1973 Lynchburg Twins Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Dick Phillips (78-60)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 66,015, Avg. 957

1973 Lynchburg Twins Roster

Playoffs - Winston-Salem Red Sox 3 games, Lynchburg Twins 2

The Lynchburg Twins of the Carolina League ended the 1973 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Twins gave up 529 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Lynchburg plated 596 runs. Jim Obradovich paced the squad with 18 home runs, and Willie Norwood walloped 15 or more also. John Klitsner drove in 72 runs. Jim Obradovich topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .304. Bill Stiegemeier led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.56 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1973 Lynchburg Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rob Wilfong, Willie Norwood, Jim Obradovich, Mike Poepping and Dave McKay.

Dick Phillips served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bill Stiegemeier	15	6	.714	2.56	29	24		10	3	0	176.0	147	58	50	10	77	3	108	0	0	4
David Allen	12	5	.706	2.86	25	25		9	1	0	170.0	162	64	54	12	67	3	78	2	1	13
Frank Schuster	10	6	.625	3.23	25	23		8	1	2	156.0	167	71	56	6	38	2	80	2	0	2
John Pangle	9	6	.600	3.99	25	16		4	3	1	106.0	107	60	47	5	52	3	88	3	0	8
Lew Lerner	8	7	.533	3.63	31	15		1	0	3	114.0	118	68	46	5	62	2	90	3	1	10
Ralph Dick	8	8	.500	3.10	41	3		1	0	7	116.0	115	47	40	3	38	9	69	2	0	1
William Clauss	5	6	.455	2.90	57	1		1	0	12	90.0	82	34	29	2	29	5	69	5	0	3
John Moncier	5	6	.455	4.24	11	11		5	1	0	70.0	82	39	33	5	22	0	52	2	0	2
John Eichholtz	4	8	.333	5.51	16	16		1	0	0	85.0	96	61	52	8	49	0	41	6	0	3
Coley Smith	1	1	.500	1.84	11	3		1	1	1	44.0	24	11	9	2	16	0	47	0	0	5
Brad Cutler	1	1	.500	2.57	15	0		0	0	4	21.0	22	8	6	1	5	0	8	0	0	0
Clarence Cooper	0	0		2.86	8	1		0	0	1	22.0	14	8	7	0	24	1	19	1	0	4
Totals	78	60	.565	3.30	294	138	0	41	10	31	1170.0	1136	529	429	59	479	28	749	26	2	55	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
Rob Wilfong	131	585	520	94	143	13	9	7	37	45	14	58	77	.275	.353	.375	.728	195		5	1	1
Willie Norwood	126	537	473	63	130	17	5	16	54	8	5	50	140	.275	.354	.433	.787	205		9	3	2
John Klitsner	131	556	460	75	128	25	4	12	72	1	1	81	75	.278	.384	.428	.813	197		4	2	9
Jim Obradovich	115	436	375	63	114	25	5	18	71	2	3	52	74	.304	.393	.541	.934	203		5	1	3
Randy Beach	123	473	411	48	105	17	6	4	48	11	4	56	77	.255	.342	.355	.697	146		0	2	4
Dale Soderholm	119	456	396	51	101	19	12	2	38	14	11	49	97	.255	.338	.379	.717	150		3	4	4
Mike Poepping	108	422	369	50	87	16	2	11	48	5	0	46	102	.236	.323	.379	.702	140		3	1	3
Dave McKay	107	386	355	47	79	14	2	10	47	8	2	25	67	.223	.275	.358	.633	127		2	1	3
Samuel Ceci	92	311	275	26	63	11	2	1	26	1	0	27	24	.229	.303	.295	.598	81		4	1	4
John Brooks	82	205	167	25	36	3	3	1	15	2	3	34	29	.216	.346	.287	.634	48		1	0	3
Michael Uremovich	42	115	105	9	26	5	1	0	12	1	0	7	14	.248	.298	.314	.613	33		1	1	1
Lew Lerner	31	42	40	4	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.375	.390	.425	.815	17		0	1	0
John Eichholtz	18	34	33	2	11	4	1	0	11	0	0	0	10	.333	.324	.515	.839	17		0	0	1
David Allen	25	69	56	4	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	21	.196	.274	.196	.471	11		1	7	0
Robert Daniels	21	39	38	7	9	0	2	0	8	2	2	1	3	.237	.256	.342	.599	13		0	0	0
Ralph Dick	46	45	43	5	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	10	.163	.163	.233	.395	10		0	2	0
Bill Stiegemeier	29	67	61	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	.115	.156	.115	.271	7		0	3	0
Frank Schuster	26	63	60	5	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	21	.100	.115	.100	.215	6		0	2	0
William Clauss	57	15	13	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	3		0	1	0
Frank Grundler	10	18	16	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	.188	.278	.312	.590	5		0	0	0
John Moncier	12	29	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	.136	.296	.227	.524	5		1	2	0
John Pangle	25	39	34	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.088	.086	.088	.174	3		0	4	1
Clarence Cooper	8	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.167	.200	.367	1		0	0	1
Coley Smith	11	15	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	1	0
Clark Ullom	6	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Brad Cutler	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Totals	1516	4974	4347	588	1091	171	56	83	506	100	45	508	922	.251	.332	.373	.705	1623	0	39	40	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Obradovich	1B	109	875	34	15	89	.984	8.339
Mike Poepping	1B	35	303	15	4	29	.988	9.086
Rob Wilfong	2B	131	323	326	18	82	.973	4.954
Robert Daniels	2B	12	22	30	2	10	.963	4.333
Dave McKay	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Poepping	3B	70	66	132	12	11	.943	2.829
Dave McKay	3B	68	64	121	16	17	.920	2.721
Frank Grundler	3B	3	2	3	1	1	.833	1.667
Samuel Ceci	C	87	463	68	13	7	.976	6.103	12
Michael Uremovich	C	31	121	17	2	1	.986	4.452	4
John Klitsner	OF	130	202	1	10	0	.953	1.562
Willie Norwood	OF	124	240	17	15	3	.945	2.073
Randy Beach	OF	120	272	8	18	1	.940	2.333
John Brooks	OF	50	69	2	1	1	.986	1.420
Clark Ullom	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Frank Grundler	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
William Clauss	P	57	1	15	2	0	.889	.281
Ralph Dick	P	41	6	20	1	3	.963	.634
Lew Lerner	P	31	5	10	4	2	.789	.484
Bill Stiegemeier	P	29	10	18	0	3	1.000	.966
Frank Schuster	P	25	3	23	3	0	.897	1.040
John Pangle	P	25	4	20	6	0	.800	.960
David Allen	P	25	3	19	1	2	.957	.880
John Eichholtz	P	16	4	6	1	0	.909	.625
Brad Cutler	P	15	0	7	1	0	.875	.467
Coley Smith	P	11	2	5	2	0	.778	.636
John Moncier	P	11	2	11	1	1	.929	1.182
Clarence Cooper	P	8	1	3	0	1	1.000	.500
Dale Soderholm	SS	115	191	361	52	59	.914	4.800
Dave McKay	SS	26	41	83	6	20	.954	4.769
Robert Daniels	SS	2	3	6	1	4	.900	4.500
Totals		1410	3302	1381	208	347	.957	3.321	16	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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