1973 Rangers Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 41-15
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Bill Haywood (41-15)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1973 Rangers RosterTeam Record: 41-15
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Bill Haywood (41-15)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Rangers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1973 season with a record of 41 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Rangers topped the circuit with 319 runs, powered by 11 home runs. The club allowed 172 runs, least in the league. Jonathan Astroth accounted for 43 RBI. Glenn Arnett led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Len Barker paced the team with 7 wins and a team-best 1.37 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1973 Rangers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Bacsik, Greg Mahlberg, Dan Duran and Len Barker.
Bill Haywood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Barker | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.37 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Drew Nickerson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.69 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 67.0 | 51 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lindsay Graham | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Mehaffie | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.68 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 78 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Jordan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.0 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rich Shubert | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.62 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wally Pontiff | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.00 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Grillo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.94 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bacsik | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23.0 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Keen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26.0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Strickland | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.57 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21.0 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Byron Loomans | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Simon | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Rainbolt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 15 | .732 | 2.55 | 114 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 466.3 | 385 | 172 | 132 | 9 | 213 | 5 | 373 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Cooper | 56 | 260 | 196 | 50 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 8 | .296 | .453 | .347 | .800 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dan Duran | 50 | 219 | 182 | 36 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 41 | .302 | .399 | .396 | .795 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Glenn Arnett | 42 | 194 | 165 | 33 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 23 | .303 | .393 | .364 | .756 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jonathan Astroth | 46 | 191 | 149 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 17 | .289 | .424 | .443 | .867 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rudy Jaramillo | 38 | 148 | 115 | 32 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 17 | .365 | .503 | .461 | .964 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hubka | 51 | 185 | 172 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 49 | .215 | .266 | .302 | .569 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Thomas | 46 | 182 | 144 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 28 | .222 | .370 | .292 | .662 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Greg Mahlberg | 34 | 139 | 109 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .248 | .390 | .294 | .683 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Walter Gawaluch | 50 | 188 | 154 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 38 | .175 | .293 | .175 | .469 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Donald Bodenhamer | 26 | 100 | 80 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .300 | .408 | .325 | .733 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Murphy | 26 | 105 | 83 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .217 | .365 | .265 | .630 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Weber | 20 | 73 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .233 | .347 | .267 | .614 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Christopher Brown | 11 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .229 | .317 | .314 | .631 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Wright | 23 | 68 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .113 | .299 | .113 | .412 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Jordan | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Mehaffie | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Barker | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drew Nickerson | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rainbolt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Grove | 7 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .120 | .000 | .120 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lindsay Graham | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Keen | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 600 | 2145 | 1742 | 319 | 441 | 53 | 13 | 11 | 262 | 40 | 20 | 326 | 318 | .253 | .376 | .317 | .694 | 553 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Duran | 1B | 45 | 361 | 16 | 5 | 42 | .987 | 8.378 | ||||
| Gary Hubka | 1B | 10 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 8.800 | ||||
| Christopher Brown | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Gary Cooper | 2B | 56 | 115 | 159 | 10 | 40 | .965 | 4.893 | ||||
| Donald Thomas | 3B | 42 | 43 | 85 | 4 | 11 | .970 | 3.048 | ||||
| Donald Bodenhamer | 3B | 15 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .942 | 3.267 | ||||
| Greg Mahlberg | C | 32 | 215 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 7.250 | 5 | |||
| Timothy Murphy | C | 26 | 179 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .976 | 7.885 | 2 | |||
| Jonathan Astroth | OF | 45 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.267 | ||||
| Glenn Arnett | OF | 42 | 82 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 2.048 | ||||
| Rudy Jaramillo | OF | 36 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Gary Wright | OF | 23 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.130 | ||||
| John Weber | OF | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Christopher Brown | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Donald Bodenhamer | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gregory Keen | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Drew Nickerson | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .600 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Mehaffie | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Len Barker | P | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.364 | ||||
| George Jordan | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Lindsay Graham | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Rich Shubert | P | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Wally Pontiff | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Mike Bacsik | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steven Strickland | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Joe Grillo | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Ray Rainbolt | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Simon | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Byron Loomans | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Walter Gawaluch | SS | 50 | 90 | 131 | 23 | 25 | .906 | 4.420 | ||||
| James Grove | SS | 7 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .875 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 578 | 1400 | 575 | 80 | 140 | .961 | 3.417 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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