1975 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 26-43
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Paul Flesner (26-43)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 17,153, Avg. 497
1975 Bluefield Orioles RosterTeam Record: 26-43
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Paul Flesner (26-43)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 17,153, Avg. 497
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1975 season with a record of 26 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Orioles scored 312 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 463 runs, most in the circuit. Bobby Smith drove in 41 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .363 clip. Gregory Broomis led the team with 5 wins and a team-best 3.38 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1975 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Lake, Jeff Rineer, Sammy Stewart, Byron McLaughlin, Darryl Cias and Dave Ford.
Paul Flesner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Broomis | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.38 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56.0 | 46 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Vallejos | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.79 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dave Ford | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sammy Stewart | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.07 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 62 | 44 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Darwin Luna | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.45 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Gierhan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.00 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 57 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Reimann | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.86 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 72 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jeff Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.88 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Checkos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jack Neimeyer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Rineer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Byron McLaughlin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.46 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Brown | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11.00 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Charlie Fletcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Walker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rolando Menendez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Dyer | 0 | 6 | .000 | 11.03 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 40 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 43 | .377 | 5.84 | 182 | 69 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 575.0 | 644 | 463 | 373 | 41 | 327 | 10 | 390 | 30 | 21 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | 68 | 282 | 259 | 36 | 94 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 25 | .363 | .415 | .452 | .867 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Martinez | 56 | 207 | 194 | 26 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 19 | .325 | .367 | .351 | .718 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheldon Draimin | 51 | 207 | 188 | 37 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 28 | .324 | .377 | .431 | .808 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Lake | 49 | 176 | 162 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .278 | .331 | .407 | .739 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vern Thomas | 60 | 244 | 215 | 33 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 75 | .209 | .291 | .367 | .658 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Everett Murray | 47 | 157 | 154 | 23 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | .286 | .299 | .422 | .721 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Mitchell | 51 | 198 | 160 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 32 | .256 | .396 | .312 | .708 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Cias | 48 | 171 | 164 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | .226 | .229 | .274 | .504 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Donald Kuhnhoff | 46 | 151 | 122 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | .262 | .392 | .270 | .662 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Doug Thiel | 41 | 133 | 110 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | .245 | .356 | .309 | .665 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Leonardo Ortiz | 32 | 114 | 106 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .226 | .272 | .255 | .527 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Louis Armstrong | 27 | 90 | 79 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .228 | .322 | .329 | .651 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynd Thomas | 21 | 79 | 63 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .222 | .380 | .349 | .729 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ornest | 20 | 69 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .193 | .333 | .228 | .561 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Lashley | 25 | 53 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .174 | .283 | .217 | .500 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard McCarthy | 19 | 57 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .149 | .286 | .213 | .498 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Broomis | 19 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .368 | .438 | .806 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darwin Luna | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Rineer | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Stewart | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Ford | 7 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Neimeyer | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Checkos | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Fletcher | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Byron McLaughlin | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Dyer | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Vallejos | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Reimann | 12 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Gierhan | 9 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rolando Menendez | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Anderson | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Degrande | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brown | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Walker | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 850 | 2581 | 2286 | 312 | 596 | 93 | 13 | 21 | 263 | 54 | 24 | 250 | 442 | .261 | .335 | .340 | .676 | 778 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Thiel | 1B | 40 | 270 | 15 | 10 | 15 | .966 | 7.125 | ||||
| Lynd Thomas | 1B | 20 | 147 | 8 | 3 | 7 | .981 | 7.750 | ||||
| Darryl Cias | 1B | 11 | 78 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 7.818 | ||||
| Edwin Lashley | 1B | 7 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .907 | 7.000 | ||||
| Vern Thomas | 1B | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Martinez | 2B | 50 | 101 | 97 | 9 | 17 | .957 | 3.960 | ||||
| Donald Kuhnhoff | 2B | 13 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .920 | 3.538 | ||||
| George Mitchell | 2B | 11 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 4.273 | ||||
| Sheldon Draimin | 2B | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Sheldon Draimin | 3B | 37 | 40 | 57 | 7 | 3 | .933 | 2.622 | ||||
| Darryl Cias | 3B | 17 | 13 | 36 | 8 | 2 | .860 | 2.882 | ||||
| Mike Ornest | 3B | 16 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donald Kuhnhoff | 3B | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Louis Armstrong | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Lake | C | 47 | 254 | 39 | 9 | 4 | .970 | 6.234 | 15 | |||
| Leonardo Ortiz | C | 20 | 118 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 6.850 | 4 | |||
| Darryl Cias | C | 7 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 5.429 | 3 | |||
| Bobby Smith | OF | 64 | 113 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.812 | ||||
| Vern Thomas | OF | 58 | 122 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 2.172 | ||||
| Everett Murray | OF | 41 | 65 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .843 | 1.707 | ||||
| Louis Armstrong | OF | 19 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 1.684 | ||||
| Darryl Cias | OF | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Leonardo Ortiz | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Edwin Lashley | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Sheldon Draimin | OF | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Donald Kuhnhoff | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Gregory Broomis | P | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Sammy Stewart | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Byron McLaughlin | P | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Rolando Menendez | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Richard Reimann | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Charlie Fletcher | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Vallejos | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| John Dyer | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .364 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Randy Checkos | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .300 | ||||
| Michael Brown | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Robert Walker | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Samuel Gierhan | P | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Jack Neimeyer | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Ford | P | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jeff Rineer | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darwin Luna | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| George Mitchell | SS | 34 | 70 | 93 | 16 | 13 | .911 | 4.794 | ||||
| Donald Kuhnhoff | SS | 19 | 38 | 46 | 10 | 5 | .894 | 4.421 | ||||
| Richard McCarthy | SS | 16 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 7 | .844 | 4.062 | ||||
| Sheldon Draimin | SS | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 5.250 | ||||
| Juan Martinez | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 781 | 1730 | 676 | 168 | 97 | .935 | 3.081 | 22 | 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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