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1970 Tampa Tarpons

1970 > Class A > 1970 Florida State League (West)
Overall: 64-68
Scored 433 runs, Allowed 452 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-69

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: Richard Kennedy
Represented: Tampa, FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1969 / 1971

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Richard Burch 21 64 173 142 14 27 1 0 0 10 7 2 20 34 .190 .301 .197 .498 28 3 7 1
2 Kent Burdick 19 36 149 134 14 27 2 1 1 10 6 1 8 38 .201 .248 .254 .502 34 1 4 2
3 Nardi Contreras# 18 22 34 28 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 8 .143 .294 .143 .437 4 0 0 0
4 Clarence Cooper* 19 20 47 36 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 11 .278 .386 .306 .692 11 0 3 1
5 Thomas Dittmar* 20 51 208 187 19 54 7 4 0 15 6 3 18 23 .289 .350 .369 .718 69 0 2 1
6 Dan Driessen* 18 93 276 242 28 54 2 1 0 20 9 4 27 32 .223 .303 .240 .543 58 2 2 3
7 Rawly Eastwick 19 37 24 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .150 .227 .150 .377 3 0 2 0
8 Tom Foust 21 11 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 1 0
9 Tony Franklin# 20 113 461 378 50 78 2 1 0 19 20 4 72 88 .206 .335 .217 .552 82 1 10 0
10 Larry Gable 29 49 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0
11 Robert Gallagher 18 17 48 37 7 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 11 .081 .271 .108 .379 4 0 0 1
12 Donnell Goodwin 22 22 28 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .120 .154 .120 .274 3 0 2 0 Stats for 2 teams
13 Timothy Grant* 20 38 77 70 9 21 1 5 0 8 2 0 3 10 .300 .324 .457 .781 32 0 3 1
14 Robert Grindle 21 30 22 20 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .100 .143 .100 .243 2 0 1 0
15 Kerry Hardiman 22 20 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 1 1 0
16 Thomas Harris 22 72 255 231 23 53 2 5 1 19 4 2 15 41 .229 .273 .294 .567 68 0 6 3
17 William Hoelzer* 20 80 287 247 22 54 8 2 0 23 8 3 34 62 .219 .313 .267 .580 66 0 6 0
18 John Jackson 21 13 23 21 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 2 0 0
19 Michael Kmet# 18 3 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 4 0 0 0
20 Kevin Kooyman 18 14 44 41 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .146 .167 .171 .337 7 0 2 0
21 Virgilio Mata 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
22 Rowe Miller 19 31 105 91 8 25 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 19 .275 .356 .297 .652 27 3 1 1
23 Steven Miller 22 19 38 34 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .118 .189 .118 .307 4 1 1 0
24 Michael O'Connor# 20 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1 0 0
25 Barry Powell 19 12 37 33 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .121 .171 .152 .323 5 0 2 0
26 Michael Ruddell 18 12 29 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .040 .040 .040 .080 1 0 4 0
27 George Runk 23 95 378 336 33 99 14 3 4 48 5 2 33 38 .295 .356 .390 .745 131 1 4 4
28 Rick Sires 23 11 23 20 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .300 .391 .300 .691 6 0 0 0
29 Tom Spencer 19 130 531 471 52 134 13 5 3 50 21 11 41 37 .285 .336 .352 .688 166 1 7 11
30 Ronald Steele 20 6 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 1 0 0
31 Theodore Tomasovich* 24 13 42 35 2 5 2 0 0 3 2 0 5 13 .143 .268 .200 .468 7 1 1 0
32 Robert Welsh 19 107 412 358 33 71 14 2 1 26 13 6 46 73 .198 .290 .257 .547 92 2 2 4
33 Richard West# 19 129 513 462 55 119 25 3 2 52 20 7 35 49 .258 .318 .338 .655 156 7 6 3
34 Timothy White 22 98 351 301 25 78 10 3 2 19 4 4 45 62 .259 .354 .332 .687 100 1 1 3
35 Joel Youngblood 18 17 60 54 7 12 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 9 .222 .300 .222 .522 12 2 0 0
35 Players 20.1 132 4730 4120 433 967 108 36 14 353 122 51 457 752 .235 .313 .289 .602 1189 32 81 40 21
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Nardi Contreras 18 3 10 .231 3.83 22 18 2 0 0 108.0 89 56 46 5 59 6 75 7 1 9 1.370 7.4 0.4 4.9 6.2 1.27
2 Clarence Cooper* 19 7 9 .438 2.85 19 18 2 1 0 117.0 79 47 37 5 64 9 95 4 0 6 1.222 6.1 0.4 4.9 7.3 1.48
3 Rawly Eastwick 19 2 9 .182 3.48 37 7 0 0 3 101.0 93 53 39 5 45 11 70 1 0 7 1.366 8.3 0.4 4.0 6.2 1.56
4 Tom Foust 21 1 5 .167 8.14 11 3 0 0 0 21.0 34 22 19 1 17 8 14 3 0 2 2.429 14.6 0.4 7.3 6.0 0.82
5 Larry Gable 29 6 6 .500 2.19 49 0 0 0 14 74.0 63 24 18 2 38 17 82 0 0 3 1.365 7.7 0.2 4.6 10.0 2.16
6 Donnell Goodwin 22 3 7 .300 3.87 22 10 1 0 1 86.0 78 48 37 1 42 7 80 3 1 10 1.395 8.2 0.1 4.4 8.4 1.90 Stats for 2 teams
7 Timothy Grant 20 11 7 .611 3.45 27 24 5 0 0 167.0 130 73 64 7 89 7 116 6 1 8 1.311 7.0 0.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
8 Robert Grindle 21 6 3 .667 2.05 30 7 3 1 3 88.0 73 25 20 1 45 9 41 7 0 6 1.341 7.5 0.1 4.6 4.2 0.91
9 Kerry Hardiman 22 6 1 .857 1.41 20 2 1 0 4 51.0 36 10 8 0 14 1 53 4 2 3 0.980 6.4 0.0 2.5 9.4 3.79
10 John Jackson 21 3 4 .429 2.49 13 11 3 0 1 76.0 65 29 21 2 19 5 50 0 0 1 1.105 7.7 0.2 2.2 5.9 2.63
11 Michael Kmet 18 2 1 .667 1.80 3 2 1 1 0 15.0 10 3 3 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
12 Stanley Kmet 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
13 Steven Miller 22 6 4 .600 2.30 19 15 4 2 0 94.0 54 31 24 1 67 2 56 1 1 6 1.287 5.2 0.1 6.4 5.4 0.84
14 Michael O'Connor* 20 0 0 0.75 8 0 0 0 1 12.0 8 5 1 0 13 1 11 0 0 2 1.750 6.0 0.0 9.8 8.2 0.85
15 Michael Ruddell 18 5 2 .714 3.25 12 12 2 1 0 72.0 34 31 26 1 49 6 99 4 0 3 1.153 4.2 0.1 6.1 12.4 2.02
16 Richard Sawyer -- 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
17 Rick Sires 23 6 1 .857 1.09 11 7 6 3 2 58.0 28 7 7 0 22 1 37 0 1 2 0.862 4.3 0.0 3.4 5.7 1.68
17 Players 21.4 64 68 .485 2.95 132 132 103 29 14 29 1109.0 854 452 364 31 572 89 858 40 7 66 1.286 6.9 0.3 4.6 7.0 1.50

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Timothy White 95 620 83 9 9 .987 7.40 21
Rowe Miller 31 197 16 3 1 .986 6.87 7
Kevin Kooyman 14 78 3 1 1 .988 5.79 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
William Hoelzer 66 469 25 11 33 .978 7.48
Dan Driessen 61 473 37 5 43 .990 8.36
Theodore Tomasovich 6 40 2 0 4 1.000 7.00
Richard West 2 20 1 0 2 1.000 10.50
Thomas Harris 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Franklin 103 276 224 23 49 .956 4.85
Thomas Harris 35 57 74 8 10 .942 3.74

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Runk 93 79 195 10 15 .965 2.95
Richard Burch 16 8 20 5 4 .848 1.75
Robert Welsh 11 12 20 5 3 .865 2.91
Barry Powell 8 3 11 1 0 .933 1.75
Tony Franklin 6 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.83
William Hoelzer 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Welsh 94 122 218 45 34 .883 3.62
Thomas Harris 25 23 60 14 7 .856 3.32
Joel Youngblood 14 22 40 9 6 .873 4.43
George Runk 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.50
Virgilio Mata 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Spencer 130 294 11 8 2 .974 2.35
Richard West 128 203 7 5 1 .977 1.64
Thomas Dittmar 50 73 2 1 1 .987 1.50
Kent Burdick 36 73 6 2 1 .975 2.19
Richard Burch 31 51 0 1 0 .981 1.65
Robert Gallagher 13 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
Theodore Tomasovich 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.83
Ronald Steele 4 6 0 3 0 .667 1.50
Timothy White 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
William Hoelzer 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larry Gable 49 5 12 0 0 1.000 0.35
Rawly Eastwick 37 3 11 2 1 .875 0.38
Robert Grindle 30 6 14 6 0 .769 0.67
Timothy Grant 27 12 17 1 3 .967 1.07
Nardi Contreras 22 8 16 0 1 1.000 1.09
Donnell Goodwin 22 3 13 1 0 .941 0.73 Stats for 2 teams
Kerry Hardiman 20 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.45
Clarence Cooper 19 5 16 3 1 .875 1.11
Steven Miller 19 5 20 1 0 .962 1.32
John Jackson 13 10 10 1 0 .952 1.54
Michael Ruddell 12 2 8 4 2 .714 0.83
Tom Foust 11 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.55
Rick Sires 11 6 13 0 3 1.000 1.73
Michael O'Connor 8 2 4 2 0 .750 0.75
Michael Kmet 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67
Stanley Kmet 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Richard Sawyer 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Richard Burch 21 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Dec 17, 1948
Kent Burdick 19 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Dec 16, 1950
Nardi Contreras 18 S R 6' 2.0" 193 Sep 19, 1951 Tampa, FL, US
Clarence Cooper 19 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 18, 1951
Thomas Dittmar 20 L R 5' 11.0" 180 May 24, 1950
Dan Driessen 18 L R 5' 11.0" 187 Jul 29, 1951 Hilton Head Island, SC, US
Rawly Eastwick 19 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Oct 24, 1950 Camden, NJ, US
Tom Foust 21 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 18, 1948 Rockford, IL, US
Tony Franklin 20 S R 5' 10.0" 155 Jun 9, 1950 Portland, ME, US
Larry Gable 29 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1941
Robert Gallagher 18 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 Salem, NJ, US
Donnell Goodwin 22 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Feb 16, 1948 Stockton, CA, US
Timothy Grant 20 L R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 6, 1949
Robert Grindle 21 R R 6' 4.0" 155 Jan 18, 1949
Kerry Hardiman 22 R R 6' 4.0" 185 Sep 20, 1947
Thomas Harris 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 19, 1948 Duluth, GA, US
William Hoelzer 20 L R 6' 4.0" 190 1950
John Jackson 21 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Dec 30, 1948
Michael Kmet 18 S R 6' 4.0" 195 Dec 2, 1951
Stanley Kmet 22 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jun 27, 1948
Kevin Kooyman 18 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Sep 30, 1951
Virgilio Mata 21 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Apr 5, 1949
Rowe Miller 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Nov 22, 1950
Steven Miller 22 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 21, 1947
Michael O'Connor 20 S L 5' 10.0" 195 Aug 6, 1949
Barry Powell 19 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 18, 1950
Michael Ruddell 18 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 10, 1951
George Runk 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Nov 15, 1946
Richard Sawyer -- R R Unknown
Rick Sires 23 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 11, 1946
Tom Spencer 19 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 28, 1951 Gallipolis, OH, US
Ronald Steele 20 R R 6' 0.0" 170 May 18, 1950
Theodore Tomasovich 24 L R 6' 3.0" 195 1946
Robert Welsh 19 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Mar 16, 1951
Richard West 19 S R 6' 0.0" 180 Jul 11, 1950
Timothy White 22 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Dec 29, 1947
Joel Youngblood 18 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 Houston, TX, US

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