1976 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 76-60
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Ron Brand (76-60)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 104,021, Avg. 1,530
Playoffs - Tampa Tarpons 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
Finals - Lakeland Tigers 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1976 season with a record of 76 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons allowed 411 runs, least in the league. Tampa tallied 429 runs, worst in the circuit,. George Weicker accounted for 48 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .279 average. Lawrence Pekarcik led the team with 14 wins, while Mario Soto recorded a 1.87 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Doug Corbett, Harry Spilman, Luis Sánchez, Duane Walker, Geoff Combe, Frank Pastore and Mario Soto were all players from the 1976 Tampa Tarpons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ron Brand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Pekarcik | 14 | 7 | .667 | 1.94 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 172.0 | 138 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Mario Soto | 13 | 7 | .650 | 1.87 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 197.0 | 142 | 54 | 41 | 6 | 80 | 11 | 124 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Doug Corbett | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.22 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85.0 | 86 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Geoff Combe | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.12 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 102.0 | 78 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Kelly Jensen | 7 | 10 | .412 | 2.54 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 131.0 | 114 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank Pastore | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.11 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 101 | 50 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Tim Dull | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.57 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Reed | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.39 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 71 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Mayer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Huntington | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.12 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 65 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rickey Lear | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Bird | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sal Ferrara | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Winkelbauer | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Reggie Waller | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luis Sánchez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 60 | .559 | 2.59 | 286 | 136 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 21 | 1115.0 | 986 | 411 | 321 | 36 | 407 | 48 | 622 | 30 | 12 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hughes | 125 | 494 | 446 | 53 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 37 | 55 | .244 | .303 | .269 | .572 | 120 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| George Weicker | 123 | 451 | 373 | 45 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 59 | .279 | .382 | .359 | .741 | 134 | 7 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Mickey Duval | 120 | 438 | 402 | 46 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 27 | 60 | .226 | .278 | .254 | .532 | 102 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Don Lyle | 100 | 347 | 312 | 33 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 49 | .288 | .337 | .420 | .757 | 131 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Harry Spilman | 118 | 436 | 361 | 50 | 90 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 48 | .249 | .367 | .360 | .727 | 130 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Reggie Waller | 112 | 367 | 328 | 30 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 55 | .244 | .303 | .268 | .571 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Greg Dahl | 82 | 274 | 262 | 25 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 48 | .248 | .281 | .344 | .625 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Bird | 108 | 355 | 313 | 34 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 34 | .204 | .274 | .249 | .523 | 78 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Tom Watkins | 90 | 304 | 277 | 25 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 45 | .220 | .266 | .278 | .544 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tony Moretto | 76 | 249 | 218 | 16 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 45 | .243 | .325 | .275 | .600 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Randy Davidson | 68 | 193 | 179 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 13 | .246 | .279 | .279 | .558 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Marlon Styles | 71 | 222 | 182 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 48 | .220 | .345 | .297 | .642 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Duane Walker | 29 | 99 | 91 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 19 | .209 | .265 | .220 | .485 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Richter | 36 | 120 | 97 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 15 | .186 | .316 | .216 | .533 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Pekarcik | 26 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .152 | .204 | .152 | .356 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mario Soto | 26 | 53 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .089 | .146 | .111 | .257 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Evan Edge | 11 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McPherson | 16 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .120 | .267 | .120 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Dull | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 11 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Reed | 13 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .053 | .050 | .053 | .103 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Geoff Combe | 48 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Pastore | 21 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mayer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Jensen | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Huntington | 33 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Corbett | 45 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Anderson | 14 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1567 | 4657 | 4109 | 429 | 951 | 107 | 22 | 26 | 360 | 193 | 69 | 404 | 681 | .231 | .303 | .287 | .590 | 1180 | 0 | 35 | 70 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Spilman | 1B | 112 | 986 | 70 | 16 | 73 | .985 | 9.429 | ||||
| George Weicker | 1B | 29 | 204 | 13 | 2 | 14 | .991 | 7.483 | ||||
| William Bird | 1B | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 2B | 68 | 149 | 188 | 12 | 30 | .966 | 4.956 | ||||
| Randy Davidson | 2B | 31 | 60 | 59 | 4 | 10 | .967 | 3.839 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | 2B | 29 | 51 | 68 | 6 | 16 | .952 | 4.103 | ||||
| Gary Richter | 2B | 24 | 52 | 58 | 3 | 12 | .973 | 4.583 | ||||
| George Weicker | 3B | 84 | 69 | 153 | 15 | 10 | .937 | 2.643 | ||||
| William Bird | 3B | 49 | 46 | 86 | 7 | 7 | .950 | 2.694 | ||||
| Gary Richter | 3B | 10 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 3B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | C | 74 | 326 | 45 | 12 | 3 | .969 | 5.014 | 11 | |||
| Marlon Styles | C | 64 | 312 | 35 | 7 | 5 | .980 | 5.422 | 13 | |||
| Evan Edge | C | 7 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.429 | 2 | |||
| William Bird | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | ||||
| Mickey Duval | OF | 114 | 216 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .991 | 2.000 | ||||
| Reggie Waller | OF | 106 | 169 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .957 | 1.660 | ||||
| Don Lyle | OF | 97 | 163 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 1.804 | ||||
| Tony Moretto | OF | 67 | 122 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.955 | ||||
| Duane Walker | OF | 25 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | OF | 19 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.526 | ||||
| George McPherson | OF | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| John Anderson | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Marlon Styles | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Geoff Combe | P | 47 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .596 | ||||
| Doug Corbett | P | 45 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .939 | .689 | ||||
| John Huntington | P | 32 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .406 | ||||
| Mario Soto | P | 26 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 1.308 | ||||
| Lawrence Pekarcik | P | 26 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.885 | ||||
| Kelly Jensen | P | 23 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.261 | ||||
| Frank Pastore | P | 21 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.190 | ||||
| Tim Dull | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Reed | P | 13 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Marc Bombard | P | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Rickey Lear | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Sal Ferrara | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Thomas Winkelbauer | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Antonio Ortiz | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Mayer | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Luis Sánchez | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Reggie Waller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| William Bird | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Hughes | SS | 99 | 131 | 298 | 18 | 44 | .960 | 4.333 | ||||
| William Bird | SS | 47 | 67 | 113 | 14 | 22 | .928 | 3.830 | ||||
| John Anderson | SS | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3348 | 1453 | 162 | 267 | .967 | 3.266 | 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.
