1961 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 90-44
Finished 1st in the FSL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (90-44)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 32,027, Avg. 478
Playoffs - Tampa Tarpons 3 games, Sarasota Sun Sox 1
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1961 season with a record of 90 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the FSL.
The Tarpons paced the league with just 485 runs allowed. Tampa scored 684 runs. Martin Rosell drove in 83 runs. Pete Rose topped all regular hitters with a .331 average. Arsenio Sotolongo led the team with 16 wins, while Daniel Neville also added 15 or more wins also Daniel Neville registered a 1.94 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1961 Tampa Tarpons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lee May, Len Boehmer and Pete Rose.
Johnny Vander Meer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenio Sotolongo | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.68 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 171.0 | 148 | 67 | 51 | 5 | 67 | 3 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Daniel Neville | 15 | 4 | .789 | 1.94 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 153.0 | 99 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Edward Stein | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.00 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 141.0 | 123 | 57 | 47 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| John Flachman | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.58 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 74.0 | 57 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Erwin | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.10 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 123.0 | 101 | 68 | 56 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ronald Hughes | 7 | 2 | .778 | 5.14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 74 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.93 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 91.7 | 98 | 50 | 40 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Leder | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.62 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 50.0 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Dovel | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.41 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 37.0 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| James Jackson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40.7 | 46 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Brower | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Miller | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.77 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 34.3 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Martin Rosell | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philip Zurich | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Keller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Donald Colley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Evraire | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 90 | 44 | .672 | 3.15 | 236 | 126 | 0 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 991.0 | 835 | 432 | 347 | 20 | 438 | 24 | 705 | 32 | 1 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Rose | 130 | 563 | 484 | 105 | 160 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 77 | 30 | 60 | 33 | .331 | .403 | .508 | .911 | 246 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Dale Shuey | 119 | 478 | 408 | 77 | 126 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 25 | 58 | 37 | .309 | .392 | .382 | .775 | 156 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Flender | 125 | 487 | 410 | 63 | 116 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 11 | 66 | 31 | .283 | .379 | .349 | .727 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Martin Rosell | 121 | 484 | 400 | 78 | 113 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 83 | 30 | 67 | 34 | .282 | .391 | .388 | .778 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Eugene Deutsch | 103 | 428 | 374 | 63 | 98 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 38 | 53 | .262 | .337 | .348 | .685 | 130 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lee Speca | 113 | 414 | 355 | 59 | 97 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 13 | 48 | 31 | .273 | .368 | .349 | .718 | 124 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 101 | 347 | 300 | 46 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 51 | .240 | .321 | .310 | .631 | 93 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Tony Paulino | 89 | 328 | 262 | 56 | 66 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 62 | 60 | .252 | .393 | .370 | .763 | 97 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Seara | 44 | 149 | 106 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 36 | 23 | .311 | .500 | .443 | .943 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Evans | 55 | 170 | 130 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 32 | 18 | .208 | .363 | .262 | .625 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Lee May | 26 | 86 | 77 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | .260 | .337 | .338 | .675 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Boehmer | 30 | 99 | 89 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .202 | .273 | .270 | .542 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Maley | 23 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .250 | .304 | .327 | .630 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hugo Pineiro | 38 | 86 | 70 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | .171 | .318 | .200 | .518 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Erwin | 37 | 49 | 48 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .229 | .229 | .271 | .500 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Mink | 20 | 55 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 7 | .270 | .491 | .378 | .869 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arsenio Sotolongo | 27 | 73 | 55 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | .182 | .292 | .218 | .510 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Ciamarra | 10 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .167 | .286 | .194 | .480 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theodore Farley | 8 | 20 | 20 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Hughes | 27 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Stein | 27 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .089 | .146 | .089 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Neville | 21 | 65 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .082 | .233 | .122 | .356 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Dovel | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Leder | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| William Brower | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Miller | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 18 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .071 | .161 | .071 | .233 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Flachman | 11 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .038 | .074 | .038 | .113 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Morales | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Jackson | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Keller | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Donald Colley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Evraire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Philip Zurich | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1391 | 4696 | 3954 | 674 | 1038 | 136 | 72 | 22 | 531 | 158 | 0 | 580 | 562 | .263 | .360 | .350 | .710 | 1384 | 0 | 47 | 67 | 48 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Speca | 1B | 111 | 837 | 57 | 20 | 61 | .978 | 8.054 | ||||
| Lee May | 1B | 14 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .970 | 6.929 | ||||
| Richard Ciamarra | 1B | 10 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .978 | 8.900 | ||||
| Pete Rose | 2B | 124 | 256 | 294 | 21 | 56 | .963 | 4.435 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | 2B | 12 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | 3B | 77 | 60 | 145 | 13 | 8 | .940 | 2.662 | ||||
| George Evans | 3B | 50 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 5 | .880 | 1.760 | ||||
| Pedro Martinez | C | 88 | 510 | 59 | 11 | 7 | .981 | 6.466 | 9 | |||
| Ramon Seara | C | 37 | 227 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 6.622 | 2 | |||
| Ted Maley | C | 14 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2 | |||
| Dale Shuey | OF | 117 | 218 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 1.966 | ||||
| Ronnie Flender | OF | 116 | 148 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 1.388 | ||||
| Eugene Deutsch | OF | 102 | 199 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .972 | 2.059 | ||||
| Hugo Pineiro | OF | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .900 | .964 | ||||
| Barry Mink | OF | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Lee May | OF | 12 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | OF | 11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.273 | ||||
| Jack Erwin | P | 35 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .629 | ||||
| Edward Stein | P | 27 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .667 | ||||
| Arsenio Sotolongo | P | 27 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 1.370 | ||||
| Ronald Hughes | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Daniel Neville | P | 20 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 2.150 | ||||
| Jimmie Hocutt | P | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| James Jackson | P | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| James Miller | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .714 | ||||
| John Flachman | P | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Thomas Leder | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Martin Rosell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Dovel | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Zurich | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Brower | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Keller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Evraire | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Colley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Paulino | SS | 86 | 154 | 236 | 27 | 37 | .935 | 4.535 | ||||
| Len Boehmer | SS | 30 | 48 | 58 | 9 | 12 | .922 | 3.533 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | SS | 21 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 5 | .883 | 3.952 | ||||
| Totals | 1310 | 3108 | 1224 | 179 | 224 | .960 | 3.307 | 13 | 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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