1975 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 53-79
Finished 4th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Stubby Overmire (53-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 22,281, Avg. 338
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1975 season with a record of 53 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Tigers plated 396 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 514 runs. Stephen Viefhaus accounted for 59 RBI. Fred Swanson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .224. Ralph Treuel topped the team with 9 wins, while George Cappuzzello earned a 2.54 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1975 Lakeland Tigers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Tobik, George Cappuzzello, Mark Fidrych and Lance Parrish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Treuel | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.21 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 160.0 | 143 | 68 | 57 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Gerald Tyler | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.18 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 174 | 88 | 78 | 8 | 86 | 2 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.87 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 116.0 | 97 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Cappuzzello | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.54 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 92 | 46 | 31 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Mark Fidrych | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.77 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 111 | 58 | 49 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| William Madden | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.84 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 89.0 | 94 | 39 | 38 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Meyerrose | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Harris | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.33 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Julio Alonso | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.76 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Patrick Murphy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 71 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Dwyer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Irwin | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.62 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 62 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Motil | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Farrow | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.92 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Tobik | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.50 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Daniels | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 79 | .402 | 3.39 | 232 | 133 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 10 | 1120.0 | 1037 | 514 | 422 | 32 | 531 | 10 | 679 | 46 | 10 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Swanson | 124 | 504 | 469 | 39 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 54 | .224 | .263 | .247 | .510 | 116 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Stephen Viefhaus | 130 | 521 | 430 | 47 | 88 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 85 | .205 | .325 | .293 | .618 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Ronald Martinez | 101 | 360 | 333 | 32 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 77 | .225 | .264 | .300 | .564 | 100 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Parrish | 100 | 376 | 341 | 30 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 85 | .220 | .283 | .320 | .602 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mel Jackson | 113 | 417 | 350 | 34 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 47 | 40 | .211 | .302 | .237 | .540 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Butler | 74 | 325 | 280 | 34 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 33 | 42 | .229 | .313 | .314 | .628 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Curtis Morgan | 91 | 344 | 296 | 27 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 34 | .216 | .293 | .314 | .607 | 93 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph Rubertino | 85 | 290 | 259 | 24 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 41 | .220 | .277 | .290 | .567 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Cacciatore | 72 | 256 | 202 | 23 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 30 | .223 | .368 | .297 | .665 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Kip Coughlan | 55 | 204 | 182 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .214 | .279 | .291 | .570 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Natchez | 62 | 226 | 203 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 41 | .182 | .241 | .241 | .482 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| David Bowden | 63 | 236 | 196 | 12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 | .184 | .294 | .224 | .518 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Litras | 34 | 138 | 117 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | .256 | .343 | .265 | .608 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Henry Merenda | 37 | 138 | 115 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 11 | .217 | .348 | .261 | .609 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Coombs | 32 | 115 | 95 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | .253 | .351 | .263 | .615 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Alfred DiPietro | 24 | 87 | 81 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .259 | .299 | .346 | .645 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manuel Alvarez | 7 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .238 | .261 | .286 | .547 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frederick Austin | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .267 | .231 | .497 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Thompson | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Tyler | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Treuel | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1265 | 4589 | 3994 | 385 | 868 | 115 | 25 | 29 | 349 | 60 | 11 | 445 | 632 | .217 | .297 | .280 | .577 | 1120 | 84 | 25 | 83 | 42 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Morgan | 1B | 84 | 783 | 47 | 7 | 66 | .992 | 9.881 | ||||
| Kip Coughlan | 1B | 47 | 414 | 27 | 6 | 32 | .987 | 9.383 | ||||
| Jeff Natchez | 1B | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| Manuel Alvarez | 1B | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| David Bowden | 2B | 58 | 126 | 124 | 6 | 38 | .977 | 4.310 | ||||
| Tom Butler | 2B | 55 | 133 | 139 | 7 | 39 | .975 | 4.945 | ||||
| Steve Litras | 2B | 18 | 34 | 54 | 5 | 8 | .946 | 4.889 | ||||
| Frederick Austin | 2B | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 6.250 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 3B | 121 | 86 | 282 | 33 | 23 | .918 | 3.041 | ||||
| Kip Coughlan | 3B | 6 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Henry Merenda | 3B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Tom Butler | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Bowden | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Litras | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Lance Parrish | C | 84 | 460 | 50 | 7 | 8 | .986 | 6.071 | 31 | |||
| Michael Coombs | C | 32 | 169 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .979 | 5.781 | 5 | |||
| Alfred DiPietro | C | 14 | 80 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 6.286 | 3 | |||
| Fred Swanson | OF | 106 | 166 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .955 | 1.604 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 99 | 219 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 2.253 | ||||
| Joseph Rubertino | OF | 81 | 107 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .941 | 1.370 | ||||
| Frank Cacciatore | OF | 72 | 105 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 1.486 | ||||
| Jeff Natchez | OF | 34 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| William Madden | P | 28 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Gerald Tyler | P | 27 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 26 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Ronald Mercier | P | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .962 | ||||
| Patrick Murphy | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Mark Fidrych | P | 17 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| George Cappuzzello | P | 16 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.562 | ||||
| Clifford Irwin | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julio Alonso | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Michael Dwyer | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Michael Meyerrose | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Frank Harris | P | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| William Daniels | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John Motil | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dave Tobik | P | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.400 | ||||
| Willie Farrow | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Jackson | SS | 113 | 190 | 323 | 39 | 66 | .929 | 4.540 | ||||
| Tom Butler | SS | 14 | 33 | 43 | 2 | 8 | .974 | 5.429 | ||||
| Henry Merenda | SS | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Thomas Thompson | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 3306 | 1334 | 155 | 318 | .968 | 3.569 | 39 | 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.
