1971 Monroe Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 44-77
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (44-77)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Monroe, North Carolina
Ballpark: Walter Bickett Stadium
Attendance: 11,587, Avg. 192
1971 Monroe Pirates RosterTeam Record: 44-77
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (44-77)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Monroe, North Carolina
Ballpark: Walter Bickett Stadium
Attendance: 11,587, Avg. 192
The Monroe Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1971 season with a record of 44 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 535 runs and allowed 710 runs, most in the circuit. Richard Licini paced Monroe with 18 home runs, and Victor Price walloped 15 or more, too. Victor Price drove in 74 runs. Ed Ott topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .292. Lafayette Currence led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 4.36 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1971 Monroe Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mario Mendoza, Tony Armas, Lafayette Currence, Ed Ott, John Morlan and Dave Parker.
Tom Saffell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Currence | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.36 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 136 | 85 | 63 | 15 | 67 | 2 | 117 | 3 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Thomas Bell | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.61 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84.0 | 76 | 53 | 43 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Meyer | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Elliott Jones | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.77 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 55 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Wanless | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.40 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 100 | 64 | 46 | 11 | 63 | 1 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Steve Williams | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.35 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 91 | 58 | 43 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Kenneth Waiss | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 68 | 46 | 39 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Carl Hewlett | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Noriega | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.09 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 56 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Morlan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 69 | 50 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Phillip Brooks | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.02 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 60 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Scott Lyman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Charles Arrendale | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Cabral | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54.0 | 36 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 47 | 7 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dick Grimaldi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.58 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 58 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| John Bedard | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 44 | 41 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| John McGraw | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Marine | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Standart | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fuchs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.85 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rod Dirks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Allen Dukate | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.60 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 77 | .364 | 5.11 | 294 | 121 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 988.0 | 1053 | 710 | 561 | 122 | 570 | 41 | 822 | 36 | 10 | 133 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Price | 111 | 436 | 406 | 51 | 108 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 101 | .266 | .310 | .433 | .743 | 176 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ed Ott | 105 | 404 | 356 | 58 | 104 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 64 | .292 | .364 | .444 | .808 | 158 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dave Parker | 71 | 291 | 268 | 49 | 96 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 41 | .358 | .401 | .571 | .972 | 153 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ovidio Polanco | 114 | 451 | 401 | 60 | 91 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 41 | 105 | .227 | .304 | .259 | .564 | 104 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mario Mendoza | 106 | 384 | 364 | 45 | 85 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 77 | .234 | .266 | .327 | .593 | 119 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Licini | 86 | 318 | 263 | 47 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 58 | .304 | .412 | .563 | .975 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 98 | 341 | 311 | 37 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 75 | .241 | .305 | .399 | .704 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Standart | 108 | 383 | 334 | 53 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 51 | .219 | .310 | .308 | .618 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Say | 89 | 305 | 263 | 27 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 59 | .228 | .328 | .316 | .643 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Sherlin | 47 | 180 | 163 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 35 | .239 | .311 | .344 | .655 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Albertsen | 39 | 120 | 110 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .227 | .275 | .264 | .539 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tony Armas | 31 | 93 | 88 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .227 | .253 | .295 | .548 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kelley | 47 | 106 | 98 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | .184 | .245 | .265 | .511 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Simontacchi | 28 | 85 | 75 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .213 | .286 | .360 | .646 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 34 | 48 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .244 | .261 | .289 | .550 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carmelo Ybes | 26 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .222 | .364 | .244 | .608 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Lebron | 9 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .333 | .400 | .593 | .993 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Noriega | 27 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .243 | .349 | .270 | .619 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Williams | 20 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .242 | .306 | .273 | .578 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Waiss | 9 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .333 | .368 | .722 | 1.091 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Bell | 30 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .222 | .300 | .259 | .559 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Jones | 11 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .368 | .632 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bedard | 10 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .263 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McGraw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Meyer | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Dirks | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cabral | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Grimaldi | 18 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Morlan | 11 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wanless | 17 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .042 | .207 | .042 | .249 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Charles Arrendale | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Brooks | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Allen Dukate | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fuchs | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Hewlett | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Lyman | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Marine | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1425 | 4355 | 3893 | 533 | 968 | 135 | 21 | 96 | 471 | 92 | 29 | 365 | 908 | .249 | .317 | .368 | .685 | 1433 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Licini | 1B | 80 | 571 | 34 | 10 | 52 | .984 | 7.562 | ||||
| Rich Standart | 1B | 48 | 321 | 23 | 4 | 20 | .989 | 7.167 | ||||
| Steven Noriega | 1B | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 6.250 | ||||
| Gary Kelley | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ovidio Polanco | 2B | 76 | 122 | 180 | 21 | 42 | .935 | 3.974 | ||||
| Eddie Sherlin | 2B | 44 | 77 | 86 | 12 | 17 | .931 | 3.705 | ||||
| Rich Standart | 2B | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | 3B | 47 | 44 | 64 | 12 | 8 | .900 | 2.298 | ||||
| Rich Standart | 3B | 41 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 4 | .889 | 1.561 | ||||
| Brad Albertsen | 3B | 29 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 2 | .841 | 1.828 | ||||
| Mario Mendoza | 3B | 20 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 2.500 | ||||
| Eddie Sherlin | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joseph Say | C | 82 | 544 | 55 | 5 | 5 | .992 | 7.305 | 19 | |||
| John Simontacchi | C | 23 | 130 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 6.174 | 15 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | C | 21 | 127 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 6.524 | 3 | |||
| Juan Lebron | C | 9 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 7.111 | 5 | |||
| Steven Noriega | C | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 2 | |||
| Victor Price | OF | 109 | 201 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .946 | 1.917 | ||||
| Ed Ott | OF | 102 | 146 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 1.588 | ||||
| Dave Parker | OF | 71 | 104 | 8 | 10 | 2 | .918 | 1.577 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 45 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .859 | 1.222 | ||||
| Tony Armas | OF | 30 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .870 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Kelley | OF | 25 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.640 | ||||
| Rich Standart | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| John Cabral | P | 36 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .167 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 29 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .828 | ||||
| Thomas Bell | P | 28 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .464 | ||||
| Gary Meyer | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Steve Williams | P | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Steven Noriega | P | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .222 | ||||
| Richard Wanless | P | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.941 | ||||
| Scott Lyman | P | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Dick Grimaldi | P | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| John Morlan | P | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Elliott Jones | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Phillip Brooks | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Kenneth Waiss | P | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Michael Fuchs | P | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Charles Arrendale | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Scott Johnson | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Marine | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Carl Hewlett | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Allen Dukate | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rod Dirks | P | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| John McGraw | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mario Mendoza | SS | 87 | 128 | 223 | 27 | 39 | .929 | 4.034 | ||||
| Ovidio Polanco | SS | 39 | 58 | 92 | 21 | 13 | .877 | 3.846 | ||||
| Rich Standart | SS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 2928 | 1120 | 213 | 221 | .950 | 2.983 | 44 | 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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