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1944 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 855
Runs Allowed: 695
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,427,884
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 1st in the AL
AA: 58-79, 6th in the AL
A: 70-67, 2nd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Seattle Mariners
 
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 31 158 637 121 204 21 6 16 70 12 12 87 34 .320 .402 .447 .849 109.9 20.0 7.6
CF *Pete Reiser 25 153 554 112 180 36 9 17 127 17 6 106 61 .325 .434 .514 .948 116.6 23.8 6.1
RF *Les Fleming 28 154 531 100 150 27 2 10 86 16 8 126 62 .282 .418 .397 .815 97.1 16.9 4.6
3B  George Archie 30 154 594 76 175 23 9 2 63 7 2 60 57 .295 .358 .374 .732 72.2 9.5 7.5
1B *Hal Trosky 31 142 589 79 172 29 3 20 110 0 0 42 50 .292 .338 .453 .791 81.6 12.0 2.9
3B *Johnny Pesky 24 147 569 87 173 30 5 4 70 10 6 43 24 .304 .356 .395 .751 71.9 10.4 7.1
LF  Joe Vosmik 34 146 567 85 167 40 4 19 96 0 0 42 20 .295 .341 .480 .821 83.0 12.8 4.0
3B  Dee Moore 30 91 307 44 85 15 3 6 50 1 0 55 41 .277 .384 .404 .787 49.5 7.9 3.0
RF *Joe Gantenbein 27 97 270 37 62 16 1 5 25 0 0 16 17 .230 .273 .352 .625 23.1 1.1 2.7
RF  Don Ross 29 91 216 29 56 9 1 3 34 0 0 18 8 .259 .314 .352 .665 22.2 1.9 0.8
LF  Chet Laabs 32 84 152 22 36 7 3 3 17 1 0 19 30 .237 .322 .382 .703 18.9 2.2 1.2
P  Bucky Jacobs 31 44 116 6 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 38 .155 .161 .190 .351 1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Bobby Bragan 26 40 117 11 20 5 0 2 9 1 0 5 9 .171 .205 .265 .470 4.2 0.0 1.1
3B  Frankie Crosetti 33 82 96 10 29 7 1 0 26 0 0 10 11 .302 .364 .396 .760 12.3 1.8 0.7
P  Preacher Roe 29 35 91 6 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 28 .121 .140 .143 .283 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Rosar 29 26 74 8 14 3 0 1 13 0 0 10 5 .189 .287 .270 .558 6.2 0.0 0.8
P *Ralph Birkofer 35 22 60 2 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 20 .250 .262 .283 .546 4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hi Bithorn 28 31 63 7 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 4 .190 .188 .222 .410 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Winegarner 34 66 51 8 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .294 .294 .333 .627 4.8 0.3 0.0
P  Sam Nahem 28 42 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .063 .059 .063 .121 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Buxton 30 34 12 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Dean 30 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Ferrick 29 73 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Muncrief 28 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Ben Chapman 35 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0 0.2 0.0
C  Willard Hershberger 34 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jesse Flores 29 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 35 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1979 5712 855 1603 279 47 109 829 65 34 642 545 .281 .353 .403 .756 781.9 120.7 50.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 7 4 4 2 2 6 4 2 2 3 3 3 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 31 18 11 .621 44 44 0 341.0 352 135 20 90 141 3.56 26.3
*Preacher Roe 29 11 14 .440 35 35 0 273.3 311 115 16 45 117 3.79 17.6
 Ralph Winegarner 34 16 12 .571 66 22 4 192.7 223 97 19 64 79 4.53 13.2
 Hi Bithorn 28 14 5 .737 31 19 1 174.3 153 58 12 60 45 2.99 18.2
*Ralph Birkofer 35 10 5 .667 22 22 0 164.3 145 63 13 66 70 3.45 15.0
 Sam Nahem 28 5 8 .385 42 8 2 90.0 82 46 1 49 33 4.60 5.1
 Tom Ferrick 29 9 6 .600 73 2 16 84.0 103 50 9 45 29 5.36 4.4
 Ralph Buxton 30 4 4 .500 29 6 3 65.3 69 37 5 35 37 5.10 3.4
 Claude Passeau 35 3 1 .750 24 0 2 26.7 23 9 1 6 13 3.04 3.9
 Jesse Flores 29 2 1 .667 22 0 1 24.3 26 10 3 11 8 3.70 1.9
 Paul Dean 30 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 19.0 17 9 2 6 10 4.26 1.5
 Bob Muncrief 28 0 1 .000 6 0 0 15.7 21 7 2 7 4 4.02 0.8
Team Totals 30.5 94 68 .580 397 161 29 1470.6 1525 636 103 484 586 3.89 111.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 4 2 2 6 2 1 1 7 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 35.2
D.Moore 801.3 89 90 343 37 10 0 .974 30.6
B.Bragan 265.0 29 34 106 11 0 0 1.000 25.0
D.Ross 218.7 24 24 87 13 1 0 .990 40.0
B.Rosar 167.0 16 18 74 9 0 0 1.000 42.9
W.Hershberger 7.3 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.3 158 171 613 70 11 0 .984 31.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
H.Trosky 1254.7 137 141 1547 114 8 141 .995 11.91
J.Gantenbein 154.0 19 20 186 13 3 19 .985 11.63
G.Archie 42.0 5 5 59 2 0 6 1.000 13.07
D.Ross 20.0 1 6 29 1 1 1 .968 13.50
Team Total 1470.7 162 172 1821 130 12 167 .994 11.94
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
G.Archie 1285.0 146 147 331 573 17 110 .982 6.33
J.Gantenbein 132.0 16 17 41 61 4 17 .962 6.95
F.Crosetti 40.7 0 21 16 19 0 7 1.000 7.75
C.Lavagetto 7.0 0 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 7.71
J.Pesky 4.0 0 2 4 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Ross 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1470.7 162 192 395 660 21 135 .980 6.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
J.Pesky 1249.7 142 145 106 341 11 36 .976 3.22
J.Gantenbein 155.0 19 21 13 38 2 3 .962 2.96
F.Crosetti 53.0 1 23 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.55
J.Vosmik 7.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57
D.Ross 3.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Lavagetto 3.0 0 1 1 1 1 1 .667 6.00
Team Total 1470.7 162 196 123 394 15 42 .972 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
C.Lavagetto 1335.7 148 150 216 574 17 109 .979 5.32
J.Gantenbein 113.3 14 14 12 58 1 4 .986 5.56
F.Crosetti 16.7 0 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.32
P.Reiser 5.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1470.7 162 170 233 638 18 113 .980 5.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
J.Vosmik 1244.3 138 143 296 5 7 0 .977 2.18
C.Laabs 116.3 14 14 24 0 1 0 .960 1.86
D.Ross 103.0 10 13 14 2 1 0 .941 1.40
P.Reiser 4.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Gantenbein 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Chapman 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.4 162 177 337 7 9 0 .975 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
P.Reiser 1317.7 146 147 398 13 7 3 .983 2.81
D.Ross 91.0 9 12 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
C.Laabs 60.0 7 7 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
J.Vosmik 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Chapman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.9 162 167 447 13 7 3 .985 2.82
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
L.Fleming 1333.0 147 150 302 14 0 3 1.000 2.13
C.Laabs 127.0 15 15 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.55
D.Ross 10.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Chapman 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.2 162 168 339 15 0 3 1.000 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
B.Jacobs 341.0 44 44 18 58 0 5 1.000 2.01
P.Roe 273.3 35 35 13 51 1 4 .985 2.11
R.Winegarner 192.7 22 66 12 41 3 5 .946 2.48
H.Bithorn 174.3 19 31 8 36 1 1 .978 2.27
R.Birkofer 164.3 22 22 10 30 2 3 .952 2.19
S.Nahem 90.0 8 42 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.80
T.Ferrick 84.0 2 73 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.04
R.Buxton 65.3 6 29 3 17 0 1 1.000 2.76
C.Passeau 26.7 0 24 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.04
J.Flores 24.3 0 22 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.85
P.Dean 19.0 3 3 1 3 1 0 .800 1.89
B.Muncrief 15.7 0 6 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.30
Team Total 1470.6 161 397 83 283 8 21 .979 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reiser .325
On-Base Pct Reiser .434
Slugging Pct Reiser .514
OPS Reiser .948
XR Reiser 116.6
Games Lavagetto 158
At-Bats Lavagetto 637
Runs Lavagetto 121
Hits Lavagetto 204
Total Bases Reiser, Lavagetto 285
Singles Lavagetto 161
Doubles Vosmik 40
Triples Archie, Reiser 9
Homeruns Trosky 20
RBIs Reiser 127
Stolen Bases Reiser 17
Caught Stealing Lavagetto 12
Walks Fleming 126
Strikeouts Fleming 62
ERA Bithorn 2.99
Wins Jacobs 18
Losses Roe 14
Winning Pct Bithorn .737
Saves Ferrick 16
Games Pitched Ferrick 73
Games Started Jacobs 44
Complete Games Jacobs 12
Shutouts Bithorn, Jacobs 3
Innings Pitched Jacobs 341.0
Hits Allowed Jacobs 352
Homeruns Allowed Jacobs 20
Strikeouts Jacobs 141
Walks Allowed Jacobs 90
Walks per 9IP Roe 1.5
Hits per 9IP Bithorn 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Roe 3.9
WHiP Bithorn 1.22
OAVG Bithorn .240
OOBP Bithorn .309
OSLG Bithorn .359
OOPS Bithorn .669
Team All-Stars
Tom Ferrick
Bucky Jacobs
Cookie Lavagetto
Pete Reiser
Joe Vosmik
Player Salaries
Ralph Winegarner $ 12,500,000
Paul Dean $ 10,210,000
Ralph Birkofer $ 9,500,000
Hal Trosky $ 7,000,000
Joe Vosmik $ 5,000,000
Les Fleming $ 4,500,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 4,020,000
Frankie Crosetti $ 3,990,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 3,000,000
Sam Nahem $ 2,600,000
Dee Moore $ 2,350,000
Claude Passeau $ 1,900,000
Don Ross $ 1,378,571
Preacher Roe $ 1,250,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 1,200,000
Chet Laabs $ 1,030,000
Ralph Buxton $ 750,000
Joe Grace $ 350,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Jesse Flores $ 300,000
Tom Ferrick $ 300,000
Johnny Pesky $ 300,000
Pete Reiser $ 300,000
Bobby Bragan $ 300,000
Hi Bithorn $ 300,000
Buddy Rosar $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Cy Blanton Seattle Ralph Winegarner
2/4 Signed     Joe Vosmik
3/3 Traded Enos Slaughter Boston (A) Chuck Aleno
3/3 Traded Chuck Aleno St. Louis Babe Barna
Ed Klieman
7/1 Traded Bob Muncrief
Mace Brown
Willard Hershberger
Ben Chapman
Lefty Mills		 New York (N) Ralph Birkofer
Claude Passeau
Buddy Rosar
 
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