1974 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 74-62
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (74-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 110,350, Avg. 1,623
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 74 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Oaks led the league with 751 runs, fueled by 112 home runs. Iowa yielded 595 runs. Lamar Johnson paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Pete Varney, Joseph Talley and Bill Stein each walloped 15 or more, too. Lamar Johnson drove in 96 runs. Bill Stein topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. Joe Henderson and Stan Perzanowski paced the squad with 13 wins each, and Mike Hedlund recorded a 2.9 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Cy Acosta, Lloyd Allen, Dave Baldwin, Steve Blateric, Leon Brown, Mike Buskey, George Enright, Sam Ewing, Jim Geddes, Wayne Granger, Jerry Hairston, Mike Hedlund, Joe Henderson, Rich Hinton, Steve Huntz, Johnny Jeter, Bart Johnson, Lamar Johnson, Dave Lemonds, Jim McAndrew, Nyls Nyman, Jim Otten, Stan Perzanowski, Lee Richard, Bill Sharp, Bill Stein, Ken Tatum, Pete Varney and Hugh Yancy were all players from the 1974 Iowa Oaks who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Henderson | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.13 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 190.0 | 158 | 81 | 66 | 17 | 69 | 3 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stan Perzanowski | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.74 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 152.0 | 161 | 91 | 80 | 20 | 62 | 5 | 95 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Granger | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.24 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 111.0 | 114 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Otten | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.25 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 52 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rich Hinton | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.55 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 83.0 | 82 | 48 | 42 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Hedlund | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.90 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 152.0 | 149 | 81 | 49 | 16 | 38 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bart Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.33 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 64 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Butch Stinson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.32 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.45 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Geddes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.41 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Lemonds | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cy Acosta | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stan Evenhus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim McAndrew | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Tatum | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.92 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Leisman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.82 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 52 | .552 | 3.85 | 333 | 130 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 1045.7 | 1031 | 551 | 447 | 100 | 433 | 33 | 743 | 31 | 2 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stein | 135 | 594 | 543 | 107 | 178 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 86 | .328 | .373 | .505 | .877 | 274 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Lamar Johnson | 122 | 520 | 455 | 81 | 137 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 96 | 10 | 2 | 59 | 107 | .301 | .380 | .484 | .863 | 220 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Sam Ewing | 130 | 518 | 463 | 64 | 133 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 64 | .287 | .346 | .430 | .776 | 199 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Hugh Yancy | 122 | 521 | 450 | 75 | 129 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 43 | .287 | .361 | .387 | .747 | 174 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Joseph Talley | 125 | 499 | 383 | 83 | 125 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 105 | 95 | .326 | .469 | .535 | 1.004 | 205 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Tucker | 97 | 356 | 308 | 64 | 103 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 25 | .334 | .418 | .455 | .873 | 140 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Pete Varney | 96 | 390 | 347 | 57 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 77 | .274 | .344 | .478 | .823 | 166 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leon Brown | 93 | 309 | 292 | 35 | 85 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | .291 | .321 | .401 | .722 | 117 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lee Richard | 66 | 279 | 253 | 36 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 43 | .269 | .321 | .407 | .728 | 103 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Hairston | 42 | 188 | 140 | 31 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 24 | .379 | .519 | .586 | 1.104 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Sharp | 37 | 165 | 150 | 24 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .333 | .384 | .513 | .897 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 55 | 166 | 143 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 20 | .224 | .323 | .245 | .568 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 38 | 132 | 119 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 26 | .261 | .318 | .378 | .696 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dan Adams | 42 | 151 | 137 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 26 | .226 | .284 | .263 | .547 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cotton | 51 | 115 | 97 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .206 | .319 | .268 | .587 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Enright | 26 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .186 | .226 | .305 | .531 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Redmon | 23 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .192 | .232 | .192 | .424 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nyls Nyman | 12 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .140 | .208 | .186 | .394 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Toy McCord | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 | .333 | .412 | .745 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Huntz | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Sovern | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.250 | 1.750 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Henderson | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1351 | 5106 | 4469 | 749 | 1308 | 236 | 36 | 112 | 686 | 72 | 40 | 527 | 730 | .293 | .368 | .437 | .805 | 1952 | 0 | 26 | 46 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 119 | 1036 | 68 | 20 | 89 | .982 | 9.277 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 1B | 20 | 155 | 16 | 3 | 18 | .983 | 8.550 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 112 | 241 | 293 | 26 | 63 | .954 | 4.768 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 2B | 17 | 40 | 49 | 3 | 13 | .967 | 5.235 | ||||
| Lee Richard | 2B | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 7 | .923 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jim Redmon | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 3B | 107 | 56 | 203 | 13 | 16 | .952 | 2.421 | ||||
| Lee Richard | 3B | 27 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 6 | .952 | 2.926 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 3B | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Steve Huntz | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pete Varney | C | 86 | 517 | 51 | 4 | 6 | .993 | 6.605 | 9 | |||
| Bill Cotton | C | 50 | 186 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 3.980 | 9 | |||
| George Enright | C | 26 | 135 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 5.808 | 3 | |||
| Jeff Sovern | C | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 11.000 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Talley | OF | 116 | 171 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 1.560 | ||||
| Leon Brown | OF | 84 | 145 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .938 | 1.798 | ||||
| Bobby Tucker | OF | 78 | 113 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .953 | 1.551 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | OF | 50 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.180 | ||||
| Bill Sharp | OF | 37 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 2.378 | ||||
| Bill Stein | OF | 28 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | OF | 28 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.750 | ||||
| Nyls Nyman | OF | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rich Hinton | P | 48 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .271 | ||||
| Wayne Granger | P | 33 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.121 | ||||
| Mike Hedlund | P | 31 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .886 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Perzanowski | P | 27 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .889 | 1.481 | ||||
| Joe Henderson | P | 27 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Dave Lemonds | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bart Johnson | P | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .889 | ||||
| David Leisman | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Butch Stinson | P | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Geddes | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Ken Tatum | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Dave Baldwin | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jim McAndrew | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Stan Evenhus | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Cy Acosta | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Adams | SS | 41 | 61 | 112 | 6 | 12 | .966 | 4.220 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 37 | 65 | 110 | 12 | 22 | .936 | 4.730 | ||||
| Lee Richard | SS | 33 | 58 | 96 | 10 | 22 | .939 | 4.667 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | SS | 28 | 35 | 75 | 5 | 15 | .957 | 3.929 | ||||
| Steve Huntz | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jim Redmon | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1493 | 3395 | 1405 | 172 | 302 | .965 | 3.215 | 21 | 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.
