1971 Birmingham A's Statistics

Southern League (Dixie Association) (SL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 48-93
Finished 1st in the SL(DA)'s Central Division
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (48-93)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 33,275, Avg. 472

1971 Birmingham A's Roster

The Birmingham A's of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 48 wins and 93 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.

The A's plated 497 runs and yielded 615 runs, most in the league. Reggie Sanders and Roger Cain paced Birmingham with 16 home runs apiece. Reggie Sanders accounted for 65 RBI. Sam Lovelace led all regular batters by hitting .244. Sammy Ellis topped the squad with 11 wins, while Marshal Crossan registered a 2.98 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Sammy Ellis, Allan Lewis, John Hairston, Gil Blanco, Manny Trillo, Tommy Sandt and Reggie Sanders were all players from the 1971 Birmingham A's who played in the Majors during their careers.

Phil Cavarretta served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Sammy Ellis	11	15	.423	3.72	28	28		11	2	0	208.0	192	110	86	15	82	5	125	3	0	6
Marshal Crossan	7	7	.500	2.98	33	16		8	1	1	127.0	129	58	42	9	60	3	62	4	0	5
Chris Floethe	7	12	.368	3.52	27	26		6	0	0	174.0	130	80	68	16	123	1	225	3	1	12
Bill Geiger	4	2	.667	2.18	33	0		0	0	5	62.0	43	19	15	1	32	1	70	3	0	2
Gil Marcano	4	4	.500	1.82	17	13		3	0	0	89.0	66	26	18	5	36	0	70	4	0	3
Stephen Mastin	4	4	.500	3.70	37	0		0	0	3	56.0	56	24	23	1	23	6	34	0	0	2
Buddy Copeland	3	6	.333	3.41	23	16		4	0	1	116.0	117	56	44	6	46	2	80	4	0	12
Mike Olivo	2	8	.200	3.56	24	8		3	0	1	86.0	95	40	34	9	23	1	60	0	0	1
Brien Bickerton	2	9	.182	5.74	20	12		2	1	2	69.0	62	54	44	6	72	2	57	3	0	4
Don Yingling	1	0	1.000	2.70	14	0		0	0	0	20.0	20	11	6	2	6	2	11	0	0	0
Stephen Easton	1	4	.200	2.91	8	3		0	0	1	34.0	38	16	11	1	16	2	30	0	0	3
John Major	1	4	.200	4.20	19	3		0	0	0	45.0	35	28	21	4	39	1	37	0	0	8
Tom Smith	1	11	.083	5.54	22	10		0	0	0	78.0	88	59	48	8	55	3	53	1	1	4
Gil Blanco	0	0		6.75	1	1		0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Heinitz	0	1	.000	0.00	4	0		0	0	1	6.0	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1
Fred Kampf	0	6	.000	6.63	17	5		0	0	0	38.0	47	28	28	4	19	0	23	1	0	1
Totals	48	93	.340	3.65	327	141	0	37	4	15	1212.0	1128	615	491	87	637	29	939	26	2	64	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
Sam Lovelace	141	613	549	67	134	21	3	5	45	14	13	52	67	.244	.311	.321	.632	176		4	3	5
Manny Trillo	107	402	371	37	104	18	1	5	44	1	5	28	39	.280	.334	.375	.709	139		2	1	0
Reggie Sanders	118	468	439	52	104	19	4	16	65	2	3	23	82	.237	.278	.408	.686	179		3	0	3
Gene Dusan	118	421	363	41	103	16	3	0	43	0	1	53	46	.284	.373	.344	.717	125		1	0	4
Roger Cain	135	542	480	57	99	19	1	16	43	2	6	57	216	.206	.297	.350	.647	168		5	0	0
Douglas King	79	317	290	40	88	11	1	13	40	2	0	26	31	.303	.363	.483	.846	140		1	0	0
George McKenzie	87	345	326	20	83	15	0	0	19	2	1	18	28	.255	.294	.301	.594	98		0	1	0
Jim Pamlanye	85	309	278	31	69	9	2	1	23	1	1	25	17	.248	.310	.306	.616	85		1	3	2
John Hairston	69	254	223	32	62	17	4	5	32	2	0	28	41	.278	.360	.457	.817	102		1	1	1
Allan Lewis	54	201	188	27	58	5	2	1	6	18	4	13	21	.309	.353	.372	.726	70		0	0	0
Charles Chaney	87	273	259	26	57	10	1	7	27	6	4	11	68	.220	.253	.347	.600	90		1	0	2
Tom Cook	78	253	221	18	46	4	2	9	29	1	0	29	57	.208	.298	.367	.664	81		0	1	2
Tommy Sandt	29	91	84	10	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	27	.214	.247	.262	.509	22		0	2	1
Orlando Gomez	42	119	107	9	18	1	0	4	11	0	0	12	20	.168	.252	.290	.542	31		0	0	0
Joe Robinson	25	83	80	8	17	2	0	1	9	0	2	1	11	.212	.220	.275	.495	22		0	1	1
Chris Floethe	27	67	60	2	12	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	24	.200	.200	.250	.450	15		0	7	0
Sammy Ellis	33	78	70	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	33	.157	.234	.171	.405	12		0	1	0
Brien Bickerton	20	26	24	2	6	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.250	.308	.375	.683	9		0	0	0
Gil Marcano	17	30	29	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.207	.207	.241	.448	7		0	1	0
Buddy Copeland	23	39	33	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	18	.121	.216	.152	.368	5		0	2	0
Marshal Crossan	33	42	38	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.105	.128	.132	.260	5		1	3	0
Marty Miller	12	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	.118	.286	.118	.403	2		0	0	0
Mike Olivo	24	22	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.095	.095	.095	.190	2		0	1	0
Stan Wojcik	17	32	29	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.069	.156	.069	.225	2		1	0	0
Stephen Easton	8	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	1	0
John Major	19	14	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.100	.308	.100	.408	1		0	1	0
Stephen Mastin	37	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	1	0
Tom Smith	22	24	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.043	.043	.043	.087	1		0	1	0
Gil Blanco	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bill Geiger	33	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Fred Kampf	17	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Don Yingling	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1611	5140	4661	495	1113	177	26	83	454	51	41	403	915	.239	.301	.341	.642	1591	0	21	34	21	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Reggie Sanders	1B	114	855	54	21	74	.977	7.974
John Hairston	1B	22	160	11	2	12	.988	7.773
Gene Dusan	1B	10	86	7	2	8	.979	9.300
Sam Lovelace	2B	139	312	339	24	68	.964	4.683
Joe Robinson	2B	4	17	10	0	6	1.000	6.750
Jim Pamlanye	3B	71	58	153	8	14	.963	2.972
Manny Trillo	3B	61	55	95	14	8	.915	2.459
Joe Robinson	3B	13	10	25	3	0	.921	2.692
Tom Cook	C	67	439	45	5	5	.990	7.224	4
Gene Dusan	C	54	331	25	5	1	.986	6.593	9
Orlando Gomez	C	32	239	27	9	1	.967	8.312	4
Roger Cain	OF	134	343	13	9	3	.975	2.657
Douglas King	OF	77	127	4	5	0	.963	1.701
Charles Chaney	OF	69	96	3	7	0	.934	1.435
Allan Lewis	OF	49	80	7	3	0	.967	1.776
Gene Dusan	OF	43	60	6	3	1	.957	1.535
John Hairston	OF	41	49	0	3	0	.942	1.195
George McKenzie	OF	13	20	2	1	1	.957	1.692
Marty Miller	OF	9	7	0	0	0	1.000	.778
Stan Wojcik	OF	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Stephen Mastin	P	37	8	13	0	0	1.000	.568
Bill Geiger	P	33	1	7	1	0	.889	.242
Marshal Crossan	P	33	6	17	1	4	.958	.697
Sammy Ellis	P	28	11	23	5	2	.872	1.214
Chris Floethe	P	27	12	12	1	1	.960	.889
Mike Olivo	P	24	3	7	0	0	1.000	.417
Buddy Copeland	P	23	2	13	2	1	.882	.652
Tom Smith	P	22	4	10	0	0	1.000	.636
Brien Bickerton	P	20	5	12	1	1	.944	.850
John Major	P	19	1	5	1	0	.857	.316
Gil Marcano	P	17	4	15	0	1	1.000	1.118
Fred Kampf	P	17	3	2	0	0	1.000	.294
Don Yingling	P	14	0	4	1	0	.800	.286
Stephen Easton	P	8	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.625
Mike Heinitz	P	4	0	4	2	0	.667	1.000
Gil Blanco	P	1	0	5	0	0	1.000	5.000
George McKenzie	SS	71	113	186	26	38	.920	4.211
Manny Trillo	SS	42	55	117	17	27	.910	4.095
Tommy Sandt	SS	22	27	62	5	9	.947	4.045
Joe Robinson	SS	5	8	13	7	2	.750	4.200
Sam Lovelace	SS	2	5	10	1	2	.938	7.500
Totals		1497	3626	1372	195	290	.962	3.339	17	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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