1973 Midland Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 64-74
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Al Spangler (64-74)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 69,277, Avg. 1,004
The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 64 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Cubs scored 660 runs and yielded 716 runs. Ron Dunn led Midland with 15 home runs and recorded 74 runs batted in. Rob Sperring paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .295 average. Dan Corder topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.33 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1973 Midland Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Estrada, Jim Tyrone, Buddy Schultz, Dennis Lamp, Rob Sperring, Bill Faul, José Ortiz, Joe Wallis, Ron Dunn, Jerry Tabb, Ken Szotkiewicz and Randy Bobb.
Al Spangler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Corder | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.33 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 125 | 46 | 38 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 113 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Zahn | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.89 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.0 | 89 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Junge | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.65 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 153.0 | 174 | 78 | 62 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dyain Frazier | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.36 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 166 | 95 | 79 | 13 | 94 | 3 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Young | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.40 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 80.0 | 108 | 68 | 48 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Roe | 5 | 13 | .278 | 6.29 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126.0 | 175 | 109 | 88 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Buddy Schultz | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.32 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 67 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Thomas | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.08 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 93 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Francis Siedlecki | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.34 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 130 | 73 | 55 | 8 | 43 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Lamp | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.69 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Badcock | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.70 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 68 | 50 | 45 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ralph Pipes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Faul | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ignacio Bracamontes | 0 | 0 | 7.41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 74 | .464 | 4.51 | 277 | 138 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 1165.0 | 1302 | 716 | 584 | 100 | 442 | 19 | 734 | 32 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Sperring | 116 | 502 | 451 | 72 | 133 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 74 | .295 | .362 | .452 | .814 | 204 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Dunn | 137 | 555 | 479 | 79 | 121 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 82 | .253 | .336 | .422 | .758 | 202 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Bill Droege | 82 | 374 | 333 | 60 | 112 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 66 | .336 | .404 | .486 | .890 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Bright | 116 | 450 | 412 | 44 | 108 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 99 | .262 | .310 | .371 | .681 | 153 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Tyrone | 108 | 463 | 388 | 73 | 107 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 70 | 44 | .276 | .387 | .443 | .831 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joel Green | 95 | 410 | 364 | 45 | 104 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 35 | .286 | .354 | .352 | .705 | 128 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Matney | 99 | 416 | 326 | 50 | 76 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 80 | .233 | .386 | .377 | .764 | 123 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| William Huisman | 86 | 326 | 275 | 44 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 30 | .262 | .362 | .324 | .686 | 89 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Tabb | 76 | 310 | 260 | 56 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 42 | .273 | .378 | .481 | .859 | 125 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Frank Estrada | 67 | 236 | 212 | 30 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .297 | .362 | .443 | .805 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 92 | 307 | 263 | 29 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 52 | .240 | .326 | .319 | .645 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Steven Haug | 85 | 291 | 263 | 25 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 80 | .221 | .265 | .293 | .558 | 77 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Joe Wallis | 55 | 225 | 198 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .197 | .290 | .283 | .573 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| José Ortiz | 32 | 132 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 13 | .264 | .366 | .418 | .785 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Mull | 33 | 97 | 78 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .179 | .298 | .244 | .541 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Randy Bobb | 17 | 56 | 53 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .208 | .250 | .226 | .476 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Bussie | 18 | 57 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | .160 | .263 | .200 | .463 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Crews | 8 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .172 | .286 | .458 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Roe | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dyain Frazier | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1385 | 5238 | 4545 | 660 | 1193 | 202 | 30 | 103 | 594 | 56 | 19 | 582 | 817 | .262 | .347 | .388 | .735 | 1764 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tabb | 1B | 76 | 772 | 41 | 7 | 68 | .991 | 1.697 | ||||
| Ronnie Matney | 1B | 48 | 369 | 22 | 4 | 37 | .990 | 8.146 | ||||
| Randy Bobb | 1B | 9 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .988 | 9.000 | ||||
| Randolph Crews | 1B | 8 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.375 | ||||
| Jack Mull | 1B | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.400 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 2B | 115 | 309 | 377 | 27 | 78 | .962 | 5.965 | ||||
| William Huisman | 2B | 25 | 36 | 69 | 3 | 13 | .972 | 4.200 | ||||
| Joel Green | 2B | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 3B | 137 | 116 | 284 | 26 | 15 | .939 | 2.920 | ||||
| Joel Green | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Haug | C | 84 | 458 | 49 | 14 | 7 | .973 | 6.036 | 9 | |||
| Frank Estrada | C | 44 | 202 | 26 | 6 | 5 | .974 | 5.182 | 9 | |||
| Jack Mull | C | 23 | 93 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 4.565 | 4 | |||
| Randy Bobb | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 3 | |||
| Jim Tyrone | OF | 108 | 181 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .950 | 1.759 | ||||
| Bill Bright | OF | 84 | 121 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .957 | 1.583 | ||||
| Bill Droege | OF | 82 | 130 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .944 | 1.659 | ||||
| Joe Wallis | OF | 55 | 108 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 2.073 | ||||
| Ronnie Matney | OF | 51 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .831 | .961 | ||||
| José Ortiz | OF | 30 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
| Bubba Bussie | OF | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Young | P | 43 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .535 | ||||
| Paul Zahn | P | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .265 | ||||
| Mike Roe | P | 31 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .742 | ||||
| Gary Junge | P | 29 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.103 | ||||
| Dyain Frazier | P | 27 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.222 | ||||
| Francis Siedlecki | P | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Thomas | P | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Corder | P | 17 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 3.118 | ||||
| Tom Badcock | P | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bill Faul | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Buddy Schultz | P | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.222 | ||||
| Dennis Lamp | P | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ignacio Bracamontes | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Ralph Pipes | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joel Green | SS | 81 | 163 | 256 | 43 | 51 | .907 | 5.173 | ||||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | SS | 68 | 90 | 190 | 17 | 36 | .943 | 4.118 | ||||
| William Huisman | SS | 6 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 7 | .972 | 5.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3511 | 1638 | 209 | 348 | .961 | 3.578 | 25 | 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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