1974 Quad Cities Angels Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-58
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (65-58)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 61,285, Avg. 997
1974 Quad Cities Angels RosterTeam Record: 65-58
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (65-58)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 61,285, Avg. 997
Playoffs - Danville Warriors 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 1
The Quad Cities Angels of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 65 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Angels led the league with just 424 runs allowed. Quad Cities scored 502 runs. James Peters paced the team with 10 home runs Larry Rush drove in 49 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .271 clip. Pat Cristelli paced the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 1.99 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1974 Quad Cities Angels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Kelly, Gary Wheelock, Tom Donohue, John Verhoeven and Butch Alberts.
Jimy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cristelli | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1.99 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 176.0 | 143 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rodney Maxwell | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.71 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 163.0 | 166 | 69 | 49 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Francis Panick | 10 | 1 | .909 | 1.47 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 98.0 | 56 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Lacki | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.65 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 112.0 | 99 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Lamar Wright | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Manuel Jimenez | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.55 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 99.0 | 94 | 51 | 39 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Glenn Prichard | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.63 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 67.0 | 71 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gary Wheelock | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.0 | 57 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Fritsma | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Iaeger | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.00 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Slettvet | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.82 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 67 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen Tackitt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Powers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.82 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Browne | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.53 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 58 | .528 | 2.98 | 257 | 123 | 0 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 1020.0 | 911 | 424 | 338 | 50 | 337 | 40 | 841 | 23 | 3 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Rush | 110 | 430 | 384 | 55 | 104 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 104 | .271 | .343 | .417 | .759 | 160 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| James Peters | 118 | 459 | 404 | 64 | 96 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 126 | .238 | .323 | .384 | .707 | 155 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ponciano Cruz | 112 | 422 | 378 | 52 | 95 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 53 | .251 | .303 | .325 | .628 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Kent Froede | 92 | 338 | 299 | 33 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 43 | .258 | .322 | .321 | .643 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| David Drevnak | 86 | 320 | 286 | 38 | 75 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 54 | .262 | .333 | .388 | .721 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Butch Alberts | 85 | 311 | 259 | 40 | 74 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 40 | .286 | .394 | .456 | .849 | 118 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Pat Kelly | 86 | 299 | 281 | 30 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 70 | .221 | .249 | .324 | .573 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| John Hund | 81 | 277 | 252 | 30 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 36 | .210 | .267 | .242 | .509 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Merenda | 58 | 223 | 188 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 17 | .245 | .344 | .282 | .626 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Jeronimo Blanco | 74 | 210 | 189 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 30 | .233 | .297 | .323 | .619 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Roger Smith | 41 | 153 | 135 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 20 | .207 | .294 | .259 | .553 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Donohue | 38 | 154 | 143 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 53 | .182 | .240 | .294 | .534 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hogan | 27 | 103 | 89 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .236 | .340 | .303 | .643 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 35 | 118 | 99 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 22 | .182 | .297 | .232 | .529 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clinton Sander | 42 | 93 | 84 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 28 | .202 | .264 | .310 | .573 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Cristelli | 24 | 69 | 58 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .259 | .308 | .293 | .601 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Maxwell | 24 | 59 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .185 | .200 | .296 | .496 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Danny Miller | 19 | 65 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 21 | .151 | .274 | .151 | .425 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Francis Panick | 13 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .139 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lamar Wright | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .444 | .545 | .444 | .990 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wheelock | 25 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .368 | .250 | .618 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Prichard | 19 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .182 | .280 | .227 | .507 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Jimenez | 28 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Lacki | 32 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .097 | .152 | .161 | .313 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Coon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Fritsma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Douglas Slettvet | 10 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .091 | .474 | .091 | .565 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Powers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Browne | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Brisbin | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Iaeger | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1371 | 4332 | 3822 | 505 | 896 | 137 | 42 | 47 | 403 | 122 | 49 | 393 | 816 | .234 | .308 | .329 | .637 | 1258 | 49 | 29 | 52 | 36 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Rush | 1B | 108 | 937 | 34 | 3 | 51 | .997 | 8.991 | ||||
| Clinton Sander | 1B | 19 | 124 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .964 | 6.947 | ||||
| Michael Browne | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| John Hund | 2B | 75 | 153 | 184 | 8 | 34 | .977 | 4.493 | ||||
| Ponciano Cruz | 2B | 44 | 102 | 113 | 5 | 18 | .977 | 4.886 | ||||
| Roger Smith | 2B | 9 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 3.667 | ||||
| Kent Froede | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 3B | 80 | 55 | 143 | 14 | 6 | .934 | 2.475 | ||||
| Jeronimo Blanco | 3B | 17 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .863 | 2.588 | ||||
| Roger Smith | 3B | 16 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.938 | ||||
| Henry Merenda | 3B | 12 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Danny Miller | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Peters | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | C | 80 | 564 | 59 | 14 | 5 | .978 | 7.788 | 22 | |||
| Jeronimo Blanco | C | 29 | 160 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .957 | 6.207 | 7 | |||
| Tom Donohue | C | 16 | 110 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 7.625 | 9 | |||
| Steve Brisbin | C | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| James Peters | OF | 115 | 175 | 11 | 13 | 6 | .935 | 1.617 | ||||
| David Drevnak | OF | 80 | 140 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 1.788 | ||||
| Kent Froede | OF | 77 | 101 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .904 | 1.351 | ||||
| Billy Taylor | OF | 31 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 1.194 | ||||
| James Hogan | OF | 24 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.625 | ||||
| Tom Donohue | OF | 21 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.619 | ||||
| Jeronimo Blanco | OF | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Roger Smith | OF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Clinton Sander | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Merenda | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stephen Lacki | P | 32 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .781 | .781 | ||||
| John Verhoeven | P | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .148 | ||||
| Manuel Jimenez | P | 27 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .630 | ||||
| Gary Wheelock | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .320 | ||||
| Richard Iaeger | P | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Rodney Maxwell | P | 24 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 4 | .925 | 2.042 | ||||
| Pat Cristelli | P | 24 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 1.917 | ||||
| Glenn Prichard | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 1.200 | ||||
| Francis Panick | P | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Lamar Wright | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Douglas Slettvet | P | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| Steve Powers | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Browne | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Bruce Fritsma | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Glen Tackitt | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jimmy Stewart | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ponciano Cruz | SS | 67 | 98 | 176 | 26 | 25 | .913 | 4.090 | ||||
| Henry Merenda | SS | 39 | 54 | 124 | 16 | 18 | .918 | 4.564 | ||||
| Danny Miller | SS | 16 | 17 | 46 | 10 | 5 | .863 | 3.938 | ||||
| Roger Smith | SS | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1279 | 3032 | 1266 | 192 | 201 | .957 | 3.360 | 38 | 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.
