1974 Shreveport Captains Statistics
Team Record: 59-79
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Gene Freese (0-0), Ken McBride (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 35,503, Avg. 515
The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1974 season with a record of 59 wins and 79 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Captains scored 621 runs and yielded 666 runs. Dave Lindsey led Shreveport with 18 home runs, and Gary Martz walloped 15 or more, too. Gary Martz drove in 78 runs. Thomas Stedman paced all regular batters by connecting at a .311 clip. Robert Alexander topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.42 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1974 Shreveport Captains who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Sam Mejías, Dan Thomas, Gary Martz and Larry Anderson.
Gene Freese and Ken McBride 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Alexander | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.42 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 171.0 | 164 | 85 | 65 | 10 | 80 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.58 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 156.0 | 146 | 84 | 62 | 10 | 94 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 9 | 13 | .409 | 6.43 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 199 | 130 | 105 | 23 | 61 | 3 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.04 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 107.0 | 98 | 60 | 48 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kenneth Collins | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.85 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 159.0 | 166 | 84 | 68 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dennis Yard | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.52 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 133.0 | 136 | 73 | 52 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Carl Austerman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 72 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Thomas King | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 41 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Conzatti | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.01 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74.0 | 80 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Larry Frazier | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.86 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William McLaurine | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Vasquez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Mejías | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Davidson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Perry Danforth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 36.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 79 | .428 | 4.20 | 263 | 138 | 0 | 50 | 11 | 9 | 1126.0 | 1180 | 666 | 526 | 106 | 484 | 27 | 643 | 24 | 1 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stedman | 119 | 466 | 421 | 58 | 131 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 17 | .311 | .373 | .361 | .734 | 152 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Martz | 126 | 510 | 443 | 69 | 130 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 92 | .293 | .376 | .463 | .839 | 205 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sam Mejías | 134 | 531 | 486 | 75 | 128 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 68 | .263 | .316 | .418 | .733 | 203 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Perry Danforth | 118 | 478 | 459 | 56 | 124 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 54 | .270 | .289 | .338 | .627 | 155 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 129 | 516 | 447 | 61 | 116 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 83 | .260 | .348 | .450 | .797 | 201 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rick Oliver | 124 | 460 | 406 | 58 | 102 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 58 | .251 | .320 | .374 | .695 | 152 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Duane Espy | 104 | 420 | 384 | 53 | 100 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 35 | .260 | .307 | .385 | .692 | 148 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Kent Jacobson | 98 | 376 | 332 | 48 | 91 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 100 | .274 | .359 | .458 | .817 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | 85 | 305 | 257 | 41 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 41 | .261 | .370 | .397 | .767 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Vasquez | 69 | 259 | 224 | 35 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 51 | .277 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 59 | 217 | 188 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 48 | .255 | .350 | .335 | .685 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Mantlo | 61 | 204 | 196 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | .209 | .233 | .352 | .585 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 35 | 130 | 127 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .291 | .302 | .449 | .751 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred McGaha | 39 | 82 | 76 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .237 | .284 | .303 | .587 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Yard | 39 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Collins | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Austerman | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .750 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Conzatti | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Frazier | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1543 | 4988 | 4477 | 621 | 1203 | 205 | 32 | 102 | 553 | 45 | 25 | 415 | 741 | .269 | .334 | .397 | .731 | 1778 | 0 | 42 | 21 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Martz | 1B | 116 | 971 | 45 | 19 | 69 | .982 | 8.759 | ||||
| Dave Lindsey | 1B | 22 | 223 | 5 | 3 | 18 | .987 | 1.364 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 2B | 80 | 149 | 240 | 18 | 45 | .956 | 4.862 | ||||
| Duane Espy | 2B | 66 | 106 | 158 | 11 | 26 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 2B | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Dennis Yard | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Rick Oliver | 3B | 124 | 106 | 265 | 25 | 27 | .937 | 2.992 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 3B | 14 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 3.214 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Conzatti | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Vasquez | C | 61 | 293 | 30 | 12 | 4 | .964 | 5.295 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Mantlo | C | 50 | 242 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 5.020 | 6 | |||
| Gil Stafford | C | 32 | 154 | 22 | 9 | 4 | .951 | 5.500 | 4 | |||
| Kent Jacobson | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Sam Mejías | OF | 133 | 326 | 21 | 8 | 3 | .977 | 2.609 | ||||
| Kent Jacobson | OF | 95 | 149 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .939 | 1.621 | ||||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | OF | 83 | 140 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 1.759 | ||||
| Dave Lindsey | OF | 50 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.520 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | OF | 48 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .972 | 1.458 | ||||
| Fred McGaha | OF | 23 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.391 | ||||
| Duane Espy | OF | 11 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.727 | ||||
| Larry Frazier | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Carl Austerman | OF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roger Alexander | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Conzatti | P | 42 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .262 | ||||
| Dennis Yard | P | 38 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .342 | ||||
| Kenneth Collins | P | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 28 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.357 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 27 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 1.037 | ||||
| Roger Alexander | P | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 19 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.316 | ||||
| Carl Austerman | P | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Larry Frazier | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Thomas King | P | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| William Davidson | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry O'Neill | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Vasquez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Mejías | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lindsey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Perry Danforth | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Perry Danforth | SS | 109 | 194 | 309 | 33 | 60 | .938 | 4.615 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | SS | 29 | 32 | 63 | 10 | 6 | .905 | 3.276 | ||||
| Kenneth Collins | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1423 | 3385 | 1408 | 191 | 283 | .962 | 3.368 | 20 | 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.
