1972 Salem Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 79-58
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Tim Murtaugh (79-58)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 43,910, Avg. 641
Playoffs - Salem Pirates 2 games, Burlington Rangers 1
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1972 season with a record of 79 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Pirates led the circuit with 637 runs, ignited by 84 home runs. Salem surrendered 583 runs. Dave Parker paced the team with 22 home runs, while Ron Mitchell walloped 15 or more, too. Dave Parker drove in 101 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .310 average. Jim Minshall paced the squad with 16 wins, and Doug Bair as well added 15 or more victories as well Doug Bair earned a 2.85 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Jim Sadowski, Ed Ott, John Morlan, Jim Minshall, Doug Bair, Lafayette Currence, Dave Parker, Mario Mendoza and Ken Macha were all players from the 1972 Salem Pirates who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Tim Murtaugh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Minshall | 16 | 1 | .941 | 3.38 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 181.0 | 166 | 83 | 68 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 136 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Doug Bair | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.85 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 180.0 | 170 | 86 | 57 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 186 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.65 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 129 | 69 | 62 | 11 | 56 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Edward Robbins | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.33 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 119.0 | 105 | 48 | 44 | 8 | 64 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.89 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104.0 | 94 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bill James | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.93 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28.0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Whileyman | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.38 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 70 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 13 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Morlan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.47 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Gary Abram | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.80 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30.0 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.07 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Alvin Sells | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.33 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Nelson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.59 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 47 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Sorrentino | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tim Murtaugh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Felix Santana | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 58 | .574 | 3.67 | 293 | 137 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 20 | 1119.0 | 1052 | 569 | 456 | 87 | 558 | 22 | 933 | 36 | 5 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Parker | 135 | 566 | 523 | 91 | 162 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 101 | 38 | 7 | 34 | 95 | .310 | .350 | .516 | .866 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 135 | 543 | 493 | 75 | 151 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 89 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 86 | .306 | .354 | .515 | .869 | 254 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ed Ott | 133 | 545 | 450 | 84 | 137 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 85 | 58 | .304 | .417 | .436 | .852 | 196 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Terry Collins | 126 | 535 | 459 | 77 | 116 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 75 | .253 | .353 | .327 | .680 | 150 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mario Mendoza | 136 | 503 | 461 | 48 | 102 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 125 | .221 | .275 | .280 | .554 | 129 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Larry Smith | 76 | 317 | 277 | 53 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 49 | .307 | .390 | .415 | .806 | 115 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve McFarland | 87 | 355 | 312 | 48 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 35 | 52 | .247 | .325 | .314 | .639 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Felix Santana | 84 | 233 | 206 | 33 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 34 | .267 | .330 | .374 | .704 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Lyles | 89 | 234 | 213 | 20 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 36 | .254 | .309 | .371 | .680 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken Macha | 62 | 233 | 197 | 20 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 41 | .254 | .361 | .431 | .792 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Simontacchi | 47 | 162 | 140 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 30 | .214 | .302 | .293 | .595 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Thomas | 48 | 179 | 156 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | .192 | .273 | .282 | .555 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 39 | 115 | 104 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .260 | .313 | .346 | .659 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Minshall | 26 | 75 | 63 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .206 | .254 | .317 | .571 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Edward Robbins | 39 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .227 | .277 | .364 | .640 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Vance | 20 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .196 | .268 | .373 | .640 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Bair | 32 | 79 | 65 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .154 | .219 | .200 | .419 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 22 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .175 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Morlan | 16 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .208 | .345 | .250 | .595 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 41 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .200 | .355 | .280 | .635 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Whileyman | 15 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nelson | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Sells | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .083 | .312 | .083 | .396 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Murtaugh | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill James | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1539 | 4989 | 4397 | 637 | 1147 | 166 | 56 | 84 | 557 | 127 | 25 | 471 | 871 | .261 | .334 | .381 | .715 | 1677 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 133 | 991 | 59 | 20 | 101 | .981 | 7.895 | ||||
| John Lyles | 1B | 9 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Vance | 1B | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Collins | 2B | 125 | 254 | 333 | 25 | 61 | .959 | 4.696 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 2B | 17 | 38 | 43 | 1 | 13 | .988 | 4.765 | ||||
| John Lyles | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 3B | 71 | 71 | 102 | 9 | 11 | .951 | 2.437 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 3B | 51 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 6 | .938 | 1.765 | ||||
| John Lyles | 3B | 19 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .896 | 2.263 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 3B | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1.375 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Macha | C | 52 | 383 | 28 | 8 | 5 | .981 | 7.904 | 24 | |||
| John Simontacchi | C | 45 | 279 | 19 | 9 | 3 | .971 | 6.622 | 22 | |||
| John Lyles | C | 44 | 216 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 5.250 | 7 | |||
| John Vance | C | 14 | 90 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .949 | 6.714 | 4 | |||
| Tim Murtaugh | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 1 | |||
| Dave Parker | OF | 134 | 250 | 20 | 20 | 3 | .931 | 2.015 | ||||
| Ed Ott | OF | 132 | 211 | 19 | 8 | 9 | .966 | 1.742 | ||||
| Larry Smith | OF | 74 | 118 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .969 | 1.703 | ||||
| William Thomas | OF | 45 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .935 | 1.289 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 23 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.391 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .571 | ||||
| John Lyles | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Edward Robbins | P | 32 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.344 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 30 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .600 | ||||
| Jim Minshall | P | 26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .808 | .808 | ||||
| Bill James | P | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Doug Bair | P | 24 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| Rich Anderson | P | 22 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Paul Strauch | P | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Alvin Sells | P | 19 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .526 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| George Whileyman | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| DeWayne Mason | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Gary Abram | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Sorrentino | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Morlan | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Felix Santana | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Murtaugh | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mario Mendoza | SS | 136 | 211 | 365 | 40 | 79 | .935 | 4.235 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 4.500 | ||||
| Felix Santana | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1448 | 3394 | 1282 | 199 | 315 | .959 | 3.229 | 58 | 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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