1997 St. Petersburg Devil Rays Statistics
Team Record: 81-56
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Bill Evers (81-56)
Affiliation: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 154,670, Avg. 2,309 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Devil Rays 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 0
Finals - St. Petersburg Devil Rays 3 games, Vero Beach Dodgers 2
The St. Petersburg Devil Rays of the Florida State League ended the 1997 season with a record of 81 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Devil Rays scored 655 runs and surrendered 564 runs. Greg Blosser paced St. Petersburg with 12 home runs Scott Romano drove in 67 runs. Dan Fraraccio led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Jim Manias topped the squad with 13 wins, while Mickey Callaway registered a 3.23 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 St. Petersburg Devil Rays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rolando Arrojo, Jared Sandberg, Matt Williams, Greg Blosser and Mickey Callaway.
Bill Evers served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Manias | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.78 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 171.3 | 163 | 84 | 72 | 16 | 40 | 0 | 119 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 710 |
| Mickey Callaway | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.22 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.7 | 162 | 74 | 61 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 696 |
| Denis Pujals | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.43 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 140.3 | 156 | 74 | 69 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 588 |
| Matt Williams | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.97 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.7 | 57 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 267 |
| John Kaufman | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.37 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 149.7 | 138 | 62 | 56 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 121 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 649 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.43 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89.3 | 73 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 349 |
| Dave Carroll | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.78 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 218 |
| Jason Berry | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.99 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.7 | 65 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 225 |
| John Daniels | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.64 | 55 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 61.3 | 53 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 255 |
| Terry Harvey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.71 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 39 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 167 |
| Jake Viano | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.15 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 62 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 253 |
| Julio Aquino | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.85 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 53 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 240 |
| Rocco Cafaro | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.99 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 163 |
| Jamie Ybarra | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Travis Cain | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.06 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 200 |
| Doug Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Kimbrell | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | |
| Shelby Rama | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 81 | 56 | .591 | 3.63 | 437 | 137 | 124 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 1200.7 | 1169 | 564 | 484 | 81 | 349 | 13 | 869 | 63 | 18 | 47 | 5055 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fraraccio | 129 | 541 | 463 | 67 | 137 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 50 | .296 | .381 | .389 | .769 | 180 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Manny Patel | 129 | 583 | 505 | 66 | 135 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 15 | 61 | 51 | .267 | .351 | .352 | .703 | 178 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Pomierski | 119 | 474 | 422 | 64 | 112 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 78 | .265 | .337 | .427 | .763 | 180 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Scott Romano | 99 | 414 | 359 | 54 | 107 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 55 | .298 | .380 | .432 | .811 | 155 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Nick Morrow | 108 | 433 | 379 | 51 | 102 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 20 | 7 | 43 | 78 | .269 | .346 | .443 | .789 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Chris Martin | 105 | 471 | 393 | 72 | 102 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 23 | 7 | 62 | 66 | .260 | .367 | .379 | .746 | 149 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Marcus McCain | 84 | 332 | 306 | 47 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 30 | .284 | .320 | .346 | .667 | 106 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Roberto Colina | 96 | 404 | 351 | 48 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 40 | .248 | .340 | .345 | .685 | 121 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Scott Stricklin | 85 | 305 | 243 | 28 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 32 | .259 | .393 | .284 | .677 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Blosser | 52 | 226 | 189 | 40 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 42 | .312 | .416 | .571 | .987 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Doug Carroll | 73 | 237 | 222 | 17 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 25 | .248 | .288 | .356 | .644 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Buccheri | 58 | 238 | 204 | 29 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 20 | .245 | .332 | .289 | .621 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Neil Garcia | 75 | 238 | 195 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 20 | .226 | .330 | .297 | .628 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Erick Corps | 39 | 148 | 121 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 29 | .240 | .363 | .298 | .661 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Andre King | 48 | 130 | 114 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | .193 | .268 | .254 | .522 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Voita | 14 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .250 | .400 | .458 | .858 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Carter | 6 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .400 | .182 | .582 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Sandberg | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Suplee | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1325 | 5237 | 4517 | 655 | 1201 | 227 | 35 | 64 | 580 | 148 | 83 | 559 | 661 | .266 | .352 | .374 | .726 | 1690 | 93 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Colina | 1B | 96 | 783 | 43 | 10 | 60 | .988 | 8.604 | ||||
| Joe Pomierski | 1B | 30 | 247 | 18 | 1 | 14 | .996 | 8.833 | ||||
| Dan Fraraccio | 1B | 17 | 126 | 11 | 1 | 14 | .993 | 8.059 | ||||
| Neil Garcia | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manny Patel | 2B | 127 | 209 | 335 | 11 | 55 | .980 | 4.283 | ||||
| Erick Corps | 2B | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Dan Fraraccio | 2B | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Jared Sandberg | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Neil Garcia | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Romano | 3B | 80 | 58 | 165 | 18 | 11 | .925 | 2.788 | ||||
| Dan Fraraccio | 3B | 53 | 49 | 92 | 7 | 5 | .953 | 2.660 | ||||
| Joe Pomierski | 3B | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Neil Garcia | 3B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Erick Corps | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Stricklin | C | 85 | 511 | 77 | 6 | 8 | .990 | 6.918 | 3 | 99 | 47 | 32.2 |
| Neil Garcia | C | 59 | 367 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .985 | 6.797 | 9 | 65 | 17 | 20.7 |
| Sam Voita | C | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 3.333 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 |
| Bart Carter | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus McCain | CF | 72 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Buccheri | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Morrow | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre King | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Pomierski | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Blosser | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre King | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Carroll | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Fraraccio | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus McCain | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Suplee | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Morrow | OF | 107 | 266 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 2.607 | ||||
| Marcus McCain | OF | 82 | 195 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .966 | 2.427 | ||||
| Joe Pomierski | OF | 56 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.339 | ||||
| Jim Buccheri | OF | 46 | 106 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 2.370 | ||||
| Doug Carroll | OF | 45 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.889 | ||||
| Greg Blosser | OF | 44 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.818 | ||||
| Andre King | OF | 40 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 1.650 | ||||
| Dan Fraraccio | OF | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ray Suplee | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Neil Garcia | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Erick Corps | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Daniels | P | 55 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .255 | ||||
| Julio Aquino | P | 50 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .280 | ||||
| Dave Carroll | P | 47 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .909 | .213 | ||||
| Matt Williams | P | 43 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .302 | ||||
| Jason Berry | P | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .343 | ||||
| Jake Viano | P | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .258 | ||||
| Jim Manias | P | 28 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .900 | .964 | ||||
| Mickey Callaway | P | 28 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .872 | 1.214 | ||||
| John Kaufman | P | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Denis Pujals | P | 24 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rocco Cafaro | P | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Terry Harvey | P | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rolando Arrojo | P | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Travis Cain | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .538 | .778 | ||||
| Jamie Ybarra | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Kimbrell | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Shelby Rama | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Doug Carroll | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nick Morrow | RF | 92 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Carroll | RF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre King | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Fraraccio | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Neil Garcia | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erick Corps | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Martin | SS | 102 | 194 | 242 | 19 | 50 | .958 | 4.275 | ||||
| Dan Fraraccio | SS | 19 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 8 | .973 | 3.737 | ||||
| Erick Corps | SS | 17 | 26 | 45 | 4 | 10 | .947 | 4.176 | ||||
| Manny Patel | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2037 | 3602 | 1363 | 141 | 265 | .972 | 2.437 | 13 | 174 | 65 | 27.2 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
