1972 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 48-22
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Chuck Cottier (48-22)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 52,476, Avg. 1,499
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1972 season with a record of 48 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.
The Pirates plated 346 runs and yielded 275 runs. Butch Alberts drove in 46 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Lafayette Currence, Odell Jones and Charles Janes led the team with 7 wins each, while Charles Janes recorded a 2.28 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Omar Moreno, Odell Jones, Timothy Jones, Lafayette Currence, Jimmy Sexton, Butch Alberts and Miguel Diloné were all players from the 1972 Niagara Falls Pirates who played in the Majors during their careers.
Chuck Cottier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Janes | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.28 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 60 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.36 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 50 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Odell Jones | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.08 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 78 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kim West | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.78 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 84 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Michael Byrne | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23.0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Keith Matheny | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 43 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phillip Brooks | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37.0 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Patrick Cassaday | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.93 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 36 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Johnson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.27 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 41 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Michael Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.69 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jethro Mills | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Bedard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 48 | 22 | .686 | 3.35 | 119 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 573.0 | 486 | 275 | 213 | 25 | 305 | 15 | 548 | 18 | 2 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Moreno | 68 | 289 | 259 | 52 | 75 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 44 | .290 | .363 | .402 | .765 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 68 | 279 | 247 | 38 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 31 | .291 | .360 | .417 | .777 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 66 | 247 | 206 | 42 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 41 | .311 | .417 | .447 | .864 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Sexton | 69 | 266 | 212 | 41 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 38 | .288 | .430 | .325 | .756 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Prazych | 67 | 268 | 247 | 34 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 75 | .239 | .291 | .364 | .655 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Miguel Diloné | 61 | 265 | 223 | 50 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 38 | 28 | .224 | .338 | .251 | .590 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brian Bochow | 61 | 226 | 187 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 50 | .176 | .310 | .251 | .561 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Juan Lebron | 23 | 84 | 80 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .312 | .345 | .488 | .833 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Cones | 53 | 133 | 117 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 45 | .154 | .248 | .239 | .487 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Gomez | 49 | 128 | 120 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .150 | .197 | .175 | .372 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Vance | 29 | 106 | 80 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | .212 | .390 | .400 | .790 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Doug Zimmerman | 27 | 86 | 71 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .113 | .267 | .169 | .436 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Hebner | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Cassaday | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim West | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Brooks | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Johnson | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bedard | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jethro Mills | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Gonzalez | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Matheny | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Odell Jones | 11 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Janes | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 750 | 2496 | 2155 | 345 | 508 | 76 | 25 | 24 | 276 | 134 | 30 | 281 | 485 | .236 | .331 | .328 | .659 | 706 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Prazych | 1B | 67 | 524 | 40 | 12 | 39 | .979 | 8.418 | ||||
| John Vance | 1B | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.667 | ||||
| Brian Bochow | 2B | 54 | 113 | 103 | 9 | 24 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
| Melvin Gomez | 2B | 17 | 33 | 44 | 7 | 6 | .917 | 4.529 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 3B | 66 | 47 | 133 | 26 | 12 | .874 | 2.727 | ||||
| Michael Cones | 3B | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Doug Zimmerman | C | 26 | 183 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 7.577 | 11 | |||
| John Vance | C | 26 | 207 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 8.615 | 7 | |||
| Juan Lebron | C | 20 | 147 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 7.800 | 6 | |||
| Dennis Hebner | C | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 0 | |||
| Omar Moreno | OF | 68 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .948 | 1.338 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 68 | 98 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .954 | 1.529 | ||||
| Miguel Diloné | OF | 60 | 83 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .946 | 1.450 | ||||
| Michael Cones | OF | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.438 | ||||
| Michael Byrne | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Phillip Brooks | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .429 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Kim West | P | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Charles Janes | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Keith Matheny | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Oscar Johnson | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .429 | .273 | ||||
| Patrick Cassaday | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jethro Mills | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Gonzalez | P | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 69 | 86 | 178 | 13 | 25 | .953 | 3.826 | ||||
| Michael Cones | SS | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 688 | 1719 | 640 | 105 | 118 | .957 | 3.429 | 24 | 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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