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1940 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 82-80
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 804
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,141,241
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
A: 58-79, 7th 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
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 27 152 613 104 191 34 8 14 96 14 9 73 23 .312 .383 .462 .844 104.3 21.8 4.1
CF  Ben Chapman 31 153 612 100 185 42 7 14 90 21 8 59 80 .302 .364 .462 .827 93.6 18.1 3.8
SS  Joe Cronin 33 146 624 106 191 32 10 17 91 1 0 43 57 .306 .352 .471 .823 94.5 18.7 5.4
RF *Chuck Klein 35 152 569 86 163 23 4 24 104 0 1 48 94 .286 .340 .467 .807 83.6 14.7 2.4
2B  Billy Herman 30 148 534 78 167 16 7 5 56 0 0 43 23 .313 .363 .397 .760 70.1 12.0 4.5
RF *Eddie Wilson 30 134 476 59 132 17 1 11 66 0 0 47 75 .277 .342 .387 .729 61.3 9.4 2.7
LF *Earl Browne 29 139 429 59 125 29 4 7 59 1 0 26 55 .291 .336 .427 .763 56.9 10.2 2.5
C  Willard Hershberger 30 139 412 45 140 18 2 2 55 0 0 18 16 .340 .364 .408 .772 59.3 11.3 2.9
3B  Dee Moore 26 111 358 53 96 18 1 5 26 0 0 54 44 .268 .366 .366 .732 49.4 8.1 2.7
1B #Ripper Collins 36 97 346 37 97 11 1 6 62 0 1 17 47 .280 .315 .370 .685 36.0 4.0 2.4
RF  Frank Demaree 30 118 294 27 87 6 1 3 33 0 0 14 27 .296 .330 .354 .684 33.0 4.3 1.2
P  Bucky Jacobs 27 41 103 5 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 38 .155 .154 .184 .338 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 25 38 87 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .080 .130 .092 .222 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Pat Malone 37 37 76 5 13 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 17 .171 .190 .184 .374 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 23 33 74 13 22 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 12 .297 .312 .351 .663 8.2 0.7 0.0
RF  Don Ross 25 26 70 9 24 2 0 2 7 0 0 8 2 .343 .410 .457 .867 11.4 2.3 0.3
2B  Les Mallon 34 19 53 9 18 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 6 .340 .397 .396 .793 6.8 1.0 0.4
P  Tom Seats 29 21 39 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .205 .225 .205 .430 1.6 0.0 0.1
P *Lefty Gomez 31 82 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .080 .148 .080 .228 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 26 71 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
C *Joe Grace 26 24 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Spud Chandler 32 47 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Beckmann 32 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Sherid 33 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 30 60 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2021 5824 809 1688 259 47 110 778 37 19 464 682 .290 .343 .407 .750 771.3 136.9 35.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 2 8 8 5 3 4 4 7 7 1 3 4 3 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
 Bucky Jacobs 27 16 10 .615 41 41 0 298.7 309 136 19 76 124 4.10 18.2
*Preacher Roe 25 15 16 .484 38 36 0 282.7 305 136 21 62 128 4.33 14.1
 Pat Malone 37 11 15 .423 37 37 0 246.7 238 129 27 129 223 4.71 9.1
 Junior Thompson 23 13 11 .542 33 33 0 220.7 230 100 5 87 91 4.08 15.1
*Lefty Gomez 31 9 13 .409 82 9 12 141.3 151 82 15 76 103 5.22 5.9
 Ralph Buxton 26 7 5 .583 69 4 1 94.7 104 53 7 46 38 5.04 3.2
*Lefty Mills 30 8 5 .615 60 1 1 67.0 69 39 6 36 43 5.24 3.3
 Spud Chandler 32 3 3 .500 47 1 6 54.7 61 35 7 25 11 5.76 1.9
 Roy Sherid 33 0 2 .000 23 0 1 22.0 18 6 1 10 11 2.45 2.7
*Tom Seats 29 0 0 .000 10 0 1 15.7 21 12 1 5 2 6.90 0.0
 Bill Beckmann 32 0 0 .000 10 0 0 14.7 19 9 3 2 3 5.53 0.2
Team Totals 29.5 82 80 .506 450 162 22 1458.6 1525 737 112 554 777 4.55 73.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 7 7 2 4 6 7 5 1 7  
* - 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 .989 31.6
W.Hershberger 927.0 100 117 493 27 3 1 .994 24.1
D.Moore 525.0 62 63 309 17 3 0 .991 16.7
J.Grace 5.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
E.Browne 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.7 162 185 803 44 6 1 .993 20.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
R.Collins 736.0 87 87 890 70 5 69 .995 11.74
E.Browne 703.3 75 93 787 60 7 80 .992 10.84
E.Wilson 11.3 0 3 16 1 0 2 1.000 13.50
D.Ross 7.0 0 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
F.Demaree 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 185 1702 132 12 152 .993 11.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
B.Herman 1214.3 135 137 244 502 15 98 .980 5.53
C.Lavagetto 128.7 14 15 33 54 1 13 .989 6.09
L.Mallon 66.7 8 10 19 22 1 5 .976 5.54
D.Moore 49.0 5 8 18 21 0 8 1.000 7.16
Team Total 1458.7 162 170 314 599 17 124 .982 5.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
C.Lavagetto 1130.7 127 130 68 267 19 27 .946 2.67
E.Wilson 215.7 24 24 16 39 4 4 .932 2.30
D.Moore 90.3 9 11 5 17 1 2 .957 2.19
L.Mallon 22.0 2 3 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.86
Team Total 1458.7 162 168 89 330 24 34 .946 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
J.Cronin 1261.7 143 144 204 518 31 91 .959 5.15
D.Moore 152.0 17 17 24 42 4 6 .943 3.91
L.Mallon 33.0 2 4 3 14 3 4 .850 4.64
C.Lavagetto 12.0 0 4 1 8 1 0 .900 6.75
Team Total 1458.7 162 169 232 582 39 101 .954 5.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
C.Klein 1075.7 118 125 228 9 15 1 .940 1.98
B.Chapman 201.7 24 24 64 4 0 0 1.000 3.03
F.Demaree 160.7 19 19 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
E.Browne 11.7 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.63
D.Ross 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Grace 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 172 339 13 15 1 .959 2.17
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
B.Chapman 1118.7 124 127 329 5 22 2 .938 2.69
F.Demaree 215.7 24 25 57 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
E.Browne 124.0 14 14 35 0 1 0 .972 2.54
E.Wilson 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 167 421 5 23 2 .949 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
E.Wilson 873.7 98 100 241 3 12 2 .953 2.51
F.Demaree 185.3 21 29 36 0 3 0 .923 1.75
D.Ross 159.0 19 20 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
C.Klein 124.7 13 16 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
T.Seats 86.0 11 11 13 0 1 0 .929 1.36
E.Browne 12.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
R.Collins 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Grace 4.7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Chapman 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Buxton 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 190 370 4 16 2 .959 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
B.Jacobs 298.7 41 41 19 57 0 2 1.000 2.29
P.Roe 282.7 36 38 17 48 0 1 1.000 2.07
P.Malone 246.7 37 37 12 38 0 3 1.000 1.82
J.Thompson 220.7 33 33 18 41 0 7 1.000 2.41
L.Gomez 141.3 9 82 10 28 2 2 .950 2.42
R.Buxton 94.7 4 69 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.66
L.Mills 67.0 1 60 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.01
S.Chandler 54.7 1 47 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.14
R.Sherid 22.0 0 23 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.05
T.Seats 15.7 0 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.87
B.Beckmann 14.7 0 10 1 4 1 0 .833 3.07
Team Total 1458.6 162 450 94 265 3 18 .992 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Herman .313
On-Base Pct Lavagetto .383
Slugging Pct Cronin .471
OPS Lavagetto .844
XR Lavagetto 104.3
Games Chapman 153
At-Bats Cronin 624
Runs Cronin 106
Hits Lavagetto, Cronin 191
Total Bases Cronin 294
Singles Herman 139
Doubles Chapman 42
Triples Cronin 10
Homeruns Klein 24
RBIs Klein 104
Stolen Bases Chapman 21
Caught Stealing Lavagetto 9
Walks Lavagetto 73
Strikeouts Klein 94
ERA Thompson 4.08
Wins Jacobs 16
Losses Roe 16
Winning Pct Jacobs .615
Saves Gomez 12
Games Pitched Gomez 82
Games Started Jacobs 41
Complete Games Roe 13
Shutouts Jacobs 2
Innings Pitched Jacobs 298.7
Hits Allowed Jacobs 309
Homeruns Allowed Malone 27
Strikeouts Malone 223
Walks Allowed Malone 129
Walks per 9IP Roe 2.0
Hits per 9IP Malone 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone 8.1
WHiP Jacobs 1.29
OAVG Malone .249
OOBP Roe .308
OSLG Thompson .353
OOPS Thompson .687
Team All-Stars
Ben Chapman
Billy Herman
Chuck Klein
Cookie Lavagetto
Junior Thompson
Player Salaries
Chuck Klein $ 13,000,000
Ripper Collins $ 6,250,000
Pat Malone $ 6,000,000
Joe Cronin $ 6,000,000
Billy Herman $ 6,000,000
Ben Chapman $ 4,690,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 3,000,000
Eddie Wilson $ 2,950,000
Lefty Gomez $ 2,500,000
Earl Browne $ 2,257,143
Spud Chandler $ 1,577,143
Frank Demaree $ 1,500,000
Lefty Mills $ 1,348,571
Roy Sherid $ 600,000
Bob Brown $ 400,000
Les Mallon $ 306,000
Ralph Buxton $ 300,000
Joe Grace $ 300,000
Bill Beckmann $ 300,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 300,000
Dee Moore $ 300,000
Preacher Roe $ 300,000
Don Ross $ 300,000
Tom Seats $ 300,000
Junior Thompson $ 300,000
Willard Hershberger $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dizzy Dean Boston (N) Babe Barna
Dee Moore
Don Ross
Frankie Gustine
Rusty Peters
2/1 Traded Red Phillips Boston (N) Jess Dobernic
Ralph Hodgin
2/3 Traded Flea Clifton Montreal Chile Gomez
$10,000,000
2/22 Signed     Heinie Manush
2/22 Signed     Les Mallon
3/3 Released Heinie Manush    
4/2 Traded Chile Gomez
Round Draft Pick.		 Cincinnati Preacher Roe
$2,000,000
7/31 Traded Art Shires Boston (N) Slick Castleman
$7,000,000
 
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