1971 Evansville Triplets Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Del Crandall (60-78)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 107,818, Avg. 1,563

1971 Evansville Triplets Roster

The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Triplets tallied 559 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 668 runs. John Felske paced Evansville with 14 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Dick Estelle topped the squad with 13 wins, and Jerry Bell recorded a 3.05 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1971 Evansville Triplets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Robinson, Jerry Bell, Tommy Matchick, Pedro Garcia, Joe Nossek, Dick Estelle, Jon Warden, Jerry Nyman, Mike Adamson, Bruce Brubaker, Al Yates, Jose Herrera, Wilbur Howard, Larry Bearnarth, Jim Ellis, Rick Auerbach, Juan Rios, Jim Slaton, Bernie Smith, Ray Peters, Bart Zeller, Bruce Look, Bob Hansen, Rob Ellis, Bill Edgerton, Bob Schroder, Bob Coluccio, Bob Reynolds, John Felske, Fred Rath, Gus Gil and Bob Humphreys.

Del Crandall served as manager.

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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 Estelle	13	12	.520	3.86	32	29		10	1	0	191.0	192	100	82	20	83	6	104	2	1	7
Bruce Brubaker	8	6	.571	4.58	18	18		7	1	0	112.0	117	76	57	15	30	1	78	4	0	3
Jerry Bell	7	8	.467	3.05	18	18		9	2	0	127.0	118	59	43	5	54	6	88	3	0	6
Gene Ammann	6	10	.375	3.79	25	24		4	1	0	159.0	158	78	67	16	84	3	117	2	1	11
Larry Bearnarth	5	6	.455	5.21	31	2		1	0	5	57.0	86	36	33	4	26	8	23	2	0	0
Nelson Gibson	4	3	.571	6.43	21	0		0	0	5	21.0	28	18	15	1	8	2	10	2	0	2
Jim Ellis	4	8	.333	5.67	35	0		0	0	4	54.0	63	40	34	4	31	10	33	2	0	6
Bill Edgerton	2	0	1.000	7.33	12	0		0	0	0	27.0	32	22	22	6	17	3	21	1	0	2
Bob Reynolds	2	1	.667	1.73	8	7		3	1	0	52.0	33	10	10	3	22	4	45	1	0	1
Fred Rath	2	2	.500	4.79	17	4		1	0	0	47.0	58	25	25	6	23	4	26	2	1	3
William Leinheiser	2	6	.250	3.68	16	14		1	1	0	88.0	78	46	36	8	47	3	48	1	1	5
Jim Slaton	1	0	1.000	1.41	4	4		0	0	0	32.0	22	9	5	1	9	2	26	0	0	2
Richard Stonum	1	0	1.000	5.06	8	0		0	0	0	16.0	19	9	9	2	8	1	6	1	0	0
Bob Humphreys	1	2	.333	7.11	10	0		0	0	2	19.0	20	17	15	3	14	0	10	1	0	2
Mike Adamson	1	2	.333	7.81	13	12		0	0	0	53.0	74	47	46	9	23	1	36	0	0	0
Michael Mathwig	1	4	.200	7.14	16	3		0	0	1	29.0	38	30	23	3	11	1	16	1	0	1
Rich Seminoff					10						0.0
Joe Nossek	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Costello	0	0		6.30	8	0		0	0	1	10.0	17	7	7	1	3	1	6	0	0	1
Ray Peters	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Warden	0	0		22.50	3	0		0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Yard	0	1	.000	7.00	3	2		0	0	0	9.0	16	8	7	0	10	0	7	0	0	3
Jerry Nyman	0	2	.000	2.25	4	0		0	0	0	8.0	7	4	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0
Ricardo Delgado	0	5	.000	5.54	17	3		0	0	0	39.0	46	28	24	4	14	1	23	2	0	1
Totals	60	78	.435	4.43	331	140	0	36	7	18	1155.0	1232	676	569	112	524	57	729	27	4	56	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
Wilbur Howard	128	552	508	57	122	14	8	6	40	42	17	40	104	.240	.298	.335	.632	170		2	1	1
John Felske	119	456	402	54	118	20	4	14	68	8	3	46	74	.294	.367	.468	.835	188		2	4	2
Chico Vaughns	121	432	389	61	108	14	7	10	40	14	5	35	94	.278	.337	.427	.764	166		2	2	4
Bernie Smith	94	335	311	38	92	26	1	7	38	4	3	20	48	.296	.344	.453	.798	141		3	1	0
Bruce Look	78	271	233	20	60	15	0	4	23	2	1	34	32	.258	.351	.373	.724	87		0	3	1
Rick Auerbach	63	259	227	41	56	10	5	3	18	21	4	28	28	.247	.326	.374	.700	85		0	1	3
Bob Schroder	77	267	233	25	55	8	2	1	21	1	2	29	25	.236	.322	.300	.622	70		1	3	1
Pedro Garcia	72	269	236	25	50	14	5	9	35	4	1	19	79	.212	.296	.428	.724	101		10	2	2
Pat Skrable	70	221	190	27	41	6	1	4	24	4	3	23	39	.216	.312	.321	.633	61		5	0	3
Al Yates	35	134	114	22	39	12	1	6	23	2	0	16	18	.342	.436	.623	1.059	71		3	1	0
Bob Hansen	60	203	172	28	39	11	2	5	25	1	1	28	40	.227	.338	.401	.739	69		1	2	0
Rob Ellis	38	147	120	13	36	7	2	2	20	0	0	20	31	.300	.396	.442	.837	53		1	3	3
Dave Robinson	47	160	146	19	35	3	1	3	18	2	3	12	27	.240	.296	.336	.631	49		0	1	1
Joe Nossek	67	174	157	17	35	4	0	1	17	3	1	13	18	.223	.279	.268	.547	42		0	2	2
Hank McGraw	38	130	118	18	34	4	1	6	27	4	3	10	11	.288	.338	.492	.830	58		0	0	2
Bob Coluccio	35	146	125	20	28	6	0	2	9	2	4	15	31	.224	.317	.320	.637	40		3	1	2
Gus Gil	31	81	71	14	25	6	0	0	8	1	0	10	7	.352	.432	.437	.869	31		0	0	0
Bruce Brubaker	30	55	51	5	20	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	8	.392	.404	.510	.914	26		0	3	0
Jose Herrera	14	48	39	3	12	2	1	0	6	0	2	3	6	.308	.375	.410	.785	16		3	0	3
Dick Estelle	35	77	70	6	12	4	0	2	10	0	1	2	41	.171	.194	.314	.509	22		0	5	0
Bart Zeller	22	67	55	4	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	8	10	.200	.308	.218	.526	12		1	2	1
Gene Ammann	27	56	45	1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	21	.133	.245	.133	.379	6		0	3	1
Bill Edgerton	12	9	8	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.375	.444	.625	1.069	5		0	0	0
Bob Reynolds	8	19	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	2	0
Dan Adams	7	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.158	.396	3		0	0	0
Mike Adamson	14	21	20	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.150	.190	.150	.340	3		0	0	0
Jerry Bell	19	47	37	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	24	.081	.227	.081	.308	3		0	3	0
Jim Ellis	35	12	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.364	.333	.697	3		1	1	0
Larry Bearnarth	31	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	0	0
William Leinheiser	16	29	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.077	.074	.077	.151	2		0	2	1
Nelson Gibson	21	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Dennis Yard	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Richard Stonum	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	1	0
Michael Mathwig	16	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0
Steve Jones	10	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	0	0
Fred Rath	23	12	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	1	0
Ricardo Delgado	17	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Jim Slaton	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Bob Humphreys	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Jerry Nyman	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Juan Rios	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Totals	1561	4780	4223	531	1061	193	41	86	491	115	55	433	880	.251	.324	.377	.702	1594	0	38	53	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Felske	1B	60	485	53	4	34	.993	8.967
Bob Hansen	1B	55	398	63	5	38	.989	8.382
Chico Vaughns	1B	24	165	16	3	12	.984	7.542
Hank McGraw	1B	18	149	15	5	14	.970	9.111
Dave Robinson	1B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Pedro Garcia	2B	71	148	199	12	33	.967	4.887
Bob Schroder	2B	43	85	116	7	26	.966	4.674
Bob Coluccio	2B	27	64	92	9	21	.945	5.778
Gus Gil	2B	3	7	5	0	2	1.000	4.000
Chico Vaughns	3B	45	36	75	14	8	.888	2.467
Rob Ellis	3B	36	30	60	10	2	.900	2.500
Tommy Matchick	3B	25	23	52	3	5	.962	3.000
Jose Herrera	3B	12	15	19	6	5	.850	2.833
Bob Schroder	3B	11	4	17	0	3	1.000	1.909
Gus Gil	3B	9	5	13	0	0	1.000	2.000
Hank McGraw	3B	3	3	2	1	0	.833	1.667
Bernie Smith	3B	2	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.500
Joe Nossek	3B	2	1	5	1	0	.857	3.000
John Felske	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bruce Look	C	73	400	35	5	2	.989	5.959	2
John Felske	C	59	304	38	5	12	.986	5.797	5
Bart Zeller	C	21	97	10	0	3	1.000	5.095	1
Wilbur Howard	OF	126	220	15	12	1	.951	1.865
Bernie Smith	OF	77	131	8	5	2	.965	1.805
Pat Skrable	OF	57	103	3	6	1	.946	1.860
Chico Vaughns	OF	45	72	6	3	1	.963	1.733
Dave Robinson	OF	41	45	1	2	0	.958	1.122
Joe Nossek	OF	40	76	5	4	0	.953	2.025
Al Yates	OF	32	46	4	2	0	.962	1.562
Hank McGraw	OF	13	16	2	1	0	.947	1.385
John Felske	OF	7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.857
Bob Coluccio	OF	6	10	1	0	1	1.000	1.833
Jose Herrera	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jim Ellis	P	35	2	6	0	0	1.000	.229
Dick Estelle	P	32	8	39	9	3	.839	1.469
Larry Bearnarth	P	31	6	12	0	3	1.000	.581
Gene Ammann	P	25	11	28	0	1	1.000	1.560
Nelson Gibson	P	21	2	6	0	0	1.000	.381
Bruce Brubaker	P	18	17	24	2	0	.953	2.278
Jerry Bell	P	18	18	25	1	1	.977	2.389
Fred Rath	P	17	8	5	0	1	1.000	.765
Ricardo Delgado	P	17	7	6	1	2	.929	.765
Michael Mathwig	P	16	3	6	0	0	1.000	.562
William Leinheiser	P	16	12	14	0	0	1.000	1.625
Mike Adamson	P	13	6	1	0	0	1.000	.538
Bill Edgerton	P	12	3	5	0	1	1.000	.667
Rich Seminoff	P	10						.000
Bob Humphreys	P	10	3	3	0	1	1.000	.600
Richard Stonum	P	8	2	1	0	0	1.000	.375
Bob Reynolds	P	8	6	7	0	0	1.000	1.625
Joe Costello	P	8	1	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Jim Slaton	P	4	2	5	0	1	1.000	1.750
Jerry Nyman	P	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Dennis Yard	P	3	1	2	2	0	.600	1.000
Jon Warden	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Ray Peters	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joe Nossek	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Auerbach	SS	62	81	191	9	32	.968	4.387
Bob Schroder	SS	16	20	38	3	8	.951	3.625
Gus Gil	SS	12	15	29	0	3	1.000	3.667
Dan Adams	SS	7	9	11	6	3	.769	2.857
Joe Nossek	SS	4	2	5	1	1	.875	1.750
Juan Rios	SS	2	3	2	1	0	.833	2.500
Rob Ellis	SS	2	2	4	2	0	.750	3.000
Totals		1482	3406	1418	163	288	.967	3.255	8	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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