1963 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 728
Runs Allowed: 586
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,408,063
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 9th in the American League
A: 77-60, 1st in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
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
2B  Lee Walls 30 156 625 101 181 21 9 18 76 2 1 52 103 .290 .343 .438 .782 90.8 18.9 4.4
LF *Norm Siebern 29 155 561 86 179 18 4 33 116 1 0 98 76 .319 .418 .542 .960 114.5 28.8 3.2
LF *Bob Hazle 32 156 597 80 179 18 0 19 75 0 0 47 66 .300 .351 .425 .776 82.6 16.9 4.1
C *Carl Sawatski 35 149 519 75 133 10 5 30 91 0 0 74 121 .256 .348 .468 .816 84.9 17.7 7.8
SS *Wayne Causey 26 143 521 75 150 17 2 6 40 1 3 54 38 .288 .354 .363 .717 66.3 12.4 7.0
CF #Fred Valentine 28 149 418 50 130 14 3 12 62 15 9 51 68 .311 .390 .445 .835 72.1 16.8 4.8
1B  Luis Aparicio 29 129 383 65 103 11 5 5 32 24 4 21 13 .269 .306 .363 .669 46.6 7.9 5.9
1B  Bill Skowron 32 126 354 33 113 15 1 14 50 0 0 19 68 .319 .355 .486 .841 55.4 12.3 2.0
1B *Jim Gentile 29 125 296 36 55 10 0 14 54 0 0 49 72 .186 .304 .361 .665 33.3 3.9 1.7
RF *Dick Kokos 35 53 174 17 31 4 1 5 20 0 0 31 48 .178 .301 .299 .600 17.1 1.4 1.4
CF  Gino Cimoli 33 76 190 21 49 5 1 2 21 5 0 7 30 .258 .286 .326 .613 17.9 2.5 1.0
SS  Ozzie Virgil 30 92 187 17 44 0 2 1 13 1 0 5 13 .235 .255 .273 .528 10.4 0.0 1.9
C  Gene Oliver 28 87 136 11 31 1 1 5 24 0 0 12 26 .228 .289 .360 .649 15.1 2.1 1.4
P  Ike Delock 33 39 107 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 43 .028 .054 .028 .082 -7.3 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Baumann 29 43 110 8 19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 38 .173 .179 .200 .379 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Lumenti 26 42 102 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 31 .118 .142 .137 .279 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Fisher 24 34 93 1 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 31 .086 .085 .108 .193 -2.9 0.0 0.0
RF  Pancho Herrera 29 14 41 7 13 2 2 2 7 0 0 4 12 .317 .362 .610 .971 9.4 2.2 0.2
CF *Barry Shetrone 24 83 41 30 5 1 0 0 1 22 9 2 10 .122 .163 .146 .309 0.8 0.0 0.4
C  Earl Averill 31 14 28 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .143 .200 .286 .486 1.6 0.0 0.2
P *Leo Kiely 33 62 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Dean Stone 32 66 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Lary 33 22 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Raul Sanchez 32 71 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.6 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2086 5505 728 1446 156 36 167 705 71 26 535 917 .263 .328 .395 .723 709.4 144.1 47.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 6 4 4 10 5 2 3 6 2 2 5 2 2 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
 Ike Delock 33 24 13 .649 39 39 0 324.7 281 89 13 69 251 2.47 29.1
*Frank Baumann 29 17 12 .586 43 43 0 309.3 250 114 42 87 275 3.32 20.8
*Ralph Lumenti 26 17 9 .654 42 42 0 291.0 231 112 31 100 275 3.46 16.6
 Jack Fisher 24 15 13 .536 34 34 0 256.3 268 113 20 75 142 3.97 9.3
 Raul Sanchez 32 9 2 .818 71 0 10 87.3 71 17 3 19 43 1.75 16.2
*Leo Kiely 33 7 6 .538 62 2 11 78.7 78 30 7 21 46 3.43 7.3
*Dean Stone 32 9 6 .600 66 2 14 77.0 91 48 13 32 62 5.61 0.8
 Frank Lary 33 0 3 .000 22 0 2 24.0 29 5 2 4 12 1.88 2.3
Team Totals 30.3 98 64 .605 379 162 37 1448.3 1299 528 131 407 1106 3.28 102.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 7 3 4 2 2 2 2  
* - 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 .990 34.1
C.Sawatski 1217.3 134 145 933 57 6 0 .994 35.9
G.Oliver 179.0 21 21 157 11 2 0 .988 33.3
E.Averill 30.5 4 4 22 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
O.Virgil 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1429.8 159 171 1114 69 8 0 .993 35.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.65
B.Skowron 761.3 90 102 941 79 12 88 .988 12.06
J.Gentile 652.7 71 96 757 69 5 66 .994 11.39
L.Walls 10.0 1 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
L.Aparicio 8.0 0 4 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13
G.Oliver 6.0 0 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
N.Siebern 5.3 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.13
O.Virgil 5.0 0 5 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1448.3 162 213 1741 149 17 158 .991 11.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.92
L.Aparicio 866.3 99 106 174 370 7 74 .987 5.65
F.Valentine 489.0 57 63 112 227 6 45 .983 6.24
O.Virgil 93.0 6 23 21 37 0 11 1.000 5.61
Team Total 1448.3 162 192 307 634 13 130 .986 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
L.Walls 1228.3 138 139 74 323 19 29 .954 2.91
O.Virgil 143.0 15 18 9 33 7 4 .857 2.64
L.Aparicio 77.0 9 10 3 25 2 3 .933 3.27
Team Total 1448.3 162 167 86 381 28 36 .943 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.07
W.Causey 1200.0 139 141 168 512 20 92 .971 5.10
O.Virgil 156.3 13 28 28 65 4 14 .959 5.35
L.Aparicio 41.0 5 7 6 9 1 2 .938 3.29
L.Walls 41.0 4 5 8 17 0 3 1.000 5.49
D.Kokos 34.6 4 4 5 17 1 2 .957 5.72
N.Siebern 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Shetrone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.9 166 187 216 621 26 113 .970 5.08
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.75
N.Siebern 1299.0 149 151 220 3 10 1 .957 1.55
D.Kokos 244.0 29 29 46 2 0 1 1.000 1.77
B.Shetrone 71.0 6 16 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.27
G.Cimoli 42.7 5 6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.26
E.Averill 16.4 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
O.Virgil 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Oliver 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Aparicio 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1684.1 191 213 285 6 11 2 .964 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.28
B.Hazle 1276.3 149 152 253 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Valentine 59.0 6 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
B.Shetrone 42.0 0 19 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Cimoli 41.8 5 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.94
O.Virgil 4.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Oliver 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1425.1 160 191 285 4 0 0 1.000 1.83
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.79
F.Valentine 496.3 58 65 74 1 0 0 1.000 1.36
G.Cimoli 320.5 41 48 48 3 1 0 .981 1.43
D.Kokos 152.8 18 19 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
P.Herrera 105.7 12 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
L.Walls 63.0 6 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
O.Virgil 34.0 3 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
L.Aparicio 8.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Hazle 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Shetrone 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Oliver 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1188.3 138 168 182 4 1 0 .995 1.41
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.10
I.Delock 324.7 39 39 30 60 2 4 .978 2.49
F.Baumann 309.3 43 43 16 41 0 4 1.000 1.66
R.Lumenti 291.0 42 42 18 58 0 2 1.000 2.35
J.Fisher 256.3 34 34 20 56 4 1 .950 2.67
R.Sanchez 87.3 0 71 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.34
L.Kiely 78.7 2 62 10 10 0 2 1.000 2.29
D.Stone 77.0 2 66 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.99
F.Lary 24.0 0 22 4 1 1 0 .833 1.88
Team Total 1448.3 162 379 107 247 7 15 .981 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Siebern .319
On-Base Pct Siebern .418
Slugging Pct Siebern .542
OPS Siebern .960
XR Siebern 114.5
Games Hazle, Walls 156
At-Bats Walls 625
Runs Walls 101
Hits Walls 181
Total Bases Siebern 304
Singles Hazle 142
Doubles Walls 21
Triples Walls 9
Homeruns Siebern 33
RBIs Siebern 116
Stolen Bases Aparicio 24
Caught Stealing Shetrone, Valentine 9
Walks Siebern 98
Strikeouts Sawatski 121
ERA Delock 2.47
Wins Delock 24
Losses Delock, Fisher 13
Winning Pct Lumenti .654
Saves Stone 14
Games Pitched Sanchez 71
Games Started Baumann 43
Complete Games Delock 23
Shutouts Delock 6
Innings Pitched Delock 324.7
Hits Allowed Delock 281
Homeruns Allowed Baumann 42
Strikeouts Baumann, Lumenti 275
Walks Allowed Lumenti 100
Walks per 9IP Delock 1.9
Hits per 9IP Lumenti 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lumenti 8.5
WHiP Delock 1.08
OAVG Lumenti .215
OOBP Delock .276
OSLG Delock .313
OOPS Delock .589
Team All-Stars
Ike Delock
Bob Hazle
Raul Sanchez
Carl Sawatski
Norm Siebern
Lee Walls
Player Salaries
Bob Hazle $ 13,251,330
Ike Delock $ 9,000,000
Norm Siebern $ 7,350,000
Carl Sawatski $ 7,220,000
Dean Stone $ 6,750,000
Leo Kiely $ 6,500,000
Jim Gentile $ 5,640,000
Frank Baumann $ 4,614,286
Dick Kokos $ 4,000,000
Lee Walls $ 3,500,000
Bill Skowron $ 1,500,000
Raul Sanchez $ 1,500,000
Frank Lary $ 1,250,000
Luis Aparicio $ 492,857
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
Gene Oliver $ 300,000
Barry Shetrone $ 300,000
Jack Fisher $ 300,000
Fred Valentine $ 300,000
Wayne Causey $ 300,000
Ozzie Virgil $ 300,000
Ralph Lumenti $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Ken Harrelson
Andy Carey
Stu Miller
Washington Bob Hazle
Frank Baumann
Luis Aparicio
$9,000,000
7/31 Traded Earl Averill
Gino Cimoli
Claude Osteen
Boston (N) Dick Kokos
$175,000