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1979 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Record: 78-82
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 667
Runs Allowed: 701
Exp W-L: 76-84
 
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Attendance: 2,163,806
Manager: Logan Dederich

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 8th in the American League
A: 55-82, 11th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
3B *Wayne Gross 27 154 532 71 140 22 2 23 80 0 1 77 69 .263 .357 .442 .798 83.6 16.1 3.7
C *Jay Johnstone 33 136 441 51 107 20 3 2 40 3 0 28 58 .243 .289 .315 .604 37.6 3.1 5.5
LF *Gene Locklear 29 126 421 46 124 21 5 4 51 7 2 40 38 .295 .358 .397 .755 56.3 10.8 2.6
1B *Dave Revering 26 132 432 49 119 21 0 10 48 8 4 31 31 .275 .323 .394 .716 51.4 8.2 1.7
2B #Bump Wills 26 104 401 58 111 13 8 1 28 39 12 44 43 .277 .349 .357 .706 51.3 8.7 5.3
RF *Reggie Jackson 33 100 366 49 78 12 3 16 58 2 1 58 96 .213 .330 .393 .724 49.7 7.8 0.0
2B *Ken Boswell 33 100 382 51 102 8 4 6 46 8 2 45 15 .267 .342 .356 .698 48.6 8.0 2.7
CF  Larry Hisle 32 101 379 44 103 9 3 7 42 1 2 21 56 .272 .310 .367 .677 40.0 5.1 2.4
SS  Rick Auerbach 29 103 373 42 97 13 2 3 40 1 2 17 36 .260 .294 .330 .624 28.3 1.7 1.2
CF #Reggie Smith 34 76 265 38 76 17 1 13 48 1 1 40 46 .287 .383 .506 .889 47.4 10.7 2.2
C  Duffy Dyer 33 67 203 20 49 8 1 4 34 3 2 24 26 .241 .318 .350 .667 23.4 2.8 2.2
CF *Jim Howarth 32 70 210 23 51 5 1 1 21 2 1 18 24 .243 .297 .290 .588 18.7 1.2 2.2
RF  Tony Conigliaro 34 53 203 18 52 7 2 5 17 1 0 13 30 .256 .304 .384 .688 21.4 3.1 1.1
LF  Ike Brown 37 75 174 21 44 6 1 4 20 0 0 40 48 .253 .395 .368 .763 28.7 5.9 1.1
3B  Doug Decinces 28 53 179 19 37 15 2 5 23 0 0 20 35 .207 .284 .397 .681 20.6 2.3 0.6
C  Steve Nicosia 23 53 168 18 39 4 1 1 12 0 0 19 11 .232 .310 .286 .596 14.8 1.3 2.7
SS *Clarence Jones 37 69 146 11 34 4 0 0 14 0 0 11 24 .233 .285 .260 .545 10.3 0.1 1.5
2B  Glenn Hubbard 21 50 132 14 24 4 1 1 14 0 0 17 20 .182 .275 .250 .525 8.9 0.0 2.7
DH  Doug Ault 29 27 57 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 5 .193 .299 .228 .527 3.8 0.0 0.0
3B #Sandy Alomar Sr. 35 56 34 16 2 0 0 0 2 13 2 1 7 .059 .086 .059 .145 0.1 0.0 0.2
C *Dave Rader 30 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 1707 5504 665 1402 211 40 106 643 89 32 572 718 .255 .326 .365 .691 645.4 97.3 41.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 9 8 9 5 7 9 7 5 4 8 7 5 9 9 9  
* - 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
 Rollie Fingers 32 8 19 .296 36 36 0 232.7 264 128 30 92 146 4.95 6.2
 Dick Selma 35 14 9 .609 34 34 0 207.3 194 101 17 91 134 4.38 10.8
 La Marr Hoyt 24 13 8 .619 37 21 5 189.7 190 75 18 33 83 3.56 15.4
 Denny McLain 35 12 7 .632 35 22 8 175.7 187 67 14 26 52 3.43 16.3
 Aurelio Lopez 30 8 6 .571 20 20 0 146.0 133 57 6 51 82 3.51 11.0
 Dave Goltz 30 7 9 .438 17 17 0 140.0 137 59 9 47 67 3.79 8.7
 Rawly Eastwick 28 11 9 .550 57 10 5 126.3 137 57 11 42 46 4.06 9.2
 Mike Griffin 22 1 10 .091 48 0 6 84.3 93 40 7 21 30 4.27 4.7
 Joel Finch 22 1 0 1.000 26 0 2 44.0 39 8 1 16 13 1.64 5.7
 Silvio Martinez 23 0 2 .000 17 0 4 34.0 33 15 4 17 12 3.97 2.3
 Jim Todd 31 1 1 .500 18 0 3 29.0 21 10 1 7 11 3.10 3.7
 Paul Moskau 25 1 1 .500 25 0 7 25.3 40 20 4 9 8 7.11 0.0
 Rickey Clark 33 1 1 .500 8 0 0 12.7 9 4 1 5 1 2.84 1.2
Team Totals 28.5 78 82 .488 378 160 40 1447.0 1477 641 123 457 685 3.99 95.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 5 3 8 5  
* - 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 .986 32.3
J.Johnstone 709.7 79 82 365 32 4 0 .990 22.4
S.Nicosia 410.0 45 47 196 25 2 0 .991 45.5
D.Dyer 254.9 26 27 126 16 2 0 .986 25.9
C.Jones 53.3 5 9 28 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
D.Rader 9.0 1 1 4 1 1 0 .833 50.0
Team Total 1436.9 156 166 719 74 9 0 .989 30.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
D.Revering 952.3 108 125 1120 97 11 88 .991 11.50
R.Auerbach 341.0 42 44 388 28 3 35 .993 10.98
J.Johnstone 47.0 4 6 60 6 0 2 1.000 12.64
D.Dyer 36.5 3 6 44 2 1 5 .979 11.34
R.Smith 31.6 3 5 36 1 0 3 1.000 10.54
C.Jones 19.0 2 4 16 2 0 2 1.000 8.53
W.Gross 17.0 0 7 20 3 0 4 1.000 12.18
I.Brown 16.7 1 4 20 3 0 3 1.000 12.42
K.Boswell 13.6 1 2 15 2 0 4 1.000 11.25
S.Alomar Sr. 10.0 0 7 8 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Ault 4.0 0 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1488.7 164 213 1733 146 15 147 .992 11.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
B.Wills 899.3 94 102 210 365 13 75 .978 5.75
G.Hubbard 402.0 50 50 93 178 4 40 .985 6.07
K.Boswell 220.0 23 23 51 110 1 24 .994 6.59
R.Auerbach 66.3 7 12 11 33 0 4 1.000 5.97
J.Johnstone 41.0 4 8 17 19 0 4 1.000 7.90
I.Brown 40.7 2 11 7 19 1 4 .963 5.76
C.Jones 31.0 4 5 9 14 1 2 .958 6.68
S.Alomar Sr. 16.0 0 7 1 6 1 0 .875 3.94
Team Total 1716.3 184 218 399 744 21 153 .982 5.99
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
W.Gross 1268.3 145 146 80 306 27 25 .935 2.74
D.Dyer 56.3 3 11 5 17 0 0 1.000 3.52
J.Johnstone 56.0 6 7 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.61
C.Jones 51.3 5 8 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.63
S.Alomar Sr. 30.7 0 14 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.35
L.Hisle 20.5 0 10 2 4 1 0 .857 2.63
K.Boswell 17.1 1 3 1 4 1 1 .833 2.63
D.Decinces 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Auerbach 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 0.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1503.9 160 202 97 356 29 29 .940 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
K.Boswell 647.9 66 68 104 272 6 41 .984 5.22
D.Decinces 444.0 51 52 96 176 9 32 .968 5.51
R.Auerbach 48.7 5 8 7 27 0 3 1.000 6.29
J.Johnstone 26.0 2 6 1 15 0 2 1.000 5.54
C.Jones 19.0 2 3 3 12 1 2 .938 7.11
S.Alomar Sr. 19.0 2 3 3 5 0 3 1.000 3.79
L.Hisle 4.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
S.Nicosia 2.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.73
J.Finch 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Wills 1.5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1214.5 128 144 215 513 16 83 .978 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
G.Locklear 948.0 109 113 232 3 7 0 .971 2.23
I.Brown 352.7 42 45 75 1 0 0 1.000 1.94
R.Smith 70.1 8 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.54
J.Johnstone 43.0 4 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51
C.Jones 38.0 4 7 10 1 1 0 .917 2.61
D.Dyer 36.5 1 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
R.Auerbach 17.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
K.Boswell 7.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
D.Rader 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Conigliaro 3.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
R.Jackson 2.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1523.1 169 198 355 5 9 0 .976 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
J.Howarth 567.0 69 69 178 2 0 1 1.000 2.86
R.Smith 504.7 52 57 161 3 4 1 .976 2.92
C.Jones 131.0 11 25 43 1 1 0 .978 3.02
J.Johnstone 70.3 5 13 17 1 1 0 .947 2.30
K.Boswell 8.6 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.14
L.Hisle 7.8 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Conigliaro 3.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1293.2 138 168 403 7 6 2 .986 2.85
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
L.Hisle 799.2 81 84 207 3 4 2 .981 2.36
T.Conigliaro 415.7 39 47 96 2 3 1 .970 2.12
D.Dyer 53.3 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
G.Locklear 38.0 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
R.Smith 37.9 4 4 8 1 1 0 .900 2.14
J.Johnstone 31.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
S.Alomar Sr. 27.7 2 7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.60
C.Jones 25.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
K.Boswell 7.9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
R.Auerbach 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Jackson 1.3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 6.92
I.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 141 172 351 7 10 3 .973 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
R.Fingers 232.7 36 36 19 37 2 4 .966 2.17
D.Selma 207.3 34 34 8 26 1 2 .971 1.48
L.Hoyt 189.7 21 37 17 28 3 2 .938 2.14
D.McLain 175.7 22 35 9 31 1 3 .976 2.05
A.Lopez 146.0 20 20 14 16 2 0 .938 1.85
D.Goltz 140.0 17 17 8 20 1 1 .966 1.80
R.Eastwick 126.3 10 57 9 32 1 1 .976 2.92
M.Griffin 84.3 0 48 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.60
J.Finch 44.0 0 26 1 9 1 0 .909 2.05
S.Martinez 34.0 0 17 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Todd 29.0 0 18 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.10
P.Moskau 25.3 0 25 2 7 2 0 .818 3.20
R.Clark 12.7 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71
Team Total 1447.0 160 378 96 232 14 15 .959 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Locklear .274
On-Base Pct Gross .357
Slugging Pct Gross .442
OPS Gross .798
XR Gross 83.6
Games Gross 154
At-Bats Gross 532
Runs Gross 71
Hits Gross 140
Total Bases Gross 235
Singles Locklear 94
Doubles Gross 22
Triples Wills 8
Homeruns Gross 23
RBIs Gross 80
Stolen Bases Wills 39
Caught Stealing Wills 12
Walks Gross 77
Strikeouts Jackson 96
ERA McLain 3.43
Wins Selma 14
Losses Fingers 19
Winning Pct McLain .632
Saves McLain 8
Games Pitched Eastwick 57
Games Started Fingers 36
Complete Games Hoyt 7
Shutouts Hoyt 2
Innings Pitched Fingers 232.7
Hits Allowed Fingers 264
Homeruns Allowed Fingers 30
Strikeouts Fingers 146
Walks Allowed Fingers 92
Walks per 9IP McLain 1.3
Hits per 9IP Selma 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Selma 5.8
WHiP Hoyt 1.18
OAVG Selma .245
OOBP Hoyt .288
OSLG Selma .344
OOPS McLain .664
Team All-Stars
Wayne Gross
Dick Selma
Player Salaries
Rollie Fingers $ 6,700,000
John Mayberry $ 6,400,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 4,000,100
Dick Selma $ 3,100,000
Denny McLain $ 1,600,000
Ike Brown $ 1,490,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 1,478,571
Jay Johnstone $ 1,300,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 914,286
Rickey Clark $ 350,000
Clarence Jones $ 350,000
Sandy Alomar Sr. $ 350,000
Doug Decinces $ 350,000
Glenn Hubbard $ 300,000
Doug Ault $ 300,000
Rick Auerbach $ 300,000
Joel Finch $ 300,000
Mike Griffin $ 300,000
Wayne Gross $ 300,000
La Marr Hoyt $ 300,000
Gene Locklear $ 300,000
Silvio Martinez $ 300,000
Paul Moskau $ 300,000
Steve Nicosia $ 300,000
Dave Rader $ 300,000
Dave Revering $ 300,000
Jim Howarth $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Released Phil Huffman    
7/1 Traded Jim Todd
Dave Goltz		 New York (N) Bruce Kison
7/1 Traded Reggie Smith Washington Silvio Martinez
7/31 Traded Bump Wills Seattle Joe Kerrigan
7/31 Traded Reggie Jackson
Duffy Dyer
Larry Hisle
$5,000,000		 Kansas City Kevin Bell
John Mayberry
Tony Conigliaro
7/31 Traded Ken Boswell Pittsburgh Doug Decinces
7/31 Signed     Leron Lee
7/31 Signed     Butch Hobson
 
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