1973 Pirates Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 17-37
Finished 9th in the GCL
Manager: Ed Napoleon (17-37)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
1973 Pirates RosterTeam Record: 17-37
Finished 9th in the GCL
Manager: Ed Napoleon (17-37)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
The Pirates of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1973 season with a record of 17 wins and 37 losses, finishing ninth in the GCL.
The Pirates plated 208 runs and yielded 336 runs, most in the league. Paul Nelson led all regular batters by connecting at a .258 clip, while Charles Steffen registered a 3.14 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Rick Langford and Mark Mercer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ed Napoleon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Ampleford | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.71 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 41 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stanley Schroer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charles Steffen | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 61 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rick Langford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Grady Hardiman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tim Flaherty | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 33 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Mercer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.68 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Frye | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.43 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Randy Sealy | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.57 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 42 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Redden | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Pierce | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Vargas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Blomberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.88 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Dorsch | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Corrado | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.46 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 37 | .315 | 4.36 | 152 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 464.7 | 436 | 336 | 225 | 10 | 385 | 1 | 369 | 34 | 4 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Whitehurst | 52 | 224 | 203 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 55 | .246 | .317 | .340 | .657 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Nelson | 52 | 233 | 182 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 49 | .258 | .407 | .363 | .770 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Vargas | 47 | 192 | 173 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 50 | .225 | .288 | .295 | .583 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nicholas Bredy | 36 | 138 | 123 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 35 | .260 | .333 | .285 | .618 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Henry Welty | 44 | 168 | 150 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 29 | .207 | .271 | .227 | .498 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Frizzi | 50 | 198 | 159 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 43 | .195 | .321 | .289 | .611 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| James Dill | 38 | 168 | 140 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | .214 | .323 | .236 | .559 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Victor Estrella | 36 | 152 | 138 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 22 | .210 | .278 | .217 | .496 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hughes | 35 | 137 | 114 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .167 | .269 | .184 | .453 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| William Miller | 17 | 68 | 60 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .250 | .324 | .383 | .707 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wesley Edwards | 29 | 107 | 86 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .174 | .291 | .174 | .466 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Fitten | 15 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .271 | .364 | .354 | .718 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hall | 16 | 60 | 51 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .176 | .283 | .275 | .558 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ramon Tejada | 16 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .194 | .237 | .278 | .515 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Marmolejos | 16 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | .162 | .225 | .162 | .387 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Jimenez | 13 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .167 | .364 | .167 | .530 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Paull | 16 | 48 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .091 | .375 | .121 | .496 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Schroer | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Mercer | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Ampleford | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Pierce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Steffen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Frye | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Corrado | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Langford | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 621 | 2080 | 1775 | 208 | 384 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 185 | 46 | 21 | 249 | 442 | .216 | .314 | .272 | .586 | 482 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Vargas | 1B | 32 | 219 | 18 | 11 | 18 | .956 | 7.406 | ||||
| Nicholas Bredy | 1B | 21 | 125 | 9 | 4 | 9 | .971 | 6.381 | ||||
| Jose Jimenez | 1B | 10 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .965 | 5.500 | ||||
| Victor Estrella | 2B | 36 | 89 | 85 | 17 | 15 | .911 | 4.833 | ||||
| Ramon Tejada | 2B | 13 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 3.231 | ||||
| James Dill | 2B | 11 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .950 | 5.182 | ||||
| Wesley Edwards | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Dill | 3B | 23 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 4 | .902 | 2.391 | ||||
| Wesley Edwards | 3B | 21 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 2.190 | ||||
| William Miller | 3B | 16 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 5 | .797 | 2.938 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Henry Welty | C | 44 | 279 | 36 | 9 | 4 | .972 | 7.159 | 21 | |||
| John Paull | C | 16 | 106 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.375 | 3 | |||
| William Miller | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Whitehurst | OF | 52 | 68 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 1.442 | ||||
| Paul Nelson | OF | 52 | 136 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 2.750 | ||||
| Thomas Frizzi | OF | 47 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.702 | ||||
| Jose Marmolejos | OF | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jerry Fitten | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Timothy Ampleford | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Stephen Dorsch | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Mark Mercer | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .500 | ||||
| Stanley Schroer | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Dennis Blomberg | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Charles Steffen | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 11 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.364 | ||||
| Randy Sealy | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Tim Flaherty | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Joseph Corrado | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Grady Hardiman | P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .111 | ||||
| Vincent Frye | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Timothy Pierce | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Rick Langford | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jose Vargas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Redden | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | SS | 32 | 46 | 94 | 17 | 14 | .892 | 4.375 | ||||
| Robert Hall | SS | 13 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 2 | .763 | 3.462 | ||||
| Wesley Edwards | SS | 9 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .812 | 2.889 | ||||
| James Dill | SS | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Totals | 631 | 1396 | 526 | 150 | 91 | .928 | 3.046 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
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