1962 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-54
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (0-0), Hersh Freeman (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 55,015, Avg. 917
1962 Tampa Tarpons RosterTeam Record: 66-54
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (0-0), Hersh Freeman (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 55,015, Avg. 917
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1962 season with a record of 66 wins and 54 losses, finishing third in the FSL.
The Tarpons topped the league with 596 runs, ignited by 44 home runs. Tampa allowed 522 runs. Jim Wynn paced the team with 14 home runs and recorded 81 runs batted in. Len Boehmer led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .293 average. Edward Stein paced the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.42 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1962 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Len Boehmer, Lee May, Jim Wynn and Darrell Osteen.
Johnny Vander Meer and Hersh Freeman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Stein | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.42 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 171.0 | 157 | 61 | 46 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Darrell Osteen | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.93 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 103.0 | 98 | 60 | 45 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Andrew Dustal | 6 | 3 | .667 | 0.70 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 90.0 | 66 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Huber | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.60 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 75 | 56 | 44 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ray Diener | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.36 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 53 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| William Chapman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.99 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 88.0 | 72 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Rube Rubilotta | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.79 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 121.0 | 93 | 93 | 51 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Daniel Neville | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Daniel | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33.0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Nicolson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.95 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Michael Villamena | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.77 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 52.0 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 61 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Henry Harden | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.67 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Davis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.53 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Martin Rosell | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Held | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jesse Merrell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 24.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 66 | 53 | .555 | 3.32 | 252 | 117 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1030.0 | 907 | 547 | 380 | 18 | 551 | 16 | 823 | 49 | 5 | 82 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Boehmer | 119 | 549 | 474 | 96 | 139 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 62 | 34 | .293 | .373 | .352 | .725 | 167 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rowe | 115 | 518 | 429 | 91 | 117 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 30 | 79 | 48 | .273 | .387 | .331 | .718 | 142 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Wynn | 120 | 524 | 400 | 93 | 116 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 81 | 20 | 113 | 77 | .290 | .448 | .445 | .893 | 178 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Lee May | 89 | 377 | 339 | 45 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 9 | 22 | 63 | .260 | .311 | .395 | .706 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Montgomery | 100 | 395 | 327 | 34 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 58 | 76 | .214 | .341 | .245 | .586 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Perdue | 64 | 270 | 217 | 39 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 15 | 42 | 71 | .258 | .387 | .419 | .807 | 91 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Willie Kern | 59 | 253 | 212 | 40 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 36 | 37 | .255 | .360 | .335 | .695 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charles Chew | 89 | 269 | 229 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 44 | .205 | .305 | .249 | .553 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Martin Rosell | 46 | 172 | 149 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 14 | .235 | .327 | .289 | .616 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dale Shuey | 33 | 129 | 108 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 9 | .241 | .341 | .278 | .619 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Vande Ven | 30 | 124 | 116 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 36 | .224 | .260 | .310 | .571 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Carlton | 32 | 94 | 83 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .229 | .301 | .277 | .578 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Beard | 25 | 85 | 67 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .254 | .373 | .269 | .642 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salvatore Minetta | 26 | 99 | 85 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .188 | .265 | .259 | .524 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reeves | 27 | 91 | 69 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .174 | .360 | .203 | .562 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 21 | 83 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .147 | .301 | .206 | .507 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ted Maley | 16 | 52 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .205 | .360 | .231 | .591 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Stein | 26 | 73 | 67 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .104 | .155 | .104 | .259 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Hyden | 12 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .240 | .367 | .240 | .607 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Osteen | 28 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .182 | .243 | .333 | .577 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Bruss | 25 | 57 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .130 | .273 | .152 | .425 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Villamena | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .364 | .385 | .455 | .839 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Chapman | 19 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Dustal | 24 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .143 | .400 | .190 | .590 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent DeBenedetto | 9 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .111 | .250 | .259 | .509 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Rubilotta | 29 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .075 | .140 | .100 | .240 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Blasberg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Neville | 10 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 13 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Diener | 9 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Huber | 21 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .065 | .171 | .065 | .236 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Jackson | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Davis | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Harden | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Daniel | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Nicolson | 23 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .091 | .333 | .091 | .424 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Held | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1318 | 4583 | 3834 | 595 | 913 | 92 | 31 | 44 | 471 | 121 | 0 | 613 | 755 | .238 | .346 | .313 | .658 | 1199 | 0 | 38 | 58 | 40 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee May | 1B | 87 | 674 | 48 | 16 | 61 | .978 | 8.299 | ||||
| Stanley Beard | 1B | 18 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.056 | ||||
| Bruce Montgomery | 2B | 99 | 232 | 267 | 23 | 55 | .956 | 5.040 | ||||
| Jim Wynn | 2B | 11 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .889 | 3.636 | ||||
| Jim Wynn | 3B | 88 | 135 | 163 | 20 | 13 | .937 | 3.386 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | 3B | 28 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 7 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Charles Chew | C | 75 | 503 | 54 | 12 | 5 | .979 | 7.427 | 19 | |||
| Billy Reeves | C | 22 | 156 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 7.409 | 2 | |||
| Pedro Martinez | C | 21 | 147 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 7.762 | 6 | |||
| Richard Rowe | OF | 114 | 187 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .962 | 1.754 | ||||
| Tom Perdue | OF | 63 | 90 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.492 | ||||
| Willie Kern | OF | 57 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 2.018 | ||||
| Michael Vande Ven | OF | 30 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Dale Shuey | OF | 29 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.379 | ||||
| Salvatore Minetta | OF | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.520 | ||||
| Jim Wynn | OF | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.609 | ||||
| Jerry Carlton | OF | 12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.750 | ||||
| Carl Bruss | OF | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rube Rubilotta | P | 27 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Edward Stein | P | 26 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.038 | ||||
| Darrell Osteen | P | 23 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .739 | ||||
| Jerry Nicolson | P | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .565 | ||||
| Andrew Dustal | P | 23 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .913 | ||||
| John Huber | P | 21 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 1.190 | ||||
| Henry Harden | P | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .158 | ||||
| William Chapman | P | 18 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .944 | ||||
| Jimmie Hocutt | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| Daniel Neville | P | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Michael Villamena | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Held | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Diener | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Jackson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Davis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Daniel | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Merrell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Martin Rosell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Boehmer | SS | 119 | 239 | 341 | 53 | 58 | .916 | 4.874 | ||||
| Totals | 1185 | 2869 | 1160 | 195 | 217 | .954 | 3.400 | 27 | 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.
