1949 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 990
Runs Allowed: 739
Exp W-L: 102-60
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,318,931
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the AL
AA: 67-70, 6th in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 0-4 to Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Detroit Tigers
 
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
CF *Pete Reiser 30 155 647 127 187 37 15 22 107 39 24 77 66 .289 .365 .495 .859 109.3 17.0 8.4
1B *Johnny Mize 36 157 592 114 189 44 10 18 119 0 0 95 50 .319 .407 .519 .925 123.3 22.2 4.6
LF *Jeff Heath 34 155 587 115 194 40 4 21 119 0 0 102 70 .330 .424 .520 .943 122.3 22.5 2.8
2B  Lou Stringer 32 155 570 89 162 36 8 10 108 0 0 102 72 .284 .392 .428 .820 90.7 14.1 5.7
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 29 143 480 68 136 28 1 7 76 0 2 71 25 .283 .372 .390 .762 72.5 10.3 3.6
C  Clyde McCullough 32 129 412 74 117 18 2 16 71 4 1 42 47 .284 .346 .454 .800 62.5 8.5 6.3
2B *Grady Hatton 26 78 305 75 101 17 2 13 52 11 4 58 18 .331 .433 .528 .961 68.2 13.2 2.6
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 30 75 302 64 104 13 4 3 37 39 20 62 20 .344 .454 .444 .897 61.7 11.2 2.5
DH  Pat Seerey 26 80 267 52 70 6 1 14 61 1 1 66 65 .262 .407 .449 .856 50.9 7.9 1.9
CF  Clyde Vollmer 27 124 279 42 70 8 2 7 41 0 0 40 44 .251 .343 .369 .712 35.8 3.9 1.6
RF *Dick Kokos 21 77 257 47 65 11 1 11 40 0 1 53 34 .253 .377 .432 .809 44.1 6.3 1.1
C  Walker Cooper 34 65 203 24 54 11 3 9 45 0 1 10 13 .266 .296 .483 .779 28.0 3.4 3.0
SS  Dario Lodigiani 33 67 168 37 42 7 1 3 26 0 0 35 8 .250 .379 .357 .736 23.9 2.6 1.6
P  Max Lanier 33 44 108 11 22 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 9 .204 .225 .213 .438 4.3 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Brecheen 34 44 109 9 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .174 .182 .211 .393 2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 22 39 107 7 23 3 0 1 11 0 0 1 19 .215 .222 .271 .493 5.3 0.0 0.0
C  Steve Souchock 30 87 104 17 29 10 1 5 17 0 0 4 19 .279 .306 .538 .844 15.3 2.4 0.6
P  Jack Salveson 35 35 88 10 25 3 1 0 10 0 0 5 5 .284 .323 .341 .663 9.4 0.9 0.0
RF #Augie Galan 37 64 61 8 14 4 0 2 10 2 1 11 8 .230 .347 .393 .741 9.2 1.3 0.2
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 36 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 0.9 0.2 0.1
P #Fred Sanford 29 105 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 33 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .400 .333 .400 .733 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Jake Mooty 36 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 34 34 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 29 104 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 2057 5666 990 1628 301 56 162 967 96 55 840 617 .287 .377 .446 .823 941.5 148.0 46.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 8 2 6 2 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Harry Brecheen 34 22 10 .688 44 44 0 315.7 330 133 18 124 111 3.79 22.2
*Max Lanier 33 23 10 .697 44 44 0 308.7 266 122 14 144 166 3.56 25.0
*Billy Pierce 22 18 12 .600 39 39 0 274.7 285 141 29 127 137 4.62 15.2
 Jack Salveson 35 18 8 .692 35 35 0 231.7 223 98 14 107 113 3.81 19.0
 Fred Sanford 29 8 10 .444 105 0 24 130.0 144 78 21 85 50 5.40 6.6
 Early Wynn 29 5 5 .500 104 0 2 114.7 123 36 11 34 46 2.83 11.1
 Newt Kimball 34 5 3 .625 34 0 2 41.7 33 19 6 27 19 4.10 4.0
 Jake Mooty 36 1 2 .333 28 0 4 32.7 29 23 5 18 6 6.34 1.2
 Ted Wilks 33 0 2 .000 7 0 1 10.7 13 4 0 3 6 3.38 1.0
Team Totals 31.7 100 62 .617 440 162 33 1460.3 1446 654 118 669 654 4.03 105.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 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 .991 33.3
C.McCullough 926.7 100 118 438 34 3 0 .994 35.7
W.Cooper 450.3 53 59 214 20 4 0 .983 30.4
S.Souchock 82.3 9 16 34 4 0 0 1.000 50.0
C.Vollmer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1460.3 162 194 686 58 7 0 .991 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.18
J.Mize 1345.3 150 156 1595 120 19 161 .989 11.47
P.Seerey 299.7 34 36 412 34 6 38 .987 13.39
J.Wyrostek 103.7 12 15 132 6 2 8 .986 11.98
L.Stringer 6.0 0 1 9 1 0 2 1.000 15.00
S.Souchock 3.0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00
Team Total 1757.7 196 212 2155 161 27 209 .988 11.86
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.52
L.Stringer 1340.3 149 151 340 579 25 112 .974 6.17
D.Lodigiani 118.0 13 14 29 54 5 12 .943 6.33
G.Hatton 64.6 7 7 15 31 1 7 .979 6.41
J.Outlaw 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1524.9 169 173 385 666 31 132 .971 6.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.91
S.Stirnweiss 661.3 73 75 54 166 8 19 .965 2.99
G.Hatton 624.7 66 70 42 160 8 13 .962 2.91
D.Lodigiani 134.0 16 17 8 37 4 3 .918 3.02
J.Outlaw 4.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.4 155 164 104 363 20 35 .959 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.51
P.Reiser 1357.3 149 153 234 562 13 115 .984 5.28
D.Lodigiani 102.0 13 13 18 44 1 10 .984 5.47
J.Outlaw 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 167 252 606 14 125 .984 5.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.99
J.Heath 1342.3 148 152 303 11 10 1 .969 2.11
C.Vollmer 73.0 9 9 17 0 1 0 .944 2.10
J.Wyrostek 39.0 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Seerey 26.4 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
A.Galan 6.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Kokos 4.5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1491.2 165 174 340 12 11 1 .970 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.67
J.Wyrostek 951.0 107 114 314 1 7 0 .978 2.98
C.Vollmer 459.7 55 60 137 2 0 2 1.000 2.72
A.Galan 31.3 0 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.73
S.Souchock 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Outlaw 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Seerey 2.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.67
P.Reiser 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1460.7 162 199 471 3 7 2 .985 2.92
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.12
D.Kokos 628.2 74 75 137 1 7 1 .952 1.98
P.Seerey 331.1 36 38 79 1 3 1 .964 2.17
C.Vollmer 60.0 8 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Wyrostek 59.7 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
A.Galan 34.0 0 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
S.Souchock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Outlaw 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Heath 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1116.0 124 146 249 2 10 2 .962 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.37
H.Brecheen 315.7 44 44 13 79 0 4 1.000 2.62
M.Lanier 308.7 44 44 13 56 4 5 .945 2.01
B.Pierce 274.7 39 39 18 61 3 5 .963 2.59
J.Salveson 231.7 35 35 11 39 1 3 .980 1.94
F.Sanford 130.0 0 105 5 13 1 1 .947 1.25
E.Wynn 114.7 0 104 4 23 4 2 .871 2.12
N.Kimball 41.7 0 34 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Mooty 32.7 0 28 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.31
T.Wilks 10.7 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.22
Team Total 1460.3 162 440 74 291 13 21 .966 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Heath .330
On-Base Pct Heath .424
Slugging Pct Heath .520
OPS Heath .943
XR Mize 123.3
Games Mize 157
At-Bats Reiser 647
Runs Reiser 127
Hits Heath 194
Total Bases Reiser 320
Singles Heath 129
Doubles Mize 44
Triples Reiser 15
Homeruns Reiser 22
RBIs Heath, Mize 119
Stolen Bases Reiser, Stirnweiss 39
Caught Stealing Reiser 24
Walks Heath, Stringer 102
Strikeouts Stringer 72
ERA Lanier 3.56
Wins Lanier 23
Losses Pierce 12
Winning Pct Lanier .697
Saves Sanford 24
Games Pitched Sanford 105
Games Started Brecheen, Lanier 44
Complete Games Pierce 5
Shutouts Lanier, Pierce 1
Innings Pitched Brecheen 315.7
Hits Allowed Brecheen 330
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 29
Strikeouts Lanier 166
Walks Allowed Lanier 144
Walks per 9IP Brecheen 3.5
Hits per 9IP Lanier 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Lanier 4.8
WHiP Lanier 1.33
OAVG Lanier .232
OOBP Lanier .316
OSLG Lanier .317
OOPS Lanier .633
Team All-Stars
Harry Brecheen
Grady Hatton
Jeff Heath
Max Lanier
Johnny Mize
Billy Pierce
Pete Reiser
Jack Salveson
Fred Sanford
Player Salaries
Pete Reiser $ 10,910,000
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Harry Brecheen $ 5,000,000
Jeff Heath $ 4,900,000
Early Wynn $ 4,000,000
Pat Seerey $ 3,892,857
Lou Stringer $ 3,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 2,999,999
Clyde McCullough $ 2,750,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 2,435,714
Fred Sanford $ 2,170,000
Augie Galan $ 1,764,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,536,429
Newt Kimball $ 1,250,000
Ted Wilks $ 900,000
Jake Mooty $ 845,714
Walker Cooper $ 836,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 700,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 400,000
Johnny Beazley $ 350,000
Billy Pierce $ 300,000
Grady Hatton $ 300,000
Steve Souchock $ 300,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 300,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Lee Pfund Seattle Johnny Wyrostek
$9,000,000
2/3 Traded Aaron Robinson New York (A) Fred Sanford
$6,000,000
2/13 Traded Clayton Lambert New York (A) Jack Salveson
3/3 Traded Jack Hallett
Babe Young
Guy Curtright
Cincinnati Steve Souchock
Clyde Mccullough
Jeff Heath
3/3 Traded Babe Barna
Howie Krist
Cincinnati Harry Brecheen
Max Lanier
Lou Stringer
3/3 Traded John Mihalic Cincinnati Jim Bagby
4/2 Signed     Walker Cooper
4/2 Signed     Augie Galan
7/1 Traded Dick Kokos
Nellie Fox
Bob Hall
Boston (N) Grady Hatton
Pat Seerey
Johnny Beazley