1973 Lakeland Tigers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Stubby Overmire (80-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 12,662, Avg. 181

1973 Lakeland Tigers Roster

Playoffs - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1

The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1973 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Tigers paced the circuit with just 408 runs allowed. Lakeland scored 472 runs. Bernardo Leonard led the team with 11 home runs Dan Meyer recorded 59 runs batted in. Allan Striano topped all regular batters by hitting .274. Larry Ike paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.32 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Vern Ruhle, Bob Kaiser, Gary Christenson, Dennis DeBarr, Jerry Manuel, Gene Pentz, Bob Adams, Dan Gonzales and Dan Meyer were all players from the 1973 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
Larry Ike	13	10	.565	2.32	27	27		10	7	0	167.0	134	52	43	5	31	2	93	4	1	4
Gene Pentz	12	5	.706	2.66	23	23		8	0	0	142.0	111	54	42	0	75	1	103	8	2	12
Alfred Callis	11	6	.647	3.71	19	18		5	0	0	102.0	112	47	42	5	43	0	47	2	0	5
Mark Palmer	8	4	.667	2.20	41	3		0	0	4	86.0	64	30	21	2	42	4	49	3	0	3
Greg Gromek	6	2	.750	2.19	10	10		5	1	0	74.0	61	23	18	1	9	1	49	1	0	0
Michael Dwyer	6	5	.545	1.54	48	0		0	0	21	82.0	56	16	14	4	28	11	63	5	1	1
Vern Ruhle	6	5	.545	2.06	15	15		8	3	0	96.0	81	27	22	1	24	1	67	4	0	3
Dennis DeBarr	5	6	.455	2.50	23	18		1	0	0	108.0	100	36	30	3	30	0	55	0	0	3
Kenneth Forfar	5	6	.455	4.09	18	13		6	2	0	77.0	75	45	35	2	44	0	56	3	2	3
Joe Maji	2	1	.667	4.50	11	0		0	0	1	18.0	22	11	9	0	7	2	13	0	0	0
Daniel Maluzhinsky	2	2	.500	2.93	26	0		0	0	2	43.0	43	14	14	2	12	0	31	1	0	1
Gary Christenson	1	1	.500	2.68	26	1		0	0	1	47.0	35	15	14	1	26	1	34	1	0	1
Bob Kaiser	1	1	.500	3.00	3	3		0	0	0	15.0	19	8	5	1	0	0	14	1	0	2
Elliott Moore	1	2	.333	3.38	3	3		0	0	0	16.0	14	9	6	1	8	0	10	0	0	1
Richard Lawson	1	4	.200	5.59	6	6		0	0	0	29.0	36	21	18	0	14	0	15	1	0	1
John Motil	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	80	60	.571	2.71	300	140	0	43	13	29	1104.0	963	408	333	28	393	23	699	34	6	40	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
Dan Meyer	133	524	473	63	114	17	6	10	59	4	0	41	57	.241	.300	.366	.666	173		0	7	3
Jerry Manuel	117	490	433	66	109	17	4	2	28	20	7	52	98	.252	.331	.323	.654	140		0	3	2
John Valle	127	486	425	59	107	14	5	4	48	1	1	47	69	.252	.324	.336	.661	143		1	8	5
Allan Striano	127	452	380	46	104	17	2	2	43	1	1	67	45	.274	.386	.345	.731	131		3	1	1
Bob Adams	68	261	241	27	74	10	4	1	28	2	2	18	26	.307	.354	.394	.748	95		0	1	1
Bernardo Leonard	90	294	269	37	71	6	3	11	42	1	2	20	55	.264	.316	.431	.747	116		1	3	1
Charles Bates	75	282	246	40	68	11	4	4	23	1	2	31	41	.276	.358	.402	.761	99		1	3	1
Kim Cates	63	220	201	17	49	9	0	2	20	0	1	14	25	.244	.300	.318	.618	64		3	0	2
Billy Michael	73	216	196	17	41	3	3	0	9	8	3	15	39	.209	.266	.255	.521	50		1	2	2
Gary Hohman	69	209	181	15	37	3	2	1	11	3	0	21	28	.204	.298	.260	.557	47		3	4	0
Steve Vazquez	58	206	186	20	36	5	1	3	23	0	0	19	38	.194	.267	.280	.547	52		0	0	1
Lenny Baxley	51	147	130	12	29	4	1	2	20	0	0	13	17	.223	.290	.315	.605	41		0	2	2
Ramon Vega	47	154	128	11	28	4	0	2	15	0	0	14	15	.219	.290	.297	.587	38		0	9	3
Donald Pavic	51	98	92	6	21	2	0	0	10	0	1	6	10	.228	.276	.250	.526	23		0	0	0
Andy Kanoza	40	86	68	9	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	17	13	.176	.349	.176	.525	12		1	0	0
Gene Pentz	23	53	46	7	10	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	15	.217	.280	.304	.584	14		0	3	0
Hal Hensler	24	69	58	3	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	9	17	.172	.284	.259	.542	15		0	2	0
Daniel Grant	24	54	47	4	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	6	.170	.250	.234	.484	11		0	2	0
Alfred Callis	19	42	37	2	7	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.189	.250	.324	.574	12		0	2	0
Michael Dwyer	48	20	19	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.263	.300	.263	.563	5		0	0	0
Tom Butler	10	22	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.190	.227	.190	.418	4		0	0	0
George Hart	11	22	21	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.190	.227	.238	.465	5		0	0	0
Greg Gromek	15	33	29	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.138	.194	.172	.366	5		0	2	0
Gary Christenson	26	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.375	.444	.500	.944	4		0	0	0
Dan Gonzales	10	22	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.150	.227	.150	.377	3		0	0	0
Larry Ike	27	55	50	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	.060	.096	.060	.156	3		0	3	0
Richard Lawson	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	2		0	1	0
Mark Palmer	42	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	2		0	1	0
Kenneth Forfar	18	23	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	2		0	1	0
Dennis DeBarr	23	33	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.067	.152	.067	.218	2		0	0	0
Elliott Moore	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Vern Ruhle	15	34	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	.036	.129	.036	.165	1		0	3	0
Daniel Maluzhinsky	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Joe Maji	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob Kaiser	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1573	4655	4119	472	971	130	35	48	411	43	20	435	741	.236	.309	.319	.628	1315	0	14	63	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kim Cates	1B	63	539	17	7	39	.988	8.825
Charles Bates	1B	44	376	28	6	16	.985	9.182
Lenny Baxley	1B	36	313	13	3	24	.991	9.056
Dan Meyer	2B	133	295	297	21	59	.966	4.451
Donald Pavic	2B	7	17	10	1	2	.964	3.857
Andy Kanoza	2B	3	8	4	1	0	.923	4.000
Steve Vazquez	3B	50	48	85	4	4	.971	2.660
Bob Adams	3B	44	37	94	12	7	.916	2.977
Charles Bates	3B	30	22	63	7	4	.924	2.833
Andy Kanoza	3B	13	12	26	6	4	.864	2.923
Donald Pavic	3B	5	4	8	1	2	.923	2.400
Gary Hohman	C	59	313	28	10	2	.972	5.780	8
Ramon Vega	C	46	224	21	1	0	.996	5.326	4
Hal Hensler	C	23	107	7	0	1	1.000	4.957	4
Daniel Grant	C	15	83	6	0	0	1.000	5.933	3
George Hart	C	5	28	2	0	1	1.000	6.000	0
Allan Striano	OF	126	169	6	4	0	.978	1.389
John Valle	OF	122	168	9	6	1	.967	1.451
Bernardo Leonard	OF	81	145	4	4	0	.974	1.840
Billy Michael	OF	58	89	2	2	0	.978	1.569
Bob Adams	OF	23	24	1	1	0	.962	1.087
Steve Vazquez	OF	8	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.375
Dan Gonzales	OF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Gary Hohman	OF	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Michael Dwyer	P	48	3	13	1	0	.941	.333
Mark Palmer	P	41	2	15	2	1	.895	.415
Larry Ike	P	27	6	38	3	2	.936	1.630
Daniel Maluzhinsky	P	26	1	4	1	0	.833	.192
Gary Christenson	P	26	1	7	0	0	1.000	.308
Gene Pentz	P	23	15	14	3	1	.906	1.261
Dennis DeBarr	P	23	10	17	1	1	.964	1.174
Alfred Callis	P	19	5	14	2	0	.905	1.000
Kenneth Forfar	P	18	7	11	0	1	1.000	1.000
Vern Ruhle	P	15	5	13	1	0	.947	1.200
Joe Maji	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Greg Gromek	P	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Richard Lawson	P	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.333
Elliott Moore	P	3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333
Bob Kaiser	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
John Motil	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jerry Manuel	SS	117	167	349	29	49	.947	4.410
Donald Pavic	SS	17	21	47	8	4	.895	4.000
Tom Butler	SS	7	3	15	1	2	.947	2.571
Totals		1444	3301	1310	149	228	.969	3.193	19	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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