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1942 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 95-67
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 832
Runs Allowed: 742
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,288,621
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 7th in the AL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
A: 66-71, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
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 29 155 620 108 181 36 3 10 77 12 8 93 34 .292 .385 .408 .793 99.7 21.3 7.3
CF *Pete Reiser 23 156 582 109 170 27 8 16 101 20 6 79 71 .292 .377 .448 .826 97.5 21.7 4.7
1B *Hal Trosky 29 150 550 90 168 32 5 21 105 0 0 58 31 .305 .366 .496 .862 93.2 19.7 1.9
3B *Johnny Pesky 22 148 536 85 198 30 4 3 60 0 1 35 19 .369 .410 .457 .868 89.4 22.5 5.6
LF  Chet Laabs 30 139 491 70 133 26 5 19 97 0 0 59 86 .271 .345 .460 .806 76.1 14.8 2.3
C  Willard Hershberger 32 123 481 52 137 18 1 3 50 0 0 18 26 .285 .319 .345 .664 43.9 4.3 4.3
RF  Don Ross 27 132 439 65 127 23 4 6 61 0 0 41 19 .289 .348 .401 .749 58.0 10.9 2.4
3B  Frankie Crosetti 31 95 327 45 97 18 2 9 56 5 3 49 33 .297 .390 .446 .837 55.6 11.9 3.2
CF  Ben Chapman 33 95 324 49 76 21 3 5 44 12 3 29 46 .235 .296 .364 .660 32.7 3.0 1.5
RF *Joe Gantenbein 25 81 263 41 81 16 1 9 48 0 0 20 9 .308 .353 .479 .832 40.8 8.7 3.0
LF *Dick Siebert 30 101 256 28 74 8 1 2 26 1 0 15 5 .289 .331 .352 .682 28.9 4.8 1.6
3B  Dee Moore 28 62 159 22 37 10 1 1 20 0 0 23 27 .233 .324 .327 .651 17.7 2.0 1.7
LF  Rusty Peters 27 68 159 24 44 5 1 0 14 0 0 12 32 .277 .324 .321 .644 16.3 2.0 1.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 29 44 111 7 15 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 30 .135 .164 .171 .335 2.0 0.0 0.0
C *Joe Grace 28 34 101 11 28 0 2 0 13 0 0 5 16 .277 .311 .317 .628 9.7 1.4 0.9
P  Bob Muncrief 26 32 85 5 13 1 1 0 9 0 0 1 20 .153 .163 .188 .351 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Dean 28 28 77 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .117 .117 .117 .234 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 25 55 56 5 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 .232 .232 .268 .500 3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ewell Blackwell 19 22 46 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .130 .167 .152 .319 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 28 52 28 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .071 .100 .179 .279 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Ferrick 27 35 15 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 35 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jesse Flores 27 40 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 27 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.7 1935 5714 832 1614 276 42 106 803 50 21 544 548 .282 .345 .401 .746 765.3 148.9 41.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 1 7 6 6 2 4 5 5 3 1 2 6 5 3  
* - 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 29 15 17 .469 44 44 0 315.3 344 160 15 89 129 4.57 12.8
 Bob Muncrief 26 18 9 .667 32 28 1 225.3 227 106 25 52 70 4.23 13.9
 Paul Dean 28 15 7 .682 28 28 0 213.3 185 73 7 50 116 3.08 18.8
 Junior Thompson 25 12 9 .571 55 23 7 188.7 197 78 6 65 76 3.72 14.2
 Ewell Blackwell 19 6 9 .400 22 22 0 145.3 166 79 9 63 78 4.89 4.0
 Ralph Buxton 28 10 4 .714 52 12 12 130.3 133 48 9 53 69 3.31 14.0
*Preacher Roe 27 10 6 .625 74 0 9 79.0 110 34 9 19 29 3.87 6.9
 Tom Ferrick 27 3 2 .600 35 5 5 71.7 71 28 2 18 26 3.52 7.1
 Jesse Flores 27 3 3 .500 40 0 6 45.7 55 29 4 19 15 5.72 1.7
 Mace Brown 33 2 1 .667 21 0 1 22.3 30 14 1 11 4 5.64 0.4
*Ray Prim 35 1 0 1.000 14 9 1 19.0 26 12 2 4 8 5.68 0.6
*Lefty Mills 32 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.3 2 2 0 4 1 4.16 0.2
Team Totals 28.0 95 67 .586 420 171 42 1460.3 1546 663 89 447 621 4.09 94.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 3 2 4 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 .988 32.9
W.Hershberger 1060.7 118 120 499 32 8 3 .985 26.3
J.Grace 217.0 25 25 92 8 1 0 .990 28.6
D.Moore 182.7 19 27 78 7 1 0 .988 50.0
Team Total 1460.3 162 172 669 47 10 3 .986 29.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.38
H.Trosky 1201.3 130 144 1441 106 14 123 .991 11.59
D.Ross 204.0 26 26 240 16 4 20 .985 11.29
J.Gantenbein 53.7 6 6 50 3 3 7 .946 8.89
C.Laabs 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
D.Siebert 0.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1460.3 162 178 1734 126 21 150 .989 11.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.35
F.Crosetti 524.5 59 61 120 219 7 45 .980 5.82
J.Pesky 270.7 30 34 55 107 4 20 .976 5.39
C.Lavagetto 197.7 22 24 53 72 6 11 .954 5.69
J.Gantenbein 112.3 12 16 27 42 2 7 .972 5.53
R.Peters 61.3 6 8 15 34 1 9 .980 7.19
Team Total 1166.5 129 143 270 474 20 92 .974 5.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.99
J.Pesky 873.0 94 108 67 200 11 22 .960 2.75
J.Gantenbein 319.0 39 41 27 82 8 8 .932 3.08
F.Crosetti 292.8 33 33 11 88 6 4 .943 3.04
D.Moore 165.3 20 20 10 42 4 3 .929 2.83
R.Peters 69.0 9 9 5 14 1 1 .950 2.48
D.Ross 19.3 0 10 1 6 1 1 .875 3.26
D.Siebert 11.7 0 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 5.40
C.Lavagetto 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1751.1 195 225 122 438 31 39 .948 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.58
C.Lavagetto 1142.7 127 130 165 460 11 81 .983 4.92
P.Reiser 199.7 22 25 33 86 3 11 .975 5.36
J.Gantenbein 117.0 13 13 15 45 1 7 .984 4.62
F.Crosetti 5.8 1 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.21
R.Peters 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.1 163 170 214 595 15 100 .982 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.92
C.Laabs 1124.3 125 131 275 5 7 1 .976 2.24
R.Peters 182.0 22 22 53 1 2 0 .964 2.67
D.Siebert 93.3 11 13 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.74
D.Ross 39.0 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
J.Gantenbein 9.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Chapman 9.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Moore 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Grace 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 184 359 7 9 2 .976 2.26
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.55
P.Reiser 1112.0 124 124 341 15 7 2 .981 2.88
D.Siebert 310.7 36 36 96 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
D.Ross 25.0 2 4 8 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Chapman 7.0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86
C.Laabs 4.7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Peters 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 171 449 20 7 4 .985 2.89
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
B.Chapman 681.0 75 79 178 7 13 2 .934 2.44
D.Ross 660.3 74 75 189 5 0 2 1.000 2.64
D.Siebert 116.0 13 16 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
P.Reiser 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 172 402 12 13 4 .970 2.55
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.34
B.Jacobs 315.3 44 44 15 54 0 5 1.000 1.97
B.Muncrief 225.3 28 32 14 48 1 6 .984 2.48
P.Dean 213.3 28 28 14 32 1 2 .979 1.94
J.Thompson 188.7 23 55 20 37 1 3 .983 2.72
E.Blackwell 145.3 22 22 6 19 1 1 .962 1.55
R.Buxton 130.3 12 52 5 25 0 1 1.000 2.07
P.Roe 79.0 0 74 9 14 0 1 1.000 2.62
T.Ferrick 71.7 5 35 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.14
J.Flores 45.7 0 40 5 12 0 1 1.000 3.35
M.Brown 22.3 0 21 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.63
R.Prim 19.0 9 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.89
L.Mills 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 171 420 95 264 4 22 .989 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .369
On-Base Pct Pesky .410
Slugging Pct Trosky .496
OPS Pesky .868
XR Lavagetto 99.7
Games Reiser 156
At-Bats Lavagetto 620
Runs Reiser 109
Hits Pesky 198
Total Bases Trosky 273
Singles Pesky 161
Doubles Lavagetto 36
Triples Reiser 8
Homeruns Trosky 21
RBIs Trosky 105
Stolen Bases Reiser 20
Caught Stealing Lavagetto 8
Walks Lavagetto 93
Strikeouts Laabs 86
ERA Dean 3.08
Wins Muncrief 18
Losses Jacobs 17
Winning Pct Dean .682
Saves Buxton 12
Games Pitched Roe 74
Games Started Jacobs 44
Complete Games Muncrief 14
Shutouts Muncrief 4
Innings Pitched Jacobs 315.3
Hits Allowed Jacobs 344
Homeruns Allowed Muncrief 25
Strikeouts Jacobs 129
Walks Allowed Jacobs 89
Walks per 9IP Muncrief 2.1
Hits per 9IP Dean 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 4.9
WHiP Dean 1.10
OAVG Dean .232
OOBP Dean .276
OSLG Dean .332
OOPS Dean .607
Team All-Stars
Frankie Crosetti
Cookie Lavagetto
Bob Muncrief
Pete Reiser
Player Salaries
Paul Dean $ 10,210,000
Hal Trosky $ 7,000,000
Ben Chapman $ 4,690,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 3,350,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 3,000,000
Bob Muncrief $ 2,135,714
Dee Moore $ 1,892,857
Willard Hershberger $ 1,707,143
Frankie Crosetti $ 1,700,000
Mace Brown $ 1,500,000
Dick Siebert $ 810,000
Lefty Mills $ 750,000
Spud Chandler $ 680,000
Preacher Roe $ 435,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 300,000
Ralph Buxton $ 300,000
Junior Thompson $ 300,000
Chet Laabs $ 300,000
Jesse Flores $ 300,000
Johnny Pesky $ 300,000
Joe Grace $ 300,000
Ewell Blackwell $ 300,000
Don Ross $ 300,000
Pete Reiser $ 300,000
Rusty Peters $ 300,000
Tom Ferrick $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dom Dimaggio New York (A) Mace Brown
4/2 Released Pat Mclaughlin    
4/2 Released Vallie Eaves    
6/1 Traded Sibby Sisti
Al Lakeman
Fred Caligiuri
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.		 New York (N) Paul Dean
Frankie Crosetti
6/1 Traded Ray Prim San Diego Bobby Bragan
7/31 Traded Connie Ryan New York (N) Herb Bremer
 
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