1974 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 66-64
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Stubby Overmire (66-64)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 27,824, Avg. 428
Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 0
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1974 season with a record of 66 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Tigers tallied 529 runs and allowed 460 runs. Billy Baldwin drove in 68 runs. Ron LeFlore led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .339. Gary Christenson topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.2 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1974 Lakeland Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Phil Mankowski, George Cappuzzello, Mark Wagner, Frank MacCormack, Ron LeFlore, Gary Christenson, Tim Corcoran, Billy Baldwin, Mark Lemongello and Dan Gonzales.
Stubby Overmire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Christenson | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.20 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 209.0 | 168 | 65 | 51 | 5 | 85 | 2 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank MacCormack | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.56 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 179.0 | 143 | 67 | 51 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Anthony Aquila | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.05 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 136 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Motil | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71.0 | 66 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Lemongello | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.74 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 105.0 | 94 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Murray | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.38 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 90 | 51 | 38 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Maji | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.09 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Irwin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.61 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Trella | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.71 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 55 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Alfred Callis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.71 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 41 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Palmer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Jackson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lary Graves | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ralph Treuel | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Cappuzzello | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ian Fink | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 64 | .508 | 3.12 | 227 | 130 | 0 | 56 | 12 | 13 | 1080.0 | 972 | 460 | 375 | 26 | 520 | 5 | 580 | 25 | 10 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baldwin | 130 | 552 | 490 | 61 | 150 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 68 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 56 | .306 | .367 | .431 | .798 | 211 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Ron LeFlore | 93 | 428 | 386 | 79 | 131 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 42 | 4 | 37 | 70 | .339 | .398 | .451 | .849 | 174 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Butler | 125 | 538 | 458 | 73 | 106 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 61 | 64 | .231 | .321 | .288 | .609 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Gonzales | 101 | 394 | 358 | 35 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | .260 | .310 | .330 | .640 | 118 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Michael McGuire | 125 | 495 | 419 | 48 | 87 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 57 | .208 | .312 | .282 | .594 | 118 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Greg Shippy | 96 | 349 | 309 | 31 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .275 | .319 | .330 | .650 | 102 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Litras | 78 | 308 | 260 | 36 | 80 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 28 | .308 | .401 | .446 | .847 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Thomas Thompson | 98 | 357 | 313 | 33 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 41 | .220 | .286 | .249 | .535 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Phil Mankowski | 64 | 267 | 234 | 30 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 21 | .256 | .323 | .389 | .712 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Bernardo Leonard | 59 | 241 | 215 | 26 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 54 | .191 | .262 | .260 | .523 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim Corcoran | 36 | 145 | 126 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .270 | .331 | .349 | .680 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Wagner | 23 | 94 | 77 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | .273 | .404 | .312 | .716 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Onjack | 40 | 131 | 113 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .186 | .281 | .204 | .485 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Toledo | 15 | 52 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .191 | .255 | .191 | .446 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Corbett | 11 | 45 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .242 | .444 | .303 | .747 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Johnson | 17 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .125 | .197 | .125 | .322 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Austin | 7 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .214 | .333 | .548 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Sprockett | 6 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .182 | .238 | .420 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Hansen | 10 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .150 | .182 | .150 | .332 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Coombs | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Cox | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Hunt | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1139 | 4544 | 3973 | 512 | 1015 | 121 | 48 | 33 | 438 | 74 | 15 | 439 | 521 | .255 | .329 | .335 | .664 | 1331 | 74 | 17 | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McGuire | 1B | 125 | 1107 | 44 | 6 | 95 | .995 | 9.208 | ||||
| Billy Baldwin | 1B | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Tom Butler | 2B | 120 | 340 | 273 | 20 | 77 | .968 | 5.108 | ||||
| Lloyd Sprockett | 2B | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 7 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Steve Litras | 2B | 5 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
| Phil Mankowski | 3B | 55 | 45 | 125 | 9 | 15 | .950 | 3.091 | ||||
| Thomas Thompson | 3B | 17 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 3.059 | ||||
| Frederick Austin | 3B | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Steve Litras | 3B | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .778 | 2.800 | ||||
| Bryce Onjack | 3B | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Thomas Hansen | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Shippy | C | 91 | 452 | 41 | 10 | 9 | .980 | 5.418 | 14 | |||
| Bryce Onjack | C | 28 | 121 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 4.893 | 4 | |||
| Emmanuel Toledo | C | 14 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 4.286 | 3 | |||
| Michael Coombs | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Billy Baldwin | OF | 115 | 233 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 2.130 | ||||
| Dan Gonzales | OF | 98 | 161 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 1.724 | ||||
| Ron LeFlore | OF | 93 | 202 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .946 | 2.269 | ||||
| Bernardo Leonard | OF | 36 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 2.194 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | OF | 36 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 2.056 | ||||
| Kip Coughlan | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Mike Corbett | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Thomas Hansen | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bryce Onjack | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lawrence Cox | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Motil | P | 31 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .323 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 28 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Frank MacCormack | P | 26 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .886 | 1.192 | ||||
| Mark Lemongello | P | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .348 | ||||
| Mark Palmer | P | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Anthony Aquila | P | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| James Murray | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Joe Maji | P | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Steve Trella | P | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Alfred Callis | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Lary Graves | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| William Jackson | P | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Clifford Irwin | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| George Cappuzzello | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ian Fink | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Thompson | SS | 80 | 113 | 210 | 21 | 38 | .939 | 4.037 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | SS | 23 | 27 | 70 | 9 | 6 | .915 | 4.217 | ||||
| John Johnson | SS | 17 | 26 | 61 | 8 | 13 | .916 | 5.118 | ||||
| Steve Litras | SS | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Tom Butler | SS | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.800 | ||||
| Frederick Austin | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1237 | 3184 | 1133 | 147 | 301 | .967 | 3.490 | 21 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
