1975 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 56-79
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (56-79)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 108,165, Avg. 1,602
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1975 season with a record of 56 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Oaks plated 516 runs and gave up 599 runs. Roe Skidmore paced Iowa with 14 home runs Art Gardner drove in 54 runs. Roe Skidmore led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .265 clip. Paul Siebert topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.9 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1975 Iowa Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Paul Siebert, Mike Easler, Rafael Batista, Jesus de la Rosa, Jerry DaVanon, Joe Niekro, Al Javier, Rick Williams, Ramón de los Santos, Mike Cosgrove, Larry Milbourne, Dan Larson, Jim York, Art Gardner, Ray Busse, Mike Nagy, Alex Taveras, Jim Crawford, Roe Skidmore, Bob Didier, Mike Stanton, Jim Driscoll, Bob Gallagher, Scipio Spinks and Luke Walker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Siebert | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.90 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 194.0 | 200 | 90 | 84 | 13 | 55 | 4 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Luke Walker | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.33 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 124 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.12 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 95 | 56 | 49 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.66 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 64.0 | 57 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Larson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.69 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 13 | 45 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Selak | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.38 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 97 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Roznovsky | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.35 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122.0 | 120 | 71 | 59 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.68 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.64 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 89.0 | 88 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.62 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim York | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 45.0 | 44 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Cosgrove | 2 | 6 | .250 | 7.33 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Williams | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.06 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 49 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Crawford | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Nagy | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scipio Spinks | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 79 | .415 | 3.99 | 347 | 135 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 1149.0 | 1144 | 599 | 510 | 82 | 563 | 40 | 800 | 43 | 9 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Gardner | 135 | 570 | 518 | 66 | 136 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 72 | .263 | .315 | .371 | .686 | 192 | 9 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Alex Taveras | 135 | 574 | 489 | 58 | 125 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 60 | 61 | .256 | .336 | .303 | .638 | 148 | 2 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Roe Skidmore | 111 | 451 | 412 | 41 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 67 | .265 | .322 | .417 | .739 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry DaVanon | 90 | 378 | 309 | 53 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 57 | 27 | .311 | .421 | .385 | .806 | 119 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Didier | 109 | 392 | 354 | 30 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 29 | .251 | .310 | .311 | .621 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bob Gallagher | 79 | 319 | 286 | 36 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 50 | .280 | .346 | .357 | .703 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| George Pena | 99 | 344 | 288 | 33 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 66 | .240 | .356 | .403 | .758 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 71 | 249 | 235 | 24 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 50 | .260 | .297 | .396 | .693 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 94 | 297 | 277 | 25 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 43 | .217 | .253 | .267 | .521 | 74 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Driscoll | 75 | 260 | 210 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 38 | .205 | .337 | .281 | .618 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Rima | 35 | 111 | 100 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .270 | .333 | .290 | .623 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Batista | 23 | 96 | 87 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .218 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Milbourne | 24 | 86 | 77 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .221 | .274 | .325 | .598 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Al Javier | 13 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .267 | .292 | .422 | .714 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rod Boone | 16 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .196 | .283 | .304 | .587 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John McLaren | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .571 | .750 | 1.286 | 2.036 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 12 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .150 | .261 | .200 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim York | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Walker | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1234 | 4271 | 3766 | 434 | 961 | 160 | 21 | 51 | 381 | 96 | 57 | 395 | 564 | .255 | .329 | .349 | .678 | 1316 | 0 | 33 | 45 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roe Skidmore | 1B | 108 | 918 | 72 | 8 | 71 | .992 | 9.167 | ||||
| Ray Busse | 1B | 14 | 113 | 14 | 5 | 8 | .962 | 9.071 | ||||
| Rafael Batista | 1B | 12 | 115 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| George Pena | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 79 | 159 | 184 | 15 | 36 | .958 | 4.342 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | 2B | 28 | 52 | 69 | 3 | 14 | .976 | 4.321 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | 2B | 21 | 33 | 47 | 8 | 8 | .909 | 3.810 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 20 | 31 | 54 | 4 | 9 | .955 | 4.250 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 3B | 66 | 51 | 129 | 14 | 6 | .928 | 2.727 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | 3B | 41 | 23 | 68 | 6 | 9 | .938 | 2.220 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 3B | 7 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 3B | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bob Didier | C | 95 | 571 | 61 | 11 | 5 | .983 | 6.653 | 13 | |||
| George Pena | C | 52 | 258 | 19 | 7 | 7 | .975 | 5.327 | 7 | |||
| John McLaren | C | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 1 | |||
| Rod Boone | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Art Gardner | OF | 134 | 286 | 21 | 10 | 6 | .968 | 2.291 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | OF | 78 | 138 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.821 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 59 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.542 | ||||
| Al Javier | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
| Tom Rima | OF | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| George Pena | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 48 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .396 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | P | 41 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .897 | .634 | ||||
| Ronald Roznovsky | P | 35 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .905 | 1.086 | ||||
| Jim York | P | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .387 | ||||
| Paul Siebert | P | 30 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.100 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .321 | ||||
| Luke Walker | P | 20 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .235 | ||||
| Ron Selak | P | 16 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dan Larson | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Joe Niekro | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Nagy | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scipio Spinks | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Crawford | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Taveras | SS | 133 | 207 | 385 | 33 | 75 | .947 | 4.451 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1347 | 3219 | 1384 | 156 | 277 | .967 | 3.417 | 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.
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