1972 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-65
Finished 4th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (64-65)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 73,836, Avg. 1,145
1972 West Palm Beach Expos RosterTeam Record: 64-65
Finished 4th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (64-65)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 73,836, Avg. 1,145
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 64 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Expos yielded 386 runs, fewest in the league. West Palm Beach plated 427 runs, worst in the circuit,. Bombo Rivera drove in 60 runs. Pat Scanlon led batters with significant playing time with a .274 average. Dale Harrington topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.51 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1972 West Palm Beach Expos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Craig Caskey, Dale Murray, Bombo Rivera, Larry Parrish, Gary Carter, Don Hopkins, Jerry White, Pat Scanlon, Dennis Blair and Chip Lang.
Lance Nichols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Harrington | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1.51 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 143.0 | 105 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Alfonso Collazo | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.53 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 139.0 | 106 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 123 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Richard Turner | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1.50 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78.0 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Glenn Vickery | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.41 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 112.0 | 96 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dave Carey | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.77 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 91.0 | 74 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Greg Wellman | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.97 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 87.0 | 65 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Albin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.17 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 54.0 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dale Murray | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Burnett | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.67 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 65 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Craig Caskey | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 69 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Scalia | 2 | 5 | .286 | 1.97 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Horsch | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.33 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 51 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.65 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Schlosser | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Baker | 0 | 0 | 0.69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Joe Leeder | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Billy Bolden | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Scherer | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chip Lang | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Fuller | 0 | 7 | .000 | 3.32 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 65 | .496 | 2.51 | 251 | 130 | 0 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 1075.0 | 878 | 386 | 300 | 25 | 403 | 4 | 747 | 47 | 7 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombo Rivera | 125 | 498 | 439 | 44 | 114 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 31 | 16 | 48 | 70 | .260 | .335 | .367 | .701 | 161 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Pat Scanlon | 120 | 478 | 398 | 45 | 109 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 59 | .274 | .384 | .367 | .751 | 146 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Hector Gonzalez | 111 | 453 | 409 | 55 | 96 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 70 | .235 | .289 | .342 | .631 | 140 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Juan Navarrete | 118 | 436 | 383 | 32 | 86 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 45 | .225 | .300 | .261 | .562 | 100 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Otto Kemper | 107 | 398 | 324 | 36 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 35 | .219 | .342 | .253 | .595 | 82 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Manny Lantigua | 86 | 288 | 262 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 50 | .237 | .285 | .256 | .541 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Frank Hale | 84 | 309 | 262 | 26 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 52 | .202 | .321 | .302 | .623 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Baker | 65 | 225 | 210 | 25 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 49 | .219 | .265 | .252 | .517 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Felix Peguero | 46 | 170 | 141 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 15 | .262 | .371 | .277 | .648 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Liebeck | 65 | 232 | 191 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 59 | .194 | .313 | .267 | .580 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Baez | 50 | 161 | 142 | 20 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 21 | .225 | .312 | .275 | .587 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felix Arce | 44 | 163 | 149 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 43 | .215 | .262 | .262 | .524 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry White | 27 | 113 | 96 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | .292 | .384 | .354 | .738 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Carter | 20 | 63 | 50 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .320 | .460 | .440 | .900 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Harrington | 23 | 56 | 49 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .245 | .260 | .265 | .525 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Viefhaus | 24 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .179 | .270 | .232 | .502 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Thomson | 20 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .137 | .254 | .157 | .411 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Caskey | 12 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .208 | .269 | .250 | .519 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Vickery | 21 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .156 | .206 | .188 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alfonso Collazo | 23 | 55 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .109 | .163 | .109 | .272 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Don Hopkins | 6 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Field | 15 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .098 | .140 | .122 | .261 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Dion | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Carey | 18 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .143 | .208 | .143 | .351 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Scalia | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Horsch | 8 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Burnett | 11 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Scherer | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Parrish | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chip Lang | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cannon Smith | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Albin | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Robert | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .091 | .286 | .182 | .468 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Wellman | 22 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .042 | .148 | .042 | .190 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Turner | 23 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | .087 | .000 | .087 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baker | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bolden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Bryant | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Fuller | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale Murray | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Leeder | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Rogers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1409 | 4569 | 3958 | 428 | 890 | 114 | 39 | 18 | 355 | 125 | 51 | 473 | 746 | .225 | .311 | .287 | .598 | 1136 | 0 | 32 | 78 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Hale | 1B | 72 | 632 | 42 | 13 | 63 | .981 | 9.361 | ||||
| Hector Gonzalez | 1B | 30 | 267 | 15 | 7 | 20 | .976 | 9.400 | ||||
| Randolph Viefhaus | 1B | 14 | 134 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .986 | 1.071 | ||||
| Pat Scanlon | 1B | 14 | 126 | 14 | 2 | 17 | .986 | 1.000 | ||||
| Maurice Robert | 1B | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Otto Kemper | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Otto Kemper | 2B | 77 | 142 | 195 | 11 | 45 | .968 | 4.377 | ||||
| Felix Peguero | 2B | 38 | 97 | 109 | 5 | 30 | .976 | 5.421 | ||||
| Rafael Baez | 2B | 23 | 31 | 68 | 4 | 9 | .961 | 4.304 | ||||
| Pat Scanlon | 3B | 105 | 84 | 242 | 16 | 25 | .953 | 3.105 | ||||
| Otto Kemper | 3B | 22 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 9 | .985 | 2.909 | ||||
| Rafael Baez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Hale | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 80 | 516 | 53 | 12 | 12 | .979 | 7.112 | 16 | |||
| Tom Thomson | C | 18 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .964 | 5.944 | 1 | |||
| Gary Carter | C | 15 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .980 | 6.400 | 2 | |||
| Danny Field | C | 12 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 5.917 | 5 | |||
| Frank Hale | C | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 6.200 | 2 | |||
| Michel Dion | C | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 1 | |||
| Bombo Rivera | OF | 122 | 186 | 7 | 8 | 5 | .960 | 1.582 | ||||
| Hector Gonzalez | OF | 79 | 95 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .926 | 1.266 | ||||
| Michael Liebeck | OF | 62 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 1.645 | ||||
| Carl Baker | OF | 61 | 105 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 1.885 | ||||
| Felix Arce | OF | 41 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 1.561 | ||||
| Jerry White | OF | 27 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .970 | 2.370 | ||||
| Don Hopkins | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Harry Rogers | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Parrish | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donald Albin | P | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Richard Turner | P | 23 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .880 | .957 | ||||
| Dale Harrington | P | 23 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.087 | ||||
| Alfonso Collazo | P | 23 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.217 | ||||
| Greg Wellman | P | 22 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .682 | ||||
| Glenn Vickery | P | 21 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .800 | .952 | ||||
| Stephen Fuller | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .556 | .250 | ||||
| Dave Carey | P | 18 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.056 | ||||
| Craig Caskey | P | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Gary Burnett | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| John Scalia | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .556 | ||||
| Chip Lang | P | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| James Horsch | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Dale Murray | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Dennis Blair | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Leeder | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Richard Baker | P | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Scherer | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Bryant | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rusty Simpson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Schlosser | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Bolden | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | SS | 116 | 171 | 336 | 34 | 63 | .937 | 4.371 | ||||
| Rafael Baez | SS | 17 | 31 | 50 | 7 | 14 | .920 | 4.765 | ||||
| Maurice Robert | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Felix Peguero | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1320 | 3228 | 1410 | 176 | 353 | .963 | 3.514 | 27 | 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.
