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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1976 STL NL 24 C 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .975 6.00 5.20 0 0 1 0 0%
1977 STL NL 25 C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.50 0 0 0 0
1978 TOT NL 26 C 32 26 243.1 172 157 9 6 4 .965 -6.0 -29.6 -6 6.14 5.19 .985 6.17 5.11 0 3 35 3 8%
1978 STL NL 26 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.10 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 26 C 31 26 242.1 172 157 9 6 4 .965 -6.0 -29.7 -6 6.17 5.35 .985 6.17 5.11 0 3 35 3 8%
1979 TOT NL 27 C 21 16 145.0 87 80 6 1 4 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.34 4.10 .985 6.13 5.27 0 2 16 7 30%
1979 SFG NL 27 C 17 12 108.0 67 61 5 1 4 .985 1.0 11.1 1 5.50 3.88 .985 6.13 5.27 0 1 9 6 40%
1979 MON NL 27 C 4 4 37.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -32.4 -1 4.86 5.00 .985 6.13 5.28 0 1 7 1 13%
1980 MON NL 28 C 12 7 59.1 40 36 3 1 2 .975 -3.0 -60.7 -3 5.92 3.25 .982 6.08 5.23 3 1 13 2 13%
5 Seasons C 67 50 458.2 304 278 18 8 10 .974 -9.0 -23.5 -9 5.81 4.42 .985 6.14 5.19 3 6 65 12 16%
5 Seasons TOT 67 50 458.2 304 278 18 8 10 .974 -9.0 -23.5 -9 5.81 4.42 .959 6.14 5.19 3 6 65 12 16%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 STL NL 24 10 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1977 STL NL 25 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 SFG NL 26 36 26 36 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1978 STL NL 26 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 SFG NL 27 30 12 30 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1979 MON NL 27 12 4 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1980 MON NL 28 37 7 37 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
5 Seasons 135 50 135 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1976 STL NL 24 37 4.00 4.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 25 6 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 26 1062 3.08 3.31 17 88% 0 0 158 12 1 6 139 8 4 0 0 1 6 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 3 67%
1978 STL NL 26 6 18.00 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 27 457 3.25 3.42 7 86% 0 0 64 6 1 2 54 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0
1979 MON NL 27 161 2.19 2.43 1 100% 0 0 18 1 0 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 28 279 4.55 5.01 5 80% 0 0 35 3 0 3 29 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 100%
5 Seasons 2008 3.28 3.51 30 87% 0 0 280 22 2 12 243 17 6 0 0 1 8 0 4 4 1 10 0 2 4 4 75%
MLB Averages 3.80 4.29 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1976 STL NL 24 0 0 12 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.47
1977 STL NL 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 26 0 3 386 35 3 3 8% 33 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 47 5 1.32 1.00
1978 STL NL 26 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 27 0 1 159 9 6 4 40% 9 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 12 7 0.90 0.95
1979 MON NL 27 0 1 52 7 1 1 13% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.69 0.85
1980 MON NL 28 3 1 91 13 2 2 13% 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 1.88 1.41
5 Seasons 3 6 706 65 12 10 16% 62 9 3 1 0 2 1 1 87 15 1.41 1.03
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 1.28

* 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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