1973 Iowa Oaks Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-53
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (83-53)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 126,012, Avg. 1,853

1973 Iowa Oaks Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Iowa Oaks 3

The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 83 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Oaks scored 714 runs and conceded 628 runs. Ken Hottman led Iowa with 19 home runs, while Tom Egan and Pete Varney walloped 15 or more also. Sam Ewing recorded 75 runs batted in. Hugh Yancy and Sam Ewing paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .292 clip. Stan Perzanowski topped the team with 14 wins, and Ken Frailing recorded a 2.86 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Hugh Yancy, Bucky Dent, Pete Varney, Joe Keough, Steve Swisher, Stan Perzanowski, Ken Hottman, Buddy Bradford, Dave Lemonds, Denny O'Toole, Sam Ewing, Jim Geddes, Dave Baldwin, Bill Sharp, Tom Egan, Rich Gossage, Dan Neumeier, Skip Pitlock, Steve Kealey, Denny McLain, Jerry Hairston, Ken Frailing, Van Kelly, Brian Downing, Rudy Hernández, Mike Buskey, Ted Uhlaender and Lee Richard were all players from the 1973 Iowa Oaks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Sparks 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
Stan Perzanowski	14	8	.636	3.68	31	31		10	4	0	208.0	201	99	85	15	78	6	124	12	0	7
Ken Frailing	11	3	.786	2.86	23	18		12	2	1	145.0	144	51	46	7	49	1	107	6	0	6
David Leisman	11	10	.524	4.07	32	28		5	2	0	157.0	184	96	71	12	45	1	67	2	0	5
Skip Pitlock	8	8	.500	4.05	30	17		3	0	3	131.0	117	68	59	10	59	2	117	6	0	7
Harold McClain	8	8	.500	5.60	26	24		1	0	0	119.0	141	84	74	11	72	0	78	2	1	7
Dan Neumeier	7	4	.636	3.36	43	0		0	0	13	75.0	73	35	28	3	28	1	54	5	0	7
Dave Baldwin	5	1	.833	3.06	32	0		0	0	9	47.0	38	17	16	4	17	5	51	2	0	2
Rich Gossage	5	4	.556	3.68	12	9		5	1	1	71.0	59	32	29	1	28	2	66	3	0	4
Denny O'Toole	4	1	.800	3.56	23	0		0	0	6	43.0	58	27	17	3	16	2	37	1	2	2
Jim Geddes	4	1	.800	4.14	27	3		0	0	1	76.0	80	41	35	3	44	4	66	1	0	5
Dave Lemonds	2	0	1.000	0.00	7	0		0	0	2	8.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	8	0	0	0
Steve Kealey	1	0	1.000	4.34	10	3		0	0	0	29.0	31	14	14	1	7	0	19	0	0	1
Jim MacDonnell	1	0	1.000	6.86	15	0		0	0	1	21.0	28	19	16	1	11	0	9	0	0	1
Denny McLain	1	4	.200	7.55	8	4		0	0	0	31.0	46	31	26	8	9	1	13	1	0	3
Mike Baldwin					8						0.0
Timothy Joyce	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
George Weimer	0	1	.000	27.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	7	9	9	1	3	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	82	53	.607	4.04	330	137	0	36	9	37	1169.0	1212	623	525	80	473	25	819	41	3	58	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
Hugh Yancy	134	606	535	92	156	29	1	9	57	12	8	55	47	.292	.353	.400	.753	214		0	9	7
Sam Ewing	123	498	442	64	129	30	2	12	75	4	1	46	105	.292	.356	.450	.807	199		0	7	3
Bucky Dent	95	404	356	58	105	10	3	3	38	1	1	32	43	.295	.355	.365	.720	130		2	12	2
Joe Keough	108	445	380	59	98	19	1	4	42	16	5	53	39	.258	.347	.345	.692	131		1	7	4
Jerry Hairston	84	343	274	51	95	18	6	9	65	7	4	61	40	.347	.465	.555	1.020	152		3	1	4
Ken Hottman	120	455	410	53	92	16	0	19	73	0	0	43	134	.224	.297	.402	.700	165		0	1	1
Pete Varney	105	421	350	61	88	16	0	18	50	1	0	53	86	.251	.360	.451	.811	158		10	1	7
Tom Egan	92	347	307	35	77	17	2	15	62	0	0	36	104	.251	.329	.466	.794	143		1	0	3
Lee Richard	91	350	318	44	68	6	6	8	33	8	4	22	60	.214	.263	.346	.609	110		0	8	2
Buddy Bradford	64	277	225	45	60	11	1	14	43	4	4	45	62	.267	.393	.511	.904	115		3	2	2
Ted Uhlaender	51	234	205	39	57	6	2	3	27	5	2	26	29	.278	.356	.371	.727	76		0	1	2
Brian Downing	68	278	228	34	56	6	1	7	27	1	1	37	53	.246	.365	.373	.738	85		7	4	2
Van Kelly	62	205	168	30	44	15	0	1	18	0	1	34	26	.262	.389	.369	.758	62		1	2	0
Bill Sharp	39	171	145	32	40	7	2	3	13	1	2	23	22	.276	.373	.414	.787	60		0	2	1
Rudy Hernández	17	65	54	5	12	2	0	1	4	0	0	10	7	.222	.354	.315	.669	17		1	0	0
Fred Norton	14	46	42	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	15	.238	.273	.238	.511	10		0	2	0
Steve Swisher	6	24	21	1	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	.286	.375	.429	.804	9		0	0	0
Ronald Davini	12	26	24	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.292	.599	7		1	0	0
Mark Marquess	4	16	14	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.214	.312	.429	.741	6		0	0	0
Ken Frailing	25	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	1	0
Denny O'Toole	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Joe Sparks	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike Buskey	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1340	5226	4512	714	1204	210	28	127	636	60	35	584	883	.267	.352	.410	.762	1851	0	30	60	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Sam Ewing	1B	105	925	62	5	100	.995	9.400
Tom Egan	1B	24	167	16	4	17	.979	7.625
Joe Keough	1B	14	105	7	3	6	.974	8.000
Mark Marquess	1B	3	21	1	0	2	1.000	7.333
Ken Hottman	1B	3	27	0	0	3	1.000	9.000
Jerry Hairston	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hugh Yancy	2B	127	310	355	17	100	.975	5.236
Jerry Hairston	2B	8	17	25	2	4	.955	5.250
Van Kelly	2B	3	4	9	0	3	1.000	4.333
Lee Richard	3B	56	48	113	13	10	.925	2.875
Brian Downing	3B	39	41	89	7	4	.949	3.333
Van Kelly	3B	28	22	60	6	5	.932	2.929
Rudy Hernández	3B	10	7	18	3	3	.893	2.500
Jerry Hairston	3B	5	1	10	4	1	.733	2.200
Bucky Dent	3B	2	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joe Sparks	3B	1	1	5	1	0	.857	6.000
Pete Varney	C	88	558	53	4	1	.993	6.943	12
Tom Egan	C	47	260	22	3	1	.989	6.000	6
Ronald Davini	C	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Steve Swisher	C	5	30	4	0	0	1.000	6.800	1
Brian Downing	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Joe Keough	OF	95	158	6	4	1	.976	1.726
Ken Hottman	OF	71	81	11	5	2	.948	1.296
Buddy Bradford	OF	64	121	10	6	1	.956	2.047
Ted Uhlaender	OF	51	98	4	1	1	.990	2.000
Bill Sharp	OF	39	61	7	2	3	.971	1.744
Jerry Hairston	OF	35	51	1	1	0	.981	1.486
Brian Downing	OF	27	39	1	1	0	.976	1.481
Van Kelly	OF	22	29	3	0	0	1.000	1.455
Fred Norton	OF	14	38	0	1	0	.974	2.714
Sam Ewing	OF	7	9	0	1	0	.900	1.286
Ronald Davini	OF	4	1	1	1	0	.667	.500
Mark Marquess	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dan Neumeier	P	43	7	14	1	0	.955	.488
David Leisman	P	32	12	28	5	4	.889	1.250
Dave Baldwin	P	32	1	3	0	0	1.000	.125
Stan Perzanowski	P	31	17	35	11	5	.825	1.677
Skip Pitlock	P	30	5	20	0	2	1.000	.833
Jim Geddes	P	27	8	10	3	1	.857	.667
Harold McClain	P	26	2	17	1	1	.950	.731
Denny O'Toole	P	23	1	8	2	0	.818	.391
Ken Frailing	P	23	4	27	0	3	1.000	1.348
Jim MacDonnell	P	15	3	5	2	0	.800	.533
Rich Gossage	P	12	3	14	2	0	.895	1.417
Steve Kealey	P	10	2	3	1	0	.833	.500
Denny McLain	P	8	3	5	0	2	1.000	1.000
Mike Baldwin	P	8						.000
Dave Lemonds	P	7	0	0	0	0		.000
George Weimer	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Timothy Joyce	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bucky Dent	SS	93	137	304	33	64	.930	4.742
Lee Richard	SS	39	65	136	16	28	.926	5.154
Hugh Yancy	SS	6	14	14	5	4	.848	4.667
Rudy Hernández	SS	2	3	8	0	4	1.000	5.500
Mike Buskey	SS	2	2	3	0	2	1.000	2.500
Totals		1478	3537	1552	177	388	.966	3.443	19	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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