1973 Danville Warriors Statistics
Team Record: 66-57
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Bernie Smith (66-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Danville, Illinois
Ballpark: Danville Stadium
Attendance: 83,135, Avg. 1,352
Playoffs - Danville Warriors 2 games, Decatur Commodores 0
Finals - Wisconsin Rapids Twins 2 games, Danville Warriors 1
The Danville Warriors of the Midwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 66 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Warriors gave up 479 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Danville plated 508 runs. Price Thomas paced the team with 13 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Bill Castro topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.82 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1973 Danville Warriors who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sam Mejías, Bill Castro, Roger Miller, Larry Anderson and Dick Davis.
Bernie Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Castro | 11 | 4 | .733 | 1.82 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 114.0 | 96 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| William McLaurine | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.45 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 103.0 | 95 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| William Davidson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.48 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 68 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Miller | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.32 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 103.0 | 86 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.45 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 120.0 | 111 | 66 | 46 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 103 | 16 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.25 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 58 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Darryl Steen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.56 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 84 | 50 | 41 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.49 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 111.0 | 100 | 60 | 43 | 5 | 74 | 4 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.00 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 83 | 64 | 55 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Yard | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Threlfall | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.79 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Salado | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Simplot | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Baker | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.60 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 57 | .537 | 3.12 | 258 | 123 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 1040.0 | 883 | 479 | 360 | 47 | 502 | 19 | 844 | 42 | 10 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price Thomas | 98 | 398 | 356 | 55 | 108 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 38 | .303 | .361 | .486 | .847 | 173 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Sam Mejías | 114 | 488 | 432 | 70 | 107 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 85 | .248 | .324 | .368 | .692 | 159 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dick Davis | 101 | 408 | 365 | 57 | 100 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 59 | .274 | .327 | .408 | .735 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Dante Rosario | 110 | 391 | 359 | 33 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 63 | .242 | .294 | .309 | .603 | 111 | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Osvaldo Ortiz | 115 | 486 | 407 | 63 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 63 | .206 | .320 | .302 | .622 | 123 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Roger Danson | 112 | 409 | 342 | 44 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 59 | 75 | .231 | .346 | .310 | .656 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Juan Lopez | 65 | 271 | 229 | 36 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 30 | .271 | .368 | .319 | .687 | 73 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Tim Hamilton | 92 | 301 | 254 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 55 | .209 | .318 | .283 | .601 | 72 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Mantlo | 74 | 276 | 248 | 27 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 56 | .210 | .266 | .323 | .588 | 80 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Robert Dunn | 66 | 218 | 180 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 73 | .200 | .326 | .344 | .670 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jose Salado | 52 | 151 | 123 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 23 | .276 | .384 | .382 | .766 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Holmberg | 20 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .291 | .391 | .455 | .845 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 26 | 72 | 68 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .235 | .278 | .397 | .675 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Steen | 16 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .394 | .727 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bero | 26 | 73 | 63 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .175 | .278 | .206 | .484 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Slaton | 17 | 52 | 51 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .196 | .212 | .235 | .447 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Davidson | 14 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .214 | .312 | .321 | .634 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 24 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .176 | .243 | .382 | .626 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 19 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 16 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .121 | .171 | .121 | .293 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Miller | 25 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .107 | .242 | .214 | .457 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Killingsworth | 13 | 48 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .075 | .229 | .125 | .354 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 21 | 51 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .073 | .174 | .146 | .320 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Threlfall | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William McLaurine | 52 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .087 | .222 | .087 | .309 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Yard | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Castro | 46 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baker | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Simplot | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Robinson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1366 | 4468 | 3877 | 508 | 902 | 149 | 39 | 57 | 420 | 71 | 30 | 454 | 838 | .233 | .316 | .335 | .652 | 1300 | 0 | 34 | 74 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price Thomas | 1B | 97 | 808 | 67 | 17 | 61 | .981 | 9.021 | ||||
| Frank Slaton | 1B | 15 | 119 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .977 | 8.333 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | 1B | 9 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .987 | 8.556 | ||||
| Jerry Mantlo | 1B | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 5.333 | ||||
| Jose Salado | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 11.000 | ||||
| Tim Hamilton | 2B | 84 | 177 | 201 | 28 | 39 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | 2B | 28 | 62 | 55 | 6 | 15 | .951 | 4.179 | ||||
| Robert Bero | 2B | 17 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 5 | .922 | 3.471 | ||||
| Osvaldo Ortiz | 3B | 111 | 82 | 234 | 28 | 20 | .919 | 2.847 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | 3B | 14 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Mantlo | C | 67 | 446 | 52 | 9 | 2 | .982 | 7.433 | 12 | |||
| Jose Salado | C | 33 | 237 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 8.212 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Holmberg | C | 15 | 101 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 7.333 | 4 | |||
| Sam Killingsworth | C | 13 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 8.615 | 6 | |||
| Gil Stafford | C | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Sam Mejías | OF | 111 | 214 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 2.054 | ||||
| Roger Danson | OF | 110 | 164 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 1.555 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 97 | 138 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.454 | ||||
| Robert Dunn | OF | 51 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 1.647 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | OF | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Michael Robinson | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jose Salado | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 52 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .912 | .596 | ||||
| Bill Castro | P | 46 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Roger Miller | P | 25 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.040 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .667 | ||||
| Roger Alexander | P | 21 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .829 | 1.381 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 19 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.263 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Darryl Steen | P | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| William Davidson | P | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Richard Baker | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Dennis Yard | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Widmar | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Threlfall | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| David Simplot | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jose Salado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Lopez | SS | 64 | 86 | 180 | 17 | 28 | .940 | 4.156 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | SS | 63 | 81 | 162 | 22 | 20 | .917 | 3.857 | ||||
| Tim Hamilton | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1284 | 3127 | 1280 | 195 | 225 | .958 | 3.432 | 26 | 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.
