1979 Lakeland Tigers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 50-87
Finished 5th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Fred Hatfield (50-87)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 54,017, Avg. 789

1979 Lakeland Tigers Roster

The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 50 wins and 87 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.

The Tigers scored 495 runs and yielded 606 runs. Craig Johnson paced Lakeland with 10 home runs Howard Johnson accounted for 49 RBI. Bobby Benda led batters with significant playing time by hitting .251. Howard Bailey and Larry Pashnick topped the team with 8 wins each, while John Lackey recorded a 2.59 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Lakeland Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Howard Bailey, Bruce Robbins, Bruce Fields, Howard Johnson, Rick Leach and Larry Pashnick.

Fred Hatfield 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 Pashnick	8	9	.471	3.50	28	28		6	1	1	149.0	146	72	58	5	67	6	70	4	5	8
Howard Bailey	8	12	.400	4.56	25	24		5	1	0	142.0	147	83	72	11	64	10	76	12	3	10
John Lackey	6	8	.429	2.59	15	15		8	1	0	111.0	103	37	32	0	20	5	54	1	1	5
Jeffrey Jackowiak	5	9	.357	4.35	22	20		4	0	0	120.0	115	73	58	4	71	2	58	8	2	13
James Simerly	4	8	.333	3.27	34	3		0	0	7	66.0	62	31	24	2	33	5	43	6	1	5
Kevin Richards	3	2	.600	3.40	14	4		1	1	0	45.0	50	19	17	1	24	3	16	5	0	3
Jack Smith	3	3	.500	3.00	10	5		1	0	0	57.0	54	23	19	2	14	3	34	0	4	3
David Cassetto	3	5	.375	2.53	11	8		2	0	0	64.0	57	40	18	5	28	4	37	4	0	1
Gordon Chretien	3	6	.333	3.00	13	11		5	1	0	90.0	84	37	30	2	24	2	31	1	0	3
Randy Nelson	2	1	.667	6.86	15	0		0	0	1	21.0	35	18	16	1	11	3	5	2	0	2
Bert Geiger	2	4	.333	5.12	21	3		0	0	0	51.0	70	37	29	0	26	4	34	2	1	4
Kenneth Shea	2	7	.222	4.42	13	8		2	0	0	59.0	60	34	29	3	28	3	49	0	0	1
Bruce Robbins	1	4	.200	3.31	7	7		3	0	0	49.0	46	18	18	0	18	2	31	1	0	1
James Wheeler	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Flynn	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bresnen	0	1	.000	3.15	12	0		0	0	1	20.0	20	7	7	0	13	1	13	1	4	0
Brian Cascadden	0	1	.000	5.14	3	1		1	0	0	7.0	7	9	4	0	9	1	0	0	0	3
Joseph Janton	0	1	.000	14.40	2	2		0	0	0	5.0	12	8	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
William Klank	0	2	.000	5.69	25	2		0	0	3	49.0	59	36	31	3	28	2	27	1	2	5
Michael Beecroft	0	4	.000	9.86	6	6		0	0	0	21.0	21	24	23	1	23	1	17	1	1	3
Totals	50	87	.365	3.93	278	147	0	38	5	13	1129.0	1152	606	493	40	501	57	599	49	24	70	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
Bobby Benda	135	513	455	56	114	19	5	2	37	11	11	44	74	.251	.320	.327	.648	149		4	7	3
Howard Johnson	132	540	456	49	107	9	6	3	49	18	8	69	85	.235	.339	.300	.639	137		6	3	6
Bob Nandin	102	447	369	60	103	12	3	0	27	23	13	63	41	.279	.385	.328	.713	121		2	11	2
Mike Wright	104	378	342	30	80	15	1	2	47	2	1	25	41	.234	.295	.301	.596	103		6	2	3
Craig Johnson	89	356	299	37	73	10	3	10	41	8	5	51	67	.244	.353	.398	.751	119		1	2	3
Michael Schoeller	76	295	253	24	69	11	2	1	30	3	1	38	28	.273	.366	.344	.710	87		1	0	3
Art Toal	90	329	289	29	69	15	2	2	30	5	5	22	45	.239	.299	.325	.624	94		4	11	3
Bruce Fields	70	268	220	30	52	4	2	0	17	4	9	41	45	.236	.362	.273	.635	60		3	3	1
Rick Leach	48	199	168	21	51	10	1	2	23	4	3	27	15	.304	.402	.411	.813	69		2	0	2
Jeffrey Brown	55	218	188	29	50	8	4	2	14	2	1	25	26	.266	.364	.383	.747	72		4	1	0
Jeff Kenaga	60	203	187	17	44	8	1	1	21	1	3	12	26	.235	.284	.305	.588	57		1	2	1
Jorge Gonzalez	44	172	164	14	39	2	2	0	21	0	0	4	16	.238	.257	.274	.532	45		1	1	2
Clifton Wilder	43	158	144	21	38	1	2	0	9	5	2	14	16	.264	.329	.299	.628	43		0	0	0
James Good	58	194	180	13	38	5	0	4	17	0	0	11	66	.211	.260	.306	.566	55		1	2	0
John Upshaw	50	183	152	23	31	3	0	3	13	4	2	21	41	.204	.307	.283	.590	43		2	7	1
John Crawford	35	123	108	12	28	0	0	0	9	2	0	10	5	.259	.328	.259	.587	28		1	4	0
Wilson Tucker	26	95	82	13	23	2	0	1	7	2	3	9	8	.280	.355	.341	.696	28		1	2	1
Thomas Berti	19	74	66	4	11	0	0	0	5	1	1	7	17	.167	.247	.167	.413	11		0	1	0
Daniel O'Connor	28	50	41	3	8	1	0	1	9	0	0	8	9	.195	.340	.293	.633	12		1	0	0
Roy Dixon	12	37	35	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.143	.162	.171	.334	6		0	0	1
Ell Roberson	6	19	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.200	.368	.200	.568	3		0	0	0
Bobby Sagers	8	22	19	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.158	.273	.158	.431	3		0	0	0
Waldo Winborn	9	8	8	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500	.750	4		0	0	0
Ronald Lindberg	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Bob Wilber	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Michael Steele	7	18	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.278	.000	.278	0		2	0	0
Totals	1313	4911	4265	495	1043	136	35	34	430	95	68	512	703	.245	.329	.317	.646	1351	0	43	59	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Michael Schoeller	1B	57	469	34	13	45	.975	8.825
Art Toal	1B	48	406	24	3	36	.993	8.958
Mike Wright	1B	30	241	13	2	15	.992	8.467
Roy Dixon	1B	8	59	3	2	8	.969	7.750
Waldo Winborn	1B	1	5	0	1	2	.833	5.000
Bob Wilber	1B	1	6	0	0	1	1.000	6.000
John Upshaw	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Jorge Gonzalez	1B	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	4.000
John Crawford	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bobby Benda	2B	106	230	319	14	67	.975	5.179
Art Toal	2B	17	36	50	3	7	.966	5.059
Thomas Berti	2B	14	39	42	5	6	.942	5.786
Howard Johnson	3B	98	86	150	24	7	.908	2.408
Bobby Benda	3B	29	19	60	5	2	.940	2.724
Art Toal	3B	10	11	13	3	2	.889	2.400
Thomas Berti	3B	4	4	7	1	1	.917	2.750
John Upshaw	C	48	193	31	7	1	.970	4.667	6
Mike Wright	C	38	189	34	7	5	.970	5.868	11
John Crawford	C	35	180	26	4	3	.981	5.886	4
Daniel O'Connor	C	26	66	6	2	0	.973	2.769	5
Michael Steele	C	7	20	7	3	0	.900	3.857	1
Craig Johnson	OF	85	148	6	3	0	.981	1.812
Bruce Fields	OF	56	120	2	3	2	.976	2.179
James Good	OF	53	83	8	4	0	.958	1.717
Rick Leach	OF	45	104	8	3	1	.974	2.489
Jeff Kenaga	OF	43	77	2	0	1	1.000	1.837
Clifton Wilder	OF	40	64	4	4	3	.944	1.700
Jeffrey Brown	OF	35	70	2	1	1	.986	2.057
Wilson Tucker	OF	24	38	1	2	0	.951	1.625
Mike Wright	OF	15	22	1	0	0	1.000	1.533
Michael Schoeller	OF	13	18	0	1	0	.947	1.385
Jorge Gonzalez	OF	8	11	1	1	0	.923	1.500
Ell Roberson	OF	5	14	1	1	1	.938	3.000
Art Toal	OF	2	10	0	1	0	.909	5.000
Howard Johnson	OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Roy Dixon	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
James Simerly	P	34	5	12	0	0	1.000	.500
Larry Pashnick	P	28	9	20	1	0	.967	1.036
William Klank	P	25	5	6	1	2	.917	.440
Howard Bailey	P	25	3	23	3	1	.897	1.040
Jeffrey Jackowiak	P	22	11	11	2	0	.917	1.000
Bert Geiger	P	21	2	2	3	1	.571	.190
Randy Nelson	P	15	2	2	2	0	.667	.267
John Lackey	P	15	10	20	2	1	.938	2.000
Kevin Richards	P	14	3	9	0	0	1.000	.857
Kenneth Shea	P	13	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.077
Gordon Chretien	P	13	3	15	1	1	.947	1.385
Bob Bresnen	P	12	0	6	0	0	1.000	.500
David Cassetto	P	11	4	13	3	0	.850	1.545
Jack Smith	P	10	7	4	1	0	.917	1.100
Bruce Robbins	P	7	1	15	0	2	1.000	2.286
Michael Beecroft	P	6	1	1	1	0	.667	.333
Brian Cascadden	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
Joseph Janton	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
James Wheeler	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
John Flynn	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Nandin	SS	102	213	353	28	65	.953	5.549
Howard Johnson	SS	29	38	90	12	14	.914	4.414
Art Toal	SS	4	6	6	0	2	1.000	3.000
Ronald Lindberg	SS	2	2	8	1	2	.909	5.000
Bobby Benda	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1423	3380	1490	184	311	.964	3.422	27	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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