1974 Lynchburg Twins Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Harry Warner (78-62)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 48,732, Avg. 696
The Lynchburg Twins of the Carolina League ended the 1974 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Twins tallied 719 runs and allowed 610 runs. Randy Bass walloped 30 home runs for Lynchburg, while Russell Noah swatted 15 or more, too. Randy Bass drove in 112 runs. Frank Grundler paced all regular batters by hitting .335. Ralph Dick and Steve Blood topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Steve Blood recorded a 2.77 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1974 Lynchburg Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Willie Norwood, Randy Bass, Dave Edwards and Sal Butera.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Dick | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.98 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 124.0 | 142 | 67 | 41 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Blood | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.77 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 164 | 61 | 48 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Maier | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.89 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 110 | 52 | 45 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Clauss | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.46 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 95.0 | 93 | 44 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.41 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 169.0 | 172 | 84 | 64 | 11 | 65 | 1 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gail Stone | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.33 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 119.0 | 105 | 62 | 44 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Robert Mayhew | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.56 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 85 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.00 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 110 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Eichholtz | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.29 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 70 | 47 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Wells | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.91 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Hertz | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.30 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dan Halvorson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.09 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 77 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 62 | .557 | 3.45 | 339 | 140 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 21 | 1191.0 | 1234 | 610 | 457 | 57 | 457 | 35 | 671 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Grundler | 138 | 614 | 507 | 115 | 170 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 98 | 78 | .335 | .443 | .485 | .928 | 246 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Willie Norwood | 138 | 583 | 502 | 93 | 155 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 91 | 31 | 8 | 60 | 84 | .309 | .382 | .450 | .832 | 226 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| Mike Gerakos | 123 | 534 | 467 | 90 | 142 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 32 | .304 | .372 | .383 | .755 | 179 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Russell Noah | 134 | 536 | 418 | 60 | 126 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 86 | 14 | 5 | 101 | 97 | .301 | .440 | .507 | .947 | 212 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Randy Bass | 133 | 567 | 461 | 89 | 118 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 105 | .256 | .386 | .492 | .879 | 227 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Dave Edwards | 124 | 500 | 417 | 77 | 102 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 66 | 72 | .245 | .359 | .341 | .699 | 142 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Sal Butera | 124 | 482 | 417 | 35 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 52 | .216 | .309 | .285 | .594 | 119 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Ted Shipley | 78 | 332 | 295 | 36 | 85 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 64 | .288 | .359 | .353 | .711 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| David Nichols | 92 | 236 | 195 | 29 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 39 | .210 | .335 | .292 | .627 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Edward McMahon | 65 | 197 | 174 | 25 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 35 | .213 | .281 | .241 | .523 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph Honce | 73 | 175 | 145 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 29 | .207 | .331 | .338 | .669 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| James Volkmar | 29 | 78 | 71 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .169 | .244 | .183 | .427 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Dick | 56 | 46 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .231 | .302 | .282 | .584 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 23 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .258 | .378 | .290 | .669 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 28 | 67 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .133 | .148 | .217 | .364 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mike Coronado | 12 | 45 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .159 | .156 | .227 | .383 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Daniels | 23 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .146 | .208 | .146 | .353 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gail Stone | 53 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .172 | .200 | .241 | .441 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Maier | 16 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .095 | .136 | .167 | .303 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Hertz | 12 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .190 | .440 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Eichholtz | 12 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .115 | .148 | .231 | .379 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mayhew | 16 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Peter LaNasa | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wells | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Halvorson | 29 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Blood | 26 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .017 | .033 | .017 | .050 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| William Clauss | 65 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1633 | 5374 | 4537 | 719 | 1170 | 161 | 62 | 81 | 627 | 118 | 51 | 681 | 872 | .258 | .356 | .374 | .730 | 1698 | 78 | 37 | 74 | 45 | 39 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bass | 1B | 132 | 1237 | 84 | 17 | 107 | .987 | 1.008 | ||||
| Frank Grundler | 1B | 13 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 7.462 | ||||
| Russell Noah | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Gerakos | 2B | 120 | 300 | 366 | 23 | 81 | .967 | 5.550 | ||||
| David Nichols | 2B | 15 | 31 | 57 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 5.867 | ||||
| Robert Daniels | 2B | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
| Edward McMahon | 2B | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| Mike Coronado | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Frank Grundler | 3B | 121 | 104 | 275 | 32 | 26 | .922 | 3.132 | ||||
| David Nichols | 3B | 25 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .893 | 2.000 | ||||
| Edward McMahon | 3B | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Sal Butera | C | 123 | 589 | 102 | 7 | 9 | .990 | 5.618 | 20 | |||
| James Volkmar | C | 24 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.958 | 4 | |||
| Peter LaNasa | C | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | 0 | |||
| Willie Norwood | OF | 138 | 228 | 9 | 15 | 3 | .940 | 1.717 | ||||
| Russell Noah | OF | 132 | 213 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 1.697 | ||||
| Dave Edwards | OF | 118 | 274 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .969 | 2.398 | ||||
| Joseph Honce | OF | 42 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.476 | ||||
| Frank Grundler | OF | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Coronado | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| William Clauss | P | 65 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Ralph Dick | P | 56 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Gail Stone | P | 53 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .886 | .585 | ||||
| Dan Halvorson | P | 29 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .414 | ||||
| Thomas Schmidt | P | 28 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| Steve Blood | P | 26 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| Ronald Mercier | P | 23 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.174 | ||||
| Robert Mayhew | P | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| John Maier | P | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Stephen Hertz | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| John Eichholtz | P | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| James Wells | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ted Shipley | SS | 78 | 105 | 270 | 25 | 52 | .938 | 4.808 | ||||
| Edward McMahon | SS | 42 | 63 | 126 | 21 | 23 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| David Nichols | SS | 13 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 3.692 | ||||
| Mike Coronado | SS | 8 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 7 | .927 | 4.750 | ||||
| Robert Daniels | SS | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike Gerakos | SS | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1528 | 3577 | 1664 | 202 | 349 | .963 | 3.430 | 24 | 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.
