1974 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-64
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (68-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 70,004, Avg. 1,061

1974 Tampa Tarpons Roster

Playoffs - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1974 season with a record of 68 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Tarpons plated 437 runs and yielded 486 runs. Randy Poffo drove in 66 runs. Richard Counts paced all regular batters with a .266 average. Dave Moore topped the squad with 11 wins, while Manny Sarmiento registered a 2.86 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1974 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Manny Sarmiento, Paul Thormodsgard, Don Werner and Mike Armstrong.

Russ Nixon 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
Dave Moore	11	11	.500	3.24	25	25		9	3	0	178.0	186	72	64	7	77	3	125	4	1	2
Marc Bombard	10	5	.667	2.92	25	16		7	3	0	120.0	104	47	39	3	31	0	58	1	0	1
Manny Sarmiento	10	9	.526	2.86	39	9		6	2	11	126.0	112	42	40	8	47	2	80	4	1	3
Richard Jensen	9	7	.562	3.35	23	23		4	2	0	137.0	105	56	51	7	78	0	65	4	0	6
George Knowles	6	0	1.000	3.05	29	0		0	0	6	56.0	45	27	19	1	40	2	34	3	1	4
Doug Dreier	6	9	.400	3.38	25	21		5	1	0	133.0	156	56	50	8	31	1	46	4	0	1
Paul Thormodsgard	6	15	.286	4.67	26	18		6	0	0	135.0	152	80	70	5	45	2	54	6	1	5
Eldon Dollar	4	0	1.000	2.33	19	0		0	0	2	58.0	55	17	15	0	19	1	24	0	0	1
Patrick Garvey	4	5	.444	3.03	18	16		6	0	0	107.0	108	50	36	3	45	0	41	1	0	7
Lyle Madison	2	0	1.000	1.89	11	0		0	0	1	19.0	9	6	4	0	10	3	6	0	0	1
Larry O'Brien	0	1	.000	6.75	4	2		0	0	0	16.0	15	16	12	2	14	0	12	1	0	4
Mike Armstrong	0	2	.000	9.56	6	2		0	0	0	16.0	26	17	17	3	18	0	14	0	1	2
Totals	68	64	.515	3.41	250	132	0	43	11	20	1101.0	1073	486	417	47	455	14	559	28	5	37	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
Rafael Nina	122	525	441	67	115	11	4	0	25	16	14	73	53	.261	.366	.304	.669	134	7	1	8	2	0
Jim Lett	129	511	451	51	112	23	1	3	35	3	2	45	37	.248	.317	.324	.640	146	13	2	9	4	2
Robert Jones	129	531	444	52	111	10	10	3	49	30	5	71	66	.250	.361	.338	.699	150	16	8	5	3	1
Randy Poffo	131	521	461	36	107	19	6	9	66	3	5	46	85	.232	.304	.358	.662	165	14	5	2	7	4
Richard Counts	113	430	376	36	100	18	1	6	39	2	3	47	83	.266	.346	.367	.713	138	8	0	5	2	1
Bradford Kessler	119	450	386	48	92	8	1	9	49	9	6	56	90	.238	.331	.334	.665	129	6	0	3	5	2
Don Werner	120	483	397	44	92	13	1	2	38	4	1	65	60	.232	.343	.285	.627	113	10	4	13	4	1
Tommie Bozich	86	284	261	18	55	6	0	2	25	0	1	11	52	.211	.244	.257	.500	67	5	1	9	2	0
Robert Polaski	50	202	167	17	46	3	1	0	7	9	5	30	16	.275	.389	.305	.694	51	3	1	4	0	1
Greg Sinatro	42	161	141	20	38	10	3	2	17	3	0	15	16	.270	.338	.426	.763	60	2	0	4	1	0
Ronald Reagan	56	171	153	14	31	5	1	0	7	1	2	14	28	.203	.272	.248	.521	38	2	1	2	1	0
Robert Cummings	35	133	119	14	28	2	1	1	6	2	4	11	29	.235	.305	.294	.599	35	2	1	2	0	0
Michael Westerman	22	68	55	6	13	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	14	.236	.333	.255	.588	14	0	1	5	0	0
Alan Beal	29	98	75	4	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	17	17	.133	.293	.160	.453	12	0	0	6	0	0
Jim Reeves	8	26	25	1	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	6	.280	.308	.320	.628	8	0	0	0	0	0
William Stock	24	84	75	6	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	12	.080	.155	.080	.235	6	6	1	0	2	0
John Fuller	16	37	33	3	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.152	.222	.182	.404	6	1	0	1	0	0
Burt Ramos	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Knowles	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Marc Bombard	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1289	4721	4065	437	968	133	30	37	379	84	51	519	676	.238	.326	.313	.639	1272	95	26	78	33	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Richard Counts	1B	100	852	48	6	63	.993	9.000
William Stock	1B	17	119	11	4	12	.970	7.647
Robert Polaski	1B	12	95	7	1	6	.990	8.500
Randy Poffo	1B	5	23	0	1	1	.958	4.600
Ronald Reagan	1B	3	11	0	0	0	1.000	3.667
Rafael Nina	2B	121	314	294	19	54	.970	5.025
Richard Counts	2B	12	29	24	0	4	1.000	4.417
Jim Lett	3B	126	133	264	17	26	.959	3.151
Greg Sinatro	3B	3	4	4	2	1	.800	2.667
Robert Polaski	3B	3	3	7	4	0	.714	3.333
William Stock	3B	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.000
Ronald Reagan	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Alan Beal	3B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Don Werner	C	119	580	71	3	5	.995	5.471	9
John Fuller	C	16	53	9	2	2	.969	3.875	2
Randy Poffo	C	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Robert Jones	OF	128	351	14	6	4	.984	2.852
Bradford Kessler	OF	93	179	5	5	1	.974	1.978
Ronald Reagan	OF	45	64	7	1	2	.986	1.578
Greg Sinatro	OF	35	58	5	2	0	.969	1.800
Robert Cummings	OF	35	69	9	4	3	.951	2.229
Robert Polaski	OF	31	55	3	1	1	.983	1.871
Randy Poffo	OF	30	49	3	3	0	.945	1.733
Jim Reeves	OF	7	15	0	2	0	.882	2.143
Manny Sarmiento	P	39	8	6	3	0	.824	.359
George Knowles	P	29	4	8	0	2	1.000	.414
Paul Thormodsgard	P	26	7	18	4	1	.862	.962
Dave Moore	P	25	6	36	3	2	.933	1.680
Doug Dreier	P	25	6	23	2	2	.935	1.160
Marc Bombard	P	25	3	21	4	1	.857	.960
Richard Jensen	P	23	3	20	2	2	.920	1.000
Eldon Dollar	P	19	1	10	0	0	1.000	.579
Patrick Garvey	P	18	4	21	4	0	.862	1.389
Lyle Madison	P	11	0	3	2	0	.600	.273
Mike Armstrong	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Larry O'Brien	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Tommie Bozich	SS	85	112	183	23	21	.928	3.471
Alan Beal	SS	28	53	89	14	15	.910	5.071
Michael Westerman	SS	20	30	58	5	7	.946	4.400
Ronald Reagan	SS	8	2	10	4	1	.750	1.500
Jim Lett	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Richard Counts	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1338	3300	1303	153	240	.968	3.440	11	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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