1978 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Price | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.47 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 165.0 | 123 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 51 | 4 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
Bob Mayer | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.00 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 90 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Scott Brown | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.31 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 92 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ron Stryker | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.66 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 74 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Breen Newcomer | 5 | 11 | .312 | 2.71 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 136.0 | 143 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 87 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
Charlie Leibrandt | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.77 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Rick Lombardo | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.40 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
Charles Moore | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.44 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 79 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Larry Jensen | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.95 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 73.0 | 89 | 44 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
Larry Buckle | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.05 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 124 | 82 | 58 | 6 | 72 | 2 | 74 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||
Scott Dye | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.03 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71.0 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Stacy Morrow | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.58 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 68 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mark King | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 61 | 73 | .455 | 2.65 | 320 | 134 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 1116.0 | 1032 | 478 | 329 | 30 | 424 | 34 | 711 | 27 | 16 | 53 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Milner | 133 | 561 | 497 | 79 | 141 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 55 | 49 | .284 | .355 | .429 | .784 | 213 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
Paul Householder | 123 | 472 | 415 | 59 | 103 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 80 | .248 | .326 | .388 | .714 | 161 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
Mark Hopper | 113 | 446 | 399 | 47 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 28 | .246 | .301 | .306 | .607 | 122 | 4 | 11 | 3 | ||
Garry Pyka | 111 | 403 | 364 | 31 | 91 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 31 | .250 | .299 | .310 | .609 | 113 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
Thomas McClendon | 118 | 424 | 369 | 37 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 35 | .222 | .304 | .238 | .543 | 88 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
Paul Herring | 107 | 370 | 325 | 35 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 39 | .228 | .293 | .348 | .641 | 113 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||
Pat Ingraham | 97 | 303 | 268 | 33 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 59 | .243 | .309 | .291 | .600 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
Jack Hudson | 95 | 305 | 288 | 17 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .226 | .249 | .264 | .513 | 76 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Butch Harris | 70 | 288 | 251 | 41 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 23 | .251 | .326 | .291 | .617 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Craig Hendrickson | 68 | 228 | 204 | 18 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 46 | .201 | .270 | .216 | .486 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Tony Moretto | 44 | 160 | 152 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | .243 | .275 | .303 | .578 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Rich Jendra | 49 | 156 | 127 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 30 | .228 | .353 | .260 | .613 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Greg Dahl | 43 | 143 | 130 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 40 | .208 | .280 | .292 | .572 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Kotchman | 43 | 125 | 115 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20 | .191 | .250 | .191 | .441 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Guarnaccia | 24 | 86 | 72 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .208 | .314 | .375 | .689 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dan Sarrett | 12 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .216 | .275 | .216 | .491 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Leibrandt | 6 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Alfred Welch | 10 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .214 | .312 | .214 | .527 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Stryker | 44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stacy Morrow | 41 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Griffin | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Lombardo | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .077 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Price | 23 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Breen Newcomer | 22 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Charles Moore | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark King | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Jensen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott Dye | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Larry Buckle | 26 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott Brown | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1567 | 4658 | 4142 | 460 | 978 | 120 | 43 | 30 | 361 | 98 | 55 | 381 | 616 | .236 | .303 | .308 | .610 | 1274 | 0 | 30 | 69 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Harris | 1B | 52 | 461 | 34 | 4 | 34 | .992 | 9.519 | ||||
Tony Moretto | 1B | 39 | 339 | 17 | 3 | 33 | .992 | 9.128 | ||||
Tom Kotchman | 1B | 34 | 259 | 11 | 3 | 23 | .989 | 7.941 | ||||
Garry Pyka | 1B | 8 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.625 | ||||
Greg Dahl | 1B | 6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 7.500 | ||||
Pat Ingraham | 1B | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
Thomas McClendon | 2B | 70 | 139 | 186 | 11 | 36 | .967 | 4.643 | ||||
Garry Pyka | 2B | 69 | 130 | 183 | 15 | 33 | .954 | 4.536 | ||||
Craig Hendrickson | 2B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
Pat Ingraham | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Craig Hendrickson | 3B | 64 | 46 | 136 | 16 | 8 | .919 | 2.844 | ||||
Thomas McClendon | 3B | 37 | 27 | 70 | 12 | 8 | .890 | 2.622 | ||||
Rich Jendra | 3B | 36 | 30 | 54 | 8 | 5 | .913 | 2.333 | ||||
Tom Kotchman | 3B | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Jack Hudson | C | 93 | 501 | 66 | 7 | 6 | .988 | 6.097 | 27 | |||
Greg Dahl | C | 36 | 169 | 22 | 5 | 5 | .974 | 5.306 | 9 | |||
Dan Sarrett | C | 12 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 5.583 | 2 | |||
Joe Griffin | C | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
Eddie Milner | OF | 129 | 283 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .980 | 2.248 | ||||
Paul Householder | OF | 115 | 213 | 8 | 11 | 4 | .953 | 1.922 | ||||
Paul Herring | OF | 93 | 138 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 1.570 | ||||
Pat Ingraham | OF | 66 | 114 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .929 | 1.788 | ||||
Alfred Welch | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Tony Moretto | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
John Guarnaccia | OF | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
Scott Dye | P | 46 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .217 | ||||
Ron Stryker | P | 44 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .769 | .455 | ||||
Stacy Morrow | P | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .122 | ||||
Charles Moore | P | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .278 | ||||
Larry Jensen | P | 30 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .633 | ||||
Larry Buckle | P | 26 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | .800 | 1.538 | ||||
Joe Price | P | 23 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.565 | ||||
Breen Newcomer | P | 22 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 0 | .839 | 1.182 | ||||
Scott Brown | P | 17 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.647 | ||||
Bob Mayer | P | 15 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
Rick Lombardo | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
Charlie Leibrandt | P | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Mark King | P | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Larry Jackson | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Mark Hopper | SS | 107 | 154 | 311 | 35 | 53 | .930 | 4.346 | ||||
Garry Pyka | SS | 26 | 47 | 64 | 18 | 11 | .860 | 4.269 | ||||
Rich Jendra | SS | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Totals | 1446 | 3318 | 1424 | 205 | 285 | .959 | 3.279 | 39 | 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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