1972 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-70
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (60-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 44,740, Avg. 688
1972 Gastonia Pirates RosterTeam Record: 60-70
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (60-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 44,740, Avg. 688
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 60 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 533 runs and allowed 550 runs. Paul Djakonow led Gastonia with 15 home runs Victor Price drove in 85 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .296. Larry Demery paced the squad with 10 wins, while David Nelson recorded a 0.5 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Omar Moreno, Craig Reynolds, Larry Demery and Tony Armas.
Tom Saffell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Demery | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.91 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 113 | 80 | 63 | 6 | 119 | 2 | 137 | 7 | 1 | 23 | ||
| David Nelson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.50 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 107.0 | 71 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rodney Davis | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.72 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 151 | 90 | 64 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Sullivan | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.55 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99.0 | 84 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Williams | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.63 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 124.0 | 125 | 62 | 50 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Elliott Jones | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.90 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Abram | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.53 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Hagen | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.84 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 98 | 66 | 50 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 78 | 8 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Paul Burton | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hagins | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.83 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70.0 | 68 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Michael Byrne | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.0 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Bedard | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.92 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rich Standart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Swinchock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.0 | 41 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Kenny | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gordon Green | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Esteban Padron | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.00 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 70 | .462 | 3.48 | 286 | 130 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 20 | 1098.0 | 967 | 550 | 425 | 45 | 623 | 41 | 876 | 36 | 5 | 107 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Price | 124 | 480 | 432 | 62 | 128 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 78 | .296 | .359 | .454 | .813 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fausto Sosa | 124 | 518 | 452 | 69 | 111 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 50 | 100 | .246 | .336 | .301 | .637 | 136 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tony Armas | 117 | 433 | 399 | 50 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 83 | .266 | .305 | .398 | .704 | 159 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 124 | 486 | 408 | 72 | 105 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 20 | 3 | 69 | 91 | .257 | .366 | .431 | .798 | 176 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ron Knaub | 115 | 446 | 402 | 49 | 95 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 98 | .236 | .301 | .383 | .684 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dave Gaynor | 103 | 356 | 293 | 42 | 77 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 51 | 59 | .263 | .380 | .324 | .704 | 95 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Rajsich | 84 | 342 | 282 | 32 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 47 | .259 | .366 | .312 | .678 | 88 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||
| William Thomas | 56 | 231 | 208 | 20 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 32 | .240 | .306 | .303 | .609 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rich Standart | 90 | 267 | 228 | 32 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 44 | .219 | .331 | .307 | .638 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Simontacchi | 49 | 156 | 136 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 28 | .272 | .361 | .346 | .707 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Reynolds | 41 | 164 | 146 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .240 | .315 | .281 | .596 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Omar Moreno | 51 | 164 | 144 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 38 | .215 | .302 | .299 | .601 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Say | 52 | 159 | 128 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 34 | .219 | .361 | .367 | .728 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carmelo Ybes | 59 | 108 | 93 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .204 | .260 | .258 | .518 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Steve Williams | 38 | 55 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .306 | .352 | .408 | .760 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rodney Davis | 27 | 62 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .231 | .344 | .288 | .633 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Demery | 27 | 63 | 52 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .231 | .305 | .288 | .594 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jamie Osorio | 24 | 57 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .191 | .296 | .191 | .488 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Hagen | 22 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .219 | .242 | .219 | .461 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Kala Kaaihue | 24 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .150 | .244 | .175 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sullivan | 28 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .121 | .171 | .121 | .293 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Nelson | 13 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .081 | .150 | .135 | .285 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Jones | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bedard | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Esteban Padron | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Swinchock | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hagins | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Burton | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 14 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .048 | .200 | .048 | .248 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Byrne | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1526 | 4816 | 4184 | 533 | 1022 | 150 | 39 | 60 | 453 | 130 | 38 | 488 | 929 | .244 | .329 | .342 | .671 | 1430 | 0 | 55 | 62 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Knaub | 1B | 113 | 780 | 75 | 14 | 88 | .984 | 7.566 | ||||
| Dave Gaynor | 1B | 33 | 153 | 14 | 5 | 17 | .971 | 5.061 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | 2B | 107 | 250 | 252 | 25 | 73 | .953 | 4.692 | ||||
| Rich Standart | 2B | 15 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Timothy Rajsich | 2B | 11 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 8 | .961 | 4.455 | ||||
| Carmelo Ybes | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 121 | 100 | 186 | 33 | 18 | .897 | 2.364 | ||||
| Rich Standart | 3B | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .815 | 1.571 | ||||
| Joseph Say | C | 46 | 304 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .980 | 7.304 | 12 | |||
| John Simontacchi | C | 45 | 234 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 5.533 | 21 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | C | 41 | 147 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .994 | 3.976 | 6 | |||
| Kala Kaaihue | C | 21 | 89 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 4.667 | 4 | |||
| Jamie Osorio | C | 20 | 116 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 6.150 | 10 | |||
| Victor Price | OF | 120 | 186 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .955 | 1.608 | ||||
| Tony Armas | OF | 111 | 165 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .956 | 1.550 | ||||
| Dave Gaynor | OF | 64 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.312 | ||||
| William Thomas | OF | 55 | 121 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 2.345 | ||||
| Omar Moreno | OF | 45 | 95 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 2.178 | ||||
| Rich Standart | OF | 21 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Carmelo Ybes | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy Rajsich | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Williams | P | 27 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.037 | ||||
| John Sullivan | P | 27 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .519 | ||||
| Rodney Davis | P | 25 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.320 | ||||
| Gary Abram | P | 25 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .520 | ||||
| Larry Demery | P | 24 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Richard Swinchock | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Stephen Hagen | P | 22 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .727 | ||||
| Michael Byrne | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Scott Johnson | P | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 13 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 2.308 | ||||
| Elliott Jones | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| Paul Burton | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| William Hagins | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .615 | .800 | ||||
| Esteban Padron | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .222 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Robert Kenny | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gordon Green | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gerard Thomas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Timothy Rajsich | SS | 71 | 109 | 201 | 27 | 50 | .920 | 4.366 | ||||
| Craig Reynolds | SS | 37 | 55 | 94 | 12 | 24 | .925 | 4.027 | ||||
| Rich Standart | SS | 19 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 8 | .928 | 3.368 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | SS | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 3.286 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 3177 | 1226 | 200 | 322 | .957 | 3.083 | 53 | 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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