1974 Gastonia Rangers Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
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
1974 Gastonia Rangers Roster

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.


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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
Mike Bacsik155.7504.242525720170.01839380115921212017
John Sutton128.6002.662424910169.0157745066811303010
Len Barker117.6113.342019950124.0101574625301403110
Lindsay Graham95.6432.6642000971.0612221328459408
Rich Shubert99.5002.512322611147.01316141293083407
Mark Tanner81.8893.20151151090.0824132528051306
Ray Rainbolt54.5563.072616301123.01195142550282504
Bobby Cuellar41.8003.6017000120.015118010022304
Don Bright45.4444.62383001076.0894539432154506
Gregory Keen301.0003.6710200027.0281711412016500
Drew Nickerson23.4006.05201000064.08051432331501015
Ed Nottle101.0000.002110010.06301004001
Richard Simon101.0002.7021000030.02813915017002
Wally Pontiff80.0
Wayne Popiolek009.00500014.04441203000
Totals8448.6363.4129613304010231125.010845434264747311832381900

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 Smith1315544967314118767321154852.284.350.385.735191155052
Gary Cooper1255484209713016435513811122.310.460.388.8481631310250
Dan Duran1335644807912922522994174116.269.371.473.84422765416
Glenn Arnett119533449861166102549117485.258.364.276.64012451810
Jonathan Astroth1215033917110721110787610451.274.423.409.83316042062
Donald Thomas1305074075410421010789118976.256.387.381.76715573086
Bobby Thompson11342136251871157522585296.240.334.356.69012951241
Donald Bodenhamer91342270456681127456049.244.384.293.6777973631
Daniel Cunningham77230197315190321442725.259.346.350.6976931230
James Grove85248224164060015301847.179.245.205.4504642310
Rich Shubert316662719302110017.306.328.452.78028120
John Weber186964614200411410.219.275.250.5251621000
Timothy Murphy5813910915134007102537.119.295.156.4511723020
Mike Bacsik257156410000400917.179.303.179.48210150
John Sutton337060710100200823.167.265.183.44811020
Len Barker20504106100300825.146.286.171.4567010
Mark Tanner1535246500120098.208.424.333.7588020
Don Bright3931271500021039.185.258.185.4435001
Ray Rainbolt26493833100200719.079.222.105.3274040
Gregory Keen10862200010022.333.500.333.8332000
Drew Nickerson2020122200000055.167.412.167.5782030
Ed Nottle2321100000011.500.667.5001.16710000
Richard Simon27323000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Bobby Cuellar17540000000013.000.200.000.2000000
Lindsay Graham421172000010022.000.222.000.2220020
Mark Mullen3660000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Totals1511508642166621061150246556214270742791.252.366.345.71114547339494018

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Dan Duran1B1331146631688.9879.090
Glenn Arnett1B11010.5001.000
Gary Cooper2B1172613201654.9734.966
Daniel Cunningham2B22464827.9794.273
James Grove2B233031.0003.000
Donald Thomas3B1271152062214.9362.528
Daniel Cunningham3B1071132.8571.800
Donald Bodenhamer3B324001.0002.000
Keith Smith3B110001.0001.000
Jonathan AstrothC10160565175.9756.63436
Timothy MurphyC532332071.9734.7747
Mark MullenC2141011.0007.5001
Keith SmithOF13120115131.9431.649
Glenn ArnettOF1182216132.9461.924
Bobby ThompsonOF10615614102.9441.604
Jonathan AstrothOF2719010.950.704
Daniel CunninghamOF2334232.9231.565
John WeberOF1726010.9631.529
James GroveOF110001.0001.000
Lindsay GrahamP4225001.000.167
Don BrightP386910.938.395
Ray RainboltP2642110.962.962
Mike BacsikP25112341.8951.360
John SuttonP24132732.9301.667
Rich ShubertP2362853.8721.478
Richard SimonP2112001.000.143
Drew NickersonP2061151.773.850
Len BarkerP201830.750.450
Bobby CuellarP1702001.000.118
Mark TannerP15220031.0001.467
Gregory KeenP1023001.000.500
Wally PontiffP8.000
Wayne PopiolekP50000.000
Ed NottleP212001.0001.500
Donald BodenhamerSS711272171939.9484.845
James GroveSS63771623023.8883.794
Gary CooperSS9153224.9595.222
Daniel CunninghamSS101001.0001.000
Totals143533661351198258.9603.2874400

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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