1971 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (0-0), Dick Cole (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 56,052, Avg. 1,601
1971 Niagara Falls Pirates RosterTeam Record: 37-33
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (0-0), Dick Cole (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 56,052, Avg. 1,601
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1971 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Pirates scored 282 runs and yielded 306 runs. Ron Knaub recorded 42 runs batted in. Terry Collins led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .306 average. George Whileyman topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Lafayette Currence and John Morlan both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Chuck Cottier and Dick Cole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Whileyman | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.00 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 99.0 | 64 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gary Abram | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 85.0 | 84 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.36 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 47 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Bedard | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.35 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 68 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.54 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Waelchli | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.41 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Nelson | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.57 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 73 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard Swinchock | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Morlan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Matthew Mazza | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brad Albertsen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elliott Jones | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lafayette Currence | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Kenneth Waiss | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Bell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Caruso | 0 | 1 | .000 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Clites | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.00 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 33 | .529 | 3.63 | 158 | 70 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 597.0 | 529 | 306 | 241 | 30 | 333 | 19 | 617 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Collins | 70 | 313 | 265 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 35 | .306 | .390 | .385 | .775 | 102 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ron Knaub | 66 | 268 | 239 | 38 | 66 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 51 | .276 | .343 | .427 | .770 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Johnson | 56 | 219 | 194 | 26 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 52 | .268 | .352 | .469 | .821 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Thomas | 56 | 219 | 200 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 41 | .230 | .283 | .365 | .648 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Shade | 53 | 187 | 158 | 15 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | .278 | .368 | .354 | .722 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Sherlin | 61 | 232 | 204 | 35 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 35 | .206 | .294 | .265 | .559 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Gandy | 42 | 127 | 111 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .288 | .362 | .315 | .678 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Bedard | 57 | 188 | 160 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 58 | .200 | .305 | .294 | .599 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Bostic | 44 | 140 | 122 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39 | .180 | .266 | .262 | .528 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Caruso | 54 | 172 | 142 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 38 | .148 | .275 | .211 | .486 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Alexander Kanoza | 34 | 121 | 106 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 34 | .160 | .264 | .170 | .434 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fausto Sosa | 22 | 84 | 72 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 20 | .208 | .321 | .222 | .544 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Albertsen | 35 | 78 | 61 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .180 | .320 | .213 | .533 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Bedard | 15 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 | .321 | .296 | .618 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Whileyman | 14 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .242 | .342 | .303 | .645 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Victor Price | 8 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .242 | .242 | .364 | .606 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 8 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 13 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 12 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Morlan | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nelson | 13 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .091 | .259 | .273 | .532 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Mazza | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Clites | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Waiss | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Waelchli | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Simontacchi | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Jones | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Swinchock | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 819 | 2597 | 2258 | 284 | 527 | 69 | 18 | 31 | 247 | 58 | 18 | 272 | 520 | .233 | .319 | .321 | .640 | 725 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Knaub | 1B | 64 | 472 | 36 | 8 | 43 | .984 | 7.938 | ||||
| Richard Bedard | 1B | 5 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Brad Albertsen | 1B | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 6.667 | ||||
| Eddie Sherlin | 2B | 44 | 106 | 99 | 8 | 23 | .962 | 4.659 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | 2B | 20 | 32 | 55 | 6 | 10 | .935 | 4.350 | ||||
| Richard Bedard | 2B | 8 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Brad Albertsen | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Caruso | 3B | 45 | 44 | 50 | 11 | 7 | .895 | 2.089 | ||||
| Richard Bedard | 3B | 18 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 1 | .778 | 1.944 | ||||
| Eddie Sherlin | 3B | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Gandy | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brad Albertsen | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Bostic | C | 37 | 310 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .985 | 9.000 | 6 | |||
| Alexander Kanoza | C | 33 | 269 | 28 | 10 | 4 | .967 | 9.000 | 15 | |||
| John Simontacchi | C | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 12.667 | 3 | |||
| Jim Johnson | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| William Thomas | OF | 55 | 100 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.891 | ||||
| Jim Johnson | OF | 52 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Gary Shade | OF | 49 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .932 | 1.408 | ||||
| Gary Gandy | OF | 30 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .842 | 1.067 | ||||
| Richard Bedard | OF | 23 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.348 | ||||
| Brad Albertsen | OF | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Victor Price | OF | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Strauch | P | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Danny Waelchli | P | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.500 | ||||
| George Whileyman | P | 13 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 2.923 | ||||
| Gary Abram | P | 13 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Richard Swinchock | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Slagle | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Matthew Mazza | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Clites | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Kenneth Waiss | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Scott Johnson | P | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Morlan | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Elliott Jones | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Bell | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| John Caruso | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Albertsen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Collins | SS | 70 | 112 | 179 | 19 | 37 | .939 | 4.157 | ||||
| Totals | 755 | 1800 | 644 | 125 | 143 | .951 | 3.237 | 25 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
