1973 Pittsfield Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 75-61
Finished 1st in the EL's American Division
Manager: Joe Klein (75-61)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 44,333, Avg. 652
Playoffs - Reading Phillies 3 games, Pittsfield Rangers 1
The Pittsfield Rangers of the Eastern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 75 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's American Division.
The Rangers paced the league with 675 runs, spearheaded by 99 home runs. Pittsfield allowed 621 runs. Tom Robson walloped 38 home runs for the team, and Roy Howell added 15 or more, too. Tom Robson drove in 126 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .316 clip. Art DeFilippis led the squad with 11 wins, while Jerry Bostic recorded a 4.28 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jim Sundberg, Ken Pape, Stan Thomas, Dick Such, Dave Criscione, Mike Cubbage, Tom Robson, Roy Howell and Lew Beasley were all players from the 1973 Pittsfield Rangers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Joe Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art DeFilippis | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.50 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 146.0 | 134 | 81 | 73 | 18 | 72 | 1 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
| James Owen | 10 | 12 | .455 | 5.23 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 148.0 | 156 | 99 | 86 | 8 | 95 | 5 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Jerry Bostic | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.28 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 122.0 | 120 | 63 | 58 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Moharter | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.23 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 78.0 | 77 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Kemp | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.77 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 145 | 80 | 71 | 9 | 65 | 3 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Ed Szado | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.91 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 65 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stan Thomas | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.75 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 85.0 | 85 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Goodwin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.86 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| David Harper | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 78 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Dalton | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.81 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 83 | 45 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.71 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 70 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Such | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Layman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.96 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 78.0 | 76 | 52 | 43 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rick Guarnera | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 61 | .551 | 4.49 | 312 | 137 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 37 | 1100.0 | 1131 | 621 | 549 | 93 | 564 | 32 | 745 | 41 | 5 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Robson | 125 | 495 | 418 | 83 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 38 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 76 | .316 | .418 | .646 | 1.064 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Vernon Wilkins | 123 | 466 | 410 | 74 | 127 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 52 | 74 | .310 | .388 | .388 | .776 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lew Beasley | 128 | 476 | 418 | 63 | 120 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 45 | 39 | .287 | .363 | .373 | .736 | 156 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Robert Spinner | 133 | 543 | 461 | 78 | 118 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 108 | .256 | .359 | .367 | .726 | 169 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Mike Cubbage | 109 | 446 | 346 | 81 | 108 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 93 | 50 | .312 | .457 | .488 | .946 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Bordes | 125 | 467 | 378 | 54 | 93 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 46 | .246 | .366 | .294 | .660 | 111 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Jim Sundberg | 91 | 301 | 242 | 39 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 57 | .298 | .421 | .417 | .838 | 101 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dave Criscione | 79 | 311 | 250 | 32 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 38 | .276 | .395 | .392 | .787 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Roy Howell | 96 | 341 | 277 | 44 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 91 | .242 | .376 | .462 | .838 | 128 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rick Guarnera | 97 | 290 | 254 | 37 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 35 | .240 | .320 | .283 | .604 | 72 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jack Merlet | 78 | 250 | 204 | 30 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 28 | .279 | .395 | .343 | .738 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ken Caldwell | 38 | 121 | 115 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .226 | .264 | .270 | .534 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art DeFilippis | 31 | 71 | 54 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .278 | .394 | .426 | .820 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rick Kemp | 24 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .261 | .306 | .435 | .741 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Bostic | 22 | 49 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .205 | .239 | .250 | .489 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Pape | 16 | 48 | 45 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .178 | .213 | .200 | .413 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Layman | 32 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .263 | .333 | .368 | .702 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Moharter | 37 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Szado | 16 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .172 | .273 | .276 | .549 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Hancock | 16 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .182 | .250 | .318 | .568 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Owen | 27 | 59 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .085 | .218 | .085 | .303 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Stan Thomas | 51 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .188 | .267 | .454 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Dalton | 14 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 39 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .417 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Harper | 11 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .105 | .150 | .158 | .308 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Goodwin | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .077 | .071 | .077 | .148 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dick Such | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Murphy | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1583 | 4992 | 4196 | 675 | 1128 | 169 | 25 | 99 | 598 | 92 | 31 | 671 | 810 | .269 | .372 | .392 | .763 | 1644 | 0 | 33 | 61 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Robson | 1B | 94 | 738 | 39 | 12 | 60 | .985 | 8.266 | ||||
| Ken Caldwell | 1B | 34 | 230 | 21 | 3 | 15 | .988 | 7.382 | ||||
| Vernon Wilkins | 1B | 20 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 11 | .993 | 6.750 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 1B | 7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.286 | ||||
| Mike Cubbage | 2B | 80 | 163 | 197 | 10 | 42 | .973 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | 2B | 58 | 109 | 134 | 10 | 21 | .960 | 4.190 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 2B | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.571 | ||||
| Roy Howell | 3B | 91 | 51 | 154 | 23 | 14 | .899 | 2.253 | ||||
| Mike Cubbage | 3B | 33 | 25 | 54 | 6 | 1 | .929 | 2.394 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 3B | 23 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 2.130 | ||||
| Ken Pape | 3B | 10 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
| Jim Sundberg | C | 78 | 449 | 52 | 3 | 4 | .994 | 6.423 | 10 | |||
| Dave Criscione | C | 55 | 295 | 29 | 3 | 5 | .991 | 5.891 | 15 | |||
| Andy Hancock | C | 15 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.733 | 1 | |||
| Timothy Murphy | C | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 3.200 | 1 | |||
| Robert Spinner | OF | 130 | 215 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .965 | 1.700 | ||||
| Lew Beasley | OF | 124 | 232 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
| Vernon Wilkins | OF | 97 | 150 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .950 | 1.577 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | OF | 36 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Robson | OF | 29 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.448 | ||||
| Dave Criscione | OF | 27 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Ken Caldwell | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Thomas | P | 51 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .549 | ||||
| Jimmy Blackmon | P | 39 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .410 | ||||
| Dave Moharter | P | 37 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .486 | ||||
| Edwin Layman | P | 32 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .656 | ||||
| James Owen | P | 27 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .824 | 1.037 | ||||
| Art DeFilippis | P | 24 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
| Rick Kemp | P | 23 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.783 | ||||
| Jerry Bostic | P | 22 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 1.455 | ||||
| Ed Szado | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Dennis Dalton | P | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| David Harper | P | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Scott Goodwin | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dick Such | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Guarnera | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Bordes | SS | 123 | 172 | 356 | 21 | 54 | .962 | 4.293 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | SS | 20 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 6 | .913 | 3.150 | ||||
| Ken Pape | SS | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Roy Howell | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1519 | 3298 | 1380 | 149 | 251 | .969 | 3.080 | 27 | 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.
