1972 Charleston Charlies Statistics
Team Record: 80-64
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: John Davis (80-64)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 109,522, Avg. 1,521
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 2 games, Charleston Charlies 1
The Charleston Charlies of the International League ended the 1972 season with a record of 80 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Charlies led the league with 664 runs, ignited by 104 home runs. Charleston allowed 581 runs. Richie Zisk paced the team with 26 home runs and drove in 86 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .308 clip. Gene Garber and Dick Colpaert topped the squad with 14 wins each, and Gene Garber recorded a 2.26 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1972 Charleston Charlies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Sands, Jim Nelson, Gene Garber, Fred Cambria, Richie Zisk, George Kopacz, Rimp Lanier, Jim McKee, Dick Colpaert, Kent Tekulve, Gary Kolb, Dick Sharon, Luis Alcaraz, Rick Joseph, Buddy Booker, Art Howe, Doug Bair, John Lamb, Barry Moore, Tom Dettore, Frank Taveras, Chuck Goggin and Bob Veale.
John Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Garber | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.26 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 163.0 | 131 | 49 | 41 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 103 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.31 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 109.0 | 98 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.06 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 159.0 | 129 | 58 | 54 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 108 | 13 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim McKee | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.63 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 185.0 | 151 | 69 | 54 | 13 | 70 | 6 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Barry Moore | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.27 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 95 | 56 | 46 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Lamb | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.96 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 98.0 | 103 | 57 | 54 | 7 | 47 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Veale | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.82 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 77 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.54 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 107 | 64 | 56 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Nelson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.74 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 77 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 49 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kent Tekulve | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.09 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Barry Houser | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.75 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 81 | 52 | 38 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kolb | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Doug Bair | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 64 | .556 | 3.63 | 318 | 144 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 31 | 1230.0 | 1163 | 581 | 496 | 86 | 519 | 43 | 799 | 44 | 5 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kopacz | 136 | 584 | 497 | 70 | 151 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 6 | 7 | 79 | 76 | .304 | .396 | .435 | .830 | 216 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Chuck Goggin | 121 | 537 | 462 | 82 | 137 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 67 | .297 | .387 | .465 | .853 | 215 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Richie Zisk | 122 | 509 | 441 | 83 | 136 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 88 | .308 | .398 | .571 | .969 | 252 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Taveras | 133 | 501 | 455 | 52 | 112 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 69 | .246 | .293 | .297 | .590 | 135 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Dick Sharon | 110 | 435 | 396 | 66 | 106 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 79 | .268 | .325 | .452 | .777 | 179 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Philip Bushman | 103 | 410 | 377 | 62 | 101 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 50 | .268 | .325 | .340 | .665 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art Howe | 109 | 439 | 365 | 68 | 99 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 69 | .271 | .385 | .460 | .845 | 168 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Sands | 74 | 288 | 219 | 38 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 56 | .283 | .443 | .475 | .917 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Charles Howard | 84 | 307 | 261 | 37 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 56 | .222 | .323 | .360 | .684 | 94 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Kolb | 86 | 245 | 217 | 26 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 34 | .189 | .278 | .267 | .545 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Booker | 75 | 245 | 209 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 33 | .182 | .289 | .220 | .509 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 25 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .324 | .368 | .441 | .810 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 26 | 70 | 60 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .167 | .206 | .183 | .390 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jim Nelson | 19 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .241 | .267 | .276 | .543 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McKee | 26 | 70 | 65 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .108 | .159 | .108 | .267 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Moore | 29 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .135 | .200 | .189 | .389 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garber | 22 | 69 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Houser | 21 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Veale | 17 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rimp Lanier | 15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .125 | .286 | .125 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Lamb | 45 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 61 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .181 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Bair | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kent Tekulve | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1503 | 4976 | 4324 | 617 | 1099 | 172 | 39 | 104 | 544 | 82 | 41 | 556 | 819 | .254 | .340 | .384 | .724 | 1661 | 0 | 20 | 52 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kopacz | 1B | 132 | 1148 | 78 | 12 | 120 | .990 | 9.288 | ||||
| Charles Howard | 1B | 5 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 6.800 | ||||
| Charlie Sands | 1B | 4 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
| Chuck Goggin | 2B | 109 | 235 | 325 | 14 | 77 | .976 | 5.138 | ||||
| Art Howe | 2B | 12 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 10 | .962 | 4.250 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 2B | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Art Howe | 3B | 94 | 80 | 206 | 22 | 24 | .929 | 3.043 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 3B | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Buddy Booker | C | 70 | 427 | 27 | 4 | 6 | .991 | 6.486 | 4 | |||
| Charlie Sands | C | 68 | 349 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .981 | 5.441 | 3 | |||
| Gary Kolb | C | 15 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 5.667 | 4 | |||
| Chuck Goggin | C | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Richie Zisk | OF | 121 | 220 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 1.950 | ||||
| Dick Sharon | OF | 103 | 244 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 2.456 | ||||
| Philip Bushman | OF | 95 | 190 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 2.168 | ||||
| Charles Howard | OF | 66 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 1.636 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | OF | 38 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.789 | ||||
| Rick Joseph | OF | 23 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.261 | ||||
| George Kopacz | OF | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Rimp Lanier | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 61 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .262 | ||||
| John Lamb | P | 45 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .289 | ||||
| Jim McKee | P | 26 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .769 | ||||
| Barry Moore | P | 24 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Tom Dettore | P | 22 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.773 | ||||
| Barry Houser | P | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Gene Garber | P | 20 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Frank Frontino | P | 19 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Bob Veale | P | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Jim Nelson | P | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Fred Cambria | P | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Jimmy Marrujo | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kent Tekulve | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Bair | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | SS | 132 | 202 | 411 | 30 | 76 | .953 | 4.644 | ||||
| Chuck Goggin | SS | 10 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | .932 | 4.100 | ||||
| Art Howe | SS | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1443 | 3567 | 1376 | 137 | 344 | .973 | 3.426 | 11 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
