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1939 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 88-74
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 804
Runs Allowed: 768
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,088,641
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 5th in the AL
AA: 58-79, 7th in the AL
A: 62-75, 6th 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
CF  Ben Chapman 30 154 654 98 189 56 12 14 95 17 12 47 75 .289 .338 .476 .813 96.5 20.7 5.1
SS  Joe Cronin 32 155 606 99 182 34 11 8 68 0 0 53 60 .300 .358 .432 .790 86.4 18.5 6.4
RF *Eddie Wilson 29 145 541 98 164 30 7 15 83 0 0 63 87 .303 .375 .468 .842 90.5 20.3 3.2
RF *Chuck Klein 34 146 544 91 174 28 9 23 112 2 0 52 71 .320 .375 .531 .907 97.9 23.1 3.3
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 26 151 507 85 140 33 2 7 82 12 2 82 16 .276 .376 .391 .767 77.8 15.8 3.7
1B #Ripper Collins 35 150 508 81 170 28 1 13 71 0 0 32 63 .335 .373 .470 .843 74.6 16.5 2.9
C  Willard Hershberger 29 133 457 45 151 19 4 0 68 0 1 11 14 .330 .352 .389 .742 54.0 9.5 4.5
RF  Frank Demaree 29 129 400 54 127 17 1 6 50 0 1 17 30 .318 .346 .410 .756 50.7 9.7 2.4
2B  Johnny Hodapp 33 77 288 31 63 5 3 1 27 0 0 20 51 .219 .266 .267 .533 19.0 0.0 2.1
2B  Billy Herman 29 73 246 26 78 13 2 1 36 2 1 22 10 .317 .370 .398 .769 34.3 7.1 1.5
LF *Earl Browne 28 102 189 22 60 12 0 1 28 0 0 15 22 .317 .367 .397 .764 25.6 5.0 0.7
LF  Dib Williams 29 53 153 16 23 6 0 2 12 0 0 8 24 .150 .191 .229 .420 3.4 0.0 1.3
C *Joe Grace 25 52 142 23 36 7 1 0 14 3 2 17 11 .254 .333 .317 .650 16.2 2.7 1.5
P  Dizzy Dean 29 42 110 9 26 1 1 0 12 0 0 3 15 .236 .257 .264 .520 8.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 30 42 96 6 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 24 .083 .117 .083 .200 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Pat Malone 36 42 97 5 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 26 .144 .170 .165 .335 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 25 33 66 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 .197 .197 .212 .409 2.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Art Shires 31 32 24 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 26 87 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Spud Chandler 31 33 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Sherid 32 45 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 29 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P #Garland Braxton 39 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Brown 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1931 5680 804 1628 292 54 91 779 36 19 450 644 .287 .339 .405 .744 734.8 149.0 38.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 4 3 7 3 7 4 3 6 6 6 1 4 5 4 4  
* - 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 29 21 14 .600 42 42 0 330.7 322 130 23 68 189 3.54 25.8
 Pat Malone 36 17 13 .567 43 42 0 306.7 264 127 22 137 250 3.73 20.7
*Lefty Gomez 30 16 15 .516 42 42 0 301.0 298 149 28 130 203 4.46 9.5
 Ralph Buxton 25 12 8 .600 33 29 2 202.0 206 94 17 57 115 4.19 11.4
 Bucky Jacobs 26 8 9 .471 87 5 11 120.7 149 82 16 48 42 6.12 0.0
 Roy Sherid 32 3 8 .273 45 2 2 60.7 79 45 7 22 15 6.68 0.0
 Spud Chandler 31 4 3 .571 33 13 3 54.0 51 10 3 16 21 1.67 8.0
*Lefty Mills 29 5 2 .714 35 8 1 48.7 44 27 5 35 28 4.99 0.5
*Garland Braxton 39 1 2 .333 19 0 4 23.0 35 18 2 17 15 7.04 0.0
 Bob Brown 28 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 30.5 88 74 .543 380 183 23 1448.0 1448 682 123 530 878 4.24 76.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 4 4 1 8 5 6 1 5  
* - 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 33.8
W.Hershberger 1114.0 126 132 694 30 6 0 .992 31.0
J.Grace 333.0 36 44 209 12 2 0 .991 18.2
A.Shires 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 177 903 42 8 0 .992 28.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
R.Collins 1125.3 132 138 1294 107 6 117 .996 11.20
E.Browne 309.3 30 58 309 24 3 18 .991 9.69
E.Wilson 9.0 0 3 10 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
A.Shires 4.3 0 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 18.71
Team Total 1448.0 162 200 1621 134 9 137 .995 10.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
J.Hodapp 660.1 72 72 165 284 14 61 .970 6.12
B.Herman 544.4 69 71 122 222 13 43 .964 5.69
D.Williams 175.0 20 27 42 70 6 18 .949 5.76
C.Lavagetto 9.3 0 5 1 2 1 1 .750 2.89
A.Shires 5.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1393.8 161 176 332 579 34 123 .964 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
C.Lavagetto 1182.0 132 132 96 276 29 21 .928 2.83
E.Wilson 213.0 24 25 17 36 5 3 .914 2.24
D.Williams 53.0 6 6 4 9 1 0 .929 2.21
J.Hodapp 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 164 117 321 35 24 .926 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
J.Cronin 1309.7 148 151 185 530 35 88 .953 4.91
D.Williams 126.0 14 15 14 51 1 10 .985 4.64
B.Chapman 7.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
C.Lavagetto 5.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1448.0 162 171 200 584 36 98 .956 4.87
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
C.Klein 970.0 109 109 208 6 12 1 .947 1.99
F.Demaree 236.0 26 26 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
B.Chapman 212.0 24 24 52 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Wilson 27.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Grace 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hodapp 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92
E.Browne 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 166 311 7 12 1 .964 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
B.Chapman 1124.3 127 128 324 5 8 3 .976 2.63
F.Demaree 297.3 33 34 85 4 1 1 .989 2.69
E.Wilson 25.3 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
C.Lavagetto 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 169 417 9 9 4 .979 2.65
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
E.Wilson 943.7 108 109 213 3 10 2 .956 2.06
F.Demaree 263.3 30 30 48 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
C.Klein 232.0 24 33 61 1 2 0 .969 2.41
E.Browne 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Grace 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 176 324 5 12 2 .965 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
D.Dean 330.7 42 42 21 57 4 8 .951 2.12
P.Malone 306.7 42 42 22 49 1 4 .986 2.08
L.Gomez 301.0 42 42 19 69 5 6 .946 2.63
R.Buxton 202.0 29 33 20 36 1 1 .982 2.50
B.Jacobs 120.7 5 87 12 20 0 3 1.000 2.39
R.Sherid 60.7 2 45 2 13 0 2 1.000 2.23
S.Chandler 54.0 13 33 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.33
L.Mills 48.7 8 35 4 8 1 0 .923 2.22
G.Braxton 23.0 0 19 2 7 1 0 .900 3.52
B.Brown 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 183 379 105 270 13 25 .966 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Collins .335
On-Base Pct Lavagetto .376
Slugging Pct Klein .531
OPS Klein .907
XR Klein 97.9
Games Cronin 155
At-Bats Chapman 654
Runs Cronin 99
Hits Chapman 189
Total Bases Chapman 311
Singles Cronin 129
Doubles Chapman 56
Triples Chapman 12
Homeruns Klein 23
RBIs Klein 112
Stolen Bases Chapman 17
Caught Stealing Chapman 12
Walks Lavagetto 82
Strikeouts Wilson 87
ERA Dean 3.54
Wins Dean 21
Losses Gomez 15
Winning Pct Buxton, Dean .600
Saves Jacobs 11
Games Pitched Jacobs 87
Games Started Dean, Gomez, Malone 42
Complete Games Dean 23
Shutouts Gomez 2
Innings Pitched Dean 330.7
Hits Allowed Dean 322
Homeruns Allowed Gomez 28
Strikeouts Malone 250
Walks Allowed Malone 137
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.9
Hits per 9IP Malone 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone 7.3
WHiP Dean 1.18
OAVG Malone .228
OOBP Dean .289
OSLG Malone .362
OOPS Dean .662
Team All-Stars
Joe Cronin
Dizzy Dean
Chuck Klein
Player Salaries
Chuck Klein $ 13,000,000
Lefty Gomez $ 10,000,000
Ripper Collins $ 6,250,000
Joe Cronin $ 6,000,000
Billy Herman $ 6,000,000
Pat Malone $ 6,000,000
Dizzy Dean $ 5,750,000
Ben Chapman $ 4,500,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 2,685,714
Garland Braxton $ 2,500,000
Earl Browne $ 2,257,143
Frank Demaree $ 1,500,000
Roy Sherid $ 600,000
Bob Brown $ 400,000
Len Koenecke $ 350,000
Eddie Wilson $ 300,000
Willard Hershberger $ 300,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 300,000
Joe Grace $ 300,000
Estel Crabtree $ 300,000
Dib Williams $ 300,000
Lefty Mills $ 300,000
Spud Chandler $ 300,000
Ralph Buxton $ 300,000
Art Shires $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Stew Bolen
Irv Jeffries		 Detroit Vallie Eaves
2/1 Traded Al Epperly New York (G) Cookie Lavagetto
Roy Sherid
2/7 Traded Randy Moore Detroit Doc Marshall
3/3 Released Doc Marshall    
7/1 Traded Johnny Hodapp
Ralph Hodgin
Round Draft Pick.		 Boston (N) Spud Chandler
Lefty Mills
Billy Herman
 
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