1972 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (61-79)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 117,415, Avg. 1,677

1972 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1972 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Indians tallied 509 runs and yielded 575 runs. Gene Locklear paced Indianapolis with 15 home runs Roe Skidmore drove in 89 runs. Gene Locklear led hitters with significant playing time with a .325 average. Mel Behney topped the team with 9 wins, while Steve Blateric registered a 1.58 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1972 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Locklear, Mel Behney, Mike Johnson, Pat Corrales, Ross Grimsley, Pat Osburn, Carroll Sembera, Rod Gaspar, Dick Kenworthy, Lee Richard, Jim Merritt, Ed Armbrister, Sonny Ruberto, Dave Tomlin, Don Mason, Pat Jacquez, Roe Skidmore, Rick Stelmaszek, Wayne Simpson, Ozzie Osborn, Tom Spencer and Steve Blateric.

Vern Rapp 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
Mel Behney	9	12	.429	3.31	28	26		5	2	0	163.0	149	75	60	11	61	6	89	4	1	8
Pat Osburn	8	8	.500	5.28	26	24		1	0	0	121.0	124	82	71	18	80	3	71	9	0	11
Steve Blateric	8	9	.471	1.58	63	1		1	1	13	114.0	80	37	20	4	42	10	111	9	0	5
Pat Jacquez	7	9	.438	3.70	34	20		4	3	0	151.0	133	75	62	11	79	7	103	4	0	7
Ozzie Osborn	5	2	.714	3.49	33	0		0	0	2	85.0	85	38	33	5	37	5	51	2	1	5
Mike Ruddell	5	5	.500	4.34	22	22		0	0	0	116.0	86	64	56	13	84	2	87	2	0	13
Mike Johnson	5	6	.455	2.27	54	0		0	0	7	107.0	83	39	27	10	41	11	70	4	0	3
Dave Tomlin	5	6	.455	2.80	36	8		2	1	2	90.0	83	30	28	6	36	4	86	4	0	5
Carroll Sembera	4	6	.400	2.78	40	3		0	0	2	94.0	83	32	29	9	28	6	56	0	0	4
Jim Merritt	4	8	.333	4.33	32	20		0	0	3	108.0	122	56	52	14	28	2	80	2	0	3
Ross Grimsley	1	1	.500	4.05	4	4		0	0	0	20.0	26	9	9	1	15	0	9	0	0	1
Wayne Simpson	0	2	.000	5.40	3	3		0	0	0	15.0	15	9	9	1	10	0	11	1	0	1
John Jackson	0	5	.000	4.02	13	9		0	0	1	47.0	60	29	21	7	20	3	26	5	0	2
Totals	61	79	.436	3.49	388	140	0	13	7	30	1231.0	1129	575	477	110	561	59	850	46	2	68	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
Gene Locklear	134	525	467	78	152	31	8	15	65	17	12	51	99	.325	.395	.522	.918	244		4	1	2
Roe Skidmore	125	528	497	52	144	22	4	13	89	1	3	20	83	.290	.316	.429	.745	213		2	3	6
Ed Armbrister	133	498	460	69	138	26	11	7	43	16	9	26	79	.300	.345	.450	.795	207		7	3	2
Sonny Ruberto	117	418	367	34	90	11	3	7	43	4	6	34	51	.245	.311	.349	.660	128		3	10	4
Alfred Crawford	105	365	349	45	83	10	2	5	26	22	2	14	72	.238	.271	.321	.592	112		2	0	0
Don Mason	76	301	262	25	58	7	3	1	17	1	2	31	33	.221	.301	.282	.583	74		0	5	3
George Runk	104	321	294	25	57	8	1	4	33	4	3	23	48	.194	.251	.269	.519	79		0	2	2
Bobby Young	75	263	241	21	50	6	0	2	23	3	2	13	31	.207	.243	.257	.501	62		0	4	5
Rod Gaspar	53	198	165	24	48	4	1	1	12	7	4	28	15	.291	.393	.345	.738	57		1	2	2
Lee Richard	45	196	183	22	47	2	0	2	7	8	7	12	24	.257	.303	.301	.603	55		0	1	0
Gregg Slape	102	261	221	28	37	5	1	5	23	9	2	36	64	.167	.291	.267	.558	59		3	0	1
Tom Spencer	51	172	158	11	36	6	1	1	12	8	3	11	24	.228	.281	.297	.578	47		1	1	1
Pat Corrales	30	115	98	9	31	4	0	1	12	2	1	14	26	.316	.409	.388	.796	38		2	0	1
Jim Hoff	38	130	111	9	21	1	0	0	8	0	0	15	6	.189	.283	.198	.482	22		0	3	1
Gary Sprague	25	84	69	10	17	1	0	0	7	2	0	12	11	.246	.358	.261	.619	18		0	3	0
Dick Kenworthy	33	76	71	2	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	11	.211	.253	.225	.479	16		0	1	0
Bill Ferguson	20	73	59	6	14	0	0	2	8	2	0	9	10	.237	.333	.339	.672	20		1	1	3
Mel Behney	35	64	53	2	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	14	.132	.233	.189	.422	10		0	4	0
Pat Jacquez	34	53	47	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.128	.180	.128	.308	6		1	3	0
Ozzie Osborn	35	29	22	6	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	7	.227	.346	.364	.710	8		0	3	0
Mike Ruddell	26	48	42	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	.119	.196	.143	.339	6		0	2	0
Dave Tomlin	37	23	21	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.190	.190	.286	.476	6		0	2	0
Pat Osburn	28	45	41	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.098	.119	.098	.217	4		0	3	0
Jim Merritt	35	41	28	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	15	.107	.286	.107	.393	3		0	6	0
Carroll Sembera	42	18	15	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.133	.188	.133	.321	2		0	2	0
John Jackson	13	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.111	.385	.111	.496	1		0	0	0
Steve Blateric	63	17	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.091	.333	.091	.424	1		2	2	0
Gary Polczynski	4	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Mike Johnson	54	17	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	1	0
Wayne Simpson	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ross Grimsley	4	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	1
Totals	1679	4918	4399	495	1078	149	36	67	441	107	57	388	812	.245	.308	.341	.649	1500	0	29	68	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roe Skidmore	1B	125	1138	84	11	99	.991	9.776
Bill Ferguson	1B	12	89	3	0	12	1.000	7.667
Rod Gaspar	1B	4	30	0	0	3	1.000	7.500
Don Mason	2B	74	184	189	12	49	.969	5.041
Jim Hoff	2B	38	85	84	3	26	.983	4.447
Sonny Ruberto	2B	18	39	51	4	10	.957	5.000
George Runk	2B	11	12	34	1	6	.979	4.182
Gary Polczynski	2B	4	6	8	2	2	.875	3.500
Dick Kenworthy	2B	3	6	6	1	1	.923	4.000
Bobby Young	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gary Sprague	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Runk	3B	79	57	140	8	11	.961	2.494
Gary Sprague	3B	21	13	42	1	5	.982	2.619
Dick Kenworthy	3B	20	21	24	1	4	.978	2.250
Gregg Slape	3B	18	17	29	3	1	.939	2.556
Ed Armbrister	3B	6	1	12	6	2	.684	2.167
Bill Ferguson	3B	5	1	7	2	0	.800	1.600
Roe Skidmore	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Sonny Ruberto	C	61	310	34	5	5	.986	5.639	6
Pat Corrales	C	29	193	10	0	1	1.000	7.000	2
Bill Ferguson	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Gene Locklear	OF	128	189	7	20	0	.907	1.531
Ed Armbrister	OF	120	234	10	8	4	.968	2.033
Alfred Crawford	OF	90	139	11	6	4	.962	1.667
Gregg Slape	OF	63	66	5	3	2	.959	1.127
Tom Spencer	OF	43	77	6	1	0	.988	1.930
Rod Gaspar	OF	42	82	3	4	0	.955	2.024
Jim Merritt	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Blateric	P	63	4	22	2	1	.929	.413
Mike Johnson	P	54	5	22	2	0	.931	.500
Carroll Sembera	P	40	10	19	0	3	1.000	.725
Dave Tomlin	P	36	4	18	2	1	.917	.611
Pat Jacquez	P	34	11	30	6	2	.872	1.206
Ozzie Osborn	P	33	6	17	0	2	1.000	.697
Jim Merritt	P	32	6	15	0	0	1.000	.656
Mel Behney	P	28	4	18	2	1	.917	.786
Pat Osburn	P	26	5	23	2	0	.933	1.077
Mike Ruddell	P	22	10	11	1	1	.955	.955
John Jackson	P	13	4	6	1	0	.909	.769
Ross Grimsley	P	4	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.250
Wayne Simpson	P	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.000
Bobby Young	SS	74	105	259	14	44	.963	4.919
Lee Richard	SS	45	59	147	15	26	.932	4.578
Sonny Ruberto	SS	19	28	45	4	7	.948	3.842
George Runk	SS	10	16	31	5	3	.904	4.700
Totals		1555	3275	1489	158	339	.968	3.064	8	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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