1973 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 44-26
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Gary Blaylock (44-26)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 32,345, Avg. 924
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1973 season with a record of 44 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Mustangs topped the circuit with just 299 runs allowed. Billings scored 403 runs. Phil Robinson led the team with 10 home runs Jack Fleming drove in 36 runs. Ruppert Jones paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .301 clip. Bob McClure paced the squad with 10 wins, while Mike Larkin recorded a 1.8 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1973 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ruppert Jones, Bob McClure and Rodney Scott.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McClure | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.11 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 94.0 | 64 | 41 | 22 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Falcon | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.36 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 71 | 39 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 180 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Alex Gorgie | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.04 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 78 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.00 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 72.0 | 59 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Larkin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.80 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 60.0 | 48 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.04 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Bosza | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.86 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gary Williams | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.54 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Beverly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 57 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bradley Davis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.74 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Lemon | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Beranek | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lew Olsen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Hubbard | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 3.22 | 151 | 70 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 593.0 | 522 | 299 | 212 | 26 | 311 | 3 | 659 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Scott | 64 | 270 | 236 | 51 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 32 | 24 | .297 | .381 | .356 | .737 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rondol Moss | 64 | 248 | 233 | 34 | 68 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 42 | .292 | .320 | .391 | .710 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jack Fleming | 46 | 176 | 168 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 28 | .357 | .386 | .577 | .964 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruppert Jones | 61 | 230 | 193 | 45 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 58 | .301 | .404 | .456 | .860 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ernest Baker | 46 | 182 | 152 | 25 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 26 | .368 | .459 | .526 | .985 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Phil Robinson | 64 | 237 | 179 | 45 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 36 | .313 | .470 | .553 | 1.023 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Clark | 44 | 178 | 153 | 27 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 30 | .320 | .389 | .425 | .813 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Beranek | 57 | 218 | 197 | 29 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 54 | .249 | .313 | .310 | .623 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dan Hansen | 44 | 161 | 138 | 19 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 28 | .283 | .379 | .341 | .719 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Caffrey | 37 | 143 | 127 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .283 | .355 | .370 | .725 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Lemon | 43 | 139 | 122 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 21 | .262 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Lanier | 33 | 94 | 79 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .215 | .323 | .405 | .728 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Kelley | 27 | 89 | 70 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .214 | .371 | .386 | .757 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob McClure | 15 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .289 | .308 | .658 | .966 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Falcon | 14 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .290 | .415 | .355 | .769 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Larkin | 16 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 | .409 | .450 | .859 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Moll | 4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .294 | .368 | .294 | .663 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Beverly | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Bosza | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bearg | 13 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .148 | .281 | .185 | .466 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Favors | 21 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .095 | .208 | .119 | .327 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Cea | 8 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .176 | .250 | .235 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 23 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Gorgie | 16 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .130 | .250 | .130 | .380 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bradley Davis | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .556 | .333 | .889 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hubbard | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .273 | .000 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Williams | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 825 | 2706 | 2334 | 403 | 666 | 110 | 28 | 37 | 328 | 100 | 27 | 318 | 503 | .285 | .370 | .404 | .774 | 943 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Robinson | 1B | 60 | 414 | 31 | 6 | 47 | .987 | 7.417 | ||||
| Dwight Favors | 1B | 19 | 85 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .937 | 4.684 | ||||
| Larry Bearg | 1B | 6 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .862 | 4.167 | ||||
| Daniel Clark | 2B | 43 | 83 | 98 | 14 | 21 | .928 | 4.209 | ||||
| Dan Hansen | 2B | 16 | 28 | 37 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 4.062 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 2B | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | 2B | 8 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 9 | .886 | 4.875 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | 3B | 41 | 36 | 51 | 15 | 5 | .853 | 2.122 | ||||
| Stephen Lanier | 3B | 25 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 6 | .823 | 2.040 | ||||
| Dan Hansen | 3B | 17 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Jack Fleming | C | 44 | 391 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .991 | 9.614 | 10 | |||
| Jimmy Kelley | C | 25 | 220 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 9.040 | 4 | |||
| Vincent Moll | C | 4 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 13.000 | 1 | |||
| Larry Bearg | C | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 7.667 | 2 | |||
| Rondol Moss | OF | 60 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ruppert Jones | OF | 60 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ernest Baker | OF | 44 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .864 | .864 | ||||
| James Lemon | OF | 39 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.051 | ||||
| Paul Caffrey | OF | 34 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.059 | ||||
| Lynn McKinney | P | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .609 | ||||
| Alex Gorgie | P | 16 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Mike Larkin | P | 15 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.267 | ||||
| Bradley Davis | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Bob McClure | P | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bob Falcon | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Chris Bosza | P | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Billy Beverly | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Williams | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .700 | .636 | ||||
| Larry Hubbard | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Linnert | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| James Lemon | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | SS | 53 | 72 | 125 | 24 | 26 | .891 | 3.717 | ||||
| Dan Hansen | SS | 15 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 9 | .915 | 3.600 | ||||
| Christopher Cea | SS | 8 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 2.625 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | SS | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Totals | 791 | 1780 | 678 | 143 | 164 | .945 | 3.107 | 17 | 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.
