1972 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 46-91
Finished 4th in the EL's American Division
Manager: Len Johnston (46-91)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 54,534, Avg. 796

1972 Elmira Pioneers Roster

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 46 wins and 91 losses, finishing fourth in the league's American Division.

The Pioneers scored 410 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 597 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Johnson drove in 47 runs. Harry Shaughnessy topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .238. Bob Eldridge paced the team with 9 wins, while Eric Raich recorded a 2.79 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Larry Johnson, Jim Norris, Bob Kaiser, Eric Raich, Jim Kern, Rob Belloir, Mark Ballinger and Tommy Smith were all players from the 1972 Elmira Pioneers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Len Johnston served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Eldridge	9	11	.450	4.44	24	23		7	4	0	140.0	135	80	69	10	78	1	92	3	0	10
Daniel Hatchell	7	9	.438	3.41	24	23		9	1	0	161.0	151	87	61	10	71	0	78	2	0	4
John Detter	6	9	.400	5.06	27	12		6	0	1	96.0	126	69	54	6	60	3	42	1	0	6
Eric Raich	5	12	.294	2.79	22	19		6	2	0	129.0	98	55	40	7	56	1	72	3	1	6
Robert Elliott	3	1	.750	2.79	9	5		3	0	0	42.0	34	15	13	1	21	0	23	2	0	0
Thomas Burkert	3	6	.333	3.86	42	1		0	0	7	63.0	78	37	27	2	41	5	44	0	1	8
Richard Derrickson	3	7	.300	4.38	26	7		2	1	0	78.0	87	45	38	0	40	3	63	1	0	9
John Howell	3	9	.250	3.86	34	5		1	0	1	70.0	79	43	30	1	44	1	63	2	0	6
Jim Kern	3	11	.214	4.33	22	14		5	0	2	104.0	87	55	50	4	73	2	90	4	0	6
Dennis Queen	1	1	.500	2.48	15	4		0	0	0	40.0	31	17	11	1	31	0	22	1	0	1
Bob Kaiser	1	2	.333	5.40	3	3		0	0	0	15.0	16	11	9	0	11	0	8	0	0	0
Bob Grossman	1	3	.250	5.21	10	10		2	0	0	57.0	55	36	33	2	41	0	58	0	0	8
Leon Filbeck	1	5	.167	3.44	20	4		0	0	1	55.0	44	27	21	4	26	0	28	0	0	8
Mark Ballinger	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0	0	4.0	4	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Bill Tsoukalas	0	5	.000	2.36	6	6		4	0	0	42.0	36	16	11	0	14	2	18	1	1	6
Totals	46	91	.336	3.83	285	137	0	45	8	12	1096.0	1061	597	467	48	610	18	704	20	3	78	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
Tommy Smith	102	386	346	36	96	13	3	5	35	7	2	34	38	.277	.340	.376	.716	130		0	4	2
Harry Shaughnessy	120	455	383	52	91	8	4	4	26	24	4	60	50	.238	.344	.311	.655	119		4	5	3
Terry Wedgewood	120	416	370	31	82	10	1	5	42	0	3	38	73	.222	.298	.295	.593	109		4	0	4
Larry Johnson	115	377	334	33	80	16	4	7	47	2	4	38	51	.240	.315	.374	.689	125		0	2	3
Bill Flowers	102	410	365	46	77	9	2	4	24	30	6	35	45	.211	.285	.279	.564	102		3	6	1
Jim Norris	106	406	329	37	76	9	4	2	34	16	3	68	46	.231	.364	.301	.665	99		2	5	2
Victor Ambrose	103	359	319	28	62	8	4	0	20	19	5	34	47	.194	.273	.245	.518	78		1	4	1
Rob Belloir	101	331	273	29	54	6	1	0	15	2	2	47	31	.198	.317	.227	.544	62		2	6	3
Michael Burger	79	283	247	24	48	7	1	7	28	3	2	32	76	.194	.286	.316	.602	78		0	3	1
Dan Covert	44	164	133	17	41	9	0	2	25	3	1	26	24	.308	.420	.421	.841	56		1	2	2
Robert Marcano	48	172	160	20	40	8	5	3	14	1	2	9	31	.250	.292	.419	.711	67		1	1	1
Ron Ellis	59	203	181	12	38	9	0	0	14	2	1	18	36	.210	.287	.260	.547	47		2	1	1
James Bogard	63	190	174	6	31	2	0	1	8	0	0	14	27	.178	.238	.207	.445	36		0	1	1
Gary Cleverly	20	76	66	9	18	1	0	0	6	2	0	9	10	.273	.360	.288	.648	19		0	1	0
Bob Eldridge	24	51	48	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.188	.216	.188	.403	9		0	0	1
Carl Richardson	11	33	28	5	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	1	.286	.394	.321	.715	9		0	0	0
Jim Kern	22	37	32	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.156	.182	.156	.338	5		0	4	0
Eric Raich	22	47	40	4	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	17	.125	.186	.275	.461	11		0	4	0
Bob Kaiser	3	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	4		0	0	0
Daniel Hatchell	24	61	53	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	.075	.074	.094	.168	5		0	7	1
Dennis Queen	20	14	10	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.300	.417	.300	.717	3		0	2	0
Ray Johnson	5	15	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.250	.400	.333	.733	4		0	0	0
John Detter	31	33	26	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	.115	.258	.154	.412	4		0	2	0
Robert Elliott	9	16	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	1	0
Leon Filbeck	28	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	0	0
Bob Grossman	10	23	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	6	.067	.263	.200	.463	3		0	4	0
John Howell	34	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	0	0
Bill Tsoukalas	7	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	0	0
Richard Derrickson	26	21	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.048	.048	.048	.095	1		0	0	0
Alvin McGrew	8	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.062	.000	.062	0		0	0	0
Thomas Burkert	42	13	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	3	0
Carl Fazio	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Kenneth Horsburgh	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mark Ballinger	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1511	4670	4065	410	886	122	30	41	354	112	35	490	726	.218	.303	.293	.596	1191	0	20	68	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Norris	1B	92	759	41	11	72	.986	8.696
Dan Covert	1B	43	355	21	9	39	.977	8.744
Ray Johnson	1B	4	23	3	0	2	1.000	6.500
Ron Ellis	2B	58	131	120	6	43	.977	4.328
Robert Marcano	2B	46	115	125	9	30	.964	5.217
Victor Ambrose	2B	20	34	36	3	11	.959	3.500
Michael Burger	2B	15	45	35	4	8	.952	5.333
Carl Richardson	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Terry Wedgewood	3B	109	75	219	37	21	.888	2.697
Harry Shaughnessy	3B	17	18	30	5	2	.906	2.824
Michael Burger	3B	13	3	16	1	1	.950	1.462
Larry Johnson	C	90	514	53	9	3	.984	6.300	24
James Bogard	C	53	255	31	4	5	.986	5.396	12
Bill Flowers	OF	101	198	8	14	2	.936	2.040
Tommy Smith	OF	100	170	6	6	2	.967	1.760
Harry Shaughnessy	OF	95	121	10	8	0	.942	1.379
Victor Ambrose	OF	59	132	10	5	1	.966	2.407
Michael Burger	OF	22	32	1	1	0	.971	1.500
Larry Johnson	OF	15	17	1	1	0	.947	1.200
Jim Norris	OF	14	35	3	0	0	1.000	2.714
Gary Cleverly	OF	8	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.125
Alvin McGrew	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Carl Richardson	OF	2	6	1	1	0	.875	3.500
Carl Fazio	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Thomas Burkert	P	42	5	7	1	0	.923	.286
John Howell	P	34	3	10	2	1	.867	.382
John Detter	P	27	9	12	2	0	.913	.778
Richard Derrickson	P	26						.000
Daniel Hatchell	P	24	8	38	1	0	.979	1.917
Bob Eldridge	P	24	5	18	0	0	1.000	.958
Eric Raich	P	22	8	17	5	0	.833	1.136
Jim Kern	P	22	3	10	2	1	.867	.591
Leon Filbeck	P	20	2	11	1	0	.929	.650
Dennis Queen	P	15	3	7	0	1	1.000	.667
Bob Grossman	P	10	4	7	1	1	.917	1.100
Robert Elliott	P	9	4	5	1	0	.900	1.000
Bill Tsoukalas	P	6	3	13	2	2	.889	2.667
Bob Kaiser	P	3	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.333
Mark Ballinger	P	1	0	0	3	0	.000	.000
Rob Belloir	SS	88	102	260	30	49	.923	4.114
Michael Burger	SS	23	26	70	11	9	.897	4.174
Victor Ambrose	SS	18	28	43	10	11	.877	3.944
Gary Cleverly	SS	10	10	40	3	7	.943	5.000
Carl Richardson	SS	4	5	16	5	1	.808	5.250
Totals		1410	3287	1361	214	326	.956	3.296	36	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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