1972 Lakeland Tigers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-69
Finished 5th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Stubby Overmire (61-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 27,055, Avg. 416
1972 Lakeland Tigers Roster

The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 61 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.

The Tigers scored 475 runs and allowed 502 runs. Steve Vazquez drove in 56 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .286. Joe McIlvaine paced the team with 9 wins, while Everett Meggitt registered a 2.95 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Billy Baldwin, Gary Christenson, Dennis DeBarr, Ed Glynn, Dave Lemanczyk, Tom Makowski, Phil Mankowski, Gene Pentz and Leon Roberts were all players from the 1972 Lakeland Tigers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Stubby Overmire 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
Joe McIlvaine96.6001.5743000569.0531812233453002
Dave Lemanczyk71.8751.778761066.0441413217055000
Dennis DeBarr69.4003.142417300129.01005345769197324
Brad Davies54.5563.6931630383.0873734741362411
Richard Lawson54.5563.741616430101.01014942652055103
Greg Gromek55.5003.3523641294.0804035423060213
Mark Palmer58.3854.36251200199.01145648342364123
Everett Meggitt512.2942.952019821131.01145443752289502
Tom Makowski401.0002.069621048.0371311126231102
Gene Pentz43.5713.86161331091.0784739560073704
Brian Sheekey48.3333.331916510108.0784640287399606
Lawrence Bracco11.50012.60500005.010770505000
Ed Glynn14.2004.42151000057.0523028050154213
Michael Egleston000.00100000.30000001000
Gary Christenson006.6010000115.021141118013002
Ian Fink01.0001.937000014.0106304012000
Robert Shortell01.0009.00610007.014870603100
John Walsh01.0009.00310005.08551404101
Robert Mullings01.00018.00100002.04540100000
Totals6169.4693.4228213003810131124.310055024274858019830347360

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
Steve Vazquez12650443060123227756026588.286.380.419.799180324
Billy Baldwin11847241434115149547644096.278.343.391.7351623123
Phil Mankowski1104614033811082234124126.273.341.318.6591283104
Leon Roberts743152543678143552214837.307.421.445.866113544
Donald Pavic84361328357560119642528.229.285.256.54184170
Lenny Baxley883372832470142640014472.247.351.375.726106343
Jim Eschen833843004969630241257339.230.387.270.65781542
Lawrence Elliott57261206386173016004523.296.423.359.78274181
William Sievers842752302555143125024243.239.353.339.69278003
Ramon Vega63227201165481118001512.269.323.333.65667344
Robert Cole64220175274161818124045.234.384.417.80173311
Jeff Natchez58221197193962319221753.198.266.294.56058232
Michael Egleston51159139193030623101825.216.302.367.66951002
James Newhook3689747120003011323.162.287.162.45012020
Dave Kuhn277570511200120215.157.213.186.39913300
Greg Gromek37474071011070058.250.348.325.67313110
Brian Sheekey2148473950130009.191.191.362.55317010
Dave Lemanczyk827212631020048.286.385.524.90811011
Everett Meggitt22464426110100115.136.156.205.3609010
Carlos Quinones938332500020039.152.211.152.3625002
Ben Hunt20413675000211211.139.200.139.3395111
Gene Pentz16403124100200612.129.270.161.4325030
Richard Lawson16393504100100218.114.184.143.3275110
Ed Glynn1516131300020022.231.333.231.5643010
Dennis DeBarr24473823100000418.079.167.105.2724050
Ronald Hargett31292200000035.222.417.222.6392000
Mark Palmer25302512000100314.080.179.080.2592020
John Walsh5331100000001.333.333.333.6671000
Ian Fink7440100000001.250.250.250.5001000
Emmanuel Toledo71090100010012.111.200.111.3111000
Tom Makowski1016131100000023.077.200.077.2771010
Brad Davies31232001010200314.050.174.150.3243000
Joe McIlvaine43971000000001.000.000.000.0000020
Nicholas Misch8651000000013.000.167.000.1670000
Lawrence Bubla5112000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Alan Newsome6530000000023.000.400.000.4000000
Gary Christenson101000000000101.0000000
Totals147148704141469100714340464213427573783.243.338.330.668136803881370


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Lenny Baxley1B8260835660.9917.841
Michael Egleston1B3727718418.9877.973
Robert Cole1B181351038.9808.056
Billy Baldwin1B3240031.0008.000
Jim Eschen2B83184220951.9784.867
Steve Vazquez2B255659411.9664.600
Dave Kuhn2B16474718.9895.875
Ben Hunt2B71013031.0003.286
Carlos Quinones2B413620.9054.750
Phil Mankowski3B103712101623.9462.728
Donald Pavic3B24264813.9873.083
Steve Vazquez3B31210.7501.000
William SieversC724194195.9816.3895
Ramon VegaC633964452.9896.9843
Emmanuel ToledoC615010.9382.5002
Ronald HargettC319720.9298.6674
Billy BaldwinOF1121991342.9811.893
Steve VazquezOF84119720.9841.500
Leon RobertsOF74162850.9712.297
Jeff NatchezOF5677551.9431.464
Robert ColeOF3448450.9121.529
James NewhookOF2332120.9431.435
Donald PavicOF515111.9413.200
Michael EglestonOF340001.0001.333
Nicholas MischOF240001.0002.000
Joe McIlvaineP43213001.000.349
Brad DaviesP3168001.000.452
Mark PalmerP2551910.960.960
Dennis DeBarrP2452010.9621.042
Greg GromekP2361814.9601.043
Everett MeggittP2071520.9171.100
Brian SheekeyP1961420.9091.053
Gene PentzP1641211.9411.000
Richard LawsonP1631420.8951.062
Ed GlynnP152511.875.467
Gary ChristensonP1006001.000.600
Tom MakowskiP9113011.0001.556
Dave LemanczykP834001.000.875
Ian FinkP702001.000.286
Robert ShortellP611001.000.333
Lawrence BraccoP50000.000
John WalshP30000.000
Robert MullingsP101001.0001.000
Michael EglestonP10000.000
Lawrence ElliottSS57691491022.9563.825
Donald PavicSS55991521524.9444.564
Steve VazquezSS9131915.9703.556
Ben HuntSS6121752.8534.833
Carlos QuinonesSS551422.9053.800
Totals135632101315132261.9723.3371400

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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