1971 Bluefield Orioles Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 42-27
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Jimmie Schaffer (42-27)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 19,137, Avg. 555

1971 Bluefield Orioles Roster

The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1971 season with a record of 42 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Orioles scored 294 runs and yielded 296 runs. Peter Quinlan and Carl Duncan each recorded 30 runs batted in. Gil Flores led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .302 clip. Steve Patterson topped the team with 7 wins, while Robert Sekel recorded a 1.59 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1971 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gil Flores, Larry McCall and Kiko Garcia.

Jimmie Schaffer served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Steve Patterson	7	3	.700	3.07	13	13		6	0	0	91.0	81	39	31	7	21	0	112	2	0	4
Robert Sekel	6	2	.750	1.59	12	12		5	1	0	85.0	64	18	15	2	26	0	101	0	0	3
John Logue	5	1	.833	4.22	21	1		0	0	2	49.0	54	30	23	2	24	0	42	4	1	4
Larry McCall	5	3	.625	3.46	9	8		2	2	0	52.0	57	29	20	4	6	0	34	0	0	4
Will Smith	5	4	.556	2.86	25	2		0	0	7	44.0	32	20	14	3	28	0	45	0	0	4
Myrl Smith	5	6	.455	4.56	13	13		3	2	0	77.0	58	44	39	3	49	1	72	7	0	16
Gary Smith	3	1	.750	3.51	7	7		0	0	0	41.0	46	23	16	3	14	0	34	1	0	1
Leon Corbin	2	1	.667	3.46	27	0		0	0	10	39.0	28	24	15	1	26	0	33	2	1	7
Russell Parker	2	3	.400	5.70	7	5		0	0	0	30.0	36	25	19	3	21	1	25	1	1	1
Giovanni Bucciarelli	2	3	.400	6.32	13	8		0	0	1	47.0	55	38	33	4	26	0	20	1	0	7
Leonard Chiappetta	0	0		10.80	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0
Totals	42	27	.609	3.71	149	69	0	16	5	20	560.0	519	296	231	33	243	2	519	20	3	51	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
Gil Flores	62	229	205	37	62	11	2	2	17	9	0	22	33	.302	.371	.405	.776	83		1	0	1
Wil Aaron	52	206	178	34	56	9	2	0	11	9	5	26	33	.315	.408	.388	.795	69		2	0	0
Edward Cervantes	60	258	214	27	56	7	3	0	19	6	1	41	36	.262	.380	.322	.702	69		1	0	2
Carl Duncan	63	238	222	20	55	15	0	5	30	2	3	14	58	.248	.291	.383	.674	85		0	1	1
Kiko Garcia	56	230	203	35	51	3	5	2	23	7	2	22	42	.251	.329	.345	.674	70		2	2	1
Peter Quinlan	57	205	180	22	48	6	0	0	30	3	0	22	27	.267	.341	.300	.641	54		0	0	3
Edward Jordan	40	149	127	20	41	5	0	3	25	3	3	20	12	.323	.419	.433	.852	55		1	1	0
Allan Wyatt	53	193	176	18	40	4	3	3	19	7	1	13	35	.227	.285	.335	.620	59		2	0	2
Luis Delgado	48	176	152	22	35	6	1	2	12	0	2	23	35	.230	.335	.322	.658	49		1	0	0
Rafael Liranzo	27	84	77	14	24	3	1	1	14	2	2	4	27	.312	.361	.416	.777	32		2	1	0
Russell Parker	34	101	93	9	22	3	2	1	8	0	0	7	23	.237	.287	.344	.631	32		0	0	1
Arthur Simon	14	47	41	6	11	0	1	0	7	0	1	3	7	.268	.318	.317	.635	13		0	3	0
Kim Hall	14	43	42	5	10	2	1	0	2	3	0	1	11	.238	.256	.333	.589	14		0	0	0
Leonard Chiappetta	22	54	50	5	10	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	9	.200	.259	.240	.499	12		0	0	0
Carey Shea	9	29	25	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	5	.360	.448	.400	.848	10		0	0	0
Steve Patterson	13	37	35	6	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.257	.250	.257	.507	9		0	1	1
Charles Denise	16	44	38	4	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	11	.237	.341	.342	.683	13		2	0	0
Robert Sekel	16	32	28	3	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5	.286	.310	.321	.632	9		0	3	0
Giovanni Bucciarelli	13	15	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.417	.417	.417	.833	5		0	3	0
John Logue	21	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	2	0
Larry McCall	9	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3		0	1	0
Myrl Smith	13	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.115	.115	.115	.231	3		0	2	0
Gary Smith	7	17	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	.154	.267	.231	.497	3		0	2	0
Will Smith	25	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0
Leon Corbin	27	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	771	2463	2179	294	573	80	21	20	245	53	21	235	452	.263	.337	.346	.683	755	0	14	23	12	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Luis Delgado	1B	45	341	18	11	31	.970	7.978
Allan Wyatt	1B	26	197	13	2	20	.991	8.077
Edward Cervantes	2B	54	99	132	12	33	.951	4.278
Kim Hall	2B	8	10	18	3	0	.903	3.500
Arthur Simon	2B	5	10	7	3	0	.850	3.400
Wil Aaron	2B	3	6	6	0	0	1.000	4.000
Russell Parker	2B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Wil Aaron	3B	47	42	89	10	7	.929	2.787
Gil Flores	3B	21	18	37	7	1	.887	2.619
Arthur Simon	3B	2	1	3	1	1	.800	2.000
Kim Hall	3B	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.500
Edward Jordan	C	38	284	23	6	1	.981	8.079	7
Leonard Chiappetta	C	17	88	6	2	2	.979	5.529	5
Charles Denise	C	12	112	8	1	3	.992	1.000	1
Carey Shea	C	7	53	3	2	0	.966	8.000	5
Carl Duncan	OF	60	109	4	2	0	.983	1.883
Peter Quinlan	OF	48	50	6	6	1	.903	1.167
Gil Flores	OF	40	66	9	5	3	.938	1.875
Allan Wyatt	OF	24	27	1	0	1	1.000	1.167
Rafael Liranzo	OF	23	17	3	2	0	.909	.870
Russell Parker	OF	20	20	3	3	0	.885	1.150
Edward Jordan	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Leon Corbin	P	27	2	3	2	0	.714	.185
Will Smith	P	25	2	7	0	0	1.000	.360
John Logue	P	21	3	6	1	0	.900	.429
Myrl Smith	P	13	1	16	1	2	.944	1.308
Steve Patterson	P	13	1	10	2	0	.846	.846
Giovanni Bucciarelli	P	13	1	6	2	1	.778	.538
Robert Sekel	P	12	4	16	1	2	.952	1.667
Larry McCall	P	9	7	6	1	0	.929	1.444
Gary Smith	P	7	2	5	2	1	.778	1.000
Russell Parker	P	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.000
Leonard Chiappetta	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Kiko Garcia	SS	56	95	128	24	28	.903	3.982
Edward Cervantes	SS	8	6	18	4	2	.857	3.000
Arthur Simon	SS	6	10	15	1	4	.962	4.167
Kim Hall	SS	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		727	1693	641	120	144	.951	3.210	18	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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