1973 Memphis Blues Statistics
Team Record: 77-61
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Joe Frazier (77-61)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 113,863, Avg. 1,650
Playoffs - Memphis Blues 3 games, San Antonio Brewers 2
The Memphis Blues of the Texas League ended the 1973 season with a record of 77 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Blues scored 605 runs and yielded 566 runs. Benny Ayala paced Memphis with 17 home runs Thomas Hallums accounted for 72 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .305 average. Tim Juran led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.62 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Greg Harts, Rick Baldwin, Benny Ayala, Bobby Etheridge, Bruce Boisclair, Ron Hodges, Rich Puig, Ike Hampton and Jackson Todd were all players from the 1973 Memphis Blues who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Joe Frazier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Juran | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.62 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 175.0 | 149 | 63 | 51 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Bartlett | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.23 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 131.0 | 127 | 63 | 47 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Baldwin | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.94 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 121.0 | 133 | 65 | 53 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Richard Wagener | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.30 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 91 | 43 | 42 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Stewart | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.22 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 105 | 52 | 39 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Kirby | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.95 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jackson Todd | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.84 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 76.0 | 69 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cecil Reynolds | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.09 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 153 | 69 | 60 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Wihtol | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.81 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 52.0 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harwood Hellen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.82 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99.0 | 84 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Edgar Pate | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Clarence Burgy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Esposito | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Veintidos | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Pavlick | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Ray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.60 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 57 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 61 | .558 | 3.56 | 275 | 139 | 0 | 54 | 14 | 19 | 1169.0 | 1144 | 566 | 463 | 79 | 392 | 24 | 715 | 47 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hallums | 130 | 515 | 453 | 57 | 138 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 84 | .305 | .379 | .453 | .831 | 205 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Greg Harts | 133 | 541 | 494 | 72 | 130 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 119 | .263 | .313 | .368 | .682 | 182 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Benny Ayala | 136 | 540 | 462 | 69 | 119 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 74 | .258 | .352 | .431 | .783 | 199 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jeffrey Anderson | 134 | 563 | 504 | 83 | 118 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 35 | 9 | 47 | 79 | .234 | .305 | .353 | .659 | 178 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Busco | 126 | 457 | 406 | 48 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 53 | .246 | .310 | .286 | .595 | 116 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Ron Diggle | 95 | 356 | 304 | 35 | 81 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 61 | .266 | .350 | .352 | .702 | 107 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Terry Deremer | 127 | 478 | 408 | 46 | 80 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 107 | .196 | .289 | .270 | .559 | 110 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Ike Hampton | 88 | 322 | 288 | 44 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 82 | .215 | .288 | .351 | .639 | 101 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Terry Senn | 71 | 270 | 226 | 33 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 46 | .221 | .338 | .283 | .622 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 56 | 184 | 173 | 23 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | .272 | .306 | .312 | .618 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Etheridge | 50 | 163 | 134 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 21 | .291 | .414 | .358 | .772 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Womble | 73 | 251 | 190 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 77 | .205 | .388 | .347 | .735 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Hodges | 47 | 173 | 139 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | .173 | .316 | .223 | .539 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rich Puig | 30 | 122 | 101 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 26 | .208 | .344 | .327 | .671 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Boisclair | 19 | 80 | 63 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .206 | .362 | .286 | .648 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Senger | 14 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .268 | .333 | .341 | .675 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cotton | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Reynolds | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1357 | 5068 | 4391 | 605 | 1074 | 174 | 29 | 74 | 533 | 101 | 38 | 561 | 917 | .245 | .332 | .348 | .680 | 1528 | 0 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hallums | 1B | 129 | 1120 | 83 | 11 | 96 | .991 | 9.326 | ||||
| Bruce Boisclair | 1B | 7 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 8.571 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 1B | 3 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 11.000 | ||||
| Ron Diggle | 1B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Paul Womble | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Terry Deremer | 2B | 117 | 290 | 294 | 18 | 61 | .970 | 4.991 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 13 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 4.154 | ||||
| Rich Puig | 2B | 11 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | .855 | 4.273 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 2B | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 3B | 50 | 33 | 99 | 12 | 8 | .917 | 2.640 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 3B | 33 | 15 | 50 | 8 | 6 | .890 | 1.970 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 31 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 3 | .846 | 1.774 | ||||
| Rich Puig | 3B | 19 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .927 | 2.684 | ||||
| Terry Deremer | 3B | 10 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 3.100 | ||||
| John Busco | 3B | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | C | 84 | 421 | 44 | 15 | 3 | .969 | 5.536 | 10 | |||
| Ron Hodges | C | 47 | 275 | 23 | 6 | 4 | .980 | 6.340 | 3 | |||
| Rick Senger | C | 14 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 4.500 | 4 | |||
| Bill Cotton | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
| Greg Harts | OF | 130 | 302 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .978 | 2.423 | ||||
| Jeffrey Anderson | OF | 129 | 207 | 8 | 13 | 5 | .943 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ron Diggle | OF | 90 | 171 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .957 | 1.989 | ||||
| Paul Womble | OF | 38 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.895 | ||||
| Benny Ayala | OF | 34 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 1.441 | ||||
| Bruce Boisclair | OF | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harwood Hellen | P | 31 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .581 | ||||
| Rick Baldwin | P | 29 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.207 | ||||
| Al Wihtol | P | 28 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .536 | ||||
| Cecil Reynolds | P | 26 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Robert Bartlett | P | 25 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.680 | ||||
| Tim Juran | P | 23 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.348 | ||||
| Jerry Ray | P | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Ron Stewart | P | 18 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | .750 | 1.167 | ||||
| Richard Wagener | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Jackson Todd | P | 14 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Wayne Kirby | P | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Kenny Esposito | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Edgar Pate | P | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Juan Veintidos | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Greg Pavlick | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clarence Burgy | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| John Busco | SS | 121 | 189 | 311 | 42 | 66 | .923 | 4.132 | ||||
| Terry Senn | SS | 13 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 4.538 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | SS | 11 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 6 | .894 | 3.818 | ||||
| Terry Deremer | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1438 | 3527 | 1398 | 207 | 311 | .960 | 3.425 | 18 | 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.
