1973 Montgomery Rebels Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-58
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Fred Hatfield (80-58)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 46,675, Avg. 676

1973 Montgomery Rebels Roster

Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1

The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 80 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Rebels plated 638 runs and yielded 575 runs. Leon Roberts paced Montgomery with 14 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Steve Grilli topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.57 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1973 Montgomery Rebels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Molinaro, Ron Cash, Tom Makowski, Leon Roberts, Paul Jata, Vern Ruhle, Bob Kaiser, Ike Blessitt, Gary Ignasiak, Phil Meeler, Dave Lemanczyk, Bob Adams, Steve Grilli, Fernando Arroyo, Joe Staton and Bruce Kimm.

Fred Hatfield 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
Steve Grilli	12	7	.632	2.57	21	20		12	2	0	147.0	127	55	42	7	60	4	106	9	0	6
Charles Swanson	10	4	.714	2.02	14	13		11	6	0	98.0	86	34	22	8	16	0	50	0	0	2
Fernando Arroyo	9	8	.529	3.06	23	22		10	1	0	159.0	153	71	54	10	50	1	74	5	0	6
Frederick Strine	9	8	.529	4.47	24	20		9	1	0	149.0	165	90	74	16	43	8	76	4	0	3
Tom Makowski	8	1	.889	3.04	10	10		2	0	0	74.0	71	29	25	3	35	2	48	1	0	3
Vern Ruhle	6	2	.750	2.89	10	10		5	0	0	81.0	72	33	26	4	17	0	34	4	0	2
Charles Kuhn	6	3	.667	3.48	26	5		3	1	6	62.0	55	31	24	4	28	3	48	0	0	1
Gary Ignasiak	5	8	.385	3.67	28	10		5	1	2	103.0	77	60	42	8	72	2	88	5	2	8
Phil Meeler	4	0	1.000	2.77	11	0		0	0	3	26.0	22	10	8	2	12	1	11	0	0	1
Frank Fisher	3	0	1.000	3.46	7	5		2	2	0	39.0	36	20	15	0	12	1	29	1	0	0
Dave Lemanczyk	3	1	.750	2.32	4	4		2	1	0	31.0	18	8	8	0	14	0	28	1	0	0
Everett Meggitt	2	5	.286	5.01	16	9		1	0	0	70.0	92	48	39	9	30	1	42	1	0	5
David DeLuca	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1		1	0	0	7.0	3	2	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
Greg Gromek	1	2	.333	5.40	9	2		1	0	1	20.0	22	13	12	4	5	0	5	0	1	1
Jerome Donahue	1	4	.200	5.28	33	1		1	0	11	46.0	46	29	27	2	35	3	31	2	0	4
Bob Flanders	0	0		3.18	6	1		0	0	0	17.0	18	11	6	0	15	0	9	2	0	3
Bob Kaiser	0	1	.000	15.75	4	1		0	0	0	4.0	10	9	7	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
Dan Bootcheck	0	4	.000	4.34	8	4		1	0	1	29.0	39	22	14	2	15	0	14	0	0	0
Totals	80	58	.580	3.45	255	138	0	66	15	24	1162.0	1112	575	446	82	468	26	696	35	3	45	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
Leon Roberts	133	571	489	87	144	30	1	14	70	22	10	66	98	.294	.382	.446	.828	218		6	6	4
Joe Staton	133	564	489	83	138	22	9	10	64	39	8	59	105	.282	.364	.425	.790	208		7	4	5
Raul Colon	125	484	388	58	98	16	1	4	45	0	2	88	67	.253	.398	.330	.727	128		6	1	1
Mark Giegler	103	387	351	40	94	18	2	4	44	14	9	22	48	.268	.310	.365	.675	128		3	3	8
Bryan Lambe	79	337	301	51	85	9	2	0	16	26	6	28	36	.282	.345	.326	.671	98		1	7	0
Lawrence Elliott	120	411	340	46	79	14	0	0	28	3	2	52	44	.232	.338	.274	.611	93		4	11	4
Bob Molinaro	69	283	248	33	78	5	2	5	45	11	1	31	26	.315	.394	.411	.805	102		2	1	1
Ike Blessitt	101	369	328	36	69	11	2	8	51	6	3	30	67	.210	.272	.329	.601	108		1	1	9
Ron Cash	58	247	220	31	67	10	4	4	39	4	3	24	33	.305	.372	.441	.813	97		1	0	2
Bruce Kimm	74	258	220	33	56	13	4	1	36	5	6	26	33	.255	.327	.364	.690	80		0	7	5
Curtis Suchan	80	287	251	37	56	12	0	4	24	5	3	35	38	.223	.321	.319	.639	80		1	0	0
Terry Mappin	72	231	185	18	42	2	0	5	28	0	1	41	17	.227	.376	.319	.694	59		3	2	0
Paul Jata	35	139	129	16	37	8	0	2	21	0	1	10	6	.287	.338	.395	.733	51		0	0	0
Steve Vazquez	46	157	136	22	31	2	1	1	10	1	0	18	26	.228	.327	.279	.606	38		2	1	0
Murray Robinson	19	88	71	22	25	6	1	7	22	0	0	15	15	.352	.477	.761	1.238	54		2	0	0
Jeffrey Hogan	42	139	121	15	22	6	0	1	16	1	0	13	11	.182	.261	.256	.517	31		1	1	3
Ronald Del Papa	20	58	55	6	11	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	.200	.228	.255	.483	14		0	1	0
Bob Adams	5	16	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	0	0
Carlos Quinones	16	22	20	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.150	.377	3		0	0	0
Steve Grilli	27	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1357	5048	4358	639	1138	184	29	71	563	137	55	562	686	.261	.348	.366	.713	1593	0	40	46	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Staton	1B	91	828	54	12	75	.987	9.692
Raul Colon	1B	48	429	29	6	32	.987	9.542
Paul Jata	1B	4	31	1	1	1	.970	8.000
Mark Giegler	2B	100	204	281	24	53	.953	4.850
Steve Vazquez	2B	22	32	44	5	7	.938	3.455
Jeffrey Hogan	2B	18	44	56	4	12	.962	5.556
Ronald Del Papa	2B	3	7	6	0	0	1.000	4.333
Carlos Quinones	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Bryan Lambe	2B	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Bruce Kimm	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lawrence Elliott	2B	1	3	3	0	0	1.000	6.000
Ron Cash	3B	58	39	142	19	8	.905	3.121
Curtis Suchan	3B	50	36	96	6	4	.957	2.640
Steve Vazquez	3B	22	20	54	6	2	.925	3.364
Bob Adams	3B	5	3	15	1	0	.947	3.600
Carlos Quinones	3B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Jeffrey Hogan	3B	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.500
Mark Giegler	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Bruce Kimm	C	66	324	33	8	2	.978	5.409	4
Terry Mappin	C	44	214	16	6	0	.975	5.227	2
Paul Jata	C	23	134	12	5	2	.967	6.348	6
Ronald Del Papa	C	17	77	7	1	2	.988	4.941	2
Leon Roberts	OF	130	276	10	6	1	.979	2.200
Bryan Lambe	OF	78	120	5	3	3	.977	1.603
Raul Colon	OF	67	82	9	2	3	.978	1.358
Ike Blessitt	OF	60	117	2	6	1	.952	1.983
Bob Molinaro	OF	47	73	8	2	2	.976	1.723
Curtis Suchan	OF	29	34	0	3	0	.919	1.172
Murray Robinson	OF	18	34	3	2	0	.949	2.056
Joe Staton	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Bruce Kimm	OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Mark Giegler	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jerome Donahue	P	33	1	4	1	0	.833	.152
Gary Ignasiak	P	28	4	12	4	2	.800	.571
Charles Kuhn	P	26	6	9	1	2	.938	.577
Frederick Strine	P	24	9	21	3	1	.909	1.250
Fernando Arroyo	P	23	13	39	3	5	.945	2.261
Steve Grilli	P	21	9	15	1	2	.960	1.143
Everett Meggitt	P	16	5	8	1	0	.929	.812
Charles Swanson	P	14	8	12	0	1	1.000	1.429
Phil Meeler	P	11	3	4	2	0	.778	.636
Vern Ruhle	P	10	6	13	0	0	1.000	1.900
Tom Makowski	P	10	3	11	2	0	.875	1.400
Greg Gromek	P	9	0	4	0	0	1.000	.444
Dan Bootcheck	P	8	5	4	0	1	1.000	1.125
Frank Fisher	P	7	3	3	0	0	1.000	.857
Bob Flanders	P	6	4	2	1	0	.857	1.000
Dave Lemanczyk	P	4	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.250
Bob Kaiser	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
David DeLuca	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lawrence Elliott	SS	118	190	390	38	60	.939	4.915
Jeffrey Hogan	SS	19	34	61	2	10	.979	5.000
Carlos Quinones	SS	10	5	10	2	1	.882	1.500
Mark Giegler	SS	3	3	6	0	2	1.000	3.000
Totals		1424	3490	1530	191	299	.963	3.525	14	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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