1974 Amarillo Giants Statistics
Team Record: 69-62
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (69-62)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 45,691, Avg. 698
The Amarillo Giants of the Texas League ended the 1974 season with a record of 69 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Giants scored 671 runs and allowed 592 runs. Mike Minster led Amarillo with 23 home runs, while Tony Pepper walloped 15 or more, too. Tony Pepper drove in 94 runs. Mike Minster paced all regular batters by hitting .318. Rob Dressler topped the squad with 11 wins, and John Montefusco registered a 3.12 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Rob Dressler, John Montefusco, Tommy Toms, Terry Cornutt, Pete Falcone, Greg Minton, Steve Stroughter, Dave Heaverlo and Mike Eden were all players from the 1974 Amarillo Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Dressler | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.82 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 191.0 | 214 | 97 | 81 | 10 | 62 | 9 | 125 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Robert Nolan | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 121 | 52 | 40 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Heaverlo | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.65 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 85.0 | 94 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Fuqua | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.01 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 148.0 | 147 | 81 | 66 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Montefusco | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.12 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 144.0 | 143 | 61 | 50 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Toms | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.75 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85.0 | 87 | 44 | 26 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.91 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 149 | 87 | 72 | 10 | 58 | 5 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Terry Hansen | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.87 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 135 | 66 | 58 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.08 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Falcone | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.68 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 37.0 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wade Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Minton | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.90 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 62 | .527 | 3.87 | 269 | 131 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 1106.0 | 1229 | 592 | 475 | 73 | 372 | 45 | 810 | 30 | 4 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pepper | 126 | 524 | 461 | 71 | 134 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 94 | 9 | 1 | 56 | 58 | .291 | .366 | .484 | .850 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Minster | 116 | 452 | 400 | 71 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 81 | .318 | .394 | .552 | .946 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| R. J. Englert | 103 | 460 | 416 | 72 | 126 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 54 | .303 | .358 | .399 | .757 | 166 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Al Smith | 114 | 425 | 379 | 48 | 120 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 47 | .317 | .378 | .446 | .824 | 169 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Mike Eden | 99 | 434 | 372 | 64 | 110 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 34 | .296 | .380 | .368 | .748 | 137 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Smith | 102 | 410 | 367 | 47 | 101 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 52 | .275 | .328 | .354 | .682 | 130 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Richard Guerra | 108 | 420 | 359 | 59 | 92 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 91 | .256 | .346 | .412 | .758 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Manny Perez | 95 | 358 | 314 | 46 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .261 | .312 | .344 | .656 | 108 | 1 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Scott Wolfe | 71 | 258 | 224 | 32 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 45 | .299 | .361 | .415 | .776 | 93 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Gary Atwell | 45 | 197 | 176 | 36 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 24 | .324 | .390 | .386 | .776 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Stroughter | 61 | 247 | 204 | 32 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 56 | .279 | .377 | .402 | .779 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Frank Zawatski | 82 | 285 | 226 | 31 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 46 | .230 | .371 | .292 | .663 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Craig Barnes | 44 | 173 | 155 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .252 | .316 | .387 | .703 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 35 | 101 | 96 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .240 | .240 | .281 | .521 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 28 | 99 | 84 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .214 | .316 | .214 | .531 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joey Martin | 12 | 42 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .263 | .333 | .289 | .623 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Kim | 9 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .231 | .333 | .269 | .603 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Minton | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Heaverlo | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Montefusco | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1325 | 4927 | 4307 | 671 | 1224 | 180 | 42 | 83 | 591 | 55 | 28 | 479 | 685 | .284 | .357 | .403 | .760 | 1737 | 0 | 37 | 53 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pepper | 1B | 124 | 1067 | 86 | 24 | 75 | .980 | 9.298 | ||||
| Craig Barnes | 1B | 10 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .961 | 7.400 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 2B | 62 | 160 | 175 | 16 | 36 | .954 | 5.403 | ||||
| Manny Perez | 2B | 49 | 102 | 141 | 6 | 21 | .976 | 4.959 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 2B | 18 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 7 | .934 | 3.944 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 8 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 3B | 82 | 58 | 159 | 23 | 15 | .904 | 2.646 | ||||
| Mike Eden | 3B | 17 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 2.941 | ||||
| Richard Guerra | 3B | 11 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.091 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 10 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | 3B | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 2.375 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 3B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manny Perez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Zawatski | C | 81 | 518 | 42 | 9 | 4 | .984 | 6.914 | 6 | |||
| Mike Minster | C | 44 | 310 | 27 | 11 | 6 | .968 | 7.659 | 6 | |||
| Joey Martin | C | 11 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.545 | 3 | |||
| Al Smith | OF | 111 | 154 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 1.495 | ||||
| R. J. Englert | OF | 101 | 224 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .975 | 2.297 | ||||
| Steve Stroughter | OF | 59 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 1.373 | ||||
| Richard Guerra | OF | 59 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.153 | ||||
| Gary Atwell | OF | 45 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.578 | ||||
| Craig Barnes | OF | 21 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.333 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Minster | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joey Martin | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Eden | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Heaverlo | P | 48 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .396 | ||||
| Tommy Toms | P | 36 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| David Fuqua | P | 30 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.033 | ||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 30 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.900 | ||||
| Robert Nolan | P | 27 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .871 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 25 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.280 | ||||
| Terry Hansen | P | 25 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .840 | ||||
| John Montefusco | P | 19 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.632 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | P | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Wade Carpenter | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Pete Falcone | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Greg Minton | P | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Eden | SS | 80 | 113 | 254 | 28 | 35 | .929 | 4.588 | ||||
| Manny Perez | SS | 42 | 54 | 86 | 10 | 19 | .933 | 3.333 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | SS | 11 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .955 | 3.818 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 3313 | 1412 | 183 | 254 | .963 | 3.482 | 15 | 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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