1973 Salem Pirates Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (66-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 45,915, Avg. 665
1973 Salem Pirates RosterTeam Record: 66-72
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (66-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 45,915, Avg. 665
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1973 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Pirates scored 645 runs, most in the league. Salem gave up 649 runs. Kenneth Melvin paced the team with 16 home runs Craig Reynolds accounted for 86 RBI. William Thomas topped all regular hitters with a .290 average. Larry Demery led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.82 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Mitchell Page, Butch Alberts, Craig Reynolds, Omar Moreno, Odell Jones, Larry Demery, Dave Bennett and Jimmy Sexton were all players from the 1973 Salem Pirates who played in the Majors during their careers.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Demery | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.82 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 182.0 | 154 | 76 | 57 | 8 | 99 | 0 | 169 | 7 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Steve Williams | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.39 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 127.0 | 136 | 73 | 62 | 15 | 59 | 0 | 104 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| William Hagins | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.76 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 158.0 | 154 | 77 | 66 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 128 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.79 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 183.0 | 188 | 102 | 77 | 17 | 81 | 1 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Odell Jones | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.84 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 64 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Abram | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.88 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 75.0 | 52 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Dave Bennett | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.79 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rich Standart | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Sullivan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.51 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 87 | 49 | 41 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Barry Houser | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kim West | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Nelson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51.0 | 67 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rodney Davis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.60 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 41 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chester Gunter | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Janes | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 46 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Paul Burton | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Lyles | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Scott Johnson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 70 | .478 | 4.01 | 307 | 138 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 23 | 1157.0 | 1155 | 643 | 515 | 114 | 564 | 14 | 956 | 43 | 9 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Reynolds | 138 | 606 | 558 | 75 | 160 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 86 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 60 | .287 | .334 | .407 | .741 | 227 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Omar Moreno | 136 | 621 | 529 | 112 | 150 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 77 | 11 | 85 | 132 | .284 | .383 | .406 | .790 | 215 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Thomas | 136 | 577 | 487 | 72 | 141 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 77 | 86 | .290 | .386 | .415 | .801 | 202 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 135 | 535 | 464 | 79 | 123 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 62 | 99 | .265 | .355 | .412 | .766 | 191 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Sexton | 124 | 537 | 446 | 86 | 120 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 85 | 82 | .269 | .388 | .341 | .728 | 152 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Max Oliveras | 100 | 352 | 315 | 35 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 46 | .298 | .361 | .394 | .755 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Dusenbury | 100 | 380 | 349 | 31 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 43 | .261 | .309 | .364 | .673 | 127 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 74 | 294 | 258 | 35 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 64 | .209 | .304 | .341 | .645 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 51 | 199 | 174 | 22 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 36 | .287 | .367 | .397 | .763 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Lyles | 63 | 167 | 156 | 18 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .269 | .317 | .365 | .683 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Knaub | 59 | 210 | 190 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 62 | .200 | .267 | .311 | .577 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Felix Santana | 75 | 152 | 133 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .256 | .336 | .346 | .681 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Demery | 31 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .233 | .324 | .333 | .657 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 29 | 73 | 65 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .169 | .229 | .246 | .475 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Hagins | 25 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .175 | .254 | .298 | .552 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Williams | 29 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .178 | .245 | .244 | .489 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Odell Jones | 11 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .250 | .423 | .250 | .673 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Prazych | 11 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .114 | .152 | .159 | .311 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Huyke | 9 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .267 | .167 | .433 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Sullivan | 18 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .150 | .292 | .250 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Rivera | 11 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .083 | .128 | .083 | .212 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chester Gunter | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nelson | 13 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mitchell Page | 6 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Houser | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Davis | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Janes | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bennett | 14 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim West | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 52 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1524 | 5175 | 4537 | 643 | 1171 | 162 | 34 | 85 | 577 | 167 | 39 | 541 | 921 | .258 | .339 | .365 | .704 | 1656 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Oliveras | 1B | 60 | 458 | 31 | 6 | 35 | .988 | 8.150 | ||||
| Ron Knaub | 1B | 53 | 403 | 31 | 7 | 40 | .984 | 8.189 | ||||
| John Lyles | 1B | 22 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 6.182 | ||||
| Thomas Prazych | 1B | 11 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .989 | 8.000 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 1B | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | 1B | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 2B | 121 | 240 | 319 | 32 | 72 | .946 | 4.620 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 2B | 21 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 3.667 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 2B | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Craig Reynolds | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 73 | 42 | 123 | 14 | 10 | .922 | 2.260 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 3B | 50 | 46 | 90 | 3 | 6 | .978 | 2.720 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 3B | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 3B | 12 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 2.083 | ||||
| John Dusenbury | C | 100 | 670 | 58 | 12 | 3 | .984 | 7.280 | 22 | |||
| John Lyles | C | 25 | 185 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .962 | 8.000 | 11 | |||
| Jorge Rivera | C | 11 | 102 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 9.727 | 4 | |||
| Woody Huyke | C | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.167 | 1 | |||
| William Thomas | OF | 136 | 268 | 9 | 10 | 2 | .965 | 2.037 | ||||
| Omar Moreno | OF | 136 | 242 | 14 | 13 | 3 | .952 | 1.882 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 128 | 199 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .947 | 1.664 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | OF | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mitchell Page | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Felix Santana | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gary Abram | P | 52 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .250 | ||||
| Rich Anderson | P | 29 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.379 | ||||
| Steve Williams | P | 28 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Demery | P | 27 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.556 | ||||
| William Hagins | P | 25 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.280 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .211 | ||||
| John Sullivan | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Charles Janes | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Dave Bennett | P | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Gerard Thomas | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Barry Houser | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| John Lyles | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Johnson | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Burton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kim West | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Chester Gunter | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Rodney Davis | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Reynolds | SS | 138 | 198 | 394 | 50 | 81 | .922 | 4.290 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1467 | 3517 | 1339 | 199 | 301 | .961 | 3.310 | 38 | 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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