1973 Charleston Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-52
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (72-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 92,523, Avg. 1,492
1973 Charleston Pirates RosterTeam Record: 72-52
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (72-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 92,523, Avg. 1,492
The Charleston Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 72 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Pirates led the league with just 441 runs allowed. Charleston scored 530 runs. Thomas Prazych accounted for 56 RBI. Willie Randolph paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Timothy Jones topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.2 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Willie Randolph, Lafayette Currence, Steve Nicosia, Odell Jones, Timothy Jones, Miguel Diloné, John Candelaria, Butch Alberts and Mitchell Page were all players from the 1973 Charleston Pirates who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Chuck Cottier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Jones | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.20 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 172.0 | 126 | 51 | 42 | 4 | 58 | 5 | 163 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||
| John Candelaria | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.79 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 84 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Michael Gonzalez | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.69 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 114 | 62 | 47 | 4 | 96 | 8 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Oscar Johnson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.62 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48.0 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| John Bedard | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.89 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 85 | 80 | 56 | 3 | 114 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 27 | ||
| William Estes | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.76 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 75.0 | 75 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.47 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 49 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.76 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88.0 | 81 | 45 | 27 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| David Nelson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.73 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52.0 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Standart | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Hendrix | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29.0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Odell Jones | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.45 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Patrick Cassaday | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.62 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55.0 | 36 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Charles Janes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 52 | .581 | 2.74 | 257 | 124 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 1043.0 | 797 | 441 | 317 | 36 | 565 | 38 | 881 | 22 | 4 | 96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Randolph | 121 | 534 | 428 | 93 | 120 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 90 | 54 | .280 | .400 | .423 | .823 | 181 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Miguel Diloné | 115 | 510 | 438 | 94 | 119 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 95 | 18 | 61 | 42 | .272 | .364 | .320 | .683 | 140 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Dwayne Peltier | 110 | 462 | 392 | 48 | 97 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 95 | .247 | .331 | .334 | .665 | 131 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Thomas Prazych | 99 | 406 | 363 | 51 | 93 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 108 | .256 | .330 | .386 | .716 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luther Wrenn | 108 | 381 | 352 | 26 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 62 | .250 | .293 | .298 | .591 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Juan Lebron | 79 | 312 | 290 | 30 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 35 | .276 | .324 | .376 | .700 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 79 | 311 | 257 | 29 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 39 | .292 | .410 | .432 | .842 | 111 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Nicosia | 54 | 202 | 165 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 45 | .230 | .360 | .339 | .699 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 40 | 158 | 128 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 18 | .289 | .405 | .500 | .905 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Skinner | 52 | 193 | 177 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 67 | .158 | .219 | .198 | .416 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fausto Sosa | 46 | 101 | 87 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .276 | .360 | .310 | .670 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Turnbull | 50 | 145 | 131 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 41 | .153 | .221 | .183 | .404 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mitchell Page | 18 | 77 | 65 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .277 | .364 | .492 | .856 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 40 | 144 | 127 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 63 | .134 | .231 | .181 | .412 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 24 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .276 | .311 | .310 | .622 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Dusenbury | 18 | 63 | 58 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .190 | .254 | .207 | .461 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmelo Ybes | 25 | 64 | 55 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .164 | .266 | .182 | .447 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Knaub | 31 | 69 | 66 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .136 | .162 | .212 | .374 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alexis Ramirez | 12 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .235 | .308 | .265 | .572 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Bedard | 23 | 41 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .229 | .325 | .286 | .611 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Gonzalez | 22 | 58 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .146 | .196 | .146 | .342 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| John Candelaria | 18 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| David Nelson | 14 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 19 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Cassaday | 24 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 11 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .087 | .276 | .087 | .363 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Jones | 10 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Estes | 21 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .038 | .074 | .038 | .113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Janes | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Johnson | 31 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hendrix | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1355 | 4538 | 3922 | 530 | 941 | 143 | 38 | 39 | 426 | 193 | 43 | 493 | 879 | .240 | .326 | .326 | .652 | 1277 | 0 | 29 | 57 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Prazych | 1B | 99 | 741 | 64 | 11 | 66 | .987 | 8.131 | ||||
| Joseph Turnbull | 1B | 10 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 6.400 | ||||
| Juan Lebron | 1B | 9 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .941 | 7.111 | ||||
| Ron Knaub | 1B | 8 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 6 | .915 | 6.750 | ||||
| Willie Randolph | 2B | 121 | 285 | 308 | 24 | 67 | .961 | 4.901 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | 2B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 3.667 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 3B | 79 | 62 | 101 | 26 | 11 | .862 | 2.063 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 38 | 31 | 74 | 10 | 4 | .913 | 2.763 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | 3B | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Nicosia | C | 53 | 387 | 25 | 7 | 3 | .983 | 7.774 | 23 | |||
| Juan Lebron | C | 42 | 325 | 20 | 12 | 3 | .966 | 8.214 | 9 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | C | 19 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 7.368 | 5 | |||
| John Dusenbury | C | 15 | 101 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .982 | 7.267 | 1 | |||
| Miguel Diloné | OF | 115 | 228 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .972 | 2.078 | ||||
| Luther Wrenn | OF | 97 | 166 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .961 | 1.794 | ||||
| Mike Skinner | OF | 49 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .924 | 1.490 | ||||
| Joseph Turnbull | OF | 39 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Mazur | OF | 39 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .970 | 1.641 | ||||
| Juan Lebron | OF | 27 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mitchell Page | OF | 18 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 1.778 | ||||
| Ron Knaub | OF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alexis Ramirez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Steve Nicosia | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Oscar Johnson | P | 31 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .194 | ||||
| Patrick Cassaday | P | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 23 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | .841 | 1.609 | ||||
| Dick Hendrix | P | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .348 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 23 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .739 | ||||
| Michael Gonzalez | P | 22 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.773 | ||||
| William Estes | P | 20 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 19 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .857 | .947 | ||||
| John Candelaria | P | 18 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .500 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Gerard Thomas | P | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .722 | 1.300 | ||||
| Charles Janes | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dwayne Peltier | SS | 109 | 153 | 257 | 34 | 47 | .923 | 3.761 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | SS | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 3 | .824 | 3.500 | ||||
| Alexis Ramirez | SS | 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 8 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1280 | 3121 | 1139 | 211 | 251 | .953 | 3.328 | 38 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
