1971 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-35
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Joe Lewis (31-35)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,510, Avg. 440
1971 Bristol Tigers RosterTeam Record: 31-35
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Joe Lewis (31-35)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,510, Avg. 440
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1971 season with a record of 31 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Tigers scored 230 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 269 runs. Michael Egleston paced all regular batters by hitting .265. Kenneth Forfar topped Bristol with 6 wins and a team-best 1.65 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1971 Bristol Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Pentz, Gary Christenson, Phil Mankowski, Dennis DeBarr and Tom Veryzer.
Joe Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Forfar | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.65 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 52 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Moran | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.60 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 59 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Murray | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.56 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43.0 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Bond | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.81 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 56 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Gene Pentz | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.96 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 74 | 56 | 47 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Snyder | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Nemcek | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.66 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bracco | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.85 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.00 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Lopez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Egleston | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Walker | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Walsh | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Stan Lukoic | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Costell | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.00 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 35 | .470 | 3.73 | 171 | 66 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 516.0 | 498 | 269 | 214 | 22 | 230 | 13 | 407 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Egleston | 57 | 203 | 185 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | .265 | .327 | .427 | .754 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Michael | 60 | 208 | 180 | 24 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 67 | .256 | .353 | .322 | .675 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Veryzer | 51 | 185 | 169 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 33 | .225 | .283 | .385 | .667 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ramon Gimenez | 44 | 145 | 119 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .286 | .403 | .445 | .848 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Serge Lessard | 49 | 144 | 129 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 33 | .248 | .322 | .364 | .686 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hunt | 52 | 172 | 150 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 43 | .200 | .298 | .267 | .565 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vazquez | 36 | 135 | 127 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | .205 | .252 | .417 | .669 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Mankowski | 14 | 60 | 53 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .377 | .417 | .509 | .926 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fernand Poirier | 35 | 108 | 89 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26 | .225 | .361 | .303 | .664 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Natchez | 35 | 121 | 111 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .180 | .248 | .189 | .437 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Hart | 34 | 77 | 62 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | .274 | .416 | .306 | .722 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Gullett | 31 | 66 | 58 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .276 | .364 | .552 | .915 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Perez | 34 | 119 | 108 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 30 | .148 | .214 | .194 | .408 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Vega | 8 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .367 | .394 | .500 | .894 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stewart Sims | 13 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .324 | .378 | .382 | .761 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Sievers | 16 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .244 | .326 | .293 | .619 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Atilano | 18 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .273 | .306 | .364 | .669 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Maurice Horton | 18 | 47 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .229 | .383 | .257 | .640 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Becker | 25 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .140 | .189 | .160 | .349 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Corbett | 18 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .136 | .255 | .182 | .437 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Service | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .357 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Forfar | 11 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .160 | .208 | .368 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Bebout | 7 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .154 | .353 | .308 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Moran | 11 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Pentz | 13 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .100 | .217 | .100 | .317 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stan Lukoic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Murray | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Costell | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Nemcek | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Snyder | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Lopez | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Kuhn | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Finch | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Bracco | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Bond | 12 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dale Walker | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 830 | 2231 | 1969 | 230 | 448 | 60 | 20 | 33 | 195 | 21 | 7 | 225 | 538 | .228 | .309 | .329 | .637 | 647 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Egleston | 1B | 55 | 452 | 33 | 4 | 27 | .992 | 8.818 | ||||
| Luis Atilano | 1B | 10 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .975 | 7.700 | ||||
| William Gullett | 1B | 7 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.571 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | 2B | 39 | 69 | 115 | 8 | 13 | .958 | 4.718 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | 2B | 18 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 6 | .938 | 3.389 | ||||
| Miguel Vega | 2B | 5 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 6.400 | ||||
| Maurice Horton | 2B | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Robert Service | 2B | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Dave Kuhn | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Donald Finch | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Vazquez | 3B | 35 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 3 | .895 | 2.429 | ||||
| Phil Mankowski | 3B | 14 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .915 | 3.071 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | 3B | 11 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
| Stewart Sims | 3B | 10 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Ramon Gimenez | C | 36 | 222 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .971 | 6.444 | 9 | |||
| George Hart | C | 21 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 5.857 | 4 | |||
| William Sievers | C | 13 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 7.077 | 3 | |||
| William Gullett | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Billy Michael | OF | 56 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .912 | 1.304 | ||||
| Serge Lessard | OF | 44 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.341 | ||||
| Jeff Natchez | OF | 34 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.088 | ||||
| Fernand Poirier | OF | 32 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Becker | OF | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Mike Corbett | OF | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| William Gullett | OF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| James Bebout | OF | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Stewart Sims | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Egleston | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Murray | P | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .200 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| David Snyder | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Gene Pentz | P | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.462 | ||||
| Gary Bond | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Moran | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Kenneth Forfar | P | 11 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
| Robert Nemcek | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Angel Lopez | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Arnold Costell | P | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Lawrence Bracco | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dale Walker | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| John Walsh | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Lukoic | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Joseph Rizzardi | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Egleston | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Veryzer | SS | 49 | 68 | 137 | 19 | 16 | .915 | 4.184 | ||||
| Maurice Horton | SS | 8 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 4.250 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | SS | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Miguel Vega | SS | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 748 | 1550 | 641 | 108 | 93 | .953 | 2.929 | 17 | 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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