1971 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-70
Finished 5th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Frank Funk (54-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 39,921, Avg. 644
1971 Decatur Commodores RosterTeam Record: 54-70
Finished 5th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Frank Funk (54-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 39,921, Avg. 644
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 54 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.
The Commodores plated 447 runs and allowed 580 runs. Chuck Erickson accounted for 54 RBI. Larry Milbourne paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. John D'Acquisto topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.13 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1971 Decatur Commodores who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Skip James, Larry Milbourne, Willie Prall, John D'Acquisto, Butch Metzger and Luis Quintana.
Frank Funk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John D'Acquisto | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.13 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 233.0 | 178 | 98 | 81 | 19 | 124 | 2 | 244 | 8 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Tom Borzecki | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.75 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 72 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Sielicki | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.26 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 72 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.01 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 86 | 51 | 44 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steven Tener | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.35 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 153.0 | 148 | 89 | 74 | 14 | 86 | 4 | 134 | 8 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Alan Daniel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.92 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 77.0 | 61 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Willie Prall | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.55 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Carpenter | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.76 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 75.0 | 52 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.49 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 83 | 64 | 49 | 16 | 48 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Parslow | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.57 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 69 | 47 | 39 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lou Pasierb | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Angel Leon | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Williams | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Hamilton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Spain | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike O'Brien | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 64 | .458 | 3.91 | 245 | 118 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 20 | 1000.0 | 925 | 540 | 434 | 87 | 502 | 14 | 1001 | 44 | 3 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Milbourne | 123 | 555 | 518 | 69 | 156 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 69 | .301 | .337 | .394 | .731 | 204 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Erickson | 115 | 476 | 414 | 39 | 112 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 74 | .271 | .363 | .336 | .699 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Munsch | 68 | 301 | 270 | 36 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 38 | .285 | .349 | .337 | .686 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Al Smith | 67 | 301 | 271 | 23 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 37 | .273 | .336 | .373 | .708 | 101 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Skip James | 77 | 333 | 293 | 48 | 72 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 56 | .246 | .325 | .392 | .718 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Smith | 94 | 319 | 293 | 33 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 67 | .212 | .269 | .266 | .535 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joey Martin | 44 | 172 | 146 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 15 | .315 | .419 | .370 | .788 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Ravare | 59 | 228 | 190 | 22 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 34 | .226 | .350 | .316 | .665 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Maldonado | 48 | 158 | 141 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 38 | .234 | .316 | .319 | .636 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Efrain Pratts | 52 | 167 | 141 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 23 | .227 | .341 | .241 | .582 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Prickett | 46 | 153 | 140 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .221 | .288 | .264 | .552 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Pasierb | 37 | 117 | 99 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .303 | .405 | .434 | .840 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 46 | 135 | 128 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .234 | .261 | .273 | .535 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Powers | 46 | 161 | 145 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 32 | .179 | .252 | .255 | .507 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edward Sickinger | 32 | 112 | 89 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | .247 | .387 | .337 | .724 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Manny Perez | 37 | 148 | 131 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .168 | .240 | .183 | .423 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Efrain Piza | 35 | 123 | 105 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 | .171 | .293 | .181 | .474 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Nelson | 24 | 93 | 88 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 29 | .148 | .194 | .250 | .444 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Haynes | 24 | 73 | 64 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .188 | .288 | .328 | .616 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Tener | 24 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .160 | .208 | .260 | .468 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John D'Acquisto | 31 | 91 | 72 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 37 | .111 | .217 | .139 | .356 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| John Sielicki | 9 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .250 | .333 | .292 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Thomas | 15 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .182 | .280 | .182 | .462 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Cintron | 18 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .093 | .204 | .093 | .297 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Prall | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .417 | .500 | .917 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 13 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Mitcham | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Parslow | 24 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Daniel | 34 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Lacour | 10 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .105 | .280 | .263 | .543 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 20 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .080 | .148 | .120 | .268 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Borzecki | 14 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .065 | .167 | .065 | .231 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike O'Brien | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Carpenter | 30 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .067 | .176 | .200 | .376 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Willie Manassa | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Spain | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1342 | 4580 | 4053 | 446 | 961 | 128 | 29 | 36 | 376 | 62 | 12 | 430 | 824 | .237 | .315 | .310 | .624 | 1255 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip James | 1B | 77 | 650 | 35 | 6 | 48 | .991 | 8.896 | ||||
| Efrain Piza | 1B | 32 | 218 | 11 | 5 | 15 | .979 | 7.156 | ||||
| Chuck Erickson | 1B | 11 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 7.455 | ||||
| Mike Powers | 1B | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 6.400 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | 2B | 114 | 256 | 239 | 21 | 48 | .959 | 4.342 | ||||
| Terry Nelson | 2B | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 4.714 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Edward Sickinger | 2B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Efrain Pratts | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Munsch | 3B | 68 | 43 | 140 | 15 | 3 | .924 | 2.691 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 3B | 54 | 42 | 100 | 13 | 7 | .916 | 2.630 | ||||
| Efrain Pratts | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Ravare | C | 57 | 506 | 36 | 8 | 3 | .985 | 9.509 | 2 | |||
| Mike Powers | C | 38 | 322 | 29 | 10 | 3 | .972 | 9.237 | 7 | |||
| Chuck Erickson | C | 20 | 155 | 16 | 9 | 1 | .950 | 8.550 | 8 | |||
| Pedro Cintron | C | 12 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 8.167 | 3 | |||
| Chuck Erickson | OF | 85 | 108 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .943 | 1.365 | ||||
| Al Smith | OF | 67 | 117 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.866 | ||||
| Joey Martin | OF | 42 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.262 | ||||
| George Maldonado | OF | 41 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 1.707 | ||||
| Gregory Prickett | OF | 34 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .893 | 1.471 | ||||
| Efrain Pratts | OF | 26 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lou Pasierb | OF | 23 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 1.609 | ||||
| Edward Sickinger | OF | 21 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Michael Haynes | OF | 19 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.632 | ||||
| Richard Thomas | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Leon Lacour | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alan Daniel | P | 34 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .382 | ||||
| John D'Acquisto | P | 31 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.355 | ||||
| Arthur Carpenter | P | 30 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .700 | ||||
| Steven Tener | P | 23 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.696 | ||||
| John Parslow | P | 21 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .476 | ||||
| Luis Quintana | P | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Tom Borzecki | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Butch Metzger | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Angel Leon | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sielicki | P | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Lou Pasierb | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Gary Williams | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Spain | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Hugh Hamilton | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Mike O'Brien | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Willie Prall | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Manny Perez | SS | 37 | 43 | 97 | 14 | 18 | .909 | 3.784 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | SS | 27 | 43 | 58 | 10 | 10 | .910 | 3.741 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | SS | 27 | 44 | 68 | 8 | 12 | .933 | 4.148 | ||||
| Terry Nelson | SS | 17 | 26 | 47 | 4 | 6 | .948 | 4.294 | ||||
| Efrain Pratts | SS | 13 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .884 | 2.923 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | SS | 8 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 3.375 | ||||
| Edward Sickinger | SS | 5 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1257 | 3167 | 1170 | 192 | 198 | .958 | 3.450 | 20 | 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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