1972 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Tony Pacheco (57-83)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 245,009, Avg. 3,500

1972 Oklahoma City 89ers Roster

The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1972 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The 89ers tallied 569 runs and allowed 662 runs. Cliff Johnson paced Oklahoma City with 17 home runs Rafael Batista accounted for 84 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .310 clip. J. R. Richard led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1972 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rich Chiles, Ron Cook, Stan Papi, Jay Schlueter, J. R. Richard, Greg Sims, Cliff Johnson, Pat Darcy, Gus Gil, Skip Guinn, Buddy Harris, Rafael Batista, Gary Sutherland, Otis Thornton, Greg Gross, Oscar Zamora, Larry Howard, Larry Yount, Ray Busse, Jim York, Keith Lampard, Ramón de los Santos and Mike Cosgrove.

Tony Pacheco 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
J. R. Richard	10	8	.556	3.02	19	19		6	2	0	128.0	94	57	43	5	79	2	169	7	2	11
Mike Flanagan	7	7	.500	3.61	26	22		6	1	1	147.0	156	66	59	7	63	6	68	1	1	11
Oscar Zamora	7	9	.438	3.36	48	1		1	1	10	83.0	74	37	31	8	17	3	69	0	0	4
Buddy Harris	6	14	.300	3.41	25	23		5	1	1	153.0	162	79	58	7	41	2	99	1	0	3
Carlos Alfonso	5	4	.556	3.90	47	3		0	0	3	90.0	96	53	39	5	55	9	69	1	0	12
Edward Mims	5	13	.278	4.94	24	22		1	1	1	113.0	126	76	62	7	71	4	97	0	1	8
Larry Yount	5	14	.263	5.15	30	27		3	0	0	166.0	190	120	95	19	85	10	112	9	1	10
Mike Cosgrove	4	2	.667	2.62	7	7		3	0	0	48.0	38	17	14	2	22	0	44	2	0	4
Bob Cluck	3	2	.600	3.34	46	0		0	0	11	62.0	63	26	23	2	31	6	57	0	0	4
Ron Cook	3	4	.429	3.74	22	4		0	0	0	65.0	69	46	27	2	42	7	51	2	0	3
Pat Darcy	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	1		1	1	0	16.0	8	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1
Skip Guinn					10						0.0
Don Stratton	0	0		6.30	2	2		0	0	0	10.0	11	8	7	1	6	0	11	0	0	0
Ramón de los Santos	0	1	.000	6.06	32	0		0	0	0	52.0	65	41	35	5	32	3	38	2	2	4
Blake Green	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2		0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	0	4	0	6	0	0	0
Jim York	0	2	.000	4.15	8	2		0	0	0	13.0	10	11	6	0	15	3	20	1	0	1
Totals	56	81	.409	3.94	351	135	0	26	7	27	1150.0	1171	643	503	70	564	55	918	26	7	76	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
Rafael Batista	126	462	416	57	129	35	7	9	84	3	1	35	79	.310	.367	.493	.859	205		5	1	5
Rich Chiles	115	464	419	59	110	21	5	7	44	6	7	35	55	.263	.334	.387	.721	162		10	0	0
Fernando Tatis	124	441	414	45	107	16	1	1	30	9	9	23	68	.258	.301	.309	.610	128		2	2	0
Gus Gil	125	499	424	69	101	18	1	2	36	11	6	70	68	.238	.347	.300	.647	127		1	4	0
Cliff Johnson	89	348	313	55	88	12	5	17	59	3	1	29	59	.281	.349	.514	.863	161		4	1	1
Gary Sutherland	79	318	284	39	85	15	3	0	31	3	0	31	25	.299	.367	.373	.740	106		0	2	1
Jay Schlueter	102	316	281	29	53	11	0	5	28	6	2	28	82	.189	.266	.281	.547	79		3	0	4
John Dolinsek	49	183	166	27	51	11	1	4	24	1	2	15	20	.307	.372	.458	.829	76		2	0	0
Ray Busse	70	228	208	21	43	4	2	3	19	2	1	15	53	.207	.270	.288	.558	60		3	2	0
Manuel Crespo	43	136	128	11	35	6	2	0	10	2	2	8	11	.273	.316	.352	.668	45		0	0	0
Greg Sims	53	136	119	17	29	5	1	3	13	3	0	15	27	.244	.328	.378	.707	45		0	2	0
Greg Gross	28	121	109	15	27	4	0	0	8	0	1	10	7	.248	.308	.284	.593	31		0	1	1
John Mason	39	120	114	10	27	4	0	1	15	0	1	3	11	.237	.256	.298	.555	34		0	3	0
Otis Thornton	73	187	155	15	27	5	0	0	8	1	0	28	36	.174	.316	.206	.522	32		4	0	0
Larry Howard	37	137	114	19	26	5	1	3	13	0	0	22	31	.228	.358	.368	.726	42		1	0	0
Elijah Johnson	54	134	114	15	24	2	0	4	18	1	0	17	25	.211	.313	.333	.647	38		1	0	2
Mike Flanagan	26	61	56	6	11	5	0	0	8	0	0	0	22	.196	.211	.286	.496	16		1	4	0
J. R. Richard	19	49	45	8	10	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	15	.222	.239	.333	.572	15		0	3	0
Ron Cook	23	26	24	4	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.250	.269	.375	.644	9		0	0	1
Larry Yount	30	57	48	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.125	.192	.146	.338	7		0	5	0
Carl Richardson	21	35	31	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	.161	.235	.161	.397	5		0	1	0
Mike Cosgrove	7	19	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.214	.353	.214	.567	3		1	2	0
Oscar Zamora	48	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	1	0
Jose Salas	6	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.500	.667	.500	1.167	2		0	0	0
Ramón de los Santos	33	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
Bob Cluck	46	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	0	0
Carlos Alfonso	47	23	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.105	.227	.105	.333	2		0	1	0
Buddy Harris	25	60	54	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33	.037	.088	.056	.143	3		0	3	0
Pat Darcy	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	1	0
Stan Papi	13	37	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.029	.081	.029	.110	1		0	0	0
Blake Green	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Thomas Simon	17	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim York	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Edward Mims	24	41	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.000	.053	.000	.053	0		0	3	1
Don Stratton	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1606	4695	4190	539	1018	186	29	60	463	54	33	407	806	.243	.315	.344	.659	1442	0	38	44	16	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rafael Batista	1B	87	581	40	10	66	.984	7.138
Cliff Johnson	1B	35	241	19	2	19	.992	7.429
Elijah Johnson	1B	27	162	13	3	14	.983	6.481
John Dolinsek	1B	10	53	5	0	8	1.000	5.800
John Mason	1B	8	53	4	0	4	1.000	7.125
Keith Lampard	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gus Gil	1B	1	7	1	0	1	1.000	8.000
Gary Sutherland	2B	78	164	214	12	40	.969	4.846
Fernando Tatis	2B	47	102	129	12	28	.951	4.915
Gus Gil	2B	28	49	52	1	9	.990	3.607
Gus Gil	3B	98	88	148	10	22	.959	2.408
Fernando Tatis	3B	25	12	41	4	6	.930	2.120
John Mason	3B	23	16	47	3	6	.955	2.739
Elijah Johnson	3B	5	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.600
Carl Richardson	3B	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
Gary Sutherland	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Otis Thornton	C	65	356	27	2	2	.995	5.892	16
Cliff Johnson	C	60	359	40	13	7	.968	6.650	17
Larry Howard	C	37	269	27	4	1	.987	8.000	12
Jose Salas	C	6	15	1	0	0	1.000	2.667	0
Rich Chiles	OF	109	180	7	4	2	.979	1.716
Jay Schlueter	OF	99	184	6	5	1	.974	1.919
Rafael Batista	OF	44	44	2	5	0	.902	1.045
John Dolinsek	OF	39	59	6	2	1	.970	1.667
Greg Sims	OF	35	45	1	2	1	.958	1.314
Greg Gross	OF	27	64	4	1	1	.986	2.519
Thomas Simon	OF	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Elijah Johnson	OF	7	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.714
Carl Richardson	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Oscar Zamora	P	48	3	9	0	3	1.000	.250
Carlos Alfonso	P	47	6	10	3	2	.842	.340
Bob Cluck	P	46	4	13	1	0	.944	.370
Ramón de los Santos	P	32	3	7	1	1	.909	.312
Larry Yount	P	30	12	22	5	1	.872	1.133
Mike Flanagan	P	26	9	11	1	1	.952	.769
Buddy Harris	P	25	7	14	3	1	.875	.840
Edward Mims	P	24	4	15	5	0	.792	.792
Ron Cook	P	22	6	16	2	0	.917	1.000
J. R. Richard	P	19	2	19	3	1	.875	1.105
Skip Guinn	P	10						.000
Jim York	P	8	2	1	1	1	.750	.375
Mike Cosgrove	P	7	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.429
Pat Darcy	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Don Stratton	P	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Blake Green	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ray Busse	SS	55	90	147	27	25	.898	4.309
Fernando Tatis	SS	46	58	114	10	21	.945	3.739
Manuel Crespo	SS	38	55	102	12	33	.929	4.132
Stan Papi	SS	11	13	31	3	6	.936	4.000
Carl Richardson	SS	5	4	4	1	0	.889	1.600
Gus Gil	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1524	3404	1390	173	337	.965	3.146	45	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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