1971 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 79-44
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (79-44)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 83,881, Avg. 1,364
Finals - Quad Cities Angels 2 games, Appleton Foxes 1
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 79 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Foxes scored 582 runs and conceded 467 runs. Lamar Johnson led Appleton with 18 home runs and drove in 97 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .269. Rich Gossage topped the team with 18 wins, plus Ade Kenary added 15 or more wins, too Rich Gossage recorded a 1.83 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jerry Hairston, Brian Downing, Bruce Kimm, Lamar Johnson, Bucky Dent, Rich Gossage and Sam Ewing were all players from the 1971 Appleton Foxes who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Gossage | 18 | 2 | .900 | 1.83 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 187.0 | 141 | 48 | 38 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 149 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ade Kenary | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.00 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 159.0 | 143 | 69 | 53 | 7 | 62 | 3 | 138 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1.98 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 109.0 | 80 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Michael Atkinson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.44 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 135 | 81 | 60 | 12 | 78 | 1 | 178 | 9 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.10 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 123.0 | 122 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 59 | 2 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harold McClain | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 71 | 44 | 37 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Stephen Szorc | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.41 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 58.0 | 45 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gene Koon | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.57 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 48 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gene Duhe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 53 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Sands | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Cortopassi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Byrne | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Stephen Spanich | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard DeMay | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 44 | .642 | 3.19 | 241 | 123 | 0 | 57 | 15 | 19 | 1054.0 | 915 | 467 | 373 | 62 | 479 | 18 | 960 | 35 | 4 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Hairston | 121 | 543 | 448 | 86 | 120 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 76 | 64 | .268 | .378 | .319 | .697 | 143 | 5 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Lamar Johnson | 119 | 512 | 442 | 80 | 119 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 97 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 91 | .269 | .356 | .459 | .815 | 203 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Sam Ewing | 82 | 348 | 292 | 49 | 106 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 57 | .363 | .452 | .551 | 1.004 | 161 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Talley | 109 | 415 | 327 | 64 | 99 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 59 | 10 | 6 | 79 | 87 | .303 | .436 | .462 | .898 | 151 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ross Sapp | 84 | 321 | 285 | 45 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 33 | .316 | .373 | .382 | .755 | 109 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Brian Downing | 99 | 401 | 333 | 51 | 82 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 54 | .246 | .358 | .309 | .667 | 103 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bucky Dent | 83 | 337 | 294 | 34 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 40 | .231 | .302 | .296 | .597 | 87 | 2 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Larry Linville | 67 | 240 | 206 | 27 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 47 | .291 | .379 | .403 | .782 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marty Morrison | 63 | 188 | 156 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 35 | .244 | .369 | .423 | .792 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Francingues | 54 | 202 | 173 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 35 | .197 | .281 | .225 | .507 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gary Isakson | 38 | 137 | 121 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .264 | .343 | .380 | .723 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 44 | 192 | 150 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 36 | .193 | .353 | .227 | .580 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Kimm | 54 | 201 | 168 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 29 | .167 | .291 | .256 | .547 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edito Arteaga | 32 | 94 | 90 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .233 | .258 | .278 | .536 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ade Kenary | 29 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .179 | .258 | .232 | .490 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rich Gossage | 25 | 77 | 64 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .141 | .236 | .156 | .392 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Clark | 17 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .375 | .412 | .500 | .912 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Atkinson | 24 | 59 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .111 | .143 | .130 | .272 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Bourg | 27 | 40 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .147 | .211 | .206 | .416 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fred Norton | 10 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 14 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 22 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .103 | .182 | .179 | .361 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Mathey | 14 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .120 | .312 | .120 | .432 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Duhe | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .154 | .353 | .308 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Spanich | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Sands | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Cortopassi | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard DeMay | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Koon | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Szorc | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Byrne | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1336 | 4589 | 3874 | 575 | 981 | 155 | 39 | 50 | 474 | 74 | 31 | 564 | 812 | .253 | .351 | .352 | .703 | 1364 | 0 | 38 | 80 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 119 | 966 | 41 | 19 | 98 | .981 | 8.462 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 1B | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 2B | 121 | 260 | 333 | 31 | 77 | .950 | 4.901 | ||||
| Alex Barrett | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Brian Downing | 3B | 47 | 39 | 77 | 9 | 8 | .928 | 2.468 | ||||
| Wayne Francingues | 3B | 37 | 33 | 61 | 13 | 7 | .879 | 2.541 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 3B | 15 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .885 | 1.533 | ||||
| Gregory Mathey | 3B | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .722 | 1.625 | ||||
| Larry Linville | 3B | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bucky Dent | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Kimm | C | 53 | 440 | 23 | 10 | 4 | .979 | 8.736 | 10 | |||
| Brian Downing | C | 40 | 300 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .994 | 8.000 | 8 | |||
| Edito Arteaga | C | 29 | 201 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 7.552 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Talley | C | 13 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.154 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Talley | OF | 89 | 134 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .958 | 1.528 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | OF | 78 | 105 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 1.385 | ||||
| Ross Sapp | OF | 69 | 121 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.841 | ||||
| Larry Linville | OF | 56 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.018 | ||||
| Marty Morrison | OF | 45 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .912 | 1.378 | ||||
| Gary Isakson | OF | 35 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .949 | 1.600 | ||||
| Brian Downing | OF | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Fred Norton | OF | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Stephen Szorc | P | 32 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .219 | ||||
| Ade Kenary | P | 27 | 9 | 45 | 6 | 3 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rusty Bourg | P | 27 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .778 | ||||
| Rich Gossage | P | 25 | 11 | 48 | 7 | 5 | .894 | 2.360 | ||||
| Michael Atkinson | P | 24 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 22 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .773 | ||||
| Gene Koon | P | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Gene Duhe | P | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 14 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| Richard DeMay | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Byrne | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gary Cortopassi | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Paul Sands | P | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stephen Spanich | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bucky Dent | SS | 80 | 108 | 229 | 24 | 51 | .934 | 4.212 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | SS | 29 | 48 | 84 | 11 | 16 | .923 | 4.552 | ||||
| Wayne Francingues | SS | 17 | 31 | 48 | 5 | 9 | .940 | 4.647 | ||||
| Totals | 1251 | 3142 | 1190 | 192 | 301 | .958 | 3.463 | 28 | 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.
