1972 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (64-75)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 47,168, Avg. 679
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Suns led the circuit with just 527 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 471 runs. Thomas Joyce paced the team with 16 home runs, and Frank Ortenzio walloped 15 or more also. Frank Ortenzio and Tom Poquette each drove in 51 runs. Tom Poquette topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .251 clip. Al Autry paced the squad with 11 wins, while Doug Bird earned a 2.43 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Frank White, Frank Ortenzio, Scott Northey, Al Cowens, Al Autry, Tom Poquette, John Sullivan, John Wathan and Doug Bird were all players from the 1972 Jacksonville Suns who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Billy Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Autry | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.33 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 184.0 | 152 | 79 | 68 | 18 | 76 | 6 | 173 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Doug Bird | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.43 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 122.0 | 117 | 43 | 33 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.59 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 116 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Whitey Reid | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.11 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 159.0 | 135 | 67 | 55 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fernando Vega | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.88 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 109.0 | 112 | 56 | 47 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gaylord | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.37 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 115.0 | 102 | 55 | 43 | 13 | 57 | 3 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Hal Baird | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.38 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56.0 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.72 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 75.0 | 61 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.51 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 59.0 | 61 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.71 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63.0 | 62 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Isom | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.91 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.91 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ed Assaf | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.80 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 75 | .460 | 3.32 | 384 | 139 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 1188.0 | 1054 | 527 | 438 | 95 | 471 | 69 | 865 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | 126 | 502 | 451 | 49 | 113 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 38 | .251 | .314 | .359 | .673 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Scott Northey | 130 | 499 | 447 | 51 | 103 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 97 | .230 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 134 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Joyce | 125 | 488 | 437 | 53 | 94 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 100 | .215 | .291 | .391 | .682 | 171 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Frank White | 91 | 372 | 333 | 34 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 51 | .252 | .316 | .318 | .635 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 70 | 299 | 251 | 47 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 43 | .319 | .411 | .590 | 1.001 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 80 | 314 | 270 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 30 | .248 | .346 | .304 | .650 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Sullivan | 88 | 256 | 220 | 19 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 11 | .255 | .344 | .345 | .689 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Combs | 87 | 241 | 218 | 18 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .248 | .317 | .289 | .606 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Crichton | 70 | 256 | 220 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 39 | .218 | .316 | .314 | .630 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ken O'Donnell | 82 | 262 | 222 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 31 | .194 | .308 | .212 | .519 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 58 | 223 | 209 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .201 | .248 | .297 | .544 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Huebner | 52 | 166 | 154 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .247 | .283 | .305 | .588 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 43 | 158 | 145 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .207 | .261 | .283 | .544 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Woolsey | 42 | 121 | 111 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .243 | .294 | .378 | .672 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Al Cowens | 35 | 131 | 120 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | .200 | .262 | .333 | .595 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve McMillan | 34 | 134 | 120 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 21 | .192 | .269 | .233 | .502 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Wathan | 16 | 62 | 54 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .315 | .393 | .407 | .801 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | 36 | 123 | 106 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | .160 | .270 | .170 | .440 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 29 | 66 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .164 | .270 | .327 | .597 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Gaylord | 32 | 40 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .205 | .200 | .205 | .405 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Whitey Reid | 29 | 59 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .137 | .185 | .157 | .342 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Rivera | 9 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Fleming | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Bird | 24 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .095 | .095 | .119 | .214 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .625 | 1.167 | 1.792 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 40 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 40 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 35 | 51 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .023 | .143 | .023 | .166 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hal Baird | 44 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Vega | 30 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .061 | .000 | .061 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Assaf | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1674 | 5021 | 4459 | 471 | 1008 | 156 | 26 | 69 | 407 | 34 | 15 | 452 | 780 | .226 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 1423 | 0 | 35 | 43 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 70 | 636 | 41 | 8 | 59 | .988 | 9.671 | ||||
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 42 | 370 | 16 | 1 | 25 | .997 | 9.190 | ||||
| Ken Huebner | 1B | 21 | 192 | 16 | 1 | 18 | .995 | 9.905 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 1B | 5 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 9.200 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 2B | 94 | 195 | 257 | 15 | 57 | .968 | 4.809 | ||||
| Ken O'Donnell | 2B | 51 | 135 | 127 | 7 | 28 | .974 | 5.137 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 3B | 77 | 60 | 191 | 13 | 19 | .951 | 3.260 | ||||
| Steve McMillan | 3B | 33 | 21 | 63 | 2 | 5 | .977 | 2.545 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 3B | 29 | 16 | 73 | 9 | 8 | .908 | 3.069 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | 3B | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 5.333 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Sullivan | C | 64 | 389 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .991 | 6.547 | 1 | |||
| Tom Harmon | C | 56 | 352 | 23 | 5 | 3 | .987 | 6.696 | 8 | |||
| John Wathan | C | 16 | 111 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 7.375 | 3 | |||
| Jorge Rivera | C | 7 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.571 | 1 | |||
| Jack Fleming | C | 6 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 5.000 | 4 | |||
| Tom Poquette | OF | 120 | 159 | 13 | 12 | 3 | .935 | 1.433 | ||||
| Scott Northey | OF | 120 | 246 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 2.183 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | OF | 63 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 1.333 | ||||
| Thomas Combs | OF | 59 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.712 | ||||
| Al Cowens | OF | 32 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.656 | ||||
| Jack Woolsey | OF | 28 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Ken Huebner | OF | 22 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 44 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Vaughn Kovach | P | 41 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .366 | ||||
| Dick Balderson | P | 40 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .270 | ||||
| Guy Hansen | P | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .206 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 33 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .576 | ||||
| John Gaylord | P | 31 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .935 | ||||
| Fernando Vega | P | 30 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Whitey Reid | P | 29 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 29 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Bird | P | 24 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ed Assaf | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Curtis Isom | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Sullivan | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank White | SS | 91 | 124 | 306 | 31 | 47 | .933 | 4.725 | ||||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | SS | 36 | 52 | 96 | 15 | 12 | .908 | 4.111 | ||||
| Ken O'Donnell | SS | 18 | 23 | 44 | 6 | 10 | .918 | 3.722 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1552 | 3561 | 1530 | 172 | 311 | .967 | 3.280 | 17 | 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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