1972 Clinton Pilots Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 49-77
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (49-77)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 37,302, Avg. 592
1972 Clinton Pilots RosterTeam Record: 49-77
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (49-77)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 37,302, Avg. 592
The Clinton Pilots of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 49 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Pilots plated 477 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 643 runs. Kim Cates paced Clinton with 12 home runs and recorded 84 runs batted in, while leading all regular batters by hitting .296. Fred Bruntrager topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 1.67 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Gary Ignasiak and Gary Christenson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Leyland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Bruntrager | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.67 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 135.0 | 122 | 54 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Walsh | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.20 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 135.0 | 133 | 64 | 48 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Maji | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.45 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 91 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Moran | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.76 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 137.0 | 123 | 62 | 42 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 59 | 54 | 37 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Stan Lukoic | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.35 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 101 | 61 | 47 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bob Flanders | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.57 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.08 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 47 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.80 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 68 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Timothy Murray | 2 | 11 | .154 | 5.02 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 82 | 47 | 34 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave DuBois | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Leslie | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Taylor | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.84 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey McLimans | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bruce Carney | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gary Smith | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Faulk | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian Fink | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Shortell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.54 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arnold Costell | 0 | 4 | .000 | 17.25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lawrence Bracco | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.50 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 77 | .389 | 3.92 | 334 | 126 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 1058.0 | 1102 | 643 | 461 | 67 | 498 | 53 | 803 | 33 | 3 | 77 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Cates | 121 | 499 | 446 | 50 | 132 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 56 | .296 | .359 | .422 | .780 | 188 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Michael | 104 | 411 | 363 | 52 | 82 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 1 | 43 | 112 | .226 | .311 | .314 | .625 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harrold Underwood | 78 | 285 | 257 | 38 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 55 | .237 | .301 | .319 | .620 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Terry Mappin | 76 | 277 | 227 | 23 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 36 | .242 | .379 | .379 | .758 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Flanders | 70 | 267 | 227 | 21 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 67 | .238 | .346 | .308 | .654 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Stone | 70 | 308 | 220 | 37 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 79 | 52 | .223 | .429 | .286 | .715 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Valle | 49 | 200 | 179 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .251 | .318 | .341 | .659 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Weisse | 63 | 219 | 181 | 21 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 55 | .232 | .352 | .304 | .656 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Corbett | 53 | 181 | 164 | 19 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 63 | .220 | .293 | .268 | .561 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernand Poirier | 66 | 206 | 183 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 40 | .197 | .283 | .240 | .523 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Hart | 62 | 200 | 161 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 45 | .217 | .355 | .267 | .622 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Wisniewski | 37 | 125 | 107 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 23 | .318 | .416 | .449 | .865 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Finch | 56 | 218 | 175 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 62 | .177 | .333 | .240 | .573 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Litras | 38 | 155 | 136 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 24 | .206 | .299 | .243 | .541 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hunt | 43 | 151 | 134 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .201 | .280 | .224 | .504 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miguel Vega | 55 | 177 | 143 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 34 | .161 | .309 | .196 | .504 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Veryzer | 34 | 111 | 92 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .185 | .315 | .293 | .609 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Ratford | 39 | 112 | 101 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 30 | .168 | .241 | .218 | .459 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Walsh | 22 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .260 | .327 | .320 | .647 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Kuhn | 41 | 83 | 72 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .153 | .247 | .167 | .414 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Bruntrager | 28 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .205 | .279 | .205 | .484 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Maji | 21 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .269 | .367 | .308 | .674 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Moran | 26 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .152 | .188 | .174 | .361 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 18 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .286 | .250 | .536 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Sherman | 12 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .238 | .333 | .476 | .810 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Calamis | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .235 | .350 | .235 | .585 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Perez | 15 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .075 | .255 | .075 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alan Locascio | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian Fink | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Beene | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Costell | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Taylor | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Shortell | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave DuBois | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Lukoic | 35 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .071 | .235 | .143 | .378 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 24 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 15 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thompson | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Murray | 46 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Leslie | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Carney | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey McLimans | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bracco | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Faulk | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1528 | 4627 | 3951 | 477 | 880 | 108 | 26 | 43 | 403 | 64 | 25 | 583 | 997 | .223 | .326 | .296 | .622 | 1169 | 0 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Cates | 1B | 118 | 1032 | 42 | 16 | 71 | .985 | 9.102 | ||||
| Frank Weisse | 1B | 8 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
| Bob Wisniewski | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Donald Finch | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Chuck Stone | 2B | 68 | 143 | 144 | 19 | 39 | .938 | 4.221 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | 2B | 37 | 70 | 76 | 8 | 13 | .948 | 3.946 | ||||
| Dave Kuhn | 2B | 19 | 30 | 47 | 5 | 7 | .939 | 4.053 | ||||
| Nat Calamis | 2B | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| John Valle | 3B | 49 | 43 | 127 | 15 | 10 | .919 | 3.469 | ||||
| Donald Finch | 3B | 48 | 47 | 101 | 19 | 13 | .886 | 3.083 | ||||
| Miguel Vega | 3B | 15 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 2.533 | ||||
| Roberto Perez | 3B | 12 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .854 | 2.917 | ||||
| Ben Hunt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kim Cates | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| George Hart | C | 56 | 332 | 42 | 7 | 3 | .982 | 6.679 | 7 | |||
| Terry Mappin | C | 49 | 319 | 32 | 10 | 5 | .972 | 7.163 | 6 | |||
| Bob Wisniewski | C | 31 | 183 | 22 | 6 | 5 | .972 | 6.613 | 9 | |||
| Alan Locascio | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Billy Michael | OF | 101 | 249 | 18 | 13 | 4 | .954 | 2.644 | ||||
| Bob Flanders | OF | 61 | 98 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .911 | 1.672 | ||||
| Fernand Poirier | OF | 53 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .921 | 1.321 | ||||
| Mike Corbett | OF | 51 | 77 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .920 | 1.588 | ||||
| Frank Weisse | OF | 45 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 1.356 | ||||
| Doug Ratford | OF | 32 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.094 | ||||
| James Veryzer | OF | 26 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| Terry Mappin | OF | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.087 | ||||
| David Sherman | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Finch | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Beene | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Murray | P | 46 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Stan Lukoic | P | 35 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .543 | ||||
| Fred Bruntrager | P | 28 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .853 | 1.036 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .417 | ||||
| Robert Moran | P | 23 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 1.435 | ||||
| John Walsh | P | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Joe Maji | P | 21 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .905 | ||||
| Dave DuBois | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Gary Ignasiak | P | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .882 | ||||
| Joseph Rizzardi | P | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Jeffrey McLimans | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Don Leslie | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Bob Flanders | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Lawrence Bracco | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Glenn Faulk | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bruce Carney | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Smith | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Robert Shortell | P | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Arnold Costell | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Taylor | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Ian Fink | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harrold Underwood | SS | 62 | 92 | 188 | 30 | 26 | .903 | 4.516 | ||||
| Steve Litras | SS | 35 | 36 | 98 | 16 | 7 | .893 | 3.829 | ||||
| Miguel Vega | SS | 32 | 46 | 66 | 15 | 8 | .882 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1385 | 3170 | 1274 | 244 | 232 | .948 | 3.209 | 23 | 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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