1973 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-58
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (80-58)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 69,053, Avg. 1,001
1973 West Palm Beach Expos RosterTeam Record: 80-58
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (80-58)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 69,053, Avg. 1,001
Playoffs - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1
Finals - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, West Palm Beach Expos 0
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1973 season with a record of 80 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Expos paced the circuit with 578 runs, ignited by 64 home runs. West Palm Beach allowed 492 runs. Larry Parrish powered the team with 16 home runs Ellis Valentine accounted for 61 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Bill Atkinson, David Drumright and Glen Tackitt led the squad with 8 wins each, while Bill Atkinson recorded a 3.03 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1973 West Palm Beach Expos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Parrish, Andrés Mora, Don DeMola, Terry Enyart, Don Hopkins, Bill Atkinson, Mike Hart, Billy Wynne, Dennis Blair and Ellis Valentine.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Tackitt | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.92 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 84 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| David Drumright | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.14 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 138 | 64 | 51 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Atkinson | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.03 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 113.0 | 99 | 49 | 38 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mac McSween | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.41 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 76 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Billy Wynne | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45.0 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Leonard Yonkman | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.12 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 85.0 | 70 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Alfonso Collazo | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.33 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 91 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jimmie Williams | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.72 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58.0 | 57 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don DeMola | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Lynch | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.06 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102.0 | 89 | 60 | 46 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Rod Dirks | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.51 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 49 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Bastian | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.85 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Croft | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bolden | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.83 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 45 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Paul Joyce | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Burnett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 58 | .580 | 2.88 | 343 | 139 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 1117.0 | 997 | 492 | 357 | 42 | 456 | 7 | 739 | 43 | 8 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Parrish | 138 | 550 | 481 | 82 | 141 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 71 | .293 | .357 | .447 | .804 | 215 | 7 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Ellis Valentine | 119 | 452 | 403 | 59 | 124 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 72 | .308 | .371 | .432 | .803 | 174 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Hart | 131 | 512 | 394 | 79 | 105 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 25 | 8 | 106 | 98 | .266 | .429 | .424 | .853 | 167 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Felix Peguero | 107 | 395 | 362 | 44 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 26 | 58 | .246 | .297 | .279 | .576 | 101 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Goodman | 81 | 292 | 252 | 33 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 44 | .270 | .366 | .440 | .806 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leonel Carrion | 99 | 290 | 231 | 43 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 39 | .229 | .371 | .281 | .652 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Otto Kemper | 75 | 211 | 184 | 21 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 24 | .239 | .325 | .310 | .635 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Manny Lantigua | 55 | 176 | 167 | 13 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .246 | .266 | .317 | .583 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Shannon | 55 | 212 | 171 | 23 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 36 | .240 | .367 | .269 | .636 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Greg Biagini | 50 | 209 | 176 | 17 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 57 | .222 | .338 | .307 | .645 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Felix Arce | 87 | 216 | 203 | 19 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 67 | .187 | .236 | .261 | .497 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bohne | 43 | 155 | 136 | 24 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 14 | .272 | .357 | .324 | .681 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Viefhaus | 36 | 124 | 108 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .287 | .363 | .343 | .705 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cannon Smith | 37 | 121 | 105 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .229 | .331 | .381 | .712 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Hopkins | 32 | 117 | 102 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 18 | .225 | .310 | .265 | .575 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Cunningham | 24 | 78 | 65 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .323 | .429 | .385 | .813 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Wright | 20 | 73 | 69 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .246 | .278 | .319 | .597 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Whitehead | 22 | 76 | 70 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .200 | .240 | .257 | .497 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jose Alcaide | 12 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .355 | .382 | .452 | .834 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mario Hewitt | 11 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .312 | .476 | .344 | .820 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Atkinson | 36 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .324 | .400 | .724 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Gingrich | 23 | 67 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .196 | .369 | .216 | .585 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marcos Perez | 8 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .350 | .409 | .550 | .959 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac McSween | 16 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Drumright | 25 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .114 | .204 | .136 | .340 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James West | 23 | 63 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .100 | .286 | .140 | .426 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bolden | 20 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .308 | .308 | .385 | .692 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 10 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Yonkman | 45 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lynch | 37 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .185 | .125 | .310 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Dave Croft | 6 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don DeMola | 14 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Rhine | 6 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Tackitt | 30 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfonso Collazo | 14 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .087 | .192 | .130 | .323 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Paul Joyce | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wynne | 29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Dirks | 18 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Williams | 19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Bastian | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrés Mora | 8 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .087 | .000 | .087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1640 | 4877 | 4206 | 577 | 1042 | 114 | 36 | 64 | 439 | 174 | 62 | 546 | 863 | .248 | .337 | .338 | .675 | 1420 | 0 | 37 | 58 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Biagini | 1B | 44 | 415 | 32 | 8 | 42 | .982 | 1.159 | ||||
| Cannon Smith | 1B | 35 | 267 | 24 | 7 | 20 | .977 | 8.314 | ||||
| Randolph Viefhaus | 1B | 33 | 230 | 12 | 1 | 12 | .996 | 7.333 | ||||
| Mike Hart | 1B | 15 | 112 | 11 | 5 | 10 | .961 | 8.200 | ||||
| Bobby Goodman | 1B | 7 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 8.714 | ||||
| Jose Alcaide | 1B | 6 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 8.833 | ||||
| James West | 1B | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Otto Kemper | 2B | 54 | 143 | 135 | 11 | 34 | .962 | 5.148 | ||||
| Bruce Shannon | 2B | 42 | 90 | 95 | 7 | 17 | .964 | 4.405 | ||||
| Mike Hart | 2B | 40 | 83 | 94 | 8 | 14 | .957 | 4.425 | ||||
| Wallace Wright | 2B | 8 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 3.875 | ||||
| Larry Parrish | 3B | 137 | 95 | 285 | 31 | 19 | .925 | 2.774 | ||||
| Bruce Shannon | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Goodman | C | 68 | 366 | 39 | 12 | 6 | .971 | 5.956 | 13 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 47 | 276 | 19 | 12 | 1 | .961 | 6.277 | 7 | |||
| Dennis Whitehead | C | 21 | 110 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 6.048 | 4 | |||
| Jack Rhine | C | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
| Ellis Valentine | OF | 112 | 169 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .973 | 1.607 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 74 | 126 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 1.838 | ||||
| Mike Hart | OF | 72 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
| Felix Arce | OF | 64 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bill Bohne | OF | 36 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 2.472 | ||||
| Don Hopkins | OF | 25 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.760 | ||||
| James West | OF | 16 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| Mario Hewitt | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Felix Peguero | OF | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Marcos Perez | OF | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andrés Mora | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Greg Biagini | OF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jose Alcaide | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Bobby Goodman | OF | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Leonard Yonkman | P | 45 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .852 | .511 | ||||
| Michael Lynch | P | 37 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .622 | ||||
| Bill Atkinson | P | 35 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .971 | .943 | ||||
| Glen Tackitt | P | 30 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .773 | .567 | ||||
| Billy Wynne | P | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| David Drumright | P | 25 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 4 | .881 | 1.480 | ||||
| Billy Bolden | P | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jimmie Williams | P | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .421 | ||||
| Rod Dirks | P | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Mac McSween | P | 16 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Alfonso Collazo | P | 14 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Dennis Blair | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Paul Joyce | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Jose Bastian | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Dave Croft | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 1.167 | ||||
| Gary Burnett | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Terry Enyart | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Felix Peguero | SS | 95 | 121 | 255 | 40 | 42 | .904 | 3.958 | ||||
| Gary Gingrich | SS | 19 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 6 | .864 | 3.684 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | SS | 18 | 39 | 74 | 12 | 13 | .904 | 6.278 | ||||
| Wallace Wright | SS | 9 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 2 | .875 | 5.444 | ||||
| Bruce Shannon | SS | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Larry Parrish | SS | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 12.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1496 | 3351 | 1458 | 227 | 275 | .955 | 3.215 | 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.
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