1971 Memphis Blues Statistics

Texas League (Dixie Association) (TL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 2nd in the TL(DA)'s Central Division
Manager: John Antonelli (69-70)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 96,410, Avg. 1,387

1971 Memphis Blues Roster

The Memphis Blues of the Texas League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's Central Division.

The Blues plated 488 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 520 runs. Larry Fritz paced Memphis with 20 home runs, while James Plant walloped 15 or more, too. Larry Fritz drove in 62 runs. George Kazmarek topped hitters with significant playing time with a .258 average. John Glass led the squad with 13 wins, and Donald Camy recorded a 2.83 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1971 Memphis Blues who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Randy Bobb, Tommy Moore, Dave Schneck, Frankie Libran, George Theodore, Frank Estrada, Brent Strom, Dennis Saunders, Larry Fritz, Scott Northey, Charlie Hudson, Hank Webb, Bob Rauch and Buzz Capra.

John Antonelli 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
John Glass	13	6	.684	2.85	26	22		11	1	0	161.0	141	60	51	11	46	9	100	6	0	3
Tommy Moore	11	10	.524	3.20	27	27		11	4	0	191.0	142	77	68	17	64	3	160	8	1	7
Bob Rauch	9	4	.692	1.48	22	4		2	1	1	73.0	50	17	12	2	28	5	59	2	0	3
Brent Strom	7	3	.700	3.06	15	15		6	1	0	106.0	100	43	36	5	35	1	87	0	0	3
Donald Camy	7	16	.304	2.83	28	26		7	4	0	172.0	177	74	54	8	47	12	103	2	1	7
Jerry Ray	5	4	.556	2.16	29	0		0	0	5	50.0	47	19	12	2	19	6	23	1	1	4
Buzz Capra	3	0	1.000	0.56	5	2		2	0	1	32.0	17	4	2	2	10	2	43	0	0	1
Juan Veintidos	3	3	.500	3.78	28	8		1	1	1	81.0	72	38	34	7	46	4	66	3	0	3
Tommie Sheppard	3	4	.429	2.80	10	10		2	1	0	61.0	60	24	19	5	25	1	32	1	0	3
Jerry Perkins	2	0	1.000	4.09	7	0		0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Bob McLeod	2	4	.333	4.40	30	1		0	0	0	45.0	51	26	22	3	15	4	41	0	0	2
Fred Reahm	2	6	.250	5.88	15	10		0	0	0	49.0	63	45	32	5	32	0	34	0	0	3
Charlie Hudson	1	2	.333	3.34	30	1		0	0	4	70.0	63	30	26	5	28	5	78	2	0	0
Dennis Saunders	1	4	.200	5.27	7	7		1	0	0	41.0	51	27	24	5	16	0	38	2	0	2
Don Koonce	0	0		0.00	4	0		0	0	0	5.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
Gary Hill	0	0		1.64	5	0		0	0	0	11.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	7	2	0	0
Joseph Fitzgerald	0	0		7.20	1	0		0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Webb	0	4	.000	6.75	8	6		0	0	0	24.0	29	24	18	4	19	3	20	0	0	4
Totals	69	70	.496	3.19	297	139	0	43	13	12	1188.0	1095	520	421	81	440	55	899	29	3	46	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
George Kazmarek	107	440	399	54	103	17	4	12	43	2	0	36	89	.258	.319	.411	.730	164		1	1	3
James Plant	120	466	414	46	91	17	2	18	50	2	1	46	121	.220	.299	.401	.700	166		1	4	1
Larry Fritz	103	395	325	54	83	17	0	20	62	0	1	59	92	.255	.375	.492	.867	160		5	3	3
Scott Northey	72	309	276	33	81	14	3	2	19	19	4	29	60	.293	.358	.388	.746	107		0	2	2
Jim Dix	96	386	342	38	81	13	2	2	21	16	12	31	47	.237	.308	.304	.612	104		5	6	2
Frankie Libran	123	426	356	34	75	11	0	3	27	5	5	59	80	.211	.326	.267	.593	95		3	6	2
Glenn Stitzel	86	350	303	32	70	18	1	3	25	0	2	42	30	.231	.327	.327	.653	99		2	1	2
Wilbur Huckle	55	228	208	20	57	6	1	1	16	5	2	18	21	.274	.330	.327	.657	68		0	1	1
Tommy Williams	92	301	264	29	50	10	4	6	23	2	3	32	63	.189	.280	.326	.606	86		2	1	2
Bill Cotton	61	201	176	9	47	4	2	2	20	0	1	22	32	.267	.353	.347	.700	61		2	0	1
Frank Estrada	51	185	159	22	40	8	0	7	28	1	1	23	24	.252	.341	.434	.775	69		0	0	3
Dave Schneck	57	217	187	28	36	3	1	8	22	2	2	25	49	.193	.290	.348	.638	65		2	0	3
Gary Hill	59	167	144	14	32	5	1	3	17	0	0	22	19	.222	.323	.333	.657	48		0	0	1
Randy Bobb	42	143	124	12	29	4	0	3	11	0	0	13	23	.234	.314	.339	.653	42		2	3	1
Celestino Burgos	51	146	134	14	28	2	1	0	7	2	1	11	16	.209	.267	.239	.506	32		0	0	1
Timothy DeCaminada	30	89	81	6	15	2	1	4	9	0	0	6	22	.185	.239	.383	.621	31		0	1	1
Terry Deremer	13	58	44	7	13	1	1	0	6	0	0	12	4	.295	.446	.364	.810	16		0	2	0
Tommie Sheppard	12	24	23	5	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.478	.478	.652	1.130	15		0	1	0
Brent Strom	15	43	32	4	9	2	1	1	8	0	0	5	10	.281	.368	.500	.868	16		0	5	1
Tommy Moore	41	75	68	6	9	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	23	.132	.192	.191	.383	13		0	2	0
Dick Stureman	22	30	28	6	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.250	.300	.321	.621	9		1	0	0
Jack Burik	9	32	30	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.233	.281	.267	.548	8		0	0	0
John Glass	27	62	54	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.130	.161	.148	.309	8		0	6	0
Dennis Saunders	7	18	16	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.375	.412	.375	.787	6		0	1	0
George Theodore	11	36	29	4	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	6	.172	.333	.207	.540	6		1	0	0
Donald Camy	28	62	54	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.093	.123	.093	.215	5		0	5	1
Juan Veintidos	28	25	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.182	.250	.182	.432	4		0	1	0
Bob Rauch	22	29	26	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.115	.207	.115	.322	3		0	0	0
Hank Webb	8	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	3		0	1	0
Jerry Ray	29	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Charlie Hudson	39	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		2	0	0
Fred Reahm	15	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0		1	2	0
Jerry Perkins	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ray Nygard	6	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Buzz Capra	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0	0
Joseph Fitzgerald	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob McLeod	30	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1580	5028	4394	488	1008	165	25	96	431	57	35	517	954	.229	.313	.344	.657	1511	0	30	56	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Larry Fritz	1B	96	793	57	11	69	.987	8.854
Timothy DeCaminada	1B	20	164	11	2	15	.989	8.750
Glenn Stitzel	1B	15	107	8	1	8	.991	7.667
Jim Dix	1B	10	70	4	1	8	.987	7.400
George Theodore	1B	6	51	2	1	2	.981	8.833
Glenn Stitzel	2B	68	137	167	12	37	.962	4.471
Wilbur Huckle	2B	37	88	95	4	16	.979	4.946
Celestino Burgos	2B	26	44	61	3	6	.972	4.038
Terry Deremer	2B	13	30	29	2	10	.967	4.538
James Plant	3B	119	98	230	23	18	.934	2.756
Wilbur Huckle	3B	15	16	41	7	3	.891	3.800
Dick Stureman	3B	8	1	10	1	1	.917	1.375
Jack Burik	3B	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Frankie Libran	3B	1	0	4	1	1	.800	4.000
Bill Cotton	C	54	375	31	12	5	.971	7.519	7
Frank Estrada	C	45	303	43	9	4	.975	7.689	5
Randy Bobb	C	40	220	16	4	1	.983	5.900	8
Tommy Williams	C	7	40	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	2
Ray Nygard	C	5	18	3	2	1	.913	4.200	3
George Kazmarek	OF	105	170	6	5	1	.972	1.676
Jim Dix	OF	86	156	10	3	2	.982	1.930
Scott Northey	OF	72	130	12	7	0	.953	1.972
Tommy Williams	OF	66	105	4	5	0	.956	1.652
Dave Schneck	OF	55	100	4	6	2	.945	1.891
Gary Hill	OF	43	74	10	4	2	.955	1.953
Wilbur Huckle	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob McLeod	P	30	1	7	0	0	1.000	.267
Charlie Hudson	P	30	7	5	1	0	.923	.400
Jerry Ray	P	29	1	10	0	0	1.000	.379
Juan Veintidos	P	28	1	9	0	1	1.000	.357
Donald Camy	P	28	13	35	2	2	.960	1.714
Tommy Moore	P	27	11	34	3	3	.938	1.667
John Glass	P	26	8	30	1	1	.974	1.462
Bob Rauch	P	22	5	17	1	1	.957	1.000
Brent Strom	P	15	3	18	1	0	.955	1.400
Fred Reahm	P	15	1	9	1	0	.909	.667
Tommie Sheppard	P	10	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.300
Hank Webb	P	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dennis Saunders	P	7	2	5	1	1	.875	1.000
Jerry Perkins	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Gary Hill	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Buzz Capra	P	5	3	7	0	1	1.000	2.000
Don Koonce	P	4	0	2	2	0	.500	.500
Joseph Fitzgerald	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Frankie Libran	SS	122	180	293	29	67	.942	3.877
Celestino Burgos	SS	22	20	32	7	1	.881	2.364
Jack Burik	SS	7	10	26	0	6	1.000	5.143
Wilbur Huckle	SS	3	9	4	2	0	.867	4.333
Totals		1466	3572	1425	178	296	.966	3.409	25	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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