1979 Tampa Tarpons Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-60
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Mike Compton (74-60)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 93,303, Avg. 1,393
1979 Tampa Tarpons Roster

The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Tarpons scored 455 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 414 runs. Nick Esasky paced Tampa with 10 home runs and drove in 66 runs. Paul Herring led all regular hitters with a .291 average. Bill Scherrer and Scott Dye topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Bill Scherrer recorded a 1.81 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Christmas, Nick Esasky, Tom Foley, Paul Gibson, Tom Lawless and Bill Scherrer.

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
Scott Dye123.8001.80511006100.0812420024274502
Bill Scherrer123.8001.8125241040159.012643320652140209
Oscar Brito117.6112.432826830167.012657457822154519
Doug Neuenschwander95.6432.7445000582.0823525031451204
Randy Town85.6152.731914520112.0893634320367306
Ron Stryker711.3892.7555100885.0723026340653124
Greg Meyer54.5562.65281321085.0703425447241013
Steve Skaggs47.3643.002020310126.01044342767246507
Paul Gibson38.2733.072422200129.01215644546758415
Larry Buckle22.5004.4010900047.0392723129130502
Rick Lombardo13.2502.8017600145.0392014020424103
Mark Moore000.00100002.01000000000
Pat Ingraham0018.00100001.02420202010
Alex Neely02.0005.00800009.010551605001
Totals7460.5522.6433213603011201149.09624143373147935745336550

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
Tom Lawless131557469661269513960177092.269.362.316.6781481134
Jose Mota122487441581217101845213376.274.335.295.630130760
Paul Herring1214704135312015364316124741.291.359.385.744159127
Nick Esasky124493439521181631066364497.269.346.387.733170811
Russ Aldrich1054183733699115756853341.265.333.378.711141633
Steve Christmas1224573775099182639557230.263.379.369.748139215
Tom Foley1254604143895126037543739.229.292.287.580119153
Pat Ingraham1033292951972821151282974.244.312.295.60787050
Eski Viltz96291264235161219541952.193.257.246.50365431
Rich Jendra72163128203220014223128.250.391.266.65734022
Bill Kuchar53165144102430112101840.167.258.208.46630021
Dan Sarrett3276634142002101112.222.347.254.60116110
Bill Scherrer316057512100802113.211.224.228.45213020
Carlos Pimentel348884412200502217.143.161.167.32814011
Jim Taylor12282621100020023.423.464.423.88711000
Rick Lombardo1712101510020024.500.583.6001.1836000
Greg Meyer2833241510010088.208.424.250.6746100
Paul Gibson24464205100301210.119.159.143.3026020
Oscar Brito29605445001201120.093.125.148.2738140
Doug Neuenschwander4516113400010040.364.533.364.8974010
Tony Walker924210400001025.190.261.190.4514010
Ron Stryker551082310000003.375.375.500.8754020
Randy Town2138352300000016.086.111.086.1973020
Steve Skaggs20423613000100318.083.175.083.2583120
Scott Dye5120141200010029.143.294.143.4372130
Larry Buckle1018170100000019.059.111.059.1701000
Alex Neely11000000000000010
Totals1593486242594551046116283538616490475747.246.324.311.635132303565280


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Russ Aldrich1B8468435565.9938.560
Bill Kuchar1B4134612127.9978.732
Pat Ingraham1B1714410411.9759.059
Steve Christmas1B6386041.0007.333
Rich Jendra1B110001.0001.000
Paul Herring1B102001.0002.000
Tom Lawless2B1292963761782.9755.209
Rich Jendra2B8171515.9704.000
Nick Esasky3B122912342718.9232.664
Rich Jendra3B16112762.8642.375
Steve ChristmasC114646113179.9786.65817
Dan SarrettC321122252.9644.1887
Jim TaylorC7346001.0005.7142
Russ AldrichC2123011.0007.5002
Paul HerringOF1161601772.9621.526
Jose MotaOF1132321041.9842.142
Eski ViltzOF821611552.9722.146
Pat IngrahamOF75109671.9431.533
Carlos PimentelOF25301001.0001.240
Russ AldrichOF25330001.0001.320
Tony WalkerOF6100001.0001.667
Ron StrykerP55516001.000.382
Scott DyeP5121120.867.255
Doug NeuenschwanderP4521411.941.356
Greg MeyerP2861913.962.893
Oscar BritoP2831511.947.643
Bill ScherrerP2533024.9431.320
Paul GibsonP2432611.9671.208
Steve SkaggsP20111922.9381.500
Randy TownP1941921.9201.211
Rick LombardoP170910.900.529
Larry BuckleP1036001.000.900
Alex NeelyP801001.000.125
Mark MooreP10000.000
Pat IngrahamP10000.000
Tom FoleySS1222233943571.9465.057
Rich JendraSS20203756.9192.850
Totals149634521526159322.9693.3282800

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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