1972 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-51
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bert Thiel (76-51)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 72,851, Avg. 1,147
1972 Appleton Foxes RosterTeam Record: 76-51
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bert Thiel (76-51)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 72,851, Avg. 1,147
Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 1 game, Wisconsin Rapids Twins 0
Finals - Danville Warriors 2 games, Appleton Foxes 0
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 76 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Foxes plated 576 runs and allowed 480 runs. Lamar Johnson paced Appleton with 26 home runs and drove in 89 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Harold McClain topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.31 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1972 Appleton Foxes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bart Johnson, George Enright, Lamar Johnson, Jeff Holly and Mike Buskey.
Bert Thiel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold McClain | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.31 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 144.0 | 111 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 66 | 2 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.20 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 183.0 | 180 | 91 | 65 | 9 | 59 | 6 | 111 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Shermer | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.63 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 82.0 | 71 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Sands | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.62 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 79.0 | 61 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Holly | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.66 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 91 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 57 | 3 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert McCauley | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.60 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 97.0 | 73 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Dusek | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.0 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.58 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59.0 | 59 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kurt Best | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.56 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96.0 | 107 | 55 | 38 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Murphy Eppinette | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.65 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 79.0 | 64 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Craig Lown | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.96 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.0 | 59 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bart Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Diamond | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24.0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Goose Gregson | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Ortner | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 76 | 51 | .598 | 3.07 | 305 | 127 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 1078.0 | 952 | 480 | 368 | 59 | 460 | 45 | 814 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 114 | 448 | 402 | 63 | 126 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 89 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 78 | .313 | .377 | .565 | .942 | 227 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 122 | 499 | 441 | 74 | 117 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 42 | 56 | .265 | .326 | .327 | .653 | 144 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Bridges | 119 | 465 | 405 | 48 | 115 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 87 | .284 | .356 | .398 | .753 | 161 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Fred Norton | 122 | 437 | 412 | 48 | 113 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 107 | .274 | .304 | .410 | .714 | 169 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 117 | 489 | 405 | 82 | 105 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 74 | 62 | .259 | .380 | .353 | .733 | 143 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roger McSwain | 111 | 363 | 302 | 51 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 51 | .262 | .377 | .404 | .781 | 122 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stolarick | 78 | 255 | 223 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 35 | .327 | .394 | .435 | .829 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Michael Reynolds | 105 | 380 | 321 | 48 | 73 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 89 | .227 | .340 | .358 | .699 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bart Johnson | 50 | 153 | 143 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .329 | .366 | .538 | .904 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marty Morrison | 68 | 141 | 130 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .231 | .291 | .385 | .675 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pomykala | 56 | 127 | 96 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 26 | .229 | .409 | .333 | .743 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Irv Zakheim | 45 | 115 | 94 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .223 | .348 | .234 | .582 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 40 | 80 | 72 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .236 | .267 | .292 | .558 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Postell Johnson | 36 | 85 | 76 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .224 | .306 | .342 | .648 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Graff | 34 | 105 | 89 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .169 | .260 | .202 | .462 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| George Enright | 25 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .230 | .314 | .262 | .577 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Holly | 33 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .206 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Belliston | 16 | 43 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .171 | .190 | .244 | .434 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 26 | 53 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .159 | .213 | .205 | .417 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | 15 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .128 | .128 | .191 | .319 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Best | 30 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert McCauley | 18 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .172 | .172 | .310 | .483 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Ortner | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .385 | .667 | 1.051 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Sands | 34 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Dusek | 20 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Shermer | 14 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .115 | .179 | .115 | .294 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lister Lespier | 23 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .107 | .167 | .214 | .381 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 39 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Murphy Eppinette | 26 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Cook | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Diamond | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Marquess | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goose Gregson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Lown | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1582 | 4626 | 4044 | 576 | 1042 | 172 | 41 | 74 | 490 | 113 | 50 | 463 | 915 | .258 | .336 | .375 | .711 | 1518 | 0 | 27 | 68 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 111 | 900 | 46 | 18 | 78 | .981 | 8.523 | ||||
| Marty Morrison | 1B | 34 | 144 | 6 | 5 | 19 | .968 | 4.412 | ||||
| Postell Johnson | 1B | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 8.750 | ||||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Marquess | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richard Belliston | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Bridges | 2B | 82 | 152 | 211 | 19 | 48 | .950 | 4.427 | ||||
| Brad Graff | 2B | 29 | 46 | 71 | 3 | 10 | .975 | 4.034 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | 2B | 16 | 30 | 43 | 1 | 12 | .986 | 4.562 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 2B | 8 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 3.250 | ||||
| Lister Lespier | 2B | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Irv Zakheim | 2B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 3B | 103 | 94 | 209 | 30 | 14 | .910 | 2.942 | ||||
| Irv Zakheim | 3B | 30 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 1.967 | ||||
| Lister Lespier | 3B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .833 | ||||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bobby Bridges | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Reynolds | C | 94 | 609 | 66 | 16 | 5 | .977 | 7.181 | 12 | |||
| George Enright | C | 23 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 5.348 | 3 | |||
| Richard Belliston | C | 10 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 5.800 | 3 | |||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | C | 8 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .950 | 7.125 | 3 | |||
| Richard Ortner | C | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Cook | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Fred Norton | OF | 118 | 257 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .960 | 2.246 | ||||
| Roger McSwain | OF | 105 | 144 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 1.400 | ||||
| Robert Stolarick | OF | 71 | 87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.282 | ||||
| Joseph Pomykala | OF | 51 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.118 | ||||
| Bart Johnson | OF | 38 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.395 | ||||
| Postell Johnson | OF | 27 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .741 | ||||
| Bobby Bridges | OF | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.333 | ||||
| Marty Morrison | OF | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| Michael Reynolds | OF | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Richard Belliston | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Holly | P | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .179 | ||||
| Paul Sands | P | 34 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .529 | ||||
| Kurt Best | P | 30 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .897 | .867 | ||||
| Eddie Holly | P | 29 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .586 | ||||
| Paul Patterson | P | 28 | 10 | 43 | 6 | 3 | .898 | 1.893 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 26 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Murphy Eppinette | P | 26 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Craig Lown | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Jeff Dusek | P | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .450 | ||||
| Robert McCauley | P | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| John Shermer | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Goose Gregson | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Diamond | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .625 | ||||
| Bart Johnson | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Richard Ortner | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 104 | 174 | 288 | 33 | 58 | .933 | 4.442 | ||||
| Bobby Bridges | SS | 25 | 41 | 67 | 5 | 19 | .956 | 4.320 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | SS | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Lister Lespier | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3237 | 1302 | 203 | 301 | .957 | 3.069 | 22 | 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.
