1974 Bluefield Orioles Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 37-32
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: Bobby Malkmus (37-32)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 15,675, Avg. 454

1974 Bluefield Orioles Roster

The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1974 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Orioles scored 345 runs and surrendered 333 runs. Ed Pebley recorded 41 runs batted in. William Clarke paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Dennis McMillian topped the squad with 10 wins, while Tom Kibbee recorded a 2.31 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Mike Darr played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bluefield Orioles to do so.

Bobby Malkmus 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
Dennis McMillian	10	4	.714	2.70	43	0		0	0	8	70.0	65	25	21	5	30	4	66	0	0	5
Jerry Guinn	6	2	.750	6.05	13	12		1	0	0	64.0	64	44	43	5	38	1	56	1	0	4
Tom Kibbee	5	3	.625	2.31	12	9		2	0	1	70.0	58	25	18	4	25	4	79	0	0	3
Mike Darr	5	5	.500	3.73	13	13		3	1	0	82.0	46	45	34	0	83	2	104	5	1	18
Michael Brown	4	3	.571	3.33	10	10		2	0	0	54.0	54	23	20	4	38	1	50	3	0	4
Henderson Hopkins	3	0	1.000	5.62	18	0		0	0	0	32.0	32	25	20	1	31	1	20	3	0	10
Robert Volk	2	2	.500	2.57	6	4		2	0	0	35.0	28	12	10	3	8	1	35	1	0	1
Vernon Snyder	1	4	.200	4.83	18	3		0	0	0	41.0	44	34	22	3	23	2	28	1	0	3
Robert George	1	4	.200	8.33	9	6		0	0	0	27.0	34	30	25	2	37	0	22	2	0	5
Timothy Lynch	0	0		3.40	18	4		0	0	5	45.0	45	23	17	3	14	1	36	1	0	1
Alan Drechsler	0	1	.000	3.32	5	2		0	0	0	19.0	16	10	7	0	11	1	20	0	0	1
Bradford Drysdale	0	4	.000	7.41	10	6		0	0	0	34.0	30	37	28	2	44	2	35	5	0	9
Totals	37	32	.536	4.16	175	69	0	10	1	14	573.0	516	333	265	32	382	20	551	22	1	64	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
William Clarke	68	298	260	44	79	13	5	0	36	15	7	29	17	.304	.375	.392	.767	102	3	3	2	4	0
Richard Rickman	69	308	250	52	62	13	1	4	28	13	8	45	35	.248	.376	.356	.732	89	1	8	2	3	2
David Obal	59	236	195	37	55	9	0	1	31	7	1	33	33	.282	.390	.344	.733	67	8	4	0	4	1
Ed Pebley	64	248	210	37	55	10	4	6	41	2	4	31	22	.262	.354	.433	.787	91	8	1	2	4	3
Juan Martinez	56	177	158	26	50	2	0	0	14	17	1	17	18	.316	.386	.329	.715	52	2	1	1	0	1
Bernard Bumbrey	62	215	183	33	43	8	2	3	25	6	2	25	63	.235	.349	.350	.699	64	3	7	0	0	0
Louis Corona	52	161	133	16	39	6	1	0	23	2	0	20	19	.293	.398	.353	.751	47	1	5	0	3	1
Charles James	52	161	148	12	39	4	2	0	15	5	2	12	11	.264	.323	.318	.641	47	3	1	0	0	0
James Evans	36	113	102	18	22	4	0	2	12	3	2	8	27	.216	.283	.314	.597	32	0	2	0	1	1
Ricky Ford	25	103	80	14	21	3	0	1	12	6	1	22	12	.262	.427	.338	.765	27	0	1	0	0	0
Leonardo Ortiz	42	101	94	8	19	2	0	1	8	2	0	5	14	.202	.240	.255	.495	24	1	0	1	1	0
Joseph Villa	23	71	61	5	14	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	16	.230	.314	.311	.626	19	4	2	1	1	0
Rafael Volquez	37	83	74	7	14	1	1	0	12	1	1	9	26	.189	.277	.230	.507	17	0	0	0	0	0
Felipe Serrata	25	64	53	5	13	1	1	0	7	0	1	7	16	.245	.344	.302	.646	16	0	1	3	0	0
Mike Darr	14	32	29	6	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	.276	.344	.345	.689	10		0	0	0
Louis Armstrong	13	26	23	5	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	3	7	.217	.308	.478	.786	11	0	0	0	0	0
Robert George	9	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4		0	1	0
Robert Volk	6	13	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.333	.300	.633	3		0	1	1
Michael Brown	10	20	12	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.250	.438	.333	.771	4		1	4	0
Tom Kibbee	14	26	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.167	.333	.167	.500	3		1	2	1
Jerry Guinn	13	23	21	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.143	.143	.286	.429	6		0	2	0	0
Bradford Drysdale	11	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	1	0	0
Vernon Snyder	18	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	2		0	0	0
Stephen Shrader	5	18	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	7	.154	.389	.154	.543	2	0	0	0	0	0
Timothy Lynch	19	16	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		1	1	0
Henderson Hopkins	19	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0	0
Alan Drechsler	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis McMillian	43	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.000	.182	.000	.182	0		0	2	0
Totals	869	2571	2188	344	562	85	19	20	284	85	30	294	393	.257	.352	.340	.692	745	34	39	27	23	9

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
David Obal	1B	23	190	13	5	14	.976	8.826
Ricky Ford	1B	23	201	7	1	20	.995	9.043
Ed Pebley	1B	16	113	5	4	8	.967	7.375
Joseph Villa	1B	5	46	1	2	3	.959	9.400
Stephen Shrader	1B	5	28	1	4	1	.879	5.800
Juan Martinez	2B	51	64	108	9	18	.950	3.373
William Clarke	2B	17	25	35	2	9	.968	3.529
Felipe Serrata	2B	15	12	34	4	4	.920	3.067
Ed Pebley	3B	45	34	76	15	7	.880	2.444
William Clarke	3B	26	10	33	3	3	.935	1.654
Juan Martinez	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Obal	C	37	275	19	5	2	.983	7.946	12
Leonardo Ortiz	C	30	214	17	7	3	.971	7.700	2
Joseph Villa	C	12	88	7	4	0	.960	7.917	3
Bernard Bumbrey	OF	58	94	4	6	2	.942	1.690
Charles James	OF	49	43	2	6	0	.882	.918
Louis Corona	OF	43	46	0	6	0	.885	1.070
William Clarke	OF	36	33	4	0	1	1.000	1.028
James Evans	OF	30	38	1	9	0	.812	1.300
Rafael Volquez	OF	23	17	2	5	0	.792	.826
Louis Armstrong	OF	9	8	1	2	0	.818	1.000
Dennis McMillian	P	43	2	12	0	1	1.000	.326
Vernon Snyder	P	18	1	4	3	0	.625	.278
Timothy Lynch	P	18	0	8	1	0	.889	.444
Henderson Hopkins	P	18	2	8	0	0	1.000	.556
Jerry Guinn	P	13	4	11	1	1	.938	1.154
Mike Darr	P	13	2	17	3	0	.864	1.462
Tom Kibbee	P	12	5	10	3	1	.833	1.250
Bradford Drysdale	P	10	0	1	1	1	.500	.100
Michael Brown	P	10	3	3	2	0	.750	.600
Robert George	P	9	1	4	2	0	.714	.556
Robert Volk	P	6	1	2	1	0	.750	.500
Alan Drechsler	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Richard Rickman	SS	69	118	208	12	31	.964	4.725
Totals		798	1718	660	128	130	.949	2.980	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.

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