1974 Salem Pirates Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-50
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (87-50)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 41,379, Avg. 604

1974 Salem Pirates Roster

The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1974 season with a record of 87 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Pirates scored 722 runs, best in the league. Salem conceded 577 runs. Paul Djakonow led the team with 21 home runs, while Steve Nicosia and Mitchell Page walloped 15 or more, too. Paul Djakonow drove in 98 runs. Miguel Diloné paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .333 average. Douglas Nelson topped the squad with 13 wins, and David Nelson recorded a 2.66 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1974 Salem Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mitchell Page, Greg Erardi, Miguel Diloné, John Candelaria, Steve Nicosia and Rick Langford.

Johnny Lipon 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
Douglas Nelson	13	4	.765	4.10	27	27		4	0	0	158.0	158	86	72	16	74	4	134	3	1	11
David Nelson	12	7	.632	2.66	29	29		8	2	0	200.0	167	75	59	9	60	3	148	4	0	6
Rick Langford	11	7	.611	2.69	26	23		7	3	0	174.0	143	63	52	12	74	3	125	5	0	6
John Candelaria	11	8	.579	3.68	25	24		9	2	1	154.0	146	80	63	17	63	3	147	7	0	2
Rich Standart	10	4	.714	1.91	40	0		0	0	9	47.0	35	17	10	2	20	4	61	0	1	1
Michael Gonzalez	9	2	.818	3.85	34	10		1	0	5	110.0	97	55	47	9	71	3	93	3	2	6
Gerard Thomas	8	10	.444	3.68	25	24		6	1	0	154.0	136	88	63	14	72	1	138	1	3	8
William Hagins	6	5	.545	2.28	45	0		0	0	5	67.0	59	23	17	5	29	3	60	1	0	4
Scott Johnson	2	1	.667	6.86	8	0		0	0	0	21.0	26	24	16	1	15	2	17	0	0	1
Steve Williams	2	3	.400	4.80	36	0		0	0	6	60.0	48	37	32	6	48	0	67	2	0	4
Chester Gunter	1	0	1.000	2.84	14	0		0	0	1	19.0	15	14	6	0	13	2	14	1	0	3
Randolph Hopkins	1	0	1.000	3.94	11	0		0	0	1	16.0	14	8	7	2	7	0	17	1	0	1
Stephen Pasternak					8						0.0
Thomas Prazych	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Greg Erardi	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	86	51	.628	3.38	330	137	0	35	8	28	1182.0	1047	570	444	93	547	28	1024	28	7	53	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
Miguel Diloné	132	610	531	106	177	27	9	1	45	85	23	73	52	.333	.414	.424	.838	225	7	2	2	2	0
Pablo Cruz	125	527	445	78	145	21	1	2	64	3	4	47	23	.326	.398	.391	.789	174	7	12	14	9	2
Alfredo Edmead	119	538	462	89	145	18	7	7	59	61	17	64	71	.314	.396	.429	.824	198	6	2	5	5	3
Steve Nicosia	118	459	411	62	125	16	9	15	92	1	7	36	63	.304	.359	.496	.855	204	8	3	2	7	2
Mitchell Page	123	501	423	80	125	15	9	17	75	15	6	70	86	.296	.400	.494	.894	209	7	5	1	2	8
Paul Djakonow	124	521	434	70	121	24	1	21	98	4	9	79	74	.279	.388	.484	.872	210	11	2	1	5	3
Dwayne Peltier	109	447	393	60	98	14	2	11	51	5	8	46	85	.249	.329	.379	.708	149	7	2	3	3	1
Fausto Sosa	108	393	331	52	87	17	4	0	31	5	4	48	59	.263	.364	.338	.702	112	9	5	8	1	3
Thomas Prazych	100	381	352	40	82	15	3	9	41	9	2	23	89	.233	.286	.369	.655	130	12	4	0	2	1
Gary Wilson	101	290	248	34	66	10	1	4	34	2	4	35	32	.266	.351	.363	.714	90	7	0	2	5	4
Rick Langford	47	88	77	11	20	5	0	1	8	2	0	3	20	.260	.284	.364	.648	28		0	7	1
John Candelaria	27	68	57	10	16	3	0	0	11	0	0	5	14	.281	.333	.333	.667	19		0	5	1
John Dusenbury	20	58	51	7	15	2	0	1	7	0	1	6	7	.294	.379	.392	.771	20	1	1	0	0	1
Gerard Thomas	29	60	55	6	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	29	.200	.241	.200	.441	11		0	2	0
Mitchell Nowicki	30	65	56	5	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	11	.196	.292	.214	.507	12	1	0	0	1	1
Douglas Nelson	30	65	59	6	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.186	.238	.220	.458	13		0	2	0
David Nelson	29	80	73	2	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	23	.123	.169	.123	.292	9		0	3	0
Michael Gonzalez	35	39	36	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	8		0	3	0	0
Steve Williams	36	15	15	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.267	.267	.333	.600	5		0	0	0	0
Winston Cole	3	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Gerlecz	6	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.214	.312	.214	.527	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Standart	40	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	1	0	0
William Hagins	45	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	1	0	0
Richard Olson	7	18	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.143	.278	.143	.421	2	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Johnson	8	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0
Chester Gunter	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Randolph Hopkins	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1576	5274	4566	722	1289	192	46	89	632	192	85	562	777	.282	.363	.403	.765	1840	83	38	63	45	29

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Thomas Prazych	1B	96	793	40	16	84	.981	8.677
Paul Djakonow	1B	33	233	13	6	15	.976	7.455
Gary Wilson	1B	19	113	4	3	10	.975	6.158
Steve Nicosia	1B	3	21	3	1	0	.960	8.000
Pablo Cruz	2B	119	266	301	26	74	.956	4.765
Paul Djakonow	2B	12	22	22	1	4	.978	3.667
Gary Wilson	2B	9	15	20	1	3	.972	3.889
Steve Gerlecz	2B	6	12	12	2	2	.923	4.000
Dwayne Peltier	3B	104	78	164	35	8	.874	2.327
Paul Djakonow	3B	35	27	65	13	7	.876	2.629
Pablo Cruz	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Steve Nicosia	C	112	827	83	12	6	.987	8.125	17
Mitchell Nowicki	C	18	98	11	2	1	.982	6.056	0
John Dusenbury	C	14	102	13	2	0	.983	8.214	0
Richard Olson	C	5	31	2	0	0	1.000	6.600	1
Paul Djakonow	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Miguel Diloné	OF	131	269	8	13	0	.955	2.115
Alfredo Edmead	OF	118	208	6	10	1	.955	1.814
Mitchell Page	OF	115	165	15	12	2	.938	1.565
Gary Wilson	OF	50	54	5	4	1	.937	1.180
Paul Djakonow	OF	11	17	0	3	0	.850	1.545
Winston Cole	OF	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333
Steve Nicosia	OF	2	6	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
William Hagins	P	45	2	13	1	2	.938	.333
Rich Standart	P	40	4	2	5	1	.545	.150
Steve Williams	P	36	2	11	1	0	.929	.361
Michael Gonzalez	P	34	9	10	6	0	.760	.559
David Nelson	P	29	7	43	4	3	.926	1.724
Douglas Nelson	P	27	1	25	2	0	.929	.963
Rick Langford	P	26	14	36	2	0	.962	1.923
Gerard Thomas	P	25	5	28	1	0	.971	1.320
John Candelaria	P	25	2	41	0	3	1.000	1.720
Chester Gunter	P	14	4	1	0	0	1.000	.357
Randolph Hopkins	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Stephen Pasternak	P	8						.000
Scott Johnson	P	8	1	4	0	0	1.000	.625
Thomas Prazych	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Greg Erardi	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Fausto Sosa	SS	102	113	272	47	54	.891	3.775
Paul Djakonow	SS	41	45	98	16	21	.899	3.488
Dwayne Peltier	SS	2	4	7	1	1	.917	5.500
Totals		1493	3578	1383	248	303	.952	3.323	18	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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