1971 Montgomery Rebels Statistics

Southern League (Dixie Association) (SL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 3rd in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Dick Tracewski (73-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 45,110, Avg. 635

1971 Montgomery Rebels Roster

The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Rebels plated 567 runs and conceded 557 runs. Ike Blessitt paced Montgomery with 22 home runs, while John Young walloped 15 or more, too. Ike Blessitt drove in 70 runs. Richard Leon led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Dan Bootcheck topped the squad with 11 wins, and Bill Slayback recorded a 2.95 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1971 Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Holdsworth, John Knox, Phil Meeler, Bob Strampe, Chuck Scrivener, Jack Whillock, John Young, Ike Blessitt, John Gamble, Don Leshnock, Bill Slayback, Bob Molinaro and Gary Taylor.

Dick Tracewski 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
Dan Bootcheck	11	8	.579	4.06	33	19		4	2	1	142.0	146	76	64	13	57	1	77	3	0	5
Don Leshnock	7	3	.700	4.28	31	9		3	1	0	101.0	99	54	48	8	47	3	110	1	0	5
Raymond Blosse	6	5	.545	4.43	26	20		5	3	0	134.0	112	74	66	7	91	1	99	9	0	23
Jerome Donahue	5	2	.714	0.76	26	0		0	0	2	59.0	34	7	5	3	14	3	35	0	0	1
Jack Whillock	5	2	.714	1.19	37	0		0	0	15	53.0	25	9	7	1	9	1	54	1	0	0
Gary Taylor	5	3	.625	2.80	10	9		5	1	0	61.0	60	22	19	3	11	1	32	2	0	0
Keith Spicer	5	5	.500	3.25	20	8		2	0	0	83.0	78	34	30	11	34	5	51	2	0	1
Bill Slayback	5	7	.417	2.95	20	20		2	0	0	125.0	113	56	41	11	51	2	131	3	1	5
Phil Meeler	5	7	.417	3.65	49	0		0	0	13	79.0	75	40	32	8	40	4	77	4	0	4
Stephen Tissot	5	12	.294	5.01	27	19		3	0	0	115.0	119	73	64	18	51	2	86	4	0	11
Robert Ware	4	5	.444	2.28	13	11		2	1	0	75.0	55	27	19	5	37	2	69	4	0	3
Michael Fremuth	4	5	.444	3.12	11	11		4	0	0	75.0	68	34	26	4	38	0	48	2	0	9
Charles Kuhn	3	3	.500	4.85	14	11		1	1	1	65.0	65	36	35	11	25	2	50	6	0	7
Fred Holdsworth	2	1	.667	2.74	3	3		2	0	0	23.0	16	10	7	0	3	1	16	0	0	0
Bob Strampe	1	1	.500	2.45	2	2		0	0	0	11.0	6	5	3	1	13	0	6	1	1	3
Totals	73	69	.514	3.49	322	142	0	33	9	32	1201.0	1071	557	466	104	521	28	941	42	2	77	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
Richard Leon	136	562	517	59	160	21	2	6	61	5	6	37	81	.309	.358	.393	.750	203		3	3	2
John Gamble	137	576	516	79	130	13	4	3	36	38	8	46	64	.252	.317	.310	.627	160		5	5	4
John Young	122	486	427	73	127	20	2	17	63	30	7	52	95	.297	.377	.473	.850	202		4	1	2
John Knox	128	509	435	59	118	14	6	2	39	12	10	67	52	.271	.368	.345	.713	150		0	6	1
Ike Blessitt	112	451	394	64	105	16	6	22	70	27	6	53	84	.266	.353	.505	.858	199		1	1	2
Eugene Spatz	118	412	362	43	104	15	2	3	34	10	2	42	38	.287	.364	.365	.729	132		3	3	2
Alex Bike	110	389	347	37	92	18	1	8	48	0	2	33	55	.265	.331	.392	.723	136		3	2	4
Steve Smith	85	328	296	35	68	12	0	9	43	0	0	26	62	.230	.290	.361	.651	107		1	0	5
Bob Molinaro	45	192	166	26	50	11	2	4	25	2	4	20	22	.301	.377	.464	.841	77		2	1	3
Marty Barski	83	273	232	25	50	9	1	0	12	2	4	36	31	.216	.319	.263	.582	61		1	0	4
Chuck Scrivener	51	163	140	13	33	4	0	0	16	0	3	19	27	.236	.329	.264	.593	37		1	2	1
Hagan Andersen	58	146	136	7	25	3	0	0	6	1	0	8	22	.184	.228	.206	.433	28		0	1	1
Harry Kendrick	55	155	134	10	23	4	0	1	13	0	0	17	9	.172	.266	.224	.490	30		1	1	2
Dan Bootcheck	35	55	48	8	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	13	.354	.396	.375	.771	18		0	2	1
Ronnie Chambers	37	79	68	6	14	2	1	0	7	0	0	8	13	.206	.308	.265	.572	18		2	1	0
Bill Slayback	20	46	43	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.233	.250	.256	.506	11		0	2	0
Raymond Blosse	26	49	42	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.167	.205	.190	.395	8		0	5	0
Stephen Tissot	27	39	35	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	11	.171	.256	.171	.428	6		0	0	0
David Fore	6	16	14	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.357	.375	.429	.804	6		1	0	1
Robert Ware	13	27	26	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.192	.192	.231	.423	6		0	1	0
Charles Kuhn	14	23	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.190	.381	4		0	2	0
Keith Spicer	21	28	23	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	.174	.296	.217	.514	5		0	1	0
John Hetrick	9	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	1	0
Michael Fremuth	14	30	26	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.115	.148	.115	.264	3		0	3	0
William Ray	7	18	14	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.143	.333	.357	.690	5		2	0	0
Gary Taylor	10	22	21	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.095	.095	.143	.238	3		0	1	0
Michael Murray	3	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.167	.500	.167	.667	1		0	1	0
Phil Meeler	49	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.333	.143	.476	1		1	1	0
Bob Strampe	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	1
Jerome Donahue	26	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	1	0
Don Leshnock	31	33	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.036	.000	.036	0		0	5	0
Jack Whillock	37	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	1	0
Fred Holdsworth	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1631	5174	4562	567	1169	169	27	76	497	127	53	490	777	.256	.330	.355	.685	1620	0	31	55	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Young	1B	118	955	67	15	81	.986	8.661
Richard Leon	1B	27	183	9	2	17	.990	7.111
Alex Bike	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
John Knox	2B	123	292	327	14	76	.978	5.033
Marty Barski	2B	13	33	23	1	2	.982	4.308
Hagan Andersen	2B	10	22	13	3	3	.921	3.500
Steve Smith	3B	54	42	98	13	10	.915	2.593
John Gamble	3B	45	25	91	13	4	.899	2.578
Marty Barski	3B	32	13	77	2	9	.978	2.812
Hagan Andersen	3B	21	20	36	6	2	.903	2.667
Alex Bike	C	98	664	81	14	8	.982	7.602	7
Harry Kendrick	C	46	285	14	2	2	.993	6.500	12
David Fore	C	4	23	5	1	0	.966	7.000	0
Michael Murray	C	3	27	2	2	0	.935	9.667	1
Richard Leon	OF	111	147	3	5	0	.968	1.351
Ike Blessitt	OF	110	205	7	8	2	.964	1.927
Eugene Spatz	OF	106	210	3	4	0	.982	2.009
Bob Molinaro	OF	43	71	7	6	1	.929	1.814
Steve Smith	OF	27	36	5	2	0	.953	1.519
Marty Barski	OF	24	24	2	0	0	1.000	1.083
Ronnie Chambers	OF	22	25	1	1	0	.963	1.182
William Ray	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
John Hetrick	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Phil Meeler	P	49	5	12	1	1	.944	.347
Jack Whillock	P	37	3	4	0	1	1.000	.189
Dan Bootcheck	P	33	7	18	2	1	.926	.758
Don Leshnock	P	31	6	13	0	1	1.000	.613
Stephen Tissot	P	27	10	11	2	0	.913	.778
Jerome Donahue	P	26	2	4	0	0	1.000	.231
Raymond Blosse	P	26	6	13	1	0	.950	.731
Keith Spicer	P	20	5	11	2	1	.889	.800
Bill Slayback	P	20	5	15	2	0	.909	1.000
Charles Kuhn	P	14	2	1	1	0	.750	.214
Robert Ware	P	13	5	9	3	0	.824	1.077
Michael Fremuth	P	11	3	17	3	0	.870	1.818
Gary Taylor	P	10	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.000
Fred Holdsworth	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Bob Strampe	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
John Gamble	SS	91	144	266	24	42	.945	4.505
Chuck Scrivener	SS	47	68	147	14	26	.939	4.574
Hagan Andersen	SS	8	16	12	1	1	.966	3.500
Marty Barski	SS	2	2	3	1	0	.833	2.500
Totals		1513	3604	1438	171	291	.967	3.332	20	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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