1971 Sumter Astros Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 47-80
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jackie Brandt (47-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sumter, South Carolina
Ballpark: Riley Park
Attendance: 33,706, Avg. 531
1971 Sumter Astros RosterTeam Record: 47-80
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jackie Brandt (47-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sumter, South Carolina
Ballpark: Riley Park
Attendance: 33,706, Avg. 531
The Sumter Astros of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1971 season with a record of 47 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Astros scored 513 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 707 runs. John McLaren led Sumter with 13 home runs Jesus de la Rosa accounted for 69 RBI. Steven Gardner paced hitters with significant playing time with a .343 average. James Streleski topped the squad with 10 wins, while Gordon Crane recorded a 3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1971 Sumter Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Hiser, Jesus de la Rosa and Al Javier.
Jackie Brandt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Streleski | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.41 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 148.0 | 148 | 103 | 89 | 17 | 106 | 1 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.54 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 121 | 73 | 57 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brad McRoberts | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.23 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 165 | 100 | 70 | 14 | 64 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.06 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 106 | 48 | 37 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.00 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 110 | 66 | 46 | 10 | 62 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Erasmo Diaz | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.93 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 42.0 | 55 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 61 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.82 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28.0 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Simon Barreto | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 73 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Perry Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.25 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Henry Moore | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 70 | 47 | 35 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Juan Diaz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.43 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 47 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Victor Patino | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.98 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 78 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 47 | 80 | .370 | 4.68 | 274 | 127 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 23 | 1037.0 | 1101 | 707 | 539 | 113 | 572 | 12 | 811 | 57 | 8 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Gardner | 109 | 438 | 385 | 66 | 132 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 45 | .343 | .410 | .488 | .898 | 188 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 118 | 460 | 423 | 50 | 114 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 59 | .270 | .311 | .423 | .734 | 179 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| John McLaren | 108 | 386 | 338 | 43 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 58 | .269 | .352 | .429 | .781 | 145 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joel Serna | 107 | 419 | 376 | 41 | 91 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 41 | .242 | .300 | .293 | .593 | 110 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Richard Busby | 99 | 388 | 337 | 55 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 64 | .258 | .342 | .374 | .716 | 126 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rick Sanderlin | 93 | 347 | 293 | 55 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 60 | .222 | .341 | .311 | .652 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Russell | 72 | 275 | 243 | 31 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 35 | .263 | .345 | .424 | .769 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 68 | 206 | 193 | 18 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | .280 | .319 | .358 | .676 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Martin Boer | 55 | 215 | 186 | 27 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 23 | .285 | .363 | .430 | .793 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 68 | 237 | 223 | 19 | 48 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 48 | .215 | .254 | .318 | .573 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Wing | 77 | 253 | 243 | 18 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 37 | .189 | .211 | .259 | .470 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gene Hiser | 36 | 138 | 114 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 13 | .289 | .404 | .544 | .948 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hector Stefany | 44 | 137 | 127 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .150 | .194 | .165 | .359 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Streleski | 28 | 74 | 67 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .269 | .319 | .358 | .678 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Tatis | 14 | 50 | 41 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .341 | .426 | .366 | .791 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Brad McRoberts | 25 | 56 | 51 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .216 | .286 | .373 | .658 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 20 | 42 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .237 | .256 | .263 | .520 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 16 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .512 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Freeman | 16 | 47 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .156 | .191 | .200 | .391 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 19 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .149 | .200 | .170 | .370 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonnard Davis | 16 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .146 | .186 | .171 | .357 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 14 | 38 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .135 | .158 | .162 | .320 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Moore | 18 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Erasmo Diaz | 35 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 19 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .176 | .300 | .412 | .712 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Simon Barreto | 29 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Patino | 30 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Javier | 7 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Juan Diaz | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Johnson | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1402 | 4478 | 4015 | 512 | 1001 | 174 | 25 | 72 | 437 | 71 | 21 | 358 | 734 | .249 | .315 | .359 | .674 | 1441 | 0 | 33 | 54 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 93 | 657 | 34 | 16 | 58 | .977 | 7.430 | ||||
| David Wing | 1B | 26 | 166 | 11 | 7 | 21 | .962 | 6.808 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | 1B | 8 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 8.125 | ||||
| Gene Hiser | 1B | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Joel Serna | 2B | 105 | 248 | 260 | 22 | 61 | .958 | 4.838 | ||||
| Hector Stefany | 2B | 11 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 4.636 | ||||
| Mario Freeman | 2B | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 2B | 6 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Donald Russell | 3B | 50 | 39 | 79 | 17 | 7 | .874 | 2.360 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | 3B | 31 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 3 | .924 | 2.355 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 3B | 18 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .844 | 2.111 | ||||
| David Wing | 3B | 14 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .824 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | 3B | 12 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 3B | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.125 | ||||
| Mario Freeman | 3B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| John McLaren | C | 105 | 680 | 56 | 9 | 6 | .988 | 7.010 | 21 | |||
| Jose Lopez | C | 19 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 5.789 | 5 | |||
| Gil Stafford | C | 11 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 5.000 | 5 | |||
| Rick Sanderlin | OF | 81 | 149 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .928 | 1.914 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | OF | 68 | 145 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .928 | 2.265 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 63 | 99 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .939 | 1.698 | ||||
| Martin Boer | OF | 55 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.473 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | OF | 32 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Gene Hiser | OF | 32 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.062 | ||||
| David Wing | OF | 30 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.033 | ||||
| Leonnard Davis | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Al Javier | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Richard Busby | OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Moore | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Erasmo Diaz | P | 35 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .314 | ||||
| Juan Diaz | P | 30 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .167 | ||||
| Simon Barreto | P | 29 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .207 | ||||
| Victor Patino | P | 28 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| James Streleski | P | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .625 | ||||
| Brad McRoberts | P | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.053 | ||||
| Gordon Crane | P | 19 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .808 | 1.105 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | P | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Daniel Evans | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Moore | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
| Perry Johnson | P | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Richard Busby | SS | 76 | 125 | 198 | 27 | 43 | .923 | 4.250 | ||||
| Hector Stefany | SS | 29 | 34 | 64 | 6 | 9 | .942 | 3.379 | ||||
| Donald Russell | SS | 22 | 26 | 49 | 4 | 7 | .949 | 3.409 | ||||
| Mario Freeman | SS | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1327 | 3040 | 1092 | 210 | 256 | .952 | 3.114 | 31 | 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.
