1978 TAMPA TARPONS

| Level: A+

Location: Tampa,FL
Team Record: 61-73 .455
Result: 4th in Florida State League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds
Manager(s): Mike Compton
Stadium: Al Lopez Field
Attendance: 90,058
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cincinnati Reds affiliate history

Oldest Player: Tom Kotchman (23)
Youngest Player: Ronnie Stryker (19)
Top Hitter: Eddie Milner (1)
Top Pitcher: Joe Price (4)

Florida State League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Petersburg	84	56	.600	--
Winter Haven	82	56	.594	1.0
Lakeland	78	60	.565	5.0
Tampa	61	73	.455	20.0
Dunedin	59	83	.415	26.0
Daytona	42	93	.311	39.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	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	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Eddie Milner	of	1	23	1976-21-503	MLB	133	497	79	141	16	16	8	44	28	12	55	49	2		4	3		.284	.355	.429	784	213	561	375	-	-	.300
-	Paul Householder	of	18	19	1976-2-47	MLB	123	415	59	103	8	10	10	42	28	8	41	80	8		6	2		.248	.326	.388	714	161	472	328	-	-	.284
-	Mark Hopper	ss	35	-	1975-12-286	A+	113	399	47	98	22	1	0	25	8	6	29	28	4		11	3		.246	.301	.306	607	122	446	321	-	-	.262
-	Thomas McClendon	ss	65	-	1976-3-72	A+	118	369	37	82	6	0	0	27	9	5	42	35	2		10	1		.222	.304	.238	543	88	424	303	-	-	.245
-	Garry Pyka	2b	76	-	1976-12-268	AA	111	364	31	91	9	5	1	30	2	4	24	31	3		8	4		.250	.299	.310	609	113	403	289	-	-	.268
-	Paul Herring	of	53	21	1976-15-359	AAA	107	325	35	74	13	4	6	44	3	6	30	9	3		5	7		.228	.293	.348	641	113	370	269	-	-	.215
-	Jack Hudson	c	-	22	1977-5-128	AAA	95	288	17	65	11	0	0	18	1	0	9	29	0		8	0		.226	.249	.264	513	76	305	231	-	-	.251
-	Patrick Ingraham		81	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	97	268	33	65	4	3	1	27	10	5	26	59	2		2	5		.243	.309	.291	600	78	303	215	-	-	.300
-	Butch Harris	1b	-	22	1976-23-547	AA	70	251	41	63	10	0	0	31	3	0	29	23	1		3	4		.251	.326	.291	617	73	288	195	-	-	.272
-	Craig Hendrickson	ss	-	20	1976-3-54	A+	68	204	18	41	3	0	0	17	0	4	20	46	0		2	2		.201	.270	.216	486	44	228	171	-	-	.256
-	Tony Moretto	of	-	21	1975-1-22	AA	44	152	8	37	3	0	2	17	2	3	7	19	0		0	1		.243	.275	.303	578	46	160	119	-	-	.265
-	Gregory Dahl	c	-	21	UDFA: 1978	AA	43	130	9	27	11	0	0	8	0	0	13	40	0		0	0		.208	.280	.292	572	38	143	103	-	-	.300
-	Richard Jendra	ss-2b	-	-	1978-24-590	A+	49	127	12	29	2	1	0	5	1	0	24	30	1		3	1		.228	.353	.260	613	33	156	102	-	-	.296
-	Tom Kotchman	of	-	23	1974-8-144	A+	43	115	7	22	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	20	1		1	0		.191	.250	.191	441	22	125	95	-	-	.232
-	John Guarnaccia	of	-	23	1972-4-75	AA	24	72	15	15	0	3	2	12	3	1	11	13	1		0	2		.208	.314	.375	689	27	86	60	-	-	.220
-	Dan Sarrett	c	-	-	1978-5-118	AA	12	37	4	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	1		0	0		.216	.275	.216	491	8	40	29	-	-	.348
-	Alfred Welch	of	-	-	1976-11-263	A+	10	28	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1		0	0		.214	.312	.214	527	6	32	22	-	-	.286
-	Joe Price	p	-	21	1977-4-102	MLB	23	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0		0	0		.059	.059	.059	118	1	17	16	-	-	.125
-	Richard Lombardo	p	-	-	1977-15-388	AA	10	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0		0	0		.077	.200	.154	354	2	15	12	-	-	.250
-	Charlie Leibrandt	p	-	21	1978-9-225	MLB	6	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	1		.500	.500	.500	1000	6	15	8	-	-	.500
-	Breen Newcomer	p	-	-	1975-13-303	A+	22	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0		2	0		.000	.214	.000	214	0	16	13	-	-	.000
-	Larry Buckle	p	-	22	1978-2-44	AA	26	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0		0	0		.000	.083	.000	83	0	12	11	-	-	.000
-	Joe Griffin	c	-	-	1974-7-119	AA	3	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	0		.100	.100	.200	300	2	10	9	-	-	.167
-	Larry Jensen	p	-	-	1977-23-585	A+	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
-	Stacy Morrow		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	39	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0		0	0		.167	.286	.167	452	1	7	5	-	-	.500
-	Ronnie Stryker	p	-	19	1976-10-239	A+	44	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0		.250	.250	.250	500	1	5	4	-	-	.333
-	Scott Brown	p	-	21	1975-4-94	MLB	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
-	Scott Dye	p	-	21	UDFA: 1981	AAA	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
-	Mark King	p	-	-	1976-1-23	A+	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
-	Charlie Moore		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (30 players)							134	4393	501	1041	130	43	30	392	101	55	410	609	31	0	72	40		.237	.304	.307	611	1347	4946	3519	--	--	.266

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Joe Price	4	21	1977-4-102	MLB	10	4	1.47	23	21	9	1		0	165.0	123	40	27	3	51	128	6		1.05	6.71	0.16	2.78	6.98	0.40
-	Breen Newcomer	49	-	1975-13-303	A+	5	11	2.71	22	21	4	1		1	136.0	143	68	41	3	44	87	2		1.38	9.46	0.20	2.91	5.76	0.51
-	Larry Buckle	32	22	1978-2-44	AA	4	11	4.05	26	24	0	0		0	129.0	124	82	58	6	72	74	15		1.52	8.65	0.42	5.02	5.16	0.97
-	Scott Brown	76	21	1975-4-94	MLB	7	6	1.31	17	16	6	2		0	117.0	92	32	17	2	22	73	2		0.97	7.08	0.15	1.69	5.62	0.30
-	Robert Mayer	-	-	1976-13-311	AA	7	4	2.00	15	14	4	1		0	99.0	90	33	22	1	35	75	2		1.26	8.18	0.09	3.18	6.82	0.47
-	Ronnie Stryker	43	19	1976-10-239	A+	7	6	1.66	44	0	0	0		2	87.0	74	28	16	1	41	49	3		1.32	7.66	0.10	4.24	5.07	0.84
-	Larry Jensen	-	-	1977-23-585	A+	4	7	3.95	30	9	1	1		4	73.0	89	44	32	3	20	34	2		1.49	10.97	0.37	2.47	4.19	0.59
-	Scott Dye	28	21	UDFA: 1981	AAA	3	5	2.03	46	1	0	0		6	71.0	63	26	16	1	31	65	4		1.32	7.99	0.13	3.93	8.24	0.48
-	Charlie Moore	51	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	4	6	4.44	36	4	1	1		0	71.0	79	41	35	5	27	36	4		1.49	10.01	0.63	3.42	4.56	0.75
-	Stacy Morrow	46	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	2	5	4.58	41	4	0	0		1	55.0	68	38	28	3	24	23	3		1.67	11.13	0.49	3.93	3.76	1.04
-	Richard Lombardo	-	-	1977-15-388	AA	4	3	3.40	10	10	1	1		0	53.0	47	24	20	1	30	24	8		1.45	7.98	0.17	5.09	4.08	1.25
-	Charlie Leibrandt	-	21	1978-9-225	MLB	4	1	0.77	6	6	5	2		0	47.0	26	4	4	1	17	40	1		0.91	4.98	0.19	3.26	7.66	0.43
-	Mark King	-	-	1976-1-23	A+	0	3	7.36	3	3	0	0		0	11.0	11	13	9	0	7	2	0		1.64	9.00	0.00	5.73	1.64	3.50
-	Larry Jackson	-	-	1977-13-336	A+	0	1	18.00	1	1	0	0		0	2.0	3	5	4	0	3	1	1		3.00	13.50	0.00	13.50	4.50	3.00
Totals: (30 players)						61	73	2.65	134	134	31	10	103	14	1,116	1032	478	329	30	424	711	53		1.30	8.32	0.24	3.42	5.73	0.60

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jack Hudson	C	93		501	66	7	6	.988	0.00
Gregory Dahl	C	36		169	22	5	5	.974	0.00
Dan Sarrett	C	12		60	7	2	1	.971	0.00
Joe Griffin	C	3		17	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Moretto	1B	39		339	17	3	33	.992	0.00
Tom Kotchman	1B	34		259	11	3	23	.989	0.00
Garry Pyka	1B	8		58	3	0	6	1.000	0.00
Gregory Dahl	1B	6		42	3	1	2	.978	0.00
Patrick Ingraham	1B	3		17	1	1	1	.947	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Thomas McClendon	2B	70		139	186	11	36	.967	0.00
Garry Pyka	2B	69		130	183	15	33	.954	0.00
Craig Hendrickson	2B	2		1	3	1	0	.800	0.00
Patrick Ingraham	2B	1		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Hendrickson	3B	64		46	136	16	8	.919	0.00
Thomas McClendon	3B	37		27	70	12	8	.890	0.00
Richard Jendra	3B	36		30	54	8	5	.913	0.00
Tom Kotchman	3B	5		0	11	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Hopper	SS	107		154	311	35	53	.930	0.00
Garry Pyka	SS	26		47	64	18	11	.860	0.00
Richard Jendra	SS	10		7	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Milner	OF	129		283	7	6	3	.980	0.00
Paul Householder	OF	115		213	8	11	4	.953	0.00
Paul Herring	OF	93		138	8	6	0	.961	0.00
Patrick Ingraham	OF	66		114	4	9	0	.929	0.00
Alfred Welch	OF	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Guarnaccia	OF	3		11	0	1	0	.917	0.00
Tony Moretto	OF	3		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Scott Dye	P	46		2	8	2	0	.833	0.00
Ronnie Stryker	P	44		5	15	6	0	.769	0.00
Stacy Morrow	P	41		1	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Charlie Moore	P	36		4	6	2	2	.833	0.00
Larry Jensen	P	30		6	13	2	2	.905	0.00
Larry Buckle	P	26		10	30	10	2	.800	0.00
Joe Price	P	23		4	32	1	2	.973	0.00
Breen Newcomer	P	22		3	23	5	0	.839	0.00
Scott Brown	P	17		4	24	0	0	1.000	0.00
Robert Mayer	P	15		6	24	1	1	.968	0.00
Richard Lombardo	P	10		1	7	1	0	.889	0.00
Charlie Leibrandt	P	6		3	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mark King	P	3		0	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Jackson	P	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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