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1961 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 84-78
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 642
Runs Allowed: 622
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,376,584
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 6th in the AL
A: 71-66, 4th 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
2B  Lee Walls 28 154 628 76 164 27 5 7 50 0 0 50 113 .261 .319 .354 .672 70.1 11.9 6.1
RF *Dick Kokos 33 151 507 78 131 23 1 23 73 0 0 78 129 .258 .357 .444 .801 81.9 17.5 2.0
SS *Wayne Causey 24 139 452 41 114 12 5 6 51 1 0 40 34 .252 .311 .341 .652 47.2 6.7 5.3
2B *Hank Thompson 35 142 410 52 81 8 5 12 57 9 6 60 72 .198 .305 .329 .634 45.5 5.7 4.5
LF  Bob Nieman 34 125 379 51 100 15 6 7 52 0 0 38 75 .264 .329 .391 .719 49.3 9.3 1.6
1B *Ferris Fain 40 128 333 51 84 16 1 6 24 0 0 48 49 .252 .347 .360 .708 44.5 8.5 1.3
1B  Bill Skowron 30 120 357 41 127 19 2 15 57 0 0 13 68 .356 .379 .546 .925 63.6 16.6 1.4
C  Gene Oliver 26 95 341 42 77 13 4 12 52 0 0 26 70 .226 .283 .393 .676 36.3 4.8 5.5
2B *Gary Geiger 24 122 328 27 55 11 1 5 34 8 2 28 96 .168 .229 .253 .482 20.5 0.0 2.2
1B  Eddie Yost 34 95 269 35 49 3 0 9 15 0 0 65 96 .182 .340 .294 .634 34.8 4.8 3.2
RF  Pancho Herrera 27 124 305 44 76 15 3 13 38 0 0 22 97 .249 .304 .446 .750 40.8 8.2 1.1
CF  Roy Sievers 34 110 239 30 61 14 4 7 23 0 0 22 58 .255 .322 .435 .757 31.8 6.1 1.1
C  Earl Averill 29 65 213 21 43 13 1 8 34 0 0 27 62 .202 .299 .385 .684 25.0 3.9 4.5
CF #Fred Valentine 26 52 158 11 34 3 1 2 13 4 1 14 31 .215 .279 .285 .564 13.1 1.0 1.2
SS *Bobo Osborne 25 54 129 14 28 5 1 2 15 0 0 15 22 .217 .299 .318 .616 12.2 1.5 1.8
P  Ralph Terry 25 40 98 1 19 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 27 .194 .218 .204 .422 3.4 0.0 0.0
P *Leo Kiely 31 41 97 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 36 .041 .061 .052 .112 -6.5 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 33 49 88 3 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 24 .057 .077 .102 .179 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Lumenti 24 48 77 5 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 25 .156 .154 .182 .336 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Stan Lopata 35 13 34 6 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 7 10 .235 .366 .441 .807 6.1 1.3 0.6
P  Jack Fisher 22 64 35 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 .143 .143 .200 .343 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Raul Sanchez 30 82 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Hank Foiles 32 9 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .400 .667 .600 1.267 2.3 0.9 0.2
P *Dallas Green 26 15 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
CF *Barry Shetrone 22 27 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Stan Williams 24 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Lary 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2144 5501 642 1282 207 41 136 618 28 14 562 1215 .233 .305 .360 .665 619.3 108.9 43.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 8 3 4 6 4 5 2 6 6 6 6 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
 Ralph Terry 25 16 15 .516 40 40 0 311.0 310 120 28 44 168 3.47 19.4
*Leo Kiely 31 15 20 .429 41 41 0 291.7 307 119 27 36 187 3.67 14.1
 Stu Miller 33 16 13 .552 49 34 1 256.7 227 87 16 69 184 3.05 19.8
*Ralph Lumenti 24 18 13 .581 48 34 3 237.0 186 92 30 102 275 3.49 18.1
 Jack Fisher 22 8 6 .571 64 13 3 148.0 144 65 11 52 94 3.95 9.4
 Raul Sanchez 30 5 5 .500 82 0 20 114.3 127 38 7 28 63 2.99 14.0
 Stan Williams 24 4 4 .500 51 0 5 60.0 66 31 11 21 38 4.65 2.8
 Frank Lary 31 2 2 .500 29 0 4 29.7 39 20 5 9 16 6.07 0.0
 Dallas Green 26 0 0 .000 15 0 0 21.3 26 5 1 6 6 2.11 2.1
Team Totals 27.3 84 78 .519 419 162 36 1469.6 1432 577 136 367 1031 3.53 99.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 2 5 3 7 2 4 1 6 4  
* - 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 .995 30.7
G.Oliver 807.3 91 95 558 25 4 1 .993 33.3
E.Averill 563.3 62 64 412 23 2 1 .995 33.3
S.Lopata 85.3 7 8 68 1 1 0 .986 0.0
H.Foiles 16.5 3 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1472.5 163 173 1052 50 7 2 .994 32.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
B.Skowron 742.3 84 101 814 61 6 74 .993 10.61
F.Fain 638.3 72 85 742 52 8 70 .990 11.19
R.Sievers 63.0 6 11 74 7 0 6 1.000 11.57
G.Geiger 14.0 0 6 20 2 0 4 1.000 14.14
P.Herrera 9.0 0 5 20 2 0 2 1.000 22.00
L.Walls 3.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 209 1673 125 14 156 .992 11.01
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
W.Causey 766.3 87 91 146 304 8 71 .983 5.28
H.Thompson 282.7 31 40 62 125 3 28 .984 5.95
B.Osborne 187.0 21 32 43 86 4 8 .970 6.21
F.Valentine 172.7 20 24 44 60 1 13 .990 5.42
G.Geiger 61.0 3 21 9 24 0 7 1.000 4.87
Team Total 1469.7 162 208 304 599 16 127 .983 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
L.Walls 1344.0 149 151 80 331 7 31 .983 2.75
G.Geiger 73.0 8 9 6 19 0 5 1.000 3.08
B.Osborne 38.0 5 5 2 16 1 3 .947 4.26
H.Thompson 11.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Yost 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1469.7 162 169 89 369 8 39 .983 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
E.Yost 685.0 75 89 106 266 16 56 .959 4.89
W.Causey 388.3 46 52 58 137 9 21 .956 4.52
H.Thompson 287.0 30 40 44 120 4 24 .976 5.14
B.Osborne 109.3 11 17 11 35 2 7 .958 3.79
Team Total 1469.7 162 198 219 558 31 108 .962 4.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
B.Nieman 807.0 90 96 162 4 4 2 .976 1.85
D.Kokos 490.3 55 58 89 1 4 1 .957 1.65
F.Valentine 75.0 9 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
P.Herrera 73.0 7 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.36
G.Geiger 10.3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Shetrone 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Sievers 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Foiles 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.9 162 183 279 5 9 3 .969 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
G.Geiger 592.7 68 73 149 2 1 2 .993 2.29
H.Thompson 471.0 54 56 126 4 1 1 .992 2.48
R.Sievers 389.0 40 59 102 2 1 2 .990 2.41
B.Shetrone 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
F.Valentine 6.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Kokos 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 196 384 8 3 5 .992 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
D.Kokos 665.7 75 87 141 1 1 0 .993 1.92
P.Herrera 526.0 62 69 108 3 0 0 1.000 1.90
F.Valentine 136.0 18 18 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
G.Geiger 56.0 7 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
B.Nieman 54.3 0 24 17 1 2 0 .900 2.98
R.Sievers 18.7 0 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.48
L.Walls 13.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
Team Total 1469.7 162 217 306 6 3 0 .990 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
R.Terry 311.0 40 40 22 53 1 2 .987 2.17
L.Kiely 291.7 41 41 19 52 4 0 .947 2.19
S.Miller 256.7 34 49 13 54 0 3 1.000 2.35
R.Lumenti 237.0 34 48 14 35 1 3 .980 1.86
J.Fisher 148.0 13 64 5 31 2 2 .947 2.19
R.Sanchez 114.3 0 82 9 18 0 2 1.000 2.13
S.Williams 60.0 0 51 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.50
F.Lary 29.7 0 29 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.91
D.Green 21.3 0 15 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1469.6 162 419 88 254 8 12 .977 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Skowron .261
On-Base Pct Kokos .357
Slugging Pct Kokos .444
OPS Kokos .801
XR Kokos 81.9
Games Walls 154
At-Bats Walls 628
Runs Kokos 78
Hits Walls 164
Total Bases Kokos 225
Singles Walls 125
Doubles Walls 27
Triples Nieman 6
Homeruns Kokos 23
RBIs Kokos 73
Stolen Bases Thompson 9
Caught Stealing Thompson 6
Walks Kokos 78
Strikeouts Kokos 129
ERA Miller 3.05
Wins Lumenti 18
Losses Kiely 20
Winning Pct Lumenti .581
Saves Sanchez 20
Games Pitched Sanchez 82
Games Started Kiely 41
Complete Games Terry 10
Shutouts Kiely 3
Innings Pitched Terry 311.0
Hits Allowed Terry 310
Homeruns Allowed Lumenti 30
Strikeouts Lumenti 275
Walks Allowed Lumenti 102
Walks per 9IP Kiely 1.1
Hits per 9IP Lumenti 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lumenti 10.4
WHiP Terry 1.14
OAVG Lumenti .214
OOBP Terry .287
OSLG Miller .332
OOPS Miller .619
Team All-Stars
Raul Sanchez
Lee Walls
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Roy Sievers $ 6,250,000
Stu Miller $ 6,100,000
Leo Kiely $ 6,000,000
Dick Kokos $ 5,470,000
Bob Nieman $ 5,050,503
Ferris Fain $ 4,940,000
Lee Walls $ 3,092,857
Ralph Terry $ 3,078,571
Stan Lopata $ 3,000,000
Joe Garagiola $ 2,540,054
Hank Thompson $ 2,188,000
Bill Skowron $ 1,500,000
Frank Lary $ 1,250,000
Raul Sanchez $ 1,034,286
Dale Long $ 800,000
Hal Smith $ 650,000
Dino Restelli $ 450,000
Stan Williams $ 300,000
Wayne Causey $ 300,000
Barry Shetrone $ 300,000
Jack Fisher $ 300,000
Gary Geiger $ 300,000
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
Gene Oliver $ 300,000
Ralph Lumenti $ 300,000
Bobo Osborne $ 300,000
Earl Averill $ 300,000
Fred Valentine $ 300,000
Dallas Green $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Bob Stephenson Brooklyn Bob Nieman
2/8 Signed     Dale Long
2/13 Signed     Frank Lary
3/3 Traded Steve Korcheck Seattle Ralph Terry
$5,000,000
3/3 Traded Russ Kemmerer
$3,100,000		 Detroit Choo Choo Coleman
Phil Roof
Ed Bauta
Ron Blackburn
4/2 Signed     Hank Foiles
4/2 Traded Jack Kubiszyn San Diego Hank Thompson
7/31 Traded Hank Foiles Montreal Stan Lopata
7/31 Traded Choo Choo Coleman St. Louis Floyd Wooldridge
$9,000,000
 
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