1975 Bristol Red Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-57
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Dick McAuliffe (0-0), Bill Slack (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 42,238, Avg. 612

1975 Bristol Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Bristol Red Sox 3 games, Reading Phillies 0

The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 81 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Red Sox led the league with just 440 runs allowed. Bristol scored 511 runs. Butch Hobson paced the squad with 15 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Lanny Phillips topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Mark Bomback paced the squad with 12 wins, while Tom Farias recorded a 1.55 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1975 Bristol Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John LaRose, Allen Ripley, Jim Wright, Kim Andrew, Dave Coleman, Mark Bomback, Ernie Whitt, Butch Hobson, Sam Bowen, Steve Dillard and Rick Jones.

Dick McAuliffe and Bill Slack 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
Mark Bomback	12	6	.667	2.32	21	21		14	2	0	163.0	130	49	42	13	59	0	118	0	0	5
John LaRose	8	1	.889	2.42	20	11		6	1	0	104.0	93	40	28	2	45	1	47	2	0	6
Jerry Spencer	8	6	.571	2.36	14	13		7	1	0	99.0	86	33	26	4	28	1	42	4	2	6
Jim Wright	7	1	.875	3.52	10	10		6	1	0	69.0	61	28	27	4	30	2	66	6	0	4
Rick Jones	7	4	.636	3.67	13	12		9	3	0	81.0	67	35	33	3	33	0	59	2	0	2
Tom Farias	7	11	.389	1.55	19	18		14	3	0	145.0	103	42	25	4	46	5	87	4	0	7
Keith Scruggs	6	5	.545	3.36	19	10		4	2	3	91.0	79	41	34	4	36	0	38	7	0	4
Stephen Foran	6	7	.462	2.66	23	12		6	2	2	98.0	88	41	29	4	33	2	67	1	0	5
Chuck Ross	4	1	.800	2.35	6	6		3	2	0	46.0	38	14	12	2	17	0	28	3	0	0
Bill Kouns	4	2	.667	3.38	8	8		3	0	0	56.0	53	27	21	3	24	0	24	1	0	5
Curran Percival	4	4	.500	5.58	11	10		2	0	0	50.0	50	33	31	5	22	0	26	3	0	2
Kenneth Watkins	4	7	.364	4.43	31	3		2	0	6	61.0	59	32	30	0	28	2	47	6	0	7
Roswell Brayton	2	2	.500	2.16	20	2		1	0	6	50.0	43	14	12	1	21	2	26	1	1	1
Allen Ripley	1	0	1.000	1.80	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	7	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0
Barry Sbragia	1	0	1.000	3.15	10	1		0	0	2	20.0	15	9	7	1	12	0	11	1	0	4
Totals	81	57	.587	2.83	226	138	0	77	17	19	1138.0	972	440	358	50	435	15	689	42	3	58	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
Lanny Phillips	123	495	445	37	129	12	2	1	56	2	3	38	31	.290	.353	.333	.686	148		7	2	3
Butch Hobson	138	523	471	68	125	25	3	15	73	6	3	48	90	.265	.331	.427	.758	201		0	1	3
Frank Mannerino	132	499	439	50	106	20	3	5	46	2	5	52	34	.241	.325	.335	.659	147		3	3	2
Eddie Ford	110	382	354	47	89	14	0	5	31	10	4	17	35	.251	.285	.333	.618	118		1	6	4
Charles Meyers	90	334	305	40	85	12	1	2	27	2	2	23	15	.279	.327	.344	.672	105		1	1	4
Steve Dillard	68	298	261	34	73	5	2	1	20	8	4	29	32	.280	.354	.326	.679	85		2	4	2
Michael Bennett	102	363	305	45	71	13	4	5	26	7	2	53	28	.233	.345	.351	.696	107		1	1	3
Anthony McLin	83	325	289	31	69	11	0	0	28	1	2	26	39	.239	.302	.277	.579	80		2	4	4
Ernie Whitt	82	289	252	29	64	9	1	2	19	2	3	33	19	.254	.339	.321	.661	81		0	3	1
Ludwig Benedetti	91	302	263	29	61	6	3	0	23	4	1	32	39	.232	.314	.278	.592	73		1	3	3
Dave Coleman	64	250	210	32	53	11	3	6	28	3	1	32	49	.252	.361	.419	.780	88		5	1	2
Sebastian Martinez	60	199	194	15	44	2	0	0	13	0	2	3	13	.227	.236	.237	.473	46		0	0	2
Milt Jefferson	61	215	180	22	41	10	0	6	17	0	1	32	36	.228	.349	.383	.732	69		2	0	1
Sam Bowen	44	169	143	18	28	4	1	4	13	3	5	23	39	.196	.305	.322	.627	46		0	2	1
Kim Andrew	17	70	67	8	25	4	1	0	8	0	1	2	3	.373	.386	.463	.848	31		0	0	1
John Roatche	30	90	79	2	12	3	0	0	9	1	0	8	18	.152	.236	.190	.426	15		1	1	1
Ken Huizenga	7	28	25	4	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	4	.160	.250	.320	.570	8		1	0	0
Totals	1302	4831	4282	511	1079	162	24	53	442	51	39	453	524	.252	.325	.338	.663	1448	0	27	32	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave Coleman	1B	64	567	25	5	42	.992	9.250
Milt Jefferson	1B	40	340	28	8	26	.979	9.200
Michael Bennett	1B	29	246	14	3	13	.989	8.966
John Roatche	1B	8	69	4	4	5	.948	9.125
Ernie Whitt	1B	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	7.000
Charles Meyers	2B	61	116	152	5	33	.982	4.393
Ludwig Benedetti	2B	53	106	142	9	21	.965	4.679
Kim Andrew	2B	17	44	35	3	6	.963	4.647
Steve Dillard	2B	15	30	33	3	8	.955	4.200
Butch Hobson	3B	137	102	309	28	29	.936	3.000
Charles Meyers	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Milt Jefferson	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Ernie Whitt	C	69	349	36	4	3	.990	5.580	10
Sebastian Martinez	C	57	296	41	8	5	.977	5.912	8
John Roatche	C	21	105	6	2	1	.982	5.286	1
Frank Mannerino	OF	125	211	6	5	0	.977	1.736
Lanny Phillips	OF	114	180	14	7	2	.965	1.702
Michael Bennett	OF	65	131	8	4	1	.972	2.138
Anthony McLin	OF	58	142	4	3	0	.980	2.517
Sam Bowen	OF	42	78	7	1	1	.988	2.024
Milt Jefferson	OF	8	6	1	2	0	.778	.875
Ken Huizenga	OF	7	11	2	1	0	.929	1.857
Ernie Whitt	OF	6	8	0	3	0	.727	1.333
Ludwig Benedetti	OF	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Kenneth Watkins	P	31	2	15	3	1	.850	.548
Stephen Foran	P	23	4	24	2	0	.933	1.217
Mark Bomback	P	21	7	27	1	0	.971	1.619
John LaRose	P	20	4	17	0	1	1.000	1.050
Roswell Brayton	P	20	1	6	0	1	1.000	.350
Keith Scruggs	P	19	3	8	1	1	.917	.579
Tom Farias	P	19	5	25	1	2	.968	1.579
Jerry Spencer	P	14	11	28	3	1	.929	2.786
Rick Jones	P	13	2	10	0	0	1.000	.923
Curran Percival	P	11	1	12	1	0	.929	1.182
Jim Wright	P	10	7	13	2	0	.909	2.000
Barry Sbragia	P	10	2	1	0	1	1.000	.300
Bill Kouns	P	8	5	14	1	0	.950	2.375
Chuck Ross	P	6	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.833
Allen Ripley	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Eddie Ford	SS	108	154	267	40	42	.913	3.898
Ludwig Benedetti	SS	40	58	104	15	11	.915	4.050
Totals		1374	3416	1451	179	257	.965	3.542	19	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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