1971 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (79-61)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 46,990, Avg. 671
1971 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (79-61)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 46,990, Avg. 671
Playoffs - Miami Orioles 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1971 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Tarpons tallied 579 runs and allowed 510 runs. Dan Driessen drove in 62 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Tom Carroll led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.39 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Nardi Contreras, Ken Griffey, Tom Carroll, Dan Driessen, Pat Zachry, Don Werner, Joel Youngblood and Will McEnaney were all players from the 1971 Tampa Tarpons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Russ Nixon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Carroll | 18 | 5 | .783 | 2.39 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 192.0 | 147 | 63 | 51 | 6 | 81 | 1 | 148 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Will McEnaney | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.44 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 181.0 | 159 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Pat Zachry | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.21 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 125 | 58 | 51 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| William Wall | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.21 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73.0 | 57 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Geist | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.75 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 65 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Stanley Kmet | 6 | 5 | .545 | 1.96 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 69.0 | 60 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.36 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 67 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Tom Foust | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.26 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91.0 | 85 | 47 | 33 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Larry Gable | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29.0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Mavroleon | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.49 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 83 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.81 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | 120 | 72 | 54 | 6 | 47 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steven Miller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith West | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Price | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rusty Ward | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rex Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rowe Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.04 | 302 | 140 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 31 | 1180.7 | 1058 | 510 | 399 | 39 | 536 | 64 | 776 | 37 | 9 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Driessen | 136 | 546 | 468 | 72 | 153 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 17 | 7 | 74 | 59 | .327 | .419 | .449 | .868 | 210 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joel Youngblood | 136 | 531 | 443 | 75 | 113 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 67 | 94 | .255 | .362 | .363 | .726 | 161 | 9 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Kent Burdick | 102 | 428 | 377 | 53 | 109 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 31 | 69 | .289 | .348 | .369 | .716 | 139 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Tony Franklin | 134 | 596 | 491 | 74 | 107 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 16 | 93 | 97 | .218 | .343 | .269 | .612 | 132 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ken Griffey | 88 | 335 | 281 | 60 | 96 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 54 | .342 | .426 | .477 | .902 | 134 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Keith West | 78 | 320 | 273 | 42 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 32 | .297 | .387 | .425 | .812 | 116 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gary Polczynski | 125 | 464 | 391 | 38 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 118 | .192 | .302 | .271 | .573 | 106 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Richard Hooper | 90 | 273 | 233 | 22 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 28 | .266 | .352 | .330 | .683 | 77 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Robert Gallagher | 104 | 369 | 318 | 35 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 43 | 74 | .195 | .290 | .242 | .532 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| James Kirkland | 58 | 214 | 187 | 26 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 55 | .235 | .327 | .316 | .643 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rowe Miller | 51 | 166 | 138 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 32 | .232 | .329 | .268 | .597 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Eric Boyd | 40 | 130 | 111 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | .216 | .331 | .297 | .628 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Taminosian | 42 | 126 | 112 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 51 | .205 | .256 | .348 | .604 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Don Werner | 36 | 131 | 122 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 37 | .172 | .205 | .213 | .418 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Basey | 20 | 64 | 54 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .296 | .406 | .333 | .740 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Ward | 18 | 59 | 55 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .273 | .310 | .364 | .674 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carroll | 28 | 81 | 73 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .205 | .256 | .288 | .544 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Will McEnaney | 31 | 69 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .148 | .313 | .148 | .462 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 23 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .212 | .297 | .273 | .570 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Wall | 25 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Geist | 35 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .250 | .333 | .292 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 18 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Foust | 23 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .160 | .250 | .280 | .530 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Zachry | 25 | 61 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .082 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| James Mavroleon | 36 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .150 | .320 | .150 | .470 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rex Jackson | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gable | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .571 | .250 | .821 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Price | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Miller | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Kmet | 39 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1578 | 5189 | 4415 | 579 | 1093 | 168 | 48 | 34 | 490 | 145 | 77 | 617 | 975 | .248 | .342 | .330 | .672 | 1459 | 0 | 34 | 89 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 136 | 1064 | 86 | 15 | 80 | .987 | 8.456 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | 1B | 9 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 7.333 | ||||
| Larry Gable | 1B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Eric Boyd | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Gary Polczynski | 2B | 124 | 293 | 323 | 27 | 69 | .958 | 4.968 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 2B | 14 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 5.214 | ||||
| Richard Hooper | 2B | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .966 | 2.800 | ||||
| Pat Zachry | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joel Youngblood | 3B | 93 | 98 | 165 | 19 | 19 | .933 | 2.828 | ||||
| Richard Hooper | 3B | 54 | 37 | 87 | 11 | 3 | .919 | 2.296 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rowe Miller | C | 48 | 265 | 23 | 6 | 5 | .980 | 6.000 | 13 | |||
| Eric Boyd | C | 37 | 200 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 5.919 | 15 | |||
| Don Werner | C | 35 | 186 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 5.943 | 6 | |||
| Greg Taminosian | C | 34 | 168 | 21 | 10 | 5 | .950 | 5.559 | 13 | |||
| Kent Burdick | OF | 100 | 103 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .932 | 1.090 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | OF | 84 | 143 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 1.774 | ||||
| Ken Griffey | OF | 79 | 137 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .949 | 1.899 | ||||
| Keith West | OF | 77 | 118 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.597 | ||||
| James Kirkland | OF | 52 | 85 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .930 | 1.788 | ||||
| Lawrence Basey | OF | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rusty Ward | OF | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Joel Youngblood | OF | 13 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.615 | ||||
| Dave Overstreet | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Wall | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stanley Kmet | P | 37 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .432 | ||||
| James Mavroleon | P | 36 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bobby Geist | P | 33 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .758 | ||||
| Tom Carroll | P | 28 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Will McEnaney | P | 27 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Wall | P | 23 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .826 | ||||
| Tom Foust | P | 23 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.435 | ||||
| Pat Zachry | P | 22 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .909 | ||||
| Michael Kmet | P | 20 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Larry Gable | P | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Dave Overstreet | P | 16 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.438 | ||||
| James Price | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rex Jackson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith West | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rusty Ward | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steven Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rowe Miller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Franklin | SS | 122 | 212 | 350 | 30 | 63 | .949 | 4.607 | ||||
| Joel Youngblood | SS | 21 | 29 | 40 | 7 | 7 | .908 | 3.286 | ||||
| Michael Kmet | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Gallagher | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1483 | 3431 | 1450 | 187 | 281 | .963 | 3.291 | 47 | 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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