1972 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (76-64)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 67,942, Avg. 971
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Sox scored 650 runs and gave up 549 runs. Brian Downing led Knoxville with 15 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Bucky Dent paced all regular batters with a .296 average. Jim MacDonnell topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.88 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Knoxville Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry Hairston, Hugh Yancy, Brian Downing, Dan Neumeier, Bucky Dent, Bruce Kimm, Lamar Johnson, Jorge Orta, Bill Sharp, Sam Ewing, Jim Geddes and Bart Johnson.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim MacDonnell | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.88 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 153.0 | 138 | 60 | 49 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Dennis Deck | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.19 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 134 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| George Weimer | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.34 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 77.0 | 59 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Atkinson | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.76 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 100 | 58 | 48 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Ade Kenary | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.64 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 80 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.36 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 59 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Baldwin | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.69 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 76 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Leisman | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.44 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 89 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert McCauley | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.60 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 44 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.65 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 77 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Geddes | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.50 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 81 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Lee | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.08 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold McClain | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.52 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Neumeier | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.67 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 91.0 | 78 | 43 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Sands | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.76 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 3.34 | 315 | 141 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 33 | 1185.0 | 1100 | 549 | 440 | 64 | 410 | 20 | 822 | 38 | 8 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Yancy | 134 | 577 | 500 | 82 | 147 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 41 | 13 | 65 | 39 | .294 | .376 | .382 | .758 | 191 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Bucky Dent | 125 | 526 | 453 | 58 | 134 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 56 | .296 | .373 | .384 | .757 | 174 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Hairston | 132 | 530 | 459 | 82 | 134 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 74 | .292 | .374 | .438 | .812 | 201 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Brian Downing | 135 | 536 | 442 | 75 | 123 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 112 | .278 | .390 | .466 | .856 | 206 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Sam Ewing | 86 | 353 | 314 | 46 | 94 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 80 | .299 | .372 | .455 | .828 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Kimm | 119 | 426 | 353 | 51 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 58 | .258 | .373 | .365 | .738 | 129 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jim Mueller | 98 | 376 | 347 | 38 | 86 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 49 | .248 | .294 | .317 | .611 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ross Sapp | 103 | 337 | 310 | 43 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 51 | .265 | .314 | .319 | .634 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Orta | 53 | 225 | 196 | 41 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 45 | .316 | .397 | .526 | .923 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Talley | 94 | 291 | 242 | 32 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 68 | .248 | .366 | .372 | .737 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Sharp | 44 | 153 | 137 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | .285 | .340 | .460 | .800 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lambert Ford | 61 | 162 | 142 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 23 | .246 | .333 | .352 | .685 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Marquess | 38 | 110 | 86 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | .267 | .417 | .337 | .754 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bart Johnson | 13 | 49 | 47 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .277 | .306 | .404 | .710 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | 14 | 51 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .220 | .235 | .340 | .575 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Houck | 34 | 95 | 78 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .141 | .274 | .179 | .453 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Deck | 24 | 56 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .104 | .157 | .188 | .344 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ade Kenary | 34 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .174 | .200 | .174 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Baldwin | 11 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .167 | .355 | .167 | .522 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Leisman | 15 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .148 | .343 | .222 | .565 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 27 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Atkinson | 21 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .086 | .135 | .086 | .221 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dan Neumeier | 44 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Sands | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Lee | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 7 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Geddes | 14 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .050 | .136 | .100 | .236 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim MacDonnell | 24 | 59 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .020 | .143 | .020 | .163 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lamar Johnson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 17 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Weimer | 46 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert McCauley | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1603 | 5190 | 4490 | 649 | 1175 | 155 | 60 | 75 | 565 | 105 | 51 | 581 | 891 | .262 | .347 | .373 | .720 | 1675 | 0 | 24 | 61 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Ewing | 1B | 86 | 755 | 49 | 14 | 70 | .983 | 9.349 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 1B | 43 | 406 | 21 | 11 | 29 | .975 | 9.930 | ||||
| Mark Marquess | 1B | 15 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 8.133 | ||||
| Bart Johnson | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 2B | 73 | 166 | 202 | 14 | 43 | .963 | 5.041 | ||||
| Jorge Orta | 2B | 50 | 113 | 142 | 9 | 27 | .966 | 5.100 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 19 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 12 | .989 | 4.526 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 3B | 99 | 62 | 210 | 27 | 13 | .910 | 2.747 | ||||
| Brian Downing | 3B | 44 | 29 | 104 | 16 | 11 | .893 | 3.023 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Kimm | C | 116 | 683 | 56 | 15 | 8 | .980 | 6.371 | 11 | |||
| Brian Downing | C | 22 | 100 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | C | 14 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 5.929 | 2 | |||
| Jim Mueller | OF | 95 | 192 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .971 | 2.095 | ||||
| Ross Sapp | OF | 79 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.785 | ||||
| Brian Downing | OF | 78 | 121 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joseph Talley | OF | 74 | 103 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.473 | ||||
| Bill Sharp | OF | 42 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.905 | ||||
| Lambert Ford | OF | 35 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.200 | ||||
| Steven Houck | OF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mark Marquess | OF | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Bart Johnson | OF | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | OF | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| George Weimer | P | 46 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .413 | ||||
| Dan Neumeier | P | 44 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .341 | ||||
| Ade Kenary | P | 33 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .606 | ||||
| Rusty Bourg | P | 27 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Jim MacDonnell | P | 24 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .833 | ||||
| Dennis Deck | P | 24 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.042 | ||||
| Michael Atkinson | P | 21 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .952 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| David Leisman | P | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Paul Sands | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Geddes | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Baldwin | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Jimmy Lee | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Robert McCauley | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bucky Dent | SS | 125 | 167 | 437 | 31 | 66 | .951 | 4.832 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | SS | 16 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 9 | .928 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1497 | 3552 | 1525 | 185 | 316 | .965 | 3.391 | 16 | 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.
