1973 Amarillo Giants Statistics
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (64-75)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 49,750, Avg. 716
The Amarillo Giants of the Texas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Giants scored 644 runs and allowed 630 runs. Horace Speed led Amarillo with 25 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Glenn Stitzel paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .324. Willie Prall topped the squad with 12 wins, while Butch Metzger recorded a 2.75 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1973 Amarillo Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Glenn Adams, Greg Minton, Butch Metzger, Horace Speed and Willie Prall.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Prall | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.31 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 186.0 | 191 | 105 | 89 | 12 | 106 | 9 | 160 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.75 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 105 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Sielicki | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.27 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 132.0 | 118 | 58 | 48 | 11 | 50 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.95 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 148.0 | 171 | 77 | 65 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Leo Mazzone | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.52 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 128 | 71 | 57 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Minton | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.50 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 122.0 | 138 | 87 | 61 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Keller | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.70 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Reyes | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.78 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 112 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Terry Hansen | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.05 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 120.0 | 131 | 63 | 54 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Wade Carpenter | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.04 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 45 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| David Hansen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Flynn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 75 | .460 | 4.02 | 293 | 139 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 1153.0 | 1227 | 630 | 515 | 73 | 466 | 34 | 810 | 27 | 1 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Stitzel | 136 | 551 | 479 | 73 | 155 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 56 | .324 | .405 | .441 | .845 | 211 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Glenn Adams | 110 | 453 | 415 | 59 | 129 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 45 | .311 | .360 | .419 | .779 | 174 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 109 | 481 | 418 | 67 | 126 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 40 | .301 | .384 | .385 | .769 | 161 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Horace Speed | 120 | 481 | 406 | 77 | 124 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 59 | 92 | .305 | .398 | .564 | .962 | 229 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Smith | 105 | 423 | 390 | 63 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 70 | .290 | .344 | .444 | .787 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manny Perez | 109 | 457 | 424 | 51 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 29 | .264 | .298 | .297 | .595 | 126 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Al Smith | 101 | 395 | 343 | 44 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 38 | .292 | .369 | .341 | .710 | 117 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dick White | 83 | 354 | 300 | 46 | 94 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 34 | .313 | .411 | .437 | .847 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joey Martin | 101 | 331 | 297 | 28 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 30 | .279 | .336 | .320 | .656 | 95 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Scott Wolfe | 99 | 355 | 312 | 28 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 55 | .186 | .276 | .237 | .513 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Bond | 65 | 229 | 218 | 25 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 39 | .211 | .241 | .289 | .530 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Cook | 48 | 179 | 163 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 25 | .258 | .320 | .270 | .590 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Frazier | 44 | 129 | 108 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .241 | .359 | .491 | .850 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Avila | 30 | 94 | 82 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .171 | .266 | .183 | .449 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Zawatski | 21 | 63 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .240 | .387 | .240 | .627 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rupcich | 9 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .036 | .182 | .036 | .218 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1290 | 5008 | 4433 | 623 | 1235 | 188 | 26 | 68 | 545 | 52 | 30 | 465 | 622 | .279 | .351 | .379 | .730 | 1679 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Stitzel | 1B | 84 | 709 | 36 | 14 | 50 | .982 | 8.869 | ||||
| Dick White | 1B | 36 | 253 | 16 | 7 | 26 | .975 | 7.472 | ||||
| Edgar Avila | 1B | 20 | 176 | 7 | 6 | 16 | .968 | 9.150 | ||||
| Joey Martin | 1B | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 2B | 85 | 177 | 189 | 9 | 42 | .976 | 4.306 | ||||
| Gene Cook | 2B | 42 | 94 | 100 | 6 | 18 | .970 | 4.619 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 2B | 26 | 56 | 72 | 4 | 12 | .970 | 4.923 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 3B | 60 | 60 | 127 | 29 | 10 | .866 | 3.117 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 3B | 45 | 41 | 82 | 4 | 3 | .969 | 2.733 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | 3B | 24 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 4 | .882 | 2.500 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 3B | 11 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 3.182 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 3B | 11 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 3.818 | ||||
| Gene Cook | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Joey Martin | C | 88 | 436 | 59 | 4 | 9 | .992 | 5.625 | 15 | |||
| Frank Zawatski | C | 19 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 4.842 | 2 | |||
| Mike Rupcich | C | 9 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 7.556 | 2 | |||
| Horace Speed | OF | 111 | 247 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .967 | 2.342 | ||||
| Al Smith | OF | 99 | 152 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .958 | 1.596 | ||||
| Jerry Bond | OF | 62 | 105 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 1.823 | ||||
| Glenn Adams | OF | 59 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.508 | ||||
| Dick White | OF | 46 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.239 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 28 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .892 | 2.071 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | OF | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Joey Martin | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Edgar Avila | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Minton | P | 38 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .914 | .842 | ||||
| John Sielicki | P | 33 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .606 | ||||
| Terry Hansen | P | 33 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Willie Prall | P | 31 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.032 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | P | 29 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .517 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 28 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Daniel Keller | P | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Frank Reyes | P | 21 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.476 | ||||
| Butch Metzger | P | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| David Hansen | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Wade Carpenter | P | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Jim Flynn | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Manny Perez | SS | 109 | 178 | 337 | 23 | 56 | .957 | 4.725 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 31 | 38 | 92 | 7 | 10 | .949 | 4.194 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | SS | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 3.714 | ||||
| Totals | 1434 | 3234 | 1454 | 179 | 283 | .963 | 3.269 | 19 | 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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