1978 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-73
Finished 4th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Mike Compton (61-73)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 90,058, Avg. 1,344
1978 Tampa Tarpons Roster

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 61 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Tarpons scored 462 runs and conceded 478 runs. Paul Householder led Tampa with 10 home runs Eddie Milner and Paul Herring each recorded 44 runs batted in. Eddie Milner paced hitters with significant playing time with a .284 average. Joe Price topped the squad with 10 wins, while Scott Brown recorded a 1.31 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1978 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott Brown, Paul Householder, Charlie Leibrandt, Eddie Milner and Joe Price.

Mike Compton 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
Joe Price104.7141.472321910165.012340273514128026
Bob Mayer74.6362.00151441099.0903322135375112
Scott Brown76.5381.311716620117.0923217222173202
Ron Stryker76.5381.6644000287.0742816141349103
Breen Newcomer511.3122.712221411136.01436841344487542
Charlie Leibrandt41.8000.776652047.02644117140001
Rick Lombardo43.5713.40101011053.0472420130024218
Charles Moore46.4004.4436411071.0794135527436014
Larry Jensen47.3643.9530911473.0894432320334502
Larry Buckle411.2674.052624000129.012482586722745515
Scott Dye35.3752.0346100671.0632616131565124
Stacy Morrow25.2864.5841400155.0683828324423103
Larry Jackson01.00018.00110002.03540301101
Mark King03.0007.363300011.0111390702300
Totals6173.4552.6532013403110141116.0103247832930424347112716530

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
Eddie Milner13356149779141161684428125549.284.355.429.784213243
Paul Householder1234724155910381010422884180.248.326.388.714161862
Mark Hopper1134463994798221025862928.246.301.306.6071224113
Garry Pyka111403364319195130242431.250.299.310.609113384
Thomas McClendon118424369378260027954235.222.304.238.543882101
Paul Herring1073703253574134644363039.228.293.348.641113357
Pat Ingraham973032683365431271052659.243.309.291.60078225
Jack Hudson95305288176511001810929.226.249.264.51376080
Butch Harris702882514163100031302923.251.326.291.61773134
Craig Hendrickson68228204184130017042046.201.270.216.48644022
Tony Moretto441601528373021723719.243.275.303.57846001
Rich Jendra4915612712292105102430.228.353.260.61333131
Greg Dahl4314313092711008001340.208.280.292.57238000
Tom Kotchman43125115722000501820.191.250.191.44122110
John Guarnaccia248672151503212311113.208.314.375.68927102
Dan Sarrett12403748000500214.216.275.216.4918100
Charlie Leibrandt615122600010011.500.500.5001.0006011
Alfred Welch1032282600000037.214.312.214.5276100
Ron Stryker44541100000001.250.250.250.5001010
Stacy Morrow41762100020014.167.286.167.4521000
Joe Griffin310100110000004.100.100.200.3002000
Rick Lombardo1015131110000029.077.200.154.3542000
Joe Price2317170100000009.059.059.059.1181000
Breen Newcomer2216110000000036.000.214.000.2140020
Charles Moore36110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Mark King3220000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Larry Jensen30990000000007.000.000.000.0000000
Scott Dye46320000000001.000.000.000.0000010
Larry Buckle2612110000010017.000.083.000.0830000
Scott Brown17430000000003.000.000.000.0000010
Totals15674658414246097812043303619855381616.236.303.308.610127403069360


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Butch Harris1B5246134434.9929.519
Tony Moretto1B3933917333.9929.128
Tom Kotchman1B3425911323.9897.941
Garry Pyka1B8583061.0007.625
Greg Dahl1B642312.9787.500
Pat Ingraham1B317111.9476.000
Thomas McClendon2B701391861136.9674.643
Garry Pyka2B691301831533.9544.536
Craig Hendrickson2B21310.8002.000
Pat Ingraham2B111011.0002.000
Craig Hendrickson3B6446136168.9192.844
Thomas McClendon3B372770128.8902.622
Rich Jendra3B36305485.9132.333
Tom Kotchman3B5011001.0002.200
Jack HudsonC935016676.9886.09727
Greg DahlC361692255.9745.3069
Dan SarrettC1260721.9715.5832
Joe GriffinC3174011.0007.0001
Eddie MilnerOF129283763.9802.248
Paul HouseholderOF1152138114.9531.922
Paul HerringOF93138860.9611.570
Pat IngrahamOF66114490.9291.788
Alfred WelchOF410001.000.250
Tony MorettoOF331001.0001.333
John GuarnacciaOF311010.9173.667
Scott DyeP462820.833.217
Ron StrykerP4451560.769.455
Stacy MorrowP4114001.000.122
Charles MooreP364622.833.278
Larry JensenP3061322.905.633
Larry BuckleP261030102.8001.538
Joe PriceP2343212.9731.565
Breen NewcomerP2232350.8391.182
Scott BrownP17424001.0001.647
Bob MayerP1562411.9682.000
Rick LombardoP101710.889.800
Charlie LeibrandtP639001.0002.000
Mark KingP306001.0002.000
Larry JacksonP111001.0002.000
Mark HopperSS1071543113553.9304.346
Garry PykaSS2647641811.8604.269
Rich JendraSS1077021.0001.400
Totals144633181424205285.9593.2793900

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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