1975 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 86-55
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Joe Frazier (86-55)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 117,462, Avg. 1,666
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 1 game, Rochester Red Wings 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Charleston Charlies 0
Finals - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1975 season with a record of 86 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Tides yielded 425 runs, fewest in the league. Tidewater plated 547 runs. Roy Staiger drove in 81 runs. Mike Vail topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .342. Craig Swan led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.24 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1975 Tidewater Tides who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Benny Ayala, Bruce Boisclair, George Theodore, Dwight Bernard, Mike Wegener, Craig Swan, Ron Hodges, Leo Foster, Mike Vail, Bill Laxton, Skip Lockwood, Nardi Contreras, Bob Myrick, Rich Puig, Mark DeJohn, Ken Sanders, Hank Webb, Nino Espinosa, Brock Pemberton, Roy Staiger, Jerry Cram, Jay Kleven, Randy Sterling and Bob Gallagher.
Joe Frazier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Swan | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.24 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 177.0 | 136 | 48 | 44 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Laxton | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.49 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 130.0 | 91 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Sterling | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.57 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 179.0 | 178 | 86 | 71 | 15 | 50 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dwight Bernard | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.29 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 126.0 | 96 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 77 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.88 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 43 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nino Espinosa | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.62 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 141.0 | 127 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.40 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 124 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Ken Sanders | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.34 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 47.0 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Wegener | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.07 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88.0 | 78 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Myrick | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.95 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 49 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Skip Lockwood | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Webb | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Juran | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brock Pemberton | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Bartlett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Tyler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 55 | .610 | 2.80 | 311 | 141 | 0 | 47 | 15 | 21 | 1188.0 | 1005 | 425 | 370 | 62 | 452 | 36 | 678 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Pemberton | 137 | 532 | 474 | 68 | 141 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 42 | .297 | .360 | .357 | .716 | 169 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Mike Vail | 115 | 450 | 409 | 53 | 140 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 74 | .342 | .394 | .494 | .888 | 202 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy Staiger | 137 | 523 | 471 | 52 | 133 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 56 | .282 | .331 | .418 | .750 | 197 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Bruce Boisclair | 127 | 516 | 453 | 62 | 126 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 54 | 94 | .278 | .356 | .362 | .718 | 164 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mark DeJohn | 122 | 432 | 386 | 31 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 64 | .241 | .310 | .282 | .592 | 109 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ron Diggle | 113 | 387 | 338 | 59 | 89 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 55 | .263 | .326 | .361 | .686 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Leo Foster | 94 | 362 | 304 | 42 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 47 | .247 | .354 | .309 | .663 | 94 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ron Hodges | 95 | 333 | 278 | 27 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 34 | .266 | .372 | .317 | .688 | 88 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| George Theodore | 106 | 321 | 285 | 39 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .253 | .328 | .316 | .644 | 90 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jay Kleven | 72 | 229 | 208 | 21 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 39 | .255 | .319 | .327 | .646 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Benny Ayala | 65 | 197 | 177 | 24 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .277 | .340 | .452 | .792 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Senn | 51 | 174 | 148 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 26 | .250 | .353 | .351 | .704 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Randy Trapp | 47 | 136 | 123 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 40 | .203 | .279 | .268 | .548 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laxton | 24 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .188 | .204 | .188 | .392 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Puig | 13 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .182 | .294 | .182 | .476 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nino Espinosa | 26 | 54 | 53 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .151 | .151 | .189 | .340 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Swan | 26 | 66 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .129 | .143 | .129 | .272 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gallagher | 12 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .150 | .292 | .300 | .592 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Bernard | 27 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .105 | .150 | .132 | .282 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wegener | 41 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 23 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .068 | .089 | .068 | .157 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Randy Sterling | 29 | 73 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .056 | .164 | .074 | .238 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 36 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .375 | .775 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Skip Lockwood | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Myrick | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bartlett | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Webb | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Sanders | 28 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .200 | .125 | .325 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tim Juran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Tyler | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Howard | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1623 | 5100 | 4497 | 549 | 1168 | 177 | 29 | 47 | 493 | 65 | 37 | 465 | 794 | .260 | .330 | .343 | .674 | 1544 | 0 | 29 | 71 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Pemberton | 1B | 134 | 1184 | 66 | 8 | 98 | .994 | 9.328 | ||||
| George Theodore | 1B | 11 | 97 | 6 | 5 | 13 | .954 | 9.364 | ||||
| Leo Foster | 2B | 73 | 138 | 188 | 11 | 41 | .967 | 4.466 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 2B | 41 | 99 | 110 | 6 | 21 | .972 | 5.098 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 2B | 15 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 4.467 | ||||
| Rich Puig | 2B | 13 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 5.154 | ||||
| Randy Trapp | 2B | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 2.375 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 3B | 113 | 112 | 258 | 5 | 22 | .987 | 3.274 | ||||
| Randy Trapp | 3B | 31 | 22 | 55 | 8 | 8 | .906 | 2.484 | ||||
| Ron Hodges | C | 82 | 431 | 45 | 7 | 9 | .986 | 5.805 | 4 | |||
| Jay Kleven | C | 64 | 332 | 30 | 4 | 8 | .989 | 5.656 | 9 | |||
| Bruce Boisclair | OF | 120 | 264 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .986 | 2.275 | ||||
| Mike Vail | OF | 108 | 182 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 1.769 | ||||
| Ron Diggle | OF | 93 | 148 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 1.688 | ||||
| George Theodore | OF | 64 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Benny Ayala | OF | 50 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .944 | 1.340 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | OF | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
| James Howard | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Wegener | P | 41 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .293 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 36 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .389 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 31 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .516 | ||||
| Randy Sterling | P | 29 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .956 | 1.483 | ||||
| Ken Sanders | P | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Dwight Bernard | P | 27 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Craig Swan | P | 26 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Bill Laxton | P | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Nino Espinosa | P | 24 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Gary Manderbach | P | 23 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 1.522 | ||||
| Bob Myrick | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Robert Bartlett | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Hank Webb | P | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Skip Lockwood | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Tim Juran | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Thomas Tyler | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brock Pemberton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark DeJohn | SS | 121 | 203 | 347 | 24 | 63 | .958 | 4.545 | ||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 27 | 32 | 59 | 7 | 14 | .929 | 3.370 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | SS | 7 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 4.286 | ||||
| Terry Senn | SS | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1507 | 3562 | 1527 | 112 | 343 | .978 | 3.377 | 13 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
