1973 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: George Farson (37-33)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 14,590, Avg. 417
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1973 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles tallied 379 runs and surrendered 383 runs, most in the league. Eddie Murray paced Bluefield with 11 home runs Marty Parrill drove in 37 runs. Jacobo Urena led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .305 clip. Dennis McMillian, Russell Peach, David Highmark and Mike Parrott topped the team with 5 wins each, while Gil Rondón recorded a 3.19 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1973 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Flinn, Eddie Murray, Mike Parrott and Gil Rondón.
George Farson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russell Peach | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.87 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
David Highmark | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.06 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
Dennis McMillian | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.0 | 54 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Mike Parrott | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.65 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 61 | 46 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 13 | ||
John Flinn | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Gil Rondón | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.19 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 66 | 47 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
Jerry Hollyfield | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Michael Hile | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.79 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jerry Guinn | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.98 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Alfred Aulwurm | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Ricky Ryser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
LeRoy McPike | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Greg Patterson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Frank Baumgardner | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.06 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 47 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Robert George | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.57 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 37 | 33 | .529 | 4.06 | 184 | 70 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 574.0 | 519 | 383 | 259 | 24 | 345 | 0 | 559 | 32 | 5 | 63 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacobo Urena | 65 | 270 | 246 | 49 | 75 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 59 | .305 | .362 | .447 | .809 | 110 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gregory Davis | 64 | 259 | 232 | 39 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 52 | .276 | .337 | .483 | .820 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Richard Cuoco | 62 | 256 | 237 | 34 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 41 | .270 | .312 | .338 | .650 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Marty Parrill | 62 | 254 | 218 | 38 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 35 | .284 | .370 | .468 | .838 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Eddie Murray | 50 | 212 | 188 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 46 | .287 | .354 | .495 | .848 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Rodney Lee | 50 | 212 | 167 | 37 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | .299 | .441 | .515 | .956 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
LeRoy McPike | 61 | 214 | 191 | 22 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 76 | .246 | .319 | .361 | .681 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cleve Reed | 49 | 136 | 127 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 32 | .268 | .299 | .370 | .669 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Juan Martinez | 41 | 101 | 85 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .247 | .350 | .259 | .609 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Steven Pope | 31 | 98 | 84 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .238 | .340 | .310 | .650 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ken Thomas | 39 | 140 | 117 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | .162 | .300 | .205 | .505 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Wistner | 37 | 82 | 69 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | .261 | .378 | .304 | .682 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Whiting | 20 | 73 | 63 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .270 | .370 | .460 | .830 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Parrott | 14 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .276 | .300 | .310 | .610 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stephen Shrader | 23 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .170 | .264 | .255 | .519 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gil Rondón | 14 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
David Obal | 12 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russell Peach | 8 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jerry Guinn | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .909 | 1.326 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Frank Baumgardner | 18 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Michael Hile | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .353 | .529 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Highmark | 12 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Vineyard | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Hollyfield | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Flinn | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis McMillian | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert George | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alfred Aulwurm | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 846 | 2601 | 2287 | 379 | 596 | 100 | 15 | 56 | 296 | 69 | 28 | 241 | 557 | .261 | .338 | .391 | .729 | 894 | 0 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Murray | 1B | 50 | 421 | 14 | 13 | 20 | .971 | 8.700 | ||||
Marty Parrill | 1B | 12 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .970 | 8.083 | ||||
Michael Wistner | 1B | 8 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 6.125 | ||||
LeRoy McPike | 1B | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
Richard Cuoco | 2B | 53 | 90 | 109 | 11 | 13 | .948 | 3.755 | ||||
Juan Martinez | 2B | 19 | 24 | 42 | 7 | 5 | .904 | 3.474 | ||||
Stephen Shrader | 2B | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
Cleve Reed | 2B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Marty Parrill | 3B | 50 | 25 | 81 | 15 | 5 | .876 | 2.120 | ||||
Stephen Shrader | 3B | 10 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
Richard Cuoco | 3B | 8 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 3.000 | ||||
Dale Vineyard | 3B | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 1.571 | ||||
Cleve Reed | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Juan Martinez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
Ken Thomas | C | 39 | 323 | 24 | 12 | 2 | .967 | 8.897 | 15 | |||
Steven Pope | C | 27 | 183 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 7.333 | 20 | |||
David Obal | C | 11 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 7.182 | 9 | |||
Gregory Davis | OF | 62 | 97 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .946 | 1.710 | ||||
LeRoy McPike | OF | 50 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 1.240 | ||||
Rodney Lee | OF | 49 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .939 | 1.571 | ||||
Cleve Reed | OF | 37 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.081 | ||||
Don Whiting | OF | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
Michael Wistner | OF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
Dennis McMillian | P | 27 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .556 | ||||
John Flinn | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .261 | ||||
Frank Baumgardner | P | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
Jerry Hollyfield | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
Gil Rondón | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
Mike Parrott | P | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
Alfred Aulwurm | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
David Highmark | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
Jerry Guinn | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
Robert George | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
Russell Peach | P | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
Michael Hile | P | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
LeRoy McPike | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
Greg Patterson | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Ricky Ryser | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jacobo Urena | SS | 65 | 107 | 177 | 37 | 16 | .885 | 4.369 | ||||
Stephen Shrader | SS | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Juan Martinez | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 787 | 1719 | 640 | 164 | 83 | .935 | 2.997 | 44 | 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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