1972 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Johnny Goryl (70-70)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 30,769, Avg. 440
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Hornets plated 497 runs and allowed 542 runs. Craig Kusick paced Charlotte with 17 home runs Ron McDonald drove in 66 runs. Craig Kusick led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .281 clip. Bill Campbell topped the squad with 13 wins, while Dan Vossler recorded a 2.11 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1972 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Terry Enyart, Craig Kusick, Steve Barber, Tom Tischinski, Bill Campbell, Mark Wiley, Greg Garrett, Juan Ríos, Minnie Mendoza and Danny Morris.
Johnny Goryl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Campbell | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.42 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 219.0 | 181 | 74 | 59 | 17 | 69 | 9 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dan Vossler | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.11 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 183.0 | 155 | 53 | 43 | 8 | 50 | 12 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Michael Wagner | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.40 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 140 | 84 | 67 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Danny Morris | 9 | 14 | .391 | 2.86 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 170.0 | 160 | 72 | 54 | 10 | 57 | 4 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Barber | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.84 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 65 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Garrett | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.22 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 64.0 | 54 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Wiley | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.55 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85.0 | 93 | 46 | 43 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Ford | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.69 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.0 | 46 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.54 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84.0 | 79 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.37 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 65 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Esteban Texidor | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Johannes | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ron Oglesby | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.68 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 3.40 | 316 | 141 | 0 | 48 | 9 | 29 | 1177.0 | 1114 | 542 | 445 | 86 | 426 | 35 | 724 | 23 | 3 | 54 | 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 | 135 | 553 | 516 | 51 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 27 | .248 | .285 | .302 | .587 | 156 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Craig Kusick | 134 | 516 | 437 | 71 | 123 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 79 | .281 | .379 | .465 | .843 | 203 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bob Storm | 116 | 445 | 381 | 52 | 105 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 76 | .276 | .372 | .438 | .810 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron McDonald | 130 | 474 | 433 | 56 | 101 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 94 | .233 | .286 | .388 | .674 | 168 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ralph Nasif | 109 | 412 | 360 | 48 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 71 | .264 | .344 | .367 | .711 | 132 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jim Hoppe | 111 | 362 | 335 | 31 | 92 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 50 | .275 | .323 | .412 | .735 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Juan Ríos | 113 | 405 | 375 | 33 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 30 | .243 | .288 | .323 | .610 | 121 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Simon | 84 | 246 | 207 | 23 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 30 | .290 | .398 | .411 | .808 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Carlson | 65 | 250 | 217 | 25 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 21 | .244 | .339 | .295 | .634 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Plant | 82 | 256 | 227 | 27 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 56 | .233 | .312 | .401 | .713 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Tischinski | 70 | 244 | 192 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 41 | .234 | .393 | .385 | .778 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Shoup | 59 | 172 | 145 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | .241 | .349 | .290 | .639 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Powers | 62 | 185 | 158 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | .203 | .308 | .266 | .574 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Danny Morris | 27 | 61 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .167 | .237 | .185 | .422 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Wagner | 28 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .200 | .267 | .200 | .467 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill Campbell | 31 | 82 | 69 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .116 | .197 | .130 | .328 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Ceci | 15 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .156 | .240 | .244 | .484 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Smithson | 10 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .156 | .156 | .188 | .344 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Barber | 18 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Vossler | 43 | 62 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .073 | .136 | .073 | .208 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Drake | 8 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .130 | .231 | .304 | .535 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Wiley | 18 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .115 | .207 | .115 | .322 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Greg Garrett | 41 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 23 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 38 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .095 | .174 | .143 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Johannes | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Oglesby | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Esteban Texidor | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Ford | 35 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1625 | 5023 | 4422 | 497 | 1072 | 159 | 43 | 79 | 445 | 29 | 25 | 483 | 756 | .242 | .321 | .351 | .672 | 1554 | 0 | 38 | 54 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron McDonald | 1B | 126 | 1081 | 69 | 12 | 95 | .990 | 9.127 | ||||
| Craig Kusick | 1B | 13 | 86 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .980 | 7.385 | ||||
| James Plant | 1B | 12 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 7.333 | ||||
| Mark Carlson | 2B | 58 | 153 | 159 | 12 | 31 | .963 | 5.379 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 2B | 37 | 82 | 96 | 3 | 20 | .983 | 4.811 | ||||
| Ralph Nasif | 2B | 36 | 48 | 101 | 5 | 15 | .968 | 4.139 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 2B | 23 | 49 | 67 | 3 | 15 | .975 | 5.043 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 102 | 57 | 201 | 12 | 18 | .956 | 2.529 | ||||
| James Plant | 3B | 42 | 36 | 91 | 3 | 9 | .977 | 3.024 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 3B | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Tom Tischinski | C | 68 | 373 | 36 | 5 | 7 | .988 | 6.015 | 10 | |||
| James Powers | C | 47 | 230 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 5.234 | 4 | |||
| Samuel Ceci | C | 15 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .971 | 4.400 | 3 | |||
| Tom Smithson | C | 10 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 6.200 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Drake | C | 8 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| Craig Kusick | OF | 121 | 181 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .945 | 1.554 | ||||
| Bob Storm | OF | 113 | 188 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .956 | 1.735 | ||||
| Jim Hoppe | OF | 95 | 183 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 2.032 | ||||
| Thomas Simon | OF | 72 | 154 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 2.208 | ||||
| Ray Shoup | OF | 44 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.773 | ||||
| James Plant | OF | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| James Powers | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dan Vossler | P | 43 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .977 | .977 | ||||
| Greg Garrett | P | 40 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .250 | ||||
| Terry Enyart | P | 38 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .342 | ||||
| Dan Ford | P | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .229 | ||||
| Bill Campbell | P | 29 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 1.862 | ||||
| Michael Wagner | P | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Morris | P | 27 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .882 | 1.111 | ||||
| Raymond O'Neill | P | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Steve Barber | P | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Mark Wiley | P | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Ron Oglesby | P | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Esteban Texidor | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Arnold Johannes | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | SS | 75 | 116 | 232 | 24 | 42 | .935 | 4.640 | ||||
| Ralph Nasif | SS | 70 | 98 | 181 | 16 | 27 | .946 | 3.986 | ||||
| Totals | 1529 | 3528 | 1489 | 154 | 311 | .970 | 3.281 | 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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