1974 Gastonia Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 84-48
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Rich Donnelly (84-48)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 18,977, Avg. 288
The Gastonia Rangers of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1974 season with a record of 84 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Rangers topped the league with 663 runs. Gastonia allowed 550 runs. Dan Duran led the team with 22 home runs and recorded 99 runs batted in. Gary Cooper paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .310. Mike Bacsik paced the squad with 15 wins, while Rich Shubert recorded a 2.51 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
John Sutton, Keith Smith, Mike Bacsik, Bobby Cuellar, Bobby Thompson, Dan Duran and Len Barker were all players from the 1974 Gastonia Rangers who played in the Majors during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bacsik | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.24 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 183 | 93 | 80 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 17 | ||
| John Sutton | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.66 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 157 | 74 | 50 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Len Barker | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.34 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 124.0 | 101 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 140 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Lindsay Graham | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.66 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 71.0 | 61 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Rich Shubert | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.51 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 147.0 | 131 | 61 | 41 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mark Tanner | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.20 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 82 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Rainbolt | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.07 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 119 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Cuellar | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.60 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Don Bright | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.62 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 76.0 | 89 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gregory Keen | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drew Nickerson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.05 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 80 | 51 | 43 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Ed Nottle | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Simon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wally Pontiff | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Popiolek | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 48 | .636 | 3.41 | 296 | 133 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 23 | 1125.0 | 1084 | 543 | 426 | 47 | 473 | 11 | 832 | 38 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Smith | 131 | 554 | 496 | 73 | 141 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 21 | 15 | 48 | 52 | .284 | .350 | .385 | .735 | 191 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Gary Cooper | 125 | 548 | 420 | 97 | 130 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 111 | 22 | .310 | .460 | .388 | .848 | 163 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Duran | 133 | 564 | 480 | 79 | 129 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 116 | .269 | .371 | .473 | .844 | 227 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Glenn Arnett | 119 | 533 | 449 | 86 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 74 | 85 | .258 | .364 | .276 | .640 | 124 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Astroth | 121 | 503 | 391 | 71 | 107 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 104 | 51 | .274 | .423 | .409 | .833 | 160 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Donald Thomas | 130 | 507 | 407 | 54 | 104 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 78 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 76 | .256 | .387 | .381 | .767 | 155 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Bobby Thompson | 113 | 421 | 362 | 51 | 87 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 25 | 8 | 52 | 96 | .240 | .334 | .356 | .690 | 129 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Donald Bodenhamer | 91 | 342 | 270 | 45 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 49 | .244 | .384 | .293 | .677 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Daniel Cunningham | 77 | 230 | 197 | 31 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 25 | .259 | .346 | .350 | .697 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| James Grove | 85 | 248 | 224 | 16 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 47 | .179 | .245 | .205 | .450 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Shubert | 31 | 66 | 62 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .306 | .328 | .452 | .780 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Weber | 18 | 69 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .219 | .275 | .250 | .525 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Murphy | 58 | 139 | 109 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 37 | .119 | .295 | .156 | .451 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Bacsik | 25 | 71 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .179 | .303 | .179 | .482 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Sutton | 33 | 70 | 60 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .167 | .265 | .183 | .448 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Len Barker | 20 | 50 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .146 | .286 | .171 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Tanner | 15 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .208 | .424 | .333 | .758 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Bright | 39 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .185 | .258 | .185 | .443 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Rainbolt | 26 | 49 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .079 | .222 | .105 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Keen | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drew Nickerson | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .167 | .412 | .167 | .578 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ed Nottle | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Simon | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Cuellar | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindsay Graham | 42 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Mullen | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1511 | 5086 | 4216 | 662 | 1061 | 150 | 24 | 65 | 562 | 142 | 70 | 742 | 791 | .252 | .366 | .345 | .711 | 1454 | 73 | 39 | 49 | 40 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Duran | 1B | 133 | 1146 | 63 | 16 | 88 | .987 | 9.090 | ||||
| Glenn Arnett | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Cooper | 2B | 117 | 261 | 320 | 16 | 54 | .973 | 4.966 | ||||
| Daniel Cunningham | 2B | 22 | 46 | 48 | 2 | 7 | .979 | 4.273 | ||||
| James Grove | 2B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Donald Thomas | 3B | 127 | 115 | 206 | 22 | 14 | .936 | 2.528 | ||||
| Daniel Cunningham | 3B | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 1.800 | ||||
| Donald Bodenhamer | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Smith | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jonathan Astroth | C | 101 | 605 | 65 | 17 | 5 | .975 | 6.634 | 36 | |||
| Timothy Murphy | C | 53 | 233 | 20 | 7 | 1 | .973 | 4.774 | 7 | |||
| Mark Mullen | C | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 1 | |||
| Keith Smith | OF | 131 | 201 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .943 | 1.649 | ||||
| Glenn Arnett | OF | 118 | 221 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .946 | 1.924 | ||||
| Bobby Thompson | OF | 106 | 156 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .944 | 1.604 | ||||
| Jonathan Astroth | OF | 27 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .704 | ||||
| Daniel Cunningham | OF | 23 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.565 | ||||
| John Weber | OF | 17 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| James Grove | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lindsay Graham | P | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Don Bright | P | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .395 | ||||
| Ray Rainbolt | P | 26 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .962 | ||||
| Mike Bacsik | P | 25 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .895 | 1.360 | ||||
| John Sutton | P | 24 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rich Shubert | P | 23 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .872 | 1.478 | ||||
| Richard Simon | P | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Drew Nickerson | P | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .773 | .850 | ||||
| Len Barker | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .450 | ||||
| Bobby Cuellar | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Mark Tanner | P | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Gregory Keen | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wally Pontiff | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Popiolek | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Nottle | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Donald Bodenhamer | SS | 71 | 127 | 217 | 19 | 39 | .948 | 4.845 | ||||
| James Grove | SS | 63 | 77 | 162 | 30 | 23 | .888 | 3.794 | ||||
| Gary Cooper | SS | 9 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 5.222 | ||||
| Daniel Cunningham | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1435 | 3366 | 1351 | 198 | 258 | .960 | 3.287 | 44 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
