1972 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-64
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (66-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 102,979, Avg. 1,584
1972 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 66-64
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (66-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 102,979, Avg. 1,584
Playoffs - Miami Orioles 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 1
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 66 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Tarpons tallied 469 runs and surrendered 444 runs. Dave Revering drove in 70 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .271 average. Michael Heintz led the squad with 11 wins, while Marc Bombard recorded a 2.21 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Blateric, Doug Flynn, Don Werner, Tom Hume and Dave Revering.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Heintz | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.50 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 169.0 | 131 | 57 | 47 | 5 | 59 | 5 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.21 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159.0 | 131 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 70 | 9 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Arthur Cover | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.90 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 | 71 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hector Artiles | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.09 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 93 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russell Finney | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.38 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87.0 | 75 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Hume | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.45 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 135 | 69 | 54 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.83 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 88 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Dreier | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.74 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 69.0 | 57 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Devitt | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.07 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 75 | 47 | 33 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.46 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lorin Grow | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Geist | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Borowicz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lyle Madison | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Doug Flynn | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kent Burdick | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steve Blateric | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forrest Clemmons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rex Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 64 | .508 | 2.90 | 281 | 131 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 29 | 1118.0 | 995 | 444 | 360 | 41 | 462 | 42 | 800 | 34 | 4 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Ward | 127 | 540 | 466 | 64 | 126 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 90 | .270 | .352 | .343 | .695 | 160 | 7 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Joe Munoz | 125 | 537 | 458 | 75 | 117 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 68 | 74 | .255 | .355 | .338 | .693 | 155 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Dave Revering | 126 | 505 | 413 | 51 | 112 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 109 | .271 | .394 | .421 | .815 | 174 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Don Werner | 116 | 445 | 377 | 42 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 72 | .257 | .352 | .292 | .644 | 110 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Ray Borowicz | 123 | 448 | 402 | 32 | 94 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 62 | .234 | .299 | .286 | .585 | 115 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Gary Polczynski | 125 | 458 | 386 | 29 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 100 | .212 | .315 | .256 | .572 | 99 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Greg Sinatro | 96 | 386 | 338 | 46 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 96 | .222 | .307 | .340 | .647 | 115 | 11 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Doug Flynn | 98 | 349 | 313 | 32 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 61 | .211 | .267 | .272 | .538 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Kent Burdick | 36 | 147 | 131 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .290 | .345 | .412 | .757 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Kirkland | 32 | 109 | 94 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 29 | .255 | .352 | .415 | .767 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edmund Tobin | 42 | 142 | 125 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .192 | .266 | .296 | .562 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Basey | 31 | 99 | 87 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .230 | .316 | .310 | .627 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Lewis | 28 | 80 | 68 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .279 | .362 | .529 | .892 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Cover | 13 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .382 | .367 | .749 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 36 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .175 | .242 | .281 | .523 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Kmet | 27 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .208 | .269 | .292 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Melanson | 12 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .147 | .293 | .176 | .469 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hume | 24 | 53 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .104 | .122 | .125 | .247 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Greg Taminosian | 12 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .121 | .216 | .152 | .368 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Silva | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Artiles | 19 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .097 | .152 | .129 | .281 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Pinkham | 19 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .094 | .237 | .188 | .424 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Dreier | 45 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lorin Grow | 7 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Russell Finney | 45 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Heintz | 25 | 62 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .037 | .133 | .037 | .170 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Mutz | 5 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rex Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Devitt | 16 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Forrest Clemmons | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Madison | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1457 | 4792 | 4124 | 469 | 951 | 170 | 39 | 27 | 388 | 100 | 52 | 497 | 980 | .231 | .319 | .310 | .629 | 1280 | 0 | 51 | 92 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Revering | 1B | 120 | 999 | 70 | 24 | 90 | .978 | 8.908 | ||||
| Rusty Ward | 1B | 15 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .980 | 6.600 | ||||
| Michael Kmet | 1B | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 12.000 | ||||
| Lawrence Basey | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Polczynski | 2B | 122 | 321 | 300 | 26 | 77 | .960 | 5.090 | ||||
| Doug Flynn | 2B | 10 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 8 | .981 | 5.200 | ||||
| Luis Silva | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Hume | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Russell Finney | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Borowicz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Sinatro | 3B | 74 | 54 | 151 | 17 | 19 | .923 | 2.770 | ||||
| Doug Flynn | 3B | 58 | 63 | 148 | 12 | 7 | .946 | 3.638 | ||||
| Joe Munoz | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Silva | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Tom Hume | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Werner | C | 111 | 736 | 75 | 15 | 7 | .982 | 7.306 | 22 | |||
| Greg Taminosian | C | 10 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 6.300 | 3 | |||
| Bill Pinkham | C | 6 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 6.667 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Mutz | C | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.400 | 3 | |||
| Joe Munoz | OF | 120 | 260 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 2.258 | ||||
| Rusty Ward | OF | 113 | 162 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 1.513 | ||||
| Edmund Tobin | OF | 40 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.275 | ||||
| Kent Burdick | OF | 34 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 2.029 | ||||
| James Kirkland | OF | 24 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .881 | 1.542 | ||||
| Greg Sinatro | OF | 22 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.136 | ||||
| Don Lewis | OF | 22 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.500 | ||||
| Lawrence Basey | OF | 22 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Melanson | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dave Revering | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lorin Grow | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doug Dreier | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russell Finney | P | 44 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .432 | ||||
| Doug Dreier | P | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .227 | ||||
| Marc Bombard | P | 30 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.167 | ||||
| Michael Kmet | P | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Heintz | P | 25 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 1.680 | ||||
| Tom Hume | P | 23 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | .884 | 1.652 | ||||
| Hector Artiles | P | 19 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Lyle Madison | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Darrell Devitt | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Arthur Cover | P | 12 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.083 | ||||
| Dave Overstreet | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Lorin Grow | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Forrest Clemmons | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rex Jackson | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Geist | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Flynn | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kent Burdick | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Borowicz | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Borowicz | SS | 114 | 137 | 321 | 23 | 54 | .952 | 4.018 | ||||
| Doug Flynn | SS | 21 | 26 | 59 | 5 | 11 | .944 | 4.048 | ||||
| Greg Taminosian | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1368 | 3350 | 1416 | 178 | 301 | .964 | 3.484 | 30 | 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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