1976 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 74-64
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (74-64)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 53,397, Avg. 774
Playoffs - Lakeland Tigers 2 games, Miami Orioles 0
Finals - Lakeland Tigers 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1976 season with a record of 74 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Tigers plated 557 runs and yielded 495 runs. Lou Whitaker drove in 62 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. John Murphy led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.46 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1976 Lakeland Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Underwood, Sheldon Burnside, Dave Tobik, Lou Whitaker, Kip Young and Steve Baker.
Jim Leyland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.46 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 157.0 | 149 | 50 | 43 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.95 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 128.0 | 105 | 50 | 42 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dana McManus | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.73 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 99.0 | 100 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 45 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Pat Underwood | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sheldon Burnside | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.61 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 61 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steve Baker | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.51 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 83 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Kip Young | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.78 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Alonso | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.60 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 45.0 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Dinkelmeyer | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.03 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.0 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Tobik | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.07 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Harris | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.51 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Grafton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| James Taylor | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.90 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 47 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Reinke | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.54 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Halstead | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Burns | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Murray | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Donald Brewer | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Treuel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.47 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lary Graves | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 42 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Mike Elders | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 64 | .536 | 3.07 | 291 | 138 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 19 | 1121.0 | 988 | 495 | 383 | 35 | 568 | 35 | 631 | 42 | 17 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Whitaker | 124 | 499 | 434 | 70 | 129 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 48 | 13 | 55 | 51 | .297 | .376 | .355 | .731 | 154 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Dexter Redd | 130 | 496 | 440 | 56 | 115 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 79 | .261 | .326 | .334 | .661 | 147 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Les Filkins | 132 | 537 | 472 | 54 | 111 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 59 | 43 | .235 | .321 | .303 | .624 | 143 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Billy Michael | 103 | 412 | 368 | 58 | 109 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 7 | 39 | 42 | .296 | .363 | .380 | .744 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Venoy Garrison | 130 | 473 | 409 | 53 | 106 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 49 | 55 | .259 | .343 | .340 | .683 | 139 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Mel Jackson | 134 | 510 | 437 | 63 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 48 | 3 | 52 | 53 | .243 | .317 | .270 | .587 | 118 | 0 | 12 | 9 | ||
| Greg Shippy | 108 | 402 | 356 | 47 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 39 | .287 | .359 | .413 | .772 | 147 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dwight Carter | 109 | 398 | 317 | 50 | 81 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 86 | .256 | .392 | .397 | .789 | 126 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Bartell | 102 | 362 | 314 | 34 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 55 | .252 | .332 | .309 | .641 | 97 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| James Draper | 73 | 245 | 209 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 24 | .187 | .289 | .239 | .528 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Martinez | 80 | 240 | 204 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 48 | .162 | .245 | .201 | .446 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Herbert Krul | 47 | 134 | 99 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | .263 | .432 | .323 | .755 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Vince Diaz | 16 | 52 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .156 | .255 | .178 | .433 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wiencek | 21 | 57 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .152 | .316 | .174 | .490 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Darichuk | 7 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .240 | .367 | .240 | .607 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrance Lynch | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .214 | .353 | .357 | .710 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Carter | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Hakala | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1323 | 4873 | 4195 | 556 | 1060 | 131 | 42 | 29 | 469 | 190 | 53 | 542 | 623 | .253 | .340 | .325 | .665 | 1362 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venoy Garrison | 1B | 130 | 1137 | 55 | 15 | 87 | .988 | 9.169 | ||||
| Greg Darichuk | 1B | 5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.600 | ||||
| Mike Bartell | 1B | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 7.667 | ||||
| Herbert Krul | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Bartell | 2B | 75 | 168 | 173 | 17 | 27 | .953 | 4.547 | ||||
| James Draper | 2B | 69 | 135 | 178 | 15 | 38 | .954 | 4.536 | ||||
| Lou Whitaker | 3B | 123 | 99 | 267 | 30 | 30 | .924 | 2.976 | ||||
| Dwight Carter | 3B | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Bartell | 3B | 10 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 2.800 | ||||
| Greg Shippy | C | 91 | 449 | 47 | 8 | 5 | .984 | 5.451 | 7 | |||
| Herbert Krul | C | 39 | 133 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 3.897 | 4 | |||
| Vince Diaz | C | 16 | 106 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 7.250 | 4 | |||
| Gary Wiencek | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Venoy Garrison | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Carter | C | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Les Filkins | OF | 132 | 220 | 14 | 4 | 6 | .983 | 1.773 | ||||
| Dexter Redd | OF | 122 | 206 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 1.770 | ||||
| Billy Michael | OF | 96 | 194 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .966 | 2.083 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 73 | 146 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .962 | 2.082 | ||||
| Gary Wiencek | OF | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Dana McManus | P | 35 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | .657 | ||||
| John Murphy | P | 24 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Garry Grafton | P | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .273 | ||||
| John Dinkelmeyer | P | 22 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Ronald Mercier | P | 21 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| Steve Baker | P | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .789 | ||||
| James Taylor | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Jeff Reinke | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .188 | ||||
| Julio Alonso | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Mike Elders | P | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .067 | ||||
| David Halstead | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Pat Underwood | P | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Lary Graves | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Kip Young | P | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Sheldon Burnside | P | 10 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Frank Harris | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Dave Tobik | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| James Murray | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Burns | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Brewer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Jackson | SS | 134 | 200 | 375 | 56 | 53 | .911 | 4.291 | ||||
| Mike Bartell | SS | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 4.200 | ||||
| Keith Hakala | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1446 | 3363 | 1412 | 189 | 279 | .962 | 3.302 | 15 | 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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