1973 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jim Napier (70-69)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 33,604, Avg. 484
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Sox scored 602 runs and gave up 599 runs. Lamar Johnson led Knoxville with 16 home runs and drove in 93 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Joe Henderson topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.08 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Joe Henderson, Juan Ríos, Steve Swisher, Jim Otten, Lamar Johnson, Randy Bobb, Ken Kravec, Mike Buskey and Rudy Hernández were all players from the 1973 Knoxville Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jim Napier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Henderson | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.08 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 147.0 | 113 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.56 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 167.0 | 183 | 80 | 66 | 13 | 51 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.42 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 121.0 | 142 | 62 | 46 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Sands | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.85 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 102.0 | 105 | 62 | 55 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Deck | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.88 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 139.0 | 155 | 68 | 60 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jim Otten | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.80 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 90 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Weimer | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.83 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 54.0 | 66 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Lee | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.57 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 77.0 | 62 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Shermer | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert McCauley | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.50 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 92 | 57 | 47 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.64 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.06 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 53 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ade Kenary | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Juan Ríos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 69 | .504 | 3.85 | 329 | 139 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 1158.0 | 1182 | 599 | 496 | 81 | 500 | 30 | 663 | 25 | 4 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 138 | 561 | 491 | 74 | 144 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 83 | .293 | .366 | .446 | .812 | 219 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 139 | 589 | 526 | 72 | 141 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 17 | 6 | 55 | 106 | .268 | .343 | .380 | .723 | 200 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Talley | 137 | 557 | 470 | 81 | 135 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 77 | 107 | .287 | .389 | .400 | .789 | 188 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 136 | 593 | 510 | 82 | 130 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 31 | 7 | 60 | 81 | .255 | .339 | .308 | .647 | 157 | 7 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 136 | 527 | 426 | 66 | 98 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 87 | 75 | .230 | .360 | .298 | .658 | 127 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Rudy Hernández | 101 | 398 | 368 | 37 | 96 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .261 | .300 | .359 | .659 | 132 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Fred Norton | 123 | 456 | 421 | 49 | 89 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 108 | .211 | .257 | .266 | .523 | 112 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Lambert Ford | 111 | 371 | 308 | 37 | 73 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 58 | 54 | .237 | .353 | .338 | .691 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randy Bobb | 69 | 248 | 222 | 35 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 42 | .297 | .367 | .473 | .840 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Swisher | 54 | 185 | 161 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 43 | .211 | .299 | .354 | .653 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edito Arteaga | 51 | 150 | 146 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .151 | .154 | .164 | .319 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Marquess | 12 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .310 | .408 | .381 | .789 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Tucker | 11 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .321 | .457 | .571 | 1.029 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Reynolds | 13 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .174 | .278 | .261 | .539 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Bridges | 11 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1294 | 4799 | 4188 | 583 | 1061 | 157 | 34 | 63 | 499 | 126 | 54 | 497 | 791 | .253 | .335 | .352 | .688 | 1475 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 138 | 1187 | 69 | 16 | 128 | .987 | 9.101 | ||||
| Randy Bobb | 1B | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 2B | 93 | 223 | 267 | 13 | 72 | .974 | 5.269 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | 2B | 39 | 94 | 131 | 10 | 25 | .957 | 5.769 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 2B | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Bobby Bridges | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rudy Hernández | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rudy Hernández | 3B | 49 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 8 | .932 | 1.959 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 3B | 44 | 48 | 105 | 13 | 7 | .922 | 3.477 | ||||
| Edito Arteaga | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Steve Swisher | C | 50 | 235 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 5.200 | 2 | |||
| Randy Bobb | C | 49 | 219 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 5.020 | 11 | |||
| Edito Arteaga | C | 40 | 187 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .981 | 5.150 | 2 | |||
| Michael Reynolds | C | 13 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 6.615 | 6 | |||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | OF | 139 | 208 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .948 | 1.583 | ||||
| Joseph Talley | OF | 134 | 228 | 17 | 10 | 0 | .961 | 1.828 | ||||
| Fred Norton | OF | 123 | 306 | 9 | 14 | 2 | .957 | 2.561 | ||||
| Lambert Ford | OF | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Mark Marquess | OF | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.889 | ||||
| Bobby Tucker | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Edito Arteaga | OF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jimmy Lee | P | 48 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .354 | ||||
| Paul Sands | P | 39 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .385 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 37 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .821 | .622 | ||||
| Joe Henderson | P | 34 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .500 | ||||
| George Weimer | P | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .355 | ||||
| Paul Patterson | P | 27 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .882 | 1.111 | ||||
| Dennis Deck | P | 26 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Rusty Bourg | P | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .292 | ||||
| Robert McCauley | P | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Shermer | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Ade Kenary | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 98 | 196 | 337 | 24 | 79 | .957 | 5.439 | ||||
| Rudy Hernández | SS | 43 | 66 | 145 | 18 | 27 | .921 | 4.907 | ||||
| Totals | 1427 | 3426 | 1384 | 171 | 368 | .966 | 3.371 | 21 | 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.
