1987 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 5th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Marc Bombard (64-76)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 62,394, Avg. 891
1987 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 64-76
Finished 5th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Marc Bombard (64-76)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 62,394, Avg. 891
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1987 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons scored 510 runs and surrendered 623 runs. Steve Davis led Tampa with 11 home runs Dave Clements drove in 57 runs. Jeff Forney paced hitters with significant playing time with a .267 average. Chris Hammond topped the squad with 11 wins, while Tim Swob earned a 3.17 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1987 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jeff Richardson, Gino Minutelli, Chris Hammond and Mike Roesler.
Marc Bombard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hammond | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.55 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 170.0 | 174 | 81 | 67 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 126 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tim Swob | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.16 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 170.7 | 163 | 76 | 60 | 5 | 67 | 3 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mike Roesler | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.23 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36.3 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gino Minutelli | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.80 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 104.3 | 98 | 51 | 44 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Curt Kindred | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.43 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 101 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Kent Willis | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.94 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.7 | 154 | 85 | 66 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Timber Mead | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.00 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102.7 | 105 | 72 | 57 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mike Converse | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.96 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.7 | 103 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mike Villa | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.40 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 | 44 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Deitz | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.45 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30.3 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ken Huseby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.08 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 57 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dwayne Williams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Vierra | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.12 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.53 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 70 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Billy Hawley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.73 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Campbell | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.04 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 64 | 76 | .457 | 3.90 | 344 | 140 | 112 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 1168.0 | 1183 | 623 | 506 | 59 | 513 | 34 | 736 | 35 | 12 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Richardson | 100 | 415 | 374 | 44 | 112 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 35 | .299 | .350 | .334 | .684 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Jeff Forney | 127 | 502 | 415 | 65 | 111 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 69 | 65 | .267 | .383 | .369 | .751 | 153 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kevin Pearson | 125 | 478 | 420 | 38 | 107 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 62 | .255 | .328 | .319 | .647 | 134 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Scott Hilgenberg | 94 | 373 | 330 | 27 | 93 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 38 | .282 | .358 | .324 | .683 | 107 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dave Clements | 99 | 396 | 361 | 44 | 88 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 47 | .244 | .290 | .330 | .620 | 119 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| Steve Davis | 113 | 373 | 335 | 42 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 75 | .257 | .322 | .415 | .737 | 139 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ramon Sambo | 88 | 372 | 302 | 66 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 60 | 12 | 65 | 43 | .268 | .398 | .308 | .706 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bret Williamson | 103 | 323 | 289 | 23 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 56 | .218 | .288 | .308 | .596 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pete Beeler | 79 | 250 | 231 | 24 | 61 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 32 | .264 | .310 | .351 | .661 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pete Carey | 103 | 353 | 271 | 40 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 74 | 49 | .218 | .387 | .310 | .697 | 84 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rich Sapienza | 72 | 226 | 208 | 15 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 30 | .255 | .297 | .260 | .557 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Jackson | 56 | 239 | 207 | 24 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 31 | .222 | .321 | .251 | .572 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Brown | 58 | 203 | 171 | 17 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 37 | .263 | .363 | .357 | .720 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Juan Pinol | 55 | 207 | 185 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 36 | .222 | .291 | .259 | .551 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rod Zeratsky | 38 | 148 | 129 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .248 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Martinez | 12 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .225 | .304 | .300 | .604 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Whitaker | 15 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .156 | .270 | .188 | .458 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Willis | 25 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .227 | .250 | .477 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Timber Mead | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hammond | 25 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Campbell | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Converse | 36 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Benzo | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gino Minutelli | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Swob | 26 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .071 | .133 | .143 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Deitz | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Huseby | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Villa | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. D. Scott | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Novak | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hawley | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Kindred | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1655 | 5087 | 4427 | 510 | 1106 | 182 | 24 | 28 | 436 | 159 | 56 | 538 | 694 | .250 | .333 | .321 | .654 | 1420 | 0 | 36 | 49 | 37 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Hilgenberg | 1B | 93 | 790 | 52 | 6 | 62 | .993 | 9.054 | ||||
| Bret Williamson | 1B | 40 | 320 | 20 | 5 | 24 | .986 | 8.500 | ||||
| Dave Clements | 1B | 12 | 111 | 9 | 2 | 8 | .984 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Martinez | 1B | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Pete Carey | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jeff Richardson | 2B | 72 | 153 | 176 | 12 | 36 | .965 | 4.569 | ||||
| Ramon Sambo | 2B | 58 | 94 | 141 | 9 | 25 | .963 | 4.052 | ||||
| Brian Whitaker | 2B | 8 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Juan Pinol | 2B | 8 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .977 | 5.375 | ||||
| Dave Clements | 2B | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
| Dave Clements | 3B | 76 | 61 | 146 | 20 | 12 | .912 | 2.724 | ||||
| Kevin Pearson | 3B | 37 | 33 | 83 | 12 | 9 | .906 | 3.135 | ||||
| Jeff Richardson | 3B | 22 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 2.227 | ||||
| Rich Sapienza | 3B | 14 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .758 | 1.786 | ||||
| Luis Benzo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pete Beeler | C | 60 | 269 | 36 | 12 | 4 | .962 | 5.083 | 12 | |||
| Rich Sapienza | C | 52 | 238 | 37 | 7 | 3 | .975 | 5.288 | 9 | |||
| Rod Zeratsky | C | 35 | 208 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 6.600 | 8 | |||
| Luis Martinez | C | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 4.833 | 0 | |||
| J. D. Scott | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Forney | OF | 117 | 194 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Steve Davis | OF | 98 | 219 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 2.276 | ||||
| Pete Carey | OF | 66 | 111 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .959 | 1.788 | ||||
| Mark Jackson | OF | 56 | 120 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .946 | 2.179 | ||||
| Don Brown | OF | 55 | 86 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .893 | 1.673 | ||||
| Bret Williamson | OF | 40 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.175 | ||||
| Ramon Sambo | OF | 15 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
| Ken Huseby | P | 43 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .349 | ||||
| Mike Converse | P | 36 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .722 | .361 | ||||
| Tommy Novak | P | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Timber Mead | P | 29 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 1.207 | ||||
| Mike Roesler | P | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .107 | ||||
| Tim Swob | P | 26 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.885 | ||||
| Kent Willis | P | 25 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 3 | .875 | 1.680 | ||||
| Chris Hammond | P | 25 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 0 | .896 | 1.720 | ||||
| Tim Deitz | P | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .435 | ||||
| Mike Villa | P | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Gino Minutelli | P | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .862 | 1.471 | ||||
| Curt Kindred | P | 17 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 1.118 | ||||
| Joey Vierra | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Mike Campbell | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Billy Hawley | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dwayne Williams | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kevin Pearson | SS | 88 | 121 | 288 | 37 | 43 | .917 | 4.648 | ||||
| Juan Pinol | SS | 46 | 78 | 113 | 21 | 16 | .901 | 4.152 | ||||
| Jeff Richardson | SS | 9 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dave Clements | SS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1542 | 3504 | 1497 | 232 | 285 | .956 | 3.243 | 29 | 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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