1972 Bluefield Orioles Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 36-32
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: George Farson (36-32)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 14,373, Avg. 423

1972 Bluefield Orioles Roster

The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 36 wins and 32 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Orioles tallied 349 runs and surrendered 303 runs. John O'Rear drove in 46 runs. Ismael Oquendo and Rafael Liranzo led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. Mike Willis topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1972 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Willie Royster, Mike Willis and Bobby Brown.

George Farson 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
Mike Willis	7	4	.636	3.03	12	12		4	2	0	86.0	67	42	29	5	33	0	98	2	0	4
Andrew Bowie	5	3	.625	2.66	15	3		1	0	2	44.0	29	17	13	3	17	0	64	1	0	7
Jay Kuhnie	5	5	.500	3.96	14	13		4	1	0	91.0	85	47	40	8	44	0	93	1	1	10
John Adam	4	3	.571	4.14	10	9		1	0	0	63.0	63	34	29	5	26	0	55	2	0	4
Jerry Maland	4	3	.571	7.09	16	1		0	0	2	33.0	36	34	26	3	21	1	22	2	0	5
Randy Benson	3	0	1.000	1.29	3	3		1	0	0	21.0	15	3	3	0	1	0	29	0	1	0
Larry Green	2	0	1.000	5.57	13	6		0	0	0	42.0	45	31	26	6	30	0	34	0	0	7
Barry Sheldon	2	1	.667	3.68	16	0		0	0	3	22.0	16	13	9	0	15	0	17	1	0	2
LeRoy McPike	2	1	.667	6.30	7	4		0	0	2	20.0	20	16	14	1	16	0	20	4	0	1
Clifford Vaudreuil	1	3	.250	3.46	16	2		0	0	6	26.0	20	11	10	1	11	0	25	1	0	2
Henry Holmes	1	5	.167	3.05	10	10		5	1	0	65.0	51	29	22	5	25	0	87	4	0	2
Bob Harris	0	0		12.00	6	0		0	0	0	3.0	10	6	4	0	6	0	5	0	0	2
Curtis DeBoe	0	4	.000	2.91	6	5		1	0	0	34.0	29	20	11	3	18	1	15	0	0	0
Totals	36	32	.529	3.86	144	68	0	17	4	15	550.0	486	303	236	40	263	2	564	18	2	46	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
Blake Doyle	67	277	247	46	74	12	2	0	24	20	4	26	26	.300	.364	.364	.728	90		0	2	2
Rafael Liranzo	56	228	209	36	70	11	1	2	30	13	1	16	32	.335	.386	.426	.812	89		2	0	1
Ismael Oquendo	58	217	203	28	68	7	2	4	28	10	5	10	34	.335	.370	.448	.819	91		2	1	1
John O'Rear	66	258	242	33	64	5	9	5	46	9	4	12	47	.264	.302	.421	.724	102		2	0	2
Cass Safrit	57	224	188	39	59	10	1	5	27	4	3	33	27	.314	.414	.457	.872	86		0	2	1
Bobby Brown	49	188	172	29	44	11	2	3	27	8	1	16	53	.256	.319	.395	.714	68		0	0	0
Rodney Lee	59	225	172	37	42	5	1	4	19	11	3	47	47	.244	.409	.355	.764	61		3	0	3
Dale Vineyard	45	142	126	15	33	5	0	0	17	7	0	14	34	.262	.340	.302	.642	38		1	1	0
Willie Royster	41	141	124	20	29	3	4	3	15	1	1	15	28	.234	.319	.395	.714	49		1	0	1
William Fraser	34	82	78	14	19	2	0	0	10	3	2	3	23	.244	.268	.269	.538	21		0	0	1
Ken Thomas	44	150	129	8	18	1	0	1	14	1	0	16	36	.140	.240	.171	.411	22		2	0	3
Henry Holmes	12	26	21	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.429	.500	.476	.976	10		0	2	0
Leslie Clark	19	44	41	8	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	24	.195	.250	.293	.543	12		1	0	0
Jay Kuhnie	14	35	31	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	11	.161	.188	.161	.349	5		0	3	0
Mike Willis	12	34	25	3	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	14	.160	.333	.280	.613	7		0	1	1
Clifford Vaudreuil	16	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3		0	0	0
Larry Green	13	16	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.250	.400	.250	.650	3		0	1	0
Wesley Dixon	7	22	21	2	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	5	.143	.136	.238	.374	5		0	0	1
John Adam	10	27	22	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	16	.136	.269	.227	.497	5		0	1	0
Barry Sheldon	16	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	1	0
LeRoy McPike	8	7	6	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	6		0	1	0
Clarence Laubach	13	34	28	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	17	.071	.235	.071	.307	2		0	0	0
Jerry Maland	16	7	6	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.667	.952	4		0	0	0
Curtis DeBoe	6	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.125	.300	.125	.425	1		0	0	0
Randy Benson	4	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	1	0
Frank Bowling	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Andrew Bowie	15	15	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	2	0
Totals	759	2434	2146	349	567	78	23	31	285	89	25	238	512	.264	.339	.365	.704	784	0	14	19	17	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ismael Oquendo	1B	55	236	26	9	26	.967	4.764
Dale Vineyard	1B	14	88	2	5	6	.947	6.429
Clarence Laubach	1B	8	36	0	0	0	1.000	4.500
Blake Doyle	2B	65	152	149	16	21	.950	4.631
Cass Safrit	2B	3	6	4	1	1	.909	3.333
Dale Vineyard	2B	1	2	5	0	2	1.000	7.000
Cass Safrit	3B	50	56	95	9	9	.944	3.020
Dale Vineyard	3B	21	15	38	11	2	.828	2.524
Ken Thomas	C	40	321	27	15	2	.959	8.700	16
Willie Royster	C	29	233	17	4	0	.984	8.621	11
Frank Bowling	C	1	11	0	1	0	.917	11.000	0
Rodney Lee	OF	58	48	4	5	0	.912	.897
Rafael Liranzo	OF	56	98	5	6	0	.945	1.839
Bobby Brown	OF	47	53	4	8	0	.877	1.213
William Fraser	OF	25	15	2	0	0	1.000	.680
Leslie Clark	OF	13	12	0	3	0	.800	.923
Willie Royster	OF	8	9	1	1	0	.909	1.250
Wesley Dixon	OF	6	7	3	0	0	1.000	1.667
Dale Vineyard	OF	5	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.200
Clarence Laubach	OF	4	2	0	2	0	.500	.500
Clifford Vaudreuil	P	16	1	2	0	0	1.000	.188
Barry Sheldon	P	16	0	3	1	0	.750	.188
Jerry Maland	P	16	2	6	3	1	.727	.500
Andrew Bowie	P	15	4	3	1	0	.875	.467
Jay Kuhnie	P	14	8	10	4	0	.818	1.286
Larry Green	P	13	3	3	0	0	1.000	.462
Mike Willis	P	12	0	16	2	0	.889	1.333
Henry Holmes	P	10	2	4	1	0	.857	.600
John Adam	P	10	5	10	0	0	1.000	1.500
LeRoy McPike	P	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	.143
Bob Harris	P	6	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Curtis DeBoe	P	6	3	5	1	1	.889	1.333
Randy Benson	P	3	0	8	1	0	.889	2.667
John O'Rear	SS	66	105	131	29	24	.891	3.576
Cass Safrit	SS	2	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.000
Leslie Clark	SS	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Totals		722	1541	589	141	95	.938	2.950	27	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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