1972 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 36-32
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: George Farson (36-32)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 14,373, Avg. 423
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 36 wins and 32 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Orioles tallied 349 runs and surrendered 303 runs. John O'Rear drove in 46 runs. Rafael Liranzo and Ismael Oquendo led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. Mike Willis topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Willie Royster, Mike Willis and Bobby Brown.
George Farson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Willis | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.03 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 86.0 | 67 | 42 | 29 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Andrew Bowie | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.66 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jay Kuhnie | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.96 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 85 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| John Adam | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Maland | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.09 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randy Benson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Green | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.57 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 45 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Barry Sheldon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.68 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| LeRoy McPike | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clifford Vaudreuil | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.46 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Henry Holmes | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.05 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Harris | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Curtis DeBoe | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.91 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 32 | .529 | 3.86 | 144 | 68 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 550.0 | 486 | 303 | 236 | 40 | 263 | 2 | 564 | 18 | 2 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Doyle | 67 | 277 | 247 | 46 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 26 | .300 | .364 | .364 | .728 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Liranzo | 56 | 228 | 209 | 36 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 32 | .335 | .386 | .426 | .812 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ismael Oquendo | 58 | 217 | 203 | 28 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | .335 | .370 | .448 | .819 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John O'Rear | 66 | 258 | 242 | 33 | 64 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 47 | .264 | .302 | .421 | .724 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cass Safrit | 57 | 224 | 188 | 39 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 27 | .314 | .414 | .457 | .872 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Brown | 49 | 188 | 172 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 53 | .256 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Lee | 59 | 225 | 172 | 37 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 47 | .244 | .409 | .355 | .764 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dale Vineyard | 45 | 142 | 126 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 34 | .262 | .340 | .302 | .642 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Royster | 41 | 141 | 124 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 28 | .234 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Fraser | 34 | 82 | 78 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | .244 | .268 | .269 | .538 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Thomas | 44 | 150 | 129 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 36 | .140 | .240 | .171 | .411 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Henry Holmes | 12 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .429 | .500 | .476 | .976 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leslie Clark | 19 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .195 | .250 | .293 | .543 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Kuhnie | 14 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Willis | 12 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .160 | .333 | .280 | .613 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clifford Vaudreuil | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Green | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wesley Dixon | 7 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .136 | .238 | .374 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Adam | 10 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .136 | .269 | .227 | .497 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Sheldon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LeRoy McPike | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Laubach | 13 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Maland | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .667 | .952 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis DeBoe | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Benson | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bowling | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Bowie | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 759 | 2434 | 2146 | 349 | 567 | 78 | 23 | 31 | 285 | 89 | 25 | 238 | 512 | .264 | .339 | .365 | .704 | 784 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael Oquendo | 1B | 55 | 236 | 26 | 9 | 26 | .967 | 4.764 | ||||
| Dale Vineyard | 1B | 14 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .947 | 6.429 | ||||
| Clarence Laubach | 1B | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Blake Doyle | 2B | 65 | 152 | 149 | 16 | 21 | .950 | 4.631 | ||||
| Cass Safrit | 2B | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dale Vineyard | 2B | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Cass Safrit | 3B | 50 | 56 | 95 | 9 | 9 | .944 | 3.020 | ||||
| Dale Vineyard | 3B | 21 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 2 | .828 | 2.524 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | C | 40 | 321 | 27 | 15 | 2 | .959 | 8.700 | 16 | |||
| Willie Royster | C | 29 | 233 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .984 | 8.621 | 11 | |||
| Frank Bowling | C | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 11.000 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Lee | OF | 58 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .912 | .897 | ||||
| Rafael Liranzo | OF | 56 | 98 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .945 | 1.839 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 47 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .877 | 1.213 | ||||
| William Fraser | OF | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .680 | ||||
| Leslie Clark | OF | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .923 | ||||
| Willie Royster | OF | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Wesley Dixon | OF | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dale Vineyard | OF | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Clarence Laubach | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Clifford Vaudreuil | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Barry Sheldon | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .188 | ||||
| Jerry Maland | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .500 | ||||
| Andrew Bowie | P | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Jay Kuhnie | P | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Larry Green | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Mike Willis | P | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Henry Holmes | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| John Adam | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| LeRoy McPike | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Bob Harris | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Curtis DeBoe | P | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Randy Benson | P | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| John O'Rear | SS | 66 | 105 | 131 | 29 | 24 | .891 | 3.576 | ||||
| Cass Safrit | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Leslie Clark | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 722 | 1541 | 589 | 141 | 95 | .938 | 2.950 | 27 | 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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