1979 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-60
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Mike Compton (74-60)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 93,303, Avg. 1,393

1979 Tampa Tarpons Roster

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Tarpons scored 455 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 414 runs. Nick Esasky paced Tampa with 10 home runs and drove in 66 runs. Paul Herring led all regular hitters with a .291 average. Bill Scherrer and Scott Dye topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Bill Scherrer recorded a 1.81 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Scherrer, Steve Christmas, Tom Foley, Paul Gibson, Tom Lawless and Nick Esasky.

Mike Compton 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
Scott Dye	12	3	.800	1.80	51	1		0	0	6	100.0	81	24	20	0	24	2	74	5	0	2
Bill Scherrer	12	3	.800	1.81	25	24		10	4	0	159.0	126	43	32	0	65	2	140	2	0	9
Oscar Brito	11	7	.611	2.43	28	26		8	3	0	167.0	126	57	45	7	82	2	154	5	1	9
Doug Neuenschwander	9	5	.643	2.74	45	0		0	0	5	82.0	82	35	25	0	31	4	51	2	0	4
Randy Town	8	5	.615	2.73	19	14		5	2	0	112.0	89	36	34	3	20	3	67	3	0	6
Ron Stryker	7	11	.389	2.75	55	1		0	0	8	85.0	72	30	26	3	40	6	53	1	2	4
Greg Meyer	5	4	.556	2.65	28	13		2	1	0	85.0	70	34	25	4	47	2	41	0	1	3
Steve Skaggs	4	7	.364	3.00	20	20		3	1	0	126.0	104	43	42	7	67	2	46	5	0	7
Paul Gibson	3	8	.273	3.07	24	22		2	0	0	129.0	121	56	44	5	46	7	58	4	1	5
Larry Buckle	2	2	.500	4.40	10	9		0	0	0	47.0	39	27	23	1	29	1	30	5	0	2
Rick Lombardo	1	3	.250	2.80	17	6		0	0	1	45.0	39	20	14	0	20	4	24	1	0	3
Mark Moore	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Ingraham	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
Alex Neely	0	2	.000	5.00	8	0		0	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	1	6	0	5	0	0	1
Totals	74	60	.552	2.64	332	136	0	30	11	20	1149.0	962	414	337	31	479	35	745	33	6	55	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 Lawless	131	557	469	66	126	9	5	1	39	60	17	70	92	.269	.362	.316	.678	148		1	13	4
Jose Mota	122	487	441	58	121	7	1	0	18	45	21	33	76	.274	.335	.295	.630	130		7	6	0
Paul Herring	121	470	413	53	120	15	3	6	43	16	12	47	41	.291	.359	.385	.744	159		1	2	7
Nick Esasky	124	493	439	52	118	16	3	10	66	3	6	44	97	.269	.346	.387	.733	170		8	1	1
Russ Aldrich	105	418	373	36	99	11	5	7	56	8	5	33	41	.265	.333	.378	.711	141		6	3	3
Steve Christmas	122	457	377	50	99	18	2	6	39	5	5	72	30	.263	.379	.369	.748	139		2	1	5
Tom Foley	125	460	414	38	95	12	6	0	37	5	4	37	39	.229	.292	.287	.580	119		1	5	3
Pat Ingraham	103	329	295	19	72	8	2	1	15	12	8	29	74	.244	.312	.295	.607	87		0	5	0
Eski Viltz	96	291	264	23	51	6	1	2	19	5	4	19	52	.193	.257	.246	.503	65		4	3	1
Rich Jendra	72	163	128	20	32	2	0	0	14	2	2	31	28	.250	.391	.266	.657	34		0	2	2
Bill Kuchar	53	165	144	10	24	3	0	1	12	1	0	18	40	.167	.258	.208	.466	30		0	2	1
Dan Sarrett	32	76	63	4	14	2	0	0	2	1	0	11	12	.222	.347	.254	.601	16		1	1	0
Bill Scherrer	31	60	57	5	12	1	0	0	8	0	2	1	13	.211	.224	.228	.452	13		0	2	0
Carlos Pimentel	34	88	84	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	2	2	17	.143	.161	.167	.328	14		0	1	1
Jim Taylor	12	28	26	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.423	.464	.423	.887	11		0	0	0
Rick Lombardo	17	12	10	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.500	.583	.600	1.183	6		0	0	0
Greg Meyer	28	33	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	.208	.424	.250	.674	6		1	0	0
Paul Gibson	24	46	42	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	10	.119	.159	.143	.302	6		0	2	0
Oscar Brito	29	60	54	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	20	.093	.125	.148	.273	8		1	4	0
Doug Neuenschwander	45	16	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	.364	.533	.364	.897	4		0	1	0
Tony Walker	9	24	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.190	.261	.190	.451	4		0	1	0
Ron Stryker	55	10	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.500	.875	4		0	2	0
Randy Town	21	38	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.086	.111	.086	.197	3		0	2	0
Steve Skaggs	20	42	36	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.083	.175	.083	.258	3		1	2	0
Scott Dye	51	20	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.143	.294	.143	.437	2		1	3	0
Larry Buckle	10	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1		0	0	0
Alex Neely	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1593	4862	4259	455	1046	116	28	35	386	164	90	475	747	.246	.324	.311	.635	1323	0	35	65	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Russ Aldrich	1B	84	684	35	5	65	.993	8.560
Bill Kuchar	1B	41	346	12	1	27	.997	8.732
Pat Ingraham	1B	17	144	10	4	11	.975	9.059
Steve Christmas	1B	6	38	6	0	4	1.000	7.333
Rich Jendra	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Paul Herring	1B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tom Lawless	2B	129	296	376	17	82	.975	5.209
Rich Jendra	2B	8	17	15	1	5	.970	4.000
Nick Esasky	3B	122	91	234	27	18	.923	2.664
Rich Jendra	3B	16	11	27	6	2	.864	2.375
Steve Christmas	C	114	646	113	17	9	.978	6.658	17
Dan Sarrett	C	32	112	22	5	2	.964	4.188	7
Jim Taylor	C	7	34	6	0	0	1.000	5.714	2
Russ Aldrich	C	2	12	3	0	1	1.000	7.500	2
Paul Herring	OF	116	160	17	7	2	.962	1.526
Jose Mota	OF	113	232	10	4	1	.984	2.142
Eski Viltz	OF	82	161	15	5	2	.972	2.146
Pat Ingraham	OF	75	109	6	7	1	.943	1.533
Carlos Pimentel	OF	25	30	1	0	0	1.000	1.240
Russ Aldrich	OF	25	33	0	0	0	1.000	1.320
Tony Walker	OF	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Ron Stryker	P	55	5	16	0	0	1.000	.382
Scott Dye	P	51	2	11	2	0	.867	.255
Doug Neuenschwander	P	45	2	14	1	1	.941	.356
Greg Meyer	P	28	6	19	1	3	.962	.893
Oscar Brito	P	28	3	15	1	1	.947	.643
Bill Scherrer	P	25	3	30	2	4	.943	1.320
Paul Gibson	P	24	3	26	1	1	.967	1.208
Steve Skaggs	P	20	11	19	2	2	.938	1.500
Randy Town	P	19	4	19	2	1	.920	1.211
Rick Lombardo	P	17	0	9	1	0	.900	.529
Larry Buckle	P	10	3	6	0	0	1.000	.900
Alex Neely	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Mark Moore	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Pat Ingraham	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tom Foley	SS	122	223	394	35	71	.946	5.057
Rich Jendra	SS	20	20	37	5	6	.919	2.850
Totals		1496	3452	1526	159	322	.969	3.328	28	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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