1971 Orlando Twins Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-73
Finished 4th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Jackie Ferrell (65-73)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 40,205, Avg. 583

1971 Orlando Twins Roster

The Orlando Twins of the Florida State League ended the 1971 season with a record of 65 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Twins plated 497 runs and surrendered 543 runs. Buddy Whitley paced Orlando with 15 home runs and drove in 62 runs. Robert Garcia led hitters with significant playing time with a .280 average. Gordon Blackard topped the team with 18 wins, while Bill Cope earned a 2.15 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Dave Goltz and Tom Johnson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Jackie Ferrell 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
Gordon Blackard	18	9	.667	2.90	31	29		14	6	0	211.0	198	78	68	10	51	2	101	6	0	5
Bill Cope	9	9	.500	2.15	41	12		5	1	8	142.0	118	46	34	6	53	4	81	4	0	4
Dave Goltz	7	0	1.000	2.21	7	7		4	2	0	53.0	49	16	13	2	16	0	34	2	0	3
Ralph Zuniga	7	5	.583	3.25	28	14		6	0	3	122.0	124	49	44	7	40	2	57	3	0	3
James Henderson	7	8	.467	4.00	30	14		4	2	1	108.0	106	62	48	7	57	1	63	9	2	3
William Hosey	6	10	.375	2.42	41	13		4	3	6	145.0	116	56	39	5	74	5	66	5	0	8
Dick Peery	3	5	.375	6.52	30	5		0	0	1	58.0	66	50	42	5	48	1	52	3	0	8
Tom Johnson	3	8	.273	4.03	17	16		3	0	0	96.0	110	53	43	4	27	0	71	3	1	1
Bill Osborne	2	5	.286	6.28	13	6		2	0	0	43.0	61	36	30	3	19	1	23	1	1	5
Keith Sonnichsen	1	2	.333	5.14	9	3		1	0	1	28.0	30	20	16	4	14	0	20	0	0	1
Neil Emerson	1	3	.250	4.85	9	7		1	0	0	39.0	42	23	21	4	19	0	16	1	0	4
Frank Schuster	1	6	.143	4.25	17	7		0	0	0	53.0	49	27	25	1	31	0	31	0	0	0
Peter Meyers	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	1
Ralph Dick	0	0		6.92	4	1		0	0	0	13.0	16	12	10	0	6	0	13	0	0	1
Michael Markham	0	0		13.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	6	6	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Robert Grover	0	1	.000	1.50	4	2		0	0	0	12.0	10	3	2	1	8	0	10	1	0	2
Arthur Clifford	0	2	.000	3.21	7	2		0	0	1	14.0	16	6	5	0	9	0	7	0	0	0
Totals	65	73	.471	3.51	292	138	0	44	14	21	1144.0	1120	543	446	60	482	16	653	38	4	49	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
Barry Roderick	138	589	528	69	136	16	6	1	45	15	11	37	50	.258	.307	.316	.623	167		2	19	3
Robert Garcia	121	454	393	42	110	28	0	0	43	8	7	50	71	.280	.363	.351	.714	138		3	5	3
Buddy Whitley	134	523	462	53	105	17	6	15	62	5	7	56	130	.227	.314	.387	.701	179		3	0	2
William Goodman	103	428	380	56	100	10	7	4	38	18	9	40	61	.263	.337	.358	.695	136		4	1	3
Richard Gouin	104	326	295	35	84	11	5	3	24	10	9	26	39	.285	.348	.386	.734	114		3	1	1
Frank Bonfonte	110	362	301	37	81	10	4	4	18	8	9	52	61	.269	.380	.369	.749	111		3	4	2
Jack Sexton	92	350	293	41	78	15	0	12	57	6	3	45	42	.266	.365	.440	.805	129		4	2	6
Joe Jacobsen	99	303	278	23	67	15	0	8	47	0	0	19	35	.241	.295	.381	.676	106		3	1	2
Keith Sonnichsen	93	319	258	35	59	8	2	3	30	11	2	50	38	.229	.357	.310	.667	80		3	5	3
Mark Scoville	57	172	151	20	29	6	2	0	15	1	1	15	34	.192	.271	.258	.529	39		2	2	2
Mike Ball	42	122	108	10	24	2	1	1	10	2	2	10	31	.222	.298	.287	.585	31		2	1	1
Ralph Dick	29	66	58	4	21	1	2	0	10	1	2	6	10	.362	.431	.448	.879	26		1	1	0
Patrick Smith	31	102	91	10	21	1	0	0	10	1	0	8	10	.231	.304	.242	.546	22		2	0	1
Tom Smithson	33	115	104	10	19	4	1	0	4	1	0	10	22	.183	.261	.240	.501	25		1	0	0
Michael Culotta	38	109	105	7	19	0	0	1	4	0	1	4	12	.181	.211	.210	.421	22		0	0	0
David Saylor	31	99	86	9	14	1	0	1	3	1	0	11	21	.163	.273	.209	.482	18		2	0	0
Gregory Goularte	18	56	52	6	10	2	1	0	6	2	0	2	10	.192	.218	.269	.487	14		0	1	1
Gordon Blackard	31	85	67	9	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	24	.149	.247	.149	.396	10		0	8	1
Bill Cope	41	47	38	4	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	12	.211	.268	.368	.637	14		0	6	0
Tom Johnson	17	34	29	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.241	.290	.241	.532	7		0	3	0
Ralph Zuniga	28	44	41	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.171	.190	.171	.361	7		0	2	0
William Hosey	42	48	40	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.100	.143	.100	.243	4		0	6	0
John Geitner	15	24	18	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	6	.167	.375	.167	.542	3		0	0	0
Frank Schuster	17	14	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	2		0	3	0
Dave Goltz	7	23	20	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.143	.150	.293	3		0	2	0
Dick Peery	30	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	0	0
Neil Emerson	9	15	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.200	.267	3		0	0	0
James Henderson	31	35	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.029	.029	.029	.059	1		0	1	0
Arthur Clifford	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Grover	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Peter Meyers	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bill Osborne	13	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0
Totals	1567	4896	4283	497	1023	149	39	54	434	92	64	470	806	.239	.318	.330	.647	1412	0	38	74	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Buddy Whitley	1B	102	876	42	11	84	.988	9.000
Joe Jacobsen	1B	23	207	12	2	20	.991	9.522
Mike Ball	1B	13	95	3	1	8	.990	7.538
Ralph Dick	1B	3	27	2	0	1	1.000	9.667
Keith Sonnichsen	1B	1	5	0	0	1	1.000	5.000
Robert Garcia	2B	111	275	325	18	72	.971	5.405
Patrick Smith	2B	28	67	57	4	13	.969	4.429
Keith Sonnichsen	2B	3	6	2	1	1	.889	2.667
Keith Sonnichsen	3B	75	62	169	18	20	.928	3.080
Mark Scoville	3B	43	38	83	15	8	.890	2.814
Mike Ball	3B	23	20	44	2	3	.970	2.783
Robert Garcia	3B	3	0	5	2	0	.714	1.667
Buddy Whitley	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Frank Bonfonte	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joe Jacobsen	C	57	274	25	5	2	.984	5.246	8
Michael Culotta	C	35	150	18	0	1	1.000	4.800	4
Tom Smithson	C	31	151	16	7	1	.960	5.387	6
David Saylor	C	29	153	24	7	2	.962	6.103	3
William Goodman	OF	100	232	21	7	4	.973	2.530
Richard Gouin	OF	93	147	9	5	2	.969	1.677
Frank Bonfonte	OF	92	127	9	4	1	.971	1.478
Jack Sexton	OF	86	151	8	1	1	.994	1.849
Buddy Whitley	OF	32	44	1	4	0	.918	1.406
Gregory Goularte	OF	15	20	0	1	0	.952	1.333
Ralph Dick	OF	14	19	0	1	0	.950	1.357
John Geitner	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
William Hosey	P	41	5	31	5	1	.878	.878
Bill Cope	P	41	8	18	5	1	.839	.634
Gordon Blackard	P	31	6	34	0	0	1.000	1.290
Dick Peery	P	30	4	8	1	0	.923	.400
James Henderson	P	30	8	19	2	1	.931	.900
Ralph Zuniga	P	28	6	19	0	0	1.000	.893
Frank Schuster	P	17	1	5	0	0	1.000	.353
Tom Johnson	P	17	5	17	2	1	.917	1.294
Bill Osborne	P	13	3	3	2	0	.750	.462
Keith Sonnichsen	P	9	3	3	0	1	1.000	.667
Neil Emerson	P	9	2	2	1	0	.800	.444
Dave Goltz	P	7	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.714
Arthur Clifford	P	7	0	4	0	0	1.000	.571
Robert Grover	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Ralph Dick	P	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Peter Meyers	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Michael Markham	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Barry Roderick	SS	138	223	470	32	86	.956	5.022
Totals		1450	3432	1523	166	336	.968	3.417	21	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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