1972 Johnson City Yankees Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-39
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Jerry Walker (31-39)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 20,312, Avg. 580

1972 Johnson City Yankees Roster

The Johnson City Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Yankees scored 314 runs and allowed 341 runs. Robert Wilson led Johnson City with 16 home runs and drove in 60 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .278 average. Ken Clay topped the team with 7 wins, and Edward Luton recorded a 2.62 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1972 Johnson City Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mickey Klutts, Ken Clay and Rick Anderson.

Jerry Walker 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
Ken Clay	7	2	.778	2.97	13	13		4	2	0	91.0	69	32	30	5	53	0	66	3	1	13
Frank Souchock	6	4	.600	3.22	13	13		5	2	0	95.0	86	47	34	5	36	1	90	3	0	12
Ed Ricks	6	6	.500	5.20	13	13		7	0	0	97.0	100	72	56	11	49	0	94	7	0	10
Edward Luton	5	6	.455	2.62	12	11		4	0	0	79.0	79	37	23	4	27	0	53	3	0	5
Michael Sorrow	2	1	.667	2.25	14	0		0	0	5	24.0	16	9	6	1	6	1	32	1	0	2
Rick Anderson	2	2	.500	3.19	5	5		2	1	0	31.0	22	13	11	3	13	0	40	3	0	5
Steven Bendetto	1	1	.500	1.57	15	0		0	0	4	23.0	13	6	4	2	11	0	32	1	0	2
James Anderson	1	2	.333	6.39	8	4		1	0	0	31.0	36	24	22	4	14	0	37	0	0	1
James Lawler	1	7	.125	4.24	11	6		2	0	1	51.0	61	33	24	3	27	0	50	3	0	4
Jerry Anderson	0	2	.000	8.10	7	2		1	0	0	20.0	29	30	18	4	25	0	9	1	0	3
Dick Riggs	0	6	.000	7.50	14	3		0	0	0	36.0	57	38	30	2	11	1	32	1	0	5
Totals	31	39	.443	4.02	125	70	0	26	5	10	578.0	568	341	258	44	272	3	535	26	1	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
Robert Wilson	69	284	252	37	70	7	5	16	60	1	2	28	71	.278	.349	.536	.884	135		1	0	3
John Williams	47	202	174	37	56	5	2	2	21	16	2	24	26	.322	.403	.408	.811	71		1	1	2
Dennis Irwin	52	211	187	35	55	7	3	8	33	0	1	21	39	.294	.367	.492	.859	92		1	1	1
Frederick Luzzi	61	259	210	43	54	7	3	0	20	3	2	42	34	.257	.391	.319	.711	67		5	1	1
Donald White	59	229	218	20	49	4	1	0	12	4	0	5	62	.225	.251	.252	.503	55		3	2	1
Mickey Klutts	54	203	182	25	46	7	3	3	22	1	1	16	46	.253	.317	.374	.690	68		2	1	2
Raymond Ventura	39	147	144	13	35	4	2	3	18	1	1	2	26	.243	.253	.361	.615	52		0	1	0
Daniel Elko	55	195	173	18	33	4	1	3	17	5	1	19	67	.191	.273	.277	.551	48		1	1	1
Michael Morgan	33	131	120	14	28	3	0	0	9	2	0	7	21	.233	.271	.258	.530	31		0	2	2
James Anderson	31	92	86	8	21	1	0	1	7	3	0	6	11	.244	.293	.291	.584	25		0	0	0
Earl Howell	35	132	109	14	19	0	0	4	11	2	0	21	41	.174	.308	.284	.592	31		0	2	0
Jim Otto	14	60	54	6	15	4	0	2	8	3	0	6	13	.278	.350	.463	.813	25		0	0	0
Linwood Fisher	31	98	87	12	15	1	0	1	10	0	0	11	40	.172	.265	.218	.484	19		0	0	0
Gaylord Browne	8	33	26	5	9	0	1	1	7	0	0	5	5	.346	.455	.538	.993	14		1	0	1
Ken Clay	15	44	37	9	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.243	.333	.324	.658	12		0	2	0
Frank Souchock	13	38	33	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	12	.242	.286	.273	.558	9		0	3	0
Ed Ricks	17	45	43	8	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	19	.163	.200	.163	.363	7		0	0	0
James Dodson	8	32	32	1	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	.188	.188	.281	.469	9		0	0	0
Paul Lancaster	7	22	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.222	.364	.278	.641	5		0	0	0
James Lawler	11	19	17	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	11	.176	.222	.529	.752	9		0	1	0
Edward Luton	12	30	27	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.111	.143	.111	.254	3		0	2	0
Michael Sorrow	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Steven Bendetto	15	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Jerry Anderson	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Rick Anderson	5	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0
Dick Riggs	14	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	726	2542	2262	314	549	60	22	46	272	41	10	231	597	.243	.315	.350	.665	791	0	15	20	14	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Wilson	1B	37	268	8	7	22	.975	7.459
Linwood Fisher	1B	29	193	11	10	13	.953	7.034
James Dodson	1B	8	60	1	3	2	.953	7.625
Frederick Luzzi	2B	59	139	133	7	28	.975	4.610
Michael Morgan	2B	14	22	30	3	9	.945	3.714
Raymond Ventura	3B	30	40	50	17	5	.841	3.000
Michael Morgan	3B	18	15	25	5	7	.889	2.222
Jim Otto	3B	9	12	15	3	1	.900	3.000
Earl Howell	3B	7	7	20	4	0	.871	3.857
Robert Wilson	3B	3	4	3	0	0	1.000	2.333
Donald White	3B	3	1	0	1	0	.500	.333
Mickey Klutts	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dennis Irwin	3B	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Dennis Irwin	C	39	318	19	7	1	.980	8.641	11
Earl Howell	C	27	183	20	5	4	.976	7.519	5
Paul Lancaster	C	5	49	4	0	0	1.000	1.600	1
Donald White	OF	58	107	4	5	1	.957	1.914
Daniel Elko	OF	51	71	3	8	0	.902	1.451
John Williams	OF	47	46	5	9	0	.850	1.085
Robert Wilson	OF	31	41	2	6	0	.878	1.387
James Anderson	OF	20	28	2	1	0	.968	1.500
Dennis Irwin	OF	9	8	0	0	0	1.000	.889
Steven Bendetto	P	15	0	3	2	0	.600	.200
Michael Sorrow	P	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	.143
Dick Riggs	P	14	2	8	1	0	.909	.714
Frank Souchock	P	13	2	18	3	1	.870	1.538
Ed Ricks	P	13	7	8	5	1	.750	1.154
Ken Clay	P	13	6	17	4	0	.852	1.769
Edward Luton	P	12	2	9	3	1	.786	.917
James Lawler	P	11	1	11	1	0	.923	1.091
James Anderson	P	8	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.000
Jerry Anderson	P	7	0	3	3	0	.500	.429
Rick Anderson	P	5	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.400
Mickey Klutts	SS	47	53	113	19	11	.897	3.532
Raymond Ventura	SS	10	14	26	4	2	.909	4.000
Gaylord Browne	SS	8	14	26	4	1	.909	5.000
Jim Otto	SS	5	10	16	5	3	.839	5.200
Frederick Luzzi	SS	2	3	10	0	2	1.000	6.500
Totals		705	1734	637	155	116	.939	3.363	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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