1975 Birmingham A's Statistics
Team Record: 65-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Harry Malmberg (65-69)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 30,483, Avg. 455
The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 65 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The A's scored 553 runs and allowed 502 runs. Wayne Gross led Birmingham with 19 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Derek Bryant paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Chris Batton topped the squad with 13 wins, while Dennis Stegman registered a 2.41 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1975 Birmingham A's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Derek Bryant, Wayne Gross, Rick Lysander, Gary Woods, Rob Picciolo, Chris Batton, Craig Mitchell, Randy Scarbery, Bob Lacey and Ike Blessitt.
Harry Malmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Batton | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.65 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 190.0 | 192 | 89 | 77 | 9 | 109 | 11 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Dennis Stegman | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.41 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 140 | 59 | 42 | 9 | 65 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.90 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 103 | 52 | 38 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Craig Mitchell | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.84 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 61 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randy Scarbery | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.88 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 121 | 66 | 50 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.04 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Lysander | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.32 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 58 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 4 | 9 | .308 | 2.95 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 142 | 63 | 40 | 5 | 77 | 10 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Randy Taylor | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.45 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44.0 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Tronerud | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.90 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 59.0 | 55 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Lacey | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.71 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 68.0 | 81 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chris Wibberley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clarence Harrell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carl Sapp | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Leo Mazzone | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 69 | .485 | 3.10 | 254 | 134 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 15 | 1112.0 | 1088 | 502 | 383 | 53 | 538 | 63 | 559 | 23 | 5 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Bryant | 134 | 568 | 509 | 64 | 147 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 26 | .289 | .348 | .360 | .707 | 183 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Rob Picciolo | 133 | 524 | 488 | 55 | 135 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 67 | .277 | .295 | .367 | .662 | 179 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Gary Woods | 134 | 569 | 484 | 76 | 126 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 12 | 63 | 70 | .260 | .353 | .322 | .675 | 156 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne Gross | 130 | 528 | 435 | 69 | 121 | 23 | 2 | 19 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 68 | .278 | .400 | .471 | .872 | 205 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Robert Argenti | 134 | 542 | 472 | 62 | 117 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 65 | .248 | .317 | .284 | .601 | 134 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Beaurivage | 133 | 524 | 439 | 60 | 103 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 62 | .235 | .340 | .339 | .679 | 149 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| James Capehart | 113 | 417 | 353 | 51 | 98 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 60 | .278 | .382 | .380 | .762 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Denny Haines | 115 | 449 | 366 | 47 | 97 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 72 | .265 | .385 | .342 | .726 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Richard Ingalls | 87 | 319 | 277 | 24 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | .249 | .298 | .289 | .586 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Spare | 57 | 164 | 132 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 18 | .197 | .331 | .242 | .574 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Sinovich | 42 | 126 | 114 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .193 | .254 | .316 | .570 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Breitzman | 31 | 93 | 73 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | .247 | .371 | .384 | .754 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ike Blessitt | 13 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .205 | .352 | .341 | .693 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Medeiros | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Gomez | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1263 | 4897 | 4204 | 553 | 1091 | 163 | 35 | 45 | 486 | 62 | 46 | 540 | 571 | .260 | .345 | .347 | .692 | 1459 | 84 | 28 | 84 | 41 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Beaurivage | 1B | 133 | 1132 | 91 | 12 | 116 | .990 | 9.195 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Argenti | 2B | 134 | 310 | 395 | 21 | 91 | .971 | 5.261 | ||||
| Richard Ingalls | 2B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Ingalls | 3B | 84 | 64 | 147 | 16 | 20 | .930 | 2.512 | ||||
| Don Spare | 3B | 51 | 40 | 63 | 9 | 2 | .920 | 2.020 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 3B | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .786 | 1.833 | ||||
| Denny Haines | C | 106 | 488 | 72 | 7 | 7 | .988 | 5.283 | 19 | |||
| Mark Sinovich | C | 27 | 108 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 4.667 | 5 | |||
| Gary Medeiros | C | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | 1 | |||
| Orlando Gomez | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Gary Woods | OF | 134 | 366 | 20 | 7 | 3 | .982 | 2.881 | ||||
| Derek Bryant | OF | 134 | 235 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .984 | 1.828 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | OF | 129 | 188 | 16 | 13 | 4 | .940 | 1.581 | ||||
| James Capehart | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ike Blessitt | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Randy Taylor | P | 33 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Bob Lacey | P | 33 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .576 | ||||
| Chris Batton | P | 29 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
| John Tronerud | P | 28 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .536 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 28 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .871 | .964 | ||||
| Dennis Stegman | P | 25 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.320 | ||||
| Randy Scarbery | P | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 16 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.188 | ||||
| Craig Mitchell | P | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Rick Lysander | P | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Clarence Harrell | P | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris Wibberley | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Carl Sapp | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Picciolo | SS | 133 | 278 | 404 | 18 | 91 | .974 | 5.128 | ||||
| Don Spare | SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1353 | 3336 | 1417 | 131 | 352 | .973 | 3.513 | 25 | 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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