1973 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 76-60
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (76-60)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 77,766, Avg. 1,144
Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 76 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Suns led the league with just 484 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 562 runs. Frank Ortenzio paced the squad with 19 home runs, and Al Cowens walloped 15 or more as well. Al Cowens recorded 81 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .289 clip. Randy Hammon and Ed Assaf paced the squad with 11 wins each, while Randy Hammon recorded a 2.15 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1973 Jacksonville Suns who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gary Lance, John Wathan, Al Cowens, Zoilo Versalles and Frank Ortenzio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Hammon | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.15 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 176.0 | 131 | 62 | 42 | 7 | 76 | 6 | 122 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ed Assaf | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.41 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 190.0 | 180 | 86 | 72 | 13 | 74 | 12 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.11 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 113.0 | 118 | 55 | 39 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gary Lance | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.52 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 125 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 56 | 5 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.00 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 90.0 | 68 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.26 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 102.0 | 88 | 48 | 37 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Hal Baird | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.80 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.0 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 48.0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Houston | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.61 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 85 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Whitey Reid | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.14 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 109.0 | 105 | 48 | 38 | 7 | 43 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Duncan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 60 | .559 | 2.96 | 293 | 137 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 36 | 1146.0 | 1004 | 484 | 377 | 70 | 450 | 71 | 710 | 42 | 8 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Cowens | 135 | 572 | 491 | 91 | 142 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 56 | .289 | .381 | .466 | .847 | 229 | 14 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rocky Craig | 123 | 494 | 436 | 61 | 123 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 60 | .282 | .349 | .381 | .730 | 166 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 131 | 568 | 475 | 65 | 122 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 78 | 61 | .257 | .360 | .339 | .699 | 161 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 95 | 378 | 329 | 59 | 101 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 63 | .307 | .392 | .541 | .933 | 178 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Smith | 116 | 452 | 372 | 60 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 61 | 72 | .242 | .361 | .384 | .745 | 143 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Craig Perkins | 99 | 368 | 332 | 29 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 45 | .256 | .314 | .392 | .706 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 91 | 360 | 314 | 36 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 61 | .226 | .308 | .408 | .716 | 128 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Joyce | 59 | 245 | 205 | 23 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 51 | .288 | .396 | .385 | .781 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Wathan | 65 | 249 | 233 | 20 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 35 | .249 | .287 | .373 | .661 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dale Phillips | 73 | 229 | 208 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40 | .207 | .264 | .312 | .577 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Myron Pines | 69 | 173 | 151 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | .238 | .326 | .298 | .624 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rex Goodson | 38 | 156 | 139 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 20 | .187 | .261 | .201 | .463 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Burrows | 28 | 96 | 84 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .226 | .312 | .321 | .634 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Zoilo Versalles | 17 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .274 | .357 | .339 | .696 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Combs | 59 | 98 | 91 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .187 | .235 | .231 | .465 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Kinzel | 49 | 99 | 87 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .184 | .276 | .230 | .505 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Peters | 20 | 79 | 71 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .141 | .218 | .169 | .387 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Spare | 13 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .184 | .216 | .245 | .461 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Landress | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1315 | 4754 | 4143 | 543 | 1045 | 172 | 30 | 92 | 491 | 51 | 29 | 488 | 685 | .252 | .336 | .375 | .710 | 1553 | 0 | 49 | 40 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 84 | 766 | 36 | 11 | 67 | .986 | 9.548 | ||||
| Al Cowens | 1B | 31 | 319 | 13 | 7 | 29 | .979 | 1.710 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 14 | 133 | 10 | 2 | 12 | .986 | 1.214 | ||||
| Robert Burrows | 1B | 9 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 9.889 | ||||
| John Wathan | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 2B | 58 | 128 | 179 | 15 | 33 | .953 | 5.293 | ||||
| Donald Kinzel | 2B | 45 | 59 | 85 | 6 | 21 | .960 | 3.200 | ||||
| Robert Peters | 2B | 7 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.286 | ||||
| Zoilo Versalles | 2B | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Dale Phillips | 3B | 66 | 46 | 98 | 11 | 5 | .929 | 2.182 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 3B | 64 | 35 | 127 | 11 | 9 | .936 | 2.531 | ||||
| Al Cowens | 3B | 22 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .878 | 1.955 | ||||
| Robert Peters | 3B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Donald Kinzel | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Landress | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Wathan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Perkins | C | 79 | 437 | 43 | 10 | 3 | .980 | 6.076 | 5 | |||
| John Wathan | C | 53 | 293 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 6.038 | 11 | |||
| Robert Burrows | C | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 5.500 | 2 | |||
| Rocky Craig | OF | 123 | 272 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 2.276 | ||||
| Charles Smith | OF | 89 | 123 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .963 | 1.472 | ||||
| Al Cowens | OF | 85 | 113 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.424 | ||||
| Thomas Combs | OF | 54 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.019 | ||||
| Rex Goodson | OF | 37 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.838 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | OF | 35 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Myron Pines | OF | 29 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.310 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .216 | ||||
| Whitey Reid | P | 34 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .917 | .971 | ||||
| Dick Balderson | P | 33 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .576 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .226 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 31 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .677 | ||||
| Ed Assaf | P | 29 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 2 | .887 | 1.621 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 27 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 1.111 | ||||
| Gary Houston | P | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Gary Lance | P | 21 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 14 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Ed Bernard | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 87 | 145 | 277 | 16 | 52 | .963 | 4.851 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 37 | 35 | 83 | 7 | 18 | .944 | 3.189 | ||||
| Zoilo Versalles | SS | 13 | 13 | 48 | 6 | 7 | .910 | 4.692 | ||||
| Don Spare | SS | 13 | 26 | 59 | 7 | 11 | .924 | 6.538 | ||||
| Robert Peters | SS | 5 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .806 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1457 | 3372 | 1423 | 173 | 308 | .965 | 3.291 | 18 | 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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