1972 Midland Cubs Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 68-71
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Al Spangler (68-71)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 71,747, Avg. 1,032
1972 Midland Cubs RosterTeam Record: 68-71
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Al Spangler (68-71)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 71,747, Avg. 1,032
The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 68 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Cubs scored 611 runs and allowed 671 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Tyrone led Midland with 16 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Pete LaCock paced batters with significant playing time with a .306 average. Clint Compton topped the team with 9 wins, while Paul Zahn earned a 4.64 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1972 Midland Cubs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chris Ward, Clint Compton, Ken Szotkiewicz, Jim Duffalo, Randy Bobb, Tom Lundstedt, Pete LaCock, Jim Tyrone, Ray Burris, Rob Sperring, Paul Reuschel, Jim Dunegan, Ron Dunn and Matt Alexander.
Al Spangler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Compton | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.75 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 108.0 | 105 | 67 | 57 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bob Maneely | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.24 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 86.0 | 75 | 42 | 31 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ray Burris | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.51 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 98 | 43 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Badcock | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.32 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 95.0 | 80 | 48 | 35 | 3 | 57 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Zahn | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.64 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 157 | 78 | 67 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Thomas | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.79 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 107 | 58 | 45 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.52 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100 | 46 | 28 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ralph Pipes | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.37 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 57.0 | 68 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Roe | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.21 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 102.0 | 119 | 75 | 59 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ralph Rickey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41.0 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Ott | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Dresser | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Reuschel | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 56 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ignacio Bracamontes | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 56 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Duffalo | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mike Price | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Conroy | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Dunegan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tomas Liscano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Young | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 58 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lennox York | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 71 | .489 | 4.21 | 319 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 1162.0 | 1236 | 671 | 543 | 102 | 417 | 21 | 917 | 35 | 7 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete LaCock | 129 | 545 | 444 | 88 | 136 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 50 | .306 | .427 | .455 | .882 | 202 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chris Ward | 132 | 520 | 454 | 61 | 135 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 56 | .297 | .368 | .425 | .793 | 193 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Jim Tyrone | 128 | 540 | 472 | 63 | 133 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 57 | .282 | .357 | .441 | .798 | 208 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Matt Alexander | 124 | 527 | 460 | 78 | 124 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 58 | 104 | .270 | .353 | .350 | .703 | 161 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rob Sperring | 128 | 525 | 469 | 56 | 119 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 79 | .254 | .328 | .369 | .696 | 173 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Dunn | 95 | 373 | 317 | 57 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 53 | .281 | .376 | .451 | .827 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Randy Bobb | 89 | 307 | 287 | 25 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 47 | .268 | .307 | .380 | .687 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| William Huisman | 86 | 324 | 261 | 54 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 36 | .276 | .405 | .398 | .803 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tom Lundstedt | 81 | 301 | 259 | 28 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 49 | .255 | .340 | .371 | .711 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Randolph Crews | 41 | 158 | 150 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 35 | .233 | .272 | .367 | .639 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 52 | 180 | 154 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 | .221 | .318 | .331 | .649 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jack Mull | 58 | 130 | 115 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .200 | .287 | .270 | .556 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Detter | 49 | 134 | 124 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .153 | .216 | .194 | .410 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Beeler | 25 | 72 | 55 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | .218 | .389 | .236 | .625 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronnie Matney | 32 | 67 | 53 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .151 | .313 | .208 | .521 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Badcock | 21 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .212 | .235 | .242 | .478 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Rickey | 36 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .200 | .273 | .367 | .639 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Zahn | 22 | 51 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .154 | .283 | .154 | .436 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Roe | 37 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .208 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Paul Reuschel | 6 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Burris | 14 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .143 | .172 | .143 | .315 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Clint Compton | 31 | 40 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .114 | .162 | .114 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Young | 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Pipes | 35 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 17 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .107 | .257 | .107 | .364 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Maneely | 13 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dunegan | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .400 | .571 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ignacio Bracamontes | 16 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .353 | .471 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ott | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Watson | 15 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Thomas | 22 | 37 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .032 | .032 | .032 | .065 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Peter Dresser | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duffalo | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lennox York | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1583 | 5138 | 4449 | 610 | 1137 | 184 | 34 | 86 | 545 | 73 | 19 | 560 | 816 | .256 | .341 | .370 | .711 | 1647 | 0 | 36 | 51 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ward | 1B | 70 | 499 | 27 | 11 | 41 | .980 | 7.514 | ||||
| Randolph Crews | 1B | 40 | 305 | 20 | 5 | 30 | .985 | 8.125 | ||||
| Randy Bobb | 1B | 33 | 330 | 18 | 4 | 37 | .989 | 1.545 | ||||
| Ronnie Matney | 1B | 15 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.533 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 2B | 54 | 103 | 148 | 14 | 32 | .947 | 4.648 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 2B | 38 | 72 | 91 | 6 | 22 | .964 | 4.289 | ||||
| William Huisman | 2B | 34 | 58 | 74 | 3 | 16 | .978 | 3.882 | ||||
| Matt Alexander | 2B | 32 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 11 | .940 | 3.406 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 87 | 46 | 145 | 17 | 11 | .918 | 2.195 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 3B | 41 | 29 | 71 | 6 | 15 | .943 | 2.439 | ||||
| Matt Alexander | 3B | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| William Huisman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Watson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Roger Detter | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Lundstedt | C | 77 | 460 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .990 | 6.390 | 5 | |||
| Randy Bobb | C | 45 | 258 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 6.178 | 3 | |||
| Jack Mull | C | 34 | 201 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .954 | 6.088 | 3 | |||
| Pete LaCock | OF | 129 | 216 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 1.752 | ||||
| Jim Tyrone | OF | 128 | 210 | 15 | 16 | 1 | .934 | 1.758 | ||||
| Matt Alexander | OF | 88 | 196 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .972 | 2.375 | ||||
| Chris Ward | OF | 66 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.576 | ||||
| Ronnie Matney | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Watson | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ralph Rickey | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Roe | P | 37 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .622 | ||||
| Ralph Pipes | P | 35 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .571 | ||||
| Clint Compton | P | 31 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .613 | ||||
| Ralph Rickey | P | 26 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .615 | ||||
| Paul Zahn | P | 22 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
| Mark Thomas | P | 22 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Michael Young | P | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .316 | ||||
| Tom Badcock | P | 19 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Donald Schroeder | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Ignacio Bracamontes | P | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Ray Burris | P | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bob Maneely | P | 13 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Mike Price | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Jim Duffalo | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Paul Reuschel | P | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Peter Dresser | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Robert Ott | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jim Dunegan | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lennox York | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tomas Liscano | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Conroy | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | SS | 52 | 64 | 149 | 17 | 25 | .926 | 4.096 | ||||
| Roger Detter | SS | 40 | 70 | 111 | 9 | 32 | .953 | 4.525 | ||||
| William Huisman | SS | 39 | 59 | 95 | 9 | 23 | .945 | 3.949 | ||||
| Ricky Beeler | SS | 21 | 14 | 41 | 4 | 5 | .932 | 2.619 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | SS | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Robert Watson | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1511 | 3485 | 1361 | 180 | 334 | .964 | 3.207 | 11 | 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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