1974 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (78-60)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 98,652, Avg. 1,430
Playoffs - Knoxville Sox 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 2
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Suns plated 628 runs and yielded 585 runs. Steve Staggs paced Jacksonville with 13 home runs and drove in 83 runs. Kenzie Davis led all regular hitters by connecting at a .260 clip. Gary Lance topped the squad with 11 wins, while Al Autry earned a 2.89 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1974 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sheldon Mallory, Jamie Quirk, Al Autry, Mark Williams, Norm Angelini, Steve Staggs, John Wathan, Gary Lance, U. L. Washington, Monty Montgomery, Dave Cripe and Tom Bruno.
Billy Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lance | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.44 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 157.0 | 155 | 80 | 60 | 3 | 68 | 7 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Al Autry | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.89 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 104 | 57 | 44 | 9 | 66 | 5 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.49 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 105.0 | 85 | 41 | 29 | 4 | 59 | 16 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ruben Garcia | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.10 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 139 | 73 | 62 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.40 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 48 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.29 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 87 | 73 | 50 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.39 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 54 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.43 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 113 | 56 | 45 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Pete Duncan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.66 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Starkovich | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.89 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 85 | 58 | 44 | 8 | 69 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Monty Montgomery | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.01 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 105 | 65 | 49 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hal Baird | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.60 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45.0 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Stewart Colton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 60 | .565 | 3.46 | 292 | 138 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 18 | 1177.0 | 1088 | 585 | 453 | 76 | 550 | 56 | 756 | 36 | 9 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orestes Minoso | 133 | 572 | 497 | 65 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 92 | .239 | .330 | .362 | .693 | 180 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Steve Staggs | 127 | 549 | 466 | 70 | 118 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 73 | 56 | .253 | .353 | .395 | .748 | 184 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Kenzie Davis | 119 | 526 | 443 | 66 | 115 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 38 | 11 | 72 | 97 | .260 | .366 | .345 | .712 | 153 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John Wathan | 120 | 479 | 428 | 63 | 105 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 68 | .245 | .319 | .336 | .656 | 144 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rod Boone | 117 | 447 | 388 | 46 | 95 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 58 | .245 | .327 | .351 | .678 | 136 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dave Cripe | 107 | 422 | 370 | 55 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 54 | .241 | .325 | .341 | .665 | 126 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Craig Perkins | 96 | 358 | 299 | 42 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 42 | .241 | .357 | .338 | .695 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Servoss | 109 | 374 | 317 | 46 | 71 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 46 | .224 | .331 | .290 | .621 | 92 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 70 | 296 | 273 | 32 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 56 | .209 | .260 | .355 | .615 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| U. L. Washington | 47 | 193 | 167 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 34 | .257 | .349 | .371 | .720 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jamie Quirk | 46 | 192 | 163 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .227 | .319 | .350 | .669 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Charles Smith | 38 | 161 | 135 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | .267 | .369 | .489 | .858 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sheldon Mallory | 40 | 169 | 124 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 26 | .210 | .384 | .331 | .715 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 61 | 208 | 160 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 26 | .162 | .330 | .225 | .555 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mark Williams | 17 | 67 | 63 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .302 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 51 | 144 | 115 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | .165 | .312 | .165 | .477 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Marty Maier | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Starkovich | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1376 | 5173 | 4422 | 628 | 1052 | 170 | 23 | 86 | 561 | 90 | 36 | 622 | 734 | .238 | .336 | .345 | .681 | 1526 | 0 | 48 | 41 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 69 | 584 | 28 | 4 | 53 | .994 | 8.870 | ||||
| John Wathan | 1B | 65 | 608 | 31 | 6 | 50 | .991 | 9.831 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | 1B | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Craig Perkins | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Staggs | 2B | 127 | 296 | 351 | 31 | 78 | .954 | 5.094 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 2B | 12 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 8 | .965 | 4.583 | ||||
| Marty Maier | 2B | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 107 | 87 | 208 | 24 | 12 | .925 | 2.757 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 3B | 31 | 31 | 67 | 6 | 2 | .942 | 3.161 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rod Boone | C | 99 | 526 | 63 | 18 | 7 | .970 | 5.949 | 6 | |||
| Craig Perkins | C | 28 | 193 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 7.286 | 5 | |||
| John Wathan | C | 19 | 112 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.684 | 1 | |||
| Orestes Minoso | OF | 133 | 227 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .971 | 1.774 | ||||
| Bob Servoss | OF | 102 | 222 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .971 | 2.275 | ||||
| Kenzie Davis | OF | 92 | 159 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .932 | 1.783 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | OF | 36 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.306 | ||||
| John Wathan | OF | 23 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.913 | ||||
| Mark Williams | OF | 17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.294 | ||||
| Charles Smith | OF | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.824 | ||||
| Rod Boone | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 56 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .411 | ||||
| Gary Lance | P | 45 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .947 | .800 | ||||
| Paul Starkovich | P | 27 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Balderson | P | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Curtis Isom | P | 23 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .800 | .696 | ||||
| Ruben Garcia | P | 23 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.087 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 19 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .789 | ||||
| Monty Montgomery | P | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Tom Bruno | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .824 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 9 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Ed Bernard | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stewart Colton | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| U. L. Washington | SS | 46 | 71 | 172 | 17 | 26 | .935 | 5.283 | ||||
| Jamie Quirk | SS | 46 | 75 | 133 | 20 | 29 | .912 | 4.522 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 31 | 34 | 89 | 8 | 16 | .939 | 3.968 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 18 | 33 | 51 | 1 | 11 | .988 | 4.667 | ||||
| Marty Maier | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1422 | 3526 | 1455 | 183 | 318 | .965 | 3.503 | 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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