1972 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 50-22
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Gary Blaylock (50-22)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 22,627, Avg. 629
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1972 season with a record of 50 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Mustangs paced the circuit with 428 runs, sparked by 17 home runs. Billings allowed 341 runs. Dave Cripe drove in 43 runs. Kenzie Davis led all regular hitters by connecting at a .342 clip. Roy Branch topped the team with 9 wins, while Jerry Gomez recorded a 2.65 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jamie Quirk, Sheldon Mallory, George Throop, Dave Cripe and Roy Branch.
Gary Blaylock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Branch | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.36 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 67 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jerry Gomez | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.65 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 56 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Throop | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.67 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 64.0 | 50 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Jackson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.02 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 62 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Ross | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.29 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Hudson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.43 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 61 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Acord | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.69 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48.0 | 44 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tim Howard | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.60 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jimmie Martin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Butler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.94 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Bowser | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mack Payne | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.55 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 50 | 22 | .694 | 4.00 | 168 | 72 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 630.0 | 585 | 341 | 280 | 20 | 330 | 4 | 537 | 18 | 1 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenzie Davis | 68 | 320 | 269 | 66 | 92 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 43 | 42 | .342 | .439 | .468 | .907 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Cripe | 71 | 311 | 256 | 58 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 39 | .324 | .423 | .414 | .837 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jamie Quirk | 55 | 222 | 208 | 29 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 58 | .255 | .302 | .409 | .710 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheldon Mallory | 61 | 266 | 215 | 53 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 44 | 36 | .247 | .366 | .335 | .701 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Michael Aldridge | 57 | 226 | 198 | 31 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 38 | .263 | .350 | .323 | .673 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard DuBois | 53 | 201 | 174 | 34 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 19 | .270 | .363 | .287 | .651 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Roberts | 51 | 199 | 147 | 25 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 23 | .245 | .413 | .286 | .699 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| George Feeley | 38 | 135 | 114 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 28 | .246 | .351 | .386 | .737 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Urzi | 48 | 134 | 114 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .237 | .341 | .289 | .630 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Gallagher | 49 | 148 | 118 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 25 | .229 | .370 | .297 | .666 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jimmie Martin | 31 | 89 | 77 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | .299 | .379 | .325 | .704 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Conway | 42 | 155 | 118 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 9 | .195 | .383 | .212 | .595 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blomberg | 30 | 106 | 97 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 37 | .227 | .292 | .361 | .653 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Brett | 23 | 80 | 70 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .286 | .359 | .371 | .730 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Spare | 12 | 55 | 47 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .298 | .400 | .383 | .783 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Branch | 13 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .212 | .278 | .242 | .520 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Gomez | 12 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hudson | 15 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tim Howard | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| David Bischoff | 14 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .176 | .417 | .235 | .652 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Payne | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Acord | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Jackson | 19 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Ross | 15 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Throop | 16 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Craig Bowser | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Butler | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 874 | 2883 | 2414 | 428 | 628 | 92 | 23 | 17 | 342 | 127 | 34 | 386 | 465 | .260 | .364 | .338 | .702 | 817 | 0 | 20 | 41 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Mallory | 1B | 56 | 420 | 18 | 11 | 26 | .976 | 7.821 | ||||
| John Urzi | 1B | 17 | 106 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .974 | 6.529 | ||||
| Richard DuBois | 1B | 8 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.250 | ||||
| George Feeley | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charles Butler | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Daniel Conway | 2B | 37 | 101 | 81 | 4 | 13 | .978 | 4.919 | ||||
| Richard DuBois | 2B | 35 | 53 | 74 | 9 | 12 | .934 | 3.629 | ||||
| John Urzi | 2B | 11 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.273 | ||||
| Dennis Gallagher | 2B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 69 | 60 | 126 | 19 | 9 | .907 | 2.696 | ||||
| John Urzi | 3B | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard DuBois | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Conway | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Roberts | C | 50 | 346 | 22 | 7 | 1 | .981 | 7.360 | 8 | |||
| George Feeley | C | 28 | 217 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 8.143 | 13 | |||
| Kenzie Davis | OF | 67 | 135 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .922 | 2.104 | ||||
| Michael Aldridge | OF | 55 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dennis Gallagher | OF | 38 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.474 | ||||
| Steve Blomberg | OF | 30 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.233 | ||||
| Jimmie Martin | OF | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .950 | ||||
| Robert Brett | OF | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| David Bischoff | OF | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| George Feeley | OF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | P | 25 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .480 | ||||
| William Jackson | P | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| George Throop | P | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| James Ross | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Hudson | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Roy Branch | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Tim Howard | P | 12 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Charles Butler | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Craig Bowser | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Kenneth Acord | P | 11 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Jerry Gomez | P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mack Payne | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
| Jimmie Martin | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Jamie Quirk | SS | 54 | 63 | 162 | 28 | 16 | .889 | 4.167 | ||||
| Don Spare | SS | 12 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 6 | .891 | 4.750 | ||||
| Richard DuBois | SS | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| John Urzi | SS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 826 | 1883 | 717 | 134 | 121 | .951 | 3.148 | 21 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
