1975 Shreveport Captains Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-52
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Tim Murtaugh (76-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 39,088, Avg. 611

1975 Shreveport Captains Roster

The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1975 season with a record of 76 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Captains scored 660 runs and allowed 562 runs. Mitchell Page led Shreveport with 23 home runs, while Frank Grundler, William Thomas and Paul Djakonow each walloped 15 or more as well. Mitchell Page drove in 90 runs. Mike Edwards paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Timothy Jones topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Mitchell Page, Jim Geddes, Craig Caskey, Timothy Jones, Mike Edwards, Steve Nicosia, Jimmy Sexton, Rick Langford and Don Leshnock were all players from the 1975 Shreveport Captains who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Tim Murtaugh 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
Timothy Jones	16	6	.727	3.03	24	23		14	2	0	172.0	158	73	58	11	62	4	108	6	0	7
Randy Sealy	10	5	.667	4.34	23	22		4	1	0	139.0	152	85	67	8	66	2	84	2	1	13
Mike Kavanagh	9	6	.600	3.68	17	17		7	2	0	115.0	94	59	47	8	72	3	79	3	2	6
Douglas Nelson	8	10	.444	3.86	26	24		3	0	0	161.0	140	96	69	16	91	1	100	2	0	8
Rich Anderson	7	2	.778	3.09	10	9		4	3	0	64.0	58	25	22	4	16	0	46	2	0	4
Rick Langford	5	2	.714	3.64	16	5		1	0	1	42.0	40	25	17	1	22	4	39	1	0	6
David Nelson	5	3	.625	4.21	22	3		1	1	2	62.0	79	45	29	3	17	3	41	2	0	5
Randolph Hopkins	4	1	.800	2.83	25	0		0	0	10	35.0	24	12	11	0	30	2	30	1	0	2
Michael Gonzalez	4	3	.571	3.89	27	5		2	1	7	88.0	73	42	38	9	51	1	37	5	2	9
Raymond Price	3	3	.500	1.98	6	6		4	0	0	41.0	32	13	9	3	12	2	19	0	1	0
Steve Williams	3	4	.429	3.00	27	3		0	0	3	57.0	54	23	19	2	39	6	46	0	0	4
Jim Geddes	2	3	.400	4.62	7	7		3	0	0	37.0	50	27	19	3	22	1	19	1	0	2
Craig Caskey	0	0		10.12	5	0		0	0	0	8.0	15	14	9	0	7	1	6	1	0	2
Ron Mitchell	0	0		18.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Standart	0	2	.000	3.86	5	2		0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	0	3	0	7	0	0	0
Don Leshnock	0	2	.000	6.30	6	2		0	0	0	20.0	15	17	14	2	10	1	14	0	0	3
Totals	76	52	.594	3.71	248	128	0	43	10	23	1049.0	991	562	433	71	521	31	675	26	6	71	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
Mitchell Page	122	483	413	73	120	24	3	23	90	23	6	56	87	.291	.376	.530	.906	219	10	5	1	8	10
Ron Mitchell	124	502	446	64	116	25	7	10	72	5	5	40	78	.260	.323	.415	.737	185	7	5	3	8	2
Mike Edwards	93	408	368	57	112	26	3	3	41	27	9	31	39	.304	.361	.416	.776	153	7	2	6	1	0
William Thomas	109	455	377	71	107	20	6	17	77	5	3	71	92	.284	.398	.504	.902	190	6	3	0	4	6
Jimmy Sexton	103	452	383	82	105	23	5	3	28	48	12	53	64	.274	.375	.384	.759	147	1	11	1	4	1
Frank Grundler	110	426	368	67	104	21	2	15	59	12	3	52	43	.283	.379	.473	.852	174	8	5	1	0	3
Steve Nicosia	110	418	370	52	99	15	6	6	39	12	3	38	44	.268	.345	.389	.734	144	12	6	3	1	2
Kenneth Melvin	110	412	350	53	94	16	2	13	55	4	4	54	96	.269	.367	.437	.804	153	10	2	3	3	2
Paul Djakonow	111	422	369	66	86	20	3	16	58	7	3	47	65	.233	.325	.434	.758	160	13	4	0	2	3
Harry Saferight	86	313	280	35	67	15	5	6	42	2	0	29	36	.239	.308	.393	.701	110	12	0	1	3	3
Max Oliveras	78	262	234	27	59	6	2	1	22	5	4	17	34	.252	.302	.308	.610	72	4	2	4	5	0
Mike Krizmanich	22	81	72	12	22	6	0	0	12	4	0	5	8	.306	.362	.389	.751	28	1	2	1	1	0
Luther Wrenn	2	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.444	.333	.778	2	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1180	4643	4036	661	1093	217	44	113	597	154	52	495	687	.271	.354	.430	.784	1737	91	47	24	41	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ron Mitchell	1B	120	981	68	18	77	.983	8.742
Frank Grundler	1B	6	34	1	0	4	1.000	5.833
Harry Saferight	1B	3	29	3	2	3	.941	1.667
Paul Djakonow	1B	2	9	0	0	0	1.000	4.500
Mike Edwards	2B	91	189	212	13	45	.969	4.407
Max Oliveras	2B	38	77	80	5	25	.969	4.132
Paul Djakonow	2B	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Frank Grundler	3B	84	65	173	30	12	.888	2.833
Paul Djakonow	3B	42	32	84	11	7	.913	2.762
Max Oliveras	3B	2	0	4	0	2	1.000	2.000
Kenneth Melvin	3B	2	0	2	1	0	.667	1.000
Steve Nicosia	C	84	525	44	8	7	.986	6.774	14
Harry Saferight	C	47	237	14	5	1	.980	5.340	3
Mitchell Page	OF	121	191	8	14	2	.934	1.645
Kenneth Melvin	OF	107	205	14	6	4	.973	2.047
William Thomas	OF	96	211	8	9	2	.961	2.281
Max Oliveras	OF	25	37	2	0	0	1.000	1.560
Paul Djakonow	OF	15	18	0	1	0	.947	1.200
Harry Saferight	OF	12	22	4	1	1	.963	2.167
Steve Nicosia	OF	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Luther Wrenn	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Williams	P	27	2	7	1	1	.900	.333
Michael Gonzalez	P	27	9	11	1	1	.952	.741
Douglas Nelson	P	26	5	24	1	1	.967	1.115
Randolph Hopkins	P	25	0	5	1	0	.833	.200
Timothy Jones	P	24	12	27	4	2	.907	1.625
Randy Sealy	P	23	10	16	4	0	.867	1.130
David Nelson	P	22	5	13	3	1	.857	.818
Mike Kavanagh	P	17	6	17	2	1	.920	1.353
Rick Langford	P	16	2	9	1	0	.917	.688
Rich Anderson	P	10	3	12	1	0	.938	1.500
Jim Geddes	P	7	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.286
Raymond Price	P	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	.833
Don Leshnock	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Rich Standart	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
Craig Caskey	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Ron Mitchell	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jimmy Sexton	SS	103	148	279	34	43	.926	4.146
Paul Djakonow	SS	19	17	44	8	6	.884	3.211
Max Oliveras	SS	7	12	11	7	2	.767	3.286
Mike Edwards	SS	2	5	9	0	1	1.000	7.000
Totals		1280	3105	1224	192	252	.958	3.382	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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