1972 Amarillo Giants Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (71-68)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 65,560, Avg. 943
The Amarillo Giants of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Giants scored 530 runs and yielded 536 runs. Steve Ontiveros led Amarillo with 12 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Leon Brown paced all regular hitters by hitting .298. Marty Waldeck topped the squad with 11 wins, while Leo Mazzone recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Amarillo Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Horace Speed, Butch Metzger, Steve Ontiveros, Frank Riccelli and Leon Brown.
Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Waldeck | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.32 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 141.0 | 144 | 60 | 52 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Leo Mazzone | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.25 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 136.0 | 129 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.18 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 142 | 74 | 58 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 183 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Pat Russell | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.96 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 132 | 63 | 46 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Kokor | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.50 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 149.0 | 146 | 70 | 58 | 12 | 48 | 4 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lee White | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.92 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 71.0 | 63 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.60 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 83.0 | 85 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Luis Penalver | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.38 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 96.0 | 99 | 42 | 36 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24.0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert DeLong | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Sielicki | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.64 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 109 | 48 | 36 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Cohen | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Campbell | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 62 | .512 | 3.08 | 314 | 123 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 1112.0 | 1086 | 485 | 381 | 62 | 343 | 44 | 982 | 27 | 3 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Brown | 136 | 616 | 567 | 78 | 169 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 40 | 53 | .298 | .349 | .406 | .755 | 230 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Steve Ontiveros | 138 | 581 | 498 | 67 | 143 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 97 | .287 | .383 | .422 | .804 | 210 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dick White | 129 | 534 | 454 | 60 | 121 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 91 | .267 | .365 | .401 | .766 | 182 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Augusto Austin | 118 | 500 | 450 | 55 | 113 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 50 | .251 | .318 | .309 | .627 | 139 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Scott Wolfe | 123 | 498 | 442 | 45 | 111 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 79 | .251 | .325 | .346 | .671 | 153 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Horace Speed | 103 | 392 | 341 | 38 | 86 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 96 | .252 | .344 | .393 | .737 | 134 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jake Jacobsen | 98 | 366 | 333 | 30 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 82 | .216 | .279 | .282 | .561 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Stitzel | 74 | 251 | 214 | 24 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 26 | .304 | .396 | .411 | .807 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Frazier | 87 | 353 | 292 | 42 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 74 | .205 | .340 | .277 | .617 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Andy Rodriguez | 64 | 187 | 181 | 19 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .254 | .274 | .320 | .595 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art Cleary | 47 | 190 | 170 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 24 | .188 | .268 | .235 | .504 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chico Cedeno | 63 | 155 | 130 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 29 | .215 | .335 | .315 | .651 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Cornell | 61 | 147 | 122 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 29 | .221 | .354 | .336 | .690 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kokor | 28 | 61 | 53 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .302 | .315 | .340 | .654 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Manny Perez | 13 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .222 | .286 | .244 | .530 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Russell | 22 | 55 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .149 | .184 | .149 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 25 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .127 | .172 | .127 | .300 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Marty Waldeck | 24 | 59 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .100 | .196 | .100 | .296 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert DeLong | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .800 | .750 | 1.550 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 51 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Mazzone | 29 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .079 | .205 | .079 | .283 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lee White | 44 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Sielicki | 22 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .087 | .125 | .174 | .299 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Luis Penalver | 45 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .050 | .208 | .050 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gene Rinaldi | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1555 | 5206 | 4565 | 529 | 1134 | 172 | 28 | 65 | 463 | 46 | 23 | 532 | 906 | .248 | .330 | .341 | .671 | 1557 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ontiveros | 1B | 48 | 318 | 15 | 1 | 34 | .997 | 6.938 | ||||
| Chico Cedeno | 1B | 39 | 198 | 14 | 5 | 14 | .977 | 5.436 | ||||
| Dick White | 1B | 33 | 234 | 13 | 7 | 17 | .972 | 7.485 | ||||
| Ken Cornell | 1B | 31 | 203 | 12 | 4 | 18 | .982 | 6.935 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 1B | 16 | 170 | 14 | 4 | 15 | .979 | 11.500 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 2B | 116 | 256 | 319 | 26 | 61 | .957 | 4.957 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | 2B | 19 | 45 | 49 | 3 | 14 | .969 | 4.947 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 2B | 11 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 3.727 | ||||
| Art Cleary | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | 3B | 62 | 42 | 84 | 9 | 4 | .933 | 2.032 | ||||
| Augusto Austin | 3B | 39 | 46 | 49 | 9 | 4 | .913 | 2.436 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 3B | 34 | 25 | 51 | 9 | 2 | .894 | 2.235 | ||||
| Steve Ontiveros | 3B | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jake Jacobsen | C | 96 | 735 | 73 | 16 | 7 | .981 | 8.417 | 18 | |||
| Andy Rodriguez | C | 49 | 382 | 31 | 8 | 2 | .981 | 8.429 | 13 | |||
| Leon Brown | OF | 136 | 262 | 19 | 10 | 2 | .966 | 2.066 | ||||
| Steve Ontiveros | OF | 98 | 156 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .959 | 1.663 | ||||
| Horace Speed | OF | 96 | 135 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .954 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dick White | OF | 94 | 114 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .947 | 1.319 | ||||
| Harold Jeffcoat | P | 51 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .510 | ||||
| Luis Penalver | P | 45 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .578 | ||||
| Lee White | P | 44 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | P | 29 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .760 | ||||
| Steve Kokor | P | 25 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.760 | ||||
| Marty Waldeck | P | 24 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .939 | 1.917 | ||||
| John Sielicki | P | 22 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
| Pat Russell | P | 22 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Butch Metzger | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Jeff Campbell | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert DeLong | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Augusto Austin | SS | 78 | 117 | 242 | 33 | 46 | .916 | 4.603 | ||||
| Art Cleary | SS | 43 | 64 | 119 | 17 | 24 | .915 | 4.256 | ||||
| Manny Perez | SS | 13 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 2.462 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 8 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Gene Rinaldi | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | SS | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1466 | 3614 | 1409 | 205 | 289 | .961 | 3.426 | 31 | 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.
