1974 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 52-17
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Joe Lewis (52-17)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,822, Avg. 314
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1974 season with a record of 52 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Tigers paced the league with 395 runs, ignited by 44 home runs. Bristol yielded 275 runs, fewest in the league. Lance Parrish powered the team with 11 home runs Fred Swanson drove in 64 runs. Stephen Viefhaus topped all regular batters by hitting .281. Bob Sykes led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.07 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1974 Bristol Tigers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mark Fidrych, Tim Corcoran, Lance Parrish and Bob Sykes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sykes | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.07 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 101.0 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Lary Graves | 8 | 2 | .800 | 5.16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 68 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Clifford Irwin | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.68 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 48 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| James Taylor | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.34 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Larry Feola | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.65 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34.0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Johnson | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27.0 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Murphy | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.44 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 55.0 | 50 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Fidrych | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34.0 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ralph Treuel | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.76 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Ray | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.32 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Dale Przybysz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.86 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Balbierz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steven Harris | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Fulton | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Gamby | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 52 | 17 | .754 | 3.46 | 189 | 69 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 578.0 | 457 | 275 | 222 | 30 | 352 | 22 | 519 | 35 | 10 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Swanson | 66 | 281 | 264 | 39 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 35 | .277 | .315 | .420 | .736 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Stephen Viefhaus | 69 | 297 | 253 | 54 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 49 | .281 | .378 | .419 | .797 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Curtis Morgan | 68 | 272 | 221 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 30 | .276 | .407 | .452 | .860 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ronald Martinez | 65 | 250 | 216 | 37 | 60 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 55 | .278 | .356 | .449 | .805 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Lance Parrish | 68 | 290 | 253 | 45 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 92 | .213 | .301 | .395 | .696 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Isaac Gimenez | 56 | 240 | 171 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 67 | 38 | .257 | .464 | .310 | .774 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calvin Jones | 49 | 179 | 143 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 18 | .259 | .399 | .336 | .735 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Corcoran | 27 | 112 | 92 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | .370 | .459 | .533 | .992 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Slattery | 46 | 174 | 135 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 22 | .178 | .356 | .267 | .623 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 29 | 60 | 54 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .315 | .367 | .426 | .793 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph Simbolick | 12 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .269 | .345 | .385 | .729 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| William Coury | 22 | 58 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .146 | .293 | .188 | .481 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Coombs | 12 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .429 | .529 | .500 | 1.029 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Jackson | 5 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .292 | .348 | .639 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sykes | 14 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .167 | .278 | .167 | .444 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Cox | 8 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .280 | .227 | .507 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenneth Gregory | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clifford Irwin | 9 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Treuel | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Taylor | 12 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Humberto Pages | 15 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .095 | .208 | .095 | .304 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lary Graves | 16 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .074 | .242 | .148 | .391 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Gamby | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Harris | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Fidrych | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Feola | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Carroll | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .083 | .312 | .083 | .396 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ray | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Przybysz | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Murphy | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .000 | .294 | .000 | .294 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Fulton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Balbierz | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederick Austin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 829 | 2576 | 2138 | 395 | 529 | 89 | 20 | 44 | 339 | 77 | 22 | 380 | 444 | .247 | .362 | .370 | .732 | 790 | 38 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Morgan | 1B | 65 | 523 | 17 | 7 | 41 | .987 | 8.308 | ||||
| Humberto Pages | 1B | 13 | 61 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .941 | 4.923 | ||||
| Lawrence Cox | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Calvin Jones | 2B | 47 | 71 | 130 | 10 | 21 | .953 | 4.277 | ||||
| Isaac Gimenez | 2B | 22 | 45 | 58 | 2 | 10 | .981 | 4.682 | ||||
| Mel Jackson | 2B | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .903 | 5.600 | ||||
| Brian Kelly | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lance Parrish | 3B | 55 | 25 | 83 | 20 | 6 | .844 | 1.964 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 3B | 16 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Kevin Slattery | C | 44 | 340 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .986 | 8.182 | 8 | |||
| William Coury | C | 18 | 100 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .955 | 5.944 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Simbolick | C | 7 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 6.429 | 1 | |||
| Michael Coombs | C | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 2 | |||
| Curtis Morgan | C | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 12.333 | 1 | |||
| Fred Swanson | OF | 66 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.621 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 65 | 117 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 1.846 | ||||
| Isaac Gimenez | OF | 32 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.656 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | OF | 25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Lance Parrish | OF | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Eddie Carroll | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Lawrence Cox | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Kenneth Gregory | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Fidrych | P | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .348 | ||||
| Patrick Murphy | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| John Johnson | P | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Lary Graves | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Bob Sykes | P | 14 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| James Taylor | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Steven Harris | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Stephen Gamby | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Larry Feola | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Melvin Ray | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dale Przybysz | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Clifford Irwin | P | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| David Balbierz | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Richard Fulton | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | SS | 55 | 86 | 119 | 20 | 21 | .911 | 3.727 | ||||
| Brian Kelly | SS | 20 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 7 | .915 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 786 | 1734 | 638 | 105 | 128 | .958 | 3.018 | 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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