1947 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 100-62
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 960
Runs Allowed: 758
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,342,382
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
AA: 49-88, 8th in the AL
A: 62-75, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
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
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 28 155 630 115 173 23 7 10 64 48 29 89 64 .275 .363 .381 .744 91.6 15.6 8.0
1B *Johnny Mize 34 155 593 123 186 34 9 26 128 0 0 100 54 .314 .408 .533 .941 123.1 28.3 4.2
RF *Les Fleming 31 153 584 110 167 33 8 9 91 20 6 109 81 .286 .396 .416 .812 104.4 22.1 1.8
CF *Pete Reiser 28 155 591 112 181 30 9 18 105 35 11 94 70 .306 .399 .479 .878 117.7 26.2 2.0
3B  Jackie Robinson 28 155 575 113 167 27 3 20 103 22 4 95 23 .290 .388 .452 .840 106.6 22.0 8.9
C *Aaron Robinson 32 132 445 59 104 14 3 11 75 0 1 89 49 .234 .360 .353 .713 62.2 9.5 3.3
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 34 102 375 55 106 12 4 4 52 8 4 55 33 .283 .375 .368 .743 53.7 9.3 2.9
LF *Babe Young 31 119 310 46 92 19 0 11 72 0 0 41 18 .297 .379 .465 .843 47.7 9.5 0.8
LF  Joe Vosmik 37 103 293 50 97 29 1 15 72 0 1 23 15 .331 .373 .590 .963 58.5 13.4 0.7
1B *Elbie Fletcher 31 103 204 48 60 9 0 10 46 0 0 41 32 .294 .404 .485 .889 42.7 9.4 1.8
1B  Merv Connors 33 53 198 40 42 8 0 8 35 0 0 34 32 .212 .328 .374 .701 26.2 3.4 1.8
CF  Guy Curtright 34 69 167 33 56 16 0 1 21 11 3 24 27 .335 .415 .449 .864 30.7 6.9 0.5
C  Phil Masi 31 70 155 19 41 5 1 1 27 0 0 12 13 .265 .315 .329 .645 12.8 0.8 0.6
P #Early Wynn 27 43 115 8 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 24 .157 .175 .183 .358 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 32 43 107 4 7 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 42 .065 .090 .084 .174 -4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Winegarner 37 42 90 9 23 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 24 .256 .247 .311 .558 6.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Dario Lodigiani 31 36 61 5 16 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 6 .262 .328 .344 .673 7.3 1.2 0.5
P  Claude Passeau 38 38 41 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 .268 .268 .293 .561 3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 30 54 32 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .156 .152 .188 .339 0.9 0.0 0.0
LF  Dom Dimaggio 30 9 10 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 .300 .563 .400 .963 3.1 0.7 0.1
P  Jack Hallett 32 98 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Rosar 32 10 9 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 .667 1.222 2.4 0.8 0.0
P *Howie Krist 31 34 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 30 39 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 30 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 31 61 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 2042 5610 960 1564 271 46 146 930 144 59 824 635 .279 .369 .422 .790 900.2 179.5 37.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 8 2 5 1 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
 Early Wynn 27 23 12 .657 43 43 0 329.7 365 163 24 109 106 4.45 16.5
*Preacher Roe 32 22 11 .667 43 43 0 320.7 323 135 33 91 112 3.79 20.0
 Ralph Winegarner 37 17 6 .739 42 42 0 243.7 264 125 20 119 94 4.62 12.4
 Bob Harris 30 7 6 .538 54 14 5 145.0 152 64 16 50 59 3.97 9.0
 Claude Passeau 38 8 7 .533 38 16 1 137.7 157 66 9 47 63 4.31 7.4
 Jack Hallett 32 11 13 .458 98 1 17 109.3 139 57 13 63 35 4.69 5.0
 Ted Wilks 31 4 3 .571 61 0 3 60.3 66 23 6 18 19 3.43 4.9
 Hal Manders 30 3 1 .750 39 2 2 54.3 63 34 6 20 18 5.63 1.2
 Howie Krist 31 3 2 .600 34 0 2 38.0 31 11 4 18 12 2.61 4.2
 Allie Reynolds 30 2 0 1.000 11 1 0 17.7 14 5 1 9 7 2.55 2.1
 Phil Masi 31 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 2 1 27.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.7 100 62 .617 464 162 30 1457.3 1577 686 132 546 526 4.24 82.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 3 2 2 8 6 4 1 6 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 .993 33.9
A.Robinson 1137.3 127 130 441 49 5 0 .990 31.1
P.Masi 306.3 34 34 110 6 2 0 .983 25.0
B.Rosar 13.7 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.3 162 169 555 55 7 0 .989 30.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.07
J.Mize 1331.0 149 151 1764 130 10 164 .995 12.81
E.Fletcher 103.3 11 11 134 11 0 16 1.000 12.63
D.Lodigiani 16.0 2 2 20 0 0 2 1.000 11.25
B.Young 7.0 0 1 9 3 0 0 1.000 15.43
Team Total 1457.3 162 165 1927 144 10 182 .995 12.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.14
J.Robinson 1327.7 149 149 362 616 16 148 .984 6.63
E.Fletcher 75.0 8 9 29 27 2 9 .966 6.72
D.Lodigiani 51.7 5 9 13 24 3 5 .925 6.45
M.Connors 2.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
S.Stirnweiss 2.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
C.Lavagetto 0.8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1459.6 162 171 406 670 21 163 .981 6.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.03
S.Stirnweiss 1299.7 152 153 91 380 12 28 .975 3.26
C.Lavagetto 157.3 18 20 13 32 3 2 .938 2.57
M.Connors 143.0 16 16 12 37 2 4 .961 3.08
E.Fletcher 134.7 8 42 6 42 2 4 .960 3.21
D.Lodigiani 18.0 2 2 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.00
J.Robinson 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1754.6 196 235 123 497 19 41 .970 3.18
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
C.Lavagetto 726.2 79 80 122 346 8 59 .983 5.80
M.Connors 314.6 35 35 55 153 2 27 .990 5.95
E.Fletcher 94.0 11 11 18 40 4 14 .935 5.55
D.Lodigiani 15.3 1 5 0 8 0 0 1.000 4.70
S.Stirnweiss 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1154.1 126 135 195 548 14 100 .982 5.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
J.Vosmik 619.7 72 82 131 3 3 2 .978 1.95
B.Young 599.7 62 89 134 1 6 0 .957 2.03
G.Curtright 214.0 26 30 51 2 1 0 .981 2.23
D.Dimaggio 17.0 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24
J.Robinson 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Reiser 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 209 325 6 10 2 .971 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.70
P.Reiser 1342.0 149 150 352 10 12 1 .968 2.43
G.Curtright 68.0 8 8 20 0 1 0 .952 2.65
B.Young 37.0 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
D.Dimaggio 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Vosmik 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 164 384 10 13 1 .968 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.17
L.Fleming 1367.3 151 153 313 10 0 3 1.000 2.13
G.Curtright 62.0 8 8 8 2 0 1 1.000 1.45
B.Young 27.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 165 326 12 0 4 1.000 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.28
E.Wynn 329.7 43 43 16 57 3 4 .961 1.99
P.Roe 320.7 43 43 17 65 2 1 .976 2.30
R.Winegarner 243.7 42 42 11 46 3 4 .950 2.11
B.Harris 145.0 14 54 12 37 0 2 1.000 3.04
C.Passeau 137.7 16 38 9 30 1 1 .975 2.55
J.Hallett 109.3 1 98 5 21 1 2 .963 2.14
T.Wilks 60.3 0 61 2 16 1 2 .947 2.69
H.Manders 54.3 2 39 4 10 1 1 .933 2.32
H.Krist 38.0 0 34 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.84
A.Reynolds 17.7 1 11 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.53
P.Masi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 464 80 293 12 20 .969 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mize .314
On-Base Pct Mize .408
Slugging Pct Mize .533
OPS Mize .941
XR Mize 123.1
Games Reiser, Robinson, Stirnweiss, Mize 155
At-Bats Stirnweiss 630
Runs Mize 123
Hits Mize 186
Total Bases Mize 316
Singles Stirnweiss 133
Doubles Mize 34
Triples Mize, Reiser 9
Homeruns Mize 26
RBIs Mize 128
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 48
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss 29
Walks Fleming 109
Strikeouts Fleming 81
ERA Roe 3.79
Wins Wynn 23
Losses Hallett 13
Winning Pct Winegarner .739
Saves Hallett 17
Games Pitched Hallett 98
Games Started Roe, Wynn 43
Complete Games Wynn 11
Shutouts Wynn 3
Innings Pitched Wynn 329.7
Hits Allowed Wynn 365
Homeruns Allowed Roe 33
Strikeouts Roe 112
Walks Allowed Winegarner 119
Walks per 9IP Roe 2.6
Hits per 9IP Roe 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Winegarner 3.5
WHiP Roe 1.29
OAVG Roe .262
OOBP Roe .312
OSLG Wynn .388
OOPS Roe .702
Team All-Stars
Johnny Mize
Pete Reiser
Jackie Robinson
Early Wynn
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Merv Connors $ 7,500,000
Joe Vosmik $ 5,000,000
Pete Reiser $ 4,885,714
Les Fleming $ 4,500,000
Jack Hallett $ 4,500,000
Early Wynn $ 4,000,000
Elbie Fletcher $ 4,000,000
Ralph Winegarner $ 3,697,594
Allie Reynolds $ 2,750,000
Babe Young $ 2,500,000
Guy Curtright $ 2,321,429
Ted Wilks $ 1,525,714
Claude Passeau $ 1,500,000
Hal Manders $ 1,348,571
Preacher Roe $ 1,250,000
Phil Masi $ 855,000
Ralph Buxton $ 750,000
Howie Krist $ 650,000
Dom Dimaggio $ 600,000
Buddy Rosar $ 500,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 350,000
Bob Harris $ 300,000
Aaron Robinson $ 300,000
Jackie Robinson $ 300,000
Mike Sandlock $ 300,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Sam Chapman Cincinnati Clayton Lambert
$7,650,000
2/3 Signed     Ralph Winegarner
2/15 Signed     Claude Passeau
3/3 Traded Dave Odom Seattle Snuffy Stirnweiss
7/31 Traded Cookie Lavagetto New York (A) Merv Connors
7/31 Traded Nick Strincevich
Sam Nahem
Seattle Mike Sandlock