1972 Amarillo Giants Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (71-68)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 65,560, Avg. 943
1972 Amarillo Giants Roster

The Amarillo Giants of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Giants scored 530 runs and yielded 536 runs. Steve Ontiveros led Amarillo with 12 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Leon Brown paced all regular hitters by hitting .298. Marty Waldeck topped the squad with 11 wins, while Leo Mazzone recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1972 Amarillo Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Leon Brown, Butch Metzger, Steve Ontiveros, Frank Riccelli and Horace Speed.

Denny Sommers served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Marty Waldeck118.5793.322423930141.014460523484103207
Leo Mazzone98.5292.252913631136.012946345388119404
Frank Riccelli99.5003.182525620164.0142745897601832113
Pat Russell87.5332.962220720140.0132634611222116512
Steve Kokor810.4443.502522601149.0146705812484125704
Lee White63.6672.9244111571.0632823229677415
Harold Jeffcoat54.5562.6051000983.0853524623557105
Luis Penalver57.4173.3845110796.09942368221171002
Butch Metzger21.6671.125331124.0166303035102
Robert DeLong101.0003.002210015.0136507018001
John Sielicki15.1673.64221200089.01094836627478104
Randy Cohen170.0
Jeff Campbell0013.50310004.08760000000
Totals6562.5123.0831412304012241112.010864853816234344982273490

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Leon Brown1366165677816929485818104053.298.349.406.755230531
Steve Ontiveros138581498671432531275117597.287.383.422.804210413
Dick White129534454601212341069827391.267.365.401.766182025
Augusto Austin11850045055113143247034350.251.318.309.627139232
Scott Wolfe12349844245111210739124479.251.325.346.671153624
Horace Speed10339234138861041036734496.252.344.393.737134421
Jake Jacobsen983663333072122220202982.216.279.282.56194103
Glenn Stitzel742512142465132233013026.304.396.411.80788412
Bob Frazier87353292426071426205874.205.340.277.61781201
Andy Rodriguez6418718119464121800531.254.274.320.59558010
Art Cleary4719017020324206711824.188.268.235.50440101
Chico Cedeno63155130192840310002229.215.335.315.65141201
Ken Cornell6114712212273139002329.221.354.336.69041200
Steve Kokor286153516200200112.302.315.340.65418070
Manny Perez13504541010030046.222.286.244.53011010
Pat Russell22554727000300214.149.184.149.3337060
Frank Riccelli25655527000200325.127.172.127.3007070
Marty Waldeck24595025000000632.100.196.100.2965030
Robert DeLong2641300020010.750.800.7501.5503010
Harold Jeffcoat5110101300000004.300.300.300.6003000
Leo Mazzone29463833000200616.079.205.079.2833020
Butch Metzger5860200020002.333.286.333.6192011
Lee White4417140200000004.143.143.143.2862030
John Sielicki22272302010100114.087.125.174.2994030
Luis Penalver45262001000000413.050.208.050.2581020
Gene Rinaldi4660000000003.000.000.000.0000000
Totals155552064565529113417228654634623532906.248.330.341.671155703351250


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Steve Ontiveros1B4831815134.9976.938
Chico Cedeno1B3919814514.9775.436
Dick White1B3323413717.9727.485
Ken Cornell1B3120312418.9826.935
Glenn Stitzel1B1617014415.97911.500
Scott Wolfe1B120001.0002.000
Scott Wolfe2B1162563192661.9574.957
Bob Frazier2B194549314.9694.947
Glenn Stitzel2B11152642.9113.727
Art Cleary2B102001.0002.000
Bob Frazier3B62428494.9332.032
Augusto Austin3B39464994.9132.436
Glenn Stitzel3B34255192.8942.235
Steve Ontiveros3B63521.8001.333
Jake JacobsenC9673573167.9818.41718
Andy RodriguezC493823182.9818.42913
Leon BrownOF13626219102.9662.066
Steve OntiverosOF98156772.9591.663
Horace SpeedOF96135971.9541.500
Dick WhiteOF941141071.9471.319
Harold JeffcoatP51422001.000.510
Luis PenalverP45620001.000.578
Lee WhiteP44313011.000.364
Leo MazzoneP2962320.9351.000
Frank RiccelliP2531621.905.760
Steve KokorP251331031.0001.760
Marty WaldeckP2483833.9391.917
John SielickiP22714011.000.955
Pat RussellP2262020.9291.182
Butch MetzgerP52110.750.600
Jeff CampbellP312001.0001.000
Robert DeLongP203001.0001.500
Augusto AustinSS781172423346.9164.603
Art ClearySS43641191724.9154.256
Manny PerezSS13131924.9412.462
Scott WolfeSS8152143.9004.500
Gene RinaldiSS11111.6672.000
Bob FrazierSS142011.0006.000
Totals146636141409205289.9613.4263100

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





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