1975 Bristol Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-57
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Dick McAuliffe (0-0), Bill Slack (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 42,238, Avg. 612
Playoffs - Bristol Red Sox 3 games, Reading Phillies 0
The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 81 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Red Sox led the league with just 440 runs allowed. Bristol scored 511 runs. Butch Hobson paced the squad with 15 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Lanny Phillips topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Mark Bomback paced the squad with 12 wins, while Tom Farias recorded a 1.55 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1975 Bristol Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Allen Ripley, John LaRose, Jim Wright, Kim Andrew, Dave Coleman, Butch Hobson, Mark Bomback, Ernie Whitt, Steve Dillard, Rick Jones and Sam Bowen.
Dick McAuliffe and Bill Slack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bomback | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.32 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 130 | 49 | 42 | 13 | 59 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John LaRose | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.42 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 93 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Spencer | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.36 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 86 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jim Wright | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.52 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 61 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Jones | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.67 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 81.0 | 67 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Farias | 7 | 11 | .389 | 1.55 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 145.0 | 103 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Keith Scruggs | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.36 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 91.0 | 79 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Foran | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.66 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 98.0 | 88 | 41 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chuck Ross | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.35 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kouns | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Curran Percival | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.58 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 50 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Watkins | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.43 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 59 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Roswell Brayton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 50.0 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Allen Ripley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Sbragia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 57 | .587 | 2.83 | 226 | 138 | 0 | 77 | 17 | 19 | 1138.0 | 972 | 440 | 358 | 50 | 435 | 15 | 689 | 42 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanny Phillips | 123 | 495 | 445 | 37 | 129 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 31 | .290 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 148 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Butch Hobson | 138 | 523 | 471 | 68 | 125 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 73 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 90 | .265 | .331 | .427 | .758 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Mannerino | 132 | 499 | 439 | 50 | 106 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 34 | .241 | .325 | .335 | .659 | 147 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Ford | 110 | 382 | 354 | 47 | 89 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 35 | .251 | .285 | .333 | .618 | 118 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Charles Meyers | 90 | 334 | 305 | 40 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | .279 | .327 | .344 | .672 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Dillard | 68 | 298 | 261 | 34 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 32 | .280 | .354 | .326 | .679 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Michael Bennett | 102 | 363 | 305 | 45 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 28 | .233 | .345 | .351 | .696 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Anthony McLin | 83 | 325 | 289 | 31 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 39 | .239 | .302 | .277 | .579 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ernie Whitt | 82 | 289 | 252 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 19 | .254 | .339 | .321 | .661 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ludwig Benedetti | 91 | 302 | 263 | 29 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 39 | .232 | .314 | .278 | .592 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dave Coleman | 64 | 250 | 210 | 32 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 49 | .252 | .361 | .419 | .780 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sebastian Martinez | 60 | 199 | 194 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .227 | .236 | .237 | .473 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Milt Jefferson | 61 | 215 | 180 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 36 | .228 | .349 | .383 | .732 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sam Bowen | 44 | 169 | 143 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 39 | .196 | .305 | .322 | .627 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kim Andrew | 17 | 70 | 67 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .373 | .386 | .463 | .848 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Roatche | 30 | 90 | 79 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .152 | .236 | .190 | .426 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Huizenga | 7 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .160 | .250 | .320 | .570 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1302 | 4831 | 4282 | 511 | 1079 | 162 | 24 | 53 | 442 | 51 | 39 | 453 | 524 | .252 | .325 | .338 | .663 | 1448 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Coleman | 1B | 64 | 567 | 25 | 5 | 42 | .992 | 9.250 | ||||
| Milt Jefferson | 1B | 40 | 340 | 28 | 8 | 26 | .979 | 9.200 | ||||
| Michael Bennett | 1B | 29 | 246 | 14 | 3 | 13 | .989 | 8.966 | ||||
| John Roatche | 1B | 8 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .948 | 9.125 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Charles Meyers | 2B | 61 | 116 | 152 | 5 | 33 | .982 | 4.393 | ||||
| Ludwig Benedetti | 2B | 53 | 106 | 142 | 9 | 21 | .965 | 4.679 | ||||
| Kim Andrew | 2B | 17 | 44 | 35 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 4.647 | ||||
| Steve Dillard | 2B | 15 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 8 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Butch Hobson | 3B | 137 | 102 | 309 | 28 | 29 | .936 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Meyers | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Milt Jefferson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | C | 69 | 349 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .990 | 5.580 | 10 | |||
| Sebastian Martinez | C | 57 | 296 | 41 | 8 | 5 | .977 | 5.912 | 8 | |||
| John Roatche | C | 21 | 105 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 5.286 | 1 | |||
| Frank Mannerino | OF | 125 | 211 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 1.736 | ||||
| Lanny Phillips | OF | 114 | 180 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .965 | 1.702 | ||||
| Michael Bennett | OF | 65 | 131 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 2.138 | ||||
| Anthony McLin | OF | 58 | 142 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 2.517 | ||||
| Sam Bowen | OF | 42 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 2.024 | ||||
| Milt Jefferson | OF | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Ken Huizenga | OF | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ludwig Benedetti | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Watkins | P | 31 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .548 | ||||
| Stephen Foran | P | 23 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.217 | ||||
| Mark Bomback | P | 21 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| John LaRose | P | 20 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.050 | ||||
| Roswell Brayton | P | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Keith Scruggs | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .579 | ||||
| Tom Farias | P | 19 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.579 | ||||
| Jerry Spencer | P | 14 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 2.786 | ||||
| Rick Jones | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Curran Percival | P | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 10 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Barry Sbragia | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Bill Kouns | P | 8 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.375 | ||||
| Chuck Ross | P | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Allen Ripley | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Eddie Ford | SS | 108 | 154 | 267 | 40 | 42 | .913 | 3.898 | ||||
| Ludwig Benedetti | SS | 40 | 58 | 104 | 15 | 11 | .915 | 4.050 | ||||
| Totals | 1374 | 3416 | 1451 | 179 | 257 | .965 | 3.542 | 19 | 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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