1975 Tidewater Tides Roster
Team Record: 86-55
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Joe Frazier (86-55)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 117,462, Avg. 1,666
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 1 game, Rochester Red Wings 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Charleston Charlies 0
Finals - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1975 season with a record of 86 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Tides yielded 425 runs, fewest in the league. Tidewater plated 547 runs. Roy Staiger drove in 81 runs. Mike Vail topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .342. Craig Swan led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.24 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1975 Tidewater Tides who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bruce Boisclair, Jay Kleven, Benny Ayala, Rich Puig, Nardi Contreras, Skip Lockwood, Craig Swan, Mike Wegener, Bill Laxton, George Theodore, Dwight Bernard, Bob Myrick, Ron Hodges, Mike Vail, Leo Foster, Hank Webb, Bob Gallagher, Brock Pemberton, Jerry Cram, Roy Staiger, Nino Espinosa, Mark DeJohn, Ken Sanders and Randy Sterling.
Joe Frazier served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Ayala | R | R | February 7, 1951 | 6'1" | 185 | Yauco, PR |
| Robert Bartlett | L | R | September 2, 1949 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Dwight Bernard | R | R | May 31, 1952 | 6'2" | 170 | Mount Vernon, IL US |
| Bruce Boisclair | L | L | December 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 185 | Putnam, CT US |
| Nardi Contreras | S | R | September 19, 1951 | 6'2" | 193 | Tampa, FL US |
| Jerry Cram | R | R | December 9, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Mark DeJohn | S | R | September 18, 1953 | 5'11" | 170 | Middletown, CT US |
| Ron Diggle | L | R | November 4, 1950 | 6'2" | 190 | Artesia, CA US |
| Nino Espinosa | R | R | August 15, 1953 | 6'1" | 192 | Villa Altagracia, San Cristobal DO |
| Leo Foster | R | R | February 2, 1951 | 5'11" | 165 | Covington, KY US |
| Bob Gallagher | L | L | July 7, 1947 | 6'3" | 185 | Newton, MA US |
| Ron Hodges | L | R | June 22, 1949 | 6'1" | 185 | Rocky Mount, VA US |
| James Howard | R | R | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Tim Juran | L | L | November 12, 1950 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Jay Kleven | R | R | December 2, 1949 | 6'2" | 190 | Oakland, CA US |
| Bill Laxton | L | L | January 5, 1948 | 6'1" | 190 | Camden, NJ US |
| Skip Lockwood | R | R | August 17, 1946 | 6'1" | 175 | Roslindale, MA US |
| Gary Manderbach | R | L | May 5, 1947 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Bob Myrick | R | L | October 1, 1952 | 6'1" | 195 | Hattiesburg, MS US |
| Brock Pemberton | S | L | November 6, 1953 | 6'3" | 190 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Rich Puig | L | R | March 16, 1953 | 5'10" | 165 | Tampa, FL US |
| Ken Sanders | R | R | July 8, 1941 | 5'11" | 168 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Terry Senn | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Roy Staiger | R | R | January 6, 1950 | 6'0" | 195 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Randy Sterling | S | R | April 21, 1951 | 6'2" | 195 | Key West, FL US |
| Craig Swan | R | R | November 30, 1950 | 6'3" | 215 | Van Nuys, CA US |
| George Theodore | R | R | November 13, 1946 | 6'4" | 190 | Salt Lake City, UT US |
| Randy Trapp | R | R | August 6, 1952 | 6'2" | 185 | |
| Thomas Tyler | R | R | December 18, 1952 | 6'3" | 205 | |
| Mike Vail | R | R | November 10, 1951 | 6'1" | 180 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Hank Webb | R | R | May 21, 1950 | 6'3" | 175 | Copiague, NY US |
| Mike Wegener | R | R | October 8, 1946 | 6'4" | 215 | Denver, CO US |
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.
