1973 Birmingham A's Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 50-88
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Harry Bright (50-88)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 21,016, Avg. 305
1973 Birmingham A's RosterTeam Record: 50-88
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Harry Bright (50-88)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 21,016, Avg. 305
The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 50 wins and 88 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The A's scored 465 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 671 runs, most in the circuit. Avery Morris drove in 39 runs. Ray Leavitt led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .270. Alan Griffin topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.67 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Dick Baney, Randy Scarbery, Jim Nash, Tommy Sandt, Mike Barlow, Curt Motton and Allan Lewis were all players from the 1973 Birmingham A's who played in the Majors during their careers.
Harry Bright 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Griffin | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.67 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 157.0 | 148 | 78 | 64 | 14 | 67 | 2 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Myers | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.03 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 75 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 59 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.96 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 109.0 | 101 | 66 | 48 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.90 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 94 | 52 | 42 | 5 | 45 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.53 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 90 | 50 | 40 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.31 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 115 | 74 | 57 | 10 | 71 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.83 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Nash | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.54 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65.0 | 71 | 47 | 38 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard O'Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Root | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.95 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marshal Crossan | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.06 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 66 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Scarbery | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.81 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Geiger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Baney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.95 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 0 | 7 | .000 | 9.21 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 56 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 50 | 88 | .362 | 4.36 | 250 | 138 | 0 | 58 | 9 | 7 | 1114.0 | 1098 | 671 | 540 | 76 | 610 | 31 | 709 | 51 | 8 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Leavitt | 107 | 423 | 385 | 45 | 104 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 47 | .270 | .318 | .327 | .645 | 126 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Kirk Allison | 101 | 405 | 366 | 50 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 37 | .240 | .308 | .287 | .595 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Avery Morris | 113 | 404 | 360 | 39 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 60 | .233 | .302 | .306 | .608 | 110 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| James Seida | 95 | 361 | 314 | 44 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 33 | .252 | .339 | .354 | .692 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Capehart | 96 | 319 | 291 | 38 | 78 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 40 | .268 | .327 | .388 | .715 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Breitzman | 88 | 345 | 303 | 35 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 43 | .248 | .322 | .337 | .659 | 102 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Richard O'Daniels | 92 | 296 | 265 | 27 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 33 | .226 | .295 | .325 | .619 | 86 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Keith Lieppman | 75 | 272 | 236 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 44 | .242 | .338 | .352 | .690 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Schubert | 69 | 242 | 208 | 27 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33 | .250 | .340 | .375 | .715 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Joe Robinson | 66 | 192 | 178 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | .213 | .262 | .298 | .560 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Weathers | 77 | 267 | 239 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 45 | .151 | .223 | .167 | .390 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Allan Lewis | 41 | 133 | 128 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .273 | .295 | .305 | .600 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Orlando Gomez | 66 | 211 | 194 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .170 | .223 | .227 | .450 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Fitzgerald | 22 | 84 | 75 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .253 | .333 | .347 | .680 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Motton | 31 | 118 | 89 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22 | .213 | .407 | .461 | .867 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 18 | 85 | 74 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | .243 | .341 | .284 | .625 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 33 | 104 | 89 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | .202 | .317 | .326 | .643 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Boehmer | 28 | 96 | 88 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .193 | .229 | .227 | .456 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Bowling | 26 | 75 | 71 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .197 | .230 | .296 | .526 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bastable | 15 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .194 | .215 | .210 | .425 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Dehn | 25 | 90 | 84 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .143 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Dempsey | 16 | 59 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .160 | .288 | .260 | .548 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Sanner | 22 | 70 | 64 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .109 | .186 | .125 | .311 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dario Pini | 13 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .312 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Myers | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1376 | 4752 | 4248 | 465 | 968 | 151 | 28 | 42 | 406 | 52 | 46 | 414 | 626 | .228 | .299 | .306 | .605 | 1301 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lieppman | 1B | 73 | 505 | 34 | 11 | 58 | .980 | 7.384 | ||||
| Richard O'Daniels | 1B | 37 | 279 | 13 | 5 | 34 | .983 | 7.892 | ||||
| Bernie Boehmer | 1B | 18 | 128 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .986 | 7.556 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 1B | 8 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 1B | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| Orlando Gomez | 1B | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 7.750 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | 1B | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| James Capehart | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | 2B | 74 | 177 | 201 | 17 | 60 | .957 | 5.108 | ||||
| James Seida | 2B | 58 | 125 | 147 | 18 | 35 | .938 | 4.690 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 2B | 7 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 8 | .911 | 5.857 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 3B | 44 | 38 | 65 | 5 | 9 | .954 | 2.341 | ||||
| James Seida | 3B | 38 | 21 | 47 | 3 | 8 | .958 | 1.789 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 3B | 19 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.895 | ||||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 3B | 16 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .868 | 2.062 | ||||
| Jack Bastable | 3B | 15 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .845 | 3.267 | ||||
| Dario Pini | 3B | 13 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 2.692 | ||||
| Bernie Boehmer | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Orlando Gomez | C | 46 | 223 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .976 | 5.391 | 9 | |||
| Greg Dehn | C | 25 | 140 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .962 | 6.160 | 1 | |||
| Avery Morris | C | 22 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 5.000 | 9 | |||
| William Fitzgerald | C | 21 | 142 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.571 | 1 | |||
| Frank Bowling | C | 20 | 104 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 5.650 | 6 | |||
| Tom Trebelhorn | C | 10 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 4.700 | 2 | |||
| Bernie Boehmer | C | 6 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Kirk Allison | OF | 98 | 172 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .952 | 1.827 | ||||
| Avery Morris | OF | 91 | 193 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 2.286 | ||||
| Greg Schubert | OF | 64 | 129 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 2.047 | ||||
| Richard O'Daniels | OF | 44 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.386 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | OF | 25 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .889 | 1.920 | ||||
| Curt Motton | OF | 24 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.792 | ||||
| Allan Lewis | OF | 24 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.750 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | OF | 21 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.810 | ||||
| Dale Sanner | OF | 20 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.850 | ||||
| James Capehart | OF | 17 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.824 | ||||
| Ken Dempsey | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Nicholas Parrilla | P | 34 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .886 | .912 | ||||
| Mike Barlow | P | 28 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .643 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 23 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 1.043 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Patrick Tatom | P | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Wolf | P | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .750 | ||||
| Dennis Myers | P | 16 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .875 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Marshal Crossan | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Dennis Root | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Gil Marcano | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Randy Scarbery | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Jim Nash | P | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Eldon Jones | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brien Bickerton | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Richard O'Daniels | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Bill Geiger | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Dick Baney | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Leavitt | SS | 106 | 161 | 284 | 30 | 67 | .937 | 4.198 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 18 | 34 | 51 | 7 | 15 | .924 | 4.722 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | SS | 13 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 8 | .909 | 3.077 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | SS | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | SS | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1419 | 3336 | 1300 | 207 | 370 | .957 | 3.267 | 28 | 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.
