1971 Pittsfield Senators Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 2nd in the EL's American Division
Manager: Joe Klein (68-69)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 49,770, Avg. 727
1971 Pittsfield Senators RosterTeam Record: 68-69
Finished 2nd in the EL's American Division
Manager: Joe Klein (68-69)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 49,770, Avg. 727
The Pittsfield Senators of the Eastern League ended the 1971 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's American Division.
The Senators topped the circuit with 579 runs, powered by 81 home runs. Pittsfield surrendered 533 runs. Albert Thompson paced the squad with 27 home runs and accounted for 92 RBI. Rick Guarnera led all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. P. J. Campbell, Wallace Smallwood and Frank Bolick paced the team with 8 wins each, while Frank Bolick recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1971 Pittsfield Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Wockenfuss, Jeff Terpko, Charlie Walters, Rick Waits, Bill Madlock, Dave Moates, Joe Lovitto, Bill Fahey, Jim Kremmel and Rick Henninger.
Joe Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. J. Campbell | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.35 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 94.0 | 89 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Bolick | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.50 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 133.0 | 127 | 52 | 37 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.07 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 135.0 | 147 | 64 | 46 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.03 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.60 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 100.0 | 98 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Slade | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 77.0 | 64 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kremmel | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.43 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 89.0 | 62 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rick Waits | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.24 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 123 | 65 | 50 | 7 | 82 | 4 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.83 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.68 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Southworth | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Parker | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.85 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 50 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Henninger | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.76 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Shields | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.50 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 44 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Prediger | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Peterson | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 65 | .508 | 3.49 | 335 | 130 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 1097.0 | 1048 | 513 | 426 | 76 | 467 | 44 | 728 | 19 | 4 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Guarnera | 133 | 550 | 478 | 70 | 132 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 47 | .276 | .358 | .343 | .702 | 164 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Albert Thompson | 134 | 553 | 467 | 77 | 121 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 92 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 95 | .259 | .363 | .480 | .843 | 224 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Fahey | 99 | 381 | 325 | 44 | 93 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 50 | .286 | .378 | .406 | .784 | 132 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Madlock | 112 | 447 | 376 | 62 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 77 | .234 | .339 | .362 | .701 | 136 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Dave Moates | 97 | 361 | 321 | 41 | 85 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 61 | .265 | .337 | .318 | .655 | 102 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Merlet | 83 | 298 | 258 | 42 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 39 | .302 | .379 | .442 | .821 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Wockenfuss | 103 | 378 | 331 | 37 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 45 | .233 | .316 | .353 | .670 | 117 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| James Bottoms | 118 | 391 | 317 | 53 | 70 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 65 | 50 | .221 | .356 | .315 | .671 | 100 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lovitto | 44 | 197 | 173 | 38 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 21 | .301 | .378 | .434 | .811 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Ratliff | 58 | 228 | 196 | 36 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 48 | .250 | .341 | .408 | .749 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Vernon Wilkins | 61 | 205 | 188 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 30 | .218 | .273 | .261 | .534 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Robertson | 71 | 135 | 121 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .256 | .321 | .306 | .627 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Iten | 53 | 134 | 111 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | .180 | .290 | .279 | .569 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sonny Bowers | 34 | 88 | 78 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .231 | .291 | .308 | .598 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steve Greenberg | 27 | 67 | 61 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .213 | .269 | .246 | .515 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Salvato | 15 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .238 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 32 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .176 | .204 | .275 | .478 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andy Hancock | 12 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .235 | .278 | .324 | .601 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bolick | 45 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .200 | .300 | .286 | .586 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| P. J. Campbell | 38 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .231 | .200 | .431 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roy Gibson | 18 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .132 | .195 | .263 | .458 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Waits | 25 | 53 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .111 | .167 | .133 | .300 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Hoots | 12 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .167 | .310 | .208 | .519 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Slade | 13 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .160 | .222 | .280 | .502 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Southworth | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 47 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .091 | .167 | .227 | .394 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Michael | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Shields | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 10 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kremmel | 18 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .042 | .148 | .083 | .231 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Parker | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Henninger | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1615 | 4931 | 4246 | 579 | 1033 | 149 | 35 | 81 | 509 | 90 | 21 | 543 | 818 | .243 | .332 | .352 | .684 | 1495 | 0 | 38 | 71 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Thompson | 1B | 132 | 1105 | 75 | 21 | 93 | .983 | 8.939 | ||||
| Vernon Wilkins | 1B | 9 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.111 | ||||
| Steve Greenberg | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | 2B | 70 | 145 | 196 | 4 | 37 | .988 | 4.871 | ||||
| Joe Lovitto | 2B | 44 | 97 | 124 | 12 | 22 | .948 | 5.023 | ||||
| Michael Robertson | 2B | 12 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 5 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 2B | 10 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bill Madlock | 2B | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 105 | 89 | 192 | 33 | 15 | .895 | 2.676 | ||||
| Michael Robertson | 3B | 19 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .872 | 2.158 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 3B | 15 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
| Roy Gibson | 3B | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Greenberg | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| John Michael | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bill Fahey | C | 94 | 536 | 54 | 6 | 3 | .990 | 6.277 | 6 | |||
| Larry Iten | C | 38 | 190 | 17 | 9 | 4 | .958 | 5.447 | 10 | |||
| Andy Hancock | C | 11 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 7.091 | 1 | |||
| James Bottoms | OF | 104 | 142 | 11 | 13 | 2 | .922 | 1.471 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | OF | 97 | 182 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 1.928 | ||||
| Dave Moates | OF | 93 | 155 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .953 | 1.731 | ||||
| Gary Ratliff | OF | 54 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.963 | ||||
| Vernon Wilkins | OF | 50 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.160 | ||||
| Steve Greenberg | OF | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| Steve Salvato | OF | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Roy Gibson | OF | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Hoots | OF | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | OF | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Albert Thompson | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bill Madlock | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Iten | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Blackmon | P | 47 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .532 | ||||
| Frank Bolick | P | 45 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .622 | ||||
| P. J. Campbell | P | 37 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .514 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 29 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .931 | ||||
| Rick Waits | P | 25 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.600 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .429 | ||||
| John Parker | P | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| James Southworth | P | 18 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
| Jim Kremmel | P | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | P | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Mike Slade | P | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Jeff Terpko | P | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Rick Henninger | P | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 1.556 | ||||
| Donnie Shields | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | SS | 133 | 238 | 420 | 25 | 78 | .963 | 4.947 | ||||
| Bill Madlock | SS | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | SS | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | SS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1497 | 3394 | 1452 | 184 | 302 | .963 | 3.237 | 17 | 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.
