1971 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 1st in the TL(DA)'s Central Division
Manager: Jack Krol (75-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 101,000, Avg. 1,453
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Amarillo Giants 0
Finals - Charlotte Hornets 3 games, Arkansas Travelers 0 - For the Dixie Association Championship.
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Travelers scored 530 runs and yielded 475 runs. Bob Wissler led Arkansas with 17 home runs, and Jorge Roque walloped 15 or more, too. Jorge Roque drove in 73 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Steve Evans and Jackie Stripling paced the squad with 10 wins each, while Jackie Stripling registered a 3.07 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1971 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Milt Ramírez, Tim Plodinec, Rudy Arroyo, Danny Napoleon, Aubrey Gatewood, Greg Terlecky, Santiago Guzmán, Ike Brookens, Tom Heintzelman, Ken Reitz, Jorge Roque, Skip Jutze, Randy Brown, Jon Warden and Al Hrabosky.
Jack Krol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Evans | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.76 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165.0 | 166 | 77 | 69 | 22 | 59 | 2 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.07 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 173.0 | 163 | 72 | 59 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 86 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.09 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 99.0 | 76 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.77 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 63 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Daboll | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.40 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 113 | 49 | 45 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.70 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.97 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Koch | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.77 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Philip Knuckles | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.36 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.71 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 73 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Ford | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.95 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 64 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clint Stark | 2 | 6 | .250 | 1.87 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53.0 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 2 | 9 | .182 | 2.12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89.0 | 80 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Warden | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.06 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 2.78 | 353 | 140 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 25 | 1247.0 | 1140 | 475 | 385 | 86 | 415 | 60 | 883 | 32 | 1 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Roque | 137 | 570 | 529 | 77 | 152 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 73 | 24 | 9 | 31 | 96 | .287 | .328 | .435 | .763 | 230 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Reitz | 131 | 533 | 505 | 48 | 137 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 57 | .271 | .293 | .370 | .663 | 187 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Skip Jutze | 131 | 533 | 477 | 44 | 127 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 62 | .266 | .333 | .367 | .700 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tom Heintzelman | 135 | 580 | 515 | 56 | 113 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 113 | .219 | .289 | .315 | .603 | 162 | 4 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Milt Ramírez | 129 | 516 | 473 | 43 | 102 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 44 | .216 | .264 | .279 | .543 | 132 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Danny Napoleon | 111 | 370 | 322 | 41 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 62 | .261 | .345 | .419 | .764 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| George Greer | 83 | 315 | 272 | 33 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 62 | .239 | .332 | .360 | .693 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Wissler | 72 | 289 | 245 | 37 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 55 | .237 | .348 | .494 | .842 | 121 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dees | 61 | 258 | 209 | 34 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 32 | .249 | .379 | .421 | .800 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 59 | 211 | 171 | 19 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 32 | .287 | .417 | .374 | .791 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Brooks | 53 | 218 | 200 | 30 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 43 | .225 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Kirkland | 55 | 143 | 123 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 29 | .179 | .282 | .236 | .517 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike McDonald | 57 | 120 | 101 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 34 | .149 | .269 | .178 | .447 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 44 | 64 | 53 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .245 | .245 | .340 | .585 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hank Marion | 35 | 73 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | .204 | .403 | .241 | .644 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brown | 15 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .222 | .420 | .278 | .698 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Stewart | 17 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .163 | .226 | .204 | .430 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 15 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .194 | .237 | .361 | .598 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Daboll | 22 | 46 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .146 | .186 | .171 | .357 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Evans | 29 | 65 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .111 | .155 | .167 | .322 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .308 | .471 | .385 | .855 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 9 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .143 | .217 | .190 | .408 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 15 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .120 | .185 | .160 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Koch | 7 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 15 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 52 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .048 | .130 | .095 | .226 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 50 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Ford | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clint Stark | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sawatski | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Knuckles | 9 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1675 | 5260 | 4642 | 530 | 1097 | 200 | 15 | 92 | 471 | 61 | 26 | 476 | 898 | .236 | .310 | .345 | .655 | 1603 | 0 | 32 | 79 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Dees | 1B | 54 | 450 | 33 | 4 | 42 | .992 | 8.944 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 44 | 487 | 23 | 7 | 7 | .986 | 11.591 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | 1B | 20 | 126 | 19 | 2 | 15 | .986 | 7.250 | ||||
| George Greer | 1B | 13 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 12 | .990 | 7.769 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | 1B | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| Mike McDonald | 1B | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.750 | ||||
| Skip Jutze | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 128 | 273 | 326 | 20 | 90 | .968 | 4.680 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | 2B | 9 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Hank Marion | 2B | 6 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 7.333 | ||||
| Ken Reitz | 3B | 128 | 116 | 316 | 17 | 33 | .962 | 3.375 | ||||
| Hank Marion | 3B | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .667 | .750 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | 3B | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike McDonald | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Skip Jutze | C | 126 | 844 | 102 | 5 | 10 | .995 | 7.508 | 7 | |||
| Mike McDonald | C | 18 | 113 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 6.500 | 8 | |||
| Randy Brown | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Jorge Roque | OF | 134 | 312 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .964 | 2.418 | ||||
| Danny Napoleon | OF | 83 | 115 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 1.482 | ||||
| George Greer | OF | 70 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | OF | 69 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 1.594 | ||||
| Bill Brooks | OF | 50 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.600 | ||||
| Charlie Stewart | OF | 13 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Randy Brown | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Wayne Dees | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike McDonald | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hank Marion | OF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 52 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .829 | .558 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 50 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .420 | ||||
| Clint Stark | P | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dan Ford | P | 29 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .448 | ||||
| Steve Evans | P | 28 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Jackie Stripling | P | 27 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Ron Ebner | P | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .174 | ||||
| Dennis Daboll | P | 20 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Santiago Guzmán | P | 14 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Philip Knuckles | P | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rudy Arroyo | P | 9 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 3.333 | ||||
| Al Hrabosky | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Larry Koch | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jessie Huggins | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Meredith | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jon Warden | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Milt Ramírez | SS | 127 | 233 | 400 | 47 | 69 | .931 | 4.984 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | SS | 9 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 10 | .956 | 4.778 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | SS | 6 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 6.000 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1520 | 3736 | 1596 | 168 | 328 | .969 | 3.508 | 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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