1971 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 92-50
Finished 1st in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Harry Warner (92-50)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 69,132, Avg. 974
Playoffs - Charlotte Hornets 2 games, Asheville Tourists 1
Finals - Charlotte Hornets 3 games, Arkansas Travelers 0 - For the Dixie Association Championship.
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 92 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Hornets led the league with just 461 runs allowed. Charlotte scored 601 runs. Joe Pactwa paced the team with 20 home runs, while Bob Storm walloped 15 or more as well. Bob Storm recorded 73 runs batted in. Minnie Mendoza topped all regular batters by connecting at a .316 clip. Dick Rusteck paced the squad with 17 wins, plus Greg Jaycox, too added 15 or more wins, too Vic Albury recorded a 1.73 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1971 Charlotte Hornets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mark Wiley, Rick Dempsey, Steve Luebber, Jerry Terrell, Tom Norton, Tom Kelly, Joe Pactwa, Minnie Mendoza, Dick Rusteck, Vic Albury, Bucky Guth, Glenn Borgmann, Terry Enyart and Gerry Schoen.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Rusteck | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.40 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 195.0 | 171 | 58 | 52 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Jaycox | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.77 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 166.0 | 135 | 62 | 51 | 13 | 53 | 2 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Vic Albury | 12 | 7 | .632 | 1.73 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 135.0 | 95 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 67 | 12 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ron Oglesby | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.80 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 119.0 | 98 | 42 | 37 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.97 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 96.0 | 61 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Sheftall | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.90 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 75 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Norton | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.70 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 124.0 | 126 | 63 | 51 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Wiley | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.72 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 80 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Barnes | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.74 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 72 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.44 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 76 | 49 | 37 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Ray Strable | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hurley | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gerry Schoen | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Remington | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 92 | 50 | .648 | 2.82 | 333 | 142 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 23 | 1220.0 | 1048 | 461 | 382 | 81 | 442 | 29 | 871 | 30 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnie Mendoza | 131 | 574 | 516 | 80 | 163 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 46 | .316 | .369 | .368 | .737 | 190 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Ezell Carter | 139 | 527 | 467 | 66 | 126 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 72 | .270 | .340 | .362 | .702 | 169 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bob Storm | 128 | 482 | 401 | 63 | 107 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 73 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 87 | .267 | .372 | .459 | .831 | 184 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Bucky Guth | 112 | 428 | 378 | 43 | 103 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 63 | .272 | .336 | .373 | .709 | 141 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Terrell | 109 | 482 | 424 | 61 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 47 | 43 | .231 | .307 | .255 | .562 | 108 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Tom Kelly | 100 | 371 | 303 | 50 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 52 | .294 | .413 | .409 | .822 | 124 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ron McDonald | 118 | 409 | 372 | 37 | 89 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 77 | .239 | .301 | .376 | .678 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Pactwa | 117 | 442 | 338 | 64 | 86 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 95 | 107 | .254 | .417 | .506 | .923 | 171 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Rick Dempsey | 105 | 382 | 338 | 39 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 28 | .243 | .328 | .373 | .701 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Schmidt | 55 | 218 | 178 | 23 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 27 | .264 | .377 | .348 | .726 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Vic Albury | 78 | 74 | 65 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .354 | .389 | .538 | .927 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Nunn | 56 | 144 | 122 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 49 | .180 | .301 | .254 | .555 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LeRoy McDonald | 40 | 105 | 85 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | .247 | .369 | .259 | .628 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Borgmann | 22 | 81 | 70 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .257 | .333 | .471 | .805 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Jaycox | 33 | 65 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .241 | .279 | .310 | .589 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hoppe | 39 | 80 | 66 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .212 | .350 | .318 | .668 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Norton | 25 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .227 | .244 | .250 | .494 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Rusteck | 28 | 73 | 63 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .143 | .194 | .143 | .337 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ron Oglesby | 22 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .176 | .282 | .206 | .488 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Moe Hill | 11 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .139 | .205 | .167 | .372 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 28 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Wiley | 14 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .133 | .161 | .167 | .328 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Sheftall | 44 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .133 | .316 | .133 | .449 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Nichols | 9 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Barnes | 22 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 12 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .036 | .100 | .036 | .136 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ray Strable | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1622 | 5235 | 4503 | 600 | 1146 | 165 | 30 | 84 | 547 | 82 | 42 | 590 | 840 | .254 | .342 | .360 | .703 | 1623 | 0 | 31 | 71 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron McDonald | 1B | 100 | 860 | 35 | 8 | 93 | .991 | 8.950 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | 1B | 84 | 464 | 35 | 8 | 47 | .984 | 5.940 | ||||
| Vic Albury | 1B | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Bucky Guth | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jerry Terrell | 2B | 109 | 267 | 271 | 15 | 79 | .973 | 4.936 | ||||
| David Schmidt | 2B | 27 | 63 | 75 | 2 | 21 | .986 | 5.111 | ||||
| LeRoy McDonald | 2B | 12 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ezell Carter | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 108 | 66 | 248 | 20 | 24 | .940 | 2.907 | ||||
| David Schmidt | 3B | 24 | 17 | 69 | 4 | 7 | .956 | 3.583 | ||||
| Ron McDonald | 3B | 11 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .778 | 1.909 | ||||
| LeRoy McDonald | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bob Storm | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Dempsey | C | 97 | 594 | 65 | 8 | 6 | .988 | 6.794 | 10 | |||
| Mike Nunn | C | 40 | 210 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 5.775 | 8 | |||
| Glenn Borgmann | C | 20 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.950 | 2 | |||
| Ezell Carter | OF | 138 | 217 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .954 | 1.645 | ||||
| Bob Storm | OF | 125 | 196 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 1.664 | ||||
| Joe Pactwa | OF | 116 | 159 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | OF | 48 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .979 | .979 | ||||
| Jim Hoppe | OF | 37 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.243 | ||||
| Moe Hill | OF | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Rick Dempsey | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Schmidt | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Glenn Borgmann | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vic Albury | P | 66 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .364 | ||||
| Michael Sheftall | P | 44 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .364 | ||||
| Greg Jaycox | P | 32 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 5 | .917 | 1.031 | ||||
| Dick Rusteck | P | 28 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 1.679 | ||||
| Terry Enyart | P | 28 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .321 | ||||
| Tom Norton | P | 25 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .846 | 1.320 | ||||
| Richard Barnes | P | 22 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .864 | ||||
| Ron Oglesby | P | 21 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
| Ray Strable | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Mark Wiley | P | 14 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 1.357 | ||||
| Ted Remington | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 12 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Weisenberg | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Hurley | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Gerry Schoen | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bucky Guth | SS | 107 | 165 | 357 | 14 | 75 | .974 | 4.879 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | SS | 23 | 19 | 98 | 4 | 18 | .967 | 5.087 | ||||
| LeRoy McDonald | SS | 9 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 10 | .930 | 4.444 | ||||
| Tom Nichols | SS | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Ron McDonald | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1606 | 3651 | 1633 | 150 | 420 | .972 | 3.290 | 20 | 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.
