1973 Burlington Bees Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-64
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Rene Lachemann (54-64)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 45,801, Avg. 776
1973 Burlington Bees RosterTeam Record: 54-64
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Rene Lachemann (54-64)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 45,801, Avg. 776
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 54 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 643 runs, best in the league. Burlington gave up 529 runs. Chet Lemon led the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Claudell Washington topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .322. Mike Norris paced the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Chris Batton, Tommy Sandt, Chet Lemon, Wayne Gross, Derek Bryant, Mike Norris, Claudell Washington and Bob Lacey were all players from the 1973 Burlington Bees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Rene Lachemann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Norris | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 110.0 | 81 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Bob Lacey | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 86 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Stegman | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 93 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Tronerud | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.37 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 107 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Chris Batton | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.67 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 51 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Taylor | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 76 | 46 | 38 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kirk Thomas | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.92 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 74 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Root | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.0 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| William Daniels | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.88 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Smith | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.24 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 53 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Sapp | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James George | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.73 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 58 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Guy Ezzell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clarence Harrell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Sandt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dail Adcock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Blackwell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Indie | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.82 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40.0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 0 | 8 | .000 | 5.28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 64 | .458 | 3.78 | 281 | 118 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 32 | 999.0 | 920 | 529 | 420 | 53 | 487 | 13 | 831 | 29 | 8 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudell Washington | 108 | 490 | 447 | 92 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 38 | 7 | 37 | 102 | .322 | .376 | .488 | .864 | 218 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chet Lemon | 113 | 485 | 392 | 73 | 121 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 88 | 10 | 7 | 77 | 82 | .309 | .435 | .513 | .947 | 201 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 92 | 414 | 359 | 77 | 108 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 40 | .301 | .376 | .412 | .788 | 148 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Charles Barnes | 98 | 398 | 366 | 57 | 85 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 29 | 55 | .232 | .290 | .276 | .566 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Derek Bryant | 66 | 292 | 246 | 50 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 31 | .313 | .418 | .354 | .771 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Wilson | 97 | 295 | 247 | 44 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 57 | .300 | .387 | .478 | .865 | 118 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dale Sanner | 64 | 252 | 223 | 29 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 45 | .274 | .336 | .439 | .775 | 98 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Guy Ezzell | 79 | 250 | 213 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 53 | .249 | .348 | .362 | .710 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Gross | 56 | 223 | 187 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 33 | .235 | .338 | .374 | .712 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard Ingalls | 50 | 176 | 138 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 12 | .254 | .405 | .312 | .716 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 43 | 172 | 146 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19 | .226 | .337 | .308 | .645 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Bowling | 34 | 110 | 100 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .290 | .345 | .370 | .715 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norman Kepner | 47 | 180 | 155 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 37 | .174 | .289 | .252 | .541 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Weathers | 16 | 74 | 63 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .286 | .392 | .397 | .789 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albert Curtiss | 36 | 102 | 85 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 27 | .188 | .324 | .259 | .582 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Seida | 9 | 46 | 39 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .359 | .457 | .487 | .944 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Norris | 28 | 45 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .353 | .452 | .441 | .894 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Mansilla | 25 | 78 | 65 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | .185 | .303 | .200 | .503 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Leavitt | 9 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .355 | .459 | .419 | .879 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hobbs | 17 | 72 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .200 | .366 | .218 | .584 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James George | 23 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .368 | .409 | .579 | .988 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Mollenhauer | 20 | 42 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .146 | .167 | .171 | .337 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Capehart | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .556 | .667 | .778 | 1.444 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Taylor | 13 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .148 | .138 | .222 | .360 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Stegman | 13 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .129 | .182 | .129 | .311 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Kirk Thomas | 14 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .120 | .185 | .240 | .425 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lacey | 16 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .115 | .233 | .115 | .349 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Batton | 10 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .091 | .130 | .136 | .267 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Williamson | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Sapp | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .750 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Root | 29 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Smith | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Tronerud | 29 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .030 | .135 | .030 | .165 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Daniels | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 6 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Indie | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 10 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dario Pini | 9 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .000 | .312 | .000 | .312 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| David Blackwell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Wolf | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1389 | 4576 | 3916 | 643 | 1026 | 141 | 37 | 72 | 559 | 100 | 44 | 538 | 818 | .262 | .354 | .372 | .726 | 1457 | 0 | 41 | 47 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Ezzell | 1B | 60 | 442 | 28 | 11 | 39 | .977 | 7.833 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | 1B | 51 | 425 | 19 | 4 | 35 | .991 | 8.706 | ||||
| Frank Bowling | 1B | 11 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Ronald Wilson | 1B | 7 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 1B | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ronald Wilson | 2B | 62 | 105 | 115 | 23 | 17 | .905 | 3.548 | ||||
| Richard Ingalls | 2B | 42 | 70 | 85 | 7 | 18 | .957 | 3.690 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | 2B | 16 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 9 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| James Seida | 2B | 9 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 9 | .967 | 6.444 | ||||
| Robert Mollenhauer | 2B | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dario Pini | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | 3B | 104 | 91 | 195 | 33 | 15 | .897 | 2.750 | ||||
| Albert Curtiss | 3B | 12 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Ingalls | 3B | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Ronald Wilson | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Norman Kepner | C | 44 | 344 | 34 | 9 | 2 | .977 | 8.591 | 12 | |||
| Tom Trebelhorn | C | 42 | 291 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .984 | 7.524 | 1 | |||
| James Mansilla | C | 25 | 125 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 5.320 | 5 | |||
| Frank Bowling | C | 16 | 101 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .958 | 7.125 | 4 | |||
| Claudell Washington | OF | 107 | 149 | 10 | 15 | 4 | .914 | 1.486 | ||||
| Charles Barnes | OF | 92 | 166 | 17 | 9 | 12 | .953 | 1.989 | ||||
| Derek Bryant | OF | 65 | 116 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.831 | ||||
| Dale Sanner | OF | 62 | 107 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .958 | 1.839 | ||||
| Albert Curtiss | OF | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Hobbs | OF | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Frank Bowling | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Capehart | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Richard Ingalls | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Tronerud | P | 29 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .759 | ||||
| Dennis Root | P | 29 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Tim Indie | P | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steven Smith | P | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .444 | ||||
| Mike Norris | P | 20 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
| James George | P | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Lacey | P | 15 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.333 | ||||
| Kirk Thomas | P | 14 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| Randy Taylor | P | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 2.231 | ||||
| Dennis Stegman | P | 13 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Eldon Jones | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Robert Wolf | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Chris Batton | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.778 | ||||
| Brien Bickerton | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| David Blackwell | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Carl Sapp | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| William Daniels | P | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Guy Ezzell | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clarence Harrell | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dail Adcock | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 92 | 137 | 239 | 22 | 38 | .945 | 4.087 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | SS | 11 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 2.818 | ||||
| Robert Mollenhauer | SS | 10 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | SS | 9 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .909 | 4.444 | ||||
| Dario Pini | SS | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 3004 | 1199 | 205 | 242 | .953 | 3.233 | 22 | 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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