1974 Danville Warriors Statistics
Team Record: 61-57
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Matt Galante (61-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Danville, Illinois
Ballpark: Danville Stadium
Attendance: 58,475, Avg. 991
Playoffs - Danville Warriors 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 1
Finals - Danville Warriors 2 games, Appleton Foxes 1
The Danville Warriors of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 61 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Warriors scored 472 runs and conceded 458 runs. Roger Danson led Danville with 21 home runs, while Rick Richardson walloped 15 or more also. Dennis Holmberg accounted for 59 RBI. Rick Richardson paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. Lafayette Currence topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.73 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1974 Danville Warriors who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dick Davis, Lafayette Currence, Jerry Augustine and Sam Hinds.
Matt Galante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Currence | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.73 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 191.0 | 156 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jeff Barker | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.91 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 161.0 | 154 | 65 | 52 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Sam Hinds | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.40 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 159.0 | 151 | 78 | 60 | 11 | 74 | 1 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jerry Augustine | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.56 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 81 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William McLaurine | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.71 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 73.0 | 63 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.63 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67.0 | 80 | 42 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry O'Neill | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.96 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 68 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Marty DeMerritt | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.99 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 69 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Conn | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Joe Slaymaker | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Plunkett | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Davidson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baker | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.63 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 57 | .517 | 3.20 | 224 | 118 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 1002.7 | 911 | 458 | 356 | 54 | 407 | 16 | 778 | 17 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Davis | 114 | 500 | 451 | 76 | 118 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 46 | 64 | .262 | .329 | .404 | .733 | 182 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rick Richardson | 117 | 482 | 404 | 64 | 115 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 70 | .285 | .392 | .498 | .890 | 201 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Neil Rasmussen | 109 | 416 | 387 | 37 | 97 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 85 | .251 | .299 | .331 | .630 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roger Danson | 115 | 450 | 386 | 67 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 56 | 89 | .238 | .339 | .456 | .794 | 176 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Dennis Holmberg | 106 | 419 | 350 | 46 | 86 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 67 | .246 | .361 | .417 | .778 | 146 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Victor Marichal | 74 | 267 | 239 | 27 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 38 | .264 | .310 | .326 | .636 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Gilbert | 80 | 280 | 233 | 38 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 44 | .219 | .343 | .361 | .703 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Stafford | 68 | 274 | 248 | 22 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 53 | .206 | .266 | .278 | .544 | 69 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Killingsworth | 51 | 187 | 158 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 56 | .253 | .366 | .399 | .764 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 44 | 185 | 159 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 33 | .208 | .275 | .296 | .571 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Pedro Sanchez | 31 | 100 | 95 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .253 | .280 | .316 | .596 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lafayette Currence | 27 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .277 | .299 | .323 | .622 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Marcos Mejias | 27 | 77 | 72 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .222 | .260 | .292 | .551 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Hinds | 25 | 61 | 54 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .278 | .286 | .352 | .638 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Kettinger | 20 | 76 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .233 | .382 | .367 | .748 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Bendick | 47 | 81 | 71 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .197 | .296 | .225 | .522 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Ervin | 23 | 54 | 50 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .240 | .278 | .400 | .678 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Buffamoyer | 17 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .238 | .225 | .463 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Silva | 22 | 44 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry O'Neill | 11 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 34 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Augustine | 13 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .065 | .065 | .065 | .129 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Davidson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Conn | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| William McLaurine | 28 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marty DeMerritt | 16 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .037 | .071 | .037 | .108 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Barker | 23 | 59 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | .019 | .056 | .019 | .075 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Slaymaker | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baker | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neldy Castillo | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1291 | 4285 | 3756 | 472 | 889 | 149 | 34 | 84 | 407 | 73 | 32 | 423 | 843 | .237 | .316 | .362 | .678 | 1358 | 69 | 25 | 57 | 24 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Richardson | 1B | 117 | 999 | 55 | 14 | 76 | .987 | 9.009 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 1B | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Michael Gilbert | 2B | 68 | 128 | 148 | 9 | 30 | .968 | 4.059 | ||||
| Victor Marichal | 2B | 50 | 107 | 128 | 7 | 20 | .971 | 4.700 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | 2B | 6 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 6.167 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 3B | 68 | 70 | 123 | 12 | 11 | .941 | 2.838 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 3B | 36 | 24 | 69 | 9 | 4 | .912 | 2.583 | ||||
| Victor Marichal | 3B | 15 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 2.467 | ||||
| Thomas Kettinger | 3B | 10 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 2.300 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | C | 62 | 418 | 55 | 9 | 4 | .981 | 7.629 | 6 | |||
| Pedro Sanchez | C | 27 | 169 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 6.852 | 6 | |||
| Sam Killingsworth | C | 21 | 151 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .965 | 7.857 | 7 | |||
| John Buffamoyer | C | 15 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 5.733 | 1 | |||
| Roger Danson | OF | 115 | 246 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .978 | 2.278 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 113 | 161 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .950 | 1.513 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | OF | 35 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.543 | ||||
| Sam Killingsworth | OF | 26 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Marcos Mejias | OF | 21 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.524 | ||||
| Richard Silva | OF | 15 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.200 | ||||
| James Bendick | OF | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Terry Ervin | OF | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Thomas Kettinger | OF | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | OF | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Tom Widmar | P | 34 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .559 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 28 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .821 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 27 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.556 | ||||
| Sam Hinds | P | 25 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.440 | ||||
| Jeff Barker | P | 23 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Garry Conn | P | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Marty DeMerritt | P | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Richard Baker | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Augustine | P | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Jerry O'Neill | P | 11 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .762 | 1.455 | ||||
| Joe Slaymaker | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Mark Plunkett | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| William Davidson | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Neil Rasmussen | SS | 76 | 105 | 232 | 35 | 41 | .906 | 4.434 | ||||
| Dante Rosario | SS | 39 | 61 | 108 | 6 | 16 | .966 | 4.333 | ||||
| Victor Marichal | SS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Neldy Castillo | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1214 | 3021 | 1251 | 163 | 240 | .963 | 3.519 | 20 | 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.
