1970 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 80-82
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 701
Runs Allowed: 646
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 1,294,301
Manager: Jeff Randall

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 92-45, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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 24 157 585 68 138 18 0 24 93 3 4 69 156 .236 .318 .390 .707 72.1 9.8 0.1
3B  Joe Foy 27 153 563 75 139 32 1 17 72 23 12 92 67 .247 .355 .398 .753 81.3 14.0 4.3
SS  Phil Linz 31 151 574 76 159 37 2 6 71 2 2 56 61 .277 .340 .380 .719 71.7 12.3 4.7
CF #Reggie Smith 25 148 546 81 132 26 6 23 85 7 5 74 97 .242 .330 .438 .768 77.9 13.2 4.3
2B  Chuck Schilling 32 154 536 46 131 22 0 1 48 0 0 67 81 .244 .329 .291 .621 53.3 6.0 5.7
C  Gene Tenace 23 148 492 71 108 23 0 14 56 2 4 98 167 .220 .358 .352 .710 68.7 10.8 8.6
1B #Richie Scheinblum 27 154 524 70 132 13 4 12 60 1 1 65 57 .252 .334 .361 .695 63.3 8.9 3.0
LF  Doug Rader 25 156 469 55 107 23 3 10 49 4 6 40 121 .228 .288 .354 .642 43.1 3.1 2.5
CF  Larry Hisle 23 96 368 50 100 14 6 9 44 10 3 35 69 .272 .337 .416 .753 52.4 9.7 2.3
SS *Ty Cline 31 103 235 30 57 5 2 1 23 13 9 29 19 .243 .327 .294 .621 23.5 2.1 1.3
SS  Dick Smith 31 113 212 40 48 5 0 0 23 20 5 18 39 .226 .298 .250 .548 17.8 0.8 1.9
LF *Ray Webster 27 55 204 26 60 7 0 7 28 5 0 14 27 .294 .339 .431 .771 28.1 5.4 1.5
C  Gene Oliver 35 43 113 8 24 4 1 0 11 0 0 11 29 .212 .282 .265 .548 8.1 0.0 1.7
C *Jay Johnstone 24 57 89 5 25 5 0 0 15 1 1 7 12 .281 .330 .337 .667 10.5 1.6 0.4
  Team Totals 27.5 1688 5510 701 1360 234 25 124 678 91 52 675 1002 .247 .331 .366 .696 671.9 97.6 42.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 6 7 7 8 5 6 6 6 2 7 7 5 7 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
 Rollie Fingers 23 20 7 .741 36 36 0 262.7 198 74 12 77 208 2.54 27.5
 Denny McLain 26 12 10 .545 33 33 0 261.7 242 85 26 23 148 2.92 21.7
*Dan Schneider 27 13 9 .591 29 29 0 215.7 171 68 15 43 182 2.84 19.4
 Howie Nunn 34 5 8 .385 22 22 0 161.3 155 82 13 58 116 4.57 5.8
*Jim O'Toole 33 5 7 .417 22 22 0 157.3 166 70 10 49 114 4.00 7.9
 Sammy Ellis 29 6 8 .429 36 11 1 120.7 128 67 8 46 61 5.00 3.6
 Bucky Brandon 29 3 6 .333 25 9 1 94.3 89 31 12 28 38 2.96 6.5
 Dave Giusti 30 2 10 .167 40 0 1 66.0 89 41 8 23 30 5.59 0.0
*Steve Hamilton 34 9 13 .409 51 0 5 65.3 86 38 6 32 42 5.23 2.0
 Jack Fisher 31 1 1 .500 23 0 3 32.3 40 19 6 13 9 5.29 0.6
 Jack Aker 29 4 3 .571 28 0 12 29.3 30 8 2 8 11 2.45 5.2
Team Totals 29.5 80 82 .494 345 162 23 1466.6 1394 583 118 400 959 3.58 100.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 5 6 4 7 2 2 1 7 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 .991 31.4
G.Tenace 1218.7 133 142 827 61 5 1 .994 38.2
G.Oliver 237.0 28 29 162 12 1 0 .994 28.6
J.Johnstone 11.0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1466.7 162 173 996 73 6 1 .994 36.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
D.Rader 1294.3 156 156 1538 120 5 127 .997 11.53
D.Smith 54.3 3 15 55 5 1 10 .984 9.94
T.Cline 54.0 1 22 81 5 2 3 .977 14.33
J.Johnstone 28.0 0 19 27 1 2 4 .933 9.00
G.Oliver 17.0 2 4 25 2 0 2 1.000 14.29
G.Tenace 7.0 0 3 9 1 0 1 1.000 12.86
R.Scheinblum 7.0 0 3 11 1 0 1 1.000 15.43
R.Smith 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
C.Schilling 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Hisle 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.7 162 225 1750 135 10 148 .995 11.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
C.Schilling 1319.0 152 152 252 531 11 108 .986 5.34
D.Smith 111.3 8 27 23 36 1 10 .983 4.77
T.Cline 16.3 1 3 2 8 0 2 1.000 5.51
J.Johnstone 14.0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Linz 6.0 0 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1466.7 162 187 280 584 12 121 .986 5.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
J.Foy 1349.7 149 149 74 336 25 34 .943 2.73
D.Smith 104.0 12 13 6 28 0 3 1.000 2.94
J.Johnstone 11.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Jackson 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.7 162 167 80 365 25 37 .947 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
P.Linz 1267.0 145 147 170 508 31 81 .956 4.82
D.Smith 93.3 8 15 23 38 3 7 .953 5.88
T.Cline 76.0 7 14 8 37 0 7 1.000 5.33
J.Johnstone 26.3 2 6 5 9 0 1 1.000 4.79
D.Rader 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1466.7 162 184 208 593 34 97 .959 4.92
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
R.Scheinblum 1320.7 150 151 238 9 1 3 .996 1.68
T.Cline 84.0 8 12 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Smith 32.3 3 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
G.Oliver 14.3 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.Smith 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Webster 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Johnstone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Foy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.7 162 182 262 9 1 3 .996 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
R.Smith 1252.3 142 142 328 9 8 2 .977 2.42
T.Cline 81.7 8 12 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.09
D.Smith 72.7 7 11 17 3 0 0 1.000 2.48
J.Johnstone 29.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.55
L.Hisle 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Jackson 13.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
Team Total 1466.7 162 174 373 13 9 2 .977 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
L.Hisle 787.7 89 90 182 3 2 0 .989 2.11
R.Webster 434.7 53 55 109 3 1 3 .991 2.32
T.Cline 127.7 13 21 21 0 1 0 .955 1.48
D.Smith 61.0 4 15 12 1 1 0 .929 1.92
J.Johnstone 41.3 3 8 10 1 1 1 .917 2.40
R.Jackson 5.3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Foy 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Smith 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1466.6 162 195 339 9 6 4 .983 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
R.Fingers 262.7 36 36 17 35 1 1 .981 1.78
D.McLain 261.7 33 33 13 46 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Schneider 215.7 29 29 19 38 1 1 .983 2.38
H.Nunn 161.3 22 22 11 28 0 3 1.000 2.18
J.O'Toole 157.3 22 22 11 32 1 2 .977 2.46
S.Ellis 120.7 11 36 8 17 1 0 .962 1.86
B.Brandon 94.3 9 25 11 12 0 2 1.000 2.19
D.Giusti 66.0 0 40 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.45
S.Hamilton 65.3 0 51 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.65
J.Fisher 32.3 0 23 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.34
J.Aker 29.3 0 28 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.53
Team Total 1466.6 162 345 100 245 4 12 .989 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Linz .277
On-Base Pct Tenace .358
Slugging Pct Smith .438
OPS Smith .768
XR Foy 81.3
Games Jackson 157
At-Bats Jackson 585
Runs Smith 81
Hits Linz 159
Total Bases Smith 239
Singles Linz 114
Doubles Linz 37
Triples Hisle, Smith 6
Homeruns Jackson 24
RBIs Jackson 93
Stolen Bases Foy 23
Caught Stealing Foy 12
Walks Tenace 98
Strikeouts Tenace 167
ERA Fingers 2.54
Wins Fingers 20
Losses Hamilton 13
Winning Pct Fingers .741
Saves Aker 12
Games Pitched Hamilton 51
Games Started Fingers 36
Complete Games Fingers 6
Shutouts Fingers 4
Innings Pitched Fingers 262.7
Hits Allowed McLain 242
Homeruns Allowed McLain 26
Strikeouts Fingers 208
Walks Allowed Fingers 77
Walks per 9IP McLain 0.8
Hits per 9IP Fingers 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Schneider 7.6
WHiP Schneider 0.99
OAVG Fingers .208
OOBP Schneider .256
OSLG Fingers .286
OOPS Fingers .554
Team All-Stars
Phil Linz
Player Salaries
Steve Hamilton $ 7,500,000
Howie Nunn $ 6,430,000
Chuck Schilling $ 4,515,000
Gene Oliver $ 4,500,000
Dave Giusti $ 3,750,000
Jack Fisher $ 3,000,000
Phil Linz $ 2,270,000
Sammy Ellis $ 2,135,714
Denny McLain $ 1,828,571
Ty Cline $ 1,750,000
Jack Aker $ 1,348,571
Claude Raymond $ 600,000
Wayne Schurr $ 500,000
Bob Duliba $ 312,000
Bucky Brandon $ 300,000
Gene Tenace $ 300,000
Rollie Fingers $ 300,000
Reggie Smith $ 300,000
Jay Johnstone $ 300,000
Dick Smith $ 300,000
Doug Rader $ 300,000
Larry Hisle $ 300,000
Reggie Jackson $ 300,000
Dan Schneider $ 300,000
Ray Webster $ 300,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 300,000
Joe Foy $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Bernie Allen
Horacio Pina
Colorado Phil Linz
3/3 Traded Mike Mcqueen Colorado Chuck Schilling
4/2 Signed     Bob Duliba
6/1 Traded Tex Nelson New York (N) Howie Nunn
$4,900,000
7/31 Traded Jim O'Toole Montreal John Tsitouris