1968 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-62
Finished 3rd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: George Scherger (74-62)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 45,359, Avg. 667

1968 Tampa Tarpons Roster

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 74 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Tarpons plated 458 runs and conceded 408 runs. Josh Carter drove in 59 runs. Alfred Crawford paced hitters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Larry Gable and Michael Willis topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Michael Willis registered a 2.17 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Concepción, Dave Tomlin, Kurt Bevacqua, Milt Wilcox, Ozzie Osborn, Gary Nolan and Steve Blateric were all players from the 1968 Tampa Tarpons who played in the Majors during their careers.

George Scherger 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
Larry Gable	11	4	.733	1.57	45	0		0	0		92.0	64	19	16	1	39	10	60	2	0	0
Michael Willis	11	10	.524	2.17	32	31		8	6		203.0	168	52	49	5	32	6	174	7	1	3
Jerry Baker	7	6	.538	3.45	25	16		1	0		94.0	73	48	36	8	48	1	53	6	0	3
Steve Blateric	6	0	1.000	0.61	7	7		6	3		59.0	37	4	4	1	5	0	47	0	0	0
Dave Tomlin	6	3	.667	2.41	37	1		0	0		56.0	47	19	15	3	16	5	38	1	0	2
Daryl Hallmark	6	4	.600	2.25	11	10		3	2		68.0	49	20	17	0	23	0	56	1	0	2
Mickey Pless	6	4	.600	2.64	26	12		2	0		109.0	81	45	32	2	56	1	110	5	0	4
Milt Wilcox	3	3	.500	1.34	8	8		4	2		47.0	28	11	7	0	18	3	48	4	1	2
Joseph Earl	3	4	.429	2.70	30	7		0	0		70.0	64	31	21	3	18	6	60	2	0	5
Charles Higgins	3	5	.375	2.35	22	11		2	2		92.0	68	34	24	1	26	1	48	6	0	4
Robert Hall	3	5	.375	3.29	19	11		1	1		63.0	50	30	23	3	23	1	46	4	0	0
Ozzie Osborn	2	2	.500	1.80	13	0		0	0		25.0	14	6	5	1	9	4	19	1	0	0
James Baten	2	2	.500	3.32	4	3		1	0		19.0	14	8	7	0	9	0	14	0	1	2
Claude Passeau	2	2	.500	5.04	7	5		1	1		25.0	27	16	14	0	13	1	28	0	0	0
Randy Blanken	1	1	.500	3.00	6	1		0	0		9.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
Larry Feltner	1	1	.500	5.06	5	2		0	0		16.0	17	12	9	2	7	2	4	0	0	0
John Chester	1	2	.333	3.00	4	0		0	0		6.0	6	5	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
Marvin Branscomb	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Franklin Thompson	0	0		0.69	4	1		0	0		13.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	4	1	0	0
Wayne Holsopple	0	0		3.00	3	1		0	0		9.0	7	4	3	0	7	0	7	0	0	3
Pedro Bello	0	0		7.20	4	0		0	0		5.0	6	5	4	0	6	0	4	1	0	0
Mike Oates	0	0		10.12	5	4		0	0		8.0	5	9	9	0	19	0	6	6	0	7
Gary Nolan	0	1	.000	3.60	2	2		0	0		5.0	5	5	2	0	5	0	8	0	0	0
Ed Curran	0	1	.000	5.40	3	2		0	0		10.0	12	6	6	0	3	0	7	1	0	1
Jim Coady	0	2	.000	12.00	7	1		0	0		9.0	12	15	12	1	7	1	7	0	0	4
Totals	74	62	.544	2.60	330	136	0	29	17	0	1113.0	870	408	321	33	403	42	852	48	3	42	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
Alfred Crawford	133	521	470	54	134	22	8	2	54	23	10	29	63	.285	.346	.379	.725	178		17	1	4
Carl Richardson	125	487	414	62	102	11	12	1	32	20	5	61	61	.246	.342	.338	.680	140		2	5	5
Sheldon Andrens	111	413	376	44	100	9	3	0	29	7	0	23	14	.266	.311	.306	.617	115		3	8	3
Marvin Branscomb	103	393	359	52	90	13	3	2	34	14	6	26	39	.251	.306	.320	.626	115		4	1	3
Josh Carter	108	350	328	33	84	14	3	4	59	3	1	14	56	.256	.289	.354	.642	116		3	0	5
Dave Concepción	120	379	329	47	77	11	1	0	22	11	3	40	70	.234	.321	.274	.594	90		2	8	0
Jim Hoff	111	388	323	32	76	11	1	1	28	2	3	43	31	.235	.337	.285	.622	92		8	11	3
Samuel Greenwood	111	374	313	36	71	13	5	3	32	13	6	56	57	.227	.343	.329	.672	103		1	1	3
Frank Portera	98	308	260	24	61	10	1	1	20	5	3	39	37	.235	.338	.292	.630	76		2	6	1
Kurt Bevacqua	91	245	219	18	55	11	2	2	26	1	0	16	26	.251	.307	.347	.654	76		2	7	1
Greg Riddoch	89	220	199	16	35	5	0	2	20	1	0	12	50	.176	.226	.231	.457	46		2	3	4
Andrew Cleveland	48	148	136	3	30	4	1	0	15	1	1	8	24	.221	.279	.265	.544	36		3	1	0
Charles West	19	65	60	9	11	1	0	0	3	1	1	5	12	.183	.246	.200	.446	12		0	0	0
Michael Willis	32	76	66	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	21	.121	.134	.121	.256	8		0	9	0
Daryl Hallmark	13	28	23	3	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	5	.304	.360	.391	.751	9		0	3	0
Steve Blateric	7	24	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	.208	.208	.208	.417	5		0	0	0
Dave Tomlin	37	14	12	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.333	.385	.500	.885	6		0	1	0
Jerry Baker	25	35	29	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.138	.194	.172	.366	5		0	4	0
Claude Passeau	7	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	0	0
Joseph Earl	31	16	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	3		0	0	0
Charles Higgins	22	28	22	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.136	.296	.136	.433	3		1	1	0
Larry Gable	45	29	24	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.125	.250	.167	.417	4		0	1	0
Ed Curran	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Randy Blanken	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	8	15	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.167	.250	2		0	3	0
Robert Hall	19	20	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.071	.235	.071	.307	1		0	3	0
Benjamin Williams	10	25	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.043	.120	.087	.207	2		0	0	0
Mickey Pless	27	35	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.037	.161	.037	.198	1		2	4	0
James Baten	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Franklin Thompson	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Ozzie Osborn	14	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	1	0
Mike Oates	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gary Nolan	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Lewis	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Wayne Holsopple	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Jim Coady	14	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Larry Feltner	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	1	0
Totals	1612	4684	4116	457	972	139	42	18	382	102	41	400	680	.236	.310	.303	.613	1249	0	52	84	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Samuel Greenwood	1B	104	706	44	19	48	.975	7.212
Kurt Bevacqua	1B	28	187	8	1	10	.995	6.964
Marvin Branscomb	1B	21	131	7	2	9	.986	6.571
Jim Hoff	2B	101	176	197	19	31	.952	3.693
Kurt Bevacqua	2B	39	77	66	6	18	.960	3.667
Dave Concepción	2B	4	1	8	1	1	.900	2.250
Carl Richardson	3B	116	86	169	29	14	.898	2.198
Greg Riddoch	3B	33	17	40	8	6	.877	1.727
Alfred Crawford	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Frank Portera	C	97	580	42	11	7	.983	6.412	8
Andrew Cleveland	C	44	276	28	10	2	.968	6.909	8
Benjamin Williams	C	10	53	6	1	0	.983	5.900	1
Jim Lewis	C	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	1
Alfred Crawford	OF	129	207	10	8	2	.964	1.682
Sheldon Andrens	OF	101	202	1	1	0	.995	2.010
Josh Carter	OF	88	154	6	1	2	.994	1.818
Marvin Branscomb	OF	84	131	3	4	1	.971	1.595
Charles West	OF	16	31	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Carl Richardson	OF	3	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
Larry Gable	P	45	6	11	2	2	.895	.378
Dave Tomlin	P	37	1	7	0	0	1.000	.216
Michael Willis	P	32	8	33	2	1	.953	1.281
Joseph Earl	P	30	6	12	3	0	.857	.600
Mickey Pless	P	26	3	12	3	0	.833	.577
Jerry Baker	P	25	5	20	3	0	.893	1.000
Charles Higgins	P	22	9	17	0	0	1.000	1.182
Robert Hall	P	19	2	10	3	0	.800	.632
Ozzie Osborn	P	13	3	3	2	0	.750	.462
Daryl Hallmark	P	11	9	14	1	0	.958	2.091
Milt Wilcox	P	8	2	5	1	0	.875	.875
Claude Passeau	P	7	2	3	0	0	1.000	.714
Jim Coady	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Steve Blateric	P	7	6	13	0	0	1.000	2.714
Randy Blanken	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Mike Oates	P	5	1	1	1	0	.667	.400
Larry Feltner	P	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Franklin Thompson	P	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.000
John Chester	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Pedro Bello	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
James Baten	P	4						.000
Wayne Holsopple	P	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Ed Curran	P	3						.000
Gary Nolan	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Dave Concepción	SS	107	150	231	19	31	.952	3.561
Greg Riddoch	SS	44	55	107	8	12	.953	3.682
Totals		1501	3295	1155	171	198	.963	2.965	18	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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