1972 Danville Warriors Statistics
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Joe Nossek (73-52)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Danville, Illinois
Ballpark: Danville Stadium
Attendance: 95,023, Avg. 1,520
Finals - Danville Warriors 2 games, Appleton Foxes 0
The Danville Warriors of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Warriors led the league with just 444 runs allowed. Danville scored 521 runs. Gary Martz and Charlie Moore paced the team with 12 home runs apiece. Gary Martz drove in 69 runs. Duane Espy topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .340 clip. Carl Austerman paced the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.23 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Larry Anderson, Gary Martz, Sam Mejías, Bill Castro, Sixto Lezcano, Tom Hausman, Charlie Moore and Eduardo Rodríguez were all players from the 1972 Danville Warriors who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Nossek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Austerman | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.23 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 182.0 | 142 | 56 | 45 | 10 | 71 | 4 | 166 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Darryl Steen | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.79 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 135 | 73 | 54 | 14 | 62 | 2 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Castro | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.04 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 74.0 | 59 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Eduardo Rodríguez | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.12 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 85.0 | 61 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry O'Neill | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.05 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 91 | 63 | 54 | 10 | 77 | 3 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Thomas King | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.94 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Collins | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.67 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 101.0 | 72 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom Hausman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 55.0 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Threlfall | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.21 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 54 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.42 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 70 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Jose Salado | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Deidel | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Alexander | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.91 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Minton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 52 | .584 | 2.84 | 266 | 125 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 1066.0 | 839 | 444 | 336 | 60 | 523 | 30 | 975 | 29 | 5 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Espy | 121 | 519 | 471 | 85 | 160 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 48 | 11 | 38 | 47 | .340 | .398 | .395 | .793 | 186 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sixto Lezcano | 114 | 464 | 423 | 67 | 114 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 111 | .270 | .326 | .411 | .737 | 174 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gary Martz | 111 | 456 | 412 | 53 | 104 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 106 | .252 | .307 | .410 | .717 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Price Thomas | 106 | 413 | 370 | 48 | 101 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 59 | .273 | .341 | .400 | .741 | 148 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Moore | 106 | 385 | 348 | 56 | 90 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 35 | .259 | .327 | .425 | .753 | 148 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Oliver | 103 | 408 | 350 | 44 | 89 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 60 | .254 | .353 | .406 | .759 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | 75 | 288 | 256 | 35 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 51 | .277 | .345 | .402 | .747 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Juan Lopez | 99 | 355 | 303 | 26 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 45 | .185 | .289 | .205 | .494 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dante Rosario | 70 | 234 | 220 | 22 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 46 | .223 | .258 | .318 | .576 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Devins | 64 | 222 | 203 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 64 | .177 | .243 | .296 | .539 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Salado | 50 | 142 | 122 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | .213 | .300 | .254 | .554 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Stedman | 19 | 69 | 62 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .323 | .391 | .435 | .827 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Mejías | 39 | 131 | 107 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 28 | .168 | .315 | .187 | .502 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Steen | 24 | 67 | 60 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .217 | .277 | .383 | .660 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Williams | 46 | 114 | 106 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 61 | .085 | .149 | .142 | .291 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Collins | 24 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .182 | .229 | .182 | .410 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eduardo Rodríguez | 40 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry O'Neill | 20 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .125 | .146 | .125 | .271 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hausman | 10 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 18 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .080 | .179 | .120 | .299 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl Austerman | 24 | 69 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .035 | .113 | .035 | .148 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Paul Minton | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Threlfall | 25 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas King | 11 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .059 | .238 | .235 | .473 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Castro | 45 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1389 | 4565 | 4071 | 521 | 983 | 143 | 29 | 75 | 429 | 113 | 51 | 390 | 871 | .241 | .312 | .346 | .658 | 1409 | 0 | 41 | 33 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Martz | 1B | 111 | 915 | 66 | 5 | 70 | .995 | 8.838 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 1B | 14 | 128 | 13 | 2 | 6 | .986 | 1.071 | ||||
| Charlie Moore | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jose Salado | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Duane Espy | 2B | 120 | 232 | 328 | 25 | 60 | .957 | 4.667 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | 2B | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Rick Oliver | 3B | 103 | 93 | 193 | 19 | 24 | .938 | 2.777 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | 3B | 21 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 4 | .931 | 3.190 | ||||
| Jerry Devins | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Moore | C | 95 | 721 | 91 | 25 | 12 | .970 | 8.547 | 30 | |||
| Jose Salado | C | 36 | 255 | 28 | 9 | 1 | .969 | 7.861 | 4 | |||
| Sixto Lezcano | OF | 109 | 147 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .941 | 1.468 | ||||
| Price Thomas | OF | 100 | 145 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .956 | 1.510 | ||||
| Alejandro Rodriguez | OF | 67 | 111 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .945 | 1.791 | ||||
| Jerry Devins | OF | 49 | 73 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .940 | 1.612 | ||||
| Sam Mejías | OF | 37 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.514 | ||||
| Charles Williams | OF | 29 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.552 | ||||
| Bill Castro | P | 45 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Eduardo Rodríguez | P | 40 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .575 | ||||
| John Threlfall | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .320 | ||||
| Darryl Steen | P | 24 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .896 | 1.792 | ||||
| Carl Austerman | P | 24 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.875 | ||||
| Kenneth Collins | P | 22 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .828 | 1.091 | ||||
| Jerry O'Neill | P | 20 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .769 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 18 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .833 | ||||
| Paul Minton | P | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Thomas King | P | 11 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Tom Hausman | P | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Salado | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Lopez | SS | 98 | 128 | 219 | 45 | 32 | .885 | 3.541 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | SS | 33 | 46 | 69 | 5 | 17 | .958 | 3.485 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 3187 | 1286 | 198 | 248 | .958 | 3.441 | 34 | 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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