1959 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 78-55
Finished 1st in the FSL
Manager: Charlie Gassaway (78-55)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 89,068, Avg. 1,339

1959 Tampa Tarpons Roster

Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 4 games, Tampa Tarpons 2

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the FSL.

The Tarpons scored 703 runs and conceded 598 runs. John Moskus led Tampa with 18 home runs and drove in 110 runs. Gerald Reimer paced batters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Danny Casteen topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.85 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Tampa Tarpons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Lipski, John Boozer and Norm Gigon.

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
Danny Casteen	14	3	.824	2.85	22	16		13	5		142.0	108	56	45	5	50	1	118	4	1	9
John Boozer	12	15	.444	3.33	32	27		16	2		208.0	193	106	77	8	76	1	180	14	0	4
Dick Smith	9	4	.692	2.90	21	16		8	1		121.0	95	55	39	5	65	2	95	7	0	14
Samuel Croge	9	4	.692	4.46	33	9		3	0		107.0	121	62	53	11	38	1	55	4	0	5
David Scott	8	3	.727	3.79	13	12		7	3		76.0	81	36	32	3	25	0	46	1	1	4
Edgar Parsons	8	6	.571	4.41	20	12		7	0		96.0	108	61	47	6	38	1	50	2	0	7
Andre Bessette	8	10	.444	3.38	26	21		9	2		144.0	115	70	54	4	112	1	130	5	1	5
Robert Hellmer	4	4	.500	7.29	18	10		3	0		63.0	99	56	51	3	36	1	37	3	0	8
Don Wilson	3	5	.375	7.08	22	9		4	1		61.0	63	54	48	5	45	0	42	6	0	4
Michael Franks	2	1	.667	4.22	11	1		0	0		32.0	37	17	15	4	15	1	20	0	0	4
Pablo Higuerey	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
John Moskus	0	0			1						0.0
Guy Miali	0	0			1						0.0
Rudolph Lattimore	0	0			4						0.0
George Wilson	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	78	55	.586	3.95	227	133	0	70	14	0	1050.0	1020	573	461	54	500	9	773	46	3	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
Gerald Reimer	121	527	473	102	166	31	12	13	92	17		45	52	.351	.407	.550	.957	260		2	4	3	3
John Moskus	134	555	437	76	133	19	1	18	110	1		99	67	.304	.431	.476	.907	208		7	0	12	17
Norm Gigon	134	534	467	58	130	19	4	3	53	4		49	72	.278	.355	.355	.710	166		8	7	3	0
Guy Miali	131	488	420	69	108	18	2	4	53	8		54	52	.257	.345	.338	.683	142		4	7	3	3
Bob Lipski	117	464	359	78	92	15	3	13	72	6		94	50	.256	.413	.423	.836	152		5	1	5	4
Donald Lightner	94	411	323	81	90	27	4	4	32	9		80	78	.279	.421	.424	.845	137		1	5	2	1
James Hatfield	100	385	343	34	89	12	1	2	46	5		32	23	.259	.318	.318	.635	109		1	1	8	2
Danny Casteen	88	265	227	46	65	8	3	6	35	8		35	56	.286	.383	.427	.810	97		1	1	1	1
Robert Murphy	62	245	203	31	50	9	0	2	29	1		38	35	.246	.370	.320	.691	65		2	2	0	3
Victor Baron	45	156	134	21	31	4	0	5	24	0		20	36	.231	.327	.373	.700	50		0	0	2	5
Owen Johnson	25	93	85	11	25	3	1	4	17	1		3	22	.294	.326	.494	.820	42		2	1	2	0
George Wilson	54	186	145	29	24	3	2	1	12	0		39	55	.166	.346	.234	.580	34		1	1	0	0
Edgar Parsons	37	100	87	18	23	3	2	1	13	1		11	22	.264	.343	.379	.723	33		0	1	1	0
John Boozer	32	82	72	7	12	2	0	1	5	0		3	18	.167	.200	.236	.436	17		0	7	0	0
Clyde Hampton	15	50	47	3	9	5	0	0	8	1		2	10	.191	.224	.298	.522	14		0	1	0	0
Andre Bessette	27	59	54	12	9	3	0	0	2	0		3	11	.167	.224	.222	.446	12		1	1	0	0
Samuel Croge	33	42	33	4	7	0	0	1	4	0		3	8	.212	.297	.303	.600	10		1	5	0	0
Charlie Bennett	19	51	46	5	6	2	0	0	4	0		4	11	.130	.196	.174	.370	8		0	0	1	0
Alon Gore	6	17	17		4									.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Don Wilson	17	27	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	9	.148	.148	.148	.296	4		0	0	0	0
Dick Smith	21	49	40	5	4	0	1	0	4	0		4	17	.100	.182	.150	.332	6		0	5	0	0
Medardo Nava	1	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Michael Franks	13	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.182	.308	.182	.490	2		0	0	0	0
Robert Hellmer	18	23	15	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		6	6	.133	.409	.133	.542	2		1	1	0	0
David Scott	14	38	32	2	2	0	1	0	3	0		3	13	.062	.143	.125	.268	4		0	3	0	0
Rudolph Lattimore	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Hector Lopez	1	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1364	4871	4108	701	1090	183	37	78	621	62	0	629	729	.265	.365	.385	.749	1581	0	37	54	43	39

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Moskus	1B	134	998	57	15	80	.986	7.873
Norm Gigon	2B	134	356	299	38	69	.945	4.888
James Hatfield	3B	91	68	154	25	9	.899	2.440
George Wilson	3B	48	44	77	9	6	.931	2.521
Robert Murphy	C	60	380	35	10	3	.976	6.917	10
Victor Baron	C	45	255	29	12	1	.959	6.311	9
Charlie Bennett	C	13	66	4	1	0	.986	5.385	3
Bob Lipski	C	10	67	10	2	1	.975	7.700	2
Gerald Reimer	OF	121	224	12	12	4	.952	1.950
Bob Lipski	OF	101	141	9	13	1	.920	1.485
Donald Lightner	OF	82	177	6	8	0	.958	2.232
Danny Casteen	OF	51	105	5	4	3	.965	2.157
Owen Johnson	OF	18	13	3	3	0	.842	.889
Edgar Parsons	OF	10	17	0	1	0	.944	1.700
Samuel Croge	P	33	10	20	1	1	.968	.909
John Boozer	P	32	7	38	4	1	.918	1.406
Andre Bessette	P	26	6	45	5	0	.911	1.962
Danny Casteen	P	22	10	29	3	0	.929	1.773
Dick Smith	P	21	3	24	1	1	.964	1.286
Edgar Parsons	P	20	12	16	4	1	.875	1.400
Robert Hellmer	P	18	6	12	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don Wilson	P	17	1	11	1	0	.923	.706
David Scott	P	14	2	8	1	0	.909	.714
Michael Franks	P	12	3	10	1	0	.929	1.083
Rudolph Lattimore	P	4						.000
Pablo Higuerey	P	2						.000
Guy Miali	SS	129	161	360	38	55	.932	4.039
Totals		1268	3132	1273	212	236	.954	3.474	24	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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