1971 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (0-0), Dick Cole (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 56,052, Avg. 1,601
1971 Niagara Falls Pirates Roster

The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1971 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.

The Pirates scored 282 runs and yielded 306 runs. Ron Knaub recorded 42 runs batted in. Terry Collins led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .306 average. George Whileyman topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Lafayette Currence and John Morlan both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Chuck Cottier and Dick Cole 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
George Whileyman72.7782.00131282199.06430223500106416
Gary Abram56.4554.13131352085.0844839534179207
Paul Strauch41.8000.3618000525.0125109232101
Dennis Slagle41.8004.2112220147.0472722224243111
John Bedard46.4005.35141432074.06848447641704114
Scott Johnson31.7502.548821046.0331813223038301
Danny Waelchli31.7503.4116000137.0361714121144205
David Nelson36.3333.57121020068.0733527424358414
Richard Swinchock23.4003.1912300231.0221411117239000
John Morlan11.5006.752200012.015109012121211
Matthew Mazza11.5006.7511000012.014149116114005
Brad Albertsen000.00100001.00000001000
Elliott Jones001.802100010.09320408000
Lafayette Currence004.50210008.055415119104
Kenneth Waiss004.508200120.0291610210316100
Thomas Bell01.0006.00210003.04320306001
John Caruso01.00036.00100001.05441004000
Robert Clites02.0004.0011100118.0998017119106
Totals3733.5293.6315870022712597.05293062413033319617265560

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
Terry Collins7031326551811231261223635.306.390.385.775102354
Ron Knaub662682393866104642822551.276.343.427.770102103
Jim Johnson56219194265282927232252.268.352.469.82191300
William Thomas56219200204660737411541.230.283.365.64873103
Gary Shade53187158154482021822315.278.368.354.72256123
Eddie Sherlin612322043542412111332535.206.294.265.55954111
Gary Gandy4212711111323009111415.288.362.315.67835002
Richard Bedard57188160193263120002258.200.305.294.59947312
Paul Bostic44140122192240213001339.180.266.262.52832212
John Caruso54172142112122111422438.148.275.211.48630213
Alexander Kanoza3412110671710010101434.160.264.170.43418100
Fausto Sosa2284725151002111020.208.321.222.54416200
Brad Albertsen35786111110102401213.180.320.213.53313131
John Bedard1529270800020013.296.321.296.6188010
George Whileyman14393348200100510.242.342.303.64510010
Victor Price834332810150108.242.242.364.60612010
Scott Johnson818161400000025.250.333.250.5834000
Gary Abram13353014000000213.133.188.133.3214030
Dennis Slagle1219181300010017.167.211.167.3773000
Lafayette Currence2440200000001.500.500.5001.0002000
John Morlan2550200010001.400.400.400.8002000
David Nelson13272252101500410.091.259.273.5326100
Matthew Mazza111101000000001.0001.0001.0002.0001000
Robert Clites11441100000002.250.250.250.5001000
Kenneth Waiss8441100000002.250.250.250.5001000
Danny Waelchli16660100000003.167.167.167.3331000
John Simontacchi412110100010013.091.167.091.2581000
Elliott Jones2220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Paul Strauch18220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Richard Swinchock12860000000014.000.143.000.1430010
Totals819259722582845276918312475818272520.233.319.321.64072502221240


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ron Knaub1B6447236843.9847.938
Richard Bedard1B522313.9625.000
Brad Albertsen1B317321.9096.667
Eddie Sherlin2B4410699823.9624.659
Fausto Sosa2B203255610.9354.350
Richard Bedard2B8913021.0002.750
Brad Albertsen2B12230.5714.000
John Caruso3B454450117.8952.089
Richard Bedard3B18926101.7781.944
Eddie Sherlin3B97520.8571.333
Gary Gandy3B32420.7502.000
Brad Albertsen3B20121.333.500
Paul BosticC373102352.9859.0006
Alexander KanozaC3326928104.9679.00015
John SimontacchiC336220.95012.6673
Jim JohnsonC151001.0006.0001
William ThomasOF55100440.9631.891
Jim JohnsonOF5260441.9411.231
Gary ShadeOF4966351.9321.408
Gary GandyOF3030261.8421.067
Richard BedardOF2329210.9691.348
Brad AlbertsenOF146010.857.429
Victor PriceOF871001.0001.000
Paul StrauchP1843001.000.389
Danny WaelchliP1646001.000.625
John BedardP1471440.8401.500
George WhileymanP1383032.9272.923
Gary AbramP1361022.8891.231
Richard SwinchockP122410.857.500
Dennis SlagleP1245001.000.750
David NelsonP12312011.0001.250
Matthew MazzaP110000.000
Robert ClitesP113311.857.545
Kenneth WaissP811001.000.250
Scott JohnsonP83710.9091.250
John MorlanP220001.0001.000
Elliott JonesP211001.0001.000
Lafayette CurrenceP201001.000.500
Thomas BellP20110.500.500
John CarusoP10000.000
Brad AlbertsenP10000.000
Terry CollinsSS701121791937.9394.157
Totals7551800644125143.9513.2372500

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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