1971 Burlington Bees Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-50
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Harry Bright (71-50)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 44,056, Avg. 728
1971 Burlington Bees RosterTeam Record: 71-50
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Harry Bright (71-50)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 44,056, Avg. 728
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 71 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 633 runs, best in the league. Burlington gave up 469 runs. Keith Lieppman and Dan Ford led the team with 14 home runs apiece. Dan Ford recorded 80 runs batted in. Keith Lieppman paced all regular batters by hitting .295. Dennis Myers and Glenn Abbott topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Dennis Myers recorded a 2.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Phil Garner, Steve Lawson, Harry Bright, Glenn Abbott, Dan Ford, Charlie Chant, Mike Barlow, Vic Harris and Tommy Sandt were all players from the 1971 Burlington Bees who played in the Major Leagues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Myers | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.15 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 138.0 | 80 | 43 | 33 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 170 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Glenn Abbott | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.72 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 179.0 | 166 | 67 | 54 | 16 | 52 | 2 | 195 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.70 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 130.0 | 100 | 54 | 39 | 6 | 89 | 2 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.30 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 135 | 70 | 63 | 15 | 47 | 2 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Steve Lawson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.07 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 91.0 | 89 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Phillip LaGore | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.37 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 60 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.38 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 74 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Edward Bacak | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 78 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ronald Brenner | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.0 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.91 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Tikker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Close | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Sinclair | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Propst | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Schumacher | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Heinitz | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22.0 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 50 | .587 | 3.29 | 265 | 121 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 24 | 1049.0 | 947 | 469 | 383 | 80 | 526 | 20 | 989 | 25 | 8 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Harris | 120 | 535 | 444 | 84 | 129 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 39 | 7 | 77 | 59 | .291 | .392 | .419 | .811 | 186 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Keith Lieppman | 113 | 477 | 434 | 71 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 64 | .295 | .345 | .463 | .808 | 201 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Chant | 111 | 493 | 442 | 70 | 126 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 45 | 51 | .285 | .355 | .389 | .744 | 172 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Garner | 116 | 491 | 439 | 73 | 122 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 73 | .278 | .354 | .421 | .776 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Ford | 107 | 461 | 397 | 75 | 106 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 85 | .267 | .361 | .446 | .807 | 177 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dale Sanner | 103 | 415 | 346 | 48 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 95 | .254 | .365 | .367 | .732 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 70 | 321 | 279 | 42 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 44 | .262 | .349 | .287 | .636 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| William Fitzgerald | 74 | 279 | 242 | 29 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 40 | .277 | .366 | .417 | .783 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Williams | 59 | 206 | 192 | 27 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 26 | .297 | .337 | .448 | .785 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joe Robinson | 41 | 176 | 166 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | .211 | .256 | .386 | .641 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Tikker | 35 | 82 | 71 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .310 | .383 | .423 | .805 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Myers | 23 | 63 | 57 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .316 | .350 | .491 | .841 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Murphy | 33 | 130 | 111 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 34 | .162 | .285 | .180 | .465 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Schumacher | 49 | 111 | 94 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .170 | .288 | .202 | .490 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 30 | 54 | 53 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .189 | .189 | .245 | .434 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Abbott | 24 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .136 | .159 | .182 | .341 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Primeau | 11 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .242 | .390 | .394 | .784 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 22 | 52 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .156 | .191 | .156 | .347 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lawson | 15 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .158 | .158 | .421 | .579 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Marostica | 17 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .156 | .229 | .156 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Meier | 21 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .129 | .229 | .194 | .422 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Bacak | 16 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stan Bockewitz | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Brenner | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill VanBommel | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip LaGore | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 26 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Sinclair | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Bright | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Close | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Parrilla | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Lucas | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Propst | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1370 | 4687 | 4111 | 632 | 1062 | 177 | 30 | 86 | 535 | 109 | 41 | 476 | 806 | .258 | .338 | .379 | .716 | 1557 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lieppman | 1B | 111 | 835 | 44 | 10 | 72 | .989 | 7.919 | ||||
| Alex Schumacher | 1B | 16 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.625 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | 1B | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Vic Harris | 2B | 119 | 256 | 298 | 27 | 51 | .954 | 4.655 | ||||
| Thomas Tikker | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 2B | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | 2B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Phil Garner | 3B | 116 | 122 | 203 | 29 | 15 | .918 | 2.802 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 3B | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Harry Bright | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | C | 63 | 562 | 45 | 3 | 2 | .995 | 9.635 | 10 | |||
| Bob Williams | C | 51 | 398 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .988 | 8.176 | 9 | |||
| Thomas Tikker | C | 12 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 7.417 | 4 | |||
| Charlie Chant | OF | 110 | 182 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .957 | 1.809 | ||||
| Dan Ford | OF | 107 | 186 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .952 | 1.841 | ||||
| Dale Sanner | OF | 100 | 121 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | OF | 26 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Alex Schumacher | OF | 14 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Michael Marostica | OF | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Meier | OF | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Barlow | P | 26 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .962 | ||||
| Glenn Abbott | P | 24 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
| Patrick Tatom | P | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .952 | ||||
| Wayne Sinclair | P | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .143 | ||||
| Dennis Myers | P | 20 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Phillip LaGore | P | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Nicholas Parrilla | P | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .333 | ||||
| Ronald Brenner | P | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Mike Heinitz | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Edward Bacak | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| Steve Lawson | P | 15 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.800 | ||||
| Stan Bockewitz | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Bill Close | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Thomas Tikker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Schumacher | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Propst | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 70 | 93 | 159 | 25 | 31 | .910 | 3.600 | ||||
| David Murphy | SS | 33 | 41 | 69 | 11 | 12 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | SS | 12 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 2.750 | ||||
| Thomas Tikker | SS | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .773 | 2.429 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | SS | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .429 | .750 | ||||
| Totals | 1281 | 3144 | 1106 | 170 | 219 | .962 | 3.318 | 23 | 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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