1972 Memphis Blues Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
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
1972 Memphis Blues Roster

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.


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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
Randy Sterling1211.5223.472828920174.01668167116231013012
Bob Apodaca117.6112.813016822157.01456149124011125101
Hank Webb95.6432.2716161040115.0943729735197204
Terry Blitz88.5003.802520410123.011960521445085308
Craig Swan73.7002.251414600108.01022827226081101
Al Wihtol76.5382.8026210861.0521919626553401
Ron Stewart41.8003.0510921062.0432621437056108
Juan Veintidos42.6673.5529210171.0623428542551303
Kenny Esposito44.5002.5330210257.0371916428546501
Tommie Sheppard32.6002.9011830059.0472219134533202
Jerry Ray22.5003.0029000345.0432215125831204
Donald Camy25.2866.559910044.0583832417031202
Al Dodson13.2505.2113610038.04525225291280010
Jimmy Whisman14.2003.819710052.0522822417323200
Wayne Kirby005.2815000129.0321917212034102
Gary Hill007.888000016.025141408010000
Dan Carey0020.25300004.08991702000
Totals7563.5433.3930513904810171215.011305424588349047887320590

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 Ostrosser13156747077123162341607163.262.370.323.69315212104
Thomas Hallums135545502671132051562003197.225.273.375.648188435
Terry Deremer12452846762111140132734999.238.317.274.591128651
Dave Schneck8135531258951842476733570.304.376.619.994193314
Joe Nolan1305044185190133441307589.215.339.289.628121524
Ron Diggle793182803785163645003241.304.375.446.821125132
Paul Womble1054183414981124949436992.238.366.375.742128233
Roy Staiger81294277247810433800939.282.306.379.685105233
Jeffrey Anderson773473213463363141632254.196.256.271.52887400
George Kazmarek441691502948101630111421.320.375.520.89578113
Larry Fritz38141121173162618001836.256.357.488.84559110
Lazaro Del Orbe236765925200630010.385.394.415.80927110
Tommy Williams418375717502702625.227.289.373.66228101
Bob Apodaca316159613101710221.220.246.288.53417000
Bill Sudakis2593784133018001124.167.272.244.51519112
Greg Harts1970647124021011518.188.257.344.60122100
Jackie Adams37847211101127011131.139.253.264.51719010
Craig Swan14454029200600215.225.262.275.53711030
Bobby Croswell1949442920010033.205.255.250.50511020
Randy Sterling28645638101300326.143.186.214.40112050
Hank Webb16444316100100119.140.159.163.3227000
Gary Hill22393685200001310.139.205.194.4007000
Tommie Sheppard1122193410040017.211.250.263.5135020
Juan Veintidos2923222400000017.182.217.182.3994000
Donald Camy915141300000016.214.267.214.4813000
Jimmy Whisman919180300000007.167.167.167.3333010
Jerry Ray29880200020002.250.250.250.5002000
Al Wihtol2617160200000017.125.176.125.3012000
Kenny Esposito301381100000043.125.417.125.5421010
Al Dodson131181100010015.125.222.125.3471020
Jack Burik1214130100010015.077.143.077.2201000
Ron Stewart10242011000100013.050.050.050.1001040
Terry Blitz25443411100100419.029.154.059.2132150
Wayne Kirby15870000000001.000.000.000.0000010
Dan Carey3110000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Totals152151044479575106816435895124918486986.238.317.350.668156904661320


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Thomas Hallums1B1351219616113.9959.481
Larry Fritz1B320012.9526.667
Bill Sudakis1B2272021.00014.500
Tommy Williams1B110001.0001.000
Terry Deremer2B1232793682671.9615.260
Lazaro Del Orbe2B651954.8284.000
Bill Sudakis2B51117021.0005.600
Bobby Croswell2B562612.9706.400
Roy Staiger3B75571301215.9402.493
Paul Womble3B28234973.9112.571
Bill Sudakis3B16142624.9522.500
Lazaro Del Orbe3B5216011.0003.600
Joe NolanC127868671210.9877.36214
Tommy WilliamsC1775730.9654.8243
Dave SchneckOF81146620.9871.877
Ron DiggleOF781041044.9661.462
Jeffrey AndersonOF771821082.9602.494
Paul WombleOF63101580.9301.683
George KazmarekOF3953510.9831.487
Larry FritzOF3445420.9611.441
Jackie AdamsOF2832010.9701.143
Greg HartsOF1826120.9311.500
Gary HillOF960001.000.667
Tommy WilliamsOF410010.9092.500
Kenny EspositoP30311001.000.467
Bob ApodacaP30821001.000.967
Juan VeintidosP2921321.882.517
Jerry RayP2921032.800.414
Randy SterlingP28112823.9511.393
Al WihtolP2609021.000.346
Terry BlitzP2542810.9701.280
Hank WebbP1652533.9091.875
Wayne KirbyP150810.889.533
Craig SwanP14913001.0001.571
Al DodsonP133310.857.462
Tommie SheppardP1111010.9171.000
Ron StewartP10210011.0001.200
Jimmy WhismanP9711001.0002.000
Donald CamyP9310001.0001.444
Gary HillP80000.000
Dan CareyP301001.000.333
Brian OstrosserSS1312303733271.9504.603
Lazaro Del OrbeSS613914.9573.667
Bobby CroswellSS6141823.9415.333
Jack BurikSS42311.8331.250
Totals143136311443154326.9713.5461700

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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