1973 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 73-71
Finished 4th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (73-71)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 15,006, Avg. 208
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1973 season with a record of 73 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons plated 458 runs and yielded 445 runs. Mike Staffieri accounted for 59 RBI and topped all regular hitters with a .268 average. Larry Payne led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 1.92 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bruce Taylor and Paul Thormodsgard both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Russ Nixon 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Payne | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.92 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 117.0 | 90 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
Lorin Grow | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.08 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 108.0 | 84 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Paul Thormodsgard | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.36 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 112 | 48 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
Gregory Motter | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.73 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 111.0 | 120 | 66 | 46 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
Gary Myers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.67 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 125.0 | 121 | 57 | 51 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Richard Jensen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Andre Rabouin | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.47 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73.0 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Lyle Madison | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.29 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 63.0 | 56 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
William Davis | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.97 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 93 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bruce Taylor | 5 | 6 | .455 | 1.46 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 74.0 | 62 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Dave Moore | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.14 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 117 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Patrick Garvey | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.46 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 56 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Edmund Tobin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Forrest Clemmons | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeff Chandler | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Paul Howland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.77 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Totals | 73 | 71 | .507 | 2.73 | 286 | 144 | 0 | 51 | 22 | 19 | 1133.0 | 1031 | 445 | 344 | 28 | 393 | 28 | 751 | 32 | 3 | 58 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ulsh | 143 | 572 | 474 | 70 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 79 | 81 | .249 | .356 | .310 | .666 | 147 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||
Mike Staffieri | 131 | 494 | 406 | 57 | 109 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 5 | 76 | 95 | .268 | .382 | .362 | .744 | 147 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Joe Munoz | 112 | 460 | 393 | 72 | 105 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 57 | 61 | .267 | .361 | .364 | .725 | 143 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
William Covert | 128 | 454 | 408 | 27 | 96 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 50 | .235 | .297 | .292 | .589 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
Robert Polaski | 99 | 381 | 317 | 47 | 93 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 39 | .293 | .397 | .369 | .766 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
Eddie Sherlin | 134 | 468 | 398 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 60 | .178 | .273 | .204 | .476 | 81 | 2 | 17 | 1 | ||
Oscar DelBusto | 106 | 365 | 305 | 24 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 59 | .207 | .308 | .249 | .557 | 76 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ||
Don Lewis | 82 | 281 | 251 | 17 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 78 | .207 | .284 | .263 | .547 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mark Melanson | 112 | 316 | 267 | 31 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 40 | 84 | .195 | .305 | .262 | .568 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
Jim Lett | 43 | 168 | 147 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .238 | .294 | .340 | .635 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
Rick Colzie | 26 | 109 | 95 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | .316 | .383 | .337 | .720 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ray Borowicz | 81 | 178 | 155 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 31 | .161 | .237 | .174 | .411 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
George Meier | 32 | 100 | 75 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 31 | .120 | .302 | .120 | .422 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Edmund Tobin | 28 | 74 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .131 | .284 | .148 | .431 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Thormodsgard | 18 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .219 | .257 | .344 | .601 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Lorin Grow | 18 | 47 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .175 | .195 | .300 | .495 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Bruce Taylor | 17 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .200 | .286 | .240 | .526 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Larry Payne | 17 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .139 | .184 | .139 | .323 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
Patrick Garvey | 8 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gregory Motter | 32 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .148 | .303 | .185 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gary Myers | 23 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .121 | .293 | .121 | .414 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Andre Rabouin | 34 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Dave Moore | 25 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .097 | .176 | .097 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Paul Howland | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lyle Madison | 43 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Greg Taminosian | 18 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .030 | .179 | .061 | .240 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Jensen | 8 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Marlon Styles | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Boyd | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Chandler | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
William Davis | 24 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .000 | .172 | .000 | .172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1573 | 4873 | 4118 | 453 | 911 | 104 | 33 | 23 | 398 | 132 | 47 | 567 | 853 | .221 | .318 | .279 | .598 | 1150 | 0 | 36 | 117 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ulsh | 1B | 141 | 1133 | 75 | 14 | 83 | .989 | 8.567 | ||||
William Covert | 1B | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
George Meier | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Eddie Sherlin | 2B | 134 | 336 | 339 | 23 | 62 | .967 | 5.037 | ||||
Mike Staffieri | 2B | 11 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.455 | ||||
Ray Borowicz | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Robert Polaski | 3B | 99 | 75 | 173 | 23 | 10 | .915 | 2.505 | ||||
Jim Lett | 3B | 43 | 35 | 70 | 8 | 4 | .929 | 2.442 | ||||
Mike Staffieri | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
Oscar DelBusto | C | 101 | 591 | 51 | 5 | 8 | .992 | 6.356 | 13 | |||
George Meier | C | 30 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.800 | 16 | |||
Greg Taminosian | C | 13 | 77 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .920 | 6.231 | 4 | |||
Eric Boyd | C | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | |||
Marlon Styles | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
William Covert | OF | 114 | 147 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 1.333 | ||||
Joe Munoz | OF | 112 | 205 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 1.911 | ||||
Mark Melanson | OF | 100 | 118 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .948 | 1.270 | ||||
Don Lewis | OF | 77 | 83 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .916 | 1.130 | ||||
Rick Colzie | OF | 26 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 2.462 | ||||
Edmund Tobin | OF | 25 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.680 | ||||
Mike Staffieri | OF | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Andre Rabouin | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Lyle Madison | P | 43 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .279 | ||||
Gregory Motter | P | 32 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .906 | ||||
Andre Rabouin | P | 29 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .724 | ||||
Dave Moore | P | 25 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .840 | ||||
Gary Myers | P | 23 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.043 | ||||
William Davis | P | 23 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.261 | ||||
Paul Howland | P | 22 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .455 | ||||
Paul Thormodsgard | P | 18 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .828 | 1.333 | ||||
Bruce Taylor | P | 17 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
Larry Payne | P | 17 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.941 | ||||
Lorin Grow | P | 16 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
Richard Jensen | P | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Patrick Garvey | P | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
Forrest Clemmons | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Edmund Tobin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jeff Chandler | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Mike Staffieri | SS | 104 | 133 | 312 | 24 | 47 | .949 | 4.279 | ||||
Ray Borowicz | SS | 43 | 49 | 118 | 11 | 17 | .938 | 3.884 | ||||
Totals | 1488 | 3387 | 1419 | 164 | 258 | .967 | 3.230 | 34 | 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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