1973 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Tom Burgess (69-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 89,302, Avg. 1,276
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Travelers conceded 488 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Arkansas plated 587 runs. Héctor Cruz walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Ed Kurpiel swatted 15 or more, too. Héctor Cruz drove in 105 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. John Denny led the squad with 10 wins, and Larry Volkening registered a 2.68 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
John Andrews, Mike Potter, Garry Hill, Marc Hill, Tommy Cruz, Ángel Torres, John Denny, Héctor Cruz and Keith Hernandez were all players from the 1973 Arkansas Travelers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Tom Burgess 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Denny | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.12 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 147.0 | 128 | 57 | 51 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Andrews | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.21 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 71 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.41 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 118 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Volkening | 8 | 11 | .421 | 2.68 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 161.0 | 140 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Broege | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.79 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 52 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89.0 | 81 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Garry Hill | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.73 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 99.0 | 101 | 48 | 41 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Evans | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.72 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 106.0 | 100 | 43 | 32 | 8 | 39 | 7 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Loseth | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.46 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 86 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 84 | 2 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Ángel Torres | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.66 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Anastasio Velazquez | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Thompson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.73 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 66.0 | 51 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Parks | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Selak | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Proffitt | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Marks | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dale Spier | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 3.10 | 278 | 140 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 19 | 1163.0 | 1027 | 486 | 401 | 64 | 475 | 45 | 728 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Cruz | 114 | 472 | 403 | 94 | 132 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 105 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 102 | .328 | .419 | .618 | 1.037 | 249 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lindsey | 133 | 583 | 484 | 93 | 128 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 44 | .264 | .375 | .368 | .742 | 178 | 8 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 128 | 497 | 439 | 55 | 109 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 87 | .248 | .329 | .410 | .739 | 180 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Keith Hernandez | 105 | 445 | 388 | 62 | 101 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 53 | .260 | .340 | .345 | .685 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Marc Hill | 122 | 456 | 403 | 41 | 97 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 75 | .241 | .314 | .365 | .679 | 147 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Loomer | 113 | 406 | 364 | 45 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 55 | .255 | .306 | .297 | .602 | 108 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 99 | 411 | 374 | 38 | 91 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 35 | .243 | .278 | .316 | .594 | 118 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Gary Barakat | 57 | 253 | 215 | 38 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 36 | .293 | .378 | .391 | .769 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Doug Clark | 68 | 269 | 240 | 28 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 44 | .262 | .331 | .404 | .735 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Radison | 63 | 236 | 223 | 23 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 46 | .211 | .251 | .318 | .569 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 63 | 207 | 191 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .230 | .286 | .314 | .601 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Swenton | 60 | 212 | 187 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 45 | .219 | .308 | .289 | .597 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Parks | 55 | 172 | 157 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .210 | .267 | .268 | .535 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Breshears | 38 | 138 | 118 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | .263 | .343 | .314 | .657 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Potter | 37 | 150 | 141 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .191 | .235 | .248 | .483 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manny Abreu | 28 | 86 | 82 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .195 | .233 | .207 | .440 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jacobs | 15 | 52 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .170 | .235 | .213 | .448 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kinner | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Loseth | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1325 | 5052 | 4463 | 587 | 1125 | 157 | 29 | 94 | 512 | 72 | 45 | 482 | 751 | .252 | .325 | .363 | .689 | 1622 | 0 | 21 | 49 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Hernandez | 1B | 104 | 960 | 61 | 9 | 101 | .991 | 9.817 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | 1B | 31 | 246 | 5 | 4 | 19 | .984 | 8.097 | ||||
| Doug Clark | 1B | 8 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .962 | 9.625 | ||||
| Dan Radison | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 2B | 94 | 192 | 246 | 5 | 56 | .989 | 4.660 | ||||
| Gary Barakat | 2B | 56 | 115 | 164 | 13 | 39 | .955 | 4.982 | ||||
| David Breshears | 2B | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joe Lindsey | 3B | 87 | 72 | 173 | 15 | 17 | .942 | 2.816 | ||||
| David Breshears | 3B | 35 | 32 | 62 | 8 | 3 | .922 | 2.686 | ||||
| Dennis Parks | 3B | 17 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 2.235 | ||||
| Manny Abreu | 3B | 9 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.556 | ||||
| Marc Hill | C | 118 | 670 | 64 | 8 | 9 | .989 | 6.220 | 8 | |||
| Dan Radison | C | 20 | 111 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 6.250 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Parks | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | ||||
| Héctor Cruz | OF | 114 | 228 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 2.105 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | OF | 98 | 128 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .926 | 1.408 | ||||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 60 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .976 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Lindsey | OF | 50 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.780 | ||||
| Mike Swenton | OF | 44 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.841 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 25 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.840 | ||||
| Dennis Parks | OF | 22 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 2.136 | ||||
| John Jacobs | OF | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Kinner | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Barakat | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bruce Thompson | P | 44 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Steve Evans | P | 30 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Harold Jeffcoat | P | 28 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Larry Volkening | P | 23 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 4 | .936 | 1.913 | ||||
| Chuck Loseth | P | 21 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .905 | ||||
| John Denny | P | 20 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.350 | ||||
| Jackie Stripling | P | 19 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.737 | ||||
| Garry Hill | P | 17 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Ángel Torres | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| John Andrews | P | 13 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Stephen Broege | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Mike Proffitt | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .300 | ||||
| Anastasio Velazquez | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dennis Parks | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ron Selak | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Marks | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .750 | ||||
| Dale Spier | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Loomer | SS | 111 | 199 | 329 | 34 | 72 | .940 | 4.757 | ||||
| Manny Abreu | SS | 18 | 25 | 51 | 4 | 5 | .950 | 4.222 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | SS | 16 | 20 | 44 | 1 | 10 | .985 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3511 | 1517 | 160 | 365 | .969 | 3.494 | 11 | 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.
