1974 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Team Record: 79-53
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (79-53)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 107,790, Avg. 1,633
Playoffs - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
Finals - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 1
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1974 season with a record of 79 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Expos topped the circuit with 539 runs, fueled by 42 home runs. West Palm Beach allowed 422 runs. Gary Roenicke paced the squad with 14 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Leonel Carrion topped hitters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Joe Keener led the team with 16 wins, while Larry Landreth also added 15 or more wins also Joe Keener recorded a 1.79 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Larry Landreth, Mike Hart, Bob Reece, Byron McLaughlin, Joe Keener, Tim Ireland, Gary Roenicke, Gerry Hannahs and Marcel Lachemann were all players from the 1974 West Palm Beach Expos who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Keener | 16 | 6 | .727 | 1.79 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 206.0 | 142 | 53 | 41 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 134 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.54 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 188.0 | 156 | 69 | 53 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 146 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.64 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 177.0 | 128 | 58 | 52 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 127 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tim Murphy | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.80 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 59 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Baldwin | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.43 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Snyder | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.64 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 84.0 | 73 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Yonkman | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 63.0 | 60 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Catlett | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.70 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Fierbaugh | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.57 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerry Hannahs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.84 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Bastian | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.00 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rushing | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.55 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lynch | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Elgin Battles | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Novak | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 48 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jimmie Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcel Lachemann | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ford | 0 | 4 | .000 | 11.08 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 53 | .598 | 2.70 | 231 | 133 | 0 | 60 | 17 | 16 | 1135.0 | 893 | 422 | 340 | 58 | 473 | 13 | 805 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Roenicke | 131 | 551 | 470 | 68 | 130 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 82 | 22 | 10 | 63 | 61 | .277 | .372 | .417 | .789 | 196 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Bob Reece | 133 | 503 | 464 | 51 | 117 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 45 | .252 | .289 | .289 | .578 | 134 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Leonel Carrion | 105 | 454 | 362 | 59 | 110 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 24 | 10 | 76 | 50 | .304 | .428 | .390 | .817 | 141 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Mark Cunningham | 133 | 526 | 451 | 69 | 108 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 80 | .239 | .333 | .335 | .668 | 151 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Hart | 130 | 532 | 430 | 71 | 103 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 18 | 92 | 99 | .240 | .378 | .326 | .703 | 140 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Rickey Hughes | 116 | 447 | 399 | 32 | 102 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 85 | .256 | .332 | .301 | .633 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Tim Ireland | 92 | 400 | 337 | 51 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 47 | .243 | .352 | .291 | .643 | 98 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Bohne | 91 | 395 | 342 | 47 | 82 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 42 | 15 | .240 | .328 | .284 | .612 | 97 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Joel Elderkin | 83 | 350 | 308 | 32 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 47 | .240 | .321 | .344 | .665 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Gaynor | 56 | 214 | 172 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 27 | .238 | .364 | .285 | .649 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Marv Chamberlain | 53 | 177 | 155 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 37 | .194 | .280 | .284 | .564 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Benny Castillo | 40 | 145 | 118 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 27 | .220 | .348 | .263 | .610 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Eustaquio Antonetti | 31 | 103 | 92 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | .163 | .238 | .185 | .422 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gonzalez | 14 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .273 | .316 | .303 | .619 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Byron McLaughlin | 7 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .312 | .353 | .312 | .665 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Smith | 7 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .176 | .333 | .353 | .686 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roger DeLazzer | 8 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrus Neely | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenneth Snyder | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Murphy | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Lynch | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Lachemann | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1285 | 4913 | 4199 | 539 | 1043 | 134 | 24 | 42 | 440 | 125 | 80 | 577 | 672 | .248 | .344 | .322 | .666 | 1351 | 100 | 49 | 60 | 28 | 50 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gaynor | 1B | 56 | 459 | 22 | 7 | 46 | .986 | 8.589 | ||||
| Joel Elderkin | 1B | 49 | 410 | 31 | 5 | 31 | .989 | 9.000 | ||||
| Marv Chamberlain | 1B | 30 | 243 | 18 | 3 | 14 | .989 | 8.700 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 92 | 219 | 231 | 17 | 63 | .964 | 4.891 | ||||
| Benny Castillo | 2B | 40 | 96 | 111 | 11 | 22 | .950 | 5.175 | ||||
| Eustaquio Antonetti | 2B | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Joel Elderkin | 2B | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | 3B | 96 | 95 | 209 | 27 | 32 | .918 | 3.167 | ||||
| Joel Elderkin | 3B | 32 | 28 | 76 | 5 | 5 | .954 | 3.250 | ||||
| Eustaquio Antonetti | 3B | 9 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.556 | ||||
| Bob Reece | C | 133 | 864 | 101 | 13 | 6 | .987 | 7.256 | 9 | |||
| Mike Hart | OF | 130 | 221 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 1.754 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 103 | 157 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .964 | 1.544 | ||||
| Bill Bohne | OF | 91 | 201 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 2.297 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | OF | 37 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .937 | 1.595 | ||||
| Eustaquio Antonetti | OF | 18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.444 | ||||
| Rickey Hughes | OF | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Daniel Smith | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Gonzalez | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Roger DeLazzer | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Leonard Yonkman | P | 38 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .474 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 26 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.192 | ||||
| Joe Keener | P | 26 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .892 | 1.269 | ||||
| Dave Gronlund | P | 24 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Michael Lynch | P | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .350 | ||||
| Kenneth Snyder | P | 15 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| David Catlett | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Tim Murphy | P | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Novak | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Baldwin | P | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Kenneth Rushing | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Jose Bastian | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Marcel Lachemann | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Ford | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Elgin Battles | P | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gerry Hannahs | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Randy Fierbaugh | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmie Williams | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | SS | 133 | 209 | 381 | 36 | 58 | .942 | 4.436 | ||||
| Totals | 1316 | 3406 | 1389 | 161 | 298 | .968 | 3.644 | 9 | 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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