1972 El Paso Sun Dodgers Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Monty Basgall (0-0), Andy Cohen (0-0), Stan Wasiak (0-0)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 108,158, Avg. 1,545
1972 El Paso Sun Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Monty Basgall (0-0), Andy Cohen (0-0), Stan Wasiak (0-0)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 108,158, Avg. 1,545
Playoffs - El Paso Sun Dodgers 3 games, Alexandria Aces 0
The El Paso Sun Dodgers of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sun Dodgers led the circuit with 647 runs. El Paso allowed 580 runs. Jerry Royster paced the squad with 18 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Wayne Burney topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .315 clip. Dennis James paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.84 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1972 El Paso Sun Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rex Hudson, Tim Johnson, Terry McDermott, Geoff Zahn, Eddie Solomon, Rick Rhoden, Lee Lacy, Jerry Royster, Sergio Ferrer, Henry Cruz and Greg Shanahan.
Monty Basgall, Andy Cohen and Stan Wasiak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis James | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1.84 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 137.0 | 97 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 167 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Greg Shanahan | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.12 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 127.0 | 113 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bernie Beckman | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.47 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 155 | 95 | 73 | 13 | 54 | 5 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Geoff Zahn | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.85 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 73.0 | 54 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Allen | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.76 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 110.0 | 105 | 55 | 46 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Rhoden | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 70 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Miller | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.57 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 54 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| David Culpepper | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42.0 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ted Gilje | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.45 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Allen | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.96 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23.0 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rex Hudson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.43 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 73 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Al Dawson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.71 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Solomon | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 90 | 59 | 51 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dana Hendershott | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.75 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Hernandez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry McDowell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.60 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 45.0 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Cohen | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Green | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Domingo Luna | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Haller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.06 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 62 | .554 | 3.60 | 329 | 138 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 24 | 1191.0 | 1124 | 574 | 476 | 87 | 393 | 21 | 1074 | 39 | 5 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Burney | 124 | 488 | 428 | 72 | 135 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 86 | .315 | .390 | .418 | .809 | 179 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Royster | 127 | 530 | 479 | 89 | 123 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 59 | 25 | 10 | 44 | 106 | .257 | .324 | .441 | .764 | 211 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Cummings | 105 | 421 | 371 | 51 | 118 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 32 | .318 | .384 | .377 | .761 | 140 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tim Johnson | 112 | 447 | 409 | 46 | 99 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 109 | .242 | .293 | .328 | .620 | 134 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Lee Lacy | 68 | 283 | 258 | 39 | 96 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 30 | .372 | .417 | .500 | .917 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Terry McDermott | 81 | 313 | 274 | 63 | 94 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 48 | .343 | .412 | .551 | .963 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Red Daniels | 105 | 392 | 359 | 52 | 91 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 60 | .253 | .308 | .354 | .661 | 127 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lee Robinson | 84 | 316 | 270 | 43 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 41 | .281 | .371 | .422 | .794 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Robert Long | 107 | 355 | 310 | 45 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 86 | .239 | .311 | .339 | .650 | 105 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Paul Flesner | 68 | 259 | 234 | 20 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 26 | .308 | .367 | .363 | .730 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Downing | 92 | 303 | 271 | 32 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 43 | .244 | .304 | .373 | .676 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Patchin | 48 | 164 | 141 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | .270 | .352 | .369 | .721 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Haren | 43 | 140 | 117 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 44 | .197 | .314 | .256 | .571 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Floyd | 20 | 74 | 64 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .344 | .411 | .422 | .833 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Vaughn | 28 | 87 | 76 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .197 | .291 | .211 | .501 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Jenkins | 50 | 133 | 101 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 42 | .129 | .321 | .178 | .499 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rick Rhoden | 14 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis James | 39 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .256 | .326 | .308 | .633 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Henry Cruz | 9 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .265 | .324 | .265 | .589 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Eckenrode | 24 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .205 | .271 | .295 | .566 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geoff Zahn | 9 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .276 | .300 | .276 | .576 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Miller | 13 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Solomon | 20 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sergio Ferrer | 10 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .161 | .235 | .194 | .429 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Allen | 54 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .190 | .227 | .286 | .513 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greg Shanahan | 27 | 50 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Larry McDowell | 20 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .250 | .667 | .917 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Gilje | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Dawson | 16 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rex Hudson | 15 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .120 | .185 | .120 | .305 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Beckman | 26 | 58 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | .058 | .140 | .058 | .198 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Culpepper | 25 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Green | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Haller | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Luna | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Hernandez | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Allen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dana Hendershott | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1659 | 5249 | 4649 | 649 | 1242 | 218 | 37 | 63 | 571 | 97 | 48 | 476 | 1006 | .267 | .337 | .371 | .707 | 1723 | 0 | 31 | 52 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Burney | 1B | 71 | 515 | 20 | 3 | 44 | .994 | 7.535 | ||||
| Terry McDermott | 1B | 62 | 563 | 23 | 7 | 49 | .988 | 9.452 | ||||
| Ron Downing | 1B | 13 | 116 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .960 | 9.154 | ||||
| Lee Robinson | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Paul Flesner | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Paul Flesner | 2B | 67 | 135 | 131 | 11 | 26 | .960 | 3.970 | ||||
| Lee Lacy | 2B | 65 | 122 | 186 | 7 | 32 | .978 | 4.738 | ||||
| Larry Eckenrode | 2B | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Ronald Vaughn | 2B | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 4.667 | ||||
| Jerry Royster | 3B | 123 | 101 | 206 | 35 | 26 | .898 | 2.496 | ||||
| Robert Cummings | 3B | 16 | 17 | 48 | 6 | 6 | .915 | 4.062 | ||||
| Larry Eckenrode | 3B | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ron Downing | 3B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Lee Robinson | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ron Downing | C | 73 | 459 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .990 | 6.767 | 8 | |||
| Steve Patchin | C | 42 | 348 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .989 | 8.690 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Haren | C | 39 | 272 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 7.359 | 2 | |||
| Lee Robinson | C | 6 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1 | |||
| Terry McDermott | C | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 2 | |||
| Robert Long | OF | 101 | 160 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 1.663 | ||||
| Red Daniels | OF | 90 | 112 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.300 | ||||
| Robert Cummings | OF | 70 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.557 | ||||
| Lee Robinson | OF | 67 | 91 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .939 | 1.388 | ||||
| Wayne Burney | OF | 38 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 2.053 | ||||
| Thomas Jenkins | OF | 37 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.270 | ||||
| Ronald Vaughn | OF | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.381 | ||||
| Mike Floyd | OF | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
| Henry Cruz | OF | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Eddie Solomon | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerry Royster | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 53 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .415 | ||||
| Dennis James | P | 35 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .571 | ||||
| Bernie Beckman | P | 26 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .885 | ||||
| David Culpepper | P | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Greg Shanahan | P | 21 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Larry McDowell | P | 20 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .750 | ||||
| Dana Hendershott | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .316 | ||||
| David Hernandez | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Al Dawson | P | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Eddie Solomon | P | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Rick Rhoden | P | 13 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Rex Hudson | P | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| James Allen | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Wayne Miller | P | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Geoff Zahn | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Domingo Luna | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Jim Haller | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Ted Gilje | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ricky Green | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Johnson | SS | 112 | 144 | 294 | 35 | 56 | .926 | 3.911 | ||||
| Robert Cummings | SS | 16 | 31 | 55 | 3 | 8 | .966 | 5.375 | ||||
| Sergio Ferrer | SS | 10 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 4 | .805 | 3.300 | ||||
| Lee Lacy | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry Royster | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1516 | 3658 | 1324 | 178 | 289 | .966 | 3.286 | 17 | 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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