1972 Lakeland Tigers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-69
Finished 5th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Stubby Overmire (61-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 27,055, Avg. 416

1972 Lakeland Tigers Roster

The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 61 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.

The Tigers scored 475 runs and allowed 502 runs. Steve Vazquez drove in 56 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .286. Joe McIlvaine paced the team with 9 wins, while Everett Meggitt registered a 2.95 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Ed Glynn, Gary Christenson, Tom Makowski, Phil Mankowski, Billy Baldwin, Dennis DeBarr, Leon Roberts, Gene Pentz and Dave Lemanczyk were all players from the 1972 Lakeland Tigers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Stubby Overmire served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Joe McIlvaine	9	6	.600	1.57	43	0		0	0	5	69.0	53	18	12	2	33	4	53	0	0	2
Dave Lemanczyk	7	1	.875	1.77	8	7		6	1	0	66.0	44	14	13	2	17	0	55	0	0	0
Dennis DeBarr	6	9	.400	3.14	24	17		3	0	0	129.0	100	53	45	7	69	1	97	3	2	4
Brad Davies	5	4	.556	3.69	31	6		3	0	3	83.0	87	37	34	7	41	3	62	4	1	1
Richard Lawson	5	4	.556	3.74	16	16		4	3	0	101.0	101	49	42	6	52	0	55	1	0	3
Greg Gromek	5	5	.500	3.35	23	6		4	1	2	94.0	80	40	35	4	23	0	60	2	1	3
Mark Palmer	5	8	.385	4.36	25	12		0	0	1	99.0	114	56	48	3	42	3	64	1	2	3
Everett Meggitt	5	12	.294	2.95	20	19		8	2	1	131.0	114	54	43	7	52	2	89	5	0	2
Tom Makowski	4	0	1.000	2.06	9	6		2	1	0	48.0	37	13	11	1	26	2	31	1	0	2
Gene Pentz	4	3	.571	3.86	16	13		3	1	0	91.0	78	47	39	5	60	0	73	7	0	4
Brian Sheekey	4	8	.333	3.33	19	16		5	1	0	108.0	78	46	40	2	87	3	99	6	0	6
Lawrence Bracco	1	1	.500	12.60	5	0		0	0	0	5.0	10	7	7	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	1	4	.200	4.42	15	10		0	0	0	57.0	52	30	28	0	50	1	54	2	1	3
Michael Egleston	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Christenson	0	0		6.60	10	0		0	0	1	15.0	21	14	11	1	8	0	13	0	0	2
Ian Fink	0	1	.000	1.93	7	0		0	0	0	14.0	10	6	3	0	4	0	12	0	0	0
Robert Shortell	0	1	.000	9.00	6	1		0	0	0	7.0	14	8	7	0	6	0	3	1	0	0
John Walsh	0	1	.000	9.00	3	1		0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	4	1	0	1
Robert Mullings	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	61	69	.469	3.42	282	130	0	38	10	13	1124.3	1005	502	427	48	580	19	830	34	7	36	0

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
Steve Vazquez	126	504	430	60	123	22	7	7	56	0	2	65	88	.286	.380	.419	.799	180		3	2	4
Billy Baldwin	118	472	414	34	115	14	9	5	47	6	4	40	96	.278	.343	.391	.735	162		3	12	3
Phil Mankowski	110	461	403	38	110	8	2	2	34	1	2	41	26	.273	.341	.318	.659	128		3	10	4
Leon Roberts	74	315	254	36	78	14	3	5	52	2	1	48	37	.307	.421	.445	.866	113		5	4	4
Donald Pavic	84	361	328	35	75	6	0	1	19	6	4	25	28	.229	.285	.256	.541	84		1	7	0
Lenny Baxley	88	337	283	24	70	14	2	6	40	0	1	44	72	.247	.351	.375	.726	106		3	4	3
Jim Eschen	83	384	300	49	69	6	3	0	24	12	5	73	39	.230	.387	.270	.657	81		5	4	2
Lawrence Elliott	57	261	206	38	61	7	3	0	16	0	0	45	23	.296	.423	.359	.782	74		1	8	1
William Sievers	84	275	230	25	55	14	3	1	25	0	2	42	43	.239	.353	.339	.692	78		0	0	3
Ramon Vega	63	227	201	16	54	8	1	1	18	0	0	15	12	.269	.323	.333	.656	67		3	4	4
Robert Cole	64	220	175	27	41	6	1	8	18	1	2	40	45	.234	.384	.417	.801	73		3	1	1
Jeff Natchez	58	221	197	19	39	6	2	3	19	2	2	17	53	.198	.266	.294	.560	58		2	3	2
Michael Egleston	51	159	139	19	30	3	0	6	23	1	0	18	25	.216	.302	.367	.669	51		0	0	2
James Newhook	36	89	74	7	12	0	0	0	3	0	1	13	23	.162	.287	.162	.450	12		0	2	0
Dave Kuhn	27	75	70	5	11	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	15	.157	.213	.186	.399	13		3	0	0
Greg Gromek	37	47	40	7	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	5	8	.250	.348	.325	.673	13		1	1	0
Brian Sheekey	21	48	47	3	9	5	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.191	.191	.362	.553	17		0	1	0
Dave Lemanczyk	8	27	21	2	6	3	1	0	2	0	0	4	8	.286	.385	.524	.908	11		0	1	1
Everett Meggitt	22	46	44	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	15	.136	.156	.205	.360	9		0	1	0
Carlos Quinones	9	38	33	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.152	.211	.152	.362	5		0	0	2
Ben Hunt	20	41	36	7	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	11	.139	.200	.139	.339	5		1	1	1
Gene Pentz	16	40	31	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	12	.129	.270	.161	.432	5		0	3	0
Richard Lawson	16	39	35	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	18	.114	.184	.143	.327	5		1	1	0
Ed Glynn	15	16	13	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.231	.333	.231	.564	3		0	1	0
Dennis DeBarr	24	47	38	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.079	.167	.105	.272	4		0	5	0
Ronald Hargett	3	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.222	.417	.222	.639	2		0	0	0
Mark Palmer	25	30	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.080	.179	.080	.259	2		0	2	0
John Walsh	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Ian Fink	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Emmanuel Toledo	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	0	0
Tom Makowski	10	16	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	1	0
Brad Davies	31	23	20	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	14	.050	.174	.150	.324	3		0	0	0
Joe McIlvaine	43	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Nicholas Misch	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Lawrence Bubla	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Alan Newsome	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	0	0
Gary Christenson	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1471	4870	4141	469	1007	143	40	46	421	34	27	573	783	.243	.338	.330	.668	1368	0	38	81	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lenny Baxley	1B	82	608	35	6	60	.991	7.841
Michael Egleston	1B	37	277	18	4	18	.987	7.973
Robert Cole	1B	18	135	10	3	8	.980	8.056
Billy Baldwin	1B	3	24	0	0	3	1.000	8.000
Jim Eschen	2B	83	184	220	9	51	.978	4.867
Steve Vazquez	2B	25	56	59	4	11	.966	4.600
Dave Kuhn	2B	16	47	47	1	8	.989	5.875
Ben Hunt	2B	7	10	13	0	3	1.000	3.286
Carlos Quinones	2B	4	13	6	2	0	.905	4.750
Phil Mankowski	3B	103	71	210	16	23	.946	2.728
Donald Pavic	3B	24	26	48	1	3	.987	3.083
Steve Vazquez	3B	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
William Sievers	C	72	419	41	9	5	.981	6.389	5
Ramon Vega	C	63	396	44	5	2	.989	6.984	3
Emmanuel Toledo	C	6	15	0	1	0	.938	2.500	2
Ronald Hargett	C	3	19	7	2	0	.929	8.667	4
Billy Baldwin	OF	112	199	13	4	2	.981	1.893
Steve Vazquez	OF	84	119	7	2	0	.984	1.500
Leon Roberts	OF	74	162	8	5	0	.971	2.297
Jeff Natchez	OF	56	77	5	5	1	.943	1.464
Robert Cole	OF	34	48	4	5	0	.912	1.529
James Newhook	OF	23	32	1	2	0	.943	1.435
Donald Pavic	OF	5	15	1	1	1	.941	3.200
Michael Egleston	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Nicholas Misch	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joe McIlvaine	P	43	2	13	0	0	1.000	.349
Brad Davies	P	31	6	8	0	0	1.000	.452
Mark Palmer	P	25	5	19	1	0	.960	.960
Dennis DeBarr	P	24	5	20	1	0	.962	1.042
Greg Gromek	P	23	6	18	1	4	.960	1.043
Everett Meggitt	P	20	7	15	2	0	.917	1.100
Brian Sheekey	P	19	6	14	2	0	.909	1.053
Gene Pentz	P	16	4	12	1	1	.941	1.000
Richard Lawson	P	16	3	14	2	0	.895	1.062
Ed Glynn	P	15	2	5	1	1	.875	.467
Gary Christenson	P	10	0	6	0	0	1.000	.600
Tom Makowski	P	9	1	13	0	1	1.000	1.556
Dave Lemanczyk	P	8	3	4	0	0	1.000	.875
Ian Fink	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Robert Shortell	P	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Lawrence Bracco	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
John Walsh	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Robert Mullings	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Michael Egleston	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Lawrence Elliott	SS	57	69	149	10	22	.956	3.825
Donald Pavic	SS	55	99	152	15	24	.944	4.564
Steve Vazquez	SS	9	13	19	1	5	.970	3.556
Ben Hunt	SS	6	12	17	5	2	.853	4.833
Carlos Quinones	SS	5	5	14	2	2	.905	3.800
Totals		1356	3210	1315	132	261	.972	3.337	14	0	0

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.

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