1972 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 48-79
Finished 5th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jim McKnight (48-79)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 43,100, Avg. 679

1972 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 48 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Commodores scored 504 runs and allowed 562 runs. Richard Guerra led Decatur with 21 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI. Steve Stroughter paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. Kenneth Kollmyer topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.83 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Steve Stroughter, Mike Eden, Jim McKnight, Doug Capilla, Greg Thayer, Ed Halicki and Butch Metzger were all players from the 1972 Decatur Commodores who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jim McKnight served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kenneth Kollmyer	12	8	.600	2.83	23	22		14	3	0	159.0	125	65	50	8	69	1	149	3	0	12
Greg Thayer	6	9	.400	3.93	22	18		2	0	0	126.0	121	69	55	7	65	1	109	3	0	4
Doug Capilla	6	12	.333	4.70	26	25		4	2	0	161.0	134	100	84	5	125	1	192	12	1	25
David Fuqua	6	14	.300	3.41	24	24		11	2	0	169.0	165	78	64	12	58	1	145	2	1	5
Ed Halicki	4	2	.667	2.44	7	6		5	1	0	48.0	31	20	13	0	24	1	65	0	0	2
Butch Metzger	4	6	.400	3.57	18	15		7	2	0	116.0	107	57	46	12	40	1	117	2	0	6
Dale Dunham	3	4	.429	2.17	34	1		0	0	3	58.0	50	21	14	4	29	2	41	1	0	3
Guadalupe Hernandez	2	4	.333	5.60	21	5		2	1	0	53.0	69	39	33	7	19	2	24	2	0	1
Gary Williams	2	8	.200	3.60	36	4		1	1	4	70.0	74	34	28	4	24	3	47	3	1	1
Julio Divison	1	2	.333	8.31	4	3		0	0	0	13.0	22	17	12	2	9	0	8	0	0	1
Richard Thompson	1	3	.250	3.00	13	1		0	0	0	27.0	23	14	9	2	14	1	25	0	0	2
Eugene Breinig	1	5	.167	6.68	22	2		0	0	2	31.0	32	27	23	1	27	2	24	2	0	5
Steven Tener	0	1	.000	6.00	6	0		0	0	0	12.0	13	10	8	2	8	0	6	1	0	1
Jay Dillard	0	1	.000	6.55	7	1		0	0	1	11.0	9	11	8	0	14	0	7	1	0	0
Totals	48	79	.378	3.82	263	127	0	46	12	10	1054.0	975	562	447	66	525	16	959	32	3	68	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
Charles Munsch	120	460	412	59	115	25	2	3	47	3	2	40	66	.279	.337	.371	.708	153		0	0	8
Thomas Smith	110	425	394	56	112	20	4	7	41	12	4	22	68	.284	.328	.409	.736	161		5	1	3
Steve Stroughter	111	420	375	44	107	19	8	5	49	11	2	40	86	.285	.360	.419	.779	157		4	1	0
Richard Guerra	116	440	375	62	101	19	4	21	68	3	1	55	113	.269	.367	.509	.876	191		5	1	4
Travis Simpson	103	355	334	39	84	10	4	9	41	5	3	15	82	.251	.285	.386	.672	129		2	1	3
Michael Kerr	113	430	370	44	76	12	1	1	32	10	5	55	67	.205	.310	.251	.561	93		2	1	2
R. J. Englert	64	273	239	40	73	10	3	2	15	9	5	28	21	.305	.381	.397	.779	95		2	3	1
Mike Eden	65	280	249	46	66	9	2	5	22	9	4	28	16	.265	.339	.378	.717	94		1	0	2
Tony Pepper	62	211	192	18	42	6	0	2	22	4	2	19	23	.219	.289	.281	.570	54		0	0	0
David Ravare	47	146	138	13	32	6	2	0	12	0	2	8	12	.232	.274	.304	.578	42		0	0	0
Tim Day	56	188	162	14	30	4	0	0	13	2	0	21	39	.185	.294	.210	.504	34		4	1	0
Richard Glazebrook	35	142	128	15	28	5	2	2	16	1	0	12	29	.219	.289	.336	.625	43		1	0	1
Richard Thomas	39	109	93	9	18	4	0	2	12	2	1	14	42	.194	.296	.301	.597	28		0	1	1
Kim Henderson	29	94	78	7	17	3	0	2	7	2	0	11	19	.218	.319	.333	.652	26		2	0	3
Doug Capilla	29	62	53	7	12	2	3	1	6	0	1	7	15	.226	.311	.434	.745	23		0	1	1
Kenneth Kollmyer	23	64	60	6	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	20	.183	.222	.200	.422	12		0	1	0
Butch Metzger	18	45	41	4	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	16	.244	.262	.244	.506	10		0	3	0
Luis Camilo	16	46	43	3	9	1	1	0	7	0	2	2	9	.209	.261	.279	.540	12		1	0	0
Rafael Amiama	30	62	59	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	17	.136	.177	.169	.347	10		0	0	0
Greg Thayer	22	49	46	4	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	17	.152	.170	.196	.366	9		0	2	0
David Fuqua	25	65	55	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	.127	.158	.145	.303	8		0	8	0
Jose Sencion	20	64	57	5	5	1	0	0	2	6	1	6	15	.088	.172	.105	.277	6		0	0	1
Jim McKnight	7	25	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.125	.160	.125	.285	3		1	0	0
Dale Dunham	34	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	1	0
Richard Thompson	13	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0
Guadalupe Hernandez	21	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	0	0
Ed Halicki	7	20	17	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.059	.105	.118	.223	2		0	1	1
Julio Divison	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Steven Tener	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Eugene Breinig	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Gary Williams	36	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1403	4528	4039	504	978	162	37	62	430	80	35	397	846	.242	.312	.347	.659	1400	0	30	31	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tony Pepper	1B	56	404	26	12	29	.973	7.679
Travis Simpson	1B	35	237	17	2	22	.992	7.257
Richard Glazebrook	1B	34	292	14	8	15	.975	9.000
Jim McKnight	1B	6	64	5	1	2	.986	11.500
Thomas Smith	1B	1	11	0	1	1	.917	11.000
Mike Eden	2B	53	81	128	9	18	.959	3.943
Michael Kerr	2B	51	110	108	6	23	.973	4.275
Jose Sencion	2B	14	33	21	2	8	.964	3.857
Kim Henderson	2B	12	27	26	3	7	.946	4.417
Charles Munsch	2B	3	3	7	0	1	1.000	3.333
Charles Munsch	3B	111	98	190	27	13	.914	2.595
Mike Eden	3B	9	5	22	2	3	.931	3.000
Thomas Smith	3B	6	5	14	3	2	.864	3.167
Richard Thomas	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Richard Guerra	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Tim Day	3B	1	3	3	1	0	.857	6.000
Tim Day	C	48	413	28	6	1	.987	9.188	13
David Ravare	C	43	291	39	8	1	.976	7.674	4
Richard Guerra	C	30	203	17	2	0	.991	7.333	11
Luis Camilo	C	14	107	14	2	2	.984	8.643	4
Steve Stroughter	OF	107	109	12	10	0	.924	1.131
Richard Guerra	OF	82	110	8	7	1	.944	1.439
R. J. Englert	OF	63	114	2	7	0	.943	1.841
Travis Simpson	OF	60	80	7	3	0	.967	1.450
Thomas Smith	OF	42	68	3	3	1	.959	1.690
Richard Thomas	OF	27	52	4	2	1	.966	2.074
Rafael Amiama	OF	12	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Charles Munsch	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Mike Eden	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Gary Williams	P	36	5	14	1	2	.950	.528
Dale Dunham	P	34	1	9	2	0	.833	.294
Doug Capilla	P	26	7	29	3	2	.923	1.385
David Fuqua	P	24	6	22	3	2	.903	1.167
Kenneth Kollmyer	P	23	6	36	5	1	.894	1.826
Greg Thayer	P	22	10	20	4	2	.882	1.364
Eugene Breinig	P	22	1	9	1	0	.909	.455
Guadalupe Hernandez	P	21	1	10	0	0	1.000	.524
Butch Metzger	P	18	3	10	1	0	.929	.722
Richard Thompson	P	13	0	5	1	0	.833	.385
Ed Halicki	P	7	2	4	3	0	.667	.857
Jay Dillard	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Steven Tener	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Julio Divison	P	4	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.250
Michael Kerr	SS	62	92	170	21	28	.926	4.226
Thomas Smith	SS	54	69	130	27	22	.881	3.685
Kim Henderson	SS	12	12	34	7	3	.868	3.833
Charles Munsch	SS	3	4	6	3	0	.769	3.333
Jose Sencion	SS	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Totals		1324	3164	1237	209	213	.955	3.324	32	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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