1981 Tampa Tarpons Statistics
Team Record: 79-54
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Jim Lett (79-54)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 61,758, Avg. 929
Playoffs - Daytona Beach Astros 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
The Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League ended the 1981 season with a record of 79 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Tarpons plated 576 runs and allowed 522 runs. Danny Tartabull paced Tampa with 14 home runs Danny Tartabull and Cressy Pratt each drove in 81 runs. Danny Tartabull topped batters with significant playing time with a .310 average. Nick Fiorillo led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.98 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1981 Tampa Tarpons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Danny Tartabull, Bill Landrum, Ben Hayes, Jeff Russell, Rob Murphy and Tony Walker.
Jim Lett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Fiorillo | 11 | 6 | .647 | 1.98 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 141.0 | 122 | 49 | 31 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Jeff Russell | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.01 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 109 | 51 | 32 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Lochner | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.79 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 96 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Daniel Klosicki | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.13 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 112.0 | 101 | 55 | 39 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Mark Moore | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.04 | 51 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 78.0 | 86 | 46 | 35 | 3 | 45 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bill Landrum | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.80 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 87 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Rob Murphy | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.54 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 109 | 73 | 53 | 5 | 67 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Jim Pettibone | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.38 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 115 | 90 | 70 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |
| Clem Freeman | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 43.0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ben Hayes | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.83 | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 54.0 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Frank DeJiulio | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.23 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92.0 | 81 | 46 | 33 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Larry Buckle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.93 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Anthony Threatt | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 54 | .594 | 3.09 | 337 | 134 | 111 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 1117.0 | 993 | 522 | 383 | 36 | 510 | 39 | 792 | 33 | 21 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Tartabull | 127 | 521 | 422 | 86 | 131 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 81 | 11 | 6 | 90 | 77 | .310 | .431 | .524 | .954 | 221 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Ron Little | 133 | 498 | 458 | 58 | 120 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 102 | .262 | .304 | .367 | .671 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Cressy Pratt | 122 | 475 | 410 | 62 | 116 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 81 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 121 | .283 | .365 | .456 | .821 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| P. K. Kirsch | 126 | 495 | 443 | 46 | 114 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 42 | 27 | .257 | .320 | .293 | .614 | 130 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dario Guzman | 118 | 423 | 390 | 58 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 75 | .272 | .313 | .369 | .682 | 144 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Steve Leppert | 110 | 399 | 339 | 54 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 67 | .260 | .355 | .295 | .650 | 100 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mike Kripner | 106 | 382 | 328 | 37 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 92 | .226 | .317 | .314 | .631 | 103 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| David Howard | 79 | 269 | 234 | 35 | 67 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 53 | .286 | .369 | .397 | .767 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Foote | 68 | 294 | 246 | 42 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 65 | .252 | .363 | .325 | .689 | 80 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Johnson | 93 | 270 | 203 | 22 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | .217 | .379 | .266 | .645 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hector Rincones | 62 | 213 | 194 | 15 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 23 | .211 | .265 | .258 | .523 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bill Boddy | 36 | 108 | 86 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | .326 | .438 | .372 | .810 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Walker | 18 | 46 | 40 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .300 | .378 | .475 | .853 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Lochner | 21 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .256 | .298 | .256 | .554 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Russell | 22 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .212 | .241 | .346 | .587 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Matzen | 16 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .294 | .415 | .324 | .738 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carlos Porte | 24 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .179 | .207 | .250 | .457 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nick Fiorillo | 22 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .159 | .213 | .182 | .395 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank DeJiulio | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .235 | .350 | .294 | .644 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Landrum | 17 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Klosicki | 45 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .125 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Murphy | 25 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .100 | .289 | .100 | .389 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Pettibone | 25 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clem Freeman | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Sarrett | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larry Buckle | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Moore | 51 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .111 | .385 | .111 | .496 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Hayes | 32 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Threatt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1582 | 4857 | 4190 | 576 | 1073 | 167 | 59 | 36 | 490 | 110 | 48 | 523 | 833 | .256 | .340 | .350 | .690 | 1466 | 0 | 32 | 71 | 41 | 42 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. K. Kirsch | 1B | 119 | 960 | 60 | 13 | 76 | .987 | 8.571 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | 1B | 20 | 159 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .994 | 8.200 | ||||
| Steve Leppert | 2B | 59 | 150 | 156 | 13 | 34 | .959 | 5.186 | ||||
| Danny Tartabull | 2B | 46 | 92 | 96 | 10 | 20 | .949 | 4.087 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | 2B | 17 | 36 | 49 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Carlos Porte | 2B | 16 | 27 | 34 | 5 | 3 | .924 | 3.812 | ||||
| Danny Tartabull | 3B | 78 | 58 | 152 | 29 | 9 | .879 | 2.692 | ||||
| Steve Leppert | 3B | 32 | 12 | 56 | 9 | 1 | .883 | 2.125 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | 3B | 28 | 31 | 50 | 5 | 1 | .942 | 2.893 | ||||
| Mike Kripner | C | 96 | 580 | 44 | 9 | 2 | .986 | 6.500 | 12 | |||
| Bill Boddy | C | 31 | 191 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 6.677 | 11 | |||
| Mark Matzen | C | 11 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.364 | 5 | |||
| Dan Sarrett | C | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 4.400 | 1 | |||
| Ron Little | OF | 131 | 290 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .965 | 2.282 | ||||
| Cressy Pratt | OF | 120 | 173 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .948 | 1.517 | ||||
| Dario Guzman | OF | 101 | 160 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 1.624 | ||||
| David Howard | OF | 59 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 1.610 | ||||
| Tony Walker | OF | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | OF | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Moore | P | 51 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Daniel Klosicki | P | 45 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .950 | .844 | ||||
| Frank DeJiulio | P | 42 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .238 | ||||
| Ben Hayes | P | 32 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .438 | ||||
| Jim Pettibone | P | 25 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .833 | .800 | ||||
| Rob Murphy | P | 25 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 1.080 | ||||
| Clem Freeman | P | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .280 | ||||
| Jeff Russell | P | 22 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.045 | ||||
| Nick Fiorillo | P | 22 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .955 | ||||
| Dave Lochner | P | 20 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Bill Landrum | P | 17 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Anthony Threatt | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Buckle | P | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Foote | SS | 68 | 98 | 232 | 32 | 35 | .912 | 4.853 | ||||
| Hector Rincones | SS | 62 | 79 | 184 | 21 | 26 | .926 | 4.242 | ||||
| Steve Leppert | SS | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 3.250 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | SS | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1460 | 3348 | 1377 | 205 | 245 | .958 | 3.236 | 29 | 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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