1974 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 67-68
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Roarke (67-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 185,482, Avg. 2,748
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 67 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Aeros plated 708 runs and surrendered 753 runs, most in the league. Adrian Garrett paced Wichita with 26 home runs, while Pete LaCock and Ron Dunn walloped 15 or more also. Pete LaCock drove in 91 runs and topped all regular batters with a .327 average. Herb Hutson and George Manz paced the team with 9 wins each, and Tom Dettore recorded a 3.95 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Jack Hiatt, Matt Alexander, Ron Dunn, Herb Hutson, Al Montreuil, Tom Dettore, Gonzalo Márquez, Adrian Garrett, Gene Hiser, Scipio Spinks, Buddy Schultz, Dave LaRoche, Tom Lundstedt, Cleo James, Willie Prall, Dave Lemonds, Dave Rosello, Paul Reuschel, Jim Todd, Jim Kremmel, Jim Tyrone, Dave Leonhard, Ray Burris, Rob Sperring, Pete LaCock, Ken Szotkiewicz, Roberto Rodríguez, Steve Swisher and Jerry Tabb were all players from the 1974 Wichita Aeros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Mike Roarke 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Hutson | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.84 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 103.0 | 103 | 50 | 44 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
George Manz | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6.85 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 191 | 110 | 102 | 27 | 45 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Jim Kremmel | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.36 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 99.0 | 94 | 45 | 37 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Roberto Rodríguez | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.46 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89.0 | 106 | 66 | 54 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Tom Dettore | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.95 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132.0 | 111 | 63 | 58 | 15 | 52 | 7 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
Paul Reuschel | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.89 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 88.0 | 109 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
Dave Leonhard | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.45 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 132 | 71 | 69 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Willie Prall | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.11 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 142 | 98 | 71 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Buddy Schultz | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Weiss | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tom Badcock | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.77 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 66 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Ray Burris | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.09 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 52 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jim Todd | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.71 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Zahn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave LaRoche | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.06 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dave Lemonds | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Francisco Lopez | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ronnie Matney | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Dan Corder | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Scipio Spinks | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.69 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 63 | 68 | .481 | 5.04 | 339 | 134 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 21 | 1105.0 | 1271 | 722 | 619 | 129 | 504 | 39 | 756 | 23 | 3 | 52 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete LaCock | 121 | 536 | 455 | 95 | 149 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 58 | .327 | .422 | .552 | .974 | 251 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ron Dunn | 130 | 534 | 445 | 65 | 117 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 88 | .263 | .367 | .427 | .794 | 190 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
Ronnie Matney | 107 | 444 | 370 | 56 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 86 | .303 | .402 | .441 | .843 | 163 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Cleo James | 113 | 456 | 397 | 69 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 45 | 43 | .249 | .327 | .368 | .694 | 146 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
Rob Sperring | 107 | 426 | 367 | 56 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 80 | .253 | .346 | .360 | .706 | 132 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Adrian Garrett | 92 | 401 | 318 | 75 | 89 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 72 | .280 | .414 | .585 | .998 | 186 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
Gene Hiser | 107 | 410 | 356 | 55 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 54 | .247 | .336 | .323 | .659 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Dave Arrington | 87 | 323 | 287 | 37 | 75 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 65 | .261 | .332 | .387 | .719 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jack Hiatt | 85 | 287 | 215 | 38 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 51 | .270 | .439 | .395 | .835 | 85 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
Gonzalo Márquez | 54 | 186 | 177 | 24 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .282 | .308 | .379 | .687 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Al Montreuil | 66 | 220 | 185 | 23 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 20 | .232 | .338 | .319 | .657 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Dave Rosello | 22 | 102 | 92 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .359 | .396 | .457 | .853 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Matt Alexander | 30 | 143 | 120 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 23 | .275 | .380 | .358 | .739 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ken Szotkiewicz | 43 | 153 | 127 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 34 | .236 | .349 | .362 | .711 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Steve Swisher | 52 | 174 | 153 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 51 | .196 | .277 | .294 | .572 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Jim Tyrone | 18 | 75 | 71 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .366 | .387 | .465 | .851 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jerry Tabb | 11 | 51 | 47 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .447 | .490 | .766 | 1.256 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alfredo Zavala | 50 | 125 | 119 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | .160 | .194 | .160 | .353 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Horace Porter | 34 | 87 | 79 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .215 | .279 | .291 | .570 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Joel Green | 11 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dom Gaudioso | 7 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .375 | .688 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Lundstedt | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1350 | 5187 | 4429 | 708 | 1194 | 173 | 32 | 125 | 656 | 63 | 34 | 646 | 836 | .270 | .362 | .408 | .770 | 1806 | 0 | 25 | 41 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete LaCock | 1B | 94 | 800 | 62 | 8 | 77 | .991 | 9.170 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | 1B | 20 | 167 | 16 | 2 | 22 | .989 | 9.150 | ||||
Gonzalo Márquez | 1B | 12 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.833 | ||||
Jerry Tabb | 1B | 11 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.727 | ||||
Jack Hiatt | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Adrian Garrett | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rob Sperring | 2B | 76 | 151 | 185 | 5 | 46 | .985 | 4.421 | ||||
Al Montreuil | 2B | 60 | 105 | 139 | 10 | 27 | .961 | 4.067 | ||||
Joel Green | 2B | 10 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 7 | .976 | 4.000 | ||||
Matt Alexander | 2B | 10 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 5 | .932 | 4.100 | ||||
Horace Porter | 2B | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .889 | 5.333 | ||||
Dave Rosello | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Ron Dunn | 3B | 130 | 97 | 220 | 36 | 24 | .898 | 2.438 | ||||
Rob Sperring | 3B | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
Horace Porter | 3B | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
Joel Green | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Jack Hiatt | C | 71 | 429 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .989 | 6.394 | 6 | |||
Steve Swisher | C | 51 | 284 | 33 | 11 | 4 | .966 | 6.216 | 2 | |||
Adrian Garrett | C | 17 | 89 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .932 | 5.647 | 4 | |||
Dom Gaudioso | C | 7 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 4.286 | 1 | |||
Tom Lundstedt | C | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 0 | |||
Cleo James | OF | 104 | 185 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .970 | 1.846 | ||||
Gene Hiser | OF | 103 | 193 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .967 | 1.961 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | OF | 75 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 1.653 | ||||
Adrian Garrett | OF | 58 | 109 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .959 | 2.000 | ||||
Dave Arrington | OF | 29 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.414 | ||||
Pete LaCock | OF | 28 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 1.607 | ||||
Matt Alexander | OF | 23 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.348 | ||||
Jim Tyrone | OF | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.500 | ||||
Gonzalo Márquez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Paul Reuschel | P | 58 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .483 | ||||
Roberto Rodríguez | P | 40 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .818 | .450 | ||||
George Manz | P | 29 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .966 | ||||
Tom Dettore | P | 29 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.241 | ||||
Willie Prall | P | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .692 | ||||
Dave Leonhard | P | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .920 | ||||
Tom Badcock | P | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .348 | ||||
Dave Lemonds | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
Herb Hutson | P | 16 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
Jim Kremmel | P | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .933 | ||||
Paul Zahn | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Buddy Schultz | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Scipio Spinks | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
Ray Burris | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
Mike Weiss | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
Dave LaRoche | P | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Francisco Lopez | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
Jim Todd | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Dan Corder | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Alfredo Zavala | SS | 49 | 61 | 122 | 16 | 30 | .920 | 3.735 | ||||
Ken Szotkiewicz | SS | 43 | 61 | 131 | 12 | 26 | .941 | 4.465 | ||||
Rob Sperring | SS | 40 | 49 | 122 | 10 | 14 | .945 | 4.275 | ||||
Dave Rosello | SS | 21 | 29 | 66 | 6 | 11 | .941 | 4.524 | ||||
Horace Porter | SS | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
Al Montreuil | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Totals | 1532 | 3435 | 1432 | 180 | 338 | .964 | 3.177 | 13 | 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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