1972 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 40-28
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (40-28)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,663, Avg. 431
1972 Bristol Tigers RosterTeam Record: 40-28
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (40-28)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,663, Avg. 431
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 40 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Tigers paced the league with just 302 runs allowed. Bristol scored 324 runs. Dan Meyer led the team with 14 home runs and recorded 46 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .396. Greg Kuhl topped the squad with 7 wins, and Robert Bodden recorded a 2.73 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1972 Bristol Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dan Meyer, Vern Ruhle, Ed Glynn, Art James, Jerry Manuel and Mark Wagner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Kuhl | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.60 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Robert Bodden | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.73 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 56 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Yalden | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.56 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 76 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Alfred Callis | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ed Glynn | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.74 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mark Palmer | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.06 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard McDonagh | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Kaupla | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.17 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Larkin | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.88 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 51 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Mullings | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Faulk | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.67 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Kinnett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ismael Santana | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Don Leslie | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.68 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 37 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Fred Winner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Allen Szaroleta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Murray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 28 | .588 | 3.76 | 164 | 68 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 581.0 | 521 | 302 | 243 | 41 | 307 | 6 | 498 | 11 | 0 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Meyer | 65 | 272 | 235 | 54 | 93 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 27 | .396 | .463 | .672 | 1.135 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Michael McGuire | 61 | 245 | 214 | 29 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 18 | .299 | .380 | .407 | .786 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Art James | 58 | 234 | 215 | 37 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 19 | .265 | .318 | .367 | .685 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Manuel | 67 | 259 | 233 | 31 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 61 | .240 | .309 | .395 | .703 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Emmanuel Toledo | 50 | 215 | 202 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 31 | .272 | .307 | .332 | .639 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Natchez | 66 | 267 | 228 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 69 | .184 | .282 | .281 | .563 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Wagner | 56 | 225 | 196 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 40 | .204 | .295 | .281 | .575 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Alan Newsome | 41 | 140 | 120 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 47 | .200 | .273 | .383 | .657 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Ray | 32 | 82 | 77 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .286 | .329 | .299 | .628 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Atilano | 37 | 120 | 112 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | .196 | .242 | .330 | .572 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Allan Striano | 13 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .316 | .386 | .553 | .939 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Stoller | 15 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .250 | .385 | .281 | .666 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Petrolla | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .444 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Larkin | 17 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .235 | .350 | .235 | .585 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Haney | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .235 | .350 | .471 | .821 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Yalden | 12 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .154 | .233 | .231 | .464 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mark Palmer | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thompson | 7 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Hargett | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .556 | .333 | .889 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Ratford | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .364 | .545 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Calamis | 5 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Dix | 18 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .067 | .097 | .133 | .230 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Faulk | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .250 | .625 | .250 | .875 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Kaupla | 19 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Glynn | 11 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .071 | .350 | .071 | .421 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hunt | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Sherman | 12 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .059 | .150 | .059 | .209 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alfred Callis | 13 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .048 | .200 | .095 | .295 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Trumble | 12 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .034 | .176 | .138 | .314 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bodden | 14 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard McDonagh | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Leslie | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Szaroleta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Murray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Kinnett | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ismael Santana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Kuhl | 22 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 810 | 2526 | 2222 | 324 | 532 | 79 | 31 | 39 | 262 | 80 | 19 | 238 | 531 | .239 | .315 | .356 | .670 | 790 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McGuire | 1B | 43 | 332 | 26 | 5 | 28 | .986 | 8.326 | ||||
| Luis Atilano | 1B | 35 | 261 | 13 | 3 | 19 | .989 | 7.829 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | 2B | 50 | 100 | 135 | 17 | 27 | .933 | 4.700 | ||||
| Dan Meyer | 2B | 13 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .950 | 4.385 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | 2B | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Lawrence Trumble | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dan Meyer | 3B | 49 | 38 | 97 | 10 | 7 | .931 | 2.755 | ||||
| Lawrence Trumble | 3B | 10 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 2.700 | ||||
| Scott Thompson | 3B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 2.000 | ||||
| Nat Calamis | 3B | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Petrolla | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Emmanuel Toledo | C | 49 | 348 | 39 | 5 | 4 | .987 | 7.898 | 8 | |||
| Gary Stoller | C | 12 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.083 | 3 | |||
| Alan Newsome | C | 5 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Hargett | C | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| Roy Haney | C | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Ray | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Natchez | OF | 66 | 104 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .948 | 1.652 | ||||
| Art James | OF | 53 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.057 | ||||
| Alan Newsome | OF | 30 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.167 | ||||
| Dennis Ray | OF | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael McGuire | OF | 20 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.550 | ||||
| Allan Striano | OF | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Dix | OF | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| David Sherman | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Doug Ratford | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .600 | ||||
| Dan Meyer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Kuhl | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .692 | .409 | ||||
| Daniel Kaupla | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Larkin | P | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Bodden | P | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Alfred Callis | P | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| John Yalden | P | 12 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Richard McDonagh | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Don Leslie | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Glenn Faulk | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Ismael Santana | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Stanley Kinnett | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Vern Ruhle | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Palmer | P | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Allen Szaroleta | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Fred Winner | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Murray | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Mullings | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Manuel | SS | 66 | 112 | 176 | 15 | 29 | .950 | 4.364 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | SS | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 754 | 1743 | 692 | 98 | 133 | .961 | 3.229 | 14 | 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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