1973 Gastonia Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 74-54
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Rich Donnelly (74-54)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 18,696, Avg. 292
Playoffs - Spartanburg Phillies 2 games, Gastonia Rangers 0
The Gastonia Rangers of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 74 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Rangers plated 587 runs, tops in the circuit. Gastonia conceded 498 runs. Doug Ault paced the team with 19 home runs and recorded 88 runs batted in. Mike Hargrove led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .351. Jeff Scott topped the squad with 14 wins, while Wade Frye earned a 2.49 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1973 Gastonia Rangers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Doug Ault, Bobby Thompson, Brian Doyle and Mike Hargrove.
Rich Donnelly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Scott | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.83 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 181.0 | 169 | 68 | 57 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Michael Steen | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.36 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 147 | 85 | 64 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Wade Frye | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.49 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.0 | 92 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| John Brown | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.88 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 71 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Larry Brooks | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.03 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 83 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Larry Mohme | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.10 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 96 | 65 | 56 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Randy Fairbanks | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.65 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 66 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Wayne Popiolek | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.47 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 51.0 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Amason | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.78 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Miller | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.41 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 67 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Raynor | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.82 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 102.0 | 80 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ed Nottle | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Spence | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 74 | 54 | .578 | 3.27 | 261 | 130 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 24 | 1097.0 | 966 | 498 | 398 | 38 | 488 | 11 | 781 | 50 | 4 | 90 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hargrove | 130 | 537 | 456 | 88 | 160 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 68 | 47 | .351 | .437 | .542 | .979 | 247 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Doug Ault | 130 | 532 | 464 | 66 | 128 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 78 | .276 | .353 | .468 | .821 | 217 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bradley Fulk | 113 | 460 | 398 | 69 | 108 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 69 | .271 | .357 | .334 | .692 | 133 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Pascarella | 101 | 389 | 336 | 46 | 86 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 65 | .256 | .332 | .384 | .716 | 129 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Brian Doyle | 95 | 394 | 329 | 52 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 25 | .225 | .344 | .264 | .608 | 87 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Theodore Savia | 103 | 357 | 294 | 44 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 56 | .221 | .347 | .252 | .598 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Ujdur | 78 | 295 | 253 | 34 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 70 | .221 | .316 | .328 | .644 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Daniels | 69 | 279 | 225 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 44 | 43 | .222 | .358 | .293 | .651 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mel Barrow | 71 | 266 | 217 | 26 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 48 | .194 | .336 | .286 | .622 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Thompson | 49 | 173 | 153 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 55 | .235 | .320 | .288 | .607 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Mullen | 63 | 218 | 178 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 44 | .197 | .326 | .247 | .573 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Noe | 59 | 143 | 126 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 37 | .190 | .270 | .254 | .523 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Grove | 37 | 141 | 118 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 37 | .161 | .261 | .195 | .456 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jack Crable | 32 | 134 | 104 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 26 | .173 | .338 | .260 | .598 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mohme | 25 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .292 | .346 | .396 | .742 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Steen | 24 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .213 | .278 | .234 | .512 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Scott | 25 | 76 | 63 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .143 | .236 | .175 | .411 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Christopher Brown | 20 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .222 | .378 | .250 | .628 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Frye | 16 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .143 | .184 | .200 | .384 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Brooks | 18 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .154 | .258 | .192 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| James Raynor | 22 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .133 | .161 | .200 | .361 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Kobi | 6 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .231 | .450 | .231 | .681 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Brown | 17 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .094 | .171 | .094 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Popiolek | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Miller | 33 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Fairbanks | 19 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .074 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Amason | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Nottle | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1421 | 4789 | 4044 | 585 | 968 | 159 | 23 | 59 | 465 | 145 | 46 | 595 | 849 | .239 | .340 | .334 | .674 | 1350 | 0 | 42 | 69 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hargrove | 1B | 130 | 1121 | 77 | 14 | 118 | .988 | 9.215 | ||||
| Doug Ault | 1B | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 2B | 73 | 198 | 198 | 15 | 60 | .964 | 5.425 | ||||
| David Daniels | 2B | 59 | 130 | 153 | 21 | 48 | .931 | 4.797 | ||||
| Jim Pascarella | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bradley Fulk | 2B | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Bradley Fulk | 3B | 87 | 91 | 183 | 21 | 25 | .929 | 3.149 | ||||
| Jim Pascarella | 3B | 32 | 29 | 66 | 11 | 10 | .896 | 2.969 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 3B | 11 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .829 | 2.636 | ||||
| James Kobi | 3B | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Vincent Ujdur | C | 76 | 498 | 42 | 11 | 1 | .980 | 7.105 | 29 | |||
| Mark Mullen | C | 57 | 316 | 30 | 10 | 4 | .972 | 6.070 | 19 | |||
| Doug Ault | OF | 130 | 168 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 1.362 | ||||
| Theodore Savia | OF | 95 | 169 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .962 | 1.874 | ||||
| Jim Pascarella | OF | 63 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.381 | ||||
| Bobby Thompson | OF | 48 | 107 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 2.625 | ||||
| Ronald Noe | OF | 41 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.341 | ||||
| Jack Crable | OF | 32 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Christopher Brown | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Mullen | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mel Barrow | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Popiolek | P | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .273 | ||||
| Michael Miller | P | 33 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .576 | ||||
| William Amason | P | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .179 | ||||
| Jeff Scott | P | 24 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 2.125 | ||||
| Michael Steen | P | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .824 | 1.273 | ||||
| James Raynor | P | 22 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.227 | ||||
| Larry Mohme | P | 21 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| Randy Fairbanks | P | 19 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | .421 | ||||
| Larry Brooks | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| John Brown | P | 17 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Wade Frye | P | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Nottle | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| David Spence | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mel Barrow | SS | 66 | 80 | 171 | 19 | 41 | .930 | 3.803 | ||||
| James Grove | SS | 34 | 44 | 105 | 9 | 17 | .943 | 4.382 | ||||
| Bradley Fulk | SS | 23 | 39 | 57 | 11 | 9 | .897 | 4.174 | ||||
| David Daniels | SS | 7 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 3.571 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | SS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Kobi | SS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1358 | 3285 | 1349 | 201 | 359 | .958 | 3.412 | 48 | 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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