1971 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Loren Babe (73-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 208,892, Avg. 2,984
1971 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

The Chiefs plated 667 runs and conceded 677 runs. George Pena paced Syracuse with 22 home runs, while Tony Solaita and Rusty Torres walloped 15 or more as well. George Pena drove in 78 runs. Len Boehmer led batters with significant playing time by hitting .326. Rob Gardner topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ossie Chavarria, Gary Jones, Frank Baker, Joe Pactwa, Bobby Mitchell, Barry Moore, Tony Solaita, Darrell Osteen, Loyd Colson, Rusty Torres, Bruce Look, Tom Buskey, Julio Navarro, Rob Gardner, Al Closter, Hal Reniff, Ron Blomberg, Frank Tepedino, Danny Walton, Mario Guerrero, Rick Bladt, Joe Verbanic, Gerry Pirtle, Bart Zeller, Mike Pazik, Len Boehmer and Gerry Schoen were all players from the 1971 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Loren Babe 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
Rob Gardner95.6433.7323191010140.013368588454105106
Hal Reniff74.6364.4050510986.08645428519584010
Al Closter75.5834.981918310103.010861571148288309
Gerry Pirtle75.5835.23271221086.01076050844552302
Dale Spier79.4384.272521611135.014277641732266426
Thomas Frondorf64.6003.4141100987.0824133736557813
Gary Jones64.6004.86141220176.0834441725149213
Loyd Colson43.5714.4048000886.08949421630255107
Darrell Osteen34.4294.7318910059.05939311037136105
Gerry Schoen35.3756.4316610049.0704135824125102
Joe Verbanic11.5004.505300012.0911601108100
Bruce Olson11.5007.507300024.028232098111003
Mike Pazik13.2502.884411025.01998114023200
Julio Navarro210.0
Len Boehmer000.00400005.02000306000
Tom Buskey03.0009.009500021.036222141128000
Totals6256.5254.60331118027528994.0105359050811441935647314560

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
Len Boehmer113436396561291721161323030.326.374.462.836183181
Rusty Torres133548441911282571971899895.290.418.508.926224225
Mario Guerrero11646943453126181134222341.290.329.343.672149372
Fred Frazier133534482651261223651383957.261.316.313.629151256
George Pena129491423681201772278006084.284.373.513.886217314
Rick Bladt12544239255103147961684453.263.341.403.744158321
Ossie Chavarria118418358469796740035162.271.370.388.758139621
Tony Solaita11743534972821521954108196.235.376.453.828158014
Bobby Mitchell73275242496883928662867.281.354.450.804109113
Ron Blomberg48159138244593620311912.326.411.565.97778110
Danny Walton61192157213870825113067.242.370.439.81069230
Ray Shoup448472519200800910.264.349.292.64121111
Frank Baker176052512110900810.231.333.288.62215000
Bruce Look28494451120070058.250.327.295.62213000
Frank Tepedino19595371110361166.208.288.396.68421000
Jorge Maduro18413461020030066.294.400.353.75312010
Gary Jones1535323820030007.250.250.312.56210030
Dale Spier25474117000100113.171.190.171.3617050
Robert Carson1845374600020066.162.289.162.4516101
Matt Galante1935273510020060.185.333.222.5566020
Bart Zeller21413605000200510.139.244.139.3835000
Rob Gardner24574554000200423.089.160.089.2494071
Loyd Colson5116121300010020.250.357.250.6073020
Al Closter19423443100300413.088.184.118.3024040
Joe Verbanic13665200000001.333.333.333.6672000
Gerry Schoen1614120200000019.167.231.167.3972010
Thomas Frondorf41201702200200110.118.167.235.4024020
Darrell Osteen3224207210000047.100.250.150.4003000
Tom Buskey9440100000000.250.250.250.5001000
Bruce Olson7880100010005.125.125.125.2501000
Hal Reniff5014121100000029.083.214.083.2981000
Gerry Pirtle2726201100000006.050.050.050.1001060
Mike Pazik4980000010016.000.111.000.1110000
Joe Pactwa6870000000012.000.125.000.1250000
Totals1689514344456631178166411175904441575831.265.350.400.750177702667300


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Tony Solaita1B1109175610104.9908.845
Ossie Chavarria1B181348214.9867.889
Len Boehmer1B14101256.9547.357
Frank Tepedino1B652111.9818.833
George Pena1B181011.0009.000
Fred Frazier2B1302953713080.9575.123
Ossie Chavarria2B12192826.9593.917
Matt Galante2B3812011.0006.667
Ossie Chavarria3B74631611417.9413.027
Len Boehmer3B63451311019.9462.794
Mario Guerrero3B10111811.9672.900
Matt Galante3B92730.7501.000
Rick Bladt3B614001.000.833
George PenaC11961855157.9785.6559
Bart ZellerC17686011.0004.3530
Bruce LookC1656430.9523.7501
Jorge MaduroC1550310.9813.5331
Rusty TorresOF1252561652.9822.176
Rick BladtOF1091711040.9781.661
Bobby MitchellOF70162630.9822.400
Danny WaltonOF5178330.9641.588
Ron BlombergOF4048120.9611.225
Ray ShoupOF3225110.963.812
George PenaOF1381001.000.692
Robert CarsonOF13133001.0001.231
Frank TepedinoOF712120.8671.857
Len BoehmerOF340001.0001.333
Hal ReniffP50715021.000.440
Loyd ColsonP48131210.962.521
Thomas FrondorfP41520021.000.610
Gerry PirtleP2771411.955.778
Dale SpierP2571421.913.840
Rob GardnerP2371740.8571.043
Julio NavarroP21.000
Al ClosterP1931421.895.895
Darrell OsteenP1868001.000.778
Gerry SchoenP1641311.9441.062
Gary JonesP14310011.000.929
Tom BuskeyP902001.000.222
Bruce OlsonP752001.0001.000
Joe VerbanicP50020.000.000
Mike PazikP412001.000.750
Len BoehmerP40000.000
Mario GuerreroSS951332192651.9313.705
Len BoehmerSS3659991220.9294.389
Frank BakerSS15235349.9505.067
Rick BladtSS201001.000.500
Matt GalanteSS110001.0001.000
Totals156635091425172349.9663.1511100

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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