1972 Alexandria Aces Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Duke Snider (84-56)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Ballpark: Bringhurst Field
Attendance: 123,325, Avg. 1,762

1972 Alexandria Aces Roster

Playoffs - El Paso Sun Dodgers 3 games, Alexandria Aces 0

The Alexandria Aces of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Aces led the league with just 454 runs allowed. Alexandria scored 623 runs. Mike Ivie paced the team with 24 home runs, while Dave Hilton and Randy Elliott walloped 15 or more as well. Randy Elliott drove in 85 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .335. Dave Freisleben paced the squad with 17 wins, plus Dan Spillner, too added 15 or more wins, too Dave Freisleben registered a 2.32 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1972 Alexandria Aces who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Goddard, Dave Hilton, Danny Coombs, Randy Jones, Bob Davis, Larry Hardy, Steve Simpson, Mike Ivie, Johnny Grubb, Dave Freisleben, John Scott, Randy Elliott, Dan Spillner, Bill Laxton and Frank Snook.

Duke Snider 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
Dave Freisleben	17	9	.654	2.32	27	25		18	3	0	190.0	146	60	49	12	55	1	163	1	1	9
Dan Spillner	16	7	.696	3.40	27	27		10	0	0	180.0	156	75	68	21	85	2	126	1	1	12
Willie Boynton	12	5	.706	2.90	27	21		5	3	0	149.0	124	57	48	8	67	2	118	2	2	8
Robert Johnston	9	5	.643	2.40	24	19		5	1	0	146.0	107	53	39	5	62	0	104	3	0	10
Bob Graczyk	8	7	.533	2.83	19	18		4	1	0	105.0	83	46	33	8	48	0	69	1	1	10
Larry Hardy	7	7	.500	1.36	46	0		0	0	16	86.0	68	18	13	0	33	6	61	2	0	5
Frank Snook	6	1	.857	4.12	31	2		1	1	1	72.0	63	37	33	3	29	1	84	3	0	5
Bill Laxton	4	6	.400	3.17	20	15		1	1	1	88.0	69	33	31	3	63	1	88	4	0	4
Randy Jones	3	5	.375	2.91	12	11		1	0	0	68.0	53	28	22	6	13	0	63	1	0	0
Clifton Butcher	1	0	1.000	4.88	10	1		0	0	1	24.0	30	15	13	1	6	0	11	0	0	2
Steve Simpson	1	3	.250	1.58	42	0		0	0	23	57.0	38	16	10	0	36	4	80	2	0	2
Marc Rhea	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Duane Larson	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Coombs	0	1	.000	3.50	10	1		0	0	0	18.0	23	12	7	1	10	1	12	1	0	1
Totals	84	56	.600	2.81	297	140	0	45	10	42	1186.0	963	454	370	69	512	18	980	21	5	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
Dave Hilton	135	551	520	75	164	30	6	16	73	14	4	26	67	.315	.346	.488	.835	254		0	2	3
Randy Elliott	138	541	474	84	159	32	5	19	85	17	2	52	70	.335	.405	.544	.949	258		8	0	7
Mike Ivie	133	522	461	81	134	23	1	24	77	3	3	47	84	.291	.370	.501	.872	231		12	1	1
Johnny Grubb	126	513	446	66	132	25	2	10	61	10	7	57	64	.296	.379	.428	.807	191		4	4	2
Ulysees Wilson	105	421	391	58	96	13	1	2	26	18	3	25	68	.246	.293	.299	.592	117		1	4	0
John Scott	107	381	347	46	89	10	2	13	46	26	6	30	61	.256	.317	.409	.726	142		1	2	1
Duane Larson	110	408	373	51	80	9	4	4	37	14	5	25	39	.214	.269	.292	.561	109		3	6	1
Grant Steer	92	260	224	20	51	9	4	2	31	7	6	35	51	.228	.331	.330	.661	74		0	0	1
Marc Rhea	73	257	226	28	49	7	1	1	14	16	3	25	60	.217	.292	.270	.562	61		0	4	2
Joe Goddard	75	265	217	32	46	10	0	6	31	2	1	36	46	.212	.336	.341	.677	74		5	6	1
Billy Hodge	73	229	205	20	44	7	0	3	18	1	0	18	48	.215	.276	.293	.569	60		1	1	4
Bob Davis	54	182	165	16	35	5	0	4	21	0	0	10	50	.212	.263	.315	.578	52		2	3	2
Don Elliott	23	89	74	13	19	2	0	0	7	2	1	13	18	.257	.368	.284	.652	21		0	2	0
Dave Freisleben	32	80	69	3	17	3	0	1	11	0	0	8	15	.246	.325	.333	.658	23		0	3	0
Robert Johnston	24	56	53	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	16	.226	.241	.264	.505	14		0	2	0
Willie Boynton	28	54	51	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	19	.196	.208	.216	.423	11		0	1	1
Bill Laxton	20	35	31	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	13	.258	.324	.323	.646	10		0	1	0
Bob Graczyk	20	39	34	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.235	.316	.265	.580	9		0	1	0
Dan Spillner	27	70	61	3	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	34	.098	.154	.148	.301	9		0	5	0
Craig Settles	20	41	34	6	5	2	0	0	7	0	1	5	22	.147	.250	.206	.456	7		0	1	1
Randy Jones	12	22	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.222	.250	.278	.528	5		0	2	1
Larry Hardy	46	20	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	0	0
Clifton Butcher	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Frank Snook	31	19	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.059	.111	.059	.170	1		0	1	0
Danny Coombs	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Steve Simpson	42	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	1	0
Totals	1566	5075	4528	623	1173	195	27	105	561	130	43	429	894	.259	.326	.384	.710	1737	0	37	53	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Ivie	1B	132	1013	86	18	83	.984	8.326
Grant Steer	1B	7	50	2	0	2	1.000	7.429
Billy Hodge	1B	2	12	2	1	1	.933	7.000
Randy Elliott	1B	2	7	0	0	1	1.000	3.500
Bob Davis	1B	2	8	2	0	0	1.000	5.000
John Scott	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Johnny Grubb	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ulysees Wilson	2B	52	102	84	10	21	.949	3.577
Marc Rhea	2B	37	79	74	3	19	.981	4.135
Bob Davis	2B	31	52	85	4	13	.972	4.419
Duane Larson	2B	24	38	43	5	9	.942	3.375
Dave Hilton	2B	5	8	12	0	1	1.000	4.000
Dave Hilton	3B	125	95	231	21	15	.939	2.608
Craig Settles	3B	7	1	9	1	0	.909	1.429
Marc Rhea	3B	7	1	10	1	0	.917	1.571
Ulysees Wilson	3B	4	2	11	2	0	.867	3.250
Bob Davis	3B	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
Joe Goddard	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joe Goddard	C	74	489	41	5	4	.991	7.162	7
Billy Hodge	C	63	441	27	4	4	.992	7.429	4
Bob Davis	C	10	79	4	1	1	.988	8.300	3
Randy Elliott	OF	136	201	16	7	1	.969	1.596
Johnny Grubb	OF	122	203	12	2	4	.991	1.762
John Scott	OF	99	215	6	7	1	.969	2.232
Grant Steer	OF	75	148	3	3	1	.981	2.013
Marc Rhea	OF	16	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.062
Larry Hardy	P	46	3	18	1	0	.955	.457
Steve Simpson	P	42	2	8	1	0	.909	.238
Frank Snook	P	31	5	9	1	1	.933	.452
Dan Spillner	P	27	10	22	1	0	.970	1.185
Dave Freisleben	P	27	11	35	0	4	1.000	1.704
Willie Boynton	P	27	12	19	4	3	.886	1.148
Robert Johnston	P	24	3	30	6	0	.846	1.375
Bill Laxton	P	20	2	16	1	2	.947	.900
Bob Graczyk	P	19	9	18	1	1	.964	1.421
Randy Jones	P	12	4	7	1	0	.917	.917
Danny Coombs	P	10	0	2	0	1	1.000	.200
Clifton Butcher	P	10	3	4	0	1	1.000	.700
Marc Rhea	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Duane Larson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Duane Larson	SS	74	106	192	17	31	.946	4.027
Ulysees Wilson	SS	45	77	108	16	23	.920	4.111
Don Elliott	SS	22	31	43	5	8	.937	3.364
Dave Hilton	SS	8	12	19	0	2	1.000	3.875
John Scott	SS	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Totals		1485	3557	1314	151	259	.970	3.280	14	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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