1974 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 61-76
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (61-76)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 46,320, Avg. 676
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 61 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Rebels scored 565 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Murray Robinson paced Montgomery with 10 home runs Art James recorded 58 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. Gary Ignasiak led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.69 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1974 Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gary Ignasiak, Phil Meeler, Bruce Kimm, Bob Adams, Dennis DeBarr, Ed Glynn, Art James, Bob Kaiser, Vern Ruhle and John Young.
Jim Leyland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ignasiak | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.69 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 123 | 61 | 46 | 8 | 90 | 1 | 95 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Frederick Strine | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.97 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 95 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Greg Gromek | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.29 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 107.0 | 114 | 61 | 51 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Everett Meggitt | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.15 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 117.0 | 116 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Ike | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.16 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 134 | 67 | 46 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dwyer | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.69 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71.0 | 85 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gerald Tyler | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.84 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 90 | 48 | 43 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.89 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 81.0 | 77 | 57 | 35 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.12 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 93 | 64 | 44 | 6 | 58 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Ian Fink | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.44 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.0 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ed Glynn | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.51 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 60 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David DeLuca | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elliott Moore | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Kaiser | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 76 | .445 | 3.63 | 266 | 138 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 11 | 1141.0 | 1094 | 613 | 460 | 69 | 534 | 27 | 561 | 44 | 12 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art James | 115 | 495 | 454 | 62 | 134 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 34 | .295 | .335 | .348 | .683 | 158 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Charles Bates | 133 | 516 | 466 | 49 | 109 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 76 | .234 | .297 | .315 | .613 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Giegler | 137 | 529 | 481 | 56 | 106 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 68 | .220 | .272 | .291 | .563 | 140 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Jim Eschen | 135 | 537 | 445 | 73 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 61 | .231 | .357 | .303 | .660 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Valle | 104 | 392 | 348 | 47 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 42 | .264 | .336 | .394 | .730 | 137 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Allan Striano | 94 | 352 | 297 | 30 | 85 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 28 | .286 | .386 | .387 | .774 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Young | 86 | 325 | 275 | 39 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 53 | .287 | .381 | .375 | .755 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bob Adams | 83 | 320 | 297 | 30 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .263 | .305 | .327 | .632 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Raul Colon | 90 | 347 | 302 | 42 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 53 | .252 | .334 | .387 | .722 | 117 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bryan Lambe | 56 | 251 | 211 | 35 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 38 | 28 | .341 | .442 | .408 | .850 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Suchan | 82 | 274 | 247 | 28 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 35 | .211 | .263 | .320 | .583 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Murray Robinson | 58 | 228 | 193 | 26 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 42 | .181 | .298 | .373 | .671 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 45 | 136 | 123 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 23 | .236 | .301 | .325 | .627 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ramon Gimenez | 37 | 115 | 101 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .257 | .348 | .416 | .764 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Kimm | 33 | 129 | 111 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .216 | .312 | .288 | .601 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Greg Gromek | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1318 | 4948 | 4353 | 564 | 1100 | 164 | 19 | 66 | 496 | 78 | 40 | 503 | 610 | .253 | .330 | .345 | .675 | 1500 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Colon | 1B | 86 | 763 | 48 | 18 | 83 | .978 | 9.430 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | 1B | 32 | 258 | 9 | 3 | 26 | .989 | 8.344 | ||||
| John Young | 1B | 17 | 147 | 12 | 2 | 13 | .988 | 9.353 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | 1B | 9 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .975 | 8.778 | ||||
| Bob Adams | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 2B | 134 | 309 | 411 | 20 | 98 | .973 | 5.373 | ||||
| Mark Giegler | 2B | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| John Valle | 2B | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | 2B | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Charles Bates | 3B | 133 | 132 | 282 | 47 | 28 | .898 | 3.113 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | 3B | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Valle | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bob Adams | C | 74 | 294 | 45 | 13 | 3 | .963 | 4.581 | 25 | |||
| Bruce Kimm | C | 33 | 198 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 6.485 | 2 | |||
| Ted Brazell | C | 33 | 123 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .965 | 4.182 | 4 | |||
| Art James | OF | 114 | 248 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .977 | 2.228 | ||||
| John Valle | OF | 101 | 185 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 1.950 | ||||
| Allan Striano | OF | 79 | 118 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .949 | 1.633 | ||||
| Bryan Lambe | OF | 56 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.946 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | OF | 27 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.593 | ||||
| Ramon Gimenez | OF | 26 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .934 | 2.192 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | OF | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
| John Young | OF | 12 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Greg Gromek | P | 29 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 28 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Michael Dwyer | P | 28 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .500 | ||||
| Everett Meggitt | P | 27 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .519 | ||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 27 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .852 | ||||
| Frederick Strine | P | 22 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Gary Ignasiak | P | 22 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Frank Fisher | P | 21 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Larry Ike | P | 20 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Gerald Tyler | P | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Vern Ruhle | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Elliott Moore | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bob Kaiser | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Ian Fink | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David DeLuca | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Giegler | SS | 131 | 224 | 421 | 51 | 85 | .927 | 4.924 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | SS | 10 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 10 | .981 | 5.100 | ||||
| Totals | 1398 | 3420 | 1534 | 211 | 386 | .959 | 3.544 | 31 | 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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