1974 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 82-49
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Pete Ward (82-49)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 70,147, Avg. 1,071

1974 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster

Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 0
Finals - West Palm Beach Expos 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 1

The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1974 season with a record of 82 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Yankees conceded 418 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Fort Lauderdale plated 497 runs. Wayne Benson drove in 55 runs. Dell Alston led hitters with significant playing time with a .295 average. Neal Mersch topped the team with 14 wins, while Michael Rusk recorded a 1.8 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dell Alston, LaMarr Hoyt, Garth Iorg, Mickey Klutts, Dennis Sherrill, Larry Murray and Rick Anderson were all players from the 1974 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pete Ward 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
Neal Mersch	14	4	.778	2.04	28	12		5	0	3	141.0	116	36	32	4	43	6	96	1	0	4
LaMarr Hoyt	13	4	.765	2.40	23	23		5	0	0	161.0	143	66	43	2	60	4	77	9	3	4
Rick Anderson	13	8	.619	2.29	24	24		7	5	0	173.0	124	50	44	5	65	2	179	3	1	10
Michael Rusk	12	8	.600	1.80	22	22		13	5	0	170.0	122	45	34	4	54	4	121	5	0	6
Doug Heinold	11	8	.579	2.26	26	26		11	3	0	195.0	150	62	49	8	46	5	108	10	1	6
Richard Earle	8	5	.615	3.36	19	17		4	2	0	107.0	89	51	40	7	60	5	53	4	0	3
Gene McElwain	5	2	.714	2.95	38	1		0	0	16	61.0	42	23	20	1	33	6	56	1	0	3
Lee Boettcher	3	5	.375	3.81	30	3		1	0	8	78.0	79	36	33	5	28	7	58	4	0	3
Robert Majczan	3	5	.375	4.86	25	3		0	0	0	63.0	74	48	34	3	34	8	34	2	0	3
Dean Engler	0	0		1.50	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Totals	82	49	.626	2.57	236	131	0	46	15	27	1155.0	942	418	330	39	426	47	785	39	5	42	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
Dell Alston	120	498	431	68	127	15	12	2	52	30	11	62	43	.295	.382	.399	.781	172	7	1	0	4	6
Wayne Benson	102	430	379	43	102	12	8	2	55	7	6	36	32	.269	.335	.359	.694	136	14	5	3	7	2
Dennis Irwin	120	460	402	52	101	16	3	6	39	7	10	50	46	.251	.334	.351	.685	141	11	2	2	4	4
John Varga	116	454	383	37	84	11	1	1	46	9	4	54	50	.219	.315	.261	.576	100	17	2	9	6	0
Larry Murray	124	504	401	66	83	14	3	3	35	62	11	88	84	.207	.349	.279	.629	112	2	2	9	4	2
Steven Greene	104	420	327	48	77	6	0	0	23	17	18	76	51	.235	.384	.254	.638	83	7	4	11	2	3
Timothy Grice	102	410	361	41	74	7	1	2	36	2	3	41	36	.205	.284	.247	.531	89	15	1	2	5	1
Leon Plunkett	81	323	279	26	70	10	1	2	25	3	3	33	66	.251	.341	.315	.656	88	6	7	0	4	2
Garth Iorg	102	375	325	30	70	11	4	0	38	7	3	29	49	.215	.279	.274	.553	89	10	0	20	1	1
Mickey Klutts	85	302	268	24	61	9	2	5	30	4	4	24	44	.228	.293	.332	.625	89	8	2	5	3	0
Stephen Lindsey	60	235	203	23	51	10	1	3	19	6	5	27	47	.251	.339	.355	.694	72	8	1	2	2	2
Dennis Sherrill	58	217	183	25	33	7	2	1	18	2	1	17	46	.180	.264	.257	.521	47	5	5	9	3	1
Robert Wilson	26	102	88	9	19	5	0	0	11	1	1	9	20	.216	.284	.273	.557	24	2	1	0	4	2
Sheldon Gill	21	49	45	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	4	.156	.224	.156	.380	7	1	1	0	0	1
Robert Majczan	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene McElwain	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neal Mersch	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Heinold	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Earle	19	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1357	4789	4083	497	959	133	38	27	429	157	81	551	625	.235	.327	.306	.633	1249	113	34	72	49	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Leon Plunkett	1B	73	645	44	13	61	.981	9.438
Timothy Grice	1B	38	304	23	2	28	.994	8.605
Robert Wilson	1B	23	204	10	4	22	.982	9.304
John Varga	2B	107	218	332	6	70	.989	5.140
Garth Iorg	2B	23	44	62	7	19	.938	4.609
Steven Greene	2B	4	9	7	1	2	.941	4.000
Timothy Grice	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mickey Klutts	3B	59	60	137	12	20	.943	3.339
Stephen Lindsey	3B	58	46	102	25	13	.855	2.552
Garth Iorg	3B	16	14	43	4	4	.934	3.562
Timothy Grice	3B	5	4	3	1	0	.875	1.400
Steven Greene	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Dell Alston	3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000
Dennis Irwin	C	105	608	62	14	6	.980	6.381	15
Timothy Grice	C	20	141	10	2	1	.987	7.550	4
Sheldon Gill	C	16	90	9	1	1	.990	6.188	6
Larry Murray	OF	122	291	9	5	2	.984	2.459
Dell Alston	OF	96	167	8	8	3	.956	1.823
Wayne Benson	OF	93	161	13	3	2	.983	1.871
Steven Greene	OF	92	135	5	0	0	1.000	1.522
Timothy Grice	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dennis Irwin	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gene McElwain	P	38	3	10	2	0	.867	.342
Lee Boettcher	P	30	2	9	0	0	1.000	.367
Neal Mersch	P	28	8	14	2	0	.917	.786
Doug Heinold	P	26	18	33	5	2	.911	1.962
Robert Majczan	P	25	2	8	3	1	.769	.400
Rick Anderson	P	24	9	17	5	0	.839	1.083
LaMarr Hoyt	P	23	9	18	4	2	.871	1.174
Michael Rusk	P	22	8	38	5	2	.902	2.091
Richard Earle	P	19	13	11	0	1	1.000	1.263
Dean Engler	P	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Dennis Sherrill	SS	58	114	155	21	32	.928	4.638
Garth Iorg	SS	52	76	140	17	27	.927	4.154
Mickey Klutts	SS	28	41	100	8	18	.946	5.036
Totals		1331	3451	1437	182	339	.964	3.672	25	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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