1971 Montgomery Rebels Statistics

Southern League (Dixie Association) (SL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 3rd in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Dick Tracewski (73-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 45,110, Avg. 635
1971 Montgomery Rebels Roster

The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Rebels plated 567 runs and conceded 557 runs. Ike Blessitt paced Montgomery with 22 home runs, while John Young walloped 15 or more, too. Ike Blessitt drove in 70 runs. Richard Leon led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Dan Bootcheck topped the squad with 11 wins, and Bill Slayback recorded a 2.95 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1971 Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ike Blessitt, John Gamble, Fred Holdsworth, John Knox, Don Leshnock, Phil Meeler, Bob Molinaro, Chuck Scrivener, Bill Slayback, Bob Strampe, Gary Taylor, Jack Whillock and John Young.

Dick Tracewski 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
Dan Bootcheck118.5794.063319421142.014676641357177305
Don Leshnock73.7004.28319310101.09954488473110105
Raymond Blosse65.5454.432620530134.011274667911999023
Jerome Donahue52.7140.7626000259.03475314335001
Jack Whillock52.7141.19370001553.0259719154100
Gary Taylor53.6252.8010951061.0602219311132200
Keith Spicer55.5003.2520820083.07834301134551201
Bill Slayback57.4172.952020200125.0113564111512131315
Phil Meeler57.4173.65490001379.0754032840477404
Stephen Tissot512.2945.012719300115.0119736418512864011
Robert Ware45.4442.28131121075.0552719537269403
Michael Fremuth45.4443.12111140075.0683426438048209
Charles Kuhn33.5004.85141111165.06536351125250607
Fred Holdsworth21.6672.743320023.01610703116000
Bob Strampe11.5002.452200011.065311306113
Totals7369.5143.493221420339321201.0107155746610452128941422770

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
Richard Leon13656251759160212661563781.309.358.393.750203332
John Gamble137576516791301343363884664.252.317.310.627160554
John Young1224864277312720217633075295.297.377.473.850202412
John Knox1285094355911814623912106752.271.368.345.713150061
Ike Blessitt1124513946410516622702765384.266.353.505.858199112
Eugene Spatz118412362431041523341024238.287.364.365.729132332
Alex Bike1103893473792181848023355.265.331.392.723136324
Steve Smith853282963568120943002662.230.290.361.651107105
Bob Molinaro451921662650112425242022.301.377.464.84177213
Marty Barski83273232255091012243631.216.319.263.58261104
Chuck Scrivener51163140133340016031927.236.329.264.59337121
Hagan Andersen58146136725300610822.184.228.206.43328011
Harry Kendrick5515513410234011300179.172.266.224.49030112
Dan Bootcheck355548817100600413.354.396.375.77118021
Ronnie Chambers377968614210700813.206.308.265.57218210
Bill Slayback20464341010020018.233.250.256.50611020
Raymond Blosse26494227100100222.167.205.190.3958050
Stephen Tissot27393546000300411.171.256.171.4286000
David Fore616140510020102.357.375.429.8046101
Robert Ware1327261510010006.192.192.231.4236010
Charles Kuhn1423210400010004.190.190.190.3814020
Keith Spicer2128235410000042.174.296.217.5145010
John Hetrick913120300000004.250.250.250.5003010
Michael Fremuth14302623000200110.115.148.115.2643030
William Ray718142200120023.143.333.357.6905200
Gary Taylor1022210210010006.095.095.143.2383010
Michael Murray31160100010044.167.500.167.6671010
Phil Meeler491070100000015.143.333.143.4761110
Bob Strampe3540000010001.000.000.000.0000001
Jerome Donahue261191000000013.000.100.000.1000010
Don Leshnock31332720000000113.000.036.000.0360050
Jack Whillock37970000010013.000.125.000.1250010
Fred Holdsworth3870000000002.000.000.000.0000010
Totals1631517445625671169169277649712753490777.256.330.355.685162003155360


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
John Young1B118955671581.9868.661
Richard Leon1B271839217.9907.111
Alex Bike1B160001.0006.000
John Knox2B1232923271476.9785.033
Marty Barski2B13332312.9824.308
Hagan Andersen2B10221333.9213.500
Steve Smith3B5442981310.9152.593
John Gamble3B452591134.8992.578
Marty Barski3B32137729.9782.812
Hagan Andersen3B21203662.9032.667
Alex BikeC9866481148.9827.6027
Harry KendrickC462851422.9936.50012
David ForeC423510.9667.0000
Michael MurrayC327220.9359.6671
Richard LeonOF111147350.9681.351
Ike BlessittOF110205782.9641.927
Eugene SpatzOF106210340.9822.009
Bob MolinaroOF4371761.9291.814
Steve SmithOF2736520.9531.519
Marty BarskiOF24242001.0001.083
Ronnie ChambersOF2225110.9631.182
William RayOF420001.000.500
John HetrickOF110001.0001.000
Phil MeelerP4951211.944.347
Jack WhillockP3734011.000.189
Dan BootcheckP3371821.926.758
Don LeshnockP31613011.000.613
Stephen TissotP27101120.913.778
Jerome DonahueP2624001.000.231
Raymond BlosseP2661310.950.731
Keith SpicerP2051121.889.800
Bill SlaybackP2051520.9091.000
Charles KuhnP142110.750.214
Robert WareP135930.8241.077
Michael FremuthP1131730.8701.818
Gary TaylorP1046001.0001.000
Fred HoldsworthP302001.000.667
Bob StrampeP203001.0001.500
John GambleSS911442662442.9454.505
Chuck ScrivenerSS47681471426.9394.574
Hagan AndersenSS8161211.9663.500
Marty BarskiSS22310.8332.500
Totals151336041438171291.9673.3322000

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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