1972 Great Falls Giants Statistics
Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 36-34
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Dick Wilson (36-34)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 23,232, Avg. 664
1972 Great Falls Giants RosterTeam Record: 36-34
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Dick Wilson (36-34)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 23,232, Avg. 664
The Great Falls Giants of the Pioneer League ended the 1972 season with a record of 36 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Giants paced the circuit with just 288 runs allowed. Great Falls scored 322 runs. Sam Viney recorded 34 runs batted in. Reggie Walton led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .322 clip. Bob Knepper topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 1.46 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bob Knepper, Fred Kuhaulua, Terry Cornutt, Reggie Walton, Ed Halicki, Rob Dressler and Gary Alexander were all players from the 1972 Great Falls Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dick Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Knepper | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.46 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 68.0 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harlan Highfill | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.70 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.03 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 88 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Thomas O'Donnell | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.71 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 84.0 | 63 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.19 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 41 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Julio Divison | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.87 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.09 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Scarcella | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.06 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 65 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.91 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Rasmussen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.08 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Plese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Greenough | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Emery | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Martell | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Kenny Roberts | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Halicki | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21.0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 34 | .514 | 2.74 | 156 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 610.0 | 544 | 288 | 186 | 22 | 319 | 11 | 568 | 28 | 6 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Viney | 65 | 262 | 221 | 42 | 70 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 63 | .317 | .418 | .520 | .938 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Walton | 62 | 240 | 208 | 36 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 51 | .322 | .404 | .413 | .818 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Raymond Mellott | 62 | 202 | 186 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 48 | .269 | .296 | .403 | .700 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Henry Jones | 63 | 226 | 194 | 25 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 41 | .247 | .335 | .294 | .629 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Kirk Wolfe | 56 | 208 | 181 | 13 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 49 | .221 | .317 | .287 | .605 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Binder | 44 | 151 | 126 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | .302 | .389 | .397 | .786 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lewis Reasonover | 62 | 199 | 179 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 58 | .207 | .274 | .279 | .553 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tim Bull | 38 | 119 | 104 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | .298 | .387 | .356 | .742 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcos Perez | 58 | 156 | 131 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 23 | .237 | .359 | .282 | .641 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Camilo | 44 | 144 | 132 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | .235 | .292 | .280 | .572 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Alexander | 55 | 156 | 136 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37 | .206 | .292 | .309 | .601 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Conlin | 41 | 158 | 120 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 26 | .225 | .405 | .292 | .697 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Saracino | 28 | 128 | 103 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | .223 | .347 | .243 | .589 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Harrison | 36 | 103 | 80 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 25 | .162 | .333 | .175 | .508 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 25 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .195 | .227 | .268 | .496 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Felix Santana | 18 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .159 | .245 | .295 | .540 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Knepper | 13 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .227 | .393 | .455 | .847 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas O'Donnell | 17 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .133 | .257 | .133 | .390 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Scarcella | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julio Divison | 16 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 14 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .444 | .200 | .644 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harlan Highfill | 26 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .143 | .333 | .476 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Wesley | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Rasmussen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Martell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Emery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Greenough | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Halicki | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Roberts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 912 | 2738 | 2349 | 320 | 570 | 78 | 18 | 27 | 262 | 52 | 25 | 327 | 552 | .243 | .337 | .326 | .662 | 765 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Wolfe | 1B | 39 | 285 | 22 | 9 | 24 | .972 | 7.872 | ||||
| Tim Bull | 1B | 26 | 170 | 21 | 2 | 9 | .990 | 7.346 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | 1B | 11 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .972 | 6.273 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | 1B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 8.000 | ||||
| William Binder | 1B | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.500 | ||||
| Ken Conlin | 2B | 31 | 73 | 70 | 5 | 11 | .966 | 4.613 | ||||
| Henry Jones | 2B | 24 | 58 | 67 | 7 | 8 | .947 | 5.208 | ||||
| James Saracino | 2B | 19 | 41 | 52 | 3 | 6 | .969 | 4.895 | ||||
| John Harrison | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Lewis Reasonover | 3B | 35 | 21 | 47 | 9 | 6 | .883 | 1.943 | ||||
| Kirk Wolfe | 3B | 15 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.867 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 3B | 13 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.692 | ||||
| Henry Jones | 3B | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| James Saracino | 3B | 6 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.333 | ||||
| John Harrison | 3B | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Ken Conlin | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Mellott | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| William Binder | C | 34 | 244 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 7.647 | 9 | |||
| Luis Camilo | C | 31 | 257 | 25 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 9.097 | 5 | |||
| Gary Alexander | C | 16 | 93 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .952 | 6.188 | 6 | |||
| Sam Viney | OF | 63 | 82 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.397 | ||||
| Raymond Mellott | OF | 55 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.164 | ||||
| Marcos Perez | OF | 54 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .905 | 1.241 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | OF | 46 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .937 | 1.283 | ||||
| Gary Alexander | OF | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Bull | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Carl Wesley | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Camilo | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harlan Highfill | P | 24 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 17 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Julio Divison | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Thomas O'Donnell | P | 14 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .773 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jerry Scarcella | P | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bob Knepper | P | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ed Halicki | P | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Fred Kuhaulua | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Roger Rasmussen | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Kenny Roberts | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Greenough | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Emery | P | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Plese | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Martell | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Harrison | SS | 30 | 35 | 64 | 9 | 6 | .917 | 3.300 | ||||
| Henry Jones | SS | 27 | 43 | 80 | 7 | 13 | .946 | 4.556 | ||||
| Lewis Reasonover | SS | 24 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 4 | .851 | 3.583 | ||||
| James Saracino | SS | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 823 | 1837 | 728 | 136 | 97 | .950 | 3.117 | 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.
