1973 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 63-62
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: John Van Ornum (63-62)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 34,385, Avg. 550
Playoffs - Danville Warriors 2 games, Decatur Commodores 0
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 63 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Commodores tallied 469 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 516 runs. Gary Alexander paced Decatur with 17 home runs and accounted for 66 RBI. Wendell Kim led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .264 clip. Rob Dressler topped the squad with 11 wins, while John Montefusco registered a 2.17 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1973 Decatur Commodores who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gary Alexander, Bob Knepper, Fred Kuhaulua, Rob Dressler, John Montefusco and Reggie Walton.
John Van Ornum 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Dressler | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.82 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 182.0 | 170 | 72 | 57 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 133 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| John Montefusco | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.17 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 120.0 | 94 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Thomas O'Donnell | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.76 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 135 | 67 | 43 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 100 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Bob Knepper | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.94 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 65 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeff McKay | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.84 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 82.0 | 76 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Julio Divison | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.87 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 135.0 | 139 | 73 | 58 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Roger Rasmussen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.58 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 70 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Harlan Highfill | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.83 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 57 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.23 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66.0 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.50 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 63 | 52 | 32 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kenneth Kollmyer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Emery | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Roberts | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Scarcella | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 62 | .504 | 3.39 | 250 | 125 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 21 | 1035.0 | 979 | 516 | 390 | 47 | 458 | 14 | 807 | 25 | 17 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Alexander | 123 | 497 | 406 | 68 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 126 | .261 | .394 | .451 | .845 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wendell Kim | 110 | 431 | 360 | 53 | 95 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 66 | .264 | .378 | .325 | .703 | 117 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Henry Jones | 113 | 470 | 425 | 48 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 104 | .221 | .280 | .271 | .550 | 115 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Walton | 118 | 461 | 404 | 48 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 87 | .223 | .305 | .329 | .634 | 133 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Luis Camilo | 87 | 311 | 280 | 29 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 25 | .286 | .343 | .361 | .704 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rick Sanderlin | 77 | 321 | 274 | 46 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 54 | .277 | .376 | .350 | .727 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Andrews | 86 | 324 | 275 | 25 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 69 | .211 | .317 | .313 | .629 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Kim Henderson | 96 | 290 | 244 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 69 | .234 | .344 | .283 | .627 | 69 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Kendrick | 48 | 191 | 178 | 14 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .225 | .274 | .275 | .549 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Meade | 68 | 227 | 182 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 45 | .214 | .370 | .280 | .650 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | 53 | 160 | 142 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 48 | .190 | .262 | .303 | .565 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Meyer | 49 | 166 | 130 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 38 | .200 | .366 | .208 | .574 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rupcich | 34 | 117 | 97 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | .227 | .350 | .320 | .670 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 26 | 72 | 68 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .221 | .254 | .294 | .548 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joey Martin | 7 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .370 | .485 | .407 | .892 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Divison | 29 | 51 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .213 | .245 | .255 | .500 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas O'Donnell | 27 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .152 | .304 | .196 | .499 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Montefusco | 24 | 47 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .158 | .304 | .158 | .462 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff McKay | 26 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Knepper | 14 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .100 | .222 | .133 | .356 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Kollmyer | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 19 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .154 | .353 | .231 | .584 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roger Rasmussen | 17 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .095 | .174 | .190 | .364 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 23 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .062 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Scarcella | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Senn | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harlan Highfill | 33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1329 | 4382 | 3752 | 447 | 872 | 107 | 34 | 44 | 376 | 90 | 24 | 539 | 921 | .232 | .332 | .314 | .646 | 1179 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Schmuck | 1B | 49 | 413 | 13 | 7 | 27 | .984 | 8.694 | ||||
| Douglas Meyer | 1B | 38 | 283 | 13 | 5 | 15 | .983 | 7.789 | ||||
| Mike Rupcich | 1B | 20 | 147 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .988 | 8.000 | ||||
| Joe Meade | 1B | 17 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 6 | .993 | 8.882 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | 1B | 5 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 1.200 | ||||
| Joey Martin | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Kim Henderson | 2B | 50 | 102 | 105 | 11 | 20 | .950 | 4.140 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | 2B | 44 | 96 | 116 | 6 | 19 | .972 | 4.818 | ||||
| Joe Meade | 2B | 32 | 48 | 79 | 7 | 12 | .948 | 3.969 | ||||
| Henry Jones | 2B | 14 | 25 | 43 | 6 | 5 | .919 | 4.857 | ||||
| John Andrews | 3B | 81 | 76 | 168 | 24 | 11 | .910 | 3.012 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | 3B | 36 | 21 | 55 | 8 | 6 | .905 | 2.111 | ||||
| Kim Henderson | 3B | 11 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.273 | ||||
| Rick Sanderlin | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Camilo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Camilo | C | 72 | 449 | 48 | 6 | 3 | .988 | 6.903 | 6 | |||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | C | 39 | 262 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 7.179 | 13 | |||
| Mike Rupcich | C | 11 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.818 | 0 | |||
| Joey Martin | C | 5 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 9.400 | 1 | |||
| Gary Senn | C | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 12.000 | 1 | |||
| Gary Alexander | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Gary Alexander | OF | 121 | 171 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .927 | 1.471 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | OF | 110 | 140 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .919 | 1.345 | ||||
| Rick Sanderlin | OF | 74 | 149 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.135 | ||||
| Dennis Kendrick | OF | 47 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.745 | ||||
| Kim Henderson | OF | 17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | OF | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Douglas Meyer | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Andrews | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Harlan Highfill | P | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .333 | ||||
| Julio Divison | P | 29 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 1.552 | ||||
| Thomas O'Donnell | P | 26 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
| Jeff McKay | P | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .269 | ||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 25 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.160 | ||||
| John Montefusco | P | 24 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Fred Kuhaulua | P | 22 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .682 | ||||
| Roger Rasmussen | P | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 16 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .733 | .688 | ||||
| Kenneth Kollmyer | P | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .727 | ||||
| Bob Knepper | P | 11 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jerry Scarcella | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| James Emery | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kenny Roberts | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Jones | SS | 98 | 123 | 250 | 30 | 30 | .926 | 3.806 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | SS | 18 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 5 | .940 | 3.500 | ||||
| Joe Meade | SS | 8 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Kim Henderson | SS | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 3048 | 1263 | 193 | 195 | .957 | 3.316 | 22 | 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.
