1974 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 33-36
Finished 4th in the NYPL
Manager: Ron Brand (33-36)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 32,299, Avg. 936
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1974 season with a record of 33 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the NYPL.
The Pirates scored 275 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 324 runs. Mike Edwards led all regular batters with a .313 average. Larry Angell, Rod Scurry and Mark Mercer topped Niagara Falls with 5 wins each, while Mark Mercer recorded a 1.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1974 Niagara Falls Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rod Scurry, Fred Breining, Mike Edwards, Gary Hargis, Silvio Martínez and Mark Mercer.
Ron Brand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Angell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.31 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 48.0 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Mercer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.86 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.44 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 55 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 74 | 1 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Silvio Martínez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Steffen | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.34 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 58.0 | 46 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.40 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Flaherty | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.89 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 37 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gene Giamarino | 2 | 2 | .500 | 14.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Bowling | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.59 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 59 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Terry McGarrah | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fred Breining | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernardo Leonard | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Presser | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Galante | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.97 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 36 | .478 | 3.76 | 161 | 69 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 580.0 | 485 | 313 | 242 | 30 | 405 | 17 | 474 | 31 | 5 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Edwards | 69 | 305 | 275 | 43 | 86 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 23 | .313 | .362 | .436 | .798 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Gary Hargis | 62 | 248 | 234 | 26 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 34 | .295 | .320 | .385 | .704 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Hughes | 60 | 259 | 234 | 27 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 37 | .252 | .294 | .299 | .593 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| David Marshall | 66 | 227 | 189 | 33 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 14 | .307 | .411 | .376 | .786 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Mitchell | 65 | 256 | 232 | 24 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 41 | .220 | .283 | .293 | .577 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Marvin Whitehurst | 69 | 246 | 227 | 30 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 76 | .220 | .272 | .295 | .567 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Alfred Rein | 57 | 199 | 178 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 67 | .208 | .281 | .315 | .596 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bernardo Leonard | 47 | 173 | 149 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 32 | .195 | .301 | .275 | .576 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Olson | 58 | 184 | 146 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 57 | .185 | .318 | .226 | .544 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Donald Presser | 37 | 132 | 112 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 33 | .214 | .313 | .268 | .581 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Samuel Reynoso | 31 | 88 | 83 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .277 | .318 | .361 | .680 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Frizzi | 47 | 141 | 115 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 33 | .174 | .307 | .243 | .550 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Marmolejos | 17 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .208 | .263 | .245 | .508 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Scurry | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Brandt | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Galante | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 724 | 2518 | 2229 | 274 | 544 | 69 | 28 | 16 | 233 | 102 | 30 | 229 | 470 | .244 | .315 | .322 | .637 | 717 | 33 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Mitchell | 1B | 64 | 534 | 20 | 12 | 54 | .979 | 8.656 | ||||
| David Marshall | 1B | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 5.667 | ||||
| Donald Presser | 1B | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thomas Frizzi | 1B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bernardo Leonard | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | 2B | 69 | 196 | 166 | 12 | 60 | .968 | 5.246 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | 3B | 41 | 38 | 71 | 10 | 5 | .916 | 2.659 | ||||
| David Marshall | 3B | 27 | 18 | 60 | 4 | 2 | .951 | 2.889 | ||||
| Samuel Reynoso | 3B | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Donald Presser | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Richard Olson | C | 58 | 377 | 58 | 9 | 5 | .980 | 7.500 | 14 | |||
| David Marshall | C | 18 | 95 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 6.444 | 2 | |||
| Samuel Reynoso | C | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 3.125 | 2 | |||
| Marvin Whitehurst | OF | 68 | 98 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.515 | ||||
| Alfred Rein | OF | 50 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .877 | 1.140 | ||||
| Bernardo Leonard | OF | 43 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.744 | ||||
| Donald Presser | OF | 26 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Thomas Frizzi | OF | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .882 | ||||
| Jose Marmolejos | OF | 16 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| David Marshall | OF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Larry Angell | P | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .273 | ||||
| John Bowling | P | 17 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .824 | ||||
| Charles Steffen | P | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Mark Mercer | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Gene Giamarino | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Galante | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Silvio Martínez | P | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Terry McGarrah | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Tim Flaherty | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
| Fred Breining | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Presser | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bernardo Leonard | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Hargis | SS | 41 | 63 | 111 | 11 | 25 | .941 | 4.244 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | SS | 23 | 27 | 64 | 13 | 7 | .875 | 3.957 | ||||
| Donald Presser | SS | 7 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 5 | .921 | 5.000 | ||||
| David Marshall | SS | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 772 | 1763 | 705 | 114 | 185 | .956 | 3.197 | 18 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
