1972 Memphis Blues Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: John Antonelli (75-64)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 113,425, Avg. 1,632
The Memphis Blues of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Blues scored 581 runs and allowed 542 runs. Dave Schneck led Memphis with 24 home runs, while Thomas Hallums walloped 15 or more also. Dave Schneck drove in 76 runs. Brian Ostrosser paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .262 average. Randy Sterling topped the squad with 12 wins, and Hank Webb earned a 2.27 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1972 Memphis Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Apodaca, Larry Fritz, Greg Harts, Joe Nolan, Brian Ostrosser, Dave Schneck, Roy Staiger, Randy Sterling, Bill Sudakis, Craig Swan and Hank Webb.
John Antonelli 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 Sterling | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.47 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 166 | 81 | 67 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bob Apodaca | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.81 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 157.0 | 145 | 61 | 49 | 12 | 40 | 11 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Hank Webb | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.27 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 | 94 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Terry Blitz | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.80 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 119 | 60 | 52 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
Craig Swan | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 102 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Al Wihtol | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.80 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 61.0 | 52 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ron Stewart | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.05 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
Juan Veintidos | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.55 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 62 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Kenny Esposito | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.53 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tommie Sheppard | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.90 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 47 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jerry Ray | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45.0 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Donald Camy | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.55 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 58 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Al Dodson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 45 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
Jimmy Whisman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.81 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Kirby | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Gary Hill | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Carey | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 75 | 63 | .543 | 3.39 | 305 | 139 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 17 | 1215.0 | 1130 | 542 | 458 | 83 | 490 | 47 | 887 | 32 | 0 | 59 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Ostrosser | 131 | 567 | 470 | 77 | 123 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 63 | .262 | .370 | .323 | .693 | 152 | 12 | 10 | 4 | ||
Thomas Hallums | 135 | 545 | 502 | 67 | 113 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 97 | .225 | .273 | .375 | .648 | 188 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
Terry Deremer | 124 | 528 | 467 | 62 | 111 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 99 | .238 | .317 | .274 | .591 | 128 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
Dave Schneck | 81 | 355 | 312 | 58 | 95 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 70 | .304 | .376 | .619 | .994 | 193 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Joe Nolan | 130 | 504 | 418 | 51 | 90 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 89 | .215 | .339 | .289 | .628 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
Ron Diggle | 79 | 318 | 280 | 37 | 85 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 41 | .304 | .375 | .446 | .821 | 125 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Paul Womble | 105 | 418 | 341 | 49 | 81 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 92 | .238 | .366 | .375 | .742 | 128 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Roy Staiger | 81 | 294 | 277 | 24 | 78 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | .282 | .306 | .379 | .685 | 105 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jeffrey Anderson | 77 | 347 | 321 | 34 | 63 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 54 | .196 | .256 | .271 | .528 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Kazmarek | 44 | 169 | 150 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | .320 | .375 | .520 | .895 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Larry Fritz | 38 | 141 | 121 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 36 | .256 | .357 | .488 | .845 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lazaro Del Orbe | 23 | 67 | 65 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .385 | .394 | .415 | .809 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tommy Williams | 41 | 83 | 75 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 | .227 | .289 | .373 | .662 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bob Apodaca | 31 | 61 | 59 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .220 | .246 | .288 | .534 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Sudakis | 25 | 93 | 78 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .167 | .272 | .244 | .515 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Greg Harts | 19 | 70 | 64 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .188 | .257 | .344 | .601 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Adams | 37 | 84 | 72 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 31 | .139 | .253 | .264 | .517 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Craig Swan | 14 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .225 | .262 | .275 | .537 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Bobby Croswell | 19 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .205 | .255 | .250 | .505 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Randy Sterling | 28 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .143 | .186 | .214 | .401 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Hank Webb | 16 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .140 | .159 | .163 | .322 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Hill | 22 | 39 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .139 | .205 | .194 | .400 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommie Sheppard | 11 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Juan Veintidos | 29 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Donald Camy | 9 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Whisman | 9 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jerry Ray | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Wihtol | 26 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kenny Esposito | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .125 | .417 | .125 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Al Dodson | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jack Burik | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Stewart | 10 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Terry Blitz | 25 | 44 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .029 | .154 | .059 | .213 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Wayne Kirby | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dan Carey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1521 | 5104 | 4479 | 575 | 1068 | 164 | 35 | 89 | 512 | 49 | 18 | 486 | 986 | .238 | .317 | .350 | .668 | 1569 | 0 | 46 | 61 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Hallums | 1B | 135 | 1219 | 61 | 6 | 113 | .995 | 9.481 | ||||
Larry Fritz | 1B | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
Bill Sudakis | 1B | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.500 | ||||
Tommy Williams | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Terry Deremer | 2B | 123 | 279 | 368 | 26 | 71 | .961 | 5.260 | ||||
Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .828 | 4.000 | ||||
Bill Sudakis | 2B | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.600 | ||||
Bobby Croswell | 2B | 5 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 6.400 | ||||
Roy Staiger | 3B | 75 | 57 | 130 | 12 | 15 | .940 | 2.493 | ||||
Paul Womble | 3B | 28 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 3 | .911 | 2.571 | ||||
Bill Sudakis | 3B | 16 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.600 | ||||
Joe Nolan | C | 127 | 868 | 67 | 12 | 10 | .987 | 7.362 | 14 | |||
Tommy Williams | C | 17 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 4.824 | 3 | |||
Dave Schneck | OF | 81 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 1.877 | ||||
Ron Diggle | OF | 78 | 104 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .966 | 1.462 | ||||
Jeffrey Anderson | OF | 77 | 182 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .960 | 2.494 | ||||
Paul Womble | OF | 63 | 101 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .930 | 1.683 | ||||
George Kazmarek | OF | 39 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.487 | ||||
Larry Fritz | OF | 34 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.441 | ||||
Jackie Adams | OF | 28 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.143 | ||||
Greg Harts | OF | 18 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
Gary Hill | OF | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Tommy Williams | OF | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
Kenny Esposito | P | 30 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
Bob Apodaca | P | 30 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .967 | ||||
Juan Veintidos | P | 29 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .517 | ||||
Jerry Ray | P | 29 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .800 | .414 | ||||
Randy Sterling | P | 28 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.393 | ||||
Al Wihtol | P | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
Terry Blitz | P | 25 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.280 | ||||
Hank Webb | P | 16 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 1.875 | ||||
Wayne Kirby | P | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
Craig Swan | P | 14 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
Al Dodson | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Tommie Sheppard | P | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
Ron Stewart | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
Jimmy Whisman | P | 9 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Donald Camy | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
Gary Hill | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Dan Carey | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Brian Ostrosser | SS | 131 | 230 | 373 | 32 | 71 | .950 | 4.603 | ||||
Lazaro Del Orbe | SS | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
Bobby Croswell | SS | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
Jack Burik | SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
Totals | 1431 | 3631 | 1443 | 154 | 326 | .971 | 3.546 | 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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