F.Throneberry 4.2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.29
Team Total 1463.9 162 182 224 599 20 116 .976 5.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
I.Noren 1365.7 150 151 262 4 2 0 .993 1.75
G.Bell 60.0 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Sullivan 45.0 5 5 16 0 1 0 .941 3.20
Team Total 1470.7 162 163 293 4 3 0 .990 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.43
W.Lockman 1339.7 148 151 353 7 2 3 .994 2.42
G.Bell 109.0 13 13 26 1 1 0 .964 2.23
R.Sievers 10.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Sullivan 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Pramesa 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Jensen 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.7 162 169 386 8 3 3 .992 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
J.Jensen 1330.7 149 150 276 8 4 2 .986 1.92
G.Bell 112.7 12 18 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
R.Sullivan 25.3 1 10 6 1 1 0 .875 2.49
F.Throneberry 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.5 162 179 310 10 5 2 .985 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.20
L.Kiely 305.3 44 44 11 49 2 5 .968 1.77
D.Newcombe 299.7 40 40 27 69 5 7 .950 2.88
S.Miller 295.7 44 44 19 53 0 2 1.000 2.19
J.Collum 204.7 30 33 11 34 2 4 .957 1.98
W.Masterson 112.7 0 104 13 16 1 1 .967 2.32
D.Ferriss 99.3 0 84 9 17 0 0 1.000 2.36
B.Henry 74.0 3 48 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.07
R.Face 65.7 0 53 9 10 0 1 1.000 2.60
S.Cary 13.7 1 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.64
Team Total 1470.6 162 455 104 264 10 20 .974 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Walls .319
On-Base Pct Yost .433
Slugging Pct Yost .507
OPS Yost .940
XR Yost 121.1
Games Avila 156
At-Bats Jensen 629
Runs Yost 105
Hits Lockman 185
Total Bases Jensen 311
Singles Lockman 137
Doubles Sievers 35
Triples Noren 9
Homeruns Jensen 38
RBIs Noren 112
Stolen Bases Sullivan 16
Caught Stealing Sullivan 2
Walks Yost 139
Strikeouts Yost 131
ERA Collum 2.77
Wins Miller 22
Losses Kiely 19
Winning Pct Collum .810
Saves Ferriss 19
Games Pitched Masterson 104
Games Started Kiely, Miller 44
Complete Games Newcombe 7
Shutouts Collum 2
Innings Pitched Kiely 305.3
Hits Allowed Kiely 319
Homeruns Allowed Newcombe 39
Strikeouts Newcombe 244
Walks Allowed Miller 110
Walks per 9IP Kiely 2.3
Hits per 9IP Newcombe 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 7.3
WHiP Newcombe 1.14
OAVG Newcombe .225
OOBP Newcombe .285
OSLG Miller .339
OOPS Collum .644
Team All-Stars
Jackie Collum
Dave Ferriss
Jackie Jensen
Stu Miller
Don Newcombe
Irv Noren
Lee Walls
Eddie Yost
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Don Newcombe $ 6,250,000
Stu Miller $ 6,107,143
Leo Kiely $ 6,021,429
Roy Sievers $ 5,410,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,350,000
Bobby Avila $ 4,940,000
Jackie Jensen $ 4,620,000
Irv Noren $ 3,650,000
Stan Lopata $ 3,250,000
Jackie Collum $ 2,800,000
Dave Ferriss $ 2,550,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 2,500,000
Joe Garagiola $ 2,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 1,750,000
Bill Henry $ 1,150,000
Gus Bell $ 750,000
Roy Face $ 450,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 320,000
Lee Walls $ 300,000
Russ Sullivan $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Faye Throneberry
Andy Seminick
Scott Cary
Pittsburgh Stan Lopata
Joe Garagiola