1972 Burlington Bees Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-63
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Harry Bright (65-63)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 46,496, Avg. 726
1972 Burlington Bees RosterTeam Record: 65-63
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Harry Bright (65-63)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 46,496, Avg. 726
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 65 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Bees tallied 569 runs and gave up 559 runs. Dan Ford paced Burlington with 18 home runs Bernie Boehmer accounted for 63 RBI. Kirk Allison led all regular batters by hitting .281. Bill VanBommel topped the team with 9 wins, while Stan Bockewitz registered a 3.05 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Burlington Bees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Champ Summers, Dan Ford and Chet Lemon.
Harry Bright 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill VanBommel | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.51 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 149 | 86 | 64 | 13 | 72 | 0 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.05 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 128 | 69 | 45 | 8 | 72 | 4 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.39 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 77.0 | 67 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.59 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 72 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Root | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.51 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43.0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kirk Thomas | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.62 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 112 | 60 | 47 | 10 | 68 | 5 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| William Daniels | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.62 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 120 | 93 | 78 | 16 | 97 | 2 | 127 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Ron Corbett | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.88 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 68 | 37 | 25 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| James George | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.92 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 121 | 69 | 58 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.98 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.36 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 75.0 | 72 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Stofik | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Wills | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.00 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 63 | .508 | 3.72 | 268 | 128 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 22 | 1056.0 | 1011 | 559 | 436 | 79 | 547 | 19 | 917 | 26 | 5 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Allison | 114 | 490 | 431 | 81 | 121 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 47 | 70 | .281 | .356 | .339 | .695 | 146 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ray Leavitt | 124 | 526 | 454 | 64 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 77 | .247 | .341 | .273 | .614 | 124 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bernie Boehmer | 113 | 446 | 381 | 57 | 106 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 40 | .278 | .381 | .386 | .767 | 147 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Ford | 72 | 292 | 246 | 55 | 87 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 45 | .354 | .438 | .667 | 1.105 | 164 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Champ Summers | 97 | 311 | 273 | 43 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 55 | .308 | .383 | .491 | .873 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Robinson | 86 | 312 | 280 | 34 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 56 | .243 | .305 | .371 | .677 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard O'Daniels | 70 | 281 | 234 | 36 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 39 | .261 | .361 | .368 | .728 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| James Seida | 80 | 272 | 218 | 28 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 24 | .266 | .408 | .326 | .734 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lindsey | 64 | 256 | 234 | 29 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 24 | .248 | .294 | .338 | .632 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Marostica | 73 | 235 | 204 | 25 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 38 | .240 | .328 | .284 | .612 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Lollis | 78 | 238 | 198 | 21 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 35 | .222 | .349 | .293 | .642 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Gomez | 62 | 188 | 167 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 25 | .246 | .319 | .347 | .666 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chet Lemon | 33 | 141 | 129 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .256 | .312 | .318 | .630 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Roller | 18 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .241 | .344 | .519 | .862 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Sanner | 13 | 55 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .245 | .327 | .469 | .797 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Schumacher | 36 | 87 | 73 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .137 | .267 | .178 | .446 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Weathers | 13 | 55 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .200 | .389 | .300 | .689 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kirk Thomas | 21 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .179 | .273 | .231 | .503 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Daniels | 23 | 50 | 49 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .143 | .140 | .286 | .426 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 17 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .353 | .389 | .353 | .742 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 15 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 37 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 28 | 50 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .118 | .302 | .265 | .567 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| James George | 27 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .088 | .158 | .118 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 25 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | .052 | .113 | .052 | .165 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 29 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Williamson | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Corbett | 21 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stofik | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Wills | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Root | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1435 | 4638 | 4002 | 569 | 1008 | 139 | 24 | 70 | 500 | 104 | 40 | 521 | 793 | .252 | .341 | .351 | .692 | 1405 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Boehmer | 1B | 57 | 429 | 18 | 6 | 36 | .987 | 7.842 | ||||
| Richard O'Daniels | 1B | 29 | 210 | 12 | 2 | 17 | .991 | 7.655 | ||||
| Alex Schumacher | 1B | 26 | 155 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .988 | 6.192 | ||||
| Champ Summers | 1B | 18 | 118 | 10 | 2 | 10 | .985 | 7.111 | ||||
| Orlando Gomez | 1B | 12 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Michael Marostica | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| James Seida | 2B | 73 | 175 | 170 | 8 | 34 | .977 | 4.726 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 2B | 46 | 111 | 102 | 10 | 25 | .955 | 4.630 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | 2B | 13 | 25 | 39 | 2 | 8 | .970 | 4.923 | ||||
| Orlando Gomez | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Lindsey | 3B | 64 | 44 | 93 | 16 | 14 | .895 | 2.141 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | 3B | 33 | 22 | 62 | 13 | 6 | .866 | 2.545 | ||||
| Bernie Boehmer | 3B | 21 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 3B | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 2.875 | ||||
| Ron Lollis | C | 68 | 465 | 45 | 13 | 7 | .975 | 7.500 | 15 | |||
| Orlando Gomez | C | 41 | 272 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 7.268 | 10 | |||
| Bernie Boehmer | C | 30 | 203 | 24 | 8 | 5 | .966 | 7.567 | 4 | |||
| Ron Williamson | C | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 4 | |||
| Kirk Allison | OF | 112 | 160 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Champ Summers | OF | 69 | 92 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .931 | 1.377 | ||||
| Dan Ford | OF | 69 | 137 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .946 | 2.043 | ||||
| Michael Marostica | OF | 63 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.746 | ||||
| Richard O'Daniels | OF | 40 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .942 | 1.625 | ||||
| Ron Roller | OF | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | OF | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Dale Sanner | OF | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Bernie Boehmer | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Alex Schumacher | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Nicholas Parrilla | P | 37 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .784 | ||||
| Eldon Jones | P | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .379 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 24 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.458 | ||||
| James George | P | 22 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.045 | ||||
| Kirk Thomas | P | 21 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dennis Root | P | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .400 | ||||
| William Daniels | P | 20 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 1.350 | ||||
| Ron Corbett | P | 18 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Robert Wolf | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .533 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Michael Wills | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Mike Stofik | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | SS | 123 | 174 | 316 | 45 | 60 | .916 | 3.984 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | SS | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| James Seida | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1353 | 3186 | 1225 | 200 | 269 | .957 | 3.260 | 33 | 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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