1974 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 68-64
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (68-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 70,004, Avg. 1,061
Playoffs - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1974 season with a record of 68 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons plated 437 runs and yielded 486 runs. Randy Poffo drove in 66 runs. Richard Counts paced all regular batters with a .266 average. Dave Moore topped the squad with 11 wins, while Manny Sarmiento registered a 2.86 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1974 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Werner, Mike Armstrong, Manny Sarmiento and Paul Thormodsgard.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Moore | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.24 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 178.0 | 186 | 72 | 64 | 7 | 77 | 3 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Marc Bombard | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.92 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 120.0 | 104 | 47 | 39 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Manny Sarmiento | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.86 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 126.0 | 112 | 42 | 40 | 8 | 47 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Richard Jensen | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.35 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 137.0 | 105 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
George Knowles | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.05 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56.0 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Doug Dreier | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.38 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 156 | 56 | 50 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Paul Thormodsgard | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.67 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 135.0 | 152 | 80 | 70 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
Eldon Dollar | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Patrick Garvey | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.03 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 108 | 50 | 36 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Lyle Madison | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Larry O'Brien | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Mike Armstrong | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Totals | 68 | 64 | .515 | 3.41 | 250 | 132 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 20 | 1101.0 | 1073 | 486 | 417 | 47 | 455 | 14 | 559 | 28 | 5 | 37 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Nina | 122 | 525 | 441 | 67 | 115 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 73 | 53 | .261 | .366 | .304 | .669 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Lett | 129 | 511 | 451 | 51 | 112 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 37 | .248 | .317 | .324 | .640 | 146 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Robert Jones | 129 | 531 | 444 | 52 | 111 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 30 | 5 | 71 | 66 | .250 | .361 | .338 | .699 | 150 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Randy Poffo | 131 | 521 | 461 | 36 | 107 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 85 | .232 | .304 | .358 | .662 | 165 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Richard Counts | 113 | 430 | 376 | 36 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 83 | .266 | .346 | .367 | .713 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Bradford Kessler | 119 | 450 | 386 | 48 | 92 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 90 | .238 | .331 | .334 | .665 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Don Werner | 120 | 483 | 397 | 44 | 92 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 60 | .232 | .343 | .285 | .627 | 113 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
Tommie Bozich | 86 | 284 | 261 | 18 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 52 | .211 | .244 | .257 | .500 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Robert Polaski | 50 | 202 | 167 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 16 | .275 | .389 | .305 | .694 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Sinatro | 42 | 161 | 141 | 20 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .270 | .338 | .426 | .763 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Ronald Reagan | 56 | 171 | 153 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 28 | .203 | .272 | .248 | .521 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Robert Cummings | 35 | 133 | 119 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 29 | .235 | .305 | .294 | .599 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Westerman | 22 | 68 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .236 | .333 | .255 | .588 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Beal | 29 | 98 | 75 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | .133 | .293 | .160 | .453 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Reeves | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .280 | .308 | .320 | .628 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Stock | 24 | 84 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .080 | .155 | .080 | .235 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
John Fuller | 16 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .152 | .222 | .182 | .404 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Burt Ramos | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Knowles | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc Bombard | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1289 | 4721 | 4065 | 437 | 968 | 133 | 30 | 37 | 379 | 84 | 51 | 519 | 676 | .238 | .326 | .313 | .639 | 1272 | 95 | 26 | 78 | 33 | 12 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Counts | 1B | 100 | 852 | 48 | 6 | 63 | .993 | 9.000 | ||||
William Stock | 1B | 17 | 119 | 11 | 4 | 12 | .970 | 7.647 | ||||
Robert Polaski | 1B | 12 | 95 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .990 | 8.500 | ||||
Randy Poffo | 1B | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
Ronald Reagan | 1B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
Rafael Nina | 2B | 121 | 314 | 294 | 19 | 54 | .970 | 5.025 | ||||
Richard Counts | 2B | 12 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.417 | ||||
Jim Lett | 3B | 126 | 133 | 264 | 17 | 26 | .959 | 3.151 | ||||
Greg Sinatro | 3B | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
Robert Polaski | 3B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 3.333 | ||||
William Stock | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ronald Reagan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Alan Beal | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Don Werner | C | 119 | 580 | 71 | 3 | 5 | .995 | 5.471 | 9 | |||
John Fuller | C | 16 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .969 | 3.875 | 2 | |||
Randy Poffo | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
Robert Jones | OF | 128 | 351 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 2.852 | ||||
Bradford Kessler | OF | 93 | 179 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .974 | 1.978 | ||||
Ronald Reagan | OF | 45 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 1.578 | ||||
Greg Sinatro | OF | 35 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.800 | ||||
Robert Cummings | OF | 35 | 69 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .951 | 2.229 | ||||
Robert Polaski | OF | 31 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.871 | ||||
Randy Poffo | OF | 30 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .945 | 1.733 | ||||
Jim Reeves | OF | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2.143 | ||||
Manny Sarmiento | P | 39 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .359 | ||||
George Knowles | P | 29 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
Paul Thormodsgard | P | 26 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .862 | .962 | ||||
Dave Moore | P | 25 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.680 | ||||
Doug Dreier | P | 25 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
Marc Bombard | P | 25 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .960 | ||||
Richard Jensen | P | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
Eldon Dollar | P | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
Patrick Garvey | P | 18 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.389 | ||||
Lyle Madison | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
Mike Armstrong | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Larry O'Brien | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Tommie Bozich | SS | 85 | 112 | 183 | 23 | 21 | .928 | 3.471 | ||||
Alan Beal | SS | 28 | 53 | 89 | 14 | 15 | .910 | 5.071 | ||||
Michael Westerman | SS | 20 | 30 | 58 | 5 | 7 | .946 | 4.400 | ||||
Ronald Reagan | SS | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Jim Lett | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Richard Counts | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 1338 | 3300 | 1303 | 153 | 240 | .968 | 3.440 | 11 | 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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