1964 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-71
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Merrill May (68-71)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 58,759, Avg. 845
1964 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 68-71
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Merrill May (68-71)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 58,759, Avg. 845
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1964 season with a record of 68 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.
The Tarpons plated 537 runs and surrendered 554 runs. Davey Best drove in 54 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .275 average. John Huber led the squad with 11 wins, while Thomas Frondorf registered a 2.51 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers. Merrill May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Huber | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.48 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 98.0 | 73 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Thomas Frondorf | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.51 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 140.0 | 90 | 56 | 39 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 167 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Reuter | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.31 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 105.0 | 73 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Joseph DeLuise | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.19 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 144.0 | 146 | 62 | 51 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Robert Lelli | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.53 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 135.0 | 138 | 74 | 53 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 117 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Larry Staley | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.05 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 68 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wendell Backus | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.95 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 70 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Hall | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jacinto Camacho | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.65 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Morrow | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.08 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 51 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Edwin Hite | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.86 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 66 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Jones | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Daniel Wyles | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.58 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 93 | 55 | 35 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charlie Mumford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Nicolson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Marshall | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.49 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Sam Thompson | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Sims | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steven Reeves | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Garvey | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Walling | 0 | 1 | .000 | 99.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Earl Hanson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 71 | .489 | 3.12 | 287 | 138 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1175.3 | 1080 | 553 | 408 | 19 | 540 | 15 | 905 | 41 | 4 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Best | 127 | 524 | 458 | 68 | 126 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 67 | .275 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 162 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 129 | 499 | 423 | 57 | 115 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 46 | .272 | .370 | .336 | .706 | 142 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Sam Thompson | 109 | 475 | 396 | 81 | 104 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 34 | 8 | 66 | 78 | .263 | .373 | .404 | .777 | 160 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Harvey Yancey | 124 | 459 | 402 | 69 | 95 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 39 | 101 | .236 | .316 | .346 | .662 | 139 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ron Price | 102 | 431 | 335 | 49 | 83 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 70 | .248 | .392 | .304 | .697 | 102 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 103 | 377 | 343 | 31 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 56 | .210 | .264 | .236 | .500 | 81 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| John Weghorn | 57 | 218 | 189 | 23 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 34 | .254 | .344 | .370 | .714 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Pette | 68 | 234 | 201 | 17 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 36 | .209 | .294 | .269 | .563 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dick Sims | 46 | 178 | 153 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 21 | .235 | .312 | .314 | .626 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Lelli | 65 | 177 | 148 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | .236 | .347 | .304 | .651 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jan Firek | 47 | 170 | 159 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 38 | .220 | .265 | .308 | .573 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Longley | 53 | 159 | 130 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 24 | .223 | .333 | .277 | .610 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Shipp | 44 | 130 | 109 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 20 | .229 | .336 | .294 | .630 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Reeves | 32 | 119 | 102 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 22 | .196 | .305 | .284 | .589 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kuzma | 29 | 81 | 69 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .275 | .375 | .304 | .679 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Howard Milligan | 10 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .294 | .351 | .353 | .704 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kennith Clark | 10 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .278 | .357 | .306 | .663 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jon Coller | 23 | 75 | 63 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .143 | .270 | .175 | .445 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Bernhardt | 15 | 60 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .154 | .267 | .212 | .478 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Frondorf | 26 | 53 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .146 | .180 | .250 | .430 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Maloney | 12 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .136 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Robert Adcock | 7 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .312 | .421 | .375 | .796 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph DeLuise | 30 | 59 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .075 | .123 | .094 | .217 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Nicolson | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Davis | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Billings | 10 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Hite | 15 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Shelly Berryman | 11 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .125 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Huber | 26 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .097 | .222 | .097 | .319 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Reuter | 19 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .086 | .086 | .114 | .200 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Marshall | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| James Hall | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Staley | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .133 | .350 | .133 | .483 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Backus | 13 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Wyles | 18 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .087 | .250 | .130 | .380 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jacinto Camacho | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Jones | 16 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .077 | .235 | .077 | .312 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Earl Hanson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Morrow | 27 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Mumford | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1495 | 4939 | 4224 | 524 | 976 | 132 | 57 | 21 | 435 | 91 | 34 | 559 | 855 | .231 | .323 | .304 | .627 | 1285 | 0 | 32 | 87 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Price | 1B | 102 | 788 | 60 | 21 | 59 | .976 | 8.314 | ||||
| Robert Lelli | 1B | 29 | 238 | 9 | 8 | 12 | .969 | 8.517 | ||||
| Bob Kuzma | 1B | 10 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .898 | 5.300 | ||||
| Davey Best | 2B | 125 | 302 | 296 | 34 | 49 | .946 | 4.784 | ||||
| Robert Shipp | 2B | 12 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 6 | .952 | 4.917 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | 3B | 81 | 64 | 127 | 24 | 10 | .888 | 2.358 | ||||
| John Weghorn | 3B | 51 | 49 | 96 | 4 | 9 | .973 | 2.843 | ||||
| Pedro Martinez | C | 128 | 894 | 93 | 19 | 9 | .981 | 7.711 | 17 | |||
| Bob Kuzma | C | 13 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 5.308 | 3 | |||
| Harvey Yancey | OF | 111 | 165 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .955 | 1.541 | ||||
| Sam Thompson | OF | 107 | 226 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .916 | 2.140 | ||||
| Jan Firek | OF | 47 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .926 | 1.872 | ||||
| William Longley | OF | 41 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .861 | 1.512 | ||||
| Steven Reeves | OF | 30 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.867 | ||||
| Dick Sims | OF | 18 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.722 | ||||
| Robert Shipp | OF | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | OF | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Kennith Clark | OF | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
| Virgil Bernhardt | OF | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Joseph DeLuise | P | 29 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .872 | 1.414 | ||||
| Robert Morrow | P | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Lelli | P | 27 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.037 | ||||
| John Huber | P | 25 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 4 | .929 | 1.040 | ||||
| Thomas Frondorf | P | 24 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.208 | ||||
| Kenneth Reuter | P | 19 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Daniel Wyles | P | 18 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Hall | P | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Larry Staley | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Edwin Hite | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Jones | P | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| James Marshall | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .462 | ||||
| Wendell Backus | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Jacinto Camacho | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Nicolson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Hanson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Walling | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Mumford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Garvey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Pette | SS | 67 | 97 | 127 | 24 | 21 | .903 | 3.343 | ||||
| Dick Sims | SS | 24 | 43 | 68 | 11 | 10 | .910 | 4.625 | ||||
| Jon Coller | SS | 19 | 18 | 70 | 10 | 5 | .898 | 4.632 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | SS | 13 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 3 | .873 | 4.231 | ||||
| Robert Shipp | SS | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 2.250 | ||||
| Howard Milligan | SS | 10 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 3.700 | ||||
| Totals | 1376 | 3407 | 1288 | 257 | 217 | .948 | 3.412 | 20 | 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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