1975 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 59-79
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Bill Scripture (59-79)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 52,737, Avg. 764
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 59 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Suns scored 473 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 538 runs. Doug Clark and Sheldon Mallory led Jacksonville with 12 home runs apiece. Sheldon Mallory accounted for 56 RBI. Joe Zdeb topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .265 clip. Randy Hammon paced the squad with 10 wins, while Ruben Garcia recorded a 2.69 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1975 Jacksonville Suns who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom Bruno, Dennis Paepke, Tom Poquette, Mark Ballinger, Dave Cripe, Don Leshnock, Dan Quisenberry, Ron Washington, Bob McClure, Sheldon Mallory, Rodney Scott, Roy Branch, Joe Zdeb and José Arcia.
Bill Scripture 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Hammon | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.18 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 181.0 | 182 | 96 | 64 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dave Hasbach | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.13 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 164.0 | 139 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roy Branch | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.82 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 91 | 50 | 39 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ruben Garcia | 6 | 12 | .333 | 2.69 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 135 | 70 | 50 | 7 | 66 | 5 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.80 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 45.0 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Wright | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.57 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.00 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.56 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 91 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob McClure | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 2 | 10 | .167 | 3.69 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 95 | 51 | 41 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Larkin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.89 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.03 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dale Hrovat | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dan Quisenberry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Barr | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.71 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.72 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Falcon | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 79 | .428 | 3.18 | 294 | 138 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 1148.0 | 1066 | 538 | 405 | 60 | 496 | 52 | 678 | 30 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zdeb | 129 | 510 | 438 | 60 | 116 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 80 | .265 | .360 | .356 | .716 | 156 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Doug Clark | 132 | 504 | 457 | 41 | 105 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 78 | .230 | .291 | .370 | .661 | 169 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Sheldon Mallory | 123 | 514 | 432 | 68 | 103 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 56 | 42 | 13 | 69 | 71 | .238 | .346 | .373 | .719 | 161 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Dave Cripe | 98 | 402 | 354 | 40 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 45 | .263 | .343 | .336 | .680 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Murphy | 121 | 416 | 358 | 33 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 45 | .257 | .354 | .279 | .634 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Poquette | 105 | 419 | 355 | 50 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 38 | .256 | .356 | .344 | .699 | 122 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Jack Fleming | 107 | 370 | 338 | 26 | 76 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 52 | .225 | .273 | .349 | .622 | 118 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Charles Smith | 98 | 335 | 285 | 24 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 63 | .239 | .329 | .354 | .684 | 101 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Ron Washington | 96 | 299 | 267 | 22 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 39 | .228 | .288 | .262 | .550 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenzie Davis | 68 | 206 | 177 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 55 | .220 | .324 | .299 | .623 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| José Arcia | 46 | 160 | 149 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26 | .228 | .248 | .315 | .564 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Dennis Paepke | 63 | 194 | 169 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 36 | .189 | .285 | .231 | .516 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodney Scott | 20 | 94 | 77 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 9 | .338 | .430 | .364 | .794 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Rahe | 25 | 92 | 80 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | .312 | .385 | .438 | .822 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Jones | 42 | 144 | 124 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 31 | .194 | .287 | .306 | .593 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Keith Bridges | 35 | 105 | 95 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | .211 | .272 | .242 | .514 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Thomasson | 21 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .227 | .320 | .250 | .570 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Blomberg | 9 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 14 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .026 | .051 | .026 | .078 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Larkin | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn McKinney | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 4874 | 4254 | 473 | 1017 | 162 | 21 | 57 | 413 | 127 | 71 | 504 | 731 | .239 | .322 | .327 | .649 | 1392 | 92 | 34 | 44 | 38 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Clark | 1B | 130 | 1105 | 56 | 18 | 83 | .985 | 8.931 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | 1B | 7 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 1B | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | 1B | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Gary Rahe | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Fleming | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 2B | 55 | 95 | 153 | 10 | 19 | .961 | 4.509 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 2B | 51 | 76 | 129 | 8 | 21 | .962 | 4.020 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | 2B | 37 | 59 | 93 | 8 | 16 | .950 | 4.108 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 2B | 11 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .952 | 3.636 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 98 | 87 | 159 | 9 | 9 | .965 | 2.510 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 3B | 26 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 0 | .831 | 2.269 | ||||
| Hal Thomasson | 3B | 19 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | .848 | 2.053 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | 3B | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Charles Smith | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jack Fleming | C | 95 | 541 | 74 | 14 | 13 | .978 | 6.474 | 14 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 48 | 218 | 20 | 7 | 3 | .971 | 4.958 | 5 | |||
| Joe Zdeb | OF | 124 | 246 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .988 | 2.073 | ||||
| Tom Poquette | OF | 105 | 179 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 1.857 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | OF | 94 | 212 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 2.319 | ||||
| Kenzie Davis | OF | 57 | 118 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 2.175 | ||||
| Keith Bridges | OF | 24 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.542 | ||||
| Gary Rahe | OF | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| Charles Smith | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Blomberg | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jack Fleming | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Bernard | P | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .152 | ||||
| Ruben Garcia | P | 29 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 1.483 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 27 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.259 | ||||
| Dave Hasbach | P | 24 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
| Dick Balderson | P | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Roy Branch | P | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 16 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 1.500 | ||||
| Don Leshnock | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gary Wright | P | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Lynn McKinney | P | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Larkin | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Bob McClure | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Dale Hrovat | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bob Falcon | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bob Barr | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Dan Quisenberry | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Bruno | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 63 | 99 | 183 | 11 | 37 | .962 | 4.476 | ||||
| José Arcia | SS | 42 | 79 | 106 | 17 | 18 | .916 | 4.405 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | SS | 20 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 5 | .922 | 4.150 | ||||
| Ron Washington | SS | 18 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 8 | .959 | 2.611 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | SS | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3444 | 1360 | 181 | 268 | .964 | 3.268 | 19 | 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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