John Tamargo
John Felix Tamargo
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 7, 1951 in Tampa, FL
High School: Tampa Catholic (Tampa, FL)
School: Georgia Southern University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1976
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 24 STL NL 10 14 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .300 .429 .300 .729 110 3 1 0 0 1 0 /2
1977 25 STL NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1978 26 TOT NL 42 119 98 6 22 4 1 1 8 1 1 18 9 .224 .342 .316 .658 89 31 1 0 2 1 5 2
1978 26 STL NL 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1978 26 SFG NL 36 113 92 6 22 4 1 1 8 1 1 18 7 .239 .360 .337 .697 100 31 1 0 2 1 5 2
1979 27 TOT NL 42 92 81 7 20 5 0 2 11 0 0 7 11 .247 .293 .383 .676 88 31 0 0 0 4 0 2
1979 27 SFG NL 30 67 60 7 12 3 0 2 6 0 0 4 8 .200 .239 .350 .589 64 21 0 0 0 3 0 2
1979 27 MON NL 12 25 21 0 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .381 .440 .476 .916 152 10 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1980 28 MON NL 37 58 51 4 14 3 0 1 13 0 0 6 5 .275 .345 .392 .737 106 20 0 0 0 1 0 2
5 Seasons 135 287 244 19 59 12 1 4 33 1 1 34 27 .242 .326 .348 .675 90 85 2 0 2 7 5
162 Game Avg. 162 344 293 23 71 14 1 5 40 1 1 41 32 .242 .326 .348 .675 90 102 2 0 2 8 6
STL (3 yrs) 20 24 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .150 .250 .150 .400 15 3 1 0 0 1 0
SFG (2 yrs) 66 180 152 13 34 7 1 3 14 1 1 22 15 .224 .315 .342 .657 87 52 1 0 2 4 5
MON (2 yrs) 49 83 72 4 22 5 0 1 18 0 0 9 8 .306 .373 .417 .790 120 30 0 0 0 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1976 24 STL NL 14 9 2 6.0 93 .273 .300 .264 .429 .330 .300 .376 .729 .706 110 .668 0.5 0.1 .750 .300 .000
1977 25 STL NL 4 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .408 .000 .744 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 26 TOT NL 119 81 12 4.0 92 .236 .224 .258 .342 .325 .316 .379 .658 .703 89 .476 -0.7 -0.1 .628 .276 .092 1.0
1978 26 STL NL 6 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .261 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1978 26 SFG NL 113 75 12 4.3 91 .247 .239 .257 .360 .325 .337 .378 .697 .703 100 .511 0.9 0.1 .681 .293 .098 1.0
1979 27 TOT NL 92 65 11 4.6 95 .250 .247 .262 .293 .327 .383 .389 .676 .716 88 .514 -0.8 -0.1 .623 .222 .136 .0
1979 27 SFG NL 67 51 6 3.2 94 .189 .200 .260 .239 .325 .350 .386 .589 .711 64 .353 -2.8 -0.3 .521 .217 .150 .0
1979 27 MON NL 25 14 5 9.6 99 .421 .381 .268 .440 .333 .476 .397 .916 .730 152 .806 1.9 0.2 1.000 .238 .095
1980 28 MON NL 58 38 8 5.7 95 .283 .275 .267 .345 .329 .392 .387 .737 .716 106 .631 0.7 0.1 .703 .235 .118 .0
5 Seasons 287 197 33 4.5 94 .250 .242 .261 .326 .327 .348 .384 .675 .711 90 .524 -1.5 -0.1 .633 .246 .107 1.6
162 Game Avg. 344 236 40 4.5 94 .250 .242 .261 .326 .327 .348 .384 .675 .711 90 .524 -1.5 -0.1 .633 .246 .107 2
STL (3 yrs) 24 19 2 2.8 95 .176 .150 .264 .250 .331 .150 .385 .400 .716 15 .327 -2.2 -0.2 .333 .150 .000
SFG (2 yrs) 180 126 18 3.8 92 .225 .224 .259 .315 .325 .342 .382 .657 .706 87 .451 -1.8 -0.2 .617 .263 .118 1.5
MON (2 yrs) 83 52 13 6.7 96 .323 .306 .267 .373 .330 .417 .390 .790 .720 120 .696 2.6 0.3 .780 .236 .111 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 24 STL NL 14 0.0% 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0% 0.00 10.0 3.50 79%
1977 25 STL NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 50%
1978 26 TOT NL 119 0.8% 7.6% 15.1% 5.0% 27% 0.50 10.9 98.0 12.3 1.03 75%
1978 26 STL NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 67%
1978 26 SFG NL 113 0.9% 6.2% 15.9% 5.3% 27% 0.39 13.1 92.0 11.5 1.03 75%
1979 27 TOT NL 92 2.2% 12.0% 7.6% 7.6% 35% 1.57 7.4 40.5 7.4 0.36 78%
1979 27 SFG NL 67 3.0% 11.9% 6.0% 7.5% 42% 2.00 7.5 30.0 10.0 0.40 79%
1979 27 MON NL 25 0.0% 12.0% 12.0% 8.0% 25% 1.00 7.0 4.2 0.22 76%
1980 28 MON NL 58 1.7% 8.6% 10.3% 6.9% 29% 0.83 10.2 51.0 3.9 0.74 79%
5 Seasons 287 1.4% 9.4% 11.9% 5.9% 29% 0.79 9.0 61.0 7.4 0.75 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 24 STL NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 TOT NL 1 0 13% 40 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18% 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 0
1978 26 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 SFG NL 1 0 13% 40 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18% 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 0
1979 27 TOT NL 1 0 20% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1979 27 SFG NL 1 0 36% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1979 27 MON NL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 MON NL 0 0 16% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 Seasons 2 0 17% 82 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 30% 11 9 2 1 1 0 8 2 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1976 24 STL NL 14 100% 3 7 2 0 1 1.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 12 1 8% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1977 25 STL NL 4 100% 0 3 0 0 0 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 TOT NL 119 100% 22 11 1 0 0 1.81 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 19 1 5% 10 4 40% 79 7 9% 7 2 29% 5 1 20% 0
1978 26 STL NL 6 100% 0 6 0 0 0 1.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1978 26 SFG NL 113 100% 22 5 1 0 0 1.65 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 17 1 6% 8 4 50% 74 7 9% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 0
1979 27 TOT NL 92 100% 20 20 6 1 4 1.37 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 0 0% 12 4 33% 66 9 14% 8 4 50% 5 4 80% 0
1979 27 SFG NL 67 100% 12 15 4 1 2 1.34 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 0 0% 10 3 30% 50 4 8% 7 3 43% 5 4 80% 0
1979 27 MON NL 25 100% 8 5 2 0 2 1.46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 16 5 31% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1980 28 MON NL 58 100% 14 23 7 1 2 2.14 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 9 3 33% 59 12 20% 7 4 57% 8 3 38% 0
5 Seasons 287 100% 59 64 16 2 7 1.69 4 0 10 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 67% 57 2 4% 33 12 36% 217 29 13% 25 11 44% 20 8 40% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 24 10 14 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .300 .429 .300 .729 110 3 1 0 0 1 0
1977 25 14 18 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .214 .333 .214 .548 56 3 1 0 0 1 0
1978 26 56 137 112 8 25 4 1 1 9 1 1 21 11 .223 .341 .304 .644 85 34 2 0 2 2 5
1979 27 98 229 193 15 45 9 1 3 20 1 1 28 22 .233 .322 .337 .658 86 65 2 0 2 6 5
1980 28 135 287 244 19 59 12 1 4 33 1 1 34 27 .242 .326 .348 .675 90 85 2 0 2 7 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 24 10 16 11 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 .364 .500 .364 .864 2 10
1977 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1978 26 42 124 102 7 26 5 1 1 9 1 21 9 .255 .379 .353 .732 14 42
1979 27 42 96 84 8 23 6 0 2 12 0 8 11 .274 .323 .417 .740 12 42
1980 28 37 59 52 4 15 3 0 1 14 0 6 5 .288 .356 .404 .760 8 37
5 Seasons 135 299 253 22 68 14 1 4 36 1 39 27 .269 .358 .379 .737 36 135
162 Game Avg. 162 359 304 26 82 17 1 5 43 1 47 32 .269 .358 .379 .737 43 135

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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