1972 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Fred Hatfield (78-61)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 56,249, Avg. 809
Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 3 games, Asheville Orioles 0
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Rebels plated 626 runs and allowed 562 runs. Murray Robinson paced Montgomery with 28 home runs and accounted for 94 RBI. Joe Staton led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .289 clip. Danny Fife topped the team with 14 wins, while Steve Grilli recorded a 1.72 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Montgomery Rebels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom Veryzer, Marv Lane, Norm McRae, Ron Cash, Gene Lamont, Danny Fife, Dennis DeBarr, Billy Baldwin, Billy Rohr, Joe Staton, Steve Grilli, Fernando Arroyo, Ken Szotkiewicz and Reggie Sanders.
Fred Hatfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Fife | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.10 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 221.0 | 177 | 92 | 76 | 13 | 88 | 12 | 156 | 9 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dan Bootcheck | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.92 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 179.0 | 182 | 85 | 58 | 6 | 71 | 6 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Grilli | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1.72 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 115.0 | 85 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kuhn | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.15 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 143.0 | 126 | 66 | 50 | 10 | 68 | 6 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Fernando Arroyo | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.84 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 157.0 | 142 | 81 | 67 | 13 | 55 | 7 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerome Donahue | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.92 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 61.0 | 52 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Norm McRae | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.19 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 70 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Ware | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Strine | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.23 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Charles Swanson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.36 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75.0 | 67 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 2 | 11 | .154 | 4.55 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 101 | 62 | 42 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David DeLuca | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rohr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Tissot | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis DeBarr | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dwyer | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 61 | .561 | 3.20 | 317 | 139 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 34 | 1235.0 | 1118 | 562 | 439 | 78 | 508 | 58 | 881 | 44 | 3 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Giegler | 133 | 559 | 506 | 76 | 140 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 61 | .277 | .333 | .377 | .711 | 191 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Hogan | 132 | 537 | 478 | 54 | 129 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 51 | .270 | .326 | .335 | .660 | 160 | 2 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Marv Lane | 104 | 444 | 369 | 67 | 115 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 67 | .312 | .417 | .501 | .918 | 185 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Murray Robinson | 134 | 549 | 457 | 82 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 79 | .249 | .362 | .484 | .846 | 221 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Joe Staton | 104 | 455 | 391 | 76 | 113 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 56 | 70 | .289 | .379 | .427 | .806 | 167 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Gene Lamont | 119 | 464 | 385 | 47 | 105 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 72 | .273 | .380 | .374 | .754 | 144 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Bryan Lambe | 120 | 492 | 413 | 59 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 62 | 72 | .254 | .351 | .308 | .659 | 127 | 2 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Tom Veryzer | 111 | 427 | 381 | 36 | 84 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 97 | .220 | .288 | .357 | .645 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Smith | 95 | 267 | 244 | 28 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 60 | .217 | .278 | .336 | .614 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marty Barski | 54 | 155 | 124 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 21 | .218 | .338 | .250 | .588 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Danny Fife | 31 | 95 | 84 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .190 | .253 | .202 | .455 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Fore | 28 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .219 | .215 | .250 | .465 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Cash | 20 | 67 | 64 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .203 | .239 | .266 | .504 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raul Colon | 10 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .306 | .375 | .639 | 1.014 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kuhn | 48 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .216 | .245 | .294 | .539 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Bootcheck | 33 | 73 | 67 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .149 | .186 | .179 | .365 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Wosman | 13 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .257 | .395 | .314 | .710 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tanner | 14 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .267 | .353 | .300 | .653 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Grilli | 20 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Del Papa | 25 | 63 | 61 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .131 | .159 | .131 | .290 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm McRae | 21 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .286 | .476 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Arroyo | 28 | 57 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .083 | .137 | .104 | .241 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ware | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .778 | 1.111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 16 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Swanson | 29 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Calamis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rohr | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Donahue | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Baldwin | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Vega | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Strine | 34 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Tissot | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David DeLuca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Kanoza | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1561 | 5136 | 4462 | 601 | 1115 | 188 | 35 | 79 | 512 | 113 | 47 | 531 | 832 | .250 | .331 | .361 | .692 | 1610 | 0 | 27 | 80 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Staton | 1B | 16 | 690 | 48 | 12 | 61 | .984 | 46.125 | ||||
| Raul Colon | 1B | 10 | 86 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .989 | 9.400 | ||||
| James Wosman | 1B | 8 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.875 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | 1B | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| David Fore | 1B | 2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Billy Baldwin | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mark Giegler | 2B | 124 | 291 | 375 | 24 | 97 | .965 | 5.371 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 2B | 14 | 44 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .947 | 6.357 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hogan | 2B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hogan | 3B | 106 | 94 | 223 | 13 | 23 | .961 | 2.991 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 3B | 31 | 19 | 50 | 12 | 2 | .852 | 2.226 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 3B | 12 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .862 | 2.083 | ||||
| Ron Cash | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gene Lamont | C | 116 | 730 | 72 | 12 | 9 | .985 | 6.914 | 15 | |||
| Ronald Del Papa | C | 21 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 4.905 | 2 | |||
| David Fore | C | 18 | 89 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 5.444 | 2 | |||
| Ramon Vega | C | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | 0 | |||
| Murray Robinson | OF | 128 | 167 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .951 | 1.367 | ||||
| Bryan Lambe | OF | 115 | 194 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 1.739 | ||||
| Marv Lane | OF | 102 | 206 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 2.059 | ||||
| Steve Smith | OF | 34 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.118 | ||||
| Joe Staton | OF | 30 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.433 | ||||
| Ron Cash | OF | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| James Tanner | OF | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Marty Barski | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Billy Baldwin | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| James Wosman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Ware | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Lamont | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Kuhn | P | 45 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Jerome Donahue | P | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Frederick Strine | P | 34 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Charles Swanson | P | 29 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .552 | ||||
| Danny Fife | P | 29 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 1.828 | ||||
| Dan Bootcheck | P | 29 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 1.966 | ||||
| Fernando Arroyo | P | 28 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Norm McRae | P | 20 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.200 | ||||
| Steve Grilli | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Frank Fisher | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .789 | .938 | ||||
| Robert Ware | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Michael Dwyer | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Billy Rohr | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Stephen Tissot | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David DeLuca | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Veryzer | SS | 109 | 166 | 358 | 26 | 64 | .953 | 4.807 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hogan | SS | 29 | 43 | 101 | 8 | 18 | .947 | 4.966 | ||||
| Mark Giegler | SS | 6 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 4.167 | ||||
| Andy Kanoza | SS | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1402 | 3274 | 1584 | 166 | 322 | .967 | 3.465 | 19 | 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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