1973 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Norm Sherry (0-0), Moose Stubing (0-0)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 63,081, Avg. 901
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Sun Kings scored 730 runs, best in the league. El Paso yielded 756 runs, most in the circuit. Frankie George and Bruce Bochte led the team with 10 home runs apiece. Bruce Bochte drove in 79 runs. Morris Nettles paced all regular batters by connecting at a .332 clip. Frank Tanana topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Morris Nettles, Don Kirkwood, Gil Flores, Frank Tanana, Dave Chalk, Ron Clark, Billy Smith, Mark Ballinger, Sid Monge, Bruce Christensen, Paul Dade, José Peña, Dan Briggs, Bob Allietta, Chuck Hockenbery, Bruce Bochte and Ron Jackson were all players from the 1973 El Paso Sun Kings who played in the Majors during their careers.
Norm Sherry and Moose Stubing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tanana | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.71 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 206.0 | 170 | 72 | 62 | 13 | 63 | 5 | 197 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Al Dopfel | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.95 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 175 | 92 | 68 | 14 | 65 | 4 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sid Monge | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.59 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 173 | 100 | 75 | 16 | 72 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Kenyon | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.74 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 94 | 52 | 37 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tony Barrientos | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.17 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94.0 | 108 | 61 | 54 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Michael Browne | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.75 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 131 | 83 | 69 | 9 | 61 | 5 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Larry Dierks | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.07 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 | 113 | 61 | 55 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Thor Skogan | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Hockenbery | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.94 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32.0 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Don Kirkwood | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48.0 | 46 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Miali | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.27 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 81 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Tuley | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.40 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 63 | 47 | 42 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Iaeger | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Pichardo | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| José Peña | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack Donovan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.62 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 51 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 4.60 | 304 | 140 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 1167.0 | 1325 | 749 | 597 | 116 | 514 | 45 | 791 | 44 | 6 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Nettles | 126 | 548 | 470 | 82 | 156 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 41 | 13 | 68 | 97 | .332 | .413 | .411 | .824 | 193 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Bochte | 122 | 478 | 417 | 57 | 133 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 84 | .319 | .393 | .487 | .880 | 203 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ron Jackson | 136 | 545 | 481 | 75 | 128 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 78 | .266 | .340 | .391 | .731 | 188 | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Frankie George | 121 | 505 | 455 | 78 | 120 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 62 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 82 | .264 | .329 | .396 | .725 | 180 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Paul Dade | 83 | 333 | 298 | 51 | 84 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 49 | .282 | .350 | .413 | .763 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sam Ashford | 73 | 260 | 244 | 46 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 41 | .336 | .365 | .467 | .833 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gil Flores | 90 | 311 | 283 | 41 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 40 | .283 | .338 | .332 | .670 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Hanson | 72 | 289 | 253 | 44 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 60 | .285 | .367 | .399 | .766 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Allietta | 74 | 249 | 211 | 25 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 33 | .280 | .353 | .351 | .704 | 74 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Billy Smith | 46 | 186 | 166 | 32 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 26 | .331 | .400 | .464 | .864 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Pichardo | 84 | 278 | 255 | 32 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | .208 | .228 | .239 | .468 | 61 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Dave Chalk | 48 | 212 | 174 | 34 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 35 | .293 | .409 | .408 | .817 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Allan Wise | 69 | 246 | 209 | 28 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 33 | .230 | .333 | .344 | .678 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dan Briggs | 40 | 157 | 150 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | .313 | .338 | .520 | .858 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Chorley | 29 | 122 | 108 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .324 | .388 | .519 | .907 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Clark | 21 | 85 | 75 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .267 | .341 | .453 | .795 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manny Alvarez | 16 | 66 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .268 | .354 | .357 | .711 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kurt Russell | 6 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .562 | .588 | .938 | 1.526 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Dehn | 7 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Christensen | 9 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .115 | .233 | .154 | .387 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bailey Oliver | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .500 | .800 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Miali | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1294 | 4944 | 4368 | 696 | 1257 | 230 | 37 | 69 | 607 | 132 | 67 | 456 | 774 | .288 | .357 | .405 | .762 | 1768 | 0 | 35 | 51 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bochte | 1B | 93 | 727 | 38 | 10 | 67 | .987 | 8.226 | ||||
| Dan Briggs | 1B | 37 | 302 | 19 | 8 | 37 | .976 | 8.676 | ||||
| Larry Hanson | 1B | 13 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .982 | 8.231 | ||||
| David Chorley | 1B | 5 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .984 | 12.000 | ||||
| Paul Dade | 2B | 68 | 164 | 160 | 17 | 38 | .950 | 4.765 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 2B | 40 | 84 | 97 | 11 | 33 | .943 | 4.525 | ||||
| Manny Alvarez | 2B | 12 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 12 | .917 | 4.583 | ||||
| Dave Chalk | 2B | 11 | 25 | 37 | 1 | 11 | .984 | 5.636 | ||||
| Ron Clark | 2B | 10 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .902 | 3.700 | ||||
| Kurt Russell | 2B | 6 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Sam Ashford | 2B | 6 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.833 | ||||
| Ron Jackson | 3B | 135 | 118 | 251 | 36 | 26 | .911 | 2.733 | ||||
| Ron Clark | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Gil Flores | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bob Allietta | C | 70 | 393 | 19 | 9 | 3 | .979 | 5.886 | 10 | |||
| Larry Hanson | C | 36 | 203 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 6.222 | 4 | |||
| Greg Dehn | C | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 1 | |||
| Bailey Oliver | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 4 | |||
| Morris Nettles | OF | 126 | 301 | 16 | 15 | 5 | .955 | 2.516 | ||||
| Frankie George | OF | 107 | 158 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .938 | 1.561 | ||||
| Gil Flores | OF | 90 | 103 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .911 | 1.244 | ||||
| Sam Ashford | OF | 61 | 88 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .902 | 1.508 | ||||
| Allan Wise | OF | 28 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bruce Bochte | OF | 27 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.889 | ||||
| David Chorley | OF | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Dan Briggs | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Larry Dierks | P | 32 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .469 | ||||
| Tony Barrientos | P | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .483 | ||||
| Frank Tanana | P | 26 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| Sid Monge | P | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .792 | .760 | ||||
| Al Dopfel | P | 25 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 1.200 | ||||
| Terry Tuley | P | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Browne | P | 21 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .857 | 1.429 | ||||
| Tom Miali | P | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Jack Donovan | P | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Don Kirkwood | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Chuck Hockenbery | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Frank Kenyon | P | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .917 | ||||
| Jimmy Stewart | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Thor Skogan | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| José Peña | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Richard Iaeger | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nelson Pichardo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Smith | SS | 46 | 69 | 140 | 13 | 24 | .941 | 4.543 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | SS | 42 | 42 | 127 | 11 | 38 | .939 | 4.024 | ||||
| Dave Chalk | SS | 40 | 60 | 146 | 9 | 31 | .958 | 5.150 | ||||
| Paul Dade | SS | 9 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 6 | .900 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bruce Christensen | SS | 9 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Jackson | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1464 | 3293 | 1410 | 224 | 377 | .955 | 3.212 | 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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