1971 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 83-52
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Gene Hassell (83-52)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 52,020, Avg. 771
Playoffs - Peninsula Phillies 2 games, Kinston Eagles 0
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1971 season with a record of 83 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Eagles scored 601 runs and yielded 475 runs. Charlie Spikes led Kinston with 22 home runs, while Otto Vélez and Jack Pierce walloped 15 or more also. Jack Pierce drove in 81 runs. Otto Vélez paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .310. James Golden topped the squad with 12 wins, and Donald Schroeder registered a 2.25 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Deidel, Ken Poulsen, Otto Vélez, Charlie Spikes, Wayne Nordhagen, Larry Gowell, Jack Pierce and Doc Medich were all players from the 1971 Kinston Eagles who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Golden | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.13 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 164.0 | 160 | 67 | 57 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.25 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 180.0 | 151 | 60 | 45 | 13 | 47 | 1 | 176 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.02 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 158.0 | 158 | 67 | 53 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dante Schirripa | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.26 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 69.0 | 65 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Doc Medich | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.43 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 47 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robin Hippi | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.34 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 112 | 62 | 55 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 88 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Larry Gowell | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.94 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.58 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 50 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Ronald Collier | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.94 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| David Hazelip | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.60 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 70.0 | 71 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.09 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32.0 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Burton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.88 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 72.0 | 66 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Carl Black | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilbert Passarella | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Elliott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 52 | .615 | 3.07 | 299 | 136 | 0 | 52 | 16 | 29 | 1127.0 | 1019 | 475 | 385 | 64 | 450 | 17 | 899 | 25 | 6 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Pierce | 136 | 543 | 465 | 80 | 136 | 29 | 1 | 20 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 102 | .292 | .383 | .488 | .871 | 227 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Wayne Nordhagen | 114 | 453 | 412 | 65 | 121 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 68 | .294 | .349 | .471 | .820 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Baretta | 136 | 580 | 488 | 65 | 121 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 43 | .248 | .352 | .281 | .633 | 137 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Otto Vélez | 113 | 463 | 384 | 82 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 75 | .310 | .420 | .510 | .930 | 196 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Spikes | 127 | 499 | 423 | 77 | 114 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 67 | 117 | .270 | .381 | .468 | .849 | 198 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Deidel | 117 | 434 | 404 | 30 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 52 | .267 | .309 | .329 | .638 | 133 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Bennett | 126 | 448 | 411 | 58 | 101 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 46 | .246 | .293 | .319 | .612 | 131 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Douglas Stodgel | 84 | 334 | 298 | 40 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 12 | .282 | .345 | .383 | .728 | 114 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Angel Muniz | 95 | 279 | 250 | 38 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | .292 | .351 | .360 | .711 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gilbert Passarella | 85 | 245 | 200 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 29 | .220 | .348 | .300 | .648 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 52 | 93 | 84 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .286 | .348 | .512 | .860 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Combs | 35 | 96 | 85 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .200 | .292 | .247 | .539 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 26 | 69 | 63 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .143 | .194 | .175 | .369 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Golden | 33 | 65 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .167 | .241 | .229 | .470 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Larry Gowell | 9 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .542 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robin Hippi | 29 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .125 | .146 | .125 | .271 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dante Schirripa | 34 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Medich | 12 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beau Robinson | 14 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .079 | .239 | .105 | .344 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Collier | 38 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shaw | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .250 | .404 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Elliott | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Black | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 25 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Hazelip | 18 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .045 | .160 | .045 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irving Homs | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Burton | 32 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Palmer | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1534 | 4868 | 4256 | 599 | 1108 | 187 | 15 | 92 | 512 | 58 | 27 | 506 | 763 | .260 | .341 | .376 | .717 | 1601 | 0 | 29 | 49 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Pierce | 1B | 135 | 1113 | 72 | 24 | 96 | .980 | 8.778 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | 1B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Donald Palmer | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 2B | 84 | 175 | 214 | 7 | 50 | .982 | 4.631 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | 2B | 33 | 62 | 76 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 4.182 | ||||
| Beau Robinson | 2B | 12 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Angel Muniz | 2B | 8 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | .907 | 4.875 | ||||
| John Shaw | 2B | 6 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.833 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | 3B | 111 | 68 | 172 | 25 | 9 | .906 | 2.162 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | 3B | 38 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | .853 | 1.526 | ||||
| Charles Combs | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Deidel | C | 117 | 838 | 73 | 17 | 4 | .982 | 7.786 | 26 | |||
| Charles Combs | C | 24 | 123 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 5.417 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Spikes | OF | 127 | 151 | 14 | 15 | 2 | .917 | 1.299 | ||||
| Kenneth Bennett | OF | 115 | 205 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 1.861 | ||||
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 113 | 224 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 2.071 | ||||
| Angel Muniz | OF | 56 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.643 | ||||
| Charles Combs | OF | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Irving Homs | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Collier | P | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Dante Schirripa | P | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .265 | ||||
| Charles Burton | P | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Donald Schroeder | P | 26 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | P | 25 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.320 | ||||
| Gary Manderbach | P | 25 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .880 | ||||
| James Golden | P | 25 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.280 | ||||
| Stanton Evenhus | P | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .304 | ||||
| Robin Hippi | P | 22 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| David Hazelip | P | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .556 | ||||
| Doc Medich | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Larry Gowell | P | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Carl Black | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Robert Elliott | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Passarella | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Baretta | SS | 136 | 173 | 448 | 38 | 70 | .942 | 4.566 | ||||
| Totals | 1429 | 3383 | 1375 | 174 | 282 | .965 | 3.330 | 32 | 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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