1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics and Roster

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1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999)
63-99, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 620 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Managed by Larry Rothschild

Ballpark: Tropicana Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,506,293 (7th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   John Flaherty       30   91  304   21   63  11  0   3   24  22   46  .207  .261  .273   0   5   9   1   4   3   0   39
1B *Fred McGriff        34  151  564   73  160  33  0  19   81  79  118  .284  .371  .443   7   2  14   2   0   4   9  111
2B  Miguel Cairo        24  150  515   49  138  26  5   5   46  24   44  .268  .307  .367  19   8   9   6  11   2   0   74
3B  Bobby Smith         24  117  370   44  102  15  3  11   55  34  110  .276  .343  .422   5   3   9   6   2   4   0   97
SS #Kevin Stocker       28  112  336   37   70  11  3   6   25  27   80  .208  .282  .313   5   3   7   8   8   2   1   54
LF #Quinton McCracken   28  155  614   77  179  38  7   7   59  41  107  .292  .335  .410  19  10  12   3   9   8   1   92
CF #Randy Winn          24  109  338   51   94   9  9   1   17  29   69  .278  .337  .367  26  12   2   1  11   0   0   83
RF *Dave Martinez       33   90  309   31   79  11  0   3   20  35   52  .256  .334  .320   8   7   5   2   0   1   4   72
DH *Paul Sorrento       32  137  435   40   98  27  0  17   57  54  133  .225  .313  .405   2   3   8   3   0   3   1   85
   *Wade Boggs          40  123  435   51  122  23  4   7   52  46   54  .280  .348  .400   3   2  13   0   0   2   6   94
    Aaron Ledesma       27   95  299   30   97  16  3   0   29   9   51  .324  .344  .398   9   7   8   1   4   2   1   92
    Mike Kelly          28  106  279   39   67  11  2  10   33  22   80  .240  .295  .401  13   6   8   0   1   1   1   79
    Mike Difelice       29   84  248   17   57  12  3   3   23  15   56  .230  .274  .339   0   0  12   1   3   2   0   58
   *Rich Butler         25   72  217   25   49   3  3   7   20  15   37  .226  .278  .364   4   2   4   2   0   3   0   65
    Bubba Trammell      26   59  199   28   57  18  1  12   35  16   45  .286  .338  .568   0   2   4   0   0   1   0  130
    Jerome Walton       32   12   34    4   11   3  0   0    3   2    6  .324  .361  .412   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  100
    Scott McClain       26    9   20    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    6  .100  .217  .100   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -13
    Dave Silvestri      30    8   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .071  .071  .071   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -63
    Tim Laker           28    3    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .333  .200   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   44
   *Kerry Robinson      24    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Julio Santana       25    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rolando Arrojo      29    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rick White          29    4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   74
    Jason Johnson       24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tony Saunders       24    1    2    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  423
    Albie Lopez         26    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Jim Mecir           28    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dennis Springer     33    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  162 5555  620 1450 267 43 111  579 473 1107  .261  .319  .385 120  73 127  37  53  38  24   83
    Rank among 14 AL teams        12   14   13  14  1  14       13    3    13    13    14   8   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rolando Arrojo      29  32   3.56  14  12  0  32   0   2   2  202.0  195   84   80  21   65  152  853   3  19  1   2 133
SP *Tony Saunders       24  31   4.12   6  15  0  31   0   2   0  192.3  191   95   88  15  111  172  855   2   7  1   1 115
SP *Wilson Alvarez      28  25   4.73   6  14  0  25   0   0   0  142.7  130   78   75  18   68  107  624   4   9  0   0 100
SP  Julio Santana       25  32   4.23   5   6  0  19   5   1   0  140.3  144   72   66  18   58   60  603   3   5  0   2 112
SP  Dennis Springer     33  29   5.45   3  11  0  17   8   1   0  115.7  120   77   70  21   60   46  517   6  12  0   1  87
SP  Bryan Rekar         26  16   4.98   2   8  0  15   1   1   0   86.7   95   56   48  16   21   55  369   1   2  0   0  95
SP  Jason Johnson       24  13   5.70   2   5  0  13   0   0   0   60.0   74   38   38   9   27   36  274   2   3  0   0  83

CL  Roberto Hernandez   33  67   4.04   2   6 26   0  58   0   0   71.3   55   33   32   5   41   55  310   1   5  0   4 118
RP  Jim Mecir           28  68   3.11   7   2  0   0  23   0   0   84.0   68   30   29   6   33   77  343   2   3  0   5 153
RP  Esteban Yan         23  64   3.86   5   4  1   0  18   0   0   88.7   78   41   38  11   41   77  381   6   5  0   2 123
RP  Albie Lopez         26  54   2.60   7   4  1   0  12   0   0   79.7   73   31   23   7   32   62  335   5   3  0   4 183
RP *Scott Aldred        30  48   3.73   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   31.3   33   13   13   1   12   21  135   2   2  0   3 127

    Rick White          29  38   3.80   2   6  0   3  12   0   0   68.7   66   32   29   8   23   39  289   3   2  0   2 125
    Dan Carlson         28  10   7.64   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   17.7   25   15   15   3    8   16   86   0   3  0   0  62
    Rick Gorecki        24   3   4.86   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   16.7   15    9    9   1   10    7   70   1   0  0   0  98
   *Ramon Tatis         25  22  13.89   0   0  0   0   7   0   0   11.7   23   19   18   2   16    5   72   1   1  1   1  34
   *Terrell Wade        25   2   5.06   1   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.7   14    6    6   3    2    8   46   1   0  0   0  94
   *Matt Ruebel         28   7   6.23   0   2  0   1   1   0   0    8.7   11    7    6   3    4    6   39   0   0  0   0  76
    Eddie Gaillard      27   6   5.87   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.7    4    5    5   3    3    5   30   0   0  0   0  81
   *Mike Duvall         23   3   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    3    3   0    2    1   17   0   0  0   0  70
    Dave Eiland         31   1  20.25   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.7    6    6    6   0    3    1   17   0   0  0   0  23
   *Brad Pennington     29   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    1    1   0    3    0    4   0   0  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   4.35  63  99 28 162 155   7   8 1443.0 1425  751  697 171  643 1008 6269  43  81  3  27 109
    Rank among 14 AL teams          4  14   1 14          10   5      7    3    3        7   14    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JFlaherty 763 86 91 542 45 4 2 .993 5 22 48 29 MDifelice 671 75 84 483 52 4 8 .993 13 21 49 32 TLaker 9 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1443 162 162 1030 97 8 10 .993 19 43 97 61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMcGriff 1186 134 135 1150 81 6 140 .995 9.34 PSorrento 224 25 27 219 24 0 22 1.000 9.73 SMcClain 27 2 5 24 4 1 1 .966 9.33 ALedesma 4 1 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 DMartinez 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 1398 109 7 164 .995 9.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCairo 1233 139 148 278 429 16 109 .978 5.16 ALedesma 149 16 19 39 54 2 10 .979 5.62 BSmith 45 5 6 11 19 1 3 .968 6.00 DSilvestri 16 2 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 5.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 332 507 19 123 .978 5.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSmith 739 81 97 71 164 9 11 .963 2.86 WBoggs 639 75 78 52 131 5 12 .973 2.58 ALedesma 33 3 7 5 6 2 0 .846 3.00 SMcClain 23 3 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.57 DSilvestri 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 131 304 16 23 .965 2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *4.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KStocker 940 108 110 186 335 11 81 .979 4.99 ALedesma 448 49 58 103 167 8 51 .971 5.42 BSmith 49 5 7 7 20 3 4 .900 4.89 DSilvestri 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 .750 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 296 525 23 136 .973 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- QMcCracken 434 47 58 106 6 1 1 .991 2.32 MKelly 333 37 43 78 2 0 1 1.000 2.16 RButler 327 37 39 70 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 BTrammell 174 21 23 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.81 RWinn 110 13 16 18 3 0 0 1.000 1.71 PSorrento 31 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 JWalton 27 3 4 10 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 KRobinson 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 322 17 1 2 .997 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- QMcCracken 881 101 103 238 12 2 2 .992 2.55 RWinn 553 60 70 165 3 3 0 .982 2.73 DMartinez 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 406 15 5 2 .988 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMartinez 698 80 85 158 9 1 1 .994 2.15 MKelly 294 30 51 58 2 0 0 1.000 1.83 RButler 171 19 22 43 3 0 1 1.000 2.42 BTrammell 113 13 16 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 PSorrento 87 13 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 RWinn 59 5 12 9 1 1 1 .909 1.51 JWalton 19 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 315 16 2 3 .994 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- QMcCracken 1316 148 153 344 18 3 3 .992 2.48 RWinn 723 78 96 196 7 4 1 .981 2.53 DMartinez 706 81 86 158 9 1 1 .994 2.13 MKelly 628 67 93 135 4 0 1 1.000 1.99 RButler 498 56 61 113 4 0 1 1.000 2.11 BTrammell 287 34 37 51 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 PSorrento 118 17 18 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 JWalton 46 5 8 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.93 KRobinson 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1443 162 162 1044 47 8 7 .993 2.27 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RArrojo 202 32 32 17 40 4 5 .934 2.54 TSaunders 192 31 31 12 18 1 4 .968 1.40 WAlvarez 142 25 25 5 6 0 1 1.000 0.69 JSantana 140 19 32 5 11 2 0 .889 1.03 DSpringer 115 17 29 7 11 0 2 1.000 1.40 EYan 88 0 64 9 11 1 1 .952 2.03 BRekar 86 15 16 12 7 2 0 .905 1.97 JMecir 84 0 68 9 16 0 2 1.000 2.68 ALopez 79 0 54 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.15 RHernandez 71 0 67 4 9 1 0 .929 1.64 RWhite 68 3 38 5 11 2 1 .889 2.10 JJohnson 60 13 13 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.90 SAldred 31 0 48 3 7 0 2 1.000 2.88 DCarlson 17 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02 RGorecki 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.08 RTatis 11 0 22 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.85 TWade 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MRuebel 8 1 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 EGaillard 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 MDuvall 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 DEiland 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BPennington 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 162 162 98 176 13 19 .955 1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- PSorrento 86 WBoggs 33 BTrammell 19 FMcGriff 14 BSmith 7 MKelly 6 ALedesma 6 JWalton 3 MCairo 2 DSilvestri 2 TLaker 1 DMartinez 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average McCracken .292

On-base % McGriff .371

Slugging % McGriff .443

OPS McGriff .814

Games McCracken 155

At Bats McCracken 614

Plate Appearances (approx.) McCracken 675

Runs McCracken 77

Hits McCracken 179

Total Bases McCracken 252

Doubles McCracken 38

Triples Winn 9

Home Runs McGriff 19

RBI McGriff 81

Bases on Balls McGriff 79

Strikeouts Sorrento 133

Stolen Bases Winn 26

Singles McCracken 127

Adjusted OPS+ McGriff 111

Runs Created McGriff 95

Adjusted Batting Runs McGriff 11

Batting Wins McGriff 1.0

Extra-Base Hits McCracken and McGriff 52

Times on Base McGriff 241

Offensive Win% McGriff .564

Hit By Pitch Stocker 8

Sac. Hits Cairo and Winn 11

Sac. Flies McCracken 8

Intentional Walks McGriff 9

Grounded into Double Plays McGriff 14

Caught Stealing Winn 12

Power/Speed Number Kelly 11.3

At Bats per Strikeout Cairo 11.7

At Bats per Home Run McGriff 29.7

Outs McCracken 474

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Arrojo 3.56

Wins Arrojo 14

Won-Loss % Arrojo .538

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Arrojo 1.287

Hits Allowed/9IP Arrojo 8.69

Bases on Balls/9IP Arrojo 2.90

Strikeouts/9IP Saunders 8.05

Games Mecir 68

Saves Hernandez 26

Innings Arrojo 202.0

Strikeouts Saunders 172

Games Started Arrojo 32

Comp. Games Arrojo and Saunders 2

Shutouts Arrojo 2

Home Runs Allow. Arrojo and Springer 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Saunders 111

Hits Allowed Arrojo 195

SO to Walk Arrojo 2.34

Losses Saunders 15

Earned Runs Allow. Saunders 88

Wild Pitches Springer and Yan 6

Hit Batsmen Arrojo 19

Batters Faced Saunders 855

Games Finished Hernandez 58

Adjusted ERA+ Arrojo 133

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Fred McGriff $ 5,500,000

Wilson Alvarez $ 4,500,000

Roberto Hernandez $ 4,000,000

Paul Sorrento $ 2,000,000

Kevin Stocker $ 1,800,000

John Flaherty $ 1,600,000

Dave Martinez $ 1,500,000

Wade Boggs $ 1,150,000

Scott Aldred $ 275,000

Quinton McCracken $ 270,000

Rick White $ 250,000

Rolando Arrojo $ 245,000

Albie Lopez $ 245,000

Dennis Springer $ 245,000

Mike Kelly $ 235,000

Terrell Wade $ 222,500

Tony Saunders $ 215,000

Mike Difelice $ 210,000

Jim Mecir $ 205,000

Ramon Tatis $ 205,000

Rick Gorecki $ 200,000

Julio Santana $ 197,500

Miguel Cairo $ 195,000

Aaron Ledesma $ 195,000

Esteban Yan $ 195,000

Bryan Rekar $ 190,000

Bubba Trammell $ 180,000

Dan Carlson $ 175,000

Rich Butler $ 170,000

Jason Johnson $ 170,000

Bobby Smith $ 170,000

Randy Winn $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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