1970 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-68
Finished 3rd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Dick Kennedy (64-68)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 32,408, Avg. 491
1970 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 64-68
Finished 3rd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Dick Kennedy (64-68)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 32,408, Avg. 491
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1970 season with a record of 64 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Tarpons scored 433 runs and allowed 452 runs. Keith West drove in 52 runs. Tom Spencer led batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Timothy Grant topped the squad with 11 wins, while Clarence Cooper registered a 2.85 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1970 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joel Youngblood, Dan Driessen, Nardi Contreras, Tom Spencer and Rawly Eastwick.
Dick Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Grant | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.45 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 130 | 73 | 64 | 7 | 89 | 7 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Clarence Cooper | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.85 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117.0 | 79 | 47 | 37 | 5 | 64 | 9 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Sires | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.09 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 58.0 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kerry Hardiman | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.41 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 51.0 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Grindle | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.05 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 88.0 | 73 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 45 | 9 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steven Miller | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.30 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 54 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Larry Gable | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.19 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74.0 | 63 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Ruddell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.25 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Jackson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.49 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 65 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.83 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 89 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 59 | 6 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.80 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rawly Eastwick | 2 | 9 | .182 | 3.48 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101.0 | 93 | 53 | 39 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Foust | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Goodwin | 16 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Kmet | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Sawyer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 62 | .508 | 2.84 | 299 | 126 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 28 | 1057.0 | 800 | 417 | 334 | 30 | 547 | 83 | 811 | 37 | 7 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Spencer | 130 | 531 | 471 | 52 | 134 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 41 | 37 | .285 | .336 | .352 | .688 | 166 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Keith West | 129 | 513 | 462 | 55 | 119 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 49 | .258 | .318 | .338 | .655 | 156 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
| George Runk | 95 | 378 | 336 | 33 | 99 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 38 | .295 | .356 | .390 | .745 | 131 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Timothy White | 98 | 351 | 301 | 25 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 62 | .259 | .354 | .332 | .687 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tony Franklin | 113 | 461 | 378 | 50 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 72 | 88 | .206 | .335 | .217 | .552 | 82 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bob Welsh | 107 | 412 | 358 | 33 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 73 | .198 | .290 | .257 | .547 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Dittmar | 51 | 208 | 187 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 23 | .289 | .350 | .369 | .718 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dan Driessen | 93 | 276 | 242 | 28 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 32 | .223 | .303 | .240 | .543 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| William Hoelzer | 80 | 287 | 247 | 22 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 62 | .219 | .313 | .267 | .580 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Harris | 72 | 255 | 231 | 23 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 41 | .229 | .273 | .294 | .567 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Kent Burdick | 36 | 149 | 134 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 38 | .201 | .248 | .254 | .502 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Richard Burch | 64 | 173 | 142 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 34 | .190 | .301 | .197 | .498 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Rowe Miller | 31 | 105 | 91 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .275 | .356 | .297 | .652 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Grant | 38 | 77 | 70 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .300 | .324 | .457 | .781 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Joel Youngblood | 17 | 60 | 54 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Cooper | 20 | 47 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .278 | .386 | .306 | .692 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rick Sires | 11 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .391 | .300 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Kooyman | 14 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .146 | .167 | .171 | .337 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Tomasovich | 13 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .143 | .268 | .200 | .468 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 22 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Powell | 12 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .121 | .171 | .152 | .323 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Miller | 19 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .118 | .189 | .118 | .307 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Hardiman | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rawly Eastwick | 37 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gallagher | 17 | 48 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .081 | .271 | .108 | .379 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grindle | 30 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Jackson | 13 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Foust | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gable | 49 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ruddell | 12 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Steele | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael O'Connor | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgilio Mata | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1472 | 4705 | 4104 | 433 | 963 | 110 | 36 | 14 | 355 | 132 | 50 | 452 | 743 | .235 | .313 | .289 | .602 | 1187 | 0 | 31 | 79 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Hoelzer | 1B | 66 | 469 | 25 | 11 | 33 | .978 | 7.485 | ||||
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 61 | 473 | 37 | 5 | 43 | .990 | 8.361 | ||||
| Ted Tomasovich | 1B | 6 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Keith West | 1B | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Thomas Harris | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 2B | 103 | 276 | 224 | 23 | 49 | .956 | 4.854 | ||||
| Thomas Harris | 2B | 35 | 57 | 74 | 8 | 10 | .942 | 3.743 | ||||
| George Runk | 3B | 93 | 79 | 195 | 10 | 15 | .965 | 2.946 | ||||
| Richard Burch | 3B | 16 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .848 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bob Welsh | 3B | 11 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .865 | 2.909 | ||||
| Barry Powell | 3B | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 3B | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| William Hoelzer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy White | C | 95 | 620 | 83 | 9 | 9 | .987 | 7.400 | 21 | |||
| Rowe Miller | C | 31 | 197 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 6.871 | 7 | |||
| Kevin Kooyman | C | 14 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.786 | 3 | |||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 130 | 294 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 2.346 | ||||
| Keith West | OF | 128 | 203 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 1.641 | ||||
| Thomas Dittmar | OF | 50 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kent Burdick | OF | 36 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 2.194 | ||||
| Richard Burch | OF | 31 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.645 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | OF | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ted Tomasovich | OF | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Timothy White | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ronald Steele | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | ||||
| William Hoelzer | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Gable | P | 49 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .347 | ||||
| Rawly Eastwick | P | 37 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .378 | ||||
| Robert Grindle | P | 30 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .769 | .667 | ||||
| Timothy Grant | P | 27 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 22 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Kerry Hardiman | P | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Steven Miller | P | 19 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Clarence Cooper | P | 19 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.105 | ||||
| Don Goodwin | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Jackson | P | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mike Ruddell | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Rick Sires | P | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Tom Foust | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Michael Kmet | P | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Richard Sawyer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Kmet | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Welsh | SS | 94 | 122 | 218 | 45 | 34 | .883 | 3.617 | ||||
| Thomas Harris | SS | 25 | 23 | 60 | 14 | 7 | .856 | 3.320 | ||||
| Joel Youngblood | SS | 14 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 6 | .873 | 4.429 | ||||
| George Runk | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Virgilio Mata | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1389 | 3306 | 1225 | 189 | 237 | .960 | 3.262 | 31 | 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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