1974 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-69
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (55-69)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 45,550, Avg. 735
1974 Decatur Commodores RosterTeam Record: 55-69
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (55-69)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 45,550, Avg. 735
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 55 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Commodores scored 433 runs and yielded 485 runs. Donnie Sasser led Decatur with 10 home runs and drove in 57 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .274 clip. Julio Divison and Jay Dillard topped the team with 8 wins each, and Julio Divison recorded a 1.98 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Jeff Little and Johnnie LeMaster both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Hartsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Divison | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.98 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 75 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.96 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 152.0 | 122 | 64 | 50 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas O'Donnell | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.09 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 69.0 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Bradley | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.58 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103.0 | 109 | 53 | 41 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Davidson | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.12 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 173.0 | 162 | 79 | 60 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 97 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Little | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.41 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 153.0 | 153 | 85 | 58 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jeff McKay | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 44 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scott Torosian | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.66 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Thompson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.51 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Scarcella | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.84 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 69 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Barney Wilson | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Riddle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 68 | .443 | 3.15 | 227 | 123 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 1015.0 | 912 | 470 | 355 | 51 | 382 | 20 | 836 | 41 | 1 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Sasser | 124 | 485 | 424 | 59 | 116 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 70 | .274 | .348 | .410 | .758 | 174 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| David Orr | 123 | 480 | 435 | 48 | 113 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 112 | .260 | .319 | .370 | .689 | 161 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Ernest Young | 114 | 453 | 403 | 50 | 105 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 67 | .261 | .324 | .347 | .672 | 140 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Johnnie LeMaster | 104 | 443 | 399 | 51 | 103 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 38 | 84 | .258 | .324 | .336 | .660 | 134 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Lee | 113 | 397 | 350 | 36 | 83 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 25 | .237 | .315 | .291 | .606 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Dave Stabelfeldt | 85 | 295 | 273 | 31 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 50 | .286 | .325 | .440 | .765 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jim Ray | 65 | 270 | 249 | 35 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 31 | .281 | .331 | .349 | .680 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Cabrera | 90 | 297 | 271 | 25 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 53 | .232 | .287 | .299 | .586 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Wilbins | 62 | 239 | 222 | 18 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 47 | .216 | .254 | .270 | .525 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Ferrell | 57 | 222 | 196 | 26 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 31 | .230 | .312 | .276 | .588 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elgin Williams | 43 | 154 | 139 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 28 | .252 | .303 | .345 | .648 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Sencion | 36 | 116 | 109 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .275 | .307 | .284 | .591 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Cash | 33 | 95 | 90 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .267 | .298 | .333 | .631 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Daniel | 28 | 73 | 63 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .190 | .301 | .381 | .682 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Little | 23 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .204 | .204 | .224 | .429 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Dillard | 22 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .191 | .250 | .234 | .484 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Bradley | 26 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .167 | .167 | .194 | .361 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Davidson | 25 | 64 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .113 | .155 | .113 | .268 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Julio Divison | 14 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .075 | .098 | .150 | .248 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Scarcella | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Scott Torosian | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas O'Donnell | 12 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .100 | .357 | .150 | .507 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Rubinoff | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Philip Cannuci | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .056 | .190 | .056 | .246 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Thompson | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff McKay | 31 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Riddle | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1307 | 4383 | 3944 | 431 | 967 | 132 | 30 | 46 | 374 | 56 | 32 | 338 | 764 | .245 | .306 | .329 | .634 | 1297 | 72 | 21 | 44 | 36 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Sasser | 1B | 123 | 1094 | 51 | 25 | 70 | .979 | 9.309 | ||||
| David Orr | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Michael Lee | 2B | 84 | 167 | 228 | 16 | 38 | .961 | 4.702 | ||||
| Daniel Daniel | 2B | 18 | 25 | 43 | 6 | 5 | .919 | 3.778 | ||||
| Michael Wilbins | 2B | 14 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 6 | .920 | 3.286 | ||||
| Jose Sencion | 2B | 8 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 6 | .979 | 5.750 | ||||
| Mike Cash | 2B | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Tony Cabrera | 3B | 71 | 46 | 115 | 19 | 5 | .894 | 2.268 | ||||
| Michael Wilbins | 3B | 32 | 26 | 67 | 12 | 6 | .886 | 2.906 | ||||
| Mike Cash | 3B | 12 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 2.917 | ||||
| Jose Sencion | 3B | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Philip Cannuci | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Michael Lee | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ernest Young | C | 108 | 803 | 50 | 17 | 9 | .980 | 7.898 | 10 | |||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | C | 18 | 104 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 6.056 | 4 | |||
| Philip Cannuci | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| David Orr | OF | 122 | 167 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .947 | 1.459 | ||||
| Jim Ray | OF | 63 | 118 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.968 | ||||
| Frank Ferrell | OF | 56 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .911 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | OF | 54 | 97 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.907 | ||||
| Elgin Williams | OF | 43 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.349 | ||||
| Michael Wilbins | OF | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Michael Lee | OF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Cash | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jose Sencion | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Philip Cannuci | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Cabrera | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff McKay | P | 31 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .452 | ||||
| James Davidson | P | 24 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 1 | .928 | 2.667 | ||||
| Wayne Bradley | P | 24 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .917 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 23 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.739 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 22 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 2 | .851 | 1.818 | ||||
| Jerry Scarcella | P | 21 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Robert Thompson | P | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Barney Wilson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Divison | P | 14 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 2.786 | ||||
| Thomas O'Donnell | P | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Scott Torosian | P | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| John Riddle | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Roger Rasmussen | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 104 | 145 | 280 | 48 | 47 | .899 | 4.087 | ||||
| Michael Lee | SS | 11 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 3.455 | ||||
| Jose Sencion | SS | 9 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .878 | 4.000 | ||||
| Philip Cannuci | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1239 | 3124 | 1262 | 216 | 219 | .953 | 3.540 | 14 | 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.
