1973 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 61-74
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (61-74)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 164,579, Avg. 2,438
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 61 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The 89ers plated 697 runs and allowed 721 runs. Roger Freed walloped 30 home runs for Oklahoma City, while Ossie Blanco swatted 15 or more, too. Roger Freed drove in 96 runs. Tommy Smith led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .342 clip. Lowell Palmer topped the squad with 12 wins, and Bill Butler recorded a 4.31 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Remy Hermoso, Terry Ley, Vince Colbert, Bob Rauch, Tommy Smith, Bill Butler, Kevin Collins, Mike Hedlund, Ossie Blanco, Tom McMillan, Steve Hargan, Lou Camilli, Roy Foster, Marcelino López, Jim Rittwage, Roger Freed, Gomer Hodge, Rich Hinton, Steve Mingori, Denny Riddleberger, Jack Whillock, Mike Jackson, Lowell Palmer, Larry Johnson, Alan Ashby, Duane Kuiper, Dick Colpaert and Ted Ford were all players from the 1973 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Frank Lucchesi 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowell Palmer | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.59 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 196.0 | 182 | 111 | 100 | 17 | 111 | 4 | 203 | 13 | 1 | 26 | ||
Jim Rittwage | 8 | 1 | .889 | 5.19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 99 | 57 | 49 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Rich Hinton | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.10 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 113.0 | 126 | 69 | 64 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mike Hedlund | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.44 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140.0 | 167 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
Steve Hargan | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.13 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 114.0 | 123 | 76 | 65 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 16 | ||
Bill Butler | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.31 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 163.0 | 181 | 98 | 78 | 7 | 76 | 5 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
Bob Rauch | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.96 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 79 | 52 | 47 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Mike Jackson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 70 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jack Whillock | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34.0 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
James Moyer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.40 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 47 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dick Colpaert | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.62 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Terry Ley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.67 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Steve Mingori | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vince Colbert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Denny Riddleberger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.85 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Marcelino López | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.00 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 61 | 74 | .452 | 4.93 | 334 | 136 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 1129.0 | 1248 | 717 | 619 | 76 | 516 | 33 | 870 | 34 | 2 | 89 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Smith | 128 | 531 | 482 | 82 | 165 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 13 | 7 | 43 | 54 | .342 | .394 | .454 | .848 | 219 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Remy Hermoso | 124 | 507 | 467 | 65 | 142 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 45 | .304 | .352 | .366 | .718 | 171 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
Bill Flowers | 126 | 576 | 525 | 84 | 140 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 42 | 91 | .267 | .328 | .375 | .703 | 197 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
Lou Camilli | 134 | 548 | 463 | 72 | 130 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 73 | .281 | .378 | .462 | .840 | 214 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
Ossie Blanco | 130 | 547 | 477 | 71 | 125 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 98 | .262 | .339 | .440 | .779 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
Ted Ford | 101 | 429 | 367 | 63 | 119 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 69 | .324 | .409 | .499 | .908 | 183 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
Roger Freed | 128 | 513 | 418 | 81 | 116 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 111 | .278 | .404 | .529 | .933 | 221 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
George Pena | 106 | 405 | 340 | 50 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 102 | .256 | .368 | .438 | .806 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Johnson | 54 | 165 | 151 | 27 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 32 | .318 | .362 | .556 | .918 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Kevin Collins | 48 | 178 | 162 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .278 | .324 | .364 | .688 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Carl Richardson | 68 | 235 | 201 | 38 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 26 | .224 | .322 | .303 | .625 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Roy Foster | 42 | 176 | 159 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 34 | .226 | .301 | .384 | .685 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gomer Hodge | 43 | 125 | 120 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .200 | .224 | .275 | .499 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tom McMillan | 10 | 39 | 38 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .316 | .308 | .395 | .702 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Duane Kuiper | 18 | 64 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .161 | .254 | .214 | .468 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frederick Smith | 8 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Donald Grice | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Denny Riddleberger | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Hinton | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1322 | 5059 | 4445 | 695 | 1245 | 235 | 39 | 111 | 627 | 67 | 39 | 524 | 802 | .280 | .357 | .425 | .783 | 1891 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ossie Blanco | 1B | 127 | 935 | 55 | 16 | 90 | .984 | 7.795 | ||||
Gomer Hodge | 1B | 15 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.200 | ||||
Roy Foster | 1B | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 8.333 | ||||
George Pena | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Carl Richardson | 2B | 64 | 146 | 158 | 13 | 35 | .959 | 4.750 | ||||
Kevin Collins | 2B | 38 | 66 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 3.711 | ||||
Lou Camilli | 2B | 21 | 38 | 45 | 3 | 11 | .965 | 3.952 | ||||
Duane Kuiper | 2B | 18 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 7 | .962 | 4.222 | ||||
Remy Hermoso | 2B | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
Donald Grice | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Roger Freed | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Ossie Blanco | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Lou Camilli | 3B | 115 | 106 | 182 | 20 | 22 | .935 | 2.504 | ||||
Gomer Hodge | 3B | 19 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .900 | 1.895 | ||||
Roger Freed | 3B | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
Donald Grice | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Kevin Collins | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Frederick Smith | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Ossie Blanco | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
George Pena | C | 103 | 678 | 56 | 12 | 11 | .984 | 7.126 | 14 | |||
Larry Johnson | C | 24 | 155 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .988 | 6.792 | 5 | |||
Bill Flowers | OF | 126 | 292 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 2.397 | ||||
Tommy Smith | OF | 123 | 199 | 6 | 10 | 1 | .953 | 1.667 | ||||
Ted Ford | OF | 100 | 159 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 1.660 | ||||
Roger Freed | OF | 54 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.389 | ||||
Ossie Blanco | OF | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
Frederick Smith | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .857 | ||||
Larry Johnson | OF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Carl Richardson | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Steve Hargan | P | 41 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .634 | ||||
Bill Butler | P | 38 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .526 | ||||
Rich Hinton | P | 36 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
Lowell Palmer | P | 32 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .781 | ||||
Jim Rittwage | P | 26 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .692 | ||||
Dick Colpaert | P | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
Jack Whillock | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .391 | ||||
Mike Hedlund | P | 23 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 1.957 | ||||
Bob Rauch | P | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .333 | ||||
Vince Colbert | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
Denny Riddleberger | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
Mike Jackson | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
Marcelino López | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
James Moyer | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
Terry Ley | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Steve Mingori | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Remy Hermoso | SS | 117 | 189 | 289 | 16 | 60 | .968 | 4.085 | ||||
Tom McMillan | SS | 10 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 3.000 | ||||
Lou Camilli | SS | 8 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 3.125 | ||||
Kevin Collins | SS | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
Totals | 1477 | 3315 | 1199 | 140 | 301 | .970 | 3.056 | 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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