1975 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 29-40
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Glenn Ezell (29-40)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 37,145, Avg. 1,077
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1975 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Pirates scored 314 runs and surrendered 334 runs. Dale Berra drove in 49 runs. Dan DeBattista paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .288 average. Jeff Pinkus topped the team with 5 wins, while Donald Presser registered a 3.17 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1975 Niagara Falls Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dale Berra, Al Holland and Bryan Clark.
Glenn Ezell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Pinkus | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.30 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 87 | 44 | 33 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Holland | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.57 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Donald Presser | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.17 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 70 | 46 | 31 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Bryan Clark | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.50 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 47 | 49 | 37 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mark Tapia | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Bolden | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Burman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.92 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hall | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Pete Summers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Isaac | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Russell Seabol | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.62 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Walter Cieply | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.60 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 38 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Gerald May | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.31 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 45 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Victor Robles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.46 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 40 | .412 | 3.81 | 155 | 68 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 581.0 | 534 | 334 | 246 | 16 | 350 | 15 | 399 | 20 | 9 | 72 | 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 Saber | 68 | 313 | 268 | 43 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 48 | .280 | .376 | .328 | .705 | 88 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dan DeBattista | 66 | 274 | 240 | 37 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | .288 | .369 | .350 | .719 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Dale Berra | 67 | 297 | 269 | 36 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 47 | .257 | .300 | .342 | .642 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| William Robbins | 67 | 287 | 224 | 37 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 37 | .277 | .428 | .424 | .852 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jerry McDonald | 61 | 273 | 233 | 36 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 32 | 25 | .240 | .340 | .258 | .597 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge DeLaRosa | 58 | 220 | 193 | 21 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 44 | .259 | .336 | .316 | .652 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom Holliday | 33 | 134 | 126 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .230 | .271 | .302 | .572 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roger Wick | 36 | 134 | 120 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .233 | .299 | .358 | .657 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Arsenio Sanchez | 48 | 164 | 137 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 23 | .190 | .302 | .234 | .536 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Alfred Rein | 26 | 108 | 94 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | .266 | .361 | .415 | .776 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenneth Barnes | 37 | 141 | 133 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .173 | .209 | .203 | .412 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Soliday | 28 | 109 | 100 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 36 | .210 | .275 | .390 | .665 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Summers | 30 | 88 | 77 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .195 | .276 | .273 | .549 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Carty | 18 | 68 | 58 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .224 | .328 | .276 | .604 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Presser | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 657 | 2613 | 2275 | 305 | 561 | 89 | 20 | 15 | 259 | 72 | 26 | 278 | 420 | .247 | .332 | .323 | .655 | 735 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Robbins | 1B | 67 | 610 | 38 | 14 | 40 | .979 | 9.672 | ||||
| Kenneth Barnes | 1B | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
| Donald Presser | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mark Saber | 2B | 31 | 75 | 93 | 7 | 20 | .960 | 5.419 | ||||
| Jorge DeLaRosa | 2B | 15 | 33 | 42 | 6 | 7 | .926 | 5.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Barnes | 2B | 14 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 9 | .962 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | 2B | 9 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .932 | 4.556 | ||||
| Dale Berra | 3B | 67 | 67 | 137 | 24 | 13 | .895 | 3.045 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | 3B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Roger Wick | C | 31 | 219 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .975 | 7.419 | 8 | |||
| Tom Holliday | C | 24 | 135 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 5.958 | 10 | |||
| Pete Summers | C | 15 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .926 | 5.000 | 4 | |||
| Jerry McDonald | OF | 60 | 106 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.817 | ||||
| Arsenio Sanchez | OF | 47 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .915 | 1.383 | ||||
| Alfred Rein | OF | 26 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Raymond Soliday | OF | 22 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jorge DeLaRosa | OF | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jorge Carty | OF | 18 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 2.167 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | OF | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Pete Summers | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Holliday | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Walter Cieply | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Tim Burman | P | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Dennis Bolden | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Donald Presser | P | 14 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 2.429 | ||||
| Jeff Pinkus | P | 14 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Robert Hall | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .286 | ||||
| Joseph Isaac | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Bryan Clark | P | 13 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.846 | ||||
| Victor Robles | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Gerald May | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Russell Seabol | P | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Al Holland | P | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Pete Summers | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Tapia | P | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Saber | SS | 37 | 55 | 138 | 9 | 13 | .955 | 5.216 | ||||
| Kenneth Barnes | SS | 21 | 31 | 76 | 9 | 11 | .922 | 5.095 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | SS | 11 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 6 | .922 | 4.273 | ||||
| Totals | 717 | 1748 | 790 | 131 | 134 | .951 | 3.540 | 22 | 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.
