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Home >> Teams >> Minor Leagues >> Florida State League >> Tampa Tarpons >> 1979 Team Capsule

1979 Tampa Tarpons (A+)

+ Florida State League

Parent Organization:	Cincinnati Reds
Nickname:	Tarpons
W-L Record:	74-60 .552
Rank:	2^nd in Florida State League Northern
Run Differential:	455-414 + 41
Manager(s):	Mike Compton
Location:	Tampa, Florida
Ballpark:	Al Lopez Field
Attendance:	93,303 3/10
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Years Active:	1977-2016
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Coaching Staff

#1 Draft Picks

Nick Esasky (#17)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Cincinnati Reds (MLB-NL)	90-71
AAA:	Indianapolis Indians (Amer)	67-69
AA:	Nashville Sounds (Sou)	83-61
A+:	Tampa Tarpons (FSL)	74-60
A:	Greensboro Hornets (Wcar)	65-71
A-:	Eugene Emeralds (Nwst)	30-41
Rk:	Billings Mustangs (Pio)	43-26

Organizational Player Roster
Cincinnati Reds Affiliate History

Florida State League Northern Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Winter Haven	79	58	.577	--
Tampa	74	60	.552	3.5
Dunedin	68	69	.496	11.0
St. Petersburg	64	71	.474	14.0
Lakeland	50	87	.365	29.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Tom Lawless	2B	MLB	22	0.6	131	469	66	126	9	5	1	39	60	17	70	92	1		13	4		.269	.362	.316	678	.047	.288	.329	1.31	469.0	148	557
-	Jose Mota	OF	A+	22	0.6	122	441	58	121	7	1	0	18	45	21	33	79	7		6	0		.274	.335	.295	630	.020	.150	.334	2.39	--	130	487
-	Nick Esasky	3B	MLB	19	-2.4	124	439	52	118	16	3	10	66	3	6	44	97	8		1	1		.269	.346	.387	733	.118	.212	.324	2.20	43.9	170	493
-	Tom Foley	SS	MLB	19	-2.4	125	414	38	95	12	6	0	37	5	4	37	39	1		5	3		.229	.292	.287	579	.058	.150	.251	1.05	--	119	460
-	Paul Herring	OF	AAA	22	0.6	121	413	53	120	15	3	6	43	16	12	47	41	1		2	7		.291	.359	.385	744	.094	.218	.306	0.87	68.8	159	470
-	Steve Christmas	C	MLB	21	-0.4	122	377	50	99	18	2	6	39	5	5	72	30	2		1	5		.263	.379	.369	748	.106	.297	.269	0.42	62.8	139	457
-	Russell Aldrich	1B	AA	22	0.6	105	373	36	99	11	5	7	56	8	5	33	41	6		3	3		.265	.333	.378	711	.113	.209	.280	1.24	53.3	141	418
-	Patrick Ingraham	OF	A+	23	1.6	103	295	19	72	8	2	1	15	12	8	29	74	0		5	0		.244	.312	.295	607	.051	.163	.323	2.55	295.0	87	329
-	Esky Viltz	OF	AA	19	-2.4	96	264	23	51	6	1	2	19	5	4	19	52	4		3	1		.193	.257	.246	503	.053	.129	.232	2.74	132.0	65	291
-	Bill Kuchar	1B	A+	20	-1.4	53	144	10	24	3	0	1	12	1	0	18	40	0		2	1		.167	.258	.208	466	.042	.174	.221	2.22	144.0	30	165
-	Richard Jendra	SS-3B	A+	22	0.6	72	128	20	32	2	0	0	14	2	2	31	28	0		2	2		.250	.391	.266	657	.016	.258	.314	0.90	--	34	163
-	Carlos Pimentel	OF	A+	19	-2.4	34	84	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	2	2	17	0		1	1		.143	.161	.167	328	.024	.024	.176	8.50	--	14	88
-	Dan Sarrett	C	AA	21	-0.4	32	63	4	14	2	0	0	2	1	0	11	12	1		1	0		.222	.347	.254	601	.032	.222	.275	1.09	--	16	76
-	Bill Scherrer	P	MLB	21	-0.4	31	57	5	12	1	0	0	8	0	2	1	13	0		2	0		.211	.224	.228	452	.018	.000	.273	13.00	--	13	60
-	Jose Brito	P	AAA	19	-2.4	29	54	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	20	1		4	0		.093	.125	.148	273	.056	.056	.121	20.00	54.0	8	60
-	Paul Gibson	P	MLB	19	-2.4	24	42	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	10	0		2	0		.119	.159	.143	302	.024	.048	.156	5.00	--	6	46
-	Steven Skaggs	P	A+	21	-0.4	20	36	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	1		2	0		.083	.175	.083	258	.000	.083	.167	6.00	--	3	42
-	Randall Town	P	AA	22	0.6	21	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		2	0		.086	.111	.086	197	.000	.029	.103	6.00	--	3	38
-	Jim Taylor	C	A+	19	-2.4	12	26	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0		0	0		.423	.464	.423	887	.000	.077	.478	1.50	--	11	28
-	Gregory Meyer	P	A+	21	-0.4	28	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	1		0	0		.208	.424	.250	674	.042	.375	.313	1.00	--	6	33
-	Tony Walker	OF	AA	20	-1.4	9	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0		1	0		.190	.261	.190	451	.000	.143	.250	2.50	--	4	24
-	Larry Buckle	P	AA	23	1.6	10	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0		0	0		.059	.111	.059	170	.000	.059	.125	9.00	--	1	18
-	Scott Dye	P	AAA	22	0.6	51	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	1		3	0		.143	.294	.143	437	.000	.143	.400	4.50	--	2	20
-	Douglas Neuenschwander	P	AAA	24	2.6	45	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		1	0		.364	.533	.364	897	.000	.364	.364	0.00	--	4	16
-	Richard Lombardo	P	AA	23	1.6	17	10	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0		0	0		.500	.583	.600	1183	.100	.300	.833	2.00	--	6	12
-	Ronnie Stryker	P	A+	20	-1.4	55	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		2	0		.375	.375	.500	875	.125	.125	.600	--	--	4	10
-	Alex Neely	P	AA	22	0.6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	--	0	1
Batting Totals						1593	4259	455	1046	116	28	35	386	164	90	475	750	35	0	65	28		.246	.319	.311	630	.065	.194	.289	1.58	121.7	1323	4827

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Jose Brito	AAA	19	-2.4	11	7	2.43	28	28	8	3		0	167.0	126	57	45	7	82	154	9		0	1.25	6.79	0.38	4.42	8.30	1.88
-	Bill Scherrer	MLB	21	-0.4	12	3	1.81	25	24	10	4		0	159.0	126	43	32	0	65	140	9		0	1.20	7.13	0.00	3.68	7.92	2.15
-	Paul Gibson	MLB	19	-2.4	3	8	3.07	24	22	2	0		0	129.0	121	56	44	5	46	58	5		0	1.29	8.44	0.35	3.21	4.05	1.26
-	Steven Skaggs	A+	21	-0.4	4	7	3.00	20	20	3	1		0	126.0	104	43	42	7	67	46	7		0	1.36	7.43	0.50	4.79	3.29	0.69
-	Randall Town	AA	22	0.6	8	5	2.73	19	14	5	2		0	112.0	89	36	34	3	20	67	6		0	0.97	7.15	0.24	1.61	5.38	3.35
-	Scott Dye	AAA	22	0.6	12	3	1.80	51	1	0	0		6	100.0	81	24	20	0	24	74	2		0	1.05	7.29	0.00	2.16	6.66	3.08
-	Ronnie Stryker	A+	20	-1.4	7	11	2.75	55	1	0	0		8	85.0	72	30	26	3	40	53	4		0	1.32	7.62	0.32	4.24	5.61	1.33
-	Gregory Meyer	A+	21	-0.4	5	4	2.65	28	13	2	1		0	85.0	70	34	25	4	47	41	3		0	1.38	7.41	0.42	4.98	4.34	0.87
-	Douglas Neuenschwander	AAA	24	2.6	9	5	2.74	45	0	0	0		5	82.0	82	35	25	0	31	51	4		0	1.38	9.00	0.00	3.40	5.60	1.65
-	Larry Buckle	AA	23	1.6	2	2	4.40	10	9	0	0		0	47.0	39	27	23	1	29	30	2		0	1.45	7.47	0.19	5.55	5.74	1.03
-	Richard Lombardo	AA	23	1.6	1	3	2.80	17	6	0	0		1	45.0	39	20	14	0	20	24	3		0	1.31	7.80	0.00	4.00	4.80	1.20
-	Alex Neely	AA	22	0.6	0	2	5.00	8	0	0	0		0	9.0	10	5	5	1	6	5	1		0	1.78	10.00	1.00	6.00	5.00	0.83
-	Mark Moore	A+	22	0.6	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
-	Patrick Ingraham	A+	23	1.6	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0		0	1.0	2	4	2	0	2	2	0		0	4.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	18.00	1.00
Batting Totals					74	60	2.64	332	138	30	11	0	20	1149	962	414	337	31	479	745	55	0	0	1.25	7.54	0.24	3.75	5.84	1.56

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Christmas	C	114		646	113	17	9	.978	0.00
Dan Sarrett	C	32		112	22	5	2	.964	0.00
Jim Taylor	C	7		34	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Russell Aldrich	C	2		12	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Russell Aldrich	1B	84		684	35	5	65	.993	0.00
Bill Kuchar	1B	41		346	12	1	27	.997	0.00
Patrick Ingraham	1B	17		144	10	4	11	.975	0.00
Steve Christmas	1B	6		38	8	0	4	1.000	0.00
Paul Herring	1B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Richard Jendra	1B	1		1	0	0	6	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Lawless	2B	129		296	376	17	82	.975	0.00
Richard Jendra	2B	8		17	15	1	5	.970	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Nick Esasky	3B	122		91	234	27	18	.923	0.00
Richard Jendra	3B	16		11	27	6	2	.864	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Foley	SS	122		223	394	35	71	.946	0.00
Richard Jendra	SS	20		20	37	5	6	.919	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Herring	OF	116		160	17	7	2	.962	0.00
Jose Mota	OF	113		232	10	4	1	.984	0.00
Esky Viltz	OF	82		161	15	5	2	.972	0.00
Patrick Ingraham	OF	75		109	6	7	1	.943	0.00
Russell Aldrich	OF	25		33	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carlos Pimentel	OF	25		30	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tony Walker	OF	6		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ronnie Stryker	P	55		5	16	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Dye	P	51		2	11	2	0	.867	0.00
Douglas Neuenschwander	P	45		2	14	1	1	.941	0.00
Jose Brito	P	28		3	15	1	1	.947	0.00
Gregory Meyer	P	28		6	19	1	3	.962	0.00
Bill Scherrer	P	25		3	30	2	4	.943	0.00
Paul Gibson	P	24		3	26	1	1	.967	0.00
Steven Skaggs	P	20		11	19	2	2	.937	0.00
Randall Town	P	19		4	19	2	1	.920	0.00
Richard Lombardo	P	17		0	9	1	0	.900	0.00
Larry Buckle	P	10		3	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alex Neely	P	8		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00