1977 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 65-70
Finished 4th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: James Hoff (65-70)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 92,031, Avg. 1,363
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 65 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons scored 443 runs and yielded 476 runs. Mark Lucich drove in 62 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .279 average. Bill Kelly led the squad with 12 wins, while Bill Dawley recorded a 2.83 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1977 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott Brown, Duane Walker, Jay Howell, Frank Pastore, Bill Dawley and Mac Scarce.
James Hoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kelly | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.72 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 145.0 | 138 | 67 | 60 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Dawley | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.83 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 181.0 | 151 | 69 | 57 | 4 | 69 | 4 | 110 | 8 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Jay Howell | 7 | 13 | .350 | 2.96 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 158.0 | 141 | 60 | 52 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Odum | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.84 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 45 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Scott Brown | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.82 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 153.0 | 157 | 85 | 65 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Lombardo | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.83 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 56 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Frank Pastore | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.27 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 78 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Laurence Frakes | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.86 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 49.0 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Payne | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Moore | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.09 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.0 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bob Mayer | 2 | 8 | .200 | 2.76 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 95 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mac Scarce | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sal Ferrara | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Lear | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 70 | .481 | 3.08 | 275 | 135 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 17 | 1137.0 | 1023 | 476 | 389 | 24 | 447 | 40 | 608 | 35 | 9 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lucich | 134 | 532 | 448 | 50 | 125 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 70 | 47 | .279 | .373 | .373 | .746 | 167 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Duane Walker | 122 | 521 | 466 | 67 | 116 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 40 | 12 | 48 | 75 | .249 | .319 | .320 | .639 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Tom Sohns | 124 | 478 | 414 | 39 | 110 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 50 | 38 | .266 | .342 | .319 | .661 | 132 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Reggie Waller | 127 | 482 | 433 | 48 | 101 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 89 | .233 | .303 | .337 | .640 | 146 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Duval | 100 | 361 | 304 | 35 | 91 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 47 | 53 | .299 | .396 | .342 | .738 | 104 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dean Graumann | 92 | 404 | 362 | 34 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 39 | .238 | .280 | .260 | .539 | 94 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Mark Hopper | 120 | 380 | 337 | 24 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 21 | .223 | .274 | .240 | .514 | 81 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
| Alfred Nichols | 110 | 383 | 331 | 30 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 53 | .215 | .315 | .254 | .569 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Greg Dahl | 99 | 358 | 304 | 33 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 56 | .227 | .320 | .319 | .639 | 97 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Thomas McClendon | 90 | 281 | 257 | 22 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | .241 | .279 | .265 | .544 | 68 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Robert Jones | 44 | 174 | 147 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | .265 | .368 | .374 | .742 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Watkins | 40 | 135 | 122 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | .221 | .271 | .270 | .541 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tony Moretto | 54 | 94 | 84 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .286 | .348 | .393 | .741 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Miller | 31 | 86 | 79 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .241 | .268 | .278 | .547 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Joe Griffin | 40 | 117 | 102 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | .137 | .241 | .157 | .398 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilberto Alicea | 8 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Laurence Frakes | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dawley | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Howell | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Odum | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Brown | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Bombard | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Lombardo | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Moore | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1542 | 4819 | 4217 | 441 | 1034 | 124 | 37 | 18 | 364 | 162 | 71 | 467 | 596 | .245 | .320 | .305 | .625 | 1286 | 0 | 14 | 86 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lucich | 1B | 134 | 1244 | 86 | 10 | 90 | .993 | 9.925 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | 1B | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Dean Graumann | 2B | 73 | 143 | 204 | 10 | 42 | .972 | 4.753 | ||||
| Thomas McClendon | 2B | 60 | 98 | 153 | 5 | 22 | .980 | 4.183 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 2B | 19 | 41 | 61 | 3 | 7 | .971 | 5.368 | ||||
| Mark Hopper | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | 3B | 124 | 105 | 249 | 19 | 18 | .949 | 2.855 | ||||
| Thomas McClendon | 3B | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.600 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 3B | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Duane Walker | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Dahl | C | 78 | 346 | 65 | 12 | 4 | .972 | 5.269 | 7 | |||
| Joe Griffin | C | 36 | 177 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .995 | 5.528 | 8 | |||
| Mark Miller | C | 27 | 97 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .956 | 4.037 | 5 | |||
| Gilberto Alicea | C | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.714 | 2 | |||
| Reggie Waller | OF | 113 | 238 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.159 | ||||
| Duane Walker | OF | 110 | 180 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 1.745 | ||||
| Mickey Duval | OF | 89 | 198 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 2.303 | ||||
| Alfred Nichols | OF | 63 | 95 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Tony Moretto | OF | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.138 | ||||
| Robert Jones | OF | 16 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.625 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Laurence Frakes | P | 37 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .243 | ||||
| Michael Odum | P | 34 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .412 | ||||
| Charles Moore | P | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .296 | ||||
| Bob Mayer | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Scott Brown | P | 26 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.308 | ||||
| Bill Dawley | P | 24 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jay Howell | P | 23 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 2.130 | ||||
| Bill Kelly | P | 21 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
| Frank Pastore | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .706 | .857 | ||||
| Rick Lombardo | P | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mac Scarce | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Marc Bombard | P | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rickey Lear | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Larry Payne | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Sal Ferrara | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Hopper | SS | 117 | 177 | 295 | 20 | 51 | .959 | 4.034 | ||||
| Dean Graumann | SS | 35 | 34 | 77 | 11 | 11 | .910 | 3.171 | ||||
| Totals | 1443 | 3409 | 1471 | 146 | 275 | .971 | 3.382 | 22 | 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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