1975 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Lee Elia (81-59)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 27,336, Avg. 391
The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1975 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Phillies scored 645 runs, most in the league. Spartanburg yielded 546 runs, fewest in the league. Gary Begnaud paced the team with 25 home runs and drove in 100 runs. Lonnie Smith led all regular batters with a .323 average. Jim Wright topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.73 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1975 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Wright, Lonnie Smith, Don McCormack, Barry Bonnell, Keith Moreland and Kevin Saucier.
Lee Elia 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 Wright | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.73 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 181.0 | 166 | 83 | 55 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Gibson | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.29 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 189.0 | 167 | 84 | 69 | 8 | 100 | 2 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Larry Wertz | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.87 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 135.0 | 113 | 58 | 43 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Saucier | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.34 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 159.0 | 138 | 72 | 59 | 6 | 61 | 3 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Angel Hernandez | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.35 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 91 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Klein | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.56 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 70 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Peter Manos | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36.0 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Stone | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.95 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Keller | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.70 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 43 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Ciammachilli | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.86 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 57 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Houston | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Raymond LaPointe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.73 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 67 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mel Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Neal Cooper | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Leo McDaniel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 58 | .583 | 3.22 | 277 | 140 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 10 | 1175.0 | 1051 | 546 | 421 | 48 | 572 | 33 | 766 | 35 | 8 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Smith | 131 | 577 | 465 | 114 | 150 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 56 | 14 | 96 | 63 | .323 | .445 | .434 | .879 | 202 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Gary Begnaud | 137 | 576 | 465 | 99 | 143 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 68 | .308 | .424 | .540 | .963 | 251 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Jerome Reedy | 131 | 530 | 463 | 73 | 124 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 59 | 54 | .268 | .349 | .315 | .664 | 146 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Melvin Yearby | 129 | 525 | 442 | 76 | 123 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 82 | .278 | .375 | .394 | .769 | 174 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Nicolas Ysursa | 102 | 390 | 368 | 39 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 59 | .234 | .271 | .321 | .592 | 118 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gambrell | 99 | 369 | 321 | 29 | 77 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 49 | .240 | .317 | .302 | .619 | 97 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Ronald Jackson | 105 | 379 | 325 | 37 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 48 | .212 | .306 | .298 | .604 | 97 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Keith Moreland | 69 | 283 | 246 | 28 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | .276 | .327 | .350 | .677 | 86 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Robert DeMeo | 78 | 273 | 238 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 35 | .185 | .273 | .210 | .483 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Mosley | 56 | 218 | 186 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | .220 | .318 | .274 | .592 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| David Baker | 35 | 109 | 99 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .283 | .327 | .364 | .691 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Ryczek | 34 | 120 | 101 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .257 | .333 | .347 | .680 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| James Smoak | 33 | 134 | 106 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .217 | .366 | .311 | .678 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McCormack | 24 | 93 | 79 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .203 | .293 | .291 | .585 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Angel Vargas | 45 | 114 | 108 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 45 | .139 | .175 | .157 | .333 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Meily | 33 | 116 | 86 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 16 | .163 | .379 | .233 | .612 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Ramer | 15 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | .268 | .375 | .293 | .668 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Russo | 9 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .320 | .414 | .400 | .814 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raul Nieves | 15 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .195 | .255 | .293 | .548 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| P. J. Carey | 22 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .127 | .158 | .127 | .285 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Lora | 11 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .162 | .262 | .216 | .478 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Roberts | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Hicks | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gibson | 27 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .000 | .263 | .000 | .263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Stone | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1369 | 5056 | 4318 | 627 | 1087 | 179 | 21 | 59 | 541 | 127 | 49 | 587 | 707 | .252 | .344 | .344 | .688 | 1485 | 92 | 49 | 54 | 48 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Begnaud | 1B | 137 | 1141 | 83 | 17 | 88 | .986 | 8.934 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richard Meily | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Don McCormack | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| P. J. Carey | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerome Reedy | 2B | 131 | 314 | 325 | 36 | 62 | .947 | 4.878 | ||||
| Angel Vargas | 2B | 12 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Raul Nieves | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 3B | 69 | 52 | 128 | 17 | 11 | .914 | 2.609 | ||||
| Ronald Mosley | 3B | 50 | 42 | 90 | 12 | 9 | .917 | 2.640 | ||||
| Angel Vargas | 3B | 17 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .865 | 1.882 | ||||
| Raul Nieves | 3B | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 3.000 | ||||
| Don McCormack | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert DeMeo | C | 78 | 436 | 36 | 8 | 4 | .983 | 6.051 | 8 | |||
| David Baker | C | 31 | 137 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 5.065 | 4 | |||
| P. J. Carey | C | 20 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 4.900 | 4 | |||
| Andrew Russo | C | 9 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 9.333 | 2 | |||
| Don McCormack | C | 9 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Ramon Lora | C | 4 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Lonnie Smith | OF | 129 | 317 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .967 | 2.527 | ||||
| Melvin Yearby | OF | 125 | 211 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 1.712 | ||||
| John Gambrell | OF | 74 | 117 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .962 | 1.703 | ||||
| James Smoak | OF | 33 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Ronald Jackson | OF | 24 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Richard Meily | OF | 15 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.867 | ||||
| Stephen Ramer | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| John Gibson | P | 27 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 26 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Kevin Saucier | P | 25 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.240 | ||||
| Larry Wertz | P | 24 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Peter Manos | P | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Gregory Stone | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .286 | ||||
| Angel Hernandez | P | 20 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Leo McDaniel | P | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Jerry Houston | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Frank Ciammachilli | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Raymond LaPointe | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Neal Cooper | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Mark Klein | P | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Keller | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Lawrence Hicks | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Nicolas Ysursa | SS | 99 | 157 | 296 | 33 | 37 | .932 | 4.576 | ||||
| Martin Ryczek | SS | 34 | 50 | 105 | 6 | 13 | .963 | 4.559 | ||||
| Angel Vargas | SS | 8 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 7 | .970 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ronald Mosley | SS | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1413 | 3477 | 1389 | 189 | 260 | .963 | 3.444 | 21 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
