Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1976
- College
- Georgia Southern
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1976
- College
- Georgia Southern
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 135
- AB
- 244
- R
- 19
- H
- 59
- HR
- 4
- RBI
- 33
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .242
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| 1977 | STL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1978 |  STL/SF | 42 | 98 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .224 |
| 1979 |  SF/WSH | 42 | 81 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .247 |
| 1980 | WSH | 37 | 51 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .275 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 287
- TB
- 85
- XBH
- 17
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL/SF | 119 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SF/WSH | 92 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | WSH | 58 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.5
- RC
- 31.7
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .107
- SECA
- .246
- BB/K
- 1.26
- AB/HR
- 61.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 0.0 | 2 | 6.6 | .000 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | -0.1 | -0.4 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL/SF | -0.5 | 12.5 | 4.2 | .092 | 0.3 | 2 | 98 | 0 |
| 1979 | SF/WSH | 0.2 | 10.2 | 4.2 | .136 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 40.5 | 0 |
| 1980 | WSH | -0.1 | 7.6 | 5.4 | .118 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 51 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were John Tamargo's career stats?
John Tamargo played 5 seasons for the Cardinals and the Nationals. He was a career .242 hitter with 59 hits, 4 home runs and 33 RBI. His best season was 1976: a .300 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
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