1980 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 64-67
Finished 3rd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: George Scherger (64-67)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 87,660, Avg. 1,338
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1980 season with a record of 64 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons led the league with just 444 runs allowed. Tampa scored 434 runs, worst in the league,. Gary Redus paced the team with 16 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .301 average. Mike Dowless topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.68 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1980 Tampa Tarpons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Vic Correll, Bob Buchanan, Ron Robinson, Keefe Cato, Brad Lesley, Ben Hayes, Kurt Kepshire, Gary Redus, Mike Ramsey and Bill Bonham.
George Scherger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dowless | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1.68 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 166.0 | 109 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Larry Jackson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.77 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 105 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.28 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 101.0 | 102 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.70 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 59 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 6 | 6 | .500 | 1.76 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 84 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kurt Kepshire | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brad Lesley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.01 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76.0 | 67 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 40 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.32 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 76 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John LoCascio | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.49 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 67.0 | 66 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.79 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 79 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Charley Noble | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Bonham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Mulholland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dean Martinez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.0 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ben Hayes | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.84 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61.0 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Keith Schrimsher | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.91 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Simon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 64 | 67 | .489 | 2.74 | 344 | 131 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 1104.0 | 959 | 444 | 336 | 35 | 461 | 56 | 715 | 21 | 11 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Redus | 128 | 529 | 452 | 78 | 136 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 50 | 12 | 66 | 78 | .301 | .393 | .487 | .880 | 220 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Adolfo Feliz | 128 | 514 | 447 | 44 | 120 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 46 | 61 | .268 | .338 | .331 | .669 | 148 | 3 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Tony Walker | 127 | 499 | 397 | 65 | 100 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 5 | 75 | 90 | .252 | .385 | .385 | .770 | 153 | 15 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Hector Rincones | 125 | 471 | 419 | 41 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 34 | .222 | .283 | .251 | .534 | 105 | 6 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Greg McKinney | 108 | 310 | 262 | 27 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 85 | .233 | .334 | .317 | .651 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Lais | 73 | 259 | 225 | 22 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 36 | .262 | .339 | .324 | .663 | 73 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Boddy | 86 | 266 | 232 | 19 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 44 | .228 | .316 | .276 | .591 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ken Scarpace | 71 | 282 | 259 | 18 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 33 | .205 | .251 | .255 | .506 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jim Taylor | 63 | 223 | 203 | 15 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 45 | .217 | .277 | .305 | .583 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rod Johnson | 75 | 234 | 204 | 15 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 26 | .186 | .281 | .221 | .502 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Duval | 39 | 130 | 119 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | .277 | .328 | .378 | .706 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Simon | 66 | 142 | 131 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | .176 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ray Corbett | 39 | 125 | 103 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 20 | .184 | .303 | .204 | .507 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tad Venger | 44 | 113 | 101 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 41 | .178 | .250 | .248 | .498 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeffery Adams | 26 | 66 | 54 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .259 | .379 | .315 | .694 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sorel | 36 | 76 | 71 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .183 | .216 | .211 | .427 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vic Correll | 14 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .343 | .465 | .400 | .865 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dowless | 29 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .154 | .254 | .212 | .466 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Julio Tirado | 20 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .179 | .273 | .205 | .478 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 13 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .240 | .269 | .360 | .629 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John LoCascio | 45 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .385 | .429 | .385 | .813 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 18 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jackson | 23 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .121 | .237 | .152 | .388 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 28 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .103 | .278 | .103 | .381 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | 32 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .105 | .320 | .105 | .425 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 11 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .087 | .192 | .087 | .279 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bonham | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Kepshire | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Keith Schrimsher | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Martinez | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Lesley | 37 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charley Noble | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hayes | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1623 | 4667 | 4030 | 432 | 936 | 122 | 38 | 35 | 368 | 121 | 46 | 475 | 797 | .232 | .317 | .307 | .624 | 1239 | 0 | 39 | 93 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lais | 1B | 68 | 535 | 31 | 9 | 43 | .984 | 8.324 | ||||
| Jim Taylor | 1B | 56 | 448 | 29 | 4 | 26 | .992 | 8.518 | ||||
| Julio Tirado | 1B | 15 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Mark Simon | 1B | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Redus | 1B | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Sorel | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Adolfo Feliz | 2B | 127 | 227 | 328 | 32 | 45 | .945 | 4.370 | ||||
| Mike Sorel | 2B | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2.778 | ||||
| Mark Simon | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | 3B | 64 | 56 | 109 | 12 | 11 | .932 | 2.578 | ||||
| Gary Redus | 3B | 51 | 44 | 81 | 15 | 6 | .893 | 2.451 | ||||
| Mark Simon | 3B | 29 | 15 | 44 | 5 | 5 | .922 | 2.034 | ||||
| Mike Sorel | 3B | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .765 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mickey Duval | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bill Boddy | C | 81 | 412 | 55 | 8 | 8 | .983 | 5.765 | 8 | |||
| Ray Corbett | C | 35 | 197 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 6.257 | 9 | |||
| Jeffery Adams | C | 22 | 105 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 5.045 | 2 | |||
| Vic Correll | C | 12 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.083 | 1 | |||
| Jim Taylor | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Tony Walker | OF | 122 | 293 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .987 | 2.467 | ||||
| Gary Redus | OF | 99 | 155 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .940 | 1.596 | ||||
| Greg McKinney | OF | 82 | 160 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 2.024 | ||||
| Ken Scarpace | OF | 71 | 106 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .966 | 1.620 | ||||
| Tad Venger | OF | 33 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .914 | .970 | ||||
| Mickey Duval | OF | 33 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.061 | ||||
| Mike Sorel | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| John LoCascio | P | 45 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Ben Hayes | P | 41 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .146 | ||||
| Brad Lesley | P | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .351 | ||||
| Kurt Kepshire | P | 29 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .483 | ||||
| Bob Buchanan | P | 27 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .852 | ||||
| Mike Dowless | P | 26 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 22 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.318 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | P | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Dean Martinez | P | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | P | 16 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Charley Noble | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Keefe Cato | P | 11 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Schrimsher | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Kevin Mulholland | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bill Bonham | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Simon | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hector Rincones | SS | 121 | 205 | 323 | 21 | 53 | .962 | 4.364 | ||||
| Mark Simon | SS | 20 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 2.050 | ||||
| Mike Sorel | SS | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1527 | 3315 | 1306 | 166 | 222 | .965 | 3.026 | 20 | 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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