1972 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Fred Koenig (65-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 79,358, Avg. 1,142
1972 Arkansas Travelers RosterTeam Record: 65-74
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Fred Koenig (65-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 79,358, Avg. 1,142
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Travelers scored 535 runs and allowed 550 runs. Bill Bright paced Arkansas with 20 home runs and drove in 69 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .264 clip. Greg Millikan and Jackie Stripling topped the team with 9 wins each, and Rudy Arroyo recorded a 2.66 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1972 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Heintzelman, Al Hrabosky, Bake McBride, Tommy Cruz, Jim Dwyer, Jorge Roque, Bob Forsch, Mike Vail, Rudy Arroyo, Milt Ramírez and Rich Folkers.
Fred Koenig 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millikan | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.68 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 102.0 | 74 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.78 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 97 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 52 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Evans | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.18 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 136.0 | 120 | 55 | 48 | 12 | 47 | 7 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.35 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 153.0 | 158 | 85 | 74 | 10 | 47 | 5 | 109 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.66 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 115 | 47 | 36 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.41 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 145.0 | 134 | 71 | 55 | 7 | 64 | 7 | 142 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.16 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94.0 | 82 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Stonum | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.11 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 | 69 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Pope | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.32 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 99 | 63 | 49 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Stanley Kmet | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Bach | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.92 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 78.0 | 87 | 45 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Lopez | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Koch | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Parks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 74 | .468 | 3.36 | 358 | 139 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 1174.0 | 1105 | 550 | 438 | 69 | 470 | 56 | 917 | 45 | 0 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Heintzelman | 139 | 596 | 524 | 68 | 138 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 53 | 89 | .263 | .330 | .353 | .684 | 185 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
| Bill Bright | 127 | 476 | 439 | 59 | 116 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 84 | .264 | .309 | .446 | .756 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Milt Ramírez | 139 | 549 | 497 | 51 | 115 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 43 | .231 | .263 | .298 | .560 | 148 | 0 | 16 | 11 | ||
| George Putz | 116 | 441 | 374 | 49 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 68 | .275 | .384 | .449 | .833 | 168 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bake McBride | 67 | 307 | 286 | 51 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 57 | .329 | .375 | .517 | .892 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 77 | 306 | 274 | 37 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 34 | .266 | .326 | .394 | .720 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jeffrey Mason | 57 | 241 | 207 | 34 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 29 | .319 | .403 | .396 | .799 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| David Nitschke | 83 | 263 | 231 | 19 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 45 | .260 | .336 | .307 | .643 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tony Auferio | 71 | 255 | 218 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 38 | .239 | .331 | .294 | .624 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 84 | 202 | 182 | 20 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 34 | .264 | .327 | .341 | .667 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Dwyer | 44 | 185 | 162 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | .253 | .318 | .296 | .615 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Dees | 38 | 139 | 117 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .282 | .372 | .385 | .757 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Kent | 43 | 140 | 123 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .260 | .336 | .463 | .799 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Barry Poris | 43 | 123 | 108 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .287 | .358 | .324 | .682 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Roque | 22 | 98 | 85 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .341 | .418 | .447 | .865 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Herb Hofvendahl | 27 | 78 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .211 | .269 | .268 | .537 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Vail | 19 | 68 | 65 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .185 | .209 | .323 | .532 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 25 | 62 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .196 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 11 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .237 | .293 | .263 | .556 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 29 | 58 | 49 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .163 | .226 | .163 | .390 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rick Pope | 22 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .212 | .212 | .212 | .424 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Millikan | 47 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .194 | .219 | .323 | .541 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Caldarella | 14 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .182 | .289 | .212 | .502 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 22 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .162 | .244 | .189 | .433 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 22 | 45 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .150 | .209 | .225 | .434 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Evans | 30 | 48 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .103 | .186 | .128 | .314 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Willie James | 8 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Corral | 14 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .130 | .310 | .130 | .441 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 22 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .067 | .067 | .167 | .233 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Kmet | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Looper | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Stonum | 52 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .000 | .444 | .000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Bach | 52 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1617 | 4989 | 4418 | 528 | 1131 | 176 | 22 | 78 | 451 | 94 | 28 | 433 | 835 | .256 | .323 | .359 | .682 | 1585 | 0 | 22 | 78 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Putz | 1B | 92 | 650 | 57 | 3 | 56 | .996 | 7.685 | ||||
| Barry Poris | 1B | 33 | 168 | 9 | 3 | 18 | .983 | 5.364 | ||||
| Wayne Dees | 1B | 23 | 150 | 18 | 4 | 18 | .977 | 7.304 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 9 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 7.667 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 1B | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dave Kent | 1B | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .923 | 8.000 | ||||
| Willie James | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Corral | 1B | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Bill Bright | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 7.000 | ||||
| Tony Auferio | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 137 | 324 | 361 | 20 | 82 | .972 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 2B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Milt Ramírez | 2B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jeffrey Mason | 3B | 55 | 35 | 81 | 11 | 8 | .913 | 2.109 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3B | 44 | 66 | 68 | 11 | 5 | .924 | 3.045 | ||||
| George Putz | 3B | 25 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Mike Vail | 3B | 13 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Dave Kent | 3B | 11 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 2.727 | ||||
| Larry Corral | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Nitschke | C | 75 | 430 | 50 | 8 | 5 | .984 | 6.400 | 10 | |||
| Tony Auferio | C | 65 | 455 | 48 | 10 | 3 | .981 | 7.738 | 3 | |||
| Benny Looper | C | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | 0 | |||
| Larry Corral | C | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
| Bill Bright | OF | 122 | 177 | 15 | 12 | 1 | .941 | 1.574 | ||||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 75 | 117 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .948 | 1.707 | ||||
| Bake McBride | OF | 67 | 130 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.985 | ||||
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 44 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.432 | ||||
| Herb Hofvendahl | OF | 25 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.360 | ||||
| Jorge Roque | OF | 22 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.727 | ||||
| Dave Kent | OF | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Wayne Dees | OF | 14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| Barry Poris | OF | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Russ Caldarella | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Vail | OF | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Willie James | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Auferio | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richard Stonum | P | 52 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Brian Bach | P | 52 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Greg Millikan | P | 47 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .426 | ||||
| Stanley Kmet | P | 36 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .194 | ||||
| Steve Evans | P | 30 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Al Hrabosky | P | 25 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .680 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | P | 24 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .975 | 1.625 | ||||
| Rick Pope | P | 22 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Rich Folkers | P | 22 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .773 | ||||
| Rudy Arroyo | P | 18 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jackie Stripling | P | 16 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.812 | ||||
| Ed Meredith | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dennis Parks | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Koch | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Milt Ramírez | SS | 137 | 228 | 371 | 46 | 80 | .929 | 4.372 | ||||
| Jeffrey Mason | SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | SS | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1529 | 3502 | 1362 | 185 | 319 | .963 | 3.181 | 14 | 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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