1972 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 78-65
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Hank Bauer (78-65)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 104,275, Avg. 1,458
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 2 games, Charleston Charlies 1
Finals - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Louisville Colonels 2
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1972 season with a record of 78 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Tides paced the league with just 532 runs allowed. Tidewater scored 541 runs. George Theodore accounted for 78 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Harry Parker led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.61 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1972 Tidewater Tides who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Dillman, Bob Rauch, Buzz Capra, Lute Barnes, Dave McDonald, Chip Coulter, Pedro Ramos, Brian Ostrosser, Chuck Taylor, Larry Fritz, Jim Gosger, José Morales, Brent Strom, Randy Brown, Barry Raziano, Scott Reid, Don Hahn, Charlie Williams, George Spriggs, George Theodore, Harry Parker, Tommy Moore, Bobby Etheridge, Jim Kennedy and Dave Schneck.
Hank Bauer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Parker | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.61 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 200.0 | 168 | 66 | 58 | 14 | 63 | 4 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tommy Moore | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.80 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 148.0 | 119 | 59 | 46 | 13 | 73 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.49 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 170.0 | 174 | 92 | 66 | 11 | 70 | 4 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.70 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 44.0 | 56 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Glass | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.46 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 125.0 | 104 | 53 | 48 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brent Strom | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.30 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 142.0 | 135 | 61 | 52 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buzz Capra | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.38 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 71 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dillman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.20 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 87 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Williams | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Perkins | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.75 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36.0 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pedro Ramos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenny Esposito | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Reahm | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rauch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.72 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 53.0 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tommie Sheppard | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Bauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.81 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 3.35 | 312 | 137 | 0 | 48 | 15 | 23 | 1174.0 | 1085 | 516 | 437 | 94 | 490 | 36 | 812 | 20 | 3 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Theodore | 143 | 579 | 510 | 78 | 151 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 63 | .296 | .366 | .406 | .772 | 207 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Don Hahn | 114 | 465 | 401 | 57 | 113 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 56 | 89 | .282 | .369 | .369 | .738 | 148 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Gosger | 142 | 556 | 455 | 73 | 111 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 92 | 57 | .244 | .368 | .341 | .708 | 155 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Lute Barnes | 105 | 436 | 392 | 41 | 101 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 58 | .258 | .319 | .339 | .658 | 133 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Etheridge | 111 | 381 | 321 | 38 | 86 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 55 | .268 | .364 | .343 | .707 | 110 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| José Morales | 86 | 286 | 256 | 28 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 42 | .293 | .367 | .461 | .828 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kazmarek | 71 | 217 | 192 | 21 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | .276 | .355 | .391 | .745 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Kennedy | 89 | 310 | 273 | 21 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 32 | .190 | .265 | .231 | .496 | 63 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 72 | 233 | 213 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 42 | .207 | .256 | .329 | .584 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brown | 55 | 184 | 165 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 27 | .261 | .330 | .358 | .687 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cotton | 62 | 179 | 155 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .258 | .341 | .290 | .631 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Pichardo | 59 | 198 | 175 | 23 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 29 | .229 | .289 | .246 | .535 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| George Spriggs | 41 | 153 | 129 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 27 | .209 | .293 | .349 | .642 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gary Sprague | 32 | 109 | 92 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .239 | .352 | .283 | .634 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 38 | 72 | 60 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .250 | .338 | .317 | .655 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Larry Fritz | 22 | 70 | 61 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .230 | .314 | .492 | .806 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Schneck | 9 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .306 | .350 | .389 | .739 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harry Parker | 28 | 79 | 70 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .157 | .213 | .157 | .370 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Scripture | 32 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .213 | .260 | .255 | .515 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Strom | 22 | 51 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .178 | .229 | .222 | .451 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Moore | 23 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .163 | .208 | .245 | .452 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Brian Ostrosser | 6 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .318 | .350 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Glass | 31 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .108 | .105 | .108 | .213 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Williams | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Winston | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rauch | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Capra | 11 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .087 | .250 | .087 | .337 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Perkins | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dillman | 38 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Reahm | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Ramos | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Esposito | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bauer | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1585 | 4896 | 4262 | 510 | 1058 | 155 | 38 | 48 | 468 | 40 | 35 | 498 | 758 | .248 | .328 | .336 | .665 | 1433 | 0 | 26 | 77 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Theodore | 1B | 143 | 1180 | 72 | 15 | 112 | .988 | 8.755 | ||||
| Jim Gosger | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| José Morales | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Lute Barnes | 2B | 101 | 215 | 275 | 17 | 63 | .966 | 4.851 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 38 | 82 | 90 | 6 | 22 | .966 | 4.526 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 2B | 7 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.714 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jim Kennedy | 2B | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 3B | 101 | 60 | 173 | 11 | 15 | .955 | 2.307 | ||||
| Gary Sprague | 3B | 25 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .967 | 2.320 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 3B | 16 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 2.562 | ||||
| Bill Scripture | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Kennedy | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Morales | C | 60 | 357 | 25 | 13 | 3 | .967 | 6.367 | 9 | |||
| Bill Cotton | C | 60 | 324 | 29 | 3 | 7 | .992 | 5.883 | 8 | |||
| Randy Brown | C | 40 | 186 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.100 | 3 | |||
| Bill Scripture | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Gosger | OF | 140 | 250 | 11 | 4 | 5 | .985 | 1.864 | ||||
| Don Hahn | OF | 113 | 267 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .989 | 2.442 | ||||
| George Kazmarek | OF | 59 | 87 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .938 | 1.542 | ||||
| George Spriggs | OF | 37 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.676 | ||||
| Larry Fritz | OF | 17 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 1.706 | ||||
| Randy Brown | OF | 13 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 2.154 | ||||
| José Morales | OF | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | OF | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.778 | ||||
| Fred Winston | OF | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Bill Scripture | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | OF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| George Theodore | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Dillman | P | 38 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Jerry Perkins | P | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .306 | ||||
| John Glass | P | 31 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 1.161 | ||||
| Harry Parker | P | 28 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.250 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | P | 27 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .926 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Tommy Moore | P | 23 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 1.304 | ||||
| Brent Strom | P | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Bob Rauch | P | 21 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .667 | ||||
| John Bauer | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Buzz Capra | P | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Fred Reahm | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Ramos | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tommie Sheppard | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Williams | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Kenny Esposito | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Kennedy | SS | 80 | 144 | 240 | 28 | 43 | .932 | 4.800 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | SS | 50 | 85 | 139 | 10 | 32 | .957 | 4.480 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | SS | 9 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 7 | .919 | 3.778 | ||||
| Brian Ostrosser | SS | 6 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 4.833 | ||||
| Lute Barnes | SS | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1476 | 3548 | 1423 | 155 | 346 | .970 | 3.368 | 20 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
