1974 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jim Napier (72-63)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 52,432, Avg. 777
Playoffs - Knoxville Sox 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 2
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sox plated 638 runs and gave up 589 runs. Cleo Kilpatrick paced Knoxville with 11 home runs Toy McCord drove in 79 runs. Nyls Nyman led all regular hitters with a .325 average. Leo Williams topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.66 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1974 Knoxville Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nyls Nyman, Bill Moran, Mike Buskey, Dave Frost, Francisco Barrios, Ken Kravec, Jim Geddes, Mike Squires, Juan Ríos, Jim Otten, Pete Vuckovich and Jeff Holly.
Jim Napier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Williams | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.66 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 166.0 | 153 | 72 | 49 | 12 | 62 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.34 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 176 | 75 | 63 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Francisco Barrios | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.92 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124.0 | 112 | 60 | 54 | 14 | 58 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harold McClain | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.36 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67.0 | 66 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.36 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 59.0 | 55 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Otten | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 80 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.41 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 100 | 58 | 50 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 105 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| David Leisman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.53 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 69 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Lee | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Moran | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.95 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41.0 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Weimer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.60 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Vuckovich | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.21 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 50 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Butch Stinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.67 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Best | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.87 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 106 | 58 | 43 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Shermer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Frost | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert McCauley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Geddes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.79 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 63 | .533 | 3.63 | 343 | 137 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 1164.0 | 1140 | 589 | 469 | 93 | 496 | 25 | 754 | 25 | 7 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyls Nyman | 125 | 569 | 510 | 87 | 166 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 69 | 24 | 11 | 48 | 59 | .325 | .389 | .433 | .823 | 221 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mike Squires | 136 | 562 | 481 | 74 | 138 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 16 | 14 | 74 | 39 | .287 | .379 | .393 | .772 | 189 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Manny Estrada | 120 | 507 | 435 | 56 | 129 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 49 | .297 | .381 | .407 | .788 | 177 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 120 | 484 | 437 | 48 | 116 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 72 | .265 | .331 | .382 | .713 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Toy McCord | 124 | 528 | 470 | 53 | 115 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 79 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 64 | .245 | .309 | .349 | .658 | 164 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Fred Norton | 128 | 477 | 429 | 62 | 93 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 38 | 114 | .217 | .280 | .296 | .576 | 127 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 77 | 319 | 276 | 44 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 33 | 31 | .279 | .361 | .348 | .709 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Sovern | 108 | 391 | 346 | 46 | 71 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 76 | .205 | .277 | .327 | .603 | 113 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Juan Ríos | 87 | 288 | 268 | 23 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 28 | .228 | .259 | .254 | .512 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Donn Seidholz | 68 | 232 | 219 | 31 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 54 | .260 | .291 | .338 | .629 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 51 | 210 | 170 | 38 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 17 | .288 | .421 | .335 | .756 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Tucker | 29 | 124 | 101 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 19 | .307 | .423 | .475 | .898 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Foster | 37 | 125 | 106 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 35 | .255 | .368 | .425 | .793 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Palmer | 31 | 91 | 81 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .235 | .303 | .321 | .624 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pomykala | 38 | 98 | 75 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 27 | .160 | .323 | .187 | .510 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Ondina | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .615 | .600 | 1.215 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dlugach | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .667 | 1.267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Wheeler | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .500 | .625 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Otten | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Geddes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1386 | 5035 | 4429 | 629 | 1169 | 173 | 40 | 59 | 553 | 132 | 72 | 501 | 707 | .264 | .339 | .361 | .700 | 1599 | 0 | 28 | 32 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Squires | 1B | 134 | 1173 | 80 | 5 | 98 | .996 | 9.351 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 1B | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 2B | 107 | 239 | 286 | 24 | 62 | .956 | 4.907 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 2B | 23 | 37 | 64 | 3 | 16 | .971 | 4.391 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 2B | 8 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .976 | 5.000 | ||||
| Eddie Wheeler | 2B | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 3B | 67 | 56 | 107 | 21 | 7 | .886 | 2.433 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 3B | 36 | 32 | 60 | 3 | 5 | .968 | 2.556 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | 3B | 33 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 5 | .887 | 1.909 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 3B | 13 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .906 | 2.231 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | C | 95 | 538 | 62 | 15 | 10 | .976 | 6.316 | 6 | |||
| Robert Palmer | C | 31 | 146 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 5.065 | 6 | |||
| Michael Dlugach | C | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Fred Norton | OF | 126 | 206 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .959 | 1.683 | ||||
| Nyls Nyman | OF | 120 | 288 | 11 | 9 | 4 | .971 | 2.492 | ||||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | OF | 119 | 213 | 12 | 14 | 2 | .941 | 1.891 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 32 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .946 | 1.656 | ||||
| Joseph Pomykala | OF | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Tucker | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Best | P | 42 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .595 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 40 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .475 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 38 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .289 | ||||
| Jeff Holly | P | 31 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leo Williams | P | 30 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.033 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 27 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Francisco Barrios | P | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Lee | P | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| George Weimer | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .294 | ||||
| David Leisman | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 15 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Pete Vuckovich | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Geddes | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Butch Stinson | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Robert McCauley | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| John Shermer | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 77 | 130 | 225 | 18 | 51 | .952 | 4.610 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | SS | 38 | 50 | 118 | 11 | 17 | .939 | 4.421 | ||||
| Toy McCord | SS | 22 | 30 | 67 | 5 | 10 | .951 | 4.409 | ||||
| Totals | 1468 | 3368 | 1377 | 168 | 314 | .966 | 3.232 | 12 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
