1972 Orlando Twins Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-68
Finished 4th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Early Wynn (63-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 50,332, Avg. 768
1972 Orlando Twins RosterTeam Record: 63-68
Finished 4th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Early Wynn (63-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 50,332, Avg. 768
The Orlando Twins of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 63 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Twins plated 488 runs and allowed 530 runs. Jack Sexton and Ed Palat paced Orlando with 10 home runs apiece. Joe Jacobsen drove in 66 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .286 average. David Allen led the squad with 13 wins, while Frank Hecomovich registered a 2.81 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1972 Orlando Twins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Willie Norwood, Mike Poepping and Dave Edwards.
Early Wynn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Allen | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.29 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 175.0 | 170 | 75 | 64 | 10 | 59 | 1 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Scott Marchael | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.28 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 170.0 | 146 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Frank Hecomovich | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.81 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 166 | 77 | 55 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Clark Ullom | 8 | 14 | .364 | 2.95 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 189.0 | 170 | 79 | 62 | 6 | 77 | 2 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Edmund Savold | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.93 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46.0 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeffrey Hooper | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.71 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 109 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Terence Cupples | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.13 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 130 | 78 | 65 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| John Eichholtz | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lynn Buehner | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Stiegemeier | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.76 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Hatch | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Bochy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dwayne Roemen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Cooney | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 68 | .481 | 3.53 | 256 | 131 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 1126.0 | 1047 | 530 | 442 | 55 | 463 | 6 | 746 | 44 | 5 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Palat | 127 | 513 | 461 | 65 | 113 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 45 | 74 | .245 | .314 | .369 | .683 | 170 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Joe Jacobsen | 111 | 401 | 367 | 31 | 105 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 51 | .286 | .332 | .414 | .747 | 152 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jack Sexton | 107 | 404 | 329 | 55 | 104 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 29 | .316 | .424 | .450 | .874 | 148 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Poepping | 130 | 527 | 440 | 66 | 102 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 81 | 125 | .232 | .351 | .327 | .678 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Hasbrouck | 119 | 452 | 389 | 36 | 94 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52 | .242 | .330 | .288 | .618 | 112 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Willie Norwood | 49 | 220 | 204 | 26 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 48 | .289 | .338 | .412 | .750 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Hanegan | 86 | 333 | 274 | 24 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 48 | .204 | .321 | .270 | .591 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Lundin | 59 | 214 | 195 | 32 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 16 | .272 | .333 | .436 | .769 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Baier | 67 | 229 | 208 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .255 | .311 | .293 | .604 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 63 | 220 | 190 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 44 | .200 | .309 | .258 | .567 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Braun | 84 | 197 | 174 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 58 | .184 | .264 | .236 | .500 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Edwards | 43 | 168 | 143 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 31 | .217 | .323 | .245 | .568 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Allen | 53 | 104 | 93 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 22 | .312 | .350 | .387 | .737 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Clark Ullom | 73 | 148 | 138 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | .210 | .243 | .254 | .497 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Kissell | 49 | 154 | 135 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .193 | .272 | .193 | .464 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Brooks | 35 | 116 | 91 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 26 | .198 | .362 | .319 | .681 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Stone | 25 | 75 | 60 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .183 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terence Cupples | 22 | 41 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .150 | .171 | .150 | .321 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hecomovich | 27 | 66 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .102 | .197 | .102 | .299 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Jackson | 7 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Marchael | 24 | 64 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .085 | .143 | .119 | .262 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Hooper | 25 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Phelps | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stiegemeier | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Mitterholzer | 8 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Eichholtz | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Buehner | 30 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .043 | .241 | .043 | .285 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Thornton | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Bochy | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edmund Savold | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Roemen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Cooney | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Davison | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Hatch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1538 | 4826 | 4204 | 487 | 988 | 133 | 26 | 54 | 428 | 77 | 37 | 512 | 828 | .235 | .321 | .318 | .638 | 1335 | 0 | 35 | 41 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Jacobsen | 1B | 81 | 658 | 35 | 9 | 55 | .987 | 8.556 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | 1B | 63 | 447 | 26 | 8 | 30 | .983 | 7.508 | ||||
| John Brooks | 1B | 6 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Clark Ullom | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Hasbrouck | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tommy Hanegan | 2B | 68 | 182 | 203 | 8 | 50 | .980 | 5.662 | ||||
| Kenneth Braun | 2B | 47 | 61 | 57 | 6 | 9 | .952 | 2.511 | ||||
| William Kissell | 2B | 38 | 77 | 80 | 5 | 12 | .969 | 4.132 | ||||
| John Phelps | 2B | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry Lundin | 2B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Baier | 2B | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | 3B | 81 | 65 | 162 | 13 | 7 | .946 | 2.802 | ||||
| Ed Palat | 3B | 38 | 22 | 54 | 9 | 4 | .894 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Braun | 3B | 17 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Kissell | 3B | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Tommy Hanegan | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jay Thornton | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Hasbrouck | C | 114 | 655 | 66 | 13 | 8 | .982 | 6.325 | 19 | |||
| Joe Jacobsen | C | 28 | 151 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 5.679 | 7 | |||
| Jack Sexton | OF | 99 | 127 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.394 | ||||
| Ed Palat | OF | 95 | 168 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 1.895 | ||||
| Ronald Mercier | OF | 57 | 88 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 1.684 | ||||
| Willie Norwood | OF | 49 | 126 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .915 | 2.633 | ||||
| Dave Edwards | OF | 40 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 2.125 | ||||
| John Brooks | OF | 30 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.433 | ||||
| Patrick Stone | OF | 21 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| Lynn Buehner | OF | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Clark Ullom | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Thomas Mitterholzer | OF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Marion Jackson | OF | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.143 | ||||
| Kenneth Braun | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hooper | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Allen | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Edmund Savold | P | 34 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .324 | ||||
| Clark Ullom | P | 28 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Frank Hecomovich | P | 27 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.630 | ||||
| Scott Marchael | P | 24 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 24 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
| Terence Cupples | P | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hooper | P | 21 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| Bill Stiegemeier | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| Dwayne Roemen | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Eichholtz | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lynn Buehner | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Joe Bochy | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Kevin Cooney | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Charles Hatch | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Baier | SS | 65 | 97 | 202 | 9 | 32 | .971 | 4.600 | ||||
| Jerry Lundin | SS | 46 | 73 | 164 | 16 | 22 | .937 | 5.152 | ||||
| Tommy Hanegan | SS | 17 | 24 | 37 | 2 | 4 | .968 | 3.588 | ||||
| Kenneth Braun | SS | 12 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 2.917 | ||||
| Ron Davison | SS | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| William Kissell | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Edwards | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3363 | 1415 | 155 | 257 | .969 | 3.302 | 26 | 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.
