1974 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: John Davis (62-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 55,813, Avg. 827
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The 89ers scored 655 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Ken Hottman paced Oklahoma City with 11 home runs Tommy Smith drove in 67 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .312 clip. Jim Kern led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.52 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1974 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Kern, Rick Manning, Ed Crosby, Tom McMillan, Tom Timmermann, Terry Ley, Brian Ostrosser, Kevin Collins, Ossie Blanco, Charlie Hudson, Tommy Smith, Bob Rauch, Eric Raich, Jack Whillock, Brent Strom, Jim Norris, Ron Lolich, Larry Johnson, Duane Kuiper, Alan Ashby, Jeff Newman, Ted Ford, Dwain Anderson, Bill Gogolewski, Denny O'Toole, Bruce Ellingsen, Ken Hottman, Johnny Jeter, Steve Blateric, Jim Strickland and Tom Brennan.
John Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Kern | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.52 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 | 139 | 63 | 53 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 220 | 7 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Bill Gogolewski | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.63 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 181.0 | 178 | 90 | 73 | 13 | 38 | 3 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Rauch | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.95 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 140.0 | 135 | 91 | 77 | 14 | 110 | 6 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Eric Raich | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.14 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 159 | 79 | 73 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny O'Toole | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 88 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Brent Strom | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.22 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 48 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Ellingsen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.37 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 70 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Charlie Hudson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.83 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 125 | 70 | 66 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom Brennan | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.84 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.68 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 88.0 | 81 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 32 | 10 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Hal Baird | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Blateric | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Timmermann | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Hottman | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Strickland | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Ley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.77 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 41 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 71 | .441 | 4.83 | 307 | 130 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 1068.0 | 1146 | 660 | 573 | 76 | 553 | 29 | 841 | 26 | 4 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Kuiper | 135 | 600 | 554 | 83 | 172 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 28 | 11 | 37 | 55 | .310 | .357 | .394 | .751 | 218 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Smith | 93 | 404 | 381 | 59 | 119 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 41 | .312 | .341 | .499 | .839 | 190 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tom McMillan | 128 | 474 | 445 | 59 | 115 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 68 | .258 | .296 | .312 | .608 | 139 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Rick Manning | 122 | 460 | 402 | 58 | 108 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 51 | 67 | .269 | .355 | .371 | .726 | 149 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Blanco | 82 | 330 | 282 | 43 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 72 | .284 | .367 | .429 | .796 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Alvin McGrew | 58 | 223 | 189 | 36 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 60 | .333 | .420 | .450 | .870 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Alan Ashby | 66 | 250 | 211 | 26 | 60 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 39 | .284 | .385 | .412 | .797 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 74 | 256 | 236 | 35 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 43 | .246 | .294 | .403 | .697 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brian Ostrosser | 69 | 259 | 218 | 32 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 28 | .261 | .368 | .381 | .749 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dan Covert | 45 | 184 | 167 | 21 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 32 | .317 | .372 | .467 | .839 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Norris | 44 | 159 | 140 | 26 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 30 | .350 | .428 | .493 | .921 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Newman | 57 | 206 | 188 | 19 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 38 | .245 | .299 | .383 | .682 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Hottman | 55 | 199 | 176 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 60 | .256 | .327 | .494 | .821 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Hannah | 38 | 154 | 136 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 25 | .272 | .333 | .426 | .760 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Monroe | 49 | 175 | 151 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 32 | .232 | .331 | .338 | .669 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Collins | 27 | 108 | 94 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16 | .298 | .380 | .447 | .826 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Lolich | 7 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .310 | .364 | .483 | .846 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dwain Anderson | 18 | 56 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .182 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Ford | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .350 | .381 | .400 | .781 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Brooks | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1175 | 4559 | 4071 | 593 | 1151 | 203 | 42 | 75 | 555 | 104 | 51 | 410 | 734 | .283 | .349 | .408 | .758 | 1663 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Blanco | 1B | 57 | 416 | 27 | 7 | 42 | .984 | 7.772 | ||||
| Dan Covert | 1B | 40 | 311 | 17 | 2 | 29 | .994 | 8.200 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 1B | 19 | 146 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 1.000 | 8.421 | ||||
| Mike Hannah | 1B | 18 | 143 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 8.556 | ||||
| Jeff Newman | 1B | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
| Ken Hottman | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim Norris | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Kuiper | 2B | 135 | 291 | 365 | 11 | 79 | .984 | 4.859 | ||||
| Mike Brooks | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brian Ostrosser | 3B | 59 | 32 | 107 | 10 | 9 | .933 | 2.356 | ||||
| Glenn Monroe | 3B | 48 | 29 | 85 | 17 | 9 | .870 | 2.375 | ||||
| Mike Hannah | 3B | 17 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .906 | 2.824 | ||||
| Dwain Anderson | 3B | 10 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 2.300 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 3B | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Alan Ashby | C | 60 | 405 | 33 | 8 | 2 | .982 | 7.300 | 7 | |||
| Larry Johnson | C | 44 | 243 | 20 | 9 | 3 | .967 | 5.977 | 7 | |||
| Jeff Newman | C | 40 | 266 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 7.050 | 3 | |||
| Jim Hoppe | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Rick Manning | OF | 121 | 207 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .965 | 1.810 | ||||
| Tommy Smith | OF | 93 | 176 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .973 | 1.957 | ||||
| Alvin McGrew | OF | 56 | 114 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 2.036 | ||||
| Jim Norris | OF | 26 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Ken Hottman | OF | 24 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ron Lolich | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Mike Brooks | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Whillock | P | 50 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .380 | ||||
| Denny O'Toole | P | 36 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .361 | ||||
| Charlie Hudson | P | 32 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .625 | ||||
| Bob Rauch | P | 30 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .867 | ||||
| Bill Gogolewski | P | 28 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
| Jim Kern | P | 25 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .956 | 1.720 | ||||
| Eric Raich | P | 20 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bruce Ellingsen | P | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Brennan | P | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .385 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Strom | P | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Tom Timmermann | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Thomas Linnert | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Jim Strickland | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Ley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Hottman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom McMillan | SS | 127 | 215 | 362 | 35 | 81 | .943 | 4.543 | ||||
| Brian Ostrosser | SS | 11 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 3.545 | ||||
| Mike Hannah | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dwain Anderson | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1338 | 3221 | 1316 | 150 | 312 | .968 | 3.391 | 17 | 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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