1973 Reading Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 1st in the EL's National Division
Manager: Cal Emery (76-62)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 76,651, Avg. 1,111
Playoffs - Reading Phillies 3 games, Pittsfield Rangers 1
The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's National Division.
The Phillies scored 623 runs and conceded 568 runs. Jerry Martin led Reading with 17 home runs and drove in 86 runs. James Ziegler paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Erskine Thomason topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.2 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1973 Reading Phillies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Terlecki, Ron Diorio, Mike Wallace, Dane Iorg, John Stearns, Erskine Thomason, Roy Thomas, Larry Cox, Tony González, Jim Essian, Dave Wallace, Fred Andrews and Jerry Martin.
Cal Emery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erskine Thomason | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.20 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 183.0 | 176 | 78 | 65 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Kniffin | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.34 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 119 | 59 | 55 | 7 | 48 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Donald Kreke | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.77 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 129 | 65 | 54 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Kiser | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.30 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 111 | 71 | 51 | 2 | 112 | 9 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Jim Browning | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.69 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 127.0 | 136 | 71 | 52 | 6 | 55 | 4 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Diorio | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.71 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 63.0 | 55 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Cates | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.66 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 71.0 | 67 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Fuller | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.77 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 111 | 58 | 44 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Terlecki | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 84 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wallace | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Cavanaugh | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Boyd | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.68 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | 95 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 3.59 | 310 | 139 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 1126.0 | 1136 | 568 | 449 | 55 | 532 | 57 | 789 | 32 | 9 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Martin | 135 | 526 | 460 | 73 | 138 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 108 | .300 | .366 | .483 | .849 | 222 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
| James Ziegler | 136 | 506 | 404 | 62 | 126 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 42 | .312 | .444 | .381 | .825 | 154 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Blas Santana | 128 | 483 | 442 | 57 | 124 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 57 | .281 | .331 | .398 | .729 | 176 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dane Iorg | 116 | 465 | 386 | 64 | 119 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 52 | .308 | .422 | .448 | .871 | 173 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Russell Klobas | 126 | 489 | 427 | 70 | 115 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 71 | .269 | .353 | .422 | .775 | 180 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 112 | 367 | 342 | 45 | 93 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 48 | .272 | .311 | .357 | .668 | 122 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Essian | 105 | 407 | 315 | 58 | 92 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 82 | 44 | .292 | .442 | .467 | .909 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Fred Andrews | 110 | 376 | 335 | 48 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 32 | .227 | .288 | .304 | .592 | 102 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Richard Giallella | 93 | 301 | 260 | 41 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 29 | .288 | .370 | .362 | .732 | 94 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Stearns | 67 | 216 | 166 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 26 | .241 | .400 | .386 | .786 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Donald Kinzel | 39 | 120 | 102 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .294 | .383 | .441 | .825 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Crane | 67 | 179 | 153 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | .183 | .267 | .203 | .470 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Larry Cox | 28 | 75 | 59 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .288 | .405 | .424 | .829 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Kniffin | 26 | 50 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .289 | .347 | .489 | .836 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Kiser | 27 | 52 | 51 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .255 | .255 | .333 | .588 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Erskine Thomason | 30 | 69 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .188 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tony González | 45 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | .345 | .535 | .379 | .914 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Iran Paz | 10 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Browning | 27 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .140 | .170 | .186 | .356 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Steve Cates | 42 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Fuller | 28 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Diorio | 39 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Boyd | 29 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wallace | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Cavanaugh | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lewis | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Kreke | 21 | 50 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .000 | .174 | .000 | .174 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Terlecki | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1653 | 5001 | 4275 | 623 | 1150 | 199 | 52 | 61 | 552 | 69 | 41 | 590 | 683 | .269 | .360 | .383 | .742 | 1636 | 0 | 37 | 61 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ziegler | 1B | 134 | 1030 | 79 | 15 | 93 | .987 | 8.276 | ||||
| Jim Essian | 1B | 9 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 8.556 | ||||
| John Stearns | 1B | 7 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 8.143 | ||||
| Richard Giallella | 1B | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fred Andrews | 2B | 64 | 124 | 156 | 15 | 35 | .949 | 4.375 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | 2B | 59 | 122 | 131 | 14 | 29 | .948 | 4.288 | ||||
| Donald Kinzel | 2B | 30 | 68 | 66 | 9 | 17 | .937 | 4.467 | ||||
| Blas Santana | 2B | 9 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 11 | .978 | 5.000 | ||||
| Blas Santana | 3B | 119 | 88 | 262 | 12 | 18 | .967 | 2.941 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | 3B | 26 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 5 | .956 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Stearns | 3B | 11 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Jim Essian | C | 93 | 537 | 52 | 20 | 11 | .967 | 6.333 | 11 | |||
| John Stearns | C | 31 | 157 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 5.645 | 7 | |||
| Larry Cox | C | 25 | 143 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .994 | 6.360 | 3 | |||
| Jim Lewis | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Martin | OF | 132 | 214 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 1.705 | ||||
| Dane Iorg | OF | 113 | 149 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .969 | 1.389 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 107 | 186 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 1.841 | ||||
| Richard Giallella | OF | 80 | 109 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 1.412 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | OF | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Stearns | OF | 16 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Steve Cates | P | 41 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .293 | ||||
| Ron Diorio | P | 39 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .487 | ||||
| Bob Terlecki | P | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Randy Boyd | P | 29 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .842 | .552 | ||||
| Kenneth Fuller | P | 28 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Larry Kiser | P | 27 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Erskine Thomason | P | 26 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.462 | ||||
| Jim Browning | P | 23 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.348 | ||||
| Donald Kreke | P | 21 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chuck Kniffin | P | 21 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .810 | ||||
| Dave Wallace | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Carl Cavanaugh | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Wallace | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Roy Thomas | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Crane | SS | 65 | 59 | 156 | 18 | 28 | .923 | 3.308 | ||||
| Fred Andrews | SS | 56 | 70 | 136 | 19 | 26 | .916 | 3.679 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | SS | 26 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 17 | .862 | 3.846 | ||||
| Blas Santana | SS | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Iran Paz | SS | 9 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .944 | 3.778 | ||||
| Donald Kinzel | SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1572 | 3375 | 1480 | 199 | 333 | .961 | 3.088 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
