1958 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-69
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Charlie Gassaway (74-69)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 42,683, Avg. 597
1958 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 74-69
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Charlie Gassaway (74-69)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 42,683, Avg. 597
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1958 season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.
The Tarpons plated 646 runs and conceded 577 runs. Ronald Wiley and Peter Fannon paced Tampa with 11 home runs apiece. Peter Fannon drove in 62 runs. Guy Miali topped hitters with significant playing time with a .261 average. Harry Coe and Robert Cruze led the team with 18 wins each, while Robert Cruze recorded a 2.36 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Charlie Gassaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cruze | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.36 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 233.0 | 203 | 81 | 61 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 143 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Harry Coe | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.41 | 33 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 235.0 | 190 | 80 | 63 | 11 | 59 | 4 | 194 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Ralph Dunn | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.00 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 144.0 | 111 | 61 | 48 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Michael Franks | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.45 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 94.0 | 80 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bobby Bubash | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.73 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Rafael Rodriguez | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Rybak | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 57.0 | 58 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Richard Colgan | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Barvinchak | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 46.0 | 55 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Hofmeister | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.93 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 74.0 | 82 | 70 | 57 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Ed Noto | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Johnson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 57 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Robert Schuman | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.71 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 35.0 | 46 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Philip Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alex Merkosky | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Rohme | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Donald McGue | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 69 | .517 | 3.63 | 198 | 135 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1043.0 | 953 | 513 | 421 | 51 | 408 | 15 | 731 | 34 | 7 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Miali | 129 | 470 | 391 | 55 | 102 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 75 | .261 | .373 | .332 | .705 | 130 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Gene Caiafa | 101 | 433 | 328 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 87 | 45 | .274 | .430 | .396 | .826 | 130 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Peter Fannon | 72 | 287 | 242 | 37 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 38 | .306 | .385 | .504 | .889 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Robert Murphy | 100 | 346 | 296 | 35 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 59 | .233 | .327 | .307 | .635 | 91 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bill Cline | 63 | 255 | 229 | 40 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 50 | .275 | .333 | .445 | .779 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Williamson | 70 | 300 | 251 | 44 | 63 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 18 | .251 | .359 | .319 | .678 | 80 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Wiley | 72 | 288 | 240 | 43 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 54 | .258 | .368 | .438 | .806 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Alex Merkosky | 89 | 296 | 262 | 32 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 69 | .218 | .294 | .275 | .568 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Edgar Parsons | 72 | 282 | 233 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 46 | .227 | .342 | .369 | .711 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| David Wright | 52 | 191 | 167 | 25 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 34 | .263 | .346 | .407 | .753 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Adrian Casteen | 37 | 152 | 135 | 28 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .296 | .371 | .415 | .786 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Philip Hewitt | 52 | 215 | 172 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 22 | .221 | .367 | .262 | .629 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Louis Holcomb | 37 | 134 | 119 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .311 | .381 | .420 | .801 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Haines | 38 | 156 | 126 | 17 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | .286 | .401 | .365 | .766 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Harry Coe | 39 | 106 | 86 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .302 | .412 | .314 | .726 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Robert Cruze | 50 | 130 | 107 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 27 | .215 | .320 | .299 | .619 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Terry Ramont | 27 | 81 | 77 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .286 | .312 | .403 | .715 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patricio Lorenzo | 18 | 70 | 58 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .224 | .343 | .328 | .670 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Zapata | 18 | 67 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .194 | .254 | .290 | .544 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Rance | 24 | 85 | 79 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .139 | .200 | .190 | .390 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schuman | 9 | 17 | 17 | 8 | .471 | .471 | .471 | .941 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Franks | 17 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .200 | .351 | .233 | .585 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Priestes | 14 | 45 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .171 | .356 | .171 | .527 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Dunn | 22 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .113 | .172 | .113 | .286 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Bubash | 11 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .235 | .278 | .235 | .513 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rybak | 14 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hofmeister | 13 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .167 | .375 | .208 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Miranda | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| George Barvinchak | 6 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Johnson | 13 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .150 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald McGue | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rafael Rodriguez | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Heidel | 10 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Noto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Rohme | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Colgan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Land | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1330 | 4712 | 3982 | 591 | 989 | 146 | 46 | 53 | 509 | 70 | 28 | 601 | 741 | .248 | .349 | .348 | .697 | 1386 | 0 | 35 | 57 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Fannon | 1B | 66 | 467 | 29 | 10 | 27 | .980 | 7.515 | ||||
| James Rance | 1B | 24 | 145 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .987 | 6.250 | ||||
| Roberto Zapata | 1B | 17 | 129 | 12 | 6 | 11 | .959 | 8.294 | ||||
| David Wright | 1B | 11 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .938 | 5.545 | ||||
| Alex Merkosky | 1B | 10 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .963 | 7.800 | ||||
| Gene Caiafa | 2B | 101 | 258 | 237 | 15 | 41 | .971 | 4.901 | ||||
| James Williamson | 2B | 41 | 89 | 94 | 9 | 23 | .953 | 4.463 | ||||
| Edgar Parsons | 3B | 70 | 81 | 126 | 18 | 15 | .920 | 2.957 | ||||
| James Williamson | 3B | 29 | 30 | 39 | 10 | 5 | .873 | 2.379 | ||||
| David Wright | 3B | 28 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 6 | .916 | 2.714 | ||||
| Robert Murphy | C | 95 | 498 | 66 | 13 | 21 | .977 | 5.937 | 4 | |||
| Alex Merkosky | C | 34 | 192 | 21 | 8 | 8 | .964 | 6.265 | 2 | |||
| Terry Ramont | C | 23 | 141 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .955 | 6.478 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Wiley | OF | 71 | 147 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 2.113 | ||||
| Bill Cline | OF | 60 | 101 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Philip Hewitt | OF | 52 | 105 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 2.154 | ||||
| Richard Haines | OF | 38 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.395 | ||||
| Alex Merkosky | OF | 37 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .889 | 1.514 | ||||
| Adrian Casteen | OF | 37 | 75 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .928 | 2.081 | ||||
| Patricio Lorenzo | OF | 18 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
| Louis Holcomb | OF | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| John Priestes | OF | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Robert Cruze | P | 34 | 15 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 1.765 | ||||
| Harry Coe | P | 33 | 13 | 58 | 4 | 4 | .947 | 2.152 | ||||
| Ralph Dunn | P | 22 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 5 | .875 | .955 | ||||
| Michael Franks | P | 16 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.062 | ||||
| Kenneth Rybak | P | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| William Hofmeister | P | 13 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Tommy Johnson | P | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Rodriguez | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Colgan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Bubash | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Schuman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Barvinchak | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Rohme | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald McGue | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Noto | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Merkosky | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Hewitt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guy Miali | SS | 125 | 146 | 286 | 38 | 40 | .919 | 3.456 | ||||
| Louis Holcomb | SS | 15 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 6 | .880 | 2.933 | ||||
| Totals | 1225 | 3012 | 1213 | 200 | 247 | .955 | 3.449 | 7 | 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.
