1971 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Denny Sommers (70-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 69,599, Avg. 994
Playoffs - Visalia Mets 2 games, Fresno Giants 0
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1971 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Giants scored 802 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Garry Maddox walloped 30 home runs for Fresno, while Steve Ontiveros, Horace Speed and Ken Cornell each swatted 15 or more also. Garry Maddox drove in 106 runs. Ken Cornell led all regular hitters with a .332 average. Elías Sosa topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1971 Fresno Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Garry Maddox, Ed Figueroa, Elías Sosa, Steve Ontiveros and Horace Speed.
Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elías Sosa | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.32 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 152.0 | 140 | 68 | 56 | 14 | 48 | 6 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ed Figueroa | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.65 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 94 | 52 | 41 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.73 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 174 | 101 | 73 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Robert Ulrich | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.08 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 62 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Emiliano Rivera | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.27 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 97 | 52 | 46 | 13 | 48 | 6 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Terry Hansen | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.70 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 170 | 110 | 88 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Wellman | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.91 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132.0 | 157 | 97 | 72 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Sperry | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.31 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 78.0 | 68 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Franceschi | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.15 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78.0 | 94 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Sielicki | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.55 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 73 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Danny Young | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.06 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 44 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Lee | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.64 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 92 | 66 | 52 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Sibley | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 4.26 | 355 | 140 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 16 | 1192.0 | 1265 | 722 | 564 | 102 | 492 | 49 | 983 | 27 | 2 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ontiveros | 133 | 576 | 461 | 103 | 148 | 33 | 10 | 18 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 90 | .321 | .445 | .553 | .998 | 255 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gene Cook | 133 | 627 | 534 | 95 | 144 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 71 | 91 | .270 | .361 | .322 | .684 | 172 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Garry Maddox | 120 | 519 | 475 | 105 | 142 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 106 | 21 | 2 | 35 | 102 | .299 | .356 | .562 | .919 | 267 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Cornell | 130 | 547 | 419 | 94 | 139 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 58 | .332 | .475 | .532 | 1.007 | 223 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Horace Speed | 118 | 452 | 385 | 65 | 104 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 59 | 108 | .270 | .372 | .483 | .855 | 186 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Andy Rodriguez | 100 | 348 | 308 | 50 | 84 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 41 | .273 | .324 | .432 | .755 | 133 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Chico Cedeno | 90 | 383 | 284 | 55 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 60 | .282 | .454 | .465 | .919 | 132 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| David Prest | 100 | 339 | 296 | 39 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 82 | .250 | .339 | .432 | .772 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Van Fixico | 102 | 361 | 297 | 48 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 121 | .222 | .355 | .290 | .644 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gene Rinaldi | 65 | 303 | 262 | 53 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 35 | .244 | .327 | .282 | .609 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Raymond Lombardo | 62 | 207 | 190 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 57 | .179 | .246 | .232 | .478 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Corky Evans | 49 | 126 | 104 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | .212 | .349 | .279 | .628 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 42 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .299 | .333 | .328 | .662 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Rajsich | 31 | 132 | 119 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 38 | .151 | .227 | .202 | .429 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Hansen | 35 | 59 | 53 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .245 | .310 | .321 | .631 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clare Leifer | 14 | 54 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .256 | .407 | .349 | .756 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Figueroa | 20 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .244 | .261 | .400 | .661 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 11 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .303 | .343 | .303 | .646 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Woolsey | 12 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | .265 | .390 | .412 | .802 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emiliano Rivera | 38 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elías Sosa | 32 | 62 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .135 | .196 | .231 | .427 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Lee | 24 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .192 | .323 | .346 | .669 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Sperry | 55 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ulrich | 34 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Danny Young | 15 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Sielicki | 21 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Wellman | 26 | 53 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .064 | .120 | .064 | .184 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Franceschi | 44 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .067 | .263 | .067 | .330 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1656 | 5501 | 4642 | 802 | 1228 | 188 | 47 | 129 | 707 | 106 | 26 | 725 | 1066 | .265 | .367 | .409 | .775 | 1897 | 0 | 46 | 48 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Cornell | 1B | 128 | 1024 | 66 | 19 | 66 | .983 | 8.516 | ||||
| Chico Cedeno | 1B | 8 | 70 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 9.500 | ||||
| Andy Rodriguez | 1B | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 7.750 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Raymond Lombardo | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gene Cook | 2B | 130 | 289 | 355 | 25 | 51 | .963 | 4.954 | ||||
| Van Fixico | 2B | 11 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 5 | .911 | 4.636 | ||||
| Steve Ontiveros | 3B | 115 | 101 | 212 | 32 | 14 | .907 | 2.722 | ||||
| Van Fixico | 3B | 20 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 2.550 | ||||
| David Prest | 3B | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 2.429 | ||||
| Andy Rodriguez | C | 73 | 523 | 51 | 18 | 5 | .970 | 7.863 | 15 | |||
| Raymond Lombardo | C | 51 | 315 | 27 | 10 | 3 | .972 | 6.706 | 17 | |||
| Corky Evans | C | 28 | 192 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 7.500 | 10 | |||
| Garry Maddox | OF | 117 | 215 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .962 | 1.949 | ||||
| Horace Speed | OF | 111 | 173 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .942 | 1.622 | ||||
| Chico Cedeno | OF | 82 | 101 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .965 | 1.354 | ||||
| David Prest | OF | 75 | 113 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Van Fixico | OF | 21 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Clare Leifer | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jack Woolsey | OF | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Raymond Lombardo | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Andy Rodriguez | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Paul Sperry | P | 55 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .218 | ||||
| Steve Franceschi | P | 44 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .295 | ||||
| Emiliano Rivera | P | 36 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .472 | ||||
| Robert Ulrich | P | 32 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .406 | ||||
| Elías Sosa | P | 31 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.290 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 30 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 1.367 | ||||
| Terry Hansen | P | 27 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .852 | ||||
| Greg Wellman | P | 26 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Stephen Lee | P | 24 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .773 | .708 | ||||
| John Sielicki | P | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .381 | ||||
| Ed Figueroa | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Danny Young | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Sibley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Rinaldi | SS | 65 | 119 | 206 | 24 | 26 | .931 | 5.000 | ||||
| Timothy Rajsich | SS | 30 | 43 | 87 | 9 | 9 | .935 | 4.333 | ||||
| Van Fixico | SS | 30 | 49 | 71 | 18 | 8 | .870 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Ontiveros | SS | 15 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 6 | .932 | 3.667 | ||||
| Gene Cook | SS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 5.500 | ||||
| Andy Rodriguez | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Prest | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1518 | 3577 | 1416 | 238 | 220 | .955 | 3.289 | 42 | 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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