1971 Peninsula Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 85-53
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Howie Bedell (85-53)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 60,286, Avg. 874
Playoffs - Peninsula Phillies 2 games, Kinston Eagles 0
The Peninsula Phillies of the Carolina League ended the 1971 season with a record of 85 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Phillies topped the league with just 453 runs allowed. Peninsula scored 582 runs. Jim Essian led the squad with 12 home runs George Hodge drove in 74 runs. Bob Beall topped all regular batters by connecting at a .314 clip. Richard Fusari paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.19 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Erskine Thomason, Ron Diorio, Juan Jiménez, Bob Beall, Dave Wallace, Mac Scarce and Jim Essian were all players from the 1971 Peninsula Phillies who played in the Majors during their careers.
Howie Bedell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Fusari | 19 | 6 | .760 | 2.19 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 222.0 | 220 | 72 | 54 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 130 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Mike Coble | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.72 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 162.0 | 131 | 58 | 49 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Fred Thomason | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.30 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 183.0 | 170 | 77 | 67 | 9 | 71 | 4 | 109 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Randy Boyd | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.74 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 171.0 | 167 | 69 | 52 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 58.0 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Horne | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 73 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerald Herron | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Diorio | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.93 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43.0 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Barker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.26 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 80 | 48 | 36 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mac Scarce | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Sanchez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0.97 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce King | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Cavanaugh | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Bandy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erskine Thomason | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 49 | .623 | 2.64 | 273 | 127 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 22 | 1102.0 | 996 | 422 | 323 | 47 | 352 | 27 | 793 | 35 | 7 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Garcia | 138 | 612 | 561 | 92 | 155 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 38 | 80 | .276 | .328 | .373 | .701 | 209 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Stirling Coward | 132 | 566 | 518 | 89 | 143 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 58 | .276 | .326 | .382 | .708 | 198 | 6 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Bob Beall | 138 | 571 | 452 | 78 | 142 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 110 | 75 | .314 | .448 | .451 | .899 | 204 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Giallella | 121 | 497 | 432 | 63 | 129 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 30 | .299 | .379 | .412 | .791 | 178 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Donald Kinzel | 137 | 505 | 451 | 56 | 125 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 81 | .277 | .343 | .368 | .711 | 166 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| George Hodge | 118 | 470 | 428 | 49 | 118 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 67 | .276 | .330 | .374 | .704 | 160 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Essian | 131 | 499 | 429 | 54 | 107 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 91 | .249 | .347 | .380 | .727 | 163 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Russell Klobas | 87 | 292 | 272 | 32 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 52 | .250 | .293 | .327 | .620 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Allan Matson | 86 | 276 | 247 | 22 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 64 | .223 | .291 | .328 | .619 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Coker | 53 | 148 | 139 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | .230 | .259 | .266 | .525 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Fusari | 34 | 98 | 84 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .262 | .319 | .381 | .700 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ernie Aguirre | 38 | 95 | 89 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .191 | .223 | .281 | .504 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Coble | 26 | 68 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .164 | .239 | .230 | .468 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Thomason | 28 | 69 | 60 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .150 | .177 | .267 | .444 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Horne | 12 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| James Kelly | 7 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .174 | .208 | .391 | .600 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Boyd | 27 | 66 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .056 | .102 | .056 | .157 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Edward Goldstone | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Sanchez | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 22 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bonalewicz | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Barker | 27 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Padron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erskine Thomason | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac Scarce | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce King | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Jiménez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jagutis | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Hutchinson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Herron | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Diorio | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1481 | 4978 | 4402 | 579 | 1149 | 201 | 31 | 61 | 495 | 99 | 46 | 445 | 762 | .261 | .332 | .362 | .694 | 1595 | 0 | 36 | 65 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Beall | 1B | 138 | 1179 | 91 | 13 | 113 | .990 | 9.203 | ||||
| Donald Kinzel | 2B | 137 | 271 | 350 | 25 | 84 | .961 | 4.533 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jerry Coker | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Hodge | 3B | 115 | 95 | 210 | 24 | 18 | .927 | 2.652 | ||||
| Ernie Aguirre | 3B | 26 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 7 | .906 | 2.231 | ||||
| John Jagutis | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry Coker | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Essian | C | 131 | 856 | 68 | 22 | 13 | .977 | 7.053 | 12 | |||
| James Kelly | C | 7 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Bob Bonalewicz | C | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 138 | 311 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 2.362 | ||||
| Richard Giallella | OF | 121 | 208 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 1.835 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | OF | 73 | 100 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .939 | 1.466 | ||||
| Allan Matson | OF | 70 | 75 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jerry Coker | OF | 23 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.435 | ||||
| Fred Thomason | P | 28 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Richard Fusari | P | 28 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.321 | ||||
| Ron Diorio | P | 27 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .519 | ||||
| Randy Boyd | P | 27 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.111 | ||||
| Douglas Barker | P | 27 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Mike Coble | P | 23 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
| Dave Wallace | P | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Mac Scarce | P | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jose Sanchez | P | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .350 | ||||
| Gerald Herron | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Thomas Horne | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Carl Cavanaugh | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce King | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Juan Jiménez | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bert Bandy | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Erskine Thomason | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | SS | 131 | 221 | 408 | 53 | 87 | .922 | 4.802 | ||||
| Jerry Coker | SS | 7 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .879 | 4.143 | ||||
| John Jagutis | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ernie Aguirre | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1403 | 3487 | 1430 | 186 | 336 | .964 | 3.505 | 12 | 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.
