1973 Asheville Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Cal Ripken (71-69)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 48,254, Avg. 689
The Asheville Orioles of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Orioles paced the league with 702 runs, ignited by 104 home runs. Asheville allowed 632 runs. Terry Clapp walloped 35 home runs for the team, and Dennis Silvey added 15 or more, too. Terry Clapp drove in 98 runs. Rob Andrews led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Randy Stein topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.83 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Rob Andrews, Bob Bailor, Taylor Duncan, Bob Galasso, Herb Hutson, Bob O'Brien, Randy Stein and Mike Willis were all players from the 1973 Asheville Orioles who played in the Majors during their careers.
Cal Ripken served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Stein | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.83 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 156.0 | 133 | 66 | 49 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
Myrl Smith | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.63 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 167.0 | 154 | 89 | 86 | 16 | 80 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 19 | ||
Bob Galasso | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.61 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 160.0 | 157 | 108 | 82 | 11 | 104 | 0 | 101 | 5 | 2 | 29 | ||
Robert Sekel | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.79 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 100.0 | 89 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Herb Hutson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.92 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 67 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mike Willis | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.39 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 68 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Don Goodwin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 110.0 | 100 | 55 | 41 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
Edward Blake | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.50 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 93 | 62 | 55 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Paul Starkovich | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.34 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 55 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
Gary Robson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.46 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 78.0 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
Horace Richardson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
Ruben Castillo | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.16 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 69 | 47 | 35 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Claude Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob O'Brien | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 71 | 69 | .507 | 3.98 | 258 | 140 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 18 | 1171.0 | 1099 | 632 | 518 | 91 | 571 | 10 | 727 | 29 | 12 | 99 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rob Andrews | 138 | 598 | 541 | 98 | 167 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 67 | .309 | .368 | .418 | .786 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Taylor Duncan | 138 | 569 | 485 | 61 | 142 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 81 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 70 | .293 | .385 | .423 | .808 | 205 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bob Bailor | 115 | 524 | 468 | 77 | 137 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 45 | 35 | .293 | .358 | .355 | .713 | 166 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
Dennis Silvey | 128 | 523 | 478 | 69 | 134 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 72 | .280 | .331 | .446 | .776 | 213 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
Terry Clapp | 136 | 548 | 460 | 92 | 119 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 98 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 66 | .259 | .372 | .520 | .892 | 239 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Charles Heil | 133 | 522 | 475 | 62 | 119 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 56 | .251 | .305 | .318 | .623 | 151 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
Donald Hickey | 104 | 406 | 364 | 63 | 106 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 31 | .291 | .352 | .409 | .761 | 149 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
William O'Connor | 108 | 429 | 377 | 61 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 65 | .223 | .311 | .374 | .685 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Wil Aaron | 84 | 298 | 273 | 30 | 70 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 42 | .256 | .314 | .352 | .666 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Cass Safrit | 74 | 269 | 234 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 29 | .222 | .297 | .274 | .570 | 64 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
Marvin Hines | 76 | 276 | 223 | 32 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 43 | .202 | .344 | .251 | .595 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Claude Renfro | 63 | 218 | 175 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 67 | .223 | .364 | .429 | .793 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Totals | 1297 | 5180 | 4553 | 702 | 1214 | 187 | 34 | 104 | 633 | 100 | 38 | 525 | 643 | .267 | .345 | .391 | .736 | 1781 | 0 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Silvey | 1B | 125 | 1120 | 64 | 10 | 113 | .992 | 9.472 | ||||
Claude Renfro | 1B | 19 | 155 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .982 | 8.474 | ||||
Rob Andrews | 2B | 138 | 293 | 456 | 25 | 107 | .968 | 5.428 | ||||
Cass Safrit | 2B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
Wil Aaron | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Taylor Duncan | 3B | 138 | 108 | 264 | 23 | 22 | .942 | 2.696 | ||||
Cass Safrit | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Terry Clapp | C | 73 | 392 | 39 | 11 | 4 | .975 | 5.904 | 27 | |||
Donald Hickey | C | 68 | 392 | 39 | 8 | 9 | .982 | 6.338 | 15 | |||
Charles Heil | OF | 131 | 243 | 18 | 11 | 5 | .960 | 1.992 | ||||
William O'Connor | OF | 101 | 135 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .932 | 1.366 | ||||
Marvin Hines | OF | 76 | 142 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 1.921 | ||||
Wil Aaron | OF | 75 | 143 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .948 | 1.960 | ||||
Claude Renfro | OF | 27 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.222 | ||||
Cass Safrit | OF | 17 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
Donald Hickey | OF | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
Robert Sekel | P | 36 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .639 | ||||
Gary Robson | P | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bob Galasso | P | 27 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .852 | ||||
Myrl Smith | P | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
Ruben Castillo | P | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
Don Goodwin | P | 23 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .957 | ||||
Horace Richardson | P | 22 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | ||||
Randy Stein | P | 20 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 2.150 | ||||
Edward Blake | P | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .800 | 1.176 | ||||
Paul Starkovich | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .818 | ||||
Mike Willis | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
Herb Hutson | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | .889 | ||||
Bob O'Brien | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Claude Renfro | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Bob Bailor | SS | 115 | 222 | 386 | 22 | 85 | .965 | 5.287 | ||||
Cass Safrit | SS | 27 | 31 | 92 | 6 | 15 | .953 | 4.556 | ||||
Totals | 1405 | 3511 | 1562 | 169 | 392 | .968 | 3.611 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
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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