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1979 TAMPA TARPONS

+ Level: A+

Location: Tampa,FL
Team Record: 74-60 .552
Result: 2nd in Florida State League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds
Manager(s): Mike Compton
Stadium: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 93,303
Playoffs: -

Cincinnati Reds affiliate history

Oldest Player: Douglas Neuenschwander (24)
Youngest Player: Esky Viltz (19)
Top Hitter: Tom Lawless (5)
Top Pitcher: Bill Scherrer (3)

Florida State League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
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

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Tom Lawless	+	2b-3b	5	22	1978-17-433	MLB	131	469	66	126	9	5	1	39	60	17	70	92	1		13	4		.269	.362	.316	678	-	148	557	377	-	-	.329
-	Jose Mota	+	of	28	22	UDFA: 1978	A+	122	441	58	121	7	1	0	18	45	21	33	79	7		6	0		.274	.335	.295	630	-	130	487	347	-	-	.334
-	Nick Esasky	+	1b-3b	15	19	1978-1-17	MLB	124	439	52	118	16	3	10	66	3	6	44	97	8		1	1		.269	.346	.387	733	-	170	493	329	-	-	.324
-	Tom Foley	+	ss-2b	43	19	1977-7-180	MLB	125	414	38	95	12	6	0	37	5	4	37	39	1		5	3		.229	.292	.287	580	-	119	460	331	-	-	.251
-	Paul Herring	+	of	19	22	1976-15-359	AAA	121	413	53	120	15	3	6	43	16	12	47	41	1		2	7		.291	.359	.385	744	-	159	470	314	-	-	.306
-	Steve Christmas	+	c	20	21	1975-33-664	MLB	122	377	50	99	18	2	6	39	5	5	72	30	2		1	5		.263	.379	.369	748	-	139	457	289	-	-	.269
-	Russell Aldrich	+	c	38	22	1975-7-124	AA	105	373	36	99	11	5	7	56	8	5	33	41	6		3	3		.265	.333	.378	711	-	141	418	285	-	-	.280
-	Patrick Ingraham	+	of	-	23	UDFA: 1978	A+	103	295	19	72	8	2	1	15	12	8	29	74	0		5	0		.244	.312	.295	607	-	87	329	236	-	-	.323
-	Esky Viltz	+	of	-	19	1978-3-69	AA	96	264	23	51	6	1	2	19	5	4	19	52	4		3	1		.193	.257	.246	503	-	65	291	221	-	-	.232
-	Bill Kuchar	+	of	-	20	1977-9-232	A+	53	144	10	24	3	0	1	12	1	0	18	40	0		2	1		.167	.258	.208	466	-	30	165	123	-	-	.221
-	Richard Jendra	+	ss-2b	-	22	1978-24-590	A+	72	128	20	32	2	0	0	14	2	2	31	28	0		2	2		.250	.391	.266	657	-	34	163	102	-	-	.314
-	Carlos Pimentel	+	of	-	19	UDFA: 1978	A+	34	84	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	2	2	17	0		1	1		.143	.161	.167	328	-	14	88	76	-	-	.176
-	Dan Sarrett	+	c	-	21	1978-5-118	AA	32	63	4	14	2	0	0	2	1	0	11	12	1		1	0		.222	.347	.254	601	-	16	76	50	-	-	.275
-	Bill Scherrer	+	p	-	21	1977-1-1	MLB	31	57	5	12	1	0	0	8	0	2	1	13	0		2	0		.211	.224	.228	452	-	13	60	49	-	-	.273
-	Jose Brito	+	p	-	19	UDFA: 1978	AAA	29	54	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	20	1		4	0		.093	.125	.148	273	-	8	60	54	-	-	.121
-	Paul Gibson	+	p	-	19	1978-3-70	MLB	24	42	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	10	0		2	0		.119	.159	.143	302	-	6	46	40	-	-	.156
-	Steven Skaggs	+		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	20	36	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	1		2	0		.083	.175	.083	258	-	3	42	35	-	-	.167
-	Randall Town	+	p	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AA	21	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		2	0		.086	.111	.086	197	-	3	38	34	-	-	.103
-	Jim Taylor	+	of	-	19	1978-20-507	A+	12	26	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0		0	0		.423	.464	.423	887	-	11	28	15	-	-	.478
-	Gregory Meyer	+	p	-	21	1976-3-71	A+	28	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	1		0	0		.208	.424	.250	674	-	6	33	19	-	-	.312
-	Tony Walker	+	of	-	19	1983-23-569	MLB	9	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0		1	0		.190	.261	.190	451	-	4	24	18	-	-	.250
-	Larry Buckle	+	p	-	23	1978-2-44	AA	10	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0		0	0		.059	.111	.059	170	-	1	18	16	-	-	.125
-	Scott Dye	+	p	-	22	UDFA: 1981	AAA	51	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	1		3	0		.143	.294	.143	437	-	2	20	15	-	-	.400
-	Douglas Neuenschwander	+	p	-	24	UDFA: 1978	AAA	45	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		1	0		.364	.533	.364	897	-	4	16	8	-	-	.364
-	Richard Lombardo	+	p	-	23	1977-15-388	AA	17	10	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0		0	0		.500	.583	.600	1183	-	6	12	5	-	-	.833
-	Ronnie Stryker	+	p	-	20	1976-10-239	A+	55	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		2	0		.375	.375	.500	875	-	4	10	7	-	-	.600
-	Alex Neely	+	p	-	-	1978-29-673	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		.000	.000	.000	0	-	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (27 players)								134	4259	455	1046	116	28	35	386	164	90	475	750	35	0	65	28		.246	.324	.311	635	--	1323	4862	3396	--	--	.289

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	HB	IBB	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Jose Brito	+	6	19	UDFA: 1978	AAA	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	0.53
-	Bill Scherrer	+	3	21	1977-1-1	MLB	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	0.46
-	Paul Gibson	+	70	19	1978-3-70	MLB	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	0.79
-	Steven Skaggs	+	40	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	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	1.46
-	Randall Town	+	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AA	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	0.30
-	Scott Dye	+	25	22	UDFA: 1981	AAA	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	0.32
-	Gregory Meyer	+	-	21	1976-3-71	A+	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	1.15
-	Ronnie Stryker	+	22	20	1976-10-239	A+	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	0.75
-	Douglas Neuenschwander	+	32	24	UDFA: 1978	AAA	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	0.61
-	Larry Buckle	+	-	23	1978-2-44	AA	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	0.97
-	Richard Lombardo	+	-	23	1977-15-388	AA	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	0.83
-	Alex Neely	+	-	-	1978-29-673	AA	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	1.20
-	Mark Moore	+	-	22	UDFA: 1979	A+	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	+	-	23	UDFA: 1978	A+	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
Totals: (27 players)							74	60	2.64	134	134	30	11	104	20	1,149	962	414	337	35	479	745	55	-	-		1.32	7.54	0.24	3.75	5.84	0.64

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

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

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