1973 Johnson City Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 37-31
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Steve Hamilton (37-31)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 14,029, Avg. 413
The Johnson City Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1973 season with a record of 37 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Yankees tallied 319 runs and gave up 269 runs. John Shupe paced Johnson City with 13 home runs and drove in 54 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .350 average. Lee Boettcher topped the team with 7 wins, and Alan Viebrock recorded a 2.33 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1973 Johnson City Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Heath, Garth Iorg and LaMarr Hoyt.
Steve Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Boettcher | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.69 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 77.0 | 67 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.91 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 73 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 83 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Alan Viebrock | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Fred Anyzeski | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.80 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Rusk | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.91 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene McElwain | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.80 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| James Anderson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.64 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Cherry | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.06 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 31.0 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Howard Shoff | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.95 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 59 | 56 | 43 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 31 | .544 | 3.39 | 129 | 69 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 560.0 | 492 | 269 | 211 | 29 | 256 | 5 | 555 | 24 | 5 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Shupe | 69 | 264 | 214 | 50 | 75 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 36 | .350 | .462 | .673 | 1.135 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Donald White | 58 | 222 | 206 | 36 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 45 | .286 | .323 | .413 | .735 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Elko | 60 | 228 | 194 | 34 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 42 | .232 | .346 | .314 | .661 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Parkes | 54 | 198 | 176 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 48 | .233 | .308 | .352 | .660 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Benson | 44 | 167 | 159 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .252 | .281 | .371 | .653 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garth Iorg | 51 | 182 | 169 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .237 | .268 | .308 | .576 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sam Graham | 42 | 143 | 132 | 31 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 27 | .280 | .324 | .394 | .718 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Waner | 54 | 184 | 161 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 22 | .224 | .299 | .342 | .641 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Sheldon Gill | 41 | 141 | 125 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .280 | .353 | .384 | .737 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Varga | 29 | 107 | 97 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .309 | .374 | .402 | .776 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heath | 48 | 188 | 166 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 37 | .175 | .243 | .229 | .472 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Donald Moore | 32 | 83 | 75 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .227 | .277 | .253 | .530 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Earl Howell | 24 | 79 | 61 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .180 | .342 | .197 | .538 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alan Viebrock | 13 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .190 | .292 | .190 | .482 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 11 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .292 | .492 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| James Anderson | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .357 | .333 | .690 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 12 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .118 | .211 | .176 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Richard Meltz | 13 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .061 | .135 | .091 | .226 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Calebrese | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .571 | .250 | .821 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Anyzeski | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Rusk | 9 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .286 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Howard Shoff | 12 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .048 | .130 | .095 | .226 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lee Boettcher | 12 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .038 | .037 | .077 | .114 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gene McElwain | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Cherry | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 750 | 2430 | 2134 | 315 | 515 | 90 | 19 | 38 | 256 | 95 | 21 | 210 | 443 | .241 | .314 | .355 | .669 | 757 | 0 | 25 | 40 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Shupe | 1B | 66 | 529 | 36 | 8 | 34 | .986 | 8.561 | ||||
| Donald Moore | 1B | 5 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 5.600 | ||||
| Sam Graham | 2B | 36 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 13 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | 2B | 15 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .938 | 4.067 | ||||
| Mike Heath | 2B | 11 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 7 | .930 | 4.818 | ||||
| John Varga | 2B | 8 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 3.750 | ||||
| Timothy Waner | 3B | 49 | 35 | 79 | 15 | 3 | .884 | 2.327 | ||||
| John Varga | 3B | 19 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 6 | .951 | 3.053 | ||||
| Donald Moore | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Heath | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sheldon Gill | C | 37 | 282 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 8.297 | 8 | |||
| Earl Howell | C | 23 | 174 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 8.435 | 11 | |||
| Richard Meltz | C | 11 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.818 | 4 | |||
| Donald Moore | C | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 0 | |||
| Donald White | OF | 55 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .891 | 1.036 | ||||
| Daniel Elko | OF | 55 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.255 | ||||
| James Parkes | OF | 51 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Wayne Benson | OF | 41 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .976 | .976 | ||||
| Donald Moore | OF | 12 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jeffrey Cherry | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| James Anderson | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Fred Anyzeski | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Alan Viebrock | P | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Gene McElwain | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .538 | ||||
| Howard Shoff | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lee Boettcher | P | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Heinold | P | 11 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .792 | 1.727 | ||||
| Michael Rusk | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Mike Heath | SS | 36 | 57 | 109 | 20 | 16 | .892 | 4.611 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | SS | 35 | 55 | 92 | 16 | 13 | .902 | 4.200 | ||||
| John Calebrese | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 704 | 1684 | 665 | 126 | 109 | .949 | 3.337 | 23 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
