1972 Visalia Mets Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Joe Frazier (73-67)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 43,213, Avg. 617

1972 Visalia Mets Roster

The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1972 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Mets led the league with 774 runs, spearheaded by 148 home runs. Visalia allowed 702 runs. Ike Hampton paced the team with 21 home runs, while Greg Harts, Benny Ayala and Ronnie Collins each walloped 15 or more, too. Ike Hampton drove in 77 runs. Greg Harts topped hitters with significant playing time with a .286 average. Rick Baldwin and Cecil Reynolds paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Richard Wagener registered a 3.47 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Rick Baldwin, Hank Webb, Greg Harts, Ike Hampton, Larry Fritz, Mike Bruhert, Bruce Boisclair, Benny Ayala and Jay Kleven were all players from the 1972 Visalia Mets who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Joe Frazier 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
Cecil Reynolds	12	4	.750	3.62	34	17		10	2	2	169.0	162	71	68	26	48	2	137	8	1	2
Rick Baldwin	12	8	.600	4.94	27	27		8	0	0	164.0	172	109	90	20	79	3	105	12	0	9
Edgar Pate	9	10	.474	4.66	25	22		3	0	0	141.0	143	96	73	22	76	4	110	15	1	7
Greg Pavlick	7	7	.500	5.00	32	18		3	0	3	117.0	117	81	65	19	75	3	113	6	2	9
Richard Wagener	7	11	.389	3.47	31	19		8	3	2	148.0	134	79	57	19	49	0	172	4	0	11
David Rusco	4	2	.667	5.79	16	6		2	0	0	56.0	61	41	36	10	37	0	39	0	0	1
Kit Putnam	4	4	.500	4.37	22	0		0	0	2	35.0	36	19	17	2	18	4	15	1	0	3
Terry Christman	3	3	.500	3.00	17	1		0	0	4	27.0	24	9	9	0	10	2	22	0	0	2
Hank Webb	3	3	.500	4.40	12	5		1	0	0	45.0	45	30	22	12	28	1	54	5	1	4
Mike Bruhert	3	3	.500	6.18	11	10		0	0	0	51.0	58	39	35	5	48	0	34	4	0	8
Gregorio Perez	2	1	.667	3.00	7	2		1	0	0	24.0	16	8	8	1	10	0	23	0	0	0
Eugene Mendes	2	2	.500	1.78	41	2		0	0	12	81.0	71	26	16	6	23	1	68	3	0	4
Harwood Hellen	2	2	.500	2.33	17	1		0	0	2	27.0	19	14	7	4	13	0	35	0	0	1
Wayne Kirby	2	5	.286	5.19	19	7		2	0	1	59.0	53	39	34	10	33	2	68	6	0	2
Thomas Tyler	1	1	.500	7.14	17	0		0	0	2	29.0	27	26	23	4	16	0	32	0	0	2
Felix Minaya	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Severs	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Avalos	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Stewart	0	1	.000	3.68	7	3		0	0	0	22.0	22	15	9	3	16	0	26	3	0	2
Totals	73	67	.521	4.27	338	140	0	38	5	30	1198.0	1161	702	569	163	584	22	1055	67	5	67	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
Greg Harts	107	457	409	82	117	23	4	18	67	22	6	39	93	.286	.353	.494	.847	202		5	1	3
Bruce Boisclair	88	363	328	64	114	19	4	4	32	16	2	29	69	.348	.404	.466	.871	153		3	2	1
Ronnie Collins	89	359	320	64	94	14	4	15	57	2	2	25	62	.294	.349	.503	.852	161		6	1	7
Ike Hampton	101	411	349	64	88	24	1	21	77	10	6	57	134	.252	.360	.507	.867	177		3	0	2
Terry Senn	101	389	305	67	86	15	1	7	38	16	6	77	38	.282	.429	.407	.836	124		4	0	3
Ron Diggle	60	274	233	50	79	15	1	12	54	5	2	34	44	.339	.416	.567	.983	132		1	0	6
Benny Ayala	113	417	348	68	79	15	2	19	66	6	0	57	115	.227	.341	.445	.787	155		6	1	5
Jay Kleven	73	270	247	21	69	12	0	2	31	1	2	19	51	.279	.330	.352	.682	87		1	0	3
Jeffrey Anderson	64	287	242	46	62	8	1	5	25	31	10	38	55	.256	.369	.360	.729	87		6	0	1
Jack Burik	72	258	233	26	51	6	0	6	34	3	2	22	52	.219	.288	.322	.610	75		1	1	1
Nelson Pichardo	41	176	158	24	45	6	0	0	10	8	5	14	23	.285	.345	.323	.668	51		1	2	1
Jackie Adams	59	219	181	42	44	7	2	11	40	9	1	33	57	.243	.362	.486	.849	88		2	1	2
David Rusco	63	211	187	32	43	3	0	9	28	9	1	20	57	.230	.314	.390	.705	73		3	1	0
John Severs	70	194	165	24	34	7	1	4	23	3	2	29	42	.206	.325	.333	.658	55		0	0	0
Larry Fritz	31	129	104	19	30	4	0	8	36	0	0	23	17	.288	.419	.558	.976	58		1	0	1
Angel Cantres	35	126	112	19	29	7	0	4	21	2	1	9	35	.259	.333	.429	.762	48		4	0	1
Bobby Croswell	28	121	103	13	25	2	0	1	7	8	5	15	18	.243	.347	.291	.638	30		2	0	1
Felix Minaya	32	118	105	14	25	5	0	0	11	2	0	13	24	.238	.322	.286	.608	30		0	0	0
Rick Baldwin	27	73	70	9	20	1	2	0	11	0	1	1	12	.286	.296	.357	.653	25		0	2	0
Edgar Pate	25	56	52	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	.135	.164	.135	.298	7		0	1	1
Gregory Hill	11	26	23	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.261	.346	.391	.737	9		0	0	0
Greg Pavlick	32	47	42	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	22	.119	.159	.214	.373	9		0	3	0
Richard Wagener	31	56	45	6	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	35	.089	.212	.089	.300	4		0	4	0
Cecil Reynolds	34	59	56	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40	.071	.103	.071	.175	4		0	1	0
Hank Webb	12	16	14	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.214	.312	.286	.598	4		0	0	0
Richard Avalos	5	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	4		0	0	0
Wayne Kirby	19	20	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	2	0
Harwood Hellen	17	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0
Ken Perry	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Terry Christman	17	12	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.125	.333	.125	.458	1		0	0	1
Ron Stewart	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	1	0
Kit Putnam	22	13	11	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.182	.348	2		0	1	0
Otto Dacosta	7	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.083	.077	.083	.160	1		0	0	1
Paul Bagnasco	6	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	0	0
Mike Bruhert	11	22	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.056	.150	.056	.206	1		0	2	0
Eugene Mendes	41	21	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	1	0
Michael Agosto	5	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Bernardino Rivas	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Thomas Tyler	17	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0		2	0	0
Gregorio Perez	7	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0
Totals	1589	5295	4587	774	1175	196	24	148	690	156	54	588	1195	.256	.344	.406	.751	1863	0	51	28	41	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Benny Ayala	1B	57	385	35	14	25	.968	7.368
Bruce Boisclair	1B	52	427	26	7	41	.985	8.712
Larry Fritz	1B	31	250	20	3	17	.989	8.710
John Severs	1B	5	38	8	0	4	1.000	9.200
Jay Kleven	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Ronnie Collins	2B	89	184	261	5	51	.989	5.000
Felix Minaya	2B	27	61	56	5	9	.959	4.333
Terry Senn	2B	14	22	36	1	7	.983	4.143
Nelson Pichardo	2B	8	18	15	2	2	.943	4.125
Bobby Croswell	2B	5	8	20	0	1	1.000	5.600
Ken Perry	2B	3	4	5	0	2	1.000	3.000
Jack Burik	3B	69	39	109	13	9	.919	2.145
Terry Senn	3B	33	16	66	8	3	.911	2.485
Ike Hampton	3B	18	20	36	8	2	.875	3.111
Ron Diggle	3B	12	13	17	6	2	.833	2.500
Bobby Croswell	3B	6	8	14	2	3	.917	3.667
Jay Kleven	3B	4	3	4	1	0	.875	1.750
Felix Minaya	3B	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Otto Dacosta	3B	2	2	2	2	0	.667	2.000
Ike Hampton	C	77	634	75	12	8	.983	9.208	15
Jay Kleven	C	65	459	43	5	4	.990	7.723	11
Otto Dacosta	C	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Greg Harts	OF	107	171	13	7	3	.963	1.720
Jeffrey Anderson	OF	64	123	6	4	1	.970	2.016
Jackie Adams	OF	54	67	3	8	1	.897	1.296
Ron Diggle	OF	46	86	3	2	0	.978	1.935
Benny Ayala	OF	46	57	3	8	0	.882	1.304
John Severs	OF	42	56	4	2	0	.968	1.429
Angel Cantres	OF	31	28	2	4	0	.882	.968
Bruce Boisclair	OF	31	46	0	2	0	.958	1.484
Terry Senn	OF	9	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Gregory Hill	OF	8	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.125
Paul Bagnasco	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Michael Agosto	OF	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bernardino Rivas	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Ike Hampton	OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Richard Avalos	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Eugene Mendes	P	41	6	20	4	1	.867	.634
Cecil Reynolds	P	34	7	23	0	0	1.000	.882
Greg Pavlick	P	32	6	8	3	1	.824	.438
Richard Wagener	P	31	5	19	3	0	.889	.774
Rick Baldwin	P	27	11	23	1	2	.971	1.259
Edgar Pate	P	25	3	25	4	1	.875	1.120
Kit Putnam	P	22	3	2	1	1	.833	.227
Wayne Kirby	P	19	3	8	5	1	.688	.579
Thomas Tyler	P	17	3	3	0	0	1.000	.353
Harwood Hellen	P	17	2	1	0	0	1.000	.176
Terry Christman	P	17	2	6	0	0	1.000	.471
David Rusco	P	16	1	4	2	0	.714	.312
Hank Webb	P	12	3	4	0	0	1.000	.583
Mike Bruhert	P	11	0	4	2	0	.667	.364
Ron Stewart	P	7	2	4	5	0	.545	.857
Gregorio Perez	P	7	0	0	0	0		.000
John Severs	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Felix Minaya	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Richard Avalos	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Rusco	SS	46	79	128	7	25	.967	4.500
Terry Senn	SS	45	83	115	21	21	.904	4.400
Nelson Pichardo	SS	33	59	69	21	11	.859	3.879
Bobby Croswell	SS	18	37	35	4	6	.947	4.000
Ron Diggle	SS	3	5	4	1	1	.900	3.000
Totals		1515	3588	1392	216	266	.958	3.287	26	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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