1972 Charlotte Twins Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 50-79
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Bob Sadowski (50-79)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 13,835, Avg. 214
1972 Charlotte Twins RosterTeam Record: 50-79
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Bob Sadowski (50-79)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 13,835, Avg. 214
The Charlotte Twins of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 50 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Twins plated 517 runs and allowed 621 runs. Buddy Whitley paced Charlotte with 13 home runs and drove in 79 runs. Rob Wilfong led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Joseph Hanzlik topped the team with 9 wins, while Lew Lerner recorded a 2.68 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Lyman Bostock and Rob Wilfong both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Sadowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Hanzlik | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.46 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 | 96 | 74 | 62 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 151 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Lew Lerner | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.68 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 148.0 | 108 | 60 | 44 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 194 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.59 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 110 | 56 | 50 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Neil Emerson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.87 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 83 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Pangle | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.75 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 133 | 88 | 60 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.56 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 107 | 53 | 40 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Nielsen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 40 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Stephen Hertz | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.89 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 68 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Yocum | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gail Stone | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2.67 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 81.0 | 64 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Lon Galli | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.28 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 57 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Marquardt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Abreu | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.03 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Esteban Texidor | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Buddy Whitley | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Skoglund | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Blood | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 50 | 79 | .388 | 4.18 | 292 | 129 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 18 | 1045.0 | 1012 | 621 | 485 | 47 | 573 | 26 | 857 | 44 | 2 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Whitley | 126 | 522 | 466 | 66 | 119 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 90 | .255 | .328 | .408 | .735 | 190 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rob Wilfong | 102 | 433 | 363 | 64 | 107 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 59 | 80 | .295 | .392 | .372 | .764 | 135 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Eduardo Fernandez | 120 | 451 | 378 | 67 | 95 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 69 | 41 | .251 | .368 | .283 | .651 | 107 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gallagher | 120 | 433 | 382 | 36 | 91 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 87 | .238 | .322 | .322 | .644 | 123 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Wachutka | 123 | 442 | 393 | 43 | 81 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 90 | .206 | .273 | .267 | .540 | 105 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Boettcher | 65 | 247 | 225 | 31 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 31 | .289 | .337 | .396 | .733 | 89 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mike Coronado | 67 | 253 | 226 | 27 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | .274 | .340 | .354 | .694 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Greg Rogers | 93 | 262 | 223 | 32 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 37 | .265 | .360 | .359 | .719 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Lyman Bostock | 57 | 218 | 177 | 27 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 26 | .294 | .419 | .384 | .804 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Saylor | 87 | 248 | 212 | 24 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 31 | .231 | .343 | .269 | .612 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Cariel | 49 | 168 | 154 | 17 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .253 | .304 | .351 | .654 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Pierce | 49 | 173 | 127 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 34 | .276 | .453 | .386 | .839 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Alberto Fernandez | 38 | 154 | 122 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | .230 | .358 | .320 | .677 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ron Davison | 24 | 89 | 76 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .171 | .284 | .224 | .508 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stuart Friedman | 30 | 88 | 69 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .174 | .326 | .174 | .499 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Hanzlik | 28 | 57 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .224 | .278 | .306 | .584 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lew Lerner | 37 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .137 | .200 | .196 | .396 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Emerson | 16 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Nielsen | 33 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .146 | .205 | .220 | .424 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gail Stone | 29 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .182 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 19 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .114 | .184 | .229 | .413 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jose Abreu | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Hertz | 11 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 43 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .100 | .325 | .167 | .492 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Wheeler | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Yocum | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pangle | 22 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .048 | .149 | .048 | .197 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blood | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Esteban Texidor | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Skoglund | 19 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lon Galli | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Marquardt | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1484 | 4638 | 3986 | 517 | 962 | 132 | 36 | 38 | 439 | 76 | 35 | 543 | 778 | .241 | .334 | .321 | .655 | 1280 | 0 | 24 | 59 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gallagher | 1B | 118 | 851 | 43 | 19 | 60 | .979 | 7.576 | ||||
| Buddy Whitley | 1B | 8 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 5.750 | ||||
| Greg Rogers | 1B | 8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 3.625 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | 1B | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| Bruce Wachutka | 1B | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rob Wilfong | 2B | 100 | 212 | 224 | 16 | 45 | .965 | 4.360 | ||||
| Greg Rogers | 2B | 34 | 42 | 60 | 6 | 10 | .944 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Wheeler | 2B | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Thomas Boettcher | 3B | 65 | 52 | 119 | 12 | 9 | .934 | 2.631 | ||||
| Robert Pierce | 3B | 42 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 3 | .868 | 2.190 | ||||
| Greg Rogers | 3B | 23 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.826 | ||||
| Bruce Wachutka | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Saylor | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| David Saylor | C | 69 | 406 | 33 | 17 | 3 | .963 | 6.362 | 9 | |||
| Rafael Cariel | C | 44 | 231 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 5.818 | 7 | |||
| Stuart Friedman | C | 28 | 181 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 7.107 | 14 | |||
| Robert Pierce | C | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Buddy Whitley | OF | 118 | 162 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .949 | 1.424 | ||||
| Bruce Wachutka | OF | 115 | 147 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .956 | 1.330 | ||||
| Eduardo Fernandez | OF | 111 | 195 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .943 | 1.802 | ||||
| Lyman Bostock | OF | 54 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.481 | ||||
| Bruce Skoglund | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Smith | P | 37 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .324 | ||||
| Lew Lerner | P | 35 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .806 | .714 | ||||
| Lon Galli | P | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .226 | ||||
| Gail Stone | P | 29 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .793 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | P | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .522 | ||||
| John Pangle | P | 22 | 8 | 24 | 10 | 1 | .762 | 1.455 | ||||
| Joseph Hanzlik | P | 21 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .619 | ||||
| Thomas Schmidt | P | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Neil Emerson | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Chris Yocum | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Stephen Hertz | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Bruce Skoglund | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Esteban Texidor | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Jose Abreu | P | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Steve Marquardt | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Steve Blood | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buddy Whitley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Coronado | SS | 67 | 72 | 155 | 23 | 26 | .908 | 3.388 | ||||
| Alberto Fernandez | SS | 37 | 71 | 94 | 1 | 16 | .994 | 4.459 | ||||
| Ron Davison | SS | 21 | 24 | 50 | 13 | 7 | .851 | 3.524 | ||||
| Bruce Wachutka | SS | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Rogers | SS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1392 | 2950 | 1113 | 200 | 200 | .953 | 2.919 | 31 | 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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