1941 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 76-86
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 740
Runs Allowed: 806
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,205,376
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 1st in the AL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the AL
A: 70-67, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 28 144 554 89 188 37 5 7 74 20 9 78 21 .339 .420 .462 .883 102.6 23.0 4.8
CF  Ben Chapman 32 148 546 92 151 35 4 14 84 16 5 61 63 .277 .348 .432 .780 76.7 12.5 2.2
3B  Dee Moore 27 126 445 64 117 22 3 7 54 0 1 81 56 .263 .374 .373 .747 63.2 9.7 4.9
1B *Hal Trosky 28 133 437 69 140 34 9 9 77 0 0 58 28 .320 .399 .501 .900 77.1 17.0 1.8
C  Willard Hershberger 31 122 411 45 124 21 2 2 51 0 0 18 18 .302 .332 .377 .709 51.0 8.0 5.9
RF *Chuck Klein 36 131 409 54 117 14 2 10 58 1 0 26 82 .286 .328 .403 .731 49.2 7.3 1.3
CF *Pete Reiser 22 105 380 62 111 22 4 12 60 4 2 46 46 .292 .369 .466 .834 62.9 11.8 3.1
RF *Joe Gantenbein 24 108 305 34 83 9 4 3 22 0 0 16 10 .272 .307 .357 .665 31.7 3.9 2.1
C *Joe Grace 27 110 259 30 52 10 3 2 19 0 1 24 47 .201 .269 .286 .554 17.7 0.0 2.5
2B  Billy Herman 31 63 240 29 76 14 2 0 27 0 0 14 8 .317 .352 .392 .743 29.3 4.7 1.4
LF *Earl Browne 30 59 198 21 50 10 0 2 27 1 0 13 27 .253 .297 .333 .631 18.3 1.6 0.8
RF  Frank Demaree 31 62 177 21 55 6 2 2 29 1 1 9 11 .311 .346 .401 .747 22.5 3.8 0.5
2B *Babe Barna 26 56 152 16 40 5 1 2 22 2 0 21 14 .263 .349 .349 .697 19.4 2.5 1.1
LF  Rusty Peters 26 69 140 19 38 1 2 1 6 0 0 13 23 .271 .333 .329 .662 15.6 2.1 0.7
RF  Don Ross 26 60 130 12 40 4 0 1 17 0 0 9 7 .308 .355 .362 .716 15.5 2.3 0.6
LF  Chet Laabs 29 38 121 15 35 7 2 6 31 2 0 6 17 .289 .331 .529 .860 19.4 3.6 0.4
1B #Ripper Collins 37 39 111 8 35 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 19 .315 .361 .360 .722 13.9 2.5 0.5
LF *Dick Siebert 29 43 108 11 32 9 0 1 13 0 0 0 5 .296 .296 .407 .704 11.3 1.6 0.5
P  Bucky Jacobs 28 42 87 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 .092 .092 .115 .207 -2.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Les Mallon 35 27 89 13 22 2 1 1 7 0 0 4 20 .247 .277 .326 .602 8.1 0.6 0.7
3B  Frankie Gustine 21 31 83 7 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 11 .193 .256 .217 .472 3.6 0.0 0.6
P  Ralph Buxton 27 29 63 6 10 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 19 .159 .172 .254 .426 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Ferrick 26 59 36 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .222 .222 .250 .472 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 24 18 37 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .216 .237 .243 .480 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Pat Malone 38 63 28 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .107 .133 .143 .276 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Seats 30 25 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .160 .160 .200 .360 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 32 33 22 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .136 .208 .227 .436 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 31 67 20 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .350 .550 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Slick Castleman 27 7 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Gumpert 23 6 16 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .438 .438 .500 .938 2.6 0.6 0.0
P  Pat McLaughlin 30 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Muncrief 25 7 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Spud Chandler 33 110 12 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .308 .417 .724 1.8 0.4 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 26 3 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1.1 0.1 0.0
P  Fred Caligiuri 22 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 34 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2193 5692 740 1586 279 48 84 714 47 20 512 660 .279 .338 .389 .727 716.7 119.6 36.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 6 4 7 5 7 6 3 4 5 5 4 4 7 6 6  
* - 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 28 11 14 .440 42 37 0 263.3 310 127 21 60 124 4.34 10.5
 Ralph Buxton 27 10 12 .455 29 29 0 195.0 203 105 11 89 113 4.85 6.3
 Spud Chandler 33 13 11 .542 110 4 8 152.0 142 65 13 66 56 3.85 13.9
 Tom Ferrick 26 11 8 .579 59 14 0 146.0 177 76 14 39 39 4.68 6.9
 Pat Malone 38 3 7 .300 63 7 15 110.7 112 64 11 69 69 5.21 4.8
 Junior Thompson 24 6 9 .400 18 18 0 107.7 107 52 6 45 65 4.35 5.0
*Lefty Mills 31 4 6 .400 67 9 1 105.0 100 56 7 66 48 4.80 3.9
*Lefty Gomez 32 4 4 .500 33 6 0 77.7 74 34 6 33 48 3.94 5.3
 Slick Castleman 27 3 1 .750 7 7 0 51.0 53 21 5 17 18 3.71 3.3
 Randy Gumpert 23 2 3 .400 6 6 0 47.3 62 28 4 14 15 5.32 1.5
 Bob Muncrief 25 4 1 .800 7 5 0 46.0 56 14 2 10 14 2.74 4.1
 Pat McLaughlin 30 1 4 .200 7 7 0 45.7 53 22 1 19 6 4.34 1.3
 Fred Caligiuri 22 2 3 .400 36 0 3 42.7 44 19 5 10 10 4.01 3.5
*Tom Seats 30 2 2 .500 18 0 2 32.7 35 22 4 16 10 6.06 0.1
*Preacher Roe 26 0 1 .000 3 3 0 19.3 21 10 2 5 8 4.66 0.8
*Ray Prim 34 0 0 .000 7 4 0 10.0 7 3 1 2 1 2.70 0.9
Team Totals 28.5 76 86 .469 512 156 29 1452.0 1556 718 113 560 644 4.45 72.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 1 7 6 4 7 5 6 3 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 .991 34.1
W.Hershberger 961.3 107 116 495 36 7 0 .987 38.1
J.Grace 485.7 55 57 191 22 3 1 .986 50.0
H.Trosky 4.0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .750 0.0
D.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1452.0 162 175 688 59 11 1 .985 41.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.55
H.Trosky 934.7 101 116 1112 78 7 114 .994 11.46
R.Collins 246.7 29 33 311 25 4 42 .988 12.26
J.Gantenbein 226.0 29 30 247 28 4 27 .986 10.95
D.Siebert 34.7 3 8 46 6 0 3 1.000 13.49
L.Mallon 24.0 3 3 26 4 0 4 1.000 11.25
R.Peters 7.0 0 4 8 0 0 3 1.000 10.29
C.Laabs 3.8 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.11
E.Browne 1.8 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
D.Ross 1.6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
F.Gustine 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1481.2 165 199 1760 141 15 193 .992 11.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.29
B.Herman 494.1 50 58 132 208 8 49 .977 6.19
B.Barna 383.0 47 48 109 164 9 41 .968 6.42
F.Gustine 173.7 21 23 42 94 5 23 .965 7.05
C.Lavagetto 140.3 15 18 41 54 3 19 .969 6.09
J.Gantenbein 130.0 12 30 36 53 5 13 .947 6.16
L.Mallon 125.0 16 16 28 48 2 6 .974 5.47
R.Peters 18.0 0 9 6 7 2 2 .867 6.50
Team Total 1464.1 161 202 394 628 34 153 .968 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 3.01
D.Moore 1088.7 122 123 73 273 20 36 .945 2.86
J.Gantenbein 247.3 30 32 17 53 6 5 .921 2.55
C.Lavagetto 68.0 7 8 3 16 3 0 .864 2.51
D.Siebert 21.7 1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.90
D.Ross 11.0 1 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.27
F.Gustine 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Peters 3.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92
L.Mallon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 161 178 96 353 29 42 .939 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.59
C.Lavagetto 965.0 106 113 147 393 17 70 .969 5.04
P.Reiser 304.0 35 36 61 135 1 32 .995 5.80
J.Gantenbein 85.3 10 11 12 44 1 9 .982 5.91
R.Peters 62.0 7 7 15 24 3 5 .929 5.66
L.Mallon 32.7 4 4 11 17 0 7 1.000 7.72
F.Gustine 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
B.Barna 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 173 246 613 23 123 .974 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.90
E.Browne 418.6 46 47 103 1 1 0 .990 2.24
C.Klein 307.3 33 44 75 3 2 0 .975 2.28
B.Chapman 204.7 22 26 41 0 1 0 .976 1.80
C.Laabs 191.4 14 17 53 1 2 0 .964 2.54
R.Peters 179.3 22 22 46 1 2 0 .959 2.36
F.Demaree 99.3 12 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
D.Ross 74.7 12 15 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
D.Siebert 70.3 9 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
P.Reiser 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Grace 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1550.6 170 198 363 7 8 0 .979 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.50
B.Chapman 595.0 65 66 182 3 9 0 .954 2.80
P.Reiser 373.3 42 43 122 3 2 1 .984 3.01
D.Siebert 72.7 9 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
F.Demaree 53.8 7 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
D.Ross 38.9 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.47
C.Laabs 6.7 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.03
R.Peters 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Barna 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1144.8 129 138 357 8 11 1 .971 2.87
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
C.Klein 522.7 61 65 112 6 7 1 .944 2.03
B.Chapman 394.7 43 53 101 0 7 0 .935 2.30
F.Demaree 225.7 30 30 41 0 1 0 .976 1.63
P.Reiser 210.7 22 24 47 1 1 1 .980 2.05
D.Ross 160.9 25 25 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Seats 52.0 7 7 5 0 1 0 .833 0.87
E.Browne 44.3 4 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
C.Laabs 35.6 2 3 5 0 1 0 .833 1.26
D.Siebert 12.9 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
B.Barna 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1661.4 196 217 357 10 18 2 .953 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.42
B.Jacobs 263.3 37 42 13 56 2 3 .972 2.36
R.Buxton 195.0 29 29 16 39 0 2 1.000 2.54
S.Chandler 152.0 4 110 6 34 1 5 .976 2.37
T.Ferrick 146.0 14 59 11 32 1 4 .977 2.65
P.Malone 110.7 7 63 6 22 1 2 .966 2.28
J.Thompson 107.7 18 18 8 16 3 2 .889 2.01
L.Mills 105.0 9 67 5 19 3 1 .889 2.06
L.Gomez 77.7 6 33 10 18 1 1 .966 3.24
S.Castleman 51.0 7 7 2 12 1 2 .933 2.47
R.Gumpert 47.3 6 6 3 13 0 1 1.000 3.04
B.Muncrief 46.0 5 7 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.74
P.McLaughlin 45.7 7 7 1 13 0 2 1.000 2.76
F.Caligiuri 42.7 0 36 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.74
T.Seats 32.7 0 18 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.65
P.Roe 19.3 3 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.72
R.Prim 10.0 4 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1452.0 156 512 94 304 13 28 .968 2.47
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lavagetto .339
On-Base Pct Lavagetto .420
Slugging Pct Trosky .494
OPS Trosky .889
XR Lavagetto 102.6
Games Chapman 148
At-Bats Lavagetto 554
Runs Chapman 92
Hits Lavagetto 188
Total Bases Lavagetto 256
Singles Lavagetto 139
Doubles Lavagetto 37
Triples Trosky 9
Homeruns Chapman 14
RBIs Chapman 84
Stolen Bases Lavagetto 20
Caught Stealing Lavagetto 9
Walks Moore 81
Strikeouts Klein 82
ERA Jacobs 4.34
Wins Chandler 13
Losses Jacobs 14
Winning Pct Ferrick .579
Saves Malone 15
Games Pitched Chandler 110
Games Started Jacobs 37
Complete Games Jacobs 5
Shutouts Buxton, Castleman 2
Innings Pitched Jacobs 263.3
Hits Allowed Jacobs 310
Homeruns Allowed Jacobs 21
Strikeouts Jacobs 124
Walks Allowed Buxton 89
Walks per 9IP Jacobs 2.1
Hits per 9IP Buxton 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Buxton 5.2
WHiP Jacobs 1.41
OAVG Buxton .269
OOBP Jacobs .334
OSLG Buxton .371
OOPS Buxton .718
Team All-Stars
Cookie Lavagetto
Pat Malone
Player Salaries
Hal Trosky $ 7,000,000
Chuck Klein $ 5,000,001
Ben Chapman $ 4,690,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 3,350,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 3,000,000
Dee Moore $ 1,892,857
Willard Hershberger $ 1,707,143
Ray Prim $ 1,600,000
Pat Malone $ 1,500,000
Lefty Mills $ 1,348,571
Dick Siebert $ 810,000
Spud Chandler $ 680,000
Ripper Collins $ 480,000
Les Mallon $ 306,000
Frankie Gustine $ 300,000
Ralph Buxton $ 300,000
Fred Caligiuri $ 300,000
Slick Castleman $ 300,000
Junior Thompson $ 300,000
Tom Ferrick $ 300,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 300,000
Babe Barna $ 300,000
Randy Gumpert $ 300,000
Bob Muncrief $ 300,000
Chet Laabs $ 300,000
Pete Reiser $ 300,000
Preacher Roe $ 300,000
Tom Seats $ 300,000
Don Ross $ 300,000
Rusty Peters $ 300,000
Pat McLaughlin $ 300,000
Joe Grace $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Virgil Trucks Boston (A) Hal Trosky
2/3 Signed     Chuck Klein
2/7 Traded Eddie Wilson San Diego Sibby Sisti
3/3 Traded Joe Cronin Montreal Joe Gantenbein
$3,000,000
4/2 Traded Ralph Hodgin
Don Ross
Jake Jones
Boston (N) Randy Gumpert
7/1 Traded Herb Hash Seattle Bob Muncrief
7/1 Traded Lefty Gomez
Billy Herman
New York (N) Chet Laabs
Dom Dimaggio
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Earl Browne Pittsburgh Orville Jorgens
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Frank Demaree Boston (N) Don Ross
7/31 Traded Bill Beckmann
Round Draft Pick.
New York (N) Ray Prim
7/31 Traded Orville Jorgens New York (A) Dick Siebert