1972 Pittsfield Rangers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 2nd in the EL's American Division
Manager: Joe Klein (66-73)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 47,199, Avg. 679

1972 Pittsfield Rangers Roster

The Pittsfield Rangers of the Eastern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the league's American Division.

The Rangers paced the league with 605 runs. Pittsfield allowed 560 runs. Albert Thompson walloped 31 home runs for the team, while Tom Robson swatted 15 or more, too. Albert Thompson accounted for 110 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Charlie Walters paced the team with 9 wins, and Rick Waits recorded a 3.1 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1972 Pittsfield Rangers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Greg Pryor, John Wockenfuss, Pete Mackanin, Tom Robson, Jim Kremmel, Bill Madlock, Dave Moates, Roy Howell, Lew Beasley, Charlie Walters and Rick Waits.

Joe Klein 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
Charlie Walters	9	10	.474	4.41	33	18		6	1	2	143.0	154	78	70	15	62	2	88	1	0	13
Rick Waits	8	8	.500	3.10	25	22		5	3	0	116.0	104	66	40	7	82	3	84	4	0	9
Donnie Shields	8	9	.471	3.35	25	24		8	3	0	161.0	133	71	60	6	73	4	135	4	0	15
Art DeFilippis	8	9	.471	4.39	29	17		3	1	0	123.0	107	72	60	12	85	3	93	6	0	3
Frank Bolick	7	5	.583	1.58	29	5		3	3	7	80.0	61	20	14	2	26	6	68	0	0	2
Henry Bunnell	7	5	.583	3.62	25	9		1	0	0	92.0	93	46	37	6	38	6	60	1	1	3
Jim Kremmel	6	6	.500	2.87	15	15		4	1	0	94.0	60	41	30	3	55	2	93	4	0	9
Mike Slade	6	10	.375	3.67	29	16		2	1	4	130.0	121	76	53	15	52	6	91	5	0	5
Jerry Bostic	4	3	.571	2.17	9	8		4	0	0	58.0	36	18	14	2	18	2	40	0	0	2
P. J. Campbell	2	4	.333	3.06	18	3		3	1	2	47.0	37	20	16	7	17	0	33	2	0	0
Jimmy Blackmon	1	4	.200	3.17	45	1		0	0	8	71.0	66	30	25	7	26	6	47	0	0	4
Michael Steen	0	0		7.00	2	1		0	0	0	9.0	8	8	7	2	5	1	2	0	1	0
Clarence Cooper	0	0		9.82	7	0		0	0	0	11.0	12	14	12	0	14	1	9	0	0	0
Totals	66	73	.475	3.47	291	139	0	39	14	23	1135.0	992	560	438	84	553	42	843	27	2	65	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
Albert Thompson	133	523	452	89	136	27	1	31	110	3	1	65	130	.301	.391	.571	.962	258		3	1	2
Lew Beasley	133	513	468	68	128	16	1	4	52	18	4	36	34	.274	.330	.338	.668	158		4	4	1
John Wockenfuss	125	485	410	57	118	20	2	9	60	3	1	64	44	.288	.389	.412	.801	169		6	2	3
Dave Moates	90	385	351	56	98	22	5	4	38	23	4	29	39	.279	.335	.405	.740	142		1	3	1
Tom Robson	111	400	351	49	98	16	0	18	67	2	1	43	64	.279	.358	.479	.837	168		2	1	3
Pete Mackanin	87	367	336	47	83	18	1	1	22	3	2	23	48	.247	.300	.315	.616	106		3	4	1
Jack Merlet	81	277	240	36	75	13	1	2	36	1	0	31	39	.312	.401	.400	.801	96		5	0	1
Steve Salvato	88	197	178	25	53	5	0	1	14	3	0	14	16	.298	.359	.343	.702	61		3	2	0
Bill Madlock	42	155	131	29	43	13	3	4	26	5	1	17	25	.328	.421	.565	.986	74		4	3	0
Greg Pryor	65	233	208	23	43	10	2	1	16	2	2	23	36	.207	.292	.288	.580	60		2	0	0
Vernon Wilkins	42	167	137	28	36	2	1	3	16	12	1	27	20	.263	.392	.358	.749	49		2	1	0
Roy Howell	48	132	116	12	29	3	0	2	9	0	0	15	33	.250	.336	.328	.663	38		0	1	0
Sonny Bowers	52	149	125	11	27	5	1	2	19	1	0	21	22	.216	.324	.320	.644	40		0	1	2
Steven Eckinger	41	156	136	11	26	4	0	2	14	0	0	18	29	.191	.282	.265	.547	36		0	0	2
James Kobi	39	103	91	9	20	4	0	0	5	0	0	9	12	.220	.291	.264	.555	24		1	0	2
Rick Guarnera	32	108	97	9	16	2	0	0	5	0	0	9	15	.165	.231	.186	.417	18		0	0	2
Andy Hancock	32	69	60	5	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	7	14	.233	.309	.267	.575	16		0	1	1
Sylvester Swindler	33	94	78	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	12	15	.154	.267	.179	.446	14		0	4	0
Art DeFilippis	34	53	43	6	10	2	1	0	2	0	0	7	10	.233	.340	.326	.666	14		0	3	0
Rick Waits	26	46	36	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.167	.220	.167	.386	6		0	5	2
Donnie Shields	26	61	57	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	.105	.105	.105	.211	6		0	4	0
Frank Bolick	29	23	21	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.238	.273	.238	.511	5		0	1	0
Robert Stach	14	53	47	5	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	6	19	.106	.208	.191	.399	9		0	0	0
Jim Pascarella	8	22	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	.235	.381	.235	.616	4		0	1	0
Henry Bunnell	25	34	27	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.148	.258	.185	.443	5		1	3	0
P. J. Campbell	19	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.357	.250	.607	3		0	0	0
Jerry Bostic	9	25	22	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.136	.208	.227	.436	5		0	1	0
Mike Slade	29	37	32	4	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	19	.094	.147	.219	.366	7		0	3	0
Charlie Walters	33	48	40	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	.075	.119	.100	.219	4		0	6	0
Jimmy Blackmon	45	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Jim Kremmel	15	39	29	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	21	.034	.222	.034	.257	1		0	3	0
Michael Steen	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Clarence Cooper	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		1	0	0
Totals	1595	4981	4359	605	1109	190	20	86	541	77	18	502	800	.254	.335	.366	.701	1597	0	38	59	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Albert Thompson	1B	131	1007	61	13	81	.988	8.153
Vernon Wilkins	1B	13	51	2	1	4	.981	4.077
Tom Robson	1B	12	41	1	0	6	1.000	3.500
Jack Merlet	2B	59	115	130	7	26	.972	4.153
Pete Mackanin	2B	47	102	123	11	32	.953	4.787
Bill Madlock	2B	39	81	85	5	15	.971	4.256
Sonny Bowers	2B	4	6	3	0	2	1.000	2.250
Rick Guarnera	2B	1	3	4	0	0	1.000	7.000
Roy Howell	3B	41	21	64	9	1	.904	2.073
Steven Eckinger	3B	40	28	80	10	10	.915	2.700
Sonny Bowers	3B	26	12	49	8	6	.884	2.346
Pete Mackanin	3B	19	10	32	0	1	1.000	2.211
Jack Merlet	3B	16	7	20	4	1	.871	1.688
James Kobi	3B	8	3	9	0	1	1.000	1.500
Jim Pascarella	3B	7	5	13	2	0	.900	2.571
Bill Madlock	3B	2	0	3	2	0	.600	1.500
John Wockenfuss	C	123	770	68	7	7	.992	6.813	24
Andy Hancock	C	28	121	13	0	1	1.000	4.786	1
Lew Beasley	OF	129	287	6	5	1	.983	2.271
Tom Robson	OF	101	135	2	3	0	.979	1.356
Dave Moates	OF	89	169	4	5	0	.972	1.944
Steve Salvato	OF	59	59	1	2	0	.968	1.017
Vernon Wilkins	OF	34	43	4	3	3	.940	1.382
Sylvester Swindler	OF	26	25	3	2	0	.933	1.077
Robert Stach	OF	13	26	1	2	0	.931	2.077
James Kobi	OF	12	15	1	2	0	.889	1.333
John Wockenfuss	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jack Merlet	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Jimmy Blackmon	P	45	4	20	1	1	.960	.533
Charlie Walters	P	33	5	20	2	0	.926	.758
Mike Slade	P	29	13	21	4	1	.895	1.172
Art DeFilippis	P	29	6	18	1	1	.960	.828
Frank Bolick	P	29	2	17	1	1	.950	.655
Rick Waits	P	25	8	31	2	1	.951	1.560
Donnie Shields	P	25	12	20	2	1	.941	1.280
Henry Bunnell	P	25	2	12	2	0	.875	.560
P. J. Campbell	P	18	0	7	1	0	.875	.389
Jim Kremmel	P	15	3	23	0	1	1.000	1.733
Jerry Bostic	P	9	3	4	1	1	.875	.778
Clarence Cooper	P	7	0	1	1	0	.500	.143
Michael Steen	P	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Greg Pryor	SS	61	89	155	29	29	.894	4.000
Rick Guarnera	SS	31	41	93	6	14	.957	4.323
Pete Mackanin	SS	24	34	59	10	10	.903	3.875
James Kobi	SS	18	21	30	3	8	.944	2.833
Sonny Bowers	SS	18	15	30	4	5	.918	2.500
Totals		1524	3403	1343	175	272	.964	3.114	25	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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