1971 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 84-55
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (84-55)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 156,668, Avg. 2,254

1971 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 84 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Indians gave up 469 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Indianapolis plated 576 runs. Bill Plummer paced the squad with 17 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Darrel Chaney led batters with significant playing time with a .277 average. Pedro Borbón topped the squad with 12 wins, while Pat Osburn recorded a 2.51 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Dave Tomlin, Greg Garrett, Dick Kenworthy, Bill Harrelson, Ángel Bravo, Jim Qualls, Sonny Ruberto, Ed Sprague, Kurt Bevacqua, Milt Wilcox, Wayne Simpson, Jim Cosman, Danny Godby, Bill Plummer, Vern Geishert, Mel Behney, Pat Osburn, Billy Harris, Ross Grimsley, Dick Baney, Mike Davison, Darrel Chaney, Pedro Borbón, Tony Muser, Willie Smith, Elvio Jiménez and Ozzie Osborn were all players from the 1971 Indianapolis Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.

Vern Rapp 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
Pedro Borbón	12	6	.667	3.06	56	0		0	0	9	97.0	101	34	33	8	20	6	75	5	0	2
Dick Baney	9	4	.692	3.49	18	17		6	0	0	111.0	112	51	43	8	37	3	51	3	0	2
Ed Sprague	9	6	.600	3.25	39	19		5	0	5	155.0	156	65	56	11	68	9	112	7	1	11
Mel Behney	9	9	.500	3.28	24	24		8	2	0	137.0	135	56	50	10	42	0	79	2	2	12
Milt Wilcox	8	5	.615	2.21	16	15		4	3	0	102.0	84	29	25	5	22	1	62	0	1	2
Pat Osburn	8	8	.500	2.51	27	27		5	2	0	154.0	128	50	43	8	78	5	125	7	1	3
Dave Tomlin	7	4	.636	2.21	41	0		0	0	4	61.0	46	19	15	6	24	6	50	1	0	2
Ross Grimsley	6	0	1.000	2.93	6	6		3	1	0	43.0	31	15	14	3	8	1	40	0	1	2
Ozzie Osborn	4	4	.500	3.07	38	5		0	0	3	88.0	76	37	30	7	38	6	64	4	0	4
Jim Cosman	3	2	.600	2.70	40	1		0	0	9	90.0	69	30	27	5	40	8	55	5	0	5
Vern Geishert	3	2	.600	3.82	7	7		1	0	0	33.0	29	14	14	2	11	2	14	0	0	2
Wayne Simpson	2	0	1.000	3.71	6	6		1	0	0	34.0	34	16	14	2	21	0	24	0	1	0
Greg Garrett	2	1	.667	4.05	9	8		0	0	0	40.0	35	21	18	3	26	2	25	0	1	2
Mike Davison	1	0	1.000	2.61	21	0		0	0	2	38.0	36	14	11	4	16	0	25	0	0	2
Bill Harrelson	1	2	.333	4.50	9	3		0	0	1	22.0	15	13	11	0	22	0	10	1	0	7
Willie Smith	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
Joe DiFabio	0	2	.000	15.00	2	2		0	0	0	3.0	7	7	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	84	55	.604	3.04	360	140	0	33	8	33	1210.0	1094	471	409	82	477	49	817	35	8	59	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
Darrel Chaney	120	522	459	73	127	17	9	3	38	8	3	51	82	.277	.349	.373	.721	171		3	3	6
Bill Plummer	104	425	372	50	99	15	5	17	65	2	3	44	89	.266	.348	.470	.818	175		4	2	3
Sonny Ruberto	105	349	322	23	94	11	1	5	37	3	4	21	39	.292	.334	.379	.713	122		1	2	3
Willie Smith	77	295	259	50	91	15	3	8	43	1	1	33	48	.351	.425	.525	.950	136		1	1	1
Tony Muser	85	348	310	36	91	10	3	3	31	0	2	35	27	.294	.368	.374	.742	116		2	0	1
Alfred Crawford	100	349	321	39	86	13	4	4	33	10	5	17	59	.268	.316	.371	.687	119		7	1	3
Jim Qualls	94	369	340	40	86	15	4	5	33	4	8	21	54	.253	.296	.365	.661	124		1	4	3
Danny Godby	107	320	297	39	85	11	2	4	27	10	6	19	46	.286	.332	.377	.709	112		2	1	1
Elvio Jiménez	97	317	297	29	80	9	1	8	32	1	2	15	31	.269	.304	.387	.691	115		1	1	3
Chico DeCastris	114	365	325	44	78	16	4	7	25	3	5	33	68	.240	.315	.378	.693	123		3	3	1
Gregg Slape	102	351	306	40	69	10	4	8	41	6	5	36	55	.225	.307	.363	.670	111		2	3	4
Dick Kenworthy	92	263	238	26	58	11	0	6	38	1	3	22	47	.244	.308	.366	.674	87		1	0	2
Billy Harris	86	261	225	26	45	9	1	1	19	5	0	33	72	.200	.299	.262	.561	59		0	0	3
Bill Ferguson	27	79	66	10	18	2	1	2	8	3	1	12	17	.273	.392	.424	.817	28		1	0	0
Ángel Bravo	15	43	41	7	11	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	4	.268	.302	.317	.619	13		0	0	0
Mel Behney	24	49	44	5	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.227	.277	.250	.527	11		0	2	0
Ed Sprague	39	54	49	3	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	16	.204	.250	.224	.474	11		1	2	0
Dick Baney	18	47	44	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.205	.222	.227	.449	10		0	2	0
Milt Wilcox	16	39	36	6	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	.222	.263	.306	.569	11		0	1	0
Pedro Borbón	56	18	16	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.375	.412	.375	.787	6		0	1	0
Pat Osburn	29	53	44	6	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	18	.091	.184	.091	.275	4		0	4	0
Mike Davison	22	10	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733	3		0	0	0
Wayne Simpson	7	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.231	.462	3		0	1	0
Ozzie Osborn	40	21	19	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.263	.421	5		0	2	0
Bill Harrelson	10	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	3		0	0	0
Dave Tomlin	41	12	11	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.273	.523	3		0	0	0
Ross Grimsley	6	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.125	.222	.125	.347	2		0	0	0
Ray Borowicz	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Vern Geishert	7	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	3	0
Greg Garrett	10	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	1	0
Jim Cosman	40	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.056	.105	.056	.161	1		0	1	0
Totals	1691	5049	4528	565	1184	172	44	81	500	61	48	416	849	.261	.325	.373	.698	1687	0	30	41	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tony Muser	1B	83	720	42	6	73	.992	9.181
Willie Smith	1B	58	449	38	1	41	.998	8.397
Ángel Bravo	1B	4	21	3	1	3	.960	6.000
Billy Harris	1B	2	5	0	0	1	1.000	2.500
Bill Plummer	1B	1	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.000
Dick Kenworthy	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jim Qualls	2B	88	194	262	17	54	.964	5.182
Billy Harris	2B	40	76	94	4	21	.977	4.250
Sonny Ruberto	2B	26	47	55	5	13	.953	3.923
Dick Kenworthy	3B	67	59	94	4	9	.975	2.284
Billy Harris	3B	30	21	46	3	9	.957	2.233
Sonny Ruberto	3B	27	13	34	2	8	.959	1.741
Bill Plummer	3B	9	2	11	0	1	1.000	1.444
Gregg Slape	3B	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jim Qualls	3B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Bill Ferguson	3B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Bill Plummer	C	95	559	55	9	7	.986	6.463	8
Sonny Ruberto	C	40	177	25	3	5	.985	5.050	3
Bill Ferguson	C	21	124	6	1	0	.992	6.190	1
Chico DeCastris	OF	104	170	7	6	1	.967	1.702
Gregg Slape	OF	98	155	6	5	0	.970	1.643
Danny Godby	OF	97	167	4	2	1	.988	1.763
Alfred Crawford	OF	90	167	8	5	1	.972	1.944
Elvio Jiménez	OF	84	114	3	5	0	.959	1.393
Willie Smith	OF	13	24	0	1	0	.960	1.846
Ángel Bravo	OF	8	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Jim Qualls	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Pedro Borbón	P	56	8	12	1	2	.952	.357
Dave Tomlin	P	41	7	13	0	1	1.000	.488
Jim Cosman	P	40	7	22	2	3	.935	.725
Ed Sprague	P	39	7	26	2	0	.943	.846
Ozzie Osborn	P	38	6	20	2	7	.929	.684
Pat Osburn	P	27	12	28	0	1	1.000	1.481
Mel Behney	P	24	4	23	2	1	.931	1.125
Mike Davison	P	21	2	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Dick Baney	P	18	5	15	2	2	.909	1.111
Milt Wilcox	P	16	9	17	1	1	.963	1.625
Bill Harrelson	P	9	2	2	0	0	1.000	.444
Greg Garrett	P	9	2	5	0	1	1.000	.778
Vern Geishert	P	7	1	5	0	0	1.000	.857
Wayne Simpson	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Ross Grimsley	P	6	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.667
Joe DiFabio	P	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Willie Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Darrel Chaney	SS	120	215	346	24	73	.959	4.675
Sonny Ruberto	SS	17	28	39	6	10	.918	3.941
Billy Harris	SS	3	4	1	0	1	1.000	1.667
Ray Borowicz	SS	1	0	4	0	1	1.000	4.000
Totals		1598	3623	1396	122	355	.976	3.141	12	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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