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1943 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 88-74
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 706
Runs Allowed: 701
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,428,129
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 3rd in the AL
AA: 50-87, 8th in the AL
A: 71-66, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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 30 154 634 95 176 34 7 9 61 15 5 83 24 .278 .361 .396 .757 91.9 14.5 8.0
1B *Hal Trosky 30 154 596 97 174 34 4 25 116 0 0 77 46 .292 .366 .488 .854 103.0 17.0 4.5
3B  Frankie Crosetti 32 154 563 79 166 23 10 9 91 0 0 77 54 .295 .378 .419 .797 89.0 14.9 4.5
RF  Don Ross 28 141 507 48 137 17 2 6 66 0 0 46 14 .270 .329 .347 .676 52.3 4.6 3.4
3B  Dee Moore 29 121 394 44 89 9 3 7 43 0 0 74 59 .226 .350 .317 .667 47.5 4.8 9.5
RF *Les Fleming 27 79 288 49 106 14 3 5 32 7 4 55 25 .368 .471 .490 .961 62.6 13.6 2.2
CF *Pete Reiser 24 75 280 39 77 19 1 4 26 13 2 40 32 .275 .370 .393 .762 42.0 7.0 2.0
LF *Enos Slaughter 27 77 291 41 78 12 1 1 30 3 3 27 25 .268 .331 .326 .658 28.0 2.2 1.3
3B *Johnny Pesky 23 70 293 41 93 9 5 1 28 0 0 14 10 .317 .350 .392 .742 36.7 5.5 3.3
RF *Joe Gantenbein 26 92 281 27 61 3 1 4 24 0 0 22 18 .217 .273 .278 .551 19.0 0.0 2.8
LF  Chet Laabs 31 108 274 29 51 8 2 5 37 0 0 30 59 .186 .266 .285 .550 20.8 0.0 1.3
3B  George Archie 29 51 207 33 70 6 1 1 15 1 0 19 28 .338 .390 .391 .782 30.6 5.2 1.9
C  Willard Hershberger 33 64 204 9 53 3 1 0 18 0 0 3 10 .260 .269 .284 .554 12.3 0.0 3.5
LF *Dick Siebert 31 58 141 18 43 3 1 2 25 0 0 18 3 .305 .385 .383 .768 21.5 3.6 1.1
SS  Pinky Higgins 34 65 129 20 42 10 3 2 17 1 1 13 13 .326 .385 .496 .881 21.4 4.0 1.5
CF  Ben Chapman 34 68 123 15 35 1 1 2 13 2 0 16 20 .285 .371 .358 .729 15.9 2.1 0.3
P  Bucky Jacobs 30 43 116 6 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .103 .119 .112 .231 -4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 28 42 106 2 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 30 .123 .131 .170 .301 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Dean 29 44 97 5 15 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 25 .155 .180 .196 .376 2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Cy Blanton 34 16 45 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .111 .149 .111 .260 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Muncrief 27 26 43 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 .093 .114 .093 .207 -1.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Bob Johnson 37 29 28 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 9 .250 .371 .393 .764 4.8 0.5 0.1
P  Tom Ferrick 28 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 29 34 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 1.3 0.3 0.0
C  Bobby Bragan 25 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 26 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Heintzelman 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Nahem 27 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1897 5650 706 1509 213 47 85 669 42 15 629 577 .267 .340 .367 .706 697.7 99.8 51.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 7 7 8 3 8 7 3 5 2 3 7 4 7 7 7  
* - 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 30 15 19 .441 43 43 0 323.7 368 152 17 73 109 4.23 18.5
*Preacher Roe 28 18 18 .500 42 42 0 322.0 333 134 21 85 131 3.75 25.4
 Paul Dean 29 19 12 .613 44 44 0 316.7 315 131 29 90 196 3.72 28.0
 Bob Muncrief 27 5 9 .357 26 16 0 133.0 177 77 10 43 28 5.21 1.6
 Cy Blanton 34 6 5 .545 16 16 0 125.3 133 64 8 38 35 4.60 5.2
 Tom Ferrick 28 7 1 .875 58 0 10 68.7 73 27 5 16 23 3.54 11.0
 Jesse Flores 28 4 2 .667 41 0 5 41.3 53 21 1 12 13 4.57 4.0
 Ralph Buxton 29 5 2 .714 32 1 1 37.3 42 23 4 25 22 5.55 1.8
 Junior Thompson 26 4 2 .667 30 5 10 33.3 26 10 1 12 13 2.70 9.2
 Sam Nahem 27 5 3 .625 29 12 2 32.7 27 9 1 11 11 2.48 5.9
 Mace Brown 34 0 0 .000 12 0 0 14.0 19 10 2 4 8 6.43 0.0
*Ken Heintzelman 27 0 1 .000 10 8 4 10.3 11 3 0 6 5 2.61 1.9
 Danny Macfayden 38 0 0 .000 1 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 2 0 2.25 0.5
Team Totals 29.6 88 74 .543 384 188 32 1462.3 1578 662 99 417 594 4.07 113.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 3 2 7 2 1 1 3 1  
* - 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
D.Moore 1038.0 116 116 457 48 3 2 .994 38.3
W.Hershberger 423.3 46 48 166 18 1 0 .995 29.4
B.Bragan 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1462.3 162 165 624 66 4 2 .994 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.17
H.Trosky 1368.7 151 154 1585 120 12 141 .993 11.21
L.Fleming 337.6 37 38 445 33 1 42 .998 12.74
J.Gantenbein 52.0 6 6 57 4 2 3 .968 10.56
P.Higgins 23.8 4 4 28 1 1 5 .967 10.97
G.Archie 1.5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
C.Laabs 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1784.2 198 204 2117 158 16 191 .993 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.17
F.Crosetti 872.3 97 101 198 356 9 70 .984 5.72
G.Archie 236.9 20 24 54 96 2 23 .987 5.70
J.Gantenbein 135.3 14 19 40 53 4 20 .959 6.18
P.Higgins 13.4 1 2 4 8 0 1 1.000 8.06
B.Bragan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1259.0 132 147 296 513 15 114 .982 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 3.03
J.Pesky 614.0 69 70 51 143 6 9 .970 2.84
F.Crosetti 458.0 51 51 31 120 8 7 .950 2.97
J.Gantenbein 242.3 27 28 12 66 2 7 .975 2.90
G.Archie 218.4 19 21 11 60 4 4 .947 2.93
D.Siebert 168.8 25 27 9 37 1 4 .979 2.45
P.Higgins 84.2 11 14 5 16 1 2 .955 2.24
C.Lavagetto 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1788.7 202 213 119 444 22 33 .962 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.64
C.Lavagetto 1336.3 148 151 221 524 11 104 .985 5.02
P.Higgins 125.0 18 19 21 63 1 13 .988 6.05
J.Gantenbein 124.0 14 15 21 57 1 8 .987 5.66
G.Archie 12.1 1 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 6.69
F.Crosetti 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1598.4 181 189 266 652 13 127 .986 5.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.05
C.Laabs 535.0 65 65 144 5 4 1 .974 2.51
E.Slaughter 415.8 43 45 107 3 2 0 .982 2.38
B.Chapman 199.7 20 33 42 1 4 0 .915 1.94
D.Siebert 31.6 4 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Gantenbein 22.0 0 13 3 0 1 0 .750 1.23
B.Johnson 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Ross 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Moore 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Reiser 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1231.1 134 176 309 9 11 1 .967 2.32
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.71
D.Ross 710.3 78 80 237 8 1 2 .996 3.10
P.Reiser 630.7 72 72 233 5 3 0 .988 3.40
B.Chapman 27.0 3 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
D.Siebert 25.5 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
C.Laabs 22.7 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.59
Team Total 1416.2 158 165 491 13 5 2 .990 3.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
D.Ross 497.7 56 57 138 8 1 0 .993 2.64
L.Fleming 353.3 38 39 101 3 0 1 1.000 2.65
E.Slaughter 236.1 25 27 60 3 2 1 .969 2.40
D.Siebert 76.6 10 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
C.Laabs 63.7 7 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
B.Johnson 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Chapman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1245.3 138 146 339 14 3 2 .992 2.55
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.28
B.Jacobs 323.7 43 43 18 64 1 1 .988 2.28
P.Roe 322.0 42 42 11 67 1 4 .987 2.18
P.Dean 316.7 44 44 20 49 2 3 .972 1.96
B.Muncrief 133.0 16 26 4 24 1 2 .966 1.89
C.Blanton 125.3 16 16 8 22 0 2 1.000 2.15
T.Ferrick 68.7 0 58 4 10 1 1 .933 1.84
J.Flores 41.3 0 41 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.05
R.Buxton 37.3 1 32 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.41
J.Thompson 33.3 5 30 2 7 1 0 .900 2.43
S.Nahem 32.7 12 29 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.20
M.Brown 14.0 0 12 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
K.Heintzelman 10.3 8 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.48
D.Macfayden 4.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1462.3 188 384 78 272 7 14 .980 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Crosetti .295
On-Base Pct Crosetti .378
Slugging Pct Trosky .488
OPS Trosky .854
XR Trosky 103.0
Games Trosky, Lavagetto, Crosetti 154
At-Bats Lavagetto 634
Runs Trosky 97
Hits Lavagetto 176
Total Bases Trosky 291
Singles Lavagetto 126
Doubles Trosky, Lavagetto 34
Triples Crosetti 10
Homeruns Trosky 25
RBIs Trosky 116
Stolen Bases Lavagetto 15
Caught Stealing Lavagetto 5
Walks Lavagetto 83
Strikeouts Moore, Laabs 59
ERA Dean 3.72
Wins Dean 19
Losses Jacobs 19
Winning Pct Dean .613
Saves Ferrick, Thompson 10
Games Pitched Ferrick 58
Games Started Dean 44
Complete Games Roe 15
Shutouts Roe 2
Innings Pitched Jacobs 323.7
Hits Allowed Jacobs 368
Homeruns Allowed Dean 29
Strikeouts Dean 196
Walks Allowed Dean 90
Walks per 9IP Jacobs 2.0
Hits per 9IP Dean 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 5.6
WHiP Dean 1.28
OAVG Dean .260
OOBP Dean .312
OSLG Roe .374
OOPS Roe .687
Team All-Stars
Cy Blanton
Paul Dean
Player Salaries
Paul Dean $ 10,210,000
Hal Trosky $ 7,000,000
Cy Blanton $ 5,000,000
Ben Chapman $ 4,690,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 4,020,000
Pinky Higgins $ 4,000,000
Bob Muncrief $ 3,000,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 3,000,000
Les Fleming $ 2,907,143
Dee Moore $ 2,350,000
Enos Slaughter $ 2,078,571
Frankie Crosetti $ 1,700,000
Sam Nahem $ 1,528,571
Mace Brown $ 1,500,000
Chet Laabs $ 1,414,286
Preacher Roe $ 1,250,000
Willard Hershberger $ 800,000
Lefty Mills $ 750,000
Ralph Buxton $ 750,000
Joe Grace $ 350,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 300,000
Jesse Flores $ 300,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Tom Ferrick $ 300,000
Johnny Pesky $ 300,000
Pete Reiser $ 300,000
Bobby Bragan $ 300,000
Don Ross $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Traded Herb Bremer New York (N) Connie Ryan
4/2 Signed     Bob Johnson
5/1 Traded Al Brancato Boston (N) Pinky Higgins
Danny Macfayden
7/1 Traded Dick Siebert Detroit Cy Blanton
$3,000,000
7/1 Traded Connie Ryan
Babe Barna
Junior Thompson
Ed Klieman		 St. Louis Les Fleming
Ken Heintzelman
Sam Nahem
Enos Slaughter
7/1 Traded Ed Busch
Randy Gumpert
Danny Macfayden		 St. Louis Hi Bithorn
Dario Lodigiani
Mickey Rocco
7/31 Released Heinie Heltzel    
7/31 Released Bob Johnson    
7/31 Released Tom Seats    
7/31 Released Dick Newsome    
7/31 Traded Ken Heintzelman New York (N) George Archie
 
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