1975 Lafayette Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 72-57
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (72-57)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 72,549, Avg. 1,125
Playoffs - Midland Cubs 2 games, Lafayette Drillers 2 - Both teams declared co-champions when rain prevented completion of the series.
The Lafayette Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1975 season with a record of 72 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Drillers scored 630 runs and conceded 567 runs. Jack Clark and Gary Alexander led Lafayette with 23 home runs apiece. Gary Alexander accounted for 81 RBI. Reggie Walton paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Julio Divison topped the team with 15 wins, while Terry Cornutt recorded a 2.84 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Reggie Walton, Jack Clark, Rob Dressler, Gary Alexander, Jeff Little, Jake Brown, Frank Riccelli and Terry Cornutt were all players from the 1975 Lafayette Drillers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Divison | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.31 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 175 | 84 | 64 | 9 | 58 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.26 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 185.0 | 176 | 87 | 67 | 13 | 87 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.95 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 90 | 58 | 43 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.47 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 75 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.84 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 111.0 | 92 | 44 | 35 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.96 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Lanthorn | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48.0 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Little | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.40 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 143 | 84 | 69 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.57 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 84.0 | 65 | 38 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Fuqua | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.61 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 125.0 | 141 | 83 | 64 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Greenough | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Sielicki | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 57 | .558 | 3.56 | 261 | 129 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 25 | 1079.0 | 1052 | 567 | 427 | 67 | 445 | 23 | 573 | 21 | 8 | 41 | 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 Clark | 126 | 535 | 466 | 94 | 141 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 59 | .303 | .385 | .513 | .898 | 239 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Reggie Walton | 124 | 515 | 452 | 77 | 140 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 78 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 60 | .310 | .377 | .436 | .813 | 197 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Gary Alexander | 103 | 428 | 346 | 80 | 114 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 90 | .329 | .453 | .604 | 1.057 | 209 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Thomas Stedman | 104 | 437 | 384 | 57 | 102 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 19 | .266 | .326 | .310 | .636 | 119 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| John Yeglinski | 101 | 402 | 335 | 48 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 27 | .287 | .396 | .385 | .781 | 129 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Thomas Smith | 108 | 426 | 379 | 55 | 91 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 56 | .240 | .307 | .372 | .679 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Gary Atwell | 87 | 365 | 314 | 52 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 26 | .277 | .364 | .363 | .727 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Scott Wolfe | 121 | 431 | 389 | 35 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 50 | .224 | .273 | .290 | .563 | 113 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Barnes | 96 | 340 | 302 | 37 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 54 | .262 | .329 | .417 | .747 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Wendell Kim | 87 | 348 | 302 | 44 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 29 | .238 | .321 | .281 | .602 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Joey Martin | 73 | 249 | 213 | 19 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | .263 | .351 | .324 | .675 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Jake Brown | 19 | 83 | 75 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .307 | .349 | .453 | .803 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick D'Innocenzio | 30 | 96 | 79 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .291 | .406 | .367 | .773 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernest Young | 30 | 108 | 102 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .186 | .213 | .216 | .429 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan Boyne | 15 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .171 | .250 | .171 | .421 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Lanthorn | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Dillard | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1272 | 4822 | 4191 | 629 | 1138 | 188 | 22 | 88 | 554 | 68 | 22 | 526 | 531 | .272 | .351 | .390 | .741 | 1634 | 89 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Barnes | 1B | 85 | 771 | 30 | 9 | 67 | .989 | 9.424 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | 1B | 44 | 350 | 15 | 6 | 29 | .984 | 8.295 | ||||
| Jake Brown | 1B | 4 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| Joey Martin | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 2B | 65 | 168 | 180 | 12 | 39 | .967 | 5.354 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | 2B | 57 | 126 | 117 | 7 | 34 | .972 | 4.263 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 2B | 9 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 6 | .955 | 4.667 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jack Clark | 3B | 121 | 102 | 278 | 56 | 29 | .872 | 3.140 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | 3B | 6 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joey Martin | C | 58 | 255 | 22 | 6 | 5 | .979 | 4.776 | 6 | |||
| Gary Alexander | C | 48 | 241 | 19 | 7 | 5 | .974 | 5.417 | 10 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 28 | 146 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 5.536 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 96 | 217 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .962 | 2.375 | ||||
| John Yeglinski | OF | 81 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 1.815 | ||||
| Gary Atwell | OF | 81 | 155 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .953 | 1.988 | ||||
| Reggie Walton | OF | 71 | 99 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .939 | 1.521 | ||||
| Gary Alexander | OF | 24 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.542 | ||||
| Rick D'Innocenzio | OF | 18 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | OF | 14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.071 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | OF | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Jack Clark | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 45 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .400 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | P | 42 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| David Fuqua | P | 27 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .852 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 26 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 4 | .927 | 1.462 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .731 | ||||
| Julio Divison | P | 25 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.720 | ||||
| Gene Lanthorn | P | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .350 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 20 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 1.200 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Greenough | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 6 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| John Sielicki | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 111 | 160 | 334 | 38 | 65 | .929 | 4.450 | ||||
| Bryan Boyne | SS | 10 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Thomas Stedman | SS | 9 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | .840 | 2.333 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | SS | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 5.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1328 | 3166 | 1337 | 215 | 322 | .954 | 3.391 | 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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