1974 Birmingham A's Statistics
Team Record: 54-81
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Harry Bright (54-81)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 22,897, Avg. 339
The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 54 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The A's scored 594 runs and allowed 692 runs, most in the circuit. Wayne Gross led Birmingham with 14 home runs Chet Lemon drove in 61 runs. Derek Bryant paced all regular batters by hitting .267. Dennis Stegman topped the team with 8 wins, while Clarence Harrell registered a 3.89 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1974 Birmingham A's who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Lacey, Claudell Washington, Mike Norris, Derek Bryant, Wayne Gross and Chet Lemon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Stegman | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.94 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 160.0 | 188 | 100 | 70 | 12 | 64 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Norris | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.05 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109.0 | 107 | 64 | 49 | 8 | 65 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Clarence Harrell | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.89 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 111 | 65 | 51 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Bob Lacey | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.59 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 155.0 | 203 | 111 | 79 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Brownlee | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.42 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 99 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.40 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 41 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Baranick | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.72 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 54 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leo Mazzone | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.29 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 84.0 | 92 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.80 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 75 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 68 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Taylor | 0 | 0 | 5.18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Guy Ezzell | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avery Morris | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Carl Sapp | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James George | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.80 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.82 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 47 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 81 | .400 | 4.46 | 290 | 137 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 1115.0 | 1247 | 692 | 552 | 83 | 510 | 29 | 648 | 37 | 9 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Bryant | 132 | 568 | 510 | 68 | 136 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 54 | .267 | .340 | .351 | .691 | 179 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Leavitt | 129 | 536 | 464 | 64 | 116 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 49 | .250 | .338 | .300 | .637 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Claudell Washington | 74 | 319 | 294 | 64 | 106 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 44 | .361 | .404 | .571 | .976 | 168 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Breitzman | 112 | 452 | 390 | 62 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 54 | .249 | .340 | .351 | .691 | 137 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| William Hobbs | 125 | 469 | 406 | 49 | 89 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 73 | .219 | .321 | .303 | .623 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Nitschke | 97 | 368 | 314 | 43 | 87 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 30 | .277 | .371 | .350 | .721 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Robert Mollenhauer | 119 | 423 | 375 | 36 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 36 | .232 | .305 | .288 | .593 | 108 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Chet Lemon | 79 | 319 | 272 | 52 | 79 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 45 | .290 | .390 | .496 | .886 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Gross | 105 | 371 | 316 | 36 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | .244 | .349 | .427 | .776 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| James Capehart | 96 | 336 | 278 | 49 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 56 | .263 | .381 | .468 | .849 | 130 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Weathers | 48 | 181 | 160 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 32 | .262 | .348 | .375 | .723 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Ezzell | 51 | 166 | 150 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .247 | .319 | .353 | .673 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Avery Morris | 66 | 185 | 161 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 31 | .186 | .264 | .261 | .525 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ron Lollis | 47 | 137 | 116 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | .216 | .331 | .284 | .615 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Wilson | 41 | 105 | 88 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .159 | .295 | .227 | .523 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Marsh | 10 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .074 | .138 | .074 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Taylor | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Norris | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1383 | 4975 | 4331 | 594 | 1099 | 202 | 21 | 78 | 523 | 79 | 43 | 555 | 642 | .254 | .342 | .364 | .706 | 1577 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gross | 1B | 60 | 455 | 30 | 9 | 28 | .982 | 8.083 | ||||
| William Hobbs | 1B | 45 | 308 | 22 | 4 | 28 | .988 | 7.333 | ||||
| Guy Ezzell | 1B | 34 | 219 | 18 | 6 | 30 | .975 | 6.971 | ||||
| Ronald Wilson | 1B | 14 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .971 | 7.286 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 1B | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Ron Lollis | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | 2B | 85 | 198 | 245 | 11 | 61 | .976 | 5.212 | ||||
| Robert Mollenhauer | 2B | 41 | 80 | 90 | 8 | 14 | .955 | 4.146 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 2B | 16 | 29 | 42 | 3 | 6 | .959 | 4.438 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | 3B | 56 | 52 | 90 | 19 | 13 | .882 | 2.536 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | 3B | 41 | 26 | 66 | 8 | 5 | .920 | 2.244 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | 3B | 38 | 40 | 88 | 8 | 4 | .941 | 3.368 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | 3B | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 3.167 | ||||
| Ronald Wilson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Mollenhauer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Nitschke | C | 94 | 512 | 59 | 6 | 12 | .990 | 6.074 | 13 | |||
| Ron Lollis | C | 35 | 154 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .961 | 4.943 | 7 | |||
| James Marsh | C | 9 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 3.222 | 4 | |||
| Avery Morris | C | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.714 | 2 | |||
| Tom Trebelhorn | C | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | 0 | |||
| Derek Bryant | OF | 132 | 299 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .957 | 2.356 | ||||
| William Hobbs | OF | 84 | 156 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .959 | 1.952 | ||||
| Claudell Washington | OF | 74 | 116 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .903 | 1.635 | ||||
| Avery Morris | OF | 52 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.885 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | OF | 51 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.451 | ||||
| Wayne Gross | OF | 27 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 1.519 | ||||
| James Capehart | OF | 18 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.389 | ||||
| Bob Lacey | P | 32 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Stegman | P | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .839 | .839 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | P | 30 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .667 | ||||
| Nicholas Parrilla | P | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .556 | ||||
| Bruce Baranick | P | 23 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Randy Taylor | P | 21 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Norris | P | 21 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clarence Harrell | P | 21 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .778 | .667 | ||||
| John Brownlee | P | 19 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| James George | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | P | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Guy Ezzell | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Carl Sapp | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Avery Morris | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mollenhauer | SS | 75 | 118 | 208 | 28 | 32 | .921 | 4.347 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | SS | 48 | 70 | 136 | 13 | 28 | .941 | 4.292 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | SS | 16 | 32 | 45 | 4 | 9 | .951 | 4.812 | ||||
| Ray Leavitt | SS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Robert Breitzman | SS | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1462 | 3344 | 1364 | 211 | 299 | .957 | 3.220 | 26 | 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.
