1973 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 27-43
Finished 7th in the NYPL
Manager: Woody Huyke (27-43)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 56,996, Avg. 1,628

1973 Niagara Falls Pirates Roster

The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1973 season with a record of 27 wins and 43 losses, finishing seventh in the NYPL.

The Pirates scored 270 runs and surrendered 353 runs. Thomas Kettinger led Niagara Falls with 10 home runs Joseph Piscotty and Thomas Kettinger each accounted for 33 RBI. Joseph Piscotty paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .294 average. Dennis Davis topped the team with 6 wins, while Douglas Nelson registered a 2.92 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Woody Huyke served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dennis Davis	6	4	.600	3.95	14	14		0	0	82.0	74	45	36	1	44	0	58	5	1	7
Douglas Nelson	5	6	.455	2.92	13	13		3	0	77.0	72	39	25	2	32	1	74	3	1	3
Richard Thomas	3	4	.429	4.86	13	7		0	0	50.0	63	40	27	7	26	0	29	2	0	5
Randolph Hopkins	3	5	.375	5.10	14	12		2	0	67.0	83	45	38	2	38	1	43	5	0	5
Richard Burgoon	2	2	.500	4.15	15	3		0	2	39.0	34	22	18	2	19	0	23	2	0	6
Alan Drechsler	2	4	.333	3.09	20	0		0	5	32.0	38	15	11	0	13	1	29	2	0	1
Douglas Melvin	1	1	.500	3.50	15	0		0	1	36.0	36	22	14	2	13	0	23	1	0	1
Larry Kinn	1	1	.500	4.33	16	0		0	0	27.0	23	17	13	1	14	1	24	0	0	5
Timothy Pierce	1	2	.333	5.09	15	0		0	4	23.0	36	19	13	2	7	0	16	0	0	0
Ray Lilley	1	4	.200	3.78	16	5		1	0	50.0	49	29	21	2	27	1	24	2	1	5
Joseph Neal	1	5	.167	2.68	11	8		2	0	47.0	38	24	14	1	19	2	69	2	1	6
Mike Kavanagh	1	5	.167	4.20	16	8		1	5	60.0	56	36	28	2	35	1	57	1	1	1
Totals	27	43	.386	3.94	178	70	0	9	17	590.0	602	353	258	24	287	8	469	25	5	45	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
Joseph Piscotty	64	256	214	36	63	10	2	7	33	10	1	38	31	.294	.402	.458	.860	98		2	0	2
Thomas Kettinger	70	283	229	33	62	15	8	10	33	5	3	50	46	.271	.401	.537	.938	123		1	1	2
Steve Gerlecz	59	228	207	23	56	4	4	0	19	7	1	16	26	.271	.330	.329	.659	68		3	1	1
Kenneth Barnes	64	250	226	21	55	7	0	1	30	9	3	17	26	.243	.297	.288	.585	65		2	1	4
Felix Rodriguez	56	232	218	24	51	6	2	0	13	4	1	11	46	.234	.280	.280	.560	61		3	0	0
Robert Mazur	60	230	191	29	48	7	5	2	20	6	2	34	78	.251	.366	.372	.737	71		1	3	1
Alexis Ramirez	50	195	169	26	42	9	0	0	12	5	1	19	27	.249	.326	.302	.628	51		1	5	1
Alexis Guerrero	54	181	166	21	38	6	3	2	21	7	2	12	37	.229	.287	.337	.625	56		2	0	1
Mike Skinner	45	144	133	19	23	2	0	0	4	2	0	8	26	.173	.218	.188	.406	25		0	2	1
Richard Olson	44	164	134	13	22	1	0	1	9	0	0	27	60	.164	.305	.194	.499	26		1	0	2
Robert Roemer	34	107	97	5	15	0	1	2	12	0	0	8	14	.155	.224	.237	.461	23		1	0	1
William Miller	26	89	76	7	8	0	0	0	5	4	1	11	32	.105	.225	.105	.330	8		1	0	1
Mike Kavanagh	17	21	19	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	.263	.300	.368	.668	7		0	1	0
Ray Lilley	17	19	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.235	.316	.235	.551	4		0	0	0
Randolph Hopkins	14	23	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.182	.182	.182	.364	4		0	1	0
Dennis Davis	14	31	25	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	11	.160	.276	.240	.516	6		1	2	0
Douglas Nelson	16	29	27	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	3		0	2	0
Douglas Melvin	15	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	2	0
Joseph Neal	11	16	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.182	.400	.182	.582	2		0	1	0
Richard Thomas	17	20	15	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.133	.222	.133	.356	2		0	2	1
Larry Kinn	16	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Timothy Pierce	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Alan Drechsler	20	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		1	1	0
Richard Burgoon	16	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	814	2560	2232	270	510	67	27	25	220	59	15	264	510	.228	.313	.316	.630	706	0	20	26	18	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Felix Rodriguez	1B	54	413	21	9	39	.980	8.037
Steve Gerlecz	1B	17	113	5	2	11	.983	6.941
William Miller	1B	2	14	1	0	0	1.000	7.500
Robert Roemer	1B	1	8	1	2	0	.818	9.000
Kenneth Barnes	2B	37	84	92	11	23	.941	4.757
Alexis Guerrero	2B	36	77	82	13	23	.924	4.417
Thomas Kettinger	3B	27	30	37	13	5	.838	2.481
Steve Gerlecz	3B	21	20	26	6	2	.885	2.190
William Miller	3B	17	18	25	9	2	.827	2.529
Alexis Guerrero	3B	10	6	10	3	1	.842	1.600
Richard Olson	C	44	289	23	10	3	.969	7.091	13
Robert Roemer	C	27	203	19	0	6	1.000	8.222	2
Joseph Piscotty	OF	61	127	7	2	2	.985	2.197
Robert Mazur	OF	59	85	13	5	3	.951	1.661
Thomas Kettinger	OF	42	60	0	5	0	.923	1.429
Mike Skinner	OF	39	47	1	5	0	.906	1.231
Steve Gerlecz	OF	20	20	1	1	0	.955	1.050
Alan Drechsler	P	20	0	4	0	0	1.000	.200
Ray Lilley	P	16	5	16	2	1	.913	1.312
Larry Kinn	P	16	2	2	1	0	.800	.250
Mike Kavanagh	P	16	3	9	6	1	.667	.750
Timothy Pierce	P	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	.133
Douglas Melvin	P	15	2	13	4	0	.789	1.000
Richard Burgoon	P	15	0	8	1	0	.889	.533
Randolph Hopkins	P	14	2	8	1	2	.909	.714
Dennis Davis	P	14	7	15	4	0	.846	1.571
Richard Thomas	P	13	5	4	2	0	.818	.692
Douglas Nelson	P	13	2	13	2	1	.882	1.154
Joseph Neal	P	11	1	7	5	0	.615	.727
Alexis Ramirez	SS	45	80	121	24	25	.893	4.467
Kenneth Barnes	SS	27	45	70	13	16	.898	4.259
Totals		764	1769	655	161	166	.938	3.173	15	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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