1972 Jacksonville Suns Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (64-75)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 47,168, Avg. 679

1972 Jacksonville Suns Roster

The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Suns led the circuit with just 527 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 471 runs. Thomas Joyce paced the team with 16 home runs, and Frank Ortenzio walloped 15 or more also. Frank Ortenzio and Tom Poquette each drove in 51 runs. Tom Poquette topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .251 clip. Al Autry paced the squad with 11 wins, while Doug Bird earned a 2.43 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Frank White, Frank Ortenzio, Scott Northey, Al Autry, Al Cowens, John Sullivan, Tom Poquette, John Wathan and Doug Bird were all players from the 1972 Jacksonville Suns who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Billy Gardner 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
Al Autry	11	13	.458	3.33	29	29		7	1	0	184.0	152	79	68	18	76	6	173	6	1	5
Doug Bird	10	7	.588	2.43	24	18		5	2	1	122.0	117	43	33	7	32	5	72	1	0	2
Greg Chlan	9	6	.600	2.59	33	12		5	0	0	139.0	116	50	40	9	45	8	99	3	0	6
Whitey Reid	9	8	.529	3.11	29	25		7	3	1	159.0	135	67	55	10	52	5	131	3	0	6
Fernando Vega	7	7	.500	3.88	30	16		1	1	1	109.0	112	56	47	9	28	1	59	4	0	0
John Gaylord	7	10	.412	3.37	31	21		5	2	1	115.0	102	55	43	13	57	3	79	2	2	6
Hal Baird	3	3	.500	3.38	44	1		0	0	6	56.0	45	24	21	4	35	6	51	0	0	3
Dick Balderson	3	3	.500	3.72	40	4		1	1	4	75.0	61	35	31	10	26	9	48	2	0	2
Wallace Smallwood	3	5	.375	3.51	37	3		0	0	7	59.0	61	29	23	6	24	8	46	1	1	1
Guy Hansen	2	1	.667	3.71	34	0		0	0	2	63.0	62	33	26	3	35	10	43	2	0	6
John Sullivan	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Isom	0	3	.000	4.91	5	4		0	0	1	22.0	18	14	12	2	15	1	17	1	0	2
Vaughn Kovach	0	4	.000	3.91	41	0		0	0	2	53.0	35	24	23	1	35	6	28	4	1	1
Ed Assaf	0	5	.000	4.80	6	6		0	0	0	30.0	38	18	16	3	11	1	19	4	0	2
Totals	64	75	.460	3.32	384	139	0	31	10	26	1188.0	1054	527	438	95	471	69	865	33	5	42	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
Tom Poquette	126	502	451	49	113	25	3	6	51	1	1	39	38	.251	.314	.359	.673	162		5	2	5
Scott Northey	130	499	447	51	103	9	2	6	24	6	5	44	97	.230	.300	.300	.600	134		2	2	4
Thomas Joyce	125	488	437	53	94	21	4	16	49	4	1	40	100	.215	.291	.391	.682	171		7	3	1
Frank White	91	372	333	34	84	12	2	2	23	13	3	31	51	.252	.316	.318	.635	106		2	2	4
Frank Ortenzio	70	299	251	47	80	21	1	15	51	0	0	41	43	.319	.411	.590	1.001	148		2	0	5
Calvin Meier	80	314	270	31	67	8	2	1	24	1	0	38	30	.248	.346	.304	.650	82		3	2	1
John Sullivan	88	256	220	19	56	11	0	3	32	1	0	31	11	.255	.344	.345	.689	76		1	0	4
Thomas Combs	87	241	218	18	54	7	1	0	19	0	1	20	44	.248	.317	.289	.606	63		2	1	0
Thomas Crichton	70	256	220	25	48	5	2	4	17	2	1	29	39	.218	.316	.314	.630	69		3	3	1
Ken O'Donnell	82	262	222	19	43	4	0	0	13	1	0	37	31	.194	.308	.212	.519	47		0	2	1
Tom Harmon	58	223	209	15	42	8	0	4	17	0	0	12	20	.201	.248	.297	.544	62		1	1	0
Ken Huebner	52	166	154	11	38	4	1	1	18	0	0	9	11	.247	.283	.305	.588	47		0	0	3
Dan Haynes	43	158	145	15	30	1	2	2	13	0	0	9	28	.207	.261	.283	.544	41		2	1	1
Jack Woolsey	42	121	111	18	27	7	4	0	10	2	1	7	21	.243	.294	.378	.672	42		1	2	0
Al Cowens	35	131	120	17	24	2	1	4	9	2	0	9	27	.200	.262	.333	.595	40		1	1	0
Steve McMillan	34	134	120	11	23	2	0	1	4	0	1	12	21	.192	.269	.233	.502	28		1	0	1
John Wathan	16	62	54	6	17	3	1	0	3	1	1	6	6	.315	.393	.407	.801	22		1	1	0
Lloyd Lightfoot	36	123	106	10	17	1	0	0	9	0	0	15	17	.160	.270	.170	.440	18		1	1	0
Al Autry	29	66	55	8	9	0	0	3	4	0	0	8	29	.164	.270	.327	.597	18		0	3	0
John Gaylord	32	40	39	0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.205	.200	.205	.405	8		0	0	1
Whitey Reid	29	59	51	4	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	21	.137	.185	.157	.342	8		0	5	0
Jorge Rivera	9	26	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.192	.192	.192	.385	5		0	0	0
Jack Fleming	10	14	14	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.357	.643	5		0	0	0
Doug Bird	24	44	42	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.095	.095	.119	.214	5		0	2	0
Guy Hansen	34	9	6	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	.625	1.167	1.792	7		0	1	0
Dick Balderson	40	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	0	0
Wallace Smallwood	40	19	17	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.235	.458	4		0	1	0
Curtis Isom	6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0
Greg Chlan	35	51	43	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	23	.023	.143	.023	.166	1		0	2	0
Hal Baird	44	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	1	0
Fernando Vega	30	35	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.000	.061	.000	.061	0		0	2	0
Vaughn Kovach	41	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ed Assaf	6	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1674	5021	4459	471	1008	156	26	69	407	34	15	452	780	.226	.300	.319	.619	1423	0	35	43	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Ortenzio	1B	70	636	41	8	59	.988	9.671
Dan Haynes	1B	42	370	16	1	25	.997	9.190
Ken Huebner	1B	21	192	16	1	18	.995	9.905
Thomas Joyce	1B	5	40	6	1	4	.979	9.200
John Sullivan	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Thomas Crichton	1B	1	7	2	0	2	1.000	9.000
Thomas Joyce	2B	94	195	257	15	57	.968	4.809
Ken O'Donnell	2B	51	135	127	7	28	.974	5.137
Calvin Meier	3B	77	60	191	13	19	.951	3.260
Steve McMillan	3B	33	21	63	2	5	.977	2.545
Thomas Joyce	3B	29	16	73	9	8	.908	3.069
Thomas Crichton	3B	3	6	10	3	1	.842	5.333
John Sullivan	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
John Sullivan	C	64	389	30	4	1	.991	6.547	1
Tom Harmon	C	56	352	23	5	3	.987	6.696	8
John Wathan	C	16	111	7	4	0	.967	7.375	3
Jorge Rivera	C	7	35	4	0	0	1.000	5.571	1
Jack Fleming	C	6	25	5	2	0	.938	5.000	4
Tom Poquette	OF	120	159	13	12	3	.935	1.433
Scott Northey	OF	120	246	16	6	2	.978	2.183
Thomas Crichton	OF	63	81	3	5	1	.944	1.333
Thomas Combs	OF	59	98	3	0	0	1.000	1.712
Al Cowens	OF	32	48	5	2	1	.964	1.656
Jack Woolsey	OF	28	38	0	0	0	1.000	1.357
Ken Huebner	OF	22	28	3	1	0	.969	1.409
Hal Baird	P	44	1	13	0	0	1.000	.318
Vaughn Kovach	P	41	4	11	2	0	.882	.366
Dick Balderson	P	40	9	17	2	0	.929	.650
Wallace Smallwood	P	37	3	7	1	0	.909	.270
Guy Hansen	P	34	1	6	1	0	.875	.206
Greg Chlan	P	33	9	10	1	0	.950	.576
John Gaylord	P	31	7	22	2	1	.935	.935
Fernando Vega	P	30	11	13	1	0	.960	.800
Whitey Reid	P	29	6	25	2	1	.939	1.069
Al Autry	P	29	11	18	3	0	.906	1.000
Doug Bird	P	24	8	20	3	3	.903	1.167
Ed Assaf	P	6	0	3	1	0	.750	.500
Curtis Isom	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
John Sullivan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank White	SS	91	124	306	31	47	.933	4.725
Lloyd Lightfoot	SS	36	52	96	15	12	.908	4.111
Ken O'Donnell	SS	18	23	44	6	10	.918	3.722
Calvin Meier	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1552	3561	1530	172	311	.967	3.280	17	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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