1974 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 73-50
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Gordy Lund (73-50)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 69,210, Avg. 1,125
Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Wisconsin Rapids Twins 0
Finals - Danville Warriors 2 games, Appleton Foxes 1
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 73 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Foxes scored 571 runs and yielded 475 runs. Kevin Bell led Appleton with 15 home runs Kevin Bell and Larry Walters each recorded 59 runs batted in. Nick Medrano paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .280. Barry Smith topped the squad with 12 wins, while Tom King earned a 2.4 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Kucek, Pete Vuckovich, Rich Gossage, Jim Geddes, George Enright, Larry Monroe and Kevin Bell were all players from the 1974 Appleton Foxes who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gordy Lund 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Smith | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.07 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 129.0 | 131 | 63 | 44 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Tom King | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.40 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 120.0 | 96 | 47 | 32 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Dave Sandoval | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.88 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.0 | 72 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Phil Mullen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.00 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 102.0 | 93 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Robert Combs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.24 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 125.0 | 128 | 65 | 45 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
Paul Sands | 6 | 9 | .400 | 1.14 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 79.0 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jack Kucek | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.76 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Butch Stinson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.00 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 72.0 | 68 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Jim Geddes | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.54 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 49 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Tony Komadina | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Monroe | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Bill Kautzer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.39 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.0 | 43 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
Pete Vuckovich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Holly | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.98 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 56 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Barney Wilson | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Clyde Jeter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rich Gossage | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Michael Zolner | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.34 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Totals | 70 | 49 | .588 | 2.87 | 308 | 121 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 1046.0 | 924 | 456 | 333 | 47 | 439 | 15 | 738 | 29 | 3 | 52 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clyde Jeter | 108 | 450 | 402 | 73 | 112 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 28 | 61 | .279 | .337 | .383 | .720 | 154 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Nick Medrano | 97 | 409 | 375 | 56 | 105 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 45 | .280 | .326 | .320 | .646 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Larry Walters | 100 | 408 | 337 | 62 | 91 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 73 | .270 | .373 | .356 | .729 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Eddie Wheeler | 107 | 434 | 352 | 50 | 90 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 84 | .256 | .374 | .392 | .766 | 138 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
Mike Ondina | 81 | 351 | 287 | 54 | 79 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 53 | .275 | .399 | .390 | .789 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Kevin Bell | 77 | 324 | 283 | 46 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 93 | .276 | .358 | .481 | .839 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Michael Dlugach | 77 | 303 | 262 | 37 | 74 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 33 | .282 | .370 | .370 | .740 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Eric Thomas | 98 | 389 | 347 | 37 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 90 | .210 | .290 | .239 | .530 | 83 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Larry Foster | 72 | 289 | 216 | 44 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 44 | .329 | .476 | .481 | .957 | 104 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Mike Wolf | 98 | 363 | 326 | 32 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 73 | .209 | .277 | .239 | .516 | 78 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
George Enright | 63 | 231 | 216 | 15 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 31 | .255 | .288 | .319 | .608 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Ray Rudacille | 41 | 156 | 138 | 15 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | .297 | .344 | .399 | .743 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Tom King | 28 | 50 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .286 | .286 | .306 | .592 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kenneth St. Pierre | 16 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .240 | .309 | .380 | .689 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Kurpiel | 7 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .400 | .500 | .640 | 1.140 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Holly | 26 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .292 | .320 | .292 | .612 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Butch Stinson | 22 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .212 | .297 | .273 | .570 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Douglas Fortune | 19 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .171 | .333 | .220 | .553 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Combs | 30 | 48 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .159 | .191 | .159 | .351 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bill Kautzer | 20 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .273 | .304 | .364 | .668 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dave Sandoval | 21 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .238 | .385 | .238 | .623 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jack Kucek | 9 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Mullen | 34 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Komadina | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .444 | .545 | .444 | .990 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curt Minges | 12 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .176 | .222 | .294 | .516 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manuel Limery | 17 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .100 | .206 | .100 | .306 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Smith | 29 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .075 | .159 | .075 | .234 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Pete Vuckovich | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Michael Zolner | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Sands | 50 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .133 | .143 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Zduriencik | 11 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .069 | .129 | .069 | .198 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Monroe | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Geddes | 12 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Gossage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1412 | 4717 | 4081 | 570 | 1045 | 125 | 46 | 45 | 478 | 133 | 56 | 503 | 873 | .256 | .339 | .342 | .682 | 1397 | 51 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 30 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Walters | 1B | 94 | 794 | 57 | 11 | 59 | .987 | 9.053 | ||||
Douglas Fortune | 1B | 14 | 97 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .982 | 7.786 | ||||
Michael Dlugach | 1B | 11 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 8.545 | ||||
Eddie Wheeler | 1B | 8 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
George Enright | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
Curt Minges | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
Larry Foster | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
Eddie Wheeler | 2B | 63 | 158 | 165 | 18 | 33 | .947 | 5.127 | ||||
Mike Wolf | 2B | 61 | 134 | 144 | 12 | 29 | .959 | 4.557 | ||||
Jack Zduriencik | 2B | 9 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
Clyde Jeter | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Kevin Bell | 3B | 74 | 59 | 151 | 18 | 12 | .921 | 2.838 | ||||
Eddie Wheeler | 3B | 32 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 7 | .871 | 2.312 | ||||
Mike Wolf | 3B | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
Michael Dlugach | 3B | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
Curt Minges | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
Kenneth St. Pierre | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Jack Zduriencik | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ray Rudacille | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Larry Foster | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Douglas Fortune | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
George Enright | C | 58 | 363 | 58 | 2 | 12 | .995 | 7.259 | 6 | |||
Michael Dlugach | C | 54 | 368 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .983 | 7.389 | 2 | |||
Kenneth St. Pierre | C | 11 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.364 | 3 | |||
Manuel Limery | C | 8 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 4.750 | 5 | |||
Larry Walters | C | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
Clyde Jeter | OF | 97 | 210 | 15 | 8 | 4 | .966 | 2.320 | ||||
Nick Medrano | OF | 91 | 175 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .968 | 2.022 | ||||
Mike Ondina | OF | 79 | 115 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .945 | 1.532 | ||||
Larry Foster | OF | 69 | 86 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .939 | 1.348 | ||||
Ray Rudacille | OF | 36 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.389 | ||||
Paul Kurpiel | OF | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
Eddie Wheeler | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Manuel Limery | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Paul Sands | P | 50 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .480 | ||||
Phil Mullen | P | 34 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .794 | ||||
Barry Smith | P | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .759 | .759 | ||||
Robert Combs | P | 29 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 2 | .862 | 1.931 | ||||
Tom King | P | 28 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.071 | ||||
Dave Sandoval | P | 21 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.143 | ||||
Bill Kautzer | P | 20 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .950 | ||||
Eddie Holly | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .579 | ||||
Michael Zolner | P | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
Butch Stinson | P | 14 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.929 | ||||
Barney Wilson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Geddes | P | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
Jack Kucek | P | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Tony Komadina | P | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Pete Vuckovich | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Larry Monroe | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rich Gossage | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Clyde Jeter | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Eric Thomas | SS | 96 | 167 | 294 | 42 | 45 | .917 | 4.802 | ||||
Mike Wolf | SS | 32 | 51 | 86 | 11 | 19 | .926 | 4.281 | ||||
Eddie Wheeler | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Totals | 1348 | 3236 | 1403 | 203 | 264 | .958 | 3.441 | 16 | 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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